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 18 July 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 213 284 271
Rank change year-on-year +71 -13 -37
Permanent jobs requiring a Cloud Engineer 265 159 363
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.23% 0.97% 1.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.31% 1.05% 1.23%
Number of salaries quoted 201 117 282
10th Percentile £47,500 £37,140 £45,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £62,500 £62,783
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -0.45% -3.41%
75th Percentile £80,000 £73,886 £74,688
90th Percentile £95,000 £81,750 £89,875
UK median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.70% +3.85% -5.13%

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 20,200 15,157 29,444
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.00% 92.25% 96.14%
Number of salaries quoted 14,652 9,416 22,554
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,956 £33,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,806
% change year-on-year - +4.15% -11.99%

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 18 July 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 18 July 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.

1 132 (49.81%) Azure
2 102 (38.49%) Terraform
3 91 (34.34%) AWS
3 91 (34.34%) Infrastructure as Code
4 83 (31.32%) DevOps
5 80 (30.19%) CI/CD
6 62 (23.40%) GCP
7 58 (21.89%) Kubernetes
8 56 (21.13%) Security Cleared
9 47 (17.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 47 (17.74%) Microsoft
10 46 (17.36%) SC Cleared
11 44 (16.60%) Python
12 43 (16.23%) Platform Engineering
13 40 (15.09%) Containerisation
14 34 (12.83%) PowerShell
15 32 (12.08%) Cloud Security
16 31 (11.70%) Ansible
16 31 (11.70%) Continuous Improvement
16 31 (11.70%) PaaS
16 31 (11.70%) Problem-Solving
17 28 (10.57%) Agile
17 28 (10.57%) IaaS
18 27 (10.19%) Docker
19 25 (9.43%) Mentoring
19 25 (9.43%) Observability
20 24 (9.06%) Entra ID
20 24 (9.06%) Microsoft 365
21 23 (8.68%) Active Directory
21 23 (8.68%) Azure Certification

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 (1.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.75%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.38%) IIS
3 1 (0.38%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 132 (49.81%) Azure
2 91 (34.34%) AWS
3 62 (23.40%) GCP
4 31 (11.70%) PaaS
5 28 (10.57%) IaaS
6 24 (9.06%) Entra ID
6 24 (9.06%) Microsoft 365
7 22 (8.30%) GitHub
8 19 (7.17%) AWS CloudFormation
8 19 (7.17%) Azure DevOps
9 15 (5.66%) Amazon EC2
10 14 (5.28%) Amazon S3
11 13 (4.91%) Azure AKS
11 13 (4.91%) Azure Monitor
11 13 (4.91%) GitHub Actions
11 13 (4.91%) SaaS
12 9 (3.40%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 9 (3.40%) Amazon ECS
12 9 (3.40%) Amazon EKS
12 9 (3.40%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 18 (6.79%) Firewall
2 16 (6.04%) VPN
3 13 (4.91%) DNS
4 7 (2.64%) Broadband
5 6 (2.26%) Network Security
5 6 (2.26%) VoIP
6 5 (1.89%) DHCP
6 5 (1.89%) DMZ
6 5 (1.89%) Reverse Proxy
6 5 (1.89%) STUN
6 5 (1.89%) VLAN
7 3 (1.13%) SAN
7 3 (1.13%) TCP/IP
7 3 (1.13%) WAN
8 2 (0.75%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.75%) Wireless
9 1 (0.38%) Skype
9 1 (0.38%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.38%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.38%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.26%) Amazon RDS
1 6 (2.26%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.89%) BigQuery
3 4 (1.51%) Semantic Layer
4 3 (1.13%) NoSQL
4 3 (1.13%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (1.13%) RDBMS
4 3 (1.13%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.75%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.38%) Amazon Aurora
6 1 (0.38%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 14 (5.28%) Jenkins
2 9 (3.40%) Git
2 9 (3.40%) GitLab
3 5 (1.89%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 3 (1.13%) Jaeger
5 2 (0.75%) Terragrunt
6 1 (0.38%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 35 (13.21%) Finance
2 34 (12.83%) Social Skills
3 16 (6.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 12 (4.53%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (3.02%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (2.64%) Law
7 6 (2.26%) Banking
7 6 (2.26%) Public Sector
8 4 (1.51%) Billing
8 4 (1.51%) Retail
9 3 (1.13%) Advertising
9 3 (1.13%) Military
10 2 (0.75%) Legal
11 1 (0.38%) Automotive
11 1 (0.38%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.38%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.40%) ARM Templates
2 7 (2.64%) Oracle Fusion
3 5 (1.89%) FreeSWITCH
4 4 (1.51%) Node.js
4 4 (1.51%) YAML
5 3 (1.13%) Elastic Stack
5 3 (1.13%) Middleware
5 3 (1.13%) OpenTelemetry
6 2 (0.75%) Jinja
6 2 (0.75%) REST
6 2 (0.75%) WAMP
6 2 (0.75%) Web Services
7 1 (0.38%) Loki
7 1 (0.38%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 26 (9.81%) Cloud Native
2 18 (6.79%) Hybrid Cloud
3 8 (3.02%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (2.64%) Driving Licence
4 7 (2.64%) Onboarding
5 6 (2.26%) Data Centre
5 6 (2.26%) Enterprise Cloud
5 6 (2.26%) Greenfield Project
6 5 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (1.89%) Cloud Security Posture
6 5 (1.89%) PKI
6 5 (1.89%) Public Cloud
6 5 (1.89%) Security Posture
7 4 (1.51%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.13%) Blog
9 2 (0.75%) Clustering
9 2 (0.75%) IoT
9 2 (0.75%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.75%) Private Cloud
9 2 (0.75%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 20 (7.55%) Linux
2 15 (5.66%) Windows
3 11 (4.15%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.89%) Debian
5 3 (1.13%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (34.34%) Infrastructure as Code
2 83 (31.32%) DevOps
3 80 (30.19%) CI/CD
4 47 (17.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 43 (16.23%) Platform Engineering
6 40 (15.09%) Containerisation
7 32 (12.08%) Cloud Security
8 31 (11.70%) Continuous Improvement
8 31 (11.70%) Problem-Solving
9 28 (10.57%) Agile
10 25 (9.43%) Mentoring
10 25 (9.43%) Observability
11 22 (8.30%) Roadmaps
12 20 (7.55%) Cloud Operations
13 18 (6.79%) Collaborative Culture
13 18 (6.79%) Infrastructure Automation
13 18 (6.79%) Technical Leadership
14 17 (6.42%) AI
15 16 (6.04%) High Availability
15 16 (6.04%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 44 (16.60%) Python
2 34 (12.83%) PowerShell
3 18 (6.79%) Bash
4 14 (5.28%) SQL
5 11 (4.15%) Go
6 10 (3.77%) Bicep
7 8 (3.02%) JavaScript
8 3 (1.13%) C#
8 3 (1.13%) Java
9 2 (0.75%) Groovy
10 1 (0.38%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.38%) Perl
10 1 (0.38%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.38%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 56 (21.13%) Security Cleared
2 46 (17.36%) SC Cleared
3 23 (8.68%) Azure Certification
4 10 (3.77%) Degree
5 9 (3.40%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (3.02%) AWS Certification
7 7 (2.64%) DBS Check
8 6 (2.26%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (2.26%) DV Cleared
9 4 (1.51%) CISM
9 4 (1.51%) CISSP
10 2 (0.75%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.75%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.38%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 1 (0.38%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
11 1 (0.38%) CCNA
11 1 (0.38%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.38%) IISP
11 1 (0.38%) ISACA
11 1 (0.38%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.02%) Cyber Essentials
1 8 (3.02%) NIST
2 6 (2.26%) PCI DSS
3 5 (1.89%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.13%) GDPR
4 3 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.13%) QA
5 2 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 27 (10.19%) Docker
2 23 (8.68%) Active Directory
3 9 (3.40%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (2.64%) Hyper-V
5 6 (2.26%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (2.26%) VMware Server
6 2 (0.75%) vSphere
7 1 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 102 (38.49%) Terraform
2 58 (21.89%) Kubernetes
3 31 (11.70%) Ansible
4 10 (3.77%) Grafana
5 9 (3.40%) Prometheus
6 8 (3.02%) Argo
6 8 (3.02%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (3.02%) Puppet
7 3 (1.13%) Istio
7 3 (1.13%) Kustomize
7 3 (1.13%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.75%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.75%) WhatsUp Gold
9 1 (0.38%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 1 (0.38%) SCOM
Vendors
1 47 (17.74%) Microsoft
2 14 (5.28%) Google
3 13 (4.91%) VMware
4 10 (3.77%) Oracle
5 8 (3.02%) Cisco
6 3 (1.13%) Citrix
6 3 (1.13%) Dynatrace
6 3 (1.13%) EMC
7 2 (0.75%) Apple
7 2 (0.75%) Broadcom
7 2 (0.75%) Databricks
7 2 (0.75%) Meraki
7 2 (0.75%) Sophos
7 2 (0.75%) Ubiquiti
7 2 (0.75%) Veeam
8 1 (0.38%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.38%) Foundry
8 1 (0.38%) New Relic
8 1 (0.38%) SonicWALL
8 1 (0.38%) Tenable