Cloud Computing
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Cloud Computing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cloud Computing over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 356 409 266
Rank change year-on-year +53 -143 +90
Permanent jobs citing Cloud Computing 765 765 2,487
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.77% 0.77% 1.55%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.16% 1.79% 3.21%
Number of salaries quoted 568 469 785
10th Percentile £31,250 £45,000 £43,600
25th Percentile £42,938 £53,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -6.90% +15.08%
75th Percentile £78,750 £86,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £95,375 £102,500 £109,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -11.54% +18.18%

All Cloud Skills
UK

Cloud Computing is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 35,393 42,765 77,465
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.51% 42.94% 48.41%
Number of salaries quoted 26,672 28,066 41,284
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £102,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

Cloud Computing
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Cloud Computing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Cloud Computing in the UK

Cloud Computing
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cloud Computing.

Salary trend for Cloud Computing in the UK

Cloud Computing
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cloud Computing over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cloud Computing in the UK

Cloud Computing
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cloud Computing within the UK over the 6 months to 16 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
England +26 590 £60,000 -11.11% 195
UK excluding London +109 507 £55,000 -4.35% 113
Work from Home +6 314 £57,500 -14.81% 140
London +5 206 £72,500 - 83
North of England +67 131 £55,000 -4.35% 37
South East +52 127 £57,500 -4.17% 23
Scotland +9 102 £53,750 +43.33% 9
Yorkshire +101 66 £56,500 -5.83% 12
Midlands +29 57 £52,500 -19.23% 14
North West -10 43 £55,000 -6.38% 19
South West -64 41 £65,000 -3.70% 17
West Midlands +26 36 £46,225 -28.88% 5
East of England +11 23 £58,750 +17.50% 5
North East +10 22 £67,500 +41.59% 6
East Midlands +11 21 £60,000 +44.03% 9
Wales +19 15 £41,067 -35.48% 4
Northern Ireland - 11 - - 4

Cloud Computing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 33 (4.31%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (3.14%) IIS
2 24 (3.14%) SharePoint
3 20 (2.61%) Confluence
4 11 (1.44%) Apache
4 11 (1.44%) Apache Spark
5 9 (1.18%) CMS
6 4 (0.52%) WordPress
7 3 (0.39%) CloudStack
8 2 (0.26%) BizTalk Server
8 2 (0.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.13%) IBM Notes
9 1 (0.13%) JBoss
Applications
1 14 (1.83%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.18%) Photoshop
3 5 (0.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.65%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.39%) Trello
5 2 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (0.52%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 3 (0.39%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.13%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.13%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.13%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 452 (59.08%) Azure
2 346 (45.23%) AWS
3 128 (16.73%) Microsoft 365
4 116 (15.16%) GCP
5 66 (8.63%) Azure DevOps
6 58 (7.58%) SaaS
7 52 (6.80%) IaaS
8 51 (6.67%) PaaS
9 44 (5.75%) Entra ID
10 42 (5.49%) Power Platform
11 36 (4.71%) Serverless
12 24 (3.14%) Azure Monitor
12 24 (3.14%) GitHub
13 21 (2.75%) Microsoft Purview
14 20 (2.61%) PowerApps
15 18 (2.35%) Slack
16 17 (2.22%) OneDrive
17 16 (2.09%) Azure Sentinel
18 14 (1.83%) AWS CloudFormation
19 13 (1.70%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 83 (10.85%) Firewall
2 71 (9.28%) WAN
3 69 (9.02%) Network Security
4 48 (6.27%) LAN
5 40 (5.23%) VPN
6 38 (4.97%) TCP/IP
7 30 (3.92%) DNS
8 25 (3.27%) Internet
9 23 (3.01%) Wireless
10 18 (2.35%) HTTP
10 18 (2.35%) MQTT
11 17 (2.22%) SAN
11 17 (2.22%) Wi-Fi
12 14 (1.83%) BGP
12 14 (1.83%) DHCP
12 14 (1.83%) MPLS
12 14 (1.83%) Unified Communications
12 14 (1.83%) VLAN
12 14 (1.83%) Wireshark
13 12 (1.57%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (14.25%) NoSQL
2 77 (10.07%) SQL Server
3 40 (5.23%) Big Data
4 25 (3.27%) Power BI
5 23 (3.01%) Data Warehouse
6 22 (2.88%) Data Lake
7 21 (2.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 20 (2.61%) MySQL
9 18 (2.35%) Azure SQL Database
10 15 (1.96%) Amazon RDS
10 15 (1.96%) Elasticsearch
10 15 (1.96%) Relational Database
11 13 (1.70%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 12 (1.57%) MongoDB
13 11 (1.44%) PostgreSQL
13 11 (1.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 10 (1.31%) Redis
15 6 (0.78%) MariaDB
16 5 (0.65%) DTS
16 5 (0.65%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 58 (7.58%) Git
2 56 (7.32%) Jenkins
3 47 (6.14%) JIRA
4 27 (3.53%) GitLab
5 17 (2.22%) Selenium
6 16 (2.09%) CircleCI
7 13 (1.70%) Robot Framework
8 12 (1.57%) JUnit
9 10 (1.31%) Cucumber
10 5 (0.65%) Bitbucket
10 5 (0.65%) Cypress.io
10 5 (0.65%) Visual Studio
10 5 (0.65%) Visual Studio Code
11 4 (0.52%) JMeter
11 4 (0.52%) Travis CI
12 3 (0.39%) Appium
12 3 (0.39%) Moq
12 3 (0.39%) SoapUI
12 3 (0.39%) SpecFlow
12 3 (0.39%) Subversion
General
1 291 (38.04%) Social Skills
2 205 (26.80%) Finance
3 95 (12.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 88 (11.50%) Analytical Skills
5 64 (8.37%) Law
6 52 (6.80%) Legal
7 48 (6.27%) Public Sector
8 34 (4.44%) Banking
9 29 (3.79%) Telecoms
10 25 (3.27%) Marketing
11 23 (3.01%) Manufacturing
12 22 (2.88%) Retail
13 21 (2.75%) Presentation Skills
14 15 (1.96%) Aerospace
15 14 (1.83%) Electronics
16 12 (1.57%) Automotive
17 9 (1.18%) Police
18 8 (1.05%) Pharmaceutical
19 7 (0.92%) Local Government
20 6 (0.78%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 130 (16.99%) Senior
2 110 (14.38%) Architect
3 105 (13.73%) Developer
4 84 (10.98%) Lead
5 63 (8.24%) Software Engineer
6 43 (5.62%) Cloud Engineer
7 39 (5.10%) Consultant
8 38 (4.97%) Solutions Architect
9 37 (4.84%) AWS Engineer
10 33 (4.31%) AWS Software Engineer
11 31 (4.05%) Service Manager
11 31 (4.05%) Systems Engineer
12 29 (3.79%) Security Engineer
13 28 (3.66%) Data Engineer
13 28 (3.66%) Technical Manager
14 27 (3.53%) IT Manager
15 26 (3.40%) Analyst
15 26 (3.40%) Cloud Architect
16 25 (3.27%) Senior Developer
16 25 (3.27%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (9.41%) .NET
2 44 (5.75%) HTML
3 42 (5.49%) React
4 30 (3.92%) RESTful
5 28 (3.66%) CSS
6 25 (3.27%) AngularJS
7 24 (3.14%) Vue
8 22 (2.88%) Kafka
9 20 (2.61%) Web Services
10 19 (2.48%) .NET Core
10 19 (2.48%) Node.js
11 18 (2.35%) Spring
11 18 (2.35%) XML
12 16 (2.09%) Laravel
13 14 (1.83%) ASP.NET
14 13 (1.70%) Entity Framework
14 13 (1.70%) REST
15 10 (1.31%) JSON
15 10 (1.31%) PyTorch
15 10 (1.31%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 67 (8.76%) Management Information System
2 56 (7.32%) Algorithms
3 48 (6.27%) Public Cloud
4 47 (6.14%) IoT
5 46 (6.01%) Onboarding
6 43 (5.62%) Data Centre
7 29 (3.79%) Hybrid Cloud
8 28 (3.66%) Product Ownership
9 24 (3.14%) Mobile App
10 23 (3.01%) Clustering
10 23 (3.01%) Distributed Systems
11 21 (2.75%) Private Cloud
12 19 (2.48%) Cloud Native
13 17 (2.22%) PKI
14 15 (1.96%) Linux Command Line
15 14 (1.83%) Security Operations Centre
16 11 (1.44%) Greenfield Project
17 10 (1.31%) NHS
17 10 (1.31%) Security Posture
17 10 (1.31%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 127 (16.60%) Windows
2 86 (11.24%) Linux
3 54 (7.06%) Windows Server
4 22 (2.88%) Android
5 17 (2.22%) Unix
6 16 (2.09%) Apple iOS
7 15 (1.96%) Windows Server 2016
8 12 (1.57%) Windows 10
9 11 (1.44%) Ubuntu
10 8 (1.05%) CentOS
11 7 (0.92%) Debian
11 7 (0.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 6 (0.78%) Windows Server 2019
13 5 (0.65%) Kali Linux
13 5 (0.65%) Mac OS
14 3 (0.39%) SUSE
14 3 (0.39%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
14 3 (0.39%) VMS
15 2 (0.26%) Windows Vista
16 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 286 (37.39%) Problem-Solving
2 210 (27.45%) Agile
3 205 (26.80%) DevOps
4 174 (22.75%) CI/CD
5 132 (17.25%) Cybersecurity
6 130 (16.99%) Computer Science
7 129 (16.86%) Artificial Intelligence
8 127 (16.60%) Software Engineering
9 116 (15.16%) Machine Learning
10 110 (14.38%) Continuous Improvement
11 101 (13.20%) Roadmaps
12 90 (11.76%) Containerisation
13 87 (11.37%) Project Management
14 82 (10.72%) Analytics
14 82 (10.72%) Risk Management
15 79 (10.33%) Microservices
16 78 (10.20%) Infrastructure as Code
17 73 (9.54%) ITIL
17 73 (9.54%) SDLC
18 69 (9.02%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 195 (25.49%) SQL
2 190 (24.84%) Python
3 76 (9.93%) Java
4 75 (9.80%) PowerShell
5 68 (8.89%) C#
6 63 (8.24%) JavaScript
7 42 (5.49%) Bash
8 23 (3.01%) TypeScript
9 20 (2.61%) PHP
10 17 (2.22%) Bicep
11 12 (1.57%) C++
11 12 (1.57%) Ruby
12 10 (1.31%) Go
13 8 (1.05%) C
13 8 (1.05%) T-SQL
14 5 (0.65%) Rust
14 5 (0.65%) Shell Script
15 4 (0.52%) AWK
15 4 (0.52%) Kotlin
15 4 (0.52%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 160 (20.92%) Degree
2 85 (11.11%) Security Cleared
3 84 (10.98%) Computer Science Degree
4 55 (7.19%) Azure Certification
5 50 (6.54%) SC Cleared
6 45 (5.88%) Master's Degree
7 39 (5.10%) CISSP
8 35 (4.58%) Cisco Certification
9 29 (3.79%) Microsoft Certification
10 21 (2.75%) CCNA
10 21 (2.75%) PhD
11 20 (2.61%) AWS Certification
12 17 (2.22%) CEH
13 15 (1.96%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 15 (1.96%) CCNP
13 15 (1.96%) MCSA
14 14 (1.83%) CCSP
14 14 (1.83%) SANS
14 14 (1.83%) SSCP
15 12 (1.57%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (10.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 37 (4.84%) Cyber Essentials
3 31 (4.05%) GDPR
3 31 (4.05%) NIST
4 26 (3.40%) PCI DSS
5 21 (2.75%) SLA
6 20 (2.61%) QA
7 14 (1.83%) Data Quality
8 9 (1.18%) NCSC
8 9 (1.18%) PSD2
9 8 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 6 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 5 (0.65%) Accessibility
12 4 (0.52%) ISO 9001
13 3 (0.39%) GRC
13 3 (0.39%) PMO
13 3 (0.39%) WCAG
14 2 (0.26%) COBIT
14 2 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 2 (0.26%) SOC 2
System Software
1 102 (13.33%) Docker
2 86 (11.24%) Active Directory
3 42 (5.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 29 (3.79%) Hyper-V
5 22 (2.88%) VMware NSX
6 14 (1.83%) Virtual Desktop
7 10 (1.31%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (0.92%) Firmware
9 3 (0.39%) Ceph
9 3 (0.39%) Gluster
9 3 (0.39%) KVM
9 3 (0.39%) oVirt
9 3 (0.39%) VirtualBox
10 2 (0.26%) Kamailio
10 2 (0.26%) NFS
11 1 (0.13%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 122 (15.95%) Kubernetes
2 61 (7.97%) Microsoft Intune
3 60 (7.84%) Terraform
4 37 (4.84%) Ansible
5 17 (2.22%) Prometheus
6 16 (2.09%) Grafana
7 14 (1.83%) Nmap
8 10 (1.31%) SCOM
9 9 (1.18%) Puppet
10 7 (0.92%) Kibana
10 7 (0.92%) Single Sign-On
11 6 (0.78%) Progress Chef
11 6 (0.78%) ZABBIX
12 5 (0.65%) SCCM
12 5 (0.65%) Suricata
13 4 (0.52%) Nessus
14 3 (0.39%) Graylog
14 3 (0.39%) logstash
14 3 (0.39%) Nagios
14 3 (0.39%) Observium
Vendors
1 280 (36.60%) Microsoft
2 72 (9.41%) VMware
3 66 (8.63%) Google
4 57 (7.45%) Cisco
5 51 (6.67%) Databricks
6 29 (3.79%) Splunk
7 24 (3.14%) SAP
8 22 (2.88%) Fortinet
9 20 (2.61%) SolarWinds
10 18 (2.35%) Oracle
11 16 (2.09%) Palo Alto
12 14 (1.83%) Citrix
12 14 (1.83%) Qualys
12 14 (1.83%) Rapid7
12 14 (1.83%) ServiceNow
12 14 (1.83%) Thycotic
13 12 (1.57%) Juniper
14 11 (1.44%) HP
15 10 (1.31%) Red Hat
16 8 (1.05%) Apple