Cloud Architect Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Cloud Architect
UK > UK excluding London

The median Cloud Architect salary in the UK excluding London is £77,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 442 475 446
Rank change year-on-year +33 -29 +100
Permanent jobs requiring a Cloud Architect 67 91 127
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.16% 0.25% 0.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.27% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 29 55 82
10th Percentile £51,000 £61,243 £65,000
25th Percentile £63,750 £72,500 £73,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £85,000 £79,632
Median % change year-on-year -8.82% +6.74% -6.32%
75th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £125,000 £112,250
UK median annual salary £80,000 £85,000 £87,500
% change year-on-year -5.88% -2.86% -5.41%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 38,388 33,377 32,893
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.52% 92.91% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 23,454 16,215 24,936
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,609 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.96% +5.22% -5.25%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

Cloud Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Cloud Architect' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Cloud Architect job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Cloud Architect
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Cloud Architect job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Cloud Architect job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Cloud Architect
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cloud Architect in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Cloud Architect in the UK excluding London

Cloud Architect
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cloud Architect within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 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
North of England +8 17 £78,750 -4.55% 5
Midlands +22 15 £70,000 +3.51% 3
South West +7 15 £87,500 +2.94% 2
North West +16 10 - - 2
East Midlands -1 10 - - 1
South East +27 9 £85,000 - 8
East of England +25 6 £87,500 -2.78% 2
Yorkshire -10 5 £90,000 -5.26% 3
West Midlands +14 4 £65,000 -3.89% 2
Northern Ireland -9 4 £52,000 -
Wales +12 3 £70,000 -25.13%
Scotland -4 3 £64,822 -48.14%
North East - 2 £72,500 -
Cloud Architect
UK

Cloud Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Cloud Architect 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 UK excluding London region featuring Cloud Architect in the job title.

1 31 (46.27%) Azure
2 21 (31.34%) GCP
3 18 (26.87%) Roadmaps
3 18 (26.87%) Security Cleared
4 17 (25.37%) DV Cleared
5 14 (20.90%) AWS
6 13 (19.40%) Cloud Security
6 13 (19.40%) Microsoft
7 12 (17.91%) Google
7 12 (17.91%) Strategic Roadmap
8 11 (16.42%) Infrastructure as Code
9 10 (14.93%) Architectural Design
9 10 (14.93%) Continuous Improvement
9 10 (14.93%) Enterprise Architecture
9 10 (14.93%) Kubernetes
9 10 (14.93%) Microsoft 365
9 10 (14.93%) Stakeholder Management
10 8 (11.94%) Cost Optimisation
10 8 (11.94%) DevOps
10 8 (11.94%) Mentoring
10 8 (11.94%) Python
11 7 (10.45%) CI/CD
11 7 (10.45%) Containerisation
11 7 (10.45%) Cybersecurity
11 7 (10.45%) Event-Driven
11 7 (10.45%) Java
11 7 (10.45%) Performance Optimisation
11 7 (10.45%) Power Platform
11 7 (10.45%) SaaS
12 6 (8.96%) Analytics

Cloud Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (8.96%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 31 (46.27%) Azure
2 21 (31.34%) GCP
3 14 (20.90%) AWS
4 10 (14.93%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (10.45%) Power Platform
5 7 (10.45%) SaaS
6 6 (8.96%) Azure Stack
6 6 (8.96%) IaaS
6 6 (8.96%) PaaS
6 6 (8.96%) Serverless
7 4 (5.97%) Entra ID
8 2 (2.99%) OCI
9 1 (1.49%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (1.49%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 1 (1.49%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.48%) Firewall
2 1 (1.49%) BGP
2 1 (1.49%) Broadband
2 1 (1.49%) DNS
2 1 (1.49%) Internet
2 1 (1.49%) Network Security
2 1 (1.49%) SSL
2 1 (1.49%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (8.96%) BigQuery
2 2 (2.99%) Big Data
2 2 (2.99%) Metadata
3 1 (1.49%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.49%) TIBCO EBX
Development Applications
1 1 (1.49%) GitLab
1 1 (1.49%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.49%) SonarQube
General
1 9 (13.43%) Marketing
2 7 (10.45%) Finance
3 6 (8.96%) Law
3 6 (8.96%) Legal
3 6 (8.96%) Social Skills
4 3 (4.48%) Public Sector
5 2 (2.99%) Banking
5 2 (2.99%) Digital Health
5 2 (2.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.49%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.49%) Electronics
6 1 (1.49%) Games
6 1 (1.49%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.49%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.49%) ARM Templates
1 1 (1.49%) Lightning Web Components
1 1 (1.49%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (1.49%) REST
1 1 (1.49%) SOAP
1 1 (1.49%) Spring
1 1 (1.49%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 16 (23.88%) Cloud Native
2 9 (13.43%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (7.46%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (5.97%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (4.48%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (4.48%) Private Cloud
6 2 (2.99%) IoT
6 2 (2.99%) Management Information System
6 2 (2.99%) Public Cloud
7 1 (1.49%) AI Agents
7 1 (1.49%) Cloud Security Posture
7 1 (1.49%) Legacy Code
7 1 (1.49%) PKI
7 1 (1.49%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.49%) Security Posture
7 1 (1.49%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (26.87%) Roadmaps
2 13 (19.40%) Cloud Security
3 12 (17.91%) Strategic Roadmap
4 11 (16.42%) Infrastructure as Code
5 10 (14.93%) Architectural Design
5 10 (14.93%) Continuous Improvement
5 10 (14.93%) Enterprise Architecture
5 10 (14.93%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (11.94%) Cost Optimisation
6 8 (11.94%) DevOps
6 8 (11.94%) Mentoring
7 7 (10.45%) CI/CD
7 7 (10.45%) Containerisation
7 7 (10.45%) Cybersecurity
7 7 (10.45%) Event-Driven
7 7 (10.45%) Performance Optimisation
8 6 (8.96%) Analytics
8 6 (8.96%) Data Science
8 6 (8.96%) Migration
8 6 (8.96%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 8 (11.94%) Python
2 7 (10.45%) Java
3 6 (8.96%) Go
4 2 (2.99%) Bash
4 2 (2.99%) Bicep
5 1 (1.49%) Apex Code
5 1 (1.49%) SOQL
5 1 (1.49%) SOSL
5 1 (1.49%) SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (26.87%) Security Cleared
2 17 (25.37%) DV Cleared
3 3 (4.48%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.99%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (2.99%) Degree
5 1 (1.49%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.49%) Data Quality
1 1 (1.49%) GDPR
1 1 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (1.49%) NCSC
System Software
1 3 (4.48%) Docker
2 1 (1.49%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 10 (14.93%) Kubernetes
2 3 (4.48%) Terraform
3 2 (2.99%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.49%) CASB
Vendors
1 13 (19.40%) Microsoft
2 12 (17.91%) Google
3 2 (2.99%) Oracle
3 2 (2.99%) Salesforce
3 2 (2.99%) Splunk
4 1 (1.49%) Informatica
4 1 (1.49%) Netskope
4 1 (1.49%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
4 1 (1.49%) SAP
4 1 (1.49%) TIBCO
4 1 (1.49%) VMware