AWS Infrastructure Lead Job Trends in Scotland
Infrastructure Leader - Amazon Web Services
UK > Scotland
The median Infrastructure Leader - Amazon Web Services salary in Scotland is £100,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 October 2026.
The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 17 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 134 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Permanent jobs requiring an AWS Infrastructure Lead | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland | 0.33% | - | - |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.36% | - | - |
| Number of salaries quoted | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £100,000 | - | - |
| UK median annual salary | £95,000 | - | - |
All Permanent IT Job Roles
Scotland
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Scotland. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.
| 6 months to 17 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vacancies in Scotland with a recognized job title | 3,891 | 2,139 | 3,203 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 91.02% | 81.80% | 96.45% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 2,208 | 894 | 1,611 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £25,600 | £30,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,000 | £31,500 | £40,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £45,000 | £53,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +22.22% | -15.09% | +0.95% |
| 75th Percentile | £70,000 | £65,750 | £70,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £84,775 | £80,000 |
| UK median annual salary | £58,500 | £53,000 | £56,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.38% | -5.36% | -6.67% |
AWS Infrastructure Lead Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'AWS Infrastructure Lead' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Scotland.
AWS Infrastructure Lead Job Locations in Scotland
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AWS Infrastructure Lead within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 17 October 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 |
Matching Permanent IT Job Ads |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glasgow | - | 14 | £100,000 | - | 2 |
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AWS Infrastructure Lead Skill Set Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland
For the 6 months to 17 October 2026, AWS Infrastructure Lead job roles required 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 job ads across the Scotland region featuring AWS Infrastructure Lead in the job title.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AWS | 100.0% | 14 |
| 1 | Infrastructure Engineering | 100.0% | 14 |
| 3 | DevOps | 42.9% | 6 |
| 3 | Site Reliability Engineering | 42.9% | 6 |
| 5 | Intel | 35.7% | 5 |
| 6 | AI | 14.3% | 2 |
| 7 | Amazon Aurora | 7.1% | 1 |
| 7 | Amazon RDS | 7.1% | 1 |
| 7 | Azure | 7.1% | 1 |
| 7 | Code Quality | 7.1% | 1 |
| 7 | Data-Driven Decision Making | 7.1% | 1 |
| 7 | Decision-Making | 7.1% | 1 |
| 7 | Deployment Automation | 7.1% | 1 |
| 7 | DynamoDB | 7.1% | 1 |
| 7 | GCP | 7.1% | 1 |
| 7 | 7.1% | 1 | |
| 7 | Kubernetes | 7.1% | 1 |
| 7 | Machine Learning | 7.1% | 1 |
| 7 | Migration | 7.1% | 1 |
| 7 | Observability | 7.1% | 1 |
| 7 | Problem Management | 7.1% | 1 |
| 7 | Problem-Solving | 7.1% | 1 |
| 7 | Python | 7.1% | 1 |
| 7 | Refactoring | 7.1% | 1 |
| 7 | SDLC | 7.1% | 1 |
| 7 | Secure Coding | 7.1% | 1 |
| 7 | Terraform | 7.1% | 1 |
| 7 | Test Automation | 7.1% | 1 |
AWS Infrastructure Lead 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 | 100.0% | 14 |
| 1 | Lead Infrastructure Engineer | 100.0% | 14 |
| 3 | Cloud Infrastructure Engineer | 57.1% | 8 |
| 3 | Infrastructure Support Engineer | 57.1% | 8 |
| 3 | Lead Cloud Engineer | 57.1% | 8 |
| 6 | Lead DevOps Engineer | 42.9% | 6 |
| 6 | Senior AWS DevOps Engineer | 42.9% | 6 |
| 6 | Senior Infrastructure Engineer | 42.9% | 6 |