Cloud Engineer Jobs in London

Cloud Engineer
England > London

The median Cloud Engineer salary in London is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 June 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 227 286 232
Rank change year-on-year +59 -54 +36
Permanent jobs requiring a Cloud Engineer 197 257 486
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.53% 1.03% 1.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.69% 1.09% 1.66%
Number of salaries quoted 141 177 385
10th Percentile £52,250 £52,500 £47,500
25th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £85,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% +13.33% -6.25%
75th Percentile £110,000 £100,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £112,500
England median annual salary £68,750 £62,783 £67,500
% change year-on-year +9.51% -6.99% +3.85%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 11,686 23,535 29,335
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.00% 94.45% 94.90%
Number of salaries quoted 7,018 17,363 22,099
10th Percentile £40,700 £37,500 £41,374
25th Percentile £55,000 £50,000 £54,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £98,750 £93,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,300
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.94% +0.50%

Cloud Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Cloud Engineer in London

Cloud Engineer
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Cloud Engineer in London

Cloud Engineer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cloud Engineer in London over the 6 months to 19 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Cloud Engineer in London

Cloud Engineer
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cloud Engineer within the London region over the 6 months to 19 June 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
Central London +18 28 £77,500 +14.81% 37
South London - 16 £67,500 - 1
North London - 11 £75,000 - 1
West London - 5 - - 8
East London - 4 £55,000 - 8
Cloud Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 19 June 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 London region featuring Cloud Engineer in the job title.

1 99 (50.25%) Kubernetes
2 96 (48.73%) Terraform
3 93 (47.21%) Azure
4 85 (43.15%) CI/CD
5 81 (41.12%) AWS
5 81 (41.12%) DevOps
6 70 (35.53%) Social Skills
7 66 (33.50%) Infrastructure as Code
8 62 (31.47%) Finance
9 58 (29.44%) Python
10 55 (27.92%) Microsoft
10 55 (27.92%) Cloud Native
11 53 (26.90%) Linux
12 45 (22.84%) Software Engineering
13 44 (22.34%) Go
14 40 (20.30%) Distributed Systems
14 40 (20.30%) PowerShell
15 36 (18.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 35 (17.77%) Active Directory
17 34 (17.26%) GCP
18 31 (15.74%) Rust
18 31 (15.74%) Legacy Code
18 31 (15.74%) C
18 31 (15.74%) C++
19 28 (14.21%) Cloud Security
19 28 (14.21%) Firewall
19 28 (14.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
19 28 (14.21%) Agile
20 27 (13.71%) Windows
20 27 (13.71%) Cybersecurity

Cloud Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 12 (6.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (5.58%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.03%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.02%) Apache
4 2 (1.02%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.51%) nginx
Cloud Services
1 93 (47.21%) Azure
2 81 (41.12%) AWS
3 34 (17.26%) GCP
4 26 (13.20%) Serverless
5 25 (12.69%) AWS Lambda
6 24 (12.18%) Microsoft 365
7 17 (8.63%) Amazon EKS
8 15 (7.61%) Entra ID
9 14 (7.11%) PaaS
10 13 (6.60%) Azure DevOps
10 13 (6.60%) Azure Monitor
10 13 (6.60%) Cloud Computing
11 12 (6.09%) AWS CloudFormation
12 11 (5.58%) Azure AKS
13 10 (5.08%) IaaS
14 9 (4.57%) SaaS
15 8 (4.06%) Azure Logic Apps
16 7 (3.55%) Microsoft Copilot
16 7 (3.55%) Microsoft Purview
16 7 (3.55%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 28 (14.21%) Firewall
2 23 (11.68%) SSH
2 23 (11.68%) SSL
3 22 (11.17%) Broadband
4 15 (7.61%) DNS
5 9 (4.57%) WAN
6 8 (4.06%) VPN
7 7 (3.55%) SD-WAN
8 5 (2.54%) DHCP
9 3 (1.52%) LAN
9 3 (1.52%) SAN
10 2 (1.02%) BGP
10 2 (1.02%) IPsec
10 2 (1.02%) NAS
11 1 (0.51%) Cisco IOS
11 1 (0.51%) Cisco ISE
11 1 (0.51%) Cisco Nexus
11 1 (0.51%) Fibre Channel
11 1 (0.51%) Multicast
11 1 (0.51%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.58%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.03%) Big Data
2 4 (2.03%) MySQL
3 2 (1.02%) DynamoDB
3 2 (1.02%) MongoDB
3 2 (1.02%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.51%) Amazon Aurora
4 1 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.51%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.51%) BigQuery
4 1 (0.51%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.51%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 9 (4.57%) Bitbucket
1 9 (4.57%) GitLab
2 7 (3.55%) Git
2 7 (3.55%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.51%) Gradle
3 1 (0.51%) Maven
3 1 (0.51%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.51%) Spinnaker
General
1 70 (35.53%) Social Skills
2 62 (31.47%) Finance
3 26 (13.20%) Law
4 21 (10.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 17 (8.63%) Banking
6 12 (6.09%) Legal
7 4 (2.03%) Financial Institution
7 4 (2.03%) Investment Banking
8 3 (1.52%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (1.52%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.02%) Games
9 2 (1.02%) iGaming
9 2 (1.02%) Publishing
10 1 (0.51%) Automotive
10 1 (0.51%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.51%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (11.17%) RESTful
1 22 (11.17%) Web Services
2 7 (3.55%) .NET
2 7 (3.55%) ARM Templates
3 5 (2.54%) YAML
4 3 (1.52%) Lambda Expressions
4 3 (1.52%) Node.js
5 2 (1.02%) Django
5 2 (1.02%) Flask
5 2 (1.02%) LAMP
5 2 (1.02%) LAPP Stack
5 2 (1.02%) SAML
6 1 (0.51%) 802.1X
6 1 (0.51%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.51%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.51%) FastAPI
6 1 (0.51%) JSON
6 1 (0.51%) OAuth
6 1 (0.51%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.51%) React
Miscellaneous
1 55 (27.92%) Cloud Native
2 40 (20.30%) Distributed Systems
3 31 (15.74%) Legacy Code
4 26 (13.20%) Onboarding
5 25 (12.69%) Cyber Threat
6 24 (12.18%) Management Information System
7 23 (11.68%) Cyberattack
7 23 (11.68%) PKI
8 12 (6.09%) Hybrid Cloud
9 10 (5.08%) Public Cloud
10 8 (4.06%) Hedge funds
11 6 (3.05%) Clustering
11 6 (3.05%) Data Centre
12 5 (2.54%) Product Ownership
12 5 (2.54%) Virtual Team
13 4 (2.03%) Algorithms
14 3 (1.52%) Greenfield Project
14 3 (1.52%) Security Posture
15 2 (1.02%) Mobile Games
15 2 (1.02%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 53 (26.90%) Linux
2 27 (13.71%) Windows
3 21 (10.66%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.03%) Android
4 4 (2.03%) Apple iOS
4 4 (2.03%) CentOS
4 4 (2.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (1.02%) Unix
5 2 (1.02%) VMS
5 2 (1.02%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.51%) Oracle Linux
6 1 (0.51%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (43.15%) CI/CD
2 81 (41.12%) DevOps
3 66 (33.50%) Infrastructure as Code
4 45 (22.84%) Software Engineering
5 36 (18.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 28 (14.21%) Agile
6 28 (14.21%) Cloud Security
7 27 (13.71%) Cybersecurity
8 26 (13.20%) Deployment Automation
8 26 (13.20%) Platform Engineering
9 25 (12.69%) Roadmaps
10 22 (11.17%) Key Management
10 22 (11.17%) Problem-Solving
10 22 (11.17%) Programme Delivery
10 22 (11.17%) Use Case
10 22 (11.17%) Vulnerability Assessment
11 21 (10.66%) High Availability
12 20 (10.15%) Fintech
13 19 (9.64%) Containerisation
13 19 (9.64%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 58 (29.44%) Python
2 44 (22.34%) Go
3 40 (20.30%) PowerShell
4 31 (15.74%) C
4 31 (15.74%) C++
4 31 (15.74%) Rust
5 18 (9.14%) SQL
6 14 (7.11%) Bash
7 10 (5.08%) C#
8 7 (3.55%) Java
9 4 (2.03%) Bicep
9 4 (2.03%) Kotlin
9 4 (2.03%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.51%) Perl
10 1 (0.51%) Ruby
10 1 (0.51%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 20 (10.15%) Azure Certification
2 11 (5.58%) Microsoft Certification
3 10 (5.08%) Security Cleared
4 9 (4.57%) AWS Certification
5 6 (3.05%) SC Cleared
6 5 (2.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 5 (2.54%) Degree
7 4 (2.03%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 3 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.02%) CCNP
9 2 (1.02%) CCSK
10 1 (0.51%) CCIE
10 1 (0.51%) CCNA
10 1 (0.51%) CCSP
10 1 (0.51%) CISA
10 1 (0.51%) CISSP
10 1 (0.51%) GCIA
10 1 (0.51%) GCIH
10 1 (0.51%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (14.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 27 (13.71%) NIST
3 8 (4.06%) GDPR
4 3 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (1.52%) HIPAA
4 3 (1.52%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (0.51%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.51%) QA
5 1 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 35 (17.77%) Active Directory
2 24 (12.18%) Docker
3 10 (5.08%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (2.54%) Hyper-V
5 4 (2.03%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (1.02%) KVM
6 2 (1.02%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (1.02%) Xen
Systems Management
1 99 (50.25%) Kubernetes
2 96 (48.73%) Terraform
3 24 (12.18%) Ansible
4 16 (8.12%) Microsoft Intune
5 13 (6.60%) SCCM
6 7 (3.55%) Grafana
7 4 (2.03%) Failover Clustering
7 4 (2.03%) Prometheus
8 2 (1.02%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (1.02%) CFEngine
8 2 (1.02%) Nagios
8 2 (1.02%) Progress Chef
8 2 (1.02%) Puppet
9 1 (0.51%) Argo
9 1 (0.51%) EMC NetWorker
9 1 (0.51%) Istio
Vendors
1 55 (27.92%) Microsoft
2 22 (11.17%) Thales
3 19 (9.64%) Google
4 17 (8.63%) Palo Alto
5 12 (6.09%) VMware
6 6 (3.05%) Oracle
7 5 (2.54%) Cisco
8 3 (1.52%) Red Hat
8 3 (1.52%) Splunk
9 2 (1.02%) EMC
10 1 (0.51%) Commvault
10 1 (0.51%) Dell
10 1 (0.51%) F5
10 1 (0.51%) Hitachi
10 1 (0.51%) LogicMonitor
10 1 (0.51%) Ping Identity
10 1 (0.51%) Rapid7
10 1 (0.51%) SaltStack
10 1 (0.51%) SonicWALL
10 1 (0.51%) Zerto