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

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 382 358 405
Rank change year-on-year -24 +47 -86
Permanent jobs citing Private Cloud 49 63 176
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.24% 0.40% 0.53%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.64% 0.91% 1.51%
Number of salaries quoted 34 41 151
10th Percentile £49,625 £62,500 £38,000
25th Percentile £61,250 £70,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £74,870 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.16% +24.78% -8.19%
75th Percentile £80,000 £92,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,375 £146,300 £90,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £71,991 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.18% +19.99% -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 7,712 6,892 11,683
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.29% 43.63% 34.94%
Number of salaries quoted 4,804 3,514 8,986
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,762 £43,750
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 £87,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £59,527 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.53% +4.55% -14.18%

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 30 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 3 (6.12%) SAP CO
1 3 (6.12%) SAP FI
1 3 (6.12%) SAP FI/CO
1 3 (6.12%) SAP FSCM
1 3 (6.12%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (4.08%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 28 (57.14%) Azure
2 21 (42.86%) AWS
3 17 (34.69%) GitHub
4 13 (26.53%) GitHub Actions
5 7 (14.29%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 7 (14.29%) Amazon EKS
6 4 (8.16%) Nutanix
7 3 (6.12%) SaaS
8 2 (4.08%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (4.08%) WeChat
9 1 (2.04%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (2.04%) Azure Stack
9 1 (2.04%) Entra ID
9 1 (2.04%) GCP
9 1 (2.04%) IaaS
9 1 (2.04%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (18.37%) Firewall
2 7 (14.29%) VPN
3 4 (8.16%) LAN
4 2 (4.08%) ATM
4 2 (4.08%) Frame Relay
4 2 (4.08%) MPLS
4 2 (4.08%) SNMP
4 2 (4.08%) TCP/IP
4 2 (4.08%) VoIP
4 2 (4.08%) WAN
4 2 (4.08%) WLAN
5 1 (2.04%) DHCP
5 1 (2.04%) DNS
5 1 (2.04%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.12%) Big Data
1 3 (6.12%) MongoDB
1 3 (6.12%) NoSQL
1 3 (6.12%) SAP HANA
2 1 (2.04%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 9 (18.37%) Git
1 9 (18.37%) Visual Studio Code
2 3 (6.12%) JIRA
General
1 11 (22.45%) Social Skills
2 10 (20.41%) Finance
3 9 (18.37%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (18.37%) Retail
4 8 (16.33%) Public Sector
5 6 (12.24%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (4.08%) Mandarin Language
6 2 (4.08%) Marketing
6 2 (4.08%) Military
6 2 (4.08%) Telecoms
7 1 (2.04%) Aerospace
7 1 (2.04%) Italian Language
7 1 (2.04%) Japanese Language
7 1 (2.04%) Law
7 1 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (34.69%) Consultant
2 13 (26.53%) Senior
3 10 (20.41%) Azure Engineer
3 10 (20.41%) Platform Engineer
3 10 (20.41%) Presales Consultant
4 9 (18.37%) Cloud Consultant
4 9 (18.37%) Solutions Consultant
5 8 (16.33%) Azure Platform Engineer
5 8 (16.33%) Cloud Platform Engineer
6 7 (14.29%) Administrator
6 7 (14.29%) DevOps Administrator
6 7 (14.29%) Senior DevOps
6 7 (14.29%) Senior Systems Administrator
6 7 (14.29%) Systems Administrator
7 4 (8.16%) VMware Consultant
8 3 (6.12%) SAP CO Consultant
8 3 (6.12%) SAP Support
8 3 (6.12%) SAP Support Consultant
8 3 (6.12%) Senior SAP Consultant
8 3 (6.12%) Senior Support Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.12%) Flask
2 1 (2.04%) HEVC
2 1 (2.04%) React
Miscellaneous
1 14 (28.57%) Public Cloud
2 9 (18.37%) Hybrid Cloud
3 8 (16.33%) Data Centre
4 6 (12.24%) CMDB
5 4 (8.16%) Onboarding
6 3 (6.12%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (6.12%) Life Science
6 3 (6.12%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 2 (4.08%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (2.04%) Cloud Native
8 1 (2.04%) Over-the-Top Content
8 1 (2.04%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 18 (36.73%) Linux
2 12 (24.49%) Windows
3 9 (18.37%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (40.82%) CI/CD
2 16 (32.65%) Infrastructure Automation
3 15 (30.61%) Presales
4 13 (26.53%) Continuous Improvement
5 12 (24.49%) Problem-Solving
6 11 (22.45%) Platform Engineering
7 10 (20.41%) Collaborative Culture
7 10 (20.41%) Infrastructure as Code
7 10 (20.41%) Roadmaps
8 9 (18.37%) DevOps
8 9 (18.37%) Mentoring
9 8 (16.33%) Customer Engagement
10 7 (14.29%) AI
10 7 (14.29%) Cloud Security
10 7 (14.29%) Configuration Management
10 7 (14.29%) Observability
11 6 (12.24%) Business Continuity
11 6 (12.24%) Impact Assessments
11 6 (12.24%) Information Security
11 6 (12.24%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 22 (44.90%) Python
2 11 (22.45%) PowerShell
3 7 (14.29%) Bash
3 7 (14.29%) Go
4 4 (8.16%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.04%) Java
Qualifications
1 11 (22.45%) Azure Certification
2 10 (20.41%) Degree
3 8 (16.33%) Security Cleared
4 7 (14.29%) AWS Certification
5 6 (12.24%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 4 (8.16%) CCNP
6 4 (8.16%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (8.16%) SC Cleared
6 4 (8.16%) VCAP
7 3 (6.12%) CTC Cleared
8 2 (4.08%) CCIE
8 2 (4.08%) CCNA
8 2 (4.08%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 2 (4.08%) RHCSA
9 1 (2.04%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (2.04%) Master's Degree
9 1 (2.04%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.12%) ISO 20022
1 3 (6.12%) SLA
2 1 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.04%) NIST
System Software
1 15 (30.61%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (20.41%) Active Directory
3 4 (8.16%) VMware NSX
4 3 (6.12%) Docker
Systems Management
1 18 (36.73%) Ansible
1 18 (36.73%) Kubernetes
1 18 (36.73%) Terraform
2 7 (14.29%) Grafana
2 7 (14.29%) Prometheus
2 7 (14.29%) Proxmox
3 6 (12.24%) Packer
4 2 (4.08%) OpenView
4 2 (4.08%) Tivoli
5 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (2.04%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (2.04%) WSUS
Vendors
1 23 (46.94%) VMware
2 13 (26.53%) Microsoft
3 8 (16.33%) Cisco
3 8 (16.33%) EMC
4 7 (14.29%) ServiceNow
5 6 (12.24%) F5
5 6 (12.24%) Palo Alto
6 4 (8.16%) Red Hat
7 3 (6.12%) SAP
8 2 (4.08%) ArcSight
8 2 (4.08%) Broadcom
8 2 (4.08%) Citrix
8 2 (4.08%) ExtraHop
8 2 (4.08%) HP
8 2 (4.08%) Riverbed
9 1 (2.04%) Google
9 1 (2.04%) Radware
9 1 (2.04%) Siebel