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 £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 September 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 145 335 234
Rank change year-on-year +190 -101 +9
Permanent jobs requiring a Cloud Engineer 1,008 233 593
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.21% 0.68% 1.08%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.29% 0.76% 1.13%
Number of salaries quoted 767 151 380
10th Percentile £50,000 £39,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £47,407
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% - -
75th Percentile £81,250 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.70% +3.85% -

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 78,187 30,550 52,478
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.61% 89.27% 95.20%
Number of salaries quoted 54,320 17,285 31,143
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £38,620
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £59,319 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.85% - -8.33%

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 15 September 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 15 September 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 +149 376 £75,000 +25.00% 227
North West +117 229 £75,000 +30.43% 136
South West +53 202 £75,000 +7.14% 85
South East +80 193 £61,250 +6.52% 138
Midlands +43 125 £62,000 +12.73% 104
Yorkshire +56 120 £80,000 +28.00% 63
West Midlands +30 88 £60,000 -7.69% 64
East of England -14 57 £60,000 -20.00% 50
East Midlands -3 37 £97,500 +86.16% 40
Scotland +5 30 £60,000 +23.08% 111
North East -36 27 £62,500 +40.45% 28
Wales -50 23 £55,000 +45.76% 13
Northern Ireland -76 2 £70,000 +27.27% 31
Cloud Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 15 September 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.

1 362 (35.91%) Azure
2 274 (27.18%) AWS
3 204 (20.24%) DevOps
4 199 (19.74%) Terraform
5 193 (19.15%) Security Cleared
6 181 (17.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 163 (16.17%) Infrastructure as Code
8 148 (14.68%) Platform Engineering
9 135 (13.39%) CI/CD
10 127 (12.60%) SC Cleared
11 123 (12.20%) Microsoft
12 121 (12.00%) Cloud Security
13 117 (11.61%) Kubernetes
14 88 (8.73%) PowerShell
15 85 (8.43%) Python
16 82 (8.13%) Agile
16 82 (8.13%) Continuous Improvement
17 78 (7.74%) GCP
18 76 (7.54%) Cloud Operations
19 71 (7.04%) Containerisation
20 65 (6.45%) Problem-Solving
21 64 (6.35%) Microsoft 365
22 63 (6.25%) Entra ID
23 62 (6.15%) Docker
24 58 (5.75%) Ansible
25 57 (5.65%) AWS CloudFormation
25 57 (5.65%) DNS
26 56 (5.56%) Active Directory
26 56 (5.56%) Collaborative Working
27 53 (5.26%) VMware

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 22 (2.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (1.39%) SharePoint
3 9 (0.89%) IIS
4 2 (0.20%) Apache
5 1 (0.099%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.099%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (0.60%) Lightworks
Cloud Services
1 362 (35.91%) Azure
2 274 (27.18%) AWS
3 78 (7.74%) GCP
4 64 (6.35%) Microsoft 365
5 63 (6.25%) Entra ID
6 57 (5.65%) AWS CloudFormation
7 43 (4.27%) Azure DevOps
7 43 (4.27%) PaaS
8 41 (4.07%) SaaS
9 39 (3.87%) IaaS
10 37 (3.67%) Amazon ECS
10 37 (3.67%) GitHub
11 35 (3.47%) Serverless
12 32 (3.17%) Azure AKS
13 29 (2.88%) Amazon EKS
14 27 (2.68%) Amazon EC2
15 26 (2.58%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 26 (2.58%) Azure Key Vault
16 25 (2.48%) Amazon S3
17 23 (2.28%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 57 (5.65%) DNS
2 34 (3.37%) Firewall
3 31 (3.08%) VPN
4 20 (1.98%) DHCP
5 11 (1.09%) Network Security
6 9 (0.89%) TCP/IP
7 5 (0.50%) WAN
8 4 (0.40%) HTTP
8 4 (0.40%) SAN
8 4 (0.40%) VLAN
9 3 (0.30%) Remote Desktop
9 3 (0.30%) Software-Defined Networking
10 2 (0.20%) Intrusion Detection
10 2 (0.20%) LAN
10 2 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.20%) Wireless
10 2 (0.20%) Wireless Security
11 1 (0.099%) Broadband
11 1 (0.099%) MQTT
11 1 (0.099%) Spanning Tree
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (1.88%) Amazon RDS
2 10 (0.99%) SQL Server
3 7 (0.69%) MySQL
4 6 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
5 5 (0.50%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (0.40%) Amazon Aurora
6 4 (0.40%) Data Lake
6 4 (0.40%) DynamoDB
7 3 (0.30%) BigQuery
7 3 (0.30%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (0.30%) MongoDB
7 3 (0.30%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.30%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.20%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.20%) Power BI
9 1 (0.099%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.099%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.099%) Metadata
9 1 (0.099%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.099%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 21 (2.08%) Jenkins
2 15 (1.49%) GitLab
3 13 (1.29%) Git
4 3 (0.30%) Bitbucket
4 3 (0.30%) Octopus Deploy
5 2 (0.20%) Maven
5 2 (0.20%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (0.20%) Terragrunt
6 1 (0.099%) JIRA
6 1 (0.099%) PyCharm
6 1 (0.099%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 84 (8.33%) Finance
2 49 (4.86%) Social Skills
3 44 (4.37%) Law
4 23 (2.28%) Public Sector
5 22 (2.18%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (1.39%) Manufacturing
7 12 (1.19%) Aerospace
8 11 (1.09%) Legal
9 8 (0.79%) Retail
10 4 (0.40%) Banking
10 4 (0.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (0.40%) Retail Banking
11 3 (0.30%) Automotive
11 3 (0.30%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (0.30%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (0.30%) Marketing
12 1 (0.099%) Local Government
12 1 (0.099%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 199 (19.74%) Terraform
2 10 (0.99%) ARM Templates
3 8 (0.79%) AWS CDK
4 7 (0.69%) OpenID
4 7 (0.69%) Oracle Fusion
4 7 (0.69%) Pulumi
4 7 (0.69%) SAML
5 6 (0.60%) YAML
6 4 (0.40%) Django
6 4 (0.40%) Elastic Stack
6 4 (0.40%) JWT
6 4 (0.40%) Loki
6 4 (0.40%) OAuth
6 4 (0.40%) OAuth2
6 4 (0.40%) OpenTelemetry
6 4 (0.40%) RESTful
6 4 (0.40%) Vue
7 3 (0.30%) Kafka
8 2 (0.20%) OpenTofu
8 2 (0.20%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 100 (9.92%) Cloud Native
2 51 (5.06%) Hybrid Cloud
3 20 (1.98%) Public Cloud
4 18 (1.79%) Linux Command Line
5 17 (1.69%) Onboarding
6 14 (1.39%) Driving Licence
7 13 (1.29%) Data Centre
7 13 (1.29%) Security Posture
8 9 (0.89%) Cloud Security Posture
9 7 (0.69%) Distributed Systems
9 7 (0.69%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (0.60%) Greenfield Project
10 6 (0.60%) Private Cloud
11 5 (0.50%) Enterprise Cloud
11 5 (0.50%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (0.40%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (0.40%) Virtual Team
13 3 (0.30%) Analytical Mindset
13 3 (0.30%) Blog
13 3 (0.30%) Online Gambling
Operating Systems
1 43 (4.27%) Windows
2 33 (3.27%) Linux
3 32 (3.17%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.30%) Unix
5 1 (0.099%) VMS
5 1 (0.099%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 204 (20.24%) DevOps
2 181 (17.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 163 (16.17%) Infrastructure as Code
4 148 (14.68%) Platform Engineering
5 135 (13.39%) CI/CD
6 121 (12.00%) Cloud Security
7 82 (8.13%) Agile
7 82 (8.13%) Continuous Improvement
8 76 (7.54%) Cloud Operations
9 71 (7.04%) Containerisation
10 65 (6.45%) Problem-Solving
11 56 (5.56%) Collaborative Working
12 44 (4.37%) Project Delivery
13 43 (4.27%) Cyber Intelligence
14 42 (4.17%) High Availability
15 40 (3.97%) Infrastructure Automation
15 40 (3.97%) Observability
16 39 (3.87%) AI
17 38 (3.77%) Root Cause Analysis
18 36 (3.57%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 88 (8.73%) PowerShell
2 85 (8.43%) Python
3 44 (4.37%) Bash
4 22 (2.18%) SQL
5 21 (2.08%) Bicep
6 12 (1.19%) C++
7 10 (0.99%) Java
8 9 (0.89%) Go
9 5 (0.50%) JavaScript
10 4 (0.40%) C#
10 4 (0.40%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.20%) Groovy
11 2 (0.20%) Ruby
11 2 (0.20%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.099%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.099%) PHP
12 1 (0.099%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 193 (19.15%) Security Cleared
2 127 (12.60%) SC Cleared
3 40 (3.97%) DV Cleared
4 36 (3.57%) Azure Certification
5 16 (1.59%) Degree
6 11 (1.09%) AWS Certification
7 9 (0.89%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (0.79%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.30%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 3 (0.30%) AWS Certified Developer
9 3 (0.30%) CISM
9 3 (0.30%) CISSP
10 2 (0.20%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.20%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.20%) SSCP
11 1 (0.099%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.099%) IISP
11 1 (0.099%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.099%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (1.09%) PCI DSS
3 9 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials
3 9 (0.89%) NIST
4 6 (0.60%) QA
5 4 (0.40%) NCSC
5 4 (0.40%) SLA
6 3 (0.30%) SOC 2
7 2 (0.20%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.20%) GDPR
8 1 (0.099%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 62 (6.15%) Docker
2 56 (5.56%) Active Directory
3 23 (2.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (2.08%) Hyper-V
5 10 (0.99%) Virtual Desktop
5 10 (0.99%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (0.79%) VMware Server
7 5 (0.50%) vSphere
8 3 (0.30%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 2 (0.20%) Lustre
10 1 (0.099%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 117 (11.61%) Kubernetes
2 58 (5.75%) Ansible
3 34 (3.37%) Microsoft Intune
4 14 (1.39%) Grafana
5 13 (1.29%) Prometheus
6 10 (0.99%) Progress Chef
7 9 (0.89%) Puppet
8 7 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
9 6 (0.60%) Argo
10 4 (0.40%) Nagios
11 3 (0.30%) Istio
11 3 (0.30%) Rancher
12 2 (0.20%) Scalr
13 1 (0.099%) Failover Clustering
13 1 (0.099%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
13 1 (0.099%) SCOM
Vendors
1 123 (12.20%) Microsoft
2 53 (5.26%) VMware
3 27 (2.68%) Oracle
4 23 (2.28%) Google
5 8 (0.79%) Sage
6 7 (0.69%) Cisco
7 6 (0.60%) Databricks
7 6 (0.60%) Okta
8 4 (0.40%) ServiceNow
8 4 (0.40%) Splunk
9 3 (0.30%) Citrix
9 3 (0.30%) ConnectWise
9 3 (0.30%) CrowdStrike
9 3 (0.30%) Dell
9 3 (0.30%) Dell Compellent
9 3 (0.30%) Fortinet
9 3 (0.30%) HP
9 3 (0.30%) New Relic
9 3 (0.30%) Nimble Storage
9 3 (0.30%) Ubiquiti