Cloud Engineer Jobs

Cloud Engineer
UK

The median Cloud Engineer salary in the UK is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

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

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 239 268 276
Rank change year-on-year +29 +8 -22
Permanent jobs requiring a Cloud Engineer 1,030 1,105 2,645
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.14% 1.37% 1.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.20% 1.49% 1.58%
Number of salaries quoted 663 844 1,312
10th Percentile £41,250 £43,411 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £52,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £68,515 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.13% +5.41% +4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,548 £85,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% +4.55%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 85,709 74,085 167,386
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.83% 91.81% 95.50%
Number of salaries quoted 58,134 51,472 87,435
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,800 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +1.92% +9.47%

Cloud Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Cloud Engineer in the UK

Cloud Engineer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cloud Engineer.

Salary trend for Cloud Engineer in the UK

Cloud Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cloud Engineer over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Cloud Engineer in the UK

Cloud Engineer
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 Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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 +13 851 £65,000 -6.40% 63
UK excluding London +56 721 £60,000 - 50
Work from Home -22 329 £65,000 - 45
London -41 251 £82,865 +10.49% 24
North of England +30 207 £60,000 -7.69% 12
Midlands +24 123 £60,000 +9.09% 9
Scotland +4 114 £60,000 -13.60% 4
South East +27 103 £58,750 -12.31% 9
South West +23 96 £52,500 -19.23% 9
North West +2 95 £60,000 -7.69% 6
Yorkshire +64 88 £62,783 +4.64% 6
West Midlands +15 66 £65,000 +18.18% 7
East Midlands +6 57 £57,500 +15.00% 2
East of England +1 50 £65,000 -7.14% 1
North East -3 24 £58,750 +2.17%
Wales +8 15 £55,000 +17.65% 2
Northern Ireland +22 13 £75,000 +50.00% 6

Cloud Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 26 July 2024, 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 featuring Cloud Engineer in the job title.

1 504 (48.93%) Azure
2 362 (35.15%) AWS
3 355 (34.47%) Terraform
4 264 (25.63%) CI/CD
5 259 (25.15%) Infrastructure as Code
6 250 (24.27%) DevOps
7 220 (21.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 213 (20.68%) Microsoft
9 209 (20.29%) Kubernetes
10 189 (18.35%) Finance
11 178 (17.28%) Linux
12 174 (16.89%) Social Skills
13 170 (16.50%) Software Engineering
14 164 (15.92%) PowerShell
15 160 (15.53%) Python
16 155 (15.05%) Agile
17 149 (14.47%) Cloud Native
18 146 (14.17%) Windows
19 113 (10.97%) Problem-Solving
20 111 (10.78%) Ansible
21 110 (10.68%) Microsoft 365
22 109 (10.58%) Azure DevOps
23 108 (10.49%) Docker
24 105 (10.19%) Site Reliability Engineering
25 103 (10.00%) Cloud Security
26 101 (9.81%) Public Cloud
27 100 (9.71%) Platform Engineering
28 98 (9.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
29 96 (9.32%) Git
29 96 (9.32%) Law

Cloud Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 52 (5.05%) Microsoft Exchange
2 41 (3.98%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.36%) Confluence
4 12 (1.17%) SharePoint 2010
4 12 (1.17%) SharePoint 2013
5 5 (0.49%) IBM Domino
6 4 (0.39%) IIS
7 3 (0.29%) CloudStack
8 2 (0.19%) Apache
8 2 (0.19%) nginx
8 2 (0.19%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.097%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.097%) Moodle
9 1 (0.097%) SAS
9 1 (0.097%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 22 (2.14%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.39%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (1.07%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 504 (48.93%) Azure
2 362 (35.15%) AWS
3 110 (10.68%) Microsoft 365
4 109 (10.58%) Azure DevOps
5 95 (9.22%) GCP
6 76 (7.38%) SaaS
7 67 (6.50%) OCI
8 66 (6.41%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 63 (6.12%) Datadog
10 60 (5.83%) Entra ID
11 57 (5.53%) PaaS
12 55 (5.34%) IaaS
13 45 (4.37%) OneDrive
14 44 (4.27%) Serverless
15 43 (4.17%) Dropbox
16 42 (4.08%) Google Drive
17 37 (3.59%) AWS CloudFormation
18 29 (2.82%) GitHub
19 28 (2.72%) Cloud Computing
20 27 (2.62%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 88 (8.54%) Firewall
2 38 (3.69%) WAN
3 37 (3.59%) VPN
4 32 (3.11%) Network Security
5 30 (2.91%) DNS
6 26 (2.52%) LAN
7 21 (2.04%) DHCP
8 14 (1.36%) VLAN
9 11 (1.07%) TCP/IP
10 9 (0.87%) BGP
10 9 (0.87%) SD-WAN
11 6 (0.58%) Wireless
12 5 (0.49%) DMZ
12 5 (0.49%) HTTP
12 5 (0.49%) iSCSI
12 5 (0.49%) Remote Desktop
12 5 (0.49%) SSL
13 4 (0.39%) MPLS
13 4 (0.39%) WLAN
14 3 (0.29%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (2.82%) Amazon RDS
2 21 (2.04%) SQL Server
3 15 (1.46%) Power BI
4 12 (1.17%) BigQuery
5 10 (0.97%) MySQL
6 8 (0.78%) DynamoDB
7 6 (0.58%) MongoDB
8 5 (0.49%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (0.39%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (0.39%) Redis
10 3 (0.29%) Data Lake
10 3 (0.29%) MariaDB
11 2 (0.19%) Bigtable
11 2 (0.19%) DB2
11 2 (0.19%) Elasticsearch
12 1 (0.097%) Apache Cassandra
12 1 (0.097%) NoSQL
12 1 (0.097%) Relational Database
12 1 (0.097%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 96 (9.32%) Git
2 38 (3.69%) Jenkins
3 24 (2.33%) GitLab
4 14 (1.36%) JIRA
5 12 (1.17%) Artifactory
6 6 (0.58%) Spinnaker
7 5 (0.49%) Sonatype Nexus
8 4 (0.39%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.39%) Gradle
8 4 (0.39%) Maven
8 4 (0.39%) Terragrunt
9 3 (0.29%) CircleCI
9 3 (0.29%) Eclipse
9 3 (0.29%) JMeter
9 3 (0.29%) Robot Framework
9 3 (0.29%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.19%) Cucumber
11 1 (0.097%) Burp Suite
11 1 (0.097%) Metasploit
11 1 (0.097%) sqlmap
General
1 189 (18.35%) Finance
2 174 (16.89%) Social Skills
3 98 (9.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 96 (9.32%) Law
5 72 (6.99%) Analytical Skills
6 33 (3.20%) Aerospace
7 30 (2.91%) Public Sector
8 26 (2.52%) Marketing
9 22 (2.14%) Legal
10 21 (2.04%) Banking
11 17 (1.65%) Retail
11 17 (1.65%) Telecoms
12 15 (1.46%) Tech for Good
13 6 (0.58%) Local Government
13 6 (0.58%) Manufacturing
14 5 (0.49%) Games
14 5 (0.49%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (0.29%) Advertising
15 3 (0.29%) Influencing Skills
15 3 (0.29%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (5.05%) OpenTelemetry
2 35 (3.40%) ARM Templates
3 14 (1.36%) .NET
3 14 (1.36%) Kafka
3 14 (1.36%) YAML
4 10 (0.97%) RESTful
5 9 (0.87%) REST
6 8 (0.78%) Node.js
7 7 (0.68%) AWS CDK
7 7 (0.68%) Elastic Stack
8 6 (0.58%) ADO
8 6 (0.58%) Django
8 6 (0.58%) GraphQL
9 5 (0.49%) JSON
10 4 (0.39%) SAML
10 4 (0.39%) Spring Boot
11 3 (0.29%) .NET Core
11 3 (0.29%) .NET Framework
11 3 (0.29%) Blazor
11 3 (0.29%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 149 (14.47%) Cloud Native
2 101 (9.81%) Public Cloud
3 71 (6.89%) Hybrid Cloud
4 59 (5.73%) Distributed Systems
5 42 (4.08%) iPad
6 40 (3.88%) Legacy Code
7 39 (3.79%) Data Centre
8 37 (3.59%) Linux Command Line
9 35 (3.40%) Management Information System
10 17 (1.65%) Blog
11 16 (1.55%) Private Cloud
12 13 (1.26%) Replication
13 10 (0.97%) Cyber Threat
13 10 (0.97%) IoT
14 8 (0.78%) Handset
15 7 (0.68%) Product Ownership
16 6 (0.58%) PKI
16 6 (0.58%) Self-Motivation
17 5 (0.49%) Clustering
17 5 (0.49%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 178 (17.28%) Linux
2 146 (14.17%) Windows
3 83 (8.06%) Windows Server
4 21 (2.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (1.07%) Windows 10
6 10 (0.97%) Unix
6 10 (0.97%) Windows Server 2016
7 8 (0.78%) VMS
8 6 (0.58%) CentOS
8 6 (0.58%) Windows Server 2012
9 5 (0.49%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.29%) SUSE
10 3 (0.29%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
11 2 (0.19%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.097%) Android
12 1 (0.097%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.097%) CoreOS
12 1 (0.097%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.097%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 264 (25.63%) CI/CD
2 259 (25.15%) Infrastructure as Code
3 250 (24.27%) DevOps
4 220 (21.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 170 (16.50%) Software Engineering
6 155 (15.05%) Agile
7 113 (10.97%) Problem-Solving
8 105 (10.19%) Site Reliability Engineering
9 103 (10.00%) Cloud Security
10 100 (9.71%) Platform Engineering
11 91 (8.83%) Roadmaps
12 89 (8.64%) Technical Leadership
13 88 (8.54%) Machine Learning
14 78 (7.57%) Artificial Intelligence
14 78 (7.57%) Continuous Improvement
15 77 (7.48%) Cybersecurity
16 73 (7.09%) Operational Stability
17 72 (6.99%) Containerisation
18 71 (6.89%) Technology Roadmap
19 66 (6.41%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 164 (15.92%) PowerShell
2 160 (15.53%) Python
3 95 (9.22%) Java
4 87 (8.45%) Bash
5 67 (6.50%) Go
6 59 (5.73%) Bicep
7 44 (4.27%) C++
8 42 (4.08%) C
8 42 (4.08%) Rust
9 29 (2.82%) SQL
10 25 (2.43%) C#
11 21 (2.04%) Perl
12 16 (1.55%) Shell Script
13 15 (1.46%) JavaScript
14 11 (1.07%) Kusto Query Language
15 10 (0.97%) PHP
16 6 (0.58%) Kotlin
16 6 (0.58%) TypeScript
17 3 (0.29%) AWK
17 3 (0.29%) sed
Qualifications
1 63 (6.12%) Azure Certification
2 56 (5.44%) Degree
3 46 (4.47%) Security Cleared
4 42 (4.08%) AWS Certification
5 32 (3.11%) Microsoft Certification
6 21 (2.04%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 21 (2.04%) SC Cleared
7 17 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
8 16 (1.55%) MCSE
9 15 (1.46%) Cisco Certification
10 12 (1.17%) CCNA
10 12 (1.17%) MCITP
11 9 (0.87%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 7 (0.68%) CCNP
12 7 (0.68%) DBS Check
13 5 (0.49%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 5 (0.49%) Master's Degree
14 4 (0.39%) CISSP
15 3 (0.29%) ITIL Certification
15 3 (0.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (2.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (1.46%) PCI DSS
2 15 (1.46%) QA
3 12 (1.17%) GDPR
4 11 (1.07%) Accessibility
4 11 (1.07%) HIPAA
5 7 (0.68%) SOC 2
6 6 (0.58%) NCSC
7 5 (0.49%) NIST
8 3 (0.29%) SLA
9 2 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.097%) COBIT
10 1 (0.097%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.097%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.097%) IEC 62304
10 1 (0.097%) NIST 800
System Software
1 108 (10.49%) Docker
2 92 (8.93%) Active Directory
3 54 (5.24%) Virtual Machines
3 54 (5.24%) VMware Infrastructure
4 32 (3.11%) Hyper-V
5 24 (2.33%) XenDesktop
6 23 (2.23%) XenApp
7 18 (1.75%) Virtual Desktop
8 6 (0.58%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (0.58%) VMware NSX
9 3 (0.29%) Ceph
9 3 (0.29%) Firmware
9 3 (0.29%) Gluster
9 3 (0.29%) KVM
9 3 (0.29%) oVirt
10 1 (0.097%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.097%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 355 (34.47%) Terraform
2 209 (20.29%) Kubernetes
3 111 (10.78%) Ansible
4 65 (6.31%) Grafana
5 56 (5.44%) Microsoft Intune
6 26 (2.52%) Puppet
7 21 (2.04%) Progress Chef
8 19 (1.84%) SCCM
9 16 (1.55%) Prometheus
10 13 (1.26%) Salt
11 11 (1.07%) Docker Swarm
11 11 (1.07%) Single Sign-On
12 9 (0.87%) ZABBIX
13 8 (0.78%) FortiGate
14 6 (0.58%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 5 (0.49%) CASB
16 4 (0.39%) Istio
16 4 (0.39%) Nagios
17 3 (0.29%) Observium
17 3 (0.29%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 213 (20.68%) Microsoft
2 93 (9.03%) Google
3 69 (6.70%) Splunk
4 68 (6.60%) Oracle
5 66 (6.41%) VMware
6 52 (5.05%) Dynatrace
7 39 (3.79%) Cisco
8 28 (2.72%) Citrix
9 16 (1.55%) HP
10 15 (1.46%) Dell
10 15 (1.46%) Remedy
11 12 (1.17%) Symantec
12 11 (1.07%) BMC
12 11 (1.07%) ServiceNow
12 11 (1.07%) SolarWinds
13 9 (0.87%) NetApp
13 9 (0.87%) New Relic
14 7 (0.68%) Palo Alto
14 7 (0.68%) Red Hat
14 7 (0.68%) Veeam