Cloud Security Engineer Jobs in England

Cloud Security Engineer
UK > England

The median Cloud Security Engineer salary in England is £74,870 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 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
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 616 796 823
Rank change year-on-year +180 +27 +152
Permanent jobs requiring a Cloud Security Engineer 43 39 87
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.089% 0.044% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.098% 0.046% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 35 29 52
10th Percentile £47,231 - £62,625
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,219 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,870 £59,526 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.78% -29.97% +9.68%
75th Percentile £86,250 £75,000 £110,313
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £150,000
UK median annual salary £74,870 £59,526 £85,000
% change year-on-year +25.78% -29.97% +13.33%

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 44,066 84,104 79,158
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.78% 94.65% 91.44%
Number of salaries quoted 23,206 62,399 50,596
10th Percentile £29,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Cloud Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Cloud Security Engineer in England

Cloud Security Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Cloud Security Engineer in England

Cloud Security Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cloud Security Engineer in England over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Cloud Security Engineer in England

Cloud Security 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 Security Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 29 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
North of England +57 21 £60,000 +0.80% 18
North West +20 16 £74,870 +25.78% 8
London +99 12 £82,500 +32.00% 6
South West +120 6 £95,000 +59.59% 10
Yorkshire +58 5 £52,500 -11.80% 8
South East +93 2 £78,000 - 23
East of England - 2 £46,250 - 12
Cloud Security Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 29 May 2025, Cloud Security 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 Security Engineer in the job title.

1 43 (100.00%) Cloud Security
2 31 (72.09%) AWS
3 21 (48.84%) Social Skills
4 19 (44.19%) Finance
5 15 (34.88%) Banking
5 15 (34.88%) Azure
5 15 (34.88%) Terraform
5 15 (34.88%) Roadmaps
6 14 (32.56%) Security Posture
6 14 (32.56%) Cloud Native
6 14 (32.56%) DevOps
7 13 (30.23%) Python
7 13 (30.23%) NIST
8 12 (27.91%) Infrastructure as Code
8 12 (27.91%) Firewall
8 12 (27.91%) Continuous Improvement
8 12 (27.91%) Cybersecurity
9 11 (25.58%) Public Cloud
9 11 (25.58%) Product Ownership
10 9 (20.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 9 (20.93%) Threat Modelling
10 9 (20.93%) Mentoring
10 9 (20.93%) TypeScript
10 9 (20.93%) VPN
10 9 (20.93%) Information Security
10 9 (20.93%) Software Engineering
11 8 (18.60%) Network Security
11 8 (18.60%) Microservices
11 8 (18.60%) Cloud Computing
12 7 (16.28%) CI/CD

Cloud Security 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:

Cloud Services
1 31 (72.09%) AWS
2 15 (34.88%) Azure
3 8 (18.60%) Cloud Computing
4 6 (13.95%) GCP
4 6 (13.95%) SaaS
5 4 (9.30%) IaaS
6 3 (6.98%) Amazon GuardDuty
6 3 (6.98%) AWS CloudTrail
6 3 (6.98%) GitHub
7 2 (4.65%) Amazon EC2
7 2 (4.65%) Amazon Macie
7 2 (4.65%) Amazon S3
7 2 (4.65%) AWS KMS
7 2 (4.65%) AWS Lambda
7 2 (4.65%) Mimecast
7 2 (4.65%) PaaS
7 2 (4.65%) Serverless
7 2 (4.65%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 1 (2.33%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 12 (27.91%) Firewall
2 9 (20.93%) VPN
3 8 (18.60%) Network Security
4 2 (4.65%) DHCP
4 2 (4.65%) DNS
4 2 (4.65%) TCP/IP
4 2 (4.65%) VLAN
5 1 (2.33%) NAS
5 1 (2.33%) SAN
5 1 (2.33%) SD-WAN
5 1 (2.33%) WAN
Development Applications
1 3 (6.98%) Jenkins
2 2 (4.65%) Git
General
1 21 (48.84%) Social Skills
2 19 (44.19%) Finance
3 15 (34.88%) Banking
4 4 (9.30%) Law
5 3 (6.98%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (4.65%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (4.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (4.65%) Telecoms
7 1 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.33%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (16.28%) AngularJS
1 7 (16.28%) React
2 4 (9.30%) REST
2 4 (9.30%) Web Services
3 2 (4.65%) OAuth
3 2 (4.65%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 14 (32.56%) Cloud Native
1 14 (32.56%) Security Posture
2 11 (25.58%) Product Ownership
2 11 (25.58%) Public Cloud
3 4 (9.30%) Cloud Security Posture
4 3 (6.98%) Management Information System
5 2 (4.65%) Cyberattack
5 2 (4.65%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (4.65%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (4.65%) Mobile App
6 1 (2.33%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (2.33%) PKI
6 1 (2.33%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 7 (16.28%) Linux
1 7 (16.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (2.33%) Windows
2 1 (2.33%) Windows Server
2 1 (2.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (100.00%) Cloud Security
2 15 (34.88%) Roadmaps
3 14 (32.56%) DevOps
4 12 (27.91%) Continuous Improvement
4 12 (27.91%) Cybersecurity
4 12 (27.91%) Infrastructure as Code
5 9 (20.93%) Information Security
5 9 (20.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 9 (20.93%) Mentoring
5 9 (20.93%) Software Engineering
5 9 (20.93%) Threat Modelling
6 8 (18.60%) Microservices
7 7 (16.28%) Agile
7 7 (16.28%) CI/CD
7 7 (16.28%) Technology Transformation
8 6 (13.95%) Network Design
8 6 (13.95%) SIEM
8 6 (13.95%) Strategic Roadmap
9 5 (11.63%) Security Monitoring
9 5 (11.63%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (30.23%) Python
2 9 (20.93%) TypeScript
3 4 (9.30%) PowerShell
4 2 (4.65%) Go
5 1 (2.33%) Bash
Qualifications
1 7 (16.28%) AWS Certification
1 7 (16.28%) CISSP
2 6 (13.95%) CISM
3 3 (6.98%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 3 (6.98%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (4.65%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 2 (4.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 2 (4.65%) Azure Certification
4 2 (4.65%) CCSK
4 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (4.65%) Security Cleared
5 1 (2.33%) Degree
5 1 (2.33%) GCED
5 1 (2.33%) GCIA
5 1 (2.33%) GCIH
5 1 (2.33%) GIAC
5 1 (2.33%) GREM
5 1 (2.33%) GSEC
5 1 (2.33%) SANS
5 1 (2.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (30.23%) NIST
2 7 (16.28%) NCSC
3 6 (13.95%) Accessibility
3 6 (13.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (4.65%) GDPR
5 1 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 1 (2.33%) PCI DSS
5 1 (2.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 7 (16.28%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (4.65%) Docker
3 1 (2.33%) Active Directory
3 1 (2.33%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (34.88%) Terraform
2 3 (6.98%) Kubernetes
3 2 (4.65%) Ansible
4 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (13.95%) Ping Identity
2 4 (9.30%) Cisco
2 4 (9.30%) Microsoft
3 2 (4.65%) CrowdStrike
3 2 (4.65%) Tenable
3 2 (4.65%) Varonis
4 1 (2.33%) Dell
4 1 (2.33%) EMC
4 1 (2.33%) Google
4 1 (2.33%) Palo Alto
4 1 (2.33%) SonicWALL
4 1 (2.33%) Splunk
4 1 (2.33%) VMware