Cloud Computing Job Trends in the West Midlands

Cloud Computing
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Cloud Computing skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 145 188 180
Rank change year-on-year +43 -8 +57
Permanent jobs citing Cloud Computing 24 27 23
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.74% 0.45% 0.59%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.22% 1.61% 1.59%
Number of salaries quoted 22 16 18
10th Percentile - £47,500 -
25th Percentile - £52,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £15,000 £56,250 £53,250
Median % change year-on-year -73.33% +5.63% +8.67%
75th Percentile £63,869 £71,036 £69,038
90th Percentile £67,500 £90,000 £72,675
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% -13.33%

All Cloud Skills
West Midlands

Cloud Computing falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,081 1,673 1,445
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 33.21% 27.59% 37.26%
Number of salaries quoted 868 1,124 1,241
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,625 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,563 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,688 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.63% +9.52% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,375 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £63,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -5.51% -2.31% +4.00%

Cloud Computing
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Cloud Computing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Cloud Computing in the West Midlands

Cloud Computing
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Cloud Computing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Cloud Computing

Cloud Computing
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cloud Computing in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 19 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Cloud Computing in the West Midlands

Cloud Computing
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cloud Computing within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 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
Worcestershire +19 13 £15,000 -66.67% 2
Staffordshire +9 4 £67,500 -
Birmingham +22 3 £53,450 -20.81% 2
Shropshire - 1 £65,000 -
Cloud Computing
England

Cloud Computing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 5 (20.83%) Azure
1 5 (20.83%) GCP
2 3 (12.50%) AWS
3 2 (8.33%) AWS CloudFormation
4 1 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (4.17%) Power Platform
4 1 (4.17%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.17%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.17%) MongoDB
1 1 (4.17%) Power BI
1 1 (4.17%) Tableau
General
1 18 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (8.33%) Law
3 2 (8.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 13 (54.17%) IT Support
2 3 (12.50%) Architect
2 3 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (8.33%) Cloud Engineer
3 2 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (8.33%) Process Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) Azure Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) Consultant
4 1 (4.17%) GCP Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) Head of Digital
4 1 (4.17%) Head of ICT
4 1 (4.17%) Head of IT
4 1 (4.17%) Sales Consultant
4 1 (4.17%) Senior
4 1 (4.17%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) Technical Consultant
4 1 (4.17%) Technical Sales Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.33%) OAuth
1 2 (8.33%) SAML
2 1 (4.17%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 13 (54.17%) EPoS
2 3 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (12.50%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (8.33%) Onboarding
3 2 (8.33%) Security Posture
4 1 (4.17%) Data Structures
4 1 (4.17%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.17%) Unix
1 1 (4.17%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (79.17%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
3 13 (54.17%) Customer Service
3 13 (54.17%) Mathematics
3 13 (54.17%) Software Testing
4 7 (29.17%) ITIL
5 5 (20.83%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (16.67%) Computer Science
6 4 (16.67%) Infrastructure Management
6 4 (16.67%) Service Delivery
7 3 (12.50%) Agile
7 3 (12.50%) Analytics
7 3 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
7 3 (12.50%) Data Analytics
7 3 (12.50%) Enterprise Architecture
7 3 (12.50%) Information Assurance
7 3 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 3 (12.50%) Project Management
7 3 (12.50%) TOGAF
8 2 (8.33%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.17%) C#
1 1 (4.17%) Python
1 1 (4.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (29.17%) Degree
2 4 (16.67%) CISSP
2 4 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (12.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 3 (12.50%) CCSP
3 3 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (12.50%) Master's Degree
3 3 (12.50%) SC Cleared
3 3 (12.50%) Security Cleared
3 3 (12.50%) TOGAF Certification
4 1 (4.17%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (4.17%) PMI Certification
4 1 (4.17%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.33%) COBIT
2 1 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (4.17%) Government Security Classifications
2 1 (4.17%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (4.17%) Active Directory
1 1 (4.17%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (8.33%) Ansible
1 2 (8.33%) Terraform
2 1 (4.17%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft