Cloud Security Jobs in the North West

Cloud Security
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Cloud Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cloud Security over the 6 months to 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 206 98 291
Rank change year-on-year -108 +193 -103
Permanent jobs citing Cloud Security 85 264 50
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.85% 3.42% 0.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.03% 3.58% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 74 64 36
10th Percentile £41,750 £48,091 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,313 £53,603 £50,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -4.00% +7.76%
75th Percentile £66,875 £80,313 £72,500
90th Percentile £77,875 £100,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £75,000 £72,000
% change year-on-year -13.33% +4.17% +2.86%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Cloud Security is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,218 7,384 9,018
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 82.39% 95.54% 95.43%
Number of salaries quoted 6,229 3,886 5,253
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,188 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,500 £81,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Cloud Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Cloud Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Cloud Security in the North West

Cloud Security
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cloud Security in the North West.

Salary trend for Cloud Security in the North West

Cloud Security
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cloud Security in the North West over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cloud Security in the North West

Cloud Security
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cloud Security within the North West region over the 6 months to 19 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester -69 62 £59,526 -0.79% 14
Merseyside -3 18 £47,000 - 1
Cheshire -16 5 £45,750 -52.47% 2
Cloud Security
England

Cloud Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 4 (4.71%) CloudStack
2 2 (2.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.35%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 35 (41.18%) Azure
2 23 (27.06%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (10.59%) Azure DevOps
3 9 (10.59%) PaaS
4 8 (9.41%) AWS
5 5 (5.88%) GCP
6 4 (4.71%) SaaS
7 3 (3.53%) GitHub
8 2 (2.35%) Entra ID
8 2 (2.35%) IaaS
8 2 (2.35%) OCI
9 1 (1.18%) Amazon EC2
9 1 (1.18%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (1.18%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (1.18%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 14 (16.47%) Network Security
1 14 (16.47%) Wireless
2 11 (12.94%) LAN
2 11 (12.94%) Software-Defined Networking
2 11 (12.94%) WLAN
3 10 (11.76%) DKIM
3 10 (11.76%) DMARC
3 10 (11.76%) DNS
3 10 (11.76%) Internet
4 7 (8.24%) NGFW
5 4 (4.71%) NAS
5 4 (4.71%) SAN
5 4 (4.71%) VSAN
5 4 (4.71%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.35%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (4.71%) Jenkins
2 3 (3.53%) Burp Suite
2 3 (3.53%) Metasploit
General
1 19 (22.35%) Social Skills
2 13 (15.29%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (9.41%) Finance
4 7 (8.24%) Public Sector
5 5 (5.88%) Legal
6 3 (3.53%) Banking
6 3 (3.53%) Law
7 2 (2.35%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.35%) Retail
7 2 (2.35%) Tech for Good
8 1 (1.18%) Mandarin Language
8 1 (1.18%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 19 (22.35%) Analyst
1 19 (22.35%) Security Analyst
2 18 (21.18%) Architect
3 16 (18.82%) Information Analyst
3 16 (18.82%) Information Security Analyst
4 11 (12.94%) Security Architect
5 10 (11.76%) Lead
5 10 (11.76%) Senior
6 8 (9.41%) Security Engineer
7 7 (8.24%) Network Engineer
7 7 (8.24%) Security Manager
7 7 (8.24%) Systems Manager
8 6 (7.06%) Systems Engineer
9 5 (5.88%) Network Security Engineer
9 5 (5.88%) Operations Team Leader
9 5 (5.88%) Team Leader
10 4 (4.71%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
10 4 (4.71%) Data Centre Engineer
10 4 (4.71%) Lead Software Developer
10 4 (4.71%) Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.71%) LAMP
2 2 (2.35%) .NET
2 2 (2.35%) Django
2 2 (2.35%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 22 (25.88%) Data Centre
2 17 (20.00%) Cyberattack
3 14 (16.47%) Security Posture
4 12 (14.12%) Cloud Native
5 10 (11.76%) Management Information System
6 7 (8.24%) Cyber Threat
7 6 (7.06%) Public Cloud
8 4 (4.71%) Blog
8 4 (4.71%) Driving Licence
8 4 (4.71%) Enterprise Storage
9 3 (3.53%) IoT
9 3 (3.53%) Mobile App
9 3 (3.53%) Operational Technology
9 3 (3.53%) PMI
9 3 (3.53%) Product Ownership
10 2 (2.35%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (2.35%) Life Science
10 2 (2.35%) Security Operations Centre
11 1 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (8.24%) Linux
1 7 (8.24%) Windows
2 3 (3.53%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (38.82%) Information Security
2 28 (32.94%) Cybersecurity
3 22 (25.88%) DevOps
4 16 (18.82%) Roadmaps
5 14 (16.47%) Agile
6 12 (14.12%) Risk Assessment
6 12 (14.12%) Risk Management
7 11 (12.94%) SDLC
7 11 (12.94%) Vulnerability Remediation
8 10 (11.76%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 10 (11.76%) SIEM
8 10 (11.76%) SOAR
9 9 (10.59%) Infrastructure as Code
9 9 (10.59%) Problem-Solving
10 8 (9.41%) CI/CD
10 8 (9.41%) Continuous Improvement
10 8 (9.41%) Mentoring
10 8 (9.41%) Microservices
11 7 (8.24%) Data Centre Operations
11 7 (8.24%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (10.59%) Python
2 5 (5.88%) Java
2 5 (5.88%) JavaScript
3 2 (2.35%) C#
3 2 (2.35%) PowerShell
3 2 (2.35%) SQL
4 1 (1.18%) Bash
4 1 (1.18%) Go
Qualifications
1 11 (12.94%) CISSP
2 6 (7.06%) CISM
2 6 (7.06%) Security Cleared
3 5 (5.88%) OSCP
4 4 (4.71%) SC Cleared
5 3 (3.53%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 3 (3.53%) AWS Certification
5 3 (3.53%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (3.53%) CREST Certified
5 3 (3.53%) Degree
5 3 (3.53%) OSCE
5 3 (3.53%) PMI Certification
6 2 (2.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 2 (2.35%) BC Cleared
6 2 (2.35%) CEH
6 2 (2.35%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.18%) CCA
7 1 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.18%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (18.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (11.76%) NIST
3 7 (8.24%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 6 (7.06%) GRC
5 4 (4.71%) PCI DSS
6 2 (2.35%) ITGC
6 2 (2.35%) QA
7 1 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (1.18%) NCSC
7 1 (1.18%) SOC 2
System Software
1 9 (10.59%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (9.41%) Hyper-V
3 5 (5.88%) Docker
4 4 (4.71%) vSphere
5 2 (2.35%) Active Directory
6 1 (1.18%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 10 (11.76%) CASB
2 5 (5.88%) Kubernetes
2 5 (5.88%) Terraform
3 4 (4.71%) cPanel
3 4 (4.71%) Plesk
4 3 (3.53%) Nessus
4 3 (3.53%) Nmap
5 1 (1.18%) Ansible
5 1 (1.18%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 15 (17.65%) Cisco
2 12 (14.12%) Microsoft
3 11 (12.94%) Palo Alto
4 9 (10.59%) VMware
5 4 (4.71%) Dell
5 4 (4.71%) HP
5 4 (4.71%) NetApp
5 4 (4.71%) Veeam
6 3 (3.53%) Google
6 3 (3.53%) Qualys
7 2 (2.35%) Oracle