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 27 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 226 99 224
Rank change year-on-year -127 +125 +19
Permanent jobs citing Public Cloud 1,344 3,246 3,056
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.32% 3.31% 1.84%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.81% 7.76% 3.82%
Number of salaries quoted 768 1,174 1,345
10th Percentile £46,250 £43,750 £46,250
25th Percentile £56,195 £56,219 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £73,713 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.82% +1.67% +11.54%
75th Percentile £83,759 £97,290 £100,000
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 35,307 41,845 80,006
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.56% 42.73% 48.17%
Number of salaries quoted 23,072 22,871 34,308
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,625 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,350 £45,750
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 27 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 27 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 -96 1,038 £62,783 -3.93% 168
England -167 892 £65,066 -13.25% 220
Work from Home -65 598 £62,783 -13.40% 127
Scotland -9 386 £62,500 -10.71% 16
North of England -72 349 £62,783 -6.39% 52
London -162 265 £77,500 -3.13% 112
North West -71 179 £62,783 -3.93% 24
Yorkshire -38 136 £62,783 -6.39% 20
Midlands -143 95 £61,206 -5.84% 12
South West -73 90 £70,576 -5.27% 14
South East -81 64 £65,000 +8.33% 54
West Midlands -115 62 £61,206 -9.32% 10
North East +26 34 £62,783 -10.31% 8
East Midlands -84 33 £60,000 -4.00% 2
Wales -25 18 £70,576 +52.73% 5
East of England -100 18 £57,825 +24.35% 6
Northern Ireland +4 13 - - 9
Channel Islands - 5 £85,000 - 1

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 54 (4.02%) IIS
2 53 (3.94%) Microsoft Exchange
3 46 (3.42%) WebLogic
4 35 (2.60%) Apache Spark
5 31 (2.31%) SharePoint
6 29 (2.16%) Apache
7 28 (2.08%) Tomcat
8 17 (1.26%) Cloud Foundry
9 10 (0.74%) Confluence
10 6 (0.45%) OpenStack
11 4 (0.30%) Drupal
12 2 (0.15%) BizTalk Server
13 1 (0.074%) Jetty
13 1 (0.074%) nginx
13 1 (0.074%) Umbraco
13 1 (0.074%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.074%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.074%) PTC Creo
3 1 (0.074%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 46 (3.42%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 27 (2.01%) NEC Housing
3 14 (1.04%) SAP S/4HANA
4 10 (0.74%) 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 (0.074%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 828 (61.61%) AWS
2 772 (57.44%) Azure
3 341 (25.37%) GCP
4 219 (16.29%) Microsoft 365
5 144 (10.71%) SaaS
6 137 (10.19%) PaaS
7 130 (9.67%) IaaS
8 103 (7.66%) 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 (3.57%) Cloud Computing
14 47 (3.50%) GitHub Actions
15 46 (3.42%) 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
1 126 (9.38%) Firewall
2 111 (8.26%) DNS
3 89 (6.62%) WAN
4 64 (4.76%) VPN
5 61 (4.54%) BGP
6 58 (4.32%) TCP/IP
7 55 (4.09%) LAN
8 51 (3.79%) SSL
9 41 (3.05%) DHCP
10 40 (2.98%) Wi-Fi
11 38 (2.83%) SD-WAN
12 29 (2.16%) Unified Communications
13 27 (2.01%) VLAN
14 23 (1.71%) SAN
15 21 (1.56%) Wireless
16 20 (1.49%) MPLS
16 20 (1.49%) Network Security
17 19 (1.41%) Cisco ISE
18 18 (1.34%) DSL
19 17 (1.26%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 155 (11.53%) SQL Server
2 114 (8.48%) Relational Database
3 90 (6.70%) NoSQL
4 78 (5.80%) Oracle Database
5 52 (3.87%) Big Data
5 52 (3.87%) RDBMS
6 49 (3.65%) DB2
7 47 (3.50%) Amazon RDS
8 37 (2.75%) Data Vault
9 33 (2.46%) MongoDB
10 29 (2.16%) Delta Lake
11 27 (2.01%) Data Warehouse
12 24 (1.79%) Data Lake
13 23 (1.71%) Apache Cassandra
14 20 (1.49%) Looker
15 18 (1.34%) Tableau
16 17 (1.26%) Amazon Aurora
16 17 (1.26%) CockroachDB
16 17 (1.26%) Hadoop
17 16 (1.19%) Apache Hive
Development Applications
1 84 (6.25%) Jenkins
2 53 (3.94%) JIRA
3 49 (3.65%) GitLab
4 38 (2.83%) CircleCI
5 34 (2.53%) Git
6 21 (1.56%) Artifactory
7 19 (1.41%) IBM UrbanCode
8 17 (1.26%) 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 (0.074%) Chocolatey
General
1 512 (38.10%) Finance
2 334 (24.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 308 (22.92%) Law
4 301 (22.40%) Social Skills
5 204 (15.18%) Marketing
6 166 (12.35%) Banking
7 157 (11.68%) Public Sector
8 109 (8.11%) Presentation Skills
9 72 (5.36%) Analytical Skills
10 60 (4.46%) Legal
11 53 (3.94%) Investment Banking
12 45 (3.35%) Financial Institution
13 35 (2.60%) Private Banking
14 34 (2.53%) Organisational Skills
15 30 (2.23%) Police
16 28 (2.08%) Local Government
17 23 (1.71%) Retail
18 12 (0.89%) Billing
19 11 (0.82%) Games
20 8 (0.60%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 431 (32.07%) Architect
2 304 (22.62%) Lead
3 266 (19.79%) Senior
4 261 (19.42%) Software Engineer
5 201 (14.96%) Solutions Architect
6 177 (13.17%) Cloud Architect
7 176 (13.10%) Cloud Engineer
8 129 (9.60%) Lead Software Engineer
9 109 (8.11%) Cloud Software Engineer
10 106 (7.89%) Java Engineer
11 105 (7.81%) Java Software Engineer
12 99 (7.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 89 (6.62%) Lead Architect
14 85 (6.32%) Data Engineer
15 66 (4.91%) Lead Solutions Architect
16 60 (4.46%) DevOps Engineer
17 59 (4.39%) Lead Java Engineer
17 59 (4.39%) Senior Architect
18 55 (4.09%) Consultant
18 55 (4.09%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 128 (9.52%) Spring Boot
2 109 (8.11%) Spring
3 85 (6.32%) React
4 70 (5.21%) AngularJS
4 70 (5.21%) Kafka
5 57 (4.24%) .NET
6 56 (4.17%) RESTful
7 55 (4.09%) OpenTelemetry
8 51 (3.79%) HTML
9 50 (3.72%) CSS
10 46 (3.42%) RabbitMQ
11 38 (2.83%) OAuth
12 37 (2.75%) Web Services
13 35 (2.60%) REST
14 29 (2.16%) Middleware
15 25 (1.86%) PySpark
16 22 (1.64%) .NET Core
17 18 (1.34%) GraphQL
18 15 (1.12%) Node.js
19 13 (0.97%) JPA
Miscellaneous
1 213 (15.85%) Cloud Native
2 117 (8.71%) Data Centre
3 100 (7.44%) PKI
4 81 (6.03%) Enterprise Software
4 81 (6.03%) Management Information System
5 67 (4.99%) Product Ownership
6 61 (4.54%) Hybrid Cloud
7 59 (4.39%) Distributed Systems
8 54 (4.02%) Data Structures
9 42 (3.13%) Reinsurance
10 37 (2.75%) Replication
11 36 (2.68%) Clustering
11 36 (2.68%) Private Cloud
12 34 (2.53%) Self-Motivation
13 33 (2.46%) Algorithms
14 28 (2.08%) Enterprise Cloud
15 19 (1.41%) Onboarding
16 17 (1.26%) IoT
17 12 (0.89%) Cyberattack
17 12 (0.89%) Data Fabric
Operating Systems
1 295 (21.95%) Linux
2 259 (19.27%) Windows
3 66 (4.91%) Windows Server
4 63 (4.69%) Unix
5 50 (3.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 32 (2.38%) Solaris
7 17 (1.26%) Ubuntu
8 16 (1.19%) zOS
9 14 (1.04%) Mac OS
10 12 (0.89%) CentOS
11 11 (0.82%) Windows Server 2012
12 10 (0.74%) SUSE
13 9 (0.67%) Windows Server 2016
14 7 (0.52%) VMS
15 6 (0.45%) Android
15 6 (0.45%) Apple iOS
15 6 (0.45%) Mesosphere
15 6 (0.45%) Windows 10
15 6 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
16 4 (0.30%) DC/OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 610 (45.39%) Agile
2 355 (26.41%) CI/CD
3 348 (25.89%) Software Engineering
4 307 (22.84%) DevOps
5 300 (22.32%) SDLC
6 276 (20.54%) Operational Stability
7 275 (20.46%) Mentoring
8 262 (19.49%) Infrastructure as Code
9 233 (17.34%) Migration
10 195 (14.51%) Artificial Intelligence
11 191 (14.21%) Machine Learning
12 182 (13.54%) Coaching
13 178 (13.24%) Roadmaps
14 170 (12.65%) Project Management
15 167 (12.43%) Presales
16 166 (12.35%) Architectural Design
17 161 (11.98%) Microservices
17 161 (11.98%) TOGAF
18 160 (11.90%) Community of Practice
19 151 (11.24%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 317 (23.59%) Java
2 237 (17.63%) SQL
3 222 (16.52%) Python
4 82 (6.10%) PowerShell
5 62 (4.61%) JavaScript
6 48 (3.57%) C#
6 48 (3.57%) Scala
7 44 (3.27%) TypeScript
8 41 (3.05%) Bash
9 40 (2.98%) Shell Script
10 22 (1.64%) Go
10 22 (1.64%) PL/SQL
11 18 (1.34%) Groovy
12 13 (0.97%) R
13 10 (0.74%) T-SQL
14 6 (0.45%) C
14 6 (0.45%) PHP
15 4 (0.30%) MATLAB
16 3 (0.22%) AWK
16 3 (0.22%) sed
Qualifications
1 160 (11.90%) Security Cleared
2 126 (9.38%) Degree
3 110 (8.18%) Azure Certification
4 100 (7.44%) AWS Certification
5 67 (4.99%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 64 (4.76%) SC Cleared
7 45 (3.35%) Microsoft Certification
8 37 (2.75%) Cisco Certification
9 31 (2.31%) DV Cleared
10 28 (2.08%) 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 (1.41%) MCSE
15 17 (1.26%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 16 (1.19%) APMP
17 15 (1.12%) CISM
18 12 (0.89%) CCNP
18 12 (0.89%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (5.21%) SLA
2 47 (3.50%) Accessibility
3 41 (3.05%) Data Quality
4 25 (1.86%) NIST
5 24 (1.79%) PMO
6 23 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 18 (1.34%) QA
8 9 (0.67%) PCI DSS
9 6 (0.45%) GDPR
9 6 (0.45%) SOC 2
9 6 (0.45%) WAI
10 5 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
10 5 (0.37%) SOC 1
11 4 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 4 (0.30%) NCSC
12 3 (0.22%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.15%) GRC
13 2 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 1 (0.074%) ISO 22301
14 1 (0.074%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 131 (9.75%) Active Directory
2 124 (9.23%) Docker
3 102 (7.59%) VMware Infrastructure
4 57 (4.24%) Hyper-V
5 48 (3.57%) VMware ESXi
6 33 (2.46%) VMware NSX
7 24 (1.79%) vSphere
8 11 (0.82%) vCloud
8 11 (0.82%) XenDesktop
9 8 (0.60%) Virtual Desktop
10 5 (0.37%) XenApp
11 4 (0.30%) VMware Server
12 1 (0.074%) Virtual Machines
12 1 (0.074%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 346 (25.74%) Terraform
2 229 (17.04%) Kubernetes
3 130 (9.67%) Ansible
4 75 (5.58%) Grafana
5 51 (3.79%) Puppet
6 45 (3.35%) Progress Chef
7 36 (2.68%) Prometheus
8 34 (2.53%) Microsoft Intune
9 26 (1.93%) Single Sign-On
10 20 (1.49%) WSUS
11 16 (1.19%) vCenter Server
12 15 (1.12%) FortiGate
13 12 (0.89%) CA Single Sign-On
14 11 (0.82%) SCCM
15 10 (0.74%) SCOM
16 9 (0.67%) Nagios
17 7 (0.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
18 6 (0.45%) Docker Swarm
18 6 (0.45%) EMC NetWorker
18 6 (0.45%) Istio
Vendors
1 370 (27.53%) Microsoft
2 216 (16.07%) Google
3 208 (15.48%) Oracle
4 160 (11.90%) VMware
5 99 (7.37%) Splunk
6 94 (6.99%) Cisco
7 89 (6.62%) Dynatrace
8 69 (5.13%) Databricks
9 50 (3.72%) Citrix
10 49 (3.65%) Sparx
11 42 (3.13%) Informatica
12 39 (2.90%) IBM
13 37 (2.75%) Veeam
14 34 (2.53%) Meraki
15 33 (2.46%) Aruba
16 31 (2.31%) Adobe
17 30 (2.23%) Apple
18 27 (2.01%) NEC
19 26 (1.93%) Atlassian
19 26 (1.93%) F5