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 permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 155 191 158
Rank change year-on-year +36 -33 +74
Permanent jobs citing Cloud Computing 16 26 30
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.49% 0.48% 0.86%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.61% 1.69% 2.23%
Number of salaries quoted 15 12 25
10th Percentile - £43,625 -
25th Percentile £15,000 £60,313 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,450 £69,308 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.88% +113.25% -33.67%
75th Percentile £67,500 £78,108 £67,500
90th Percentile £68,250 £90,000 £70,570
England median annual salary £48,250 £69,308 £62,500
% change year-on-year -30.38% +10.89% -16.67%

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 993 1,541 1,346
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 30.57% 28.65% 38.39%
Number of salaries quoted 796 938 1,167
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £29,150
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +12.75% -2.86%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £66,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% -3.10%

Cloud Computing
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cloud Computing relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Cloud Computing job vacancy trend 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 29 October 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 29 October 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 +10 6 £15,000 -66.67% 2
Staffordshire +4 4 £67,500 - 3
Birmingham +16 3 £53,450 -22.88% 9
Shropshire -8 1 £65,000 -
Cloud Computing
England

Cloud Computing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (31.25%) Azure
1 5 (31.25%) GCP
2 3 (18.75%) AWS
3 2 (12.50%) AWS CloudFormation
4 1 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (6.25%) Power Platform
4 1 (6.25%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) MongoDB
1 1 (6.25%) Power BI
1 1 (6.25%) Tableau
General
1 11 (68.75%) Social Skills
2 3 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (18.75%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (12.50%) Law
3 2 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (37.50%) IT Support
2 3 (18.75%) Architect
2 3 (18.75%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (12.50%) Cloud Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Process Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Azure Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Consultant
4 1 (6.25%) GCP Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Head of Digital
4 1 (6.25%) Head of ICT
4 1 (6.25%) Sales Consultant
4 1 (6.25%) Senior
4 1 (6.25%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Technical Consultant
4 1 (6.25%) Technical Sales Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (12.50%) OAuth
1 2 (12.50%) SAML
2 1 (6.25%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 6 (37.50%) EPoS
2 3 (18.75%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (12.50%) Onboarding
3 2 (12.50%) Security Posture
4 1 (6.25%) Data Structures
4 1 (6.25%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.25%) Unix
1 1 (6.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (62.50%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (37.50%) Customer Service
3 6 (37.50%) ITIL
3 6 (37.50%) Mathematics
3 6 (37.50%) Software Testing
4 5 (31.25%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (25.00%) Infrastructure Management
6 3 (18.75%) Agile
6 3 (18.75%) Analytics
6 3 (18.75%) Collaborative Working
6 3 (18.75%) Computer Science
6 3 (18.75%) Data Analytics
6 3 (18.75%) Enterprise Architecture
6 3 (18.75%) Information Assurance
6 3 (18.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 3 (18.75%) Project Management
6 3 (18.75%) Service Delivery
6 3 (18.75%) TOGAF
7 2 (12.50%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.25%) C#
1 1 (6.25%) Python
1 1 (6.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (18.75%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 3 (18.75%) CCSP
1 3 (18.75%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (18.75%) CISSP
1 3 (18.75%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (18.75%) Degree
1 3 (18.75%) SC Cleared
1 3 (18.75%) Security Cleared
1 3 (18.75%) TOGAF Certification
2 1 (6.25%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) COBIT
2 1 (6.25%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (6.25%) Government Security Classifications
2 1 (6.25%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) Active Directory
1 1 (6.25%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) Ansible
1 2 (12.50%) Terraform
2 1 (6.25%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft