About Cloud jobs
Cloud engineering is the second-largest hiring category on Geekery.io after data, and the 81 live listings reflect the UK’s deep investment in cloud-native infrastructure. AWS leads by volume — most UK enterprises have an AWS footprint, and the most common role is “AWS engineer” or “cloud engineer with strong AWS experience.” Microsoft Azure is heavily concentrated in financial services, government, and large enterprise, where Microsoft’s enterprise agreements dominate. Google Cloud Platform is the smallest of the three but punches above its weight in data and ML-adjacent roles.
What’s grown most in the last two years is platform engineering — the discipline of building internal developer platforms so that product teams can ship faster. Platform engineer roles blend Kubernetes, Terraform, infrastructure-as-code, and CI/CD with a strong product mindset. They’re typically more senior than traditional DevOps roles and command higher salaries.
UK cloud engineer salaries: junior £25,000–£50,000, mid-level £25,000–£120,000, senior £45,000–£130,000, and expert £57,515–£120,000. The UK median is around £57,507. London adds a premium of 10–15%; Manchester, Bristol, and Edinburgh are close to national median.
The most common cloud engineering specialisations in the UK are: multi-cloud and hybrid-cloud architecture, Kubernetes platform engineering, FinOps and cloud cost optimisation, cloud security and IAM, and cloud migration / modernisation programmes. The last of these is particularly active in the public sector and in mid-market companies still on legacy on-prem estates.
Remote and hybrid patterns in cloud are similar to backend: roughly half the listings are fully remote within the UK, with the other half requiring some on-site presence, especially in regulated industries. Senior platform engineer roles tend to skew more remote than junior cloud admin roles.
If you’re already certified (AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Administrator, CKA, Terraform Associate) you’ll find strong demand. If you’re not certified, UK employers increasingly value hands-on experience over certifications — but a cert on your CV will get you past most screening filters.
