Cloud Security Jobs in the UK excluding London

Cloud Security
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 354 166 357
Rank change year-on-year -188 +191 -39
Permanent jobs citing Cloud Security 496 1,247 674
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.69% 2.11% 0.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.83% 2.21% 0.99%
Number of salaries quoted 407 527 347
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,999 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,956 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.82% +14.71% -4.17%
75th Percentile £72,433 £90,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £104,100 £89,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £75,000 £70,700
% change year-on-year -13.33% +6.08% +1.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59,836 56,548 67,835
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.53% 95.58% 94.15%
Number of salaries quoted 41,285 29,231 41,036
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.43%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

Cloud Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Cloud Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Cloud Security in the UK excluding London

Cloud Security
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cloud Security in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Cloud Security in the UK excluding London

Cloud Security
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cloud Security in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cloud Security in the UK excluding London

Cloud Security
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cloud Security within the UK excluding London 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
North of England -123 177 £52,500 -19.23% 45
South East -98 107 £50,000 -25.93% 38
North West -108 85 £50,000 -16.67% 17
Midlands -68 73 £65,000 -13.33% 20
South West -66 70 £59,526 -20.63% 21
Yorkshire -69 63 £60,000 -12.43% 20
West Midlands -47 47 £75,000 - 16
Scotland -116 39 £59,526 -14.29% 12
North East +10 29 £42,500 -12.82% 8
East Midlands -17 25 £60,500 -12.00% 4
East of England -41 19 £72,500 +52.70% 4
Northern Ireland +19 7 £90,000 +80.00% 2
Isle of Man - 4 £46,500 - 1
Wales -2 2 £72,500 +61.11%
Cloud Security
UK

Cloud Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 20 (4.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (1.61%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.81%) CloudStack
4 1 (0.20%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (0.20%) Confluence
4 1 (0.20%) IIS
Applications
1 17 (3.43%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.01%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 287 (57.86%) Azure
2 140 (28.23%) AWS
3 120 (24.19%) Microsoft 365
4 70 (14.11%) GCP
5 54 (10.89%) PaaS
6 46 (9.27%) SaaS
7 42 (8.47%) Entra ID
8 40 (8.06%) Cloud Computing
9 39 (7.86%) Azure DevOps
10 37 (7.46%) IaaS
11 21 (4.23%) GitHub
12 19 (3.83%) Azure Sentinel
13 15 (3.02%) Serverless
14 11 (2.22%) Amazon ECS
14 11 (2.22%) Amazon S3
14 11 (2.22%) Mimecast
15 10 (2.02%) Amazon EC2
15 10 (2.02%) AWS CloudFormation
15 10 (2.02%) Azure Logic Apps
15 10 (2.02%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 106 (21.37%) Firewall
2 76 (15.32%) Network Security
3 34 (6.85%) DNS
4 33 (6.65%) WAN
5 32 (6.45%) LAN
6 30 (6.05%) Internet
7 28 (5.65%) VPN
8 26 (5.24%) DKIM
8 26 (5.24%) DMARC
9 18 (3.63%) Software-Defined Networking
10 17 (3.43%) WLAN
11 16 (3.23%) Wireless
12 14 (2.82%) SD-WAN
13 12 (2.42%) BGP
14 11 (2.22%) VoIP
15 10 (2.02%) Broadband
15 10 (2.02%) Intrusion Detection
15 10 (2.02%) Wi-Fi
16 9 (1.81%) TCP/IP
17 8 (1.61%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (1.81%) Amazon RDS
2 7 (1.41%) Power BI
3 5 (1.01%) SQL Server
4 4 (0.81%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.20%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.20%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.20%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.20%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 26 (5.24%) Jenkins
2 11 (2.22%) Git
3 6 (1.21%) Burp Suite
4 5 (1.01%) GitLab
4 5 (1.01%) Maven
4 5 (1.01%) Selenium
4 5 (1.01%) SonarQube
5 4 (0.81%) Metasploit
6 2 (0.40%) JIRA
6 2 (0.40%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.20%) sqlmap
7 1 (0.20%) Visual Studio
General
1 143 (28.83%) Social Skills
2 89 (17.94%) Finance
3 57 (11.49%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (7.66%) Retail
5 32 (6.45%) Banking
6 18 (3.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (2.82%) Legal
8 13 (2.62%) Law
9 11 (2.22%) Back Office
10 10 (2.02%) Public Sector
10 10 (2.02%) Tech for Good
11 9 (1.81%) Marketing
12 8 (1.61%) Games
13 6 (1.21%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.40%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.40%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.40%) Police
14 2 (0.40%) Publishing
14 2 (0.40%) Welsh Language
15 1 (0.20%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 112 (22.58%) Analyst
2 95 (19.15%) Security Analyst
3 87 (17.54%) Architect
4 81 (16.33%) Senior
5 74 (14.92%) Cloud Engineer
6 55 (11.09%) Security Engineer
7 52 (10.48%) Information Analyst
7 52 (10.48%) Information Security Analyst
8 50 (10.08%) Lead
9 36 (7.26%) Security Architect
10 32 (6.45%) Cloud Architect
11 30 (6.05%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 29 (5.85%) Cloud Security Engineer
13 27 (5.44%) Network Engineer
14 22 (4.44%) Security Manager
14 22 (4.44%) Senior Analyst
14 22 (4.44%) Senior Cloud Engineer
14 22 (4.44%) Team Leader
15 20 (4.03%) Senior Security Analyst
15 20 (4.03%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.61%) .NET
1 8 (1.61%) Laravel
2 7 (1.41%) Middleware
3 6 (1.21%) AngularJS
4 5 (1.01%) JSON
4 5 (1.01%) YAML
5 4 (0.81%) LAMP
5 4 (0.81%) LDAP
6 3 (0.60%) SailPoint
7 2 (0.40%) AWS CDK
7 2 (0.40%) Django
7 2 (0.40%) Lambda Expressions
7 2 (0.40%) Node.js
7 2 (0.40%) Oracle Fusion
7 2 (0.40%) RESTful
7 2 (0.40%) XML
8 1 (0.20%) ADO
8 1 (0.20%) OAuth
8 1 (0.20%) SAML
8 1 (0.20%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 46 (9.27%) Cloud Native
1 46 (9.27%) Data Centre
2 42 (8.47%) Management Information System
3 41 (8.27%) Public Cloud
4 40 (8.06%) Cyberattack
5 29 (5.85%) Cyber Threat
6 19 (3.83%) Private Cloud
6 19 (3.83%) Security Operations Centre
6 19 (3.83%) Security Posture
7 14 (2.82%) Driving Licence
7 14 (2.82%) Product Ownership
8 12 (2.42%) Onboarding
9 11 (2.22%) Data Protection Act
10 7 (1.41%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 7 (1.41%) Hybrid Cloud
11 6 (1.21%) CCTV
11 6 (1.21%) Distributed Systems
11 6 (1.21%) IoT
11 6 (1.21%) NHS
11 6 (1.21%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 113 (22.78%) Windows
2 61 (12.30%) Linux
3 57 (11.49%) Windows Server
4 19 (3.83%) Windows 10
5 17 (3.43%) Unix
6 11 (2.22%) Windows Server 2016
6 11 (2.22%) Windows Server 2019
7 7 (1.41%) Solaris
7 7 (1.41%) Ubuntu
8 6 (1.21%) Android
8 6 (1.21%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.60%) Kali Linux
9 3 (0.60%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.60%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.40%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 172 (34.68%) Cybersecurity
2 152 (30.65%) Information Security
3 124 (25.00%) DevOps
4 101 (20.36%) Problem-Solving
5 85 (17.14%) Agile
6 83 (16.73%) SIEM
7 78 (15.73%) Infrastructure as Code
8 64 (12.90%) CI/CD
9 50 (10.08%) Vulnerability Management
10 44 (8.87%) Incident Response
10 44 (8.87%) Roadmaps
11 43 (8.67%) Identity Access Management
12 42 (8.47%) Continuous Improvement
13 41 (8.27%) Risk Management
13 41 (8.27%) Security Operations
14 40 (8.06%) Containerisation
15 38 (7.66%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 35 (7.06%) DevSecOps
17 34 (6.85%) Data Protection
18 33 (6.65%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 75 (15.12%) Python
2 44 (8.87%) PowerShell
3 29 (5.85%) Bash
3 29 (5.85%) SQL
4 16 (3.23%) Bicep
4 16 (3.23%) Java
4 16 (3.23%) JavaScript
5 8 (1.61%) C#
5 8 (1.61%) PHP
5 8 (1.61%) Rust
6 7 (1.41%) Kusto Query Language
7 6 (1.21%) Go
8 5 (1.01%) C
8 5 (1.01%) R
8 5 (1.01%) Scala
8 5 (1.01%) Shell Script
9 4 (0.81%) AWK
9 4 (0.81%) sed
10 1 (0.20%) Ruby
10 1 (0.20%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 70 (14.11%) CISSP
2 53 (10.69%) Degree
3 39 (7.86%) Azure Certification
4 32 (6.45%) CISM
5 29 (5.85%) AWS Certification
5 29 (5.85%) Cisco Certification
6 25 (5.04%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 22 (4.44%) CCSP
8 21 (4.23%) CEH
9 20 (4.03%) Security Cleared
10 19 (3.83%) Computer Science Degree
11 17 (3.43%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 16 (3.23%) Master's Degree
13 14 (2.82%) Microsoft Certification
14 12 (2.42%) SC Cleared
15 11 (2.22%) CompTIA CySA+
15 11 (2.22%) CompTIA Security+
15 11 (2.22%) SANS
16 10 (2.02%) CRISC
17 9 (1.81%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (18.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 88 (17.74%) NIST
3 41 (8.27%) PCI DSS
4 23 (4.64%) GDPR
5 21 (4.23%) Cyber Essentials
6 18 (3.63%) GRC
7 16 (3.23%) SLA
8 7 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 6 (1.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 6 (1.21%) NIST 800
10 5 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 4 (0.81%) COBIT
11 4 (0.81%) NCSC
11 4 (0.81%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.40%) ITGC
12 2 (0.40%) QA
13 1 (0.20%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.20%) ISO 22301
13 1 (0.20%) ISO 31000
13 1 (0.20%) PMO
System Software
1 69 (13.91%) Active Directory
2 49 (9.88%) Docker
3 31 (6.25%) Hyper-V
4 19 (3.83%) VMware Infrastructure
5 12 (2.42%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (1.21%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (1.21%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (0.81%) vSphere
8 3 (0.60%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 59 (11.90%) Kubernetes
2 56 (11.29%) Terraform
3 36 (7.26%) CASB
4 23 (4.64%) Ansible
5 19 (3.83%) Microsoft Intune
6 11 (2.22%) FortiGate
7 9 (1.81%) Nmap
8 8 (1.61%) Single Sign-On
9 7 (1.41%) SCCM
10 6 (1.21%) Progress Chef
10 6 (1.21%) Puppet
11 5 (1.01%) Argo
11 5 (1.01%) Nagios
11 5 (1.01%) OfficeScan
11 5 (1.01%) WSUS
12 4 (0.81%) cPanel
12 4 (0.81%) Plesk
13 3 (0.60%) Nessus
13 3 (0.60%) vCenter Server
14 2 (0.40%) Host Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 138 (27.82%) Microsoft
2 44 (8.87%) Google
3 41 (8.27%) Cisco
4 22 (4.44%) VMware
5 16 (3.23%) Juniper
6 14 (2.82%) Splunk
7 13 (2.62%) Palo Alto
8 12 (2.42%) Barracuda Networks
8 12 (2.42%) Rapid7
9 11 (2.22%) Apple
9 11 (2.22%) ConnectWise
9 11 (2.22%) Sophos
10 10 (2.02%) Draytek
11 9 (1.81%) Qualys
12 8 (1.61%) Oracle
13 7 (1.41%) CheckPoint
14 6 (1.21%) CyberArk
14 6 (1.21%) McAfee
14 6 (1.21%) ServiceNow
14 6 (1.21%) Thycotic