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 29 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 340 283
Rank change year-on-year +281 -57 +110
Permanent jobs citing Cloud Computing 1,463 278 320
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 3.90% 0.60% 1.08%
As % of the Cloud Services category 13.24% 2.03% 2.74%
Number of salaries quoted 101 137 267
10th Percentile £25,375 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £26,000 £42,500 £43,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £55,000 £74,144 £68,943
90th Percentile £68,750 £90,000 £81,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £69,308 £60,000
% change year-on-year -27.86% +15.51% -20.00%

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 11,050 13,706 11,687
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 29.44% 29.63% 39.61%
Number of salaries quoted 6,891 7,700 9,730
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £41,250 £39,936
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £53,301
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +3.19% -3.09%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £82,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -5.51% +1.60% -0.79%

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 29 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 29 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 +222 660 £55,000 -4.35% 29
North West +181 595 £48,500 +7.78% 20
South East +205 431 £29,000 -51.67% 42
East of England +152 232 £52,500 -16.00% 13
Midlands +93 75 £25,750 -62.85% 38
East Midlands +76 66 £25,750 -63.86% 11
Yorkshire +39 54 £47,500 -29.10% 6
South West +6 32 £26,000 -40.22% 4
Wales +30 29 £48,122 -30.57% 1
North East +16 11 £58,750 -2.08% 3
West Midlands +43 9 £63,750 -8.02% 27
Channel Islands - 6 - -
Scotland -18 5 - - 5
Northern Ireland -5 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 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.068%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.068%) OpenStack
Applications
1 11 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.27%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 37 (2.53%) Azure
2 23 (1.57%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (1.30%) AWS
4 16 (1.09%) Entra ID
5 12 (0.82%) Power Platform
6 10 (0.68%) SaaS
7 7 (0.48%) GCP
7 7 (0.48%) PaaS
8 6 (0.41%) Mimecast
8 6 (0.41%) OneDrive
8 6 (0.41%) Serverless
9 5 (0.34%) Amazon S3
9 5 (0.34%) AWS Lambda
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 (0.21%) Amazon ECS
11 3 (0.21%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 1,334 (91.18%) Internet
2 12 (0.82%) Firewall
3 5 (0.34%) DHCP
3 5 (0.34%) DNS
3 5 (0.34%) LAN
4 4 (0.27%) Network Security
4 4 (0.27%) Wireless
5 1 (0.068%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.068%) NGFW
5 1 (0.068%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.068%) VLAN
5 1 (0.068%) VPN
5 1 (0.068%) WAN
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%) Big Data
3 5 (0.34%) Data Vault
4 4 (0.27%) Apache Cassandra
4 4 (0.27%) MongoDB
5 3 (0.21%) Amazon Athena
5 3 (0.21%) Elasticsearch
5 3 (0.21%) MySQL
5 3 (0.21%) RDBMS
5 3 (0.21%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.14%) Snowflake Schema
7 1 (0.068%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.068%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.068%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.068%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.068%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.068%) Redis
Development Applications
1 7 (0.48%) GitLab
2 3 (0.21%) 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 1,363 (93.16%) Social Skills
2 1,342 (91.73%) Banking
3 1,338 (91.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 36 (2.46%) Finance
5 22 (1.50%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (1.09%) Law
7 8 (0.55%) Investment Banking
8 6 (0.41%) Legal
8 6 (0.41%) Telecoms
9 5 (0.34%) Manufacturing
10 3 (0.21%) Advertising
10 3 (0.21%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.14%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.068%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.068%) Marketing
12 1 (0.068%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.068%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1,072 (73.27%) Lecturer
2 18 (1.23%) IT Support
3 13 (0.89%) Developer
4 12 (0.82%) Consultant
4 12 (0.82%) Lead
5 8 (0.55%) Analyst
5 8 (0.55%) IT Engineer
5 8 (0.55%) Telesales Executive
6 6 (0.41%) Cloud Engineer
6 6 (0.41%) Head of Engineering
6 6 (0.41%) IT Analyst
6 6 (0.41%) IT Support Engineer
6 6 (0.41%) Service Analyst
6 6 (0.41%) Service Desk Analyst
6 6 (0.41%) Software Engineer
6 6 (0.41%) Support Engineer
7 5 (0.34%) Graduate
7 5 (0.34%) Snowflake Developer
7 5 (0.34%) Support Officer
7 5 (0.34%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (0.41%) HTML
2 5 (0.34%) .NET
2 5 (0.34%) Kafka
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 (0.21%) RESTful
4 3 (0.21%) 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%) NETCONF
6 1 (0.068%) Vert.x
Miscellaneous
1 1,333 (91.11%) IoT
2 31 (2.12%) Data Centre
3 30 (2.05%) Social Media
4 21 (1.44%) Management Information System
5 13 (0.89%) Onboarding
6 11 (0.75%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (0.62%) LIMS
8 8 (0.55%) Video Conferencing
9 7 (0.48%) Cloud Native
10 6 (0.41%) Product Ownership
11 5 (0.34%) Algorithms
11 5 (0.34%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (0.27%) Data Structures
12 4 (0.27%) Social Network
13 3 (0.21%) Driving Licence
13 3 (0.21%) EPoS
13 3 (0.21%) Public Cloud
13 3 (0.21%) Virtual Team
14 2 (0.14%) Security Posture
15 1 (0.068%) NVMe
Operating Systems
1 18 (1.23%) Windows
2 11 (0.75%) Windows 10
3 5 (0.34%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.27%) 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 1,359 (92.89%) Cybersecurity
2 1,340 (91.59%) Machine Learning
3 1,339 (91.52%) AI
4 1,336 (91.32%) Web Development
5 1,333 (91.11%) User Experience
6 40 (2.73%) Customer Service
7 36 (2.46%) Problem-Solving
8 18 (1.23%) Continuous Improvement
8 18 (1.23%) Mentoring
9 17 (1.16%) Agile
9 17 (1.16%) CI/CD
10 14 (0.96%) DevOps
11 12 (0.82%) Decision-Making
11 12 (0.82%) Risk Management
12 11 (0.75%) Computer Science
12 11 (0.75%) ITIL
13 10 (0.68%) Asset Management
13 10 (0.68%) Business Intelligence
13 10 (0.68%) Document Management
13 10 (0.68%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (1.23%) SQL
2 12 (0.82%) PowerShell
3 11 (0.75%) Python
4 9 (0.62%) Java
5 7 (0.48%) C#
6 5 (0.34%) ANSI SQL
6 5 (0.34%) JavaScript
7 4 (0.27%) C++
7 4 (0.27%) PHP
8 3 (0.21%) Bicep
9 1 (0.068%) Bash
9 1 (0.068%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.068%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1,365 (93.30%) Degree
2 1,333 (91.11%) Master's Degree
2 1,333 (91.11%) PhD
2 1,333 (91.11%) Postgraduate
3 10 (0.68%) DBS Check
4 9 (0.62%) 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 4 (0.27%) ACCA
8 3 (0.21%) CEH
8 3 (0.21%) CISA
8 3 (0.21%) CISM
8 3 (0.21%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.21%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (0.62%) GLP
1 9 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
2 7 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 4 (0.27%) GAAP
3 4 (0.27%) IFRS
4 2 (0.14%) GDPR
4 2 (0.14%) GRC
4 2 (0.14%) NIST
4 2 (0.14%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.068%) Government Security Classifications
5 1 (0.068%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.068%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 1 (0.068%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 18 (1.23%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.34%) Firmware
3 4 (0.27%) Docker
4 3 (0.21%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.068%) Dovecot
6 1 (0.068%) KVM
6 1 (0.068%) Postfix
6 1 (0.068%) QEMU
6 1 (0.068%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (0.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (0.68%) Kubernetes
3 8 (0.55%) Terraform
4 6 (0.41%) SCCM
5 3 (0.21%) Ansible
5 3 (0.21%) Grafana
6 2 (0.14%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.14%) Sysdig
7 1 (0.068%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.068%) Kibana
Vendors
1 39 (2.67%) Microsoft
2 6 (0.41%) Oracle
2 6 (0.41%) ServiceNow
2 6 (0.41%) Sophos
3 5 (0.34%) Cisco
4 4 (0.27%) Google
4 4 (0.27%) VMware
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