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 12 September 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 143 317 228
Rank change year-on-year +174 -89 +13
Permanent jobs requiring a Cloud Engineer 1,004 235 611
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.21% 0.68% 1.09%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.29% 0.76% 1.15%
Number of salaries quoted 767 152 385
10th Percentile £50,000 £37,910 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% - -
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.70% +3.85% -

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 77,793 30,835 53,221
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.62% 89.27% 95.21%
Number of salaries quoted 54,134 17,585 31,743
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £38,500
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 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £58,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.45% - -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 12 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 12 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 +144 371 £75,000 +25.00% 106
North West +115 227 £75,000 +30.43% 61
South West +54 201 £75,000 +7.14% 35
South East +90 195 £60,000 +4.35% 76
Midlands +57 127 £60,000 +9.09% 46
Yorkshire +49 118 £80,000 +28.00% 34
West Midlands +30 88 £60,000 -7.69% 26
East of England -12 58 £60,000 -20.00% 27
East Midlands -7 39 £95,000 +81.38% 20
Scotland +7 28 £57,500 +16.16% 59
North East -38 26 £65,000 +46.07% 11
Wales -48 23 £55,000 +45.76% 4
Northern Ireland -75 1 - - 14
Cloud Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 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.

1 365 (36.35%) Azure
2 273 (27.19%) AWS
3 201 (20.02%) DevOps
4 198 (19.72%) Terraform
5 192 (19.12%) Security Cleared
6 177 (17.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 162 (16.14%) Infrastructure as Code
8 147 (14.64%) Platform Engineering
9 135 (13.45%) CI/CD
10 127 (12.65%) SC Cleared
11 123 (12.25%) Microsoft
12 118 (11.75%) Kubernetes
13 117 (11.65%) Cloud Security
14 92 (9.16%) PowerShell
15 83 (8.27%) Agile
15 83 (8.27%) Python
16 81 (8.07%) Continuous Improvement
17 77 (7.67%) GCP
18 76 (7.57%) Cloud Operations
19 73 (7.27%) Containerisation
20 64 (6.37%) Microsoft 365
21 63 (6.27%) Entra ID
22 62 (6.18%) Docker
22 62 (6.18%) Problem-Solving
23 61 (6.08%) DNS
24 58 (5.78%) Ansible
25 56 (5.58%) Active Directory
26 55 (5.48%) AWS CloudFormation
26 55 (5.48%) Collaborative Working
27 53 (5.28%) 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 22 (2.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (1.39%) SharePoint
3 9 (0.90%) IIS
4 2 (0.20%) Apache
5 1 (0.100%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.100%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (0.60%) Lightworks
Cloud Services
1 365 (36.35%) Azure
2 273 (27.19%) AWS
3 77 (7.67%) GCP
4 64 (6.37%) Microsoft 365
5 63 (6.27%) Entra ID
6 55 (5.48%) AWS CloudFormation
7 43 (4.28%) Azure DevOps
7 43 (4.28%) PaaS
8 42 (4.18%) IaaS
9 41 (4.08%) SaaS
10 38 (3.78%) Amazon ECS
11 36 (3.59%) GitHub
11 36 (3.59%) Serverless
12 34 (3.39%) Azure AKS
13 29 (2.89%) Azure Key Vault
14 28 (2.79%) Amazon EC2
14 28 (2.79%) Amazon EKS
15 27 (2.69%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 26 (2.59%) Amazon S3
16 26 (2.59%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 61 (6.08%) DNS
2 34 (3.39%) Firewall
3 30 (2.99%) VPN
4 20 (1.99%) DHCP
5 11 (1.10%) Network Security
6 9 (0.90%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.40%) HTTP
7 4 (0.40%) SAN
7 4 (0.40%) VLAN
7 4 (0.40%) WAN
8 3 (0.30%) Remote Desktop
8 3 (0.30%) Software-Defined Networking
9 2 (0.20%) Intrusion Detection
9 2 (0.20%) LAN
9 2 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.20%) Wireless
9 2 (0.20%) Wireless Security
10 1 (0.100%) Broadband
10 1 (0.100%) MQTT
10 1 (0.100%) Spanning Tree
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (1.99%) Amazon RDS
2 9 (0.90%) SQL Server
3 6 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (0.60%) MySQL
4 4 (0.40%) Amazon Aurora
4 4 (0.40%) Data Lake
4 4 (0.40%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (0.30%) BigQuery
5 3 (0.30%) DynamoDB
5 3 (0.30%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.20%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.20%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (0.20%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.20%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.20%) Power BI
7 1 (0.100%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.100%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.100%) Metadata
7 1 (0.100%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.100%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 20 (1.99%) Jenkins
2 14 (1.39%) GitLab
3 12 (1.20%) Git
4 4 (0.40%) Octopus Deploy
5 2 (0.20%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.20%) Maven
5 2 (0.20%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (0.20%) Terragrunt
6 1 (0.100%) JIRA
6 1 (0.100%) PyCharm
6 1 (0.100%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 84 (8.37%) Finance
2 47 (4.68%) Law
2 47 (4.68%) Social Skills
3 22 (2.19%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (2.19%) Public Sector
4 13 (1.29%) Manufacturing
5 12 (1.20%) Aerospace
5 12 (1.20%) Legal
6 8 (0.80%) Retail
7 5 (0.50%) Banking
7 5 (0.50%) Retail Banking
8 4 (0.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (0.30%) Automotive
9 3 (0.30%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (0.30%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (0.30%) Marketing
10 2 (0.20%) Tech for Good
11 1 (0.100%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 198 (19.72%) Terraform
2 10 (1.00%) ARM Templates
3 8 (0.80%) AWS CDK
4 7 (0.70%) OpenID
4 7 (0.70%) Oracle Fusion
4 7 (0.70%) Pulumi
4 7 (0.70%) SAML
4 7 (0.70%) YAML
5 5 (0.50%) Loki
5 5 (0.50%) OpenTelemetry
6 4 (0.40%) Django
6 4 (0.40%) Elastic Stack
6 4 (0.40%) JWT
6 4 (0.40%) OAuth
6 4 (0.40%) OAuth2
6 4 (0.40%) Vue
7 3 (0.30%) Kafka
7 3 (0.30%) OpenTofu
7 3 (0.30%) RESTful
8 2 (0.20%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 101 (10.06%) Cloud Native
2 49 (4.88%) Hybrid Cloud
3 19 (1.89%) Linux Command Line
4 18 (1.79%) Public Cloud
5 17 (1.69%) Onboarding
6 13 (1.29%) Data Centre
6 13 (1.29%) Driving Licence
6 13 (1.29%) Security Posture
7 9 (0.90%) Cloud Security Posture
8 7 (0.70%) Distributed Systems
8 7 (0.70%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (0.60%) Greenfield Project
9 6 (0.60%) Private Cloud
10 5 (0.50%) Enterprise Cloud
11 4 (0.40%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (0.40%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (0.40%) Virtual Team
12 3 (0.30%) Blog
12 3 (0.30%) Online Gambling
12 3 (0.30%) SystemC
Operating Systems
1 43 (4.28%) Windows
2 32 (3.19%) Linux
2 32 (3.19%) Windows Server
3 3 (0.30%) Unix
4 1 (0.100%) VMS
4 1 (0.100%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 201 (20.02%) DevOps
2 177 (17.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 162 (16.14%) Infrastructure as Code
4 147 (14.64%) Platform Engineering
5 135 (13.45%) CI/CD
6 117 (11.65%) Cloud Security
7 83 (8.27%) Agile
8 81 (8.07%) Continuous Improvement
9 76 (7.57%) Cloud Operations
10 73 (7.27%) Containerisation
11 62 (6.18%) Problem-Solving
12 55 (5.48%) Collaborative Working
13 45 (4.48%) High Availability
14 44 (4.38%) Project Delivery
15 42 (4.18%) Cyber Intelligence
16 41 (4.08%) Infrastructure Automation
16 41 (4.08%) Observability
16 41 (4.08%) Root Cause Analysis
17 39 (3.88%) AI
18 37 (3.69%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 92 (9.16%) PowerShell
2 83 (8.27%) Python
3 46 (4.58%) Bash
4 22 (2.19%) Bicep
5 21 (2.09%) SQL
6 12 (1.20%) C++
7 9 (0.90%) Java
8 8 (0.80%) Go
9 5 (0.50%) JavaScript
10 4 (0.40%) C#
10 4 (0.40%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.20%) Groovy
11 2 (0.20%) Ruby
12 1 (0.100%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.100%) PHP
12 1 (0.100%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.100%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 192 (19.12%) Security Cleared
2 127 (12.65%) SC Cleared
3 41 (4.08%) DV Cleared
4 38 (3.78%) Azure Certification
5 16 (1.59%) Degree
6 11 (1.10%) AWS Certification
7 9 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (0.80%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (0.80%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.30%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 3 (0.30%) AWS Certified Developer
9 3 (0.30%) CISM
9 3 (0.30%) CISSP
10 2 (0.20%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.20%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.20%) SSCP
11 1 (0.100%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.100%) IISP
11 1 (0.100%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.100%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (1.10%) PCI DSS
3 9 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials
3 9 (0.90%) NIST
4 6 (0.60%) QA
5 4 (0.40%) NCSC
5 4 (0.40%) SLA
6 3 (0.30%) SOC 2
7 2 (0.20%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.20%) GDPR
8 1 (0.100%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 62 (6.18%) Docker
2 56 (5.58%) Active Directory
3 23 (2.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (2.09%) Hyper-V
5 10 (1.00%) Virtual Desktop
5 10 (1.00%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (0.80%) VMware Server
7 5 (0.50%) vSphere
8 3 (0.30%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 2 (0.20%) Lustre
10 1 (0.100%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 118 (11.75%) Kubernetes
2 58 (5.78%) Ansible
3 33 (3.29%) Microsoft Intune
4 15 (1.49%) Grafana
5 14 (1.39%) Prometheus
6 10 (1.00%) Progress Chef
7 9 (0.90%) Puppet
8 6 (0.60%) Argo
8 6 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.40%) Nagios
10 3 (0.30%) Istio
10 3 (0.30%) Scalr
11 2 (0.20%) Rancher
12 1 (0.100%) Failover Clustering
12 1 (0.100%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 1 (0.100%) SCOM
Vendors
1 123 (12.25%) Microsoft
2 53 (5.28%) VMware
3 27 (2.69%) Oracle
4 23 (2.29%) Google
5 8 (0.80%) Sage
6 7 (0.70%) Cisco
7 6 (0.60%) Okta
8 5 (0.50%) Databricks
9 4 (0.40%) ServiceNow
9 4 (0.40%) Splunk
10 3 (0.30%) Citrix
10 3 (0.30%) ConnectWise
10 3 (0.30%) CrowdStrike
10 3 (0.30%) Dell
10 3 (0.30%) Dell Compellent
10 3 (0.30%) Fortinet
10 3 (0.30%) HP
10 3 (0.30%) New Relic
10 3 (0.30%) Nimble Storage
10 3 (0.30%) Ubiquiti