Cloud Security Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Cloud Security
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring Cloud Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cloud Security over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 201 287 167
Rank change year-on-year +86 -120 +122
Permanent jobs citing Cloud Security 238 354 913
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.59% 1.05% 2.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.71% 1.14% 2.23%
Number of salaries quoted 179 313 646
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,441 £42,500
25th Percentile £49,708 £47,000 £56,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% -10.34% +3.57%
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,000 £109,865
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% -13.33% +4.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Cloud Security falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,938 31,020 41,026
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.13% 91.65% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 9,733 23,575 28,496
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,800 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%

Cloud Security
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Cloud Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Cloud Security trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Cloud Security
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Cloud Security.

Cloud Security salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Cloud Security
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Cloud Security over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Cloud Security salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Cloud Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (2.52%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (2.52%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.68%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.84%) Apache
3 2 (0.84%) IIS
3 2 (0.84%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (0.84%) Oracle Smart View
1 2 (0.84%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.84%) Oracle Assets
1 2 (0.84%) Oracle Cash Management
1 2 (0.84%) Oracle ERP
1 2 (0.84%) Oracle Financials
1 2 (0.84%) Oracle General Ledger
1 2 (0.84%) Oracle Payables
1 2 (0.84%) Oracle Receivables
1 2 (0.84%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 121 (50.84%) AWS
2 118 (49.58%) Azure
3 40 (16.81%) GCP
4 35 (14.71%) SaaS
5 28 (11.76%) PaaS
6 23 (9.66%) Microsoft 365
6 23 (9.66%) Serverless
7 21 (8.82%) AWS Lambda
8 19 (7.98%) AWS CloudFormation
9 14 (5.88%) AWS KMS
9 14 (5.88%) Azure Sentinel
10 12 (5.04%) Azure DevOps
11 9 (3.78%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 9 (3.78%) Amazon S3
11 9 (3.78%) Entra ID
11 9 (3.78%) IaaS
12 8 (3.36%) Azure AKS
13 7 (2.94%) Microsoft Purview
14 6 (2.52%) Amazon EC2
14 6 (2.52%) AWS Direct Connect
Communications & Networking
1 58 (24.37%) Firewall
2 35 (14.71%) Network Security
3 18 (7.56%) VPN
3 18 (7.56%) WAN
4 14 (5.88%) SD-WAN
5 13 (5.46%) Wi-Fi
6 10 (4.20%) BGP
6 10 (4.20%) DNS
6 10 (4.20%) LAN
6 10 (4.20%) MPLS
6 10 (4.20%) OSPF
6 10 (4.20%) WLAN
7 9 (3.78%) DHCP
8 7 (2.94%) Cisco ISE
9 6 (2.52%) Cisco ASA
9 6 (2.52%) Intrusion Detection
9 6 (2.52%) IPsec
9 6 (2.52%) NX-OS
9 6 (2.52%) TCP/IP
9 6 (2.52%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.94%) Amazon RDS
1 7 (2.94%) DynamoDB
2 6 (2.52%) Amazon Redshift
3 4 (1.68%) Amazon Aurora
3 4 (1.68%) Big Data
3 4 (1.68%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.26%) MySQL
4 3 (1.26%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.84%) Hadoop
5 2 (0.84%) Power BI
6 1 (0.42%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.42%) Delta Lake
6 1 (0.42%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.42%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 24 (10.08%) Jenkins
2 23 (9.66%) Git
3 5 (2.10%) Cypress.io
3 5 (2.10%) Vite
3 5 (2.10%) webpack
4 1 (0.42%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.42%) JMeter
4 1 (0.42%) Locust
4 1 (0.42%) Postman
4 1 (0.42%) Robot Framework
4 1 (0.42%) Selenium
General
1 61 (25.63%) Social Skills
2 59 (24.79%) Finance
3 52 (21.85%) Law
4 24 (10.08%) Telecoms
5 15 (6.30%) Banking
6 13 (5.46%) Retail
7 12 (5.04%) Games
8 9 (3.78%) Analytical Skills
8 9 (3.78%) Marketing
9 8 (3.36%) Public Sector
10 7 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (2.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (2.10%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (1.68%) Advertising
14 3 (1.26%) Electronics
14 3 (1.26%) Manufacturing
14 3 (1.26%) Organisational Skills
15 2 (0.84%) Documentation Skills
15 2 (0.84%) General Ledger
15 2 (0.84%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 71 (29.83%) Cloud Engineer
2 57 (23.95%) Security Engineer
3 50 (21.01%) Senior
4 45 (18.91%) Architect
5 34 (14.29%) Cloud Security Engineer
6 26 (10.92%) AWS Engineer
7 25 (10.50%) Senior Cloud Engineer
8 24 (10.08%) AWS Architect
8 24 (10.08%) Cloud Architect
9 22 (9.24%) Lead
10 19 (7.98%) Analyst
11 18 (7.56%) Security Manager
12 16 (6.72%) Security Architect
13 15 (6.30%) Azure Engineer
14 14 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 9 (3.78%) DevOps Engineer
15 9 (3.78%) Gen AI Engineer
15 9 (3.78%) Operations Engineer
15 9 (3.78%) Security Analyst
15 9 (3.78%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (9.66%) Node.js
2 16 (6.72%) Kafka
3 15 (6.30%) Elastic Stack
4 5 (2.10%) Enzyme
4 5 (2.10%) Jest
4 5 (2.10%) Next.js
4 5 (2.10%) OpenAPI
4 5 (2.10%) Parceljs
4 5 (2.10%) React
4 5 (2.10%) REST
4 5 (2.10%) Svelte
4 5 (2.10%) Vue
4 5 (2.10%) WebAssembly
5 4 (1.68%) 802.1X
5 4 (1.68%) SOAP
5 4 (1.68%) Spring
5 4 (1.68%) Spring Boot
6 3 (1.26%) HTML
6 3 (1.26%) Web Services
6 3 (1.26%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 57 (23.95%) Security Posture
2 52 (21.85%) Management Information System
3 38 (15.97%) Public Cloud
4 31 (13.03%) Cloud Native
5 25 (10.50%) Cloud Security Posture
6 16 (6.72%) Cyber Threat
7 13 (5.46%) Data Centre
8 12 (5.04%) Algorithms
9 11 (4.62%) Hybrid Cloud
10 8 (3.36%) Product Ownership
11 7 (2.94%) Cyber Defence
11 7 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (2.94%) Video Conferencing
12 4 (1.68%) Housing Association
12 4 (1.68%) Private Cloud
12 4 (1.68%) Security Operations Centre
12 4 (1.68%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 3 (1.26%) Onboarding
14 2 (0.84%) Driving Licence
14 2 (0.84%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 40 (16.81%) Linux
2 35 (14.71%) Windows
3 7 (2.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 7 (2.94%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.68%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (1.26%) VMS
6 2 (0.84%) Unix
7 1 (0.42%) Android
7 1 (0.42%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.42%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (43.28%) DevOps
2 79 (33.19%) CI/CD
3 76 (31.93%) Infrastructure as Code
4 49 (20.59%) Cybersecurity
5 44 (18.49%) Security Operations
6 43 (18.07%) Roadmaps
7 42 (17.65%) Vulnerability Management
8 39 (16.39%) Continuous Improvement
8 39 (16.39%) Incident Response
9 38 (15.97%) Containerisation
9 38 (15.97%) High Availability
9 38 (15.97%) Software Engineering
10 37 (15.55%) Computer Science
11 35 (14.71%) Information Security
12 34 (14.29%) Risk Management
13 30 (12.61%) Security Architecture
14 29 (12.18%) SIEM
14 29 (12.18%) Vulnerability Remediation
15 28 (11.76%) Agile
16 27 (11.34%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 66 (27.73%) Python
2 22 (9.24%) Java
2 22 (9.24%) PowerShell
3 16 (6.72%) Go
4 15 (6.30%) TypeScript
5 14 (5.88%) Bash
6 10 (4.20%) JavaScript
7 8 (3.36%) Bicep
8 5 (2.10%) SQL
9 3 (1.26%) C#
10 2 (0.84%) PHP
10 2 (0.84%) Scala
11 1 (0.42%) C
11 1 (0.42%) Perl
Qualifications
1 44 (18.49%) Degree
2 37 (15.55%) AWS Certification
2 37 (15.55%) SC Cleared
2 37 (15.55%) Security Cleared
3 26 (10.92%) CISSP
4 19 (7.98%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (7.14%) CISM
6 16 (6.72%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 15 (6.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 12 (5.04%) Azure Certification
9 9 (3.78%) Cisco Certification
10 6 (2.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 5 (2.10%) CEH
11 5 (2.10%) CISA
11 5 (2.10%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (1.26%) CCSP
12 3 (1.26%) CRISC
12 3 (1.26%) ISSAP
13 2 (0.84%) OSCP
13 2 (0.84%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (15.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 37 (15.55%) GDPR
3 20 (8.40%) NIST
4 19 (7.98%) HIPAA
4 19 (7.98%) PCI DSS
5 14 (5.88%) Accessibility
6 8 (3.36%) GRC
7 5 (2.10%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (2.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (1.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (1.68%) SOC 2
9 3 (1.26%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (1.26%) COBIT
9 3 (1.26%) QA
10 2 (0.84%) NCSC
10 2 (0.84%) SLA
11 1 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 1 (0.42%) NIST 800
System Software
1 29 (12.18%) Docker
2 14 (5.88%) Active Directory
3 10 (4.20%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (3.78%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (2.94%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (1.26%) Firmware
7 2 (0.84%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.42%) VMware Server
8 1 (0.42%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 73 (30.67%) Kubernetes
2 69 (28.99%) Terraform
3 22 (9.24%) Ansible
4 16 (6.72%) Grafana
4 16 (6.72%) Prometheus
5 9 (3.78%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (2.10%) SCCM
7 4 (1.68%) CASB
7 4 (1.68%) Istio
7 4 (1.68%) ZENworks
8 3 (1.26%) FortiGate
8 3 (1.26%) linkerd
9 2 (0.84%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.84%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.42%) Nessus
Vendors
1 55 (23.11%) Microsoft
2 15 (6.30%) Cisco
3 14 (5.88%) Google
4 11 (4.62%) VMware
5 10 (4.20%) Meraki
6 8 (3.36%) Dynatrace
7 7 (2.94%) SolarWinds
7 7 (2.94%) Splunk
8 6 (2.52%) CheckPoint
8 6 (2.52%) Infoblox
8 6 (2.52%) SAP
9 5 (2.10%) Juniper
10 4 (1.68%) Arista
10 4 (1.68%) Databricks
10 4 (1.68%) Riverbed
10 4 (1.68%) Zscaler
11 3 (1.26%) Fortinet
11 3 (1.26%) HubSpot
11 3 (1.26%) Oracle
12 2 (0.84%) Qualys