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 8 November 2026.
The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 8 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 197 | 236 | 212 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +39 | -24 | -6 |
| Permanent Cloud Engineer jobs | 324 | 172 | 304 |
| As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options | 1.27% | 1.08% | 1.53% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 1.35% | 1.14% | 1.58% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 244 | 114 | 193 |
| 10th Percentile | £47,500 | £39,163 | £42,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £57,500 | £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 8 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent remote/hybrid job adverts matching a recognised job title | 24,057 | 15,033 | 19,200 |
| % of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title | 94.09% | 94.14% | 96.66% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 16,115 | 9,036 | 11,975 |
| 10th Percentile | £35,000 | £29,250 | £35,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £40,000 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £55,265 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.57% | -7.89% | -4.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £80,000 | £77,063 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £96,250 | £97,500 |
| UK median annual salary | £59,152 | £52,500 | £57,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +12.67% | -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 8 November 2026.
Cloud Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs
For the 6 months to 8 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 | 47.8% | 155 |
| 2 | AWS | 35.2% | 114 |
| 3 | Terraform | 32.4% | 105 |
| 4 | Infrastructure as Code | 32.1% | 104 |
| 5 | Infrastructure Engineering | 30.6% | 99 |
| 6 | CI/CD | 22.8% | 74 |
| 7 | Platform Engineering | 21.9% | 71 |
| 8 | Cloud Security | 21.0% | 68 |
| 9 | PowerShell | 19.8% | 64 |
| 10 | Kubernetes | 19.1% | 62 |
| 11 | DevOps | 18.8% | 61 |
| 11 | Microsoft | 18.8% | 61 |
| 11 | Python | 18.8% | 61 |
| 14 | GCP | 18.5% | 60 |
| 15 | PaaS | 14.8% | 48 |
| 16 | Security Cleared | 13.6% | 44 |
| 17 | Continuous Improvement | 13.3% | 43 |
| 17 | Problem-Solving | 13.3% | 43 |
| 19 | Microsoft 365 | 12.0% | 39 |
| 20 | Firewall | 11.4% | 37 |
| 20 | VPN | 11.4% | 37 |
| 22 | Entra ID | 11.1% | 36 |
| 23 | Containerisation | 10.8% | 35 |
| 23 | SaaS | 10.8% | 35 |
| 25 | Active Directory | 9.9% | 32 |
| 26 | SC Cleared | 9.3% | 30 |
| 27 | 9.0% | 29 | |
| 27 | Grafana | 9.0% | 29 |
| 29 | Identity Access Management | 8.6% | 28 |
| 29 | Incident Response | 8.6% | 28 |
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 | 26.9% | 87 |
| 2 | Azure Engineer | 24.7% | 80 |
| 3 | Cloud Infrastructure Engineer | 21.3% | 69 |
| 4 | Cloud Platform Engineer | 13.6% | 44 |
| 5 | Lead Cloud Engineer | 13.3% | 43 |
| 6 | Security Engineer | 12.0% | 39 |
| 7 | Cloud Security Engineer | 11.4% | 37 |
| 8 | AWS Engineer | 9.9% | 32 |
| 9 | GCP Engineer | 8.6% | 28 |
| 10 | Senior Infrastructure Engineer | 7.7% | 25 |
| 11 | Azure Platform Engineer | 6.5% | 21 |
| 12 | CloudOps Engineer | 5.6% | 18 |
| 13 | Azure Infrastructure Engineer | 5.2% | 17 |
| 14 | DevOps Engineer | 4.3% | 14 |
| 14 | Senior Security Engineer | 4.3% | 14 |
| 16 | Cloud Automation Engineer | 3.4% | 11 |
| 17 | Operations Engineer | 3.1% | 10 |
| 18 | Data Engineer | 2.5% | 8 |
| 18 | Site Reliability Engineer | 2.5% | 8 |
| 18 | Systems Engineer | 2.5% | 8 |