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 18 May 2026.

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

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 182 311 237
Rank change year-on-year +129 -74 -10
Permanent jobs requiring a Cloud Engineer 653 259 809
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.98% 0.88% 1.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.05% 0.99% 1.23%
Number of salaries quoted 473 206 460
10th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year - +9.20% -0.79%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,539 £67,968
90th Percentile £86,253 £85,625 £75,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - +12.00% -7.41%

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 62,155 26,263 65,587
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.69% 89.46% 94.77%
Number of salaries quoted 41,146 14,496 47,795
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £26,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -5.66%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,000 £76,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

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 18 May 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 18 May 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 +59 205 £70,000 +16.67% 28
South East +64 160 £62,500 +4.17% 43
North West +82 128 £70,000 +16.67% 16
South West +13 114 £75,000 +3.45% 30
Midlands +26 76 £60,000 +30.43% 17
Yorkshire -9 62 £60,000 +14.29% 8
East of England +1 57 £65,000 -2.02% 6
West Midlands +19 51 £55,000 +12.82% 9
East Midlands -16 24 £60,000 +84.62% 8
Scotland 0 16 £77,500 -18.42% 14
North East -25 15 £45,000 -29.69% 4
Northern Ireland -27 11 - -
Wales -22 9 £68,500 +8.30% 2
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 18 May 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.

1 305 (46.71%) Azure
2 216 (33.08%) AWS
3 143 (21.90%) Terraform
4 132 (20.21%) DevOps
5 124 (18.99%) Security Cleared
6 116 (17.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 103 (15.77%) CI/CD
8 101 (15.47%) Infrastructure as Code
9 91 (13.94%) Microsoft
10 86 (13.17%) SC Cleared
11 81 (12.40%) Agile
12 75 (11.49%) DNS
13 73 (11.18%) Kubernetes
14 68 (10.41%) PowerShell
15 66 (10.11%) High Availability
16 65 (9.95%) Python
17 61 (9.34%) Windows
18 60 (9.19%) Platform Engineering
19 57 (8.73%) VMware
20 56 (8.58%) Active Directory
20 56 (8.58%) Containerisation
20 56 (8.58%) IaaS
20 56 (8.58%) Mentoring
21 53 (8.12%) Cloud Security
21 53 (8.12%) Windows Server
22 51 (7.81%) GCP
23 49 (7.50%) Problem-Solving
24 47 (7.20%) Azure AKS
24 47 (7.20%) Coaching
24 47 (7.20%) Entra ID

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 16 (2.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (1.38%) SharePoint
3 6 (0.92%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 4 (0.61%) IIS
5 3 (0.46%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.15%) Apache
6 1 (0.15%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (0.46%) Lightworks
1 3 (0.46%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 12 (1.84%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 305 (46.71%) Azure
2 216 (33.08%) AWS
3 56 (8.58%) IaaS
4 51 (7.81%) GCP
5 47 (7.20%) Azure AKS
5 47 (7.20%) Entra ID
6 46 (7.04%) Azure DevOps
7 37 (5.67%) GitHub
8 34 (5.21%) Microsoft 365
8 34 (5.21%) Nutanix
9 27 (4.13%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 27 (4.13%) Azure Key Vault
9 27 (4.13%) Azure Storage
10 23 (3.52%) OCI
10 23 (3.52%) PaaS
11 21 (3.22%) AWS CloudFormation
12 20 (3.06%) Amazon EKS
13 19 (2.91%) SaaS
14 15 (2.30%) GitHub Actions
15 13 (1.99%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 75 (11.49%) DNS
2 46 (7.04%) Firewall
3 32 (4.90%) DHCP
4 25 (3.83%) Remote Desktop
5 16 (2.45%) VPN
6 9 (1.38%) Network Security
7 8 (1.23%) TCP/IP
8 6 (0.92%) Cisco Firepower
8 6 (0.92%) Cisco IOS
8 6 (0.92%) Cisco ISE
8 6 (0.92%) Junos
8 6 (0.92%) NX-OS
8 6 (0.92%) SAN
9 5 (0.77%) DMZ
9 5 (0.77%) Reverse Proxy
9 5 (0.77%) STUN
9 5 (0.77%) VLAN
9 5 (0.77%) VoIP
10 4 (0.61%) WAN
11 2 (0.31%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (1.99%) Amazon RDS
2 8 (1.23%) MongoDB
2 8 (1.23%) SQL Server
3 7 (1.07%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (0.92%) Amazon Aurora
4 6 (0.92%) MySQL
4 6 (0.92%) Power BI
4 6 (0.92%) Tableau
5 5 (0.77%) NoSQL
6 4 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (0.61%) DynamoDB
6 4 (0.61%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (0.46%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.46%) Delta Lake
7 3 (0.46%) Metadata
8 2 (0.31%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 26 (3.98%) Git
2 21 (3.22%) GitLab
2 21 (3.22%) Jenkins
3 12 (1.84%) Oracle Forms
4 8 (1.23%) JIRA
5 5 (0.77%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 4 (0.61%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.46%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.15%) git-flow
8 1 (0.15%) PyCharm
8 1 (0.15%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 65 (9.95%) Social Skills
2 35 (5.36%) Finance
3 29 (4.44%) Law
4 12 (1.84%) Public Sector
5 11 (1.68%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (1.68%) Banking
6 9 (1.38%) Billing
7 8 (1.23%) Manufacturing
8 7 (1.07%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (0.92%) Retail Banking
10 5 (0.77%) Investment Banking
11 4 (0.61%) Automotive
11 4 (0.61%) Marketing
12 3 (0.46%) Aerospace
12 3 (0.46%) Legal
13 2 (0.31%) Advertising
13 2 (0.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.31%) Tech for Good
14 1 (0.15%) Health Technology
14 1 (0.15%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.45%) RESTful
2 10 (1.53%) OAuth
2 10 (1.53%) OAuth2
3 9 (1.38%) JSON
3 9 (1.38%) SAML
4 8 (1.23%) ARM Templates
4 8 (1.23%) AWS CDK
4 8 (1.23%) Loki
4 8 (1.23%) SOAP
5 7 (1.07%) YAML
6 6 (0.92%) XML
7 5 (0.77%) FreeSWITCH
7 5 (0.77%) REST
8 4 (0.61%) JWT
9 3 (0.46%) .NET
9 3 (0.46%) NestJS
9 3 (0.46%) Node.js
9 3 (0.46%) OpenID
9 3 (0.46%) OpenTelemetry
9 3 (0.46%) WAMP
Miscellaneous
1 71 (10.87%) Cloud Native
2 59 (9.04%) Hybrid Cloud
3 41 (6.28%) Public Cloud
4 16 (2.45%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (1.07%) Distributed Systems
5 7 (1.07%) Greenfield Project
5 7 (1.07%) PKI
6 6 (0.92%) Data Centre
6 6 (0.92%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (0.77%) Cloud Security Posture
7 5 (0.77%) Product Ownership
7 5 (0.77%) Replication
7 5 (0.77%) Security Posture
8 4 (0.61%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (0.61%) Enterprise Cloud
9 3 (0.46%) Driving Licence
9 3 (0.46%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (0.46%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.31%) IoT
10 2 (0.31%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 61 (9.34%) Windows
2 53 (8.12%) Windows Server
3 25 (3.83%) Linux
4 7 (1.07%) Debian
5 2 (0.31%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Linux
6 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.15%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (20.21%) DevOps
2 116 (17.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 103 (15.77%) CI/CD
4 101 (15.47%) Infrastructure as Code
5 81 (12.40%) Agile
6 66 (10.11%) High Availability
7 60 (9.19%) Platform Engineering
8 56 (8.58%) Containerisation
8 56 (8.58%) Mentoring
9 53 (8.12%) Cloud Security
10 49 (7.50%) Problem-Solving
11 47 (7.20%) Coaching
12 45 (6.89%) Root Cause Analysis
13 44 (6.74%) Disaster Recovery
14 42 (6.43%) ITIL
15 38 (5.82%) Continuous Improvement
16 35 (5.36%) ITSM
17 33 (5.05%) Business Strategy
17 33 (5.05%) Change Management
17 33 (5.05%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 68 (10.41%) PowerShell
2 65 (9.95%) Python
3 35 (5.36%) SQL
4 22 (3.37%) Bash
5 17 (2.60%) Java
6 14 (2.14%) Bicep
7 13 (1.99%) Shell Script
8 12 (1.84%) PL/SQL
9 9 (1.38%) JavaScript
10 7 (1.07%) C++
10 7 (1.07%) Go
11 5 (0.77%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.31%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.15%) PHP
Qualifications
1 124 (18.99%) Security Cleared
2 86 (13.17%) SC Cleared
3 43 (6.58%) Azure Certification
4 30 (4.59%) DV Cleared
5 14 (2.14%) Degree
5 14 (2.14%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (0.92%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (0.77%) CCNP
7 5 (0.77%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (0.77%) MCSE
7 5 (0.77%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 4 (0.61%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.46%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.31%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.31%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.31%) SSCP
11 1 (0.15%) CISM
11 1 (0.15%) CISSP
11 1 (0.15%) ISACA
11 1 (0.15%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (3.83%) SLA
2 7 (1.07%) PCI DSS
3 6 (0.92%) NIST
4 5 (0.77%) Accessibility
4 5 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.46%) QA
6 2 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.31%) GDPR
System Software
1 56 (8.58%) Active Directory
2 46 (7.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 30 (4.59%) Hyper-V
4 25 (3.83%) Docker
5 6 (0.92%) Firmware
5 6 (0.92%) VMware NSX
6 5 (0.77%) KVM
6 5 (0.77%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.61%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.31%) VMware Server
9 1 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 143 (21.90%) Terraform
2 73 (11.18%) Kubernetes
3 32 (4.90%) Ansible
4 14 (2.14%) Grafana
4 14 (2.14%) Microsoft Intune
5 13 (1.99%) Single Sign-On
6 12 (1.84%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.92%) vCenter Server
8 4 (0.61%) Nagios
8 4 (0.61%) Rancher
9 3 (0.46%) Scalr
10 1 (0.15%) EMC NetWorker
10 1 (0.15%) Graylog
10 1 (0.15%) Istio
10 1 (0.15%) Puppet
Vendors
1 91 (13.94%) Microsoft
2 57 (8.73%) VMware
3 25 (3.83%) Dell
3 25 (3.83%) Dell Compellent
3 25 (3.83%) HP
3 25 (3.83%) Nimble Storage
4 24 (3.68%) Oracle
5 16 (2.45%) Cisco
6 14 (2.14%) Google
7 10 (1.53%) Juniper
8 6 (0.92%) Broadcom
8 6 (0.92%) Okta
8 6 (0.92%) ServiceNow
8 6 (0.92%) SolarWinds
8 6 (0.92%) Zerto
9 5 (0.77%) Databricks
9 5 (0.77%) Veeam
10 3 (0.46%) Citrix
11 2 (0.31%) Salesforce
11 2 (0.31%) SAP