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 £65,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 June 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 169 306 215
Rank change year-on-year +137 -91 +23
Permanent jobs requiring a Cloud Engineer 718 250 930
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.05% 0.82% 1.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.11% 0.93% 1.24%
Number of salaries quoted 510 186 569
10th Percentile £47,500 £43,125 £40,000
25th Percentile £56,250 £52,500 £47,128
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.77% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,625 £80,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £68,750 £65,000
% change year-on-year +1.82% +5.77% -1.45%

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 64,481 26,973 75,169
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.51% 88.89% 94.85%
Number of salaries quoted 44,723 14,723 53,904
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £26,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £33,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.54%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £76,985
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

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 23 June 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 23 June 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 +95 235 £70,000 +12.00% 28
South East +72 174 £65,000 +10.17% 30
North West +100 157 £72,500 +11.54% 17
South West +38 139 £75,000 - 17
Midlands +24 90 £60,000 +17.36% 21
Yorkshire +12 67 £70,000 +33.33% 10
West Midlands +26 65 £57,500 +9.52% 11
East of England 0 58 £60,000 -9.56% 8
East Midlands -9 25 £60,000 +20.60% 10
North East -43 11 £45,000 -30.77% 1
Scotland +6 8 £77,500 -18.42% 4
Northern Ireland -30 7 - - 3
Channel Islands - 5 £75,000 -
Wales -44 2 £68,500 +81.54% 5
Cloud Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 23 June 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.

1 315 (43.87%) Azure
2 232 (32.31%) AWS
3 143 (19.92%) Terraform
4 137 (19.08%) DevOps
4 137 (19.08%) Security Cleared
5 120 (16.71%) Infrastructure as Code
6 112 (15.60%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 107 (14.90%) Microsoft
8 106 (14.76%) CI/CD
9 98 (13.65%) SC Cleared
10 90 (12.53%) Kubernetes
11 85 (11.84%) PowerShell
12 71 (9.89%) Cloud Security
12 71 (9.89%) Containerisation
13 68 (9.47%) DNS
14 67 (9.33%) Agile
14 67 (9.33%) Platform Engineering
15 65 (9.05%) GCP
16 64 (8.91%) Python
17 63 (8.77%) High Availability
18 59 (8.22%) IaaS
19 57 (7.94%) VMware
20 54 (7.52%) Active Directory
21 49 (6.82%) Cloud Operations
21 49 (6.82%) Microsoft 365
22 48 (6.69%) Windows
23 47 (6.55%) Azure AKS
23 47 (6.55%) Entra ID
24 46 (6.41%) Azure Certification
24 46 (6.41%) Continuous Improvement

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 (2.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (1.39%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.56%) IIS
4 3 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.14%) Apache
5 1 (0.14%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (0.84%) Lightworks
2 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 315 (43.87%) Azure
2 232 (32.31%) AWS
3 65 (9.05%) GCP
4 59 (8.22%) IaaS
5 49 (6.82%) Microsoft 365
6 47 (6.55%) Azure AKS
6 47 (6.55%) Entra ID
7 37 (5.15%) Azure DevOps
8 31 (4.32%) GitHub
9 30 (4.18%) Azure Key Vault
10 29 (4.04%) Azure Storage
11 28 (3.90%) AWS CloudFormation
11 28 (3.90%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 27 (3.76%) Nutanix
12 27 (3.76%) SaaS
13 23 (3.20%) PaaS
14 22 (3.06%) Amazon EKS
15 19 (2.65%) GitHub Actions
16 16 (2.23%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 16 (2.23%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 68 (9.47%) DNS
2 43 (5.99%) Firewall
3 28 (3.90%) DHCP
4 18 (2.51%) Remote Desktop
4 18 (2.51%) VPN
5 12 (1.67%) TCP/IP
6 9 (1.25%) Network Security
7 8 (1.11%) VLAN
8 5 (0.70%) DMZ
8 5 (0.70%) Reverse Proxy
8 5 (0.70%) SAN
8 5 (0.70%) STUN
8 5 (0.70%) VoIP
9 4 (0.56%) Cisco Firepower
9 4 (0.56%) Cisco IOS
9 4 (0.56%) Cisco ISE
9 4 (0.56%) Junos
9 4 (0.56%) NX-OS
10 3 (0.42%) WAN
11 2 (0.28%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (1.53%) SQL Server
2 10 (1.39%) Amazon RDS
3 6 (0.84%) MongoDB
4 5 (0.70%) MySQL
4 5 (0.70%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (0.56%) Amazon Aurora
5 4 (0.56%) BigQuery
6 3 (0.42%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (0.42%) Delta Lake
6 3 (0.42%) DynamoDB
6 3 (0.42%) Elasticsearch
6 3 (0.42%) Metadata
6 3 (0.42%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.28%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.28%) Power BI
8 1 (0.14%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.14%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.14%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 15 (2.09%) GitLab
1 15 (2.09%) Jenkins
2 8 (1.11%) Git
3 5 (0.70%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 4 (0.56%) Octopus Deploy
5 3 (0.42%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.28%) Terragrunt
7 1 (0.14%) JIRA
7 1 (0.14%) PyCharm
7 1 (0.14%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 58 (8.08%) Social Skills
2 35 (4.87%) Law
3 28 (3.90%) Finance
4 11 (1.53%) Manufacturing
5 9 (1.25%) Banking
6 8 (1.11%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (1.11%) Documentation Skills
6 8 (1.11%) Public Sector
7 7 (0.97%) Billing
8 6 (0.84%) Retail Banking
9 5 (0.70%) Automotive
9 5 (0.70%) Legal
10 4 (0.56%) Aerospace
10 4 (0.56%) Marketing
11 3 (0.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (0.42%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.28%) Tech for Good
13 1 (0.14%) Health Technology
13 1 (0.14%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.14%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.39%) ARM Templates
2 9 (1.25%) YAML
3 8 (1.11%) AWS CDK
3 8 (1.11%) Loki
4 5 (0.70%) FreeSWITCH
4 5 (0.70%) JWT
4 5 (0.70%) OAuth
4 5 (0.70%) OAuth2
4 5 (0.70%) OpenTelemetry
4 5 (0.70%) REST
5 4 (0.56%) JSON
5 4 (0.56%) Node.js
5 4 (0.56%) OpenID
5 4 (0.56%) RESTful
5 4 (0.56%) SAML
6 3 (0.42%) .NET
6 3 (0.42%) Django
6 3 (0.42%) Middleware
6 3 (0.42%) Oracle Fusion
6 3 (0.42%) WAMP
Miscellaneous
1 75 (10.45%) Cloud Native
2 55 (7.66%) Hybrid Cloud
3 33 (4.60%) Public Cloud
4 9 (1.25%) Driving Licence
5 7 (0.97%) Cloud Security Posture
5 7 (0.97%) Data Centre
5 7 (0.97%) Security Posture
6 6 (0.84%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (0.84%) Linux Command Line
6 6 (0.84%) PKI
6 6 (0.84%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (0.70%) Onboarding
7 5 (0.70%) Product Ownership
7 5 (0.70%) Replication
8 4 (0.56%) Enterprise Cloud
9 3 (0.42%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (0.42%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.28%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (0.28%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.28%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 48 (6.69%) Windows
2 43 (5.99%) Windows Server
3 29 (4.04%) Linux
4 7 (0.97%) Debian
5 2 (0.28%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.28%) Unix
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle Linux
6 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (19.08%) DevOps
2 120 (16.71%) Infrastructure as Code
3 112 (15.60%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 106 (14.76%) CI/CD
5 71 (9.89%) Cloud Security
5 71 (9.89%) Containerisation
6 67 (9.33%) Agile
6 67 (9.33%) Platform Engineering
7 63 (8.77%) High Availability
8 49 (6.82%) Cloud Operations
9 46 (6.41%) Continuous Improvement
9 46 (6.41%) Disaster Recovery
10 45 (6.27%) Problem-Solving
11 42 (5.85%) Root Cause Analysis
12 38 (5.29%) Mentoring
13 37 (5.15%) ITIL
14 34 (4.74%) Load Balancing
15 32 (4.46%) Observability
16 27 (3.76%) Business Continuity
17 26 (3.62%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 85 (11.84%) PowerShell
2 64 (8.91%) Python
3 27 (3.76%) Bash
4 24 (3.34%) SQL
5 15 (2.09%) Bicep
6 10 (1.39%) C++
7 8 (1.11%) Java
7 8 (1.11%) TypeScript
8 7 (0.97%) JavaScript
9 5 (0.70%) Go
10 3 (0.42%) C#
11 2 (0.28%) Groovy
11 2 (0.28%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.28%) Ruby
12 1 (0.14%) PHP
12 1 (0.14%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.14%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 137 (19.08%) Security Cleared
2 98 (13.65%) SC Cleared
3 46 (6.41%) Azure Certification
4 28 (3.90%) DV Cleared
5 16 (2.23%) Degree
6 13 (1.81%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (1.11%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (0.70%) CCNP
8 5 (0.70%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (0.70%) MCSE
8 5 (0.70%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 4 (0.56%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.28%) CISM
11 2 (0.28%) CISSP
11 2 (0.28%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (0.28%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.28%) SSCP
12 1 (0.14%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.14%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (2.51%) SLA
2 10 (1.39%) PCI DSS
3 9 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (1.11%) NIST
5 6 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (0.84%) QA
6 5 (0.70%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.28%) GDPR
7 2 (0.28%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.14%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.14%) NCSC
System Software
1 54 (7.52%) Active Directory
2 45 (6.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 36 (5.01%) Docker
4 31 (4.32%) Hyper-V
5 12 (1.67%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (0.97%) Virtual Desktop
7 5 (0.70%) KVM
7 5 (0.70%) VMware Server
8 4 (0.56%) Firmware
8 4 (0.56%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.14%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 143 (19.92%) Terraform
2 90 (12.53%) Kubernetes
3 33 (4.60%) Ansible
4 19 (2.65%) Microsoft Intune
5 18 (2.51%) Grafana
6 16 (2.23%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.56%) Argo
7 4 (0.56%) Nagios
7 4 (0.56%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.42%) Istio
8 3 (0.42%) Rancher
8 3 (0.42%) Scalr
8 3 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.28%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.28%) Puppet
10 1 (0.14%) EMC NetWorker
10 1 (0.14%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.14%) Graylog
10 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 1 (0.14%) SCOM
Vendors
1 107 (14.90%) Microsoft
2 57 (7.94%) VMware
3 22 (3.06%) Google
4 18 (2.51%) Dell
4 18 (2.51%) Dell Compellent
4 18 (2.51%) HP
4 18 (2.51%) Nimble Storage
5 17 (2.37%) Oracle
6 11 (1.53%) Cisco
7 6 (0.84%) Databricks
7 6 (0.84%) ServiceNow
7 6 (0.84%) Zerto
8 5 (0.70%) Veeam
9 4 (0.56%) Broadcom
9 4 (0.56%) Juniper
9 4 (0.56%) SolarWinds
10 3 (0.42%) Citrix
10 3 (0.42%) ConnectWise
10 3 (0.42%) Ubiquiti
11 2 (0.28%) Pega