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 £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 February 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 226 257 223
Rank change year-on-year +31 -34 +12
Permanent jobs requiring a Cloud Engineer 368 365 645
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.81% 1.07% 1.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.89% 1.16% 1.39%
Number of salaries quoted 246 219 454
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -7.60% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £69,688
90th Percentile £86,253 £77,500 £79,625
UK median annual salary £67,500 £66,350 £62,783
% change year-on-year +1.73% +5.68% -4.88%

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 41,346 31,443 46,451
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.81% 92.03% 95.14%
Number of salaries quoted 25,513 15,048 36,216
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,439 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.15% +8.88% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.71%

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 3 February 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 3 February 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 -27 89 £62,750 +29.36% 16
South East +8 83 £58,000 -10.77% 38
North West +22 53 £63,000 +20.00% 9
Scotland +4 53 £48,000 -12.73% 5
East of England +25 41 £75,000 +13.05% 8
Midlands +18 38 £55,000 +6.08% 14
South West +3 37 £62,500 +4.17% 24
West Midlands +22 28 £50,000 -2.34% 10
Yorkshire -43 24 £60,000 +33.33% 6
Wales +13 18 £68,958 +43.05%
North East -3 12 £82,511 +65.02% 1
Northern Ireland -5 11 - - 1
East Midlands +7 9 £65,000 +23.81% 4
Cloud Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 3 February 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.

1 199 (54.08%) Azure
2 138 (37.50%) Terraform
3 131 (35.60%) DevOps
4 129 (35.05%) AWS
5 112 (30.43%) CI/CD
6 96 (26.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 96 (26.09%) Microsoft
7 85 (23.10%) Infrastructure as Code
8 74 (20.11%) Python
9 70 (19.02%) Azure DevOps
10 69 (18.75%) Active Directory
10 69 (18.75%) Coaching
11 68 (18.48%) Agile
12 61 (16.58%) Mentoring
13 60 (16.30%) Entra ID
14 57 (15.49%) Windows
15 56 (15.22%) GitHub
16 55 (14.95%) DNS
16 55 (14.95%) SQL
17 53 (14.40%) Firewall
18 51 (13.86%) Security Cleared
19 50 (13.59%) Windows Server
20 47 (12.77%) Kubernetes
21 46 (12.50%) Test Automation
22 45 (12.23%) Java
22 45 (12.23%) Jenkins
22 45 (12.23%) Oracle
23 44 (11.96%) Asset Management
23 44 (11.96%) OCI
24 43 (11.68%) 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 17 (4.62%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 16 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (3.26%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 3 (0.82%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 37 (10.05%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 199 (54.08%) Azure
2 129 (35.05%) AWS
3 70 (19.02%) Azure DevOps
4 60 (16.30%) Entra ID
5 56 (15.22%) GitHub
6 44 (11.96%) OCI
7 42 (11.41%) PaaS
8 40 (10.87%) IaaS
9 30 (8.15%) Microsoft 365
10 28 (7.61%) SaaS
11 25 (6.79%) AWS CloudFormation
12 23 (6.25%) Power Platform
13 22 (5.98%) GCP
13 22 (5.98%) Serverless
14 19 (5.16%) Amazon EKS
15 18 (4.89%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 17 (4.62%) Azure AKS
16 17 (4.62%) Azure Monitor
16 17 (4.62%) GitHub Copilot
17 16 (4.35%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 55 (14.95%) DNS
2 53 (14.40%) Firewall
3 35 (9.51%) DHCP
4 30 (8.15%) VPN
5 16 (4.35%) Remote Desktop
6 11 (2.99%) Cisco Firepower
6 11 (2.99%) Cisco IOS
6 11 (2.99%) Cisco ISE
6 11 (2.99%) Junos
7 10 (2.72%) Network Security
7 10 (2.72%) NX-OS
8 7 (1.90%) WAN
9 4 (1.09%) DMZ
9 4 (1.09%) STUN
9 4 (1.09%) VLAN
9 4 (1.09%) VoIP
10 3 (0.82%) SAN
10 3 (0.82%) TCP/IP
11 2 (0.54%) LAN
11 2 (0.54%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (5.16%) Power BI
2 17 (4.62%) Tableau
3 10 (2.72%) Amazon RDS
4 7 (1.90%) Elasticsearch
5 6 (1.63%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (1.36%) Amazon Aurora
6 5 (1.36%) DynamoDB
6 5 (1.36%) SQL Server
7 4 (1.09%) MongoDB
7 4 (1.09%) NoSQL
8 3 (0.82%) BigQuery
8 3 (0.82%) MySQL
9 1 (0.27%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.27%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 45 (12.23%) Jenkins
2 37 (10.05%) Oracle Forms
3 34 (9.24%) Git
4 21 (5.71%) JIRA
5 19 (5.16%) GitLab
6 4 (1.09%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.54%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.54%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.27%) Appium
8 1 (0.27%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.27%) git-flow
8 1 (0.27%) Selenium
General
1 64 (17.39%) Social Skills
2 53 (14.40%) Finance
3 9 (2.45%) Billing
3 9 (2.45%) Public Sector
4 8 (2.17%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (1.90%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (1.63%) Law
7 5 (1.36%) Banking
7 5 (1.36%) Investment Banking
8 4 (1.09%) Automotive
8 4 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (0.82%) Advertising
10 2 (0.54%) Marketing
11 1 (0.27%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.27%) Legal
11 1 (0.27%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (10.87%) RESTful
2 22 (5.98%) SOAP
3 21 (5.71%) JSON
4 20 (5.43%) XML
5 17 (4.62%) OAuth
5 17 (4.62%) OAuth2
5 17 (4.62%) SAML
6 8 (2.17%) Node.js
7 6 (1.63%) ARM Templates
8 5 (1.36%) AWS CDK
8 5 (1.36%) Loki
9 4 (1.09%) Elastic Stack
9 4 (1.09%) FreeSWITCH
9 4 (1.09%) REST
10 3 (0.82%) Middleware
10 3 (0.82%) React
11 2 (0.54%) Hugging Face
11 2 (0.54%) NestJS
11 2 (0.54%) Nuxt
11 2 (0.54%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 67 (18.21%) Cloud Native
2 45 (12.23%) Enterprise Software
3 25 (6.79%) Public Cloud
4 20 (5.43%) Hybrid Cloud
5 10 (2.72%) PKI
6 9 (2.45%) Distributed Systems
7 8 (2.17%) Onboarding
8 7 (1.90%) Greenfield Project
9 6 (1.63%) Driving Licence
10 5 (1.36%) Security Posture
11 4 (1.09%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (1.09%) Data Centre
11 4 (1.09%) Product Ownership
12 3 (0.82%) Clustering
13 2 (0.54%) AI Agents
13 2 (0.54%) Cloud Security Posture
13 2 (0.54%) Private Cloud
14 1 (0.27%) Cyber Threat
14 1 (0.27%) Low-Code
14 1 (0.27%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 57 (15.49%) Windows
2 50 (13.59%) Windows Server
3 19 (5.16%) Linux
4 7 (1.90%) VMS
5 5 (1.36%) Debian
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle Linux
6 1 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.27%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (35.60%) DevOps
2 112 (30.43%) CI/CD
3 96 (26.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 85 (23.10%) Infrastructure as Code
5 69 (18.75%) Coaching
6 68 (18.48%) Agile
7 61 (16.58%) Mentoring
8 46 (12.50%) Test Automation
9 44 (11.96%) Asset Management
10 40 (10.87%) API Integration
11 39 (10.60%) Identity Access Management
11 39 (10.60%) Problem-Solving
12 38 (10.33%) Business Strategy
13 37 (10.05%) ERP
14 36 (9.78%) Cloud Security
14 36 (9.78%) Disaster Recovery
14 36 (9.78%) Observability
15 33 (8.97%) Migration
16 32 (8.70%) High Availability
17 31 (8.42%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 74 (20.11%) Python
2 55 (14.95%) SQL
3 45 (12.23%) Java
4 40 (10.87%) PowerShell
5 38 (10.33%) Shell Script
6 37 (10.05%) PL/SQL
7 23 (6.25%) Bicep
8 17 (4.62%) Bash
9 7 (1.90%) Go
9 7 (1.90%) JavaScript
10 4 (1.09%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.27%) C#
Qualifications
1 51 (13.86%) Security Cleared
2 30 (8.15%) DV Cleared
3 20 (5.43%) Degree
4 18 (4.89%) SC Cleared
5 13 (3.53%) Azure Certification
6 5 (1.36%) AWS Certification
6 5 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (1.36%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.54%) AWS Certified Developer
8 1 (0.27%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 1 (0.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.27%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (5.43%) SLA
2 13 (3.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (2.45%) NIST
4 7 (1.90%) PCI DSS
5 6 (1.63%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (1.36%) GDPR
7 4 (1.09%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.54%) GRC
8 2 (0.54%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.27%) QA
System Software
1 69 (18.75%) Active Directory
2 23 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (5.98%) Docker
4 19 (5.16%) Hyper-V
5 13 (3.53%) Virtual Machines
6 11 (2.99%) VMware NSX
7 10 (2.72%) Firmware
7 10 (2.72%) vSphere
8 4 (1.09%) Virtual Desktop
9 3 (0.82%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.54%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 138 (37.50%) Terraform
2 47 (12.77%) Kubernetes
3 37 (10.05%) Single Sign-On
4 18 (4.89%) Ansible
5 16 (4.35%) Microsoft Intune
6 11 (2.99%) vCenter Server
7 8 (2.17%) Prometheus
8 7 (1.90%) Grafana
9 5 (1.36%) Argo
9 5 (1.36%) Kibana
10 4 (1.09%) logstash
11 3 (0.82%) Rancher
12 2 (0.54%) FortiGate
12 2 (0.54%) Istio
13 1 (0.27%) EMC NetWorker
13 1 (0.27%) Graylog
13 1 (0.27%) Nagios
13 1 (0.27%) SCCM
13 1 (0.27%) WSUS
Vendors
1 96 (26.09%) Microsoft
2 45 (12.23%) Oracle
3 43 (11.68%) VMware
4 20 (5.43%) Cisco
4 20 (5.43%) Okta
5 17 (4.62%) Juniper
6 16 (4.35%) Dell
6 16 (4.35%) Dell Compellent
6 16 (4.35%) HP
6 16 (4.35%) Nimble Storage
7 12 (3.26%) SolarWinds
8 10 (2.72%) Broadcom
9 9 (2.45%) Google
10 4 (1.09%) CrowdStrike
10 4 (1.09%) Fortinet
10 4 (1.09%) OpenAI
10 4 (1.09%) PagerDuty
10 4 (1.09%) Palo Alto
10 4 (1.09%) ServiceNow
11 3 (0.82%) Citrix