Cloud Computing Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Cloud Computing
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Cloud Computing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 344 260
Rank change year-on-year +285 -84 +126
Permanent jobs citing Cloud Computing 1,471 275 348
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 3.98% 0.57% 1.15%
As % of the Cloud Services category 13.38% 1.97% 2.92%
Number of salaries quoted 106 137 275
10th Percentile £25,188 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £26,000 £41,500 £44,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -45.83% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £56,294 £74,144 £68,943
90th Percentile £68,750 £90,000 £80,750
UK median annual salary £48,500 £69,308 £62,009
% change year-on-year -30.02% +11.77% -17.32%

All Cloud Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 10,992 13,976 11,921
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 29.75% 28.99% 39.49%
Number of salaries quoted 6,925 7,925 9,947
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +2.80% -2.73%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% -

Cloud Computing
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Cloud Computing job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Cloud Computing
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Cloud Computing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Cloud Computing

Cloud Computing
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cloud Computing in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 22 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Cloud Computing in the UK excluding London

Cloud Computing
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cloud Computing within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 22 November 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
North of England +220 659 £55,000 -4.35% 27
North West +177 595 £48,500 +7.78% 19
South East +202 433 £29,000 -49.13% 43
East of England +142 234 £52,500 -16.00% 16
Midlands +106 78 £36,625 -47.16% 9
East Midlands +75 66 £25,750 -63.86%
Yorkshire +51 54 £47,500 -29.10% 3
South West +16 34 £27,000 -37.92% 9
Wales +33 29 £48,122 -30.57% 2
West Midlands +45 12 £53,450 -22.88% 9
North East +18 10 £62,500 +4.17% 5
Channel Islands - 6 - -
Scotland -9 5 - - 7
Northern Ireland -3 1 £55,000 -20.64%
Cloud Computing
UK

Cloud Computing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 17 (1.16%) SharePoint
2 5 (0.34%) WordPress
3 3 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.068%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.068%) OpenStack
Applications
1 11 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.20%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.068%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 39 (2.65%) Azure
2 24 (1.63%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (1.36%) AWS
4 17 (1.16%) Entra ID
5 12 (0.82%) Power Platform
6 10 (0.68%) SaaS
7 7 (0.48%) GCP
7 7 (0.48%) PaaS
7 7 (0.48%) Serverless
8 6 (0.41%) Amazon S3
8 6 (0.41%) AWS Lambda
8 6 (0.41%) Mimecast
8 6 (0.41%) OneDrive
9 5 (0.34%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (0.34%) Power Automate
9 5 (0.34%) Snowflake
10 4 (0.27%) Azure Sentinel
10 4 (0.27%) GitHub
11 3 (0.20%) Amazon ECS
11 3 (0.20%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 1,334 (90.69%) Internet
2 14 (0.95%) Firewall
3 6 (0.41%) DHCP
3 6 (0.41%) DNS
3 6 (0.41%) LAN
3 6 (0.41%) Network Security
4 4 (0.27%) Wireless
5 2 (0.14%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (0.14%) NGFW
5 2 (0.14%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.14%) VLAN
5 2 (0.14%) WAN
6 1 (0.068%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (0.75%) GIS
2 10 (0.68%) Geospatial Data
2 10 (0.68%) Power BI
2 10 (0.68%) SQL Server
3 5 (0.34%) Data Vault
4 4 (0.27%) Apache Cassandra
4 4 (0.27%) Big Data
4 4 (0.27%) MongoDB
5 3 (0.20%) Amazon Athena
5 3 (0.20%) Elasticsearch
5 3 (0.20%) MySQL
5 3 (0.20%) RDBMS
5 3 (0.20%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.14%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.14%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.14%) Snowflake Schema
7 1 (0.068%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.068%) Redis
7 1 (0.068%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.068%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (0.48%) GitLab
2 4 (0.27%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.14%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.068%) Ant
4 1 (0.068%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.068%) Git
4 1 (0.068%) IntelliJ
4 1 (0.068%) Jasmine
4 1 (0.068%) JIRA
4 1 (0.068%) JMeter
4 1 (0.068%) Karma Test Runner
4 1 (0.068%) Maven
4 1 (0.068%) Protractor
4 1 (0.068%) Selenium
4 1 (0.068%) WebDriver
4 1 (0.068%) webpack
General
1 1,365 (92.79%) Social Skills
2 1,342 (91.23%) Banking
3 1,338 (90.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 36 (2.45%) Finance
5 24 (1.63%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (1.09%) Law
7 8 (0.54%) Investment Banking
8 7 (0.48%) Legal
9 6 (0.41%) Telecoms
10 5 (0.34%) Manufacturing
11 4 (0.27%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.20%) Advertising
13 2 (0.14%) Marketing
13 2 (0.14%) Public Sector
13 2 (0.14%) Retail
14 1 (0.068%) Aerospace
14 1 (0.068%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1,072 (72.88%) Lecturer
2 20 (1.36%) IT Support
3 13 (0.88%) Developer
4 12 (0.82%) Consultant
4 12 (0.82%) Lead
5 9 (0.61%) Analyst
5 9 (0.61%) IT Engineer
6 8 (0.54%) Telesales Executive
7 7 (0.48%) Head of Engineering
7 7 (0.48%) IT Support Engineer
7 7 (0.48%) Support Engineer
8 6 (0.41%) Cloud Engineer
8 6 (0.41%) IT Analyst
8 6 (0.41%) Service Analyst
8 6 (0.41%) Service Desk Analyst
8 6 (0.41%) Software Engineer
9 5 (0.34%) Architect
9 5 (0.34%) Sales Consultant
9 5 (0.34%) Technical Engineer
9 5 (0.34%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (0.41%) HTML
1 6 (0.41%) Kafka
2 5 (0.34%) .NET
2 5 (0.34%) Spring
3 4 (0.27%) ASP.NET
3 4 (0.27%) CSS
3 4 (0.27%) jQuery
3 4 (0.27%) Spring Boot
4 3 (0.20%) RESTful
4 3 (0.20%) Snowpark
5 2 (0.14%) AngularJS
5 2 (0.14%) Elastic Stack
5 2 (0.14%) Node.js
5 2 (0.14%) OAuth
5 2 (0.14%) React
5 2 (0.14%) SAML
6 1 (0.068%) .NET Core
6 1 (0.068%) AWS CDK
6 1 (0.068%) Bootstrap
6 1 (0.068%) NETCONF
Miscellaneous
1 1,333 (90.62%) IoT
2 31 (2.11%) Data Centre
3 30 (2.04%) Social Media
4 24 (1.63%) Management Information System
5 13 (0.88%) Onboarding
6 11 (0.75%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (0.68%) LIMS
8 8 (0.54%) Cloud Native
8 8 (0.54%) Video Conferencing
9 7 (0.48%) Product Ownership
10 5 (0.34%) Algorithms
10 5 (0.34%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (0.27%) Data Structures
11 4 (0.27%) Driving Licence
11 4 (0.27%) EPoS
12 3 (0.20%) Enterprise Software
12 3 (0.20%) Public Cloud
12 3 (0.20%) Social Network
12 3 (0.20%) Virtual Team
13 2 (0.14%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 20 (1.36%) Windows
2 11 (0.75%) Windows 10
3 6 (0.41%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.34%) Linux
5 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.068%) CentOS
6 1 (0.068%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.068%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,363 (92.66%) Cybersecurity
2 1,340 (91.09%) Machine Learning
3 1,338 (90.96%) AI
4 1,336 (90.82%) Web Development
5 1,333 (90.62%) User Experience
6 41 (2.79%) Customer Service
7 38 (2.58%) Problem-Solving
8 22 (1.50%) Continuous Improvement
9 20 (1.36%) Agile
10 19 (1.29%) Mentoring
11 18 (1.22%) CI/CD
12 15 (1.02%) DevOps
12 15 (1.02%) Risk Management
13 14 (0.95%) ITIL
14 12 (0.82%) Data Security
14 12 (0.82%) Decision-Making
14 12 (0.82%) Regulatory Compliance
15 11 (0.75%) Business Intelligence
15 11 (0.75%) Computer Science
16 10 (0.68%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (1.29%) SQL
2 12 (0.82%) PowerShell
2 12 (0.82%) Python
3 10 (0.68%) Java
4 7 (0.48%) C#
5 5 (0.34%) ANSI SQL
5 5 (0.34%) JavaScript
6 4 (0.27%) C++
6 4 (0.27%) PHP
7 3 (0.20%) Bicep
8 1 (0.068%) Bash
8 1 (0.068%) Scala
8 1 (0.068%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.068%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1,367 (92.93%) Degree
2 1,333 (90.62%) Master's Degree
2 1,333 (90.62%) PhD
2 1,333 (90.62%) Postgraduate
3 10 (0.68%) DBS Check
4 9 (0.61%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (0.41%) A+ Certification
5 6 (0.41%) Azure Certification
5 6 (0.41%) Security Cleared
6 5 (0.34%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 5 (0.34%) CCSP
6 5 (0.34%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (0.34%) CISSP
6 5 (0.34%) SC Cleared
7 3 (0.20%) ACCA
7 3 (0.20%) CEH
7 3 (0.20%) CISA
7 3 (0.20%) CISM
7 3 (0.20%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (0.20%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (0.68%) GLP
2 9 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (0.20%) GAAP
4 3 (0.20%) GDPR
4 3 (0.20%) IFRS
4 3 (0.20%) NIST
5 2 (0.14%) COBIT
5 2 (0.14%) GRC
5 2 (0.14%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.068%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.068%) Government Security Classifications
6 1 (0.068%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.068%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 1 (0.068%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 20 (1.36%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.34%) Docker
2 5 (0.34%) Firmware
3 3 (0.20%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.20%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.068%) Dovecot
4 1 (0.068%) KVM
4 1 (0.068%) Postfix
4 1 (0.068%) QEMU
4 1 (0.068%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 12 (0.82%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (0.75%) Kubernetes
3 8 (0.54%) Terraform
4 6 (0.41%) SCCM
5 3 (0.20%) Ansible
5 3 (0.20%) Grafana
6 2 (0.14%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.14%) Sysdig
7 1 (0.068%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.068%) Kibana
Vendors
1 40 (2.72%) Microsoft
2 6 (0.41%) Oracle
2 6 (0.41%) ServiceNow
2 6 (0.41%) Sophos
3 5 (0.34%) Cisco
3 5 (0.34%) VMware
4 4 (0.27%) Google
5 2 (0.14%) Dell
5 2 (0.14%) Palo Alto
5 2 (0.14%) Tenable
6 1 (0.068%) Broadcom
6 1 (0.068%) Okta
6 1 (0.068%) Ping Identity
6 1 (0.068%) Red Hat
6 1 (0.068%) SaltStack
6 1 (0.068%) Splunk
6 1 (0.068%) Veeam