Senior Cloud Engineer Job Trends

Senior Cloud Engineer
UK

The median Senior Cloud Engineer salary in the UK is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 August 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 597 577 655
Rank change year-on-year -20 +78 -38
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Cloud Engineer 191 105 176
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.18% 0.21% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.24% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 145 72 144
10th Percentile £53,500 £55,000 £42,138
25th Percentile £60,000 £60,938 £59,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +10.34% -6.45%
75th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +12.00% -3.85% -10.34%

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 98,814 44,648 79,271
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.12% 90.01% 94.96%
Number of salaries quoted 67,613 26,525 53,451
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £71,991
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £49,600 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.85% -0.80% -6.54%

Senior Cloud Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Senior Cloud Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

Senior Cloud Engineer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Senior Cloud Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Cloud Engineer job vacancies in the UK

Senior Cloud Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Cloud Engineer over the 6 months to 7 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Cloud Engineer in the UK

Senior Cloud Engineer
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Cloud Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 7 August 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 -18 177 £73,250 -8.44% 305
UK excluding London -28 120 £70,000 +12.00% 105
London +2 70 £90,000 - 204
North of England -17 57 £70,000 +7.69% 34
Work from Home -17 42 £73,250 +8.52% 101
North West +11 36 £70,000 +12.00% 21
South East -24 23 £55,000 -8.33% 14
Yorkshire -10 21 £75,000 +12.78% 13
East of England -18 12 £40,000 -36.00% 16
South West -61 9 £60,000 -20.00% 18
Scotland +22 7 £77,500 -3.13% 8
Midlands -38 5 £75,000 +36.36% 8
Channel Islands - 5 £75,000 -
West Midlands -31 3 £75,000 +22.45% 6
East Midlands -32 2 - - 2
Wales - 2 £60,000 - 1

Senior Cloud Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 7 August 2026, Senior Cloud Engineer 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 Senior Cloud Engineer in the job title.

1 94 (49.21%) Azure
2 69 (36.13%) Terraform
3 66 (34.55%) CI/CD
4 65 (34.03%) Infrastructure as Code
5 50 (26.18%) DevOps
6 45 (23.56%) AWS
7 43 (22.51%) Kubernetes
8 41 (21.47%) Cloud Security
9 40 (20.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 40 (20.94%) Platform Engineering
10 34 (17.80%) Microsoft
11 29 (15.18%) Python
12 26 (13.61%) GitHub
12 26 (13.61%) Security Cleared
13 25 (13.09%) Mentoring
14 23 (12.04%) GCP
14 23 (12.04%) SC Cleared
15 22 (11.52%) IaaS
15 22 (11.52%) Software Engineering
16 21 (10.99%) Containerisation
16 21 (10.99%) Disaster Recovery
17 20 (10.47%) Agile
17 20 (10.47%) PowerShell
18 19 (9.95%) AI
19 18 (9.42%) Continuous Improvement
20 17 (8.90%) Problem-Solving
21 16 (8.38%) Incident Response
21 16 (8.38%) Microsoft 365
21 16 (8.38%) PaaS
21 16 (8.38%) VMware

Senior Cloud Engineer 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 7 (3.66%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.09%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.52%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (3.14%) Lightworks
Cloud Services
1 94 (49.21%) Azure
2 45 (23.56%) AWS
3 26 (13.61%) GitHub
4 23 (12.04%) GCP
5 22 (11.52%) IaaS
6 16 (8.38%) Microsoft 365
6 16 (8.38%) PaaS
7 15 (7.85%) GitHub Actions
8 14 (7.33%) Azure AKS
9 12 (6.28%) Azure DevOps
10 10 (5.24%) AWS CloudFormation
11 9 (4.71%) Entra ID
12 7 (3.66%) Serverless
13 5 (2.62%) Nutanix
14 4 (2.09%) Datadog
14 4 (2.09%) Power Platform
15 3 (1.57%) Azure Sentinel
15 3 (1.57%) Microsoft Purview
15 3 (1.57%) SaaS
16 2 (1.05%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 14 (7.33%) Network Security
2 10 (5.24%) Firewall
3 6 (3.14%) DHCP
3 6 (3.14%) DNS
3 6 (3.14%) VPN
4 5 (2.62%) SAN
4 5 (2.62%) VLAN
5 4 (2.09%) Broadband
5 4 (2.09%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.05%) BGP
6 2 (1.05%) MPLS
6 2 (1.05%) OSPF
6 2 (1.05%) SD-WAN
6 2 (1.05%) WAN
6 2 (1.05%) Wireless
7 1 (0.52%) HTTP
7 1 (0.52%) MQTT
7 1 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.62%) BigQuery
2 4 (2.09%) Semantic Layer
3 2 (1.05%) NoSQL
3 2 (1.05%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.52%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.52%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 8 (4.19%) Jenkins
2 7 (3.66%) TeamCity
3 6 (3.14%) Git
4 3 (1.57%) GitLab
5 2 (1.05%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.52%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.52%) JIRA
6 1 (0.52%) PyCharm
6 1 (0.52%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 23 (12.04%) Finance
2 18 (9.42%) Social Skills
3 16 (8.38%) Banking
4 10 (5.24%) Retail
5 7 (3.66%) Public Sector
6 6 (3.14%) Legal
6 6 (3.14%) Retail Banking
7 5 (2.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.57%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (1.57%) Automotive
8 3 (1.57%) Digital Health
8 3 (1.57%) Digital Healthcare
8 3 (1.57%) Marketing
9 2 (1.05%) Advertising
9 2 (1.05%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.52%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.62%) eBPF
2 4 (2.09%) Node.js
3 3 (1.57%) ARM Templates
3 3 (1.57%) Kafka
4 2 (1.05%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (1.05%) Jinja
4 2 (1.05%) RESTful
5 1 (0.52%) .NET
5 1 (0.52%) .NET Core
5 1 (0.52%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.52%) gRPC
5 1 (0.52%) JSON
5 1 (0.52%) Lightning Web Components
5 1 (0.52%) Protocol Buffers
5 1 (0.52%) REST
5 1 (0.52%) SOAP
5 1 (0.52%) Spring
5 1 (0.52%) Spring Boot
5 1 (0.52%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 27 (14.14%) Cloud Native
2 8 (4.19%) PKI
3 7 (3.66%) Replication
4 6 (3.14%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (2.09%) Public Cloud
6 3 (1.57%) Cloud Security Posture
6 3 (1.57%) Driving Licence
6 3 (1.57%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.57%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.57%) NHS
6 3 (1.57%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.05%) AI Agents
7 2 (1.05%) Blog
7 2 (1.05%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.05%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.05%) Private Cloud
7 2 (1.05%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.52%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.52%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.52%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 13 (6.81%) Windows
2 7 (3.66%) Windows Server
3 6 (3.14%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (34.55%) CI/CD
2 65 (34.03%) Infrastructure as Code
3 50 (26.18%) DevOps
4 41 (21.47%) Cloud Security
5 40 (20.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 40 (20.94%) Platform Engineering
6 25 (13.09%) Mentoring
7 22 (11.52%) Software Engineering
8 21 (10.99%) Containerisation
8 21 (10.99%) Disaster Recovery
9 20 (10.47%) Agile
10 19 (9.95%) AI
11 18 (9.42%) Continuous Improvement
12 17 (8.90%) Problem-Solving
13 16 (8.38%) Incident Response
14 15 (7.85%) Migration
15 12 (6.28%) Cloud Operations
15 12 (6.28%) Site Reliability Engineering
16 10 (5.24%) Infrastructure Automation
16 10 (5.24%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 29 (15.18%) Python
2 20 (10.47%) PowerShell
3 11 (5.76%) Bicep
4 9 (4.71%) Go
5 8 (4.19%) SQL
6 7 (3.66%) Bash
7 5 (2.62%) JavaScript
8 4 (2.09%) Java
9 2 (1.05%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.52%) C#
10 1 (0.52%) Groovy
10 1 (0.52%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.52%) SOQL
10 1 (0.52%) SOSL
10 1 (0.52%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 26 (13.61%) Security Cleared
2 23 (12.04%) SC Cleared
3 10 (5.24%) AWS Certification
4 6 (3.14%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (2.62%) CCNP
5 5 (2.62%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (2.62%) Degree
5 5 (2.62%) MCSE
5 5 (2.62%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 3 (1.57%) Azure Certification
6 3 (1.57%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.57%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.05%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 2 (1.05%) AWS Certified Developer
7 2 (1.05%) CISM
7 2 (1.05%) CISSP
8 1 (0.52%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.52%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.52%) OCP
8 1 (0.52%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (6.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (4.71%) SOC 2
3 7 (3.66%) GDPR
3 7 (3.66%) GRC
3 7 (3.66%) PCI DSS
4 6 (3.14%) NIST
5 4 (2.09%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.05%) NCSC
7 1 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 14 (7.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (5.76%) Docker
3 10 (5.24%) Active Directory
4 8 (4.19%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (2.62%) Hyper-V
5 5 (2.62%) KVM
6 4 (2.09%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (1.05%) vSphere
8 1 (0.52%) Lustre
Systems Management
1 69 (36.13%) Terraform
2 43 (22.51%) Kubernetes
3 7 (3.66%) Cilium
4 5 (2.62%) Ansible
5 4 (2.09%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (1.05%) Grafana
6 2 (1.05%) HP Fortify
6 2 (1.05%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.05%) Puppet
6 2 (1.05%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (1.05%) WhatsUp Gold
7 1 (0.52%) Argo
7 1 (0.52%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.52%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 1 (0.52%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.52%) SCOM
Vendors
1 34 (17.80%) Microsoft
2 16 (8.38%) VMware
3 7 (3.66%) Veeam
4 5 (2.62%) Ubiquiti
4 5 (2.62%) Zerto
5 3 (1.57%) ConnectWise
6 2 (1.05%) Broadcom
6 2 (1.05%) Cisco
6 2 (1.05%) EMC
6 2 (1.05%) Google
6 2 (1.05%) Meraki
6 2 (1.05%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.05%) Sophos
7 1 (0.52%) Databricks
7 1 (0.52%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.52%) iManage
7 1 (0.52%) Intapp
7 1 (0.52%) Litera
7 1 (0.52%) Oracle
7 1 (0.52%) Rackspace