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 26 September 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 203 276 219
Rank change year-on-year +73 -57 -19
Permanent jobs requiring a Cloud Engineer 314 152 325
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.27% 0.92% 1.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.35% 0.99% 1.47%
Number of salaries quoted 240 98 197
10th Percentile £51,125 £35,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £59,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.64% -1.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £87,500 £67,188 £70,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £85,000 £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 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 23,243 15,331 22,083
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.79% 92.81% 96.41%
Number of salaries quoted 16,172 8,912 13,883
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.27% - -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 26 September 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 26 September 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.

1 155 (49.36%) Azure
2 109 (34.71%) Terraform
3 104 (33.12%) Infrastructure as Code
4 98 (31.21%) AWS
5 77 (24.52%) CI/CD
5 77 (24.52%) DevOps
6 74 (23.57%) Platform Engineering
7 68 (21.66%) GCP
8 67 (21.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 62 (19.75%) Security Cleared
10 58 (18.47%) Microsoft
11 54 (17.20%) Kubernetes
12 51 (16.24%) PowerShell
13 50 (15.92%) PaaS
14 49 (15.61%) SC Cleared
15 46 (14.65%) Cloud Security
16 44 (14.01%) Continuous Improvement
17 43 (13.69%) Python
18 39 (12.42%) Containerisation
18 39 (12.42%) Microsoft 365
19 32 (10.19%) Entra ID
20 31 (9.87%) Observability
21 30 (9.55%) Ansible
21 30 (9.55%) Problem-Solving
22 28 (8.92%) Mentoring
23 26 (8.28%) Active Directory
24 25 (7.96%) Agile
25 24 (7.64%) Bicep
25 24 (7.64%) VMware
26 23 (7.32%) IaaS

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 8 (2.55%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.23%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.27%) IIS
4 1 (0.32%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 155 (49.36%) Azure
2 98 (31.21%) AWS
3 68 (21.66%) GCP
4 50 (15.92%) PaaS
5 39 (12.42%) Microsoft 365
6 32 (10.19%) Entra ID
7 23 (7.32%) IaaS
8 21 (6.69%) GitHub
9 20 (6.37%) Azure DevOps
9 20 (6.37%) SaaS
10 18 (5.73%) AWS CloudFormation
11 11 (3.50%) Amazon EC2
12 10 (3.18%) Datadog
13 9 (2.87%) Amazon ECS
13 9 (2.87%) Amazon S3
13 9 (2.87%) Azure Monitor
13 9 (2.87%) GitHub Actions
14 8 (2.55%) Amazon EKS
15 7 (2.23%) Azure AKS
15 7 (2.23%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 22 (7.01%) VPN
2 21 (6.69%) DNS
3 17 (5.41%) Firewall
4 10 (3.18%) DHCP
5 6 (1.91%) Network Security
6 5 (1.59%) WAN
6 5 (1.59%) Wireless
7 4 (1.27%) Broadband
8 3 (0.96%) SAN
8 3 (0.96%) Wireless Security
9 2 (0.64%) SD-WAN
9 2 (0.64%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.32%) BGP
10 1 (0.32%) Skype
10 1 (0.32%) TCP/IP
10 1 (0.32%) Unified Communications
10 1 (0.32%) VoIP
10 1 (0.32%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.59%) Amazon RDS
1 5 (1.59%) BigQuery
2 4 (1.27%) Azure SQL Database
2 4 (1.27%) Semantic Layer
3 3 (0.96%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.64%) DocumentDB
4 2 (0.64%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.32%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.32%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 16 (5.10%) Jenkins
2 10 (3.18%) Git
3 7 (2.23%) GitLab
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%) TeamCity
General
1 70 (22.29%) Finance
2 49 (15.61%) Social Skills
3 17 (5.41%) Banking
4 14 (4.46%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (3.82%) Public Sector
6 11 (3.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (3.18%) Law
8 9 (2.87%) Legal
9 7 (2.23%) 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%) Back Office
12 1 (0.32%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.32%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 109 (34.71%) Terraform
2 7 (2.23%) ARM Templates
2 7 (2.23%) Oracle Fusion
3 4 (1.27%) Middleware
3 4 (1.27%) Node.js
3 4 (1.27%) Pulumi
4 3 (0.96%) REST
5 2 (0.64%) Jinja
5 2 (0.64%) Kafka
5 2 (0.64%) Web Services
6 1 (0.32%) AWS CDK
6 1 (0.32%) eBPF
6 1 (0.32%) Loki
6 1 (0.32%) OpenID
6 1 (0.32%) React
6 1 (0.32%) RESTful
6 1 (0.32%) SAML
6 1 (0.32%) Spring
6 1 (0.32%) Spring Boot
6 1 (0.32%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (7.64%) Cloud Native
2 15 (4.78%) Hybrid Cloud
3 14 (4.46%) Onboarding
4 13 (4.14%) Security Posture
5 11 (3.50%) Data Centre
6 10 (3.18%) Driving Licence
7 9 (2.87%) Cloud Security Posture
8 8 (2.55%) Blog
8 8 (2.55%) Greenfield Project
9 7 (2.23%) Distributed Systems
10 5 (1.59%) Enterprise Cloud
10 5 (1.59%) PKI
10 5 (1.59%) Public Cloud
11 4 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (1.27%) Private Cloud
12 3 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
12 3 (0.96%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 3 (0.96%) PMI
12 3 (0.96%) Security Operations Centre
12 3 (0.96%) SystemC
Operating Systems
1 23 (7.32%) Windows
2 17 (5.41%) Linux
3 14 (4.46%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.32%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (33.12%) Infrastructure as Code
2 77 (24.52%) CI/CD
2 77 (24.52%) DevOps
3 74 (23.57%) Platform Engineering
4 67 (21.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 46 (14.65%) Cloud Security
6 44 (14.01%) Continuous Improvement
7 39 (12.42%) Containerisation
8 31 (9.87%) Observability
9 30 (9.55%) Problem-Solving
10 28 (8.92%) Mentoring
11 25 (7.96%) Agile
12 21 (6.69%) AI
13 20 (6.37%) ITIL
14 19 (6.05%) Root Cause Analysis
15 18 (5.73%) Cloud Operations
15 18 (5.73%) Cybersecurity
15 18 (5.73%) Disaster Recovery
16 17 (5.41%) Infrastructure Automation
16 17 (5.41%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 51 (16.24%) PowerShell
2 43 (13.69%) Python
3 24 (7.64%) Bicep
4 15 (4.78%) Bash
5 13 (4.14%) SQL
6 11 (3.50%) Go
7 7 (2.23%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.64%) C#
8 2 (0.64%) Groovy
8 2 (0.64%) Java
8 2 (0.64%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.32%) Google Apps Script
9 1 (0.32%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.32%) Perl
9 1 (0.32%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 62 (19.75%) Security Cleared
2 49 (15.61%) SC Cleared
3 19 (6.05%) Azure Certification
4 13 (4.14%) Degree
5 8 (2.55%) AWS Certification
6 7 (2.23%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (1.91%) DV Cleared
7 6 (1.91%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (1.59%) CISM
8 5 (1.59%) CISSP
9 4 (1.27%) DBS Check
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%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.64%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (0.32%) CCSP
12 1 (0.32%) MCSE
12 1 (0.32%) OCP
12 1 (0.32%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (3.50%) Cyber Essentials
2 8 (2.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (2.55%) NIST
3 7 (2.23%) PCI DSS
4 5 (1.59%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.96%) GDPR
5 3 (0.96%) NCSC
5 3 (0.96%) QA
6 2 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.32%) SOC 2
System Software
1 26 (8.28%) Active Directory
2 21 (6.69%) Docker
3 13 (4.14%) Hyper-V
4 10 (3.18%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (2.55%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (2.55%) VMware Server
6 4 (1.27%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.64%) vSphere
8 1 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 54 (17.20%) Kubernetes
2 30 (9.55%) Ansible
3 17 (5.41%) Microsoft Intune
4 16 (5.10%) Grafana
5 6 (1.91%) Prometheus
6 5 (1.59%) Argo
6 5 (1.59%) Progress Chef
6 5 (1.59%) Puppet
6 5 (1.59%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.96%) Istio
8 2 (0.64%) Cilium
8 2 (0.64%) WhatsUp Gold
9 1 (0.32%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 1 (0.32%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.32%) SCOM
Vendors
1 58 (18.47%) Microsoft
2 24 (7.64%) VMware
3 14 (4.46%) Google
4 10 (3.18%) Oracle
5 8 (2.55%) 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