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 27 October 2026.
The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 27 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 207 | 261 | 213 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +54 | -48 | -11 |
| Permanent Cloud Engineer jobs | 308 | 160 | 297 |
| As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options | 1.21% | 0.99% | 1.49% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 1.28% | 1.05% | 1.54% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 236 | 102 | 187 |
| 10th Percentile | £48,250 | £38,210 | £42,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £57,500 | £51,250 | £50,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £70,000 | £60,750 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +15.23% | -6.54% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £87,500 | £76,875 | £72,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £87,250 | £85,000 |
| UK median annual salary | £70,000 | £65,000 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +7.69% | - | - |
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 adverts with remote/hybrid work options and matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.
| 6 months to 27 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent remote/hybrid job adverts matching a recognised job title | 23,986 | 15,252 | 19,303 |
| % of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title | 94.02% | 94.63% | 96.62% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 16,244 | 8,706 | 12,126 |
| 10th Percentile | £35,000 | £29,000 | £35,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £40,000 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £56,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.19% | -5.83% | -4.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £80,000 | £77,500 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £97,500 | £100,000 |
| UK median annual salary | £59,490 | £52,500 | £57,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +13.31% | -7.89% | -5.00% |
Cloud Engineer Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent Cloud Engineer job postings offering remote/hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.
Cloud Engineer Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs
Salary distribution trend for remote/hybrid Cloud Engineer job vacancies.
Cloud Engineer Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs
Salary distribution for Cloud Engineer jobs with remote/hybrid work options over the 6 months to 27 October 2026.
Cloud Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs
For the 6 months to 27 October 2026, Cloud Engineer job ads cited 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 Cloud Engineer jobs with remote/hybrid work options.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Azure | 50.0% | 154 |
| 2 | Terraform | 34.1% | 105 |
| 3 | Infrastructure as Code | 33.4% | 103 |
| 4 | AWS | 30.8% | 95 |
| 5 | Infrastructure Engineering | 30.2% | 93 |
| 6 | CI/CD | 24.7% | 76 |
| 7 | Platform Engineering | 23.4% | 72 |
| 8 | GCP | 20.8% | 64 |
| 9 | PowerShell | 20.5% | 63 |
| 10 | DevOps | 20.1% | 62 |
| 10 | Kubernetes | 20.1% | 62 |
| 12 | Cloud Security | 19.8% | 61 |
| 13 | Python | 19.5% | 60 |
| 14 | Microsoft | 19.2% | 59 |
| 15 | PaaS | 15.9% | 49 |
| 15 | Security Cleared | 15.9% | 49 |
| 17 | Continuous Improvement | 13.6% | 42 |
| 18 | Microsoft 365 | 13.3% | 41 |
| 19 | Problem-Solving | 13.0% | 40 |
| 20 | Containerisation | 12.0% | 37 |
| 21 | Entra ID | 11.7% | 36 |
| 21 | VPN | 11.7% | 36 |
| 23 | Firewall | 11.0% | 34 |
| 23 | SC Cleared | 11.0% | 34 |
| 25 | Active Directory | 10.1% | 31 |
| 26 | SaaS | 9.7% | 30 |
| 27 | Mentoring | 9.4% | 29 |
| 27 | Windows | 9.4% | 29 |
| 29 | Grafana | 8.8% | 27 |
| 29 | Observability | 8.8% | 27 |
Cloud Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Job Titles
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Senior Cloud Engineer | 26.3% | 81 |
| 2 | Azure Engineer | 25.6% | 79 |
| 3 | Cloud Infrastructure Engineer | 21.4% | 66 |
| 4 | Cloud Platform Engineer | 14.3% | 44 |
| 5 | Lead Cloud Engineer | 13.6% | 42 |
| 6 | Cloud Security Engineer | 10.7% | 33 |
| 7 | GCP Engineer | 10.1% | 31 |
| 8 | AWS Engineer | 8.1% | 25 |
| 9 | Senior Infrastructure Engineer | 7.8% | 24 |
| 10 | Azure Platform Engineer | 6.8% | 21 |
| 11 | CloudOps Engineer | 5.8% | 18 |
| 12 | Azure Infrastructure Engineer | 4.5% | 14 |
| 12 | DevOps Engineer | 4.5% | 14 |
| 14 | Senior Security Engineer | 4.2% | 13 |
| 15 | Cloud Automation Engineer | 3.6% | 11 |
| 16 | Operations Engineer | 3.2% | 10 |
| 17 | Data Engineer | 2.9% | 9 |
| 17 | Systems Engineer | 2.9% | 9 |
| 19 | IT Engineer | 2.6% | 8 |
| 19 | Site Reliability Engineer | 2.6% | 8 |