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 16 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 372 360 394
Rank change year-on-year -12 +34 -79
Permanent jobs citing Private Cloud 48 62 201
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.24% 0.40% 0.58%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.66% 0.91% 1.66%
Number of salaries quoted 35 39 176
10th Percentile £50,750 £60,000 £38,000
25th Percentile £61,250 £62,500 £49,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £74,870 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year -6.50% +22.24% -6.27%
75th Percentile £80,000 £89,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £95,750 £146,300 £90,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +16.67% -8.19%

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 7,278 6,848 12,078
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.56% 44.67% 34.98%
Number of salaries quoted 4,463 3,444 9,312
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £88,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £105,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -15.38%

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 16 June 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:

Business Applications
1 3 (6.25%) SAP CO
1 3 (6.25%) SAP FI
1 3 (6.25%) SAP FI/CO
1 3 (6.25%) SAP FSCM
1 3 (6.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (4.17%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 26 (54.17%) Azure
2 21 (43.75%) AWS
3 17 (35.42%) GitHub
4 13 (27.08%) GitHub Actions
5 7 (14.58%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 7 (14.58%) Amazon EKS
6 4 (8.33%) Nutanix
7 3 (6.25%) SaaS
8 1 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (2.08%) GCP
8 1 (2.08%) IaaS
8 1 (2.08%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (2.08%) PaaS
8 1 (2.08%) WeChat
Communications & Networking
1 8 (16.67%) Firewall
1 8 (16.67%) VPN
2 3 (6.25%) LAN
3 2 (4.17%) ATM
3 2 (4.17%) Frame Relay
3 2 (4.17%) MPLS
3 2 (4.17%) SNMP
3 2 (4.17%) TCP/IP
3 2 (4.17%) VoIP
3 2 (4.17%) WAN
4 1 (2.08%) BGP
4 1 (2.08%) Wireshark
4 1 (2.08%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.25%) Big Data
1 3 (6.25%) MongoDB
1 3 (6.25%) NoSQL
1 3 (6.25%) SAP HANA
2 1 (2.08%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 9 (18.75%) Git
1 9 (18.75%) Visual Studio Code
2 3 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 10 (20.83%) Social Skills
2 9 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (18.75%) Finance
2 9 (18.75%) Retail
3 8 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 6 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (4.17%) Marketing
5 2 (4.17%) Military
6 1 (2.08%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.08%) Italian Language
6 1 (2.08%) Japanese Language
6 1 (2.08%) Law
6 1 (2.08%) Mandarin Language
6 1 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.08%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (35.42%) Consultant
2 14 (29.17%) Senior
3 10 (20.83%) Platform Engineer
3 10 (20.83%) Presales Consultant
4 9 (18.75%) Azure Engineer
4 9 (18.75%) Cloud Consultant
4 9 (18.75%) Solutions Consultant
5 8 (16.67%) Azure Platform Engineer
5 8 (16.67%) Cloud Platform Engineer
6 7 (14.58%) Administrator
6 7 (14.58%) DevOps Administrator
6 7 (14.58%) Senior DevOps
6 7 (14.58%) Senior Systems Administrator
6 7 (14.58%) Systems Administrator
7 4 (8.33%) VMware Consultant
8 3 (6.25%) SAP CO Consultant
8 3 (6.25%) SAP Support
8 3 (6.25%) SAP Support Consultant
8 3 (6.25%) Senior SAP Consultant
8 3 (6.25%) Senior Support Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.25%) Flask
2 1 (2.08%) HEVC
2 1 (2.08%) React
Miscellaneous
1 14 (29.17%) Public Cloud
2 10 (20.83%) Hybrid Cloud
3 8 (16.67%) Data Centre
4 6 (12.50%) CMDB
5 4 (8.33%) Onboarding
6 3 (6.25%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (6.25%) Life Science
6 3 (6.25%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 1 (2.08%) Cloud Native
7 1 (2.08%) Over-the-Top Content
7 1 (2.08%) Product Ownership
7 1 (2.08%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 19 (39.58%) Linux
2 12 (25.00%) Windows
3 10 (20.83%) Windows Server
4 1 (2.08%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (41.67%) CI/CD
2 16 (33.33%) Infrastructure Automation
3 14 (29.17%) Presales
4 12 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 11 (22.92%) Platform Engineering
5 11 (22.92%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (20.83%) Collaborative Culture
6 10 (20.83%) Roadmaps
7 9 (18.75%) DevOps
7 9 (18.75%) Infrastructure as Code
7 9 (18.75%) Mentoring
8 8 (16.67%) Customer Engagement
9 7 (14.58%) AI
9 7 (14.58%) Cloud Security
9 7 (14.58%) Configuration Management
9 7 (14.58%) Observability
10 6 (12.50%) Business Continuity
10 6 (12.50%) Impact Assessments
10 6 (12.50%) Migration
10 6 (12.50%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 22 (45.83%) Python
2 11 (22.92%) PowerShell
3 7 (14.58%) Bash
3 7 (14.58%) Go
4 4 (8.33%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.08%) Java
Qualifications
1 11 (22.92%) Azure Certification
2 9 (18.75%) Degree
3 7 (14.58%) AWS Certification
3 7 (14.58%) Security Cleared
4 5 (10.42%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 4 (8.33%) SC Cleared
5 4 (8.33%) VCAP
6 3 (6.25%) CCNP
6 3 (6.25%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (6.25%) CTC Cleared
7 2 (4.17%) CCIE
7 2 (4.17%) CCNA
7 2 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (2.08%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (2.08%) Master's Degree
8 1 (2.08%) MBA
8 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 1 (2.08%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.25%) ISO 20022
1 3 (6.25%) SLA
2 1 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.08%) NIST
System Software
1 14 (29.17%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (18.75%) Active Directory
3 4 (8.33%) VMware NSX
4 3 (6.25%) Docker
5 1 (2.08%) iptables
Systems Management
1 18 (37.50%) Ansible
1 18 (37.50%) Kubernetes
1 18 (37.50%) Terraform
2 7 (14.58%) Grafana
2 7 (14.58%) Prometheus
2 7 (14.58%) Proxmox
3 6 (12.50%) Packer
4 2 (4.17%) OpenView
4 2 (4.17%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 22 (45.83%) VMware
2 12 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 9 (18.75%) Cisco
4 8 (16.67%) EMC
5 7 (14.58%) ServiceNow
6 6 (12.50%) F5
6 6 (12.50%) Palo Alto
7 4 (8.33%) Red Hat
8 3 (6.25%) SAP
9 2 (4.17%) ArcSight
9 2 (4.17%) Broadcom
9 2 (4.17%) ExtraHop
9 2 (4.17%) HP
9 2 (4.17%) Riverbed
10 1 (2.08%) Arista
10 1 (2.08%) Citrix
10 1 (2.08%) Google
10 1 (2.08%) Juniper
10 1 (2.08%) Radware
10 1 (2.08%) Siebel