IBM Cloud Job Trends

IBM Cloud Computing
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring IBM Cloud skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 669 466 752
Rank change year-on-year -203 +286 +382
Permanent jobs citing IBM Cloud 7 362 25
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.014% 0.46% 0.041%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.045% 1.47% 0.098%
Number of salaries quoted 6 9 25
10th Percentile £46,250 - £47,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £86,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £87,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.43% +34.62% -10.34%
75th Percentile £73,750 £100,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £90,625 - £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 - £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -35.70%

All Cloud Skills
UK

IBM Cloud 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 15,669 24,694 25,570
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 31.68% 31.62% 42.43%
Number of salaries quoted 10,603 15,772 21,307
10th Percentile £29,750 £34,500 £33,500
25th Percentile £39,500 £45,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - -
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £101,250 £102,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

IBM Cloud
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IBM Cloud in the UK

IBM Cloud
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing IBM Cloud.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing IBM Cloud

IBM Cloud
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IBM Cloud over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Salary histogram for IBM Cloud in the UK

IBM Cloud
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IBM Cloud within the UK over the 6 months to 18 September 2025. 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 -215 7 £60,000 -31.43% 14
London +38 6 £60,000 -31.43% 6
Work from Home +69 4 £60,000 -31.43% 3
South East -80 1 £35,000 - 1
UK excluding London -179 1 £35,000 - 9

IBM Cloud
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 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (85.71%) AWS
2 5 (71.43%) Azure
3 2 (28.57%) GCP
4 1 (14.29%) Entra ID
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) Firewall
2 1 (14.29%) SSL
2 1 (14.29%) VLAN
2 1 (14.29%) VPN
General
1 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 3 (42.86%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
1 3 (42.86%) Security Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Business Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Cloud Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Insurance Business Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Network Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Network Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Network Security Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Reinsurance Business Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Security Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Senior
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Business Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Technical Business Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) SOC Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Cyber Threat
1 3 (42.86%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 1 (14.29%) Cloud Native
2 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Cloud
2 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (14.29%) IBM Storwize
2 1 (14.29%) Low-Code
2 1 (14.29%) PKI
2 1 (14.29%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 4 (57.14%) Windows
2 3 (42.86%) Linux
3 1 (14.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (57.14%) SIEM
2 4 (57.14%) Zero Trust
3 3 (42.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 3 (42.86%) Network Design
3 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (14.29%) Agile
4 1 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence
4 1 (14.29%) Business Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) Business Continuity
4 1 (14.29%) CRM
4 1 (14.29%) Data Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) Data Modelling
4 1 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Performance Management
4 1 (14.29%) Security Management
4 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (14.29%) Systems Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) AWS Certification
2 1 (14.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 1 (14.29%) MCP
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (14.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (28.57%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
1 1 (14.29%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (14.29%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (57.14%) Nessus
2 1 (14.29%) Proxmox
2 1 (14.29%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) IBM
2 4 (57.14%) VMware
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft