Hybrid/Remote Lead Cloud Engineer Job Trends
Lead Cloud Engineer
UK > Work from Home
The median Lead Cloud Engineer salary for remote/hybrid work is £100,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 November 2026.
The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 5 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 427 | 391 | 435 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -36 | +44 | +27 |
| Permanent Lead Cloud Engineer jobs | 42 | 14 | 23 |
| As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options | 0.17% | 0.088% | 0.12% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.18% | 0.094% | 0.12% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 42 | 14 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | £85,125 | £61,146 | £55,603 |
| 25th Percentile | £92,500 | £72,188 | £67,758 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £100,000 | £85,000 | £81,470 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +17.65% | +4.33% | -12.19% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £97,813 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £100,000 |
| UK median annual salary | £95,000 | £100,000 | £95,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.00% | +5.26% | +2.40% |
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 5 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent remote/hybrid job adverts matching a recognised job title | 23,891 | 14,949 | 19,187 |
| % of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title | 94.01% | 94.27% | 96.66% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 16,029 | 8,935 | 11,981 |
| 10th Percentile | £35,000 | £29,000 | £35,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £40,000 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £55,768 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +7.59% | -7.05% | -4.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £80,000 | £77,500 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £96,250 | £97,500 |
| UK median annual salary | £59,000 | £52,500 | £57,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +12.38% | -8.70% | -4.17% |
Lead Cloud Engineer Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent Lead Cloud Engineer job postings offering remote/hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.
Lead Cloud Engineer Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs
Salary distribution trend for remote/hybrid Lead Cloud Engineer job vacancies.
Lead Cloud Engineer Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs
Salary distribution for Lead Cloud Engineer jobs with remote/hybrid work options over the 6 months to 5 November 2026.
Lead Cloud Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs
For the 6 months to 5 November 2026, Lead 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 Lead Cloud Engineer jobs with remote/hybrid work options.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Azure | 92.9% | 39 |
| 2 | Platform Engineering | 90.5% | 38 |
| 3 | PaaS | 57.1% | 24 |
| 4 | Terraform | 23.8% | 10 |
| 5 | CI/CD | 21.4% | 9 |
| 5 | Continuous Improvement | 21.4% | 9 |
| 5 | DevOps | 21.4% | 9 |
| 5 | Infrastructure as Code | 21.4% | 9 |
| 5 | Mentoring | 21.4% | 9 |
| 10 | Operational Resilience | 19.0% | 8 |
| 11 | Architectural Design | 14.3% | 6 |
| 11 | Azure Cosmos DB | 14.3% | 6 |
| 11 | Cost Optimisation | 14.3% | 6 |
| 11 | Technical Leadership | 14.3% | 6 |
| 15 | Containerisation | 7.1% | 3 |
| 15 | Infrastructure Automation | 7.1% | 3 |
| 15 | Kubernetes | 7.1% | 3 |
| 15 | Problem-Solving | 7.1% | 3 |
| 15 | Python | 7.1% | 3 |
| 20 | Analytics | 4.8% | 2 |
| 20 | ARM Templates | 4.8% | 2 |
| 20 | AWS CloudFormation | 4.8% | 2 |
| 20 | Bicep | 4.8% | 2 |
| 20 | Cloud Operations | 4.8% | 2 |
| 20 | Cloud Security | 4.8% | 2 |
| 20 | Computer Science | 4.8% | 2 |
| 20 | Computer Science Degree | 4.8% | 2 |
| 20 | Degree | 4.8% | 2 |
| 20 | Disaster Recovery | 4.8% | 2 |
| 20 | Docker | 4.8% | 2 |
Lead 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 | Azure Engineer | 71.4% | 30 |
| 2 | Cloud Platform Engineer | 59.5% | 25 |
| 3 | Azure Platform Engineer | 40.5% | 17 |
| 4 | Azure Infrastructure Engineer | 9.5% | 4 |
| 4 | Azure Infrastructure Lead | 9.5% | 4 |
| 4 | Cloud Infrastructure Engineer | 9.5% | 4 |
| 4 | Lead Infrastructure Engineer | 9.5% | 4 |
| 8 | CloudOps Manager | 4.8% | 2 |
| 8 | Lead CloudOps Engineer | 4.8% | 2 |
| 8 | Operations Manager | 4.8% | 2 |
| 8 | Platform Manager | 4.8% | 2 |