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 30 July 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 210 274 250
Rank change year-on-year +64 -24 -28
Permanent jobs requiring a Cloud Engineer 284 151 329
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.29% 0.92% 1.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.37% 1.00% 1.28%
Number of salaries quoted 219 105 246
10th Percentile £49,500 £35,500 £47,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £46,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £84,000 £88,125
UK median annual salary £70,000 £68,750 £65,000
% change year-on-year +1.82% +5.77% -5.13%

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 20,727 15,159 25,656
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.09% 92.10% 96.21%
Number of salaries quoted 15,003 9,397 19,178
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £34,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,584 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 30 July 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 30 July 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 (52.82%) Azure
2 106 (37.32%) Terraform
3 94 (33.10%) AWS
4 93 (32.75%) Infrastructure as Code
5 82 (28.87%) DevOps
6 81 (28.52%) CI/CD
7 65 (22.89%) GCP
8 62 (21.83%) Security Cleared
9 58 (20.42%) Platform Engineering
10 57 (20.07%) Kubernetes
11 50 (17.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 49 (17.25%) Microsoft
12 49 (17.25%) SC Cleared
13 41 (14.44%) PaaS
13 41 (14.44%) Python
14 39 (13.73%) Containerisation
14 39 (13.73%) PowerShell
15 34 (11.97%) Continuous Improvement
16 33 (11.62%) Cloud Security
17 32 (11.27%) Ansible
18 29 (10.21%) Problem-Solving
19 28 (9.86%) Microsoft 365
20 27 (9.51%) Agile
20 27 (9.51%) IaaS
20 27 (9.51%) Observability
21 24 (8.45%) Docker
21 24 (8.45%) Entra ID
21 24 (8.45%) Mentoring
22 23 (8.10%) Active Directory
22 23 (8.10%) Cloud Operations

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 4 (1.41%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.06%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.70%) IIS
4 1 (0.35%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 150 (52.82%) Azure
2 94 (33.10%) AWS
3 65 (22.89%) GCP
4 41 (14.44%) PaaS
5 28 (9.86%) Microsoft 365
6 27 (9.51%) IaaS
7 24 (8.45%) Entra ID
8 23 (8.10%) GitHub
9 20 (7.04%) Azure DevOps
10 19 (6.69%) AWS CloudFormation
11 16 (5.63%) SaaS
12 13 (4.58%) Amazon EC2
13 12 (4.23%) Amazon S3
13 12 (4.23%) GitHub Actions
14 11 (3.87%) Azure AKS
14 11 (3.87%) Azure Monitor
15 10 (3.52%) Amazon ECS
16 8 (2.82%) Amazon EKS
17 7 (2.46%) Azure Sentinel
17 7 (2.46%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 18 (6.34%) VPN
2 14 (4.93%) Firewall
3 13 (4.58%) DNS
4 6 (2.11%) Network Security
5 5 (1.76%) VoIP
6 4 (1.41%) Broadband
6 4 (1.41%) DHCP
6 4 (1.41%) DMZ
6 4 (1.41%) Reverse Proxy
6 4 (1.41%) STUN
6 4 (1.41%) VLAN
7 3 (1.06%) SAN
7 3 (1.06%) WAN
8 2 (0.70%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.70%) Wireless
9 1 (0.35%) Skype
9 1 (0.35%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.35%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.35%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.76%) BigQuery
1 5 (1.76%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.41%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (1.41%) Semantic Layer
3 2 (0.70%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (0.70%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.70%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.35%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 14 (4.93%) Jenkins
2 10 (3.52%) Git
3 9 (3.17%) GitLab
4 4 (1.41%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (0.70%) Terragrunt
6 1 (0.35%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 51 (17.96%) Finance
2 38 (13.38%) Social Skills
3 14 (4.93%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (4.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 10 (3.52%) Banking
5 10 (3.52%) Public Sector
6 8 (2.82%) Law
7 7 (2.46%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (1.76%) Retail
9 3 (1.06%) Advertising
9 3 (1.06%) Legal
10 2 (0.70%) Billing
10 2 (0.70%) Military
11 1 (0.35%) Automotive
11 1 (0.35%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.35%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.17%) ARM Templates
2 7 (2.46%) Oracle Fusion
3 4 (1.41%) FreeSWITCH
3 4 (1.41%) Node.js
3 4 (1.41%) YAML
4 3 (1.06%) Middleware
5 2 (0.70%) Jinja
5 2 (0.70%) REST
5 2 (0.70%) WAMP
5 2 (0.70%) Web Services
6 1 (0.35%) AWS CDK
6 1 (0.35%) Kafka
6 1 (0.35%) PySpark
6 1 (0.35%) RESTful
6 1 (0.35%) Spring
6 1 (0.35%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 27 (9.51%) Cloud Native
2 17 (5.99%) Hybrid Cloud
3 10 (3.52%) Data Centre
3 10 (3.52%) Onboarding
4 8 (2.82%) Driving Licence
4 8 (2.82%) Greenfield Project
5 7 (2.46%) Distributed Systems
5 7 (2.46%) Enterprise Cloud
6 6 (2.11%) Cloud Security Posture
6 6 (2.11%) Public Cloud
6 6 (2.11%) Security Posture
7 5 (1.76%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (1.76%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (1.76%) PKI
8 4 (1.41%) Blog
9 3 (1.06%) Private Cloud
10 2 (0.70%) Clustering
10 2 (0.70%) IoT
10 2 (0.70%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.70%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 17 (5.99%) Linux
2 16 (5.63%) Windows
3 11 (3.87%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.41%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (32.75%) Infrastructure as Code
2 82 (28.87%) DevOps
3 81 (28.52%) CI/CD
4 58 (20.42%) Platform Engineering
5 50 (17.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 39 (13.73%) Containerisation
7 34 (11.97%) Continuous Improvement
8 33 (11.62%) Cloud Security
9 29 (10.21%) Problem-Solving
10 27 (9.51%) Agile
10 27 (9.51%) Observability
11 24 (8.45%) Mentoring
12 23 (8.10%) Cloud Operations
13 19 (6.69%) Collaborative Culture
13 19 (6.69%) ITIL
13 19 (6.69%) Roadmaps
14 18 (6.34%) AI
14 18 (6.34%) Infrastructure Automation
14 18 (6.34%) Technical Leadership
15 15 (5.28%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 41 (14.44%) Python
2 39 (13.73%) PowerShell
3 15 (5.28%) Bicep
3 15 (5.28%) SQL
4 13 (4.58%) Bash
5 8 (2.82%) Go
6 6 (2.11%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.06%) C#
8 2 (0.70%) Groovy
9 1 (0.35%) Java
9 1 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.35%) Perl
9 1 (0.35%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.35%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 62 (21.83%) Security Cleared
2 49 (17.25%) SC Cleared
3 22 (7.75%) Azure Certification
4 8 (2.82%) Degree
5 7 (2.46%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (2.46%) DBS Check
5 7 (2.46%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (2.11%) DV Cleared
7 5 (1.76%) AWS Certification
8 4 (1.41%) CISM
8 4 (1.41%) CISSP
9 2 (0.70%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.70%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.35%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 1 (0.35%) AWS Certified Developer
10 1 (0.35%) CCNA
10 1 (0.35%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.35%) IISP
10 1 (0.35%) OCP
10 1 (0.35%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.17%) Cyber Essentials
2 8 (2.82%) NIST
3 6 (2.11%) PCI DSS
4 5 (1.76%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.06%) GDPR
5 3 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.06%) QA
6 2 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.35%) NCSC
System Software
1 24 (8.45%) Docker
2 23 (8.10%) Active Directory
3 11 (3.87%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (2.82%) Hyper-V
5 7 (2.46%) VMware Server
6 5 (1.76%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (0.70%) vSphere
8 1 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 106 (37.32%) Terraform
2 57 (20.07%) Kubernetes
3 32 (11.27%) Ansible
4 11 (3.87%) Grafana
5 10 (3.52%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (2.82%) Puppet
7 5 (1.76%) Argo
7 5 (1.76%) Prometheus
8 3 (1.06%) Istio
8 3 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.70%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.70%) WhatsUp Gold
10 1 (0.35%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 1 (0.35%) SCOM
Vendors
1 49 (17.25%) Microsoft
2 13 (4.58%) VMware
3 11 (3.87%) Google
4 10 (3.52%) Oracle
5 7 (2.46%) Cisco
6 5 (1.76%) Dynatrace
7 3 (1.06%) EMC
8 2 (0.70%) Apple
8 2 (0.70%) Broadcom
8 2 (0.70%) Databricks
8 2 (0.70%) Meraki
8 2 (0.70%) Sophos
8 2 (0.70%) Ubiquiti
8 2 (0.70%) Veeam
9 1 (0.35%) Citrix
9 1 (0.35%) Foundry
9 1 (0.35%) New Relic
9 1 (0.35%) Rackspace
9 1 (0.35%) Sage
9 1 (0.35%) Tenable