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 1 May 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 297 | 247 | 246 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -50 | -1 | +13 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Cloud Engineer | 500 | 1,142 | 1,542 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.96% | 1.16% | 1.48% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 1.07% | 1.23% | 1.62% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 414 | 690 | 998 |
| 10th Percentile | £45,000 | £41,250 | £42,874 |
| 25th Percentile | £55,000 | £48,829 | £52,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £70,000 | £62,641 | £65,978 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +11.75% | -5.06% | +1.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £95,000 | £77,500 | £82,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £113,000 | £95,000 | £95,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £63,125 | £59,526 | £59,526 |
| % change year-on-year | +6.05% | - | +4.89% |
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 | 46,902 | 93,183 | 95,132 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.12% | 94.62% | 91.53% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,275 | 66,883 | 59,840 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,000 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £52,777 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.95% | -12.04% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £71,250 | £81,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,000 | £50,000 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.00% | -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.
Cloud Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cloud Engineer.
Cloud Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Cloud Engineer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
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 1 May 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 |
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| England | -19 | 466 | £70,000 | +11.50% | 346 |
| UK excluding London | -71 | 263 | £63,125 | +6.05% | 270 |
| London | +71 | 215 | £85,000 | +3.03% | 109 |
| Work from Home | +86 | 208 | £65,000 | +3.53% | 218 |
| North of England | -61 | 82 | £55,000 | -8.33% | 85 |
| South East | +55 | 68 | £60,000 | +15.38% | 80 |
| North West | -35 | 48 | £60,000 | +9.09% | 47 |
| East of England | +49 | 39 | £66,340 | +2.06% | 24 |
| South West | +75 | 36 | £75,000 | +39.53% | 36 |
| Yorkshire | -1 | 29 | £46,250 | -22.92% | 28 |
| Midlands | -4 | 21 | £46,750 | -18.70% | 36 |
| Scotland | -9 | 14 | £95,000 | +58.33% | 12 |
| West Midlands | +4 | 13 | £50,000 | -16.67% | 25 |
| East Midlands | +9 | 8 | £32,500 | -43.48% | 10 |
| North East | +21 | 5 | £63,000 | +5.00% | 11 |
| Wales | +34 | 4 | £56,177 | +10.84% | 4 |
| Northern Ireland | +24 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | - | - |
Cloud Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 1 May 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.
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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:
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