Hybrid/Remote Cloud Engineer Job Trends

Cloud Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Cloud Engineer salary for remote/hybrid work is £65,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 January 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 178 220 227
Rank change year-on-year +42 +7 -27
Permanent jobs requiring a Cloud Engineer 219 243 328
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.42% 1.49% 1.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.52% 1.55% 1.42%
Number of salaries quoted 154 163 291
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £46,306
25th Percentile £55,000 £46,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,250 £63,250 £64,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.16% -1.94% -0.77%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,000 £77,607
90th Percentile £92,500 £86,000 £96,539
UK median annual salary £67,500 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year - +8.00% -6.42%

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 14,449 15,689 23,049
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.69% 96.03% 95.85%
Number of salaries quoted 9,428 9,427 19,043
10th Percentile £30,125 £35,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,097
% change year-on-year -8.33% +8.90% -8.17%

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 21 January 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 21 January 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.

1 148 (67.58%) Azure
1 148 (67.58%) Terraform
2 128 (58.45%) DevOps
3 105 (47.95%) CI/CD
4 92 (42.01%) AWS
5 90 (41.10%) Python
6 88 (40.18%) Infrastructure as Code
7 73 (33.33%) Agile
7 73 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
8 70 (31.96%) GitHub
9 68 (31.05%) Kubernetes
10 66 (30.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 56 (25.57%) Coaching
12 55 (25.11%) SQL
13 54 (24.66%) Jenkins
13 54 (24.66%) Mentoring
14 53 (24.20%) Microsoft
15 51 (23.29%) Java
16 44 (20.09%) Asset Management
17 43 (19.63%) PowerShell
18 42 (19.18%) Cloud Security
19 41 (18.72%) Test Automation
19 41 (18.72%) Windows
20 39 (17.81%) API Integration
21 38 (17.35%) Linux
21 38 (17.35%) OCI
22 37 (16.89%) ERP
22 37 (16.89%) Oracle
22 37 (16.89%) Oracle ERP
22 37 (16.89%) Oracle Forms

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 17 (7.76%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 6 (2.74%) IIS
3 4 (1.83%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (1.37%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.91%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.91%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (2.74%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.46%) EngageOne
2 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 37 (16.89%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.46%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 148 (67.58%) Azure
2 92 (42.01%) AWS
3 73 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
4 70 (31.96%) GitHub
5 38 (17.35%) OCI
6 35 (15.98%) Entra ID
7 27 (12.33%) AWS CloudFormation
8 25 (11.42%) Amazon EKS
9 24 (10.96%) GCP
10 22 (10.05%) Azure Monitor
10 22 (10.05%) IaaS
11 21 (9.59%) PaaS
11 21 (9.59%) SaaS
12 20 (9.13%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 19 (8.68%) Azure AKS
13 19 (8.68%) GitHub Actions
13 19 (8.68%) Power Platform
14 17 (7.76%) GitHub Copilot
15 16 (7.31%) Serverless
16 15 (6.85%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 30 (13.70%) Firewall
2 21 (9.59%) VPN
3 20 (9.13%) DNS
4 9 (4.11%) Broadband
4 9 (4.11%) WAN
5 8 (3.65%) Network Security
6 6 (2.74%) SD-WAN
6 6 (2.74%) SSL
7 4 (1.83%) DHCP
7 4 (1.83%) Intrusion Detection
8 3 (1.37%) DMZ
8 3 (1.37%) STUN
8 3 (1.37%) VLAN
8 3 (1.37%) VoIP
9 2 (0.91%) LAN
10 1 (0.46%) DKIM
10 1 (0.46%) DMARC
10 1 (0.46%) SAN
10 1 (0.46%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (8.68%) Power BI
2 17 (7.76%) Tableau
3 11 (5.02%) Relational Database
4 9 (4.11%) NoSQL
4 9 (4.11%) RDBMS
5 8 (3.65%) Amazon RDS
6 7 (3.20%) Amazon Aurora
7 4 (1.83%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (1.37%) DynamoDB
8 3 (1.37%) SQL Server
9 2 (0.91%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.46%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.46%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 54 (24.66%) Jenkins
2 37 (16.89%) Oracle Forms
3 35 (15.98%) Git
4 18 (8.22%) JIRA
5 13 (5.94%) GitLab
6 9 (4.11%) Jaeger
7 4 (1.83%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.91%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.91%) Selenium
9 1 (0.46%) Appium
9 1 (0.46%) git-flow
9 1 (0.46%) JMeter
9 1 (0.46%) Locust
9 1 (0.46%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.46%) Serenity BDD
9 1 (0.46%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.46%) Subversion
General
1 55 (25.11%) Finance
2 23 (10.50%) Social Skills
3 14 (6.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 8 (3.65%) Public Sector
5 6 (2.74%) Banking
5 6 (2.74%) Law
6 5 (2.28%) Billing
6 5 (2.28%) Retail
7 4 (1.83%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (1.83%) Back Office
7 4 (1.83%) Financial Institution
8 3 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.37%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.46%) Electronics
9 1 (0.46%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.46%) Marketing
9 1 (0.46%) Military
9 1 (0.46%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (16.89%) RESTful
2 22 (10.05%) JSON
3 20 (9.13%) SOAP
3 20 (9.13%) XML
4 17 (7.76%) OAuth
4 17 (7.76%) OAuth2
4 17 (7.76%) SAML
5 10 (4.57%) Elastic Stack
5 10 (4.57%) Node.js
6 9 (4.11%) OpenTelemetry
7 6 (2.74%) Loki
8 4 (1.83%) AngularJS
8 4 (1.83%) ARM Templates
8 4 (1.83%) Kafka
8 4 (1.83%) React
8 4 (1.83%) Vue
9 3 (1.37%) FreeSWITCH
10 2 (0.91%) CSS
10 2 (0.91%) RabbitMQ
10 2 (0.91%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 60 (27.40%) Cloud Native
2 37 (16.89%) Enterprise Software
3 8 (3.65%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (3.20%) Driving Licence
5 6 (2.74%) Blog
5 6 (2.74%) CMDB
6 5 (2.28%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.37%) AI Agents
7 3 (1.37%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.37%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.91%) Cloud Security Posture
8 2 (0.91%) Data Centre
8 2 (0.91%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (0.91%) Private Cloud
8 2 (0.91%) Security Posture
8 2 (0.91%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 1 (0.46%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.46%) Educational Technology
9 1 (0.46%) Enterprise Cloud
9 1 (0.46%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 41 (18.72%) Windows
2 38 (17.35%) Linux
3 22 (10.05%) Windows Server
4 11 (5.02%) Unix
5 7 (3.20%) VMS
6 3 (1.37%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (58.45%) DevOps
2 105 (47.95%) CI/CD
3 88 (40.18%) Infrastructure as Code
4 73 (33.33%) Agile
5 66 (30.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 56 (25.57%) Coaching
7 54 (24.66%) Mentoring
8 44 (20.09%) Asset Management
9 42 (19.18%) Cloud Security
10 41 (18.72%) Test Automation
11 39 (17.81%) API Integration
12 37 (16.89%) ERP
13 36 (16.44%) Identity Access Management
13 36 (16.44%) Migration
13 36 (16.44%) Observability
14 34 (15.53%) Problem-Solving
14 34 (15.53%) RBAC
15 32 (14.61%) Analytics
16 31 (14.16%) Continuous Improvement
17 29 (13.24%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 90 (41.10%) Python
2 55 (25.11%) SQL
3 51 (23.29%) Java
4 43 (19.63%) PowerShell
5 37 (16.89%) PL/SQL
5 37 (16.89%) Shell Script
6 33 (15.07%) Bash
7 24 (10.96%) Bicep
8 15 (6.85%) Go
9 13 (5.94%) JavaScript
10 3 (1.37%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.91%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 33 (15.07%) Security Cleared
2 28 (12.79%) AWS Certification
3 26 (11.87%) SC Cleared
4 18 (8.22%) Azure Certification
5 16 (7.31%) Degree
6 5 (2.28%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.83%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (1.37%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 3 (1.37%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
9 2 (0.91%) AWS Certified Developer
10 1 (0.46%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (0.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.46%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.46%) CISM
10 1 (0.46%) CISSP
10 1 (0.46%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.46%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (7.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (5.02%) PCI DSS
3 9 (4.11%) SOC 2
4 7 (3.20%) NIST
5 6 (2.74%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (2.74%) GDPR
5 6 (2.74%) GRC
6 3 (1.37%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.91%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.91%) QA
System Software
1 29 (13.24%) Active Directory
1 29 (13.24%) Docker
2 9 (4.11%) Virtual Servers
3 7 (3.20%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.83%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (1.37%) Kamailio
5 3 (1.37%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.91%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 148 (67.58%) Terraform
2 68 (31.05%) Kubernetes
3 37 (16.89%) Single Sign-On
4 33 (15.07%) Ansible
5 22 (10.05%) Prometheus
6 19 (8.68%) Grafana
7 16 (7.31%) Argo
8 9 (4.11%) Kustomize
8 9 (4.11%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (1.83%) Cilium
10 1 (0.46%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.46%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.46%) Kibana
10 1 (0.46%) Puppet
10 1 (0.46%) Rancher
10 1 (0.46%) SCOM
Vendors
1 53 (24.20%) Microsoft
2 37 (16.89%) Oracle
3 21 (9.59%) Okta
4 13 (5.94%) Google
5 6 (2.74%) SonicWALL
6 4 (1.83%) PagerDuty
7 3 (1.37%) Foundry
7 3 (1.37%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.37%) VMware
8 2 (0.91%) Databricks
8 2 (0.91%) OpenAI
8 2 (0.91%) Red Hat
8 2 (0.91%) Talend
9 1 (0.46%) Dynatrace
9 1 (0.46%) LogRhythm
9 1 (0.46%) New Relic
9 1 (0.46%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.46%) SolarWinds
9 1 (0.46%) Splunk
9 1 (0.46%) Zscaler