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 21 July 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 218 278 255
Rank change year-on-year +60 -23 -31
Permanent jobs requiring a Cloud Engineer 266 162 355
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.23% 0.98% 1.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.31% 1.07% 1.27%
Number of salaries quoted 205 118 274
10th Percentile £47,500 £36,025 £46,475
25th Percentile £57,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £62,500 £63,891
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -2.18% -5.35%
75th Percentile £80,000 £73,227 £73,438
90th Percentile £97,500 £81,625 £88,375
UK median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.70% +3.85% -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 20,324 15,191 28,016
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.08% 92.21% 96.13%
Number of salaries quoted 14,743 9,431 21,281
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,848 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,000 £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 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year - +1.85% -10.00%

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 21 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 21 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.

1 137 (51.50%) Azure
2 102 (38.35%) Terraform
3 90 (33.83%) Infrastructure as Code
4 88 (33.08%) AWS
5 82 (30.83%) CI/CD
5 82 (30.83%) DevOps
6 62 (23.31%) GCP
7 57 (21.43%) Security Cleared
8 55 (20.68%) Kubernetes
9 49 (18.42%) Microsoft
10 48 (18.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 48 (18.05%) Platform Engineering
11 47 (17.67%) SC Cleared
12 41 (15.41%) Python
13 37 (13.91%) Containerisation
14 36 (13.53%) PowerShell
15 34 (12.78%) PaaS
16 32 (12.03%) Cloud Security
16 32 (12.03%) Continuous Improvement
17 31 (11.65%) Problem-Solving
18 28 (10.53%) Ansible
18 28 (10.53%) IaaS
19 26 (9.77%) Entra ID
19 26 (9.77%) Microsoft 365
20 25 (9.40%) Agile
20 25 (9.40%) Observability
21 24 (9.02%) Active Directory
21 24 (9.02%) Docker
21 24 (9.02%) Mentoring
22 23 (8.65%) Azure Certification

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 3 (1.13%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (1.13%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.38%) IIS
2 1 (0.38%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 137 (51.50%) Azure
2 88 (33.08%) AWS
3 62 (23.31%) GCP
4 34 (12.78%) PaaS
5 28 (10.53%) IaaS
6 26 (9.77%) Entra ID
6 26 (9.77%) Microsoft 365
7 22 (8.27%) GitHub
8 20 (7.52%) Azure DevOps
9 19 (7.14%) AWS CloudFormation
10 15 (5.64%) Amazon EC2
11 14 (5.26%) Amazon S3
12 13 (4.89%) Azure AKS
12 13 (4.89%) Azure Monitor
12 13 (4.89%) GitHub Actions
12 13 (4.89%) SaaS
13 9 (3.38%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 9 (3.38%) Amazon ECS
13 9 (3.38%) Amazon EKS
13 9 (3.38%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 18 (6.77%) Firewall
2 17 (6.39%) VPN
3 13 (4.89%) DNS
4 6 (2.26%) Network Security
4 6 (2.26%) VoIP
5 5 (1.88%) DHCP
5 5 (1.88%) DMZ
5 5 (1.88%) Reverse Proxy
5 5 (1.88%) STUN
5 5 (1.88%) VLAN
6 4 (1.50%) Broadband
7 3 (1.13%) SAN
7 3 (1.13%) TCP/IP
7 3 (1.13%) WAN
8 2 (0.75%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.75%) Wireless
9 1 (0.38%) Skype
9 1 (0.38%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.38%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.38%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.26%) Amazon RDS
1 6 (2.26%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.88%) BigQuery
3 4 (1.50%) Semantic Layer
4 3 (1.13%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.75%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.38%) Amazon Aurora
6 1 (0.38%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 14 (5.26%) Jenkins
2 9 (3.38%) Git
2 9 (3.38%) GitLab
3 5 (1.88%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 2 (0.75%) Terragrunt
5 1 (0.38%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 38 (14.29%) Finance
2 35 (13.16%) Social Skills
3 13 (4.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 12 (4.51%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (3.01%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (2.63%) Law
7 6 (2.26%) Banking
7 6 (2.26%) Public Sector
8 4 (1.50%) Billing
8 4 (1.50%) Retail
9 3 (1.13%) Advertising
9 3 (1.13%) Military
10 2 (0.75%) Legal
11 1 (0.38%) Automotive
11 1 (0.38%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.38%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.38%) ARM Templates
2 7 (2.63%) Oracle Fusion
3 5 (1.88%) FreeSWITCH
4 4 (1.50%) Node.js
4 4 (1.50%) YAML
5 3 (1.13%) Middleware
6 2 (0.75%) Jinja
6 2 (0.75%) REST
6 2 (0.75%) WAMP
6 2 (0.75%) Web Services
7 1 (0.38%) Loki
7 1 (0.38%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 26 (9.77%) Cloud Native
2 18 (6.77%) Hybrid Cloud
3 7 (2.63%) Distributed Systems
3 7 (2.63%) Driving Licence
3 7 (2.63%) Greenfield Project
3 7 (2.63%) Onboarding
4 6 (2.26%) Data Centre
4 6 (2.26%) Enterprise Cloud
5 5 (1.88%) Analytical Mindset
5 5 (1.88%) Cloud Security Posture
5 5 (1.88%) PKI
5 5 (1.88%) Public Cloud
5 5 (1.88%) Security Posture
6 4 (1.50%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.13%) Blog
8 2 (0.75%) Clustering
8 2 (0.75%) IoT
8 2 (0.75%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.75%) Private Cloud
8 2 (0.75%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 17 (6.39%) Linux
2 16 (6.02%) Windows
3 12 (4.51%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.88%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (33.83%) Infrastructure as Code
2 82 (30.83%) CI/CD
2 82 (30.83%) DevOps
3 48 (18.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 48 (18.05%) Platform Engineering
4 37 (13.91%) Containerisation
5 32 (12.03%) Cloud Security
5 32 (12.03%) Continuous Improvement
6 31 (11.65%) Problem-Solving
7 25 (9.40%) Agile
7 25 (9.40%) Observability
8 24 (9.02%) Mentoring
9 19 (7.14%) Cloud Operations
9 19 (7.14%) Roadmaps
9 19 (7.14%) Technical Leadership
10 18 (6.77%) Collaborative Culture
10 18 (6.77%) Infrastructure Automation
11 16 (6.02%) AI
11 16 (6.02%) ITIL
12 13 (4.89%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 41 (15.41%) Python
2 36 (13.53%) PowerShell
3 15 (5.64%) Bash
3 15 (5.64%) SQL
4 12 (4.51%) Bicep
5 8 (3.01%) Go
6 5 (1.88%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.13%) C#
8 2 (0.75%) Groovy
9 1 (0.38%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.38%) Perl
9 1 (0.38%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.38%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 57 (21.43%) Security Cleared
2 47 (17.67%) SC Cleared
3 23 (8.65%) Azure Certification
4 10 (3.76%) Degree
5 9 (3.38%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (2.63%) DBS Check
7 6 (2.26%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (2.26%) DV Cleared
8 5 (1.88%) AWS Certification
9 4 (1.50%) CISM
9 4 (1.50%) CISSP
10 2 (0.75%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.75%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.38%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 1 (0.38%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
11 1 (0.38%) CCNA
11 1 (0.38%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.38%) IISP
11 1 (0.38%) ISACA
11 1 (0.38%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.01%) Cyber Essentials
1 8 (3.01%) NIST
2 6 (2.26%) PCI DSS
3 5 (1.88%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.13%) GDPR
4 3 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.13%) QA
5 2 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 24 (9.02%) Active Directory
1 24 (9.02%) Docker
2 9 (3.38%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (2.63%) Hyper-V
4 6 (2.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (2.26%) VMware Server
5 2 (0.75%) vSphere
6 1 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 102 (38.35%) Terraform
2 55 (20.68%) Kubernetes
3 28 (10.53%) Ansible
4 10 (3.76%) Grafana
5 9 (3.38%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (3.01%) Puppet
7 6 (2.26%) Prometheus
8 5 (1.88%) Argo
9 3 (1.13%) Istio
9 3 (1.13%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.75%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.75%) WhatsUp Gold
11 1 (0.38%) Failover Clustering
11 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 1 (0.38%) SCOM
Vendors
1 49 (18.42%) Microsoft
2 13 (4.89%) VMware
3 11 (4.14%) Google
4 10 (3.76%) Oracle
5 8 (3.01%) Cisco
6 3 (1.13%) Citrix
6 3 (1.13%) Dynatrace
6 3 (1.13%) EMC
7 2 (0.75%) Apple
7 2 (0.75%) Broadcom
7 2 (0.75%) Databricks
7 2 (0.75%) Meraki
7 2 (0.75%) Sophos
7 2 (0.75%) Ubiquiti
7 2 (0.75%) Veeam
8 1 (0.38%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.38%) Foundry
8 1 (0.38%) New Relic
8 1 (0.38%) SonicWALL
8 1 (0.38%) Tenable