Hybrid/Remote Cloud Engineer Job Trends

Cloud Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Cloud Engineer salary for remote/hybrid work is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 25 October 2025.

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

6 months to
25 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 262 217 196
Rank change year-on-year -45 -21 +36
Permanent jobs requiring a Cloud Engineer 159 300 379
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.98% 1.49% 1.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.04% 1.54% 1.72%
Number of salaries quoted 101 188 317
10th Percentile £37,733 £42,500 £46,306
25th Percentile £51,250 £50,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - -7.14%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £97,290
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -2.99%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 15,294 19,458 22,023
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.65% 96.59% 96.18%
Number of salaries quoted 8,695 12,256 17,994
10th Percentile £29,100 £35,000 £36,419
25th Percentile £39,965 £45,000 £46,787
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% -4.00% +2.46%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £56,509 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.09% -5.82% -

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 25 October 2025.

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 25 October 2025, 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.

1 134 (84.28%) Azure
2 109 (68.55%) Terraform
3 99 (62.26%) DevOps
4 88 (55.35%) CI/CD
5 73 (45.91%) Infrastructure as Code
6 62 (38.99%) AWS
6 62 (38.99%) Python
7 59 (37.11%) Microsoft
8 56 (35.22%) Azure DevOps
9 50 (31.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 49 (30.82%) GitHub
11 45 (28.30%) Windows
12 44 (27.67%) Kubernetes
13 42 (26.42%) SQL
14 41 (25.79%) PowerShell
15 40 (25.16%) Cloud Security
15 40 (25.16%) Jenkins
16 34 (21.38%) Agile
16 34 (21.38%) Ansible
16 34 (21.38%) Linux
17 30 (18.87%) Firewall
18 29 (18.24%) Continuous Improvement
19 28 (17.61%) Active Directory
19 28 (17.61%) Asset Management
19 28 (17.61%) Test Automation
20 26 (16.35%) Azure Certification
20 26 (16.35%) Identity Access Management
20 26 (16.35%) Migration
20 26 (16.35%) Problem-Solving
21 25 (15.72%) Coaching

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 9 (5.66%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 7 (4.40%) IIS
3 5 (3.14%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (2.52%) SharePoint
5 2 (1.26%) Apache
6 1 (0.63%) nginx
Applications
1 6 (3.77%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 21 (13.21%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 134 (84.28%) Azure
2 62 (38.99%) AWS
3 56 (35.22%) Azure DevOps
4 49 (30.82%) GitHub
5 22 (13.84%) AWS CloudFormation
6 21 (13.21%) OCI
7 20 (12.58%) PaaS
8 19 (11.95%) Azure Monitor
8 19 (11.95%) Entra ID
8 19 (11.95%) IaaS
9 18 (11.32%) GCP
9 18 (11.32%) Microsoft 365
10 17 (10.69%) GitHub Actions
10 17 (10.69%) SaaS
11 15 (9.43%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 15 (9.43%) Amazon EKS
11 15 (9.43%) Azure AKS
11 15 (9.43%) Serverless
12 10 (6.29%) Power Platform
13 9 (5.66%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 30 (18.87%) Firewall
2 21 (13.21%) VPN
3 9 (5.66%) SSL
4 8 (5.03%) DNS
4 8 (5.03%) WAN
5 7 (4.40%) Network Security
6 6 (3.77%) SD-WAN
7 5 (3.14%) DMZ
7 5 (3.14%) STUN
7 5 (3.14%) VLAN
7 5 (3.14%) VoIP
8 4 (2.52%) DHCP
9 3 (1.89%) Intrusion Detection
9 3 (1.89%) TCP/IP
9 3 (1.89%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (1.26%) Broadband
10 2 (1.26%) HTTP
10 2 (1.26%) LAN
10 2 (1.26%) SSH
11 1 (0.63%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.66%) Power BI
1 9 (5.66%) Tableau
2 7 (4.40%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.89%) DynamoDB
4 2 (1.26%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (1.26%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.63%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.63%) MySQL
5 1 (0.63%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 40 (25.16%) Jenkins
2 21 (13.21%) Oracle Forms
3 17 (10.69%) Git
4 10 (6.29%) JIRA
5 4 (2.52%) GitLab
6 3 (1.89%) TeamCity
7 2 (1.26%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.63%) Appium
8 1 (0.63%) Selenium
8 1 (0.63%) Snyk
General
1 38 (23.90%) Finance
2 21 (13.21%) Social Skills
3 8 (5.03%) Law
4 5 (3.14%) Documentation Skills
4 5 (3.14%) Telecoms
5 4 (2.52%) Back Office
5 4 (2.52%) Banking
5 4 (2.52%) Public Sector
5 4 (2.52%) Retail
6 3 (1.89%) Financial Institution
6 3 (1.89%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.26%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (1.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.63%) Electronics
8 1 (0.63%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (14.47%) RESTful
2 13 (8.18%) JSON
3 12 (7.55%) SOAP
3 12 (7.55%) XML
4 11 (6.92%) OAuth
4 11 (6.92%) SAML
5 9 (5.66%) OAuth2
6 8 (5.03%) Node.js
7 7 (4.40%) ARM Templates
8 5 (3.14%) FreeSWITCH
9 3 (1.89%) AngularJS
10 2 (1.26%) .NET
10 2 (1.26%) Hugging Face
10 2 (1.26%) Kafka
10 2 (1.26%) Nuxt
10 2 (1.26%) RabbitMQ
10 2 (1.26%) React
10 2 (1.26%) Vue
10 2 (1.26%) Web Services
10 2 (1.26%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 40 (25.16%) Cloud Native
2 21 (13.21%) Enterprise Software
3 9 (5.66%) Driving Licence
3 9 (5.66%) Public Cloud
4 6 (3.77%) CMDB
4 6 (3.77%) Hybrid Cloud
4 6 (3.77%) Management Information System
5 5 (3.14%) Distributed Systems
6 4 (2.52%) AI Agents
6 4 (2.52%) Blog
7 3 (1.89%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.89%) PKI
7 3 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.89%) Virtual Team
8 2 (1.26%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (1.26%) Cyberattack
8 2 (1.26%) Distributed Architecture
8 2 (1.26%) Enterprise Cloud
8 2 (1.26%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.26%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 45 (28.30%) Windows
2 34 (21.38%) Linux
3 19 (11.95%) Windows Server
4 9 (5.66%) VMS
5 5 (3.14%) Debian
6 3 (1.89%) Unix
7 2 (1.26%) CentOS
7 2 (1.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (62.26%) DevOps
2 88 (55.35%) CI/CD
3 73 (45.91%) Infrastructure as Code
4 50 (31.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 40 (25.16%) Cloud Security
6 34 (21.38%) Agile
7 29 (18.24%) Continuous Improvement
8 28 (17.61%) Asset Management
8 28 (17.61%) Test Automation
9 26 (16.35%) Identity Access Management
9 26 (16.35%) Migration
9 26 (16.35%) Problem-Solving
10 25 (15.72%) Coaching
11 24 (15.09%) ERP
12 23 (14.47%) Analytics
12 23 (14.47%) API Integration
13 22 (13.84%) Observability
13 22 (13.84%) RBAC
14 21 (13.21%) Cloud Operations
15 19 (11.95%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 62 (38.99%) Python
2 42 (26.42%) SQL
3 41 (25.79%) PowerShell
4 23 (14.47%) Java
5 21 (13.21%) Bicep
5 21 (13.21%) PL/SQL
5 21 (13.21%) Shell Script
6 19 (11.95%) Bash
7 6 (3.77%) Go
8 4 (2.52%) JavaScript
8 4 (2.52%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.63%) C#
9 1 (0.63%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 26 (16.35%) Azure Certification
2 18 (11.32%) SC Cleared
2 18 (11.32%) Security Cleared
3 17 (10.69%) AWS Certification
4 10 (6.29%) Degree
5 9 (5.66%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (1.89%) CISSP
6 3 (1.89%) MCSA
7 2 (1.26%) AWS Certified Developer
7 2 (1.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (1.26%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.26%) RHCE
8 1 (0.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (0.63%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 1 (0.63%) CCNA
8 1 (0.63%) CCNP
8 1 (0.63%) CISM
8 1 (0.63%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.63%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.63%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (13.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (5.66%) PCI DSS
3 7 (4.40%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (4.40%) NIST
4 6 (3.77%) GDPR
4 6 (3.77%) SOC 2
5 5 (3.14%) ISO 9001
6 4 (2.52%) GRC
7 1 (0.63%) QA
System Software
1 28 (17.61%) Active Directory
2 11 (6.92%) Docker
3 9 (5.66%) Virtual Servers
4 6 (3.77%) Hyper-V
4 6 (3.77%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (3.14%) Kamailio
5 5 (3.14%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (2.52%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (1.89%) Firmware
8 1 (0.63%) KVM
8 1 (0.63%) vSphere
8 1 (0.63%) Xen
Systems Management
1 109 (68.55%) Terraform
2 44 (27.67%) Kubernetes
3 34 (21.38%) Ansible
4 21 (13.21%) Single Sign-On
5 10 (6.29%) Grafana
5 10 (6.29%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (3.14%) Prometheus
7 3 (1.89%) Cilium
8 1 (0.63%) Argo
8 1 (0.63%) CFEngine
8 1 (0.63%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.63%) Puppet
8 1 (0.63%) SCCM
8 1 (0.63%) SCOM
8 1 (0.63%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 59 (37.11%) Microsoft
2 23 (14.47%) Oracle
3 13 (8.18%) Okta
4 7 (4.40%) VMware
5 6 (3.77%) Salesforce
5 6 (3.77%) SonicWALL
6 5 (3.14%) Red Hat
7 4 (2.52%) Cisco
7 4 (2.52%) Fortinet
7 4 (2.52%) Foundry
7 4 (2.52%) Google
8 2 (1.26%) Cloudera
8 2 (1.26%) Databricks
8 2 (1.26%) OpenAI
8 2 (1.26%) Talend
8 2 (1.26%) Thales
9 1 (0.63%) Checkmarx
9 1 (0.63%) Extreme Networks
9 1 (0.63%) Splunk
9 1 (0.63%) Zscaler