Cloud Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends in South Wales

Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
Wales > South Wales

The median Cloud Infrastructure Engineer salary in South Wales is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 62 68
Rank change year-on-year 0 +6 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer 1 3 1
As % of all permanent jobs in South Wales 0.13% 0.48% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.49% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - £39,500
75th Percentile - - £40,750
90th Percentile - - -
Wales median annual salary £55,000 £49,104 £39,500
% change year-on-year +12.01% +24.31% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
South Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in South Wales. 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 South Wales with a recognized job title 691 615 590
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.39% 97.62% 95.62%
Number of salaries quoted 495 328 458
10th Percentile £26,000 £31,100 £32,500
25th Percentile £33,500 £35,000 £39,280
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.75%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £78,790 £78,130 £72,433
Wales median annual salary £48,500 £49,000 £46,131
% change year-on-year -1.02% +6.22% -2.88%

Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Cloud Infrastructure Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Cloud Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend in South Wales

Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in South Wales

Salary distribution trend for Cloud Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in South Wales.

Salary distribution trend for Cloud Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in South Wales

Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cloud Infrastructure Engineer within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 12 January 2026. 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
Cardiff +11 1 £55,000 - 1
Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
Wales

Cloud Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales

For the 6 months to 12 January 2026, Cloud Infrastructure Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South Wales region featuring Cloud Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Purview
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) RBAC
1 1 (100.00%) Runbook
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server

Cloud Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Purview
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) RBAC
1 1 (100.00%) Runbook
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft