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Hire cloud architects in the UK

What cloud architects are paid, what to name in the advert, and who you are up against — from the adverts on Cloud Computing Jobs, not a survey. Looking for the roles themselves? See Cloud Architect jobs.

What you will pay

£60k to £120k, most around £92k

The range employers advertised for cloud architects on Cloud Computing Jobs over the last 12 months, base salary only, across 34 priced adverts. Adverts that state a salary get more applications than those that hide it, and a figure at or above the midpoint is the single cheapest thing you can do for the response.

Remote or anchored

A fully remote role draws the whole country and can pay a little under the London figure; an anchored one competes locally and cannot.
Greenfield or inherited

Building from nothing is worth more to the right person than running what exists, and they will ask which it is.
Someone senior to learn from

A strong lead in the team is worth thousands on the offer; without one, expect to pay for that experience directly.

Who you are competing with

Hiring cloud architects on Cloud Computing Jobs right now

Three live adverts for the role, as candidates see them. How rivals pitch it is worth a look before you write yours.

GCS

Azure Cloud Architect

Birmingham
Hybrid
£550 – £600 pd
Lead
Contract

Lead the design and governance of enterprise-scale Azure cloud platforms, covering compute, networking, storage, security, identity and container platforms. Produce modernisation roadmaps, reusable architecture patterns and decision records while guiding engineering, security and delivery teams. Contract role inside IR35, hybrid across Sheffield or Birmingham.

Microsoft Azure · Terraform · Azure AI Services +3

2 days ago

Pinnatum Consultancy Limited

Lead AI Engineer – Frontend & Cloud Architecture

London
£52,000 – £60,000 pa
Lead · manages people

Lead the architecture and cloud deployment of production-grade GenAI interfaces, bridging LLM APIs with responsive UIs. Build real-time streaming with Next.js and SSE, orchestrate state management, and drive AWS migration and automation. Guide cross-functional squads across React and Angular micro-frontend landscapes.

Next.js · React · Angular +7

4 days ago

CBSbutler

IAM Design SME (Zero Trust & Cloud Architecture)

Sheffield
Hybrid · 3 days in office
£540 pd
Senior
Contract

Technical authority role on a major UK bank transformation programme, owning end-to-end IAM architecture from HLDs to LLDs. Covers Zero Trust, authentication, federation, and cloud-native design across GCP, Kubernetes and service mesh, plus Policy-as-Code, PKI and secrets management, with architecture governance across multiple workstreams.

GCP · Kubernetes · Service Mesh +4

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