Cloud Infrastructure Architect Job Trends in Bristol

Cloud Infrastructure Architect
South West > Bristol

The median Cloud Infrastructure Architect salary in Bristol is £73,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 95 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Cloud Infrastructure Architect 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 0.10% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £63,125 - -
25th Percentile £65,938 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,750 - -
75th Percentile £78,438 - -
90th Percentile £79,375 - -
South West median annual salary £73,750 £85,000 -
% change year-on-year -13.24% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Bristol. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Bristol with a recognized job title 1,805 1,398 1,485
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.42% 94.72% 95.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1,305 839 1,243
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £35,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% -3.45% +8.28%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,886 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £87,900
South West median annual salary £48,500 £51,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.90% -2.86% +5.00%

Cloud Infrastructure Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Cloud Infrastructure Architect' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Cloud Infrastructure Architect job vacancy trend in Bristol

Cloud Infrastructure Architect
Salary Trend in Bristol

Salary distribution trend for Cloud Infrastructure Architect job vacancies in Bristol.

Salary distribution trend for Cloud Infrastructure Architect job vacancies in Bristol

Cloud Infrastructure Architect
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cloud Infrastructure Architect in Bristol over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Cloud Infrastructure Architect in Bristol

Cloud Infrastructure Architect Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 20 December 2025, Cloud Infrastructure Architect job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Bristol region featuring Cloud Infrastructure Architect in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) AWS CloudFormation
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Bash
2 1 (50.00%) Bicep
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) Cost Optimisation
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) Docker
2 1 (50.00%) Event-Driven
2 1 (50.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) GCP
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (50.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (50.00%) NoSQL
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) SAP
2 1 (50.00%) Serverless
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Terraform
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management

Cloud Infrastructure Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) AWS CloudFormation
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) GCP
1 1 (50.00%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) NoSQL
General
1 1 (50.00%) Electronics
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (50.00%) Marketing
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) Cost Optimisation
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) Event-Driven
2 1 (50.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Bash
1 1 (50.00%) Bicep
1 1 (50.00%) Python
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (50.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) SAP