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 20 March 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 199 203 263
Rank change year-on-year +4 +60 -62
Permanent jobs requiring a Cloud Engineer 203 226 340
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.20% 1.69% 1.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.28% 1.79% 1.18%
Number of salaries quoted 152 176 310
10th Percentile £42,870 £42,500 £47,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £66,307 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.57% +2.01% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £86,250 £93,750
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £62,783
% change year-on-year - +11.50% -3.41%

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 15,877 12,644 28,887
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.88% 94.62% 95.89%
Number of salaries quoted 10,775 8,888 24,056
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,750 £33,000
25th Percentile £43,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 20 March 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 20 March 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.

1 127 (62.56%) Azure
2 122 (60.10%) Terraform
3 107 (52.71%) DevOps
4 86 (42.36%) CI/CD
5 82 (40.39%) Infrastructure as Code
6 78 (38.42%) AWS
7 70 (34.48%) Python
8 61 (30.05%) Agile
8 61 (30.05%) Kubernetes
9 54 (26.60%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 51 (25.12%) Azure DevOps
11 50 (24.63%) Mentoring
12 47 (23.15%) GitHub
12 47 (23.15%) Microsoft
13 39 (19.21%) Problem-Solving
14 37 (18.23%) Coaching
15 36 (17.73%) SQL
16 35 (17.24%) Java
17 34 (16.75%) Bash
17 34 (16.75%) Containerisation
17 34 (16.75%) Security Cleared
18 33 (16.26%) Entra ID
19 32 (15.76%) Cloud Security
20 31 (15.27%) Jenkins
21 30 (14.78%) Docker
22 29 (14.29%) Observability
23 28 (13.79%) Firewall
23 28 (13.79%) Linux
24 27 (13.30%) Git
25 26 (12.81%) Ansible

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 10 (4.93%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 4 (1.97%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.99%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.49%) IIS
4 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.49%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.49%) EngageOne
1 1 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 22 (10.84%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.49%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 127 (62.56%) Azure
2 78 (38.42%) AWS
3 51 (25.12%) Azure DevOps
4 47 (23.15%) GitHub
5 33 (16.26%) Entra ID
6 26 (12.81%) IaaS
7 24 (11.82%) GCP
8 23 (11.33%) OCI
9 22 (10.84%) PaaS
10 21 (10.34%) AWS CloudFormation
11 20 (9.85%) Amazon EKS
11 20 (9.85%) SaaS
12 19 (9.36%) GitHub Actions
13 18 (8.87%) Serverless
14 17 (8.37%) Azure AKS
14 17 (8.37%) Azure Monitor
15 13 (6.40%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 12 (5.91%) Power Platform
17 10 (4.93%) AWS Lambda
17 10 (4.93%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 28 (13.79%) Firewall
2 16 (7.88%) DNS
3 13 (6.40%) VPN
4 9 (4.43%) Broadband
4 9 (4.43%) Network Security
5 5 (2.46%) DMZ
5 5 (2.46%) Reverse Proxy
5 5 (2.46%) STUN
5 5 (2.46%) VLAN
5 5 (2.46%) VoIP
6 4 (1.97%) DHCP
6 4 (1.97%) Intrusion Detection
6 4 (1.97%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.99%) WAN
8 1 (0.49%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.49%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.91%) Power BI
2 11 (5.42%) Amazon RDS
2 11 (5.42%) Relational Database
3 10 (4.93%) Tableau
4 9 (4.43%) NoSQL
4 9 (4.43%) RDBMS
5 8 (3.94%) Amazon Aurora
6 6 (2.96%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (2.46%) SQL Server
8 3 (1.48%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.49%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.49%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.49%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 31 (15.27%) Jenkins
2 27 (13.30%) Git
3 22 (10.84%) Oracle Forms
4 14 (6.90%) GitLab
5 11 (5.42%) JIRA
6 9 (4.43%) Jaeger
7 5 (2.46%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 4 (1.97%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.49%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.49%) git-flow
9 1 (0.49%) JMeter
9 1 (0.49%) Locust
9 1 (0.49%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.49%) Selenium
9 1 (0.49%) Serenity BDD
9 1 (0.49%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.49%) Subversion
General
1 36 (17.73%) Finance
2 30 (14.78%) Social Skills
3 17 (8.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 9 (4.43%) Billing
5 8 (3.94%) Public Sector
6 7 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (2.46%) Banking
7 5 (2.46%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (2.46%) Retail
8 4 (1.97%) Back Office
8 4 (1.97%) Financial Institution
8 4 (1.97%) Military
9 2 (0.99%) Advertising
9 2 (0.99%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.49%) Electronics
10 1 (0.49%) Health Technology
10 1 (0.49%) Law
10 1 (0.49%) Marketing
10 1 (0.49%) Publishing
10 1 (0.49%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (10.84%) RESTful
2 14 (6.90%) JSON
3 12 (5.91%) SOAP
3 12 (5.91%) XML
4 10 (4.93%) Elastic Stack
4 10 (4.93%) OAuth
4 10 (4.93%) OAuth2
4 10 (4.93%) SAML
5 9 (4.43%) OpenTelemetry
6 7 (3.45%) Loki
7 6 (2.96%) ARM Templates
7 6 (2.96%) Node.js
8 5 (2.46%) FreeSWITCH
9 3 (1.48%) YAML
10 2 (0.99%) AngularJS
10 2 (0.99%) CSS
10 2 (0.99%) HTML
10 2 (0.99%) Kafka
10 2 (0.99%) React
10 2 (0.99%) WAMP
Miscellaneous
1 44 (21.67%) Cloud Native
2 22 (10.84%) Enterprise Software
3 8 (3.94%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (3.45%) Hybrid Cloud
5 6 (2.96%) Blog
6 5 (2.46%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.48%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.48%) Public Cloud
8 2 (0.99%) Cloud Security Posture
8 2 (0.99%) Enterprise Cloud
8 2 (0.99%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.99%) Private Cloud
8 2 (0.99%) Product Ownership
8 2 (0.99%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.49%) AI Agents
9 1 (0.49%) CMDB
9 1 (0.49%) Educational Technology
9 1 (0.49%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.49%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.49%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 28 (13.79%) Linux
2 21 (10.34%) Windows
3 15 (7.39%) Windows Server
4 11 (5.42%) Unix
5 5 (2.46%) Debian
6 2 (0.99%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (52.71%) DevOps
2 86 (42.36%) CI/CD
3 82 (40.39%) Infrastructure as Code
4 61 (30.05%) Agile
5 54 (26.60%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 50 (24.63%) Mentoring
7 39 (19.21%) Problem-Solving
8 37 (18.23%) Coaching
9 34 (16.75%) Containerisation
10 32 (15.76%) Cloud Security
11 29 (14.29%) Observability
12 26 (12.81%) Roadmaps
12 26 (12.81%) Technical Leadership
13 25 (12.32%) Analytics
13 25 (12.32%) Test Automation
14 24 (11.82%) Asset Management
14 24 (11.82%) Continuous Improvement
14 24 (11.82%) High Availability
15 23 (11.33%) RBAC
16 22 (10.84%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 70 (34.48%) Python
2 36 (17.73%) SQL
3 35 (17.24%) Java
4 34 (16.75%) Bash
5 26 (12.81%) PowerShell
6 22 (10.84%) PL/SQL
6 22 (10.84%) Shell Script
7 17 (8.37%) Go
8 15 (7.39%) Bicep
9 14 (6.90%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.99%) Ruby
10 2 (0.99%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.49%) C#
Qualifications
1 34 (16.75%) Security Cleared
2 26 (12.81%) SC Cleared
3 21 (10.34%) AWS Certification
4 20 (9.85%) Azure Certification
5 15 (7.39%) Degree
6 6 (2.96%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (2.96%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (1.97%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 4 (1.97%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
8 3 (1.48%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.99%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.49%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 9 (4.43%) PCI DSS
2 8 (3.94%) NIST
3 6 (2.96%) GRC
3 6 (2.96%) SOC 2
4 3 (1.48%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (1.48%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.48%) GDPR
5 2 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.49%) QA
System Software
1 30 (14.78%) Docker
2 23 (11.33%) Active Directory
3 5 (2.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.97%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.99%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.49%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 122 (60.10%) Terraform
2 61 (30.05%) Kubernetes
3 26 (12.81%) Ansible
4 23 (11.33%) Single Sign-On
5 20 (9.85%) Prometheus
6 16 (7.88%) Argo
7 14 (6.90%) Grafana
8 9 (4.43%) Kustomize
9 4 (1.97%) Cilium
9 4 (1.97%) Puppet
10 2 (0.99%) Microsoft Intune
11 1 (0.49%) Docker Swarm
11 1 (0.49%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.49%) Kibana
11 1 (0.49%) Rancher
Vendors
1 47 (23.15%) Microsoft
2 22 (10.84%) Oracle
3 13 (6.40%) Okta
4 12 (5.91%) Google
5 5 (2.46%) Cisco
5 5 (2.46%) VMware
6 4 (1.97%) PagerDuty
7 3 (1.48%) Citrix
7 3 (1.48%) Databricks
8 2 (0.99%) Foundry
8 2 (0.99%) Red Hat
8 2 (0.99%) Talend
9 1 (0.49%) Apple
9 1 (0.49%) LogRhythm
9 1 (0.49%) New Relic
9 1 (0.49%) SAP
9 1 (0.49%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.49%) SonicWALL
9 1 (0.49%) Splunk
9 1 (0.49%) TIBCO