Cloud Computing Job Trends in the South West

Cloud Computing
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Cloud Computing skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 153 210 160
Rank change year-on-year +57 -50 +35
Permanent jobs citing Cloud Computing 13 32 75
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.37% 0.42% 1.59%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.36% 1.72% 3.94%
Number of salaries quoted 10 24 35
10th Percentile - - £44,723
25th Percentile £25,500 £30,000 £51,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 £43,491 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -33.32% -42.01% -7.69%
75th Percentile £37,125 £65,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £40,750 £77,250 £87,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% -13.33%

All Cloud Skills
South West

Cloud Computing 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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 954 1,857 1,904
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 27.20% 24.65% 40.37%
Number of salaries quoted 695 1,209 1,569
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £41,250 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% - +6.96%
75th Percentile £67,500 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £84,056
England median annual salary £60,000 £63,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -5.51% -2.31% +4.00%

Cloud Computing
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Cloud Computing in the South West

Cloud Computing
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Cloud Computing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Cloud Computing

Cloud Computing
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cloud Computing in the South West over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Cloud Computing in the South West

Cloud Computing
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cloud Computing within the South West region over the 6 months to 18 September 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
Dorset - 7 £26,000 -
Wiltshire +32 3 £35,000 +55.56% 1
Bristol +26 2 £49,000 -6.67% 2
Gloucestershire +28 1 £30,000 -30.23% 2
Cloud Computing
England

Cloud Computing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (23.08%) Azure
1 3 (23.08%) Entra ID
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (53.85%) Firewall
1 7 (53.85%) LAN
2 4 (30.77%) Wireless
3 3 (23.08%) Intrusion Detection
3 3 (23.08%) Network Security
3 3 (23.08%) VLAN
3 3 (23.08%) WAN
General
1 4 (30.77%) Finance
1 4 (30.77%) Telecoms
2 3 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (23.08%) Legal
2 3 (23.08%) Marketing
3 1 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) IT Support
2 4 (30.77%) 1st Line Support
3 3 (23.08%) Engagement Manager
3 3 (23.08%) IT Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) IT Support Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) Support Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) Graduate
4 1 (7.69%) Platform Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Presales Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) Senior
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Solutions Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Technical Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) Technical Presales Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Driving Licence
1 3 (23.08%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.69%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 3 (23.08%) Windows
1 3 (23.08%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) CRM
1 4 (30.77%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (30.77%) Project Planning
2 3 (23.08%) Analytical Thinking
2 3 (23.08%) Computer Forensics
2 3 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (23.08%) Data Security
2 3 (23.08%) Identity Management
2 3 (23.08%) Incident Management
2 3 (23.08%) Incident Response
2 3 (23.08%) Information Assurance
2 3 (23.08%) ITIL
2 3 (23.08%) Regulatory Change
2 3 (23.08%) Risk Management
3 2 (15.38%) Computer Science
4 1 (7.69%) DevOps
4 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure as Code
4 1 (7.69%) Presales
4 1 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (7.69%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) Degree
2 3 (23.08%) FFIEC
3 1 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) GDPR
1 3 (23.08%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (23.08%) Active Directory
1 3 (23.08%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (7.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) VMware
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft