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 21 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 327 371 304
Rank change year-on-year +44 -67 +191
Permanent jobs citing Private Cloud 41 89 196
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.27% 0.45% 0.92%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.74% 1.26% 2.33%
Number of salaries quoted 32 47 169
10th Percentile £55,000 £52,000 £46,294
25th Percentile £58,438 £55,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £65,000 £65,351
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% -0.54% -5.90%
75th Percentile £96,750 £73,125 £87,419
90th Percentile £106,250 £90,500 £106,250
UK median annual salary £80,000 £65,000 £65,351
% change year-on-year +23.08% -0.54% -5.90%

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 5,516 7,063 8,396
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.91% 35.76% 39.23%
Number of salaries quoted 3,577 3,997 6,582
10th Percentile £28,000 £36,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £47,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £81,250 £85,000 £84,056
90th Percentile £110,000 £116,250 £101,250
UK median annual salary £54,143 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -9.76% -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 21 November 2025.

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 9 (21.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (14.63%) IIS
Business Applications
1 3 (7.32%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 29 (70.73%) Azure
2 20 (48.78%) AWS
3 17 (41.46%) SaaS
4 10 (24.39%) GCP
4 10 (24.39%) OCI
5 7 (17.07%) IaaS
5 7 (17.07%) PaaS
6 6 (14.63%) GitHub
7 3 (7.32%) Power Platform
8 1 (2.44%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (2.44%) Amazon S3
8 1 (2.44%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (2.44%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (2.44%) Nutanix
8 1 (2.44%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 7 (17.07%) Firewall
2 4 (9.76%) SD-WAN
3 3 (7.32%) BGP
3 3 (7.32%) DNS
4 2 (4.88%) LAN
4 2 (4.88%) WAN
5 1 (2.44%) ATM
5 1 (2.44%) Frame Relay
5 1 (2.44%) MPLS
5 1 (2.44%) Network Security
5 1 (2.44%) SNMP
5 1 (2.44%) TCP/IP
5 1 (2.44%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (21.95%) Data Hub
1 9 (21.95%) SQL CLR
1 9 (21.95%) SQL Server
2 3 (7.32%) Metadata
2 3 (7.32%) Power BI
2 3 (7.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 3 (7.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (4.88%) NoSQL
4 1 (2.44%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (2.44%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 3 (7.32%) Git
1 3 (7.32%) Visual Studio Code
2 2 (4.88%) GitLab
3 1 (2.44%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 1 (2.44%) Jenkins
General
1 13 (31.71%) Social Skills
2 11 (26.83%) Finance
3 9 (21.95%) Back Office
4 6 (14.63%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (4.88%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.44%) Advertising
6 1 (2.44%) Banking
6 1 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (24.39%) Architect
2 9 (21.95%) Cloud Architect
3 6 (14.63%) Head of Development
3 6 (14.63%) Lead
3 6 (14.63%) Lead Architect
3 6 (14.63%) Lead Cloud Architect
4 5 (12.20%) Azure Engineer
4 5 (12.20%) Consultant
5 4 (9.76%) Developer
5 4 (9.76%) DevOps Engineer
5 4 (9.76%) Full-Stack Engineer
5 4 (9.76%) Principal Consultant
5 4 (9.76%) Senior
6 3 (7.32%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 3 (7.32%) Microsoft Developer
6 3 (7.32%) Principal SAP Consultant
6 3 (7.32%) SaaS Developer
6 3 (7.32%) SAP Consultant
6 3 (7.32%) Senior SQL Developer
6 3 (7.32%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (17.07%) React
2 6 (14.63%) .NET
2 6 (14.63%) .NET Core
2 6 (14.63%) .NET Framework
2 6 (14.63%) Dapper ORM
2 6 (14.63%) Entity Framework
3 3 (7.32%) SAP Basis
4 1 (2.44%) AngularJS
4 1 (2.44%) RESTful
4 1 (2.44%) Vue
4 1 (2.44%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 18 (43.90%) Public Cloud
2 9 (21.95%) Cloud Native
3 6 (14.63%) Data Centre
3 6 (14.63%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 5 (12.20%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (7.32%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 12 (29.27%) Windows
2 9 (21.95%) Windows Server
3 5 (12.20%) Linux
4 1 (2.44%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (58.54%) Agile
2 19 (46.34%) Continuous Improvement
3 16 (39.02%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (34.15%) Migration
5 13 (31.71%) Full-Stack Development
5 13 (31.71%) Performance Tuning
5 13 (31.71%) Software Engineering
6 12 (29.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 11 (26.83%) Infrastructure as Code
8 10 (24.39%) CI/CD
8 10 (24.39%) Fintech
8 10 (24.39%) High Availability
9 9 (21.95%) Business Intelligence
9 9 (21.95%) Collaborative Culture
9 9 (21.95%) Data Privacy
9 9 (21.95%) Wealth Management
9 9 (21.95%) Workflow
10 8 (19.51%) DevOps
11 6 (14.63%) Clean Code
11 6 (14.63%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 11 (26.83%) Python
1 11 (26.83%) SQL
2 7 (17.07%) Java
2 7 (17.07%) JavaScript
3 6 (14.63%) C#
3 6 (14.63%) PowerShell
4 3 (7.32%) T-SQL
5 1 (2.44%) Bash
Qualifications
1 15 (36.59%) Security Cleared
2 8 (19.51%) DV Cleared
2 8 (19.51%) SC Cleared
3 3 (7.32%) Azure Certification
4 1 (2.44%) CCIE
4 1 (2.44%) CCNA
4 1 (2.44%) CCNP
4 1 (2.44%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (2.44%) VCAP
4 1 (2.44%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.32%) GRC
2 1 (2.44%) Basel III
2 1 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.44%) MiFID
2 1 (2.44%) NCSC
System Software
1 10 (24.39%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (14.63%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (7.32%) Active Directory
4 1 (2.44%) Docker
4 1 (2.44%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 8 (19.51%) Terraform
2 7 (17.07%) Kubernetes
3 5 (12.20%) Ansible
4 3 (7.32%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (2.44%) OpenView
5 1 (2.44%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 15 (36.59%) Microsoft
2 13 (31.71%) VMware
3 4 (9.76%) Cisco
3 4 (9.76%) EMC
4 3 (7.32%) F5
4 3 (7.32%) Oracle
4 3 (7.32%) Palo Alto
4 3 (7.32%) SAP
5 1 (2.44%) ArcSight
5 1 (2.44%) ExtraHop
5 1 (2.44%) HP
5 1 (2.44%) Red Hat
5 1 (2.44%) Riverbed
5 1 (2.44%) Siebel