Private Cloud Job Trends

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 15 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 544 616 393
Rank change year-on-year +72 -223 +290
Permanent jobs citing Private Cloud 126 171 453
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.26% 0.22% 0.73%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.62% 0.69% 1.79%
Number of salaries quoted 77 92 343
10th Percentile £39,300 £38,000 £39,294
25th Percentile £57,500 £53,750 £50,015
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -3.85% -5.55%
75th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £77,715
90th Percentile £96,750 £90,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £62,500 £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 20,166 24,892 25,364
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 41.05% 32.10% 41.02%
Number of salaries quoted 10,074 13,141 18,199
10th Percentile £28,750 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £36,925 £43,080 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £84,056
90th Percentile £102,500 £108,750 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.48% -4.55% +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

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 15 September 2025.

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 15 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 +78 101 £77,500 +24.00% 67
UK excluding London +55 80 £70,000 +12.00% 54
Work from Home +36 49 £75,000 +20.00% 43
London +78 43 £88,000 +10.00% 27
North of England +7 19 £70,000 +16.67% 17
South East +32 16 £77,500 -3.13% 14
North West -3 16 £70,000 +16.67% 13
Wales +30 13 £27,500 -65.63% 3
Scotland +44 12 - - 2
Midlands +56 10 £70,000 +84.21% 5
South West +58 9 £60,000 - 12
West Midlands +57 7 £70,000 +84.21% 3
East Midlands +28 3 £60,000 - 2
Yorkshire +17 3 £68,750 +85.81% 4
East of England -7 1 - - 1

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 26 (20.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (10.32%) IIS
3 6 (4.76%) nginx
4 1 (0.79%) OpenStack
Applications
1 8 (6.35%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.79%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.79%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (0.79%) SAP CO
1 1 (0.79%) SAP FI
1 1 (0.79%) SAP GRC
1 1 (0.79%) SAP PS
1 1 (0.79%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 76 (60.32%) Azure
2 46 (36.51%) AWS
3 34 (26.98%) SaaS
4 22 (17.46%) GCP
5 13 (10.32%) GitHub
5 13 (10.32%) Power Platform
6 10 (7.94%) OCI
6 10 (7.94%) OpenShift
7 8 (6.35%) IaaS
7 8 (6.35%) PaaS
8 6 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (3.17%) Amazon EKS
10 3 (2.38%) Amazon EC2
10 3 (2.38%) Amazon S3
10 3 (2.38%) AWS Lambda
10 3 (2.38%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (2.38%) Serverless
11 1 (0.79%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.79%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 15 (11.90%) DNS
2 13 (10.32%) IP Telephony
3 11 (8.73%) Network Security
4 9 (7.14%) Firewall
4 9 (7.14%) WAN
5 8 (6.35%) MPLS
6 6 (4.76%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 6 (4.76%) VPN
7 3 (2.38%) BGP
7 3 (2.38%) Internet
7 3 (2.38%) LAN
7 3 (2.38%) Software-Defined Networking
7 3 (2.38%) VSAN
7 3 (2.38%) Wireless
8 2 (1.59%) DSL
8 2 (1.59%) NGN
8 2 (1.59%) PBX
8 2 (1.59%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.79%) 3GPP
9 1 (0.79%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (23.81%) SQL Server
2 26 (20.63%) Data Hub
2 26 (20.63%) SQL CLR
3 13 (10.32%) Metadata
3 13 (10.32%) Power BI
3 13 (10.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 13 (10.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 9 (7.14%) MySQL
5 8 (6.35%) Relational Database
6 4 (3.17%) NoSQL
7 3 (2.38%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (2.38%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 14 (11.11%) GitLab
2 6 (4.76%) Git
3 5 (3.97%) Jenkins
4 3 (2.38%) MSI
5 2 (1.59%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.79%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 48 (38.10%) Social Skills
2 46 (36.51%) Finance
3 26 (20.63%) Back Office
4 19 (15.08%) Law
5 18 (14.29%) Marketing
6 15 (11.90%) Telecoms
7 13 (10.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (7.94%) Analytical Skills
9 5 (3.97%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (3.17%) Games
11 3 (2.38%) Public Sector
12 2 (1.59%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.79%) Advertising
13 1 (0.79%) Retail
Job Titles
1 20 (15.87%) Architect
1 20 (15.87%) Senior
2 16 (12.70%) Developer
2 16 (12.70%) Lead
3 15 (11.90%) Senior Developer
4 14 (11.11%) Software Engineer
5 13 (10.32%) Head of Development
5 13 (10.32%) Microsoft Developer
5 13 (10.32%) SaaS Developer
5 13 (10.32%) Senior Microsoft Developer
5 13 (10.32%) Senior SQL Developer
5 13 (10.32%) SQL Developer
6 10 (7.94%) Cloud Architect
6 10 (7.94%) Platform Engineer
7 9 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 8 (6.35%) Database Engineer
8 8 (6.35%) Security Architect
8 8 (6.35%) Telesales Executive
9 7 (5.56%) IT Manager
10 6 (4.76%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (11.11%) React
2 13 (10.32%) .NET
2 13 (10.32%) .NET Core
2 13 (10.32%) .NET Framework
2 13 (10.32%) Dapper ORM
2 13 (10.32%) Entity Framework
3 9 (7.14%) REST
4 8 (6.35%) OAuth
4 8 (6.35%) OpenID
5 3 (2.38%) AngularJS
5 3 (2.38%) Middleware
5 3 (2.38%) RESTful
5 3 (2.38%) Vue
5 3 (2.38%) Web Services
6 2 (1.59%) Spring Boot
7 1 (0.79%) gRPC
7 1 (0.79%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 36 (28.57%) Public Cloud
2 13 (10.32%) Product Ownership
2 13 (10.32%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 10 (7.94%) Cloud Native
4 8 (6.35%) Algorithms
4 8 (6.35%) Data Structures
5 7 (5.56%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (3.97%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (3.97%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (3.17%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (3.17%) Management Information System
8 3 (2.38%) Data Centre
9 2 (1.59%) Clustering
10 1 (0.79%) Enterprise Cloud
10 1 (0.79%) Enterprise Storage
10 1 (0.79%) Legacy Systems
10 1 (0.79%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 27 (21.43%) Windows
2 21 (16.67%) Windows Server
3 19 (15.08%) Linux
4 8 (6.35%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (43.65%) Problem-Solving
2 52 (41.27%) Agile
3 39 (30.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 35 (27.78%) High Availability
5 29 (23.02%) Performance Tuning
5 29 (23.02%) Software Engineering
6 27 (21.43%) Fintech
7 26 (20.63%) Continuous Improvement
7 26 (20.63%) Data Privacy
7 26 (20.63%) Infrastructure as Code
7 26 (20.63%) Wealth Management
7 26 (20.63%) Workflow
8 22 (17.46%) Mentoring
9 21 (16.67%) Migration
9 21 (16.67%) TDD
10 20 (15.87%) DevOps
10 20 (15.87%) Full-Stack Development
11 18 (14.29%) CI/CD
11 18 (14.29%) Roadmaps
11 18 (14.29%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 38 (30.16%) SQL
2 27 (21.43%) Python
3 19 (15.08%) PowerShell
4 13 (10.32%) C#
4 13 (10.32%) T-SQL
5 9 (7.14%) Java
5 9 (7.14%) TypeScript
6 8 (6.35%) Shell Script
7 6 (4.76%) JavaScript
8 5 (3.97%) Bash
8 5 (3.97%) Go
9 1 (0.79%) C++
Qualifications
1 22 (17.46%) Security Cleared
2 15 (11.90%) DV Cleared
3 8 (6.35%) Azure Certification
3 8 (6.35%) SC Cleared
4 6 (4.76%) CCNA
4 6 (4.76%) CCNP
4 6 (4.76%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (1.59%) Degree
6 1 (0.79%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.79%) CCA
6 1 (0.79%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.79%) GDPR
1 1 (0.79%) GRC
1 1 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (0.79%) NCSC
1 1 (0.79%) QA
1 1 (0.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 1 (0.79%) SLA
System Software
1 40 (31.75%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (10.32%) Docker
3 7 (5.56%) Hyper-V
3 7 (5.56%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (2.38%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.79%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 30 (23.81%) Kubernetes
2 25 (19.84%) Terraform
3 24 (19.05%) Ansible
4 13 (10.32%) Failover Clustering
5 6 (4.76%) Proxmox
6 5 (3.97%) WMI
7 4 (3.17%) Rancher
7 4 (3.17%) vRealize
8 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.79%) Puppet
8 1 (0.79%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 48 (38.10%) Microsoft
1 48 (38.10%) VMware
2 14 (11.11%) Cisco
3 10 (7.94%) Google
4 7 (5.56%) ServiceNow
5 6 (4.76%) F5
6 5 (3.97%) HubSpot
6 5 (3.97%) Oracle
7 3 (2.38%) SAP
8 2 (1.59%) Splunk
9 1 (0.79%) Arista
9 1 (0.79%) Citrix
9 1 (0.79%) IBM
9 1 (0.79%) Veeam