Cloud Computing Jobs

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 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 366 408 257
Rank change year-on-year +42 -151 +88
Permanent jobs citing Cloud Computing 775 751 2,797
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.71% 0.81% 1.63%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.13% 1.87% 3.35%
Number of salaries quoted 552 432 769
10th Percentile £31,250 £45,000 £42,521
25th Percentile £43,750 £53,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £74,545
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -9.45% +14.68%
75th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £97,375 £102,500 £109,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% -7.69% +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 36,452 40,083 83,529
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.61% 43.06% 48.60%
Number of salaries quoted 27,130 27,066 41,503
10th Percentile £30,140 £34,182 £33,916
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £64,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.16% +2.40% +6.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £96,000 £102,500 £98,750
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 9 June 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 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
England +9 597 £60,000 -11.11% 174
UK excluding London +58 508 £55,000 -8.33% 100
Work from Home -11 310 £57,500 -14.81% 94
London -11 215 £72,500 +2.84% 83
North of England +48 137 £55,000 -8.33% 23
South East +38 124 £57,253 -4.58% 24
Scotland +14 100 £60,000 -11.11% 14
Yorkshire +77 67 £56,500 -13.08% 5
Midlands -5 54 £55,000 -15.38% 21
North West -12 49 £55,000 -8.33% 16
South West -78 39 £62,500 -13.79% 11
West Midlands -1 31 £55,000 -15.38% 9
East Midlands -16 23 £60,000 +34.59% 12
East of England -4 22 £60,000 +20.00% 2
North East +1 21 £70,000 +46.84% 2
Wales +21 17 £41,067 +26.95% 1
Northern Ireland +31 15 - - 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 39 (5.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 28 (3.61%) SharePoint
3 19 (2.45%) Confluence
4 18 (2.32%) IIS
5 12 (1.55%) Apache
6 11 (1.42%) Apache Spark
7 9 (1.16%) CMS
8 4 (0.52%) WordPress
9 3 (0.39%) CloudStack
10 2 (0.26%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (0.26%) JBoss
10 2 (0.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.13%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 13 (1.68%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.16%) Photoshop
3 5 (0.65%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.39%) Trello
6 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (0.52%) Ripple
2 3 (0.39%) SAP Business One
2 3 (0.39%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.13%) Dynamics CRM
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
1 462 (59.61%) Azure
2 348 (44.90%) AWS
3 131 (16.90%) Microsoft 365
4 128 (16.52%) GCP
5 62 (8.00%) Azure DevOps
6 56 (7.23%) SaaS
7 53 (6.84%) IaaS
8 51 (6.58%) PaaS
9 50 (6.45%) Entra ID
10 43 (5.55%) Power Platform
11 30 (3.87%) Serverless
12 27 (3.48%) AWS CloudFormation
13 25 (3.23%) GitHub
14 23 (2.97%) Azure Monitor
15 20 (2.58%) OneDrive
15 20 (2.58%) PowerApps
16 18 (2.32%) Microsoft Purview
17 17 (2.19%) Slack
18 15 (1.94%) OCI
19 13 (1.68%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 79 (10.19%) Firewall
2 71 (9.16%) Network Security
3 61 (7.87%) WAN
4 46 (5.94%) VPN
5 44 (5.68%) LAN
6 38 (4.90%) TCP/IP
7 32 (4.13%) DNS
8 24 (3.10%) Internet
9 22 (2.84%) Wireless
10 20 (2.58%) MQTT
10 20 (2.58%) Wi-Fi
11 19 (2.45%) HTTP
12 18 (2.32%) SAN
13 17 (2.19%) DHCP
14 15 (1.94%) BGP
14 15 (1.94%) Unified Communications
14 15 (1.94%) VLAN
15 14 (1.81%) MPLS
16 12 (1.55%) Cisco ISE
16 12 (1.55%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 100 (12.90%) NoSQL
2 70 (9.03%) SQL Server
3 36 (4.65%) Big Data
4 27 (3.48%) Power BI
5 25 (3.23%) Data Warehouse
6 22 (2.84%) Data Lake
6 22 (2.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 20 (2.58%) MySQL
8 19 (2.45%) Relational Database
9 18 (2.32%) Azure SQL Database
10 15 (1.94%) Amazon RDS
10 15 (1.94%) Elasticsearch
11 14 (1.81%) PostgreSQL
12 13 (1.68%) MongoDB
13 12 (1.55%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 10 (1.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 7 (0.90%) Redis
16 5 (0.65%) DTS
16 5 (0.65%) MariaDB
16 5 (0.65%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 68 (8.77%) Jenkins
2 61 (7.87%) Git
3 58 (7.48%) JIRA
4 26 (3.35%) GitLab
5 17 (2.19%) Selenium
6 15 (1.94%) CircleCI
7 14 (1.81%) JUnit
8 13 (1.68%) Robot Framework
8 13 (1.68%) SonarQube
9 12 (1.55%) Terragrunt
10 10 (1.29%) Cucumber
11 6 (0.77%) JMeter
11 6 (0.77%) Visual Studio
12 5 (0.65%) Bitbucket
12 5 (0.65%) Cypress.io
12 5 (0.65%) Visual Studio Code
13 4 (0.52%) Artifactory
13 4 (0.52%) TestNG
13 4 (0.52%) Travis CI
14 3 (0.39%) Subversion
General
1 308 (39.74%) Social Skills
2 192 (24.77%) Finance
3 97 (12.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 92 (11.87%) Analytical Skills
5 61 (7.87%) Law
6 47 (6.06%) Legal
7 45 (5.81%) Public Sector
8 34 (4.39%) Banking
9 25 (3.23%) Telecoms
10 23 (2.97%) Presentation Skills
11 21 (2.71%) Marketing
12 20 (2.58%) Manufacturing
12 20 (2.58%) Retail
13 15 (1.94%) Aerospace
14 12 (1.55%) Automotive
15 10 (1.29%) Electronics
16 8 (1.03%) Pharmaceutical
16 8 (1.03%) Police
17 6 (0.77%) Financial Institution
17 6 (0.77%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 133 (17.16%) Senior
2 110 (14.19%) Architect
3 103 (13.29%) Developer
4 84 (10.84%) Lead
5 58 (7.48%) Software Engineer
6 44 (5.68%) Consultant
7 40 (5.16%) Cloud Engineer
8 36 (4.65%) AWS Engineer
9 35 (4.52%) Solutions Architect
10 33 (4.26%) AWS Software Engineer
11 31 (4.00%) IT Manager
12 30 (3.87%) Service Manager
13 29 (3.74%) DevOps Engineer
13 29 (3.74%) Security Engineer
13 29 (3.74%) Technical Manager
14 27 (3.48%) Analyst
15 26 (3.35%) Cloud Architect
15 26 (3.35%) Systems Engineer
16 25 (3.23%) Senior Developer
16 25 (3.23%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (8.65%) .NET
2 43 (5.55%) HTML
3 35 (4.52%) React
4 34 (4.39%) Node.js
5 29 (3.74%) RESTful
6 27 (3.48%) CSS
6 27 (3.48%) Kafka
7 26 (3.35%) AngularJS
8 24 (3.10%) Web Services
9 21 (2.71%) Vue
10 18 (2.32%) Spring
10 18 (2.32%) XML
11 17 (2.19%) .NET Core
12 16 (2.06%) Laravel
13 14 (1.81%) ARM Templates
14 13 (1.68%) ASP.NET
14 13 (1.68%) Entity Framework
14 13 (1.68%) PyTorch
14 13 (1.68%) RabbitMQ
14 13 (1.68%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 66 (8.52%) Management Information System
2 52 (6.71%) Algorithms
3 49 (6.32%) IoT
4 48 (6.19%) Public Cloud
5 44 (5.68%) Data Centre
5 44 (5.68%) Product Ownership
6 41 (5.29%) Onboarding
7 31 (4.00%) Cloud Native
8 29 (3.74%) Hybrid Cloud
9 24 (3.10%) Mobile App
10 19 (2.45%) Distributed Systems
10 19 (2.45%) Private Cloud
11 17 (2.19%) Clustering
11 17 (2.19%) PKI
12 15 (1.94%) Linux Command Line
13 12 (1.55%) Self-Motivation
14 11 (1.42%) Security Operations Centre
15 10 (1.29%) Greenfield Project
15 10 (1.29%) NHS
15 10 (1.29%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 124 (16.00%) Windows
2 91 (11.74%) Linux
3 57 (7.35%) Windows Server
4 19 (2.45%) Android
5 16 (2.06%) Unix
5 16 (2.06%) Windows Server 2016
6 14 (1.81%) Windows 10
7 13 (1.68%) Apple iOS
8 12 (1.55%) Ubuntu
9 8 (1.03%) CentOS
9 8 (1.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 7 (0.90%) Debian
11 6 (0.77%) Windows Server 2019
12 5 (0.65%) Kali Linux
12 5 (0.65%) Mac OS
13 3 (0.39%) SUSE
13 3 (0.39%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
13 3 (0.39%) VMS
14 2 (0.26%) Windows Server 2012
14 2 (0.26%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 276 (35.61%) Problem-Solving
2 217 (28.00%) DevOps
3 214 (27.61%) Agile
4 174 (22.45%) CI/CD
5 137 (17.68%) Computer Science
5 137 (17.68%) Cybersecurity
6 133 (17.16%) Artificial Intelligence
7 125 (16.13%) Continuous Improvement
8 122 (15.74%) Software Engineering
9 120 (15.48%) Machine Learning
10 100 (12.90%) Roadmaps
11 87 (11.23%) Containerisation
11 87 (11.23%) Infrastructure as Code
11 87 (11.23%) Project Management
12 86 (11.10%) Analytics
13 84 (10.84%) Microservices
14 82 (10.58%) Mentoring
15 76 (9.81%) Risk Management
16 71 (9.16%) ITIL
17 63 (8.13%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 212 (27.35%) Python
2 185 (23.87%) SQL
3 78 (10.06%) JavaScript
4 75 (9.68%) Java
5 71 (9.16%) PowerShell
6 66 (8.52%) C#
7 41 (5.29%) Bash
8 23 (2.97%) TypeScript
9 20 (2.58%) PHP
10 15 (1.94%) Bicep
11 13 (1.68%) Ruby
12 12 (1.55%) C++
13 11 (1.42%) Go
14 8 (1.03%) C
14 8 (1.03%) T-SQL
15 6 (0.77%) Shell Script
16 5 (0.65%) Rust
17 4 (0.52%) AWK
17 4 (0.52%) Perl
17 4 (0.52%) sed
Qualifications
1 168 (21.68%) Degree
2 90 (11.61%) Security Cleared
3 87 (11.23%) Computer Science Degree
4 68 (8.77%) Azure Certification
5 62 (8.00%) SC Cleared
6 51 (6.58%) Master's Degree
7 39 (5.03%) CISSP
8 37 (4.77%) Cisco Certification
9 32 (4.13%) AWS Certification
10 30 (3.87%) Microsoft Certification
11 26 (3.35%) CCNA
12 24 (3.10%) PhD
13 20 (2.58%) CCNP
14 18 (2.32%) CEH
15 14 (1.81%) MCSA
16 12 (1.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 12 (1.55%) DBS Check
17 11 (1.42%) CCSP
17 11 (1.42%) SANS
17 11 (1.42%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (9.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 38 (4.90%) Cyber Essentials
3 29 (3.74%) GDPR
4 25 (3.23%) NIST
5 24 (3.10%) QA
6 23 (2.97%) PCI DSS
7 22 (2.84%) SLA
8 18 (2.32%) Data Quality
9 10 (1.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 9 (1.16%) NCSC
11 8 (1.03%) PSD2
12 6 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 5 (0.65%) Accessibility
14 4 (0.52%) ISO 9001
15 3 (0.39%) GRC
15 3 (0.39%) PMO
15 3 (0.39%) WCAG
16 2 (0.26%) COBIT
16 2 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 20000
16 2 (0.26%) SOC 2
System Software
1 109 (14.06%) Docker
2 91 (11.74%) Active Directory
3 43 (5.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 28 (3.61%) Hyper-V
5 16 (2.06%) VMware NSX
6 11 (1.42%) Virtual Desktop
6 11 (1.42%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (0.77%) Firmware
8 3 (0.39%) Ceph
8 3 (0.39%) Gluster
8 3 (0.39%) KVM
8 3 (0.39%) oVirt
8 3 (0.39%) VirtualBox
9 2 (0.26%) Kamailio
10 1 (0.13%) NFS
10 1 (0.13%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 131 (16.90%) Kubernetes
2 72 (9.29%) Terraform
3 60 (7.74%) Microsoft Intune
4 50 (6.45%) Ansible
5 17 (2.19%) Grafana
5 17 (2.19%) Prometheus
6 11 (1.42%) Nmap
7 10 (1.29%) SCOM
8 9 (1.16%) Kibana
8 9 (1.16%) Puppet
9 8 (1.03%) SCCM
10 7 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
11 6 (0.77%) Progress Chef
11 6 (0.77%) ZABBIX
12 5 (0.65%) Nessus
12 5 (0.65%) Suricata
13 3 (0.39%) Graylog
13 3 (0.39%) HP Fortify
13 3 (0.39%) logstash
13 3 (0.39%) Nagios
Vendors
1 264 (34.06%) Microsoft
2 70 (9.03%) VMware
3 69 (8.90%) Google
4 60 (7.74%) Cisco
5 46 (5.94%) Databricks
6 28 (3.61%) Splunk
7 26 (3.35%) ServiceNow
8 23 (2.97%) Fortinet
9 22 (2.84%) SolarWinds
10 17 (2.19%) Oracle
10 17 (2.19%) Palo Alto
10 17 (2.19%) SAP
11 14 (1.81%) Juniper
12 13 (1.68%) Citrix
13 12 (1.55%) Black Duck
14 11 (1.42%) HP
14 11 (1.42%) Qualys
14 11 (1.42%) Rapid7
14 11 (1.42%) Red Hat
14 11 (1.42%) Thycotic