Cloud Security Job Trends in the Midlands

Cloud Security
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Cloud Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 197 158 210
Rank change year-on-year -39 +52 -77
Permanent jobs citing Cloud Security 45 65 77
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.45% 1.25% 0.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.58% 1.35% 0.93%
Number of salaries quoted 38 47 67
10th Percentile £42,000 £37,000 £38,400
25th Percentile £56,250 £46,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £53,300 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +26.64% -14.72% -12.59%
75th Percentile £78,750 £61,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £88,500 £84,000
England median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.57% +7.69% -10.34%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Midlands

Cloud Security falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,696 4,812 8,248
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 77.22% 92.27% 84.39%
Number of salaries quoted 4,390 2,557 6,541
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £34,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +8.25% -7.62%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,050 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

Cloud Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cloud Security relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Cloud Security job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Cloud Security
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Cloud Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Cloud Security

Cloud Security
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cloud Security in the Midlands over the 6 months to 14 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Cloud Security in the Midlands

Cloud Security
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cloud Security within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 March 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands -20 27 £67,500 +26.64% 15
East Midlands -26 18 £67,500 -15.63% 8
Cloud Security
England

Cloud Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 9 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 9 (20.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 35 (77.78%) Azure
2 15 (33.33%) Entra ID
3 13 (28.89%) AWS
4 12 (26.67%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (13.33%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (11.11%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (8.89%) Azure AKS
7 4 (8.89%) Azure Key Vault
7 4 (8.89%) GitHub
7 4 (8.89%) GitHub Actions
7 4 (8.89%) SaaS
8 3 (6.67%) Amazon EKS
8 3 (6.67%) Datadog
8 3 (6.67%) GCP
8 3 (6.67%) IaaS
8 3 (6.67%) PaaS
8 3 (6.67%) Serverless
9 2 (4.44%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 2 (4.44%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (4.44%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 10 (22.22%) VPN
2 8 (17.78%) DNS
3 7 (15.56%) DHCP
3 7 (15.56%) LAN
3 7 (15.56%) WAN
3 7 (15.56%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (6.67%) Firewall
4 3 (6.67%) SSL
5 2 (4.44%) Internet
5 2 (4.44%) Network Security
6 1 (2.22%) TCP/IP
6 1 (2.22%) Wireless
6 1 (2.22%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.22%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 2 (4.44%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.22%) Burp Suite
2 1 (2.22%) Metasploit
General
1 22 (48.89%) Social Skills
2 10 (22.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (8.89%) Finance
4 3 (6.67%) Military
4 3 (6.67%) Retail
5 2 (4.44%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (4.44%) Automotive
5 2 (4.44%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (4.44%) Marketing
5 2 (4.44%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.22%) Health Technology
6 1 (2.22%) Legal
Job Titles
1 8 (17.78%) Azure Engineer
2 7 (15.56%) Architect
2 7 (15.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 7 (15.56%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
2 7 (15.56%) IT Engineer
2 7 (15.56%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
2 7 (15.56%) Operations Engineer
3 6 (13.33%) Security Engineer
4 5 (11.11%) Cloud Engineer
5 4 (8.89%) Analyst
5 4 (8.89%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 4 (8.89%) DevOps Engineer
5 4 (8.89%) IT Analyst
5 4 (8.89%) IT Security Analyst
5 4 (8.89%) Security Analyst
6 3 (6.67%) Azure Platform Engineer
6 3 (6.67%) Cloud Architect
6 3 (6.67%) Cloud Platform Engineer
6 3 (6.67%) Platform Engineer
6 3 (6.67%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.44%) ARM Templates
2 1 (2.22%) LDAP
2 1 (2.22%) Middleware
2 1 (2.22%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 7 (15.56%) Driving Licence
1 7 (15.56%) Security Posture
2 5 (11.11%) Cloud Native
3 4 (8.89%) CSOC
3 4 (8.89%) Cyberattack
3 4 (8.89%) Security Operations Centre
4 3 (6.67%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (6.67%) PKI
5 2 (4.44%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (4.44%) Management Information System
5 2 (4.44%) Onboarding
5 2 (4.44%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (2.22%) Cloud Security Posture
6 1 (2.22%) Cyber Security Posture
6 1 (2.22%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (2.22%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (2.22%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 5 (11.11%) Linux
2 3 (6.67%) Windows
3 1 (2.22%) Android
3 1 (2.22%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (31.11%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (26.67%) Migration
3 11 (24.44%) Incident Response
3 11 (24.44%) ITIL
4 10 (22.22%) DevOps
4 10 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (22.22%) Security Operations
5 9 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
5 9 (20.00%) Performance Optimisation
5 9 (20.00%) Service Delivery
6 8 (17.78%) Infrastructure as Code
6 8 (17.78%) Mentoring
7 7 (15.56%) Data Migration
7 7 (15.56%) Identity Access Management
7 7 (15.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 7 (15.56%) RBAC
7 7 (15.56%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 7 (15.56%) Zero Trust
8 6 (13.33%) CI/CD
8 6 (13.33%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 6 (13.33%) Bicep
1 6 (13.33%) PowerShell
2 5 (11.11%) Python
3 3 (6.67%) Bash
4 2 (4.44%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (2.22%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (37.78%) SC Cleared
1 17 (37.78%) Security Cleared
2 10 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (13.33%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (8.89%) Azure Certification
4 4 (8.89%) CISSP
4 4 (8.89%) CompTIA Security+
4 4 (8.89%) Degree
4 4 (8.89%) DV Cleared
4 4 (8.89%) OSCP
4 4 (8.89%) SANS
5 2 (4.44%) CEH
5 2 (4.44%) CISM
5 2 (4.44%) CISMP
5 2 (4.44%) CREST Certified
5 2 (4.44%) GCIH
6 1 (2.22%) AWS Certification
6 1 (2.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (2.22%) CHECK Team Member
6 1 (2.22%) GPEN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (28.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 9 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (6.67%) GRC
4 2 (4.44%) GDPR
4 2 (4.44%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 2 (4.44%) NIST
4 2 (4.44%) PCI DSS
5 1 (2.22%) Accessibility
5 1 (2.22%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (8.89%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 11 (24.44%) Terraform
2 10 (22.22%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (17.78%) Kubernetes
4 5 (11.11%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (8.89%) Ansible
6 3 (6.67%) CASB
7 2 (4.44%) Grafana
8 1 (2.22%) Nessus
8 1 (2.22%) Nmap
8 1 (2.22%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 25 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 7 (15.56%) Cisco
2 7 (15.56%) Meraki
3 3 (6.67%) LogicMonitor
3 3 (6.67%) Netskope
4 2 (4.44%) SolarWinds
5 1 (2.22%) Okta
5 1 (2.22%) Qualys
5 1 (2.22%) Salesforce