Private Cloud Job Trends in the North of England

Private Cloud
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Private Cloud in permanent job vacancies in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Private Cloud over the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 328 277 280
Rank change year-on-year -51 +3 -72
Permanent jobs citing Private Cloud 37 19 34
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.15% 0.20% 0.26%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.69% 0.51% 0.96%
Number of salaries quoted 13 9 20
10th Percentile £31,300 £53,500 £33,450
25th Percentile £42,500 £57,500 £52,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,321 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.11% +16.67% -4.00%
75th Percentile £102,750 - £67,813
90th Percentile £104,550 £81,500 £72,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £77,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -9.68% +19.23% -

All Generic Skills
North of England

Private Cloud falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,386 3,761 3,536
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 22.45% 39.89% 27.21%
Number of salaries quoted 3,664 1,564 1,496
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £30,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £32,500 £40,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £71,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £56,167 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.12% -8.33% -4.00%

Private Cloud
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Private Cloud relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Private Cloud job vacancy trend in the North of England

Private Cloud
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Private Cloud.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Private Cloud

Private Cloud
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Private Cloud in the North of England over the 6 months to 15 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Private Cloud in the North of England

Private Cloud
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Private Cloud within the North of England region over the 6 months to 15 October 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
North West -17 25 £80,000 +14.29% 12
North East - 9 £50,000 -
Yorkshire -37 3 £50,321 -16.13% 2
Private Cloud
England

Private Cloud
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 3 (8.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (5.41%) Exchange Server 2013
3 1 (2.70%) Apache
3 1 (2.70%) JBoss
3 1 (2.70%) nginx
3 1 (2.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (27.03%) Azure
2 7 (18.92%) Serverless
3 6 (16.22%) AWS
4 4 (10.81%) IaaS
5 3 (8.11%) AWS CloudFormation
5 3 (8.11%) GCP
5 3 (8.11%) GitHub
5 3 (8.11%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (8.11%) Nutanix
5 3 (8.11%) OpenShift
6 2 (5.41%) Cohesity
7 1 (2.70%) Azure App Service
7 1 (2.70%) Datadog
7 1 (2.70%) Entra ID
7 1 (2.70%) PaaS
7 1 (2.70%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 7 (18.92%) Firewall
2 4 (10.81%) DNS
2 4 (10.81%) Network Security
3 3 (8.11%) BIG-IP
3 3 (8.11%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
3 3 (8.11%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 3 (8.11%) LAN
4 2 (5.41%) Ethernet
4 2 (5.41%) Fibre Channel
4 2 (5.41%) Remote Desktop
4 2 (5.41%) SAN
4 2 (5.41%) SSH
4 2 (5.41%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (2.70%) SD-WAN
5 1 (2.70%) SSL
5 1 (2.70%) VSAN
5 1 (2.70%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.41%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.70%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 20 (54.05%) GitLab
2 13 (35.14%) JUnit
2 13 (35.14%) Spock
3 10 (27.03%) Jenkins
4 7 (18.92%) SonarQube
5 6 (16.22%) Maven
6 5 (13.51%) Git
7 4 (10.81%) IntelliJ
8 3 (8.11%) JIRA
9 1 (2.70%) Bitbucket
9 1 (2.70%) Subversion
General
1 16 (43.24%) Finance
2 9 (24.32%) Social Skills
3 2 (5.41%) Aerospace
3 2 (5.41%) Financial Institution
3 2 (5.41%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 11 (29.73%) Senior
2 9 (24.32%) Full-Stack Engineer
3 7 (18.92%) DevOps Engineer
3 7 (18.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 5 (13.51%) Developer
4 5 (13.51%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
5 4 (10.81%) Java Developer
5 4 (10.81%) Senior DevOps
5 4 (10.81%) Senior DevOps Engineer
6 2 (5.41%) Analyst
6 2 (5.41%) Architect
6 2 (5.41%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
6 2 (5.41%) Data Centre Operations Technician
6 2 (5.41%) Data Centre Technician
6 2 (5.41%) Data Technician
6 2 (5.41%) Enterprise Architect
6 2 (5.41%) Operations Technician
6 2 (5.41%) Senior Developer
6 2 (5.41%) Senior Java Developer
7 1 (2.70%) Cybersecurity Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (35.14%) Spring
2 11 (29.73%) AngularJS
3 5 (13.51%) Terraform
4 3 (8.11%) AWS CDK
4 3 (8.11%) Node.js
5 1 (2.70%) CSS
5 1 (2.70%) CSS3
5 1 (2.70%) HTML
5 1 (2.70%) HTML5
5 1 (2.70%) Keycloak
5 1 (2.70%) OAuth
5 1 (2.70%) OAuth2
5 1 (2.70%) OpenID
5 1 (2.70%) React
5 1 (2.70%) REST
5 1 (2.70%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 11 (29.73%) Distributed Systems
2 9 (24.32%) Data Centre
3 3 (8.11%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (8.11%) Public Cloud
4 2 (5.41%) Enterprise Cloud
4 2 (5.41%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (5.41%) Social Media
5 1 (2.70%) CSOC
5 1 (2.70%) Cyberattack
5 1 (2.70%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (2.70%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (2.70%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.70%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 6 (16.22%) Linux
2 5 (13.51%) VMS
3 3 (8.11%) Windows Server
4 2 (5.41%) AIX
4 2 (5.41%) Solaris
4 2 (5.41%) Windows
4 2 (5.41%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (2.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (67.57%) Agile
2 23 (62.16%) CI/CD
3 22 (59.46%) DevOps
4 20 (54.05%) Test Automation
5 18 (48.65%) AI
6 14 (37.84%) Microservices
7 13 (35.14%) Continuous Improvement
7 13 (35.14%) Full-Stack Development
7 13 (35.14%) Kanban
7 13 (35.14%) Scrum
8 10 (27.03%) Problem-Solving
9 9 (24.32%) Architectural Patterns
9 9 (24.32%) Disaster Recovery
9 9 (24.32%) Observability
9 9 (24.32%) Software Engineering
10 8 (21.62%) Coaching
10 8 (21.62%) Configuration Management
10 8 (21.62%) Software Testing
11 7 (18.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 7 (18.92%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 16 (43.24%) TypeScript
2 14 (37.84%) JavaScript
3 13 (35.14%) Java
4 8 (21.62%) Groovy
5 7 (18.92%) Python
6 4 (10.81%) Bash
6 4 (10.81%) PowerShell
7 3 (8.11%) ActionScript
8 1 (2.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (18.92%) Security Cleared
2 4 (10.81%) Degree
3 3 (8.11%) DBS Check
3 3 (8.11%) SC Cleared
4 2 (5.41%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (2.70%) CCSP
5 1 (2.70%) CEH
5 1 (2.70%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.70%) CISM
5 1 (2.70%) CISSP
5 1 (2.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (2.70%) MCSA
5 1 (2.70%) MCSE
5 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 1 (2.70%) OSCP
5 1 (2.70%) RHCSA
5 1 (2.70%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.11%) SLA
2 2 (5.41%) ISO 9001
2 2 (5.41%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 2 (5.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (5.41%) PMO
3 1 (2.70%) COBIT
3 1 (2.70%) NIST
3 1 (2.70%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 16 (43.24%) Docker
2 5 (13.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (5.41%) Hyper-V
3 2 (5.41%) Terminal Services
3 2 (5.41%) VMware NSX
4 1 (2.70%) Active Directory
4 1 (2.70%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (2.70%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (2.70%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (13.51%) Ansible
2 3 (8.11%) Kubernetes
2 3 (8.11%) Progress Chef
2 3 (8.11%) Puppet
3 2 (5.41%) Red Hat Satellite
4 1 (2.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (2.70%) Nagios
4 1 (2.70%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (2.70%) VxRail
Vendors
1 14 (37.84%) Splunk
2 13 (35.14%) AppDynamics
3 6 (16.22%) VMware
4 3 (8.11%) Dell
4 3 (8.11%) F5
4 3 (8.11%) Microsoft
4 3 (8.11%) Red Hat
5 2 (5.41%) Cisco
5 2 (5.41%) Dynatrace
5 2 (5.41%) NetApp
5 2 (5.41%) Thales
5 2 (5.41%) Veritas
5 2 (5.41%) YouTube
6 1 (2.70%) Atlassian
6 1 (2.70%) Broadcom
6 1 (2.70%) HP
6 1 (2.70%) Meraki
6 1 (2.70%) New Relic