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 14 November 2026.
The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 14 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 195 | 222 | 209 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +27 | -13 | -9 |
| Permanent Cloud Engineer jobs | 338 | 178 | 304 |
| As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options | 1.33% | 1.13% | 1.53% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 1.41% | 1.21% | 1.58% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 252 | 117 | 194 |
| 10th Percentile | £47,500 | £39,163 | £42,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £57,500 | £51,250 | £49,649 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £70,000 | £62,500 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +12.00% | -3.85% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £87,500 | £78,750 | £75,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £86,300 | £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 adverts with remote/hybrid work options and matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.
| 6 months to 14 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent remote/hybrid job adverts matching a recognised job title | 24,028 | 14,770 | 19,240 |
| % of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title | 94.25% | 93.88% | 96.65% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 15,980 | 9,138 | 12,034 |
| 10th Percentile | £35,000 | £29,500 | £35,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £40,000 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £61,000 | £55,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.91% | -7.50% | -3.85% |
| 75th Percentile | £80,000 | £77,188 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £96,250 | £97,500 |
| UK median annual salary | £60,000 | £52,500 | £57,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +14.29% | -8.70% | -4.17% |
Cloud Engineer Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent Cloud Engineer job postings offering remote/hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.
Cloud Engineer Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs
Salary distribution trend for remote/hybrid Cloud Engineer job vacancies.
Cloud Engineer Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs
Salary distribution for Cloud Engineer jobs with remote/hybrid work options over the 6 months to 14 November 2026.
Cloud Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs
For the 6 months to 14 November 2026, Cloud Engineer job ads cited 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 Cloud Engineer jobs with remote/hybrid work options.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Azure | 49.1% | 166 |
| 2 | AWS | 35.8% | 121 |
| 3 | Infrastructure as Code | 33.4% | 113 |
| 4 | Terraform | 33.1% | 112 |
| 5 | Infrastructure Engineering | 30.5% | 103 |
| 6 | CI/CD | 23.1% | 78 |
| 6 | Cloud Security | 23.1% | 78 |
| 8 | Platform Engineering | 22.8% | 77 |
| 9 | Microsoft | 20.7% | 70 |
| 10 | PowerShell | 20.1% | 68 |
| 11 | Python | 19.2% | 65 |
| 12 | DevOps | 18.9% | 64 |
| 12 | Kubernetes | 18.9% | 64 |
| 14 | GCP | 17.8% | 60 |
| 15 | PaaS | 14.2% | 48 |
| 16 | Continuous Improvement | 13.9% | 47 |
| 16 | Problem-Solving | 13.9% | 47 |
| 18 | Security Cleared | 13.3% | 45 |
| 19 | Microsoft 365 | 11.8% | 40 |
| 20 | VPN | 11.5% | 39 |
| 21 | Entra ID | 11.2% | 38 |
| 21 | Firewall | 11.2% | 38 |
| 23 | SaaS | 10.9% | 37 |
| 24 | Containerisation | 10.4% | 35 |
| 25 | Active Directory | 9.8% | 33 |
| 26 | SC Cleared | 9.5% | 32 |
| 27 | 9.2% | 31 | |
| 27 | Identity Access Management | 9.2% | 31 |
| 29 | Bicep | 8.9% | 30 |
| 29 | Grafana | 8.9% | 30 |
Cloud Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Job Titles
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Senior Cloud Engineer | 26.9% | 91 |
| 2 | Azure Engineer | 24.6% | 83 |
| 3 | Cloud Infrastructure Engineer | 20.7% | 70 |
| 4 | Cloud Platform Engineer | 14.5% | 49 |
| 5 | Lead Cloud Engineer | 13.3% | 45 |
| 6 | Security Engineer | 12.7% | 43 |
| 7 | Cloud Security Engineer | 11.8% | 40 |
| 8 | AWS Engineer | 10.4% | 35 |
| 9 | GCP Engineer | 8.0% | 27 |
| 10 | Senior Infrastructure Engineer | 7.4% | 25 |
| 11 | Azure Platform Engineer | 6.2% | 21 |
| 12 | Azure Infrastructure Engineer | 5.3% | 18 |
| 12 | CloudOps Engineer | 5.3% | 18 |
| 14 | Senior Security Engineer | 4.4% | 15 |
| 15 | DevOps Engineer | 4.1% | 14 |
| 16 | Cloud Automation Engineer | 3.3% | 11 |
| 17 | Operations Engineer | 3.0% | 10 |
| 18 | Data Engineer | 2.4% | 8 |
| 18 | Principal Cloud Engineer | 2.4% | 8 |
| 18 | Site Reliability Engineer | 2.4% | 8 |