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

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 356 255
Rank change year-on-year +294 -101 +134
Permanent jobs citing Cloud Computing 1,476 263 367
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.01% 0.55% 1.20%
As % of the Cloud Services category 13.57% 1.94% 3.03%
Number of salaries quoted 109 128 273
10th Percentile £25,000 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £26,000 £41,250 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £60,000 £56,400
Median % change year-on-year -41.67% +6.38% +2.55%
75th Percentile £53,750 £74,144 £69,136
90th Percentile £68,750 £90,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £48,122 £69,308 £62,500
% change year-on-year -30.57% +10.89% -16.67%

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 10,878 13,537 12,124
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 29.57% 28.27% 39.61%
Number of salaries quoted 6,903 7,542 10,108
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £41,736 £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 15 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 15 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 +219 659 £55,000 -6.38% 19
North West +174 596 £48,250 +7.22% 16
South East +202 432 £29,000 -48.68% 39
East of England +146 235 £52,500 -16.00% 18
Midlands +95 81 £47,500 -31.46% 7
East Midlands +73 66 £25,750 -65.89%
Yorkshire +51 54 £47,500 -29.10% 3
South West +22 35 £27,000 -37.57% 4
Wales +33 29 £48,122 -30.57% 1
West Midlands +34 15 £53,450 -22.88% 7
North East +7 9 £62,500 +4.17%
Scotland -17 6 - - 9
Channel Islands - 6 - -
Northern Ireland -7 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 (1.15%) SharePoint
2 5 (0.34%) WordPress
3 4 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.068%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.068%) OpenStack
Applications
1 11 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.068%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 40 (2.71%) Azure
2 25 (1.69%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (1.42%) AWS
4 17 (1.15%) Entra ID
5 13 (0.88%) Power Platform
6 10 (0.68%) SaaS
7 8 (0.54%) Serverless
8 7 (0.47%) Amazon S3
8 7 (0.47%) AWS Lambda
8 7 (0.47%) GCP
8 7 (0.47%) PaaS
9 6 (0.41%) Mimecast
9 6 (0.41%) OneDrive
10 5 (0.34%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (0.34%) Power Automate
10 5 (0.34%) Snowflake
11 4 (0.27%) Amazon ECS
11 4 (0.27%) Azure Sentinel
11 4 (0.27%) GitHub
12 3 (0.20%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 1,334 (90.38%) Internet
2 16 (1.08%) Firewall
3 8 (0.54%) Network Security
4 7 (0.47%) DHCP
4 7 (0.47%) DNS
5 6 (0.41%) LAN
6 4 (0.27%) Wireless
7 3 (0.20%) NGFW
7 3 (0.20%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.14%) Intrusion Detection
8 2 (0.14%) VLAN
8 2 (0.14%) WAN
9 1 (0.068%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (0.81%) GIS
2 11 (0.75%) Power BI
3 10 (0.68%) Geospatial Data
3 10 (0.68%) SQL Server
4 5 (0.34%) Apache Cassandra
4 5 (0.34%) Data Vault
4 5 (0.34%) MongoDB
5 4 (0.27%) Amazon Athena
5 4 (0.27%) Elasticsearch
5 4 (0.27%) RDBMS
5 4 (0.27%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.20%) Big Data
6 3 (0.20%) MySQL
7 2 (0.14%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.14%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.14%) Snowflake Schema
8 1 (0.068%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.068%) Redis
8 1 (0.068%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.068%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (0.47%) 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 1,367 (92.62%) Social Skills
2 1,343 (90.99%) Banking
3 1,339 (90.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 37 (2.51%) Finance
5 25 (1.69%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (1.15%) Law
7 9 (0.61%) Investment Banking
8 8 (0.54%) Legal
9 6 (0.41%) Telecoms
10 5 (0.34%) Manufacturing
11 4 (0.27%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.20%) Advertising
12 3 (0.20%) 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 (72.63%) Lecturer
2 21 (1.42%) IT Support
3 14 (0.95%) Developer
4 12 (0.81%) Lead
5 11 (0.75%) Consultant
6 10 (0.68%) Analyst
7 9 (0.61%) IT Engineer
8 8 (0.54%) Telesales Executive
9 7 (0.47%) Head of Engineering
9 7 (0.47%) IT Support Engineer
9 7 (0.47%) Software Engineer
9 7 (0.47%) Support Engineer
10 6 (0.41%) Cloud Engineer
10 6 (0.41%) IT Analyst
10 6 (0.41%) Java Engineer
10 6 (0.41%) Service Analyst
10 6 (0.41%) Service Desk Analyst
11 5 (0.34%) Architect
11 5 (0.34%) Sales Consultant
11 5 (0.34%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (0.47%) Kafka
2 6 (0.41%) HTML
2 6 (0.41%) Spring
3 5 (0.34%) .NET
3 5 (0.34%) Spring Boot
4 4 (0.27%) ASP.NET
4 4 (0.27%) CSS
4 4 (0.27%) jQuery
4 4 (0.27%) RESTful
5 3 (0.20%) Snowpark
6 2 (0.14%) AngularJS
6 2 (0.14%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (0.14%) Node.js
6 2 (0.14%) OAuth
6 2 (0.14%) React
6 2 (0.14%) SAML
7 1 (0.068%) Hibernate
7 1 (0.068%) J2EE
7 1 (0.068%) JMS
7 1 (0.068%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1,333 (90.31%) IoT
2 31 (2.10%) Data Centre
2 31 (2.10%) Social Media
3 26 (1.76%) Management Information System
4 13 (0.88%) Onboarding
5 11 (0.75%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (0.68%) LIMS
7 9 (0.61%) Cloud Native
8 8 (0.54%) Video Conferencing
9 7 (0.47%) Product Ownership
10 6 (0.41%) Algorithms
11 5 (0.34%) Analytical Mindset
11 5 (0.34%) EPoS
12 4 (0.27%) Data Structures
12 4 (0.27%) Driving Licence
12 4 (0.27%) Public Cloud
13 3 (0.20%) Enterprise Software
13 3 (0.20%) Virtual Team
14 2 (0.14%) Security Operations Centre
14 2 (0.14%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 22 (1.49%) 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%) Unix
6 1 (0.068%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,366 (92.55%) Cybersecurity
2 1,341 (90.85%) Machine Learning
3 1,338 (90.65%) AI
4 1,337 (90.58%) Web Development
5 1,333 (90.31%) User Experience
6 42 (2.85%) Customer Service
7 41 (2.78%) Problem-Solving
8 24 (1.63%) Continuous Improvement
9 22 (1.49%) Agile
10 20 (1.36%) Mentoring
11 19 (1.29%) CI/CD
12 16 (1.08%) ITIL
13 15 (1.02%) DevOps
13 15 (1.02%) Risk Management
14 13 (0.88%) Data Security
14 13 (0.88%) Decision-Making
14 13 (0.88%) Regulatory Compliance
15 12 (0.81%) Business Intelligence
15 12 (0.81%) Identity Management
16 11 (0.75%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 19 (1.29%) SQL
2 13 (0.88%) Python
3 12 (0.81%) PowerShell
4 11 (0.75%) Java
5 7 (0.47%) C#
6 6 (0.41%) JavaScript
7 5 (0.34%) ANSI SQL
7 5 (0.34%) PHP
8 4 (0.27%) C++
9 3 (0.20%) Bicep
10 1 (0.068%) Bash
10 1 (0.068%) Scala
10 1 (0.068%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.068%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1,367 (92.62%) Degree
2 1,333 (90.31%) Master's Degree
2 1,333 (90.31%) PhD
2 1,333 (90.31%) 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%) CEH
7 3 (0.20%) CISA
7 3 (0.20%) CISM
7 3 (0.20%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (0.20%) TOGAF Certification
8 2 (0.14%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (0.68%) GLP
2 9 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
4 7 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 4 (0.27%) GDPR
5 4 (0.27%) NIST
6 2 (0.14%) COBIT
6 2 (0.14%) GAAP
6 2 (0.14%) GRC
6 2 (0.14%) IFRS
6 2 (0.14%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.068%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.068%) Government Security Classifications
7 1 (0.068%) HIPAA
System Software
1 22 (1.49%) 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 (0.81%) Kubernetes
1 12 (0.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (0.54%) Terraform
3 6 (0.41%) SCCM
4 3 (0.20%) Ansible
4 3 (0.20%) Grafana
5 2 (0.14%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.14%) Sysdig
6 1 (0.068%) CSIRT
6 1 (0.068%) Kibana
Vendors
1 43 (2.91%) 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