Cloud Engineer Jobs in England

Cloud Engineer
UK > England

The median Cloud Engineer salary in England is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 284 265 247
Rank change year-on-year -19 -18 +10
Permanent jobs requiring a Cloud Engineer 466 882 1,367
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.01% 1.04% 1.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.12% 1.10% 1.61%
Number of salaries quoted 397 590 892
10th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £42,874
25th Percentile £55,000 £48,750 £53,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £62,783 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.50% -6.99% +3.85%
75th Percentile £93,778 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £114,250 £98,501 £95,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £62,641 £65,978
% change year-on-year +11.75% -5.06% +1.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 41,506 80,486 84,681
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.13% 94.46% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 24,507 60,251 53,657
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,773 £60,567
Median % change year-on-year +6.93% -11.22% +0.95%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,777 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.95% -12.04% -

Cloud Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Cloud Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Cloud Engineer in England

Cloud Engineer
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cloud Engineer in England.

Salary trend for Cloud Engineer in England

Cloud Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cloud Engineer in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Cloud Engineer in England

Cloud Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cloud Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +71 215 £85,000 +3.03% 107
North of England -61 82 £55,000 -8.33% 84
South East +55 68 £60,000 +15.38% 78
North West -35 48 £60,000 +9.09% 47
East of England +49 39 £66,340 +2.06% 24
South West +75 36 £75,000 +39.53% 34
Yorkshire -1 29 £46,250 -22.92% 27
Midlands -4 21 £46,750 -18.70% 37
West Midlands +4 13 £50,000 -16.67% 26
East Midlands +9 8 £32,500 -43.48% 10
North East +21 5 £63,000 +5.00% 11
Cloud Engineer
UK

Cloud Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Cloud Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Cloud Engineer in the job title.

1 279 (59.87%) Azure
2 188 (40.34%) DevOps
3 168 (36.05%) AWS
3 168 (36.05%) CI/CD
4 166 (35.62%) Terraform
5 161 (34.55%) Microsoft
6 150 (32.19%) Kubernetes
7 149 (31.97%) Infrastructure as Code
8 145 (31.12%) Cloud Security
9 132 (28.33%) Python
10 113 (24.25%) Linux
11 100 (21.46%) PowerShell
12 98 (21.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 97 (20.82%) Social Skills
13 97 (20.82%) Finance
14 92 (19.74%) Windows
15 88 (18.88%) Firewall
16 85 (18.24%) Cloud Native
17 84 (18.03%) Microsoft 365
18 80 (17.17%) GCP
19 75 (16.09%) SaaS
20 69 (14.81%) Software Engineering
21 63 (13.52%) Ansible
22 62 (13.30%) Problem-Solving
23 61 (13.09%) SQL
24 60 (12.88%) Continuous Improvement
24 60 (12.88%) Azure Certification
25 59 (12.66%) Degree
26 57 (12.23%) High Availability
27 56 (12.02%) PaaS

Cloud Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 41 (8.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 38 (8.15%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.07%) OpenStack
4 4 (0.86%) IBM Domino
5 3 (0.64%) IIS
6 2 (0.43%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.21%) Confluence
7 1 (0.21%) nginx
7 1 (0.21%) Tomcat
Applications
1 19 (4.08%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.43%) Simulink
3 1 (0.21%) Weka
Business Applications
1 4 (0.86%) Oracle BPM
2 2 (0.43%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 279 (59.87%) Azure
2 168 (36.05%) AWS
3 84 (18.03%) Microsoft 365
4 80 (17.17%) GCP
5 75 (16.09%) SaaS
6 56 (12.02%) PaaS
7 47 (10.09%) Azure DevOps
8 42 (9.01%) Entra ID
9 39 (8.37%) IaaS
10 30 (6.44%) Cloud Computing
11 24 (5.15%) Serverless
12 23 (4.94%) GitHub
13 22 (4.72%) Azure Monitor
13 22 (4.72%) OneDrive
14 20 (4.29%) AWS CloudFormation
15 18 (3.86%) Azure AKS
15 18 (3.86%) Microsoft Purview
16 15 (3.22%) Microsoft Copilot
17 14 (3.00%) Amazon EKS
18 12 (2.58%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 88 (18.88%) Firewall
2 44 (9.44%) VPN
3 36 (7.73%) DNS
4 28 (6.01%) WAN
5 23 (4.94%) DHCP
6 20 (4.29%) Network Security
7 18 (3.86%) LAN
8 16 (3.43%) SD-WAN
9 13 (2.79%) SAN
9 13 (2.79%) TCP/IP
10 10 (2.15%) OSPF
11 9 (1.93%) BGP
11 9 (1.93%) IPsec
11 9 (1.93%) VLAN
12 7 (1.50%) Multicast
12 7 (1.50%) NAS
13 6 (1.29%) BIG-IP
13 6 (1.29%) Cisco IOS
13 6 (1.29%) Cisco ISE
13 6 (1.29%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (6.01%) SQL Server
2 9 (1.93%) MongoDB
3 7 (1.50%) DynamoDB
3 7 (1.50%) MySQL
4 6 (1.29%) DB2
4 6 (1.29%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (1.07%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (0.86%) Big Data
6 4 (0.86%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (0.43%) Amazon Aurora
7 2 (0.43%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.43%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.43%) Power BI
8 1 (0.21%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.21%) Apache Hive
8 1 (0.21%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.21%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.21%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.21%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.21%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 32 (6.87%) Jenkins
2 31 (6.65%) Git
3 15 (3.22%) GitLab
4 7 (1.50%) Bitbucket
4 7 (1.50%) Oracle Forms
5 6 (1.29%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.43%) IBM UrbanCode
6 2 (0.43%) JIRA
7 1 (0.21%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.21%) Gradle
7 1 (0.21%) Maven
7 1 (0.21%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 97 (20.82%) Finance
1 97 (20.82%) Social Skills
2 50 (10.73%) Law
3 33 (7.08%) Banking
4 32 (6.87%) Legal
5 26 (5.58%) Telecoms
6 23 (4.94%) Analytical Skills
7 14 (3.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (1.93%) Public Sector
9 8 (1.72%) Advertising
9 8 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (1.29%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.64%) Marketing
11 3 (0.64%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (0.64%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.43%) Games
12 2 (0.43%) General Ledger
12 2 (0.43%) iGaming
12 2 (0.43%) Publishing
13 1 (0.21%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.86%) HTML
2 17 (3.65%) Node.js
3 14 (3.00%) ARM Templates
4 11 (2.36%) YAML
5 7 (1.50%) .NET
5 7 (1.50%) Azure Blueprints
6 6 (1.29%) 802.1X
6 6 (1.29%) AngularJS
6 6 (1.29%) React
7 5 (1.07%) JSON
7 5 (1.07%) Middleware
7 5 (1.07%) OAuth
7 5 (1.07%) REST
7 5 (1.07%) Web Services
8 3 (0.64%) Lambda Expressions
8 3 (0.64%) SAML
8 3 (0.64%) Spring
8 3 (0.64%) Spring Boot
9 2 (0.43%) .NET Framework
9 2 (0.43%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 85 (18.24%) Cloud Native
2 44 (9.44%) Distributed Systems
3 39 (8.37%) Security Posture
4 38 (8.15%) Legacy Code
5 36 (7.73%) Public Cloud
6 28 (6.01%) Hybrid Cloud
6 28 (6.01%) Management Information System
7 18 (3.86%) Cloud Security Posture
7 18 (3.86%) Data Centre
8 15 (3.22%) Product Ownership
9 13 (2.79%) Cyber Threat
10 9 (1.93%) Onboarding
11 7 (1.50%) Clustering
11 7 (1.50%) Hedge funds
11 7 (1.50%) Replication
12 6 (1.29%) Private Cloud
13 5 (1.07%) Enterprise Storage
14 4 (0.86%) IoT
14 4 (0.86%) Virtual Team
15 3 (0.64%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 113 (24.25%) Linux
2 92 (19.74%) Windows
3 44 (9.44%) Windows Server
4 13 (2.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (1.93%) Windows Server 2016
6 8 (1.72%) Windows Server 2019
7 7 (1.50%) CentOS
7 7 (1.50%) Windows 10
8 6 (1.29%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (0.86%) Android
9 4 (0.86%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.64%) VMS
11 2 (0.43%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.43%) Unix
12 1 (0.21%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 188 (40.34%) DevOps
2 168 (36.05%) CI/CD
3 149 (31.97%) Infrastructure as Code
4 145 (31.12%) Cloud Security
5 98 (21.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 69 (14.81%) Software Engineering
7 62 (13.30%) Problem-Solving
8 60 (12.88%) Continuous Improvement
9 57 (12.23%) High Availability
10 49 (10.52%) Platform Engineering
11 48 (10.30%) Agile
12 47 (10.09%) Migration
13 44 (9.44%) Containerisation
13 44 (9.44%) Disaster Recovery
13 44 (9.44%) Incident Management
14 40 (8.58%) Analytics
14 40 (8.58%) Security Operations
15 39 (8.37%) Artificial Intelligence
16 38 (8.15%) Roadmaps
17 29 (6.22%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 132 (28.33%) Python
2 100 (21.46%) PowerShell
3 61 (13.09%) SQL
4 56 (12.02%) C++
5 44 (9.44%) Go
6 39 (8.37%) Bash
7 38 (8.15%) C
7 38 (8.15%) Rust
8 31 (6.65%) C#
9 21 (4.51%) JavaScript
10 19 (4.08%) Bicep
11 12 (2.58%) TypeScript
12 11 (2.36%) Java
13 4 (0.86%) R
13 4 (0.86%) Scala
14 2 (0.43%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.43%) MATLAB
14 2 (0.43%) Perl
14 2 (0.43%) PL/SQL
15 1 (0.21%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 60 (12.88%) Azure Certification
2 59 (12.66%) Degree
3 34 (7.30%) AWS Certification
4 30 (6.44%) Microsoft Certification
5 26 (5.58%) Security Cleared
6 19 (4.08%) Cisco Certification
7 18 (3.86%) SC Cleared
8 16 (3.43%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 11 (2.36%) CISSP
10 10 (2.15%) CCNP
11 8 (1.72%) CCNA
12 6 (1.29%) CISM
12 6 (1.29%) Computer Science Degree
12 6 (1.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 5 (1.07%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 4 (0.86%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 4 (0.86%) CompTIA Security+
15 3 (0.64%) CCIE
15 3 (0.64%) CCSP
15 3 (0.64%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (4.72%) NIST
2 18 (3.86%) GDPR
3 14 (3.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (1.93%) PCI DSS
5 8 (1.72%) QA
5 8 (1.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 7 (1.50%) Accessibility
6 7 (1.50%) NCSC
7 5 (1.07%) HIPAA
8 4 (0.86%) Data Quality
8 4 (0.86%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.21%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 1 (0.21%) SLA
System Software
1 50 (10.73%) Docker
2 45 (9.66%) Active Directory
3 28 (6.01%) Virtual Machines
4 18 (3.86%) VMware Infrastructure
5 12 (2.58%) Hyper-V
6 7 (1.50%) VMware NSX
7 5 (1.07%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.43%) Firmware
8 2 (0.43%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 166 (35.62%) Terraform
2 150 (32.19%) Kubernetes
3 63 (13.52%) Ansible
4 38 (8.15%) Microsoft Intune
5 22 (4.72%) SCCM
6 13 (2.79%) Grafana
7 8 (1.72%) Prometheus
8 7 (1.50%) CASB
9 6 (1.29%) Progress Chef
10 5 (1.07%) Puppet
10 5 (1.07%) Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.86%) Failover Clustering
11 4 (0.86%) Nagios
12 3 (0.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 3 (0.64%) Argo
13 2 (0.43%) FortiGate
13 2 (0.43%) Istio
13 2 (0.43%) Podman
14 1 (0.21%) linkerd
14 1 (0.21%) Packer
Vendors
1 161 (34.55%) Microsoft
2 38 (8.15%) VMware
3 33 (7.08%) Google
4 25 (5.36%) Palo Alto
5 22 (4.72%) Cisco
6 18 (3.86%) Oracle
6 18 (3.86%) PayPal
7 11 (2.36%) Red Hat
8 9 (1.93%) Splunk
9 8 (1.72%) Databricks
10 7 (1.50%) Atlassian
10 7 (1.50%) F5
11 6 (1.29%) IBM
11 6 (1.29%) LogicMonitor
11 6 (1.29%) Veeam
12 5 (1.07%) Ping Identity
13 4 (0.86%) Rapid7
13 4 (0.86%) SolarWinds
14 3 (0.64%) CheckPoint
15 2 (0.43%) Meraki