Public Cloud Jobs with Work from Home Options

Public Cloud
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Cloud in permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Public Cloud over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 176 118 203
Rank change year-on-year -58 +85 -12
Permanent jobs citing Public Cloud 609 1,159 1,443
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.80% 2.86% 2.02%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.04% 7.41% 4.31%
Number of salaries quoted 393 762 812
10th Percentile £47,500 £43,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £56,219 £56,219 £57,046
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,783 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.40% -3.33% +11.11%
75th Percentile £83,750 £97,328 £97,290
90th Percentile £110,000 £117,236 £110,000
UK median annual salary £66,283 £73,750 £73,500
% change year-on-year -10.13% +0.34% +11.79%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 12,088 15,642 33,463
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.75% 38.55% 46.96%
Number of salaries quoted 9,258 11,441 17,056
10th Percentile £32,500 £39,294 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £48,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,556 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.38% - +13.04%
75th Percentile £80,000 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £102,500 £109,865 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%

Public Cloud
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Public Cloud as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Public Cloud trend for jobs with a WFH option

Public Cloud
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Public Cloud.

Public Cloud salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Public Cloud
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Public Cloud over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Public Cloud salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Public Cloud
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 46 (7.55%) WebLogic
2 31 (5.09%) Microsoft Exchange
3 29 (4.76%) IIS
4 28 (4.60%) Apache
4 28 (4.60%) Tomcat
5 19 (3.12%) SharePoint
6 4 (0.66%) Confluence
7 2 (0.33%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.16%) nginx
8 1 (0.16%) Umbraco
Applications
1 4 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 46 (7.55%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 27 (4.43%) NEC Housing
3 9 (1.48%) Remedy ITSM
4 5 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 411 (67.49%) Azure
2 319 (52.38%) AWS
3 185 (30.38%) GCP
4 145 (23.81%) Microsoft 365
5 111 (18.23%) SaaS
6 89 (14.61%) IaaS
7 78 (12.81%) PaaS
8 47 (7.72%) Amazon EKS
9 46 (7.55%) Amazon SQS
10 37 (6.08%) Azure DevOps
11 31 (5.09%) Entra ID
11 31 (5.09%) GitHub
12 29 (4.76%) OpenShift
13 17 (2.79%) Amazon S3
14 12 (1.97%) Amazon EC2
14 12 (1.97%) AWS KMS
14 12 (1.97%) Azure Key Vault
15 11 (1.81%) Cloud Computing
16 10 (1.64%) Power Platform
17 9 (1.48%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 92 (15.11%) DNS
2 54 (8.87%) TCP/IP
3 48 (7.88%) BGP
4 46 (7.55%) SSL
5 42 (6.90%) LAN
6 39 (6.40%) WAN
7 35 (5.75%) Wi-Fi
8 34 (5.58%) DHCP
8 34 (5.58%) Firewall
9 31 (5.09%) VPN
10 24 (3.94%) Unified Communications
11 19 (3.12%) Cisco ISE
11 19 (3.12%) SD-WAN
12 18 (2.96%) MPLS
13 16 (2.63%) Remote Desktop
13 16 (2.63%) VLAN
14 10 (1.64%) Network Security
14 10 (1.64%) WLAN
15 9 (1.48%) NGFW
16 4 (0.66%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (12.81%) Oracle Database
1 78 (12.81%) Relational Database
2 52 (8.54%) NoSQL
2 52 (8.54%) RDBMS
3 47 (7.72%) SQL Server
4 46 (7.55%) Amazon RDS
5 31 (5.09%) DB2
6 22 (3.61%) Data Warehouse
7 15 (2.46%) MongoDB
8 14 (2.30%) BigQuery
9 12 (1.97%) Data Hub
9 12 (1.97%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 8 (1.31%) MySQL
11 7 (1.15%) Azure SQL Database
11 7 (1.15%) PostgreSQL
11 7 (1.15%) Power BI
12 6 (0.99%) Data Lake
13 5 (0.82%) Couchbase
13 5 (0.82%) Elasticsearch
13 5 (0.82%) Redis
Development Applications
1 40 (6.57%) Jenkins
2 23 (3.78%) GitLab
3 21 (3.45%) Artifactory
4 19 (3.12%) IBM UrbanCode
5 14 (2.30%) Git
6 13 (2.13%) Maven
7 9 (1.48%) Oracle Forms
8 5 (0.82%) JIRA
8 5 (0.82%) Selenium
8 5 (0.82%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.33%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.16%) Gradle
10 1 (0.16%) Mockito
10 1 (0.16%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.16%) Spinnaker
10 1 (0.16%) Vagrant
General
1 153 (25.12%) Finance
2 133 (21.84%) Social Skills
3 114 (18.72%) Public Sector
4 101 (16.58%) Presentation Skills
5 67 (11.00%) Banking
6 30 (4.93%) Police
7 29 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
8 27 (4.43%) Local Government
9 23 (3.78%) Legal
10 22 (3.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 14 (2.30%) Retail
12 13 (2.13%) Financial Institution
13 10 (1.64%) Law
14 5 (0.82%) Marketing
15 3 (0.49%) Back Office
15 3 (0.49%) Organisational Skills
16 2 (0.33%) Advertising
16 2 (0.33%) Pharmaceutical
16 2 (0.33%) Retail Banking
16 2 (0.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 292 (47.95%) Architect
2 143 (23.48%) Solutions Architect
3 142 (23.32%) Senior
4 108 (17.73%) Cloud Architect
5 88 (14.45%) Lead
6 77 (12.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 69 (11.33%) Lead Architect
8 66 (10.84%) Lead Solutions Architect
9 53 (8.70%) Cloud Engineer
10 48 (7.88%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 40 (6.57%) Senior Cloud Engineer
12 38 (6.24%) Senior Architect
13 37 (6.08%) Security Engineer
14 32 (5.25%) Senior Solutions Architect
15 31 (5.09%) Senior Security Engineer
16 28 (4.60%) DevOps Engineer
17 27 (4.43%) Applications Support
17 27 (4.43%) Citrix Architect
18 26 (4.27%) Azure Architect
18 26 (4.27%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (9.20%) Spring Boot
2 46 (7.55%) RabbitMQ
3 29 (4.76%) Web Services
4 24 (3.94%) Middleware
5 12 (1.97%) Kafka
5 12 (1.97%) React
5 12 (1.97%) Spring
6 10 (1.64%) ARM Templates
6 10 (1.64%) JSON
7 9 (1.48%) YAML
8 8 (1.31%) .NET
8 8 (1.31%) Node.js
9 7 (1.15%) AngularJS
10 5 (0.82%) Apache Camel
10 5 (0.82%) CSS
10 5 (0.82%) HTML
11 4 (0.66%) J2EE
11 4 (0.66%) Oracle ADF
11 4 (0.66%) RESTful
12 3 (0.49%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 95 (15.60%) PKI
2 80 (13.14%) Enterprise Software
3 71 (11.66%) Data Centre
4 40 (6.57%) Hybrid Cloud
5 24 (3.94%) Management Information System
6 22 (3.61%) Product Ownership
6 22 (3.61%) Self-Motivation
7 16 (2.63%) Private Cloud
8 12 (1.97%) Cyberattack
8 12 (1.97%) Data Fabric
9 11 (1.81%) Cloud Native
10 7 (1.15%) Linux Command Line
10 7 (1.15%) Security Posture
11 5 (0.82%) EMC VNX
11 5 (0.82%) Virtual Team
12 4 (0.66%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 4 (0.66%) Mobile App
13 3 (0.49%) Blog
13 3 (0.49%) Clustering
13 3 (0.49%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 164 (26.93%) Linux
2 149 (24.47%) Windows
3 61 (10.02%) Unix
4 47 (7.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 31 (5.09%) Solaris
6 16 (2.63%) zOS
7 11 (1.81%) Windows Server
8 5 (0.82%) CentOS
8 5 (0.82%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (0.82%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (0.66%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.33%) Android
10 2 (0.33%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.33%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.16%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 235 (38.59%) Agile
2 172 (28.24%) Mentoring
3 165 (27.09%) Migration
4 149 (24.47%) Coaching
4 149 (24.47%) TOGAF
5 147 (24.14%) Project Management
6 136 (22.33%) DevOps
6 136 (22.33%) Infrastructure as Code
7 133 (21.84%) Presales
8 127 (20.85%) Actionable Insight
9 107 (17.57%) Roadmaps
10 95 (15.60%) Microservices
11 91 (14.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 89 (14.61%) Open Source
13 86 (14.12%) Configuration Management
14 81 (13.30%) Application Virtualisation
15 75 (12.32%) ITIL
16 70 (11.49%) SDLC
17 67 (11.00%) Design Patterns
17 67 (11.00%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 86 (14.12%) SQL
2 50 (8.21%) Python
3 42 (6.90%) Java
4 31 (5.09%) PowerShell
5 30 (4.93%) Shell Script
6 26 (4.27%) JavaScript
7 19 (3.12%) Bash
8 18 (2.96%) Groovy
9 13 (2.13%) C#
10 11 (1.81%) Go
11 7 (1.15%) TypeScript
12 6 (0.99%) R
13 4 (0.66%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.66%) Rust
14 3 (0.49%) AWK
14 3 (0.49%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.49%) sed
15 2 (0.33%) Lua
15 2 (0.33%) Ruby
16 1 (0.16%) Perl
Qualifications
1 94 (15.44%) Security Cleared
2 89 (14.61%) Degree
3 87 (14.29%) Azure Certification
4 64 (10.51%) AWS Certification
5 60 (9.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 57 (9.36%) SC Cleared
7 22 (3.61%) TOGAF Certification
8 21 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
9 20 (3.28%) Microsoft Certification
10 16 (2.63%) APMP
11 11 (1.81%) Computer Science Degree
12 9 (1.48%) CISSP
13 4 (0.66%) CISM
14 3 (0.49%) CCNP
14 3 (0.49%) Cisco Certification
14 3 (0.49%) ITIL Certification
14 3 (0.49%) Master's Degree
14 3 (0.49%) PhD
14 3 (0.49%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 2 (0.33%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (4.43%) Accessibility
2 7 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (1.15%) NIST
3 4 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 2 (0.33%) GDPR
4 2 (0.33%) SLA
5 1 (0.16%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.16%) ISO 22301
5 1 (0.16%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.16%) QA
System Software
1 74 (12.15%) Active Directory
2 49 (8.05%) Docker
3 46 (7.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 39 (6.40%) VMware ESXi
5 30 (4.93%) Hyper-V
6 11 (1.81%) vSphere
7 9 (1.48%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.33%) XenDesktop
9 1 (0.16%) vCloud
9 1 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 109 (17.90%) Terraform
2 65 (10.67%) Ansible
3 61 (10.02%) Kubernetes
4 24 (3.94%) Progress Chef
5 18 (2.96%) WSUS
6 15 (2.46%) Single Sign-On
7 14 (2.30%) Microsoft Intune
8 12 (1.97%) CA Single Sign-On
9 10 (1.64%) vCenter Server
10 8 (1.31%) Puppet
11 6 (0.99%) Nagios
12 5 (0.82%) Argo
12 5 (0.82%) EMC NetWorker
12 5 (0.82%) Grafana
12 5 (0.82%) Prometheus
12 5 (0.82%) SCCM
12 5 (0.82%) SCOM
13 2 (0.33%) CSIRT
13 2 (0.33%) Failover Clustering
13 2 (0.33%) Istio
Vendors
1 257 (42.20%) Microsoft
2 149 (24.47%) Google
3 124 (20.36%) Oracle
4 49 (8.05%) VMware
5 46 (7.55%) Sparx
6 43 (7.06%) Cisco
7 36 (5.91%) IBM
8 31 (5.09%) Adobe
9 30 (4.93%) Apple
9 30 (4.93%) Citrix
10 29 (4.76%) Aruba
11 27 (4.43%) NEC
12 24 (3.94%) Meraki
13 23 (3.78%) Fortinet
14 22 (3.61%) Dynatrace
14 22 (3.61%) Splunk
15 18 (2.96%) BMC
15 18 (2.96%) Salesforce
16 16 (2.63%) Ruckus Wireless
17 15 (2.46%) ServiceNow