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 permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 142 147 172
Rank change year-on-year +5 +25 +28
Permanent jobs citing Cloud Computing 36 51 42
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.73% 1.12% 1.00%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.08% 3.50% 2.31%
Number of salaries quoted 3 29 21
10th Percentile £25,800 - £40,000
25th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 £43,491 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -35.62% -42.01% +7.14%
75th Percentile £30,750 £60,000 £91,934
90th Percentile £31,800 £84,756 -
England median annual salary £55,000 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -21.43% +16.67% -18.64%

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 1,170 1,459 1,818
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 23.77% 31.92% 43.28%
Number of salaries quoted 782 831 1,480
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.74% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £73,886 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £82,781
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% -3.85%

Cloud Computing
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Cloud Computing job vacancy trend 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
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 16 December 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
Devon +19 14 - -
Cornwall - 7 - -
Gloucestershire +24 6 £30,000 -37.75% 2
Somerset -3 6 - -
Bristol -22 2 £28,000 -37.78% 3
Dorset - 1 £26,000 -
Cloud Computing
England

Cloud Computing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

Applications
1 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 32 (88.89%) Internet
2 1 (2.78%) Firewall
2 1 (2.78%) LAN
2 1 (2.78%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.78%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 1 (2.78%) Git
General
1 32 (88.89%) Banking
1 32 (88.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 32 (88.89%) Social Skills
2 1 (2.78%) Aerospace
2 1 (2.78%) Finance
2 1 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (2.78%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 27 (75.00%) Lecturer
2 2 (5.56%) Graduate
3 1 (2.78%) 1st Line Support
3 1 (2.78%) Consultant
3 1 (2.78%) IT Support
3 1 (2.78%) Platform Engineer
3 1 (2.78%) Presales Consultant
3 1 (2.78%) Technical Consultant
3 1 (2.78%) Technical Presales Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 32 (88.89%) IoT
2 1 (2.78%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.78%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (91.67%) AI
1 33 (91.67%) Cybersecurity
1 33 (91.67%) Machine Learning
2 32 (88.89%) User Experience
2 32 (88.89%) Web Development
3 2 (5.56%) Computer Science
3 2 (5.56%) Project Management
4 1 (2.78%) Analytics
4 1 (2.78%) Big Data Analytics
4 1 (2.78%) CAD
4 1 (2.78%) CRM
4 1 (2.78%) Data Analysis
4 1 (2.78%) Data Analytics
4 1 (2.78%) DevOps
4 1 (2.78%) Mathematics
4 1 (2.78%) OO
4 1 (2.78%) Physics
4 1 (2.78%) Presales
4 1 (2.78%) Project Planning
4 1 (2.78%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.78%) C#
1 1 (2.78%) C++
1 1 (2.78%) Java
1 1 (2.78%) Python
Qualifications
1 34 (94.44%) Degree
2 32 (88.89%) Master's Degree
2 32 (88.89%) PhD
2 32 (88.89%) Postgraduate
3 1 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.78%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (2.78%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (2.78%) Microsoft