Senior Cloud Architect Job Trends in Bristol

Senior Cloud Architect
South West > Bristol

The median Senior Cloud Architect salary in Bristol is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 June 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 - 158
Rank change year-on-year - - -13
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Cloud Architect 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 0.037% - 0.030%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.039% - 0.031%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £75,000 - £112,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 - £115,000
75th Percentile £85,000 - £117,500
90th Percentile - - -
South West median annual salary £80,000 - £115,000

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 2,559 921 3,229
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.99% 93.98% 97.05%
Number of salaries quoted 1,969 681 2,475
10th Percentile £29,600 £29,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £43,290 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,400 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £70,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £92,500 £85,000
South West median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -4.76%

Senior Cloud Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Senior Cloud Architect job vacancy trend in Bristol

Senior Cloud Architect
Salary Trend in Bristol

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

Salary distribution trend for Senior Cloud Architect job vacancies in Bristol

Senior Cloud Architect Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 30 June 2026, Senior Cloud 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 Senior Cloud Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Architecture Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) IaaS
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) MODAF
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) PaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Serverless
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF

Senior Cloud 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 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) IaaS
1 1 (100.00%) PaaS
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Serverless
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Architecture Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) MODAF
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft