Cloud Architect Job Trends

Cloud Architect
UK

The median Cloud Architect salary in the UK is £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 June 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 485 528 513
Rank change year-on-year +43 -15 -77
Permanent jobs requiring a Cloud Architect 263 132 430
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.28% 0.30% 0.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% 0.33% 0.43%
Number of salaries quoted 163 68 317
10th Percentile £69,000 £60,000 £60,000
25th Percentile £77,500 £61,243 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £82,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +3.13% -17.95%
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £105,000
90th Percentile - £117,500 £117,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £90,000 £67,629 £75,000
% change year-on-year +33.08% -9.83% +3.45%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 87,000 39,565 98,947
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.88% 89.42% 94.84%
Number of salaries quoted 58,806 22,312 71,677
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% -6.54%

Cloud Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Cloud Architect' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Cloud Architect job vacancy trend in the UK

Cloud Architect
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Cloud Architect job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Cloud Architect job vacancies in the UK

Cloud Architect
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cloud Architect over the 6 months to 7 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Cloud Architect in the UK

Cloud Architect
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cloud Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 7 June 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
England +41 209 £90,000 +5.88% 177
UK excluding London +45 149 £90,000 +33.08% 92
Work from Home +33 92 £90,000 +38.46% 94
London +8 82 £87,500 +2.94% 91
North of England -1 50 £87,500 +34.62% 26
North West +18 42 £87,500 +21.54% 12
Midlands -15 36 £100,000 +37.93% 11
West Midlands -6 30 £100,000 +37.93% 10
South West -38 22 £100,000 +5.26% 13
Wales -29 12 £90,000 -2.70% 10
Scotland +14 10 £64,822 - 10
South East -16 9 £85,000 - 18
East of England -14 7 £100,000 +16.28% 3
East Midlands -22 6 £82,500 - 1
Northern Ireland -34 6 £55,000 +27.03% 1
Yorkshire -42 5 £100,000 +53.85% 11
North East -46 3 £95,000 +46.15% 3

Cloud Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 7 June 2026, Cloud Architect 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 featuring Cloud Architect in the job title.

1 99 (37.64%) Azure
2 84 (31.94%) Cloud Security
3 63 (23.95%) AWS
4 62 (23.57%) CI/CD
5 50 (19.01%) Security Cleared
6 47 (17.87%) Cybersecurity
6 47 (17.87%) Serverless
7 42 (15.97%) Security Architecture
8 41 (15.59%) AI
8 41 (15.59%) DevOps
9 37 (14.07%) Threat Modelling
10 35 (13.31%) GCP
11 34 (12.93%) Application Security
11 34 (12.93%) DevSecOps
11 34 (12.93%) Roadmaps
12 33 (12.55%) Infrastructure as Code
13 31 (11.79%) Microsoft
14 30 (11.41%) Agile
14 30 (11.41%) Validation
15 28 (10.65%) SDLC
16 27 (10.27%) Security Testing
17 26 (9.89%) GRC
17 26 (9.89%) Migration
17 26 (9.89%) SC Cleared
18 25 (9.51%) CrowdStrike
18 25 (9.51%) Palo Alto
18 25 (9.51%) Snyk
18 25 (9.51%) Tenable
18 25 (9.51%) Virtual Machines
19 24 (9.13%) IT Strategy

Cloud Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 2 (0.76%) IIS
1 2 (0.76%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.38%) CICS
Applications
1 10 (3.80%) PlantUML
2 1 (0.38%) Maya
Business Applications
1 3 (1.14%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (1.14%) Oracle Cash Management
1 3 (1.14%) Oracle Payables
1 3 (1.14%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 99 (37.64%) Azure
2 63 (23.95%) AWS
3 47 (17.87%) Serverless
4 35 (13.31%) GCP
5 18 (6.84%) SaaS
6 14 (5.32%) IaaS
6 14 (5.32%) PaaS
7 9 (3.42%) Microsoft 365
8 8 (3.04%) Amazon EKS
8 8 (3.04%) Power Platform
9 7 (2.66%) AWS Lambda
9 7 (2.66%) Nutanix
10 6 (2.28%) Entra ID
11 5 (1.90%) Amazon ECS
11 5 (1.90%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 5 (1.90%) AWS CloudTrail
11 5 (1.90%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (1.90%) GitHub
11 5 (1.90%) OCI
12 4 (1.52%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 13 (4.94%) Network Security
2 10 (3.80%) VSAN
3 9 (3.42%) Broadband
4 7 (2.66%) Firewall
5 6 (2.28%) DNS
5 6 (2.28%) VPN
6 3 (1.14%) Internet
7 1 (0.38%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.38%) LAN
7 1 (0.38%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.52%) BigQuery
2 3 (1.14%) Power BI
2 3 (1.14%) Semantic Layer
3 1 (0.38%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (0.38%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.38%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.38%) Db2
Development Applications
1 25 (9.51%) Snyk
2 8 (3.04%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.52%) GitLab
3 4 (1.52%) SonarQube
General
1 47 (17.87%) Finance
2 29 (11.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 26 (9.89%) Social Skills
4 14 (5.32%) Public Sector
5 9 (3.42%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (3.42%) Banking
6 6 (2.28%) Marketing
7 5 (1.90%) Games
7 5 (1.90%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (1.52%) Advertising
9 3 (1.14%) General Ledger
10 2 (0.76%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.76%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.76%) Law
10 2 (0.76%) Legal
11 1 (0.38%) Billing
11 1 (0.38%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.38%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.38%) Retail
11 1 (0.38%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.28%) Lightning Web Components
1 6 (2.28%) Middleware
1 6 (2.28%) Visualforce
1 6 (2.28%) YAML
2 4 (1.52%) JWT
2 4 (1.52%) Node.js
2 4 (1.52%) OAuth
2 4 (1.52%) OpenID
2 4 (1.52%) REST
2 4 (1.52%) SAML
2 4 (1.52%) SOAP
3 3 (1.14%) .NET
3 3 (1.14%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (0.76%) HTML5 Canvas
5 1 (0.38%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.38%) PySpark
5 1 (0.38%) React
5 1 (0.38%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 40 (15.21%) Data Centre
2 27 (10.27%) Cloud Native
3 12 (4.56%) Legacy Systems
4 9 (3.42%) Enterprise Cloud
5 7 (2.66%) Hybrid Cloud
5 7 (2.66%) Product Ownership
6 6 (2.28%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (1.52%) Cyber Threat
7 4 (1.52%) Greenfield Project
7 4 (1.52%) PKI
8 3 (1.14%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.76%) IoT
9 2 (0.76%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.76%) NHS
9 2 (0.76%) Private Cloud
10 1 (0.38%) Client/Server
10 1 (0.38%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.38%) Mainframe
10 1 (0.38%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.38%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.14%) Windows
2 2 (0.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (31.94%) Cloud Security
2 62 (23.57%) CI/CD
3 47 (17.87%) Cybersecurity
4 42 (15.97%) Security Architecture
5 41 (15.59%) AI
5 41 (15.59%) DevOps
6 37 (14.07%) Threat Modelling
7 34 (12.93%) Application Security
7 34 (12.93%) DevSecOps
7 34 (12.93%) Roadmaps
8 33 (12.55%) Infrastructure as Code
9 30 (11.41%) Agile
9 30 (11.41%) Validation
10 28 (10.65%) SDLC
11 27 (10.27%) Security Testing
12 26 (9.89%) Migration
13 24 (9.13%) IT Strategy
14 23 (8.75%) Technical Leadership
14 23 (8.75%) Technology Strategy
15 19 (7.22%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 10 (3.80%) Python
2 7 (2.66%) Bicep
3 6 (2.28%) Apex Code
4 5 (1.90%) SQL
5 4 (1.52%) JavaScript
5 4 (1.52%) SOQL
5 4 (1.52%) SOSL
6 3 (1.14%) PowerShell
7 2 (0.76%) C#
8 1 (0.38%) Bash
8 1 (0.38%) COBOL
8 1 (0.38%) Go
8 1 (0.38%) Java
8 1 (0.38%) JCL
8 1 (0.38%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 50 (19.01%) Security Cleared
2 26 (9.89%) SC Cleared
3 20 (7.60%) DV Cleared
4 12 (4.56%) AWS Certification
5 10 (3.80%) VCAP
5 10 (3.80%) VCDX
5 10 (3.80%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 7 (2.66%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (2.66%) Degree
6 7 (2.66%) Master's Degree
7 6 (2.28%) TOGAF Certification
8 5 (1.90%) CISM
8 5 (1.90%) CISSP
9 4 (1.52%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (1.14%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 3 (1.14%) CCSP
10 3 (1.14%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.76%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (9.89%) GRC
2 10 (3.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (3.42%) NIST
4 4 (1.52%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.76%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.76%) NCSC
5 2 (0.76%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 25 (9.51%) Virtual Machines
2 14 (5.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (3.80%) VMware NSX
3 10 (3.80%) vSphere
4 7 (2.66%) vCloud
5 6 (2.28%) Active Directory
6 4 (1.52%) Docker
7 2 (0.76%) Firmware
8 1 (0.38%) NLBS
Systems Management
1 24 (9.13%) Terraform
2 21 (7.98%) Kubernetes
3 15 (5.70%) Ansible
4 3 (1.14%) vCenter Server
5 2 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.38%) CASB
Vendors
1 31 (11.79%) Microsoft
2 25 (9.51%) CrowdStrike
2 25 (9.51%) Palo Alto
2 25 (9.51%) Tenable
3 17 (6.46%) Salesforce
4 15 (5.70%) VMware
5 10 (3.80%) Broadcom
6 9 (3.42%) Google
7 7 (2.66%) Dell
7 7 (2.66%) NetApp
7 7 (2.66%) Nimble Storage
8 5 (1.90%) Cisco
8 5 (1.90%) Oracle
8 5 (1.90%) Software AG
9 4 (1.52%) Splunk
10 2 (0.76%) Databricks
11 1 (0.38%) Foundry
11 1 (0.38%) Netskope
11 1 (0.38%) OpenAI
11 1 (0.38%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud