Cloud Security Posture Job Trends in the South West

Cloud Security Posture
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cloud Security Posture in permanent job vacancies in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cloud Security Posture over the 6 months leading up to 4 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 179 189 -
Rank change year-on-year +10 - -
Permanent jobs citing Cloud Security Posture 1 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.020% 0.023% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.078% 0.062% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £60,000 -
England median annual salary £95,000 £45,000 £120,000
% change year-on-year +111.11% -62.50% +9.09%

All Generic Skills
South West

Cloud Security Posture falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,280 1,615 1,627
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 25.61% 37.80% 36.04%
Number of salaries quoted 827 786 1,197
10th Percentile £27,000 £10,258 £29,626
25th Percentile £31,250 £34,404 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -7.41% +2.86%
75th Percentile £58,750 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £81,875 £83,104
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

Cloud Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Cloud Security Posture job vacancy trend in the South West

Cloud Security Posture
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Cloud Security Posture

Cloud Security Posture
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 Security Posture within the South West region over the 6 months to 4 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
Bristol +11 1 - -
Cloud Security Posture
England

Cloud Security Posture
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DMZ
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 1 (100.00%) PKI
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Cryptography
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) ISMS
1 1 (100.00%) Key Management
1 1 (100.00%) RBAC
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 42001
1 1 (100.00%) JSP 440
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS