Cloud Computing Jobs

Cloud Computing
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Cloud Computing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cloud Computing over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 366 373 256
Rank change year-on-year +7 -117 +83
Permanent jobs citing Cloud Computing 631 693 2,862
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.70% 0.86% 1.63%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.14% 2.04% 3.41%
Number of salaries quoted 417 417 755
10th Percentile £31,150 £42,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £43,000 £51,750 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £67,500 £74,545
Median % change year-on-year -14.81% -9.45% +14.68%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £102,500 £108,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.51% -8.80% +13.64%

All Cloud Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 29,506 33,998 84,028
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.65% 42.13% 47.94%
Number of salaries quoted 21,274 25,227 42,049
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - +4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,548 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%

Cloud Computing
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Cloud Computing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Cloud Computing in the UK

Cloud Computing
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cloud Computing.

Salary trend for Cloud Computing in the UK

Cloud Computing
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cloud Computing over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Cloud Computing in the UK

Cloud Computing
Top 17 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
England -17 496 £60,000 -11.11% 88
UK excluding London +28 404 £55,000 -3.51% 91
Work from Home -40 229 £55,000 -15.38% 64
London +18 187 £72,500 +3.57% 26
South East +23 106 £55,000 -8.33% 23
North of England +20 105 £55,000 +1.38% 17
Scotland +8 73 £57,500 -17.86% 12
North West 0 55 £46,250 -17.78% 8
Midlands +1 47 £55,000 +22.22% 13
Yorkshire +58 44 £55,000 +2.80% 6
South West -63 30 £52,500 -25.00% 11
West Midlands +10 28 £55,000 +22.22% 9
East Midlands -16 19 £60,000 +26.32% 4
East of England +1 18 £55,000 -8.33% 5
Wales +30 13 £41,067 +3.97% 3
Northern Ireland +30 12 - - 9
North East -10 6 £62,500 +28.87% 4

Cloud Computing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 36 (5.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 26 (4.12%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.90%) Apache
4 10 (1.58%) Apache Spark
5 7 (1.11%) CMS
6 5 (0.79%) IIS
7 4 (0.63%) Confluence
8 3 (0.48%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.48%) CloudStack
9 2 (0.32%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.32%) JBoss
9 2 (0.32%) Solana
10 1 (0.16%) Camunda
10 1 (0.16%) IBM Notes
10 1 (0.16%) nginx
10 1 (0.16%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (1.43%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.11%) Photoshop
3 5 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.79%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.48%) Trello
5 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 15 (2.38%) Ripple
2 3 (0.48%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.16%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.16%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.16%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 375 (59.43%) Azure
2 271 (42.95%) AWS
3 112 (17.75%) Microsoft 365
4 107 (16.96%) GCP
5 53 (8.40%) SaaS
6 47 (7.45%) IaaS
7 45 (7.13%) Entra ID
8 44 (6.97%) PaaS
9 41 (6.50%) Power Platform
10 39 (6.18%) Azure DevOps
11 29 (4.60%) Serverless
12 25 (3.96%) GitHub
13 19 (3.01%) AWS CloudFormation
14 16 (2.54%) OCI
14 16 (2.54%) OneDrive
14 16 (2.54%) PowerApps
15 12 (1.90%) AWS CodeStar
15 12 (1.90%) Azure Data Factory
16 11 (1.74%) Azure Service Bus
16 11 (1.74%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 67 (10.62%) Network Security
2 65 (10.30%) Firewall
3 55 (8.72%) VPN
4 37 (5.86%) WAN
5 32 (5.07%) LAN
6 26 (4.12%) DNS
7 24 (3.80%) TCP/IP
8 20 (3.17%) Wireless
9 19 (3.01%) Internet
9 19 (3.01%) Wi-Fi
10 17 (2.69%) DHCP
11 16 (2.54%) VLAN
12 15 (2.38%) BGP
12 15 (2.38%) SAN
13 14 (2.22%) Intrusion Detection
13 14 (2.22%) MPLS
14 13 (2.06%) Cisco ISE
14 13 (2.06%) MQTT
14 13 (2.06%) Unified Communications
15 12 (1.90%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (10.62%) NoSQL
2 49 (7.77%) SQL Server
3 35 (5.55%) Big Data
4 30 (4.75%) Power BI
5 23 (3.65%) Data Warehouse
6 20 (3.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 16 (2.54%) Data Lake
7 16 (2.54%) Relational Database
8 14 (2.22%) PostgreSQL
9 12 (1.90%) Azure SQL Database
10 9 (1.43%) Elasticsearch
10 9 (1.43%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 9 (1.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 6 (0.95%) MySQL
11 6 (0.95%) Redis
12 5 (0.79%) DTS
12 5 (0.79%) MongoDB
13 4 (0.63%) Amazon Athena
13 4 (0.63%) Amazon RDS
14 3 (0.48%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 47 (7.45%) Jenkins
2 46 (7.29%) Git
3 41 (6.50%) JIRA
4 15 (2.38%) Artifactory
5 13 (2.06%) Robot Framework
6 12 (1.90%) SonarQube
6 12 (1.90%) Terragrunt
7 8 (1.27%) Visual Studio
8 7 (1.11%) JMeter
8 7 (1.11%) JUnit
8 7 (1.11%) Selenium
9 6 (0.95%) CircleCI
9 6 (0.95%) GitLab
10 4 (0.63%) Moq
10 4 (0.63%) Postman
10 4 (0.63%) SoapUI
10 4 (0.63%) SpecFlow
11 3 (0.48%) Cypress.io
11 3 (0.48%) Mockito
11 3 (0.48%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 246 (38.99%) Social Skills
2 132 (20.92%) Finance
3 87 (13.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 76 (12.04%) Analytical Skills
5 59 (9.35%) Law
6 37 (5.86%) Legal
7 21 (3.33%) Public Sector
8 19 (3.01%) Retail
9 18 (2.85%) Presentation Skills
10 17 (2.69%) Financial Institution
11 16 (2.54%) Aerospace
12 15 (2.38%) Telecoms
13 13 (2.06%) Banking
14 12 (1.90%) Manufacturing
14 12 (1.90%) Marketing
15 10 (1.58%) Automotive
16 8 (1.27%) Pharmaceutical
17 5 (0.79%) Publishing
17 5 (0.79%) Social Science
18 4 (0.63%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 119 (18.86%) Senior
2 82 (13.00%) Developer
3 70 (11.09%) Architect
4 50 (7.92%) Software Engineer
5 41 (6.50%) Lead
6 39 (6.18%) Consultant
7 33 (5.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 32 (5.07%) IT Manager
9 31 (4.91%) AWS Engineer
10 29 (4.60%) Service Manager
11 28 (4.44%) AWS Software Engineer
11 28 (4.44%) Cloud Engineer
11 28 (4.44%) Security Engineer
12 26 (4.12%) Technical Manager
13 25 (3.96%) Analyst
13 25 (3.96%) DevOps Engineer
14 24 (3.80%) Senior Developer
14 24 (3.80%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 22 (3.49%) Platform Engineer
15 22 (3.49%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (7.77%) .NET
2 33 (5.23%) Node.js
3 31 (4.91%) HTML
4 22 (3.49%) React
5 21 (3.33%) AngularJS
5 21 (3.33%) Kafka
5 21 (3.33%) Web Services
6 17 (2.69%) PyTorch
6 17 (2.69%) RESTful
6 17 (2.69%) Vue
7 15 (2.38%) TensorFlow
8 14 (2.22%) ARM Templates
8 14 (2.22%) CSS
8 14 (2.22%) XML
9 13 (2.06%) RabbitMQ
10 11 (1.74%) Laravel
11 10 (1.58%) .NET Core
11 10 (1.58%) PySpark
11 10 (1.58%) REST
11 10 (1.58%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 52 (8.24%) Product Ownership
2 48 (7.61%) Public Cloud
3 44 (6.97%) Data Centre
4 41 (6.50%) Algorithms
5 37 (5.86%) Management Information System
6 32 (5.07%) Onboarding
7 29 (4.60%) Cloud Native
8 28 (4.44%) IoT
9 25 (3.96%) Hybrid Cloud
10 20 (3.17%) Blockchain
11 17 (2.69%) PKI
12 16 (2.54%) Linux Command Line
13 13 (2.06%) Distributed Systems
14 12 (1.90%) Mobile App
15 11 (1.74%) Security Posture
16 9 (1.43%) NHS
16 9 (1.43%) PropTech
16 9 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
17 7 (1.11%) CMDB
18 6 (0.95%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 101 (16.01%) Windows
2 83 (13.15%) Linux
3 56 (8.87%) Windows Server
4 16 (2.54%) Windows 10
5 15 (2.38%) Unix
6 14 (2.22%) Windows Server 2016
7 11 (1.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 11 (1.74%) Ubuntu
8 9 (1.43%) CentOS
9 8 (1.27%) VMS
10 5 (0.79%) Kali Linux
11 3 (0.48%) SUSE
11 3 (0.48%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
11 3 (0.48%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (0.48%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.32%) Android
12 2 (0.32%) Apple iOS
12 2 (0.32%) Windows Vista
13 1 (0.16%) Data ONTAP
13 1 (0.16%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 222 (35.18%) Problem-Solving
2 182 (28.84%) DevOps
3 151 (23.93%) Agile
4 139 (22.03%) CI/CD
5 129 (20.44%) Cybersecurity
6 126 (19.97%) Continuous Improvement
7 120 (19.02%) Computer Science
8 110 (17.43%) Artificial Intelligence
9 105 (16.64%) Machine Learning
10 101 (16.01%) Software Engineering
11 75 (11.89%) Infrastructure as Code
12 73 (11.57%) Analytics
13 71 (11.25%) Change Management
14 69 (10.94%) ITIL
15 66 (10.46%) Containerisation
16 64 (10.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 63 (9.98%) Roadmaps
18 58 (9.19%) Mentoring
18 58 (9.19%) Risk Management
19 56 (8.87%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 202 (32.01%) Python
2 133 (21.08%) SQL
3 64 (10.14%) JavaScript
4 60 (9.51%) PowerShell
5 49 (7.77%) C#
6 38 (6.02%) Java
7 35 (5.55%) Bash
8 16 (2.54%) Bicep
8 16 (2.54%) TypeScript
9 13 (2.06%) C++
9 13 (2.06%) PHP
10 9 (1.43%) C
10 9 (1.43%) T-SQL
11 8 (1.27%) Ruby
12 7 (1.11%) Go
12 7 (1.11%) Shell Script
13 5 (0.79%) R
14 4 (0.63%) Rust
15 3 (0.48%) AWK
15 3 (0.48%) sed
Qualifications
1 152 (24.09%) Degree
2 75 (11.89%) Computer Science Degree
3 70 (11.09%) Azure Certification
4 62 (9.83%) Security Cleared
5 46 (7.29%) SC Cleared
6 45 (7.13%) Master's Degree
7 42 (6.66%) Cisco Certification
8 40 (6.34%) CISSP
9 38 (6.02%) CCNA
10 32 (5.07%) AWS Certification
10 32 (5.07%) CCNP
11 25 (3.96%) Microsoft Certification
12 22 (3.49%) CISA
13 21 (3.33%) PhD
14 19 (3.01%) CRISC
15 18 (2.85%) CEH
16 12 (1.90%) DBS Check
17 11 (1.74%) MCSA
17 11 (1.74%) TOGAF Certification
18 10 (1.58%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (9.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 38 (6.02%) Cyber Essentials
3 23 (3.65%) GDPR
4 21 (3.33%) SLA
5 18 (2.85%) Data Quality
6 17 (2.69%) QA
7 12 (1.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 12 (1.90%) PCI DSS
8 11 (1.74%) NIST
9 10 (1.58%) Accessibility
10 9 (1.43%) NCSC
11 6 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 4 (0.63%) COBIT
12 4 (0.63%) SOC 2
12 4 (0.63%) WCAG
13 3 (0.48%) GRC
13 3 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 3 (0.48%) PMO
14 2 (0.32%) FedRAMP
15 1 (0.16%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 89 (14.10%) Active Directory
2 85 (13.47%) Docker
3 38 (6.02%) VMware Infrastructure
4 30 (4.75%) Hyper-V
5 9 (1.43%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.63%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.48%) Ceph
7 3 (0.48%) Gluster
7 3 (0.48%) Kamailio
7 3 (0.48%) KVM
7 3 (0.48%) oVirt
8 2 (0.32%) Firmware
9 1 (0.16%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 103 (16.32%) Kubernetes
2 58 (9.19%) Terraform
3 43 (6.81%) Ansible
4 39 (6.18%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (1.58%) Grafana
5 10 (1.58%) Prometheus
6 8 (1.27%) SCCM
6 8 (1.27%) SCOM
7 7 (1.11%) Kibana
7 7 (1.11%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (0.95%) Nessus
8 6 (0.95%) Puppet
9 5 (0.79%) Suricata
10 4 (0.63%) ZABBIX
11 3 (0.48%) Graylog
11 3 (0.48%) Observium
11 3 (0.48%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.32%) HP Fortify
13 1 (0.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 1 (0.16%) logstash
Vendors
1 206 (32.65%) Microsoft
2 63 (9.98%) Cisco
3 58 (9.19%) VMware
4 49 (7.77%) Google
5 40 (6.34%) Databricks
6 26 (4.12%) ServiceNow
7 23 (3.65%) Fortinet
8 22 (3.49%) SolarWinds
9 18 (2.85%) Oracle
10 17 (2.69%) Juniper
10 17 (2.69%) Palo Alto
11 15 (2.38%) Citrix
12 14 (2.22%) Splunk
13 12 (1.90%) Black Duck
13 12 (1.90%) Red Hat
14 10 (1.58%) SAP
15 9 (1.43%) CheckPoint
15 9 (1.43%) HP
16 8 (1.27%) Informatica
17 6 (0.95%) IBM