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 25 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 179 166
Rank change year-on-year +165 -13 +70
Permanent jobs citing Cloud Computing 917 20 40
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 16.79% 0.49% 0.84%
As % of the Cloud Services category 44.47% 1.43% 2.32%
Number of salaries quoted 1 9 38
10th Percentile - £60,077 -
25th Percentile £58,750 £64,471 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £69,308 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.82% +113.25% -50.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £87,500 £66,563
90th Percentile - £90,000 £77,875
England median annual salary £55,000 £72,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -24.14% +16.00% -13.79%

All Cloud Computing 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 2,062 1,397 1,723
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 37.76% 34.15% 36.11%
Number of salaries quoted 878 790 1,530
10th Percentile £29,500 £32,500 £27,759
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,188 £65,000
90th Percentile £86,627 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%

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
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 25 January 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
Staffordshire - 255 £62,500 -
Warwickshire +61 220 - -
Worcestershire +22 155 - - 2
Birmingham +57 43 - - 3
Shropshire +12 41 - - 3
Wolverhampton +8 15 - -
Sutton Coldfield - 14 - -
Solihull +13 9 - -
Coventry +6 9 - - 3
Brierley Hill - 9 - -
Halesowen - 9 - -
Stourbridge - 9 - -
Tipton - 9 - -
Walsall - 8 - -
Wednesbury - 8 - -
Kingswinford - 8 - -
Bilston - 8 - -
Smethwick - 8 - -
Dudley - 8 - -
Rowley Regis - 7 - -
West Bromwich - 7 - -
Willenhall - 6 - -
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 1 (0.11%) AWS
1 1 (0.11%) Azure
1 1 (0.11%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 915 (99.78%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.11%) MongoDB
General
1 916 (99.89%) Social Skills
2 915 (99.78%) Banking
2 915 (99.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (0.11%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (0.11%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (0.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 681 (74.26%) Lecturer
2 1 (0.11%) Architect
2 1 (0.11%) Consultant
2 1 (0.11%) Sales Consultant
2 1 (0.11%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (0.11%) Technical Consultant
2 1 (0.11%) Technical Sales Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.11%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 915 (99.78%) IoT
2 1 (0.11%) Data Structures
2 1 (0.11%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 916 (99.89%) Cybersecurity
2 915 (99.78%) AI
2 915 (99.78%) Machine Learning
2 915 (99.78%) User Experience
2 915 (99.78%) Web Development
3 2 (0.22%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (0.11%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (0.11%) Computer Science
4 1 (0.11%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (0.11%) Customer Requirements
4 1 (0.11%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (0.11%) Information Assurance
4 1 (0.11%) Information Security
4 1 (0.11%) ITIL
4 1 (0.11%) Service Design
4 1 (0.11%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.11%) C#
1 1 (0.11%) Python
1 1 (0.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 916 (99.89%) Degree
2 915 (99.78%) Master's Degree
2 915 (99.78%) PhD
2 915 (99.78%) Postgraduate
3 1 (0.11%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 1 (0.11%) CCSP
3 1 (0.11%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (0.11%) CISSP
3 1 (0.11%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.11%) SC Cleared
3 1 (0.11%) Security Cleared
3 1 (0.11%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.11%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 1 (0.11%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.11%) Kubernetes