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

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 634 559 605
Rank change year-on-year -75 +46 -180
Permanent jobs citing Private Cloud 156 139 214
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.15% 0.28% 0.26%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.56% 0.67% 0.78%
Number of salaries quoted 76 82 146
10th Percentile £35,625 £41,250 £38,000
25th Percentile £62,844 £56,563 £53,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +13.73% -1.92%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £105,625 £91,850 £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 27,794 20,634 27,593
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.16% 41.32% 33.07%
Number of salaries quoted 17,411 10,365 16,221
10th Percentile £31,125 £28,880 £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% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,445 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.41% -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 13 August 2026.

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 13 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 -60 143 £75,000 +3.45% 152
UK excluding London -87 107 £75,000 +7.14% 94
Work from Home -15 52 £75,000 - 68
South East +10 45 £68,375 -11.77% 13
London -54 40 £105,000 +22.81% 64
North of England -44 22 £80,000 +14.29% 32
Midlands -30 20 £80,000 +45.45% 11
East Midlands -16 15 £80,000 +33.33% 4
North West -2 14 £98,500 +40.71% 17
South West -56 13 £70,000 +16.67% 23
West Midlands -31 5 £80,000 +45.45% 7
North East - 5 £50,000 - 3
Northern Ireland - 4 - - 1
Yorkshire -27 3 £47,500 -32.14% 12
Scotland +2 2 - - 5
East of England -27 1 £75,000 - 8

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 (3.85%) Apache
1 6 (3.85%) JBoss
2 5 (3.21%) nginx
3 3 (1.92%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.28%) IIS
4 2 (1.28%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.64%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 7 (4.49%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 10 (6.41%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (2.56%) SAP APO
2 4 (2.56%) SAP IBP
3 2 (1.28%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.28%) SAP BPC
3 2 (1.28%) SAP CO
3 2 (1.28%) SAP FI
3 2 (1.28%) SAP FI/CO
3 2 (1.28%) SAP FSCM
Cloud Services
1 72 (46.15%) Azure
2 51 (32.69%) AWS
3 16 (10.26%) GitHub
4 11 (7.05%) GitHub Actions
5 10 (6.41%) GCP
6 9 (5.77%) Microsoft 365
7 8 (5.13%) Nutanix
8 6 (3.85%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 5 (3.21%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (3.21%) Datadog
9 5 (3.21%) Entra ID
9 5 (3.21%) OpenShift
9 5 (3.21%) SaaS
10 4 (2.56%) Amazon EKS
10 4 (2.56%) Serverless
10 4 (2.56%) WeChat
11 2 (1.28%) Azure AKS
11 2 (1.28%) Azure Stack
11 2 (1.28%) Microsoft Purview
11 2 (1.28%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 30 (19.23%) Firewall
2 16 (10.26%) LAN
3 15 (9.62%) VPN
4 12 (7.69%) DNS
5 10 (6.41%) Network Security
6 9 (5.77%) WAN
7 8 (5.13%) DHCP
8 5 (3.21%) Cisco Firepower
8 5 (3.21%) Cisco Nexus
8 5 (3.21%) NGFW
8 5 (3.21%) SD-WAN
8 5 (3.21%) SSL
9 4 (2.56%) SAN
9 4 (2.56%) WLAN
10 3 (1.92%) Frame Relay
10 3 (1.92%) MPLS
10 3 (1.92%) NAS
10 3 (1.92%) SNMP
10 3 (1.92%) TCP/IP
10 3 (1.92%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.56%) Big Data
1 4 (2.56%) NoSQL
2 3 (1.92%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (1.92%) MongoDB
3 2 (1.28%) KNIME
3 2 (1.28%) SAP BW
3 2 (1.28%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.64%) Amazon Aurora
4 1 (0.64%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.64%) Apache Hudi
4 1 (0.64%) Apache Iceberg
4 1 (0.64%) Delta Lake
4 1 (0.64%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.64%) Metadata
4 1 (0.64%) MySQL
4 1 (0.64%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 19 (12.18%) GitLab
2 17 (10.90%) Git
3 12 (7.69%) JUnit
3 12 (7.69%) Spock
4 10 (6.41%) JIRA
5 9 (5.77%) Visual Studio Code
6 6 (3.85%) Jenkins
7 5 (3.21%) Bitbucket
7 5 (3.21%) Maven
8 4 (2.56%) SonarQube
8 4 (2.56%) Subversion
9 2 (1.28%) IntelliJ
10 1 (0.64%) Eclipse
10 1 (0.64%) Robot Framework
10 1 (0.64%) Selenium
10 1 (0.64%) TeamCity
General
1 48 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 43 (27.56%) Finance
3 19 (12.18%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (8.97%) Aerospace
5 12 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
5 12 (7.69%) Public Sector
6 11 (7.05%) Marketing
6 11 (7.05%) Military
7 7 (4.49%) Aviation
8 6 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (3.85%) Retail
9 4 (2.56%) Mandarin Language
9 4 (2.56%) Manufacturing
9 4 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (2.56%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.92%) Italian Language
10 3 (1.92%) Japanese Language
11 2 (1.28%) Banking
11 2 (1.28%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.28%) Law
Job Titles
1 39 (25.00%) Senior
2 29 (18.59%) Consultant
3 21 (13.46%) Architect
4 16 (10.26%) Platform Engineer
5 14 (8.97%) Lead
6 13 (8.33%) VMware Consultant
7 11 (7.05%) Azure Engineer
7 11 (7.05%) Senior Consultant
8 10 (6.41%) Cloud Platform Engineer
8 10 (6.41%) Developer
8 10 (6.41%) DevOps Engineer
8 10 (6.41%) Presales Consultant
9 9 (5.77%) Cloud Consultant
9 9 (5.77%) Senior VMware Consultant
9 9 (5.77%) Solutions Consultant
10 8 (5.13%) Azure Platform Engineer
10 8 (5.13%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 8 (5.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 8 (5.13%) Marketing Executive
10 8 (5.13%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (8.33%) Spring
2 10 (6.41%) AngularJS
3 5 (3.21%) CSS
3 5 (3.21%) CSS3
3 5 (3.21%) HTML
3 5 (3.21%) HTML5
3 5 (3.21%) Keycloak
3 5 (3.21%) OAuth
3 5 (3.21%) OAuth2
3 5 (3.21%) OpenID
3 5 (3.21%) React
4 3 (1.92%) Flask
4 3 (1.92%) ModSecurity
5 1 (0.64%) ActiveMQ
5 1 (0.64%) AWS CDK
5 1 (0.64%) HEVC
5 1 (0.64%) LAMP
5 1 (0.64%) Node.js
5 1 (0.64%) RabbitMQ
5 1 (0.64%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 35 (22.44%) Data Centre
2 26 (16.67%) Public Cloud
3 15 (9.62%) Distributed Systems
4 14 (8.97%) Hybrid Cloud
5 13 (8.33%) Legacy Systems
6 10 (6.41%) Onboarding
7 9 (5.77%) Social Media
8 7 (4.49%) Management Information System
8 7 (4.49%) PMI
9 6 (3.85%) Cloud Native
9 6 (3.85%) CMDB
9 6 (3.85%) Life Science
9 6 (3.85%) Product Ownership
10 5 (3.21%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (3.21%) Virtual Team
11 4 (2.56%) Video Conferencing
12 3 (1.92%) Renewable Energy
13 2 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
13 2 (1.28%) Greenfield Project
13 2 (1.28%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 30 (19.23%) Linux
2 22 (14.10%) Windows
3 15 (9.62%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.28%) Android
4 2 (1.28%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (1.28%) VMS
5 1 (0.64%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (28.85%) CI/CD
2 44 (28.21%) Continuous Improvement
3 39 (25.00%) DevOps
4 36 (23.08%) Agile
4 36 (23.08%) Infrastructure as Code
4 36 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
5 31 (19.87%) Technical Leadership
6 30 (19.23%) Roadmaps
7 25 (16.03%) Test Automation
8 24 (15.38%) Migration
8 24 (15.38%) Presales
9 23 (14.74%) AI
10 22 (14.10%) Platform Engineering
11 20 (12.82%) Mentoring
11 20 (12.82%) Software Engineering
12 19 (12.18%) Configuration Management
12 19 (12.18%) Disaster Recovery
12 19 (12.18%) Infrastructure Automation
13 18 (11.54%) Coaching
13 18 (11.54%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 34 (21.79%) Python
2 26 (16.67%) PowerShell
3 20 (12.82%) JavaScript
4 14 (8.97%) Java
5 13 (8.33%) TypeScript
6 9 (5.77%) Bash
7 6 (3.85%) Groovy
8 4 (2.56%) Go
9 3 (1.92%) SQL
10 2 (1.28%) ABAP
10 2 (1.28%) Bicep
11 1 (0.64%) C#
11 1 (0.64%) C++
11 1 (0.64%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 36 (23.08%) Security Cleared
2 27 (17.31%) Degree
3 18 (11.54%) DV Cleared
3 18 (11.54%) SC Cleared
4 14 (8.97%) BPSS Clearance
5 13 (8.33%) Azure Certification
5 13 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
5 13 (8.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 12 (7.69%) CCNP
7 10 (6.41%) TOGAF Certification
8 7 (4.49%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (4.49%) PMI Certification
9 4 (2.56%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 4 (2.56%) RHCSA
9 4 (2.56%) VCAP
10 3 (1.92%) AWS Certification
10 3 (1.92%) CCIE
10 3 (1.92%) CCNA
11 2 (1.28%) CTC Cleared
11 2 (1.28%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.41%) QA
2 6 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (3.21%) Accessibility
3 5 (3.21%) NCSC
4 4 (2.56%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.92%) GDPR
5 3 (1.92%) NIST
5 3 (1.92%) SLA
5 3 (1.92%) SOC 2
6 2 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (1.28%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.64%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 25 (16.03%) Docker
2 23 (14.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (11.54%) Active Directory
4 9 (5.77%) VMware NSX
5 8 (5.13%) Hyper-V
6 7 (4.49%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (1.92%) KVM
8 1 (0.64%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.64%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 35 (22.44%) Kubernetes
2 31 (19.87%) Terraform
3 25 (16.03%) Ansible
4 6 (3.85%) Grafana
4 6 (3.85%) Packer
4 6 (3.85%) Prometheus
4 6 (3.85%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (3.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 5 (3.21%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (3.21%) Nagios
6 4 (2.56%) Proxmox
7 3 (1.92%) OpenView
7 3 (1.92%) Puppet
7 3 (1.92%) Tivoli
8 2 (1.28%) Nessus
8 2 (1.28%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.64%) Rancher
9 1 (0.64%) WSUS
Vendors
1 52 (33.33%) VMware
2 31 (19.87%) Microsoft
3 22 (14.10%) SAP
4 17 (10.90%) Splunk
5 14 (8.97%) Cisco
5 14 (8.97%) ServiceNow
6 12 (7.69%) AppDynamics
7 11 (7.05%) Palo Alto
8 9 (5.77%) EMC
8 9 (5.77%) Red Hat
9 8 (5.13%) Oracle
10 6 (3.85%) Atlassian
10 6 (3.85%) F5
10 6 (3.85%) Google
11 5 (3.21%) Citrix
11 5 (3.21%) New Relic
12 3 (1.92%) ArcSight
12 3 (1.92%) ExtraHop
12 3 (1.92%) HP
12 3 (1.92%) Riverbed