Cloud Infrastructure Manager Job Trends

Cloud Infrastructure Manager
UK

The median Cloud Infrastructure Manager salary in the UK is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 January 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 632 684 695
Rank change year-on-year +52 +11 +276
Permanent jobs requiring a Cloud Infrastructure Manager 13 29 24
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.022% 0.053% 0.046%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.024% 0.057% 0.048%
Number of salaries quoted 11 24 24
10th Percentile - £52,500 £48,475
25th Percentile £61,250 £57,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £69,000 £68,750
Median % change year-on-year -5.80% +0.36% -14.06%
75th Percentile £80,000 £101,250 £86,563
90th Percentile - - £114,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £80,000 £70,750 £61,250
% change year-on-year +13.07% +15.51% -31.94%

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 53,448 50,590 50,228
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.53% 92.97% 95.23%
Number of salaries quoted 32,896 26,513 38,772
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,125 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £44,738 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +1.69% -1.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,500 £97,261
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

Cloud Infrastructure Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Cloud Infrastructure Manager job vacancy trend in the UK

Cloud Infrastructure Manager
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Cloud Infrastructure Manager job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Cloud Infrastructure Manager job vacancies in the UK

Cloud Infrastructure Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cloud Infrastructure Manager over the 6 months to 4 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Cloud Infrastructure Manager in the UK

Cloud Infrastructure Manager
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cloud Infrastructure Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 4 January 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 +74 13 £65,000 -5.80% 2
Work from Home +75 8 £80,000 +33.33%
UK excluding London +52 7 £80,000 +13.07%
London +58 6 £63,750 +6.25% 2
South East +21 5 £80,000 +15.94%
North of England +21 2 £62,500 -
North West - 2 £62,500 -

Cloud Infrastructure Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 4 January 2026, Cloud Infrastructure Manager 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 Infrastructure Manager in the job title.

1 10 (76.92%) Azure
2 4 (30.77%) Migration
3 3 (23.08%) AWS
3 3 (23.08%) GCP
3 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
4 2 (15.38%) Google
4 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (15.38%) PRINCE2
4 2 (15.38%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (15.38%) Technical Debt
4 2 (15.38%) Windows
4 2 (15.38%) Windows Server
5 1 (7.69%) Agile
5 1 (7.69%) Collaborative Culture
5 1 (7.69%) Cost Optimisation
5 1 (7.69%) Customer Requirements
5 1 (7.69%) Decision-Making
5 1 (7.69%) Entra ID
5 1 (7.69%) IaaS
5 1 (7.69%) ITIL
5 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (7.69%) PaaS
5 1 (7.69%) PMI Certification
5 1 (7.69%) PMP
5 1 (7.69%) Presales
5 1 (7.69%) Project Delivery
5 1 (7.69%) Project Management

Cloud Infrastructure Manager 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 1 (7.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 10 (76.92%) Azure
2 3 (23.08%) AWS
2 3 (23.08%) GCP
3 1 (7.69%) Entra ID
3 1 (7.69%) IaaS
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (7.69%) PaaS
3 1 (7.69%) SaaS
3 1 (7.69%) Smartsheet
General
1 5 (38.46%) Finance
2 3 (23.08%) Banking
2 3 (23.08%) International Banking
3 1 (7.69%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Cloud Native
2 2 (15.38%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (7.69%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Windows
1 2 (15.38%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) Migration
2 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (15.38%) PRINCE2
2 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (15.38%) Technical Debt
3 1 (7.69%) Agile
3 1 (7.69%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (7.69%) Cost Optimisation
3 1 (7.69%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (7.69%) Decision-Making
3 1 (7.69%) ITIL
3 1 (7.69%) Presales
3 1 (7.69%) Project Delivery
3 1 (7.69%) Project Management
3 1 (7.69%) Project Planning
3 1 (7.69%) Refactoring
3 1 (7.69%) Risk Analysis
3 1 (7.69%) Roadmaps
3 1 (7.69%) Service Management
3 1 (7.69%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (7.69%) PMI Certification
2 1 (7.69%) PMP
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) Google