Cloud Engineer Jobs in England

Cloud Engineer
UK > England

The median Cloud Engineer salary in England is £62,783 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 266 247 264
Rank change year-on-year -19 +17 -17
Permanent jobs requiring a Cloud Engineer 881 1,372 1,983
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.04% 1.48% 1.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.10% 1.62% 1.58%
Number of salaries quoted 590 894 1,168
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,874 £42,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £53,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,783 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.99% +3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £98,501 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,783 £65,956 £65,000
% change year-on-year -4.81% +1.47% +4.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 80,172 84,782 125,764
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.46% 91.52% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 60,024 53,688 75,723
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,567 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% +0.95% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,991 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%

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 28 April 2024.

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 28 April 2024. 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
North of England +28 262 £60,000 +2.56% 38
London -33 254 £81,250 +8.33% 59
South East -36 122 £52,000 -21.21% 24
North West +21 118 £57,263 +4.11% 18
Yorkshire +45 110 £60,000 - 16
Midlands +25 107 £57,500 +4.55% 27
South West -42 69 £55,000 -12.00% 31
West Midlands +26 59 £60,000 +5.35% 11
East Midlands +16 48 £57,500 +21.05% 16
East of England -19 45 £65,000 +18.18% 13
North East +16 34 £60,000 +9.09% 5
Cloud Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 28 April 2024, 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.

1 415 (47.11%) Azure
2 325 (36.89%) AWS
3 263 (29.85%) Terraform
4 238 (27.01%) Infrastructure as Code
5 226 (25.65%) DevOps
6 182 (20.66%) Microsoft
7 180 (20.43%) Kubernetes
8 169 (19.18%) CI/CD
9 165 (18.73%) Roadmaps
9 165 (18.73%) Python
10 158 (17.93%) Windows
11 147 (16.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 146 (16.57%) Technical Leadership
13 145 (16.46%) Linux
14 136 (15.44%) Social Skills
15 134 (15.21%) Finance
16 133 (15.10%) Technology Roadmap
17 123 (13.96%) Agile
18 120 (13.62%) Problem-Solving
19 119 (13.51%) PowerShell
20 115 (13.05%) Microsoft 365
20 115 (13.05%) Docker
21 99 (11.24%) Cloud Security
21 99 (11.24%) Platform Engineering
22 98 (11.12%) Windows Server
22 98 (11.12%) Active Directory
22 98 (11.12%) Firewall
23 97 (11.01%) Ansible
24 88 (9.99%) Software Engineering
25 82 (9.31%) Azure DevOps

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 67 (7.60%) Microsoft Exchange
2 32 (3.63%) SharePoint
3 24 (2.72%) Confluence
4 17 (1.93%) Apache Spark
5 11 (1.25%) Apache
6 5 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.45%) SharePoint 2010
7 4 (0.45%) SharePoint 2013
8 3 (0.34%) CloudStack
8 3 (0.34%) nginx
9 1 (0.11%) IIS
9 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
Applications
1 24 (2.72%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.45%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.34%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 415 (47.11%) Azure
2 325 (36.89%) AWS
3 115 (13.05%) Microsoft 365
4 82 (9.31%) Azure DevOps
5 76 (8.63%) PaaS
5 76 (8.63%) Serverless
6 74 (8.40%) GCP
7 62 (7.04%) GitHub
8 57 (6.47%) Amazon S3
9 56 (6.36%) AWS Lambda
10 55 (6.24%) AWS CloudFormation
11 53 (6.02%) Entra ID
12 51 (5.79%) Amazon EC2
12 51 (5.79%) IaaS
13 45 (5.11%) Cloud Computing
13 45 (5.11%) OneDrive
14 43 (4.88%) OCI
15 42 (4.77%) Dropbox
15 42 (4.77%) Google Drive
16 41 (4.65%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 98 (11.12%) Firewall
2 50 (5.68%) DNS
3 45 (5.11%) DHCP
4 36 (4.09%) Network Security
5 28 (3.18%) VPN
6 25 (2.84%) WAN
7 22 (2.50%) LAN
8 13 (1.48%) VLAN
9 12 (1.36%) TCP/IP
10 10 (1.14%) HTTP
10 10 (1.14%) SAN
11 8 (0.91%) IPv4
11 8 (0.91%) Wireless
12 7 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
13 5 (0.57%) SD-WAN
14 4 (0.45%) Internet
14 4 (0.45%) Multicast
15 3 (0.34%) MQTT
15 3 (0.34%) OSPF
15 3 (0.34%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (5.56%) Amazon RDS
2 25 (2.84%) SQL Server
3 18 (2.04%) DynamoDB
4 11 (1.25%) BigQuery
5 10 (1.14%) Power BI
6 8 (0.91%) MySQL
7 6 (0.68%) DB2
8 5 (0.57%) Amazon Redshift
8 5 (0.57%) Hadoop
8 5 (0.57%) Tableau
9 4 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (0.45%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.34%) Airbyte
10 3 (0.34%) Data Lake
10 3 (0.34%) Elasticsearch
10 3 (0.34%) Looker
10 3 (0.34%) PostgreSQL
11 2 (0.23%) MongoDB
11 2 (0.23%) Redis
12 1 (0.11%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 69 (7.83%) Git
2 55 (6.24%) Jenkins
3 31 (3.52%) GitLab
4 24 (2.72%) JIRA
5 21 (2.38%) Artifactory
6 18 (2.04%) Bitbucket
7 9 (1.02%) Sonatype Nexus
7 9 (1.02%) Subversion
8 8 (0.91%) Spinnaker
9 5 (0.57%) Cucumber
10 4 (0.45%) Terragrunt
11 3 (0.34%) CircleCI
General
1 136 (15.44%) Social Skills
2 134 (15.21%) Finance
3 49 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (5.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 37 (4.20%) Banking
6 35 (3.97%) Law
7 30 (3.41%) Public Sector
8 20 (2.27%) Aerospace
9 17 (1.93%) Legal
10 15 (1.70%) Retail
11 9 (1.02%) Telecoms
12 8 (0.91%) Local Government
13 4 (0.45%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (0.45%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (0.34%) Financial Institution
14 3 (0.34%) Marketing
15 2 (0.23%) Electronics
15 2 (0.23%) Manufacturing
15 2 (0.23%) Pharmaceutical
15 2 (0.23%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (3.18%) Node.js
2 23 (2.61%) Kafka
3 16 (1.82%) React
3 16 (1.82%) Svelte
4 14 (1.59%) ARM Templates
5 12 (1.36%) SAML
6 7 (0.79%) HTML
7 5 (0.57%) .NET
7 5 (0.57%) AWS CDK
8 4 (0.45%) Django
8 4 (0.45%) GraphQL
8 4 (0.45%) OpenID
8 4 (0.45%) RESTful
8 4 (0.45%) web3js
9 3 (0.34%) Apache Beam
9 3 (0.34%) CSS
9 3 (0.34%) Elastic Stack
10 2 (0.23%) ADO
10 2 (0.23%) EDI
10 2 (0.23%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 72 (8.17%) Cloud Native
2 67 (7.60%) Hybrid Cloud
3 54 (6.13%) Public Cloud
4 50 (5.68%) Distributed Systems
5 42 (4.77%) iPad
6 40 (4.54%) Data Centre
7 36 (4.09%) Legacy Code
8 21 (2.38%) Product Ownership
9 19 (2.16%) Linux Command Line
10 15 (1.70%) Private Cloud
11 13 (1.48%) Greenfield Project
12 11 (1.25%) Blog
12 11 (1.25%) IoT
12 11 (1.25%) Management Information System
13 10 (1.14%) Enterprise Software
14 8 (0.91%) PKI
15 7 (0.79%) Renewable Energy
15 7 (0.79%) Replication
16 6 (0.68%) Cyber Threat
16 6 (0.68%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 158 (17.93%) Windows
2 145 (16.46%) Linux
3 98 (11.12%) Windows Server
4 15 (1.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 14 (1.59%) Windows 10
6 9 (1.02%) Windows Server 2016
7 7 (0.79%) Windows Server 2012
7 7 (0.79%) Windows Server 2019
8 6 (0.68%) Unix
9 4 (0.45%) CentOS
10 3 (0.34%) SUSE
10 3 (0.34%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 3 (0.34%) Ubuntu
10 3 (0.34%) VMS
11 1 (0.11%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 238 (27.01%) Infrastructure as Code
2 226 (25.65%) DevOps
3 169 (19.18%) CI/CD
4 165 (18.73%) Roadmaps
5 147 (16.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 146 (16.57%) Technical Leadership
7 133 (15.10%) Technology Roadmap
8 123 (13.96%) Agile
9 120 (13.62%) Problem-Solving
10 99 (11.24%) Cloud Security
10 99 (11.24%) Platform Engineering
11 88 (9.99%) Software Engineering
12 72 (8.17%) ITIL
13 71 (8.06%) Continuous Improvement
14 68 (7.72%) Migration
15 60 (6.81%) Mentoring
16 56 (6.36%) Containerisation
17 52 (5.90%) Configuration Management
17 52 (5.90%) Cybersecurity
18 49 (5.56%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 165 (18.73%) Python
2 119 (13.51%) PowerShell
3 65 (7.38%) Bash
4 62 (7.04%) Go
5 49 (5.56%) Java
6 38 (4.31%) SQL
7 37 (4.20%) Bicep
8 34 (3.86%) JavaScript
9 24 (2.72%) TypeScript
10 22 (2.50%) C
11 21 (2.38%) C++
11 21 (2.38%) Rust
12 20 (2.27%) C#
13 15 (1.70%) Perl
14 12 (1.36%) Shell Script
15 9 (1.02%) PHP
16 4 (0.45%) AWK
16 4 (0.45%) sed
17 2 (0.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 2 (0.23%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 60 (6.81%) Degree
2 59 (6.70%) AWS Certification
3 49 (5.56%) Azure Certification
4 46 (5.22%) Security Cleared
5 32 (3.63%) SC Cleared
6 24 (2.72%) Computer Science Degree
7 19 (2.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 19 (2.16%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (1.02%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 9 (1.02%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 9 (1.02%) CISSP
8 9 (1.02%) MCSE
9 8 (0.91%) Master's Degree
10 7 (0.79%) CISM
11 6 (0.68%) DV Cleared
12 4 (0.45%) CEH
12 4 (0.45%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.45%) MCITP
12 4 (0.45%) PhD
13 3 (0.34%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (2.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (1.59%) QA
3 12 (1.36%) SLA
4 11 (1.25%) Accessibility
5 8 (0.91%) NCSC
5 8 (0.91%) PCI DSS
6 5 (0.57%) NIST
7 4 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 4 (0.45%) Solvency II
8 2 (0.23%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.11%) COBIT
9 1 (0.11%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.11%) GDPR
9 1 (0.11%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.11%) SEPA
System Software
1 115 (13.05%) Docker
2 98 (11.12%) Active Directory
3 43 (4.88%) Hyper-V
4 38 (4.31%) Virtual Machines
5 37 (4.20%) VMware Infrastructure
6 14 (1.59%) Virtual Desktop
7 5 (0.57%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (0.57%) XenApp
8 4 (0.45%) XenDesktop
9 3 (0.34%) Ceph
9 3 (0.34%) Firmware
9 3 (0.34%) Gluster
9 3 (0.34%) KVM
9 3 (0.34%) oVirt
10 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 263 (29.85%) Terraform
2 180 (20.43%) Kubernetes
3 97 (11.01%) Ansible
4 52 (5.90%) Microsoft Intune
5 28 (3.18%) Puppet
6 20 (2.27%) Progress Chef
7 16 (1.82%) Salt
8 11 (1.25%) Prometheus
9 9 (1.02%) Packer
10 8 (0.91%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 8 (0.91%) Grafana
10 8 (0.91%) SCCM
11 7 (0.79%) Docker Swarm
11 7 (0.79%) Opsgenie
12 5 (0.57%) ZABBIX
13 4 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
14 3 (0.34%) Graylog
14 3 (0.34%) Istio
14 3 (0.34%) Observium
14 3 (0.34%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 182 (20.66%) Microsoft
2 80 (9.08%) Google
3 59 (6.70%) VMware
4 43 (4.88%) Oracle
5 26 (2.95%) Citrix
6 22 (2.50%) Cisco
7 12 (1.36%) HP
8 9 (1.02%) Atlassian
8 9 (1.02%) Dell
9 8 (0.91%) Confluent
9 8 (0.91%) IBM
9 8 (0.91%) New Relic
9 8 (0.91%) SolarWinds
9 8 (0.91%) Splunk
10 7 (0.79%) Remedy
10 7 (0.79%) Zscaler
11 6 (0.68%) AppDynamics
11 6 (0.68%) Dynatrace
11 6 (0.68%) Meraki
12 5 (0.57%) Palo Alto