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 £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 January 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 221 272 208
Rank change year-on-year +51 -64 +33
Permanent jobs requiring a Cloud Engineer 353 348 509
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.84% 0.97% 1.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.92% 1.04% 1.54%
Number of salaries quoted 233 203 354
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -7.60% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £86,253 £78,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £67,500 £64,750
% change year-on-year - +4.25% -3.05%

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 38,179 33,328 33,027
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.48% 92.91% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 23,318 16,178 25,075
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -5.66%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

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 January 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 January 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 +11 87 £62,500 +31.58% 17
South East +12 78 £55,000 -15.38% 44
North West +37 54 £60,000 +26.32% 14
Scotland +15 53 £48,000 -12.73% 5
East of England +38 40 £75,000 +10.70% 9
Midlands +20 35 £55,000 +7.43% 8
South West +3 34 £62,500 +4.17% 14
West Midlands +13 27 £50,000 -2.34% 5
Yorkshire -32 23 £60,000 +33.33% 3
Wales +16 18 £68,958 +40.43% 4
North East +2 10 £82,511 +65.02%
Northern Ireland -3 10 - - 3
East Midlands -4 7 £65,000 +23.81% 2
Cloud Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 13 January 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.

1 202 (57.22%) Azure
2 127 (35.98%) Terraform
3 121 (34.28%) AWS
3 121 (34.28%) DevOps
4 103 (29.18%) CI/CD
5 101 (28.61%) Microsoft
6 91 (25.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 77 (21.81%) Infrastructure as Code
8 70 (19.83%) Active Directory
9 69 (19.55%) Coaching
10 68 (19.26%) Windows
11 66 (18.70%) Agile
12 65 (18.41%) Python
13 64 (18.13%) Azure DevOps
14 61 (17.28%) Windows Server
15 59 (16.71%) SQL
16 57 (16.15%) Mentoring
17 54 (15.30%) DNS
17 54 (15.30%) GitHub
18 52 (14.73%) Security Cleared
19 51 (14.45%) Entra ID
20 44 (12.46%) Asset Management
20 44 (12.46%) Java
20 44 (12.46%) Jenkins
20 44 (12.46%) OCI
20 44 (12.46%) Oracle
20 44 (12.46%) Test Automation
21 43 (12.18%) Firewall
22 42 (11.90%) Kubernetes
22 42 (11.90%) 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 19 (5.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (4.82%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 12 (3.40%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 37 (10.48%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 202 (57.22%) Azure
2 121 (34.28%) AWS
3 64 (18.13%) Azure DevOps
4 54 (15.30%) GitHub
5 51 (14.45%) Entra ID
6 44 (12.46%) OCI
7 37 (10.48%) PaaS
8 34 (9.63%) IaaS
9 28 (7.93%) Power Platform
10 27 (7.65%) SaaS
11 26 (7.37%) Microsoft 365
12 22 (6.23%) AWS CloudFormation
13 21 (5.95%) Serverless
14 20 (5.67%) GCP
15 17 (4.82%) GitHub Copilot
16 16 (4.53%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 16 (4.53%) Amazon EKS
16 16 (4.53%) Nutanix
17 14 (3.97%) Azure Monitor
18 13 (3.68%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 54 (15.30%) DNS
2 43 (12.18%) Firewall
3 34 (9.63%) DHCP
4 29 (8.22%) VPN
5 16 (4.53%) Remote Desktop
6 10 (2.83%) Cisco Firepower
6 10 (2.83%) Cisco IOS
6 10 (2.83%) Cisco ISE
6 10 (2.83%) Junos
7 9 (2.55%) NX-OS
8 8 (2.27%) Network Security
9 7 (1.98%) WAN
10 4 (1.13%) DMZ
10 4 (1.13%) STUN
10 4 (1.13%) VLAN
10 4 (1.13%) VoIP
11 2 (0.57%) LAN
11 2 (0.57%) SAN
11 2 (0.57%) SD-WAN
12 1 (0.28%) DKIM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (5.38%) Power BI
2 17 (4.82%) Tableau
3 9 (2.55%) Amazon RDS
4 6 (1.70%) Elasticsearch
5 5 (1.42%) Amazon Aurora
5 5 (1.42%) SQL Server
6 4 (1.13%) DynamoDB
7 3 (0.85%) BigQuery
7 3 (0.85%) MongoDB
7 3 (0.85%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.57%) MySQL
9 1 (0.28%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.28%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.28%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 44 (12.46%) Jenkins
2 37 (10.48%) Oracle Forms
3 35 (9.92%) Git
4 21 (5.95%) JIRA
5 18 (5.10%) GitLab
6 3 (0.85%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.57%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.28%) Appium
8 1 (0.28%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.28%) git-flow
8 1 (0.28%) Selenium
General
1 60 (17.00%) Social Skills
2 51 (14.45%) Finance
3 9 (2.55%) Public Sector
4 6 (1.70%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (1.42%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (1.42%) Banking
5 5 (1.42%) Billing
5 5 (1.42%) Investment Banking
5 5 (1.42%) Law
6 4 (1.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (0.85%) Advertising
7 3 (0.85%) Automotive
8 1 (0.28%) Legal
8 1 (0.28%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (11.05%) RESTful
2 24 (6.80%) SOAP
3 21 (5.95%) JSON
4 20 (5.67%) XML
5 17 (4.82%) OAuth
5 17 (4.82%) OAuth2
5 17 (4.82%) SAML
6 7 (1.98%) ARM Templates
7 6 (1.70%) Node.js
8 4 (1.13%) Elastic Stack
8 4 (1.13%) FreeSWITCH
8 4 (1.13%) Loki
8 4 (1.13%) REST
9 3 (0.85%) AWS CDK
9 3 (0.85%) Middleware
9 3 (0.85%) React
10 2 (0.57%) .NET
10 2 (0.57%) AngularJS
10 2 (0.57%) Kafka
10 2 (0.57%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 64 (18.13%) Cloud Native
2 44 (12.46%) Enterprise Software
3 24 (6.80%) Public Cloud
4 19 (5.38%) Hybrid Cloud
5 9 (2.55%) PKI
6 8 (2.27%) Distributed Systems
6 8 (2.27%) Driving Licence
6 8 (2.27%) Onboarding
7 7 (1.98%) Data Centre
7 7 (1.98%) Greenfield Project
8 6 (1.70%) Security Posture
9 3 (0.85%) AI Agents
9 3 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (0.85%) Clustering
10 2 (0.57%) Cloud Security Posture
10 2 (0.57%) Private Cloud
11 1 (0.28%) Cyber Defence
11 1 (0.28%) Cyber Threat
11 1 (0.28%) Self-Motivation
11 1 (0.28%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 68 (19.26%) Windows
2 61 (17.28%) Windows Server
3 15 (4.25%) Linux
4 7 (1.98%) VMS
5 4 (1.13%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (34.28%) DevOps
2 103 (29.18%) CI/CD
3 91 (25.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 77 (21.81%) Infrastructure as Code
5 69 (19.55%) Coaching
6 66 (18.70%) Agile
7 57 (16.15%) Mentoring
8 44 (12.46%) Asset Management
8 44 (12.46%) Test Automation
9 40 (11.33%) API Integration
10 38 (10.76%) Business Strategy
11 37 (10.48%) ERP
11 37 (10.48%) Identity Access Management
11 37 (10.48%) Problem-Solving
12 36 (10.20%) Cloud Security
12 36 (10.20%) Observability
13 34 (9.63%) Disaster Recovery
13 34 (9.63%) Migration
14 33 (9.35%) AI
15 32 (9.07%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 65 (18.41%) Python
2 59 (16.71%) SQL
3 44 (12.46%) Java
4 40 (11.33%) PowerShell
5 37 (10.48%) PL/SQL
5 37 (10.48%) Shell Script
6 21 (5.95%) Bicep
7 12 (3.40%) Bash
8 5 (1.42%) Go
9 4 (1.13%) C#
10 3 (0.85%) JavaScript
11 2 (0.57%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 52 (14.73%) Security Cleared
2 28 (7.93%) DV Cleared
3 18 (5.10%) SC Cleared
4 14 (3.97%) Degree
5 9 (2.55%) Azure Certification
6 8 (2.27%) AWS Certification
7 6 (1.70%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.57%) AWS Certified Developer
8 2 (0.57%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.28%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 1 (0.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.28%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (5.67%) SLA
2 17 (4.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (2.55%) NIST
4 8 (2.27%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (1.70%) PCI DSS
6 5 (1.42%) GDPR
7 4 (1.13%) ISO 9001
7 4 (1.13%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.57%) GRC
System Software
1 70 (19.83%) Active Directory
2 20 (5.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (5.38%) Docker
3 19 (5.38%) Hyper-V
4 12 (3.40%) Virtual Machines
4 12 (3.40%) vSphere
5 10 (2.83%) Firmware
5 10 (2.83%) VMware NSX
6 5 (1.42%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (1.13%) Kamailio
8 3 (0.85%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 127 (35.98%) Terraform
2 42 (11.90%) Kubernetes
3 37 (10.48%) Single Sign-On
4 15 (4.25%) Microsoft Intune
5 14 (3.97%) Ansible
6 10 (2.83%) vCenter Server
7 9 (2.55%) Prometheus
8 6 (1.70%) Grafana
9 5 (1.42%) Argo
9 5 (1.42%) Kibana
10 4 (1.13%) logstash
11 2 (0.57%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.57%) Rancher
12 1 (0.28%) Istio
12 1 (0.28%) SCCM
12 1 (0.28%) WSUS
Vendors
1 101 (28.61%) Microsoft
2 44 (12.46%) Oracle
3 42 (11.90%) VMware
4 20 (5.67%) Okta
5 18 (5.10%) Cisco
6 16 (4.53%) Dell
6 16 (4.53%) Dell Compellent
6 16 (4.53%) HP
6 16 (4.53%) Juniper
6 16 (4.53%) Nimble Storage
7 11 (3.12%) SolarWinds
8 10 (2.83%) Google
9 9 (2.55%) Broadcom
10 5 (1.42%) Fortinet
11 4 (1.13%) CrowdStrike
11 4 (1.13%) OpenAI
11 4 (1.13%) PagerDuty
11 4 (1.13%) Palo Alto
11 4 (1.13%) Salesforce
12 3 (0.85%) ServiceNow