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 12 March 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 194 200 247
Rank change year-on-year +6 +47 -44
Permanent jobs requiring a Cloud Engineer 214 236 348
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.28% 1.70% 1.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.36% 1.79% 1.21%
Number of salaries quoted 162 181 314
10th Percentile £42,750 £42,500 £46,475
25th Percentile £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £66,274 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.62% +1.96% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £86,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £69,000 £62,783
% change year-on-year +1.45% +9.90% -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 15,734 13,169 28,668
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.83% 94.82% 95.89%
Number of salaries quoted 10,585 8,912 23,923
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,250 £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 £80,063 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,491 £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 12 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 12 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.

1 135 (63.08%) Azure
2 129 (60.28%) Terraform
3 115 (53.74%) DevOps
4 91 (42.52%) CI/CD
5 86 (40.19%) Infrastructure as Code
6 85 (39.72%) AWS
7 76 (35.51%) Python
8 65 (30.37%) Agile
9 62 (28.97%) Kubernetes
10 59 (27.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 57 (26.64%) Azure DevOps
12 52 (24.30%) GitHub
12 52 (24.30%) Mentoring
13 51 (23.83%) Microsoft
14 41 (19.16%) SQL
15 40 (18.69%) Coaching
16 39 (18.22%) Problem-Solving
17 38 (17.76%) Java
18 35 (16.36%) Bash
18 35 (16.36%) Entra ID
18 35 (16.36%) Jenkins
18 35 (16.36%) Security Cleared
19 34 (15.89%) Cloud Security
19 34 (15.89%) Containerisation
20 32 (14.95%) Firewall
20 32 (14.95%) PowerShell
21 31 (14.49%) Observability
22 30 (14.02%) Docker
22 30 (14.02%) Linux
23 29 (13.55%) 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 11 (5.14%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 4 (1.87%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (1.40%) IIS
4 2 (0.93%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.47%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (1.40%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.47%) EngageOne
2 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 25 (11.68%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.47%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 135 (63.08%) Azure
2 85 (39.72%) AWS
3 57 (26.64%) Azure DevOps
4 52 (24.30%) GitHub
5 35 (16.36%) Entra ID
6 27 (12.62%) IaaS
7 26 (12.15%) OCI
8 23 (10.75%) GCP
8 23 (10.75%) PaaS
9 22 (10.28%) AWS CloudFormation
10 21 (9.81%) Amazon EKS
11 20 (9.35%) GitHub Actions
11 20 (9.35%) SaaS
12 18 (8.41%) Azure AKS
12 18 (8.41%) Azure Monitor
12 18 (8.41%) Serverless
13 16 (7.48%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 13 (6.07%) Microsoft 365
14 13 (6.07%) Power Platform
15 11 (5.14%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 32 (14.95%) Firewall
2 16 (7.48%) DNS
3 15 (7.01%) VPN
4 9 (4.21%) Broadband
4 9 (4.21%) Network Security
5 5 (2.34%) DMZ
5 5 (2.34%) Reverse Proxy
5 5 (2.34%) STUN
5 5 (2.34%) VLAN
5 5 (2.34%) VoIP
6 4 (1.87%) DHCP
6 4 (1.87%) Intrusion Detection
6 4 (1.87%) TCP/IP
6 4 (1.87%) WAN
7 3 (1.40%) SD-WAN
7 3 (1.40%) SSL
8 1 (0.47%) DKIM
8 1 (0.47%) DMARC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (6.07%) Power BI
2 11 (5.14%) Amazon RDS
2 11 (5.14%) Relational Database
2 11 (5.14%) Tableau
3 9 (4.21%) NoSQL
3 9 (4.21%) RDBMS
4 8 (3.74%) Amazon Aurora
5 6 (2.80%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (2.34%) SQL Server
7 3 (1.40%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.47%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.47%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.47%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 35 (16.36%) Jenkins
2 28 (13.08%) Git
3 25 (11.68%) Oracle Forms
4 14 (6.54%) GitLab
5 12 (5.61%) JIRA
6 9 (4.21%) Jaeger
7 5 (2.34%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 4 (1.87%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.93%) Selenium
10 1 (0.47%) Appium
10 1 (0.47%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.47%) git-flow
10 1 (0.47%) JMeter
10 1 (0.47%) Locust
10 1 (0.47%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.47%) Serenity BDD
10 1 (0.47%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.47%) Subversion
General
1 40 (18.69%) Finance
2 30 (14.02%) Social Skills
3 16 (7.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 9 (4.21%) Billing
4 9 (4.21%) Public Sector
5 6 (2.80%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (2.80%) Banking
6 5 (2.34%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (2.34%) Retail
7 4 (1.87%) Back Office
7 4 (1.87%) Financial Institution
7 4 (1.87%) Military
8 2 (0.93%) Advertising
8 2 (0.93%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.47%) Electronics
9 1 (0.47%) Health Technology
9 1 (0.47%) Law
9 1 (0.47%) Marketing
9 1 (0.47%) Publishing
9 1 (0.47%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (11.68%) RESTful
2 16 (7.48%) JSON
3 14 (6.54%) SOAP
3 14 (6.54%) XML
4 11 (5.14%) OAuth
4 11 (5.14%) OAuth2
4 11 (5.14%) SAML
5 10 (4.67%) Elastic Stack
6 9 (4.21%) OpenTelemetry
7 7 (3.27%) Loki
8 6 (2.80%) ARM Templates
8 6 (2.80%) Node.js
9 5 (2.34%) FreeSWITCH
10 4 (1.87%) YAML
11 2 (0.93%) .NET
11 2 (0.93%) AngularJS
11 2 (0.93%) CSS
11 2 (0.93%) HTML
11 2 (0.93%) Kafka
11 2 (0.93%) WAMP
Miscellaneous
1 48 (22.43%) Cloud Native
2 25 (11.68%) Enterprise Software
3 8 (3.74%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (3.27%) Hybrid Cloud
5 6 (2.80%) Blog
6 5 (2.34%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.87%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.40%) CMDB
8 3 (1.40%) Enterprise Cloud
8 3 (1.40%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.93%) Cloud Security Posture
9 2 (0.93%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.93%) Private Cloud
9 2 (0.93%) Product Ownership
9 2 (0.93%) Security Posture
9 2 (0.93%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 1 (0.47%) AI Agents
10 1 (0.47%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (0.47%) Legacy Systems
10 1 (0.47%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 30 (14.02%) Linux
2 26 (12.15%) Windows
3 18 (8.41%) Windows Server
4 11 (5.14%) Unix
5 5 (2.34%) Debian
6 3 (1.40%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (53.74%) DevOps
2 91 (42.52%) CI/CD
3 86 (40.19%) Infrastructure as Code
4 65 (30.37%) Agile
5 59 (27.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 52 (24.30%) Mentoring
7 40 (18.69%) Coaching
8 39 (18.22%) Problem-Solving
9 34 (15.89%) Cloud Security
9 34 (15.89%) Containerisation
10 31 (14.49%) Observability
11 29 (13.55%) Test Automation
12 28 (13.08%) Asset Management
13 26 (12.15%) Continuous Improvement
14 25 (11.68%) Analytics
14 25 (11.68%) API Integration
14 25 (11.68%) ERP
14 25 (11.68%) Identity Access Management
14 25 (11.68%) Roadmaps
14 25 (11.68%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 76 (35.51%) Python
2 41 (19.16%) SQL
3 38 (17.76%) Java
4 35 (16.36%) Bash
5 32 (14.95%) PowerShell
6 25 (11.68%) PL/SQL
6 25 (11.68%) Shell Script
7 17 (7.94%) Go
8 16 (7.48%) Bicep
9 14 (6.54%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.93%) Ruby
10 2 (0.93%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.47%) C#
Qualifications
1 35 (16.36%) Security Cleared
2 27 (12.62%) SC Cleared
3 22 (10.28%) AWS Certification
3 22 (10.28%) Azure Certification
4 15 (7.01%) Degree
5 6 (2.80%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (2.80%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (1.87%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 4 (1.87%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
7 2 (0.93%) DBS Check
7 2 (0.93%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.47%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 10 (4.67%) PCI DSS
2 8 (3.74%) NIST
3 6 (2.80%) GRC
3 6 (2.80%) SOC 2
4 3 (1.40%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (1.40%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.40%) GDPR
5 2 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (0.93%) QA
System Software
1 30 (14.02%) Docker
2 25 (11.68%) Active Directory
3 5 (2.34%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.87%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.87%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (1.40%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.93%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 129 (60.28%) Terraform
2 62 (28.97%) Kubernetes
3 29 (13.55%) Ansible
4 26 (12.15%) Single Sign-On
5 21 (9.81%) Prometheus
6 16 (7.48%) Argo
7 15 (7.01%) Grafana
8 9 (4.21%) Kustomize
9 5 (2.34%) Microsoft Intune
10 4 (1.87%) Cilium
11 3 (1.40%) Puppet
12 1 (0.47%) Docker Swarm
12 1 (0.47%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.47%) Kibana
12 1 (0.47%) Rancher
Vendors
1 51 (23.83%) Microsoft
2 25 (11.68%) Oracle
3 15 (7.01%) Okta
4 12 (5.61%) Google
5 5 (2.34%) Cisco
5 5 (2.34%) VMware
6 4 (1.87%) PagerDuty
7 3 (1.40%) Citrix
7 3 (1.40%) Databricks
7 3 (1.40%) SonicWALL
8 2 (0.93%) Foundry
8 2 (0.93%) Red Hat
8 2 (0.93%) Talend
9 1 (0.47%) Apple
9 1 (0.47%) LogRhythm
9 1 (0.47%) New Relic
9 1 (0.47%) SAP
9 1 (0.47%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.47%) Splunk
9 1 (0.47%) TIBCO