Can the UK capitalise on the lucrative cloud jobs boom – or is it too late?
From our UK edition
In recent years, more and more of what we know as the internet has become powered by the cloud: the vast pool of computing power and data storage that exists on remote servers across the world. From Dropbox to Gmail to Microsoft Azure – as well as the rise of ‘software as a service’ – cloud computing increasingly underpins both our work and social lives, sometimes without us even noticing. But there is one area where this revolution has had a more visible impact: jobs. The industry group TechUK says that cloud computing now ranks among the three most sought-after digital skills in the UK, with demand rising in all regions.