AWS Engineer Job Trends in Scotland
Amazon Web Services Engineer
UK > Scotland
The median Amazon Web Services Engineer salary in Scotland is £100,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 November 2026.
The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 6 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 127 | 119 | 142 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -8 | +23 | +13 |
| Permanent AWS Engineer jobs | 29 | 25 | 4 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland | 0.64% | 0.92% | 0.12% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.70% | 1.12% | 0.13% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 10 | 1 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | £98,500 | - | £46,000 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £47,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £100,000 | £100,000 | £50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +100.00% | -9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £52,500 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £54,000 |
| UK median annual salary | £75,000 | £105,000 | £90,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -28.57% | +16.67% | +12.50% |
All Permanent IT Job Roles
Scotland
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job adverts in Scotland matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.
| 6 months to 6 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent job adverts in Scotland matching a recognised job title | 4,118 | 2,223 | 3,091 |
| % of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title | 91.05% | 81.88% | 95.14% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 2,249 | 1,005 | 1,551 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £26,000 | £30,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,000 | £31,250 | £40,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £45,000 | £52,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +22.22% | -14.29% | +5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £70,000 | £66,000 | £69,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £85,000 | £80,000 |
| UK median annual salary | £59,000 | £52,500 | £57,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +12.38% | -8.70% | -4.17% |
AWS Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent AWS Engineer job postings relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Scotland.
AWS Engineer Salary Trend in Scotland
Salary distribution trend for AWS Engineer job vacancies in Scotland.
AWS Engineer Job Locations in Scotland
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in AWS Engineer jobs within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 6 November 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
| Location | Rank Change on Same Period Last Year |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glasgow | +16 | 28 | £100,000 | - | 1 |
| Edinburgh | +16 | 1 | £90,000 | -10.00% | |
| AWS Engineer UK |
|||||
AWS Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland
For the 6 months to 6 November 2026, AWS 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 AWS Engineer job ads across the Scotland region.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AWS | 100.0% | 29 |
| 2 | Infrastructure Engineering | 58.6% | 17 |
| 3 | Software Engineering | 48.3% | 14 |
| 4 | DevOps | 24.1% | 7 |
| 5 | Databricks | 20.7% | 6 |
| 5 | Site Reliability Engineering | 20.7% | 6 |
| 7 | Continuous Improvement | 17.2% | 5 |
| 7 | Intel | 17.2% | 5 |
| 9 | AI | 13.8% | 4 |
| 10 | Agile | 10.3% | 3 |
| 10 | Code Quality | 10.3% | 3 |
| 10 | GCP | 10.3% | 3 |
| 10 | Kubernetes | 10.3% | 3 |
| 10 | Refactoring | 10.3% | 3 |
| 10 | SDLC | 10.3% | 3 |
| 10 | Secure Coding | 10.3% | 3 |
| 10 | Test Automation | 10.3% | 3 |
| 18 | CI/CD | 6.9% | 2 |
| 18 | Go | 6.9% | 2 |
| 18 | Operational Stability | 6.9% | 2 |
| 18 | Python | 6.9% | 2 |
| 18 | Visualisation | 6.9% | 2 |
| 23 | Amazon Aurora | 3.4% | 1 |
| 23 | Amazon RDS | 3.4% | 1 |
| 23 | Apache Airflow | 3.4% | 1 |
| 23 | Azure | 3.4% | 1 |
| 23 | Clean Code | 3.4% | 1 |
| 23 | Dagster | 3.4% | 1 |
| 23 | Data Engineering | 3.4% | 1 |
| 23 | Data Modelling | 3.4% | 1 |
AWS Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 | AWS Infrastructure Engineer | 58.6% | 17 |
| 2 | AWS Infrastructure Lead | 48.3% | 14 |
| 2 | AWS Software Engineer | 48.3% | 14 |
| 2 | Cloud Engineer | 48.3% | 14 |
| 2 | Lead Infrastructure Engineer | 48.3% | 14 |
| 6 | Cloud Infrastructure Engineer | 27.6% | 8 |
| 6 | Infrastructure Support Engineer | 27.6% | 8 |
| 6 | Lead Cloud Engineer | 27.6% | 8 |
| 9 | AWS DevOps Engineer | 24.1% | 7 |
| 10 | Cloud Software Engineer | 20.7% | 6 |
| 10 | Databricks Software Engineer | 20.7% | 6 |
| 10 | Lead DevOps Engineer | 20.7% | 6 |
| 10 | Senior AWS DevOps Engineer | 20.7% | 6 |
| 10 | Senior Infrastructure Engineer | 20.7% | 6 |
| 15 | GCP Software Engineer | 6.9% | 2 |
| 15 | Kubernetes Engineer | 6.9% | 2 |
| 15 | Lead Software Engineer | 6.9% | 2 |
| 18 | AWS Data Engineer | 3.4% | 1 |
| 18 | Senior Data Engineer | 3.4% | 1 |