Hybrid/Remote AWS Contract Job Trends

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring AWS skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 7 7
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 -1
Contract jobs citing AWS 1,676 1,741 2,696
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 17.03% 13.67% 13.44%
As % of the Cloud Services category 40.42% 36.03% 34.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,212 1,262 2,133
10th Percentile £380 £400 £413
25th Percentile £438 £488 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £588 £575
Median % change year-on-year -10.64% +2.17% -
75th Percentile £657 £738 £675
90th Percentile £825 £850 £763
UK median daily rate £525 £565 £575
% change year-on-year -7.08% -1.74% -2.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 23
10th Percentile £77.00 £49.55 £35.05
25th Percentile £81.25 £69.50 £39.60
Median hourly rate £85.00 £75.00 £72.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% +4.17% +20.00%
75th Percentile £92.50 - £78.17
90th Percentile £95.50 £77.25 £86.15
UK median hourly rate £73.50 £46.18 £72.50
% change year-on-year +59.16% -36.30% +18.37%

All Cloud Skills
Work from Home

AWS falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 4,146 4,832 7,826
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 42.13% 37.93% 39.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,850 3,324 5,802
10th Percentile £337 £340 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
75th Percentile £623 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £782 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 41 126
10th Percentile £20.50 £14.25 £16.57
25th Percentile £28.75 £21.25 £22.52
Median hourly rate £37.50 £35.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.63% -29.00% +42.86%
75th Percentile £65.69 £60.60 £70.00
90th Percentile £79.75 £76.25 £77.84
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £31.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -9.68% -11.43% +62.79%

AWS
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing AWS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

AWS trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

AWS
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing AWS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing AWS

AWS
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing AWS over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

AWS daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

AWS
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing AWS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing AWS

AWS
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing AWS over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

AWS hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

AWS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 129 (7.70%) Apache Airflow
2 77 (4.59%) Apache
3 41 (2.45%) Confluence
4 38 (2.27%) Apache Spark
5 18 (1.07%) OpenStack
6 11 (0.66%) CMS
7 9 (0.54%) WebLogic
8 8 (0.48%) nginx
9 7 (0.42%) Documentum
9 7 (0.42%) FileNet
9 7 (0.42%) JBoss
9 7 (0.42%) SAS
9 7 (0.42%) WordPress
10 5 (0.30%) SharePoint
10 5 (0.30%) SugarCRM
10 5 (0.30%) Tomcat
10 5 (0.30%) WebSphere
11 3 (0.18%) CICS
11 3 (0.18%) Drupal
11 3 (0.18%) IIS
Applications
1 10 (0.60%) MS Visio
2 8 (0.48%) Chatbot
3 6 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.18%) Trello
6 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.060%) Mozilla Thunderbird
7 1 (0.060%) Notion
7 1 (0.060%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 6 (0.36%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 5 (0.30%) Payment Gateway
2 5 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.24%) Distributed Ledger
4 3 (0.18%) Magento
4 3 (0.18%) Shopify
5 2 (0.12%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.060%) Avolution ABACUS
6 1 (0.060%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.060%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.060%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.060%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.060%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.060%) R3 Corda
6 1 (0.060%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.060%) SAP IBP
6 1 (0.060%) SAP PP
6 1 (0.060%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 564 (33.65%) Azure
2 358 (21.36%) GCP
3 231 (13.78%) Serverless
4 203 (12.11%) Amazon S3
5 184 (10.98%) AWS Lambda
6 172 (10.26%) GitHub
7 122 (7.28%) Amazon EC2
7 122 (7.28%) AWS CloudFormation
8 116 (6.92%) dbt
9 107 (6.38%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 102 (6.09%) GitHub Actions
11 97 (5.79%) Snowflake
12 84 (5.01%) Amazon EKS
13 82 (4.89%) Amazon SQS
14 61 (3.64%) SaaS
15 55 (3.28%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 52 (3.10%) Amazon ECS
17 50 (2.98%) Power Platform
18 38 (2.27%) Azure DevOps
19 36 (2.15%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 87 (5.19%) Firewall
2 70 (4.18%) DNS
3 44 (2.63%) TCP/IP
4 40 (2.39%) HTTP
5 32 (1.91%) Network Security
6 31 (1.85%) VPN
7 23 (1.37%) DHCP
7 23 (1.37%) WAN
8 20 (1.19%) BGP
8 20 (1.19%) MPLS
9 19 (1.13%) LAN
9 19 (1.13%) SSL
10 17 (1.01%) OSPF
10 17 (1.01%) Wireless
11 15 (0.89%) VLAN
12 12 (0.72%) Internet
13 11 (0.66%) SD-WAN
13 11 (0.66%) Wireshark
14 8 (0.48%) 4G
14 8 (0.48%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 202 (12.05%) PostgreSQL
2 107 (6.38%) Amazon RDS
3 99 (5.91%) Amazon Athena
4 88 (5.25%) Apache Iceberg
5 84 (5.01%) Apache Arrow
5 84 (5.01%) Dremio
6 77 (4.59%) Data Lake
7 65 (3.88%) MySQL
8 61 (3.64%) Data Warehouse
9 55 (3.28%) DynamoDB
9 55 (3.28%) NoSQL
10 49 (2.92%) Amazon Aurora
10 49 (2.92%) Big Data
10 49 (2.92%) SQL Server
11 48 (2.86%) Apache Ignite
12 47 (2.80%) Relational Database
13 35 (2.09%) Power BI
14 34 (2.03%) MongoDB
15 31 (1.85%) Amazon Redshift
16 28 (1.67%) Redis
Development Applications
1 172 (10.26%) Jenkins
2 144 (8.59%) Git
3 134 (8.00%) GitLab
4 94 (5.61%) JIRA
5 39 (2.33%) Cypress.io
6 35 (2.09%) SonarQube
7 30 (1.79%) Selenium
8 29 (1.73%) JUnit
9 27 (1.61%) Maven
10 21 (1.25%) Bitbucket
11 20 (1.19%) REST Assured
12 17 (1.01%) Cucumber
13 12 (0.72%) CircleCI
14 11 (0.66%) IntelliJ
15 10 (0.60%) ERwin
15 10 (0.60%) Gradle
15 10 (0.60%) Postman
16 9 (0.54%) webpack
17 8 (0.48%) MLflow
17 8 (0.48%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 411 (24.52%) Social Skills
2 374 (22.32%) Finance
3 227 (13.54%) Public Sector
4 180 (10.74%) Banking
5 164 (9.79%) Analytical Skills
6 147 (8.77%) Front Office
7 88 (5.25%) Investment Banking
8 35 (2.09%) Documentation Skills
9 23 (1.37%) Marketing
10 19 (1.13%) Retail
11 17 (1.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 17 (1.01%) Telecoms
12 14 (0.84%) Military
12 14 (0.84%) Presentation Skills
13 13 (0.78%) Manufacturing
13 13 (0.78%) Pharmaceutical
14 11 (0.66%) Financial Institution
14 11 (0.66%) Influencing Skills
14 11 (0.66%) Law
15 9 (0.54%) Legal
Job Titles
1 403 (24.05%) Developer
2 270 (16.11%) Architect
3 258 (15.39%) Senior
4 221 (13.19%) AWS Engineer
5 198 (11.81%) Software Engineer
6 126 (7.52%) Python Engineer
7 120 (7.16%) DevOps Engineer
8 100 (5.97%) Solutions Architect
9 99 (5.91%) Java Developer
10 98 (5.85%) Java Engineer
11 96 (5.73%) Lead
12 95 (5.67%) AWS Software Engineer
13 92 (5.49%) Developer/Software Engineer
14 90 (5.37%) AWS Developer
15 84 (5.01%) Java Software Engineer
16 79 (4.71%) AWS Architect
16 79 (4.71%) Python Software Engineer
17 75 (4.47%) Data Engineer
18 65 (3.88%) Python Developer
19 61 (3.64%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 245 (14.62%) React
2 195 (11.63%) Node.js
3 127 (7.58%) Kafka
4 111 (6.62%) Pandas
4 111 (6.62%) REST
5 107 (6.38%) NumPy
6 101 (6.03%) RESTful
7 100 (5.97%) AngularJS
8 84 (5.01%) SciPy
9 71 (4.24%) Redux
10 68 (4.06%) GraphQL
11 67 (4.00%) Spring
12 66 (3.94%) Vue
13 62 (3.70%) Spring Boot
14 57 (3.40%) HTML
15 55 (3.28%) AWS CDK
16 52 (3.10%) gRPC
16 52 (3.10%) OAuth
17 50 (2.98%) CSS
18 48 (2.86%) Protocol Buffers
Miscellaneous
1 141 (8.41%) Fixed Income
2 136 (8.11%) Cloud Native
3 111 (6.62%) Equities
4 109 (6.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 78 (4.65%) Hedge funds
6 65 (3.88%) Derivative
7 59 (3.52%) Product Ownership
8 48 (2.86%) Distributed Systems
8 48 (2.86%) Pricing Data
9 42 (2.51%) Data Centre
10 36 (2.15%) Legacy Systems
11 35 (2.09%) Data Protection Act
12 33 (1.97%) Management Information System
12 33 (1.97%) Onboarding
13 32 (1.91%) Greenfield Project
14 29 (1.73%) Algorithms
14 29 (1.73%) Hybrid Cloud
15 26 (1.55%) Enterprise Software
15 26 (1.55%) Security Posture
16 25 (1.49%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 136 (8.11%) Linux
2 64 (3.82%) Windows
3 37 (2.21%) Unix
4 28 (1.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 12 (0.72%) Windows Server
6 8 (0.48%) Android
7 6 (0.36%) Amazon Linux
7 6 (0.36%) VMS
8 5 (0.30%) Apple iOS
8 5 (0.30%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.30%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.24%) CentOS
10 2 (0.12%) Debian
10 2 (0.12%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.060%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.060%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.060%) Solaris
11 1 (0.060%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 516 (30.79%) Agile
2 503 (30.01%) CI/CD
3 457 (27.27%) DevOps
4 277 (16.53%) Infrastructure as Code
5 270 (16.11%) Software Engineering
6 257 (15.33%) Problem-Solving
7 210 (12.53%) Containerisation
8 205 (12.23%) Microservices
9 162 (9.67%) Artificial Intelligence
10 158 (9.43%) Migration
11 146 (8.71%) Full-Stack Development
12 143 (8.53%) Investment Management
13 141 (8.41%) Analytics
14 138 (8.23%) Test Automation
15 134 (8.00%) Asset Management
16 130 (7.76%) Machine Learning
16 130 (7.76%) TDD
17 115 (6.86%) Cloud Security
18 113 (6.74%) Mentoring
19 110 (6.56%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 621 (37.05%) Python
2 366 (21.84%) Java
3 314 (18.74%) TypeScript
4 306 (18.26%) JavaScript
5 250 (14.92%) SQL
6 92 (5.49%) Bash
7 75 (4.47%) PowerShell
8 65 (3.88%) Go
9 36 (2.15%) C#
10 21 (1.25%) PHP
11 19 (1.13%) Scala
11 19 (1.13%) Shell Script
12 14 (0.84%) Perl
12 14 (0.84%) R
13 11 (0.66%) PromQL
14 9 (0.54%) DAML
14 9 (0.54%) Groovy
14 9 (0.54%) Ruby
15 8 (0.48%) Rust
16 7 (0.42%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 344 (20.53%) Security Cleared
2 277 (16.53%) SC Cleared
3 125 (7.46%) AWS Certification
4 91 (5.43%) Degree
5 46 (2.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 46 (2.74%) Computer Science Degree
6 43 (2.57%) Azure Certification
7 41 (2.45%) CISSP
8 33 (1.97%) Cisco Certification
9 23 (1.37%) Master's Degree
10 22 (1.31%) BPSS Clearance
11 19 (1.13%) DV Cleared
12 18 (1.07%) GIAC
13 16 (0.95%) Microsoft Certification
13 16 (0.95%) SANS
14 15 (0.89%) CCNP
15 12 (0.72%) Numerate Degree
16 11 (0.66%) TOGAF Certification
17 10 (0.60%) CISM
18 9 (0.54%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (6.03%) QA
2 77 (4.59%) GDPR
3 59 (3.52%) NIST
4 54 (3.22%) Data Quality
5 50 (2.98%) Accessibility
5 50 (2.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 33 (1.97%) HIPAA
7 32 (1.91%) PCI DSS
8 15 (0.89%) WCAG
9 12 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 12 (0.72%) SOC 2
10 11 (0.66%) NCSC
11 9 (0.54%) SLA
12 8 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
13 7 (0.42%) NIST 800
14 6 (0.36%) PSD2
15 5 (0.30%) GRC
16 4 (0.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
16 4 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 4 (0.24%) IFRS
System Software
1 301 (17.96%) Docker
2 40 (2.39%) Active Directory
3 37 (2.21%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (0.72%) Hyper-V
5 9 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (0.36%) VMware NSX
6 6 (0.36%) vSphere
7 4 (0.24%) Postfix
8 2 (0.12%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 2 (0.12%) KVM
8 2 (0.12%) NDS
8 2 (0.12%) NetIQ eDirectory
8 2 (0.12%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.12%) VirtualBox
8 2 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.060%) Dovecot
9 1 (0.060%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.060%) Squid
9 1 (0.060%) Tivoli Directory Server
Systems Management
1 336 (20.05%) Terraform
2 303 (18.08%) Kubernetes
3 134 (8.00%) Ansible
4 86 (5.13%) Grafana
5 75 (4.47%) Prometheus
6 31 (1.85%) Progress Chef
6 31 (1.85%) Puppet
6 31 (1.85%) Single Sign-On
7 18 (1.07%) Argo
8 12 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
9 10 (0.60%) SCCM
10 8 (0.48%) Docker Swarm
10 8 (0.48%) Kibana
11 7 (0.42%) Istio
12 6 (0.36%) Oracle RMAN
12 6 (0.36%) Podman
13 5 (0.30%) FortiGate
13 5 (0.30%) logstash
13 5 (0.30%) QRadar
14 4 (0.24%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 108 (6.44%) Microsoft
2 70 (4.18%) Google
3 64 (3.82%) Oracle
4 55 (3.28%) Splunk
5 44 (2.63%) Databricks
5 44 (2.63%) VMware
6 33 (1.97%) SAP
7 31 (1.85%) Cisco
8 29 (1.73%) Palo Alto
9 25 (1.49%) F5
10 23 (1.37%) Red Hat
11 19 (1.13%) Salesforce
11 19 (1.13%) ServiceNow
12 18 (1.07%) IBM
13 17 (1.01%) Informatica
14 16 (0.95%) Arista
15 15 (0.89%) Dynatrace
16 14 (0.84%) CyberArk
17 13 (0.78%) Atlassian
17 13 (0.78%) CheckPoint