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 10 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 634 549 606
Rank change year-on-year -85 +57 -179
Permanent jobs citing Private Cloud 148 143 210
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.29% 0.25%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.53% 0.69% 0.76%
Number of salaries quoted 73 84 145
10th Percentile £35,250 £41,250 £38,000
25th Percentile £63,375 £55,000 £53,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £71,250 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +14.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £106,000 £91,550 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% +12.00% -1.96%

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 27,677 20,690 27,499
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.14% 41.44% 33.12%
Number of salaries quoted 17,397 10,400 16,305
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,980 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -11.20%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,130 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.75% -5.00% -9.09%

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 10 August 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 10 August 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 -64 137 £75,000 +3.45% 213
UK excluding London -96 100 £75,000 +7.14% 114
Work from Home -21 52 £77,500 +3.33% 90
South East -6 43 £66,750 -13.87% 18
London -59 39 £105,000 +22.81% 115
North of England -47 21 £80,000 +14.29% 36
Midlands -26 20 £80,000 +45.45% 12
East Midlands -11 14 £80,000 +33.33% 4
North West -11 14 £98,500 +40.71% 17
South West -68 11 £70,000 +16.67% 23
West Midlands -31 6 £80,000 +45.45% 8
North East - 4 £50,000 - 5
Northern Ireland - 4 - - 2
Yorkshire -44 3 £47,500 -25.49% 14
East of England -34 1 £75,000 +57.89% 13

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 (4.05%) Apache
1 6 (4.05%) JBoss
2 5 (3.38%) nginx
3 3 (2.03%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.35%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.68%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.68%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (4.05%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 11 (7.43%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (2.70%) SAP APO
2 4 (2.70%) SAP IBP
3 3 (2.03%) SAP CO
3 3 (2.03%) SAP FI
3 3 (2.03%) SAP FI/CO
3 3 (2.03%) SAP FSCM
4 2 (1.35%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (1.35%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 68 (45.95%) Azure
2 48 (32.43%) AWS
3 16 (10.81%) GitHub
4 11 (7.43%) GitHub Actions
5 8 (5.41%) GCP
5 8 (5.41%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (5.41%) Nutanix
6 6 (4.05%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 5 (3.38%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (3.38%) Datadog
7 5 (3.38%) Entra ID
7 5 (3.38%) OpenShift
7 5 (3.38%) SaaS
8 4 (2.70%) Amazon EKS
8 4 (2.70%) WeChat
9 3 (2.03%) Serverless
10 2 (1.35%) AWS CloudFormation
10 2 (1.35%) Azure AKS
10 2 (1.35%) Azure Stack
10 2 (1.35%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 28 (18.92%) Firewall
2 15 (10.14%) LAN
3 14 (9.46%) VPN
4 11 (7.43%) DNS
5 10 (6.76%) Network Security
6 9 (6.08%) WAN
7 7 (4.73%) DHCP
8 5 (3.38%) Cisco Firepower
8 5 (3.38%) Cisco Nexus
8 5 (3.38%) NGFW
8 5 (3.38%) SD-WAN
8 5 (3.38%) SSL
9 4 (2.70%) SAN
9 4 (2.70%) WLAN
10 3 (2.03%) ATM
10 3 (2.03%) Frame Relay
10 3 (2.03%) NAS
10 3 (2.03%) SNMP
10 3 (2.03%) TCP/IP
10 3 (2.03%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.70%) Big Data
1 4 (2.70%) NoSQL
2 3 (2.03%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (2.03%) MongoDB
2 3 (2.03%) SAP HANA
3 2 (1.35%) KNIME
3 2 (1.35%) SAP BW
4 1 (0.68%) Apache Hudi
4 1 (0.68%) Apache Iceberg
4 1 (0.68%) Delta Lake
4 1 (0.68%) Metadata
4 1 (0.68%) MySQL
4 1 (0.68%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 18 (12.16%) GitLab
2 17 (11.49%) Git
3 12 (8.11%) JUnit
3 12 (8.11%) Spock
4 9 (6.08%) JIRA
4 9 (6.08%) Visual Studio Code
5 5 (3.38%) Bitbucket
5 5 (3.38%) Jenkins
5 5 (3.38%) Maven
6 4 (2.70%) Subversion
7 3 (2.03%) SonarQube
8 2 (1.35%) IntelliJ
9 1 (0.68%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.68%) Robot Framework
9 1 (0.68%) Selenium
9 1 (0.68%) TeamCity
General
1 44 (29.73%) Social Skills
2 43 (29.05%) Finance
3 19 (12.84%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (8.78%) Aerospace
5 12 (8.11%) Organisational Skills
5 12 (8.11%) Public Sector
6 10 (6.76%) Marketing
6 10 (6.76%) Military
7 6 (4.05%) Aviation
7 6 (4.05%) Retail
8 4 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (2.70%) Mandarin Language
8 4 (2.70%) Manufacturing
8 4 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (2.70%) Telecoms
9 3 (2.03%) Italian Language
9 3 (2.03%) Japanese Language
10 2 (1.35%) Banking
10 2 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.35%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 38 (25.68%) Senior
2 29 (19.59%) Consultant
3 19 (12.84%) Architect
4 16 (10.81%) Platform Engineer
5 12 (8.11%) VMware Consultant
6 11 (7.43%) Azure Engineer
6 11 (7.43%) Lead
6 11 (7.43%) Senior Consultant
7 10 (6.76%) Cloud Platform Engineer
7 10 (6.76%) Developer
7 10 (6.76%) Presales Consultant
8 9 (6.08%) Cloud Consultant
8 9 (6.08%) DevOps Engineer
8 9 (6.08%) Solutions Consultant
9 8 (5.41%) Azure Platform Engineer
9 8 (5.41%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 8 (5.41%) Marketing Executive
9 8 (5.41%) Senior VMware Consultant
10 7 (4.73%) SAP Consultant
10 7 (4.73%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (8.78%) Spring
2 10 (6.76%) AngularJS
3 5 (3.38%) CSS
3 5 (3.38%) CSS3
3 5 (3.38%) HTML
3 5 (3.38%) HTML5
3 5 (3.38%) Keycloak
3 5 (3.38%) OAuth
3 5 (3.38%) OAuth2
3 5 (3.38%) OpenID
3 5 (3.38%) React
4 3 (2.03%) Flask
4 3 (2.03%) ModSecurity
5 1 (0.68%) ActiveMQ
5 1 (0.68%) HEVC
5 1 (0.68%) JSON
5 1 (0.68%) LAMP
5 1 (0.68%) Node.js
5 1 (0.68%) RabbitMQ
5 1 (0.68%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 33 (22.30%) Data Centre
2 25 (16.89%) Public Cloud
3 14 (9.46%) Distributed Systems
3 14 (9.46%) Hybrid Cloud
4 13 (8.78%) Legacy Systems
5 10 (6.76%) Onboarding
6 9 (6.08%) Social Media
7 6 (4.05%) Cloud Native
7 6 (4.05%) CMDB
7 6 (4.05%) Life Science
7 6 (4.05%) Management Information System
7 6 (4.05%) PMI
8 5 (3.38%) Product Ownership
8 5 (3.38%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (2.70%) Video Conferencing
9 4 (2.70%) Virtual Team
10 3 (2.03%) Renewable Energy
10 3 (2.03%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 2 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (1.35%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 28 (18.92%) Linux
2 21 (14.19%) Windows
3 14 (9.46%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (1.35%) VMS
5 1 (0.68%) Android
5 1 (0.68%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.68%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (29.73%) CI/CD
2 43 (29.05%) Continuous Improvement
3 37 (25.00%) DevOps
4 34 (22.97%) Agile
4 34 (22.97%) Infrastructure as Code
5 33 (22.30%) Problem-Solving
6 28 (18.92%) Roadmaps
6 28 (18.92%) Technical Leadership
7 23 (15.54%) Presales
8 22 (14.86%) AI
8 22 (14.86%) Platform Engineering
9 21 (14.19%) Migration
9 21 (14.19%) Test Automation
10 20 (13.51%) Software Engineering
11 19 (12.84%) Disaster Recovery
11 19 (12.84%) Mentoring
12 18 (12.16%) Infrastructure Automation
13 17 (11.49%) Containerisation
13 17 (11.49%) Scrum
13 17 (11.49%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 32 (21.62%) Python
2 26 (17.57%) PowerShell
3 20 (13.51%) JavaScript
4 14 (9.46%) Java
5 13 (8.78%) TypeScript
6 9 (6.08%) Bash
7 6 (4.05%) Groovy
8 4 (2.70%) Go
9 3 (2.03%) SQL
10 2 (1.35%) Bicep
11 1 (0.68%) ABAP
11 1 (0.68%) C#
11 1 (0.68%) C++
11 1 (0.68%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 35 (23.65%) Security Cleared
2 25 (16.89%) Degree
3 17 (11.49%) DV Cleared
3 17 (11.49%) SC Cleared
4 13 (8.78%) Azure Certification
4 13 (8.78%) BPSS Clearance
4 13 (8.78%) Cisco Certification
4 13 (8.78%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 12 (8.11%) CCNP
6 9 (6.08%) TOGAF Certification
7 7 (4.73%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (4.05%) PMI Certification
9 4 (2.70%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 4 (2.70%) RHCSA
9 4 (2.70%) VCAP
10 3 (2.03%) AWS Certification
10 3 (2.03%) CCIE
10 3 (2.03%) CCNA
10 3 (2.03%) CTC Cleared
11 2 (1.35%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.08%) QA
2 6 (4.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (3.38%) NCSC
4 4 (2.70%) Accessibility
4 4 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (2.70%) SLA
5 3 (2.03%) ISO 20022
5 3 (2.03%) NIST
5 3 (2.03%) SOC 2
6 2 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (1.35%) GDPR
7 1 (0.68%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 25 (16.89%) Docker
2 23 (15.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (11.49%) Active Directory
4 9 (6.08%) VMware NSX
5 7 (4.73%) Hyper-V
6 6 (4.05%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (2.03%) KVM
8 1 (0.68%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 34 (22.97%) Kubernetes
2 30 (20.27%) Terraform
3 25 (16.89%) Ansible
4 6 (4.05%) Grafana
4 6 (4.05%) Packer
4 6 (4.05%) Prometheus
4 6 (4.05%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (3.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 5 (3.38%) Nagios
6 4 (2.70%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (2.70%) Proxmox
7 3 (2.03%) OpenView
7 3 (2.03%) Puppet
7 3 (2.03%) Tivoli
8 2 (1.35%) Nessus
8 2 (1.35%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.68%) Rancher
9 1 (0.68%) WSUS
Vendors
1 51 (34.46%) VMware
2 29 (19.59%) Microsoft
3 21 (14.19%) SAP
4 17 (11.49%) Splunk
5 14 (9.46%) Cisco
6 13 (8.78%) ServiceNow
7 12 (8.11%) AppDynamics
8 11 (7.43%) Palo Alto
9 9 (6.08%) EMC
9 9 (6.08%) Red Hat
10 7 (4.73%) Oracle
11 6 (4.05%) Atlassian
11 6 (4.05%) F5
12 5 (3.38%) Citrix
12 5 (3.38%) Google
12 5 (3.38%) New Relic
13 3 (2.03%) ArcSight
13 3 (2.03%) ExtraHop
13 3 (2.03%) HP
13 3 (2.03%) Riverbed