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 19 October 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 308 223 245
Rank change year-on-year -85 +22 +23
Permanent jobs requiring a Cloud Engineer 238 536 400
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.70% 1.09% 1.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.78% 1.15% 1.29%
Number of salaries quoted 142 335 343
10th Percentile £39,900 £40,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £48,406 £47,128 £50,552
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.35%
75th Percentile £70,938 £73,750 £77,715
90th Percentile £79,750 £85,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -3.70%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 30,552 46,802 30,972
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.64% 95.41% 95.96%
Number of salaries quoted 17,554 25,602 23,176
10th Percentile £26,500 £30,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £31,750 £40,000 £38,039
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £79,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £56,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% -6.67% -

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 19 October 2025.

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 19 October 2025. 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
South East -16 56 £54,375 -16.35% 43
North of England -70 48 £57,500 -4.17% 55
East of England -1 43 £75,000 +12.78% 11
Scotland -6 41 £48,000 -12.73% 18
North West -10 38 £57,500 +19.16% 33
South West -17 25 £62,500 +11.11% 13
Midlands -26 25 £60,000 - 16
West Midlands +12 17 £65,000 - 12
East Midlands -6 8 £55,000 -4.35% 4
Yorkshire -45 7 £60,000 - 13
North East -6 3 £67,500 +6.72% 9
Northern Ireland +10 1 £55,000 -38.89%
Wales +8 1 £37,733 -45.04% 2
Cloud Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 19 October 2025, 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.

1 156 (65.55%) Azure
2 103 (43.28%) Microsoft
3 100 (42.02%) Terraform
4 93 (39.08%) DevOps
5 84 (35.29%) CI/CD
6 71 (29.83%) AWS
6 71 (29.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 65 (27.31%) Infrastructure as Code
7 65 (27.31%) Windows
8 56 (23.53%) Windows Server
9 55 (23.11%) Cloud Security
10 54 (22.69%) Active Directory
11 48 (20.17%) Python
12 47 (19.75%) Azure DevOps
13 44 (18.49%) SQL
14 37 (15.55%) Agile
14 37 (15.55%) Kubernetes
14 37 (15.55%) Problem-Solving
15 36 (15.13%) GitHub
16 34 (14.29%) Firewall
16 34 (14.29%) PowerShell
17 31 (13.03%) Oracle
18 30 (12.61%) PaaS
19 29 (12.18%) DNS
19 29 (12.18%) Entra ID
19 29 (12.18%) Jenkins
19 29 (12.18%) VMware
20 28 (11.76%) Asset Management
20 28 (11.76%) OCI
20 28 (11.76%) Test Automation

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 26 (10.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (4.62%) SharePoint
3 9 (3.78%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.42%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 21 (8.82%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 156 (65.55%) Azure
2 71 (29.83%) AWS
3 47 (19.75%) Azure DevOps
4 36 (15.13%) GitHub
5 30 (12.61%) PaaS
6 29 (12.18%) Entra ID
7 28 (11.76%) OCI
8 26 (10.92%) IaaS
8 26 (10.92%) Power Platform
9 24 (10.08%) Microsoft 365
10 19 (7.98%) Azure Logic Apps
11 17 (7.14%) AWS CloudFormation
11 17 (7.14%) SaaS
12 16 (6.72%) Serverless
13 15 (6.30%) GCP
14 11 (4.62%) PowerApps
15 9 (3.78%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 9 (3.78%) GitHub Copilot
16 8 (3.36%) Amazon EKS
16 8 (3.36%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 34 (14.29%) Firewall
2 29 (12.18%) DNS
3 23 (9.66%) DHCP
3 23 (9.66%) VPN
4 8 (3.36%) Cisco Firepower
4 8 (3.36%) Cisco IOS
4 8 (3.36%) Cisco ISE
4 8 (3.36%) Junos
5 7 (2.94%) NX-OS
6 5 (2.10%) DMZ
6 5 (2.10%) STUN
6 5 (2.10%) VLAN
6 5 (2.10%) VoIP
7 4 (1.68%) WAN
8 3 (1.26%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.84%) LAN
9 2 (0.84%) Network Security
9 2 (0.84%) Software-Defined Networking
9 2 (0.84%) TCP/IP
10 1 (0.42%) DKIM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.88%) SQL Server
2 10 (4.20%) Power BI
3 9 (3.78%) Tableau
4 3 (1.26%) DynamoDB
5 2 (0.84%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.84%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.42%) Amazon Aurora
6 1 (0.42%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.42%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.42%) CockroachDB
6 1 (0.42%) Couchbase
6 1 (0.42%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.42%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.42%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.42%) MySQL
6 1 (0.42%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.42%) Redis
Development Applications
1 29 (12.18%) Jenkins
2 21 (8.82%) Oracle Forms
3 12 (5.04%) Git
4 10 (4.20%) JIRA
5 4 (1.68%) GitLab
6 2 (0.84%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.42%) Appium
7 1 (0.42%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.42%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.42%) Selenium
7 1 (0.42%) Snyk
General
1 40 (16.81%) Finance
2 35 (14.71%) Social Skills
3 13 (5.46%) Law
4 9 (3.78%) Automotive
5 7 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (2.10%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (2.10%) Marketing
7 4 (1.68%) Public Sector
8 3 (1.26%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.84%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (0.84%) Legal
10 1 (0.42%) Advertising
10 1 (0.42%) Electronics
10 1 (0.42%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (8.82%) RESTful
2 17 (7.14%) SOAP
3 13 (5.46%) JSON
4 12 (5.04%) OAuth
4 12 (5.04%) SAML
4 12 (5.04%) XML
5 11 (4.62%) ARM Templates
6 9 (3.78%) OAuth2
7 6 (2.52%) REST
8 5 (2.10%) FreeSWITCH
9 4 (1.68%) AngularJS
10 3 (1.26%) Kafka
10 3 (1.26%) Node.js
10 3 (1.26%) React
11 2 (0.84%) Elastic Stack
11 2 (0.84%) Hugging Face
11 2 (0.84%) Nuxt
11 2 (0.84%) RabbitMQ
11 2 (0.84%) Vue
12 1 (0.42%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 40 (16.81%) Cloud Native
2 26 (10.92%) Enterprise Software
3 13 (5.46%) Hybrid Cloud
4 10 (4.20%) Data Centre
5 9 (3.78%) Driving Licence
6 7 (2.94%) PKI
6 7 (2.94%) Public Cloud
7 6 (2.52%) Onboarding
7 6 (2.52%) Private Cloud
8 5 (2.10%) Security Posture
9 4 (1.68%) AI Agents
9 4 (1.68%) Distributed Systems
10 3 (1.26%) Clustering
10 3 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (1.26%) Virtual Team
11 2 (0.84%) Distributed Architecture
11 2 (0.84%) Enterprise Cloud
12 1 (0.42%) Cloud Security Posture
12 1 (0.42%) Product Ownership
12 1 (0.42%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 65 (27.31%) Windows
2 56 (23.53%) Windows Server
3 15 (6.30%) Linux
4 9 (3.78%) VMS
5 5 (2.10%) Debian
6 1 (0.42%) Unix
6 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (39.08%) DevOps
2 84 (35.29%) CI/CD
3 71 (29.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 65 (27.31%) Infrastructure as Code
5 55 (23.11%) Cloud Security
6 37 (15.55%) Agile
6 37 (15.55%) Problem-Solving
7 28 (11.76%) Asset Management
7 28 (11.76%) Test Automation
8 26 (10.92%) Cloud Operations
9 25 (10.50%) AI
9 25 (10.50%) Coaching
10 24 (10.08%) Roadmaps
11 23 (9.66%) API Integration
11 23 (9.66%) ERP
11 23 (9.66%) Migration
11 23 (9.66%) Observability
12 22 (9.24%) Identity Access Management
13 20 (8.40%) Root Cause Analysis
14 17 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 48 (20.17%) Python
2 44 (18.49%) SQL
3 34 (14.29%) PowerShell
4 25 (10.50%) Java
5 21 (8.82%) PL/SQL
5 21 (8.82%) Shell Script
6 15 (6.30%) Bicep
7 7 (2.94%) C#
8 5 (2.10%) Go
9 4 (1.68%) Bash
10 3 (1.26%) JavaScript
11 2 (0.84%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.42%) C
12 1 (0.42%) C++
12 1 (0.42%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 24 (10.08%) Azure Certification
2 23 (9.66%) Security Cleared
3 12 (5.04%) AWS Certification
4 11 (4.62%) Degree
4 11 (4.62%) SC Cleared
5 10 (4.20%) Microsoft Certification
6 9 (3.78%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.26%) MCSA
8 2 (0.84%) AWS Certified Developer
8 2 (0.84%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.42%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 1 (0.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.42%) CCNA
9 1 (0.42%) CCNP
9 1 (0.42%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.42%) CISSP
9 1 (0.42%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.42%) MCSE
9 1 (0.42%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (7.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (2.94%) Cyber Essentials
2 7 (2.94%) PCI DSS
3 6 (2.52%) NIST
4 5 (2.10%) GDPR
4 5 (2.10%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.84%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.42%) GRC
6 1 (0.42%) SLA
System Software
1 54 (22.69%) Active Directory
2 20 (8.40%) vSphere
3 14 (5.88%) Docker
4 10 (4.20%) Firmware
5 9 (3.78%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (3.78%) VMware Infrastructure
6 8 (3.36%) VMware NSX
7 6 (2.52%) Virtual Desktop
8 5 (2.10%) Kamailio
9 4 (1.68%) Hyper-V
10 3 (1.26%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 100 (42.02%) Terraform
2 37 (15.55%) Kubernetes
3 21 (8.82%) Single Sign-On
4 20 (8.40%) Ansible
5 15 (6.30%) Microsoft Intune
6 9 (3.78%) vCenter Server
7 6 (2.52%) Prometheus
8 3 (1.26%) Grafana
9 2 (0.84%) Kibana
9 2 (0.84%) logstash
9 2 (0.84%) SCCM
10 1 (0.42%) Argo
10 1 (0.42%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.42%) Istio
10 1 (0.42%) WSUS
10 1 (0.42%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 103 (43.28%) Microsoft
2 31 (13.03%) Oracle
3 29 (12.18%) VMware
4 14 (5.88%) Cisco
5 12 (5.04%) Okta
6 9 (3.78%) Juniper
6 9 (3.78%) SolarWinds
7 8 (3.36%) Broadcom
7 8 (3.36%) Fortinet
8 6 (2.52%) Salesforce
9 5 (2.10%) Google
10 4 (1.68%) CrowdStrike
10 4 (1.68%) Foundry
10 4 (1.68%) OpenAI
10 4 (1.68%) Palo Alto
11 2 (0.84%) AppDynamics
11 2 (0.84%) Citrix
11 2 (0.84%) Cloudera
11 2 (0.84%) Splunk
12 1 (0.42%) HP