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 27 July 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 211 279 252
Rank change year-on-year +68 -27 -34
Permanent jobs requiring a Cloud Engineer 274 153 328
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.25% 0.93% 1.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.33% 1.01% 1.26%
Number of salaries quoted 209 107 247
10th Percentile £47,500 £35,500 £47,300
25th Percentile £60,000 £46,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,000 £83,500 £88,000
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 20,553 15,207 26,075
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.08% 92.12% 96.16%
Number of salaries quoted 14,860 9,444 19,581
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £34,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,750 £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 £75,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 27 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 27 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.

1 143 (52.19%) Azure
2 103 (37.59%) Terraform
3 91 (33.21%) AWS
4 90 (32.85%) Infrastructure as Code
5 81 (29.56%) CI/CD
6 80 (29.20%) DevOps
7 64 (23.36%) GCP
8 60 (21.90%) Security Cleared
9 58 (21.17%) Kubernetes
10 53 (19.34%) Platform Engineering
11 49 (17.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 49 (17.88%) Microsoft
11 49 (17.88%) SC Cleared
12 40 (14.60%) Python
13 39 (14.23%) Containerisation
14 37 (13.50%) PowerShell
15 36 (13.14%) PaaS
16 33 (12.04%) Continuous Improvement
17 31 (11.31%) Ansible
17 31 (11.31%) Cloud Security
18 30 (10.95%) Problem-Solving
19 28 (10.22%) Agile
20 27 (9.85%) IaaS
20 27 (9.85%) Microsoft 365
21 26 (9.49%) Observability
22 25 (9.12%) Mentoring
23 24 (8.76%) Active Directory
23 24 (8.76%) Docker
23 24 (8.76%) Entra ID
23 24 (8.76%) GitHub

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 (1.09%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (1.09%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.73%) IIS
3 1 (0.36%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 143 (52.19%) Azure
2 91 (33.21%) AWS
3 64 (23.36%) GCP
4 36 (13.14%) PaaS
5 27 (9.85%) IaaS
5 27 (9.85%) Microsoft 365
6 24 (8.76%) Entra ID
6 24 (8.76%) GitHub
7 19 (6.93%) AWS CloudFormation
8 18 (6.57%) Azure DevOps
9 15 (5.47%) SaaS
10 14 (5.11%) Amazon EC2
11 13 (4.74%) Amazon S3
11 13 (4.74%) GitHub Actions
12 11 (4.01%) Azure AKS
12 11 (4.01%) Azure Monitor
13 9 (3.28%) Amazon ECS
14 8 (2.92%) Amazon EKS
14 8 (2.92%) Serverless
15 7 (2.55%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 17 (6.20%) VPN
2 14 (5.11%) DNS
2 14 (5.11%) Firewall
3 6 (2.19%) Network Security
4 5 (1.82%) DHCP
4 5 (1.82%) VoIP
5 4 (1.46%) Broadband
5 4 (1.46%) DMZ
5 4 (1.46%) Reverse Proxy
5 4 (1.46%) STUN
5 4 (1.46%) VLAN
6 3 (1.09%) SAN
6 3 (1.09%) WAN
7 2 (0.73%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.73%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.73%) Wireless
8 1 (0.36%) Skype
8 1 (0.36%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.36%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.82%) Amazon RDS
1 5 (1.82%) BigQuery
1 5 (1.82%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.46%) Semantic Layer
3 2 (0.73%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.73%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.36%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.36%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 14 (5.11%) Jenkins
2 10 (3.65%) Git
3 9 (3.28%) GitLab
4 4 (1.46%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (0.73%) Terragrunt
6 1 (0.36%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 47 (17.15%) Finance
2 37 (13.50%) Social Skills
3 13 (4.74%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (4.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 8 (2.92%) Banking
4 8 (2.92%) Law
4 8 (2.92%) Public Sector
5 7 (2.55%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (1.82%) Retail
7 3 (1.09%) Advertising
7 3 (1.09%) Legal
7 3 (1.09%) Military
8 2 (0.73%) Billing
9 1 (0.36%) Automotive
9 1 (0.36%) Health Technology
9 1 (0.36%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.28%) ARM Templates
2 7 (2.55%) Oracle Fusion
3 4 (1.46%) FreeSWITCH
3 4 (1.46%) Node.js
3 4 (1.46%) YAML
4 3 (1.09%) Middleware
5 2 (0.73%) Jinja
5 2 (0.73%) REST
5 2 (0.73%) WAMP
5 2 (0.73%) Web Services
6 1 (0.36%) Kafka
6 1 (0.36%) PySpark
6 1 (0.36%) RESTful
6 1 (0.36%) Spring
6 1 (0.36%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 27 (9.85%) Cloud Native
2 17 (6.20%) Hybrid Cloud
3 8 (2.92%) Data Centre
3 8 (2.92%) Driving Licence
3 8 (2.92%) Greenfield Project
3 8 (2.92%) Onboarding
4 7 (2.55%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (2.55%) Enterprise Cloud
5 6 (2.19%) Public Cloud
6 5 (1.82%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (1.82%) Cloud Security Posture
6 5 (1.82%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (1.82%) PKI
6 5 (1.82%) Security Posture
7 4 (1.46%) Blog
8 3 (1.09%) Private Cloud
9 2 (0.73%) Clustering
9 2 (0.73%) IoT
9 2 (0.73%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.73%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 17 (6.20%) Linux
2 16 (5.84%) Windows
3 11 (4.01%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.46%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (32.85%) Infrastructure as Code
2 81 (29.56%) CI/CD
3 80 (29.20%) DevOps
4 53 (19.34%) Platform Engineering
5 49 (17.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 39 (14.23%) Containerisation
7 33 (12.04%) Continuous Improvement
8 31 (11.31%) Cloud Security
9 30 (10.95%) Problem-Solving
10 28 (10.22%) Agile
11 26 (9.49%) Observability
12 25 (9.12%) Mentoring
13 21 (7.66%) Cloud Operations
14 19 (6.93%) AI
14 19 (6.93%) Collaborative Culture
14 19 (6.93%) Roadmaps
14 19 (6.93%) Technical Leadership
15 18 (6.57%) Infrastructure Automation
15 18 (6.57%) ITIL
16 14 (5.11%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 40 (14.60%) Python
2 37 (13.50%) PowerShell
3 14 (5.11%) SQL
4 13 (4.74%) Bash
4 13 (4.74%) Bicep
5 8 (2.92%) Go
6 6 (2.19%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.09%) C#
8 2 (0.73%) Groovy
9 1 (0.36%) Java
9 1 (0.36%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.36%) Perl
9 1 (0.36%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.36%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 60 (21.90%) Security Cleared
2 49 (17.88%) SC Cleared
3 23 (8.39%) Azure Certification
4 9 (3.28%) Degree
5 8 (2.92%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (2.55%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (2.55%) DBS Check
7 6 (2.19%) DV Cleared
8 5 (1.82%) AWS Certification
9 4 (1.46%) CISM
9 4 (1.46%) CISSP
10 2 (0.73%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.73%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.36%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 1 (0.36%) AWS Certified Developer
11 1 (0.36%) CCNA
11 1 (0.36%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.36%) IISP
11 1 (0.36%) OCP
11 1 (0.36%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.28%) Cyber Essentials
2 8 (2.92%) NIST
3 6 (2.19%) PCI DSS
4 5 (1.82%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.09%) GDPR
5 3 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.09%) QA
6 2 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.36%) NCSC
System Software
1 24 (8.76%) Active Directory
1 24 (8.76%) Docker
2 11 (4.01%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (2.92%) Hyper-V
4 7 (2.55%) VMware Server
5 6 (2.19%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.73%) vSphere
7 1 (0.36%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 103 (37.59%) Terraform
2 58 (21.17%) Kubernetes
3 31 (11.31%) Ansible
4 10 (3.65%) Grafana
5 9 (3.28%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (2.92%) Puppet
7 5 (1.82%) Argo
7 5 (1.82%) Prometheus
8 3 (1.09%) Istio
8 3 (1.09%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.73%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.73%) WhatsUp Gold
10 1 (0.36%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 1 (0.36%) SCOM
Vendors
1 49 (17.88%) Microsoft
2 14 (5.11%) VMware
3 11 (4.01%) Google
4 10 (3.65%) Oracle
5 7 (2.55%) Cisco
6 4 (1.46%) Dynatrace
7 3 (1.09%) EMC
8 2 (0.73%) Apple
8 2 (0.73%) Broadcom
8 2 (0.73%) Citrix
8 2 (0.73%) Databricks
8 2 (0.73%) Meraki
8 2 (0.73%) Sophos
8 2 (0.73%) Ubiquiti
8 2 (0.73%) Veeam
9 1 (0.36%) Foundry
9 1 (0.36%) New Relic
9 1 (0.36%) Rackspace
9 1 (0.36%) Sage
9 1 (0.36%) Tenable