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 23 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 425 368 385
Rank change year-on-year -57 +17 -104
Permanent jobs citing Private Cloud 45 53 96
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.18% 0.33% 0.43%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.48% 0.77% 1.26%
Number of salaries quoted 25 34 52
10th Percentile £39,968 £55,750 £51,325
25th Percentile £61,250 £62,500 £54,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +20.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £81,500 £95,325 £90,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £74,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -6.04% +14.62% -

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 9,347 6,845 7,607
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.00% 42.36% 33.74%
Number of salaries quoted 5,488 3,507 4,600
10th Percentile £32,750 £30,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £41,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £82,250 £85,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -4.00%

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 23 September 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 (6.67%) IIS
2 1 (2.22%) Apache Spark
2 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 2 (4.44%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 26 (57.78%) Azure
2 11 (24.44%) AWS
3 8 (17.78%) GitHub
4 6 (13.33%) GitHub Actions
5 5 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (8.89%) Nutanix
6 4 (8.89%) WeChat
7 3 (6.67%) Azure Stack
8 2 (4.44%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 2 (4.44%) Amazon EKS
8 2 (4.44%) Cohesity
9 1 (2.22%) AWS KMS
9 1 (2.22%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (2.22%) Entra ID
9 1 (2.22%) GCP
9 1 (2.22%) GitHub Copilot
9 1 (2.22%) IaaS
9 1 (2.22%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (22.22%) Firewall
2 7 (15.56%) LAN
3 5 (11.11%) VPN
4 4 (8.89%) DHCP
4 4 (8.89%) DNS
4 4 (8.89%) WLAN
5 3 (6.67%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (2.22%) Network Security
6 1 (2.22%) SAN
6 1 (2.22%) Unified Communications
6 1 (2.22%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.67%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.22%) Apache Hudi
2 1 (2.22%) Apache Iceberg
2 1 (2.22%) Big Data
2 1 (2.22%) Delta Lake
2 1 (2.22%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 7 (15.56%) Git
1 7 (15.56%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 13 (28.89%) Finance
2 12 (26.67%) Social Skills
3 7 (15.56%) Public Sector
4 4 (8.89%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (8.89%) Mandarin Language
4 4 (8.89%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (8.89%) Telecoms
5 3 (6.67%) Aerospace
5 3 (6.67%) Italian Language
5 3 (6.67%) Japanese Language
5 3 (6.67%) Retail
6 2 (4.44%) Banking
6 2 (4.44%) Marketing
7 1 (2.22%) Front Office
7 1 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 12 (26.67%) Consultant
2 10 (22.22%) Azure Engineer
3 8 (17.78%) Platform Engineer
3 8 (17.78%) Presales Consultant
4 7 (15.56%) Cloud Consultant
4 7 (15.56%) Cloud Platform Engineer
4 7 (15.56%) Solutions Consultant
5 6 (13.33%) Azure Platform Engineer
6 5 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (11.11%) Senior
7 4 (8.89%) Cloud Engineer
7 4 (8.89%) VMware Consultant
8 3 (6.67%) Help Desk Engineer
8 3 (6.67%) Product Owner
8 3 (6.67%) Senior Cloud Engineer
9 2 (4.44%) Account Manager
9 2 (4.44%) Administrator
9 2 (4.44%) IT Manager
9 2 (4.44%) Senior Systems Administrator
9 2 (4.44%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (22.22%) Terraform
2 1 (2.22%) HEVC
Miscellaneous
1 9 (20.00%) Data Centre
1 9 (20.00%) Public Cloud
2 4 (8.89%) CMDB
2 4 (8.89%) Hybrid Cloud
2 4 (8.89%) Video Conferencing
3 3 (6.67%) Cloud Native
3 3 (6.67%) Driving Licence
3 3 (6.67%) Product Ownership
4 2 (4.44%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (2.22%) Cloud Security Posture
5 1 (2.22%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (2.22%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.22%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.22%) Over-the-Top Content
5 1 (2.22%) PKI
5 1 (2.22%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 12 (26.67%) Linux
1 12 (26.67%) Windows
2 11 (24.44%) Windows Server
3 3 (6.67%) Android
3 3 (6.67%) Apple iOS
4 2 (4.44%) AIX
4 2 (4.44%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (31.11%) Continuous Improvement
3 13 (28.89%) Presales
4 12 (26.67%) Roadmaps
5 10 (22.22%) Platform Engineering
6 9 (20.00%) CI/CD
7 8 (17.78%) Infrastructure Automation
8 7 (15.56%) Customer Engagement
8 7 (15.56%) Migration
9 6 (13.33%) Change Management
9 6 (13.33%) Infrastructure as Code
9 6 (13.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 6 (13.33%) Mentoring
9 6 (13.33%) Project Management
10 5 (11.11%) Collaborative Culture
10 5 (11.11%) Commercial Awareness
10 5 (11.11%) Customer Service
10 5 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
10 5 (11.11%) ITIL
10 5 (11.11%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 10 (22.22%) Python
2 8 (17.78%) PowerShell
3 2 (4.44%) Bash
3 2 (4.44%) Go
Qualifications
1 11 (24.44%) Degree
2 9 (20.00%) Azure Certification
3 8 (17.78%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 7 (15.56%) Security Cleared
5 4 (8.89%) CCNP
5 4 (8.89%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (8.89%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 4 (8.89%) RHCSA
5 4 (8.89%) SC Cleared
5 4 (8.89%) VCAP
6 3 (6.67%) AWS Certification
6 3 (6.67%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (2.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (2.22%) CISM
7 1 (2.22%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.89%) GDPR
2 2 (4.44%) PMO
3 1 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.22%) NCSC
3 1 (2.22%) NIST
3 1 (2.22%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 19 (42.22%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (26.67%) Active Directory
3 4 (8.89%) Hyper-V
3 4 (8.89%) VMware NSX
4 3 (6.67%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (2.22%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (24.44%) Kubernetes
2 10 (22.22%) Ansible
3 4 (8.89%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (8.89%) Packer
4 2 (4.44%) Grafana
4 2 (4.44%) Prometheus
4 2 (4.44%) Proxmox
5 1 (2.22%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (2.22%) WSUS
Vendors
1 21 (46.67%) VMware
2 17 (37.78%) Microsoft
3 4 (8.89%) Cisco
3 4 (8.89%) Citrix
3 4 (8.89%) EMC
3 4 (8.89%) F5
3 4 (8.89%) Palo Alto
3 4 (8.89%) Red Hat
3 4 (8.89%) ServiceNow
4 3 (6.67%) Google
5 2 (4.44%) Broadcom
5 2 (4.44%) Dell
5 2 (4.44%) Dynatrace
5 2 (4.44%) Veritas
5 2 (4.44%) YouTube
6 1 (2.22%) Rackspace