Hybrid/Remote Cloud Computing Job Trends

Cloud Computing
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Cloud Computing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 359 318 314
Rank change year-on-year -41 -4 -21
Permanent jobs citing Cloud Computing 49 108 313
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.26% 0.72% 0.94%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.67% 1.84% 2.20%
Number of salaries quoted 38 77 238
10th Percentile £43,556 £44,150 £37,101
25th Percentile £56,875 £49,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £69,384 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.33% +20.67% -14.81%
75th Percentile £71,250 £83,000 £75,750
90th Percentile £78,865 £105,800 £85,000
UK median annual salary £42,500 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -39.29% +16.67% -11.11%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Work from Home

Cloud Computing falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 7,345 5,859 14,213
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.28% 39.22% 42.69%
Number of salaries quoted 5,055 4,237 12,027
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,750 £35,968
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £108,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -11.54%

Cloud Computing
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cloud Computing and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Cloud Computing job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Cloud Computing
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Cloud Computing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Cloud Computing

Cloud Computing
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Cloud Computing over the 6 months to 31 May 2026.

Cloud Computing salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Cloud Computing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (6.12%) Apache Spark
2 2 (4.08%) Jupyter
3 1 (2.04%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (2.04%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (6.12%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 18 (36.73%) Azure
2 12 (24.49%) AWS
3 8 (16.33%) GCP
4 6 (12.24%) PaaS
5 5 (10.20%) Amazon ECR
5 5 (10.20%) Amazon ECS
5 5 (10.20%) Amazon ElastiCache
5 5 (10.20%) Amazon OpenSearch
5 5 (10.20%) AWS CloudFormation
5 5 (10.20%) AWS CodeBuild
5 5 (10.20%) dbt
5 5 (10.20%) Pulumi
5 5 (10.20%) Sentry
6 4 (8.16%) Azure Data Factory
6 4 (8.16%) Entra ID
7 3 (6.12%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (4.08%) SaaS
9 1 (2.04%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (2.04%) IaaS
9 1 (2.04%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 6 (12.24%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.04%) DNS
2 1 (2.04%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (42.86%) Big Data
2 5 (10.20%) Amazon RDS
2 5 (10.20%) Elasticsearch
2 5 (10.20%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (10.20%) Redis
3 3 (6.12%) Data Lake
3 3 (6.12%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (2.04%) Power BI
4 1 (2.04%) Relational Database
4 1 (2.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (8.16%) Git
2 2 (4.08%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (2.04%) Claude Code
3 1 (2.04%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 26 (53.06%) Finance
2 15 (30.61%) Social Skills
3 9 (18.37%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (10.20%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (6.12%) Advertising
6 3 (6.12%) Legal
7 2 (4.08%) Law
7 2 (4.08%) Public Sector
8 1 (2.04%) German Language
8 1 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (2.04%) Retail
Job Titles
1 19 (38.78%) Accountant
1 19 (38.78%) Financial Accountant
2 6 (12.24%) Platform Engineer
3 5 (10.20%) Senior
3 5 (10.20%) Senior Platform Engineer
4 4 (8.16%) Coordinator
5 3 (6.12%) Architect
5 3 (6.12%) Finance Manager
5 3 (6.12%) IT Engineer
5 3 (6.12%) IT Support
5 3 (6.12%) IT Support Engineer
5 3 (6.12%) Lead
5 3 (6.12%) Service Desk Engineer
5 3 (6.12%) Service Desk Support
5 3 (6.12%) Support Engineer
5 3 (6.12%) Transformation Manager
5 3 (6.12%) Workday Manager
6 2 (4.08%) 1st Line Engineer
6 2 (4.08%) Azure Engineer
6 2 (4.08%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (10.20%) Django
2 3 (6.12%) PySpark
3 2 (4.08%) .NET
3 2 (4.08%) .NET Core
3 2 (4.08%) ASP.NET
3 2 (4.08%) ASP.NET Core
3 2 (4.08%) Entity Framework
3 2 (4.08%) Hibernate
3 2 (4.08%) Spring
3 2 (4.08%) Spring MVC
4 1 (2.04%) Celery
4 1 (2.04%) FastAPI
4 1 (2.04%) Flask
4 1 (2.04%) GraphQL
4 1 (2.04%) Kafka
4 1 (2.04%) Next.js
4 1 (2.04%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (2.04%) React
4 1 (2.04%) REST
4 1 (2.04%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 19 (38.78%) Social Network
2 5 (10.20%) Linux Command Line
3 3 (6.12%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (6.12%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (6.12%) Virtual Team
4 2 (4.08%) Algorithms
4 2 (4.08%) Distributed Computing
5 1 (2.04%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (2.04%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.04%) Clustering
5 1 (2.04%) Data Centre
5 1 (2.04%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (2.04%) Public Cloud
5 1 (2.04%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 7 (14.29%) Linux
2 6 (12.24%) Unix
3 4 (8.16%) Windows
4 3 (6.12%) Mac OS
5 1 (2.04%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (40.82%) AI
2 19 (38.78%) Budgeting
3 13 (26.53%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (22.45%) DevOps
5 10 (20.41%) Agile
6 9 (18.37%) Migration
7 8 (16.33%) Containerisation
7 8 (16.33%) Continuous Integration
7 8 (16.33%) ITIL
7 8 (16.33%) Project Management
7 8 (16.33%) Prototyping
8 7 (14.29%) CI/CD
8 7 (14.29%) Infrastructure as Code
8 7 (14.29%) Task Automation
8 7 (14.29%) Technology Strategy
9 6 (12.24%) Platform Engineering
10 5 (10.20%) Clean Code
10 5 (10.20%) Collaborative Working
10 5 (10.20%) Observability
10 5 (10.20%) Performance Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 12 (24.49%) Python
2 5 (10.20%) Java
3 4 (8.16%) SQL
4 3 (6.12%) C#
5 2 (4.08%) VBA
6 1 (2.04%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (2.04%) JavaScript
6 1 (2.04%) PowerShell
6 1 (2.04%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (40.82%) ACCA
2 7 (14.29%) Degree
2 7 (14.29%) SC Cleared
2 7 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 4 (8.16%) Azure Certification
3 4 (8.16%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.04%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (2.04%) CCSP
4 1 (2.04%) CEH
4 1 (2.04%) CIMA
4 1 (2.04%) CISA
4 1 (2.04%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (2.04%) CISM
4 1 (2.04%) CISSP
4 1 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.04%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (38.78%) IFRS
2 5 (10.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (8.16%) GDPR
3 4 (8.16%) ISO 22301
3 4 (8.16%) NIST
4 1 (2.04%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (2.04%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (2.04%) Data Quality
4 1 (2.04%) GRC
4 1 (2.04%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (16.33%) Docker
2 4 (8.16%) Active Directory
3 1 (2.04%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (2.04%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (16.33%) Terraform
2 5 (10.20%) AWS Copilot
3 4 (8.16%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (6.12%) Kubernetes
5 2 (4.08%) Ansible
Vendors
1 8 (16.33%) Google
2 7 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 3 (6.12%) Databricks
3 3 (6.12%) Workday
4 1 (2.04%) Foundry
4 1 (2.04%) Palo Alto
4 1 (2.04%) Red Hat
4 1 (2.04%) Symantec
4 1 (2.04%) Tenable
4 1 (2.04%) VMware