Cloud Security Engineer
UK
The median Cloud Security Engineer salary in the UK is £74,870 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 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 18 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 674 | 837 | 859 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +163 | +22 | +152 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Cloud Security Engineer | 55 | 46 | 102 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.098% | 0.046% | 0.10% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.11% | 0.049% | 0.11% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 50 | 35 | 61 |
| 10th Percentile | £42,500 | - | £61,180 |
| 25th Percentile | £51,250 | £56,219 | £65,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £74,870 | £59,526 | £75,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +25.78% | -20.63% | +1.69% |
| 75th Percentile | £95,000 | £82,500 | £105,000 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £91,500 | £150,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £60,500 | £59,526 | £62,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.64% | -4.76% | -7.41% |
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 | 50,837 | 94,491 | 90,806 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.77% | 94.69% | 91.50% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,317 | 67,546 | 57,366 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,500 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £56,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.67% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,886 | £71,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,250 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,645 | £50,000 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.29% | -5.66% | +6.00% |
Cloud Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Cloud Security Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Cloud Security Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cloud Security Engineer.
Cloud Security Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Cloud Security Engineer over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.
Cloud Security 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 Security Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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 | +141 | 47 | £60,500 | +1.64% | 16 |
| UK excluding London | +191 | 43 | £60,500 | +1.64% | 11 |
| North of England | +63 | 26 | £52,500 | -11.80% | 3 |
| Work from Home | +123 | 23 | £50,504 | -15.16% | 22 |
| North West | +13 | 17 | £67,435 | +13.29% | 2 |
| London | +111 | 10 | £82,500 | +38.59% | 8 |
| Yorkshire | +69 | 8 | £52,500 | -11.80% | 1 |
| Scotland | +113 | 6 | £95,000 | +59.59% | |
| South West | +112 | 6 | £95,000 | +59.59% | 1 |
| East of England | - | 3 | £45,000 | - | 1 |
| South East | +84 | 2 | £53,000 | - | 4 |
| North East | - | 1 | £45,000 | - |
Cloud Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 18 May 2025, Cloud Security 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 Security Engineer in the job title.
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Cloud Security 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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