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 5 August 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 207 290 233
Rank change year-on-year +83 -57 -13
Permanent jobs requiring a Cloud Engineer 286 147 326
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.28% 0.89% 1.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.36% 0.97% 1.34%
Number of salaries quoted 220 104 239
10th Percentile £50,000 £35,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £45,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £62,783
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -4.43% -3.41%
75th Percentile £80,313 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £84,250 £87,750
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 21,105 15,194 24,337
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.09% 92.07% 96.25%
Number of salaries quoted 15,205 9,406 17,902
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £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 £76,250
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 5 August 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 5 August 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.

1 147 (51.40%) Azure
2 106 (37.06%) Terraform
3 97 (33.92%) AWS
4 92 (32.17%) Infrastructure as Code
5 80 (27.97%) DevOps
6 79 (27.62%) CI/CD
7 65 (22.73%) GCP
8 63 (22.03%) Security Cleared
9 62 (21.68%) Platform Engineering
10 57 (19.93%) Kubernetes
11 51 (17.83%) SC Cleared
12 50 (17.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 48 (16.78%) Microsoft
14 40 (13.99%) PaaS
14 40 (13.99%) PowerShell
15 39 (13.64%) Python
16 37 (12.94%) Containerisation
17 34 (11.89%) Ansible
17 34 (11.89%) Continuous Improvement
18 32 (11.19%) Cloud Security
19 31 (10.84%) Microsoft 365
20 29 (10.14%) Agile
21 28 (9.79%) Observability
21 28 (9.79%) Problem-Solving
22 24 (8.39%) IaaS
22 24 (8.39%) Mentoring
23 23 (8.04%) Active Directory
23 23 (8.04%) Docker
24 22 (7.69%) Entra ID
24 22 (7.69%) 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 4 (1.40%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.05%) IIS
2 3 (1.05%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.35%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 147 (51.40%) Azure
2 97 (33.92%) AWS
3 65 (22.73%) GCP
4 40 (13.99%) PaaS
5 31 (10.84%) Microsoft 365
6 24 (8.39%) IaaS
7 22 (7.69%) Entra ID
7 22 (7.69%) GitHub
8 19 (6.64%) AWS CloudFormation
9 18 (6.29%) SaaS
10 17 (5.94%) Azure DevOps
11 13 (4.55%) Amazon EC2
12 11 (3.85%) Amazon S3
12 11 (3.85%) GitHub Actions
13 9 (3.15%) Amazon ECS
13 9 (3.15%) Azure AKS
13 9 (3.15%) Azure Monitor
14 8 (2.80%) Amazon EKS
15 7 (2.45%) Azure Sentinel
15 7 (2.45%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.94%) VPN
2 15 (5.24%) DNS
3 10 (3.50%) Firewall
4 5 (1.75%) Network Security
5 4 (1.40%) Broadband
5 4 (1.40%) DHCP
5 4 (1.40%) VoIP
6 3 (1.05%) DMZ
6 3 (1.05%) Reverse Proxy
6 3 (1.05%) SAN
6 3 (1.05%) STUN
6 3 (1.05%) VLAN
6 3 (1.05%) WAN
7 2 (0.70%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.70%) Wireless
8 1 (0.35%) Skype
8 1 (0.35%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.35%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.75%) BigQuery
2 4 (1.40%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (1.40%) Semantic Layer
2 4 (1.40%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.70%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (0.70%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.35%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 13 (4.55%) Jenkins
2 10 (3.50%) Git
3 9 (3.15%) GitLab
4 3 (1.05%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (0.70%) Terragrunt
6 1 (0.35%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 53 (18.53%) Finance
2 39 (13.64%) Social Skills
3 13 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 10 (3.50%) Banking
4 10 (3.50%) Public Sector
5 8 (2.80%) Law
6 6 (2.10%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (2.10%) Retail
7 4 (1.40%) Legal
8 3 (1.05%) Advertising
9 2 (0.70%) Military
10 1 (0.35%) Automotive
10 1 (0.35%) Health Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.80%) ARM Templates
2 7 (2.45%) Oracle Fusion
3 4 (1.40%) Node.js
3 4 (1.40%) YAML
4 3 (1.05%) FreeSWITCH
4 3 (1.05%) Middleware
5 2 (0.70%) Jinja
5 2 (0.70%) REST
5 2 (0.70%) WAMP
5 2 (0.70%) Web Services
6 1 (0.35%) AWS CDK
6 1 (0.35%) Kafka
6 1 (0.35%) OpenID
6 1 (0.35%) PySpark
6 1 (0.35%) RESTful
6 1 (0.35%) SAML
6 1 (0.35%) Spring
6 1 (0.35%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 25 (8.74%) Cloud Native
2 17 (5.94%) Hybrid Cloud
3 11 (3.85%) Data Centre
4 10 (3.50%) Onboarding
5 9 (3.15%) Driving Licence
6 8 (2.80%) Greenfield Project
7 7 (2.45%) Enterprise Cloud
8 6 (2.10%) Cloud Security Posture
8 6 (2.10%) Distributed Systems
8 6 (2.10%) Public Cloud
8 6 (2.10%) Security Posture
9 5 (1.75%) Blog
9 5 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (1.75%) PKI
10 4 (1.40%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (1.05%) Private Cloud
12 2 (0.70%) Clustering
12 2 (0.70%) Management Information System
12 2 (0.70%) Replication
12 2 (0.70%) SystemC
Operating Systems
1 17 (5.94%) Linux
1 17 (5.94%) Windows
2 11 (3.85%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.05%) Debian
4 1 (0.35%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (32.17%) Infrastructure as Code
2 80 (27.97%) DevOps
3 79 (27.62%) CI/CD
4 62 (21.68%) Platform Engineering
5 50 (17.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 37 (12.94%) Containerisation
7 34 (11.89%) Continuous Improvement
8 32 (11.19%) Cloud Security
9 29 (10.14%) Agile
10 28 (9.79%) Observability
10 28 (9.79%) Problem-Solving
11 24 (8.39%) Mentoring
12 20 (6.99%) Cloud Operations
12 20 (6.99%) ITIL
13 19 (6.64%) Collaborative Culture
13 19 (6.64%) Roadmaps
14 18 (6.29%) AI
14 18 (6.29%) Technical Leadership
15 17 (5.94%) Infrastructure Automation
16 15 (5.24%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 40 (13.99%) PowerShell
2 39 (13.64%) Python
3 16 (5.59%) Bicep
4 14 (4.90%) SQL
5 13 (4.55%) Bash
6 7 (2.45%) Go
7 6 (2.10%) JavaScript
8 3 (1.05%) C#
9 2 (0.70%) Groovy
10 1 (0.35%) Google Apps Script
10 1 (0.35%) Java
10 1 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.35%) Perl
10 1 (0.35%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.35%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 63 (22.03%) Security Cleared
2 51 (17.83%) SC Cleared
3 21 (7.34%) Azure Certification
4 7 (2.45%) DBS Check
4 7 (2.45%) Degree
5 6 (2.10%) AWS Certification
5 6 (2.10%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (2.10%) DV Cleared
5 6 (2.10%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (1.40%) CISM
6 4 (1.40%) CISSP
7 2 (0.70%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 2 (0.70%) AWS Certified Developer
7 2 (0.70%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (0.70%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (0.35%) CCNA
8 1 (0.35%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.35%) IISP
8 1 (0.35%) OCP
8 1 (0.35%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.50%) Cyber Essentials
2 7 (2.45%) NIST
3 5 (1.75%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.75%) PCI DSS
4 3 (1.05%) GDPR
4 3 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.05%) QA
5 2 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (0.70%) NCSC
System Software
1 23 (8.04%) Active Directory
1 23 (8.04%) Docker
2 11 (3.85%) Virtual Machines
3 9 (3.15%) Hyper-V
4 8 (2.80%) VMware Server
5 4 (1.40%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.70%) vSphere
7 1 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 106 (37.06%) Terraform
2 57 (19.93%) Kubernetes
3 34 (11.89%) Ansible
4 11 (3.85%) Grafana
5 10 (3.50%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (2.80%) Puppet
7 5 (1.75%) Argo
7 5 (1.75%) Prometheus
8 4 (1.40%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (1.05%) Istio
10 2 (0.70%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.70%) WhatsUp Gold
11 1 (0.35%) Failover Clustering
11 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 1 (0.35%) SCOM
Vendors
1 48 (16.78%) Microsoft
2 15 (5.24%) VMware
3 12 (4.20%) Google
4 10 (3.50%) Oracle
5 6 (2.10%) Cisco
6 5 (1.75%) Dynatrace
7 3 (1.05%) EMC
8 2 (0.70%) Apple
8 2 (0.70%) Broadcom
8 2 (0.70%) Databricks
8 2 (0.70%) Meraki
8 2 (0.70%) Sophos
8 2 (0.70%) Ubiquiti
8 2 (0.70%) Veeam
9 1 (0.35%) Foundry
9 1 (0.35%) New Relic
9 1 (0.35%) Okta
9 1 (0.35%) Rackspace
9 1 (0.35%) Sage
9 1 (0.35%) Tenable