Cloud Security Jobs

Cloud Security
UK

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

6 months to
26 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 250 228 212
Rank change year-on-year -22 -16 +119
Permanent jobs citing Cloud Security 831 944 2,612
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.09% 1.61% 1.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.30% 1.70% 1.93%
Number of salaries quoted 485 765 1,251
10th Percentile £44,000 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £56,219 £56,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,000 £70,576 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.85% -5.90% -
75th Percentile £91,250 £96,539 £92,500
90th Percentile £113,750 £115,000 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £65,351 £62,500
% change year-on-year -0.54% +4.56% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Cloud Security falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 63,908 55,391 135,614
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.07% 94.35% 96.13%
Number of salaries quoted 30,608 39,736 76,629
10th Percentile £34,000 £32,500 £34,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,497 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £81,000
90th Percentile £97,250 £97,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,125 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +3.10% - +5.00%

Cloud Security
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Cloud Security in the UK

Cloud Security
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Cloud Security in the UK

Cloud Security
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cloud Security over the 6 months to 26 October 2024.

Salary histogram for Cloud Security in the UK

Cloud Security
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cloud Security within the UK over the 6 months to 26 October 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 -26 783 £74,000 +2.07% 219
London +43 429 £80,000 -9.22% 116
UK excluding London -92 377 £65,000 -0.54% 106
Work from Home -112 240 £69,000 -8.41% 156
North of England -74 114 £60,000 -8.19% 36
South East -24 78 £75,000 +1.69% 25
Midlands -28 77 £60,500 -3.20% 12
South West -23 63 £42,500 -39.29% 16
West Midlands -9 58 £70,000 -3.45% 9
North West -52 54 £60,000 -14.29% 12
Yorkshire -27 49 £65,000 -0.54% 17
Scotland -38 25 £66,500 -16.49% 6
East Midlands -38 19 £41,500 -30.83% 3
East of England -51 18 £75,000 +52.06% 8
North East -45 11 £45,000 +14.65% 7
Wales +26 2 £87,500 +84.21% 3
Northern Ireland +22 2 £90,000 +71.43% 5
Channel Islands - 2 £64,000 -

Cloud Security
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 22 (2.65%) SharePoint
2 20 (2.41%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.48%) Apache Spark
3 4 (0.48%) Confluence
4 2 (0.24%) IIS
5 1 (0.12%) nginx
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
Applications
1 15 (1.81%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.24%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 547 (65.82%) Azure
2 369 (44.40%) AWS
3 200 (24.07%) GCP
4 141 (16.97%) Cloud Computing
5 133 (16.00%) Microsoft 365
6 87 (10.47%) Entra ID
7 77 (9.27%) SaaS
8 64 (7.70%) IaaS
9 60 (7.22%) Azure DevOps
10 59 (7.10%) PaaS
11 35 (4.21%) Azure Sentinel
12 33 (3.97%) Amazon GuardDuty
13 31 (3.73%) Microsoft Purview
13 31 (3.73%) Serverless
14 27 (3.25%) Amazon EC2
14 27 (3.25%) Amazon S3
15 26 (3.13%) Azure AKS
16 25 (3.01%) AWS CloudFormation
16 25 (3.01%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 22 (2.65%) AWS CloudTrail
Communications & Networking
1 208 (25.03%) Network Security
2 160 (19.25%) Firewall
3 112 (13.48%) Broadband
4 76 (9.15%) VPN
5 37 (4.45%) DNS
6 32 (3.85%) Intrusion Detection
7 22 (2.65%) WAN
8 20 (2.41%) TCP/IP
9 18 (2.17%) LAN
10 17 (2.05%) Wireless
11 15 (1.81%) SAN
12 13 (1.56%) Remote Desktop
13 10 (1.20%) DHCP
13 10 (1.20%) SSL
14 9 (1.08%) BGP
14 9 (1.08%) DMARC
14 9 (1.08%) MPLS
14 9 (1.08%) OSPF
15 7 (0.84%) HTTP
15 7 (0.84%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (3.25%) Amazon RDS
2 14 (1.68%) SQL Server
3 13 (1.56%) Power BI
4 8 (0.96%) NoSQL
5 7 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (0.60%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.36%) Big Data
7 3 (0.36%) Flink
8 2 (0.24%) Hadoop
8 2 (0.24%) Oracle Exadata
8 2 (0.24%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.12%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.12%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.12%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.12%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 28 (3.37%) Git
2 20 (2.41%) GitLab
3 13 (1.56%) Jenkins
4 8 (0.96%) Burp Suite
4 8 (0.96%) Metasploit
4 8 (0.96%) Visual Studio Code
5 7 (0.84%) JIRA
5 7 (0.84%) Snyk
6 5 (0.60%) SonarQube
7 3 (0.36%) Chocolatey
7 3 (0.36%) Eclipse
7 3 (0.36%) Gradle
7 3 (0.36%) Maven
7 3 (0.36%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (0.36%) Spinnaker
8 2 (0.24%) Katalon Studio
8 2 (0.24%) MLflow
8 2 (0.24%) sqlmap
8 2 (0.24%) TensorBoard
8 2 (0.24%) Vagrant
General
1 167 (20.10%) Social Skills
2 138 (16.61%) Finance
3 67 (8.06%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (3.97%) Law
5 27 (3.25%) Documentation Skills
6 26 (3.13%) Banking
6 26 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 22 (2.65%) Public Sector
8 13 (1.56%) Legal
9 12 (1.44%) Influencing Skills
9 12 (1.44%) Marketing
9 12 (1.44%) Retail
10 9 (1.08%) Telecoms
11 8 (0.96%) Manufacturing
11 8 (0.96%) Retail Banking
12 7 (0.84%) Electronics
12 7 (0.84%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (0.48%) Investment Banking
15 3 (0.36%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 191 (22.98%) Senior
2 188 (22.62%) Analyst
3 167 (20.10%) Security Analyst
4 161 (19.37%) Security Engineer
5 158 (19.01%) Cloud Engineer
6 113 (13.60%) Cloud Security Analyst
7 95 (11.43%) Cloud Security Engineer
8 89 (10.71%) Senior Analyst
9 87 (10.47%) Architect
10 85 (10.23%) Senior Security Analyst
11 67 (8.06%) Consultant
12 56 (6.74%) Lead
13 53 (6.38%) Azure Engineer
14 50 (6.02%) Senior Security Engineer
15 47 (5.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 40 (4.81%) Cloud Architect
17 39 (4.69%) Senior Cloud Engineer
18 36 (4.33%) DevOps Engineer
19 34 (4.09%) Security Consultant
20 31 (3.73%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (1.93%) ARM Templates
2 15 (1.81%) YAML
3 12 (1.44%) REST
4 11 (1.32%) .NET
5 9 (1.08%) Elastic Stack
6 8 (0.96%) Node.js
7 7 (0.84%) Azure Blueprints
7 7 (0.84%) Loki
8 5 (0.60%) 802.1X
8 5 (0.60%) Django
8 5 (0.60%) Kafka
8 5 (0.60%) Middleware
8 5 (0.60%) SailPoint
8 5 (0.60%) SAML
9 4 (0.48%) GraphQL
9 4 (0.48%) HTML
9 4 (0.48%) React
9 4 (0.48%) RESTful
10 3 (0.36%) Express.js
10 3 (0.36%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 198 (23.83%) Cloud Native
2 141 (16.97%) Cyber Threat
3 136 (16.37%) Hybrid Cloud
4 116 (13.96%) Cyberattack
5 109 (13.12%) Social Media
6 64 (7.70%) Security Posture
7 59 (7.10%) Public Cloud
8 55 (6.62%) Management Information System
9 27 (3.25%) PKI
10 26 (3.13%) Cloud Security Posture
11 16 (1.93%) Driving Licence
11 16 (1.93%) Self-Motivation
12 15 (1.81%) Enterprise Cloud
13 14 (1.68%) Private Cloud
13 14 (1.68%) Replication
14 13 (1.56%) Onboarding
15 12 (1.44%) Data Centre
16 11 (1.32%) Mobile App
17 10 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
17 10 (1.20%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 107 (12.88%) Windows
2 74 (8.90%) Linux
3 34 (4.09%) Windows Server
4 20 (2.41%) Android
5 17 (2.05%) Apple iOS
6 11 (1.32%) Unix
7 9 (1.08%) VMS
8 6 (0.72%) Ubuntu
9 5 (0.60%) Solaris
10 4 (0.48%) Kali Linux
10 4 (0.48%) Rocky
10 4 (0.48%) Windows XP
11 3 (0.36%) Embedded Linux
12 1 (0.12%) CentOS
12 1 (0.12%) CoreOS
12 1 (0.12%) HPUX
12 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 362 (43.56%) Cybersecurity
2 272 (32.73%) Infrastructure as Code
3 263 (31.65%) DevOps
4 211 (25.39%) Incident Response
5 167 (20.10%) Information Security
6 165 (19.86%) Disaster Recovery
7 153 (18.41%) Identity Access Management
8 140 (16.85%) Agile
8 140 (16.85%) CI/CD
9 120 (14.44%) Threat Detection
10 109 (13.12%) Programme Delivery
11 101 (12.15%) Security Operations
12 100 (12.03%) DevSecOps
13 95 (11.43%) Problem-Solving
14 86 (10.35%) Risk Management
14 86 (10.35%) SIEM
15 84 (10.11%) Vulnerability Management
16 74 (8.90%) Containerisation
17 73 (8.78%) Roadmaps
17 73 (8.78%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 120 (14.44%) PowerShell
2 119 (14.32%) Python
3 39 (4.69%) Bash
4 34 (4.09%) SQL
5 22 (2.65%) Java
6 17 (2.05%) Go
7 15 (1.81%) Bicep
8 10 (1.20%) JavaScript
9 8 (0.96%) C#
10 6 (0.72%) Shell Script
10 6 (0.72%) TypeScript
11 4 (0.48%) Rust
12 3 (0.36%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.36%) Scala
13 2 (0.24%) C
13 2 (0.24%) R
14 1 (0.12%) C++
14 1 (0.12%) CodeQL
14 1 (0.12%) Ruby
14 1 (0.12%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 145 (17.45%) Degree
2 132 (15.88%) CISSP
3 68 (8.18%) Azure Certification
4 63 (7.58%) CISM
5 62 (7.46%) Security Cleared
6 57 (6.86%) AWS Certification
7 55 (6.62%) Cisco Certification
8 44 (5.29%) Computer Science Degree
9 42 (5.05%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 40 (4.81%) CCSP
10 40 (4.81%) SC Cleared
11 33 (3.97%) Microsoft Certification
12 30 (3.61%) CISA
13 24 (2.89%) CEH
13 24 (2.89%) DV Cleared
13 24 (2.89%) Master's Degree
14 22 (2.65%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 19 (2.29%) CRISC
16 17 (2.05%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 10 (1.20%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 258 (31.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 240 (28.88%) NIST
3 157 (18.89%) GDPR
4 121 (14.56%) HIPAA
5 26 (3.13%) NCSC
6 25 (3.01%) GRC
7 23 (2.77%) PCI DSS
8 16 (1.93%) SLA
9 11 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials
9 11 (1.32%) SOC 2
10 8 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 7 (0.84%) COBIT
11 7 (0.84%) ISO 9001
11 7 (0.84%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 6 (0.72%) Accessibility
13 5 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 4 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 2 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
15 2 (0.24%) FedRAMP
16 1 (0.12%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 119 (14.32%) Docker
2 109 (13.12%) Active Directory
3 70 (8.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 36 (4.33%) Hyper-V
5 25 (3.01%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (0.84%) Firmware
7 6 (0.72%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.24%) LXC
10 1 (0.12%) RACF
Systems Management
1 180 (21.66%) Terraform
2 172 (20.70%) Kubernetes
3 61 (7.34%) Ansible
4 35 (4.21%) Microsoft Intune
5 34 (4.09%) Single Sign-On
6 17 (2.05%) CASB
7 14 (1.68%) Prometheus
8 12 (1.44%) Puppet
9 10 (1.20%) Argo
9 10 (1.20%) Nessus
9 10 (1.20%) ZABBIX
10 9 (1.08%) FortiGate
10 9 (1.08%) Progress Chef
11 7 (0.84%) Grafana
12 6 (0.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 6 (0.72%) Istio
12 6 (0.72%) Nmap
13 3 (0.36%) vCenter Server
14 2 (0.24%) QRadar
14 2 (0.24%) SCCM
Vendors
1 250 (30.08%) Microsoft
2 86 (10.35%) VMware
3 30 (3.61%) Google
3 30 (3.61%) Splunk
4 29 (3.49%) ServiceNow
5 26 (3.13%) Palo Alto
6 25 (3.01%) Cisco
7 23 (2.77%) Oracle
8 18 (2.17%) Barracuda Networks
9 16 (1.93%) Nimble Storage
10 15 (1.81%) CrowdStrike
11 12 (1.44%) IBM
12 11 (1.32%) Dell
13 10 (1.20%) NetApp
13 10 (1.20%) Veeam
14 8 (0.96%) Qualys
14 8 (0.96%) Zscaler
15 6 (0.72%) Juniper
15 6 (0.72%) Salesforce
16 5 (0.60%) Red Hat