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 29 May 2026.

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

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 181 314 234
Rank change year-on-year +133 -80 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Cloud Engineer 676 234 831
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.00% 0.82% 1.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.07% 0.92% 1.22%
Number of salaries quoted 493 184 484
10th Percentile £47,500 £43,825 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,500 £65,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year +0.77% +9.20% -0.79%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,846 £67,968
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,875 £77,125
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - +12.00% -6.02%

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 63,304 25,417 67,992
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.83% 88.95% 94.84%
Number of salaries quoted 42,224 13,484 49,469
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,967 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% +1.93% -6.54%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £76,250
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 29 May 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 29 May 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 +68 221 £70,000 +16.67% 24
South East +54 162 £65,000 +8.33% 33
North West +83 143 £70,000 +7.69% 16
South West +27 118 £75,000 +5.26% 27
Midlands +37 84 £60,000 +30.43% 14
Yorkshire -17 64 £60,000 +14.29% 8
East of England +3 59 £63,750 -3.90% 7
West Midlands +11 56 £57,500 +22.99% 10
East Midlands -13 28 £60,000 +84.62% 4
North East -25 14 £45,000 -30.77%
Scotland -3 12 £77,500 -18.42% 5
Northern Ireland - 10 - -
Wales -33 5 £68,500 +81.54%
Channel Islands - 5 £75,000 -
Cloud Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 29 May 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 (46.60%) Azure
2 225 (33.28%) AWS
3 146 (21.60%) Terraform
4 136 (20.12%) DevOps
5 128 (18.93%) Security Cleared
6 115 (17.01%) Infrastructure as Code
7 114 (16.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 111 (16.42%) CI/CD
9 94 (13.91%) Microsoft
10 89 (13.17%) SC Cleared
11 82 (12.13%) Kubernetes
12 79 (11.69%) PowerShell
13 75 (11.09%) Agile
13 75 (11.09%) DNS
14 71 (10.50%) High Availability
15 66 (9.76%) Platform Engineering
15 66 (9.76%) Python
16 64 (9.47%) Containerisation
17 61 (9.02%) Cloud Security
17 61 (9.02%) IaaS
18 57 (8.43%) Active Directory
18 57 (8.43%) Windows
19 56 (8.28%) GCP
19 56 (8.28%) VMware
20 52 (7.69%) Windows Server
21 50 (7.40%) Azure AKS
22 49 (7.25%) Mentoring
23 48 (7.10%) Disaster Recovery
23 48 (7.10%) Entra ID
24 46 (6.80%) Azure Certification

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 (2.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (1.48%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.59%) IIS
4 3 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.44%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.15%) Apache
5 1 (0.15%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (0.59%) Lightworks
2 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (0.89%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 315 (46.60%) Azure
2 225 (33.28%) AWS
3 61 (9.02%) IaaS
4 56 (8.28%) GCP
5 50 (7.40%) Azure AKS
6 48 (7.10%) Entra ID
7 45 (6.66%) Azure DevOps
8 37 (5.47%) Microsoft 365
9 36 (5.33%) GitHub
10 33 (4.88%) Nutanix
11 31 (4.59%) Azure Key Vault
12 29 (4.29%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 29 (4.29%) Azure Storage
13 26 (3.85%) PaaS
14 24 (3.55%) AWS CloudFormation
15 21 (3.11%) Amazon EKS
16 20 (2.96%) SaaS
17 18 (2.66%) GitHub Actions
18 17 (2.51%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 17 (2.51%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 75 (11.09%) DNS
2 46 (6.80%) Firewall
3 31 (4.59%) DHCP
4 24 (3.55%) Remote Desktop
5 17 (2.51%) VPN
6 9 (1.33%) Network Security
6 9 (1.33%) TCP/IP
7 7 (1.04%) SAN
8 5 (0.74%) DMZ
8 5 (0.74%) Reverse Proxy
8 5 (0.74%) STUN
8 5 (0.74%) VLAN
8 5 (0.74%) VoIP
9 4 (0.59%) Cisco Firepower
9 4 (0.59%) Cisco IOS
9 4 (0.59%) Cisco ISE
9 4 (0.59%) Junos
9 4 (0.59%) NX-OS
10 3 (0.44%) WAN
11 2 (0.30%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (1.92%) Amazon RDS
2 10 (1.48%) SQL Server
3 7 (1.04%) MongoDB
4 6 (0.89%) Amazon Aurora
4 6 (0.89%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (0.74%) MySQL
6 4 (0.59%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (0.59%) NoSQL
6 4 (0.59%) Power BI
7 3 (0.44%) BigQuery
7 3 (0.44%) Delta Lake
7 3 (0.44%) DynamoDB
7 3 (0.44%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (0.44%) Metadata
7 3 (0.44%) Tableau
8 2 (0.30%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.15%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 20 (2.96%) Jenkins
2 19 (2.81%) GitLab
3 17 (2.51%) Git
4 6 (0.89%) Oracle Forms
5 5 (0.74%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 4 (0.59%) JIRA
6 4 (0.59%) Octopus Deploy
7 3 (0.44%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.30%) Terragrunt
9 1 (0.15%) PyCharm
9 1 (0.15%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 66 (9.76%) Social Skills
2 35 (5.18%) Law
3 29 (4.29%) Finance
4 11 (1.63%) Banking
5 10 (1.48%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (1.48%) Public Sector
6 9 (1.33%) Billing
7 8 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (1.18%) Manufacturing
8 6 (0.89%) Retail Banking
9 5 (0.74%) Investment Banking
9 5 (0.74%) Legal
10 4 (0.59%) Automotive
10 4 (0.59%) Marketing
11 3 (0.44%) Aerospace
11 3 (0.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.30%) Advertising
12 2 (0.30%) Tech for Good
13 1 (0.15%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.15%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.48%) RESTful
2 9 (1.33%) ARM Templates
2 9 (1.33%) Loki
3 8 (1.18%) AWS CDK
3 8 (1.18%) OAuth
3 8 (1.18%) OAuth2
3 8 (1.18%) YAML
4 7 (1.04%) JSON
4 7 (1.04%) SAML
5 5 (0.74%) FreeSWITCH
5 5 (0.74%) JWT
5 5 (0.74%) REST
5 5 (0.74%) SOAP
6 4 (0.59%) Node.js
6 4 (0.59%) OpenID
6 4 (0.59%) OpenTelemetry
7 3 (0.44%) .NET
7 3 (0.44%) Middleware
7 3 (0.44%) WAMP
7 3 (0.44%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 69 (10.21%) Cloud Native
2 61 (9.02%) Hybrid Cloud
3 39 (5.77%) Public Cloud
4 9 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (1.18%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (0.89%) Data Centre
6 6 (0.89%) Greenfield Project
6 6 (0.89%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (0.74%) Cloud Security Posture
7 5 (0.74%) Linux Command Line
7 5 (0.74%) PKI
7 5 (0.74%) Product Ownership
7 5 (0.74%) Replication
7 5 (0.74%) Security Posture
8 4 (0.59%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (0.59%) Driving Licence
8 4 (0.59%) Enterprise Cloud
9 3 (0.44%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.30%) IoT
10 2 (0.30%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 57 (8.43%) Windows
2 52 (7.69%) Windows Server
3 27 (3.99%) Linux
4 7 (1.04%) Debian
5 2 (0.30%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Linux
6 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.15%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (20.12%) DevOps
2 115 (17.01%) Infrastructure as Code
3 114 (16.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 111 (16.42%) CI/CD
5 75 (11.09%) Agile
6 71 (10.50%) High Availability
7 66 (9.76%) Platform Engineering
8 64 (9.47%) Containerisation
9 61 (9.02%) Cloud Security
10 49 (7.25%) Mentoring
11 48 (7.10%) Disaster Recovery
12 46 (6.80%) Problem-Solving
13 44 (6.51%) Root Cause Analysis
14 41 (6.07%) Continuous Improvement
14 41 (6.07%) ITIL
15 36 (5.33%) Coaching
15 36 (5.33%) Observability
16 33 (4.88%) Load Balancing
17 32 (4.73%) Business Continuity
18 31 (4.59%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 79 (11.69%) PowerShell
2 66 (9.76%) Python
3 30 (4.44%) SQL
4 27 (3.99%) Bash
5 15 (2.22%) Bicep
6 10 (1.48%) Java
7 9 (1.33%) JavaScript
8 7 (1.04%) C++
8 7 (1.04%) Shell Script
9 6 (0.89%) Go
9 6 (0.89%) PL/SQL
10 5 (0.74%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.30%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.15%) Groovy
12 1 (0.15%) PHP
12 1 (0.15%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 128 (18.93%) Security Cleared
2 89 (13.17%) SC Cleared
3 46 (6.80%) Azure Certification
4 30 (4.44%) DV Cleared
5 16 (2.37%) Degree
6 13 (1.92%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (1.04%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (0.74%) AWS Certification
8 5 (0.74%) CCNP
8 5 (0.74%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (0.74%) MCSE
8 5 (0.74%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 3 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.30%) CISM
10 2 (0.30%) CISSP
10 2 (0.30%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.30%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.30%) SSCP
11 1 (0.15%) IISP
11 1 (0.15%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (3.55%) SLA
2 8 (1.18%) NIST
3 7 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (1.04%) PCI DSS
4 5 (0.74%) Accessibility
4 5 (0.74%) QA
5 3 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.44%) GDPR
6 1 (0.15%) Data Quality
System Software
1 57 (8.43%) Active Directory
2 46 (6.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 32 (4.73%) Docker
4 30 (4.44%) Hyper-V
5 7 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.74%) KVM
7 4 (0.59%) Firmware
7 4 (0.59%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.59%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.44%) VMware Server
9 1 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 146 (21.60%) Terraform
2 82 (12.13%) Kubernetes
3 34 (5.03%) Ansible
4 17 (2.51%) Grafana
4 17 (2.51%) Microsoft Intune
5 15 (2.22%) Prometheus
6 9 (1.33%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.59%) Nagios
7 4 (0.59%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.44%) Argo
8 3 (0.44%) Istio
8 3 (0.44%) Rancher
8 3 (0.44%) Scalr
9 1 (0.15%) EMC NetWorker
9 1 (0.15%) Graylog
9 1 (0.15%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.15%) Puppet
Vendors
1 94 (13.91%) Microsoft
2 56 (8.28%) VMware
3 24 (3.55%) Dell
3 24 (3.55%) Dell Compellent
3 24 (3.55%) HP
3 24 (3.55%) Nimble Storage
4 18 (2.66%) Oracle
5 14 (2.07%) Google
6 12 (1.78%) Cisco
7 6 (0.89%) ServiceNow
7 6 (0.89%) Zerto
8 5 (0.74%) Databricks
8 5 (0.74%) Juniper
8 5 (0.74%) Veeam
9 4 (0.59%) Broadcom
9 4 (0.59%) SolarWinds
10 3 (0.44%) Citrix
10 3 (0.44%) Okta
11 2 (0.30%) MuleSoft
11 2 (0.30%) Salesforce