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 August 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 203 288 233
Rank change year-on-year +85 -55 -13
Permanent jobs requiring a Cloud Engineer 295 145 318
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.30% 0.87% 1.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.38% 0.95% 1.33%
Number of salaries quoted 228 100 227
10th Percentile £51,250 £35,075 £45,750
25th Percentile £60,000 £45,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £85,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.70% +3.85% -2.99%

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 21,358 15,317 23,903
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.03% 92.23% 96.28%
Number of salaries quoted 15,271 9,305 17,421
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £43,227
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -0.80% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,840 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,000 £96,000
UK median annual salary £56,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.82% - -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 August 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 August 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.

1 150 (50.85%) Azure
2 109 (36.95%) Terraform
3 98 (33.22%) AWS
4 96 (32.54%) Infrastructure as Code
5 78 (26.44%) DevOps
6 77 (26.10%) CI/CD
7 67 (22.71%) GCP
7 67 (22.71%) Platform Engineering
8 65 (22.03%) Security Cleared
9 55 (18.64%) Kubernetes
10 53 (17.97%) SC Cleared
11 52 (17.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 49 (16.61%) Microsoft
13 45 (15.25%) PaaS
14 43 (14.58%) PowerShell
15 41 (13.90%) Python
16 38 (12.88%) Containerisation
17 35 (11.86%) Continuous Improvement
18 34 (11.53%) Ansible
18 34 (11.53%) Cloud Security
18 34 (11.53%) Microsoft 365
19 31 (10.51%) Observability
20 28 (9.49%) Agile
21 25 (8.47%) Problem-Solving
22 24 (8.14%) Mentoring
23 23 (7.80%) Active Directory
23 23 (7.80%) Entra ID
23 23 (7.80%) IaaS
23 23 (7.80%) ITIL
24 22 (7.46%) Docker

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 5 (1.69%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.36%) IIS
2 4 (1.36%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.34%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 150 (50.85%) Azure
2 98 (33.22%) AWS
3 67 (22.71%) GCP
4 45 (15.25%) PaaS
5 34 (11.53%) Microsoft 365
6 23 (7.80%) Entra ID
6 23 (7.80%) IaaS
7 21 (7.12%) GitHub
8 20 (6.78%) AWS CloudFormation
9 18 (6.10%) SaaS
10 16 (5.42%) Azure DevOps
11 11 (3.73%) Amazon EC2
12 9 (3.05%) Amazon S3
12 9 (3.05%) Datadog
12 9 (3.05%) GitHub Actions
13 8 (2.71%) Amazon ECS
13 8 (2.71%) Amazon EKS
13 8 (2.71%) Azure AKS
13 8 (2.71%) Azure Monitor
14 7 (2.37%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.76%) DNS
1 17 (5.76%) VPN
2 11 (3.73%) Firewall
3 6 (2.03%) DHCP
4 5 (1.69%) Network Security
5 4 (1.36%) Broadband
6 3 (1.02%) SAN
6 3 (1.02%) VoIP
6 3 (1.02%) WAN
7 2 (0.68%) DMZ
7 2 (0.68%) Reverse Proxy
7 2 (0.68%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.68%) STUN
7 2 (0.68%) VLAN
7 2 (0.68%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.68%) Wireless
8 1 (0.34%) Skype
8 1 (0.34%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.34%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.69%) BigQuery
2 4 (1.36%) Semantic Layer
3 3 (1.02%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (0.68%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.34%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.34%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 13 (4.41%) Jenkins
2 10 (3.39%) GitLab
3 9 (3.05%) Git
4 2 (0.68%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 2 (0.68%) Terragrunt
5 1 (0.34%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 61 (20.68%) Finance
2 38 (12.88%) Social Skills
3 14 (4.75%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (4.75%) Banking
4 12 (4.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 11 (3.73%) Public Sector
6 8 (2.71%) Law
7 6 (2.03%) Retail
8 5 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (1.69%) Legal
9 2 (0.68%) Advertising
10 1 (0.34%) Automotive
10 1 (0.34%) Health Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.37%) ARM Templates
1 7 (2.37%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (1.36%) Node.js
2 4 (1.36%) YAML
3 3 (1.02%) Middleware
4 2 (0.68%) FreeSWITCH
4 2 (0.68%) Jinja
4 2 (0.68%) Kafka
4 2 (0.68%) REST
4 2 (0.68%) Web Services
5 1 (0.34%) AWS CDK
5 1 (0.34%) eBPF
5 1 (0.34%) Loki
5 1 (0.34%) OpenID
5 1 (0.34%) PySpark
5 1 (0.34%) RESTful
5 1 (0.34%) SAML
5 1 (0.34%) Spring
5 1 (0.34%) Spring Boot
5 1 (0.34%) WAMP
Miscellaneous
1 25 (8.47%) Cloud Native
2 16 (5.42%) Hybrid Cloud
3 11 (3.73%) Data Centre
4 10 (3.39%) Onboarding
5 9 (3.05%) Driving Licence
6 8 (2.71%) Cloud Security Posture
6 8 (2.71%) Enterprise Cloud
6 8 (2.71%) Greenfield Project
6 8 (2.71%) Security Posture
7 6 (2.03%) Blog
7 6 (2.03%) Public Cloud
8 5 (1.69%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (1.69%) PKI
9 3 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (1.02%) Private Cloud
9 3 (1.02%) SystemC
10 2 (0.68%) Clustering
10 2 (0.68%) Replication
10 2 (0.68%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 18 (6.10%) Windows
2 16 (5.42%) Linux
3 11 (3.73%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.68%) Debian
5 1 (0.34%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (32.54%) Infrastructure as Code
2 78 (26.44%) DevOps
3 77 (26.10%) CI/CD
4 67 (22.71%) Platform Engineering
5 52 (17.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 38 (12.88%) Containerisation
7 35 (11.86%) Continuous Improvement
8 34 (11.53%) Cloud Security
9 31 (10.51%) Observability
10 28 (9.49%) Agile
11 25 (8.47%) Problem-Solving
12 24 (8.14%) Mentoring
13 23 (7.80%) ITIL
14 20 (6.78%) Collaborative Culture
15 19 (6.44%) Cloud Operations
16 18 (6.10%) Roadmaps
17 17 (5.76%) AI
17 17 (5.76%) Disaster Recovery
17 17 (5.76%) Infrastructure Automation
17 17 (5.76%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 43 (14.58%) PowerShell
2 41 (13.90%) Python
3 19 (6.44%) Bicep
4 14 (4.75%) Bash
5 12 (4.07%) SQL
6 7 (2.37%) Go
7 6 (2.03%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.68%) C#
8 2 (0.68%) Groovy
9 1 (0.34%) Google Apps Script
9 1 (0.34%) Java
9 1 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.34%) Perl
9 1 (0.34%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.34%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 65 (22.03%) Security Cleared
2 53 (17.97%) SC Cleared
3 20 (6.78%) Azure Certification
4 9 (3.05%) Degree
5 7 (2.37%) AWS Certification
5 7 (2.37%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (2.37%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (2.03%) DBS Check
6 6 (2.03%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.36%) CISM
7 4 (1.36%) CISSP
8 3 (1.02%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 3 (1.02%) AWS Certified Developer
9 2 (0.68%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.34%) CCNA
10 1 (0.34%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.34%) IISP
10 1 (0.34%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.34%) OCP
10 1 (0.34%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.39%) Cyber Essentials
2 7 (2.37%) NIST
3 5 (1.69%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.69%) PCI DSS
4 3 (1.02%) GDPR
4 3 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.02%) NCSC
4 3 (1.02%) QA
5 2 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 23 (7.80%) Active Directory
2 22 (7.46%) Docker
3 10 (3.39%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (3.05%) Hyper-V
5 8 (2.71%) VMware Server
6 4 (1.36%) VMware Infrastructure
7 3 (1.02%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.68%) vSphere
9 1 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 109 (36.95%) Terraform
2 55 (18.64%) Kubernetes
3 34 (11.53%) Ansible
4 14 (4.75%) Grafana
5 11 (3.73%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (2.37%) Puppet
7 6 (2.03%) Prometheus
8 5 (1.69%) Argo
9 4 (1.36%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (1.02%) Istio
11 2 (0.68%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.68%) WhatsUp Gold
12 1 (0.34%) Cilium
12 1 (0.34%) Failover Clustering
12 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 1 (0.34%) SCOM
Vendors
1 49 (16.61%) Microsoft
2 17 (5.76%) VMware
3 13 (4.41%) Google
4 10 (3.39%) Oracle
5 7 (2.37%) Dynatrace
6 5 (1.69%) Cisco
7 3 (1.02%) EMC
8 2 (0.68%) Broadcom
8 2 (0.68%) Databricks
8 2 (0.68%) Meraki
8 2 (0.68%) Sage
8 2 (0.68%) Sophos
8 2 (0.68%) Ubiquiti
8 2 (0.68%) Veeam
9 1 (0.34%) Apple
9 1 (0.34%) Foundry
9 1 (0.34%) New Relic
9 1 (0.34%) Okta
9 1 (0.34%) Rackspace
9 1 (0.34%) Tenable