Public Cloud
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Cloud in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Public Cloud over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 223 99 223
Rank change year-on-year -124 +124 +24
Permanent jobs citing Public Cloud 1,342 3,251 3,079
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.31% 3.34% 1.84%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.79% 7.80% 3.82%
Number of salaries quoted 770 1,175 1,344
10th Percentile £46,250 £44,033 £46,250
25th Percentile £56,219 £56,219 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £73,676 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.78% +1.62% +11.54%
75th Percentile £83,759 £97,290 £97,813
90th Percentile £98,474 £117,236 £111,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,783 £65,351 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.93% +8.92% -

All Generic Skills
UK

Public Cloud is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 35,381 41,658 80,546
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.48% 42.79% 48.24%
Number of salaries quoted 23,078 22,714 34,326
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,738 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,070 £46,350 £45,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

Public Cloud
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Cloud in the UK

Public Cloud
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Public Cloud in the UK

Public Cloud
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Public Cloud over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Public Cloud in the UK

Public Cloud
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Public Cloud within the UK over the 6 months to 28 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
UK excluding London -95 1,036 £62,783 -3.93% 131
England -166 900 £67,500 -9.70% 185
Work from Home -62 604 £62,783 -13.40% 122
Scotland -7 376 £62,500 -13.04% 14
North of England -72 353 £62,783 -6.39% 55
London -154 265 £77,500 -3.13% 75
North West -72 181 £62,783 -3.93% 26
Yorkshire -35 137 £62,783 -6.39% 21
Midlands -138 96 £61,206 -5.84% 14
South West -73 92 £70,576 -5.27% 13
South East -82 64 £65,000 - 21
West Midlands -111 63 £63,128 -6.48% 12
North East +24 35 £62,783 -10.31% 8
East Midlands -81 33 £60,000 -4.00% 2
East of England -104 19 £57,825 +24.35% 5
Wales -30 18 £70,576 +52.73% 5
Northern Ireland 0 13 - - 6
Channel Islands - 5 £85,000 -

Public Cloud
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 55 (4.10%) IIS
2 54 (4.02%) Microsoft Exchange
3 46 (3.43%) WebLogic
4 34 (2.53%) Apache Spark
5 31 (2.31%) SharePoint
6 29 (2.16%) Apache
7 28 (2.09%) Tomcat
8 17 (1.27%) Cloud Foundry
9 10 (0.75%) Confluence
10 6 (0.45%) OpenStack
11 4 (0.30%) Drupal
12 2 (0.15%) BizTalk Server
13 1 (0.075%) Jetty
13 1 (0.075%) nginx
13 1 (0.075%) Umbraco
13 1 (0.075%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.075%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.075%) PTC Creo
3 1 (0.075%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 46 (3.43%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 27 (2.01%) NEC Housing
3 14 (1.04%) SAP S/4HANA
4 10 (0.75%) Remedy ITSM
5 7 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (0.30%) SAP BPC
6 4 (0.30%) SAP CO
6 4 (0.30%) SAP FI
6 4 (0.30%) SAP FI/CO
7 2 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.075%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 823 (61.33%) AWS
2 776 (57.82%) Azure
3 342 (25.48%) GCP
4 221 (16.47%) Microsoft 365
5 144 (10.73%) SaaS
6 137 (10.21%) PaaS
7 131 (9.76%) IaaS
8 103 (7.68%) Azure DevOps
9 83 (6.18%) GitHub
10 74 (5.51%) Datadog
11 63 (4.69%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 54 (4.02%) Amazon EKS
13 48 (3.58%) Cloud Computing
14 47 (3.50%) GitHub Actions
15 46 (3.43%) Amazon SQS
16 43 (3.20%) Entra ID
17 29 (2.16%) OpenShift
18 23 (1.71%) Amazon ECS
19 22 (1.64%) AWS CloudFormation
20 18 (1.34%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 125 (9.31%) Firewall
2 114 (8.49%) DNS
3 88 (6.56%) WAN
4 63 (4.69%) VPN
5 61 (4.55%) BGP
6 59 (4.40%) TCP/IP
7 55 (4.10%) LAN
8 50 (3.73%) SSL
9 44 (3.28%) DHCP
10 40 (2.98%) Wi-Fi
11 38 (2.83%) SD-WAN
12 28 (2.09%) Unified Communications
13 27 (2.01%) VLAN
14 24 (1.79%) SAN
15 21 (1.56%) Wireless
16 20 (1.49%) MPLS
17 19 (1.42%) Cisco ISE
17 19 (1.42%) Network Security
18 17 (1.27%) DSL
18 17 (1.27%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 157 (11.70%) SQL Server
2 113 (8.42%) Relational Database
3 90 (6.71%) NoSQL
4 78 (5.81%) Oracle Database
5 52 (3.87%) Big Data
5 52 (3.87%) RDBMS
6 48 (3.58%) Amazon RDS
6 48 (3.58%) DB2
7 37 (2.76%) Data Vault
8 32 (2.38%) MongoDB
9 29 (2.16%) Delta Lake
10 27 (2.01%) Data Warehouse
11 23 (1.71%) Apache Cassandra
11 23 (1.71%) Data Lake
12 19 (1.42%) Looker
13 17 (1.27%) Amazon Aurora
13 17 (1.27%) CockroachDB
13 17 (1.27%) Hadoop
13 17 (1.27%) Tableau
14 16 (1.19%) Apache Hive
Development Applications
1 83 (6.18%) Jenkins
2 53 (3.95%) JIRA
3 49 (3.65%) GitLab
4 38 (2.83%) CircleCI
5 34 (2.53%) Git
6 21 (1.56%) Artifactory
7 19 (1.42%) IBM UrbanCode
8 18 (1.34%) Maven
9 9 (0.67%) Oracle Forms
10 8 (0.60%) Bitbucket
11 6 (0.45%) Cypress.io
11 6 (0.45%) Jasmine
11 6 (0.45%) Karma Test Runner
11 6 (0.45%) Visual Studio Code
12 3 (0.22%) Selenium
12 3 (0.22%) SonarQube
12 3 (0.22%) Sonatype Nexus
12 3 (0.22%) Spinnaker
12 3 (0.22%) webpack
13 1 (0.075%) Chocolatey
General
1 503 (37.48%) Finance
2 325 (24.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 304 (22.65%) Social Skills
4 298 (22.21%) Law
5 198 (14.75%) Marketing
6 161 (12.00%) Banking
7 157 (11.70%) Public Sector
8 109 (8.12%) Presentation Skills
9 71 (5.29%) Analytical Skills
10 61 (4.55%) Legal
11 50 (3.73%) Investment Banking
12 43 (3.20%) Financial Institution
13 34 (2.53%) Organisational Skills
14 33 (2.46%) Private Banking
15 30 (2.24%) Police
16 28 (2.09%) Local Government
17 23 (1.71%) Retail
18 12 (0.89%) Billing
19 11 (0.82%) Games
20 8 (0.60%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 434 (32.34%) Architect
2 300 (22.35%) Lead
3 266 (19.82%) Senior
4 254 (18.93%) Software Engineer
5 204 (15.20%) Solutions Architect
6 178 (13.26%) Cloud Architect
7 173 (12.89%) Cloud Engineer
8 124 (9.24%) Lead Software Engineer
9 106 (7.90%) Cloud Software Engineer
10 103 (7.68%) Java Engineer
11 102 (7.60%) Java Software Engineer
12 100 (7.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 89 (6.63%) Lead Architect
14 85 (6.33%) Data Engineer
15 66 (4.92%) Lead Solutions Architect
16 60 (4.47%) DevOps Engineer
17 58 (4.32%) Senior Architect
18 57 (4.25%) Lead Java Engineer
19 55 (4.10%) Consultant
19 55 (4.10%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 125 (9.31%) Spring Boot
2 107 (7.97%) Spring
3 83 (6.18%) React
4 69 (5.14%) Kafka
5 68 (5.07%) AngularJS
6 56 (4.17%) .NET
6 56 (4.17%) RESTful
7 55 (4.10%) OpenTelemetry
8 49 (3.65%) HTML
9 48 (3.58%) CSS
10 46 (3.43%) RabbitMQ
11 37 (2.76%) OAuth
11 37 (2.76%) Web Services
12 34 (2.53%) REST
13 29 (2.16%) Middleware
14 26 (1.94%) PySpark
15 22 (1.64%) .NET Core
16 18 (1.34%) GraphQL
17 15 (1.12%) Node.js
18 12 (0.89%) JPA
Miscellaneous
1 210 (15.65%) Cloud Native
2 117 (8.72%) Data Centre
3 99 (7.38%) PKI
4 81 (6.04%) Enterprise Software
5 80 (5.96%) Management Information System
6 65 (4.84%) Product Ownership
7 62 (4.62%) Hybrid Cloud
8 59 (4.40%) Distributed Systems
9 54 (4.02%) Data Structures
10 43 (3.20%) Reinsurance
11 37 (2.76%) Clustering
11 37 (2.76%) Replication
12 35 (2.61%) Private Cloud
13 34 (2.53%) Self-Motivation
14 32 (2.38%) Algorithms
15 28 (2.09%) Enterprise Cloud
16 19 (1.42%) Onboarding
17 17 (1.27%) IoT
18 12 (0.89%) Cyberattack
18 12 (0.89%) Data Fabric
Operating Systems
1 296 (22.06%) Linux
2 261 (19.45%) Windows
3 68 (5.07%) Windows Server
4 63 (4.69%) Unix
5 50 (3.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 32 (2.38%) Solaris
7 17 (1.27%) Ubuntu
8 16 (1.19%) zOS
9 14 (1.04%) Mac OS
10 12 (0.89%) CentOS
10 12 (0.89%) Windows Server 2012
11 10 (0.75%) SUSE
12 9 (0.67%) Windows Server 2016
13 7 (0.52%) Android
13 7 (0.52%) Apple iOS
13 7 (0.52%) VMS
13 7 (0.52%) Windows 10
14 6 (0.45%) Mesosphere
14 6 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
15 4 (0.30%) DC/OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 604 (45.01%) Agile
2 347 (25.86%) CI/CD
3 340 (25.34%) Software Engineering
4 307 (22.88%) DevOps
5 292 (21.76%) SDLC
6 279 (20.79%) Mentoring
7 266 (19.82%) Operational Stability
8 262 (19.52%) Infrastructure as Code
9 235 (17.51%) Migration
10 188 (14.01%) Artificial Intelligence
11 185 (13.79%) Coaching
12 184 (13.71%) Machine Learning
13 181 (13.49%) Roadmaps
14 170 (12.67%) Project Management
15 167 (12.44%) Presales
16 163 (12.15%) Microservices
17 162 (12.07%) Architectural Design
18 161 (12.00%) TOGAF
19 155 (11.55%) Community of Practice
20 147 (10.95%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 309 (23.03%) Java
2 237 (17.66%) SQL
3 220 (16.39%) Python
4 84 (6.26%) PowerShell
5 60 (4.47%) JavaScript
6 47 (3.50%) Scala
7 46 (3.43%) C#
8 43 (3.20%) TypeScript
9 41 (3.06%) Bash
10 40 (2.98%) Shell Script
11 21 (1.56%) Go
11 21 (1.56%) PL/SQL
12 18 (1.34%) Groovy
13 13 (0.97%) R
14 10 (0.75%) T-SQL
15 6 (0.45%) C
15 6 (0.45%) PHP
16 4 (0.30%) MATLAB
17 3 (0.22%) AWK
17 3 (0.22%) sed
Qualifications
1 161 (12.00%) Security Cleared
2 127 (9.46%) Degree
3 111 (8.27%) Azure Certification
4 100 (7.45%) AWS Certification
5 67 (4.99%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 65 (4.84%) SC Cleared
7 45 (3.35%) Microsoft Certification
8 36 (2.68%) Cisco Certification
9 31 (2.31%) DV Cleared
10 28 (2.09%) TOGAF Certification
11 27 (2.01%) CCNA
12 23 (1.71%) CISSP
12 23 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
13 21 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
14 19 (1.42%) MCSE
15 17 (1.27%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 16 (1.19%) APMP
17 15 (1.12%) CISM
18 12 (0.89%) Master's Degree
19 11 (0.82%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (5.07%) SLA
2 46 (3.43%) Accessibility
3 41 (3.06%) Data Quality
4 25 (1.86%) NIST
5 23 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 23 (1.71%) PMO
6 18 (1.34%) QA
7 8 (0.60%) PCI DSS
8 6 (0.45%) GDPR
8 6 (0.45%) SOC 2
8 6 (0.45%) WAI
9 5 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
9 5 (0.37%) SOC 1
10 4 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 4 (0.30%) NCSC
11 3 (0.22%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.15%) GRC
12 2 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.075%) ISO 22301
13 1 (0.075%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 134 (9.99%) Active Directory
2 124 (9.24%) Docker
3 103 (7.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 58 (4.32%) Hyper-V
5 48 (3.58%) VMware ESXi
6 33 (2.46%) VMware NSX
7 24 (1.79%) vSphere
8 12 (0.89%) XenDesktop
9 11 (0.82%) vCloud
10 8 (0.60%) Virtual Desktop
11 6 (0.45%) XenApp
12 4 (0.30%) VMware Server
13 1 (0.075%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 345 (25.71%) Terraform
2 228 (16.99%) Kubernetes
3 130 (9.69%) Ansible
4 75 (5.59%) Grafana
5 51 (3.80%) Puppet
6 45 (3.35%) Progress Chef
7 36 (2.68%) Prometheus
8 35 (2.61%) Microsoft Intune
9 26 (1.94%) Single Sign-On
10 20 (1.49%) WSUS
11 16 (1.19%) FortiGate
11 16 (1.19%) vCenter Server
12 13 (0.97%) SCCM
13 12 (0.89%) CA Single Sign-On
14 11 (0.82%) SCOM
15 10 (0.75%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 9 (0.67%) Nagios
17 6 (0.45%) Docker Swarm
17 6 (0.45%) EMC NetWorker
17 6 (0.45%) Istio
Vendors
1 376 (28.02%) Microsoft
2 219 (16.32%) Google
3 208 (15.50%) Oracle
4 162 (12.07%) VMware
5 99 (7.38%) Splunk
6 93 (6.93%) Cisco
7 89 (6.63%) Dynatrace
8 68 (5.07%) Databricks
9 51 (3.80%) Citrix
10 49 (3.65%) Sparx
11 43 (3.20%) Informatica
12 39 (2.91%) IBM
13 38 (2.83%) Veeam
14 34 (2.53%) Meraki
15 33 (2.46%) Aruba
16 31 (2.31%) Adobe
17 30 (2.24%) Apple
18 27 (2.01%) NEC
19 25 (1.86%) Atlassian
19 25 (1.86%) Fortinet