The market for cloud computing services has been developing over the years. As a result, the end-user spending on public cloud services is expected to reach $482 billion in 2022. Amazon Web Services (AWS), Alibaba Group Holding Limited, IBM Corporation, Microsoft Corporation, and others are the top companies in the market today, providing a complete suite of cloud computing services.
Allied Market Research (AMR) reports show that the deployment of cloud services can cut more than 35% of the company’s annual operating costs. By region, the cloud services market across North America has the largest share in 2019 in the global market. The Indian cloud computing market, currently at $4 billion, is expected to reach $9.5 billion by 2025.
The cloud will also advance in its features, including increased storage capacity, enhanced internet performance, and better security. Modular software will be the priority, and there will be an improvement in cloud services. Even though several small and large enterprises have been using cloud adoption for the past few years, the Covid-19 pandemic has boosted cloud utilization.
COVID 19 led to remote work, education, entertainment, and even every appointment virtually. The healthcare systems essentially adopted cloud systems to maintain health records to cater to many cases. To highly collaborate the workforce to increase overall productivity, the E-commerce and IT sectors also shifted their workflow to better cloud computing systems. Entertainment platforms such as online gaming and video streaming also boosted the cloud.
The Software as a service (SaaS) solutions usage supported remote work mainly in the pandemic period. On the other hand, infrastructure as a service (IaaS) server grows at a CAGR of 24% between 2020 and 2025 due to an increased demand for servers to accommodate cloud applications. Therefore, while the SaaS segment dominated the market in 2019, the IaaS segment is expected to register the highest CAGR during the forecast period.
The most commonly listed cloud computing job titles by LinkedIn include Cloud engineer, Cloud support engineer, Cloud developer, Cloud consultant, Software developer/engineer/architect, Back-end developer, etc. Cloud Engineer is listed as one of the best jobs in 50 tech jobs with a median base salary of $105,565 by glassdoor. Here are the most popular cloud computing job roles, their salary in their respective country, and the skills required for each job.
Cloud Computing Job Role |
Salary (USA) |
Salary (India) |
Salary (UAE) |
Salary (UK) |
Companies Hiring | Skills |
Cloud Administrator |
$65,846 |
₹7, 39,000 |
AED 5,522 |
£55,407 |
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Cloud Application Developer |
$70, 163 |
₹8, 38, 000 |
AED 277000 |
£89,307 |
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Cloud Network Engineer |
$72,362 |
₹4, 89, 000 |
AED 75954 |
£62,500 |
|
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Cloud Automation Engineer |
$79, 609 |
₹5,33,000 |
AED 114803 |
£73,823 |
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Cloud Security Manager |
$99, 834 |
₹11, 93, 000 |
AED 397573 |
£68,834 |
|
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Cloud Engineer |
$105,000 |
₹5, 40, 000 |
AED 87120 |
£62,500 |
|
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Cloud Architect |
$107,000 |
₹16, 09, 000 |
AED 302546 |
£78,951 |
|
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DevOps Developers |
$137,830 |
₹6,54,300 |
AED 180000 |
£60,000 |
|
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.NET Developers |
$131,070 |
₹5,45,994 |
AED 180000 |
£52,500 |
|
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Security Analysts |
$124,892 |
₹5,61,225 |
AED 180000 |
£35,000 |
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The government is leading the way among all sectors of society to adopt new technologies and find productive ways to use them. The government cloud computing market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 27.8% during the forecast period 2017-2025. It will be driven by factors such as government initiatives, increasing demand for government services, and data security requirements.
For the government job roles, hirings will be open for:
AWS continues to invest in workforce development in the public sector in the UAE and the Middle East. They have been conducting training programs to further support the growth of the region’s cloud adoption. Several platforms including online digital platforms prepare Emirati and Arab youth with the cloud and technical skills that will be advancing for their better economic prospects.
The above data shows how global cloud adoption will continue to expand rapidly in future. The global cloud computing market today has been forecasted to grow from 371.4 billion in 2021 to USD 832.1 billion by 2025. The IT industry dominates this field with its share being around 60%, followed by software developers at 20% and data centres at 10%. This growth can be attributed to the demand for better scalability, reliability and affordability.
Cloud computing has enabled companies to offer their products on-demand as well as deliver services in an agile manner. The high demand for cloud computing has been driven by tech giants such as Microsoft, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google, IBM and others who have been aggressively expanding their offerings in this space. Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure are the two major players in cloud computing now.
Artificial intelligence and machine learning are some factors that drive the growth of the cloud over the period. The below-given table shows the industries using cloud computing and their respective applications:
Industries using Cloud Computing |
Applications |
Manufacturing |
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Healthcare |
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Banking & financial services |
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Retail & consumer goods |
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IT and telecommunications |
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Media & entertainment etc. |
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As of 2019 reports, North America has the largest share in cloud usage but the market across Asia-Pacific is projected to portray the highest CAGR of 18.8% during the forecast period. The Cloud computing services market would find great opportunities in developing economies such as India, China, Brazil and African economies.
Here are the most in-demand cloud computing skills for the future:
Though the cloud computing domain is advancing, there is a significant lack of qualified professionals in the field. Recent data shows that 63% of U.S. organizations anticipate the IT skills gap to widen, and 59% expect talent shortage to continue in the coming years. While businesses are transforming their IT systems by embracing new cloud technologies, the lack of proper talent is a huge issue to support the cloud infrastructure. Training and certification programs are essential to bridge the skills gap. The popular cloud computing certifications are:
The UAE is the region's most active adopter of cloud computing. Here are the major cloud events that happened in the UAE:
Chinese e-commerce group Alibaba opened its first data centre in Dubai. Dubai Airports uses Microsoft’s Azure cloud service for travellers.
Amazon Web Service opened three data centres in the UAE to deliver cloud storage to regional organizations.
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