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 29 June 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 204 282 271
Rank change year-on-year +78 -11 -51
Permanent jobs requiring a Cloud Engineer 259 158 382
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.25% 1.00% 1.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.34% 1.09% 1.18%
Number of salaries quoted 197 116 304
10th Percentile £45,150 £37,733 £45,000
25th Percentile £56,250 £47,433 £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 £78,000 £72,846 £75,000
90th Percentile £91,600 £78,420 £90,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.70% +3.85% -3.70%

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 19,397 14,514 32,247
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.96% 92.19% 96.12%
Number of salaries quoted 14,176 8,961 25,140
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,913 £32,730
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,242
Median % change year-on-year - +8.61% -11.61%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.51% +8.57% -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 29 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 29 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.

1 118 (45.56%) Azure
2 103 (39.77%) Terraform
3 98 (37.84%) AWS
4 91 (35.14%) Infrastructure as Code
5 87 (33.59%) DevOps
6 78 (30.12%) CI/CD
7 61 (23.55%) GCP
8 60 (23.17%) Kubernetes
9 58 (22.39%) Security Cleared
10 46 (17.76%) Python
11 45 (17.37%) Microsoft
12 44 (16.99%) SC Cleared
13 42 (16.22%) Containerisation
13 42 (16.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 35 (13.51%) Cloud Security
15 33 (12.74%) Ansible
16 31 (11.97%) Agile
16 31 (11.97%) IaaS
16 31 (11.97%) Problem-Solving
17 30 (11.58%) Docker
18 29 (11.20%) Platform Engineering
18 29 (11.20%) PowerShell
19 28 (10.81%) Continuous Improvement
20 26 (10.04%) Entra ID
20 26 (10.04%) Linux
20 26 (10.04%) Mentoring
20 26 (10.04%) PaaS
21 25 (9.65%) Roadmaps
22 24 (9.27%) Microsoft 365
22 24 (9.27%) Observability

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 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.77%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.39%) IIS
3 1 (0.39%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 1 (0.39%) EngageOne
Business Applications
1 1 (0.39%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 118 (45.56%) Azure
2 98 (37.84%) AWS
3 61 (23.55%) GCP
4 31 (11.97%) IaaS
5 26 (10.04%) Entra ID
5 26 (10.04%) PaaS
6 24 (9.27%) Microsoft 365
7 22 (8.49%) GitHub
8 21 (8.11%) AWS CloudFormation
8 21 (8.11%) Azure DevOps
9 17 (6.56%) Amazon EC2
9 17 (6.56%) SaaS
10 16 (6.18%) Azure AKS
11 15 (5.79%) Azure Monitor
12 14 (5.41%) Amazon S3
13 13 (5.02%) GitHub Actions
14 11 (4.25%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 11 (4.25%) Amazon EKS
14 11 (4.25%) Serverless
15 10 (3.86%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 21 (8.11%) Firewall
2 16 (6.18%) VPN
3 13 (5.02%) DNS
4 10 (3.86%) Broadband
5 6 (2.32%) Network Security
5 6 (2.32%) VoIP
6 5 (1.93%) DHCP
6 5 (1.93%) DMZ
6 5 (1.93%) Reverse Proxy
6 5 (1.93%) STUN
6 5 (1.93%) VLAN
7 3 (1.16%) SAN
7 3 (1.16%) TCP/IP
7 3 (1.16%) WAN
8 2 (0.77%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.77%) Wireless
9 1 (0.39%) Skype
9 1 (0.39%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.39%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.39%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.09%) Amazon RDS
2 6 (2.32%) NoSQL
2 6 (2.32%) RDBMS
2 6 (2.32%) Relational Database
2 6 (2.32%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.93%) BigQuery
4 4 (1.54%) Semantic Layer
5 3 (1.16%) Amazon Aurora
5 3 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.77%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.39%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 14 (5.41%) Jenkins
2 10 (3.86%) Git
3 9 (3.47%) GitLab
4 6 (2.32%) Jaeger
5 5 (1.93%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.77%) Terragrunt
7 1 (0.39%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 34 (13.13%) Social Skills
2 18 (6.95%) Finance
2 18 (6.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 10 (3.86%) Public Sector
4 9 (3.47%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (3.09%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (2.70%) Billing
7 6 (2.32%) Law
8 3 (1.16%) Advertising
8 3 (1.16%) Banking
8 3 (1.16%) Military
8 3 (1.16%) Retail
9 2 (0.77%) Legal
10 1 (0.39%) Automotive
10 1 (0.39%) Health Technology
10 1 (0.39%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.47%) ARM Templates
2 6 (2.32%) Elastic Stack
2 6 (2.32%) OpenTelemetry
3 5 (1.93%) FreeSWITCH
4 4 (1.54%) Node.js
4 4 (1.54%) Oracle Fusion
4 4 (1.54%) YAML
5 3 (1.16%) Loki
6 2 (0.77%) .NET
6 2 (0.77%) Middleware
6 2 (0.77%) REST
6 2 (0.77%) WAMP
6 2 (0.77%) Web Services
7 1 (0.39%) JSON
7 1 (0.39%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 25 (9.65%) Cloud Native
2 18 (6.95%) Hybrid Cloud
3 7 (2.70%) Distributed Systems
3 7 (2.70%) Driving Licence
4 5 (1.93%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (1.93%) Cloud Security Posture
4 5 (1.93%) Enterprise Cloud
4 5 (1.93%) Public Cloud
4 5 (1.93%) Security Posture
5 4 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (1.54%) Onboarding
5 4 (1.54%) PKI
6 3 (1.16%) Data Centre
6 3 (1.16%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (1.16%) Management Information System
7 2 (0.77%) Blog
7 2 (0.77%) Clustering
7 2 (0.77%) IoT
7 2 (0.77%) Replication
7 2 (0.77%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 26 (10.04%) Linux
2 13 (5.02%) Windows
3 11 (4.25%) Windows Server
4 7 (2.70%) Unix
5 5 (1.93%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (35.14%) Infrastructure as Code
2 87 (33.59%) DevOps
3 78 (30.12%) CI/CD
4 42 (16.22%) Containerisation
4 42 (16.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 35 (13.51%) Cloud Security
6 31 (11.97%) Agile
6 31 (11.97%) Problem-Solving
7 29 (11.20%) Platform Engineering
8 28 (10.81%) Continuous Improvement
9 26 (10.04%) Mentoring
10 25 (9.65%) Roadmaps
11 24 (9.27%) Observability
12 21 (8.11%) High Availability
13 19 (7.34%) Cloud Operations
13 19 (7.34%) Infrastructure Automation
14 17 (6.56%) AI
15 15 (5.79%) Collaborative Culture
15 15 (5.79%) Disaster Recovery
15 15 (5.79%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 46 (17.76%) Python
2 29 (11.20%) PowerShell
3 23 (8.88%) Bash
4 15 (5.79%) SQL
5 13 (5.02%) Go
6 11 (4.25%) JavaScript
7 10 (3.86%) Bicep
8 7 (2.70%) Java
9 3 (1.16%) C#
9 3 (1.16%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.77%) Groovy
11 1 (0.39%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.39%) Perl
11 1 (0.39%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 58 (22.39%) Security Cleared
2 44 (16.99%) SC Cleared
3 22 (8.49%) Azure Certification
4 13 (5.02%) AWS Certification
5 12 (4.63%) Degree
6 9 (3.47%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (2.70%) DBS Check
8 6 (2.32%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (2.32%) DV Cleared
9 4 (1.54%) CISM
9 4 (1.54%) CISSP
10 3 (1.16%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 3 (1.16%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
11 2 (0.77%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.77%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (0.39%) CCNA
12 1 (0.39%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.39%) IISP
12 1 (0.39%) ISACA
12 1 (0.39%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.09%) Cyber Essentials
1 8 (3.09%) NIST
2 6 (2.32%) PCI DSS
3 5 (1.93%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.16%) GDPR
4 3 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.16%) QA
5 2 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 30 (11.58%) Docker
2 22 (8.49%) Active Directory
3 9 (3.47%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (2.70%) Hyper-V
5 6 (2.32%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (2.32%) VMware Server
6 2 (0.77%) vSphere
7 1 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 103 (39.77%) Terraform
2 60 (23.17%) Kubernetes
3 33 (12.74%) Ansible
4 14 (5.41%) Prometheus
5 11 (4.25%) Argo
6 10 (3.86%) Grafana
7 8 (3.09%) Microsoft Intune
8 6 (2.32%) Kustomize
8 6 (2.32%) Puppet
9 3 (1.16%) Istio
9 3 (1.16%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.77%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.77%) WhatsUp Gold
11 1 (0.39%) Failover Clustering
11 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 1 (0.39%) SCOM
Vendors
1 45 (17.37%) Microsoft
2 15 (5.79%) Google
3 13 (5.02%) VMware
4 8 (3.09%) Cisco
5 7 (2.70%) Oracle
6 3 (1.16%) Citrix
6 3 (1.16%) EMC
7 2 (0.77%) Apple
7 2 (0.77%) Broadcom
7 2 (0.77%) Databricks
7 2 (0.77%) Meraki
7 2 (0.77%) Sophos
7 2 (0.77%) Ubiquiti
7 2 (0.77%) Veeam
8 1 (0.39%) Dynatrace
8 1 (0.39%) Foundry
8 1 (0.39%) New Relic
8 1 (0.39%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.39%) Tenable
8 1 (0.39%) TIBCO