Hybrid/Remote Cloud Engineer Job Trends

Cloud Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Cloud Engineer salary for remote/hybrid work is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 August 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 204 280 237
Rank change year-on-year +76 -43 -27
Permanent jobs requiring a Cloud Engineer 297 145 311
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.30% 0.87% 1.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.38% 0.95% 1.31%
Number of salaries quoted 231 100 221
10th Percentile £51,250 £35,075 £45,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £45,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £85,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.70% +3.85% -1.45%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 21,464 15,318 23,715
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.07% 92.23% 96.32%
Number of salaries quoted 15,349 9,339 17,219
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £43,227
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -0.80% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,840 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,000 £96,000
UK median annual salary £56,350 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.45% - -8.33%

Cloud Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Cloud Engineer' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Cloud Engineer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Cloud Engineer
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for remote Cloud Engineer job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote Cloud Engineer job vacancies

Cloud Engineer
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Cloud Engineer over the 6 months to 17 August 2026.

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

Cloud Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 17 August 2026, Cloud Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Cloud Engineer in the job title.

1 151 (50.84%) Azure
2 109 (36.70%) Terraform
3 98 (33.00%) AWS
4 96 (32.32%) Infrastructure as Code
5 77 (25.93%) CI/CD
5 77 (25.93%) DevOps
6 68 (22.90%) Platform Engineering
7 67 (22.56%) GCP
8 65 (21.89%) Security Cleared
9 55 (18.52%) Kubernetes
10 54 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 53 (17.85%) SC Cleared
12 50 (16.84%) Microsoft
13 46 (15.49%) PaaS
14 44 (14.81%) PowerShell
15 39 (13.13%) Python
16 38 (12.79%) Containerisation
17 35 (11.78%) Continuous Improvement
18 34 (11.45%) Ansible
18 34 (11.45%) Cloud Security
18 34 (11.45%) Microsoft 365
19 31 (10.44%) Observability
20 28 (9.43%) Agile
21 26 (8.75%) Problem-Solving
22 24 (8.08%) Entra ID
22 24 (8.08%) Mentoring
23 23 (7.74%) Active Directory
23 23 (7.74%) ITIL
24 22 (7.41%) Docker
24 22 (7.41%) IaaS

Cloud Engineer Skill Set
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 5 (1.68%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.35%) IIS
2 4 (1.35%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.34%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 151 (50.84%) Azure
2 98 (33.00%) AWS
3 67 (22.56%) GCP
4 46 (15.49%) PaaS
5 34 (11.45%) Microsoft 365
6 24 (8.08%) Entra ID
7 22 (7.41%) IaaS
8 21 (7.07%) GitHub
9 20 (6.73%) AWS CloudFormation
10 18 (6.06%) SaaS
11 16 (5.39%) Azure DevOps
12 11 (3.70%) Amazon EC2
13 9 (3.03%) Amazon S3
13 9 (3.03%) Datadog
13 9 (3.03%) GitHub Actions
14 8 (2.69%) Amazon ECS
14 8 (2.69%) Amazon EKS
14 8 (2.69%) Azure AKS
14 8 (2.69%) Azure Monitor
15 7 (2.36%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.72%) DNS
2 16 (5.39%) VPN
3 10 (3.37%) Firewall
4 6 (2.02%) DHCP
5 5 (1.68%) Network Security
6 4 (1.35%) Broadband
7 3 (1.01%) SAN
7 3 (1.01%) WAN
8 2 (0.67%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.67%) VoIP
8 2 (0.67%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.67%) Wireless
9 1 (0.34%) DMZ
9 1 (0.34%) Reverse Proxy
9 1 (0.34%) Skype
9 1 (0.34%) STUN
9 1 (0.34%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.34%) VLAN
9 1 (0.34%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.68%) BigQuery
2 4 (1.35%) Semantic Layer
3 2 (0.67%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.67%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (0.67%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.34%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.34%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.34%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 13 (4.38%) Jenkins
2 10 (3.37%) GitLab
3 9 (3.03%) Git
4 2 (0.67%) Terragrunt
5 1 (0.34%) Octopus Deploy
5 1 (0.34%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 62 (20.88%) Finance
2 37 (12.46%) Social Skills
3 14 (4.71%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (4.71%) Banking
4 12 (4.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 11 (3.70%) Public Sector
6 8 (2.69%) Law
7 6 (2.02%) Retail
8 5 (1.68%) Legal
9 4 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (0.67%) Advertising
11 1 (0.34%) Automotive
11 1 (0.34%) Health Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.36%) ARM Templates
1 7 (2.36%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (1.35%) Node.js
2 4 (1.35%) YAML
3 3 (1.01%) Middleware
4 2 (0.67%) Jinja
4 2 (0.67%) Kafka
4 2 (0.67%) REST
4 2 (0.67%) Web Services
5 1 (0.34%) AWS CDK
5 1 (0.34%) eBPF
5 1 (0.34%) FreeSWITCH
5 1 (0.34%) Keycloak
5 1 (0.34%) Loki
5 1 (0.34%) OpenID
5 1 (0.34%) RESTful
5 1 (0.34%) SAML
5 1 (0.34%) Spring
5 1 (0.34%) Spring Boot
5 1 (0.34%) WAMP
Miscellaneous
1 24 (8.08%) Cloud Native
2 16 (5.39%) Hybrid Cloud
3 11 (3.70%) Data Centre
4 10 (3.37%) Onboarding
5 9 (3.03%) Driving Licence
6 8 (2.69%) Cloud Security Posture
6 8 (2.69%) Enterprise Cloud
6 8 (2.69%) Greenfield Project
6 8 (2.69%) Security Posture
7 6 (2.02%) Blog
7 6 (2.02%) Public Cloud
8 5 (1.68%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (1.68%) PKI
9 4 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (1.01%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (1.01%) Private Cloud
10 3 (1.01%) SystemC
11 2 (0.67%) Clustering
11 2 (0.67%) Replication
11 2 (0.67%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 18 (6.06%) Windows
2 16 (5.39%) Linux
3 10 (3.37%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.34%) Debian
4 1 (0.34%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (32.32%) Infrastructure as Code
2 77 (25.93%) CI/CD
2 77 (25.93%) DevOps
3 68 (22.90%) Platform Engineering
4 54 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 38 (12.79%) Containerisation
6 35 (11.78%) Continuous Improvement
7 34 (11.45%) Cloud Security
8 31 (10.44%) Observability
9 28 (9.43%) Agile
10 26 (8.75%) Problem-Solving
11 24 (8.08%) Mentoring
12 23 (7.74%) ITIL
13 20 (6.73%) Collaborative Culture
14 19 (6.40%) Cloud Operations
15 18 (6.06%) Disaster Recovery
15 18 (6.06%) Roadmaps
15 18 (6.06%) Root Cause Analysis
16 17 (5.72%) AI
16 17 (5.72%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 44 (14.81%) PowerShell
2 39 (13.13%) Python
3 19 (6.40%) Bicep
4 13 (4.38%) Bash
5 11 (3.70%) SQL
6 7 (2.36%) Go
7 6 (2.02%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.67%) C#
8 2 (0.67%) Groovy
9 1 (0.34%) Google Apps Script
9 1 (0.34%) Java
9 1 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.34%) Perl
9 1 (0.34%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.34%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 65 (21.89%) Security Cleared
2 53 (17.85%) SC Cleared
3 19 (6.40%) Azure Certification
4 9 (3.03%) Degree
5 7 (2.36%) AWS Certification
5 7 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (2.36%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (2.02%) DBS Check
6 6 (2.02%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.35%) CISM
7 4 (1.35%) CISSP
8 3 (1.01%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 3 (1.01%) AWS Certified Developer
9 2 (0.67%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.34%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.34%) IISP
10 1 (0.34%) ISACA
10 1 (0.34%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.34%) OCP
10 1 (0.34%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.37%) Cyber Essentials
2 7 (2.36%) NIST
3 5 (1.68%) PCI DSS
4 4 (1.35%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.01%) GDPR
5 3 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.01%) NCSC
5 3 (1.01%) QA
6 2 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 23 (7.74%) Active Directory
2 22 (7.41%) Docker
3 10 (3.37%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (3.03%) Hyper-V
5 8 (2.69%) VMware Server
6 4 (1.35%) VMware Infrastructure
7 3 (1.01%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.67%) vSphere
9 1 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 109 (36.70%) Terraform
2 55 (18.52%) Kubernetes
3 34 (11.45%) Ansible
4 14 (4.71%) Grafana
5 11 (3.70%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (2.36%) Puppet
7 6 (2.02%) Prometheus
8 5 (1.68%) Argo
9 4 (1.35%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (1.01%) Istio
11 2 (0.67%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.67%) WhatsUp Gold
12 1 (0.34%) Cilium
12 1 (0.34%) Failover Clustering
12 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 1 (0.34%) Proxmox
12 1 (0.34%) SCOM
Vendors
1 50 (16.84%) Microsoft
2 17 (5.72%) VMware
3 13 (4.38%) Google
4 10 (3.37%) Oracle
5 7 (2.36%) Dynatrace
6 4 (1.35%) Cisco
7 3 (1.01%) EMC
8 2 (0.67%) Broadcom
8 2 (0.67%) Meraki
8 2 (0.67%) Sage
8 2 (0.67%) Sophos
8 2 (0.67%) Ubiquiti
8 2 (0.67%) Veeam
9 1 (0.34%) Apple
9 1 (0.34%) Databricks
9 1 (0.34%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.34%) New Relic
9 1 (0.34%) Okta
9 1 (0.34%) Rackspace
9 1 (0.34%) Tenable