Hybrid/Remote Cloud Engineer Job Trends

Cloud Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Cloud Engineer salary for remote/hybrid work is £65,515 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 January 2026.

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

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 176 208 234
Rank change year-on-year +32 +26 -36
Permanent jobs requiring a Cloud Engineer 228 253 356
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.44% 1.56% 1.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.54% 1.63% 1.41%
Number of salaries quoted 165 174 320
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £46,306
25th Percentile £55,000 £47,298 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,515 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.79% - -
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,563 £77,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £85,000 £96,539
UK median annual salary £67,500 £66,340 £62,783
% change year-on-year +1.75% +5.67% -4.88%

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 14,822 15,555 25,195
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.74% 95.97% 95.79%
Number of salaries quoted 9,684 9,351 20,927
10th Percentile £30,500 £36,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,000 £43,329
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +5.93% -5.60%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £96,338 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 31 January 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 31 January 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.

1 151 (66.23%) Azure
2 150 (65.79%) Terraform
3 130 (57.02%) DevOps
4 107 (46.93%) CI/CD
5 95 (41.67%) AWS
6 92 (40.35%) Infrastructure as Code
6 92 (40.35%) Python
7 74 (32.46%) Agile
7 74 (32.46%) Azure DevOps
8 72 (31.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 71 (31.14%) GitHub
10 68 (29.82%) Kubernetes
11 57 (25.00%) Mentoring
12 56 (24.56%) Coaching
12 56 (24.56%) SQL
13 55 (24.12%) Microsoft
14 52 (22.81%) Jenkins
15 51 (22.37%) Java
16 44 (19.30%) Asset Management
16 44 (19.30%) PowerShell
17 42 (18.42%) Test Automation
18 40 (17.54%) Cloud Security
18 40 (17.54%) Entra ID
19 39 (17.11%) API Integration
19 39 (17.11%) Windows
20 38 (16.67%) Linux
20 38 (16.67%) OCI
21 37 (16.23%) Bash
21 37 (16.23%) ERP
21 37 (16.23%) Firewall

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 17 (7.46%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 6 (2.63%) IIS
3 4 (1.75%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.88%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.88%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (2.63%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.44%) EngageOne
2 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 37 (16.23%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.44%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 151 (66.23%) Azure
2 95 (41.67%) AWS
3 74 (32.46%) Azure DevOps
4 71 (31.14%) GitHub
5 40 (17.54%) Entra ID
6 38 (16.67%) OCI
7 27 (11.84%) AWS CloudFormation
8 26 (11.40%) Amazon EKS
9 25 (10.96%) IaaS
10 23 (10.09%) Azure Monitor
11 22 (9.65%) GCP
12 21 (9.21%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 21 (9.21%) Azure AKS
12 21 (9.21%) PaaS
13 20 (8.77%) GitHub Actions
14 19 (8.33%) Power Platform
14 19 (8.33%) SaaS
14 19 (8.33%) Serverless
15 17 (7.46%) GitHub Copilot
15 17 (7.46%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 37 (16.23%) Firewall
2 23 (10.09%) DNS
3 22 (9.65%) VPN
4 9 (3.95%) Broadband
4 9 (3.95%) Network Security
4 9 (3.95%) WAN
5 7 (3.07%) DHCP
6 6 (2.63%) SD-WAN
6 6 (2.63%) SSL
7 4 (1.75%) DMZ
7 4 (1.75%) Intrusion Detection
7 4 (1.75%) STUN
7 4 (1.75%) TCP/IP
7 4 (1.75%) VLAN
7 4 (1.75%) VoIP
8 2 (0.88%) LAN
8 2 (0.88%) Reverse Proxy
9 1 (0.44%) DKIM
9 1 (0.44%) DMARC
9 1 (0.44%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (8.33%) Power BI
2 17 (7.46%) Tableau
3 11 (4.82%) Relational Database
4 10 (4.39%) Amazon RDS
5 9 (3.95%) NoSQL
5 9 (3.95%) RDBMS
6 8 (3.51%) Amazon Aurora
7 5 (2.19%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (1.75%) SQL Server
9 3 (1.32%) DynamoDB
10 2 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.44%) Data Lake
11 1 (0.44%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 52 (22.81%) Jenkins
2 37 (16.23%) Oracle Forms
3 33 (14.47%) Git
4 18 (7.89%) JIRA
5 13 (5.70%) GitLab
6 9 (3.95%) Jaeger
7 4 (1.75%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.88%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.88%) Selenium
8 2 (0.88%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.44%) Appium
9 1 (0.44%) git-flow
9 1 (0.44%) JMeter
9 1 (0.44%) Locust
9 1 (0.44%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.44%) Serenity BDD
9 1 (0.44%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.44%) Subversion
General
1 55 (24.12%) Finance
2 26 (11.40%) Social Skills
3 14 (6.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 8 (3.51%) Public Sector
5 7 (3.07%) Billing
6 6 (2.63%) Banking
7 5 (2.19%) Retail
8 4 (1.75%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (1.75%) Back Office
8 4 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (1.75%) Financial Institution
8 4 (1.75%) Law
9 2 (0.88%) Military
10 1 (0.44%) Electronics
10 1 (0.44%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.44%) Marketing
10 1 (0.44%) Publishing
10 1 (0.44%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (16.23%) RESTful
2 22 (9.65%) JSON
3 20 (8.77%) SOAP
3 20 (8.77%) XML
4 17 (7.46%) OAuth
4 17 (7.46%) OAuth2
4 17 (7.46%) SAML
5 10 (4.39%) Elastic Stack
6 9 (3.95%) OpenTelemetry
7 8 (3.51%) Node.js
8 7 (3.07%) Loki
9 4 (1.75%) AngularJS
9 4 (1.75%) ARM Templates
9 4 (1.75%) FreeSWITCH
9 4 (1.75%) Kafka
9 4 (1.75%) React
9 4 (1.75%) Vue
10 2 (0.88%) CSS
10 2 (0.88%) RabbitMQ
10 2 (0.88%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 59 (25.88%) Cloud Native
2 37 (16.23%) Enterprise Software
3 8 (3.51%) Distributed Systems
4 6 (2.63%) Blog
4 6 (2.63%) CMDB
4 6 (2.63%) Driving Licence
5 3 (1.32%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (1.32%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (1.32%) Public Cloud
6 2 (0.88%) AI Agents
6 2 (0.88%) Cloud Security Posture
6 2 (0.88%) Private Cloud
6 2 (0.88%) Security Posture
6 2 (0.88%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 1 (0.44%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.44%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.44%) Educational Technology
7 1 (0.44%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (0.44%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.44%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 39 (17.11%) Windows
2 38 (16.67%) Linux
3 22 (9.65%) Windows Server
4 11 (4.82%) Unix
5 7 (3.07%) VMS
6 4 (1.75%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (57.02%) DevOps
2 107 (46.93%) CI/CD
3 92 (40.35%) Infrastructure as Code
4 74 (32.46%) Agile
5 72 (31.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 57 (25.00%) Mentoring
7 56 (24.56%) Coaching
8 44 (19.30%) Asset Management
9 42 (18.42%) Test Automation
10 40 (17.54%) Cloud Security
11 39 (17.11%) API Integration
12 37 (16.23%) ERP
12 37 (16.23%) Observability
13 36 (15.79%) Identity Access Management
13 36 (15.79%) Migration
13 36 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
14 34 (14.91%) RBAC
15 31 (13.60%) Containerisation
16 30 (13.16%) Analytics
16 30 (13.16%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 92 (40.35%) Python
2 56 (24.56%) SQL
3 51 (22.37%) Java
4 44 (19.30%) PowerShell
5 37 (16.23%) Bash
5 37 (16.23%) PL/SQL
5 37 (16.23%) Shell Script
6 24 (10.53%) Bicep
7 15 (6.58%) Go
8 13 (5.70%) JavaScript
9 3 (1.32%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.88%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 33 (14.47%) Security Cleared
2 29 (12.72%) AWS Certification
3 26 (11.40%) SC Cleared
4 22 (9.65%) Azure Certification
5 17 (7.46%) Degree
6 6 (2.63%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (2.19%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.75%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 4 (1.75%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
9 2 (0.88%) AWS Certified Developer
10 1 (0.44%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (0.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.44%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.44%) CISM
10 1 (0.44%) CISSP
10 1 (0.44%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.44%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (6.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (4.82%) PCI DSS
3 9 (3.95%) SOC 2
4 7 (3.07%) NIST
5 6 (2.63%) GDPR
5 6 (2.63%) GRC
6 5 (2.19%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.88%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.88%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.88%) QA
System Software
1 34 (14.91%) Active Directory
2 31 (13.60%) Docker
3 9 (3.95%) Virtual Servers
4 7 (3.07%) Hyper-V
5 5 (2.19%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (1.32%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (1.32%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.88%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 150 (65.79%) Terraform
2 68 (29.82%) Kubernetes
3 37 (16.23%) Single Sign-On
4 32 (14.04%) Ansible
5 22 (9.65%) Prometheus
6 20 (8.77%) Grafana
7 16 (7.02%) Argo
8 9 (3.95%) Kustomize
8 9 (3.95%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (1.75%) Cilium
10 1 (0.44%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.44%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.44%) Kibana
10 1 (0.44%) Puppet
10 1 (0.44%) Rancher
10 1 (0.44%) SCOM
Vendors
1 55 (24.12%) Microsoft
2 37 (16.23%) Oracle
3 21 (9.21%) Okta
4 12 (5.26%) Google
5 6 (2.63%) SonicWALL
5 6 (2.63%) VMware
6 4 (1.75%) PagerDuty
7 3 (1.32%) Citrix
8 2 (0.88%) Cisco
8 2 (0.88%) Databricks
8 2 (0.88%) Foundry
8 2 (0.88%) OpenAI
8 2 (0.88%) Red Hat
8 2 (0.88%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.88%) Talend
9 1 (0.44%) Dynatrace
9 1 (0.44%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.44%) SolarWinds
9 1 (0.44%) Splunk
9 1 (0.44%) Zscaler