Cloud Security
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Cloud Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cloud Security over the 6 months to 30 November 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 218 185 307
Rank change year-on-year -33 +122 -69
Permanent jobs citing Cloud Security 884 2,655 1,562
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.64% 2.10% 1.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.74% 2.19% 1.26%
Number of salaries quoted 700 1,307 1,057
10th Percentile £45,563 £41,250 £46,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,219 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% -3.33% +7.14%
75th Percentile £96,539 £92,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £111,746 £110,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +0.78%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Cloud Security is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 50,664 120,987 123,563
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 94.08% 95.74% 95.44%
Number of salaries quoted 36,731 73,454 82,144
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,347 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £59,500
Median % change year-on-year - +0.84% +8.18%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.94% +6.00% +4.17%

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 30 November 2023.

Salary histogram for Cloud Security in the UK

Cloud Security
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 Security within the UK over the 6 months to 30 November 2023. 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 -24 779 £70,000 -3.55% 252
UK excluding London -45 510 £65,000 +4.00% 129
Work from Home +55 481 £72,500 +3.57% 149
London -7 314 £87,500 +9.38% 127
North of England -30 183 £62,500 -3.39% 44
South West +7 123 £70,576 +28.32% 22
Yorkshire -27 88 £65,000 +8.76% 15
Midlands -20 71 £62,500 -1.33% 11
North West -50 71 £68,750 +5.77% 23
Scotland -36 58 £70,576 +12.92% 7
South East +56 54 £75,000 - 41
East Midlands +15 38 £60,000 +20.00% 3
West Midlands -6 33 £73,750 +14.93% 8
North East +49 24 £39,250 -25.24% 6
East of England +75 19 £49,323 -19.14% 6
Wales +11 8 £48,500 +38.57%
Northern Ireland +38 3 £55,000 -48.84%

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 51 (5.77%) Apache
2 50 (5.66%) Apache Spark
3 31 (3.51%) Confluence
4 21 (2.38%) SharePoint
5 6 (0.68%) OpenStack
6 5 (0.57%) MS Exchange
7 4 (0.45%) IIS
8 2 (0.23%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.11%) Drupal
9 1 (0.11%) Ethereum
9 1 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2010
9 1 (0.11%) Kentico
9 1 (0.11%) MS Project Server
9 1 (0.11%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.11%) nginx
9 1 (0.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (0.90%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.23%) Dynamics AX
1 2 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.11%) Magento
2 1 (0.11%) Orchard Housing
2 1 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 479 (54.19%) Azure
2 302 (34.16%) AWS
3 243 (27.49%) GCP
4 118 (13.35%) PaaS
5 116 (13.12%) GitHub
6 103 (11.65%) Azure DevOps
6 103 (11.65%) SaaS
7 91 (10.29%) IaaS
8 90 (10.18%) Microsoft 365
9 66 (7.47%) GitHub Actions
10 63 (7.13%) Azure Sentinel
11 52 (5.88%) Power Platform
12 48 (5.43%) Entra ID
13 47 (5.32%) Vertex AI
14 46 (5.20%) Cloud Computing
15 42 (4.75%) AWS CloudFormation
15 42 (4.75%) Serverless
16 29 (3.28%) Azure ExpressRoute
17 16 (1.81%) Azure Functions
18 15 (1.70%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 162 (18.33%) Firewall
2 113 (12.78%) Network Security
3 74 (8.37%) DNS
4 59 (6.67%) TCP/IP
5 44 (4.98%) DHCP
6 43 (4.86%) HTTP
7 39 (4.41%) WAN
8 34 (3.85%) VPN
9 32 (3.62%) SD-WAN
10 29 (3.28%) Intrusion Detection
11 28 (3.17%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
11 28 (3.17%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
12 20 (2.26%) Internet
13 17 (1.92%) Wireless
14 16 (1.81%) LAN
15 11 (1.24%) SMTP
16 9 (1.02%) NGFW
16 9 (1.02%) Wi-Fi
17 7 (0.79%) SAN
18 6 (0.68%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (7.92%) NoSQL
2 63 (7.13%) Big Data
3 62 (7.01%) Data Lake
4 61 (6.90%) BigQuery
5 52 (5.88%) PostgreSQL
6 49 (5.54%) Power BI
6 49 (5.54%) Tableau
7 48 (5.43%) Looker
7 48 (5.43%) MySQL
8 47 (5.32%) Bigtable
8 47 (5.32%) Relational Database
9 20 (2.26%) SQL Server
10 14 (1.58%) Azure SQL Database
11 10 (1.13%) Metadata
12 9 (1.02%) Data Warehouse
13 7 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
14 3 (0.34%) Amazon Redshift
15 2 (0.23%) Amazon Athena
15 2 (0.23%) DynamoDB
16 1 (0.11%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 145 (16.40%) Jenkins
2 51 (5.77%) Git
3 34 (3.85%) JIRA
4 18 (2.04%) Sonatype Nexus
5 10 (1.13%) Spinnaker
6 6 (0.68%) SonarQube
7 5 (0.57%) Gatling
7 5 (0.57%) JUnit
7 5 (0.57%) LoadRunner
8 3 (0.34%) Octopus Deploy
8 3 (0.34%) Subversion
9 2 (0.23%) Burp Suite
9 2 (0.23%) Maven
9 2 (0.23%) Selenium
9 2 (0.23%) SoapUI
9 2 (0.23%) Vagrant
10 1 (0.11%) GitLab
10 1 (0.11%) JMeter
10 1 (0.11%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 356 (40.27%) Finance
2 229 (25.90%) Banking
3 189 (21.38%) Social Skills
4 95 (10.75%) Retail
5 62 (7.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 44 (4.98%) Analytical Skills
7 39 (4.41%) Law
8 29 (3.28%) Public Sector
9 25 (2.83%) Legal
10 21 (2.38%) Influencing Skills
11 16 (1.81%) Telecoms
12 13 (1.47%) Electronics
13 12 (1.36%) Presentation Skills
14 10 (1.13%) Financial Institution
15 9 (1.02%) Marketing
16 6 (0.68%) Aerospace
16 6 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
16 6 (0.68%) Games
17 5 (0.57%) Organisational Skills
17 5 (0.57%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 193 (21.83%) Cloud Engineer
2 191 (21.61%) Security Engineer
3 185 (20.93%) Senior
4 147 (16.63%) Architect
5 108 (12.22%) Lead
6 105 (11.88%) Cloud Security Engineer
7 72 (8.14%) Analyst
8 69 (7.81%) Cloud Architect
9 67 (7.58%) DevOps Engineer
10 60 (6.79%) Security Analyst
11 58 (6.56%) Security Architect
12 56 (6.33%) Azure Engineer
13 54 (6.11%) Consultant
13 54 (6.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 54 (6.11%) Senior Security Engineer
14 45 (5.09%) Senior Cloud Engineer
15 39 (4.41%) Security Consultant
15 39 (4.41%) Security Manager
16 37 (4.19%) Senior DevOps
17 36 (4.07%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (7.24%) Kafka
2 37 (4.19%) OpenID
3 33 (3.73%) HTML
4 32 (3.62%) JSON
5 30 (3.39%) SAML
5 30 (3.39%) YAML
6 28 (3.17%) Spine.js
7 21 (2.38%) ARM Templates
8 18 (2.04%) .NET
9 15 (1.70%) Azure Blueprints
10 12 (1.36%) RESTful
10 12 (1.36%) Web Services
11 11 (1.24%) REST
12 9 (1.02%) Middleware
12 9 (1.02%) Node.js
12 9 (1.02%) web3js
13 8 (0.90%) Elastic Stack
13 8 (0.90%) RabbitMQ
13 8 (0.90%) React
14 6 (0.68%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 170 (19.23%) Public Cloud
2 101 (11.43%) Cloud Native
3 95 (10.75%) Management Information System
4 68 (7.69%) Data Centre
5 43 (4.86%) PKI
6 41 (4.64%) Cyberattack
6 41 (4.64%) Product Ownership
7 40 (4.52%) Security Posture
8 33 (3.73%) Private Cloud
9 29 (3.28%) Hybrid Cloud
10 25 (2.83%) Onboarding
11 24 (2.71%) Cyber Threat
12 21 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
13 20 (2.26%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 19 (2.15%) Blockchain
14 19 (2.15%) Virtual Team
15 17 (1.92%) Linux Command Line
15 17 (1.92%) Security Operations Centre
16 10 (1.13%) Algorithms
16 10 (1.13%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 111 (12.56%) Linux
2 83 (9.39%) Windows
3 39 (4.41%) Windows Server
4 18 (2.04%) Unix
5 9 (1.02%) Ubuntu
6 6 (0.68%) Windows 10
6 6 (0.68%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (0.57%) VMS
8 4 (0.45%) Mac OS X
8 4 (0.45%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.34%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.11%) CentOS
10 1 (0.11%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 329 (37.22%) Agile
2 314 (35.52%) Cybersecurity
3 265 (29.98%) Infrastructure as Code
4 256 (28.96%) DevOps
5 251 (28.39%) CI/CD
6 221 (25.00%) Information Security
7 163 (18.44%) Roadmaps
8 128 (14.48%) SIEM
9 127 (14.37%) DevSecOps
10 107 (12.10%) Security Operations
11 102 (11.54%) Incident Response
12 97 (10.97%) Artificial Intelligence
12 97 (10.97%) Machine Learning
13 91 (10.29%) Analytics
14 88 (9.95%) Security Architecture
15 86 (9.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 86 (9.73%) Problem-Solving
16 82 (9.28%) Identity Access Management
17 80 (9.05%) Use Case
18 74 (8.37%) Data Loss Prevention
Programming Languages
1 231 (26.13%) Python
2 122 (13.80%) PowerShell
3 97 (10.97%) Bash
4 41 (4.64%) Go
5 40 (4.52%) Java
6 35 (3.96%) JavaScript
7 30 (3.39%) SQL
8 28 (3.17%) Bicep
9 25 (2.83%) C#
9 25 (2.83%) Groovy
10 19 (2.15%) Kusto Query Language
11 14 (1.58%) Scala
12 12 (1.36%) C++
12 12 (1.36%) TypeScript
13 9 (1.02%) Search Processing Language
14 8 (0.90%) Ruby
15 3 (0.34%) Perl
15 3 (0.34%) PHP
15 3 (0.34%) R
16 2 (0.23%) Rust
Qualifications
1 140 (15.84%) CISSP
2 119 (13.46%) Security Cleared
3 96 (10.86%) Degree
4 82 (9.28%) Azure Certification
5 75 (8.48%) AWS Certification
5 75 (8.48%) SC Cleared
6 47 (5.32%) Cisco Certification
6 47 (5.32%) CISM
7 42 (4.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 39 (4.41%) Computer Science Degree
9 35 (3.96%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 33 (3.73%) DV Cleared
11 31 (3.51%) CEH
12 28 (3.17%) GSEC
13 26 (2.94%) CCSP
14 24 (2.71%) CompTIA Security+
14 24 (2.71%) Microsoft Certification
15 19 (2.15%) ISSAP
16 18 (2.04%) GIAC
17 16 (1.81%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 112 (12.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 81 (9.16%) NIST
3 50 (5.66%) NCSC
4 43 (4.86%) Cyber Essentials
5 42 (4.75%) PCI DSS
6 32 (3.62%) GDPR
7 17 (1.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 13 (1.47%) COBIT
9 9 (1.02%) GRC
9 9 (1.02%) SOC 2
10 8 (0.90%) SLA
11 5 (0.57%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 3 (0.34%) Data Quality
12 3 (0.34%) ISO 31000
12 3 (0.34%) PMO
12 3 (0.34%) QA
13 2 (0.23%) GLBA
13 2 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 2 (0.23%) NIST 800
13 2 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 105 (11.88%) Docker
2 72 (8.14%) Active Directory
3 30 (3.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 24 (2.71%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (0.90%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 7 (0.79%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.57%) vSphere
8 4 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.23%) BitLocker
10 2 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.23%) XenApp
11 1 (0.11%) Ceph
11 1 (0.11%) Firmware
11 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.11%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 278 (31.45%) Terraform
2 164 (18.55%) Kubernetes
3 62 (7.01%) Ansible
4 30 (3.39%) Istio
5 25 (2.83%) Microsoft Intune
6 16 (1.81%) Puppet
7 15 (1.70%) Progress Chef
8 14 (1.58%) Single Sign-On
9 11 (1.24%) CASB
10 9 (1.02%) Nessus
11 6 (0.68%) CSIRT
12 5 (0.57%) SCCM
13 4 (0.45%) Argo
13 4 (0.45%) HP Fortify
13 4 (0.45%) Stealthwatch
13 4 (0.45%) vCenter Server
14 3 (0.34%) Backup Exec
15 2 (0.23%) Nagios
16 1 (0.11%) linkerd
16 1 (0.11%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 190 (21.49%) Microsoft
2 167 (18.89%) Google
3 73 (8.26%) Cisco
4 55 (6.22%) F5
5 42 (4.75%) VMware
6 36 (4.07%) Fortinet
7 35 (3.96%) Palo Alto
7 35 (3.96%) ServiceNow
8 33 (3.73%) CheckPoint
9 23 (2.60%) Splunk
10 14 (1.58%) Oracle
11 13 (1.47%) Zscaler
12 11 (1.24%) AppDynamics
12 11 (1.24%) New Relic
12 11 (1.24%) SAP
13 10 (1.13%) YouTube
14 9 (1.02%) Citrix
15 7 (0.79%) iManage
16 6 (0.68%) Dynatrace
16 6 (0.68%) Intel