Cloud Engineer (Defence) Location: South West (onsite, 4 days per week) Rate: £700–800 per day (Outside IR35) Clearance: DV (Developed Vetting) – active or recently lapsed Join a high-profile Defence programme delivering complex, mission-critical cloud environments. This role sits within a secure engineering team, building and maintaining highly available Kubernetes and Terraform-based infrastructure for classified systems. Key Focus Hands-on cloud...
Ncounter Limited
Swindon
Cloud Engineer
Location: Swansea (Hybrid) 💷 Salary: £39,163 - The salary of £39,163 (basic salary £35,663) includes a non-pensionable Recruitment and Retention Allowance of £3,500 🕒 Contract Type: Permanent – Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time We’re looking for passionate engineers to join our Agile Cloud teams at DVLA, Swansea, where we’re building and supporting the platforms behind our cloud-first applications. If...
Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency
Swansea
DevOps Engineer
DevOps Engineer - AWS / Azure Government Transformation Projects (AWS / Azure / DevOps) Location: Winchester, Hampshire, HybridOur client is a cloud-first digital consultancy, founded over 10 years ago and trusted by government, policing, and public sector organisations to deliver secure, high-impact transformation projects. They specialise in building capability and enabling independence. Embedding skilled engineers into delivery teams to modernise...
Spectrum IT Recruitment
Winchester
AWS Engineer
AMS is a global workforce solutions partner committed to creating inclusive, dynamic, and future-ready workplaces. We help organisations adapt, grow, and thrive in an ever-evolving world by building, shaping, and optimising diverse talent strategies. On behalf of Tesco IMS, AMS are now looking for a AWS Engineer for a 6 month contract, offered under a remote working arrangement. Tesco IMS...
Cloud Operations Engineer - Glasgow or Edinburgh - 50K plus 10% Bonus & more Hybrid - 2 days per week in either Central Glasgow/Central Edinburgh, whichever suits you) Strong Azure and IaC skills ( Terraform / Ansible / etc. ) required* The Opportunity Lorien's longstanding client is looking for a Cloud Operations Engineer who's excited by the challenge of keeping...
Lorien
Glasgow
DEVOPS Engineer, GCP Engineer
GCP DevOps Engineer - AI Infrastructure (Financial Services) Location: London Contract Type: Full-time / Permanent 2 days required at Office and 3 from home per week £(Apply online only) DOE Join a forward-thinking financial services firm leveraging AI to transform decision-making and customer experiences. We're seeking a skilled GCP DevOps Engineer to architect and maintain cloud-native infrastructure that supports high-performance...
Summary: UK cloud hiring has shifted from title-led CV screens to capability-driven assessments that emphasise platform reliability, cost control (FinOps), defence-in-depth security, automation via IaC, high-availability design, and measurable business impact. This guide explains what’s changed, what to expect in interviews & how to prepare—especially for platform engineers, SREs, cloud security engineers, DevOps, solutions architects, FinOps practitioners & data/AI platform engineers.
Who this is for: Cloud/platform engineers, SREs, DevOps, cloud security, FinOps, network engineers, solutions/enterprise architects, data/ML platform engineers, observability engineers & cloud product managers targeting roles in the UK.
For many years, cloud computing careers in the UK meant roles for infrastructure specialists, system administrators, network engineers & software developers. Today, the picture looks very different. Cloud has become the backbone of digital transformation across industries — from healthcare to finance, education to government. With that reach comes new expectations.
Cloud isn’t just about servers & storage anymore. It’s about handling sensitive data responsibly, meeting regulatory obligations, designing intuitive user experiences, communicating clearly with diverse stakeholders & understanding how people actually interact with complex digital systems. This means cloud careers are increasingly multidisciplinary, requiring expertise in law, ethics, psychology, linguistics & design alongside technical skills.
In this article, we’ll explore why cloud careers in the UK are broadening, how these five disciplines intersect with cloud work, what it means for job-seekers & employers, and how to future-proof your career in this fast-changing sector.
Cloud computing has transformed how organisations in the UK and worldwide design, deliver, and maintain their IT infrastructure. Whether it’s migrating on-premise workloads to the cloud, building cloud-native applications, or optimising for cost, performance, and security — organisations of all sizes need cloud teams with clearly defined roles.
For someone applying for cloud computing jobs, or hiring for them, knowing who does what in a modern cloud department gives you an edge. This article describes the core roles you’ll find in a mature cloud team, how these roles work together through the cloud lifecycle, what skills UK employers tend to expect, typical career paths and salaries, plus the challenges of structuring cloud computing teams.
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