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 19 February 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 227 238 220
Rank change year-on-year +11 -18 +17
Permanent jobs requiring a Cloud Engineer 394 362 668
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.81% 1.13% 1.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.89% 1.24% 1.40%
Number of salaries quoted 261 228 442
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,231 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +0.80% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £86,253 £77,500 £77,715
UK median annual salary £70,000 £66,500 £62,783
% change year-on-year +5.26% +5.92% -5.99%

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 44,359 29,277 47,561
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.24% 91.38% 94.98%
Number of salaries quoted 27,794 14,439 36,845
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,966 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%

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 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 19 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 -34 98 £65,000 +30.00% 23
South East +5 94 £58,000 -10.77% 27
North West 0 53 £65,000 +18.18% 12
Scotland +3 50 £48,000 -12.73% 4
South West +2 43 £60,000 -11.11% 19
Midlands +2 39 £55,000 +4.76% 10
East of England +6 38 £75,000 +13.05% 11
West Midlands +13 29 £50,000 -4.30% 8
Yorkshire -49 28 £60,000 +33.33% 9
Wales +10 18 £68,958 +43.05%
North East -3 17 £71,250 +26.11% 2
Northern Ireland -12 13 - -
East Midlands -16 9 £65,000 +23.81% 2
Channel Islands - 3 £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 19 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.

1 215 (54.57%) Azure
2 141 (35.79%) DevOps
3 140 (35.53%) AWS
4 137 (34.77%) Terraform
5 112 (28.43%) CI/CD
6 99 (25.13%) Microsoft
7 93 (23.60%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 85 (21.57%) Infrastructure as Code
9 76 (19.29%) Python
10 72 (18.27%) Active Directory
10 72 (18.27%) Coaching
11 69 (17.51%) Azure DevOps
12 67 (17.01%) Mentoring
13 66 (16.75%) Agile
14 60 (15.23%) Entra ID
15 59 (14.97%) Windows
16 57 (14.47%) DNS
17 55 (13.96%) Firewall
18 54 (13.71%) GitHub
18 54 (13.71%) Security Cleared
19 53 (13.45%) SQL
20 52 (13.20%) Windows Server
21 49 (12.44%) Kubernetes
21 49 (12.44%) VMware
22 46 (11.68%) Disaster Recovery
23 45 (11.42%) IaaS
24 43 (10.91%) Business Strategy
24 43 (10.91%) Jenkins
24 43 (10.91%) PaaS
24 43 (10.91%) 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 16 (4.06%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 15 (3.81%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (3.05%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 3 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 35 (8.88%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 215 (54.57%) Azure
2 140 (35.53%) AWS
3 69 (17.51%) Azure DevOps
4 60 (15.23%) Entra ID
5 54 (13.71%) GitHub
6 45 (11.42%) IaaS
7 43 (10.91%) PaaS
8 40 (10.15%) OCI
9 31 (7.87%) Microsoft 365
10 29 (7.36%) SaaS
11 26 (6.60%) AWS CloudFormation
12 25 (6.35%) GCP
12 25 (6.35%) Nutanix
13 21 (5.33%) Serverless
14 20 (5.08%) Amazon EKS
14 20 (5.08%) Power Platform
15 18 (4.57%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 18 (4.57%) Azure AKS
16 17 (4.31%) Azure Monitor
17 16 (4.06%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 57 (14.47%) DNS
2 55 (13.96%) Firewall
3 38 (9.64%) DHCP
4 29 (7.36%) VPN
5 22 (5.58%) Remote Desktop
6 11 (2.79%) Cisco Firepower
6 11 (2.79%) Cisco IOS
6 11 (2.79%) Cisco ISE
6 11 (2.79%) Junos
7 10 (2.54%) Network Security
7 10 (2.54%) NX-OS
8 7 (1.78%) WAN
9 5 (1.27%) DMZ
9 5 (1.27%) Reverse Proxy
9 5 (1.27%) STUN
9 5 (1.27%) VLAN
9 5 (1.27%) VoIP
10 3 (0.76%) SAN
10 3 (0.76%) TCP/IP
11 2 (0.51%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (4.57%) Power BI
2 16 (4.06%) Tableau
3 9 (2.28%) Amazon RDS
4 7 (1.78%) Elasticsearch
5 6 (1.52%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (1.52%) SQL Server
6 5 (1.27%) Amazon Aurora
6 5 (1.27%) DynamoDB
7 4 (1.02%) MongoDB
7 4 (1.02%) NoSQL
8 3 (0.76%) BigQuery
8 3 (0.76%) MySQL
9 1 (0.25%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.25%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 43 (10.91%) Jenkins
2 35 (8.88%) Oracle Forms
3 33 (8.38%) Git
4 20 (5.08%) JIRA
5 19 (4.82%) GitLab
6 5 (1.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (0.76%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.51%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.25%) Appium
9 1 (0.25%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.25%) git-flow
9 1 (0.25%) Selenium
General
1 70 (17.77%) Social Skills
2 51 (12.94%) Finance
3 10 (2.54%) Public Sector
4 9 (2.28%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (2.28%) Billing
5 8 (2.03%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (1.78%) Law
7 5 (1.27%) Banking
7 5 (1.27%) Investment Banking
8 4 (1.02%) Automotive
8 4 (1.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (0.76%) Advertising
10 2 (0.51%) Marketing
11 1 (0.25%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.25%) Legal
11 1 (0.25%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.25%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (9.64%) RESTful
2 21 (5.33%) SOAP
3 20 (5.08%) JSON
4 19 (4.82%) XML
5 17 (4.31%) OAuth
5 17 (4.31%) OAuth2
6 16 (4.06%) SAML
7 8 (2.03%) Node.js
8 7 (1.78%) ARM Templates
9 5 (1.27%) AWS CDK
9 5 (1.27%) FreeSWITCH
9 5 (1.27%) Loki
10 4 (1.02%) Elastic Stack
10 4 (1.02%) REST
11 3 (0.76%) Middleware
11 3 (0.76%) React
12 2 (0.51%) .NET
12 2 (0.51%) Hugging Face
12 2 (0.51%) Nuxt
12 2 (0.51%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 69 (17.51%) Cloud Native
2 43 (10.91%) Enterprise Software
3 33 (8.38%) Public Cloud
4 30 (7.61%) Hybrid Cloud
5 10 (2.54%) Distributed Systems
5 10 (2.54%) PKI
6 8 (2.03%) Onboarding
7 7 (1.78%) Greenfield Project
8 5 (1.27%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (1.27%) Security Posture
9 4 (1.02%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.02%) Driving Licence
9 4 (1.02%) Product Ownership
10 3 (0.76%) Clustering
10 3 (0.76%) Replication
11 2 (0.51%) AI Agents
11 2 (0.51%) Cloud Security Posture
11 2 (0.51%) IoT
11 2 (0.51%) Mobile App
11 2 (0.51%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 59 (14.97%) Windows
2 52 (13.20%) Windows Server
3 20 (5.08%) Linux
4 7 (1.78%) Debian
5 6 (1.52%) VMS
6 2 (0.51%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.25%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (35.79%) DevOps
2 112 (28.43%) CI/CD
3 93 (23.60%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 85 (21.57%) Infrastructure as Code
5 72 (18.27%) Coaching
6 67 (17.01%) Mentoring
7 66 (16.75%) Agile
8 46 (11.68%) Disaster Recovery
9 43 (10.91%) Business Strategy
9 43 (10.91%) Test Automation
10 41 (10.41%) Asset Management
11 40 (10.15%) Problem-Solving
12 39 (9.90%) API Integration
12 39 (9.90%) High Availability
13 38 (9.64%) Cloud Security
13 38 (9.64%) Identity Access Management
14 37 (9.39%) ITSM
15 35 (8.88%) ERP
15 35 (8.88%) Observability
16 33 (8.38%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 76 (19.29%) Python
2 53 (13.45%) SQL
3 42 (10.66%) Java
4 41 (10.41%) PowerShell
5 36 (9.14%) Shell Script
6 35 (8.88%) PL/SQL
7 23 (5.84%) Bicep
8 19 (4.82%) Bash
9 9 (2.28%) JavaScript
10 8 (2.03%) Go
11 4 (1.02%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 54 (13.71%) Security Cleared
2 30 (7.61%) DV Cleared
3 20 (5.08%) SC Cleared
4 19 (4.82%) Degree
5 17 (4.31%) Azure Certification
6 9 (2.28%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (1.27%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.76%) CCNP
9 3 (0.76%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (0.76%) MCSE
9 3 (0.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 2 (0.51%) AWS Certified Developer
11 1 (0.25%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 1 (0.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.25%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
11 1 (0.25%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (6.60%) SLA
2 11 (2.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (2.54%) NIST
4 8 (2.03%) PCI DSS
5 5 (1.27%) GDPR
6 4 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (1.02%) SOC 2
7 2 (0.51%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.51%) GRC
7 2 (0.51%) QA
System Software
1 72 (18.27%) Active Directory
2 32 (8.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (6.35%) Hyper-V
4 22 (5.58%) Docker
5 13 (3.30%) Virtual Machines
6 11 (2.79%) VMware NSX
7 10 (2.54%) Firmware
8 7 (1.78%) vSphere
9 4 (1.02%) Virtual Desktop
10 3 (0.76%) KVM
10 3 (0.76%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 137 (34.77%) Terraform
2 49 (12.44%) Kubernetes
3 35 (8.88%) Single Sign-On
4 19 (4.82%) Ansible
5 17 (4.31%) Microsoft Intune
6 11 (2.79%) vCenter Server
7 8 (2.03%) Prometheus
8 7 (1.78%) Grafana
9 5 (1.27%) Argo
9 5 (1.27%) Kibana
10 4 (1.02%) logstash
11 3 (0.76%) Rancher
12 2 (0.51%) FortiGate
12 2 (0.51%) Istio
13 1 (0.25%) EMC NetWorker
13 1 (0.25%) Graylog
13 1 (0.25%) Nagios
13 1 (0.25%) SCCM
13 1 (0.25%) WSUS
Vendors
1 99 (25.13%) Microsoft
2 49 (12.44%) VMware
3 41 (10.41%) Oracle
4 23 (5.84%) Cisco
5 22 (5.58%) Dell
5 22 (5.58%) Dell Compellent
5 22 (5.58%) HP
5 22 (5.58%) Nimble Storage
6 19 (4.82%) Okta
7 17 (4.31%) Juniper
8 12 (3.05%) SolarWinds
9 11 (2.79%) Google
10 10 (2.54%) Broadcom
11 5 (1.27%) ServiceNow
12 4 (1.02%) CrowdStrike
12 4 (1.02%) Fortinet
12 4 (1.02%) OpenAI
12 4 (1.02%) PagerDuty
12 4 (1.02%) Palo Alto
12 4 (1.02%) Zerto