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 11 November 2026.
The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 11 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 195 | 219 | 204 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +24 | -15 | -3 |
| Permanent Cloud Engineer jobs | 335 | 173 | 299 |
| As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options | 1.31% | 1.10% | 1.53% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 1.39% | 1.17% | 1.58% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 250 | 113 | 189 |
| 10th Percentile | £47,500 | £39,163 | £42,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £59,063 | £51,250 | £49,775 |
| 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 | £75,000 |
| 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 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 11 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent remote/hybrid job adverts matching a recognised job title | 24,064 | 14,767 | 18,928 |
| % of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title | 94.14% | 94.02% | 96.63% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 16,011 | 9,013 | 11,739 |
| 10th Percentile | £35,000 | £29,250 | £35,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £40,000 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,343 | £55,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.71% | -8.33% | -4.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £80,000 | £76,250 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £95,000 | £97,500 |
| UK median annual salary | £60,000 | £52,500 | £57,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +14.29% | -8.70% | -4.17% |
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 11 November 2026.
Cloud Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs
For the 6 months to 11 November 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 | 48.7% | 163 |
| 2 | AWS | 35.2% | 118 |
| 3 | Infrastructure as Code | 32.5% | 109 |
| 4 | Terraform | 32.2% | 108 |
| 5 | Infrastructure Engineering | 30.1% | 101 |
| 6 | Cloud Security | 23.0% | 77 |
| 7 | CI/CD | 22.7% | 76 |
| 7 | Platform Engineering | 22.7% | 76 |
| 9 | Microsoft | 20.6% | 69 |
| 10 | PowerShell | 19.7% | 66 |
| 11 | DevOps | 18.8% | 63 |
| 11 | Kubernetes | 18.8% | 63 |
| 11 | Python | 18.8% | 63 |
| 14 | GCP | 18.2% | 61 |
| 15 | PaaS | 14.3% | 48 |
| 16 | Continuous Improvement | 13.7% | 46 |
| 16 | Problem-Solving | 13.7% | 46 |
| 16 | Security Cleared | 13.7% | 46 |
| 19 | Microsoft 365 | 11.9% | 40 |
| 20 | Entra ID | 11.3% | 38 |
| 20 | VPN | 11.3% | 38 |
| 22 | Firewall | 11.0% | 37 |
| 23 | Containerisation | 10.4% | 35 |
| 23 | SaaS | 10.4% | 35 |
| 25 | Active Directory | 9.9% | 33 |
| 26 | SC Cleared | 9.6% | 32 |
| 27 | Identity Access Management | 9.3% | 31 |
| 28 | 9.0% | 30 | |
| 29 | Bicep | 8.7% | 29 |
| 29 | Grafana | 8.7% | 29 |
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 | 26.3% | 88 |
| 2 | Azure Engineer | 24.2% | 81 |
| 3 | Cloud Infrastructure Engineer | 20.6% | 69 |
| 4 | Cloud Platform Engineer | 14.3% | 48 |
| 5 | Lead Cloud Engineer | 13.1% | 44 |
| 6 | Security Engineer | 12.8% | 43 |
| 7 | Cloud Security Engineer | 11.9% | 40 |
| 8 | AWS Engineer | 9.6% | 32 |
| 9 | GCP Engineer | 8.1% | 27 |
| 10 | Senior Infrastructure Engineer | 7.5% | 25 |
| 11 | Azure Platform Engineer | 6.3% | 21 |
| 12 | CloudOps Engineer | 5.4% | 18 |
| 13 | Azure Infrastructure Engineer | 5.1% | 17 |
| 14 | DevOps Engineer | 4.2% | 14 |
| 14 | Senior Security Engineer | 4.2% | 14 |
| 16 | Cloud Automation Engineer | 3.3% | 11 |
| 17 | Operations Engineer | 3.0% | 10 |
| 18 | Data Engineer | 2.4% | 8 |
| 18 | Principal Cloud Engineer | 2.4% | 8 |
| 18 | Site Reliability Engineer | 2.4% | 8 |