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 4 September 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 195 278 245
Rank change year-on-year +83 -33 -41
Permanent jobs requiring a Cloud Engineer 310 141 306
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.33% 0.88% 1.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.41% 0.95% 1.34%
Number of salaries quoted 239 92 202
10th Percentile £51,250 £35,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £46,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -2.04% -5.77%
75th Percentile £87,500 £75,000 £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 21,988 14,847 22,816
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.06% 92.53% 96.29%
Number of salaries quoted 15,627 8,962 15,506
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £58,077
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -0.99% -7.08%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,750 £96,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -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 4 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 4 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.

1 154 (49.68%) Azure
2 112 (36.13%) Terraform
3 100 (32.26%) AWS
3 100 (32.26%) Infrastructure as Code
4 77 (24.84%) DevOps
5 76 (24.52%) CI/CD
6 72 (23.23%) Platform Engineering
7 69 (22.26%) GCP
8 65 (20.97%) Security Cleared
9 61 (19.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 54 (17.42%) Kubernetes
11 53 (17.10%) Microsoft
12 52 (16.77%) SC Cleared
13 48 (15.48%) PaaS
14 46 (14.84%) PowerShell
15 42 (13.55%) Continuous Improvement
16 39 (12.58%) Containerisation
16 39 (12.58%) Python
17 38 (12.26%) Cloud Security
18 37 (11.94%) Microsoft 365
19 35 (11.29%) Ansible
20 31 (10.00%) Observability
21 29 (9.35%) Problem-Solving
22 28 (9.03%) Agile
23 27 (8.71%) Entra ID
24 26 (8.39%) Mentoring
25 24 (7.74%) Active Directory
25 24 (7.74%) ITIL
26 22 (7.10%) VMware
27 21 (6.77%) Docker

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 7 (2.26%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.94%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.29%) IIS
4 1 (0.32%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 154 (49.68%) Azure
2 100 (32.26%) AWS
3 69 (22.26%) GCP
4 48 (15.48%) PaaS
5 37 (11.94%) Microsoft 365
6 27 (8.71%) Entra ID
7 21 (6.77%) IaaS
8 20 (6.45%) AWS CloudFormation
8 20 (6.45%) GitHub
9 19 (6.13%) SaaS
10 17 (5.48%) Azure DevOps
11 11 (3.55%) Amazon EC2
12 10 (3.23%) Datadog
13 9 (2.90%) Amazon ECS
13 9 (2.90%) Amazon S3
13 9 (2.90%) Azure Monitor
14 8 (2.58%) Amazon EKS
14 8 (2.58%) GitHub Actions
15 7 (2.26%) Azure AKS
15 7 (2.26%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 19 (6.13%) DNS
2 18 (5.81%) VPN
3 13 (4.19%) Firewall
4 8 (2.58%) DHCP
5 5 (1.61%) Network Security
6 4 (1.29%) Broadband
6 4 (1.29%) WAN
6 4 (1.29%) Wireless
7 3 (0.97%) SAN
8 2 (0.65%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.65%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.65%) Wireless Security
9 1 (0.32%) Skype
9 1 (0.32%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.32%) VoIP
9 1 (0.32%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.61%) BigQuery
2 4 (1.29%) Semantic Layer
3 3 (0.97%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.65%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.32%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.32%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.32%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 15 (4.84%) Jenkins
2 10 (3.23%) Git
2 10 (3.23%) GitLab
3 2 (0.65%) Maven
3 2 (0.65%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (0.65%) Terragrunt
4 1 (0.32%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 68 (21.94%) Finance
2 42 (13.55%) Social Skills
3 17 (5.48%) Banking
4 15 (4.84%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (4.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (3.87%) Public Sector
7 10 (3.23%) Law
8 7 (2.26%) Legal
8 7 (2.26%) Retail
9 3 (0.97%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (0.65%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.32%) Advertising
11 1 (0.32%) Automotive
11 1 (0.32%) Local Government
11 1 (0.32%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 112 (36.13%) Terraform
2 7 (2.26%) ARM Templates
2 7 (2.26%) Oracle Fusion
3 4 (1.29%) Middleware
3 4 (1.29%) Node.js
3 4 (1.29%) Pulumi
3 4 (1.29%) YAML
4 3 (0.97%) REST
5 2 (0.65%) Jinja
5 2 (0.65%) Kafka
5 2 (0.65%) Web Services
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 (7.42%) Cloud Native
2 16 (5.16%) Hybrid Cloud
3 12 (3.87%) Onboarding
4 11 (3.55%) Data Centre
4 11 (3.55%) Security Posture
5 10 (3.23%) Driving Licence
6 9 (2.90%) Cloud Security Posture
7 8 (2.58%) Enterprise Cloud
7 8 (2.58%) Greenfield Project
8 7 (2.26%) Blog
9 6 (1.94%) Distributed Systems
9 6 (1.94%) Public Cloud
10 5 (1.61%) PKI
11 4 (1.29%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (1.29%) Private Cloud
12 3 (0.97%) Analytical Mindset
12 3 (0.97%) SystemC
13 2 (0.65%) Clustering
13 2 (0.65%) PMI
13 2 (0.65%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 19 (6.13%) Windows
2 15 (4.84%) Linux
3 11 (3.55%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.32%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (32.26%) Infrastructure as Code
2 77 (24.84%) DevOps
3 76 (24.52%) CI/CD
4 72 (23.23%) Platform Engineering
5 61 (19.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 42 (13.55%) Continuous Improvement
7 39 (12.58%) Containerisation
8 38 (12.26%) Cloud Security
9 31 (10.00%) Observability
10 29 (9.35%) Problem-Solving
11 28 (9.03%) Agile
12 26 (8.39%) Mentoring
13 24 (7.74%) ITIL
14 20 (6.45%) Collaborative Culture
15 19 (6.13%) AI
15 19 (6.13%) Root Cause Analysis
16 18 (5.81%) Cloud Operations
16 18 (5.81%) Disaster Recovery
16 18 (5.81%) Roadmaps
17 17 (5.48%) Infrastructure Automation
Programming Languages
1 46 (14.84%) PowerShell
2 39 (12.58%) Python
3 20 (6.45%) Bicep
4 12 (3.87%) Bash
5 9 (2.90%) SQL
6 8 (2.58%) Go
7 7 (2.26%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.65%) C#
8 2 (0.65%) Groovy
8 2 (0.65%) 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 65 (20.97%) Security Cleared
2 52 (16.77%) SC Cleared
3 18 (5.81%) Azure Certification
4 11 (3.55%) Degree
5 7 (2.26%) AWS Certification
5 7 (2.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (2.26%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (1.94%) DBS Check
6 6 (1.94%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.29%) CISM
7 4 (1.29%) CISSP
8 3 (0.97%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 3 (0.97%) AWS Certified Developer
9 2 (0.65%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.65%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.32%) CCNA
10 1 (0.32%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.32%) MCSE
10 1 (0.32%) OCP
10 1 (0.32%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.23%) Cyber Essentials
2 7 (2.26%) NIST
3 5 (1.61%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (1.61%) PCI DSS
4 3 (0.97%) GDPR
4 3 (0.97%) NCSC
4 3 (0.97%) QA
5 2 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
System Software
1 24 (7.74%) Active Directory
2 21 (6.77%) Docker
3 11 (3.55%) Hyper-V
4 10 (3.23%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (2.58%) VMware Server
6 6 (1.94%) VMware Infrastructure
7 4 (1.29%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.65%) vSphere
9 1 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 54 (17.42%) Kubernetes
2 35 (11.29%) Ansible
3 15 (4.84%) Grafana
4 14 (4.52%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (2.26%) Puppet
6 6 (1.94%) Prometheus
7 5 (1.61%) Argo
8 4 (1.29%) Progress Chef
8 4 (1.29%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.97%) Istio
10 2 (0.65%) WhatsUp Gold
11 1 (0.32%) Cilium
11 1 (0.32%) Failover Clustering
11 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 1 (0.32%) Proxmox
11 1 (0.32%) SCOM
Vendors
1 53 (17.10%) Microsoft
2 22 (7.10%) VMware
3 13 (4.19%) Google
4 10 (3.23%) Oracle
5 8 (2.58%) Dynatrace
6 3 (0.97%) Cisco
6 3 (0.97%) EMC
7 2 (0.65%) Broadcom
7 2 (0.65%) Meraki
7 2 (0.65%) Sage
7 2 (0.65%) Sophos
7 2 (0.65%) Ubiquiti
7 2 (0.65%) 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