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 2 October 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 202 282 227
Rank change year-on-year +80 -55 -31
Permanent jobs requiring a Cloud Engineer 314 147 317
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.26% 0.87% 1.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.34% 0.94% 1.46%
Number of salaries quoted 237 90 192
10th Percentile £50,750 £35,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £57,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.21% -3.75% -7.69%
75th Percentile £87,500 £67,500 £72,500
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 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 23,396 15,692 21,684
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.84% 93.02% 96.46%
Number of salaries quoted 16,235 8,814 13,546
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £58,600 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.55% - -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 2 October 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 2 October 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.

1 155 (49.36%) Azure
2 109 (34.71%) Terraform
3 105 (33.44%) Infrastructure as Code
4 97 (30.89%) AWS
5 79 (25.16%) CI/CD
6 76 (24.20%) DevOps
7 72 (22.93%) Platform Engineering
8 70 (22.29%) GCP
9 69 (21.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 60 (19.11%) Microsoft
11 59 (18.79%) Security Cleared
12 55 (17.52%) Kubernetes
13 53 (16.88%) PowerShell
14 52 (16.56%) PaaS
15 50 (15.92%) Cloud Security
16 48 (15.29%) Python
17 46 (14.65%) SC Cleared
18 44 (14.01%) Continuous Improvement
19 40 (12.74%) Containerisation
20 39 (12.42%) Microsoft 365
21 34 (10.83%) Problem-Solving
22 32 (10.19%) Entra ID
23 31 (9.87%) Observability
24 28 (8.92%) Mentoring
25 27 (8.60%) Ansible
26 26 (8.28%) Active Directory
26 26 (8.28%) Bicep
26 26 (8.28%) VPN
27 25 (7.96%) IaaS
28 24 (7.64%) VMware

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 8 (2.55%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.23%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.27%) IIS
4 1 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.32%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 155 (49.36%) Azure
2 97 (30.89%) AWS
3 70 (22.29%) GCP
4 52 (16.56%) PaaS
5 39 (12.42%) Microsoft 365
6 32 (10.19%) Entra ID
7 25 (7.96%) IaaS
8 22 (7.01%) SaaS
9 20 (6.37%) Azure DevOps
10 19 (6.05%) AWS CloudFormation
10 19 (6.05%) GitHub
11 11 (3.50%) Amazon EC2
12 10 (3.18%) Datadog
13 9 (2.87%) Amazon ECS
13 9 (2.87%) Amazon EKS
13 9 (2.87%) Amazon S3
13 9 (2.87%) Azure Monitor
13 9 (2.87%) GitHub Actions
14 8 (2.55%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 7 (2.23%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 26 (8.28%) VPN
2 21 (6.69%) DNS
3 20 (6.37%) Firewall
4 10 (3.18%) DHCP
5 8 (2.55%) Network Security
6 5 (1.59%) WAN
6 5 (1.59%) Wireless
7 4 (1.27%) Broadband
8 3 (0.96%) BGP
8 3 (0.96%) SAN
8 3 (0.96%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.96%) Wireless Security
9 2 (0.64%) SD-WAN
9 2 (0.64%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.32%) Skype
10 1 (0.32%) Unified Communications
10 1 (0.32%) VoIP
10 1 (0.32%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.23%) Amazon RDS
2 5 (1.59%) BigQuery
3 4 (1.27%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (1.27%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (1.27%) Semantic Layer
4 3 (0.96%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.64%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.64%) DocumentDB
6 1 (0.32%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 16 (5.10%) Jenkins
2 9 (2.87%) Git
3 7 (2.23%) GitLab
4 3 (0.96%) Maven
4 3 (0.96%) Team Foundation Server
4 3 (0.96%) TeamCity
5 2 (0.64%) Terragrunt
6 1 (0.32%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 74 (23.57%) Finance
2 52 (16.56%) Social Skills
3 17 (5.41%) Banking
4 14 (4.46%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (3.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 11 (3.50%) Public Sector
6 10 (3.18%) Law
7 9 (2.87%) Legal
8 7 (2.23%) Retail
9 3 (0.96%) Back Office
9 3 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (0.96%) Financial Institution
9 3 (0.96%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.64%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.32%) Advertising
11 1 (0.32%) Automotive
11 1 (0.32%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 109 (34.71%) Terraform
2 9 (2.87%) ARM Templates
3 7 (2.23%) Oracle Fusion
4 4 (1.27%) Middleware
4 4 (1.27%) Node.js
4 4 (1.27%) Pulumi
5 3 (0.96%) REST
6 2 (0.64%) Jinja
6 2 (0.64%) Kafka
6 2 (0.64%) Web Services
7 1 (0.32%) AWS CDK
7 1 (0.32%) eBPF
7 1 (0.32%) Loki
7 1 (0.32%) Next.js
7 1 (0.32%) OpenID
7 1 (0.32%) React
7 1 (0.32%) RESTful
7 1 (0.32%) SAML
7 1 (0.32%) Spring
7 1 (0.32%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 29 (9.24%) Cloud Native
2 15 (4.78%) Security Posture
3 14 (4.46%) Hybrid Cloud
3 14 (4.46%) Onboarding
4 11 (3.50%) Data Centre
5 10 (3.18%) Blog
5 10 (3.18%) Driving Licence
6 9 (2.87%) Cloud Security Posture
6 9 (2.87%) Distributed Systems
7 8 (2.55%) Greenfield Project
8 5 (1.59%) PKI
8 5 (1.59%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.27%) Enterprise Cloud
9 4 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.27%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.27%) Private Cloud
10 3 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (0.96%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 3 (0.96%) PMI
10 3 (0.96%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 23 (7.32%) Windows
2 17 (5.41%) Linux
3 14 (4.46%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.32%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (33.44%) Infrastructure as Code
2 79 (25.16%) CI/CD
3 76 (24.20%) DevOps
4 72 (22.93%) Platform Engineering
5 69 (21.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 50 (15.92%) Cloud Security
7 44 (14.01%) Continuous Improvement
8 40 (12.74%) Containerisation
9 34 (10.83%) Problem-Solving
10 31 (9.87%) Observability
11 28 (8.92%) Mentoring
12 23 (7.32%) Agile
13 21 (6.69%) AI
13 21 (6.69%) Root Cause Analysis
14 20 (6.37%) Cloud Operations
14 20 (6.37%) Disaster Recovery
15 19 (6.05%) Infrastructure Automation
15 19 (6.05%) ITIL
16 18 (5.73%) Cybersecurity
16 18 (5.73%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 53 (16.88%) PowerShell
2 48 (15.29%) Python
3 26 (8.28%) Bicep
4 16 (5.10%) SQL
5 15 (4.78%) Bash
6 13 (4.14%) Go
7 7 (2.23%) JavaScript
8 4 (1.27%) Java
9 2 (0.64%) C#
9 2 (0.64%) Groovy
9 2 (0.64%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.32%) Google Apps Script
10 1 (0.32%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.32%) Perl
10 1 (0.32%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 59 (18.79%) Security Cleared
2 46 (14.65%) SC Cleared
3 18 (5.73%) Azure Certification
4 15 (4.78%) Degree
5 9 (2.87%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (2.23%) AWS Certification
6 7 (2.23%) CISM
6 7 (2.23%) CISSP
7 6 (1.91%) DV Cleared
7 6 (1.91%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.27%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (1.27%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.96%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 3 (0.96%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 3 (0.96%) AWS Certified Developer
9 3 (0.96%) CCSP
9 3 (0.96%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.64%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.32%) CCNA
11 1 (0.32%) IISP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.82%) NIST
2 11 (3.50%) Cyber Essentials
2 11 (3.50%) PCI DSS
3 10 (3.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.59%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.96%) GDPR
5 3 (0.96%) NCSC
5 3 (0.96%) QA
5 3 (0.96%) SOC 2
6 2 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
System Software
1 26 (8.28%) Active Directory
2 23 (7.32%) Docker
3 13 (4.14%) Hyper-V
4 10 (3.18%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (2.55%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (2.55%) VMware Server
6 4 (1.27%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.64%) vSphere
8 1 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 55 (17.52%) Kubernetes
2 27 (8.60%) Ansible
3 18 (5.73%) Grafana
4 17 (5.41%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (1.91%) Prometheus
6 5 (1.59%) Argo
6 5 (1.59%) Progress Chef
6 5 (1.59%) Puppet
6 5 (1.59%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (1.27%) Cilium
8 3 (0.96%) Istio
9 2 (0.64%) WhatsUp Gold
10 1 (0.32%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 1 (0.32%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.32%) SCOM
Vendors
1 60 (19.11%) Microsoft
2 24 (7.64%) VMware
3 16 (5.10%) Google
4 10 (3.18%) Oracle
5 8 (2.55%) Dynatrace
6 3 (0.96%) Cisco
6 3 (0.96%) EMC
7 2 (0.64%) Broadcom
7 2 (0.64%) Meraki
7 2 (0.64%) Sage
7 2 (0.64%) Sophos
7 2 (0.64%) Ubiquiti
7 2 (0.64%) Veeam
8 1 (0.32%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (0.32%) Databricks
8 1 (0.32%) New Relic
8 1 (0.32%) Okta
8 1 (0.32%) Rackspace
8 1 (0.32%) SonicWALL
8 1 (0.32%) Tenable