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 15 November 2025.

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

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 217 208 206
Rank change year-on-year -9 -2 +12
Permanent jobs requiring a Cloud Engineer 182 305 352
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.16% 1.53% 1.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.24% 1.59% 1.68%
Number of salaries quoted 120 195 293
10th Percentile £39,163 £42,500 £46,306
25th Percentile £51,250 £49,691 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -3.70%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £87,750 £85,000 £97,290
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 14,682 19,223 20,992
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.81% 96.64% 95.95%
Number of salaries quoted 9,133 12,023 17,121
10th Percentile £29,520 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £60,000 £62,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -3.23% +0.19%
75th Percentile £77,284 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -

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 November 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 15 November 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.

1 145 (79.67%) Azure
2 119 (65.38%) Terraform
3 111 (60.99%) DevOps
4 100 (54.95%) CI/CD
5 82 (45.05%) Infrastructure as Code
6 74 (40.66%) AWS
7 67 (36.81%) Python
8 62 (34.07%) Microsoft
9 58 (31.87%) GitHub
10 57 (31.32%) Azure DevOps
11 56 (30.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 54 (29.67%) Kubernetes
13 46 (25.27%) SQL
14 45 (24.73%) Agile
15 44 (24.18%) Jenkins
15 44 (24.18%) Windows
16 42 (23.08%) Cloud Security
16 42 (23.08%) PowerShell
17 34 (18.68%) Continuous Improvement
18 33 (18.13%) Firewall
18 33 (18.13%) Linux
19 32 (17.58%) Asset Management
19 32 (17.58%) Test Automation
20 31 (17.03%) Ansible
20 31 (17.03%) Coaching
21 30 (16.48%) Identity Access Management
21 30 (16.48%) Migration
22 29 (15.93%) Active Directory
22 29 (15.93%) Analytics
22 29 (15.93%) Java

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 11 (6.04%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 6 (3.30%) IIS
3 5 (2.75%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (2.20%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (2.20%) SharePoint
5 2 (1.10%) Apache
5 2 (1.10%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.55%) nginx
Applications
1 6 (3.30%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 25 (13.74%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 145 (79.67%) Azure
2 74 (40.66%) AWS
3 58 (31.87%) GitHub
4 57 (31.32%) Azure DevOps
5 27 (14.84%) AWS CloudFormation
6 26 (14.29%) Entra ID
6 26 (14.29%) OCI
7 23 (12.64%) GCP
8 22 (12.09%) SaaS
9 21 (11.54%) Amazon EKS
9 21 (11.54%) PaaS
10 20 (10.99%) IaaS
11 19 (10.44%) Azure Monitor
11 19 (10.44%) GitHub Actions
11 19 (10.44%) Serverless
12 18 (9.89%) Microsoft 365
13 16 (8.79%) Azure AKS
14 15 (8.24%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 14 (7.69%) Power Platform
16 13 (7.14%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 33 (18.13%) Firewall
2 22 (12.09%) VPN
3 10 (5.49%) Network Security
4 9 (4.95%) SSL
4 9 (4.95%) WAN
5 8 (4.40%) DNS
6 6 (3.30%) SD-WAN
7 5 (2.75%) DMZ
7 5 (2.75%) STUN
7 5 (2.75%) VLAN
7 5 (2.75%) VoIP
8 4 (2.20%) DHCP
8 4 (2.20%) Intrusion Detection
9 3 (1.65%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (1.10%) Broadband
10 2 (1.10%) HTTP
10 2 (1.10%) LAN
10 2 (1.10%) SSH
10 2 (1.10%) TCP/IP
11 1 (0.55%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (7.14%) Power BI
2 11 (6.04%) Tableau
3 5 (2.75%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (2.75%) SQL Server
4 4 (2.20%) DynamoDB
5 3 (1.65%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.10%) MySQL
6 2 (1.10%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.55%) Amazon Aurora
7 1 (0.55%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.55%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 44 (24.18%) Jenkins
2 25 (13.74%) Oracle Forms
3 20 (10.99%) Git
4 12 (6.59%) JIRA
5 4 (2.20%) GitLab
5 4 (2.20%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.55%) Appium
6 1 (0.55%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.55%) Selenium
6 1 (0.55%) Snyk
6 1 (0.55%) Subversion
General
1 45 (24.73%) Finance
2 24 (13.19%) Social Skills
3 9 (4.95%) Law
4 7 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (3.30%) Banking
5 6 (3.30%) Retail
6 5 (2.75%) Back Office
6 5 (2.75%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (2.75%) Telecoms
7 4 (2.20%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (2.20%) Financial Institution
7 4 (2.20%) Public Sector
8 3 (1.65%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.55%) Electronics
9 1 (0.55%) Marketing
9 1 (0.55%) Military
9 1 (0.55%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (14.84%) RESTful
2 15 (8.24%) JSON
3 14 (7.69%) Node.js
3 14 (7.69%) SOAP
3 14 (7.69%) XML
4 13 (7.14%) OAuth
4 13 (7.14%) SAML
5 11 (6.04%) OAuth2
6 5 (2.75%) AngularJS
6 5 (2.75%) FreeSWITCH
7 4 (2.20%) Kafka
7 4 (2.20%) React
7 4 (2.20%) Vue
8 3 (1.65%) ARM Templates
9 2 (1.10%) CSS
9 2 (1.10%) Hugging Face
9 2 (1.10%) Nuxt
9 2 (1.10%) RabbitMQ
9 2 (1.10%) Web Services
9 2 (1.10%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 49 (26.92%) Cloud Native
2 25 (13.74%) Enterprise Software
3 11 (6.04%) Public Cloud
4 9 (4.95%) Driving Licence
5 8 (4.40%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (3.30%) Blog
6 6 (3.30%) CMDB
6 6 (3.30%) Management Information System
7 4 (2.20%) AI Agents
7 4 (2.20%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.65%) Cloud Security Posture
8 3 (1.65%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.65%) PKI
8 3 (1.65%) Security Posture
8 3 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.65%) Virtual Team
9 2 (1.10%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (1.10%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (1.10%) Onboarding
9 2 (1.10%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 44 (24.18%) Windows
2 33 (18.13%) Linux
3 18 (9.89%) Windows Server
4 9 (4.95%) VMS
5 5 (2.75%) Debian
6 2 (1.10%) CentOS
6 2 (1.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (1.10%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (60.99%) DevOps
2 100 (54.95%) CI/CD
3 82 (45.05%) Infrastructure as Code
4 56 (30.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 45 (24.73%) Agile
6 42 (23.08%) Cloud Security
7 34 (18.68%) Continuous Improvement
8 32 (17.58%) Asset Management
8 32 (17.58%) Test Automation
9 31 (17.03%) Coaching
10 30 (16.48%) Identity Access Management
10 30 (16.48%) Migration
11 29 (15.93%) Analytics
12 28 (15.38%) ERP
12 28 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
13 27 (14.84%) API Integration
14 26 (14.29%) Observability
15 25 (13.74%) Mentoring
15 25 (13.74%) RBAC
16 20 (10.99%) AI
Programming Languages
1 67 (36.81%) Python
2 46 (25.27%) SQL
3 42 (23.08%) PowerShell
4 29 (15.93%) Java
5 25 (13.74%) PL/SQL
5 25 (13.74%) Shell Script
6 23 (12.64%) Bicep
7 21 (11.54%) Bash
8 7 (3.85%) Go
9 5 (2.75%) JavaScript
10 4 (2.20%) TypeScript
11 2 (1.10%) Ruby
12 1 (0.55%) C#
12 1 (0.55%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 22 (12.09%) Azure Certification
1 22 (12.09%) Security Cleared
2 21 (11.54%) SC Cleared
3 18 (9.89%) AWS Certification
4 11 (6.04%) Degree
5 8 (4.40%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.65%) MCSA
7 2 (1.10%) AWS Certified Developer
7 2 (1.10%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (1.10%) CISSP
7 2 (1.10%) RHCE
8 1 (0.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (0.55%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 1 (0.55%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.55%) CISM
8 1 (0.55%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.55%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.55%) MCSE
8 1 (0.55%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (13.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (5.49%) PCI DSS
3 9 (4.95%) Cyber Essentials
3 9 (4.95%) NIST
3 9 (4.95%) SOC 2
4 8 (4.40%) GDPR
5 7 (3.85%) GRC
6 5 (2.75%) ISO 9001
7 2 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (1.10%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.55%) QA
System Software
1 29 (15.93%) Active Directory
2 16 (8.79%) Docker
3 9 (4.95%) Virtual Servers
4 7 (3.85%) Hyper-V
5 6 (3.30%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (2.75%) Kamailio
6 5 (2.75%) VMware Infrastructure
7 4 (2.20%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (1.65%) Firmware
9 1 (0.55%) KVM
9 1 (0.55%) Xen
Systems Management
1 119 (65.38%) Terraform
2 54 (29.67%) Kubernetes
3 31 (17.03%) Ansible
4 25 (13.74%) Single Sign-On
5 12 (6.59%) Grafana
6 10 (5.49%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (3.85%) Argo
7 7 (3.85%) Prometheus
8 4 (2.20%) Cilium
9 2 (1.10%) Puppet
10 1 (0.55%) CFEngine
10 1 (0.55%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.55%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.55%) Kibana
10 1 (0.55%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.55%) Rancher
10 1 (0.55%) SCOM
10 1 (0.55%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 62 (34.07%) Microsoft
2 27 (14.84%) Oracle
3 15 (8.24%) Okta
4 7 (3.85%) Red Hat
5 6 (3.30%) Google
5 6 (3.30%) Salesforce
5 6 (3.30%) SonicWALL
5 6 (3.30%) VMware
6 5 (2.75%) PagerDuty
7 4 (2.20%) Foundry
8 3 (1.65%) Cisco
8 3 (1.65%) Fortinet
9 2 (1.10%) Cloudera
9 2 (1.10%) Databricks
9 2 (1.10%) OpenAI
9 2 (1.10%) Talend
9 2 (1.10%) Thales
10 1 (0.55%) Checkmarx
10 1 (0.55%) Extreme Networks
10 1 (0.55%) Zscaler