Cloud Engineer: market
A Cloud Engineer deploys and runs infrastructure in the cloud: networking, compute, storage, access and cost, plus migrations of systems out of own data centers. We currently track 1 310 open positions for this role, 1 259 of them fresh. The requirement core is one cloud in depth (AWS, Azure or GCP), Terraform, networking and IAM, containers, CI/CD and cost control (FinOps). By co-occurrence in requirements, AWS, Azure, Terraform and Kubernetes appear most often. 33% of the postings allow fully remote work. Below is a live slice of the Cloud Engineer market: geography, seniority, adjacent stack and sources.
The Cloud Engineer market currently has 1,310 open roles, 1,259 of them freshly observed. Median salary $7,880/mo.
33% of Cloud Engineer postings allow fully remote work; the share counts only postings that state the format.
⚠ salary known for 102 of 1310 jobs; remote share from 947 with a stated format; 1259 counted as fresh observations; trend and hiring difficulty are not shown
Timeline: postings and sources
How many Cloud Engineer postings appeared each week since 4 May, and from how many sources. The second line separates market growth from coverage growth: a jump in the week new sources were connected means we started seeing more, not that the market grew.
New postings and active sources per week
Sources over the period: 119
New sources connected: 11 May +4 · 18 May +2 · 25 May +2 · 1 Jun +3 · 8 Jun +2 · 15 Jun +1 · 22 Jun +12 · 29 Jun +20 · 6 Jul +14 · 13 Jul +6 · 20 Jul +9 · 27 Jul +4 · 3 Aug +4 · 10 Aug +1 · 24 Aug +3 · 31 Aug +2 · 7 Sept +4 · 14 Sept +2 · 21 Sept +7 · 28 Sept +1 · 5 Oct +1 · 12 Oct +6
Week = posting first-seen date, all statuses; postings are selected by the same rule as this page's counter. Sources are distinct collection channels; their names are not published.
Salaries over time
Median Cloud Engineer salary per week, USD per month.
Median salary, USD per month
Only postings with a USD salary and a known period (month or year), $500–$50,000 per month. Weeks with fewer than 10 such postings are left blank — that means no data, not zero.
Remote work over time
Share of Cloud Engineer postings offering fully remote work, per week.
Remote postings, %
The share is among postings that state a format (remote, hybrid, office). Weeks with fewer than 10 such postings are left blank.
Technologies over time
How the share of Cloud Engineer postings mentioning each of the top technologies changed.
Postings mentioning the technology, %
Share among postings with a tagged stack; the series starts on 10 Aug: earlier stack tags were assigned differently. Weeks with fewer than 20 tagged postings are left blank.
Countries over time
How the share of Cloud Engineer postings in each of the top countries changed, per week.
Postings in the country, %
Share among postings with a known country; the chart shows the five countries with the most postings over six months. Weeks with fewer than 20 postings with a known country are left blank. A rising share can mean a newly connected source in that country rather than market growth.
Demand and observed supply: Cloud Engineer
| Open demand | 1,310 |
| Observed supply | — not published |
⚠ candidates matching a vacancy are not counted yet: demand and the observed pool are shown
Salary distribution: Cloud Engineer
One in ten earns under $3,804, one in ten over $14,274. Half the market falls between $5,975 and $10,573. Sample: 102.
The range histogram for Cloud Engineer uses only postings with an explicit compensation range; the median is computed over the same sample.
Demand geography: Cloud Engineer
| country | jobs |
|---|---|
| US | 222 |
| PL | 156 |
| SG | 154 |
| GB | 116 |
| DE | 87 |
| IN | 72 |
| CA | 26 |
| AU | 19 |
| TH | 18 |
| NL | 17 |
The top country for Cloud Engineer demand is the US (222 positions).
⚠ job counts only: salary by country is not published
Used together with
In Cloud Engineer requirements the most frequently named skills and technologies are AWS, Azure, Terraform and Kubernetes.
Demand by grade: Cloud Engineer
| grade | jobs |
|---|---|
| senior | 381 |
| lead | 58 |
| middle | 58 |
| principal | 37 |
| junior | 16 |
Senior-and-above is about 87% of 550 Cloud Engineer postings with an explicit grade.
⚠ demand side only: the grade of the observed pool is unknown for most of it
Employers: Cloud Engineer
Demand is spread across 754 employers. The largest accounts for 1.8%, the top ten for 12.8%; the remaining 87.2% is long tail.
| share | value |
|---|---|
| top-1 | 1.8% |
| top-3 | 5.3% |
| top-10 | 12.8% |
| long tail | 87.2% |
Cloud Engineer openings come from 754 distinct employers; the largest one accounts for only 1.8% of postings — the market is not tied to a single hirer.
⚠ names are not shown: staffing agencies and end employers are not yet told apart by the classifier
Where Zorky sees this market
Observed across 66 sources; the largest accounts for 9.8% — this market does not rest on a single channel.
Cloud Engineer postings arrive mostly from ATS & career sites and job boards & aggregators.
Recent openings: Cloud Engineer
- Cloud Engineer III
- Azure Cloud Engineer II - Night shift · IN
- GCP Cloud Engineer II · IN
- AWS Cloud Engineer III
- Senior System/Cloud Engineer · BA
- Senior System/Cloud Engineer (Immediate Joiners preferred) · IN
- Senior System/Cloud Engineer · HR
- Senior System/Cloud Engineer · RS
Adjacent markets
⚠ adjacent markets for comparison are not defined yet
How this is measured
- Vacancy
- an open job that cleared the quality gate and lists at least two technologies
- Observed candidate
- a candidate whose stack contains this technology; an aggregate — not a single record leaves the perimeter
- Matchable candidate
- not counted yet
- Window
- jobs open at the moment the snapshot was built
About the data
- Some breakdowns are hidden: their data coverage is not yet sufficient.
- Statistics are shown only where the sample clears a quality gate.
- A missing block does not mean a value of zero.
Breakdowns currently hidden: 8.
Data as of 2026-10-23
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about the Cloud Engineer role — short answers from the same data slice.
What does a Cloud Engineer do?
A Cloud Engineer deploys and runs infrastructure in the cloud: networking, compute, storage, access and cost, plus migrations of systems out of own data centers.
Which skills do Cloud Engineer postings require?
The requirement core is one cloud in depth (AWS, Azure or GCP), Terraform, networking and IAM, containers, CI/CD and cost control (FinOps). In the current slice, AWS, Azure, Terraform and Kubernetes appear in requirements most often.
Do Cloud Engineers need cloud certifications?
They are often mentioned as a plus (AWS Solutions Architect, AZ-104, GCP Associate), but hands-on experience with specific services and infrastructure as code decides the shortlist.
How remote-friendly are Cloud Engineer jobs?
33% of postings with an explicit format allow fully remote work; the slice tracks 1 310 open positions.
Get the full Cloud Engineer market details
Full role analytics — salary bands, employers, trends and available candidates. Leave a contact and we'll send the details.