Cloud Computing
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Cloud Computing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cloud Computing over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 357 399 268
Rank change year-on-year +42 -131 +72
Permanent jobs citing Cloud Computing 755 833 2,333
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.77% 0.80% 1.51%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.14% 1.85% 3.15%
Number of salaries quoted 568 503 818
10th Percentile £31,250 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £42,938 £51,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -6.90% +16.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £86,250 £93,750
90th Percentile £92,875 £102,500 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% -8.00% +13.64%

All Cloud Skills
UK

Cloud Computing is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 35,208 45,118 74,069
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.91% 43.11% 48.06%
Number of salaries quoted 26,662 29,500 41,930
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £102,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +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 27 April 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 27 April 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 +36 590 £60,000 -8.19% 303
UK excluding London +115 504 £55,000 -4.35% 218
Work from Home +11 309 £57,500 -14.81% 141
London -3 203 £72,500 - 104
North of England +72 130 £55,000 -4.35% 86
South East +80 126 £57,500 -4.17% 37
Scotland +7 98 £50,000 +33.33% 21
Yorkshire +116 70 £56,500 -5.83% 21
Midlands +38 60 £53,750 -12.24% 26
South West -35 45 £65,000 -0.54% 25
North West -7 39 £55,000 -4.35% 58
West Midlands +37 38 £47,450 -27.00% 13
East of England +15 25 £57,500 +15.00% 14
East Midlands +8 25 £60,000 +44.03% 13
North East +15 21 £65,000 +36.35% 7
Wales +23 14 £41,067 -35.48% 6
Northern Ireland - 9 - - 5

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 29 (3.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 28 (3.71%) IIS
3 19 (2.52%) Confluence
3 19 (2.52%) SharePoint
4 10 (1.32%) Apache
4 10 (1.32%) Apache Spark
5 9 (1.19%) CMS
6 4 (0.53%) WordPress
7 3 (0.40%) CloudStack
8 2 (0.26%) BizTalk Server
8 2 (0.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.13%) IBM Notes
9 1 (0.13%) JBoss
Applications
1 15 (1.99%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.19%) Photoshop
3 5 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.66%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.40%) Trello
5 2 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (0.53%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 3 (0.40%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.13%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.13%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.13%) Shopify
3 1 (0.13%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 450 (59.60%) Azure
2 351 (46.49%) AWS
3 124 (16.42%) Microsoft 365
4 119 (15.76%) GCP
5 67 (8.87%) Azure DevOps
6 56 (7.42%) SaaS
7 47 (6.23%) IaaS
8 46 (6.09%) PaaS
9 42 (5.56%) Entra ID
10 40 (5.30%) Power Platform
11 38 (5.03%) Serverless
12 26 (3.44%) GitHub
13 22 (2.91%) Azure Monitor
14 21 (2.78%) Microsoft Purview
15 20 (2.65%) PowerApps
16 18 (2.38%) Slack
17 16 (2.12%) AWS CloudFormation
17 16 (2.12%) Azure Sentinel
18 13 (1.72%) Azure Service Bus
18 13 (1.72%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 78 (10.33%) Firewall
2 76 (10.07%) WAN
3 66 (8.74%) Network Security
4 49 (6.49%) LAN
5 39 (5.17%) TCP/IP
6 38 (5.03%) VPN
7 30 (3.97%) DNS
8 23 (3.05%) Internet
8 23 (3.05%) Wireless
9 18 (2.38%) SAN
10 17 (2.25%) HTTP
10 17 (2.25%) MQTT
11 16 (2.12%) Wi-Fi
12 15 (1.99%) DHCP
12 15 (1.99%) MPLS
12 15 (1.99%) Wireshark
13 14 (1.85%) BGP
14 13 (1.72%) Unified Communications
14 13 (1.72%) VLAN
15 12 (1.59%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (14.44%) NoSQL
2 84 (11.13%) SQL Server
3 40 (5.30%) Big Data
4 24 (3.18%) Power BI
5 23 (3.05%) MySQL
6 21 (2.78%) Data Lake
6 21 (2.78%) Data Warehouse
6 21 (2.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 19 (2.52%) Elasticsearch
8 18 (2.38%) Azure SQL Database
9 15 (1.99%) Amazon RDS
10 14 (1.85%) PostgreSQL
10 14 (1.85%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 13 (1.72%) Relational Database
12 12 (1.59%) Redis
12 12 (1.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 11 (1.46%) MongoDB
14 9 (1.19%) MariaDB
15 6 (0.79%) Tableau
16 5 (0.66%) DTS
Development Applications
1 61 (8.08%) Git
2 56 (7.42%) Jenkins
3 45 (5.96%) JIRA
4 32 (4.24%) GitLab
5 17 (2.25%) Selenium
6 16 (2.12%) CircleCI
7 12 (1.59%) JUnit
8 10 (1.32%) Cucumber
9 9 (1.19%) Robot Framework
10 6 (0.79%) Visual Studio Code
11 5 (0.66%) Bitbucket
11 5 (0.66%) Travis CI
11 5 (0.66%) Visual Studio
12 4 (0.53%) Cypress.io
12 4 (0.53%) JMeter
13 3 (0.40%) Moq
13 3 (0.40%) SoapUI
13 3 (0.40%) SpecFlow
13 3 (0.40%) Subversion
13 3 (0.40%) TestNG
General
1 290 (38.41%) Social Skills
2 203 (26.89%) Finance
3 91 (12.05%) Analytical Skills
4 89 (11.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 63 (8.34%) Law
6 52 (6.89%) Legal
7 47 (6.23%) Public Sector
8 31 (4.11%) Banking
9 29 (3.84%) Telecoms
10 25 (3.31%) Marketing
11 24 (3.18%) Manufacturing
12 21 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
13 19 (2.52%) Retail
14 13 (1.72%) Automotive
14 13 (1.72%) Electronics
15 11 (1.46%) Aerospace
16 8 (1.06%) Police
17 7 (0.93%) Local Government
18 6 (0.79%) Pharmaceutical
18 6 (0.79%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 128 (16.95%) Senior
2 109 (14.44%) Developer
3 103 (13.64%) Architect
4 83 (10.99%) Lead
5 62 (8.21%) Software Engineer
6 50 (6.62%) Cloud Engineer
7 37 (4.90%) AWS Engineer
8 36 (4.77%) Solutions Architect
8 36 (4.77%) Systems Engineer
9 33 (4.37%) AWS Software Engineer
9 33 (4.37%) Service Manager
10 32 (4.24%) Consultant
11 28 (3.71%) Technical Manager
12 27 (3.58%) Security Engineer
13 26 (3.44%) Analyst
13 26 (3.44%) IT Manager
14 25 (3.31%) Azure Engineer
14 25 (3.31%) Data Engineer
14 25 (3.31%) Senior Developer
15 24 (3.18%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (9.27%) .NET
2 44 (5.83%) React
3 42 (5.56%) HTML
4 30 (3.97%) CSS
5 29 (3.84%) Vue
6 27 (3.58%) RESTful
7 25 (3.31%) AngularJS
8 21 (2.78%) Kafka
9 18 (2.38%) .NET Core
9 18 (2.38%) Spring
10 17 (2.25%) ASP.NET
10 17 (2.25%) Laravel
10 17 (2.25%) Web Services
11 16 (2.12%) REST
12 15 (1.99%) Node.js
13 14 (1.85%) XML
14 13 (1.72%) Entity Framework
14 13 (1.72%) SOAP
15 12 (1.59%) jQuery
15 12 (1.59%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 63 (8.34%) Management Information System
2 56 (7.42%) Algorithms
3 50 (6.62%) Public Cloud
4 45 (5.96%) IoT
5 43 (5.70%) Onboarding
6 40 (5.30%) Data Centre
7 28 (3.71%) Hybrid Cloud
8 27 (3.58%) Clustering
8 27 (3.58%) Distributed Systems
9 26 (3.44%) Product Ownership
10 25 (3.31%) Private Cloud
11 24 (3.18%) Mobile App
12 17 (2.25%) Cloud Native
13 16 (2.12%) PKI
14 15 (1.99%) Greenfield Project
15 14 (1.85%) Security Operations Centre
16 11 (1.46%) Arduino
16 11 (1.46%) NHS
17 10 (1.32%) Data Structures
17 10 (1.32%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 132 (17.48%) Windows
2 84 (11.13%) Linux
3 55 (7.28%) Windows Server
4 22 (2.91%) Android
5 17 (2.25%) Unix
6 16 (2.12%) Apple iOS
6 16 (2.12%) Windows Server 2016
7 13 (1.72%) Windows 10
8 10 (1.32%) Ubuntu
9 8 (1.06%) Windows Server 2019
10 7 (0.93%) CentOS
10 7 (0.93%) Debian
10 7 (0.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 5 (0.66%) Mac OS
12 3 (0.40%) Kali Linux
12 3 (0.40%) SUSE
12 3 (0.40%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 3 (0.40%) VMS
13 2 (0.26%) Windows Vista
14 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 288 (38.15%) Problem-Solving
2 209 (27.68%) Agile
3 202 (26.75%) DevOps
4 178 (23.58%) CI/CD
5 132 (17.48%) Artificial Intelligence
6 125 (16.56%) Computer Science
7 124 (16.42%) Cybersecurity
8 119 (15.76%) Software Engineering
9 115 (15.23%) Machine Learning
10 109 (14.44%) Continuous Improvement
11 98 (12.98%) Roadmaps
12 90 (11.92%) Project Management
13 89 (11.79%) Containerisation
14 80 (10.60%) Infrastructure as Code
15 79 (10.46%) Risk Management
16 77 (10.20%) SDLC
17 76 (10.07%) Analytics
18 75 (9.93%) Microservices
19 74 (9.80%) ITIL
20 72 (9.54%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 199 (26.36%) SQL
2 185 (24.50%) Python
3 77 (10.20%) Java
4 69 (9.14%) PowerShell
5 65 (8.61%) JavaScript
6 64 (8.48%) C#
7 41 (5.43%) Bash
8 25 (3.31%) TypeScript
9 21 (2.78%) PHP
10 19 (2.52%) Bicep
11 12 (1.59%) Ruby
12 10 (1.32%) Go
13 9 (1.19%) C++
14 8 (1.06%) T-SQL
15 7 (0.93%) C
16 5 (0.66%) Kotlin
16 5 (0.66%) Rust
16 5 (0.66%) Shell Script
17 4 (0.53%) Perl
17 4 (0.53%) sed
Qualifications
1 157 (20.79%) Degree
2 94 (12.45%) Security Cleared
3 85 (11.26%) Computer Science Degree
4 50 (6.62%) Azure Certification
5 49 (6.49%) SC Cleared
6 41 (5.43%) Master's Degree
7 35 (4.64%) Cisco Certification
7 35 (4.64%) CISSP
8 29 (3.84%) Microsoft Certification
9 21 (2.78%) CCNA
10 19 (2.52%) PhD
11 18 (2.38%) AWS Certification
12 15 (1.99%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 15 (1.99%) CCNP
12 15 (1.99%) CEH
12 15 (1.99%) MCSA
13 14 (1.85%) CCSP
13 14 (1.85%) SANS
13 14 (1.85%) SSCP
14 12 (1.59%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (9.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 38 (5.03%) Cyber Essentials
3 30 (3.97%) GDPR
4 29 (3.84%) NIST
5 22 (2.91%) PCI DSS
5 22 (2.91%) SLA
6 20 (2.65%) QA
7 11 (1.46%) Data Quality
8 9 (1.19%) PSD2
9 8 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 8 (1.06%) NCSC
10 4 (0.53%) Accessibility
10 4 (0.53%) ISO 9001
10 4 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (0.40%) GRC
11 3 (0.40%) PMO
11 3 (0.40%) WCAG
12 2 (0.26%) COBIT
12 2 (0.26%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 115 (15.23%) Docker
2 85 (11.26%) Active Directory
3 44 (5.83%) VMware Infrastructure
4 30 (3.97%) Hyper-V
5 26 (3.44%) VMware NSX
6 15 (1.99%) Virtual Desktop
7 10 (1.32%) Virtual Machines
8 8 (1.06%) Firmware
9 3 (0.40%) Ceph
9 3 (0.40%) Gluster
9 3 (0.40%) KVM
9 3 (0.40%) oVirt
9 3 (0.40%) VirtualBox
10 2 (0.26%) NFS
11 1 (0.13%) Kamailio
11 1 (0.13%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 130 (17.22%) Kubernetes
2 70 (9.27%) Terraform
3 59 (7.81%) Microsoft Intune
4 37 (4.90%) Ansible
5 18 (2.38%) Grafana
5 18 (2.38%) Prometheus
6 14 (1.85%) Nmap
7 10 (1.32%) SCOM
8 9 (1.19%) Puppet
9 7 (0.93%) Kibana
9 7 (0.93%) Progress Chef
9 7 (0.93%) SCCM
9 7 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
10 6 (0.79%) ZABBIX
11 3 (0.40%) Graylog
11 3 (0.40%) HP Fortify
11 3 (0.40%) Nagios
11 3 (0.40%) Nessus
11 3 (0.40%) Observium
11 3 (0.40%) Suricata
Vendors
1 275 (36.42%) Microsoft
2 78 (10.33%) VMware
3 66 (8.74%) Google
4 57 (7.55%) Cisco
5 51 (6.75%) Databricks
6 27 (3.58%) Splunk
7 25 (3.31%) SAP
8 23 (3.05%) Fortinet
9 22 (2.91%) SolarWinds
10 15 (1.99%) Citrix
10 15 (1.99%) Oracle
11 14 (1.85%) Qualys
11 14 (1.85%) Rapid7
11 14 (1.85%) Thycotic
12 13 (1.72%) Palo Alto
13 11 (1.46%) HP
13 11 (1.46%) Juniper
14 10 (1.32%) ServiceNow
15 9 (1.19%) Red Hat
16 8 (1.06%) Apple