Hybrid/Remote Cloud Engineer Job Trends

Cloud Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Cloud Engineer salary for remote/hybrid work is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 December 2025.

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

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 195 201 201
Rank change year-on-year +6 0 +7
Permanent jobs requiring a Cloud Engineer 194 306 320
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.27% 1.63% 1.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.36% 1.69% 1.62%
Number of salaries quoted 131 201 278
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £46,306
25th Percentile £52,375 £47,500 £52,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £63,250 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.19% -2.69% -2.67%
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,750 £77,715
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £96,764
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% -2.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 14,301 18,135 19,740
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.51% 96.44% 95.72%
Number of salaries quoted 9,124 11,360 16,118
10th Percentile £29,825 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -0.83% -3.20%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.17% -3.33% -

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 13 December 2025.

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 13 December 2025, 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.

1 153 (78.87%) Azure
2 131 (67.53%) Terraform
3 118 (60.82%) DevOps
4 108 (55.67%) CI/CD
5 82 (42.27%) Infrastructure as Code
6 77 (39.69%) AWS
6 77 (39.69%) Python
7 68 (35.05%) GitHub
8 66 (34.02%) Azure DevOps
9 62 (31.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 61 (31.44%) Microsoft
11 57 (29.38%) Agile
12 56 (28.87%) Kubernetes
13 55 (28.35%) SQL
14 53 (27.32%) Jenkins
15 45 (23.20%) Coaching
16 44 (22.68%) Cloud Security
17 43 (22.16%) PowerShell
17 43 (22.16%) Windows
18 40 (20.62%) Asset Management
18 40 (20.62%) Test Automation
19 37 (19.07%) Java
19 37 (19.07%) Mentoring
20 35 (18.04%) API Integration
20 35 (18.04%) Continuous Improvement
20 35 (18.04%) Migration
21 34 (17.53%) ERP
21 34 (17.53%) Identity Access Management
21 34 (17.53%) Linux
21 34 (17.53%) Observability

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 15 (7.73%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 6 (3.09%) IIS
3 4 (2.06%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (2.06%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.55%) SharePoint
5 2 (1.03%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.52%) Apache
6 1 (0.52%) nginx
Applications
1 6 (3.09%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 33 (17.01%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 153 (78.87%) Azure
2 77 (39.69%) AWS
3 68 (35.05%) GitHub
4 66 (34.02%) Azure DevOps
5 34 (17.53%) OCI
6 29 (14.95%) Entra ID
7 26 (13.40%) AWS CloudFormation
8 23 (11.86%) GCP
9 22 (11.34%) Amazon EKS
10 21 (10.82%) GitHub Actions
11 20 (10.31%) SaaS
12 19 (9.79%) PaaS
13 18 (9.28%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 18 (9.28%) Azure Monitor
13 18 (9.28%) IaaS
13 18 (9.28%) Power Platform
14 16 (8.25%) Microsoft 365
14 16 (8.25%) Serverless
15 15 (7.73%) Azure AKS
15 15 (7.73%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 31 (15.98%) Firewall
2 22 (11.34%) VPN
3 14 (7.22%) DNS
4 10 (5.15%) Network Security
5 9 (4.64%) WAN
6 7 (3.61%) SSL
7 6 (3.09%) SD-WAN
8 5 (2.58%) DMZ
8 5 (2.58%) STUN
8 5 (2.58%) VLAN
8 5 (2.58%) VoIP
9 4 (2.06%) DHCP
9 4 (2.06%) Intrusion Detection
10 3 (1.55%) Wi-Fi
11 2 (1.03%) HTTP
11 2 (1.03%) LAN
11 2 (1.03%) TCP/IP
12 1 (0.52%) HTTPS
12 1 (0.52%) Reverse Proxy
12 1 (0.52%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (8.76%) Power BI
2 15 (7.73%) Tableau
3 6 (3.09%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (2.58%) SQL Server
5 4 (2.06%) Amazon Aurora
5 4 (2.06%) DynamoDB
5 4 (2.06%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.03%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.03%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.52%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 53 (27.32%) Jenkins
2 33 (17.01%) Oracle Forms
3 30 (15.46%) Git
4 17 (8.76%) JIRA
5 10 (5.15%) GitLab
6 4 (2.06%) TeamCity
7 2 (1.03%) Bitbucket
7 2 (1.03%) Selenium
8 1 (0.52%) Appium
8 1 (0.52%) git-flow
8 1 (0.52%) JMeter
8 1 (0.52%) Locust
8 1 (0.52%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.52%) Serenity BDD
8 1 (0.52%) Snyk
8 1 (0.52%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.52%) Subversion
General
1 53 (27.32%) Finance
2 23 (11.86%) Social Skills
3 9 (4.64%) Law
4 6 (3.09%) Banking
4 6 (3.09%) Public Sector
4 6 (3.09%) Retail
5 5 (2.58%) Back Office
5 5 (2.58%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (2.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (2.58%) Telecoms
6 4 (2.06%) Financial Institution
7 3 (1.55%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (1.03%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.52%) Electronics
9 1 (0.52%) Marketing
9 1 (0.52%) Military
9 1 (0.52%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (17.01%) RESTful
2 19 (9.79%) JSON
3 18 (9.28%) SOAP
3 18 (9.28%) XML
4 17 (8.76%) OAuth
4 17 (8.76%) SAML
5 15 (7.73%) OAuth2
6 12 (6.19%) Node.js
7 5 (2.58%) AngularJS
7 5 (2.58%) FreeSWITCH
8 4 (2.06%) Kafka
8 4 (2.06%) React
8 4 (2.06%) Vue
9 3 (1.55%) Loki
10 2 (1.03%) ARM Templates
10 2 (1.03%) CSS
10 2 (1.03%) Hugging Face
10 2 (1.03%) Nuxt
10 2 (1.03%) RabbitMQ
10 2 (1.03%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 57 (29.38%) Cloud Native
2 33 (17.01%) Enterprise Software
3 9 (4.64%) Driving Licence
4 8 (4.12%) Distributed Systems
4 8 (4.12%) Public Cloud
5 6 (3.09%) Blog
5 6 (3.09%) CMDB
6 4 (2.06%) AI Agents
6 4 (2.06%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.55%) Cloud Security Posture
7 3 (1.55%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.55%) Security Posture
7 3 (1.55%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.55%) Virtual Team
8 2 (1.03%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.03%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.03%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 1 (0.52%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 1 (0.52%) Enterprise Cloud
9 1 (0.52%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 43 (22.16%) Windows
2 34 (17.53%) Linux
3 20 (10.31%) Windows Server
4 9 (4.64%) VMS
5 5 (2.58%) Debian
6 2 (1.03%) CentOS
6 2 (1.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (1.03%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (60.82%) DevOps
2 108 (55.67%) CI/CD
3 82 (42.27%) Infrastructure as Code
4 62 (31.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 57 (29.38%) Agile
6 45 (23.20%) Coaching
7 44 (22.68%) Cloud Security
8 40 (20.62%) Asset Management
8 40 (20.62%) Test Automation
9 37 (19.07%) Mentoring
10 35 (18.04%) API Integration
10 35 (18.04%) Continuous Improvement
10 35 (18.04%) Migration
11 34 (17.53%) ERP
11 34 (17.53%) Identity Access Management
11 34 (17.53%) Observability
12 33 (17.01%) Problem-Solving
13 31 (15.98%) Analytics
14 29 (14.95%) RBAC
15 24 (12.37%) AI
Programming Languages
1 77 (39.69%) Python
2 55 (28.35%) SQL
3 43 (22.16%) PowerShell
4 37 (19.07%) Java
5 33 (17.01%) PL/SQL
5 33 (17.01%) Shell Script
6 23 (11.86%) Bash
6 23 (11.86%) Bicep
7 7 (3.61%) Go
8 5 (2.58%) JavaScript
9 3 (1.55%) TypeScript
10 2 (1.03%) Ruby
11 1 (0.52%) C#
11 1 (0.52%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 25 (12.89%) Security Cleared
2 23 (11.86%) SC Cleared
3 21 (10.82%) Azure Certification
4 17 (8.76%) AWS Certification
5 14 (7.22%) Degree
6 5 (2.58%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.55%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.03%) AWS Certified Developer
8 2 (1.03%) CISSP
8 2 (1.03%) RHCE
9 1 (0.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (0.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.52%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.52%) CISM
9 1 (0.52%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.52%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.52%) MCSA
9 1 (0.52%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (11.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (4.64%) Cyber Essentials
2 9 (4.64%) PCI DSS
2 9 (4.64%) SOC 2
3 8 (4.12%) GDPR
4 7 (3.61%) GRC
4 7 (3.61%) NIST
5 5 (2.58%) ISO 9001
6 2 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (1.03%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.03%) QA
System Software
1 30 (15.46%) Active Directory
2 17 (8.76%) Docker
3 9 (4.64%) Virtual Servers
4 7 (3.61%) Hyper-V
5 6 (3.09%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (2.58%) Kamailio
7 4 (2.06%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (1.55%) Firmware
8 3 (1.55%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 131 (67.53%) Terraform
2 56 (28.87%) Kubernetes
3 33 (17.01%) Single Sign-On
4 29 (14.95%) Ansible
5 16 (8.25%) Grafana
6 11 (5.67%) Prometheus
7 10 (5.15%) Microsoft Intune
8 7 (3.61%) Argo
9 4 (2.06%) Cilium
10 1 (0.52%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.52%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.52%) Kibana
10 1 (0.52%) Puppet
10 1 (0.52%) Rancher
10 1 (0.52%) SCOM
Vendors
1 61 (31.44%) Microsoft
2 33 (17.01%) Oracle
3 19 (9.79%) Okta
4 7 (3.61%) Red Hat
5 6 (3.09%) Google
5 6 (3.09%) Salesforce
5 6 (3.09%) SonicWALL
6 4 (2.06%) Foundry
6 4 (2.06%) PagerDuty
6 4 (2.06%) VMware
7 3 (1.55%) Cisco
7 3 (1.55%) Fortinet
8 2 (1.03%) Databricks
8 2 (1.03%) OpenAI
8 2 (1.03%) Talend
9 1 (0.52%) Checkmarx
9 1 (0.52%) LogRhythm
9 1 (0.52%) New Relic
9 1 (0.52%) Rapid7
9 1 (0.52%) Zscaler