Become a Cloud Engineer in London
Cloud engineers design, build and manage infrastructure on AWS, Azure and GCP. The UK faces a critical cloud skills shortage — certified engineers command salaries 30% above industry average.
What does a Cloud Engineer do?
Cloud engineers design and maintain the servers, databases and networks that power modern applications — but in the cloud rather than on physical hardware.
Infrastructure Design
Architect scalable, fault-tolerant systems on AWS or Azure using services like EC2, S3, RDS and VPC.
Security & Compliance
Set up IAM roles, encryption, firewalls and audit trails to keep cloud environments secure.
Cost Optimisation
Monitor usage, right-size resources and implement auto-scaling to keep bills low.
Automation
Write Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation) to provision environments in minutes.
Certification path
This route takes most students 6–10 months working part-time alongside a job.
AWS Cloud Practitioner
Foundation-level cert. Learn the core AWS services, pricing and support models. No prior cloud experience needed — the best starting point.
AWS Solutions Architect Associate
The cert that gets you hired. Covers designing distributed systems on AWS. Highly respected by UK employers — expect a 20–30% salary uplift.
DevOps & Cloud Automation (optional)
Add Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes and CI/CD pipelines. Opens senior Cloud/DevOps roles at £65k–£85k.
UK salary by level
Cloud engineering is one of the highest-paid IT disciplines in the UK.
| Level | Role | Typical UK salary |
|---|---|---|
| Entry | Junior Cloud Engineer / Cloud Support | £35k – £45k |
| Mid | Cloud Engineer / AWS Engineer | £50k – £65k |
| Senior | Senior Cloud / Solutions Architect | £70k – £85k |
| Lead | Cloud Architect / Principal Engineer | £85k – £110k |
Ready to start your cloud career?
Most students land their first cloud role within 6–10 months. Pay monthly from £49.
Enrol in AWS Cloud Practitioner →