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 26 June 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 201 275 271
Rank change year-on-year +74 -4 -43
Permanent jobs requiring a Cloud Engineer 253 159 384
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.24% 1.02% 1.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.32% 1.10% 1.18%
Number of salaries quoted 192 115 306
10th Percentile £45,025 £37,733 £45,000
25th Percentile £56,250 £47,365 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £77,625 £73,886 £76,875
90th Percentile £92,350 £80,000 £92,842
UK median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.70% +3.85% -1.45%

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 19,133 14,417 32,529
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.90% 92.16% 96.17%
Number of salaries quoted 13,988 8,856 25,390
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £32,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,786
Median % change year-on-year - +7.55% -10.74%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

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 26 June 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 26 June 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.

1 114 (45.06%) Azure
2 101 (39.92%) Terraform
3 97 (38.34%) AWS
4 90 (35.57%) Infrastructure as Code
5 86 (33.99%) DevOps
6 76 (30.04%) CI/CD
7 58 (22.92%) Kubernetes
8 56 (22.13%) GCP
8 56 (22.13%) Security Cleared
9 44 (17.39%) Microsoft
9 44 (17.39%) Python
10 42 (16.60%) SC Cleared
11 41 (16.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 39 (15.42%) Containerisation
13 33 (13.04%) Ansible
13 33 (13.04%) Cloud Security
14 30 (11.86%) IaaS
14 30 (11.86%) Platform Engineering
15 29 (11.46%) Agile
15 29 (11.46%) Docker
16 28 (11.07%) PowerShell
17 27 (10.67%) Continuous Improvement
17 27 (10.67%) Linux
17 27 (10.67%) Problem-Solving
18 26 (10.28%) Entra ID
19 25 (9.88%) Observability
19 25 (9.88%) PaaS
19 25 (9.88%) Roadmaps
20 24 (9.49%) Bash
20 24 (9.49%) Mentoring

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 (1.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.79%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.40%) IIS
3 1 (0.40%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 1 (0.40%) EngageOne
Business Applications
1 1 (0.40%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 114 (45.06%) Azure
2 97 (38.34%) AWS
3 56 (22.13%) GCP
4 30 (11.86%) IaaS
5 26 (10.28%) Entra ID
6 25 (9.88%) PaaS
7 23 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
8 21 (8.30%) AWS CloudFormation
9 20 (7.91%) GitHub
10 19 (7.51%) Azure DevOps
11 18 (7.11%) Amazon EC2
12 17 (6.72%) SaaS
13 16 (6.32%) Azure AKS
14 15 (5.93%) Azure Monitor
15 14 (5.53%) Amazon S3
16 12 (4.74%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 12 (4.74%) Amazon EKS
16 12 (4.74%) Serverless
17 11 (4.35%) GitHub Actions
17 11 (4.35%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 20 (7.91%) Firewall
2 14 (5.53%) VPN
3 12 (4.74%) DNS
4 10 (3.95%) Broadband
5 6 (2.37%) VoIP
6 5 (1.98%) DHCP
6 5 (1.98%) DMZ
6 5 (1.98%) Reverse Proxy
6 5 (1.98%) STUN
6 5 (1.98%) VLAN
7 4 (1.58%) Network Security
8 3 (1.19%) SAN
8 3 (1.19%) TCP/IP
8 3 (1.19%) WAN
9 2 (0.79%) SD-WAN
9 2 (0.79%) Wireless
10 1 (0.40%) Skype
10 1 (0.40%) Unified Communications
10 1 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.40%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.56%) Amazon RDS
2 6 (2.37%) NoSQL
2 6 (2.37%) RDBMS
2 6 (2.37%) Relational Database
2 6 (2.37%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.98%) BigQuery
4 4 (1.58%) Amazon Aurora
4 4 (1.58%) Semantic Layer
5 3 (1.19%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.40%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 12 (4.74%) Jenkins
2 10 (3.95%) Git
3 9 (3.56%) GitLab
4 6 (2.37%) Jaeger
5 5 (1.98%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.79%) Terragrunt
7 1 (0.40%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 34 (13.44%) Social Skills
2 18 (7.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 17 (6.72%) Finance
4 10 (3.95%) Public Sector
5 8 (3.16%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (2.77%) Billing
7 6 (2.37%) Law
8 5 (1.98%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (1.19%) Advertising
9 3 (1.19%) Banking
9 3 (1.19%) Military
9 3 (1.19%) Retail
10 2 (0.79%) Legal
11 1 (0.40%) Automotive
11 1 (0.40%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.40%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.16%) ARM Templates
2 6 (2.37%) Elastic Stack
2 6 (2.37%) OpenTelemetry
3 5 (1.98%) FreeSWITCH
4 4 (1.58%) Loki
4 4 (1.58%) Node.js
4 4 (1.58%) Oracle Fusion
4 4 (1.58%) YAML
5 2 (0.79%) .NET
5 2 (0.79%) Middleware
5 2 (0.79%) REST
5 2 (0.79%) WAMP
5 2 (0.79%) Web Services
6 1 (0.40%) JSON
6 1 (0.40%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 20 (7.91%) Cloud Native
2 18 (7.11%) Hybrid Cloud
3 6 (2.37%) Driving Licence
4 5 (1.98%) Cloud Security Posture
4 5 (1.98%) Distributed Systems
4 5 (1.98%) Enterprise Cloud
4 5 (1.98%) Public Cloud
4 5 (1.98%) Security Posture
5 4 (1.58%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (1.58%) Onboarding
5 4 (1.58%) PKI
6 3 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (1.19%) Data Centre
6 3 (1.19%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (1.19%) Management Information System
7 2 (0.79%) Blog
7 2 (0.79%) Clustering
7 2 (0.79%) IoT
7 2 (0.79%) Replication
7 2 (0.79%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 27 (10.67%) Linux
2 13 (5.14%) Windows
3 11 (4.35%) Windows Server
4 7 (2.77%) Unix
5 5 (1.98%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (35.57%) Infrastructure as Code
2 86 (33.99%) DevOps
3 76 (30.04%) CI/CD
4 41 (16.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 39 (15.42%) Containerisation
6 33 (13.04%) Cloud Security
7 30 (11.86%) Platform Engineering
8 29 (11.46%) Agile
9 27 (10.67%) Continuous Improvement
9 27 (10.67%) Problem-Solving
10 25 (9.88%) Observability
10 25 (9.88%) Roadmaps
11 24 (9.49%) Mentoring
12 21 (8.30%) High Availability
13 17 (6.72%) Cloud Operations
13 17 (6.72%) Infrastructure Automation
14 15 (5.93%) AI
14 15 (5.93%) Disaster Recovery
14 15 (5.93%) Technical Leadership
15 13 (5.14%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 44 (17.39%) Python
2 28 (11.07%) PowerShell
3 24 (9.49%) Bash
4 15 (5.93%) SQL
5 11 (4.35%) Go
6 9 (3.56%) Bicep
6 9 (3.56%) JavaScript
7 7 (2.77%) Java
8 3 (1.19%) C#
8 3 (1.19%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.79%) Groovy
10 1 (0.40%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.40%) Perl
10 1 (0.40%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 56 (22.13%) Security Cleared
2 42 (16.60%) SC Cleared
3 22 (8.70%) Azure Certification
4 14 (5.53%) AWS Certification
5 12 (4.74%) Degree
6 9 (3.56%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (2.77%) DBS Check
8 6 (2.37%) DV Cleared
9 5 (1.98%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (1.58%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 4 (1.58%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
11 2 (0.79%) CISM
11 2 (0.79%) CISSP
11 2 (0.79%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.40%) CCNA
12 1 (0.40%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.40%) IISP
12 1 (0.40%) ISACA
12 1 (0.40%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.77%) Cyber Essentials
1 7 (2.77%) NIST
2 5 (1.98%) Data Quality
2 5 (1.98%) PCI DSS
3 3 (1.19%) GDPR
3 3 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.19%) QA
4 2 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 29 (11.46%) Docker
2 22 (8.70%) Active Directory
3 9 (3.56%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (2.37%) Hyper-V
4 6 (2.37%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (1.98%) VMware Server
6 2 (0.79%) vSphere
7 1 (0.40%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 101 (39.92%) Terraform
2 58 (22.92%) Kubernetes
3 33 (13.04%) Ansible
4 15 (5.93%) Prometheus
5 11 (4.35%) Argo
5 11 (4.35%) Grafana
6 8 (3.16%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (2.37%) Kustomize
7 6 (2.37%) Puppet
8 3 (1.19%) Istio
8 3 (1.19%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.79%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.79%) WhatsUp Gold
10 1 (0.40%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 1 (0.40%) SCOM
Vendors
1 44 (17.39%) Microsoft
2 12 (4.74%) Google
2 12 (4.74%) VMware
3 8 (3.16%) Cisco
4 7 (2.77%) Oracle
5 3 (1.19%) Citrix
5 3 (1.19%) EMC
6 2 (0.79%) Apple
6 2 (0.79%) Broadcom
6 2 (0.79%) Databricks
6 2 (0.79%) Meraki
6 2 (0.79%) Sophos
6 2 (0.79%) Ubiquiti
6 2 (0.79%) Veeam
7 1 (0.40%) Dynatrace
7 1 (0.40%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.40%) Foundry
7 1 (0.40%) New Relic
7 1 (0.40%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.40%) Tenable