Cloud Security
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 22 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
22 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 333 171 309
Rank change year-on-year -162 +138 -40
Permanent jobs citing Cloud Security 846 2,169 2,210
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.85% 2.20% 1.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.99% 2.30% 1.41%
Number of salaries quoted 674 1,065 1,036
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,874 £45,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +7.14% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £92,688
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £65,956 £57,500
% change year-on-year -12.82% +14.71% -5.74%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 85,138 94,311 156,544
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.08% 95.58% 95.82%
Number of salaries quoted 59,815 55,545 82,618
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

Cloud Security
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Cloud Security in the UK

Cloud Security
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Cloud Security in the UK

Cloud Security
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cloud Security over the 6 months to 22 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cloud Security in the UK

Cloud Security
Top 18 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 22 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
England -151 751 £65,000 -13.33% 194
UK excluding London -185 496 £57,500 -12.82% 115
Work from Home -144 332 £62,500 -16.67% 90
London -89 294 £80,000 - 91
North of England -106 178 £52,500 -19.66% 42
South East -93 107 £50,000 -25.93% 20
North West -110 85 £50,000 -16.67% 17
Midlands -71 74 £65,000 -13.33% 19
South West -68 69 £59,526 -20.63% 17
Yorkshire -72 63 £60,000 -12.43% 19
West Midlands -48 48 £75,000 -2.28% 14
Scotland -107 39 £59,526 -11.68% 12
North East +5 30 £42,500 -12.82% 6
East Midlands -20 25 £60,500 -12.00% 5
East of England -27 18 £72,500 +52.70% 3
Northern Ireland +21 7 £90,000 +80.00% 3
Isle of Man - 4 £46,500 -
Wales +6 2 £72,500 +61.11%

Cloud Security
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 32 (3.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 26 (3.07%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.47%) CloudStack
4 3 (0.35%) Confluence
5 2 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.24%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.12%) Apache
6 1 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.12%) IIS
6 1 (0.12%) nginx
Applications
1 17 (2.01%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 486 (57.45%) Azure
2 245 (28.96%) AWS
3 194 (22.93%) Microsoft 365
4 133 (15.72%) GCP
5 90 (10.64%) PaaS
6 86 (10.17%) Entra ID
7 84 (9.93%) SaaS
8 80 (9.46%) Azure DevOps
9 74 (8.75%) IaaS
10 62 (7.33%) Cloud Computing
11 43 (5.08%) Azure Sentinel
12 38 (4.49%) Microsoft Purview
13 35 (4.14%) Serverless
14 34 (4.02%) GitHub
15 32 (3.78%) Azure AKS
16 24 (2.84%) AWS CloudFormation
17 18 (2.13%) Power Platform
18 17 (2.01%) Amazon EC2
18 17 (2.01%) Amazon S3
18 17 (2.01%) Azure API Management
Communications & Networking
1 187 (22.10%) Firewall
2 123 (14.54%) Network Security
3 56 (6.62%) WAN
4 53 (6.26%) DNS
5 49 (5.79%) LAN
5 49 (5.79%) VPN
6 42 (4.96%) Internet
7 26 (3.07%) DKIM
7 26 (3.07%) DMARC
7 26 (3.07%) Wireless
8 25 (2.96%) SD-WAN
9 23 (2.72%) TCP/IP
10 18 (2.13%) Software-Defined Networking
11 17 (2.01%) WLAN
12 16 (1.89%) Wireshark
13 12 (1.42%) BGP
14 11 (1.30%) Intrusion Detection
14 11 (1.30%) VoIP
14 11 (1.30%) Wi-Fi
15 10 (1.18%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (1.89%) Amazon RDS
1 16 (1.89%) SQL Server
2 7 (0.83%) Azure SQL Database
2 7 (0.83%) NoSQL
2 7 (0.83%) Power BI
3 5 (0.59%) Relational Database
4 4 (0.47%) RDBMS
5 3 (0.35%) Oracle Exadata
5 3 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.24%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.24%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.24%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.12%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 40 (4.73%) Jenkins
2 22 (2.60%) Git
3 17 (2.01%) GitLab
4 9 (1.06%) SonarQube
5 7 (0.83%) Katalon Studio
6 6 (0.71%) Burp Suite
6 6 (0.71%) JIRA
7 4 (0.47%) Maven
7 4 (0.47%) Metasploit
7 4 (0.47%) Selenium
8 2 (0.24%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.24%) JMeter
8 2 (0.24%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.12%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.12%) Gatling
9 1 (0.12%) JUnit
9 1 (0.12%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.12%) MLflow
9 1 (0.12%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.12%) sqlmap
General
1 244 (28.84%) Social Skills
2 186 (21.99%) Finance
3 81 (9.57%) Analytical Skills
4 67 (7.92%) Banking
5 50 (5.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 49 (5.79%) Retail
7 35 (4.14%) Presentation Skills
8 32 (3.78%) Law
9 30 (3.55%) Legal
9 30 (3.55%) Marketing
10 27 (3.19%) Documentation Skills
11 23 (2.72%) Public Sector
12 12 (1.42%) Tech for Good
13 11 (1.30%) Back Office
14 9 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
15 8 (0.95%) Games
16 7 (0.83%) Influencing Skills
17 4 (0.47%) Manufacturing
17 4 (0.47%) Retail Banking
18 3 (0.35%) Police
Job Titles
1 161 (19.03%) Architect
2 144 (17.02%) Senior
3 132 (15.60%) Analyst
4 128 (15.13%) Security Engineer
5 108 (12.77%) Security Analyst
6 103 (12.17%) Cloud Engineer
7 93 (10.99%) Lead
8 74 (8.75%) Security Architect
9 63 (7.45%) Cloud Architect
10 56 (6.62%) Information Analyst
10 56 (6.62%) Information Security Analyst
11 49 (5.79%) Senior Security Engineer
12 48 (5.67%) Cloud Security Engineer
13 47 (5.56%) Consultant
14 37 (4.37%) Cybersecurity Analyst
15 35 (4.14%) Azure Engineer
15 35 (4.14%) Security Manager
15 35 (4.14%) Senior Cloud Engineer
16 32 (3.78%) Cloud Security Architect
17 30 (3.55%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.13%) YAML
2 12 (1.42%) SailPoint
3 11 (1.30%) ARM Templates
3 11 (1.30%) OAuth
4 9 (1.06%) .NET
4 9 (1.06%) React
4 9 (1.06%) SAML
5 8 (0.95%) JSON
5 8 (0.95%) Laravel
5 8 (0.95%) Middleware
6 7 (0.83%) REST
6 7 (0.83%) web3js
7 6 (0.71%) AngularJS
7 6 (0.71%) Azure Blueprints
7 6 (0.71%) Kafka
8 5 (0.59%) AWS CDK
8 5 (0.59%) CSS
8 5 (0.59%) Node.js
8 5 (0.59%) RESTful
8 5 (0.59%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 72 (8.51%) Cloud Native
2 71 (8.39%) Security Posture
3 70 (8.27%) Management Information System
4 57 (6.74%) Data Centre
4 57 (6.74%) Public Cloud
5 44 (5.20%) Cyberattack
6 40 (4.73%) Cyber Threat
7 31 (3.66%) Security Operations Centre
8 25 (2.96%) Cloud Security Posture
9 24 (2.84%) Product Ownership
10 22 (2.60%) PKI
10 22 (2.60%) Private Cloud
11 16 (1.89%) Onboarding
12 14 (1.65%) Driving Licence
13 13 (1.54%) Data Protection Act
14 12 (1.42%) Hybrid Cloud
15 11 (1.30%) Enterprise Cloud
15 11 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
16 10 (1.18%) Cyber Kill Chain
17 8 (0.95%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 156 (18.44%) Windows
2 88 (10.40%) Linux
3 78 (9.22%) Windows Server
4 28 (3.31%) Unix
5 19 (2.25%) Android
5 19 (2.25%) Apple iOS
5 19 (2.25%) Windows 10
6 11 (1.30%) Windows Server 2016
6 11 (1.30%) Windows Server 2019
7 8 (0.95%) Solaris
7 8 (0.95%) Ubuntu
8 6 (0.71%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (0.35%) Kali Linux
9 3 (0.35%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.35%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.24%) Windows XP
11 1 (0.12%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 310 (36.64%) Cybersecurity
2 253 (29.91%) Information Security
3 215 (25.41%) DevOps
4 168 (19.86%) Agile
5 162 (19.15%) Problem-Solving
6 140 (16.55%) CI/CD
7 131 (15.48%) SIEM
8 122 (14.42%) Identity Access Management
9 118 (13.95%) Infrastructure as Code
10 95 (11.23%) Incident Response
11 92 (10.87%) Security Operations
12 91 (10.76%) Vulnerability Management
13 89 (10.52%) DevSecOps
13 89 (10.52%) Security Architecture
14 86 (10.17%) Roadmaps
15 83 (9.81%) Application Security
16 70 (8.27%) Containerisation
17 64 (7.57%) Data Loss Prevention
17 64 (7.57%) Risk Management
18 60 (7.09%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 142 (16.78%) Python
2 96 (11.35%) PowerShell
3 48 (5.67%) SQL
4 40 (4.73%) Bash
5 30 (3.55%) Java
6 23 (2.72%) Bicep
7 21 (2.48%) JavaScript
8 15 (1.77%) C#
9 14 (1.65%) Go
10 10 (1.18%) Rust
11 8 (0.95%) Kusto Query Language
11 8 (0.95%) PHP
11 8 (0.95%) Scala
12 5 (0.59%) C
12 5 (0.59%) R
12 5 (0.59%) Shell Script
13 4 (0.47%) AWK
13 4 (0.47%) sed
14 3 (0.35%) C++
14 3 (0.35%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 165 (19.50%) CISSP
2 115 (13.59%) Degree
3 78 (9.22%) Cisco Certification
4 74 (8.75%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 73 (8.63%) Azure Certification
6 67 (7.92%) CISM
7 63 (7.45%) CCSP
8 54 (6.38%) AWS Certification
9 48 (5.67%) CEH
10 44 (5.20%) Microsoft Certification
11 37 (4.37%) Security Cleared
12 33 (3.90%) Computer Science Degree
13 26 (3.07%) SC Cleared
14 25 (2.96%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 21 (2.48%) Master's Degree
15 21 (2.48%) OSCP
16 20 (2.36%) SANS
17 16 (1.89%) CREST Certified
18 15 (1.77%) CCSK
18 15 (1.77%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 158 (18.68%) NIST
2 144 (17.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 71 (8.39%) PCI DSS
4 33 (3.90%) GDPR
5 32 (3.78%) Cyber Essentials
6 26 (3.07%) GRC
7 22 (2.60%) SLA
8 14 (1.65%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 13 (1.54%) NIST 800
10 12 (1.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 11 (1.30%) NCSC
12 8 (0.95%) ISO 9001
12 8 (0.95%) SOC 2
13 7 (0.83%) COBIT
13 7 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 6 (0.71%) Actionable Recommendations
15 5 (0.59%) HIPAA
16 3 (0.35%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 3 (0.35%) ISO 31000
16 3 (0.35%) QA
System Software
1 109 (12.88%) Active Directory
2 74 (8.75%) Docker
3 31 (3.66%) Hyper-V
4 24 (2.84%) VMware Infrastructure
5 17 (2.01%) Virtual Machines
6 14 (1.65%) Virtual Desktop
7 6 (0.71%) Virtual Servers
8 5 (0.59%) vSphere
9 3 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.12%) LXC
10 1 (0.12%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 112 (13.24%) Kubernetes
2 101 (11.94%) Terraform
3 49 (5.79%) CASB
4 44 (5.20%) Microsoft Intune
5 37 (4.37%) Ansible
6 21 (2.48%) Single Sign-On
7 17 (2.01%) Nmap
8 11 (1.30%) FortiGate
9 10 (1.18%) Istio
10 8 (0.95%) Progress Chef
10 8 (0.95%) Puppet
11 7 (0.83%) QRadar
11 7 (0.83%) SCCM
12 6 (0.71%) Argo
12 6 (0.71%) Nagios
13 5 (0.59%) OfficeScan
13 5 (0.59%) WSUS
14 4 (0.47%) cPanel
14 4 (0.47%) Plesk
15 3 (0.35%) Nessus
Vendors
1 274 (32.39%) Microsoft
2 67 (7.92%) Google
3 56 (6.62%) Cisco
4 33 (3.90%) Splunk
5 28 (3.31%) VMware
6 26 (3.07%) Rapid7
7 23 (2.72%) CyberArk
8 22 (2.60%) Qualys
8 22 (2.60%) ServiceNow
9 21 (2.48%) Palo Alto
10 17 (2.01%) CheckPoint
11 16 (1.89%) Juniper
11 16 (1.89%) Zscaler
12 15 (1.77%) BeyondTrust
12 15 (1.77%) Fortinet
13 14 (1.65%) Barracuda Networks
13 14 (1.65%) Thycotic
14 13 (1.54%) Oracle
15 11 (1.30%) Apple
15 11 (1.30%) Sophos