Cloud Security Jobs in the South East

Cloud Security
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Cloud Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cloud Security over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 213 290 201
Rank change year-on-year +77 -89 +101
Permanent jobs citing Cloud Security 95 107 227
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.00% 0.62% 1.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.09% 0.74% 1.70%
Number of salaries quoted 50 95 92
10th Percentile £46,125 £27,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £40,000 £48,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £50,000 £68,750
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -27.27% +14.58%
75th Percentile £72,875 £71,250 £90,313
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,450 £104,525
England median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% -13.33% +7.14%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,709 14,487 13,371
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 92.03% 83.62% 94.47%
Number of salaries quoted 4,196 10,016 7,809
10th Percentile £29,500 £27,750 £30,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Cloud Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Cloud Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Cloud Security in the South East

Cloud Security
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cloud Security in the South East.

Salary trend for Cloud Security in the South East

Cloud Security
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cloud Security in the South East over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Cloud Security in the South East

Cloud Security
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cloud Security within the South East region over the 6 months to 28 May 2025. 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
Hampshire +56 31 £68,750 +71.88% 96
Kent +41 22 £55,000 -4.35% 73
Middlesex - 20 - -
Thames Valley +51 15 £72,500 +54.26% 244
Berkshire +36 9 £81,250 +72.87% 150
West Sussex +41 4 £55,000 -40.54% 35
Buckinghamshire +27 4 £73,750 +63.89% 64
Surrey +47 3 £65,000 -16.13% 64
Oxfordshire +43 2 £45,000 -18.18% 35
Cloud Security
England

Cloud Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.11%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 52 (54.74%) Azure
2 34 (35.79%) SaaS
3 28 (29.47%) AWS
4 20 (21.05%) GCP
5 19 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
6 15 (15.79%) PaaS
7 10 (10.53%) Azure Sentinel
8 8 (8.42%) IaaS
9 7 (7.37%) Azure Monitor
10 4 (4.21%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (3.16%) Amazon EC2
11 3 (3.16%) Amazon EKS
11 3 (3.16%) Entra ID
11 3 (3.16%) Route 53
11 3 (3.16%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 2 (2.11%) Azure Key Vault
12 2 (2.11%) Cloud Run
12 2 (2.11%) Datadog
12 2 (2.11%) GitHub
12 2 (2.11%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 21 (22.11%) Firewall
2 7 (7.37%) Network Security
3 6 (6.32%) TCP/IP
4 4 (4.21%) VPN
5 2 (2.11%) SD-WAN
5 2 (2.11%) WAN
5 2 (2.11%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.21%) MySQL
2 2 (2.11%) MongoDB
3 1 (1.05%) GIS
Development Applications
1 9 (9.47%) Git
2 7 (7.37%) Jenkins
3 2 (2.11%) Cypress.io
3 2 (2.11%) Vite
3 2 (2.11%) webpack
General
1 28 (29.47%) Social Skills
2 21 (22.11%) Law
3 17 (17.89%) Legal
4 13 (13.68%) Finance
5 9 (9.47%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (9.47%) Telecoms
6 8 (8.42%) Games
7 6 (6.32%) Aviation
8 5 (5.26%) Automotive
9 3 (3.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.05%) Retail
Job Titles
1 32 (33.68%) Cloud Engineer
2 27 (28.42%) Senior
3 16 (16.84%) Senior Cloud Engineer
4 12 (12.63%) Security Engineer
5 9 (9.47%) Lead
6 7 (7.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (6.32%) Azure Engineer
7 6 (6.32%) Gen AI Engineer
7 6 (6.32%) Senior Manager
8 5 (5.26%) Analyst
8 5 (5.26%) Architect
8 5 (5.26%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (5.26%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 5 (5.26%) Security Manager
8 5 (5.26%) Vulnerability Manager
9 4 (4.21%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 4 (4.21%) Gen AI Software Engineer
9 4 (4.21%) Principal Engineer
9 4 (4.21%) Security Analyst
9 4 (4.21%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (9.47%) Node.js
2 6 (6.32%) Hugging Face
2 6 (6.32%) LangChain
2 6 (6.32%) PyTorch
2 6 (6.32%) TensorFlow
3 3 (3.16%) .NET
3 3 (3.16%) LDAP
3 3 (3.16%) SAML
4 2 (2.11%) Enzyme
4 2 (2.11%) Jest
4 2 (2.11%) LAMP
4 2 (2.11%) Next.js
4 2 (2.11%) OpenAPI
4 2 (2.11%) Parceljs
4 2 (2.11%) React
4 2 (2.11%) Svelte
4 2 (2.11%) Vue
4 2 (2.11%) WebAssembly
5 1 (1.05%) Kafka
5 1 (1.05%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (23.16%) Management Information System
2 14 (14.74%) Security Posture
3 8 (8.42%) Algorithms
4 7 (7.37%) Cloud Native
4 7 (7.37%) Public Cloud
5 6 (6.32%) Cloud Security Posture
5 6 (6.32%) Cyber Security Posture
5 6 (6.32%) Robotics
6 5 (5.26%) Cyber Threat
7 4 (4.21%) Cyber Defence
7 4 (4.21%) Security Operations Centre
8 3 (3.16%) PKI
9 2 (2.11%) Enterprise Cloud
9 2 (2.11%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (2.11%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (2.11%) Virtual Team
10 1 (1.05%) Onboarding
10 1 (1.05%) Operational Technology
10 1 (1.05%) Product Ownership
10 1 (1.05%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 15 (15.79%) Windows
2 11 (11.58%) Linux
3 6 (6.32%) Android
3 6 (6.32%) Apple iOS
4 2 (2.11%) Windows Server
4 2 (2.11%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (1.05%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (32.63%) Cybersecurity
2 28 (29.47%) CI/CD
3 25 (26.32%) DevOps
4 24 (25.26%) Technology Strategy
5 22 (23.16%) Computer Science
6 21 (22.11%) SIEM
7 20 (21.05%) Artificial Intelligence
7 20 (21.05%) Infrastructure as Code
7 20 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
8 18 (18.95%) High Availability
9 17 (17.89%) Incident Management
9 17 (17.89%) Incident Response
9 17 (17.89%) Project Delivery
9 17 (17.89%) Software Engineering
10 16 (16.84%) Information Security
10 16 (16.84%) IT Strategy
11 14 (14.74%) Agile
11 14 (14.74%) Generative AI
11 14 (14.74%) LLM
11 14 (14.74%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 27 (28.42%) Python
2 9 (9.47%) PowerShell
3 8 (8.42%) Go
4 7 (7.37%) Bash
5 5 (5.26%) SQL
6 4 (4.21%) C#
6 4 (4.21%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (2.11%) C
7 2 (2.11%) JavaScript
7 2 (2.11%) Perl
7 2 (2.11%) PHP
7 2 (2.11%) TypeScript
8 1 (1.05%) Java
Qualifications
1 28 (29.47%) Degree
2 21 (22.11%) CISSP
3 15 (15.79%) Computer Science Degree
4 14 (14.74%) Security Cleared
5 10 (10.53%) CISM
6 9 (9.47%) SC Cleared
7 7 (7.37%) CEH
8 6 (6.32%) Master's Degree
9 4 (4.21%) Azure Certification
9 4 (4.21%) CompTIA Security+
9 4 (4.21%) GCIH
9 4 (4.21%) GIAC
9 4 (4.21%) OSCP
10 3 (3.16%) DV Cleared
11 2 (2.11%) AWS Certification
11 2 (2.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (2.11%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (1.05%) CISA
12 1 (1.05%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (11.58%) NIST
3 10 (10.53%) GDPR
4 8 (8.42%) Accessibility
4 8 (8.42%) HIPAA
5 7 (7.37%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (6.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (2.11%) PCI DSS
8 1 (1.05%) GRC
8 1 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 1 (1.05%) NCSC
8 1 (1.05%) NIST 800
8 1 (1.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (1.05%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (3.16%) Active Directory
1 3 (3.16%) Docker
2 2 (2.11%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (2.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 23 (24.21%) Kubernetes
2 18 (18.95%) Terraform
3 10 (10.53%) QRadar
4 7 (7.37%) Ansible
4 7 (7.37%) Grafana
4 7 (7.37%) Prometheus
5 6 (6.32%) ArcSight ESM
6 5 (5.26%) CASB
7 2 (2.11%) ZENworks
8 1 (1.05%) Nessus
Vendors
1 42 (44.21%) Microsoft
2 10 (10.53%) Splunk
3 6 (6.32%) ArcSight
3 6 (6.32%) LogLogic
3 6 (6.32%) McAfee
3 6 (6.32%) OpenAI
4 5 (5.26%) Cisco
5 4 (4.21%) Palo Alto
6 2 (2.11%) Google
6 2 (2.11%) Meraki
6 2 (2.11%) VMware
7 1 (1.05%) ESRI
7 1 (1.05%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.05%) IFS
7 1 (1.05%) Okta
7 1 (1.05%) Tenable
7 1 (1.05%) Zscaler