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 11 November 2025.

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

6 months to
11 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 279 226 233
Rank change year-on-year -53 +7 +36
Permanent jobs requiring a Cloud Engineer 274 523 389
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.76% 1.10% 1.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.84% 1.16% 1.32%
Number of salaries quoted 170 322 332
10th Percentile £41,100 £41,364 £45,000
25th Percentile £49,094 £46,250 £49,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +0.80%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,438 £75,313
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £91,934
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -2.67%

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 32,482 44,921 29,493
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.86% 94.80% 95.81%
Number of salaries quoted 19,798 24,100 22,150
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,050 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -

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 11 November 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 11 November 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 -34 62 £60,000 +14.29% 54
South East -10 60 £55,000 -15.38% 45
North West +12 45 £60,000 +24.34% 39
East of England +11 45 £75,000 +7.91% 10
Scotland -3 45 £48,000 -12.73% 9
Midlands +3 30 £60,000 - 28
South West -35 23 £62,500 +9.89% 20
West Midlands +11 22 £65,000 - 20
Yorkshire -41 12 £61,250 +2.08% 13
East Midlands +11 8 £55,000 - 8
Wales +6 8 £68,958 +0.44% 6
North East -3 5 £75,000 +31.58% 2
Northern Ireland +5 3 £55,000 -38.89% 3
Cloud Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 11 November 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.

1 170 (62.04%) Azure
2 110 (40.15%) Microsoft
3 103 (37.59%) Terraform
4 100 (36.50%) DevOps
5 91 (33.21%) CI/CD
6 84 (30.66%) AWS
7 82 (29.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 72 (26.28%) Infrastructure as Code
9 64 (23.36%) Windows
10 59 (21.53%) Active Directory
11 56 (20.44%) Windows Server
12 54 (19.71%) Cloud Security
13 49 (17.88%) Python
14 47 (17.15%) Azure DevOps
14 47 (17.15%) SQL
15 45 (16.42%) Agile
16 42 (15.33%) Kubernetes
17 41 (14.96%) Firewall
18 40 (14.60%) GitHub
19 38 (13.87%) Entra ID
19 38 (13.87%) Problem-Solving
20 36 (13.14%) PowerShell
21 35 (12.77%) PaaS
22 34 (12.41%) DNS
23 33 (12.04%) Oracle
24 31 (11.31%) Coaching
24 31 (11.31%) IaaS
25 30 (10.95%) Asset Management
25 30 (10.95%) Jenkins
25 30 (10.95%) OCI

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 (9.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (4.01%) SharePoint
3 10 (3.65%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 2 (0.73%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 23 (8.39%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 170 (62.04%) Azure
2 84 (30.66%) AWS
3 47 (17.15%) Azure DevOps
4 40 (14.60%) GitHub
5 38 (13.87%) Entra ID
6 35 (12.77%) PaaS
7 31 (11.31%) IaaS
8 30 (10.95%) OCI
9 28 (10.22%) Power Platform
10 24 (8.76%) Microsoft 365
11 23 (8.39%) SaaS
12 22 (8.03%) AWS CloudFormation
13 21 (7.66%) Serverless
14 19 (6.93%) GCP
15 18 (6.57%) Azure Logic Apps
16 12 (4.38%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 12 (4.38%) Amazon EKS
17 11 (4.01%) AWS Lambda
17 11 (4.01%) PowerApps
18 10 (3.65%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 41 (14.96%) Firewall
2 34 (12.41%) DNS
3 27 (9.85%) VPN
4 25 (9.12%) DHCP
5 11 (4.01%) Cisco Firepower
5 11 (4.01%) Cisco IOS
5 11 (4.01%) Cisco ISE
5 11 (4.01%) Junos
6 10 (3.65%) NX-OS
7 6 (2.19%) WAN
8 5 (1.82%) DMZ
8 5 (1.82%) STUN
8 5 (1.82%) VLAN
8 5 (1.82%) VoIP
9 4 (1.46%) Network Security
10 3 (1.09%) Wi-Fi
11 2 (0.73%) LAN
11 2 (0.73%) Remote Desktop
12 1 (0.36%) DKIM
12 1 (0.36%) DMARC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.38%) Power BI
2 11 (4.01%) SQL Server
3 10 (3.65%) Tableau
4 4 (1.46%) Elasticsearch
5 3 (1.09%) DynamoDB
6 2 (0.73%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.36%) Amazon Aurora
7 1 (0.36%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.36%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.36%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.36%) CockroachDB
7 1 (0.36%) Couchbase
7 1 (0.36%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.36%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.36%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.36%) MySQL
7 1 (0.36%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.36%) Redis
Development Applications
1 30 (10.95%) Jenkins
2 23 (8.39%) Oracle Forms
3 14 (5.11%) Git
3 14 (5.11%) JIRA
4 6 (2.19%) GitLab
5 2 (0.73%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.36%) Appium
6 1 (0.36%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.36%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.36%) Selenium
6 1 (0.36%) Snyk
General
1 46 (16.79%) Finance
2 37 (13.50%) Social Skills
3 13 (4.74%) Law
4 10 (3.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 8 (2.92%) Automotive
6 5 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (1.46%) Marketing
7 4 (1.46%) Public Sector
8 3 (1.09%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (0.73%) Advertising
9 2 (0.73%) Legal
9 2 (0.73%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (8.39%) RESTful
2 18 (6.57%) SOAP
3 14 (5.11%) JSON
4 13 (4.74%) OAuth
4 13 (4.74%) SAML
4 13 (4.74%) XML
5 10 (3.65%) OAuth2
6 8 (2.92%) ARM Templates
7 7 (2.55%) Node.js
8 6 (2.19%) REST
9 5 (1.82%) FreeSWITCH
10 4 (1.46%) AngularJS
10 4 (1.46%) Elastic Stack
11 3 (1.09%) Kafka
11 3 (1.09%) React
12 2 (0.73%) Hugging Face
12 2 (0.73%) Middleware
12 2 (0.73%) Nuxt
12 2 (0.73%) RabbitMQ
12 2 (0.73%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 45 (16.42%) Cloud Native
2 28 (10.22%) Enterprise Software
3 12 (4.38%) Hybrid Cloud
4 11 (4.01%) Public Cloud
5 10 (3.65%) Data Centre
5 10 (3.65%) PKI
6 9 (3.28%) Driving Licence
7 8 (2.92%) Onboarding
8 7 (2.55%) Distributed Systems
9 6 (2.19%) Security Posture
10 5 (1.82%) Private Cloud
11 4 (1.46%) AI Agents
12 3 (1.09%) Clustering
12 3 (1.09%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (1.09%) Virtual Team
13 2 (0.73%) Cloud Security Posture
14 1 (0.36%) Analytical Mindset
14 1 (0.36%) Distributed Architecture
14 1 (0.36%) Product Ownership
14 1 (0.36%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 64 (23.36%) Windows
2 56 (20.44%) Windows Server
3 14 (5.11%) Linux
4 8 (2.92%) VMS
5 5 (1.82%) Debian
6 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (36.50%) DevOps
2 91 (33.21%) CI/CD
3 82 (29.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 72 (26.28%) Infrastructure as Code
5 54 (19.71%) Cloud Security
6 45 (16.42%) Agile
7 38 (13.87%) Problem-Solving
8 31 (11.31%) Coaching
9 30 (10.95%) Asset Management
9 30 (10.95%) Test Automation
10 28 (10.22%) Cloud Operations
10 28 (10.22%) Identity Access Management
11 26 (9.49%) AI
11 26 (9.49%) Mentoring
11 26 (9.49%) Migration
12 25 (9.12%) API Integration
12 25 (9.12%) ERP
12 25 (9.12%) Observability
13 24 (8.76%) Roadmaps
14 22 (8.03%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 49 (17.88%) Python
2 47 (17.15%) SQL
3 36 (13.14%) PowerShell
4 27 (9.85%) Java
5 23 (8.39%) PL/SQL
5 23 (8.39%) Shell Script
6 18 (6.57%) Bicep
7 7 (2.55%) Bash
7 7 (2.55%) C#
8 4 (1.46%) Go
9 2 (0.73%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.73%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.36%) C
10 1 (0.36%) C++
10 1 (0.36%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 25 (9.12%) Security Cleared
2 18 (6.57%) Azure Certification
3 12 (4.38%) AWS Certification
3 12 (4.38%) DV Cleared
4 10 (3.65%) Degree
4 10 (3.65%) SC Cleared
5 9 (3.28%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (1.09%) MCSA
7 2 (0.73%) AWS Certified Developer
7 2 (0.73%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.36%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 1 (0.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.36%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.36%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.36%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (7.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (3.28%) Cyber Essentials
2 9 (3.28%) NIST
3 8 (2.92%) PCI DSS
4 6 (2.19%) GDPR
4 6 (2.19%) SLA
5 5 (1.82%) ISO 9001
6 3 (1.09%) SOC 2
7 2 (0.73%) GRC
8 1 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 59 (21.53%) Active Directory
2 18 (6.57%) vSphere
3 14 (5.11%) Docker
4 13 (4.74%) Firmware
5 11 (4.01%) Virtual Machines
5 11 (4.01%) VMware NSX
6 10 (3.65%) VMware Infrastructure
7 7 (2.55%) Hyper-V
8 6 (2.19%) Virtual Desktop
9 5 (1.82%) Kamailio
10 3 (1.09%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 103 (37.59%) Terraform
2 42 (15.33%) Kubernetes
3 23 (8.39%) Single Sign-On
4 14 (5.11%) Ansible
4 14 (5.11%) Microsoft Intune
5 11 (4.01%) vCenter Server
6 6 (2.19%) Argo
6 6 (2.19%) Prometheus
7 5 (1.82%) Kibana
8 4 (1.46%) logstash
9 3 (1.09%) Grafana
10 2 (0.73%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.73%) Istio
11 1 (0.36%) SCCM
11 1 (0.36%) WSUS
11 1 (0.36%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 110 (40.15%) Microsoft
2 33 (12.04%) Oracle
3 29 (10.58%) VMware
4 16 (5.84%) Cisco
5 13 (4.74%) Okta
6 12 (4.38%) Juniper
6 12 (4.38%) SolarWinds
7 11 (4.01%) Broadcom
8 9 (3.28%) Google
9 7 (2.55%) Fortinet
10 6 (2.19%) Salesforce
11 5 (1.82%) PagerDuty
12 4 (1.46%) CrowdStrike
12 4 (1.46%) Foundry
12 4 (1.46%) OpenAI
12 4 (1.46%) Palo Alto
13 3 (1.09%) ServiceNow
14 2 (0.73%) Cloudera
14 2 (0.73%) HP
14 2 (0.73%) Splunk