Cloud Platform Engineer Job Trends in Edinburgh

Cloud Platform Engineer
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Cloud Platform Engineer salary in Edinburgh is £97,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 July 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 - 95
Rank change year-on-year - - +18
Permanent jobs requiring a Cloud Platform Engineer 2 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 0.19% - 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% - 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £93,250 - -
25th Percentile £94,375 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £97,500 - £50,000
75th Percentile £99,375 - -
90th Percentile £99,750 - -
Scotland median annual salary £97,500 - £50,000

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Edinburgh

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Edinburgh. 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 Edinburgh with a recognized job title 1,021 765 1,347
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.15% 86.54% 95.94%
Number of salaries quoted 660 354 1,025
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,929 £35,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £44,346 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +0.80%
75th Percentile £70,000 £82,786 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £98,667 £87,000
Scotland median annual salary £47,500 £53,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -11.21% +7.00% -9.09%

Cloud Platform Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Cloud Platform Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Cloud Platform Engineer job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Cloud Platform Engineer
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

Salary distribution trend for Cloud Platform Engineer job vacancies in Edinburgh.

Salary distribution trend for Cloud Platform Engineer job vacancies in Edinburgh

Cloud Platform Engineer Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 15 July 2026, Cloud Platform Engineer 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 Edinburgh region featuring Cloud Platform Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) PaaS
1 2 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Architectural Design
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Cost Optimisation
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (50.00%) Terraform

Cloud Platform Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) PaaS
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Architectural Design
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Cost Optimisation
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Terraform