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 30 October 2026.
The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 30 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 214 | 255 | 212 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +41 | -43 | -16 |
| Permanent Cloud Engineer jobs | 309 | 164 | 297 |
| As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options | 1.21% | 1.00% | 1.48% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 1.28% | 1.06% | 1.54% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 234 | 107 | 186 |
| 10th Percentile | £47,500 | £38,591 | £42,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £57,500 | £51,250 | £49,831 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £70,000 | £62,500 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +12.00% | -3.85% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £87,500 | £77,500 | £73,438 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £86,000 | £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 30 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent remote/hybrid job adverts matching a recognised job title | 24,075 | 15,463 | 19,342 |
| % of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title | 93.96% | 94.55% | 96.65% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 16,246 | 8,819 | 12,146 |
| 10th Percentile | £35,000 | £29,500 | £35,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £40,000 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £56,888 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.47% | -5.19% | -4.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £80,000 | £77,500 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £97,500 | £100,000 |
| UK median annual salary | £59,000 | £52,500 | £57,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +12.38% | -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 30 October 2026.
Cloud Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs
For the 6 months to 30 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 | 49.5% | 153 |
| 2 | Terraform | 34.0% | 105 |
| 3 | Infrastructure as Code | 33.7% | 104 |
| 4 | AWS | 32.4% | 100 |
| 5 | Infrastructure Engineering | 30.4% | 94 |
| 6 | CI/CD | 24.6% | 76 |
| 7 | Platform Engineering | 23.3% | 72 |
| 8 | Cloud Security | 20.4% | 63 |
| 8 | DevOps | 20.4% | 63 |
| 8 | PowerShell | 20.4% | 63 |
| 11 | Kubernetes | 20.1% | 62 |
| 12 | GCP | 19.7% | 61 |
| 12 | Python | 19.7% | 61 |
| 14 | Microsoft | 19.1% | 59 |
| 15 | PaaS | 15.5% | 48 |
| 15 | Security Cleared | 15.5% | 48 |
| 17 | Continuous Improvement | 13.6% | 42 |
| 17 | Problem-Solving | 13.6% | 42 |
| 19 | Microsoft 365 | 12.9% | 40 |
| 20 | VPN | 12.0% | 37 |
| 21 | Containerisation | 11.7% | 36 |
| 21 | Entra ID | 11.7% | 36 |
| 23 | Firewall | 11.3% | 35 |
| 24 | SaaS | 10.4% | 32 |
| 24 | SC Cleared | 10.4% | 32 |
| 26 | Active Directory | 10.0% | 31 |
| 27 | Mentoring | 9.4% | 29 |
| 28 | Grafana | 9.1% | 28 |
| 28 | Windows | 9.1% | 28 |
| 30 | 8.7% | 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 | 26.2% | 81 |
| 2 | Azure Engineer | 25.2% | 78 |
| 3 | Cloud Infrastructure Engineer | 21.4% | 66 |
| 4 | Cloud Platform Engineer | 14.2% | 44 |
| 5 | Lead Cloud Engineer | 13.6% | 42 |
| 6 | Cloud Security Engineer | 11.0% | 34 |
| 7 | GCP Engineer | 9.4% | 29 |
| 8 | AWS Engineer | 9.1% | 28 |
| 9 | Senior Infrastructure Engineer | 7.8% | 24 |
| 10 | Azure Platform Engineer | 6.8% | 21 |
| 11 | CloudOps Engineer | 5.8% | 18 |
| 12 | Azure Infrastructure Engineer | 4.9% | 15 |
| 13 | 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 |