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 24 October 2026.
The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 24 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 211 | 259 | 224 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +48 | -35 | -20 |
| Permanent Cloud Engineer jobs | 313 | 157 | 301 |
| As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options | 1.23% | 0.96% | 1.49% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 1.31% | 1.03% | 1.54% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 240 | 99 | 188 |
| 10th Percentile | £49,900 | £37,436 | £42,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £59,688 | £51,250 | £50,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £70,000 | £60,000 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +16.67% | -7.69% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £87,500 | £76,250 | £72,813 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £85,500 | £85,000 |
| UK median annual salary | £70,000 | £65,000 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +7.69% | - | - |
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 adverts with remote/hybrid work options and matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.
| 6 months to 24 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent remote/hybrid job adverts matching a recognised job title | 23,943 | 15,308 | 19,496 |
| % of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title | 93.99% | 93.62% | 96.63% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 16,244 | 8,710 | 12,281 |
| 10th Percentile | £35,000 | £29,250 | £35,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £40,000 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £56,944 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.37% | -5.09% | -4.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £80,000 | £77,500 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £97,500 | £100,000 |
| UK median annual salary | £59,300 | £52,500 | £56,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +12.95% | -7.08% | -5.83% |
Cloud Engineer Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent Cloud Engineer job postings offering remote/hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.
Cloud Engineer Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs
Salary distribution trend for remote/hybrid Cloud Engineer job vacancies.
Cloud Engineer Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs
Salary distribution for Cloud Engineer jobs with remote/hybrid work options over the 6 months to 24 October 2026.
Cloud Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs
For the 6 months to 24 October 2026, Cloud Engineer job ads cited 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 Cloud Engineer jobs with remote/hybrid work options.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Azure | 48.9% | 153 |
| 2 | Terraform | 33.2% | 104 |
| 3 | Infrastructure as Code | 32.6% | 102 |
| 4 | AWS | 30.4% | 95 |
| 5 | Infrastructure Engineering | 28.8% | 90 |
| 6 | CI/CD | 24.0% | 75 |
| 7 | Platform Engineering | 23.0% | 72 |
| 8 | GCP | 21.1% | 66 |
| 9 | DevOps | 19.8% | 62 |
| 9 | PowerShell | 19.8% | 62 |
| 11 | Kubernetes | 19.5% | 61 |
| 12 | Cloud Security | 19.2% | 60 |
| 13 | Microsoft | 18.5% | 58 |
| 13 | Python | 18.5% | 58 |
| 15 | Security Cleared | 16.0% | 50 |
| 16 | PaaS | 15.7% | 49 |
| 17 | Continuous Improvement | 13.4% | 42 |
| 18 | Microsoft 365 | 13.1% | 41 |
| 19 | Problem-Solving | 12.5% | 39 |
| 20 | Containerisation | 11.8% | 37 |
| 21 | VPN | 11.5% | 36 |
| 22 | Entra ID | 11.2% | 35 |
| 23 | SC Cleared | 10.9% | 34 |
| 24 | Firewall | 10.5% | 33 |
| 25 | Active Directory | 9.9% | 31 |
| 26 | Mentoring | 9.3% | 29 |
| 26 | SaaS | 9.3% | 29 |
| 26 | Windows | 9.3% | 29 |
| 29 | VMware | 8.9% | 28 |
| 30 | Observability | 8.6% | 27 |
Cloud Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Job Titles
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Senior Cloud Engineer | 25.6% | 80 |
| 2 | Azure Engineer | 24.6% | 77 |
| 3 | Cloud Infrastructure Engineer | 20.4% | 64 |
| 4 | Cloud Platform Engineer | 14.1% | 44 |
| 5 | Lead Cloud Engineer | 13.4% | 42 |
| 6 | GCP Engineer | 10.5% | 33 |
| 7 | Cloud Security Engineer | 10.2% | 32 |
| 8 | AWS Engineer | 8.3% | 26 |
| 9 | Senior Infrastructure Engineer | 7.3% | 23 |
| 10 | Azure Platform Engineer | 6.7% | 21 |
| 11 | CloudOps Engineer | 5.8% | 18 |
| 12 | DevOps Engineer | 4.5% | 14 |
| 13 | Senior Security Engineer | 4.2% | 13 |
| 14 | Azure Infrastructure Engineer | 3.8% | 12 |
| 15 | Cloud Automation Engineer | 3.5% | 11 |
| 16 | Operations Engineer | 3.2% | 10 |
| 17 | Systems Engineer | 2.9% | 9 |
| 18 | Data Engineer | 2.6% | 8 |
| 18 | Infrastructure Services Engineer | 2.6% | 8 |
| 18 | IT Engineer | 2.6% | 8 |