Hybrid/Remote Public Cloud Job Trends

Public Cloud
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Cloud in remote or hybrid work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Public Cloud over the 6 months leading up to 18 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 256 242 206
Rank change year-on-year -14 -36 -98
Permanent jobs citing Public Cloud 143 160 496
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.81% 1.21% 1.53%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.31% 2.87% 4.25%
Number of salaries quoted 55 99 422
10th Percentile £46,446 £50,500 £47,500
25th Percentile £64,439 £57,155 £56,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £74,870 £67,820
Median % change year-on-year +3.51% +10.39% -3.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £93,778 £83,759
90th Percentile £106,250 £128,135 £110,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £76,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +4.58% +13.33% -3.57%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

Public Cloud falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 6,192 5,567 11,675
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.94% 42.12% 35.91%
Number of salaries quoted 3,874 3,710 9,221
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,355 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,154 £62,500 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.75% +5.93% -9.23%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £102,200 £122,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £59,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.67% +9.09% -15.38%

Public Cloud
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Public Cloud and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Public Cloud job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Public Cloud
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Public Cloud.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Public Cloud

Public Cloud
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Public Cloud over the 6 months to 18 April 2026.

Public Cloud salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Public Cloud
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 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (0.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 18 (12.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (11.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.70%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (6.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (4.90%) SAP CO
2 7 (4.90%) SAP FI
2 7 (4.90%) SAP FI/CO
3 3 (2.10%) SAP FSCM
4 2 (1.40%) SAP ERP
4 2 (1.40%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 88 (61.54%) AWS
2 80 (55.94%) Azure
3 25 (17.48%) GCP
4 24 (16.78%) GitHub
5 18 (12.59%) GitHub Copilot
6 11 (7.69%) Serverless
7 4 (2.80%) Azure Machine Learning
7 4 (2.80%) Copilot Studio
7 4 (2.80%) GitHub Actions
7 4 (2.80%) Microsoft Copilot
7 4 (2.80%) Vertex AI
8 3 (2.10%) Anthropic Claude
8 3 (2.10%) AWS Lambda
8 3 (2.10%) Entra ID
9 2 (1.40%) Amazon EKS
9 2 (1.40%) AWS CloudFormation
9 2 (1.40%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (1.40%) Microsoft 365
10 1 (0.70%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.70%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 25 (17.48%) HTTP
2 7 (4.90%) Firewall
3 5 (3.50%) SD-WAN
4 4 (2.80%) Broadband
4 4 (2.80%) Network Security
5 3 (2.10%) WAN
6 2 (1.40%) Cisco ISE
6 2 (1.40%) Internet
6 2 (1.40%) LAN
6 2 (1.40%) VLAN
6 2 (1.40%) VPN
7 1 (0.70%) Cisco Wireless
7 1 (0.70%) DNS
7 1 (0.70%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.70%) MPLS
7 1 (0.70%) SNA
7 1 (0.70%) SSL
7 1 (0.70%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.70%) Wireless
7 1 (0.70%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (6.99%) Metadata
2 3 (2.10%) SAP HANA
3 2 (1.40%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (1.40%) MySQL
3 2 (1.40%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.40%) Redis
4 1 (0.70%) Amazon Athena
4 1 (0.70%) Amazon QuickSight
4 1 (0.70%) Apache Cassandra
4 1 (0.70%) Apache Iceberg
4 1 (0.70%) Big Data
4 1 (0.70%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.70%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.70%) Parquet
4 1 (0.70%) Presto
4 1 (0.70%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.70%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 13 (9.09%) Git
2 10 (6.99%) Visual Studio Code
3 6 (4.20%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.70%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.70%) GitLab
General
1 58 (40.56%) Finance
2 42 (29.37%) Banking
3 31 (21.68%) Social Skills
4 29 (20.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 20 (13.99%) Public Sector
6 18 (12.59%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (12.59%) Influencing Skills
7 10 (6.99%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.70%) Billing
8 1 (0.70%) Law
8 1 (0.70%) Marketing
8 1 (0.70%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.70%) Retail
8 1 (0.70%) Retail Banking
8 1 (0.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 49 (34.27%) Senior
2 33 (23.08%) Architect
3 25 (17.48%) Software Engineer
4 24 (16.78%) Development Engineer
4 24 (16.78%) Software Development Engineer
5 18 (12.59%) Analyst
6 17 (11.89%) Senior Architect
6 17 (11.89%) Senior Development Engineer
6 17 (11.89%) Senior Software Development Engineer
6 17 (11.89%) Senior Software Engineer
7 15 (10.49%) Consultant
8 11 (7.69%) Azure Engineer
8 11 (7.69%) Lead
9 10 (6.99%) Azure Architect
9 10 (6.99%) Platform Engineer
9 10 (6.99%) Solutions Architect
10 9 (6.29%) Cloud Consultant
10 9 (6.29%) Data Architect
10 9 (6.29%) Senior Data Architect
11 8 (5.59%) Azure Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (17.48%) REST
2 8 (5.59%) Spring
3 4 (2.80%) .NET
3 4 (2.80%) LangChain
3 4 (2.80%) LangGraph
4 3 (2.10%) FastAPI
4 3 (2.10%) RESTful
5 2 (1.40%) JSON
5 2 (1.40%) Node.js
5 2 (1.40%) React
5 2 (1.40%) SQLAlchemy
6 1 (0.70%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.70%) Flask
6 1 (0.70%) GraphQL
6 1 (0.70%) Next.js
6 1 (0.70%) SAP Basis
6 1 (0.70%) SAP Fiori
6 1 (0.70%) Tailwind CSS
6 1 (0.70%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 21 (14.69%) Onboarding
2 17 (11.89%) Private Cloud
2 17 (11.89%) Product Ownership
3 11 (7.69%) Data Centre
4 6 (4.20%) Distributed Systems
4 6 (4.20%) Management Information System
5 5 (3.50%) Cloud Native
6 4 (2.80%) CMDB
6 4 (2.80%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (2.80%) Security Posture
7 3 (2.10%) Algorithms
7 3 (2.10%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (2.10%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (2.10%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 2 (1.40%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.40%) Augmented Reality
8 2 (1.40%) Data Structures
8 2 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.40%) Hedge funds
8 2 (1.40%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 21 (14.69%) Linux
2 19 (13.29%) Windows
3 11 (7.69%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.40%) Unix
5 1 (0.70%) FreeBSD
5 1 (0.70%) OpenBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (41.26%) Roadmaps
2 54 (37.76%) Mentoring
3 52 (36.36%) AI
4 43 (30.07%) Technical Leadership
5 40 (27.97%) CI/CD
6 39 (27.27%) Software Engineering
7 29 (20.28%) SOA
8 28 (19.58%) DevOps
8 28 (19.58%) Product Roadmap
9 26 (18.18%) Architectural Design
9 26 (18.18%) Cybersecurity
10 25 (17.48%) Product Management
11 24 (16.78%) OO
11 24 (16.78%) SOLID
12 22 (15.38%) Agile
12 22 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
13 21 (14.69%) Infrastructure as Code
14 18 (12.59%) Coaching
14 18 (12.59%) Cost Optimisation
14 18 (12.59%) FinOps
Programming Languages
1 45 (31.47%) Java
2 31 (21.68%) Python
3 16 (11.19%) PowerShell
4 8 (5.59%) C#
5 5 (3.50%) Go
6 4 (2.80%) Bash
7 3 (2.10%) C
7 3 (2.10%) C++
7 3 (2.10%) Objective-C
7 3 (2.10%) Perl
7 3 (2.10%) Ruby
7 3 (2.10%) Rust
8 2 (1.40%) SQL
9 1 (0.70%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 22 (15.38%) Azure Certification
2 17 (11.89%) AWS Certification
3 14 (9.79%) Microsoft Certification
4 9 (6.29%) Degree
5 8 (5.59%) Security Cleared
6 6 (4.20%) CCNP
6 6 (4.20%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (3.50%) CCNA
7 5 (3.50%) LPIC
7 5 (3.50%) MCSE
7 5 (3.50%) RHCSA
7 5 (3.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 4 (2.80%) SC Cleared
8 4 (2.80%) VCAP
9 3 (2.10%) CREST Certified
9 3 (2.10%) CTC Cleared
9 3 (2.10%) GPEN
9 3 (2.10%) GXPN
9 3 (2.10%) OSCE
9 3 (2.10%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.20%) SLA
2 3 (2.10%) Actionable Recommendations
2 3 (2.10%) ISO 20022
3 2 (1.40%) GAAP
3 2 (1.40%) GRC
3 2 (1.40%) IFRS
4 1 (0.70%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.70%) GDPR
4 1 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.70%) PMO
System Software
1 11 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (6.99%) Active Directory
3 5 (3.50%) vSphere
4 3 (2.10%) Docker
5 2 (1.40%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.70%) Firmware
6 1 (0.70%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.70%) KVM
6 1 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 30 (20.98%) Terraform
2 23 (16.08%) Ansible
3 14 (9.79%) Kubernetes
4 4 (2.80%) Packer
5 2 (1.40%) Argo
5 2 (1.40%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.70%) Grafana
6 1 (0.70%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.70%) Proxmox
6 1 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.70%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 64 (44.76%) Microsoft
2 17 (11.89%) Adobe
2 17 (11.89%) Apple
3 15 (10.49%) Google
4 14 (9.79%) Cisco
4 14 (9.79%) VMware
5 10 (6.99%) SAP
6 7 (4.90%) F5
7 6 (4.20%) EMC
7 6 (4.20%) Palo Alto
8 5 (3.50%) Foundry
8 5 (3.50%) ServiceNow
9 2 (1.40%) BMC
9 2 (1.40%) Dynatrace
9 2 (1.40%) Mercator
9 2 (1.40%) OpenAI
9 2 (1.40%) Oracle
9 2 (1.40%) PagerDuty
9 2 (1.40%) Splunk
10 1 (0.70%) CheckPoint