Digital Skills Gap & Upskilling Needs

Cloud adoption is accelerating, but many organisations struggle to find or retain the skills needed to keep pace. Mobilise Cloud helps bridge the digital skills gap by combining internal upskilling, talent pipelines, and public training programmes — creating cloud capability that lasts.

For organisations moving to the cloud, the biggest challenge is often not technology, but people. The digital skills gap continues to grow, with demand for cloud engineers, architects, and DevOps specialists far outstripping supply. Recruitment costs are rising, staff churn is high, and relying on external contractors can only ever be a short-term fix.

Without the right skills in-house, businesses risk building platforms they cannot support, delaying transformation projects, and increasing their exposure to security or compliance issues. At the same time, employees often feel left behind, struggling to keep up with new cloud-based ways of working.

Closing the gap requires a structured approach that blends upskilling current staff, attracting new talent, and opening opportunities to the wider community. By aligning training with industry frameworks and certification standards, organisations can ensure their workforce is not only cloud-literate but also future-ready.

Mobilise Cloud delivers exactly that — helping clients grow capability, confidence, and resilience through tailored skills programmes.

Challenge Summary:

Many organisations lack in-house cloud skills needed for modern operations.

Mobilise’s Solution:

Delivered a three-pronged talent program: internal “Your Journey” upskilling, “Future Talent” recruitment, and a public “Academy” 12-week AWS training.
Aligned with SFIA framework; open to public for AWS certification readiness

In Practice:

Mobilise Cloud delivered a three-pronged programme designed to develop cloud skills across different levels:

Your Journey (Internal Upskilling) – Bespoke training and mentoring for existing employees, aligned with individual career paths and organisational needs.
Future Talent (Recruitment) – Support in attracting and onboarding new cloud specialists, reducing hiring risk and embedding best practices from day one.
The Academy (Public Training) – A 12-week AWS-focused programme, aligned with the SFIA framework and designed to prepare participants for AWS certification. Open to both clients and the wider public, the Academy broadened access to cloud careers while building a sustainable pipeline of skilled talent.

The outcome

Increased cloud competency within client teams, reducing reliance on external contractors.
Clear career development paths for employees, boosting retention and morale.
A growing pipeline of AWS-certified professionals ready to contribute to cloud projects.
Stronger alignment between organisational goals and workforce capability.

This holistic approach meant clients could not only adopt AWS securely and effectively, but also maintain and evolve their platforms with confidence.

We know that technology transformation only succeeds when people are ready to deliver it. Mobilise Cloud helps close the skills gap with structured, scalable training and talent programmes that build capability from within and attract the next generation of cloud professionals.

With Mobilise Cloud, skills development becomes an enabler of transformation — ensuring your cloud platform is in expert hands today, and ready for tomorrow.

Digital Skills Gap & Upskilling Needs

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