Cloud Engineer Jobs in England

Cloud Engineer
UK > England

The median Cloud Engineer salary in England is £62,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 14 May 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
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 274 252 249
Rank change year-on-year -22 -3 -5
Permanent jobs requiring a Cloud Engineer 878 1,299 2,222
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.02% 1.45% 1.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.08% 1.59% 1.72%
Number of salaries quoted 583 854 1,174
10th Percentile £40,000 £43,411 £42,676
25th Percentile £47,500 £53,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,200 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £66,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -5.30% +1.54% +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 81,017 81,732 129,546
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.50% 91.52% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 60,430 51,948 75,224
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +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 14 May 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 14 May 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 +26 261 £60,000 +1.67% 25
London -39 250 £80,000 +6.67% 56
South East -44 122 £51,000 -21.54% 22
North West +6 117 £55,000 -4.86% 14
Yorkshire +47 110 £60,000 - 7
Midlands +31 105 £57,500 +4.55% 14
South West -40 69 £53,750 -14.00% 31
West Midlands +8 60 £60,000 +4.35% 6
East of England -20 48 £65,000 +8.33% 8
East Midlands +6 45 £57,500 +21.05% 8
North East +15 34 £60,000 +6.67% 4
Cloud Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 14 May 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.

1 413 (47.04%) Azure
2 336 (38.27%) AWS
3 261 (29.73%) Terraform
4 243 (27.68%) Infrastructure as Code
5 223 (25.40%) DevOps
6 193 (21.98%) Microsoft
7 181 (20.62%) Kubernetes
8 180 (20.50%) CI/CD
9 168 (19.13%) Windows
9 168 (19.13%) Python
10 164 (18.68%) Roadmaps
11 154 (17.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 145 (16.51%) Linux
13 144 (16.40%) Technical Leadership
14 137 (15.60%) Finance
15 131 (14.92%) Technology Roadmap
16 129 (14.69%) Social Skills
17 122 (13.90%) Agile
18 120 (13.67%) Microsoft 365
19 116 (13.21%) PowerShell
20 115 (13.10%) Docker
20 115 (13.10%) Problem-Solving
21 105 (11.96%) Windows Server
22 104 (11.85%) Active Directory
23 99 (11.28%) Firewall
23 99 (11.28%) Platform Engineering
24 97 (11.05%) Ansible
25 96 (10.93%) Cloud Security
26 87 (9.91%) Software Engineering
26 87 (9.91%) Google

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 70 (7.97%) Microsoft Exchange
2 38 (4.33%) SharePoint
3 25 (2.85%) Confluence
4 16 (1.82%) Apache Spark
5 11 (1.25%) Apache
6 8 (0.91%) SharePoint 2010
6 8 (0.91%) SharePoint 2013
7 5 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.34%) CloudStack
8 3 (0.34%) nginx
9 2 (0.23%) IIS
10 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
Applications
1 25 (2.85%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.46%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (0.68%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 413 (47.04%) Azure
2 336 (38.27%) AWS
3 120 (13.67%) Microsoft 365
4 83 (9.45%) GCP
5 77 (8.77%) Azure DevOps
5 77 (8.77%) Serverless
6 74 (8.43%) PaaS
7 59 (6.72%) GitHub
8 58 (6.61%) Amazon S3
9 57 (6.49%) AWS CloudFormation
10 56 (6.38%) AWS Lambda
11 55 (6.26%) Entra ID
12 53 (6.04%) IaaS
13 52 (5.92%) Amazon EC2
14 46 (5.24%) OneDrive
15 44 (5.01%) SaaS
16 43 (4.90%) Dropbox
17 42 (4.78%) Google Drive
17 42 (4.78%) OCI
18 39 (4.44%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 99 (11.28%) Firewall
2 50 (5.69%) DNS
3 45 (5.13%) DHCP
4 35 (3.99%) Network Security
5 28 (3.19%) VPN
5 28 (3.19%) WAN
6 24 (2.73%) LAN
7 12 (1.37%) TCP/IP
7 12 (1.37%) VLAN
8 10 (1.14%) HTTP
9 8 (0.91%) IPv4
9 8 (0.91%) SAN
10 7 (0.80%) Wireless
11 5 (0.57%) Wi-Fi
12 4 (0.46%) Internet
12 4 (0.46%) Multicast
12 4 (0.46%) SD-WAN
13 3 (0.34%) MQTT
13 3 (0.34%) OSPF
13 3 (0.34%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (5.81%) Amazon RDS
2 23 (2.62%) SQL Server
3 18 (2.05%) DynamoDB
4 11 (1.25%) BigQuery
4 11 (1.25%) Power BI
5 8 (0.91%) MySQL
6 6 (0.68%) DB2
7 5 (0.57%) Amazon Redshift
7 5 (0.57%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (0.57%) Hadoop
7 5 (0.57%) Tableau
8 4 (0.46%) MongoDB
9 3 (0.34%) Airbyte
9 3 (0.34%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (0.34%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.34%) Looker
9 3 (0.34%) PostgreSQL
10 2 (0.23%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (0.23%) Redis
11 1 (0.11%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 70 (7.97%) Git
2 53 (6.04%) Jenkins
3 30 (3.42%) GitLab
4 25 (2.85%) JIRA
5 21 (2.39%) Artifactory
6 17 (1.94%) Bitbucket
7 9 (1.03%) Sonatype Nexus
7 9 (1.03%) Subversion
8 7 (0.80%) Spinnaker
9 5 (0.57%) Cucumber
10 4 (0.46%) Terragrunt
11 2 (0.23%) CircleCI
12 1 (0.11%) Burp Suite
12 1 (0.11%) Eclipse
12 1 (0.11%) JMeter
12 1 (0.11%) Metasploit
12 1 (0.11%) Robot Framework
12 1 (0.11%) SonarQube
12 1 (0.11%) sqlmap
General
1 137 (15.60%) Finance
2 129 (14.69%) Social Skills
3 58 (6.61%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (5.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 39 (4.44%) Law
6 34 (3.87%) Banking
7 30 (3.42%) Public Sector
8 21 (2.39%) Aerospace
9 18 (2.05%) Legal
10 14 (1.59%) Retail
11 9 (1.03%) Telecoms
12 8 (0.91%) Local Government
13 5 (0.57%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.46%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.34%) Financial Institution
15 3 (0.34%) Marketing
16 2 (0.23%) Electronics
16 2 (0.23%) Manufacturing
16 2 (0.23%) Pharmaceutical
16 2 (0.23%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (2.73%) Node.js
2 22 (2.51%) Kafka
3 13 (1.48%) ARM Templates
4 12 (1.37%) React
4 12 (1.37%) SAML
4 12 (1.37%) Svelte
5 7 (0.80%) HTML
6 5 (0.57%) .NET
6 5 (0.57%) AWS CDK
7 4 (0.46%) Django
7 4 (0.46%) Elastic Stack
7 4 (0.46%) GraphQL
7 4 (0.46%) OpenID
7 4 (0.46%) RESTful
7 4 (0.46%) web3js
8 3 (0.34%) Apache Beam
8 3 (0.34%) CSS
9 2 (0.23%) ADO
9 2 (0.23%) EDI
9 2 (0.23%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 73 (8.31%) Cloud Native
2 64 (7.29%) Hybrid Cloud
3 56 (6.38%) Public Cloud
4 46 (5.24%) Distributed Systems
5 42 (4.78%) Data Centre
5 42 (4.78%) iPad
6 32 (3.64%) Legacy Code
7 21 (2.39%) Product Ownership
8 19 (2.16%) Linux Command Line
9 15 (1.71%) Private Cloud
10 14 (1.59%) Management Information System
11 12 (1.37%) Greenfield Project
12 11 (1.25%) Blog
12 11 (1.25%) IoT
13 10 (1.14%) Enterprise Software
14 9 (1.03%) PKI
15 8 (0.91%) Replication
16 7 (0.80%) Renewable Energy
17 6 (0.68%) Cyber Threat
17 6 (0.68%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 168 (19.13%) Windows
2 145 (16.51%) Linux
3 105 (11.96%) Windows Server
4 16 (1.82%) Windows 10
5 13 (1.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 10 (1.14%) Windows Server 2016
7 8 (0.91%) Windows Server 2012
8 7 (0.80%) Windows Server 2019
9 6 (0.68%) Unix
10 5 (0.57%) CentOS
11 4 (0.46%) VMS
12 3 (0.34%) SUSE
12 3 (0.34%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
13 2 (0.23%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.11%) Mac OS
14 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 243 (27.68%) Infrastructure as Code
2 223 (25.40%) DevOps
3 180 (20.50%) CI/CD
4 164 (18.68%) Roadmaps
5 154 (17.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 144 (16.40%) Technical Leadership
7 131 (14.92%) Technology Roadmap
8 122 (13.90%) Agile
9 115 (13.10%) Problem-Solving
10 99 (11.28%) Platform Engineering
11 96 (10.93%) Cloud Security
12 87 (9.91%) Software Engineering
13 74 (8.43%) Continuous Improvement
14 71 (8.09%) ITIL
15 64 (7.29%) Migration
16 59 (6.72%) Mentoring
17 56 (6.38%) Containerisation
18 54 (6.15%) Cybersecurity
19 50 (5.69%) Disaster Recovery
20 48 (5.47%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 168 (19.13%) Python
2 116 (13.21%) PowerShell
3 70 (7.97%) Bash
4 61 (6.95%) Go
5 48 (5.47%) Java
6 37 (4.21%) SQL
7 33 (3.76%) Bicep
8 30 (3.42%) JavaScript
9 22 (2.51%) C
9 22 (2.51%) C#
10 21 (2.39%) C++
10 21 (2.39%) Rust
11 20 (2.28%) TypeScript
12 13 (1.48%) Perl
13 12 (1.37%) Shell Script
14 9 (1.03%) PHP
15 4 (0.46%) AWK
15 4 (0.46%) sed
16 3 (0.34%) Kotlin
17 2 (0.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 63 (7.18%) AWS Certification
2 62 (7.06%) Degree
3 51 (5.81%) Security Cleared
4 50 (5.69%) Azure Certification
5 36 (4.10%) SC Cleared
6 24 (2.73%) Computer Science Degree
6 24 (2.73%) Microsoft Certification
7 21 (2.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 12 (1.37%) MCSE
9 9 (1.03%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 9 (1.03%) CISSP
10 8 (0.91%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 8 (0.91%) Master's Degree
10 8 (0.91%) MCITP
11 7 (0.80%) CISM
12 6 (0.68%) DV Cleared
13 4 (0.46%) CEH
13 4 (0.46%) Cisco Certification
13 4 (0.46%) DBS Check
13 4 (0.46%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (2.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (1.94%) QA
3 13 (1.48%) SLA
4 11 (1.25%) Accessibility
5 8 (0.91%) NCSC
6 7 (0.80%) PCI DSS
7 6 (0.68%) NIST
8 4 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 4 (0.46%) Solvency II
9 3 (0.34%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.11%) COBIT
10 1 (0.11%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.11%) GDPR
10 1 (0.11%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.11%) SEPA
System Software
1 115 (13.10%) Docker
2 104 (11.85%) Active Directory
3 47 (5.35%) Hyper-V
4 42 (4.78%) VMware Infrastructure
5 37 (4.21%) Virtual Machines
6 14 (1.59%) Virtual Desktop
7 11 (1.25%) XenApp
8 10 (1.14%) XenDesktop
9 5 (0.57%) VMware ESXi
10 3 (0.34%) Ceph
10 3 (0.34%) Firmware
10 3 (0.34%) Gluster
10 3 (0.34%) KVM
10 3 (0.34%) oVirt
11 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 261 (29.73%) Terraform
2 181 (20.62%) Kubernetes
3 97 (11.05%) Ansible
4 57 (6.49%) Microsoft Intune
5 26 (2.96%) Puppet
6 19 (2.16%) Progress Chef
7 13 (1.48%) Salt
8 12 (1.37%) SCCM
9 10 (1.14%) Docker Swarm
9 10 (1.14%) Prometheus
10 9 (1.03%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 9 (1.03%) Packer
11 7 (0.80%) Grafana
11 7 (0.80%) Opsgenie
12 6 (0.68%) ZABBIX
13 5 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
14 4 (0.46%) Istio
15 3 (0.34%) Graphite
15 3 (0.34%) Observium
15 3 (0.34%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 193 (21.98%) Microsoft
2 87 (9.91%) Google
3 61 (6.95%) VMware
4 42 (4.78%) Oracle
5 30 (3.42%) Citrix
6 25 (2.85%) Cisco
7 16 (1.82%) HP
8 14 (1.59%) Dell
9 10 (1.14%) Atlassian
9 10 (1.14%) Remedy
10 9 (1.03%) New Relic
10 9 (1.03%) SolarWinds
10 9 (1.03%) Splunk
11 8 (0.91%) Symantec
12 7 (0.80%) Confluent
12 7 (0.80%) IBM
12 7 (0.80%) Zscaler
13 6 (0.68%) BMC
14 5 (0.57%) Meraki
14 5 (0.57%) Veeam