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

6 months to
1 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 366 208 124
Rank change year-on-year -158 -84 +72
Permanent jobs citing Public Cloud 98 557 994
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.49% 1.61% 2.76%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.20% 4.66% 7.12%
Number of salaries quoted 72 332 665
10th Percentile £36,250 £46,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £61,250 £53,750 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,250 £62,783 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +24.64% -16.29% +3.45%
75th Percentile £97,743 £83,750 £97,290
90th Percentile £139,109 £91,991 £116,342
UK median annual salary £77,500 £65,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +19.23% -13.33% +4.69%

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 8,142 11,956 13,964
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 40.32% 34.66% 38.78%
Number of salaries quoted 3,753 8,973 10,546
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £39,544
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £110,000 £107,500
UK median annual salary £59,000 £55,000 £64,029
% change year-on-year +7.27% -14.10% +2.45%

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 July 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 2 (2.04%) Confluence
2 1 (1.02%) Apache
2 1 (1.02%) IIS
2 1 (1.02%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.02%) OpenStack
Applications
1 5 (5.10%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (5.10%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 64 (65.31%) Azure
2 43 (43.88%) AWS
3 40 (40.82%) GCP
4 15 (15.31%) PaaS
4 15 (15.31%) SaaS
5 11 (11.22%) IaaS
6 10 (10.20%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (10.20%) Serverless
7 9 (9.18%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (8.16%) OCI
9 6 (6.12%) AWS Lambda
9 6 (6.12%) npm
10 4 (4.08%) Adobe Analytics
10 4 (4.08%) Entra ID
10 4 (4.08%) Google Analytics
11 3 (3.06%) Azure AKS
12 2 (2.04%) Azure Functions
12 2 (2.04%) Azure Machine Learning
12 2 (2.04%) Azure Sentinel
12 2 (2.04%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 9 (9.18%) Firewall
2 4 (4.08%) IPv4
3 3 (3.06%) DNS
3 3 (3.06%) VPN
4 2 (2.04%) OSPF
4 2 (2.04%) VLAN
5 1 (1.02%) 3GPP
5 1 (1.02%) 4G
5 1 (1.02%) BGP
5 1 (1.02%) Broadband
5 1 (1.02%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (1.02%) DHCP
5 1 (1.02%) Ethernet
5 1 (1.02%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 1 (1.02%) HTTP
5 1 (1.02%) LAN
5 1 (1.02%) Network Security
5 1 (1.02%) SCTP
5 1 (1.02%) WAN
5 1 (1.02%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (11.22%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.04%) Cloud Spanner
3 1 (1.02%) Amazon Athena
3 1 (1.02%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (1.02%) MySQL
3 1 (1.02%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.02%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 16 (16.33%) Git
1 16 (16.33%) Jenkins
2 11 (11.22%) JIRA
3 10 (10.20%) webpack
4 6 (6.12%) Cucumber
4 6 (6.12%) Cypress.io
4 6 (6.12%) Sonatype Nexus
4 6 (6.12%) Visual Studio
5 3 (3.06%) GitLab
6 1 (1.02%) Robot Framework
6 1 (1.02%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 49 (50.00%) Finance
2 37 (37.76%) Banking
3 26 (26.53%) Social Skills
4 11 (11.22%) Telecoms
5 8 (8.16%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (8.16%) Law
5 8 (8.16%) Retail
6 5 (5.10%) Automotive
6 5 (5.10%) Public Sector
7 3 (3.06%) Electronics
7 3 (3.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (3.06%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 26 (26.53%) Lead
2 22 (22.45%) Cloud Engineer
3 21 (21.43%) Software Engineer
4 16 (16.33%) Senior
5 14 (14.29%) Architect
6 11 (11.22%) Cloud Architect
7 10 (10.20%) Security Engineer
8 9 (9.18%) Cloud Security Engineer
8 9 (9.18%) Java Engineer
9 8 (8.16%) Senior Cloud Engineer
10 7 (7.14%) Lead Java Engineer
11 6 (6.12%) Lead Architect
11 6 (6.12%) Security Architect
11 6 (6.12%) Senior Software Engineer
12 5 (5.10%) 1st Line Support
12 5 (5.10%) Developer
12 5 (5.10%) IT Support
12 5 (5.10%) Lead Cloud Architect
13 4 (4.08%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
13 4 (4.08%) Senior Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (11.22%) .NET
1 11 (11.22%) Node.js
1 11 (11.22%) Spring Boot
2 10 (10.20%) Jest
3 9 (9.18%) RESTful
4 8 (8.16%) React
5 6 (6.12%) AngularJS
5 6 (6.12%) ASP.NET
5 6 (6.12%) ASP.NET MVC
5 6 (6.12%) REST
5 6 (6.12%) Web Services
6 5 (5.10%) Kafka
7 4 (4.08%) .NET Core
7 4 (4.08%) .NET Framework
7 4 (4.08%) Enzyme
7 4 (4.08%) Redux
8 3 (3.06%) Spring
9 2 (2.04%) OAuth
9 2 (2.04%) OAuth2
9 2 (2.04%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 31 (31.63%) Cloud Native
2 14 (14.29%) Hybrid Cloud
3 12 (12.24%) Private Cloud
4 11 (11.22%) Data Structures
5 10 (10.20%) Algorithms
5 10 (10.20%) Management Information System
5 10 (10.20%) Product Ownership
6 9 (9.18%) Data Centre
7 8 (8.16%) Security Posture
8 7 (7.14%) Distributed Systems
8 7 (7.14%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (6.12%) Distributed Applications
10 3 (3.06%) Greenfield Project
11 1 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
11 1 (1.02%) IBM Mainframe
11 1 (1.02%) Mainframe
11 1 (1.02%) Operational Technology
11 1 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 27 (27.55%) Linux
1 27 (27.55%) Windows
2 7 (7.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (2.04%) Debian
3 2 (2.04%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.02%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.02%) Ubuntu
4 1 (1.02%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (40.82%) Agile
1 40 (40.82%) DevOps
1 40 (40.82%) Infrastructure as Code
2 35 (35.71%) CI/CD
3 25 (25.51%) Software Engineering
4 24 (24.49%) Cloud Security
5 23 (23.47%) Problem-Solving
6 22 (22.45%) Microservices
6 22 (22.45%) Roadmaps
7 21 (21.43%) Test Automation
8 20 (20.41%) Continuous Improvement
9 18 (18.37%) Computer Science
10 14 (14.29%) Analytics
10 14 (14.29%) Full-Stack Development
10 14 (14.29%) Mentoring
11 13 (13.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 11 (11.22%) Stakeholder Management
13 10 (10.20%) Architectural Design
13 10 (10.20%) Coaching
13 10 (10.20%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 27 (27.55%) Python
2 19 (19.39%) Java
3 17 (17.35%) JavaScript
4 14 (14.29%) SQL
5 9 (9.18%) PowerShell
6 7 (7.14%) Bash
7 6 (6.12%) C#
8 5 (5.10%) Go
8 5 (5.10%) TypeScript
8 5 (5.10%) VB
8 5 (5.10%) VBA
9 4 (4.08%) R
10 2 (2.04%) Clojure
10 2 (2.04%) Elixir
10 2 (2.04%) Groovy
10 2 (2.04%) Rust
10 2 (2.04%) Scala
11 1 (1.02%) C++
Qualifications
1 22 (22.45%) Degree
2 10 (10.20%) AWS Certification
2 10 (10.20%) Security Cleared
3 6 (6.12%) DBS Check
3 6 (6.12%) Numerate Degree
4 5 (5.10%) Azure Certification
4 5 (5.10%) DV Cleared
5 4 (4.08%) Master's Degree
5 4 (4.08%) PhD
6 3 (3.06%) SC Cleared
7 2 (2.04%) CEH
7 2 (2.04%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (2.04%) CISM
7 2 (2.04%) CISSP
8 1 (1.02%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (1.02%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 1 (1.02%) CCNA
8 1 (1.02%) MCSA
8 1 (1.02%) MCSE
8 1 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.06%) GDPR
1 3 (3.06%) NIST
2 2 (2.04%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27005
3 1 (1.02%) NIST 800
3 1 (1.02%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 15 (15.31%) Docker
2 14 (14.29%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (7.14%) Active Directory
4 3 (3.06%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (1.02%) KVM
5 1 (1.02%) vSphere
5 1 (1.02%) Xen
Systems Management
1 27 (27.55%) Kubernetes
2 23 (23.47%) Terraform
3 13 (13.27%) Ansible
4 7 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (5.10%) Puppet
6 1 (1.02%) CFEngine
6 1 (1.02%) FortiGate
6 1 (1.02%) Progress Chef
6 1 (1.02%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 23 (23.47%) Microsoft
2 10 (10.20%) Google
3 5 (5.10%) Logitech
4 4 (4.08%) Adobe
4 4 (4.08%) Tealium
5 3 (3.06%) Cisco
5 3 (3.06%) Juniper
5 3 (3.06%) Oracle
5 3 (3.06%) Palo Alto
5 3 (3.06%) VMware
6 2 (2.04%) Dynatrace
6 2 (2.04%) Fiserv
6 2 (2.04%) Qualys
6 2 (2.04%) Rapid7
6 2 (2.04%) TSYS
7 1 (1.02%) Apple
7 1 (1.02%) CheckPoint
7 1 (1.02%) F5
7 1 (1.02%) SAP
7 1 (1.02%) Veeam