Cloud Security Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Cloud Security
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear requiring Cloud Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 95 53 79
Rank change year-on-year -42 +26 -35
Permanent jobs citing Cloud Security 29 5 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Tyne and Wear 1.13% 0.78% 0.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.55% 0.92% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 21 2 5
10th Percentile £40,000 £76,000 -
25th Percentile £44,750 £77,500 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £82,500 £45,500
Median % change year-on-year -43.03% +81.32% -17.27%
75th Percentile £50,250 £85,000 £66,000
90th Percentile £97,500 - £66,900
North East median annual salary £47,000 £77,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -39.35% +72.22% -1.10%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Tyne and Wear

Cloud Security falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Tyne and Wear.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,868 541 941
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 72.97% 84.93% 84.47%
Number of salaries quoted 1,425 367 663
10th Percentile £32,200 £24,570 £26,050
25th Percentile £41,250 £28,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £45,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% +4.40% -13.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £63,125 £60,741
90th Percentile £100,000 £72,500 £74,950
North East median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +22.22% -5.26% -5.00%

Cloud Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cloud Security relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

Cloud Security job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

Cloud Security
Salary Trend in Tyne and Wear

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Cloud Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Cloud Security

Cloud Security
Salary Histogram in Tyne and Wear

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cloud Security in Tyne and Wear over the 6 months to 28 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Cloud Security in Tyne and Wear

Cloud Security
Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cloud Security within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 28 August 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
Newcastle upon Tyne -49 16 £69,607 -15.63% 7
Prudhoe - 7 £47,000 - 2
Gateshead - 5 £40,000 -
Sunderland - 1 - -
Cloud Security
North East

Cloud Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (24.14%) SharePoint
2 5 (17.24%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (17.24%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 11 (37.93%) AWS
2 10 (34.48%) Serverless
3 8 (27.59%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (24.14%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 7 (24.14%) Amazon EC2
4 7 (24.14%) Amazon ECS
4 7 (24.14%) Amazon EKS
4 7 (24.14%) Amazon S3
4 7 (24.14%) AWS CloudFormation
4 7 (24.14%) AWS Lambda
4 7 (24.14%) OneDrive
4 7 (24.14%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 6 (20.69%) GCP
6 4 (13.79%) Azure
7 3 (10.34%) Vertex AI
8 2 (6.90%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (6.90%) IaaS
8 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (6.90%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (17.24%) DHCP
1 5 (17.24%) DNS
2 4 (13.79%) Network Security
3 1 (3.45%) Firewall
3 1 (3.45%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (24.14%) Amazon RDS
General
1 7 (24.14%) Analytical Skills
1 7 (24.14%) Law
2 5 (17.24%) Local Government
3 3 (10.34%) Banking
3 3 (10.34%) Finance
3 3 (10.34%) Public Sector
4 2 (6.90%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (24.14%) AWS Engineer
1 7 (24.14%) Cloud Engineer
1 7 (24.14%) Senior
2 6 (20.69%) Architect
3 5 (17.24%) 3rd Line Support
3 5 (17.24%) Consultant
3 5 (17.24%) Security Consultant
3 5 (17.24%) Senior Systems Engineer
3 5 (17.24%) Systems Engineer
4 4 (13.79%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (13.79%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (13.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (13.79%) Security Architect
5 3 (10.34%) Cloud Architect
5 3 (10.34%) Cloud Security Architect
5 3 (10.34%) Cybersecurity Consultant
6 2 (6.90%) Senior Architect
6 2 (6.90%) Senior Technical Architect
6 2 (6.90%) Technical Architect
7 1 (3.45%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (24.14%) Terraform
2 2 (6.90%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 7 (24.14%) Hybrid Cloud
1 7 (24.14%) Linux Command Line
2 5 (17.24%) Cyber Security Posture
2 5 (17.24%) IoT
2 5 (17.24%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (10.34%) Cloud Native
4 2 (6.90%) Security Posture
5 1 (3.45%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 5 (17.24%) Windows
1 5 (17.24%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (48.28%) Project Delivery
2 13 (44.83%) Continuous Improvement
3 12 (41.38%) Cybersecurity
3 12 (41.38%) Migration
4 10 (34.48%) CI/CD
4 10 (34.48%) DevOps
4 10 (34.48%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (27.59%) Infrastructure as Code
6 7 (24.14%) Cost Management
6 7 (24.14%) Cost Optimisation
6 7 (24.14%) Identity Management
6 7 (24.14%) Infrastructure Automation
6 7 (24.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 7 (24.14%) ITIL
6 7 (24.14%) Service Management
7 5 (17.24%) Agile
7 5 (17.24%) Coaching
7 5 (17.24%) IT Strategy
7 5 (17.24%) Risk Management
7 5 (17.24%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 8 (27.59%) Python
2 7 (24.14%) Bash
3 6 (20.69%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (20.69%) Degree
2 5 (17.24%) CISSP
2 5 (17.24%) DBS Check
3 4 (13.79%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 4 (13.79%) CCSP
3 4 (13.79%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (10.34%) CISM
5 2 (6.90%) Security Cleared
6 1 (3.45%) CISA
6 1 (3.45%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (3.45%) DV Cleared
6 1 (3.45%) GSEC
6 1 (3.45%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (17.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (17.24%) NIST
2 1 (3.45%) GDPR
2 1 (3.45%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (24.14%) Docker
2 5 (17.24%) Active Directory
2 5 (17.24%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (17.24%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (17.24%) SCCM
2 1 (3.45%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 8 (27.59%) Microsoft
2 5 (17.24%) Aruba
2 5 (17.24%) VMware
3 2 (6.90%) Adobe
3 2 (6.90%) Google
4 1 (3.45%) Cisco
4 1 (3.45%) Proofpoint
4 1 (3.45%) Zscaler