Cloud Security Posture Job Trends

Cloud Security Posture
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cloud Security Posture in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cloud Security Posture over the 6 months leading up to 16 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 738 645 864
Rank change year-on-year -93 +219 -7
Permanent jobs citing Cloud Security Posture 40 33 25
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.040% 0.067% 0.025%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.16% 0.16% 0.073%
Number of salaries quoted 25 15 16
10th Percentile £56,250 £45,000 £87,500
25th Percentile £58,750 £46,000 £92,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £51,058 £101,250
Median % change year-on-year +56.68% -49.57% +15.71%
75th Percentile - £72,500 £116,875
90th Percentile £83,700 £118,000 £130,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £51,058 £100,000
% change year-on-year +22.41% -48.94% +25.00%

All Generic Skills
UK

Cloud Security Posture falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 25,522 20,141 34,072
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.84% 40.99% 33.76%
Number of salaries quoted 16,272 9,991 21,796
10th Percentile £30,500 £29,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £39,055
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.87% +4.55% -14.60%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £99,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,750 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.50% - -9.09%

Cloud Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cloud Security Posture relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Cloud Security Posture job vacancy trend in the UK

Cloud Security Posture
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Cloud Security Posture.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Cloud Security Posture

Cloud Security Posture
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cloud Security Posture over the 6 months to 16 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Cloud Security Posture in the UK

Cloud Security Posture
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cloud Security Posture within the UK over the 6 months to 16 July 2026. 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 -72 39 £80,000 +56.68% 12
London -28 22 £80,000 -27.27% 5
UK excluding London -83 17 £62,500 +22.41% 8
Work from Home -7 14 £57,500 +12.62% 9
North of England - 6 £67,500 - 3
East of England -11 5 - - 1
South West -56 5 £57,500 +12.62% 1
Yorkshire - 3 £62,500 -
North West - 3 £72,500 - 3
West Midlands - 1 £80,000 -
Midlands - 1 £80,000 -

Cloud Security Posture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 38 (95.00%) AWS
2 35 (87.50%) Azure
3 16 (40.00%) GCP
4 13 (32.50%) AWS CloudFormation
5 9 (22.50%) Azure Sentinel
6 4 (10.00%) Entra ID
6 4 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (10.00%) SaaS
7 3 (7.50%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 2 (5.00%) Akamai
8 2 (5.00%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (2.50%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 1 (2.50%) AWS CloudTrail
9 1 (2.50%) AWS KMS
9 1 (2.50%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (2.50%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 13 (32.50%) Network Security
2 8 (20.00%) Firewall
3 5 (12.50%) DMZ
Development Applications
1 10 (25.00%) GitLab
General
1 6 (15.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (12.50%) Public Sector
3 3 (7.50%) Digital Health
3 3 (7.50%) Digital Healthcare
3 3 (7.50%) Finance
3 3 (7.50%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.50%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.50%) Legal
5 1 (2.50%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 26 (65.00%) Cloud Engineer
1 26 (65.00%) Security Engineer
2 23 (57.50%) Cloud Security Engineer
3 7 (17.50%) Consultant
4 6 (15.00%) Senior
5 3 (7.50%) Analyst
5 3 (7.50%) Security Analyst
5 3 (7.50%) Senior Cloud Engineer
5 3 (7.50%) Senior Security Engineer
6 2 (5.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 2 (5.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
6 2 (5.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 2 (5.00%) Lead
6 2 (5.00%) Lead Consultant
6 2 (5.00%) Lead Security Consultant
6 2 (5.00%) Security Consultant
6 2 (5.00%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (5.00%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
6 2 (5.00%) Senior Security Analyst
7 1 (2.50%) Security Compliance Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.50%) JWT
1 1 (2.50%) OAuth
1 1 (2.50%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 40 (100.00%) Security Posture
2 18 (45.00%) Cloud Native
3 5 (12.50%) Blog
3 5 (12.50%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 5 (12.50%) PKI
4 3 (7.50%) Management Information System
4 3 (7.50%) NHS
5 2 (5.00%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (5.00%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (5.00%) Cyberattack
5 2 (5.00%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (2.50%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.00%) Linux
1 2 (5.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (100.00%) Cloud Security
2 29 (72.50%) Cybersecurity
3 21 (52.50%) RBAC
4 20 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 20 (50.00%) Zero Trust
5 19 (47.50%) Security Architecture
6 18 (45.00%) DevSecOps
7 17 (42.50%) CI/CD
7 17 (42.50%) Continuous Improvement
7 17 (42.50%) DevOps
8 14 (35.00%) Security Operations
8 14 (35.00%) SOAR
9 12 (30.00%) AI
9 12 (30.00%) Technical Leadership
10 11 (27.50%) Threat Modelling
10 11 (27.50%) Vulnerability Scanning
11 10 (25.00%) Build Automation
11 10 (25.00%) Risk Management
11 10 (25.00%) SDLC
12 9 (22.50%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 13 (32.50%) Python
2 4 (10.00%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (2.50%) Bash
3 1 (2.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (12.50%) DV Cleared
2 5 (12.50%) SC Cleared
3 4 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (7.50%) CISSP
4 3 (7.50%) Degree
5 2 (5.00%) CISM
5 2 (5.00%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (2.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (2.50%) Azure Certification
6 1 (2.50%) CISA
6 1 (2.50%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (2.50%) CompTIA CySA+
6 1 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (2.50%) CRISC
6 1 (2.50%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (52.50%) NIST
2 15 (37.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (22.50%) GDPR
3 9 (22.50%) PCI DSS
4 6 (15.00%) GRC
5 5 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 42001
5 5 (12.50%) JSP 440
5 5 (12.50%) NCSC
6 4 (10.00%) SOC 2
7 1 (2.50%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (2.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (2.50%) ISO 31000
7 1 (2.50%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (2.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 20 (50.00%) Terraform
2 8 (20.00%) Kubernetes
3 4 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (2.50%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 7 (17.50%) Microsoft
2 6 (15.00%) Google
3 3 (7.50%) Tenable
4 2 (5.00%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (2.50%) Cribl.io