Cloud Engineer Jobs 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 13 June 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 345 239 255
Rank change year-on-year -106 +16 -4
Permanent jobs requiring a Cloud Engineer 262 909 751
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.66% 1.13% 1.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.74% 1.20% 1.53%
Number of salaries quoted 180 549 447
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £47,000 £48,091
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £73,886 £68,000 £77,715
90th Percentile £95,000 £77,922 £85,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £63,891 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.56% -1.71% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 35,501 75,992 49,075
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.59% 94.87% 88.82%
Number of salaries quoted 18,237 53,060 29,232
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -6.54% +6.37%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Cloud Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Cloud Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Cloud Engineer in the UK excluding London

Cloud Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cloud Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Cloud Engineer 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 13 June 2025.

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 13 June 2025. 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 -93 72 £62,500 +4.17% 92
South East +19 70 £59,000 +7.27% 93
East of England +24 50 £66,340 +2.06% 33
North West -49 46 £65,000 +13.51% 46
South West +56 29 £70,000 +33.33% 43
Midlands -31 24 £46,750 -22.08% 43
Yorkshire -23 23 £52,500 -16.38% 33
Scotland -14 16 £95,000 +58.33% 30
West Midlands -2 15 £47,500 -26.92% 21
East Midlands +1 9 £32,500 -43.48% 21
Wales +24 3 £37,733 -25.55% 8
North East +18 3 £65,000 +6.12% 13
Isle of Man - 1 - -
Cloud Engineer
UK

Cloud Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 13 June 2025, Cloud Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Cloud Engineer in the job title.

1 140 (53.44%) Azure
2 115 (43.89%) Terraform
3 114 (43.51%) DevOps
4 106 (40.46%) AWS
5 95 (36.26%) Microsoft
5 95 (36.26%) Cloud Security
6 92 (35.11%) Python
7 81 (30.92%) Infrastructure as Code
8 73 (27.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 65 (24.81%) Social Skills
10 63 (24.05%) Windows
11 60 (22.90%) Roadmaps
12 59 (22.52%) CI/CD
12 59 (22.52%) Active Directory
13 49 (18.70%) Firewall
14 47 (17.94%) Problem-Solving
15 46 (17.56%) NIST
15 46 (17.56%) Finance
15 46 (17.56%) PowerShell
16 41 (15.65%) Linux
17 40 (15.27%) SaaS
17 40 (15.27%) Microsoft 365
17 40 (15.27%) Serverless
18 39 (14.89%) Azure Certification
18 39 (14.89%) Degree
19 38 (14.50%) SQL
20 37 (14.12%) Kubernetes
21 35 (13.36%) Cybersecurity
22 34 (12.98%) Management Information System
23 33 (12.60%) VPN

Cloud Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 21 (8.02%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (3.82%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.53%) IBM Domino
3 4 (1.53%) IIS
4 3 (1.15%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.38%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.38%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.38%) Tomcat
Applications
1 18 (6.87%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.76%) Simulink
3 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.38%) Weka
Cloud Services
1 140 (53.44%) Azure
2 106 (40.46%) AWS
3 40 (15.27%) Microsoft 365
3 40 (15.27%) SaaS
3 40 (15.27%) Serverless
4 32 (12.21%) AWS Lambda
5 27 (10.31%) GCP
5 27 (10.31%) PaaS
6 26 (9.92%) Azure DevOps
7 24 (9.16%) Entra ID
8 23 (8.78%) IaaS
9 12 (4.58%) Azure Logic Apps
9 12 (4.58%) GitHub
10 11 (4.20%) Power Platform
11 9 (3.44%) PowerApps
12 8 (3.05%) Amazon EC2
12 8 (3.05%) Amazon EKS
12 8 (3.05%) Azure Monitor
12 8 (3.05%) Route 53
13 7 (2.67%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 49 (18.70%) Firewall
2 33 (12.60%) VPN
3 28 (10.69%) SSL
4 26 (9.92%) Broadband
4 26 (9.92%) SSH
5 17 (6.49%) Network Security
6 14 (5.34%) WAN
7 13 (4.96%) DNS
8 11 (4.20%) SAN
9 9 (3.44%) SD-WAN
10 8 (3.05%) DHCP
10 8 (3.05%) TCP/IP
10 8 (3.05%) VLAN
11 6 (2.29%) Multicast
11 6 (2.29%) NAS
12 5 (1.91%) VSAN
13 4 (1.53%) HTTPS
13 4 (1.53%) IPv4
13 4 (1.53%) OSPF
14 3 (1.15%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (11.45%) SQL Server
2 8 (3.05%) MongoDB
3 6 (2.29%) DB2
3 6 (2.29%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (1.15%) MySQL
5 2 (0.76%) DynamoDB
5 2 (0.76%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.38%) Amazon Aurora
6 1 (0.38%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.38%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.38%) Apache Hive
6 1 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.38%) Big Data
6 1 (0.38%) CockroachDB
6 1 (0.38%) Couchbase
6 1 (0.38%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.38%) Power BI
6 1 (0.38%) Redis
Development Applications
1 12 (4.58%) Jenkins
2 9 (3.44%) Git
3 5 (1.91%) Oracle Forms
4 3 (1.15%) GitLab
5 1 (0.38%) JIRA
General
1 65 (24.81%) Social Skills
2 46 (17.56%) Finance
3 16 (6.11%) Banking
3 16 (6.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 13 (4.96%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (4.58%) Law
6 11 (4.20%) Legal
7 10 (3.82%) Telecoms
8 7 (2.67%) Advertising
9 6 (2.29%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (1.91%) Marketing
11 4 (1.53%) Automotive
11 4 (1.53%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.53%) Public Sector
12 3 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.38%) Aviation
13 1 (0.38%) Electronics
13 1 (0.38%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.38%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (10.31%) Web Services
2 26 (9.92%) RESTful
3 18 (6.87%) HTML
4 13 (4.96%) ARM Templates
5 8 (3.05%) YAML
6 7 (2.67%) Node.js
7 6 (2.29%) Middleware
8 4 (1.53%) JSON
8 4 (1.53%) OAuth
9 3 (1.15%) AngularJS
9 3 (1.15%) React
10 2 (0.76%) .NET
10 2 (0.76%) .NET Framework
10 2 (0.76%) AWS CDK
10 2 (0.76%) gRPC
10 2 (0.76%) REST
11 1 (0.38%) Kafka
11 1 (0.38%) Memcached
11 1 (0.38%) OAuth2
11 1 (0.38%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 34 (12.98%) Management Information System
2 29 (11.07%) PKI
3 27 (10.31%) Cyber Threat
3 27 (10.31%) Cyberattack
4 26 (9.92%) Onboarding
5 22 (8.40%) Hybrid Cloud
6 20 (7.63%) Public Cloud
7 19 (7.25%) Cloud Native
8 11 (4.20%) Private Cloud
9 10 (3.82%) Data Centre
9 10 (3.82%) Security Posture
10 9 (3.44%) Product Ownership
11 6 (2.29%) Enterprise Storage
11 6 (2.29%) Replication
12 4 (1.53%) Enterprise Cloud
13 3 (1.15%) Algorithms
13 3 (1.15%) Cloud Security Posture
13 3 (1.15%) Distributed Systems
14 2 (0.76%) Distributed Architecture
14 2 (0.76%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 63 (24.05%) Windows
2 41 (15.65%) Linux
3 33 (12.60%) Windows Server
4 7 (2.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (2.67%) Windows 10
4 7 (2.67%) Windows Server 2016
4 7 (2.67%) Windows Server 2019
5 6 (2.29%) Windows Server 2012
6 4 (1.53%) VMS
7 3 (1.15%) Unix
8 1 (0.38%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (43.51%) DevOps
2 95 (36.26%) Cloud Security
3 81 (30.92%) Infrastructure as Code
4 73 (27.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 60 (22.90%) Roadmaps
6 59 (22.52%) CI/CD
7 47 (17.94%) Problem-Solving
8 35 (13.36%) Cybersecurity
9 31 (11.83%) Deployment Automation
10 29 (11.07%) Artificial Intelligence
11 27 (10.31%) Key Management
11 27 (10.31%) Vulnerability Assessment
12 26 (9.92%) Disaster Recovery
12 26 (9.92%) Programme Delivery
12 26 (9.92%) Use Case
13 24 (9.16%) Mentoring
14 23 (8.78%) Cost Management
15 22 (8.40%) Continuous Improvement
15 22 (8.40%) Migration
15 22 (8.40%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 92 (35.11%) Python
2 46 (17.56%) PowerShell
3 38 (14.50%) SQL
4 21 (8.02%) C#
5 20 (7.63%) JavaScript
6 19 (7.25%) C++
7 14 (5.34%) Bash
8 12 (4.58%) Bicep
9 5 (1.91%) TypeScript
10 4 (1.53%) R
11 3 (1.15%) Go
11 3 (1.15%) Java
12 2 (0.76%) MATLAB
13 1 (0.38%) C
13 1 (0.38%) Groovy
13 1 (0.38%) Scala
Qualifications
1 39 (14.89%) Azure Certification
1 39 (14.89%) Degree
2 20 (7.63%) Microsoft Certification
3 19 (7.25%) Security Cleared
4 14 (5.34%) CISSP
5 12 (4.58%) AWS Certification
5 12 (4.58%) CISM
6 11 (4.20%) SC Cleared
7 8 (3.05%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (2.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 6 (2.29%) CCNA
10 4 (1.53%) CompTIA Security+
10 4 (1.53%) DV Cleared
11 3 (1.15%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (1.15%) MCSA
12 2 (0.76%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 2 (0.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.76%) CCNP
12 2 (0.76%) MCSE
13 1 (0.38%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (17.56%) NIST
2 33 (12.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (4.96%) NCSC
4 12 (4.58%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.91%) GDPR
6 3 (1.15%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.15%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 1 (0.38%) SLA
7 1 (0.38%) SOC 2
System Software
1 59 (22.52%) Active Directory
2 22 (8.40%) Docker
3 18 (6.87%) Virtual Machines
4 10 (3.82%) VMware NSX
5 6 (2.29%) Hyper-V
5 6 (2.29%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (1.15%) Firmware
6 3 (1.15%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (1.15%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 115 (43.89%) Terraform
2 37 (14.12%) Kubernetes
3 28 (10.69%) Ansible
4 12 (4.58%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (1.91%) Progress Chef
6 4 (1.53%) Puppet
6 4 (1.53%) SCCM
6 4 (1.53%) vCenter Server
7 3 (1.15%) Argo
8 2 (0.76%) Grafana
8 2 (0.76%) Podman
9 1 (0.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.38%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.38%) Istio
9 1 (0.38%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.38%) SCOM
9 1 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.38%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 95 (36.26%) Microsoft
2 26 (9.92%) Thales
3 22 (8.40%) VMware
4 18 (6.87%) PayPal
5 14 (5.34%) Cisco
6 13 (4.96%) Google
7 11 (4.20%) Oracle
8 8 (3.05%) Databricks
9 7 (2.67%) IBM
10 6 (2.29%) Veeam
11 5 (1.91%) Atlassian
12 4 (1.53%) Juniper
12 4 (1.53%) SolarWinds
13 3 (1.15%) Broadcom
14 2 (0.76%) Cloudera
14 2 (0.76%) CrowdStrike
14 2 (0.76%) Extreme Networks
14 2 (0.76%) PagerDuty
14 2 (0.76%) Ping Identity
14 2 (0.76%) Varonis