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 14 October 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 195 274 220
Rank change year-on-year +79 -54 -30
Permanent jobs requiring a Cloud Engineer 311 152 307
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.24% 0.92% 1.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.32% 0.99% 1.51%
Number of salaries quoted 233 98 190
10th Percentile £48,000 £36,025 £42,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £49,313 £50,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £74,375 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £85,750 £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 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 23,547 15,413 20,278
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.92% 93.26% 96.60%
Number of salaries quoted 16,155 8,720 12,665
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £58,500 £53,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.35% -2.73% -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 14 October 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 14 October 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.

1 153 (49.20%) Azure
2 108 (34.73%) Terraform
3 106 (34.08%) Infrastructure as Code
4 98 (31.51%) AWS
5 79 (25.40%) CI/CD
6 78 (25.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 71 (22.83%) DevOps
7 71 (22.83%) Platform Engineering
8 69 (22.19%) GCP
9 59 (18.97%) Kubernetes
10 58 (18.65%) Microsoft
11 56 (18.01%) PowerShell
12 55 (17.68%) Cloud Security
13 54 (17.36%) Python
13 54 (17.36%) Security Cleared
14 52 (16.72%) PaaS
15 42 (13.50%) Continuous Improvement
16 40 (12.86%) SC Cleared
17 39 (12.54%) Containerisation
17 39 (12.54%) Microsoft 365
18 36 (11.58%) Problem-Solving
19 33 (10.61%) Entra ID
20 31 (9.97%) VPN
21 29 (9.32%) Mentoring
21 29 (9.32%) Observability
22 28 (9.00%) Active Directory
23 27 (8.68%) Ansible
23 27 (8.68%) Firewall
23 27 (8.68%) SaaS
24 26 (8.36%) Bicep

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 (2.89%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.29%) IIS
4 1 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 153 (49.20%) Azure
2 98 (31.51%) AWS
3 69 (22.19%) GCP
4 52 (16.72%) PaaS
5 39 (12.54%) Microsoft 365
6 33 (10.61%) Entra ID
7 27 (8.68%) SaaS
8 25 (8.04%) IaaS
9 22 (7.07%) Azure DevOps
10 18 (5.79%) AWS CloudFormation
10 18 (5.79%) GitHub
11 14 (4.50%) Amazon EKS
12 13 (4.18%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 11 (3.54%) Amazon EC2
14 10 (3.22%) Datadog
15 9 (2.89%) Amazon S3
15 9 (2.89%) Azure Monitor
15 9 (2.89%) GitHub Actions
15 9 (2.89%) Google Kubernetes Engine
16 8 (2.57%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 31 (9.97%) VPN
2 27 (8.68%) Firewall
3 22 (7.07%) DNS
4 13 (4.18%) Network Security
5 11 (3.54%) DHCP
6 8 (2.57%) BGP
6 8 (2.57%) TCP/IP
7 5 (1.61%) WAN
7 5 (1.61%) Wireless
8 4 (1.29%) Broadband
9 3 (0.96%) SAN
9 3 (0.96%) Wireless Security
10 2 (0.64%) SD-WAN
10 2 (0.64%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (3.86%) Amazon RDS
2 9 (2.89%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (1.61%) BigQuery
3 5 (1.61%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.29%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (1.29%) Semantic Layer
5 2 (0.64%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.64%) DocumentDB
6 1 (0.32%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.32%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.32%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 16 (5.14%) Jenkins
2 9 (2.89%) Git
3 8 (2.57%) GitLab
3 8 (2.57%) TeamCity
4 3 (0.96%) Maven
4 3 (0.96%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (0.64%) Terragrunt
6 1 (0.32%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.32%) Snyk
6 1 (0.32%) SonarQube
General
1 77 (24.76%) Finance
2 59 (18.97%) Social Skills
3 16 (5.14%) Banking
4 13 (4.18%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (3.54%) Public Sector
6 10 (3.22%) Legal
7 9 (2.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (2.89%) Law
8 8 (2.57%) Back Office
8 8 (2.57%) Financial Institution
9 6 (1.93%) Retail
10 3 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (0.96%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.64%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.32%) Advertising
12 1 (0.32%) Automotive
12 1 (0.32%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 108 (34.73%) Terraform
2 8 (2.57%) ARM Templates
3 7 (2.25%) Oracle Fusion
4 4 (1.29%) Node.js
4 4 (1.29%) Pulumi
5 3 (0.96%) Middleware
5 3 (0.96%) REST
6 2 (0.64%) Jinja
6 2 (0.64%) Kafka
6 2 (0.64%) Web Services
7 1 (0.32%) .NET
7 1 (0.32%) ASP.NET
7 1 (0.32%) AWS CDK
7 1 (0.32%) eBPF
7 1 (0.32%) Loki
7 1 (0.32%) OpenID
7 1 (0.32%) RESTful
7 1 (0.32%) SAML
7 1 (0.32%) Spring
7 1 (0.32%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 35 (11.25%) Cloud Native
2 18 (5.79%) Security Posture
3 15 (4.82%) Hybrid Cloud
3 15 (4.82%) Onboarding
4 14 (4.50%) Blog
5 13 (4.18%) Distributed Systems
6 11 (3.54%) Data Centre
7 10 (3.22%) Driving Licence
8 9 (2.89%) Management Information System
9 8 (2.57%) Greenfield Project
10 7 (2.25%) Cloud Security Posture
11 5 (1.61%) PKI
12 4 (1.29%) Legacy Systems
12 4 (1.29%) Private Cloud
12 4 (1.29%) Public Cloud
13 3 (0.96%) Clustering
13 3 (0.96%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 3 (0.96%) Enterprise Cloud
13 3 (0.96%) PMI
13 3 (0.96%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 25 (8.04%) Windows
2 19 (6.11%) Linux
3 16 (5.14%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.32%) macOS
4 1 (0.32%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (34.08%) Infrastructure as Code
2 79 (25.40%) CI/CD
3 78 (25.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 71 (22.83%) DevOps
4 71 (22.83%) Platform Engineering
5 55 (17.68%) Cloud Security
6 42 (13.50%) Continuous Improvement
7 39 (12.54%) Containerisation
8 36 (11.58%) Problem-Solving
9 29 (9.32%) Mentoring
9 29 (9.32%) Observability
10 24 (7.72%) Agile
11 23 (7.40%) Incident Response
12 22 (7.07%) AI
13 21 (6.75%) Identity Access Management
13 21 (6.75%) RBAC
14 20 (6.43%) Root Cause Analysis
15 19 (6.11%) Disaster Recovery
15 19 (6.11%) Fintech
15 19 (6.11%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 56 (18.01%) PowerShell
2 54 (17.36%) Python
3 26 (8.36%) Bicep
4 22 (7.07%) SQL
5 17 (5.47%) Go
6 15 (4.82%) Bash
7 9 (2.89%) Java
8 7 (2.25%) JavaScript
9 3 (0.96%) C#
10 2 (0.64%) Groovy
10 2 (0.64%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.32%) Google Apps Script
11 1 (0.32%) Perl
11 1 (0.32%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 54 (17.36%) Security Cleared
2 40 (12.86%) SC Cleared
3 20 (6.43%) Azure Certification
4 16 (5.14%) Degree
5 12 (3.86%) CISM
5 12 (3.86%) CISSP
6 9 (2.89%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (2.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 8 (2.57%) AWS Certification
7 8 (2.57%) CCSP
7 8 (2.57%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (1.93%) DV Cleared
9 4 (1.29%) DBS Check
9 4 (1.29%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.96%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 3 (0.96%) AWS Certified Developer
10 3 (0.96%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.64%) ISACA
11 2 (0.64%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (0.32%) IISP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (5.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 16 (5.14%) NIST
2 15 (4.82%) PCI DSS
3 12 (3.86%) Cyber Essentials
4 9 (2.89%) SOC 2
5 5 (1.61%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (0.96%) GDPR
6 3 (0.96%) NCSC
6 3 (0.96%) QA
7 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
System Software
1 28 (9.00%) Active Directory
2 22 (7.07%) Docker
3 15 (4.82%) Hyper-V
4 11 (3.54%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (2.89%) VMware Infrastructure
6 8 (2.57%) VMware Server
7 4 (1.29%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.64%) vSphere
9 1 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 59 (18.97%) Kubernetes
2 27 (8.68%) Ansible
3 23 (7.40%) Grafana
4 17 (5.47%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (2.89%) Cilium
6 7 (2.25%) Prometheus
7 5 (1.61%) Argo
7 5 (1.61%) Progress Chef
7 5 (1.61%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (1.29%) Puppet
9 3 (0.96%) Istio
10 2 (0.64%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 2 (0.64%) SCOM
10 2 (0.64%) WhatsUp Gold
11 1 (0.32%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 58 (18.65%) Microsoft
2 25 (8.04%) VMware
3 22 (7.07%) Google
4 10 (3.22%) Oracle
5 8 (2.57%) Dynatrace
6 3 (0.96%) Cisco
6 3 (0.96%) EMC
7 2 (0.64%) Broadcom
7 2 (0.64%) Meraki
7 2 (0.64%) Sage
7 2 (0.64%) Sophos
7 2 (0.64%) Ubiquiti
7 2 (0.64%) Veeam
8 1 (0.32%) Apple
8 1 (0.32%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (0.32%) Databricks
8 1 (0.32%) New Relic
8 1 (0.32%) Okta
8 1 (0.32%) Rackspace
8 1 (0.32%) Tenable