Average Cloud Engineer salary in the UK

Cloud Infrastructure EngineerLocation: Chichester, West SussexWorking Pattern: Hybrid - 3 days per week in the officeSalary: £55,000 - £65,000We are recruiting for an experienced Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to join a growing international software organisation. This is an excellent opportunity for a hands-on engineer who enjoys troubleshooting technical challenges, improving cloud infrastructure and taking ownership of operational systems.The business is going through an exciting period of change, bringing together multiple products and technologies, offering the opportunity to influence processes, introduce improvements and make a genuine impact.The RoleSupporting and maintaining cloud-hosted production, development and test environments.Investigating and resolving infrastructure, application, database and networking issues.Managing and improving cloud infrastructure, particularly Microsoft Azure.Monitoring platform performance, reliability and security.Identifying and remediating security vulnerabilities.Improving operational processes through automation and documentation.Supporting disaster recovery planning and testing.Skills & ExperienceExperience supporting cloud-based production environments.Strong knowledge of Microsoft technologies, particularly Azure.Experience within a Windows environment.Good understanding of infrastructure, networking and cloud technologies.Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.Understanding of cyber security, vulnerability management and infrastructure security.Ability to work independently and take ownership of technical issues.We are looking for someone with strong technical fundamentals, a proactive mindset and a willingness to learn.Why Apply?This is a fantastic opportunity to join a collaborative international team, working across multiple cloud platforms and technologies. You'll have the freedom to suggest improvements, develop your technical skills and play a key role in maintaining and improving critical systems.Please send your CV to

Cloud Platform Engineer with strong Fabric and Azure skills is sought by a leading professional services organisation based in Birmingham. This business is embarking on a significant business transformation programme, fundamentally changing how it operates, uses technology and delivers services to both internal and external stakeholders. Central to this transformation is a commitment to becoming a more proactive, data-driven organisation, moving away from traditional reactive ways of working towards a more efficient, accessible and forward-thinking service delivery model. Technology and data will play a critical role in enabling this change. As part of this investment, the business is looking to appoint a cloud Platform Engineer who will help shape, modernise and optimise its Microsoft cloud and data platforms, creating the foundations needed to support long-term organisational change. This is an opportunity to join a business at a pivotal stage of its transformation, where your work will have a direct impact on how technology is delivered, managed and utilised across the organisation. The role: Working as part of a collaborative technology function, you will play an important role in developing and improving the organisation's Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Fabric platforms. The focus will be on building a more scalable, resilient and efficient technology environment, introducing greater automation, improving platform performance and ensuring the organisation has the right foundations to support its future ambitions. With Microsoft Fabric becoming an increasingly important part of the organisation's technology strategy, you will also help establish the infrastructure and operational practices needed to support its growing data and analytics capabilities. This is a hands-on engineering opportunity that also offers the chance to influence technical standards, contribute to strategic decisions and work closely with stakeholders across the wider business. Key requirements for this Cloud Platform Engineer based near Birmingham: - Strong hands-on experience working with Microsoft Azure in an enterprise or complex technology environment. - Knowledge of Microsoft Fabric, particularly its administration, governance and operational management. - Experience supporting and improving cloud infrastructure and enterprise technology platforms. - A good understanding of cloud security, monitoring, resilience and cost optimisation. - Exposure to automation, Infrastructure as Code or modern deployment tooling. - Experience working collaboratively with technical teams and wider business stakeholders. - Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, combined with the ability to identify opportunities for continuous improvement. - A proactive approach to engineering, with an interest in helping shape how technology platforms evolve. This Cloud Platform Engineer based near Birmingham will receive: - £70,000-£80,000 base salary - Hybrid working - 2 days a week in central Birmingham office - 12% private pension scheme - Guaranteed in post pay rises - Private healthcare - Life assurance and income protection - Strong personal development scheme - Clear progression pathway If you're a Cloud Platform Engineer looking to broaden your experience across Microsoft Fabric and play a meaningful role in a major business transformation, please apply now to be considered. Cloud Platform Engineer Birmingham Azure, Microsoft fabric, cloud, data, platform

Cloud Engineering Lead (Azure)6 month contract, scope to extend£600 - £625 P/D Inside IR35HybridActive SC would be advantageous We are looking for a hands-on Cloud Engineering Lead with deep Microsoft Azure expertise to build, run and productise an enterprise Azure platform. You will turn approved architecture into policy-governed infrastructure delivered entirely through code and automated pipelines, make sure the platform is reliable and operationally ready, and treat product teams as customers, giving them a clear, low-friction route onto the platform.Key responsibilities -Platform engineeringLead design and build of Azure Landing Zones: management groups, subscription vending and hub-and-spokenetworking.Own the provisioning pipelines and a reusable Terraform/Bicep module library built on Azure Verified Modules.Enforce governance as code (Azure Policy, RBAC/PIM, Defender for Cloud) and integrate ServiceNow toautomate platform requests.Set engineering quality standards: code reviews, branching and release strategy, pipeline quality gates.Lead brownfield remediation of existing subscriptions and workloads onto platform standards.Reliability and operationsDefine platform SLOs and track service health through observability built on Azure Monitor / Log Analytics,integrated with Sentinel (Security Operations) and the NOC.Drive operational readiness and acceptance, with runbooks and documentation in place before handover to CloudRun (BAU operations).Lead resolution of platform incidents, feed root causes into problem management, and reduce toil throughautomation as part of continual service improvement.Consumer experience and adoptionUnderstand the consumer journey and operate the platform "front door": intake, onboarding and the servicecatalogue.Publish paved roads with clear documentation, and run onboarding clinics to drive adoption.Use feedback and friction analysis to improve the experience, including the AVD / engineering workspaceexperience.Apply the "rule of three": a pattern requested three or more times becomes a productisation candidate for thecatalogue.Mandatory skills & experienceExtensive hands-on Microsoft Azure experience (typically 7+ years in IT, 4+ on Azure) covering design,architecture and implementation of enterprise platforms.Proven delivery of Azure Landing Zones / Cloud Adoption Framework: management groups, subscriptionvending, hub-and-spoke, Azure Firewall, private DNS and Private Endpoints.Expert Terraform and Bicep: modular design, state management, testing and versioning; working knowledge ofAzure Verified Modules.Strong Python (plus PowerShell / Azure CLI) for automation and API integration.Proven ability to build and maintain multi-stage, approval-gated provisioning pipelines (Azure DevOps and/orGitHub Actions) with Git-based workflows.Azure security and governance: Entra ID, RBAC/PIM, managed identities, Key Vault, Azure Policy, Defender forCloud.Observability and reliability: Azure Monitor / Log Analytics, alerting, defining SLOs and service health measures.Operational readiness: runbooks, incident handling and handover into run/support teams (ITIL-aligned).Experience leading and mentoring cloud/DevOps engineers in an agile team, including code review and releasepractices.Desirable skills & experiencePlatform-as-a-product experience: paved roads / golden paths, service catalogue, developer experience andconsumer feedback loops.ServiceNow integration for self-service provisioning and ITSM (incident, problem, change).Microsoft Sentinel and integration with SOC / NOC functions.SRE practices: error budgets, post-incident reviews, toil measurement.Brownfield remediation or migration of existing Azure estates.Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) / Windows 365 workspace experience.AI and integration platform services: Azure OpenAI / AI Foundry, API Management, Service Bus, Event Grid.Policy-as-code testing and pipeline security tooling (e.g. PSRule, Checkov, tfsec).FinOps awareness (tagging, budgets, cost reporting); AKS / container platforms.Certifications: AZ-305, AZ-400, AZ-104 / AZ-700, HashiCorp Terraform Associate, ITIL 4.