Cloud Platform Engineer
UK
The median Cloud Platform Engineer salary in the UK is £77,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 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 9 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 641 | 741 | 777 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +100 | +36 | +243 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Cloud Platform Engineer | 49 | 161 | 197 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.090% | 0.16% | 0.19% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.100% | 0.17% | 0.21% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 40 | 125 | 151 |
| 10th Percentile | £54,875 | £55,000 | £51,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £66,563 | £57,500 | £58,375 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £77,500 | £75,000 | £70,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.33% | +7.14% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £100,000 | £91,250 | £79,375 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £110,000 | £97,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £70,000 | £60,000 | £69,447 |
| % change year-on-year | +16.67% | -13.60% | +15.75% |
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 | 49,007 | 93,784 | 92,686 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.47% | 94.63% | 91.46% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,411 | 67,216 | 58,370 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,375 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.52% | -12.50% | - |
| 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 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.00% | -5.66% | +6.00% |
Cloud Platform Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Cloud Platform Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Cloud Platform Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cloud Platform Engineer.
Cloud Platform Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Cloud Platform Engineer over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.
Cloud Platform Engineer
Top 12 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cloud Platform Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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 | +57 | 44 | £80,000 | +6.67% | 59 |
| London | +60 | 27 | £90,000 | +12.50% | 23 |
| Work from Home | +88 | 24 | £75,000 | - | 52 |
| UK excluding London | +127 | 16 | £70,000 | +16.67% | 44 |
| North of England | +20 | 8 | £66,250 | +10.42% | 18 |
| North West | 0 | 7 | £65,000 | +8.33% | 16 |
| South West | +113 | 4 | £75,000 | +15.38% | 4 |
| Wales | +39 | 2 | £63,250 | +17.67% | |
| South East | +91 | 1 | £82,500 | +20.00% | 14 |
| West Midlands | +49 | 1 | £50,000 | -28.57% | 5 |
| North East | +48 | 1 | £75,500 | -5.63% | |
| Midlands | +45 | 1 | £50,000 | -23.08% | 5 |
Cloud Platform Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 9 May 2025, Cloud Platform 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 Platform Engineer in the job title.
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Cloud Platform 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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