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 13 May 2026.

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

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 185 289 243
Rank change year-on-year +104 -46 -9
Permanent jobs requiring a Cloud Engineer 627 258 813
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.96% 0.90% 1.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.03% 1.01% 1.25%
Number of salaries quoted 455 207 459
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 £72,500 £67,968
90th Percentile £86,253 £85,500 £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 60,914 25,484 64,972
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.61% 89.06% 94.71%
Number of salaries quoted 40,092 14,344 47,359
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £26,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -5.66%
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,670 £52,686
% change year-on-year -4.63% +9.46% -12.19%

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 13 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 13 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 +61 191 £70,000 +19.15% 26
South East +65 158 £60,000 - 36
North West +68 120 £70,000 +16.67% 14
South West +19 108 £75,000 +3.45% 27
Midlands +17 70 £60,000 +30.43% 15
East of England +6 56 £65,000 -2.02% 6
Yorkshire -34 56 £70,000 +33.33% 10
West Midlands +13 48 £60,000 +23.08% 9
East Midlands -9 21 £60,000 +84.62% 6
Scotland +8 17 £77,500 -18.42% 15
North East -27 15 £45,000 -29.69% 2
Northern Ireland -26 12 - -
Wales -25 10 £74,250 +17.39% 1
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 13 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.

1 297 (47.37%) Azure
2 214 (34.13%) AWS
3 139 (22.17%) Terraform
4 131 (20.89%) DevOps
5 117 (18.66%) Security Cleared
6 110 (17.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 102 (16.27%) CI/CD
8 95 (15.15%) Infrastructure as Code
9 88 (14.04%) Microsoft
10 80 (12.76%) SC Cleared
11 79 (12.60%) Agile
12 75 (11.96%) DNS
13 70 (11.16%) Kubernetes
14 66 (10.53%) High Availability
14 66 (10.53%) PowerShell
14 66 (10.53%) Python
15 62 (9.89%) Windows
16 57 (9.09%) Mentoring
16 57 (9.09%) VMware
17 56 (8.93%) Active Directory
17 56 (8.93%) Platform Engineering
18 54 (8.61%) Containerisation
18 54 (8.61%) IaaS
18 54 (8.61%) Windows Server
19 51 (8.13%) Cloud Security
20 50 (7.97%) Coaching
20 50 (7.97%) GCP
21 49 (7.81%) Problem-Solving
22 48 (7.66%) Azure DevOps
23 47 (7.50%) VMware Infrastructure

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 (2.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (1.44%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 4 (0.64%) IIS
5 3 (0.48%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.16%) Apache
6 1 (0.16%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (0.48%) Lightworks
1 3 (0.48%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 14 (2.23%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 297 (47.37%) Azure
2 214 (34.13%) AWS
3 54 (8.61%) IaaS
4 50 (7.97%) GCP
5 48 (7.66%) Azure DevOps
6 46 (7.34%) Azure AKS
7 45 (7.18%) Entra ID
8 37 (5.90%) GitHub
9 35 (5.58%) Nutanix
10 32 (5.10%) Microsoft 365
11 26 (4.15%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 26 (4.15%) Azure Key Vault
11 26 (4.15%) Azure Storage
12 25 (3.99%) OCI
13 21 (3.35%) AWS CloudFormation
13 21 (3.35%) PaaS
14 20 (3.19%) Amazon EKS
15 18 (2.87%) SaaS
16 15 (2.39%) GitHub Actions
17 13 (2.07%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 75 (11.96%) DNS
2 45 (7.18%) Firewall
3 33 (5.26%) DHCP
4 26 (4.15%) Remote Desktop
5 16 (2.55%) VPN
6 9 (1.44%) Network Security
7 8 (1.28%) TCP/IP
8 6 (0.96%) Cisco Firepower
8 6 (0.96%) Cisco IOS
8 6 (0.96%) Cisco ISE
8 6 (0.96%) Junos
8 6 (0.96%) NX-OS
8 6 (0.96%) SAN
9 5 (0.80%) DMZ
9 5 (0.80%) Reverse Proxy
9 5 (0.80%) STUN
9 5 (0.80%) VLAN
9 5 (0.80%) VoIP
10 4 (0.64%) WAN
11 2 (0.32%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (2.07%) Amazon RDS
2 8 (1.28%) MongoDB
2 8 (1.28%) SQL Server
3 7 (1.12%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (1.12%) Power BI
3 7 (1.12%) Tableau
4 6 (0.96%) Amazon Aurora
4 6 (0.96%) MySQL
5 5 (0.80%) NoSQL
6 4 (0.64%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (0.64%) DynamoDB
6 4 (0.64%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (0.48%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.48%) Delta Lake
7 3 (0.48%) Metadata
8 2 (0.32%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 26 (4.15%) Git
2 23 (3.67%) Jenkins
3 21 (3.35%) GitLab
4 14 (2.23%) Oracle Forms
5 9 (1.44%) JIRA
6 5 (0.80%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 4 (0.64%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.48%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.16%) git-flow
9 1 (0.16%) PyCharm
9 1 (0.16%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 65 (10.37%) Social Skills
2 37 (5.90%) Finance
3 28 (4.47%) Law
4 11 (1.75%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (1.75%) Banking
4 11 (1.75%) Public Sector
5 9 (1.44%) Billing
6 7 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (1.12%) Manufacturing
7 6 (0.96%) Retail Banking
8 5 (0.80%) Investment Banking
9 3 (0.48%) Aerospace
9 3 (0.48%) Automotive
9 3 (0.48%) Legal
9 3 (0.48%) Marketing
10 2 (0.32%) Advertising
10 2 (0.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.32%) Tech for Good
11 1 (0.16%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.16%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.87%) RESTful
2 10 (1.59%) JSON
2 10 (1.59%) OAuth
2 10 (1.59%) OAuth2
3 9 (1.44%) SAML
3 9 (1.44%) SOAP
4 8 (1.28%) ARM Templates
4 8 (1.28%) AWS CDK
4 8 (1.28%) Loki
5 7 (1.12%) XML
5 7 (1.12%) YAML
6 5 (0.80%) FreeSWITCH
6 5 (0.80%) REST
7 3 (0.48%) .NET
7 3 (0.48%) JWT
7 3 (0.48%) Middleware
7 3 (0.48%) NestJS
7 3 (0.48%) Node.js
7 3 (0.48%) OpenTelemetry
7 3 (0.48%) WAMP
Miscellaneous
1 73 (11.64%) Cloud Native
2 59 (9.41%) Hybrid Cloud
3 42 (6.70%) Public Cloud
4 18 (2.87%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (1.12%) Distributed Systems
5 7 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
5 7 (1.12%) PKI
6 6 (0.96%) Data Centre
6 6 (0.96%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (0.80%) Cloud Security Posture
7 5 (0.80%) Product Ownership
7 5 (0.80%) Replication
7 5 (0.80%) Security Posture
8 4 (0.64%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (0.64%) Enterprise Cloud
9 3 (0.48%) Driving Licence
9 3 (0.48%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (0.48%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.32%) IoT
10 2 (0.32%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 62 (9.89%) Windows
2 54 (8.61%) Windows Server
3 25 (3.99%) Linux
4 7 (1.12%) Debian
5 2 (0.32%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle Linux
6 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.16%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (20.89%) DevOps
2 110 (17.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 102 (16.27%) CI/CD
4 95 (15.15%) Infrastructure as Code
5 79 (12.60%) Agile
6 66 (10.53%) High Availability
7 57 (9.09%) Mentoring
8 56 (8.93%) Platform Engineering
9 54 (8.61%) Containerisation
10 51 (8.13%) Cloud Security
11 50 (7.97%) Coaching
12 49 (7.81%) Problem-Solving
13 45 (7.18%) Root Cause Analysis
14 44 (7.02%) Disaster Recovery
15 43 (6.86%) ITIL
16 37 (5.90%) Continuous Improvement
17 36 (5.74%) ITSM
18 35 (5.58%) Business Strategy
19 33 (5.26%) Observability
19 33 (5.26%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 66 (10.53%) PowerShell
1 66 (10.53%) Python
2 37 (5.90%) SQL
3 22 (3.51%) Bash
4 19 (3.03%) Java
5 15 (2.39%) Shell Script
6 14 (2.23%) Bicep
6 14 (2.23%) PL/SQL
7 9 (1.44%) JavaScript
8 7 (1.12%) Go
9 6 (0.96%) C++
10 5 (0.80%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.32%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.16%) PHP
Qualifications
1 117 (18.66%) Security Cleared
2 80 (12.76%) SC Cleared
3 40 (6.38%) Azure Certification
4 29 (4.63%) DV Cleared
5 14 (2.23%) Degree
5 14 (2.23%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (0.96%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (0.80%) CCNP
7 5 (0.80%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (0.80%) MCSE
7 5 (0.80%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 3 (0.48%) AWS Certification
8 3 (0.48%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.32%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (0.32%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.32%) SSCP
10 1 (0.16%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 1 (0.16%) IISP
10 1 (0.16%) ISACA
10 1 (0.16%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (4.15%) SLA
2 7 (1.12%) PCI DSS
3 5 (0.80%) Accessibility
3 5 (0.80%) NIST
4 4 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.48%) QA
6 2 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.16%) GDPR
System Software
1 56 (8.93%) Active Directory
2 47 (7.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 31 (4.94%) Hyper-V
4 25 (3.99%) Docker
5 6 (0.96%) Firmware
5 6 (0.96%) VMware NSX
6 5 (0.80%) KVM
6 5 (0.80%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.64%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.32%) VMware Server
9 1 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 139 (22.17%) Terraform
2 70 (11.16%) Kubernetes
3 30 (4.78%) Ansible
4 15 (2.39%) Single Sign-On
5 14 (2.23%) Grafana
6 13 (2.07%) Microsoft Intune
7 12 (1.91%) Prometheus
8 6 (0.96%) vCenter Server
9 4 (0.64%) Nagios
9 4 (0.64%) Rancher
10 3 (0.48%) Scalr
11 1 (0.16%) EMC NetWorker
11 1 (0.16%) Graylog
11 1 (0.16%) Istio
11 1 (0.16%) Puppet
Vendors
1 88 (14.04%) Microsoft
2 57 (9.09%) VMware
3 26 (4.15%) Dell
3 26 (4.15%) Dell Compellent
3 26 (4.15%) HP
3 26 (4.15%) Nimble Storage
3 26 (4.15%) Oracle
4 16 (2.55%) Cisco
5 14 (2.23%) Google
6 10 (1.59%) Juniper
7 7 (1.12%) Okta
8 6 (0.96%) Broadcom
8 6 (0.96%) ServiceNow
8 6 (0.96%) SolarWinds
8 6 (0.96%) Zerto
9 5 (0.80%) Databricks
9 5 (0.80%) Veeam
10 3 (0.48%) Citrix
11 2 (0.32%) Salesforce
11 2 (0.32%) SAP