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 13 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 608 543 616
Rank change year-on-year -65 +73 -247
Permanent jobs citing Private Cloud 203 126 149
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.17% 0.26% 0.21%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.63% 0.63% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 93 79 70
10th Percentile £37,000 £51,600 £49,125
25th Percentile £48,750 £57,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +17.65% -1.92%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £96,750 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - +12.00% -

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 32,034 19,927 22,862
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.07% 40.61% 32.02%
Number of salaries quoted 19,610 10,171 11,328
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,500 £36,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £79,239 £77,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,500 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +14.44% -14.29% -4.55%

Private Cloud
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Private Cloud job vacancy trend in the UK

Private Cloud
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Private Cloud

Private Cloud
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Private Cloud over the 6 months to 13 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Private Cloud in the UK

Private Cloud
Top 15 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 13 October 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 -64 181 £70,000 -9.68% 199
UK excluding London -86 138 £70,000 - 112
South East -5 55 £72,500 -6.45% 31
London -48 53 £71,250 -13.90% 92
Work from Home -65 37 £70,000 -6.67% 98
North of England -48 35 £50,321 -28.11% 30
North West -23 24 £80,000 +14.29% 18
South West -63 18 £70,000 +16.67% 20
Midlands -47 17 £80,000 +23.08% 7
East Midlands -20 14 £76,250 +17.31% 3
Scotland +3 9 £100,000 - 17
North East - 9 £50,000 - 3
Northern Ireland - 4 - -
West Midlands -47 3 £87,500 +34.62% 4
Yorkshire -37 2 £50,321 -16.13% 9

Private Cloud
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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (2.96%) Apache
1 6 (2.96%) JBoss
1 6 (2.96%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.46%) nginx
3 3 (1.48%) IIS
4 2 (0.99%) Exchange Server 2013
4 2 (0.99%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.49%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.49%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (3.45%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.99%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (3.94%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.97%) SAP APO
2 4 (1.97%) SAP IBP
3 2 (0.99%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.99%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 73 (35.96%) Azure
2 59 (29.06%) AWS
3 20 (9.85%) GitHub
4 18 (8.87%) GCP
5 16 (7.88%) Microsoft 365
6 15 (7.39%) GitHub Actions
7 13 (6.40%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 10 (4.93%) Nutanix
9 9 (4.43%) Amazon EKS
9 9 (4.43%) Entra ID
10 7 (3.45%) OpenShift
10 7 (3.45%) Serverless
11 6 (2.96%) Datadog
11 6 (2.96%) IaaS
12 5 (2.46%) AWS CloudFormation
13 4 (1.97%) Azure DevOps
13 4 (1.97%) Azure Stack
13 4 (1.97%) WeChat
14 3 (1.48%) Microsoft Copilot
14 3 (1.48%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 47 (23.15%) Firewall
2 28 (13.79%) VPN
3 17 (8.37%) DNS
3 17 (8.37%) LAN
3 17 (8.37%) Network Security
4 10 (4.93%) WAN
5 9 (4.43%) DHCP
6 7 (3.45%) SD-WAN
7 6 (2.96%) SAN
7 6 (2.96%) SSL
8 5 (2.46%) Cisco Firepower
8 5 (2.46%) Cisco Nexus
8 5 (2.46%) NGFW
8 5 (2.46%) Remote Desktop
8 5 (2.46%) VLAN
9 4 (1.97%) WLAN
10 3 (1.48%) BGP
10 3 (1.48%) Ethernet
10 3 (1.48%) Internet
10 3 (1.48%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.48%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (1.48%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.99%) Big Data
2 2 (0.99%) KNIME
2 2 (0.99%) SAP BW
3 1 (0.49%) Amazon Aurora
3 1 (0.49%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.49%) Apache Hudi
3 1 (0.49%) Apache Iceberg
3 1 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.49%) Delta Lake
3 1 (0.49%) DynamoDB
3 1 (0.49%) Metadata
3 1 (0.49%) MySQL
3 1 (0.49%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.49%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.49%) Redis
Development Applications
1 28 (13.79%) GitLab
2 14 (6.90%) JUnit
2 14 (6.90%) Spock
3 13 (6.40%) Git
4 12 (5.91%) Jenkins
5 10 (4.93%) JIRA
6 7 (3.45%) Maven
6 7 (3.45%) SonarQube
7 5 (2.46%) Bitbucket
8 4 (1.97%) IntelliJ
8 4 (1.97%) Subversion
9 3 (1.48%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.49%) Eclipse
10 1 (0.49%) Robot Framework
10 1 (0.49%) Selenium
10 1 (0.49%) TeamCity
General
1 52 (25.62%) Social Skills
2 47 (23.15%) Finance
3 31 (15.27%) Public Sector
4 17 (8.37%) Aerospace
5 14 (6.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 13 (6.40%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (4.93%) Military
8 9 (4.43%) Retail
9 8 (3.94%) Marketing
9 8 (3.94%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (3.45%) Aviation
11 6 (2.96%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.97%) Mandarin Language
13 3 (1.48%) Italian Language
13 3 (1.48%) Japanese Language
13 3 (1.48%) Law
13 3 (1.48%) Manufacturing
13 3 (1.48%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.99%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.99%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 48 (23.65%) Senior
2 27 (13.30%) Architect
3 25 (12.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 22 (10.84%) Consultant
4 22 (10.84%) Lead
5 18 (8.87%) Platform Engineer
6 17 (8.37%) Cloud Engineer
7 14 (6.90%) Senior DevOps
8 12 (5.91%) Administrator
8 12 (5.91%) DevOps Engineer
8 12 (5.91%) Systems Administrator
8 12 (5.91%) VMware Consultant
9 11 (5.42%) Cloud Platform Engineer
9 11 (5.42%) DevOps Administrator
10 10 (4.93%) Developer
10 10 (4.93%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 10 (4.93%) Solutions Architect
11 9 (4.43%) Senior Consultant
11 9 (4.43%) Senior VMware Consultant
12 8 (3.94%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (20.20%) Terraform
2 15 (7.39%) Spring
3 12 (5.91%) AngularJS
4 7 (3.45%) React
5 5 (2.46%) CSS
5 5 (2.46%) CSS3
5 5 (2.46%) HTML
5 5 (2.46%) HTML5
5 5 (2.46%) Keycloak
5 5 (2.46%) OAuth
5 5 (2.46%) OAuth2
5 5 (2.46%) OpenID
6 3 (1.48%) AWS CDK
6 3 (1.48%) ModSecurity
6 3 (1.48%) Node.js
7 1 (0.49%) HEVC
7 1 (0.49%) Kafka
7 1 (0.49%) LAMP
7 1 (0.49%) RabbitMQ
7 1 (0.49%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 46 (22.66%) Public Cloud
2 42 (20.69%) Data Centre
3 26 (12.81%) Hybrid Cloud
4 18 (8.87%) Distributed Systems
5 10 (4.93%) Cloud Native
5 10 (4.93%) Legacy Systems
5 10 (4.93%) Management Information System
5 10 (4.93%) Social Media
6 8 (3.94%) Onboarding
7 7 (3.45%) PMI
7 7 (3.45%) Product Ownership
8 4 (1.97%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.97%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.97%) Video Conferencing
8 4 (1.97%) Virtual Team
9 3 (1.48%) Driving Licence
9 3 (1.48%) PKI
10 2 (0.99%) CMDB
10 2 (0.99%) Enterprise Cloud
10 2 (0.99%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 35 (17.24%) Linux
2 19 (9.36%) Windows
3 14 (6.90%) Windows Server
4 5 (2.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (2.46%) VMS
5 3 (1.48%) Android
5 3 (1.48%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.99%) AIX
6 2 (0.99%) Debian
6 2 (0.99%) Solaris
6 2 (0.99%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.49%) CentOS
7 1 (0.49%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (27.59%) CI/CD
2 54 (26.60%) DevOps
3 50 (24.63%) Continuous Improvement
4 46 (22.66%) Problem-Solving
5 45 (22.17%) Agile
5 45 (22.17%) Infrastructure as Code
6 40 (19.70%) AI
6 40 (19.70%) Technical Leadership
7 35 (17.24%) Roadmaps
8 34 (16.75%) Test Automation
9 30 (14.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 29 (14.29%) Observability
11 26 (12.81%) Cloud Security
11 26 (12.81%) Migration
12 25 (12.32%) Platform Engineering
13 24 (11.82%) Configuration Management
13 24 (11.82%) Mentoring
13 24 (11.82%) Risk Management
13 24 (11.82%) Software Engineering
14 22 (10.84%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 40 (19.70%) Python
2 22 (10.84%) PowerShell
3 21 (10.34%) Java
3 21 (10.34%) JavaScript
4 20 (9.85%) Bash
5 19 (9.36%) TypeScript
6 11 (5.42%) Go
7 8 (3.94%) Groovy
8 4 (1.97%) SQL
9 3 (1.48%) ABAP
9 3 (1.48%) ActionScript
9 3 (1.48%) C++
10 2 (0.99%) Bicep
10 2 (0.99%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.49%) Ada
11 1 (0.49%) C
11 1 (0.49%) C#
11 1 (0.49%) Perl
11 1 (0.49%) Scala
11 1 (0.49%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 47 (23.15%) Security Cleared
2 27 (13.30%) Degree
3 22 (10.84%) DV Cleared
3 22 (10.84%) SC Cleared
4 15 (7.39%) BPSS Clearance
5 12 (5.91%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 11 (5.42%) Cisco Certification
7 10 (4.93%) AWS Certification
7 10 (4.93%) CCNP
7 10 (4.93%) TOGAF Certification
8 8 (3.94%) Azure Certification
9 7 (3.45%) PMI Certification
10 6 (2.96%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (1.97%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 4 (1.97%) RHCSA
12 3 (1.48%) CISM
12 3 (1.48%) CISSP
12 3 (1.48%) DBS Check
12 3 (1.48%) VCAP
13 2 (0.99%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.93%) QA
2 9 (4.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (3.45%) Accessibility
3 7 (3.45%) NCSC
4 5 (2.46%) GDPR
5 4 (1.97%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (1.48%) NIST
7 2 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.99%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 2 (0.99%) PMO
7 2 (0.99%) SLA
7 2 (0.99%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.49%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 29 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
2 26 (12.81%) Docker
3 14 (6.90%) Active Directory
4 12 (5.91%) Hyper-V
5 11 (5.42%) Virtual Desktop
5 11 (5.42%) VMware NSX
6 4 (1.97%) vSphere
7 3 (1.48%) KVM
8 2 (0.99%) Terminal Services
8 2 (0.99%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.49%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 37 (18.23%) Kubernetes
2 35 (17.24%) Ansible
3 15 (7.39%) Grafana
3 15 (7.39%) Prometheus
4 10 (4.93%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (4.43%) Proxmox
6 6 (2.96%) Puppet
6 6 (2.96%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (2.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (2.46%) Nagios
7 5 (2.46%) Progress Chef
8 3 (1.48%) Red Hat Satellite
9 2 (0.99%) Argo
9 2 (0.99%) Istio
9 2 (0.99%) linkerd
9 2 (0.99%) Nessus
9 2 (0.99%) Packer
10 1 (0.49%) Tivoli
10 1 (0.49%) VxRail
10 1 (0.49%) WSUS
Vendors
1 59 (29.06%) VMware
2 33 (16.26%) Microsoft
3 23 (11.33%) Google
3 23 (11.33%) SAP
4 19 (9.36%) Splunk
5 14 (6.90%) AppDynamics
6 12 (5.91%) Red Hat
7 9 (4.43%) Cisco
7 9 (4.43%) Oracle
7 9 (4.43%) ServiceNow
8 7 (3.45%) Atlassian
8 7 (3.45%) Palo Alto
9 5 (2.46%) Citrix
9 5 (2.46%) F5
9 5 (2.46%) New Relic
10 4 (1.97%) EMC
11 3 (1.48%) Meraki
12 2 (0.99%) Broadcom
12 2 (0.99%) Dynatrace
12 2 (0.99%) Thales