Cloud Security Job Trends in the South East

Cloud Security
England > South East

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 187 206 241
Rank change year-on-year +19 +35 +18
Permanent jobs citing Cloud Security 83 102 54
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.80% 1.14% 0.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.00% 1.29% 0.69%
Number of salaries quoted 56 65 47
10th Percentile £30,000 £49,775 £40,000
25th Percentile £34,188 £52,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +30.00% -33.33%
75th Percentile £79,500 £87,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £88,625 £94,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £65,175
% change year-on-year +3.45% +11.24% -13.10%

All Process & 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 8,324 7,915 7,772
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 80.21% 88.16% 88.29%
Number of salaries quoted 4,975 3,773 5,421
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,250 £45,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £58,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.53% +11.43% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
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 South East

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

Cloud Security job vacancy trend in the South East

Cloud Security
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Cloud Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Cloud Security

Cloud Security
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cloud Security in the South East over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

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 14 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
Thames Valley +34 40 £37,000 -58.31% 25
Berkshire +8 27 £30,000 -65.71% 22
Hampshire -5 18 £64,250 -1.15% 8
Kent -10 14 £65,000 +18.18% 2
Oxfordshire - 7 £86,500 -
Buckinghamshire +11 6 £65,000 -48.41% 3
West Sussex +4 5 £70,000 +27.27% 1
Surrey +4 3 £72,500 -23.68% 6
Home Counties - 3 £55,000 -
Cloud Security
England

Cloud Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 1 (1.20%) Apache
1 1 (1.20%) Camunda
1 1 (1.20%) IIS
1 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.20%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (3.61%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 33 (39.76%) Azure
2 21 (25.30%) AWS
3 16 (19.28%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (12.05%) GCP
5 9 (10.84%) Azure Sentinel
6 5 (6.02%) PaaS
7 4 (4.82%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (4.82%) GitHub
7 4 (4.82%) IaaS
8 3 (3.61%) AWS CloudFormation
8 3 (3.61%) Entra ID
8 3 (3.61%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (2.41%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (2.41%) Nutanix
9 2 (2.41%) OpenShift
9 2 (2.41%) SaaS
10 1 (1.20%) AWS CloudTrail
10 1 (1.20%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (1.20%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (1.20%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 13 (15.66%) Firewall
2 9 (10.84%) VPN
3 5 (6.02%) Network Security
4 2 (2.41%) DMZ
4 2 (2.41%) HTTP
4 2 (2.41%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.20%) AMQP
5 1 (1.20%) Internet
5 1 (1.20%) MPLS
5 1 (1.20%) S/MIME
5 1 (1.20%) SD-WAN
5 1 (1.20%) WAN
5 1 (1.20%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (8.43%) BigQuery
2 1 (1.20%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (1.20%) MySQL
2 1 (1.20%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.20%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.20%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (4.82%) Git
2 2 (2.41%) Jenkins
2 2 (2.41%) Snyk
3 1 (1.20%) Ant
3 1 (1.20%) Burp Suite
3 1 (1.20%) Cucumber
3 1 (1.20%) Cypress.io
3 1 (1.20%) GitLab
3 1 (1.20%) Gradle
3 1 (1.20%) JUnit
3 1 (1.20%) Maven
3 1 (1.20%) Mockito
General
1 24 (28.92%) Social Skills
2 8 (9.64%) Finance
3 6 (7.23%) Law
3 6 (7.23%) Marketing
4 4 (4.82%) Automotive
5 2 (2.41%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (2.41%) Manufacturing
5 2 (2.41%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.20%) General Ledger
6 1 (1.20%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (1.20%) Retail
Job Titles
1 19 (22.89%) Architect
2 15 (18.07%) Security Engineer
2 15 (18.07%) Senior
3 12 (14.46%) Sales Representative
4 10 (12.05%) Analyst
5 9 (10.84%) Cloud Engineer
6 8 (9.64%) Enterprise Architect
6 8 (9.64%) Enterprise Information Architect
6 8 (9.64%) Enterprise Security Architect
6 8 (9.64%) Information Architect
6 8 (9.64%) Information Security Architect
6 8 (9.64%) Security Architect
7 6 (7.23%) Cloud Architect
7 6 (7.23%) Cloud Security Engineer
7 6 (7.23%) GCP Architect
7 6 (7.23%) Platform Architect
7 6 (7.23%) Security Analyst
7 6 (7.23%) Senior Analyst
7 6 (7.23%) Senior Security Analyst
8 5 (6.02%) Senior Information Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (8.43%) ARM Templates
2 2 (2.41%) .NET
3 1 (1.20%) AngularJS
3 1 (1.20%) Azure Blueprints
3 1 (1.20%) Bootstrap
3 1 (1.20%) CSS
3 1 (1.20%) HTML
3 1 (1.20%) LangGraph
3 1 (1.20%) ModSecurity
3 1 (1.20%) Nightwatchjs
3 1 (1.20%) OAuth
3 1 (1.20%) OAuth2
3 1 (1.20%) React
3 1 (1.20%) REST
3 1 (1.20%) RESTful
3 1 (1.20%) Spring
3 1 (1.20%) Spring Boot
3 1 (1.20%) TensorFlow
3 1 (1.20%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 19 (22.89%) Cloud Native
2 12 (14.46%) Security Posture
3 6 (7.23%) Cloud Security Posture
4 5 (6.02%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (6.02%) Security Operations Centre
5 4 (4.82%) ARM Cortex
5 4 (4.82%) Onboarding
6 3 (3.61%) PKI
7 2 (2.41%) Blog
7 2 (2.41%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 2 (2.41%) Management Information System
7 2 (2.41%) Product Ownership
8 1 (1.20%) AI Agents
8 1 (1.20%) Algorithms
8 1 (1.20%) Cyber Defence
8 1 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (1.20%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.82%) Windows
2 3 (3.61%) Linux
2 3 (3.61%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.20%) Unix
3 1 (1.20%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (24.10%) Continuous Improvement
2 19 (22.89%) Information Security
2 19 (22.89%) Infrastructure as Code
3 17 (20.48%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (19.28%) Stakeholder Management
5 15 (18.07%) Mentoring
5 15 (18.07%) Security Architecture
6 14 (16.87%) DevOps
6 14 (16.87%) Security Operations
7 13 (15.66%) Analytics
7 13 (15.66%) CI/CD
7 13 (15.66%) Vulnerability Management
8 11 (13.25%) Decision-Making
8 11 (13.25%) Roadmaps
9 10 (12.05%) Data Protection
9 10 (12.05%) Enterprise Architecture
9 10 (12.05%) SIEM
9 10 (12.05%) Strategic Thinking
9 10 (12.05%) TOGAF
10 9 (10.84%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 17 (20.48%) Python
2 9 (10.84%) PowerShell
3 8 (9.64%) Go
4 7 (8.43%) Bicep
5 6 (7.23%) Java
6 4 (4.82%) Kusto Query Language
7 3 (3.61%) Bash
8 2 (2.41%) SQL
9 1 (1.20%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 13 (15.66%) CISSP
2 11 (13.25%) CISM
3 9 (10.84%) TOGAF Certification
4 8 (9.64%) DBS Check
4 8 (9.64%) Security Cleared
5 5 (6.02%) Azure Certification
6 4 (4.82%) Degree
7 3 (3.61%) CEH
7 3 (3.61%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (3.61%) DV Cleared
7 3 (3.61%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (2.41%) AWS Certification
8 2 (2.41%) CISMP
8 2 (2.41%) GSEC
8 2 (2.41%) SC Cleared
9 1 (1.20%) ACCA
9 1 (1.20%) CIMA
9 1 (1.20%) CISA
9 1 (1.20%) GCIH
9 1 (1.20%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (16.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (14.46%) GRC
2 12 (14.46%) NIST
3 9 (10.84%) GDPR
4 6 (7.23%) NCSC
4 6 (7.23%) PCI DSS
5 2 (2.41%) ISO/IEC 42001
5 2 (2.41%) JSP 440
6 1 (1.20%) HIPAA
6 1 (1.20%) NIST 800
6 1 (1.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (1.20%) SOC 2
System Software
1 9 (10.84%) Docker
2 5 (6.02%) Active Directory
3 3 (3.61%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (2.41%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (1.20%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 18 (21.69%) Terraform
2 16 (19.28%) Kubernetes
3 3 (3.61%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.20%) Ansible
4 1 (1.20%) Argo
4 1 (1.20%) CASB
4 1 (1.20%) Grafana
4 1 (1.20%) Kubeflow
4 1 (1.20%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 26 (31.33%) Microsoft
2 7 (8.43%) Google
3 4 (4.82%) CrowdStrike
3 4 (4.82%) ServiceNow
3 4 (4.82%) Splunk
3 4 (4.82%) Tenable
4 3 (3.61%) Rapid7
4 3 (3.61%) VMware
5 2 (2.41%) Checkmarx
5 2 (2.41%) Qualys
5 2 (2.41%) Red Hat
5 2 (2.41%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.20%) Extreme Networks
6 1 (1.20%) Fortinet
6 1 (1.20%) Netskope
6 1 (1.20%) Okta
6 1 (1.20%) Oracle
6 1 (1.20%) Thales
6 1 (1.20%) Zscaler