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 16 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 338 226 239
Rank change year-on-year -112 +13 +34
Permanent jobs requiring a Cloud Engineer 234 605 457
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.68% 1.09% 1.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.76% 1.15% 1.39%
Number of salaries quoted 151 382 350
10th Percentile £39,500 £40,000 £42,874
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,221 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £77,715
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £87,875
UK median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.85% - -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 30,620 52,611 32,782
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.26% 95.19% 93.12%
Number of salaries quoted 17,340 30,810 24,526
10th Percentile £26,750 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Cloud Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Cloud Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Cloud Engineer 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 16 September 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 16 September 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
North of England -43 54 £60,000 - 39
South East +2 53 £57,500 -4.17% 62
East of England -3 43 £75,000 +14.07% 22
North West -25 40 £57,500 +15.00% 24
Scotland +2 29 £48,750 -18.75% 26
Midlands -7 29 £55,000 -8.33% 23
South West -6 26 £70,000 +33.33% 19
West Midlands +14 17 £65,000 -4.41% 15
East Midlands -12 12 £52,375 -8.91% 7
Yorkshire -38 12 £62,500 +4.17% 13
North East +4 2 £44,500 -28.80% 2
Northern Ireland +14 1 £55,000 -8.33% 1
Wales +12 1 £37,733 -37.11% 4
Cloud Engineer
UK

Cloud Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 16 September 2025, Cloud Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Cloud Engineer in the job title.

1 148 (63.25%) Azure
2 99 (42.31%) Microsoft
3 96 (41.03%) Terraform
4 87 (37.18%) DevOps
5 81 (34.62%) CI/CD
6 77 (32.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 75 (32.05%) AWS
7 75 (32.05%) Windows
8 74 (31.62%) Infrastructure as Code
9 66 (28.21%) Cloud Security
10 59 (25.21%) Windows Server
11 51 (21.79%) Active Directory
12 46 (19.66%) Python
13 38 (16.24%) Kubernetes
14 37 (15.81%) Azure DevOps
14 37 (15.81%) SQL
15 36 (15.38%) Firewall
16 35 (14.96%) Finance
16 35 (14.96%) Problem-Solving
17 32 (13.68%) Social Skills
18 31 (13.25%) Cloud Native
18 31 (13.25%) PowerShell
19 29 (12.39%) Agile
19 29 (12.39%) Microsoft Exchange
20 28 (11.97%) VMware
20 28 (11.97%) Security Cleared
21 27 (11.54%) PaaS
21 27 (11.54%) Roadmaps
21 27 (11.54%) Azure Certification
22 26 (11.11%) DNS

Cloud Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 29 (12.39%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (3.85%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.56%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 3 (1.28%) IIS
5 1 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 2 (0.85%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 12 (5.13%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 148 (63.25%) Azure
2 75 (32.05%) AWS
3 37 (15.81%) Azure DevOps
4 27 (11.54%) PaaS
5 25 (10.68%) GitHub
5 25 (10.68%) IaaS
6 24 (10.26%) Power Platform
7 22 (9.40%) Azure Logic Apps
8 20 (8.55%) Entra ID
8 20 (8.55%) Microsoft 365
9 19 (8.12%) OCI
10 18 (7.69%) SaaS
11 16 (6.84%) GCP
11 16 (6.84%) Serverless
12 14 (5.98%) AWS CloudFormation
12 14 (5.98%) PowerApps
13 9 (3.85%) Amazon EKS
14 8 (3.42%) Amazon EC2
14 8 (3.42%) AWS Lambda
15 6 (2.56%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 36 (15.38%) Firewall
2 26 (11.11%) DNS
3 24 (10.26%) VPN
4 20 (8.55%) DHCP
5 8 (3.42%) VLAN
5 8 (3.42%) WAN
6 7 (2.99%) Cisco Firepower
6 7 (2.99%) Cisco IOS
6 7 (2.99%) Cisco ISE
6 7 (2.99%) Junos
6 7 (2.99%) NX-OS
7 5 (2.14%) DMZ
7 5 (2.14%) STUN
7 5 (2.14%) VoIP
8 4 (1.71%) TCP/IP
9 3 (1.28%) Network Security
9 3 (1.28%) SAN
9 3 (1.28%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.85%) MQTT
10 2 (0.85%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (8.97%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.56%) Power BI
2 6 (2.56%) Tableau
3 3 (1.28%) DynamoDB
4 2 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.85%) DB2
5 1 (0.43%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (0.43%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.43%) CockroachDB
5 1 (0.43%) Couchbase
5 1 (0.43%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.43%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.43%) MySQL
5 1 (0.43%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.43%) Redis
Development Applications
1 21 (8.97%) Jenkins
2 12 (5.13%) Oracle Forms
3 11 (4.70%) Git
4 7 (2.99%) JIRA
5 5 (2.14%) GitLab
6 2 (0.85%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.43%) Appium
7 1 (0.43%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.43%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.43%) Selenium
7 1 (0.43%) Snyk
General
1 35 (14.96%) Finance
2 32 (13.68%) Social Skills
3 14 (5.98%) Law
4 13 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 9 (3.85%) Automotive
6 5 (2.14%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (2.14%) Marketing
6 5 (2.14%) Public Sector
7 4 (1.71%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.28%) Advertising
8 3 (1.28%) Banking
8 3 (1.28%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.85%) Analytical Skills
10 1 (0.43%) Aviation
10 1 (0.43%) Electronics
10 1 (0.43%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (5.98%) ARM Templates
2 12 (5.13%) RESTful
3 11 (4.70%) SOAP
4 9 (3.85%) OAuth
4 9 (3.85%) SAML
5 6 (2.56%) JSON
5 6 (2.56%) OAuth2
5 6 (2.56%) REST
5 6 (2.56%) XML
6 5 (2.14%) AngularJS
6 5 (2.14%) FreeSWITCH
7 4 (1.71%) Node.js
7 4 (1.71%) React
8 3 (1.28%) Kafka
9 2 (0.85%) gRPC
9 2 (0.85%) Hugging Face
9 2 (0.85%) Nuxt
9 2 (0.85%) RabbitMQ
9 2 (0.85%) Vue
10 1 (0.43%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 31 (13.25%) Cloud Native
2 16 (6.84%) Enterprise Software
2 16 (6.84%) Hybrid Cloud
3 13 (5.56%) Public Cloud
4 9 (3.85%) Data Centre
5 7 (2.99%) PKI
6 6 (2.56%) Security Posture
7 5 (2.14%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (2.14%) Driving Licence
7 5 (2.14%) Private Cloud
8 4 (1.71%) Enterprise Cloud
9 3 (1.28%) AI Agents
9 3 (1.28%) Algorithms
9 3 (1.28%) Distributed Architecture
9 3 (1.28%) Enterprise Storage
9 3 (1.28%) IoT
9 3 (1.28%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.28%) Product Ownership
9 3 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.28%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 75 (32.05%) Windows
2 59 (25.21%) Windows Server
3 24 (10.26%) Linux
4 7 (2.99%) VMS
5 5 (2.14%) Debian
6 3 (1.28%) Unix
6 3 (1.28%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.85%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.85%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (0.85%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (37.18%) DevOps
2 81 (34.62%) CI/CD
3 77 (32.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 74 (31.62%) Infrastructure as Code
5 66 (28.21%) Cloud Security
6 35 (14.96%) Problem-Solving
7 29 (12.39%) Agile
8 27 (11.54%) Roadmaps
9 23 (9.83%) Cloud Operations
10 21 (8.97%) Artificial Intelligence
10 21 (8.97%) Test Automation
11 19 (8.12%) Cost Management
11 19 (8.12%) Infrastructure Automation
11 19 (8.12%) Performance Optimisation
12 17 (7.26%) Coaching
12 17 (7.26%) Containerisation
13 16 (6.84%) Asset Management
13 16 (6.84%) Cybersecurity
14 15 (6.41%) Microservices
14 15 (6.41%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 46 (19.66%) Python
2 37 (15.81%) SQL
3 31 (13.25%) PowerShell
4 16 (6.84%) Java
5 14 (5.98%) Bicep
6 12 (5.13%) PL/SQL
6 12 (5.13%) Shell Script
7 8 (3.42%) Bash
8 7 (2.99%) C#
9 6 (2.56%) Go
10 4 (1.71%) JavaScript
11 3 (1.28%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.85%) MATLAB
12 2 (0.85%) R
13 1 (0.43%) C
13 1 (0.43%) C++
13 1 (0.43%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 28 (11.97%) Security Cleared
2 27 (11.54%) Azure Certification
3 16 (6.84%) SC Cleared
4 15 (6.41%) AWS Certification
5 14 (5.98%) Microsoft Certification
6 13 (5.56%) Degree
7 7 (2.99%) DV Cleared
8 5 (2.14%) CCNA
8 5 (2.14%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.28%) CISSP
9 3 (1.28%) MCSA
10 2 (0.85%) AWS Certified Developer
10 2 (0.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.85%) CISM
10 2 (0.85%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.85%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.43%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 1 (0.43%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 1 (0.43%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (3.85%) NIST
3 6 (2.56%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (2.56%) GDPR
3 6 (2.56%) PCI DSS
4 5 (2.14%) ISO 9001
5 3 (1.28%) NCSC
6 2 (0.85%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.85%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.43%) GRC
7 1 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 51 (21.79%) Active Directory
2 17 (7.26%) vSphere
3 16 (6.84%) Docker
4 10 (4.27%) Firmware
4 10 (4.27%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
6 7 (2.99%) VMware NSX
7 6 (2.56%) Hyper-V
8 5 (2.14%) Kamailio
9 4 (1.71%) Virtual Desktop
10 3 (1.28%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 96 (41.03%) Terraform
2 38 (16.24%) Kubernetes
3 23 (9.83%) Ansible
4 12 (5.13%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (5.13%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (3.42%) vCenter Server
6 4 (1.71%) Prometheus
6 4 (1.71%) SCCM
7 2 (0.85%) Argo
7 2 (0.85%) Grafana
7 2 (0.85%) Puppet
8 1 (0.43%) Istio
8 1 (0.43%) WSUS
8 1 (0.43%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 99 (42.31%) Microsoft
2 28 (11.97%) VMware
3 22 (9.40%) Oracle
4 13 (5.56%) Cisco
5 8 (3.42%) Broadcom
5 8 (3.42%) Fortinet
5 8 (3.42%) SolarWinds
6 7 (2.99%) Juniper
7 6 (2.56%) Okta
7 6 (2.56%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.71%) CrowdStrike
8 4 (1.71%) Google
8 4 (1.71%) OpenAI
8 4 (1.71%) Palo Alto
9 3 (1.28%) Foundry
9 3 (1.28%) IBM
10 2 (0.85%) AppDynamics
10 2 (0.85%) Citrix
10 2 (0.85%) Cloudera
11 1 (0.43%) Rapid7