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 1 May 2026.

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

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 189 266 235
Rank change year-on-year +77 -31 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Cloud Engineer 581 263 814
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.89% 0.97% 1.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.96% 1.09% 1.26%
Number of salaries quoted 417 212 460
10th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £63,125 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year +2.97% +6.05% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £67,968
90th Percentile £85,501 £85,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £62,641
% change year-on-year - +11.75% -5.06%

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 60,811 24,072 64,422
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.20% 88.36% 94.70%
Number of salaries quoted 38,942 14,620 47,077
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £76,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,800 £53,000
% change year-on-year -8.03% +12.83% -11.67%

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 1 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 1 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 +17 176 £70,000 +27.27% 33
South East +39 147 £60,000 - 35
North West +28 104 £70,000 +16.67% 20
South West -1 93 £75,000 - 21
Midlands +3 62 £60,000 +28.34% 19
Yorkshire -31 57 £60,000 +29.73% 10
East of England -14 48 £65,000 -2.02% 10
West Midlands +4 46 £67,500 +35.00% 15
Scotland -19 22 £77,500 -18.42% 6
North East -26 15 £45,000 -28.57% 3
East Midlands -38 15 £60,000 +84.62% 4
Wales -18 14 £68,958 +22.75%
Northern Ireland -25 14 - -
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 1 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.

1 281 (48.36%) Azure
2 215 (37.01%) AWS
3 138 (23.75%) Terraform
4 137 (23.58%) DevOps
5 110 (18.93%) Security Cleared
6 104 (17.90%) CI/CD
7 101 (17.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 96 (16.52%) Infrastructure as Code
9 94 (16.18%) Microsoft
10 68 (11.70%) Agile
10 68 (11.70%) DNS
11 66 (11.36%) Python
11 66 (11.36%) SC Cleared
12 62 (10.67%) Kubernetes
12 62 (10.67%) Windows
13 60 (10.33%) Active Directory
14 59 (10.15%) High Availability
14 59 (10.15%) Mentoring
14 59 (10.15%) PowerShell
14 59 (10.15%) VMware
15 54 (9.29%) Coaching
15 54 (9.29%) Windows Server
16 51 (8.78%) Problem-Solving
17 50 (8.61%) Entra ID
18 49 (8.43%) Azure DevOps
19 48 (8.26%) Cloud Security
19 48 (8.26%) Platform Engineering
19 48 (8.26%) VMware Infrastructure
20 47 (8.09%) Firewall
20 47 (8.09%) IaaS

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 15 (2.58%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (1.55%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.38%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 4 (0.69%) IIS
5 3 (0.52%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.17%) Apache
6 1 (0.17%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 16 (2.75%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 281 (48.36%) Azure
2 215 (37.01%) AWS
3 50 (8.61%) Entra ID
4 49 (8.43%) Azure DevOps
5 47 (8.09%) IaaS
6 46 (7.92%) GCP
7 37 (6.37%) Azure AKS
7 37 (6.37%) GitHub
8 36 (6.20%) Nutanix
9 32 (5.51%) Microsoft 365
10 22 (3.79%) AWS CloudFormation
10 22 (3.79%) OCI
11 21 (3.61%) Amazon EKS
11 21 (3.61%) PaaS
12 20 (3.44%) Azure Key Vault
13 18 (3.10%) SaaS
14 17 (2.93%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 17 (2.93%) Azure Storage
15 15 (2.58%) GitHub Actions
16 14 (2.41%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 68 (11.70%) DNS
2 47 (8.09%) Firewall
3 34 (5.85%) DHCP
4 27 (4.65%) Remote Desktop
5 18 (3.10%) VPN
6 12 (2.07%) Network Security
7 8 (1.38%) TCP/IP
8 7 (1.20%) Cisco Firepower
8 7 (1.20%) Cisco IOS
8 7 (1.20%) Cisco ISE
8 7 (1.20%) Junos
8 7 (1.20%) NX-OS
9 5 (0.86%) DMZ
9 5 (0.86%) Reverse Proxy
9 5 (0.86%) SAN
9 5 (0.86%) STUN
9 5 (0.86%) VLAN
9 5 (0.86%) VoIP
9 5 (0.86%) WAN
10 2 (0.34%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (2.24%) Amazon RDS
2 8 (1.38%) MongoDB
2 8 (1.38%) Power BI
2 8 (1.38%) SQL Server
2 8 (1.38%) Tableau
3 7 (1.20%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (1.03%) Amazon Aurora
4 6 (1.03%) Elasticsearch
4 6 (1.03%) MySQL
5 5 (0.86%) NoSQL
6 4 (0.69%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (0.69%) DynamoDB
7 3 (0.52%) Delta Lake
7 3 (0.52%) Metadata
8 2 (0.34%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.34%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 26 (4.48%) Git
2 25 (4.30%) Jenkins
3 22 (3.79%) GitLab
4 16 (2.75%) Oracle Forms
5 11 (1.89%) JIRA
6 5 (0.86%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 4 (0.69%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.52%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.17%) git-flow
9 1 (0.17%) PyCharm
9 1 (0.17%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 68 (11.70%) Social Skills
2 39 (6.71%) Finance
3 19 (3.27%) Law
4 13 (2.24%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (1.89%) Banking
5 11 (1.89%) Public Sector
6 9 (1.55%) Billing
7 8 (1.38%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (1.03%) Manufacturing
8 6 (1.03%) Retail Banking
9 5 (0.86%) Investment Banking
10 3 (0.52%) Advertising
10 3 (0.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (0.52%) Legal
11 2 (0.34%) Automotive
11 2 (0.34%) Marketing
11 2 (0.34%) Tech for Good
12 1 (0.17%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.17%) Health Technology
12 1 (0.17%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.44%) RESTful
2 11 (1.89%) JSON
3 10 (1.72%) SOAP
4 9 (1.55%) ARM Templates
4 9 (1.55%) OAuth
4 9 (1.55%) OAuth2
5 8 (1.38%) AWS CDK
5 8 (1.38%) Loki
5 8 (1.38%) SAML
5 8 (1.38%) XML
6 7 (1.20%) YAML
7 5 (0.86%) FreeSWITCH
7 5 (0.86%) Node.js
7 5 (0.86%) REST
8 4 (0.69%) Middleware
9 3 (0.52%) .NET
9 3 (0.52%) Elastic Stack
9 3 (0.52%) NestJS
9 3 (0.52%) OpenTelemetry
9 3 (0.52%) WAMP
Miscellaneous
1 77 (13.25%) Cloud Native
2 57 (9.81%) Hybrid Cloud
3 44 (7.57%) Public Cloud
4 20 (3.44%) Enterprise Software
5 9 (1.55%) Distributed Systems
6 8 (1.38%) PKI
7 7 (1.20%) Cloud Security Posture
7 7 (1.20%) Greenfield Project
7 7 (1.20%) Security Posture
8 6 (1.03%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (0.86%) Data Centre
9 5 (0.86%) Product Ownership
9 5 (0.86%) Replication
10 4 (0.69%) Enterprise Cloud
11 3 (0.52%) Linux Command Line
11 3 (0.52%) Onboarding
11 3 (0.52%) Virtual Team
12 2 (0.34%) IoT
12 2 (0.34%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 62 (10.67%) Windows
2 54 (9.29%) Windows Server
3 25 (4.30%) Linux
4 7 (1.20%) Debian
5 2 (0.34%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle Linux
6 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.17%) Unix
6 1 (0.17%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (23.58%) DevOps
2 104 (17.90%) CI/CD
3 101 (17.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 96 (16.52%) Infrastructure as Code
5 68 (11.70%) Agile
6 59 (10.15%) High Availability
6 59 (10.15%) Mentoring
7 54 (9.29%) Coaching
8 51 (8.78%) Problem-Solving
9 48 (8.26%) Cloud Security
9 48 (8.26%) Platform Engineering
10 46 (7.92%) Disaster Recovery
10 46 (7.92%) ITIL
11 44 (7.57%) Containerisation
12 38 (6.54%) ITSM
13 37 (6.37%) Business Strategy
13 37 (6.37%) Root Cause Analysis
14 35 (6.02%) Change Management
14 35 (6.02%) Continuous Improvement
15 34 (5.85%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 66 (11.36%) Python
2 59 (10.15%) PowerShell
3 39 (6.71%) SQL
4 25 (4.30%) Bash
5 22 (3.79%) Java
6 17 (2.93%) Bicep
6 17 (2.93%) Shell Script
7 16 (2.75%) PL/SQL
8 10 (1.72%) JavaScript
9 7 (1.20%) Go
10 5 (0.86%) C++
10 5 (0.86%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.17%) PHP
Qualifications
1 110 (18.93%) Security Cleared
2 66 (11.36%) SC Cleared
3 37 (6.37%) DV Cleared
4 31 (5.34%) Azure Certification
5 15 (2.58%) Microsoft Certification
6 14 (2.41%) Degree
7 6 (1.03%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (0.86%) CCNP
8 5 (0.86%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (0.86%) MCSE
8 5 (0.86%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 3 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.34%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.34%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.17%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 1 (0.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.17%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
11 1 (0.17%) IISP
11 1 (0.17%) ISACA
11 1 (0.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (4.82%) SLA
2 7 (1.20%) NIST
3 6 (1.03%) PCI DSS
4 5 (0.86%) Accessibility
4 5 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.52%) GDPR
5 3 (0.52%) QA
6 2 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.34%) GRC
6 2 (0.34%) SOC 2
System Software
1 60 (10.33%) Active Directory
2 48 (8.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 32 (5.51%) Hyper-V
4 24 (4.13%) Docker
5 7 (1.20%) Firmware
5 7 (1.20%) VMware NSX
6 6 (1.03%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.86%) KVM
7 5 (0.86%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.17%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 138 (23.75%) Terraform
2 62 (10.67%) Kubernetes
3 27 (4.65%) Ansible
4 17 (2.93%) Single Sign-On
5 14 (2.41%) Grafana
6 13 (2.24%) Microsoft Intune
7 12 (2.07%) Prometheus
8 7 (1.20%) vCenter Server
9 4 (0.69%) Rancher
10 3 (0.52%) Argo
10 3 (0.52%) Kibana
10 3 (0.52%) Nagios
10 3 (0.52%) Scalr
11 2 (0.34%) Istio
11 2 (0.34%) logstash
12 1 (0.17%) EMC NetWorker
12 1 (0.17%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.17%) Graylog
12 1 (0.17%) Puppet
Vendors
1 94 (16.18%) Microsoft
2 59 (10.15%) VMware
3 27 (4.65%) Dell
3 27 (4.65%) Dell Compellent
3 27 (4.65%) HP
3 27 (4.65%) Nimble Storage
4 23 (3.96%) Oracle
5 18 (3.10%) Cisco
6 16 (2.75%) Google
7 12 (2.07%) Juniper
8 8 (1.38%) Okta
9 7 (1.20%) Broadcom
9 7 (1.20%) ServiceNow
9 7 (1.20%) SolarWinds
10 6 (1.03%) Zerto
11 5 (0.86%) Veeam
12 4 (0.69%) Databricks
13 3 (0.52%) Citrix
14 2 (0.34%) Salesforce
14 2 (0.34%) SAP