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 28 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 614 548 623
Rank change year-on-year -66 +75 -237
Permanent jobs citing Private Cloud 198 132 164
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.17% 0.27% 0.22%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.64% 0.65% 0.67%
Number of salaries quoted 97 83 80
10th Percentile £35,750 £43,600 £44,975
25th Percentile £45,544 £57,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +16.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £85,625
90th Percentile £105,000 £95,800 £90,000
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 31,129 20,241 24,327
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.50% 41.04% 32.06%
Number of salaries quoted 19,265 10,144 12,362
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,500 £31,863
25th Percentile £41,000 £36,250 £43,997
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.64% -8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £46,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +13.04% -12.38% -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 28 September 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 28 September 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 -61 178 £70,000 -6.04% 178
UK excluding London -88 134 £70,000 - 114
South East -14 56 £68,375 -11.77% 21
London -44 51 £71,250 -16.67% 79
Work from Home -43 41 £70,000 -6.67% 88
North of England -50 33 £50,321 -22.58% 29
North West -29 22 £80,000 +14.29% 20
Midlands -42 18 £80,000 +23.08% 10
South West -76 17 £70,000 +16.67% 25
East Midlands -23 15 £78,750 +21.15% 3
North East - 9 £50,000 - 4
Scotland +2 6 £100,000 - 18
Northern Ireland - 4 - -
West Midlands -43 3 £87,500 +34.62% 7
Yorkshire -31 2 £50,321 -16.13% 5

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 (3.03%) Apache
1 6 (3.03%) JBoss
1 6 (3.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.53%) nginx
3 3 (1.52%) IIS
4 2 (1.01%) Exchange Server 2013
4 2 (1.01%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.51%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.51%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (3.54%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (1.01%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (4.04%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (2.02%) SAP APO
2 4 (2.02%) SAP IBP
3 2 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.01%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 73 (36.87%) Azure
2 58 (29.29%) AWS
3 17 (8.59%) GitHub
4 16 (8.08%) GCP
5 15 (7.58%) Microsoft 365
6 14 (7.07%) GitHub Actions
7 12 (6.06%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 11 (5.56%) Nutanix
9 9 (4.55%) Amazon EKS
9 9 (4.55%) Entra ID
10 7 (3.54%) OpenShift
10 7 (3.54%) Serverless
11 6 (3.03%) Datadog
12 4 (2.02%) AWS CloudFormation
12 4 (2.02%) Azure DevOps
12 4 (2.02%) Azure Stack
12 4 (2.02%) IaaS
12 4 (2.02%) WeChat
13 3 (1.52%) Rubrik
13 3 (1.52%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 45 (22.73%) Firewall
2 26 (13.13%) VPN
3 17 (8.59%) LAN
4 16 (8.08%) DNS
5 15 (7.58%) Network Security
6 10 (5.05%) WAN
7 9 (4.55%) DHCP
8 7 (3.54%) SD-WAN
9 6 (3.03%) SAN
9 6 (3.03%) SSL
10 5 (2.53%) Cisco Firepower
10 5 (2.53%) Cisco Nexus
10 5 (2.53%) NGFW
10 5 (2.53%) Remote Desktop
10 5 (2.53%) VLAN
11 4 (2.02%) WLAN
12 3 (1.52%) BGP
12 3 (1.52%) Internet
12 3 (1.52%) IPsec
12 3 (1.52%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.52%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (1.52%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.01%) KNIME
2 2 (1.01%) SAP BW
3 1 (0.51%) Amazon Aurora
3 1 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.51%) Apache Hudi
3 1 (0.51%) Apache Iceberg
3 1 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.51%) Big Data
3 1 (0.51%) Delta Lake
3 1 (0.51%) DynamoDB
3 1 (0.51%) Metadata
3 1 (0.51%) MySQL
3 1 (0.51%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 27 (13.64%) GitLab
2 14 (7.07%) Git
2 14 (7.07%) JUnit
2 14 (7.07%) Spock
3 11 (5.56%) Jenkins
4 9 (4.55%) JIRA
5 7 (3.54%) Maven
5 7 (3.54%) SonarQube
6 5 (2.53%) Bitbucket
7 4 (2.02%) IntelliJ
7 4 (2.02%) Subversion
7 4 (2.02%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.51%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.51%) Robot Framework
8 1 (0.51%) Selenium
8 1 (0.51%) TeamCity
General
1 50 (25.25%) Social Skills
2 48 (24.24%) Finance
3 27 (13.64%) Public Sector
4 17 (8.59%) Aerospace
5 14 (7.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 13 (6.57%) Analytical Skills
7 11 (5.56%) Marketing
8 10 (5.05%) Retail
9 9 (4.55%) Military
10 8 (4.04%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (3.54%) Aviation
12 6 (3.03%) Telecoms
13 4 (2.02%) Mandarin Language
14 3 (1.52%) Italian Language
14 3 (1.52%) Japanese Language
14 3 (1.52%) Law
14 3 (1.52%) Manufacturing
14 3 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
15 2 (1.01%) Banking
15 2 (1.01%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 46 (23.23%) Senior
2 25 (12.63%) Architect
2 25 (12.63%) Consultant
3 22 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 19 (9.60%) Lead
5 17 (8.59%) Platform Engineer
6 14 (7.07%) Senior DevOps
7 13 (6.57%) Cloud Engineer
7 13 (6.57%) VMware Consultant
8 12 (6.06%) DevOps Engineer
9 11 (5.56%) Administrator
9 11 (5.56%) Systems Administrator
10 10 (5.05%) Cloud Platform Engineer
10 10 (5.05%) Developer
10 10 (5.05%) DevOps Administrator
10 10 (5.05%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 10 (5.05%) Solutions Architect
11 9 (4.55%) Senior Consultant
11 9 (4.55%) Senior VMware Consultant
12 8 (4.04%) Marketing Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (20.20%) Terraform
2 15 (7.58%) Spring
3 12 (6.06%) AngularJS
4 7 (3.54%) React
5 5 (2.53%) CSS
5 5 (2.53%) CSS3
5 5 (2.53%) HTML
5 5 (2.53%) HTML5
5 5 (2.53%) Keycloak
5 5 (2.53%) OAuth
5 5 (2.53%) OAuth2
5 5 (2.53%) OpenID
6 3 (1.52%) AWS CDK
6 3 (1.52%) ModSecurity
6 3 (1.52%) Node.js
7 1 (0.51%) HEVC
7 1 (0.51%) JSON
7 1 (0.51%) LAMP
7 1 (0.51%) RabbitMQ
7 1 (0.51%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 42 (21.21%) Data Centre
2 40 (20.20%) Public Cloud
3 26 (13.13%) Hybrid Cloud
4 16 (8.08%) Distributed Systems
5 11 (5.56%) Legacy Systems
6 10 (5.05%) Management Information System
6 10 (5.05%) Social Media
7 9 (4.55%) Cloud Native
8 8 (4.04%) Onboarding
9 7 (3.54%) PMI
9 7 (3.54%) Product Ownership
10 4 (2.02%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (2.02%) Video Conferencing
10 4 (2.02%) Virtual Team
11 3 (1.52%) Driving Licence
11 3 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (1.52%) PKI
12 2 (1.01%) CMDB
12 2 (1.01%) Enterprise Cloud
12 2 (1.01%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 34 (17.17%) Linux
2 20 (10.10%) Windows
3 15 (7.58%) Windows Server
4 5 (2.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (2.53%) VMS
5 3 (1.52%) Android
5 3 (1.52%) Apple iOS
6 2 (1.01%) AIX
6 2 (1.01%) Debian
6 2 (1.01%) Solaris
6 2 (1.01%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.51%) CentOS
7 1 (0.51%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (26.26%) CI/CD
1 52 (26.26%) DevOps
2 48 (24.24%) Continuous Improvement
3 43 (21.72%) Agile
3 43 (21.72%) Infrastructure as Code
3 43 (21.72%) Problem-Solving
4 39 (19.70%) Technical Leadership
5 38 (19.19%) AI
6 35 (17.68%) Roadmaps
7 32 (16.16%) Test Automation
8 29 (14.65%) Observability
9 28 (14.14%) Migration
10 27 (13.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 24 (12.12%) Cloud Security
12 23 (11.62%) Configuration Management
12 23 (11.62%) Infrastructure Automation
12 23 (11.62%) Mentoring
12 23 (11.62%) Platform Engineering
12 23 (11.62%) Presales
12 23 (11.62%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 39 (19.70%) Python
2 22 (11.11%) PowerShell
3 21 (10.61%) JavaScript
4 19 (9.60%) Bash
4 19 (9.60%) Java
4 19 (9.60%) TypeScript
5 11 (5.56%) Go
6 8 (4.04%) Groovy
7 4 (2.02%) SQL
8 3 (1.52%) ABAP
9 2 (1.01%) ActionScript
9 2 (1.01%) Bicep
9 2 (1.01%) C++
9 2 (1.01%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.51%) C#
Qualifications
1 44 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 26 (13.13%) Degree
3 22 (11.11%) DV Cleared
4 19 (9.60%) SC Cleared
5 15 (7.58%) BPSS Clearance
6 13 (6.57%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 11 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
8 10 (5.05%) CCNP
8 10 (5.05%) TOGAF Certification
9 9 (4.55%) AWS Certification
10 8 (4.04%) Azure Certification
11 7 (3.54%) PMI Certification
12 6 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
13 4 (2.02%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 4 (2.02%) RHCSA
13 4 (2.02%) VCAP
14 3 (1.52%) CISM
14 3 (1.52%) CISSP
14 3 (1.52%) DBS Check
15 2 (1.01%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 9 (4.55%) QA
2 7 (3.54%) Accessibility
3 6 (3.03%) NCSC
4 5 (2.53%) GDPR
5 4 (2.02%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (1.52%) NIST
7 2 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (1.01%) ISO 9001
7 2 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 2 (1.01%) PMO
7 2 (1.01%) SLA
7 2 (1.01%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.51%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 26 (13.13%) VMware Infrastructure
2 25 (12.63%) Docker
3 15 (7.58%) Active Directory
4 12 (6.06%) Hyper-V
4 12 (6.06%) VMware NSX
5 11 (5.56%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (1.52%) KVM
6 3 (1.52%) vSphere
7 2 (1.01%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 37 (18.69%) Kubernetes
2 33 (16.67%) Ansible
3 14 (7.07%) Grafana
3 14 (7.07%) Prometheus
4 10 (5.05%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (4.55%) Proxmox
6 6 (3.03%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (2.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (2.53%) Nagios
7 5 (2.53%) Puppet
8 4 (2.02%) Progress Chef
9 3 (1.52%) Red Hat Satellite
10 2 (1.01%) Argo
10 2 (1.01%) Istio
10 2 (1.01%) linkerd
10 2 (1.01%) Nessus
10 2 (1.01%) Packer
11 1 (0.51%) Rancher
11 1 (0.51%) VxRail
11 1 (0.51%) WSUS
Vendors
1 59 (29.80%) VMware
2 33 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 23 (11.62%) SAP
4 20 (10.10%) Google
5 19 (9.60%) Splunk
6 14 (7.07%) AppDynamics
7 13 (6.57%) Red Hat
8 9 (4.55%) Cisco
8 9 (4.55%) Oracle
8 9 (4.55%) ServiceNow
9 7 (3.54%) Palo Alto
10 6 (3.03%) Atlassian
11 5 (2.53%) Citrix
11 5 (2.53%) New Relic
12 4 (2.02%) F5
13 3 (1.52%) EMC
13 3 (1.52%) Meraki
14 2 (1.01%) Dell
14 2 (1.01%) Veeam
14 2 (1.01%) Veritas