Senior Cloud Engineer Job Trends in Wales

Senior Cloud Engineer
UK > Wales

The median Senior Cloud Engineer salary in Wales is £68,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 January 2026.

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

 6 months to
5 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 77 91
Rank change year-on-year +7 +14 +24
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Cloud Engineer 2 1 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 0.19% 0.11% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.12% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile - - £42,725
25th Percentile £66,750 £44,956 £43,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,500 £49,104 £47,250
Median % change year-on-year +39.50% +3.92% -17.83%
75th Percentile £70,250 £53,252 £52,563
90th Percentile - - £53,575
UK median annual salary £68,500 £76,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year -9.87% -1.94% +10.71%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Wales. 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 Wales with a recognized job title 938 851 866
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.99% 95.51% 96.54%
Number of salaries quoted 670 456 646
10th Percentile £26,900 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £35,000 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £49,000 £46,316
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% +5.80% -2.49%
75th Percentile £60,000 £64,906 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £72,343
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £58,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +2.56% -2.50%

Senior Cloud Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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 in Wales.

Senior Cloud Engineer job vacancy trend in Wales

Senior Cloud Engineer
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for Senior Cloud Engineer job vacancies in Wales.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Cloud Engineer job vacancies in Wales

Senior Cloud Engineer Skill Set
Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales

For the 6 months to 5 January 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 across the Wales region featuring Senior Cloud Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) BigQuery
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Functions
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) GCP
1 2 (100.00%) Google
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 2 (100.00%) Observability
1 2 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 2 (100.00%) Terraform

Senior Cloud Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Functions
1 2 (100.00%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) BigQuery
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 2 (100.00%) Observability
1 2 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Proactive Monitoring
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Google
22 Senior Cloud Engineer jobs Nationwide