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 15 September 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 195 280 244
Rank change year-on-year +85 -36 -47
Permanent jobs requiring a Cloud Engineer 311 141 304
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.30% 0.87% 1.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.38% 0.94% 1.36%
Number of salaries quoted 237 91 192
10th Percentile £51,250 £35,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £47,500 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £87,500 £69,375 £72,500
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% -

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 22,503 14,991 22,313
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.88% 92.61% 96.25%
Number of salaries quoted 15,883 8,935 14,520
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £44,738
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 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,474 £97,500
UK median annual salary £59,319 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.85% - -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 15 September 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 15 September 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.

1 156 (50.16%) Azure
2 110 (35.37%) Terraform
3 101 (32.48%) Infrastructure as Code
4 98 (31.51%) AWS
5 74 (23.79%) DevOps
6 73 (23.47%) CI/CD
7 72 (23.15%) Platform Engineering
8 67 (21.54%) GCP
9 64 (20.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 62 (19.94%) Security Cleared
11 57 (18.33%) Microsoft
12 52 (16.72%) Kubernetes
13 49 (15.76%) PaaS
13 49 (15.76%) SC Cleared
14 48 (15.43%) PowerShell
15 43 (13.83%) Continuous Improvement
16 42 (13.50%) Cloud Security
17 39 (12.54%) Containerisation
17 39 (12.54%) Microsoft 365
17 39 (12.54%) Python
18 31 (9.97%) Ansible
18 31 (9.97%) Entra ID
18 31 (9.97%) Observability
19 30 (9.65%) Problem-Solving
20 28 (9.00%) Mentoring
21 26 (8.36%) Active Directory
21 26 (8.36%) Agile
22 24 (7.72%) VMware
23 22 (7.07%) IaaS
23 22 (7.07%) ITIL

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 9 (2.89%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.29%) IIS
4 1 (0.32%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 156 (50.16%) Azure
2 98 (31.51%) AWS
3 67 (21.54%) GCP
4 49 (15.76%) PaaS
5 39 (12.54%) Microsoft 365
6 31 (9.97%) Entra ID
7 22 (7.07%) IaaS
8 20 (6.43%) GitHub
9 19 (6.11%) Azure DevOps
9 19 (6.11%) SaaS
10 18 (5.79%) AWS CloudFormation
11 11 (3.54%) Amazon EC2
12 10 (3.22%) Azure Monitor
12 10 (3.22%) Datadog
13 9 (2.89%) Amazon ECS
13 9 (2.89%) Amazon S3
14 8 (2.57%) GitHub Actions
15 7 (2.25%) Azure AKS
15 7 (2.25%) Azure Sentinel
16 6 (1.93%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 21 (6.75%) DNS
1 21 (6.75%) VPN
2 16 (5.14%) Firewall
3 10 (3.22%) DHCP
4 5 (1.61%) Network Security
4 5 (1.61%) WAN
5 4 (1.29%) Broadband
5 4 (1.29%) Wireless
6 3 (0.96%) SAN
7 2 (0.64%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.64%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.64%) Wireless Security
8 1 (0.32%) Skype
8 1 (0.32%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.32%) VoIP
8 1 (0.32%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.61%) BigQuery
2 4 (1.29%) Azure SQL Database
2 4 (1.29%) Semantic Layer
3 3 (0.96%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.64%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.32%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.32%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.32%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 15 (4.82%) Jenkins
2 10 (3.22%) Git
3 8 (2.57%) GitLab
4 2 (0.64%) Maven
4 2 (0.64%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (0.64%) Terragrunt
5 1 (0.32%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 68 (21.86%) Finance
2 45 (14.47%) Social Skills
3 17 (5.47%) Banking
4 15 (4.82%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (3.86%) Public Sector
6 11 (3.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (3.22%) Law
8 9 (2.89%) Legal
9 7 (2.25%) Retail
10 3 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.64%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.64%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.32%) Advertising
12 1 (0.32%) Automotive
12 1 (0.32%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 110 (35.37%) Terraform
2 7 (2.25%) ARM Templates
2 7 (2.25%) Oracle Fusion
3 4 (1.29%) Middleware
3 4 (1.29%) Node.js
3 4 (1.29%) Pulumi
4 3 (0.96%) REST
5 2 (0.64%) Jinja
5 2 (0.64%) Kafka
5 2 (0.64%) Web Services
5 2 (0.64%) YAML
6 1 (0.32%) Keycloak
6 1 (0.32%) Loki
6 1 (0.32%) Next.js
6 1 (0.32%) OpenID
6 1 (0.32%) React
6 1 (0.32%) RESTful
6 1 (0.32%) SAML
6 1 (0.32%) Spring
6 1 (0.32%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 23 (7.40%) Cloud Native
2 16 (5.14%) Hybrid Cloud
3 14 (4.50%) Onboarding
4 11 (3.54%) Data Centre
4 11 (3.54%) Driving Licence
4 11 (3.54%) Security Posture
5 9 (2.89%) Cloud Security Posture
6 8 (2.57%) Greenfield Project
7 7 (2.25%) Blog
8 6 (1.93%) Distributed Systems
8 6 (1.93%) Enterprise Cloud
8 6 (1.93%) Public Cloud
9 5 (1.61%) PKI
10 4 (1.29%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (1.29%) Private Cloud
11 3 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (0.96%) SystemC
12 2 (0.64%) Clustering
12 2 (0.64%) Enterprise Software
12 2 (0.64%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 21 (6.75%) Windows
2 15 (4.82%) Linux
3 13 (4.18%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.32%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (32.48%) Infrastructure as Code
2 74 (23.79%) DevOps
3 73 (23.47%) CI/CD
4 72 (23.15%) Platform Engineering
5 64 (20.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 43 (13.83%) Continuous Improvement
7 42 (13.50%) Cloud Security
8 39 (12.54%) Containerisation
9 31 (9.97%) Observability
10 30 (9.65%) Problem-Solving
11 28 (9.00%) Mentoring
12 26 (8.36%) Agile
13 22 (7.07%) ITIL
14 21 (6.75%) AI
15 19 (6.11%) Root Cause Analysis
16 18 (5.79%) Cloud Operations
16 18 (5.79%) Collaborative Culture
16 18 (5.79%) Disaster Recovery
17 17 (5.47%) Infrastructure Automation
17 17 (5.47%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 48 (15.43%) PowerShell
2 39 (12.54%) Python
3 21 (6.75%) Bicep
4 12 (3.86%) Bash
5 11 (3.54%) SQL
6 8 (2.57%) Go
7 7 (2.25%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.64%) C#
8 2 (0.64%) Groovy
8 2 (0.64%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.32%) Google Apps Script
9 1 (0.32%) Java
9 1 (0.32%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.32%) Perl
9 1 (0.32%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 62 (19.94%) Security Cleared
2 49 (15.76%) SC Cleared
3 19 (6.11%) Azure Certification
4 13 (4.18%) Degree
5 7 (2.25%) AWS Certification
5 7 (2.25%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (2.25%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (1.93%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.29%) CISM
7 4 (1.29%) CISSP
7 4 (1.29%) DBS Check
8 3 (0.96%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 3 (0.96%) AWS Certified Developer
9 2 (0.64%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.64%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.32%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.32%) IISP
10 1 (0.32%) ISACA
10 1 (0.32%) OCP
10 1 (0.32%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.22%) Cyber Essentials
2 7 (2.25%) NIST
3 5 (1.61%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (1.61%) PCI DSS
4 3 (0.96%) GDPR
4 3 (0.96%) NCSC
4 3 (0.96%) QA
5 2 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
System Software
1 26 (8.36%) Active Directory
2 21 (6.75%) Docker
3 13 (4.18%) Hyper-V
4 10 (3.22%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (2.57%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (2.57%) VMware Server
6 4 (1.29%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.64%) vSphere
8 1 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 52 (16.72%) Kubernetes
2 31 (9.97%) Ansible
3 17 (5.47%) Microsoft Intune
4 15 (4.82%) Grafana
5 6 (1.93%) Prometheus
6 5 (1.61%) Argo
6 5 (1.61%) Puppet
6 5 (1.61%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (1.29%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.96%) Istio
9 2 (0.64%) WhatsUp Gold
10 1 (0.32%) Cilium
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 57 (18.33%) Microsoft
2 24 (7.72%) VMware
3 13 (4.18%) Google
4 10 (3.22%) Oracle
5 8 (2.57%) 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%) Apple
8 1 (0.32%) Databricks
8 1 (0.32%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.32%) New Relic
8 1 (0.32%) Okta
8 1 (0.32%) Rackspace
8 1 (0.32%) Tenable