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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 358 168 346
Rank change year-on-year -190 +178 -17
Permanent jobs citing Cloud Security 503 1,194 688
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.66% 2.11% 0.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.81% 2.21% 0.99%
Number of salaries quoted 409 512 354
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,999 £32,796
25th Percentile £42,500 £49,523 £44,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,351 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +13.65% -5.74%
75th Percentile £73,750 £87,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £100,103 £86,400
UK median annual salary £67,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.67% +7.14% -

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 62,202 53,975 69,729
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 81.87% 95.46% 94.28%
Number of salaries quoted 42,597 28,532 41,279
10th Percentile £27,300 £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% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
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 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 1 June 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 1 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
North of England -119 182 £52,500 -19.66% 37
South East -90 109 £50,000 -27.27% 33
North West -112 88 £50,000 -16.67% 15
Midlands -69 79 £65,927 -12.10% 14
South West -86 64 £57,263 -18.20% 22
Yorkshire -71 63 £60,000 -12.43% 16
West Midlands -65 53 £75,000 - 11
Scotland -106 37 £59,763 -4.28% 11
North East +2 31 £42,500 -12.37% 6
East Midlands -24 25 £60,500 -12.00% 3
East of England -41 18 £72,500 +52.70% 5
Northern Ireland +18 9 £90,000 +80.00% 1
Isle of Man - 4 £46,500 -
Wales +3 3 £85,000 +88.89%
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 (3.98%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (1.79%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.80%) CloudStack
4 1 (0.20%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (0.20%) Confluence
4 1 (0.20%) IIS
Applications
1 17 (3.38%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.99%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 272 (54.08%) Azure
2 141 (28.03%) AWS
3 115 (22.86%) Microsoft 365
4 62 (12.33%) GCP
5 55 (10.93%) SaaS
6 47 (9.34%) PaaS
7 41 (8.15%) Entra ID
8 40 (7.95%) Cloud Computing
9 37 (7.36%) Azure DevOps
10 34 (6.76%) IaaS
11 21 (4.17%) Azure Sentinel
12 17 (3.38%) Serverless
13 15 (2.98%) GitHub
14 13 (2.58%) Amazon S3
15 12 (2.39%) Amazon EC2
15 12 (2.39%) AWS CloudFormation
15 12 (2.39%) Mimecast
16 11 (2.19%) Amazon ECS
17 10 (1.99%) Azure Logic Apps
17 10 (1.99%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 106 (21.07%) Firewall
2 75 (14.91%) Network Security
3 36 (7.16%) DNS
4 32 (6.36%) WAN
5 31 (6.16%) LAN
5 31 (6.16%) VPN
6 29 (5.77%) Internet
7 25 (4.97%) DKIM
7 25 (4.97%) DMARC
8 18 (3.58%) Software-Defined Networking
9 17 (3.38%) Wireless
9 17 (3.38%) WLAN
10 14 (2.78%) SD-WAN
11 12 (2.39%) BGP
12 11 (2.19%) VoIP
13 10 (1.99%) Broadband
13 10 (1.99%) Intrusion Detection
13 10 (1.99%) TCP/IP
13 10 (1.99%) Wi-Fi
14 8 (1.59%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (2.19%) Amazon RDS
2 7 (1.39%) Power BI
3 5 (0.99%) NoSQL
3 5 (0.99%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.40%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.40%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.20%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 20 (3.98%) Jenkins
2 12 (2.39%) Git
3 6 (1.19%) Burp Suite
4 5 (0.99%) GitLab
5 4 (0.80%) Metasploit
5 4 (0.80%) Visual Studio Code
6 3 (0.60%) Maven
6 3 (0.60%) Selenium
6 3 (0.60%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.40%) JIRA
8 1 (0.20%) sqlmap
8 1 (0.20%) Visual Studio
General
1 142 (28.23%) Social Skills
2 80 (15.90%) Finance
3 60 (11.93%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (7.55%) Retail
5 22 (4.37%) Banking
6 21 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (2.78%) Legal
8 13 (2.58%) Law
9 11 (2.19%) Back Office
9 11 (2.19%) Public Sector
10 10 (1.99%) Tech for Good
11 8 (1.59%) Games
11 8 (1.59%) Marketing
12 5 (0.99%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.40%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.40%) Police
13 2 (0.40%) Publishing
13 2 (0.40%) Welsh Language
14 1 (0.20%) Advertising
14 1 (0.20%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 112 (22.27%) Analyst
2 94 (18.69%) Security Analyst
3 90 (17.89%) Senior
4 83 (16.50%) Architect
5 76 (15.11%) Cloud Engineer
6 62 (12.33%) Security Engineer
7 52 (10.34%) Lead
8 51 (10.14%) Information Analyst
8 51 (10.14%) Information Security Analyst
9 34 (6.76%) Cloud Security Engineer
9 34 (6.76%) Security Architect
10 31 (6.16%) Cloud Architect
11 28 (5.57%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 28 (5.57%) Network Engineer
11 28 (5.57%) Senior Cloud Engineer
12 23 (4.57%) Senior Security Engineer
13 22 (4.37%) Security Manager
13 22 (4.37%) Team Leader
14 21 (4.17%) Senior Analyst
15 19 (3.78%) Senior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.79%) .NET
2 8 (1.59%) Laravel
2 8 (1.59%) Middleware
3 7 (1.39%) JSON
3 7 (1.39%) YAML
4 6 (1.19%) AngularJS
5 4 (0.80%) LAMP
5 4 (0.80%) LDAP
6 3 (0.60%) Django
6 3 (0.60%) SailPoint
7 2 (0.40%) AWS CDK
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%) REST
8 1 (0.20%) SAML
8 1 (0.20%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 45 (8.95%) Data Centre
2 42 (8.35%) Cloud Native
2 42 (8.35%) Management Information System
3 39 (7.75%) Cyberattack
4 32 (6.36%) Public Cloud
5 30 (5.96%) Cyber Threat
6 22 (4.37%) Security Posture
7 21 (4.17%) Security Operations Centre
8 14 (2.78%) Driving Licence
8 14 (2.78%) Onboarding
8 14 (2.78%) Private Cloud
9 11 (2.19%) Data Protection Act
10 10 (1.99%) Product Ownership
11 8 (1.59%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 8 (1.59%) Hybrid Cloud
12 6 (1.19%) CCTV
12 6 (1.19%) Distributed Systems
12 6 (1.19%) NHS
12 6 (1.19%) PropTech
12 6 (1.19%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 111 (22.07%) Windows
2 62 (12.33%) Linux
3 53 (10.54%) Windows Server
4 19 (3.78%) Windows 10
5 18 (3.58%) Unix
6 11 (2.19%) Windows Server 2016
6 11 (2.19%) Windows Server 2019
7 8 (1.59%) Solaris
7 8 (1.59%) Ubuntu
8 6 (1.19%) Android
8 6 (1.19%) 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
1 167 (33.20%) Cybersecurity
2 149 (29.62%) Information Security
3 118 (23.46%) DevOps
4 103 (20.48%) Problem-Solving
5 85 (16.90%) SIEM
6 77 (15.31%) Agile
7 72 (14.31%) Infrastructure as Code
8 61 (12.13%) CI/CD
9 50 (9.94%) Incident Response
10 49 (9.74%) Vulnerability Management
11 45 (8.95%) Identity Access Management
11 45 (8.95%) Security Operations
12 41 (8.15%) Risk Management
12 41 (8.15%) Roadmaps
13 39 (7.75%) DevSecOps
14 37 (7.36%) Containerisation
15 36 (7.16%) Continuous Improvement
16 35 (6.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 34 (6.76%) Data Protection
18 33 (6.56%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 75 (14.91%) Python
2 44 (8.75%) PowerShell
3 31 (6.16%) SQL
4 26 (5.17%) Bash
5 16 (3.18%) Bicep
6 15 (2.98%) Java
6 15 (2.98%) JavaScript
7 9 (1.79%) C#
8 8 (1.59%) PHP
8 8 (1.59%) Rust
9 7 (1.39%) Kusto Query Language
10 5 (0.99%) C
10 5 (0.99%) R
10 5 (0.99%) Scala
11 4 (0.80%) AWK
11 4 (0.80%) Go
11 4 (0.80%) sed
11 4 (0.80%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.20%) C++
12 1 (0.20%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 69 (13.72%) CISSP
2 51 (10.14%) Degree
3 36 (7.16%) Azure Certification
4 31 (6.16%) AWS Certification
4 31 (6.16%) CISM
5 29 (5.77%) Cisco Certification
6 25 (4.97%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 22 (4.37%) CCSP
8 20 (3.98%) CEH
9 18 (3.58%) Computer Science Degree
9 18 (3.58%) Security Cleared
10 17 (3.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 16 (3.18%) Master's Degree
12 14 (2.78%) Microsoft Certification
13 11 (2.19%) CompTIA CySA+
13 11 (2.19%) SANS
14 10 (1.99%) CompTIA Security+
14 10 (1.99%) CRISC
14 10 (1.99%) OSCP
15 9 (1.79%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (19.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 89 (17.69%) NIST
3 41 (8.15%) PCI DSS
4 22 (4.37%) GDPR
5 21 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials
6 17 (3.38%) GRC
6 17 (3.38%) SLA
7 7 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 6 (1.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (1.19%) NIST 800
9 5 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 4 (0.80%) COBIT
10 4 (0.80%) NCSC
10 4 (0.80%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.40%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.40%) ITGC
11 2 (0.40%) QA
12 1 (0.20%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.20%) ISO 31000
12 1 (0.20%) PMO
System Software
1 66 (13.12%) Active Directory
2 43 (8.55%) Docker
3 31 (6.16%) Hyper-V
4 16 (3.18%) VMware Infrastructure
5 12 (2.39%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (1.19%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (1.19%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (0.80%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 53 (10.54%) Kubernetes
1 53 (10.54%) Terraform
2 35 (6.96%) CASB
3 22 (4.37%) Ansible
4 16 (3.18%) Microsoft Intune
5 11 (2.19%) FortiGate
6 9 (1.79%) Nmap
7 8 (1.59%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (1.39%) SCCM
9 5 (0.99%) Nagios
9 5 (0.99%) OfficeScan
9 5 (0.99%) Progress Chef
9 5 (0.99%) Puppet
9 5 (0.99%) WSUS
10 4 (0.80%) cPanel
10 4 (0.80%) Plesk
11 3 (0.60%) Argo
11 3 (0.60%) Nessus
12 2 (0.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.40%) Host Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 134 (26.64%) Microsoft
2 43 (8.55%) Cisco
3 37 (7.36%) Google
4 20 (3.98%) VMware
5 16 (3.18%) Juniper
6 14 (2.78%) Palo Alto
6 14 (2.78%) Splunk
7 12 (2.39%) Barracuda Networks
7 12 (2.39%) Rapid7
8 11 (2.19%) Apple
8 11 (2.19%) ConnectWise
8 11 (2.19%) Sophos
9 10 (1.99%) Draytek
10 9 (1.79%) Oracle
10 9 (1.79%) Qualys
11 7 (1.39%) CheckPoint
12 6 (1.19%) CyberArk
12 6 (1.19%) McAfee
12 6 (1.19%) ServiceNow
12 6 (1.19%) Zscaler