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 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 172 170 160
Rank change year-on-year -2 -10 +10
Permanent jobs citing Cloud Security 42 70 69
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.54% 1.10% 1.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% 1.22% 1.39%
Number of salaries quoted 30 45 57
10th Percentile £55,975 £32,500 £45,386
25th Percentile £58,125 £47,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £53,300 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +36.02% -14.72% -8.76%
75th Percentile £83,750 £60,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £75,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £65,351
% change year-on-year +3.45% +10.94% -12.87%

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 6,328 5,757 4,965
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 81.33% 90.41% 86.63%
Number of salaries quoted 3,508 2,513 4,092
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 13 January 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 13 January 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 -3 30 £72,500 +36.02% 15
East Midlands -9 12 £70,000 +51.35% 12
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 7 (16.67%) Confluence
2 5 (11.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (11.90%) SharePoint
3 4 (9.52%) nginx
Applications
1 4 (9.52%) Mozilla Thunderbird
Business Applications
1 1 (2.38%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 25 (59.52%) Azure
2 18 (42.86%) AWS
3 10 (23.81%) Amazon CloudWatch
3 10 (23.81%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (21.43%) Amazon EC2
4 9 (21.43%) Amazon ELB
4 9 (21.43%) Amazon S3
4 9 (21.43%) AWS KMS
4 9 (21.43%) Entra ID
4 9 (21.43%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 6 (14.29%) Azure Key Vault
6 5 (11.90%) Amazon Glacier
6 5 (11.90%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (11.90%) Serverless
7 4 (9.52%) Amazon ECS
7 4 (9.52%) Azure Logic Apps
7 4 (9.52%) GitHub
7 4 (9.52%) IaaS
7 4 (9.52%) PaaS
7 4 (9.52%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 12 (28.57%) DNS
2 10 (23.81%) Firewall
3 9 (21.43%) FTP
3 9 (21.43%) HTTP
3 9 (21.43%) SMTP
3 9 (21.43%) SSH
4 5 (11.90%) VPN
5 4 (9.52%) IMAP
5 4 (9.52%) OpenLDAP
6 3 (7.14%) DHCP
6 3 (7.14%) LAN
6 3 (7.14%) WAN
6 3 (7.14%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (4.76%) Internet
7 2 (4.76%) SSL
8 1 (2.38%) Wireless
8 1 (2.38%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (21.43%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (9.52%) Amazon Aurora
2 4 (9.52%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (4.76%) SQL Server
4 1 (2.38%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (2.38%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 10 (23.81%) Jenkins
2 9 (21.43%) Vagrant
3 7 (16.67%) Git
3 7 (16.67%) JIRA
4 2 (4.76%) Subversion
5 1 (2.38%) Burp Suite
5 1 (2.38%) Metasploit
General
1 29 (69.05%) Social Skills
2 12 (28.57%) Public Sector
3 6 (14.29%) Finance
3 6 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (7.14%) Military
5 2 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.38%) Law
Job Titles
1 11 (26.19%) DevOps Engineer
2 9 (21.43%) Architect
3 7 (16.67%) Security Architect
4 5 (11.90%) Azure Engineer
4 5 (11.90%) Cloud Platform Engineer
4 5 (11.90%) Platform Engineer
5 4 (9.52%) Digital Transformation Director
5 4 (9.52%) Enterprise Architect
5 4 (9.52%) Enterprise Information Architect
5 4 (9.52%) Enterprise Security Architect
5 4 (9.52%) Information Architect
5 4 (9.52%) Information Security Architect
5 4 (9.52%) IT Director
5 4 (9.52%) Transformation Director
6 3 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (7.14%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
6 3 (7.14%) IT Engineer
6 3 (7.14%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (7.14%) Linux Engineer
6 3 (7.14%) Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.52%) LDAP
2 1 (2.38%) ARM Templates
2 1 (2.38%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 8 (19.05%) Security Posture
2 4 (9.52%) Cyber Security Posture
2 4 (9.52%) Replication
3 3 (7.14%) Driving Licence
4 2 (4.76%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (4.76%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (4.76%) Management Information System
4 2 (4.76%) Onboarding
4 2 (4.76%) PKI
4 2 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.38%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.38%) Cloud Security Posture
5 1 (2.38%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (2.38%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 13 (30.95%) Linux
2 9 (21.43%) VMS
3 7 (16.67%) Amazon Linux
3 7 (16.67%) Windows
4 4 (9.52%) Ubuntu
5 1 (2.38%) Android
5 1 (2.38%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (42.86%) DevOps
2 9 (21.43%) Configuration Management
2 9 (21.43%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (21.43%) Security Architecture
3 8 (19.05%) CI/CD
3 8 (19.05%) Data Protection
3 8 (19.05%) Decision-Making
3 8 (19.05%) Migration
3 8 (19.05%) Platform Engineering
3 8 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (16.67%) Change Management
4 7 (16.67%) Patch Management
5 6 (14.29%) Analytics
5 6 (14.29%) Information Security
5 6 (14.29%) Risk Management
5 6 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (11.90%) Enterprise Architecture
6 5 (11.90%) Performance Optimisation
6 5 (11.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 5 (11.90%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 10 (23.81%) PowerShell
1 10 (23.81%) Python
2 9 (21.43%) Groovy
3 5 (11.90%) Java
3 5 (11.90%) Perl
3 5 (11.90%) SQL
4 2 (4.76%) Bicep
4 2 (4.76%) C#
4 2 (4.76%) Ruby
5 1 (2.38%) Bash
5 1 (2.38%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.38%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 14 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 14 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 8 (19.05%) CISSP
2 8 (19.05%) Degree
3 7 (16.67%) Azure Certification
4 6 (14.29%) AWS Certification
4 6 (14.29%) CISM
5 5 (11.90%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (9.52%) DBS Check
6 4 (9.52%) TOGAF Certification
7 3 (7.14%) OSCP
8 2 (4.76%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (4.76%) CEH
8 2 (4.76%) CISMP
8 2 (4.76%) GCIH
9 1 (2.38%) CHECK Team Member
9 1 (2.38%) CREST Certified
9 1 (2.38%) GPEN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (11.90%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (11.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 5 (11.90%) GRC
3 4 (9.52%) PMO
4 2 (4.76%) GDPR
4 2 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 2 (4.76%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (16.67%) Docker
2 5 (11.90%) Active Directory
3 4 (9.52%) DFS Replication
3 4 (9.52%) Dovecot
3 4 (9.52%) Postfix
3 4 (9.52%) Squid
Systems Management
1 18 (42.86%) Terraform
2 8 (19.05%) Grafana
3 7 (16.67%) Prometheus
4 6 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (11.90%) Kubernetes
5 5 (11.90%) Nessus
6 4 (9.52%) Ansible
6 4 (9.52%) Proxmox
7 3 (7.14%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (4.76%) CASB
8 2 (4.76%) Nagios
9 1 (2.38%) Nmap
Vendors
1 11 (26.19%) Microsoft
2 7 (16.67%) ServiceNow
3 4 (9.52%) Jaspersoft
4 3 (7.14%) Cisco
4 3 (7.14%) Meraki
5 2 (4.76%) LogicMonitor
5 2 (4.76%) Netskope
5 2 (4.76%) Oracle
6 1 (2.38%) OpenAI
6 1 (2.38%) Qualys
6 1 (2.38%) SolarWinds