Cloud Engineer jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-05-23, Skillenai has indexed 504 job postings with the title “Cloud Engineer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is Terraform, with demand down 46% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-05-23
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+How many Cloud Engineer jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 504 job postings with the title “Cloud Engineer” over the 90 days ending 2026-05-23, with demand down 46% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do Cloud Engineer jobs require?
Across Cloud Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-05-23, the skills mentioned most often are Terraform, AWS, CI/CD, Kubernetes, Python.
+Which cities are hiring the most Cloud Engineer?
As of 2026-05-23, Cloud Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Washington, London, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Chantilly.
+Is Cloud Engineer a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 504 Cloud Engineer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-05-23, with demand down 46% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in Cloud Engineer postings is Terraform, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly Cloud Engineer postings — last 90 days
Skills most often required for Cloud Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Terraform | 227 | 14.1% |
| AWS | 184 | 11.4% |
| CI/CD | 151 | 9.4% |
| Kubernetes | 150 | 9.3% |
| Python | 125 | 7.8% |
| Docker | 109 | 6.8% |
| Azure | 98 | 6.1% |
| Infrastructure as Code (IaC) | 85 | 5.3% |
| Ansible | 83 | 5.1% |
| IAM | 75 | 4.7% |
| Bash | 69 | 4.3% |
| Cloud Engineering | 67 | 4.2% |
| Linux | 64 | 4.0% |
| Jenkins | 63 | 3.9% |
| monitoring | 62 | 3.8% |
Top metros hiring Cloud Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Washington | 49 | 38.9% |
| London | 14 | 11.1% |
| Hyderabad | 12 | 9.5% |
| Bengaluru | 10 | 7.9% |
| Chantilly | 9 | 7.1% |
| Paris | 9 | 7.1% |
| Taipei | 9 | 7.1% |
| Arlington | 7 | 5.6% |
| Manchester | 7 | 5.6% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-05-23, matching postings whose canonical role is “Cloud Engineer”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
- role
- Cloud Engineer
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- data_as_of
- 2026-05-23
- window_days
- 90
The demand, skills, and geo numbers on this page come from the same Skillenai labor market index that powers our API. Use it for compensation benchmarking, hiring-competition analysis, and skill-adoption tracking.
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