Hybrid/Remote Private Cloud Job Trends

Private Cloud
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Private Cloud in remote or hybrid work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Private Cloud over the 6 months leading up to 25 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 411 367 387
Rank change year-on-year -44 +20 -103
Permanent jobs citing Private Cloud 50 50 118
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.22% 0.30% 0.48%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.57% 0.71% 1.41%
Number of salaries quoted 29 30 86
10th Percentile £44,250 £62,500 £38,000
25th Percentile £61,250 £70,000 £53,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +17.65% -2.45%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £85,250 £96,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year - +11.54% -

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

Private Cloud falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 8,705 6,994 8,383
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.59% 42.26% 33.79%
Number of salaries quoted 5,263 3,610 5,731
10th Percentile £33,750 £30,725 £33,966
25th Percentile £44,500 £41,875 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,918
Median % change year-on-year - -1.51% -6.28%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -8.36%

Private Cloud
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Private Cloud and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Private Cloud job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Private Cloud
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Private Cloud.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Private Cloud

Private Cloud
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Private Cloud over the 6 months to 25 August 2026.

Private Cloud salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Private Cloud
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (6.00%) IIS
2 1 (2.00%) Apache Spark
2 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 2 (4.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.00%) SAP CO
2 1 (2.00%) SAP FI
2 1 (2.00%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (2.00%) SAP FSCM
2 1 (2.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 31 (62.00%) Azure
2 14 (28.00%) AWS
3 12 (24.00%) GitHub
4 8 (16.00%) GitHub Actions
5 5 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (8.00%) Nutanix
6 4 (8.00%) WeChat
7 2 (4.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 2 (4.00%) Amazon EKS
7 2 (4.00%) Azure Stack
7 2 (4.00%) SaaS
8 1 (2.00%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (2.00%) Entra ID
8 1 (2.00%) GCP
8 1 (2.00%) GitHub Copilot
8 1 (2.00%) IaaS
8 1 (2.00%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (20.00%) Firewall
2 8 (16.00%) LAN
3 5 (10.00%) VPN
4 4 (8.00%) DHCP
4 4 (8.00%) DNS
4 4 (8.00%) WLAN
5 3 (6.00%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (2.00%) ATM
6 1 (2.00%) Frame Relay
6 1 (2.00%) MPLS
6 1 (2.00%) Network Security
6 1 (2.00%) SAN
6 1 (2.00%) SNMP
6 1 (2.00%) TCP/IP
6 1 (2.00%) VLAN
6 1 (2.00%) VoIP
6 1 (2.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.00%) Big Data
1 3 (6.00%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (4.00%) MongoDB
2 2 (4.00%) NoSQL
3 1 (2.00%) Apache Hudi
3 1 (2.00%) Apache Iceberg
3 1 (2.00%) Delta Lake
3 1 (2.00%) Metadata
3 1 (2.00%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 9 (18.00%) Git
1 9 (18.00%) Visual Studio Code
2 2 (4.00%) JIRA
General
1 15 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 13 (26.00%) Finance
3 7 (14.00%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (14.00%) Public Sector
4 6 (12.00%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (8.00%) Mandarin Language
5 4 (8.00%) Retail
5 4 (8.00%) Telecoms
6 3 (6.00%) Aerospace
6 3 (6.00%) Italian Language
6 3 (6.00%) Japanese Language
7 2 (4.00%) Banking
7 2 (4.00%) Marketing
8 1 (2.00%) Front Office
8 1 (2.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (2.00%) Law
8 1 (2.00%) Military
8 1 (2.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (30.00%) Consultant
2 11 (22.00%) Azure Engineer
2 11 (22.00%) Platform Engineer
3 10 (20.00%) Presales Consultant
4 9 (18.00%) Cloud Consultant
4 9 (18.00%) Cloud Platform Engineer
4 9 (18.00%) Solutions Consultant
5 8 (16.00%) Azure Platform Engineer
6 7 (14.00%) Senior
7 5 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (8.00%) VMware Consultant
9 3 (6.00%) Cloud Engineer
9 3 (6.00%) Help Desk Engineer
9 3 (6.00%) Product Owner
10 2 (4.00%) Account Manager
10 2 (4.00%) IT Manager
10 2 (4.00%) Senior Cloud Engineer
10 2 (4.00%) Senior Software Engineer
10 2 (4.00%) Software Engineer
10 2 (4.00%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (26.00%) Terraform
2 2 (4.00%) Flask
3 1 (2.00%) HEVC
Miscellaneous
1 13 (26.00%) Public Cloud
2 8 (16.00%) Data Centre
3 6 (12.00%) CMDB
4 4 (8.00%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (8.00%) Video Conferencing
5 3 (6.00%) Driving Licence
5 3 (6.00%) Product Ownership
6 2 (4.00%) Cloud Native
6 2 (4.00%) Life Science
6 2 (4.00%) Onboarding
7 1 (2.00%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (2.00%) Over-the-Top Content
7 1 (2.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 15 (30.00%) Linux
1 15 (30.00%) Windows
2 13 (26.00%) Windows Server
3 3 (6.00%) Android
3 3 (6.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (34.00%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (32.00%) Presales
3 14 (28.00%) CI/CD
3 14 (28.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 13 (26.00%) Platform Engineering
5 12 (24.00%) Roadmaps
6 11 (22.00%) Infrastructure Automation
7 9 (18.00%) Mentoring
8 7 (14.00%) Collaborative Culture
8 7 (14.00%) Customer Engagement
8 7 (14.00%) Disaster Recovery
8 7 (14.00%) Migration
8 7 (14.00%) Process Improvement
9 6 (12.00%) Business Continuity
9 6 (12.00%) Change Management
9 6 (12.00%) Impact Assessments
9 6 (12.00%) Information Security
9 6 (12.00%) Infrastructure as Code
9 6 (12.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 6 (12.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 15 (30.00%) Python
2 11 (22.00%) PowerShell
3 2 (4.00%) Bash
3 2 (4.00%) Go
3 2 (4.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 14 (28.00%) Degree
2 11 (22.00%) Azure Certification
3 8 (16.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 5 (10.00%) CCNP
4 5 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (10.00%) Security Cleared
5 4 (8.00%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 4 (8.00%) RHCSA
5 4 (8.00%) VCAP
6 3 (6.00%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (4.00%) AWS Certification
7 2 (4.00%) SC Cleared
8 1 (2.00%) CCIE
8 1 (2.00%) CCNA
8 1 (2.00%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (2.00%) CTC Cleared
8 1 (2.00%) Master's Degree
8 1 (2.00%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.00%) GDPR
2 1 (2.00%) ISO 20022
2 1 (2.00%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (36.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (28.00%) Active Directory
3 4 (8.00%) Hyper-V
3 4 (8.00%) VMware NSX
4 3 (6.00%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (4.00%) Docker
6 1 (2.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (28.00%) Kubernetes
2 13 (26.00%) Ansible
3 6 (12.00%) Packer
4 4 (8.00%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (4.00%) Grafana
5 2 (4.00%) Prometheus
5 2 (4.00%) Proxmox
6 1 (2.00%) OpenView
6 1 (2.00%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (2.00%) Tivoli
6 1 (2.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 21 (42.00%) VMware
2 19 (38.00%) Microsoft
3 7 (14.00%) Cisco
3 7 (14.00%) EMC
3 7 (14.00%) ServiceNow
4 6 (12.00%) F5
4 6 (12.00%) Palo Alto
5 4 (8.00%) Citrix
5 4 (8.00%) Red Hat
6 3 (6.00%) Google
7 2 (4.00%) Broadcom
8 1 (2.00%) ArcSight
8 1 (2.00%) ExtraHop
8 1 (2.00%) HP
8 1 (2.00%) Rackspace
8 1 (2.00%) Riverbed
8 1 (2.00%) SAP
8 1 (2.00%) Siebel