Private Cloud Jobs

Private Cloud
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Private Cloud in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Private Cloud over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 528 533 406
Rank change year-on-year +5 -127 +224
Permanent jobs citing Private Cloud 165 396 799
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.32% 0.40% 0.77%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.92% 1.13% 1.77%
Number of salaries quoted 116 306 347
10th Percentile £47,750 £35,920 £42,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £48,750 £56,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -3.70% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,548 £84,056
90th Percentile £96,126 £92,500 £95,100
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - +8.33%

All Generic Skills
UK

Private Cloud 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 18,030 35,099 45,250
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.65% 35.64% 43.54%
Number of salaries quoted 9,845 23,059 23,957
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,000 £35,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,000 £46,251
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £97,500 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Private Cloud
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Private Cloud in the UK

Private Cloud
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Private Cloud in the UK

Private Cloud
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Private Cloud over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Private Cloud in the UK

Private Cloud
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Private Cloud within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 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 +2 136 £65,500 +0.77% 116
UK excluding London +49 135 £65,000 - 89
Work from Home +46 67 £70,996 +9.22% 82
North of England +29 37 £75,000 +39.53% 21
London +58 28 £80,000 +13.35% 44
South East +79 24 £60,000 -20.00% 13
Yorkshire +56 22 £94,637 +64.59% 5
Midlands +62 20 £55,000 -12.00% 9
Scotland +97 18 £74,870 -0.17% 6
West Midlands +33 17 £55,000 -8.33% 8
South West +64 16 £60,000 -9.43% 29
North West +4 14 £70,000 +16.67% 13
East of England - 14 £70,000 - 2
Wales +47 9 £27,500 -63.33% 5
East Midlands +47 3 £60,000 -20.00% 1
North East +41 1 £85,000 +61.90% 4

Private 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 22 (13.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (10.91%) IIS
3 4 (2.42%) OpenStack
4 2 (1.21%) CICS
4 2 (1.21%) Confluence
5 1 (0.61%) SharePoint
Applications
1 22 (13.33%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (4.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (4.85%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (3.64%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.21%) Cloudability
2 2 (1.21%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.61%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.61%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.61%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 87 (52.73%) Azure
2 58 (35.15%) AWS
3 49 (29.70%) SaaS
4 30 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
5 22 (13.33%) GCP
6 13 (7.88%) IaaS
6 13 (7.88%) PaaS
7 11 (6.67%) Entra ID
8 10 (6.06%) OpenShift
8 10 (6.06%) Power Platform
9 6 (3.64%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (3.64%) GitHub
9 6 (3.64%) Serverless
10 3 (1.82%) Amazon EC2
10 3 (1.82%) Amazon S3
10 3 (1.82%) AWS Lambda
11 2 (1.21%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (1.21%) Snowflake
12 1 (0.61%) Azure AKS
12 1 (0.61%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 16 (9.70%) Firewall
2 13 (7.88%) DNS
3 11 (6.67%) SAN
4 10 (6.06%) Intrusion Detection
4 10 (6.06%) Structured Cabling
5 9 (5.45%) DHCP
5 9 (5.45%) IP Telephony
6 8 (4.85%) Cisco IOS
6 8 (4.85%) FTP
6 8 (4.85%) IPv4
6 8 (4.85%) PBX
6 8 (4.85%) SMTP
6 8 (4.85%) VLAN
6 8 (4.85%) WAN
7 7 (4.24%) NetScaler
8 5 (3.03%) LAN
8 5 (3.03%) VPN
9 4 (2.42%) MPLS
10 3 (1.82%) Network Security
10 3 (1.82%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (16.97%) SQL Server
2 12 (7.27%) Data Hub
2 12 (7.27%) SQL CLR
3 11 (6.67%) Amazon RDS
4 10 (6.06%) Power BI
5 8 (4.85%) Metadata
5 8 (4.85%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 8 (4.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (2.42%) NoSQL
7 3 (1.82%) DynamoDB
7 3 (1.82%) MySQL
7 3 (1.82%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (1.82%) Relational Database
8 2 (1.21%) Amazon QuickSight
8 2 (1.21%) Tableau
9 1 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.61%) DB2
9 1 (0.61%) MariaDB
9 1 (0.61%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.61%) Redis
Development Applications
1 8 (4.85%) GitLab
2 5 (3.03%) JIRA
3 2 (1.21%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.61%) Git
4 1 (0.61%) IBM UrbanCode
4 1 (0.61%) MSI
4 1 (0.61%) Octopus Deploy
4 1 (0.61%) Selenium
General
1 76 (46.06%) Social Skills
2 67 (40.61%) Finance
3 25 (15.15%) Banking
4 12 (7.27%) Back Office
5 9 (5.45%) Telecoms
6 6 (3.64%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (3.64%) Marketing
6 6 (3.64%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (3.64%) Public Sector
7 4 (2.42%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (2.42%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.21%) Billing
10 1 (0.61%) French Language
Job Titles
1 33 (20.00%) Lead
2 32 (19.39%) Senior
3 17 (10.30%) Software Engineer
4 16 (9.70%) Architect
4 16 (9.70%) Service Manager
5 13 (7.88%) Full-Stack Engineer
6 12 (7.27%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
6 12 (7.27%) Solutions Architect
7 11 (6.67%) Consultant
7 11 (6.67%) Developer
7 11 (6.67%) Technical Engineer
8 9 (5.45%) IT Manager
8 9 (5.45%) Senior Developer
8 9 (5.45%) Service Desk Manager
9 8 (4.85%) Infrastructure Consultant
9 8 (4.85%) Microsoft Developer
9 8 (4.85%) Senior Consultant
9 8 (4.85%) Senior Infrastructure Consultant
9 8 (4.85%) Senior Microsoft Developer
9 8 (4.85%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (11.52%) .NET
2 17 (10.30%) React
3 5 (3.03%) .NET Core
3 5 (3.03%) Kafka
3 5 (3.03%) REST
4 4 (2.42%) .NET Framework
4 4 (2.42%) AngularJS
4 4 (2.42%) Dapper ORM
4 4 (2.42%) Entity Framework
4 4 (2.42%) Spring
4 4 (2.42%) Spring Boot
5 3 (1.82%) JSON
5 3 (1.82%) Middleware
5 3 (1.82%) OAuth
5 3 (1.82%) RESTful
5 3 (1.82%) Vue
6 2 (1.21%) Web Services
7 1 (0.61%) RabbitMQ
7 1 (0.61%) SAML
7 1 (0.61%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 27 (16.36%) Public Cloud
2 24 (14.55%) Management Information System
3 14 (8.48%) Client/Server
4 13 (7.88%) Data Centre
5 12 (7.27%) Product Ownership
6 9 (5.45%) Cloud Native
7 7 (4.24%) Tandem
8 4 (2.42%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (2.42%) PKI
8 4 (2.42%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 3 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (1.21%) Credit Risk
10 2 (1.21%) Driving Licence
11 1 (0.61%) Data Protection Act
11 1 (0.61%) e-Learning
11 1 (0.61%) EMC VMAX
11 1 (0.61%) Mainframe
11 1 (0.61%) Onboarding
11 1 (0.61%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 31 (18.79%) Windows
2 17 (10.30%) Windows Server
3 10 (6.06%) Linux
4 8 (4.85%) Android
4 8 (4.85%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.61%) Debian
5 1 (0.61%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 49 (29.70%) Agile
3 46 (27.88%) Roadmaps
3 46 (27.88%) Software Engineering
4 39 (23.64%) ITIL
5 35 (21.21%) CI/CD
6 32 (19.39%) DevOps
7 26 (15.76%) Continuous Improvement
8 25 (15.15%) Mentoring
8 25 (15.15%) Microservices
9 24 (14.55%) Continuous Integration
9 24 (14.55%) Information Security
10 21 (12.73%) Full-Stack Development
10 21 (12.73%) Service Management
11 20 (12.12%) Change Management
11 20 (12.12%) Coaching
11 20 (12.12%) Containerisation
11 20 (12.12%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 18 (10.91%) Commercial Awareness
13 16 (9.70%) Customer-Centricity
Programming Languages
1 35 (21.21%) Python
2 34 (20.61%) Java
3 22 (13.33%) PowerShell
4 18 (10.91%) SQL
5 15 (9.09%) C#
5 15 (9.09%) JavaScript
6 11 (6.67%) Bash
7 8 (4.85%) T-SQL
8 4 (2.42%) TypeScript
9 2 (1.21%) JCL
10 1 (0.61%) Bicep
10 1 (0.61%) C++
10 1 (0.61%) Go
Qualifications
1 28 (16.97%) Security Cleared
2 21 (12.73%) SC Cleared
3 14 (8.48%) ITIL Certification
4 10 (6.06%) Cisco Certification
4 10 (6.06%) Degree
5 9 (5.45%) CCNA
5 9 (5.45%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (4.85%) DV Cleared
6 8 (4.85%) Network+ Certification
7 5 (3.03%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.21%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.61%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (0.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.61%) CCSP
9 1 (0.61%) CEH
9 1 (0.61%) CISM
9 1 (0.61%) CISSP
9 1 (0.61%) MCSA
9 1 (0.61%) OSCP
9 1 (0.61%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (9.09%) SLA
2 11 (6.67%) COBIT
2 11 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.21%) GDPR
3 2 (1.21%) QA
4 1 (0.61%) NIST
4 1 (0.61%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 32 (19.39%) Docker
2 26 (15.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (8.48%) Virtual Desktop
4 13 (7.88%) Hyper-V
5 11 (6.67%) Active Directory
6 8 (4.85%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 35 (21.21%) Kubernetes
2 9 (5.45%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (4.85%) Failover Clustering
3 8 (4.85%) SCCM
3 8 (4.85%) WSUS
4 7 (4.24%) Terraform
5 4 (2.42%) Proxmox
6 3 (1.82%) WMI
7 2 (1.21%) Ansible
7 2 (1.21%) Podman
7 2 (1.21%) Puppet
8 1 (0.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.61%) CA Service Virtualization
8 1 (0.61%) Grafana
8 1 (0.61%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.61%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.61%) vRealize
Vendors
1 69 (41.82%) Microsoft
2 28 (16.97%) VMware
3 17 (10.30%) Oracle
4 16 (9.70%) Google
5 15 (9.09%) Cisco
5 15 (9.09%) Citrix
6 8 (4.85%) Veeam
7 3 (1.82%) HubSpot
7 3 (1.82%) IBM
7 3 (1.82%) SAP
8 2 (1.21%) Databricks
8 2 (1.21%) Graphcore
9 1 (0.61%) Arista
9 1 (0.61%) Brocade
9 1 (0.61%) EMC
9 1 (0.61%) HP
9 1 (0.61%) Juniper
9 1 (0.61%) LogicMonitor
9 1 (0.61%) SolarWinds