Public Cloud Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Public Cloud
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Cloud in remote or hybrid work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Public Cloud over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 252 181 112
Rank change year-on-year -71 -69 +91
Permanent jobs citing Public Cloud 153 615 1,256
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.02% 1.82% 2.94%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.62% 5.11% 7.61%
Number of salaries quoted 98 406 828
10th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £42,874
25th Percentile £57,917 £56,227 £56,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,870 £65,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.18% -10.34% -3.33%
75th Percentile £93,778 £83,759 £97,328
90th Percentile £140,677 £110,000 £115,375
UK median annual salary £77,000 £67,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +14.07% -6.90% -3.33%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

Public 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 5,843 12,025 16,498
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 39.07% 35.54% 38.59%
Number of salaries quoted 3,833 9,250 11,895
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £39,000
25th Percentile £47,231 £42,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,750 £59,300 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.19% -8.77% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £86,250
90th Percentile £122,500 £101,250 £107,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

Public Cloud
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Public Cloud as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Public Cloud trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Public Cloud
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Public Cloud.

Public Cloud salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Public Cloud
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Public Cloud over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Public Cloud salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Public Cloud
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (1.96%) Confluence
2 2 (1.31%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.65%) IIS
3 1 (0.65%) OpenStack
Business Applications
1 2 (1.31%) SAP FI
1 2 (1.31%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.65%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.65%) SAP CO
2 1 (0.65%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 82 (53.59%) Azure
2 62 (40.52%) AWS
3 58 (37.91%) GCP
4 24 (15.69%) SaaS
5 23 (15.03%) PaaS
6 12 (7.84%) Serverless
7 11 (7.19%) Microsoft 365
8 9 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (5.23%) AWS Lambda
9 8 (5.23%) IaaS
9 8 (5.23%) npm
10 7 (4.58%) Entra ID
11 5 (3.27%) GitHub
12 4 (2.61%) Adobe Analytics
12 4 (2.61%) Google Analytics
13 3 (1.96%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 2 (1.31%) Amazon ECS
14 2 (1.31%) Amazon EKS
14 2 (1.31%) Amazon GuardDuty
14 2 (1.31%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 18 (11.76%) Firewall
2 8 (5.23%) VPN
2 8 (5.23%) WAN
3 6 (3.92%) LAN
4 5 (3.27%) SD-WAN
4 5 (3.27%) Wireless
5 4 (2.61%) DNS
5 4 (2.61%) IPv4
6 3 (1.96%) DHCP
6 3 (1.96%) TCP/IP
6 3 (1.96%) VLAN
6 3 (1.96%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (1.31%) Network Security
7 2 (1.31%) OSPF
7 2 (1.31%) SAN
8 1 (0.65%) 4G
8 1 (0.65%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 1 (0.65%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 1 (0.65%) NX-OS
8 1 (0.65%) SCTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.88%) SQL Server
2 8 (5.23%) Data Lake
2 8 (5.23%) NoSQL
3 7 (4.58%) RDBMS
3 7 (4.58%) Relational Database
4 3 (1.96%) Cloud Spanner
5 2 (1.31%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.65%) Amazon Athena
6 1 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.65%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.65%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.65%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.65%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.65%) Power BI
6 1 (0.65%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 33 (21.57%) Jenkins
2 28 (18.30%) Git
3 12 (7.84%) JIRA
3 12 (7.84%) webpack
4 8 (5.23%) Cucumber
4 8 (5.23%) Cypress.io
4 8 (5.23%) Sonatype Nexus
5 6 (3.92%) Visual Studio
6 5 (3.27%) IBM UrbanCode
7 3 (1.96%) GitLab
8 1 (0.65%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.65%) Robot Framework
General
1 82 (53.59%) Finance
2 49 (32.03%) Banking
3 25 (16.34%) Social Skills
4 23 (15.03%) Law
5 22 (14.38%) Telecoms
6 20 (13.07%) Public Sector
7 10 (6.54%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (6.54%) Retail
8 5 (3.27%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (2.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.31%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.31%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.31%) Welsh Language
11 1 (0.65%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 55 (35.95%) Senior
2 33 (21.57%) Cloud Engineer
2 33 (21.57%) Software Engineer
3 31 (20.26%) Architect
4 23 (15.03%) Senior Cloud Engineer
5 22 (14.38%) Lead
6 15 (9.80%) Senior Architect
7 13 (8.50%) Solutions Architect
8 11 (7.19%) Java Engineer
8 11 (7.19%) Senior Software Engineer
9 10 (6.54%) Security Engineer
10 9 (5.88%) Lead Java Engineer
10 9 (5.88%) Security Architect
11 8 (5.23%) Cloud Architect
11 8 (5.23%) Cloud Security Engineer
11 8 (5.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 8 (5.23%) Senior Solutions Architect
12 7 (4.58%) Data Architect
12 7 (4.58%) Domain Architect
12 7 (4.58%) Infrastructure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (13.73%) Node.js
2 19 (12.42%) Spring Boot
3 12 (7.84%) Jest
4 11 (7.19%) REST
4 11 (7.19%) RESTful
5 10 (6.54%) .NET
6 9 (5.88%) Spring
7 8 (5.23%) React
7 8 (5.23%) Web Services
8 6 (3.92%) AngularJS
8 6 (3.92%) ASP.NET
8 6 (3.92%) ASP.NET MVC
8 6 (3.92%) Kafka
9 5 (3.27%) CSS
9 5 (3.27%) HTML
10 4 (2.61%) Enzyme
10 4 (2.61%) Redux
11 2 (1.31%) .NET Core
11 2 (1.31%) OAuth
11 2 (1.31%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 31 (20.26%) Cloud Native
2 24 (15.69%) Management Information System
3 21 (13.73%) Data Centre
4 16 (10.46%) Hybrid Cloud
5 11 (7.19%) Product Ownership
6 10 (6.54%) Data Structures
7 9 (5.88%) Algorithms
7 9 (5.88%) Distributed Systems
7 9 (5.88%) Legacy Systems
8 8 (5.23%) Distributed Applications
8 8 (5.23%) Distributed Architecture
8 8 (5.23%) Security Posture
9 6 (3.92%) Greenfield Project
9 6 (3.92%) Private Cloud
10 5 (3.27%) Mainframe
11 3 (1.96%) Podcast
12 2 (1.31%) NHS
13 1 (0.65%) Enterprise Software
13 1 (0.65%) Hedge funds
13 1 (0.65%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 43 (28.10%) Linux
2 40 (26.14%) Windows
3 7 (4.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (3.27%) Unix
4 5 (3.27%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.31%) Debian
6 1 (0.65%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.65%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.65%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (41.18%) DevOps
2 59 (38.56%) CI/CD
3 49 (32.03%) Infrastructure as Code
4 44 (28.76%) Software Engineering
5 43 (28.10%) Agile
6 38 (24.84%) Cloud Security
6 38 (24.84%) Roadmaps
7 35 (22.88%) Analytics
8 33 (21.57%) Mentoring
9 28 (18.30%) Computer Science
9 28 (18.30%) Problem-Solving
10 27 (17.65%) Test Automation
11 26 (16.99%) Coaching
11 26 (16.99%) Microservices
12 23 (15.03%) SDLC
13 21 (13.73%) Architectural Design
14 20 (13.07%) Data Architecture
14 20 (13.07%) Full-Stack Development
14 20 (13.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 19 (12.42%) Cloud Operations
Programming Languages
1 39 (25.49%) Python
2 32 (20.92%) Java
3 25 (16.34%) SQL
4 17 (11.11%) JavaScript
5 14 (9.15%) PowerShell
6 12 (7.84%) Bash
7 8 (5.23%) C#
8 7 (4.58%) Go
9 6 (3.92%) Clojure
9 6 (3.92%) Elixir
9 6 (3.92%) Rust
9 6 (3.92%) Scala
10 5 (3.27%) JCL
10 5 (3.27%) Shell Script
11 4 (2.61%) R
11 4 (2.61%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.65%) C++
Qualifications
1 30 (19.61%) Degree
2 9 (5.88%) AWS Certification
3 7 (4.58%) Security Cleared
4 6 (3.92%) Numerate Degree
5 5 (3.27%) SC Cleared
6 4 (2.61%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.31%) CCNA
7 2 (1.31%) CCNP
7 2 (1.31%) CEH
7 2 (1.31%) CISM
7 2 (1.31%) CISSP
7 2 (1.31%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.31%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.31%) PhD
8 1 (0.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (0.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.65%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
8 1 (0.65%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.65%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.65%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.92%) Accessibility
2 4 (2.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.96%) NIST
4 2 (1.31%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.65%) GDPR
5 1 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 1 (0.65%) NIST 800
System Software
1 14 (9.15%) Docker
2 11 (7.19%) Active Directory
2 11 (7.19%) Virtual Machines
3 9 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.31%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.31%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.65%) Firmware
5 1 (0.65%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 41 (26.80%) Kubernetes
2 31 (20.26%) Terraform
3 23 (15.03%) Ansible
4 5 (3.27%) CA Endevor
5 4 (2.61%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (2.61%) Puppet
6 2 (1.31%) Istio
6 2 (1.31%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.65%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 30 (19.61%) Microsoft
2 13 (8.50%) Google
3 12 (7.84%) Cisco
4 9 (5.88%) VMware
5 4 (2.61%) Adobe
5 4 (2.61%) Palo Alto
5 4 (2.61%) Tealium
6 3 (1.96%) Juniper
6 3 (1.96%) SAP
7 2 (1.31%) Aruba
7 2 (1.31%) Dynatrace
7 2 (1.31%) Fiserv
7 2 (1.31%) Mitel
7 2 (1.31%) Oracle
7 2 (1.31%) Qualys
7 2 (1.31%) TSYS
8 1 (0.65%) Arista
8 1 (0.65%) Meraki
8 1 (0.65%) Netskope
8 1 (0.65%) PagerDuty