Cloud Computing Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Cloud Computing
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Cloud Computing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
30 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 156 153
Rank change year-on-year +45 -3 +70
Permanent jobs citing Cloud Computing 64 20 23
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.60% 0.58% 0.68%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.24% 1.76% 2.16%
Number of salaries quoted 4 17 19
10th Percentile - £47,398 £29,700
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,163 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £70,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +55.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £59,688 £90,000 £48,750
90th Percentile £70,375 £97,000 £82,700
South East median annual salary £29,250 £70,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year -58.21% +30.84% -10.83%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,222 1,137 1,064
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 30.58% 32.84% 31.55%
Number of salaries quoted 620 588 870
10th Percentile £30,750 £32,350 £32,375
25th Percentile £36,250 £44,875 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £69,840 £78,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £88,750 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -8.70%

Cloud Computing
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Cloud Computing job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Cloud Computing
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Cloud Computing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Cloud Computing

Cloud Computing
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cloud Computing in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Cloud Computing in the Thames Valley

Cloud Computing
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cloud Computing within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 30 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
Buckinghamshire +37 38 £75,000 -16.67% 8
Berkshire +19 18 £52,500 +43.84% 16
Oxfordshire +18 8 - - 4
Cloud Computing
South East

Cloud Computing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 4 (6.25%) AWS
1 4 (6.25%) Azure
2 3 (4.69%) Azure Sentinel
2 3 (4.69%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.56%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 58 (90.63%) Internet
2 3 (4.69%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 1 (1.56%) Git
General
1 59 (92.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 59 (92.19%) Social Skills
2 58 (90.63%) Banking
3 1 (1.56%) Law
3 1 (1.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 48 (75.00%) Lecturer
2 3 (4.69%) Analyst
2 3 (4.69%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 3 (4.69%) Security Analyst
3 2 (3.13%) Head of Engineering
4 1 (1.56%) Architect
4 1 (1.56%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.56%) .NET
1 1 (1.56%) .NET Core
1 1 (1.56%) ASP.NET
1 1 (1.56%) ASP.NET Core
1 1 (1.56%) Entity Framework
1 1 (1.56%) Hibernate
1 1 (1.56%) Spring
1 1 (1.56%) Spring MVC
Miscellaneous
1 58 (90.63%) IoT
2 2 (3.13%) LIMS
2 2 (3.13%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (98.44%) Cybersecurity
2 58 (90.63%) AI
2 58 (90.63%) Machine Learning
2 58 (90.63%) User Experience
2 58 (90.63%) Web Development
3 3 (4.69%) Identity Management
3 3 (4.69%) Kalman Filter
3 3 (4.69%) Security Architecture
3 3 (4.69%) Web Filtering
4 2 (3.13%) Biomedicine
4 2 (3.13%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (3.13%) Data Security
4 2 (3.13%) Information Management
4 2 (3.13%) Regulatory Compliance
5 1 (1.56%) Agile
5 1 (1.56%) Architectural Patterns
5 1 (1.56%) Containerisation
5 1 (1.56%) Enterprise Architecture
5 1 (1.56%) Integration Patterns
5 1 (1.56%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.56%) C#
Qualifications
1 61 (95.31%) Degree
2 58 (90.63%) Master's Degree
2 58 (90.63%) PhD
2 58 (90.63%) Postgraduate
3 3 (4.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 3 (4.69%) CCSP
3 3 (4.69%) CEH
3 3 (4.69%) CISA
3 3 (4.69%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (4.69%) CISM
3 3 (4.69%) CISSP
4 1 (1.56%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.69%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (4.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 3 (4.69%) GRC
1 3 (4.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (4.69%) PCI DSS
2 2 (3.13%) GLP
System Software
1 1 (1.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.56%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (6.25%) Google
2 3 (4.69%) Palo Alto
2 3 (4.69%) Tenable
28 Cloud Computing jobs in the Thames Valley