Cloud Architect in the United Kingdom: a £80,700 national median
Cloud Architects in the United Kingdom earn a national median of £80,700 (£6,700 a month, roughly £39 an hour on a 2,080-hour year).
Cloud Architect & Machine Learning Engineer Salary in the United Kingdom
Our United Kingdom source reports the same national figure for cloud architect and machine learning engineer roles, so they share this page. Expect the real gap to come from employer and seniority, not the title.
Official national median: US$86,118 a year for IT business analysts, architects and systems designers (SOC 2020 2133).
Source: ONS ASHE (April 2026 (provisional)). Observed figure, published April 2026 (provisional).
For context, the SalaryByRole job-title median is US$108,040 a year.
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Cloud Architect pay in official statistics for the United Kingdom
The closest official occupation is IT business analysts, architects and systems designers (SOC 2020 2133). In April 2026 (provisional) its national median was £64,326 a year.
That is 20% below the SalaryByRole median above. The sources define the job differently (an official occupation group versus a job title), so read them as a range rather than one figure.
ONS puts the number of full-time jobs in this occupation at about 184k (indicative).
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Median annual pay Observed | £64,326 |
| Mean annual pay Observed | £73,232 |
| 10th percentile Observed | £36,577 |
| 25th percentile Observed | £47,285 |
| 75th percentile Observed | £86,010 |
| Jobs (thousand, indicative) Observed | 184k |
| Median change vs previous year (%) Observed | +6.5% |
Source: Office for National Statistics, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) 2026 provisional, Tables 14 and 15 (full-time employee jobs, place of work) (Open Government Licence v3.0). Figures are copied from the published table without adjustment; ranks and percentage differences are calculated by us. All regions · Methodology
Official median (ONS ASHE (April 2026 (provisional)))
US$86,118
per year, observed
SalaryByRole median
US$108,040
per year
Monthly (national)
US$8,970
per month, before tax
Hourly (national)
US$51.94
varies by city
Cloud Architect pay in the United Kingdom vs other countries
The United Kingdom is 3rd of 5 countries for this role once medians are converted at the same exchange rate (US$108,000). Australia pays 31% more (£106,074 at today's rate) and Germany pays 0% less (£80,654).
That median is about 1.9× GDP per person (US$57,600, World Bank 2025). That is a rough sign of how far the role pays above the average national income.
Australia
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GermanyRemote pay for workers in the United Kingdom
If a remote employer paid the U.S. median for the same job (US$172,000), that would be about £128,475, 1.59× the local median.
Cloud Architect take-home pay in the United Kingdom (estimate)
Using our take-home calculator for the United Kingdom, the £80,700 median loses income tax £19,712 and National Insurance £3,625, leaving £57,363 a year or £4,780 a month. Total deductions: 29% of gross.
The United Kingdom: prices, jobs and holidays
Consumer prices in the United Kingdom rose 3.9% in 2025 (World Bank). Matching that on the £80,700 median takes a raise of about £3,147.
Unemployment was 4.7% of the labour force in 2025.
The United Kingdom has 14 public holidays in 2026 (Nager.Date); at the median, one working day is worth about £310 before tax.
Related Technology salaries in the United Kingdom
Figures are estimates, updated 2026-11-01. See our methodology for sources and limitations.