Cloud Engineer Jobs

Cloud Engineer
UK

The median Cloud Engineer salary in the UK is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 April 2025.

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

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 295 250 247
Rank change year-on-year -45 -3 +17
Permanent jobs requiring a Cloud Engineer 501 1,144 1,545
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.96% 1.16% 1.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.07% 1.23% 1.62%
Number of salaries quoted 415 692 1,000
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,874
25th Percentile £55,000 £48,829 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £62,783 £65,978
Median % change year-on-year +11.50% -4.84% +1.50%
75th Percentile £95,000 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £111,250 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £63,250 £59,526 £59,526
% change year-on-year +6.26% - +5.36%

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 46,971 93,051 95,196
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.06% 94.62% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 27,308 66,827 59,871
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.00% -12.08% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,344 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.69% -4.76% +5.00%

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 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Cloud Engineer in the UK

Cloud Engineer
Top 18 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 30 April 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
England -11 467 £70,000 +11.50% 274
UK excluding London -62 266 £63,250 +6.26% 196
London +61 213 £85,000 +4.62% 103
Work from Home +73 208 £65,000 +3.53% 214
North of England -68 82 £55,000 -8.33% 68
South East +60 69 £60,000 +15.38% 64
North West -36 48 £60,000 +9.09% 40
East of England +51 40 £66,340 +2.06% 12
South West +84 36 £75,000 +39.53% 26
Yorkshire -3 29 £46,250 -22.92% 20
Midlands -23 22 £47,500 -17.39% 21
West Midlands +6 14 £51,650 -13.92% 17
Scotland -13 14 £95,000 +58.33% 8
East Midlands +8 8 £32,500 -43.48% 4
North East +23 5 £63,000 +5.00% 9
Wales +28 4 £56,177 +10.84% 2
Northern Ireland +25 1 - - 1
Isle of Man - 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 30 April 2025, 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.

1 294 (58.68%) Azure
2 204 (40.72%) DevOps
3 191 (38.12%) AWS
4 182 (36.33%) Terraform
5 173 (34.53%) CI/CD
6 171 (34.13%) Microsoft
7 158 (31.54%) Infrastructure as Code
8 157 (31.34%) Cloud Security
8 157 (31.34%) Kubernetes
9 138 (27.54%) Python
10 117 (23.35%) Linux
11 108 (21.56%) Finance
12 107 (21.36%) PowerShell
13 106 (21.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 104 (20.76%) Social Skills
15 100 (19.96%) Firewall
16 93 (18.56%) Windows
17 90 (17.96%) Microsoft 365
18 87 (17.37%) Cloud Native
19 84 (16.77%) GCP
20 80 (15.97%) SaaS
21 71 (14.17%) Software Engineering
22 68 (13.57%) Continuous Improvement
22 68 (13.57%) Ansible
23 66 (13.17%) Problem-Solving
24 65 (12.97%) Azure Certification
25 64 (12.77%) Degree
25 64 (12.77%) SQL
26 62 (12.38%) PaaS
27 59 (11.78%) High Availability

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 44 (8.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 43 (8.58%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.00%) OpenStack
4 4 (0.80%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.80%) IBM Domino
5 3 (0.60%) IIS
6 2 (0.40%) Apache
6 2 (0.40%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.20%) Confluence
7 1 (0.20%) nginx
7 1 (0.20%) Tomcat
Applications
1 19 (3.79%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.60%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.40%) Simulink
4 1 (0.20%) Weka
Business Applications
1 4 (0.80%) Oracle BPM
2 2 (0.40%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 294 (58.68%) Azure
2 191 (38.12%) AWS
3 90 (17.96%) Microsoft 365
4 84 (16.77%) GCP
5 80 (15.97%) SaaS
6 62 (12.38%) PaaS
7 51 (10.18%) Azure DevOps
8 48 (9.58%) Entra ID
9 45 (8.98%) IaaS
10 38 (7.58%) Cloud Computing
11 26 (5.19%) Serverless
12 25 (4.99%) OneDrive
13 24 (4.79%) Azure Monitor
14 23 (4.59%) AWS CloudFormation
14 23 (4.59%) GitHub
15 19 (3.79%) Microsoft Purview
16 17 (3.39%) Azure AKS
17 16 (3.19%) Amazon EKS
18 15 (2.99%) Microsoft Copilot
19 13 (2.59%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 100 (19.96%) Firewall
2 52 (10.38%) VPN
3 36 (7.19%) DNS
4 29 (5.79%) WAN
5 26 (5.19%) Network Security
6 23 (4.59%) DHCP
7 18 (3.59%) LAN
8 17 (3.39%) SD-WAN
9 14 (2.79%) SAN
9 14 (2.79%) TCP/IP
10 10 (2.00%) OSPF
11 9 (1.80%) BGP
11 9 (1.80%) IPsec
11 9 (1.80%) VLAN
12 7 (1.40%) Multicast
12 7 (1.40%) NAS
13 6 (1.20%) Cisco IOS
13 6 (1.20%) Cisco ISE
13 6 (1.20%) Cisco Nexus
13 6 (1.20%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (5.99%) SQL Server
2 9 (1.80%) MongoDB
3 7 (1.40%) DynamoDB
3 7 (1.40%) MySQL
4 6 (1.20%) DB2
4 6 (1.20%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (1.00%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (0.80%) Big Data
6 4 (0.80%) BigQuery
6 4 (0.80%) Elasticsearch
6 4 (0.80%) Relational Database
7 3 (0.60%) Amazon Redshift
7 3 (0.60%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.60%) Hadoop
8 2 (0.40%) Amazon Aurora
8 2 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.40%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.40%) Power BI
9 1 (0.20%) Apache Hive
Development Applications
1 33 (6.59%) Jenkins
2 31 (6.19%) Git
3 17 (3.39%) GitLab
4 7 (1.40%) Bitbucket
4 7 (1.40%) Oracle Forms
5 6 (1.20%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.40%) IBM UrbanCode
6 2 (0.40%) JIRA
7 1 (0.20%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.20%) Gradle
7 1 (0.20%) Maven
7 1 (0.20%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 108 (21.56%) Finance
2 104 (20.76%) Social Skills
3 51 (10.18%) Law
4 34 (6.79%) Banking
5 33 (6.59%) Legal
6 27 (5.39%) Analytical Skills
7 26 (5.19%) Telecoms
8 18 (3.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 11 (2.20%) Public Sector
10 8 (1.60%) Advertising
10 8 (1.60%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (1.20%) Financial Institution
12 3 (0.60%) Marketing
12 3 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.40%) Games
13 2 (0.40%) General Ledger
13 2 (0.40%) iGaming
13 2 (0.40%) Police
13 2 (0.40%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.59%) HTML
1 18 (3.59%) Node.js
2 17 (3.39%) ARM Templates
3 11 (2.20%) YAML
4 7 (1.40%) .NET
4 7 (1.40%) Azure Blueprints
5 6 (1.20%) 802.1X
5 6 (1.20%) AngularJS
5 6 (1.20%) React
6 5 (1.00%) JSON
6 5 (1.00%) Middleware
6 5 (1.00%) OAuth
6 5 (1.00%) REST
6 5 (1.00%) Web Services
7 3 (0.60%) AWS CDK
7 3 (0.60%) SAML
7 3 (0.60%) Spring
7 3 (0.60%) Spring Boot
8 2 (0.40%) GraphQL
8 2 (0.40%) Lambda Expressions
Miscellaneous
1 87 (17.37%) Cloud Native
2 44 (8.78%) Distributed Systems
3 39 (7.78%) Public Cloud
3 39 (7.78%) Security Posture
4 38 (7.58%) Legacy Code
5 32 (6.39%) Hybrid Cloud
6 31 (6.19%) Management Information System
7 19 (3.79%) Data Centre
8 18 (3.59%) Cloud Security Posture
9 16 (3.19%) Product Ownership
10 13 (2.59%) Cyber Threat
11 9 (1.80%) Onboarding
12 8 (1.60%) Clustering
13 7 (1.40%) Hedge funds
13 7 (1.40%) Replication
14 6 (1.20%) Private Cloud
15 5 (1.00%) Enterprise Storage
16 4 (0.80%) IoT
16 4 (0.80%) Virtual Team
17 3 (0.60%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 117 (23.35%) Linux
2 93 (18.56%) Windows
3 45 (8.98%) Windows Server
4 12 (2.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (1.80%) Windows Server 2016
6 8 (1.60%) Windows Server 2019
7 7 (1.40%) Windows 10
8 6 (1.20%) CentOS
8 6 (1.20%) Windows Server 2012
9 5 (1.00%) Android
9 5 (1.00%) Apple iOS
9 5 (1.00%) VMS
10 2 (0.40%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.40%) Unix
11 1 (0.20%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 204 (40.72%) DevOps
2 173 (34.53%) CI/CD
3 158 (31.54%) Infrastructure as Code
4 157 (31.34%) Cloud Security
5 106 (21.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 71 (14.17%) Software Engineering
7 68 (13.57%) Continuous Improvement
8 66 (13.17%) Problem-Solving
9 59 (11.78%) High Availability
10 55 (10.98%) Agile
11 52 (10.38%) Platform Engineering
12 51 (10.18%) Migration
13 48 (9.58%) Disaster Recovery
14 46 (9.18%) Roadmaps
15 45 (8.98%) Containerisation
16 44 (8.78%) Analytics
16 44 (8.78%) Incident Management
17 43 (8.58%) Security Operations
18 40 (7.98%) Artificial Intelligence
19 36 (7.19%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 138 (27.54%) Python
2 107 (21.36%) PowerShell
3 64 (12.77%) SQL
4 56 (11.18%) C++
5 45 (8.98%) Go
6 40 (7.98%) Bash
7 38 (7.58%) C
7 38 (7.58%) Rust
8 32 (6.39%) C#
9 22 (4.39%) JavaScript
10 21 (4.19%) Bicep
11 14 (2.79%) Java
12 12 (2.40%) TypeScript
13 4 (0.80%) R
13 4 (0.80%) Scala
14 2 (0.40%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.40%) MATLAB
14 2 (0.40%) Perl
14 2 (0.40%) PL/SQL
15 1 (0.20%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 65 (12.97%) Azure Certification
2 64 (12.77%) Degree
3 36 (7.19%) AWS Certification
4 33 (6.59%) Microsoft Certification
5 27 (5.39%) Security Cleared
6 19 (3.79%) Cisco Certification
6 19 (3.79%) SC Cleared
7 18 (3.59%) CISSP
8 16 (3.19%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 12 (2.40%) CISM
10 10 (2.00%) CCNP
10 10 (2.00%) Computer Science Degree
11 8 (1.60%) CCNA
12 6 (1.20%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 5 (1.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 4 (0.80%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 4 (0.80%) CompTIA Security+
15 3 (0.60%) CCIE
15 3 (0.60%) CEH
15 3 (0.60%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (5.99%) NIST
2 20 (3.99%) GDPR
3 16 (3.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (2.99%) Accessibility
5 13 (2.59%) NCSC
6 11 (2.20%) PCI DSS
7 10 (2.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 8 (1.60%) QA
9 6 (1.20%) Data Quality
9 6 (1.20%) HIPAA
10 4 (0.80%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 1 (0.20%) SLA
System Software
1 54 (10.78%) Docker
2 50 (9.98%) Active Directory
3 29 (5.79%) Virtual Machines
4 19 (3.79%) VMware Infrastructure
5 14 (2.79%) Hyper-V
6 7 (1.40%) VMware NSX
7 5 (1.00%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.40%) Firmware
8 2 (0.40%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 182 (36.33%) Terraform
2 157 (31.34%) Kubernetes
3 68 (13.57%) Ansible
4 41 (8.18%) Microsoft Intune
5 23 (4.59%) SCCM
6 12 (2.40%) Grafana
7 7 (1.40%) CASB
7 7 (1.40%) Prometheus
8 6 (1.20%) Progress Chef
9 5 (1.00%) Argo
9 5 (1.00%) Failover Clustering
9 5 (1.00%) Puppet
9 5 (1.00%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.80%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.80%) Nagios
11 2 (0.40%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.40%) Istio
11 2 (0.40%) Podman
12 1 (0.20%) linkerd
12 1 (0.20%) SCOM
Vendors
1 171 (34.13%) Microsoft
2 39 (7.78%) VMware
3 36 (7.19%) Google
4 26 (5.19%) Palo Alto
5 23 (4.59%) Cisco
6 19 (3.79%) Oracle
7 18 (3.59%) PayPal
8 11 (2.20%) Databricks
8 11 (2.20%) Red Hat
9 9 (1.80%) Splunk
10 7 (1.40%) Atlassian
10 7 (1.40%) F5
11 6 (1.20%) IBM
11 6 (1.20%) LogicMonitor
11 6 (1.20%) Veeam
12 5 (1.00%) Ping Identity
13 4 (0.80%) Rapid7
13 4 (0.80%) SolarWinds
14 3 (0.60%) CheckPoint
14 3 (0.60%) SAP