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 5 June 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 195 268 289
Rank change year-on-year +73 +21 -68
Permanent jobs requiring a Cloud Engineer 245 160 356
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.27% 1.08% 1.06%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.35% 1.17% 1.10%
Number of salaries quoted 184 121 296
10th Percentile £45,000 £37,733 £47,250
25th Percentile £56,250 £47,231 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £62,783
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +3.53% -3.41%
75th Percentile £77,625 £73,886 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £83,000 £90,967
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £62,783
% change year-on-year - +11.50% -3.41%

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 18,160 13,666 32,295
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.17% 91.93% 96.11%
Number of salaries quoted 13,272 8,437 25,504
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £33,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year - +8.11% -11.20%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

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 5 June 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 5 June 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.

1 117 (47.76%) Azure
2 112 (45.71%) Terraform
3 93 (37.96%) DevOps
4 89 (36.33%) AWS
5 86 (35.10%) Infrastructure as Code
6 78 (31.84%) CI/CD
7 60 (24.49%) Security Cleared
8 57 (23.27%) Kubernetes
9 47 (19.18%) Python
10 46 (18.78%) GCP
10 46 (18.78%) SC Cleared
11 44 (17.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 43 (17.55%) Microsoft
13 41 (16.73%) Agile
14 40 (16.33%) Containerisation
15 32 (13.06%) Ansible
15 32 (13.06%) Mentoring
15 32 (13.06%) Problem-Solving
15 32 (13.06%) Roadmaps
16 31 (12.65%) Docker
17 30 (12.24%) Entra ID
18 29 (11.84%) IaaS
19 28 (11.43%) Cloud Security
20 27 (11.02%) Bash
20 27 (11.02%) Linux
21 25 (10.20%) Azure DevOps
21 25 (10.20%) GitHub
21 25 (10.20%) PaaS
21 25 (10.20%) PowerShell
22 24 (9.80%) Observability

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 3 (1.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.82%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 2 (0.82%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.41%) IIS
3 1 (0.41%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 1 (0.41%) EngageOne
Business Applications
1 4 (1.63%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.41%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 117 (47.76%) Azure
2 89 (36.33%) AWS
3 46 (18.78%) GCP
4 30 (12.24%) Entra ID
5 29 (11.84%) IaaS
6 25 (10.20%) Azure DevOps
6 25 (10.20%) GitHub
6 25 (10.20%) PaaS
7 20 (8.16%) AWS CloudFormation
8 19 (7.76%) Microsoft 365
9 16 (6.53%) Azure AKS
9 16 (6.53%) Azure Monitor
10 15 (6.12%) Amazon EC2
11 13 (5.31%) Pulumi
12 12 (4.90%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 12 (4.90%) Amazon EKS
12 12 (4.90%) GitHub Actions
12 12 (4.90%) SaaS
13 11 (4.49%) Amazon S3
13 11 (4.49%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 22 (8.98%) Firewall
2 16 (6.53%) DNS
3 12 (4.90%) Broadband
3 12 (4.90%) VPN
4 6 (2.45%) VoIP
5 5 (2.04%) DHCP
5 5 (2.04%) DMZ
5 5 (2.04%) Reverse Proxy
5 5 (2.04%) STUN
5 5 (2.04%) VLAN
6 3 (1.22%) Network Security
6 3 (1.22%) SAN
6 3 (1.22%) TCP/IP
6 3 (1.22%) WAN
7 2 (0.82%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.82%) Wireless
8 1 (0.41%) Skype
8 1 (0.41%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.41%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.41%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.67%) Amazon RDS
1 9 (3.67%) NoSQL
1 9 (3.67%) RDBMS
1 9 (3.67%) Relational Database
2 5 (2.04%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.63%) Amazon Aurora
4 3 (1.22%) BigQuery
4 3 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (1.22%) Semantic Layer
5 2 (0.82%) Power BI
5 2 (0.82%) Tableau
6 1 (0.41%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 16 (6.53%) Git
1 16 (6.53%) Jenkins
2 15 (6.12%) GitLab
3 9 (3.67%) Jaeger
4 5 (2.04%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 4 (1.63%) Oracle Forms
6 2 (0.82%) JIRA
6 2 (0.82%) Terragrunt
7 1 (0.41%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 30 (12.24%) Social Skills
2 20 (8.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 14 (5.71%) Finance
4 11 (4.49%) Public Sector
5 9 (3.67%) Billing
6 7 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (2.45%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (1.63%) Law
9 3 (1.22%) Advertising
9 3 (1.22%) Military
10 2 (0.82%) Banking
10 2 (0.82%) Legal
10 2 (0.82%) Retail
11 1 (0.41%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.41%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.67%) Elastic Stack
1 9 (3.67%) OpenTelemetry
2 8 (3.27%) ARM Templates
3 5 (2.04%) FreeSWITCH
4 4 (1.63%) Loki
4 4 (1.63%) RESTful
4 4 (1.63%) YAML
5 3 (1.22%) JSON
5 3 (1.22%) Node.js
6 2 (0.82%) .NET
6 2 (0.82%) Middleware
6 2 (0.82%) OAuth
6 2 (0.82%) OAuth2
6 2 (0.82%) SAML
6 2 (0.82%) SOAP
6 2 (0.82%) WAMP
6 2 (0.82%) Web Services
6 2 (0.82%) XML
7 1 (0.41%) PySpark
7 1 (0.41%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 24 (9.80%) Cloud Native
2 18 (7.35%) Hybrid Cloud
3 6 (2.45%) Distributed Systems
4 5 (2.04%) Cloud Security Posture
4 5 (2.04%) Enterprise Cloud
4 5 (2.04%) Security Posture
5 4 (1.63%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (1.63%) Driving Licence
5 4 (1.63%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (1.63%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (1.63%) Public Cloud
6 3 (1.22%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.22%) PKI
7 2 (0.82%) Blog
7 2 (0.82%) Data Centre
7 2 (0.82%) Product Ownership
7 2 (0.82%) Replication
7 2 (0.82%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.41%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.41%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 27 (11.02%) Linux
2 15 (6.12%) Windows
2 15 (6.12%) Windows Server
3 10 (4.08%) Unix
4 5 (2.04%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (37.96%) DevOps
2 86 (35.10%) Infrastructure as Code
3 78 (31.84%) CI/CD
4 44 (17.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 41 (16.73%) Agile
6 40 (16.33%) Containerisation
7 32 (13.06%) Mentoring
7 32 (13.06%) Problem-Solving
7 32 (13.06%) Roadmaps
8 28 (11.43%) Cloud Security
9 24 (9.80%) Observability
10 23 (9.39%) Continuous Improvement
10 23 (9.39%) High Availability
10 23 (9.39%) Platform Engineering
11 18 (7.35%) Infrastructure Automation
11 18 (7.35%) Technical Leadership
12 15 (6.12%) AI
12 15 (6.12%) Cloud Operations
13 14 (5.71%) Disaster Recovery
13 14 (5.71%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 47 (19.18%) Python
2 27 (11.02%) Bash
3 25 (10.20%) PowerShell
4 16 (6.53%) SQL
5 15 (6.12%) Go
6 14 (5.71%) Java
7 13 (5.31%) JavaScript
8 8 (3.27%) Bicep
9 4 (1.63%) PL/SQL
9 4 (1.63%) Shell Script
10 3 (1.22%) C#
10 3 (1.22%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.82%) Groovy
12 1 (0.41%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.41%) Perl
Qualifications
1 60 (24.49%) Security Cleared
2 46 (18.78%) SC Cleared
3 20 (8.16%) Azure Certification
4 17 (6.94%) AWS Certification
5 12 (4.90%) Degree
6 9 (3.67%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (2.45%) DBS Check
7 6 (2.45%) DV Cleared
8 5 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.63%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 4 (1.63%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
10 2 (0.82%) CISM
10 2 (0.82%) CISSP
10 2 (0.82%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.41%) CCNA
11 1 (0.41%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.41%) IISP
11 1 (0.41%) ISACA
11 1 (0.41%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.27%) NIST
2 5 (2.04%) PCI DSS
3 4 (1.63%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (1.63%) Data Quality
3 4 (1.63%) GDPR
3 4 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.82%) QA
5 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 31 (12.65%) Docker
2 22 (8.98%) Active Directory
3 5 (2.04%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (2.04%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.22%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.22%) VMware Server
5 2 (0.82%) vSphere
6 1 (0.41%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 112 (45.71%) Terraform
2 57 (23.27%) Kubernetes
3 32 (13.06%) Ansible
4 18 (7.35%) Prometheus
5 14 (5.71%) Argo
6 10 (4.08%) Grafana
7 9 (3.67%) Kustomize
8 7 (2.86%) Microsoft Intune
8 7 (2.86%) Single Sign-On
9 6 (2.45%) Puppet
10 2 (0.82%) Istio
10 2 (0.82%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.82%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 43 (17.55%) Microsoft
2 11 (4.49%) Google
3 9 (3.67%) VMware
4 8 (3.27%) Cisco
5 5 (2.04%) Oracle
6 3 (1.22%) Citrix
6 3 (1.22%) EMC
7 2 (0.82%) Apple
7 2 (0.82%) Broadcom
7 2 (0.82%) Meraki
7 2 (0.82%) Okta
7 2 (0.82%) Sophos
7 2 (0.82%) Ubiquiti
7 2 (0.82%) Veeam
8 1 (0.41%) Databricks
8 1 (0.41%) Foundry
8 1 (0.41%) New Relic
8 1 (0.41%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.41%) Tenable
8 1 (0.41%) TIBCO