Cloud Engineer
UK > Scotland
The median Cloud Engineer salary in Scotland is £95,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 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 4 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 135 | 125 | 124 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -10 | -1 | +73 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Cloud Engineer | 13 | 183 | 97 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland | 0.45% | 2.72% | 2.05% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.50% | 2.80% | 2.27% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 8 | 55 | 63 |
| 10th Percentile | £71,750 | £47,500 | £43,697 |
| 25th Percentile | £91,250 | £52,500 | £51,985 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £95,000 | £60,000 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +58.33% | -7.69% | -1.89% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £70,000 | £79,482 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £77,500 | £97,500 |
| UK median annual salary | £70,000 | £62,641 | £67,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +11.75% | -7.20% | +3.85% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title | 2,621 | 6,525 | 4,272 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 91.45% | 96.88% | 90.20% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1,375 | 2,619 | 2,331 |
| 10th Percentile | £31,250 | £28,000 | £32,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £44,000 | £40,000 | £41,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £57,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -8.70% | +9.52% |
| 75th Percentile | £65,000 | £65,000 | £72,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £83,443 | £80,000 | £85,000 |
| UK median annual salary | £57,500 | £52,550 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +9.42% | -12.42% | - |
Cloud Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland
Job postings that featured Cloud Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.
Cloud Engineer
Salary Trend in Scotland
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cloud Engineer in Scotland.
Cloud Engineer
Salary Histogram in Scotland
Salary distribution for jobs citing Cloud Engineer in Scotland over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.
Cloud Engineer
Job Locations in Scotland
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cloud Engineer within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edinburgh | +5 | 12 | £95,000 | +38.18% | 7 |
| Glasgow | +67 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cloud Engineer UK |
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Cloud Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland
For the 6 months to 4 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 Scotland region featuring Cloud Engineer in the job title.
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Cloud Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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: