Cloud Security Jobs in England

Cloud Security
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 327 166 323
Rank change year-on-year -161 +157 -36
Permanent jobs citing Cloud Security 762 1,832 1,827
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.81% 2.22% 1.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.98% 2.32% 1.32%
Number of salaries quoted 589 902 914
10th Percentile £38,750 £42,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £47,000 £53,970 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +7.14% -
75th Percentile £86,250 £93,750 £93,750
90th Percentile £101,500 £111,250 £110,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +7.14% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 78,129 78,899 137,960
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 82.94% 95.45% 95.96%
Number of salaries quoted 55,773 48,272 73,854
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,309 £33,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,750 £44,186
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%

Cloud Security
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Cloud Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Cloud Security in England

Cloud Security
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Cloud Security in England

Cloud Security
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cloud Security in England over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Cloud Security in England

Cloud Security
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cloud Security within the England region over the 6 months to 9 June 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
London -102 301 £82,500 +3.13% 97
North of England -130 176 £52,500 -19.23% 31
South East -79 108 £51,250 -26.79% 44
North West -110 88 £50,000 -16.67% 15
Midlands -88 84 £66,853 -10.86% 15
South West -85 63 £54,763 -21.14% 22
West Midlands -62 57 £75,000 - 10
Yorkshire -79 57 £60,000 -9.03% 12
North East -2 31 £42,500 -7.61% 4
East Midlands -38 26 £60,000 -12.73% 5
East of England -54 18 £72,500 +52.70% 5
Cloud Security
UK

Cloud Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 31 (4.07%) Microsoft Exchange
2 27 (3.54%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.52%) CloudStack
3 4 (0.52%) Confluence
4 2 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.26%) SharePoint 2013
5 1 (0.13%) Apache
5 1 (0.13%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.13%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.13%) IIS
5 1 (0.13%) nginx
Applications
1 13 (1.71%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 444 (58.27%) Azure
2 231 (30.31%) AWS
3 178 (23.36%) Microsoft 365
4 98 (12.86%) GCP
5 79 (10.37%) Entra ID
6 78 (10.24%) SaaS
7 68 (8.92%) PaaS
8 67 (8.79%) Azure DevOps
9 65 (8.53%) IaaS
10 54 (7.09%) Cloud Computing
11 42 (5.51%) Azure Sentinel
12 35 (4.59%) Serverless
13 30 (3.94%) Azure AKS
13 30 (3.94%) Microsoft Purview
14 23 (3.02%) AWS CloudFormation
15 19 (2.49%) GitHub
16 16 (2.10%) Azure Logic Apps
16 16 (2.10%) Power Platform
17 15 (1.97%) Mimecast
18 14 (1.84%) Azure API Management
Communications & Networking
1 171 (22.44%) Firewall
2 110 (14.44%) Network Security
3 51 (6.69%) WAN
4 45 (5.91%) DNS
4 45 (5.91%) LAN
5 43 (5.64%) VPN
6 29 (3.81%) Wireless
7 24 (3.15%) Internet
8 22 (2.89%) SD-WAN
9 18 (2.36%) Software-Defined Networking
9 18 (2.36%) TCP/IP
10 17 (2.23%) WLAN
11 15 (1.97%) DKIM
11 15 (1.97%) DMARC
12 13 (1.71%) Wireshark
13 12 (1.57%) BGP
13 12 (1.57%) Intrusion Detection
14 11 (1.44%) VoIP
14 11 (1.44%) Wi-Fi
15 10 (1.31%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (2.62%) SQL Server
2 13 (1.71%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (0.92%) Azure SQL Database
3 7 (0.92%) NoSQL
3 7 (0.92%) Power BI
4 5 (0.66%) Relational Database
5 3 (0.39%) Oracle Exadata
5 3 (0.39%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (0.39%) RDBMS
6 2 (0.26%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.26%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.13%) Big Data
7 1 (0.13%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.13%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.13%) Flink
7 1 (0.13%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 25 (3.28%) Git
2 21 (2.76%) Jenkins
3 16 (2.10%) GitLab
4 9 (1.18%) SonarQube
5 8 (1.05%) Burp Suite
6 7 (0.92%) Katalon Studio
7 6 (0.79%) JIRA
7 6 (0.79%) Metasploit
7 6 (0.79%) Visual Studio Code
8 3 (0.39%) Maven
8 3 (0.39%) Selenium
9 2 (0.26%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.26%) JMeter
10 1 (0.13%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.13%) Gatling
10 1 (0.13%) JUnit
10 1 (0.13%) LoadRunner
10 1 (0.13%) sqlmap
10 1 (0.13%) Vagrant
10 1 (0.13%) Visual Studio
General
1 228 (29.92%) Social Skills
2 151 (19.82%) Finance
3 81 (10.63%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (6.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 43 (5.64%) Retail
6 42 (5.51%) Banking
7 31 (4.07%) Presentation Skills
8 29 (3.81%) Documentation Skills
8 29 (3.81%) Legal
9 25 (3.28%) Marketing
9 25 (3.28%) Public Sector
10 24 (3.15%) Law
11 12 (1.57%) Tech for Good
12 11 (1.44%) Back Office
13 9 (1.18%) Organisational Skills
14 8 (1.05%) Games
15 7 (0.92%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (0.92%) Retail Banking
16 4 (0.52%) Investment Banking
16 4 (0.52%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 151 (19.82%) Architect
2 127 (16.67%) Senior
3 118 (15.49%) Security Engineer
4 115 (15.09%) Analyst
5 95 (12.47%) Security Analyst
6 89 (11.68%) Cloud Engineer
7 88 (11.55%) Lead
8 71 (9.32%) Security Architect
9 58 (7.61%) Cloud Architect
10 46 (6.04%) Information Analyst
10 46 (6.04%) Information Security Analyst
11 38 (4.99%) Azure Engineer
11 38 (4.99%) Cloud Security Engineer
12 37 (4.86%) Senior Security Engineer
13 35 (4.59%) Security Manager
14 33 (4.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
15 32 (4.20%) Consultant
16 29 (3.81%) Network Engineer
17 27 (3.54%) Cloud Security Architect
17 27 (3.54%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (2.89%) YAML
2 12 (1.57%) ARM Templates
2 12 (1.57%) SailPoint
3 10 (1.31%) .NET
3 10 (1.31%) JSON
4 9 (1.18%) Middleware
4 9 (1.18%) React
5 8 (1.05%) Laravel
5 8 (1.05%) OAuth
5 8 (1.05%) SAML
6 7 (0.92%) Azure Blueprints
6 7 (0.92%) REST
7 6 (0.79%) AngularJS
7 6 (0.79%) Kafka
8 5 (0.66%) AWS CDK
8 5 (0.66%) CSS
8 5 (0.66%) Node.js
9 4 (0.52%) LAMP
9 4 (0.52%) web3js
9 4 (0.52%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 64 (8.40%) Management Information System
2 62 (8.14%) Security Posture
3 58 (7.61%) Cloud Native
4 46 (6.04%) Data Centre
5 39 (5.12%) Public Cloud
6 37 (4.86%) Cyber Threat
7 31 (4.07%) Security Operations Centre
8 30 (3.94%) Cyberattack
9 23 (3.02%) Cloud Security Posture
10 19 (2.49%) Onboarding
11 15 (1.97%) PKI
12 14 (1.84%) Driving Licence
13 12 (1.57%) Cyber Kill Chain
13 12 (1.57%) Data Protection Act
13 12 (1.57%) Hybrid Cloud
14 11 (1.44%) Enterprise Cloud
15 10 (1.31%) Product Ownership
16 9 (1.18%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
16 9 (1.18%) Private Cloud
16 9 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 142 (18.64%) Windows
2 84 (11.02%) Linux
3 79 (10.37%) Windows Server
4 19 (2.49%) Unix
4 19 (2.49%) Windows 10
5 13 (1.71%) Ubuntu
6 11 (1.44%) Android
6 11 (1.44%) Apple iOS
6 11 (1.44%) Windows Server 2016
6 11 (1.44%) Windows Server 2019
7 9 (1.18%) Solaris
8 5 (0.66%) Kali Linux
9 4 (0.52%) Rocky
9 4 (0.52%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (0.52%) Windows XP
10 3 (0.39%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.39%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.26%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 269 (35.30%) Cybersecurity
2 237 (31.10%) Information Security
3 194 (25.46%) DevOps
4 156 (20.47%) Problem-Solving
5 142 (18.64%) Agile
6 128 (16.80%) CI/CD
7 116 (15.22%) SIEM
8 105 (13.78%) Infrastructure as Code
9 101 (13.25%) Identity Access Management
10 99 (12.99%) DevSecOps
11 90 (11.81%) Incident Response
11 90 (11.81%) Security Operations
12 89 (11.68%) Security Architecture
13 88 (11.55%) Vulnerability Management
14 71 (9.32%) Application Security
15 65 (8.53%) Containerisation
16 62 (8.14%) Data Loss Prevention
17 61 (8.01%) Risk Management
18 55 (7.22%) Roadmaps
19 50 (6.56%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 127 (16.67%) Python
2 102 (13.39%) PowerShell
3 50 (6.56%) SQL
4 39 (5.12%) Bash
5 24 (3.15%) Bicep
6 23 (3.02%) Java
7 19 (2.49%) JavaScript
8 14 (1.84%) C#
9 8 (1.05%) Kusto Query Language
9 8 (1.05%) PHP
9 8 (1.05%) Rust
9 8 (1.05%) Scala
10 6 (0.79%) Go
11 5 (0.66%) C
11 5 (0.66%) R
12 4 (0.52%) AWK
12 4 (0.52%) sed
12 4 (0.52%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.39%) C++
14 1 (0.13%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 153 (20.08%) CISSP
2 118 (15.49%) Degree
3 70 (9.19%) Cisco Certification
4 66 (8.66%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 65 (8.53%) Azure Certification
6 62 (8.14%) CISM
7 57 (7.48%) AWS Certification
8 55 (7.22%) CCSP
9 41 (5.38%) CEH
10 38 (4.99%) Microsoft Certification
11 36 (4.72%) Security Cleared
12 35 (4.59%) Computer Science Degree
13 24 (3.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 23 (3.02%) SC Cleared
15 22 (2.89%) Master's Degree
16 19 (2.49%) OSCP
17 16 (2.10%) SANS
18 15 (1.97%) CCSK
18 15 (1.97%) CompTIA CySA+
19 14 (1.84%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 147 (19.29%) NIST
2 130 (17.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 69 (9.06%) PCI DSS
4 31 (4.07%) GDPR
5 28 (3.67%) Cyber Essentials
5 28 (3.67%) GRC
6 23 (3.02%) SLA
7 14 (1.84%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 13 (1.71%) NIST 800
9 12 (1.57%) NCSC
10 11 (1.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 7 (0.92%) COBIT
11 7 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 7 (0.92%) SOC 2
12 6 (0.79%) Actionable Recommendations
12 6 (0.79%) HIPAA
13 3 (0.39%) Accessibility
13 3 (0.39%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 3 (0.39%) ISO 31000
13 3 (0.39%) QA
System Software
1 110 (14.44%) Active Directory
2 57 (7.48%) Docker
3 32 (4.20%) Hyper-V
4 21 (2.76%) VMware Infrastructure
5 16 (2.10%) Virtual Machines
6 12 (1.57%) Virtual Desktop
7 6 (0.79%) Virtual Servers
8 5 (0.66%) vSphere
9 1 (0.13%) LXC
9 1 (0.13%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 90 (11.81%) Terraform
2 87 (11.42%) Kubernetes
3 38 (4.99%) Ansible
3 38 (4.99%) CASB
4 37 (4.86%) Microsoft Intune
5 21 (2.76%) Single Sign-On
6 16 (2.10%) Nmap
7 11 (1.44%) FortiGate
7 11 (1.44%) Istio
8 8 (1.05%) Progress Chef
8 8 (1.05%) Puppet
9 7 (0.92%) QRadar
9 7 (0.92%) SCCM
10 6 (0.79%) Nagios
11 5 (0.66%) Argo
11 5 (0.66%) Nessus
11 5 (0.66%) OfficeScan
11 5 (0.66%) WSUS
12 4 (0.52%) cPanel
12 4 (0.52%) Plesk
Vendors
1 252 (33.07%) Microsoft
2 50 (6.56%) Cisco
3 37 (4.86%) Google
4 33 (4.33%) Splunk
5 28 (3.67%) ServiceNow
6 25 (3.28%) VMware
7 21 (2.76%) Qualys
7 21 (2.76%) Rapid7
8 19 (2.49%) CyberArk
9 16 (2.10%) Juniper
9 16 (2.10%) Palo Alto
10 15 (1.97%) Oracle
11 14 (1.84%) Barracuda Networks
12 11 (1.44%) Apple
12 11 (1.44%) BeyondTrust
12 11 (1.44%) CheckPoint
12 11 (1.44%) ConnectWise
12 11 (1.44%) Sophos
12 11 (1.44%) Thycotic
13 10 (1.31%) Zscaler