Cloud Engineer Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Cloud Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Cloud Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 27 April 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 192 256 239
Rank change year-on-year +64 -17 -5
Permanent jobs requiring a Cloud Engineer 567 267 812
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.87% 0.99% 1.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.94% 1.12% 1.26%
Number of salaries quoted 406 216 457
10th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £39,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £63,125 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year +2.97% +6.05% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £67,968
90th Percentile £86,253 £85,000 £76,250
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £62,783
% change year-on-year - +11.50% -4.81%

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 60,398 23,781 64,264
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.14% 88.22% 94.72%
Number of salaries quoted 38,547 14,649 47,023
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £77,200
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +13.21% -11.67%

Cloud Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Cloud Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Cloud Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Cloud Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cloud Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 27 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Cloud Engineer in the UK excluding London

Cloud Engineer
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 Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 27 April 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 +20 172 £70,000 +27.27% 43
South East +37 143 £60,000 - 35
North West +23 100 £70,000 +16.67% 26
South West +2 88 £75,000 - 26
Midlands -16 58 £60,000 +28.34% 18
Yorkshire -30 56 £60,000 +33.33% 12
East of England -29 46 £65,000 -2.02% 9
West Midlands +3 42 £67,500 +35.00% 15
Scotland -11 22 £77,500 -18.42% 8
Wales -15 18 £68,958 +22.75%
North East -31 16 £45,000 -28.57% 5
Northern Ireland -25 15 - - 3
East Midlands -44 15 £60,000 +84.62% 3
Channel Islands - 5 £75,000 -
Cloud Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 2026, Cloud 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 UK excluding London region featuring Cloud Engineer in the job title.

1 273 (48.15%) Azure
2 213 (37.57%) AWS
3 137 (24.16%) DevOps
3 137 (24.16%) Terraform
4 104 (18.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 104 (18.34%) Security Cleared
5 102 (17.99%) CI/CD
6 95 (16.75%) Infrastructure as Code
7 92 (16.23%) Microsoft
8 68 (11.99%) DNS
9 67 (11.82%) Agile
10 63 (11.11%) Kubernetes
10 63 (11.11%) Python
10 63 (11.11%) Windows
11 62 (10.93%) Mentoring
12 61 (10.76%) Active Directory
13 60 (10.58%) SC Cleared
14 58 (10.23%) High Availability
14 58 (10.23%) VMware
15 56 (9.88%) Coaching
15 56 (9.88%) PowerShell
16 55 (9.70%) Windows Server
17 51 (8.99%) Entra ID
17 51 (8.99%) Problem-Solving
18 48 (8.47%) ITIL
18 48 (8.47%) Platform Engineering
19 47 (8.29%) Azure DevOps
19 47 (8.29%) Disaster Recovery
19 47 (8.29%) Firewall
19 47 (8.29%) IaaS

Cloud Engineer 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 15 (2.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (1.59%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.41%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 4 (0.71%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.71%) IIS
5 1 (0.18%) Apache
5 1 (0.18%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (0.53%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 16 (2.82%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 273 (48.15%) Azure
2 213 (37.57%) AWS
3 51 (8.99%) Entra ID
4 47 (8.29%) Azure DevOps
4 47 (8.29%) IaaS
5 42 (7.41%) GCP
6 37 (6.53%) GitHub
6 37 (6.53%) Nutanix
7 34 (6.00%) Azure AKS
8 31 (5.47%) Microsoft 365
9 23 (4.06%) AWS CloudFormation
9 23 (4.06%) PaaS
10 22 (3.88%) Amazon EKS
11 21 (3.70%) OCI
12 20 (3.53%) SaaS
13 18 (3.17%) Azure Key Vault
14 15 (2.65%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 15 (2.65%) Azure Monitor
14 15 (2.65%) Azure Storage
14 15 (2.65%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 68 (11.99%) DNS
2 47 (8.29%) Firewall
3 35 (6.17%) DHCP
4 28 (4.94%) Remote Desktop
5 19 (3.35%) VPN
6 10 (1.76%) Network Security
7 8 (1.41%) Cisco Firepower
7 8 (1.41%) Cisco IOS
7 8 (1.41%) Cisco ISE
7 8 (1.41%) Junos
7 8 (1.41%) NX-OS
7 8 (1.41%) TCP/IP
8 5 (0.88%) DMZ
8 5 (0.88%) Reverse Proxy
8 5 (0.88%) STUN
8 5 (0.88%) VLAN
8 5 (0.88%) VoIP
8 5 (0.88%) WAN
9 4 (0.71%) SAN
10 2 (0.35%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (2.29%) Amazon RDS
2 9 (1.59%) Power BI
3 8 (1.41%) MongoDB
3 8 (1.41%) SQL Server
3 8 (1.41%) Tableau
4 7 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (1.06%) Amazon Aurora
5 6 (1.06%) Elasticsearch
5 6 (1.06%) MySQL
6 5 (0.88%) NoSQL
7 4 (0.71%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (0.71%) DynamoDB
8 3 (0.53%) BigQuery
8 3 (0.53%) Delta Lake
8 3 (0.53%) Metadata
9 1 (0.18%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 26 (4.59%) Git
2 24 (4.23%) Jenkins
3 22 (3.88%) GitLab
4 16 (2.82%) Oracle Forms
5 12 (2.12%) JIRA
6 5 (0.88%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 4 (0.71%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.53%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.18%) git-flow
9 1 (0.18%) PyCharm
9 1 (0.18%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 68 (11.99%) Social Skills
2 36 (6.35%) Finance
3 17 (3.00%) Law
4 13 (2.29%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (1.94%) Banking
5 11 (1.94%) Public Sector
6 9 (1.59%) Billing
7 8 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (1.06%) Retail Banking
9 5 (0.88%) Investment Banking
9 5 (0.88%) Manufacturing
10 4 (0.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (0.53%) Advertising
11 3 (0.53%) Legal
12 2 (0.35%) Automotive
12 2 (0.35%) Marketing
12 2 (0.35%) Tech for Good
13 1 (0.18%) Health Technology
13 1 (0.18%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.18%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.53%) RESTful
2 11 (1.94%) JSON
3 10 (1.76%) SOAP
4 9 (1.59%) ARM Templates
4 9 (1.59%) OAuth
4 9 (1.59%) OAuth2
5 8 (1.41%) AWS CDK
5 8 (1.41%) Loki
5 8 (1.41%) SAML
5 8 (1.41%) XML
6 7 (1.23%) Node.js
6 7 (1.23%) YAML
7 5 (0.88%) FreeSWITCH
7 5 (0.88%) REST
8 4 (0.71%) Middleware
9 3 (0.53%) .NET
9 3 (0.53%) NestJS
9 3 (0.53%) OpenTelemetry
9 3 (0.53%) WAMP
10 2 (0.35%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 73 (12.87%) Cloud Native
2 56 (9.88%) Hybrid Cloud
3 46 (8.11%) Public Cloud
4 20 (3.53%) Enterprise Software
5 11 (1.94%) Distributed Systems
6 9 (1.59%) PKI
7 7 (1.23%) Greenfield Project
8 6 (1.06%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (0.88%) Cloud Security Posture
9 5 (0.88%) Product Ownership
9 5 (0.88%) Replication
9 5 (0.88%) Security Posture
10 4 (0.71%) Data Centre
10 4 (0.71%) Enterprise Cloud
10 4 (0.71%) Onboarding
11 3 (0.53%) Linux Command Line
12 2 (0.35%) Driving Licence
12 2 (0.35%) IoT
12 2 (0.35%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 63 (11.11%) Windows
2 55 (9.70%) Windows Server
3 23 (4.06%) Linux
4 7 (1.23%) Debian
5 2 (0.35%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle Linux
6 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.18%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (24.16%) DevOps
2 104 (18.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 102 (17.99%) CI/CD
4 95 (16.75%) Infrastructure as Code
5 67 (11.82%) Agile
6 62 (10.93%) Mentoring
7 58 (10.23%) High Availability
8 56 (9.88%) Coaching
9 51 (8.99%) Problem-Solving
10 48 (8.47%) ITIL
10 48 (8.47%) Platform Engineering
11 47 (8.29%) Disaster Recovery
12 44 (7.76%) Cloud Security
13 42 (7.41%) Containerisation
14 40 (7.05%) ITSM
15 38 (6.70%) Business Strategy
16 37 (6.53%) Change Management
17 35 (6.17%) Continuous Improvement
18 34 (6.00%) Business Continuity
18 34 (6.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 63 (11.11%) Python
2 56 (9.88%) PowerShell
3 40 (7.05%) SQL
4 25 (4.41%) Bash
5 22 (3.88%) Java
6 17 (3.00%) Shell Script
7 16 (2.82%) PL/SQL
8 15 (2.65%) Bicep
9 10 (1.76%) JavaScript
10 7 (1.23%) Go
11 5 (0.88%) TypeScript
12 4 (0.71%) C++
13 2 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
14 1 (0.18%) PHP
Qualifications
1 104 (18.34%) Security Cleared
2 60 (10.58%) SC Cleared
3 38 (6.70%) DV Cleared
4 29 (5.11%) Azure Certification
5 14 (2.47%) Degree
5 14 (2.47%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (1.06%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (0.88%) CCNP
7 5 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (0.88%) MCSE
7 5 (0.88%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 3 (0.53%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.35%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.35%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.18%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 1 (0.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.18%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
10 1 (0.18%) IISP
10 1 (0.18%) ISACA
10 1 (0.18%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (5.29%) SLA
2 7 (1.23%) NIST
3 6 (1.06%) PCI DSS
4 5 (0.88%) Accessibility
4 5 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.53%) GDPR
6 2 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.35%) GRC
6 2 (0.35%) QA
6 2 (0.35%) SOC 2
System Software
1 61 (10.76%) Active Directory
2 47 (8.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 33 (5.82%) Hyper-V
4 23 (4.06%) Docker
5 8 (1.41%) Firmware
5 8 (1.41%) VMware NSX
6 7 (1.23%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.88%) KVM
8 4 (0.71%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.18%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 137 (24.16%) Terraform
2 63 (11.11%) Kubernetes
3 26 (4.59%) Ansible
4 17 (3.00%) Single Sign-On
5 13 (2.29%) Grafana
6 12 (2.12%) Microsoft Intune
7 11 (1.94%) Prometheus
8 8 (1.41%) vCenter Server
9 5 (0.88%) Argo
10 4 (0.71%) Rancher
11 3 (0.53%) Kibana
11 3 (0.53%) Nagios
11 3 (0.53%) Scalr
12 2 (0.35%) Istio
12 2 (0.35%) logstash
13 1 (0.18%) EMC NetWorker
13 1 (0.18%) FortiGate
13 1 (0.18%) Graylog
Vendors
1 92 (16.23%) Microsoft
2 58 (10.23%) VMware
3 28 (4.94%) Dell
3 28 (4.94%) Dell Compellent
3 28 (4.94%) HP
3 28 (4.94%) Nimble Storage
4 22 (3.88%) Oracle
5 19 (3.35%) Cisco
6 18 (3.17%) Google
7 13 (2.29%) Juniper
8 8 (1.41%) Broadcom
8 8 (1.41%) Okta
8 8 (1.41%) SolarWinds
9 7 (1.23%) ServiceNow
10 6 (1.06%) Zerto
11 5 (0.88%) Veeam
12 4 (0.71%) PagerDuty
13 3 (0.53%) Citrix
13 3 (0.53%) Databricks
14 2 (0.35%) Salesforce