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Cloud Engineer Career Market Report 2026

917 active jobs. 406 companies. Median salary $119K. Data from Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Workable, and 14 additional ATS sources. Last computed: 2026-06-01.

917
Active Job Openings
406
Companies Hiring
$119K
Median Salary (US)
76%
With Salary Data

About This Report

The Cloud Engineer market data on this page is updated daily from 800,000+ active job postings across 20 ATS platforms.

Greenhouse Lever Workday Ashby SmartRecruiters Workable + 14 more ATS sources

Salary: Extracted via NLP. Only USD $5K-$3M included. Skills: Named entity recognition, noise-filtered (generic soft skills excluded). Experience: Inferred from title + description. Coverage: 76% of positions include salary data.

Key Findings

Median salary: $119K in the US

Middle 50% of salaries range from $87K to $169K.

Remote roles pay 34% above the US national median

Remote-first employers competing nationally for talent. The premium reflects company quality (remote-first firms tend to be well-funded), not a work-mode bonus.

AWS is the most-demanded skill at 61%

PowerShell demand rose +14.5pp — fastest-growing skill

Bah leads hiring with 24 open positions

Biggest salary jump: Junior → Mid-Level (+$29K, +41%)

Salary increase: +$29K · Sample: Junior → Mid-Level

AI automation risk: medium-high (score 70/100)

Score: 70/100 · AI/LLM demand: 0% of postings

Salary by Experience Level

LevelJobsP25MedianP90
Senior64$105K$126K$169K
Mid-Level28$87K$98K$156K
Junior14$69K$70K$100K
Staff13$137K$154K$190K
Lead5$113K$130K$196K

What jumps out

Junior → Mid-Level: +$29K (41%) — the biggest single-step increase. The salary curve is back-loaded: the largest raises come at transitions where scope changes from executing tasks to owning outcomes, or from owning outcomes to shaping architecture across teams.

Salary by Country

CountryJobsMedianCurrency
United States93$119KUSD
Remote3$160KUSD
United Kingdom3$120KGBP

Work Mode

ModeShare
On-Site2.1%
Remote11.7%
Hybrid3.1%

~80% of postings do not specify work mode. Figures show only positions where it is explicitly stated.

Top Skills in Demand

AWS
61%
Terraform
48%
Azure
46%
CI/CD
45%
Kubernetes
41%
AI/LLM
40%
DevOps
40%
Python
37%
Docker
35%
GCP
27%
Linux
21%
Ansible
18%

Skills on the Rise

PowerShell ↑+14.5ppAzure ↑+12.7ppAWS ↑+12.5ppSQL ↑+11.9ppJenkins ↑+11.2pp

Declining in Demand

Agile ↓-24.3pp

Top Companies Hiring

CompanyOpeningsShare
Bah242.6%
Soprasteria151.6%
Gdit151.6%
Accenturefederalservices141.5%
Trendmicro131.4%
Kyndryl121.3%
Hpe111.2%
Caylent101.1%

Top Countries by Job Volume

CountryJobs
United States290
India73
Remote51
United Kingdom29
France17
Germany17
Taiwan16
Canada16

Education Requirements

LevelSharePositions
Associate Degree55.1%383
Bachelor's Degree16.1%112
Master's Degree14.5%101
PhD / Doctorate0.3%2

Certifications

AWS Certified (11%)Azure Certified (7%)Kubernetes Certified (3%)CompTIA (3%)CCNA (2%)ITIL (2%)CompTIA Security+ (2%)CISSP (2%)GCP Certified (2%)

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