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 29 September 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 148 323 226
Rank change year-on-year +175 -97 +8
Permanent jobs requiring a Cloud Engineer 1,031 231 564
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.20% 0.67% 1.06%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.29% 0.75% 1.11%
Number of salaries quoted 781 142 358
10th Percentile £50,000 £37,910 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £49,094 £47,032
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% - -
75th Percentile £80,000 £71,875 £70,938
90th Percentile £95,000 £79,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% - -

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 80,209 30,649 50,643
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.05% 89.46% 95.27%
Number of salaries quoted 55,505 17,128 28,506
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £38,750
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 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.27% - -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 29 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 29 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 +149 398 £72,000 +25.22% 211
North West +123 246 £74,500 +39.25% 134
South West +52 203 £75,000 +20.00% 94
South East +64 187 £63,750 +13.33% 120
Midlands +40 132 £60,000 +9.09% 95
Yorkshire +68 122 £80,000 +28.00% 48
West Midlands +29 94 £60,000 -7.69% 52
East of England -22 52 £60,000 -20.00% 61
East Midlands -16 38 £100,000 +90.93% 43
Scotland +12 34 £62,500 +30.21% 97
North East -39 30 £60,000 +150.00% 29
Wales -49 23 £55,000 +45.76% 18
Northern Ireland -84 2 £70,000 +27.27% 36
Cloud Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 29 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.

1 358 (34.72%) Azure
2 264 (25.61%) AWS
3 220 (21.34%) DevOps
4 197 (19.11%) Terraform
5 193 (18.72%) Security Cleared
6 190 (18.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 169 (16.39%) Infrastructure as Code
8 159 (15.42%) Platform Engineering
9 141 (13.68%) CI/CD
9 141 (13.68%) Cloud Security
10 129 (12.51%) Microsoft
11 128 (12.42%) SC Cleared
12 116 (11.25%) Kubernetes
13 97 (9.41%) Python
14 87 (8.44%) PowerShell
15 85 (8.24%) Continuous Improvement
16 83 (8.05%) Agile
17 78 (7.57%) Cloud Operations
18 75 (7.27%) GCP
19 68 (6.60%) Containerisation
20 67 (6.50%) Collaborative Working
20 67 (6.50%) Problem-Solving
21 66 (6.40%) Entra ID
22 64 (6.21%) Microsoft 365
23 62 (6.01%) Docker
24 61 (5.92%) AWS CloudFormation
25 57 (5.53%) Ansible
26 53 (5.14%) Active Directory
27 51 (4.95%) Cyber Intelligence
28 50 (4.85%) Bash

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 20 (1.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (1.55%) SharePoint
3 8 (0.78%) IIS
4 2 (0.19%) Apache
5 1 (0.097%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 6 (0.58%) Lightworks
Cloud Services
1 358 (34.72%) Azure
2 264 (25.61%) AWS
3 75 (7.27%) GCP
4 66 (6.40%) Entra ID
5 64 (6.21%) Microsoft 365
6 61 (5.92%) AWS CloudFormation
7 45 (4.36%) PaaS
8 42 (4.07%) Azure DevOps
9 41 (3.98%) SaaS
10 38 (3.69%) GitHub
11 37 (3.59%) Amazon ECS
11 37 (3.59%) Serverless
12 36 (3.49%) IaaS
13 30 (2.91%) Amazon EKS
14 27 (2.62%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 27 (2.62%) Azure AKS
15 26 (2.52%) Amazon EC2
16 24 (2.33%) Amazon S3
16 24 (2.33%) GitHub Actions
17 21 (2.04%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 48 (4.66%) DNS
2 36 (3.49%) Firewall
3 34 (3.30%) VPN
4 16 (1.55%) DHCP
5 11 (1.07%) Network Security
6 7 (0.68%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.39%) HTTP
7 4 (0.39%) SAN
7 4 (0.39%) VLAN
7 4 (0.39%) WAN
8 3 (0.29%) Software-Defined Networking
8 3 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.29%) Wireless
8 3 (0.29%) Wireless Security
9 2 (0.19%) Intrusion Detection
10 1 (0.097%) Broadband
10 1 (0.097%) LAN
10 1 (0.097%) MQTT
10 1 (0.097%) Spanning Tree
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (1.84%) Amazon RDS
2 10 (0.97%) SQL Server
3 6 (0.58%) MySQL
4 5 (0.48%) Azure SQL Database
4 5 (0.48%) Data Lake
4 5 (0.48%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (0.39%) Amazon Aurora
5 4 (0.39%) DynamoDB
6 3 (0.29%) BigQuery
6 3 (0.29%) Elasticsearch
6 3 (0.29%) MongoDB
6 3 (0.29%) NoSQL
6 3 (0.29%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.19%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.19%) DocumentDB
7 2 (0.19%) Power BI
8 1 (0.097%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.097%) Metadata
8 1 (0.097%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.097%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 22 (2.13%) Jenkins
2 15 (1.45%) GitLab
3 13 (1.26%) Git
4 3 (0.29%) Bitbucket
4 3 (0.29%) Maven
4 3 (0.29%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (0.19%) Octopus Deploy
5 2 (0.19%) Terragrunt
General
1 92 (8.92%) Finance
2 52 (5.04%) Social Skills
3 38 (3.69%) Law
4 25 (2.42%) Public Sector
5 20 (1.94%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (1.36%) Manufacturing
7 12 (1.16%) Aerospace
8 10 (0.97%) Legal
9 8 (0.78%) Retail
10 4 (0.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (0.39%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (0.29%) Automotive
11 3 (0.29%) Banking
11 3 (0.29%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (0.29%) Marketing
11 3 (0.29%) Retail Banking
12 1 (0.097%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 197 (19.11%) Terraform
2 12 (1.16%) ARM Templates
3 8 (0.78%) AWS CDK
4 7 (0.68%) OpenID
4 7 (0.68%) Oracle Fusion
4 7 (0.68%) Pulumi
4 7 (0.68%) SAML
5 4 (0.39%) Django
5 4 (0.39%) Elastic Stack
5 4 (0.39%) JWT
5 4 (0.39%) OAuth
5 4 (0.39%) OAuth2
5 4 (0.39%) RESTful
5 4 (0.39%) Vue
5 4 (0.39%) YAML
6 3 (0.29%) Kafka
6 3 (0.29%) Loki
6 3 (0.29%) OpenTelemetry
7 2 (0.19%) PySpark
7 2 (0.19%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 99 (9.60%) Cloud Native
2 47 (4.56%) Hybrid Cloud
3 18 (1.75%) Onboarding
4 17 (1.65%) Linux Command Line
5 16 (1.55%) Public Cloud
5 16 (1.55%) Security Posture
6 13 (1.26%) Data Centre
6 13 (1.26%) Driving Licence
7 9 (0.87%) Cloud Security Posture
8 7 (0.68%) Distributed Systems
8 7 (0.68%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (0.68%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (0.68%) Private Cloud
9 6 (0.58%) Greenfield Project
10 4 (0.39%) Enterprise Cloud
10 4 (0.39%) Virtual Team
11 3 (0.29%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (0.29%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 3 (0.29%) Security Operations Centre
11 3 (0.29%) SystemC
Operating Systems
1 43 (4.17%) Windows
2 39 (3.78%) Linux
3 29 (2.81%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.48%) Unix
5 1 (0.097%) VMS
5 1 (0.097%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 220 (21.34%) DevOps
2 190 (18.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 169 (16.39%) Infrastructure as Code
4 159 (15.42%) Platform Engineering
5 141 (13.68%) CI/CD
5 141 (13.68%) Cloud Security
6 85 (8.24%) Continuous Improvement
7 83 (8.05%) Agile
8 78 (7.57%) Cloud Operations
9 68 (6.60%) Containerisation
10 67 (6.50%) Collaborative Working
10 67 (6.50%) Problem-Solving
11 51 (4.95%) Cyber Intelligence
12 45 (4.36%) Project Delivery
13 41 (3.98%) Software Engineering
14 40 (3.88%) Infrastructure Automation
15 38 (3.69%) Cybersecurity
16 37 (3.59%) Observability
17 36 (3.49%) AI
18 34 (3.30%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 97 (9.41%) Python
2 87 (8.44%) PowerShell
3 50 (4.85%) Bash
4 24 (2.33%) Bicep
5 21 (2.04%) SQL
6 13 (1.26%) C++
7 11 (1.07%) Go
7 11 (1.07%) Java
8 5 (0.48%) JavaScript
9 4 (0.39%) C#
9 4 (0.39%) TypeScript
10 3 (0.29%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.19%) Groovy
11 2 (0.19%) Ruby
12 1 (0.097%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.097%) PHP
12 1 (0.097%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 193 (18.72%) Security Cleared
2 128 (12.42%) SC Cleared
3 41 (3.98%) DV Cleared
4 33 (3.20%) Azure Certification
5 17 (1.65%) Degree
6 14 (1.36%) AWS Certification
7 10 (0.97%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (0.78%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (0.48%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 3 (0.29%) AWS Certified Developer
11 3 (0.29%) CISM
11 3 (0.29%) CISSP
11 3 (0.29%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.19%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.19%) SSCP
13 1 (0.097%) DBS Check
13 1 (0.097%) IISP
13 1 (0.097%) ISACA
13 1 (0.097%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials
2 12 (1.16%) PCI DSS
3 9 (0.87%) NIST
4 6 (0.58%) QA
5 4 (0.39%) NCSC
6 3 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (0.29%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.29%) SOC 2
7 2 (0.19%) GDPR
8 1 (0.097%) SLA
System Software
1 62 (6.01%) Docker
2 53 (5.14%) Active Directory
3 17 (1.65%) Hyper-V
3 17 (1.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (1.07%) Virtual Desktop
4 11 (1.07%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (0.78%) VMware Server
6 5 (0.48%) vSphere
7 3 (0.29%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 2 (0.19%) Lustre
9 1 (0.097%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 116 (11.25%) Kubernetes
2 57 (5.53%) Ansible
3 36 (3.49%) Microsoft Intune
4 13 (1.26%) Grafana
5 12 (1.16%) Prometheus
6 11 (1.07%) Progress Chef
7 9 (0.87%) Puppet
7 9 (0.87%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (0.58%) Argo
9 4 (0.39%) Nagios
10 3 (0.29%) Istio
10 3 (0.29%) Rancher
11 1 (0.097%) Failover Clustering
11 1 (0.097%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 1 (0.097%) Scalr
11 1 (0.097%) SCOM
Vendors
1 129 (12.51%) Microsoft
2 48 (4.66%) VMware
3 27 (2.62%) Oracle
4 23 (2.23%) Google
5 8 (0.78%) Sage
6 7 (0.68%) Cisco
6 7 (0.68%) Okta
7 6 (0.58%) Databricks
8 5 (0.48%) Fortinet
9 4 (0.39%) CrowdStrike
9 4 (0.39%) ServiceNow
9 4 (0.39%) Splunk
10 3 (0.29%) Citrix
10 3 (0.29%) ConnectWise
10 3 (0.29%) New Relic
10 3 (0.29%) Ubiquiti
11 2 (0.19%) Workday
12 1 (0.097%) BeyondTrust
12 1 (0.097%) SOTI
12 1 (0.097%) Zoho