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 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 204 286 164
Rank change year-on-year +82 -122 +123
Permanent jobs citing Cloud Security 240 355 913
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.58% 1.05% 2.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.70% 1.15% 2.23%
Number of salaries quoted 178 313 646
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,441 £42,500
25th Percentile £48,936 £47,000 £56,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - -10.34% +3.57%
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,250 £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 14,134 30,993 40,912
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.17% 91.62% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 9,780 23,560 28,419
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,750 £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 3 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 (2.50%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (2.50%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.67%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.25%) IIS
4 2 (0.83%) Apache
4 2 (0.83%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (0.83%) Oracle Smart View
1 2 (0.83%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.83%) Oracle Assets
1 2 (0.83%) Oracle Cash Management
1 2 (0.83%) Oracle ERP
1 2 (0.83%) Oracle Financials
1 2 (0.83%) Oracle General Ledger
1 2 (0.83%) Oracle Payables
1 2 (0.83%) Oracle Receivables
1 2 (0.83%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 121 (50.42%) AWS
2 119 (49.58%) Azure
3 42 (17.50%) GCP
4 35 (14.58%) SaaS
5 28 (11.67%) PaaS
6 23 (9.58%) Microsoft 365
6 23 (9.58%) Serverless
7 21 (8.75%) AWS Lambda
8 19 (7.92%) AWS CloudFormation
9 14 (5.83%) AWS KMS
9 14 (5.83%) Azure Sentinel
10 12 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
11 9 (3.75%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 9 (3.75%) Amazon S3
11 9 (3.75%) Entra ID
11 9 (3.75%) IaaS
12 8 (3.33%) Azure AKS
13 7 (2.92%) Microsoft Purview
14 6 (2.50%) Amazon EC2
14 6 (2.50%) AWS Direct Connect
Communications & Networking
1 58 (24.17%) Firewall
2 35 (14.58%) Network Security
3 18 (7.50%) VPN
4 17 (7.08%) WAN
5 14 (5.83%) SD-WAN
6 13 (5.42%) Wi-Fi
7 9 (3.75%) BGP
7 9 (3.75%) DNS
7 9 (3.75%) LAN
7 9 (3.75%) MPLS
7 9 (3.75%) OSPF
7 9 (3.75%) WLAN
8 8 (3.33%) DHCP
9 7 (2.92%) TCP/IP
10 6 (2.50%) Cisco ASA
10 6 (2.50%) Cisco Firepower
10 6 (2.50%) Cisco ISE
10 6 (2.50%) Intrusion Detection
10 6 (2.50%) IPsec
10 6 (2.50%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.92%) Amazon RDS
1 7 (2.92%) DynamoDB
2 6 (2.50%) Amazon Redshift
3 5 (2.08%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.67%) Amazon Aurora
4 4 (1.67%) Big Data
5 3 (1.25%) MySQL
5 3 (1.25%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.83%) Hadoop
6 2 (0.83%) Power BI
7 1 (0.42%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.42%) Delta Lake
7 1 (0.42%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.42%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 24 (10.00%) Jenkins
2 23 (9.58%) Git
3 5 (2.08%) Cypress.io
3 5 (2.08%) Vite
3 5 (2.08%) 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 (25.42%) Social Skills
2 59 (24.58%) Finance
3 52 (21.67%) Law
4 25 (10.42%) Telecoms
5 15 (6.25%) Banking
6 13 (5.42%) Retail
7 12 (5.00%) Games
8 9 (3.75%) Analytical Skills
8 9 (3.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (3.75%) Marketing
9 8 (3.33%) Public Sector
10 7 (2.92%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (2.08%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.67%) Advertising
13 3 (1.25%) Electronics
13 3 (1.25%) Manufacturing
13 3 (1.25%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.83%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.83%) General Ledger
14 2 (0.83%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 72 (30.00%) Cloud Engineer
2 57 (23.75%) Security Engineer
3 53 (22.08%) Senior
4 44 (18.33%) Architect
5 34 (14.17%) Cloud Security Engineer
6 26 (10.83%) AWS Engineer
6 26 (10.83%) Senior Cloud Engineer
7 24 (10.00%) AWS Architect
7 24 (10.00%) Cloud Architect
8 22 (9.17%) Lead
9 19 (7.92%) Analyst
9 19 (7.92%) Security Manager
10 16 (6.67%) Azure Engineer
10 16 (6.67%) Security Architect
11 14 (5.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 11 (4.58%) Software Engineer
13 9 (3.75%) DevOps Engineer
13 9 (3.75%) Gen AI Engineer
13 9 (3.75%) Operations Engineer
13 9 (3.75%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (10.42%) Node.js
2 16 (6.67%) Kafka
3 15 (6.25%) Elastic Stack
4 5 (2.08%) Enzyme
4 5 (2.08%) Jest
4 5 (2.08%) Next.js
4 5 (2.08%) OpenAPI
4 5 (2.08%) Parceljs
4 5 (2.08%) React
4 5 (2.08%) REST
4 5 (2.08%) Svelte
4 5 (2.08%) Vue
4 5 (2.08%) WebAssembly
5 4 (1.67%) .NET
5 4 (1.67%) ARM Templates
5 4 (1.67%) SOAP
5 4 (1.67%) Spring
5 4 (1.67%) Spring Boot
6 3 (1.25%) Web Services
6 3 (1.25%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 57 (23.75%) Security Posture
2 52 (21.67%) Management Information System
3 37 (15.42%) Public Cloud
4 30 (12.50%) Cloud Native
5 25 (10.42%) Cloud Security Posture
6 16 (6.67%) Cyber Threat
7 13 (5.42%) Data Centre
8 12 (5.00%) Algorithms
9 11 (4.58%) Hybrid Cloud
10 9 (3.75%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (3.33%) Product Ownership
12 7 (2.92%) Cyber Defence
12 7 (2.92%) Video Conferencing
13 4 (1.67%) Housing Association
13 4 (1.67%) Private Cloud
13 4 (1.67%) Security Operations Centre
13 4 (1.67%) Team-Oriented Environment
14 3 (1.25%) Enterprise Cloud
14 3 (1.25%) Onboarding
15 2 (0.83%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 43 (17.92%) Linux
2 36 (15.00%) Windows
3 7 (2.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 7 (2.92%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.67%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (1.25%) Unix
5 3 (1.25%) VMS
6 1 (0.42%) Android
6 1 (0.42%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.42%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (42.50%) DevOps
2 79 (32.92%) CI/CD
3 75 (31.25%) Infrastructure as Code
4 49 (20.42%) Cybersecurity
5 44 (18.33%) Security Operations
6 42 (17.50%) Roadmaps
6 42 (17.50%) Vulnerability Management
7 40 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
8 39 (16.25%) Incident Response
8 39 (16.25%) Software Engineering
9 38 (15.83%) Containerisation
9 38 (15.83%) High Availability
10 37 (15.42%) Computer Science
11 36 (15.00%) Information Security
12 34 (14.17%) Risk Management
13 30 (12.50%) Security Architecture
13 30 (12.50%) SIEM
14 29 (12.08%) Agile
14 29 (12.08%) Vulnerability Remediation
15 28 (11.67%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 69 (28.75%) Python
2 24 (10.00%) Java
3 23 (9.58%) PowerShell
4 18 (7.50%) Go
5 15 (6.25%) Bash
5 15 (6.25%) TypeScript
6 12 (5.00%) JavaScript
7 9 (3.75%) Bicep
8 5 (2.08%) SQL
9 3 (1.25%) C#
10 2 (0.83%) C++
10 2 (0.83%) PHP
10 2 (0.83%) Rust
10 2 (0.83%) Scala
11 1 (0.42%) C
11 1 (0.42%) Perl
Qualifications
1 44 (18.33%) Degree
2 39 (16.25%) AWS Certification
3 38 (15.83%) Security Cleared
4 36 (15.00%) SC Cleared
5 26 (10.83%) CISSP
6 19 (7.92%) Computer Science Degree
7 17 (7.08%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 17 (7.08%) CISM
8 16 (6.67%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 13 (5.42%) Azure Certification
10 9 (3.75%) Cisco Certification
11 6 (2.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 6 (2.50%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (2.08%) CEH
12 5 (2.08%) CISA
13 4 (1.67%) DV Cleared
14 3 (1.25%) CCSP
14 3 (1.25%) CRISC
14 3 (1.25%) ISSAP
15 2 (0.83%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (16.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 37 (15.42%) GDPR
3 20 (8.33%) NIST
4 19 (7.92%) HIPAA
4 19 (7.92%) PCI DSS
5 14 (5.83%) Accessibility
6 8 (3.33%) GRC
7 5 (2.08%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (2.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (1.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (1.67%) SOC 2
9 3 (1.25%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (1.25%) COBIT
9 3 (1.25%) QA
10 2 (0.83%) NCSC
10 2 (0.83%) SLA
11 1 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 1 (0.42%) NIST 800
System Software
1 29 (12.08%) Docker
2 15 (6.25%) Active Directory
3 10 (4.17%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (3.33%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (2.50%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (1.25%) Firmware
7 2 (0.83%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.42%) VMware Server
8 1 (0.42%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 73 (30.42%) Kubernetes
2 70 (29.17%) Terraform
3 23 (9.58%) Ansible
4 16 (6.67%) Grafana
4 16 (6.67%) Prometheus
5 9 (3.75%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (2.50%) SCCM
7 4 (1.67%) CASB
7 4 (1.67%) Istio
7 4 (1.67%) ZENworks
8 3 (1.25%) FortiGate
8 3 (1.25%) linkerd
9 2 (0.83%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.42%) Nessus
10 1 (0.42%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 55 (22.92%) Microsoft
2 14 (5.83%) Cisco
2 14 (5.83%) Google
3 11 (4.58%) VMware
4 10 (4.17%) Meraki
5 8 (3.33%) Dynatrace
6 7 (2.92%) SolarWinds
6 7 (2.92%) Splunk
7 6 (2.50%) CheckPoint
7 6 (2.50%) Infoblox
7 6 (2.50%) SAP
8 4 (1.67%) Databricks
8 4 (1.67%) Juniper
8 4 (1.67%) Zscaler
9 3 (1.25%) Arista
9 3 (1.25%) Fortinet
9 3 (1.25%) HubSpot
9 3 (1.25%) Oracle
9 3 (1.25%) Riverbed
10 2 (0.83%) Qualys