IBM Cloud Job Trends in the South East

IBM Cloud Computing
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring IBM Cloud skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 266 259 279
Rank change year-on-year -7 +20 -
Permanent jobs citing IBM Cloud 1 35 12
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.010% 0.39% 0.14%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.031% 1.18% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £51,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 - £53,000
75th Percentile - - £57,500
90th Percentile - - £59,000
England median annual salary £75,000 £55,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +36.36% -21.43% +0.80%

All Cloud Computing Skills
South East

IBM Cloud falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 3,178 2,960 2,843
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 30.52% 32.95% 32.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1,738 1,609 2,362
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -8.70%
75th Percentile £69,960 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%

IBM Cloud
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

IBM Cloud job vacancy trend in the South East

IBM Cloud
Salary Trend in the South East

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

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

IBM Cloud
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 IBM Cloud within the South East region over the 6 months to 15 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
Buckinghamshire - 1 £35,000 -
Thames Valley - 1 £35,000 -
IBM Cloud
England

IBM Cloud
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) SSL
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Cloud
1 1 (100.00%) IBM Storwize
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Key Management
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Management
1 1 (100.00%) Proactive Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IBM