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

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 225 100 228
Rank change year-on-year -125 +128 +19
Permanent jobs citing Public Cloud 1,360 3,310 2,955
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.36% 3.34% 1.84%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.87% 7.82% 3.84%
Number of salaries quoted 785 1,202 1,346
10th Percentile £46,272 £43,778 £46,250
25th Percentile £56,219 £56,219 £57,046
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £73,750 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.47% -1.67% +14.07%
75th Percentile £83,759 £97,290 £100,000
90th Percentile £100,250 £117,236 £112,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,783 £65,351 £61,180
% change year-on-year -3.93% +6.82% +1.97%

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 35,145 42,330 76,975
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.18% 42.69% 47.89%
Number of salaries quoted 23,044 23,098 33,984
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,427 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,719
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 £109,865 £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 18 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 18 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 -89 1,044 £62,783 -3.93% 146
England -166 904 £67,500 -10.00% 189
Work from Home -61 613 £62,783 -14.10% 118
Scotland -11 387 £65,000 -7.14% 10
North of England -65 341 £62,783 -8.35% 50
London -156 274 £77,500 -3.13% 79
North West -75 180 £62,783 -6.18% 21
Yorkshire -40 127 £62,783 -6.39% 18
South West -64 98 £70,576 -5.27% 21
Midlands -146 95 £61,206 -5.84% 17
South East -77 65 £65,000 +10.64% 27
West Midlands -105 63 £63,128 -6.48% 14
North East +23 34 £62,783 -10.31% 11
East Midlands -72 32 £60,000 +4.35% 3
Wales -20 20 £70,576 +36.10% 11
East of England -90 20 £57,825 +24.35% 4
Northern Ireland 0 13 - - 6
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 53 (3.90%) IIS
2 49 (3.60%) Microsoft Exchange
3 46 (3.38%) WebLogic
4 35 (2.57%) Apache Spark
5 31 (2.28%) SharePoint
6 29 (2.13%) Apache
7 28 (2.06%) Tomcat
8 17 (1.25%) Cloud Foundry
9 10 (0.74%) Confluence
10 6 (0.44%) OpenStack
11 4 (0.29%) 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 (3.38%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 27 (1.99%) NEC Housing
3 15 (1.10%) SAP S/4HANA
4 9 (0.66%) Remedy ITSM
5 7 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
6 5 (0.37%) SAP CO
6 5 (0.37%) SAP FI
6 5 (0.37%) SAP FI/CO
7 4 (0.29%) SAP BPC
8 2 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
9 1 (0.074%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 830 (61.03%) AWS
2 787 (57.87%) Azure
3 345 (25.37%) GCP
4 221 (16.25%) Microsoft 365
5 150 (11.03%) PaaS
6 146 (10.74%) SaaS
7 141 (10.37%) IaaS
8 108 (7.94%) Azure DevOps
9 79 (5.81%) GitHub
10 74 (5.44%) Datadog
11 63 (4.63%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 54 (3.97%) Amazon EKS
13 47 (3.46%) Cloud Computing
14 46 (3.38%) Amazon SQS
15 43 (3.16%) GitHub Actions
16 42 (3.09%) Entra ID
17 29 (2.13%) OpenShift
18 23 (1.69%) Amazon ECS
19 22 (1.62%) AWS CloudFormation
20 20 (1.47%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 128 (9.41%) Firewall
2 111 (8.16%) DNS
3 87 (6.40%) WAN
4 72 (5.29%) VPN
5 58 (4.26%) BGP
5 58 (4.26%) TCP/IP
6 57 (4.19%) LAN
7 51 (3.75%) SSL
8 42 (3.09%) DHCP
9 40 (2.94%) Wi-Fi
10 36 (2.65%) SD-WAN
11 29 (2.13%) Unified Communications
12 28 (2.06%) VLAN
13 25 (1.84%) Wireless
14 23 (1.69%) SAN
15 20 (1.47%) Network Security
16 19 (1.40%) Cisco ISE
17 18 (1.32%) DSL
17 18 (1.32%) MPLS
18 17 (1.25%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 157 (11.54%) SQL Server
2 114 (8.38%) Relational Database
3 92 (6.76%) NoSQL
4 78 (5.74%) Oracle Database
5 54 (3.97%) Big Data
6 52 (3.82%) RDBMS
7 49 (3.60%) DB2
8 47 (3.46%) Amazon RDS
9 39 (2.87%) Data Vault
10 33 (2.43%) MongoDB
11 31 (2.28%) Delta Lake
12 29 (2.13%) Data Warehouse
13 24 (1.76%) Data Lake
14 23 (1.69%) Apache Cassandra
15 20 (1.47%) Looker
16 18 (1.32%) Tableau
17 17 (1.25%) Amazon Aurora
17 17 (1.25%) CockroachDB
17 17 (1.25%) Hadoop
18 16 (1.18%) Impala
Development Applications
1 88 (6.47%) Jenkins
2 55 (4.04%) JIRA
3 49 (3.60%) GitLab
4 36 (2.65%) Git
5 32 (2.35%) CircleCI
6 21 (1.54%) Artifactory
6 21 (1.54%) Maven
7 19 (1.40%) IBM UrbanCode
8 9 (0.66%) Oracle Forms
9 8 (0.59%) Bitbucket
10 6 (0.44%) Cypress.io
10 6 (0.44%) Jasmine
10 6 (0.44%) Karma Test Runner
10 6 (0.44%) Visual Studio Code
11 5 (0.37%) Selenium
11 5 (0.37%) SonarQube
11 5 (0.37%) Spinnaker
12 3 (0.22%) Sonatype Nexus
12 3 (0.22%) webpack
13 1 (0.074%) Chocolatey
General
1 525 (38.60%) Finance
2 332 (24.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 306 (22.50%) Law
4 298 (21.91%) Social Skills
5 204 (15.00%) Marketing
6 174 (12.79%) Banking
7 153 (11.25%) Public Sector
8 108 (7.94%) Presentation Skills
9 71 (5.22%) Analytical Skills
10 60 (4.41%) Legal
11 54 (3.97%) Investment Banking
12 45 (3.31%) Financial Institution
13 35 (2.57%) Private Banking
14 30 (2.21%) Police
15 29 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
16 28 (2.06%) Local Government
17 25 (1.84%) Retail
18 13 (0.96%) Billing
19 11 (0.81%) Games
20 8 (0.59%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 439 (32.28%) Architect
2 299 (21.99%) Lead
3 270 (19.85%) Senior
4 261 (19.19%) Software Engineer
5 203 (14.93%) Solutions Architect
6 181 (13.31%) Cloud Architect
7 177 (13.01%) Cloud Engineer
8 127 (9.34%) Lead Software Engineer
9 109 (8.01%) Cloud Software Engineer
10 106 (7.79%) Java Engineer
11 105 (7.72%) Java Software Engineer
12 98 (7.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 89 (6.54%) Data Engineer
14 86 (6.32%) Lead Architect
15 66 (4.85%) Lead Solutions Architect
16 61 (4.49%) DevOps Engineer
17 59 (4.34%) Lead Java Engineer
17 59 (4.34%) Senior Architect
18 56 (4.12%) Consultant
19 55 (4.04%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 128 (9.41%) Spring Boot
2 109 (8.01%) Spring
3 84 (6.18%) React
4 70 (5.15%) Kafka
5 67 (4.93%) AngularJS
6 56 (4.12%) RESTful
7 55 (4.04%) OpenTelemetry
8 54 (3.97%) .NET
9 51 (3.75%) HTML
10 50 (3.68%) CSS
11 46 (3.38%) RabbitMQ
12 39 (2.87%) OAuth
13 38 (2.79%) Web Services
14 35 (2.57%) REST
15 29 (2.13%) Middleware
16 26 (1.91%) PySpark
17 18 (1.32%) .NET Core
17 18 (1.32%) GraphQL
18 15 (1.10%) Node.js
19 14 (1.03%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 217 (15.96%) Cloud Native
2 117 (8.60%) Data Centre
3 100 (7.35%) PKI
4 81 (5.96%) Enterprise Software
5 80 (5.88%) Management Information System
6 71 (5.22%) Product Ownership
7 59 (4.34%) Hybrid Cloud
8 56 (4.12%) Data Structures
9 54 (3.97%) Distributed Systems
10 44 (3.24%) Reinsurance
11 42 (3.09%) Private Cloud
12 38 (2.79%) Replication
13 33 (2.43%) Algorithms
13 33 (2.43%) Clustering
13 33 (2.43%) Self-Motivation
14 28 (2.06%) Enterprise Cloud
15 19 (1.40%) Onboarding
16 16 (1.18%) IoT
17 13 (0.96%) Virtual Team
18 12 (0.88%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 300 (22.06%) Linux
2 256 (18.82%) Windows
3 65 (4.78%) Windows Server
4 63 (4.63%) Unix
5 50 (3.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 32 (2.35%) Solaris
7 18 (1.32%) Ubuntu
8 16 (1.18%) zOS
9 14 (1.03%) Mac OS
10 12 (0.88%) CentOS
10 12 (0.88%) Windows Server 2012
11 11 (0.81%) SUSE
12 9 (0.66%) Windows Server 2016
13 8 (0.59%) Android
13 8 (0.59%) Apple iOS
14 7 (0.51%) VMS
15 6 (0.44%) Mesosphere
15 6 (0.44%) Windows Server 2019
16 5 (0.37%) Windows 10
17 4 (0.29%) DC/OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 627 (46.10%) Agile
2 360 (26.47%) CI/CD
3 348 (25.59%) Software Engineering
4 317 (23.31%) DevOps
5 305 (22.43%) SDLC
6 276 (20.29%) Operational Stability
7 272 (20.00%) Mentoring
8 271 (19.93%) Infrastructure as Code
9 234 (17.21%) Migration
10 194 (14.26%) Artificial Intelligence
11 190 (13.97%) Machine Learning
12 179 (13.16%) Coaching
13 174 (12.79%) Roadmaps
14 170 (12.50%) Project Management
15 167 (12.28%) Presales
16 166 (12.21%) Architectural Design
17 161 (11.84%) TOGAF
18 160 (11.76%) Community of Practice
19 159 (11.69%) Microservices
20 152 (11.18%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 325 (23.90%) Java
2 245 (18.01%) SQL
3 229 (16.84%) Python
4 80 (5.88%) PowerShell
5 67 (4.93%) JavaScript
6 48 (3.53%) Scala
7 47 (3.46%) C#
8 44 (3.24%) TypeScript
9 42 (3.09%) Bash
10 40 (2.94%) Shell Script
11 25 (1.84%) Go
12 22 (1.62%) PL/SQL
13 20 (1.47%) Groovy
14 13 (0.96%) R
15 10 (0.74%) T-SQL
16 6 (0.44%) C
16 6 (0.44%) PHP
17 4 (0.29%) MATLAB
17 4 (0.29%) Rust
18 3 (0.22%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 162 (11.91%) Security Cleared
2 128 (9.41%) Degree
3 113 (8.31%) Azure Certification
4 99 (7.28%) AWS Certification
5 67 (4.93%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 66 (4.85%) SC Cleared
7 46 (3.38%) Microsoft Certification
8 39 (2.87%) Cisco Certification
9 32 (2.35%) DV Cleared
10 28 (2.06%) TOGAF Certification
11 27 (1.99%) CCNA
12 23 (1.69%) CISSP
12 23 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
13 21 (1.54%) BPSS Clearance
14 20 (1.47%) MCSE
15 18 (1.32%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 16 (1.18%) APMP
17 15 (1.10%) CISM
18 14 (1.03%) CCNP
18 14 (1.03%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (5.15%) SLA
2 47 (3.46%) Accessibility
3 43 (3.16%) Data Quality
4 25 (1.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 25 (1.84%) NIST
5 24 (1.76%) PMO
6 17 (1.25%) QA
7 9 (0.66%) PCI DSS
8 8 (0.59%) GDPR
9 7 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
10 6 (0.44%) SOC 2
10 6 (0.44%) WAI
11 5 (0.37%) SOC 1
12 4 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 4 (0.29%) NCSC
13 3 (0.22%) HIPAA
14 2 (0.15%) GRC
14 2 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 1 (0.074%) ISO 22301
15 1 (0.074%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 128 (9.41%) Active Directory
2 121 (8.90%) Docker
3 108 (7.94%) VMware Infrastructure
4 54 (3.97%) Hyper-V
5 53 (3.90%) VMware ESXi
6 33 (2.43%) VMware NSX
7 30 (2.21%) vSphere
8 12 (0.88%) vCloud
9 11 (0.81%) Virtual Desktop
10 10 (0.74%) XenDesktop
11 4 (0.29%) XenApp
12 3 (0.22%) VMware Server
13 2 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
14 1 (0.074%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 355 (26.10%) Terraform
2 230 (16.91%) Kubernetes
3 133 (9.78%) Ansible
4 75 (5.51%) Grafana
5 54 (3.97%) Puppet
6 47 (3.46%) Progress Chef
7 36 (2.65%) Prometheus
8 30 (2.21%) Microsoft Intune
9 26 (1.91%) Single Sign-On
10 18 (1.32%) vCenter Server
10 18 (1.32%) WSUS
11 15 (1.10%) FortiGate
12 12 (0.88%) CA Single Sign-On
13 10 (0.74%) SCCM
14 9 (0.66%) Nagios
14 9 (0.66%) SCOM
15 8 (0.59%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 8 (0.59%) Istio
16 6 (0.44%) Docker Swarm
16 6 (0.44%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 370 (27.21%) Microsoft
2 218 (16.03%) Google
3 209 (15.37%) Oracle
4 163 (11.99%) VMware
5 98 (7.21%) Splunk
6 96 (7.06%) Cisco
7 89 (6.54%) Dynatrace
8 71 (5.22%) Databricks
9 56 (4.12%) Citrix
10 49 (3.60%) Sparx
11 44 (3.24%) Informatica
12 39 (2.87%) IBM
13 38 (2.79%) Veeam
14 35 (2.57%) Aruba
15 34 (2.50%) Meraki
16 31 (2.28%) Adobe
17 30 (2.21%) Apple
18 28 (2.06%) F5
19 27 (1.99%) NEC
20 26 (1.91%) Atlassian