AWS Job Trends in Surrey

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Surrey requiring AWS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 53 33
Rank change year-on-year +24 -20 -5
Permanent jobs citing AWS 117 52 128
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 5.15% 4.40% 6.35%
As % of the Cloud Services category 18.20% 14.69% 23.75%
Number of salaries quoted 91 38 108
10th Percentile £40,000 £52,125 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £67,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.52% +22.73% -15.38%
75th Percentile £77,500 £88,750 £69,063
90th Percentile £95,000 £105,375 £96,250
South East median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -7.69%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Surrey

AWS falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in Surrey.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 643 354 539
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 28.33% 29.92% 26.75%
Number of salaries quoted 484 265 399
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £83,750 £87,750
South East median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.00% -9.09% -3.51%

AWS
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing AWS relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Surrey.

AWS job vacancy trend in Surrey

AWS
Salary Trend in Surrey

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing AWS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing AWS

AWS
Salary Histogram in Surrey

Salary distribution for jobs citing AWS in Surrey over the 6 months to 20 August 2026.

Salary histogram for AWS in Surrey

AWS
Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AWS within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 20 August 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
Guildford -7 28 £67,500 -25.00% 4
Staines +10 23 £50,000 +28.21% 1
Woking -11 16 £55,000 -42.11% 1
Reigate -3 11 £101,250 - 2
Leatherhead - 6 £35,000 - 1
Camberley - 6 £52,500 - 1
Epsom +3 3 £75,000 +15.38%
Godalming - 2 - -
Oxted - 2 £40,000 -
Redhill +5 1 - -
Egham - 1 £50,000 -
AWS
South East

AWS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 10 (8.55%) Apache Airflow
2 4 (3.42%) Apache Spark
2 4 (3.42%) Confluence
3 2 (1.71%) Apache
3 2 (1.71%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.85%) JBoss
4 1 (0.85%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.85%) WebLogic
Applications
1 3 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.85%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 56 (47.86%) Azure
2 25 (21.37%) SaaS
3 19 (16.24%) GCP
4 14 (11.97%) GitHub
5 12 (10.26%) Snowflake
6 8 (6.84%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (5.98%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 7 (5.98%) GitHub Copilot
8 6 (5.13%) OpenShift
9 5 (4.27%) Amazon EKS
9 5 (4.27%) AWS CloudFormation
10 4 (3.42%) Amazon ECS
10 4 (3.42%) Amazon S3
10 4 (3.42%) Anthropic Claude
11 3 (2.56%) AWS Data Pipeline
11 3 (2.56%) ChatGPT
11 3 (2.56%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (2.56%) Google Gemini
11 3 (2.56%) Prefect
12 2 (1.71%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.27%) Firewall
2 4 (3.42%) Broadband
2 4 (3.42%) VPN
3 3 (2.56%) DHCP
3 3 (2.56%) DNS
3 3 (2.56%) HTTP
3 3 (2.56%) Network Security
3 3 (2.56%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.71%) LAN
4 2 (1.71%) WAN
5 1 (0.85%) BGP
5 1 (0.85%) IPsec
5 1 (0.85%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.85%) SNMP
5 1 (0.85%) SSL
5 1 (0.85%) VLAN
5 1 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (12.82%) MongoDB
2 12 (10.26%) MySQL
3 11 (9.40%) PostgreSQL
4 10 (8.55%) SQL Server
5 9 (7.69%) Redis
6 7 (5.98%) Elasticsearch
7 6 (5.13%) Amazon RDS
7 6 (5.13%) Relational Database
8 5 (4.27%) NoSQL
9 4 (3.42%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (2.56%) Apache Cassandra
10 3 (2.56%) Crystal Reports
10 3 (2.56%) Spark SQL
11 2 (1.71%) Apache Hive
11 2 (1.71%) DocumentDB
11 2 (1.71%) Impala
11 2 (1.71%) Oracle Database
11 2 (1.71%) Parquet
11 2 (1.71%) Pinecone
11 2 (1.71%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 22 (18.80%) Git
2 7 (5.98%) JIRA
3 4 (3.42%) GitLab
4 3 (2.56%) Gatling
4 3 (2.56%) Jenkins
4 3 (2.56%) JMeter
4 3 (2.56%) LoadRunner
5 2 (1.71%) IBM UrbanCode
5 2 (1.71%) Terragrunt
6 1 (0.85%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 40 (34.19%) Social Skills
2 26 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (14.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 15 (12.82%) Finance
5 9 (7.69%) Public Sector
6 5 (4.27%) Games
7 4 (3.42%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (3.42%) Legal
8 3 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (2.56%) Retail
9 2 (1.71%) Banking
9 2 (1.71%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.71%) Law
9 2 (1.71%) Local Government
10 1 (0.85%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.85%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 39 (33.33%) Developer
2 27 (23.08%) Lead
3 16 (13.68%) .NET Developer
3 16 (13.68%) Senior
4 15 (12.82%) Tester
5 14 (11.97%) Software Engineer
6 13 (11.11%) C# Software Engineer
7 12 (10.26%) .NET Software Developer
7 12 (10.26%) .NET Software Engineer
7 12 (10.26%) C# .NET Developer
7 12 (10.26%) C# Developer
7 12 (10.26%) C# Software Developer
7 12 (10.26%) Developer/Software Engineer
7 12 (10.26%) Full-Stack Developer
7 12 (10.26%) OAT Tester
8 11 (9.40%) Software Developer
9 9 (7.69%) Lead Developer
10 8 (6.84%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
11 7 (5.98%) Data Engineer
11 7 (5.98%) Senior Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (23.08%) Vue
2 22 (18.80%) .NET
3 21 (17.95%) Terraform
4 18 (15.38%) CSS
5 17 (14.53%) HTML
6 15 (12.82%) Node.js
7 9 (7.69%) .NET Core
7 9 (7.69%) REST
8 7 (5.98%) ASP.NET
8 7 (5.98%) Spring
9 6 (5.13%) ASP.NET Core
9 6 (5.13%) FastAPI
9 6 (5.13%) Kafka
9 6 (5.13%) PySpark
9 6 (5.13%) RabbitMQ
9 6 (5.13%) React
10 5 (4.27%) Hibernate
10 5 (4.27%) RESTful
10 5 (4.27%) Spring Boot
11 4 (3.42%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 12 (10.26%) Distributed Systems
2 7 (5.98%) Security Posture
3 5 (4.27%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 5 (4.27%) Hybrid Cloud
3 5 (4.27%) PKI
4 4 (3.42%) Cloud Native
4 4 (3.42%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (3.42%) Low-Code
5 3 (2.56%) AI Agents
5 3 (2.56%) Algorithms
5 3 (2.56%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.56%) Private Cloud
5 3 (2.56%) Video\Live Streaming
6 2 (1.71%) Cyber Defence
6 2 (1.71%) Cyber Security Posture
6 2 (1.71%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.71%) Driving Licence
6 2 (1.71%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.71%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.85%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 16 (13.68%) Linux
2 11 (9.40%) Windows
3 9 (7.69%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (45.30%) CI/CD
2 49 (41.88%) AI
3 48 (41.03%) Agile
4 47 (40.17%) Continuous Improvement
5 34 (29.06%) Microservices
6 32 (27.35%) Full-Stack Development
7 31 (26.50%) DevOps
8 30 (25.64%) Software Engineering
9 28 (23.93%) Problem-Solving
10 21 (17.95%) SDLC
11 20 (17.09%) Infrastructure as Code
12 19 (16.24%) Machine Learning
12 19 (16.24%) Mentoring
13 18 (15.38%) Validation
14 17 (14.53%) Computer Science
15 16 (13.68%) Information Security
16 15 (12.82%) Collaborative Working
16 15 (12.82%) DevSecOps
16 15 (12.82%) Disaster Recovery
16 15 (12.82%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 46 (39.32%) Python
2 35 (29.91%) SQL
3 28 (23.93%) C#
4 21 (17.95%) TypeScript
5 18 (15.38%) JavaScript
6 12 (10.26%) Java
7 8 (6.84%) Go
7 8 (6.84%) PowerShell
8 7 (5.98%) Bash
8 7 (5.98%) PHP
9 4 (3.42%) Scala
10 3 (2.56%) C++
11 2 (1.71%) Perl
12 1 (0.85%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 22 (18.80%) Degree
2 17 (14.53%) SC Cleared
2 17 (14.53%) Security Cleared
3 16 (13.68%) Computer Science Degree
4 11 (9.40%) AWS Certification
5 8 (6.84%) CEH
5 8 (6.84%) CISM
5 8 (6.84%) CISSP
6 5 (4.27%) GIAC
7 4 (3.42%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (2.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 3 (2.56%) CRISC
8 3 (2.56%) Master's Degree
9 2 (1.71%) Azure Certification
9 2 (1.71%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.85%) CCNP
10 1 (0.85%) CCSP
10 1 (0.85%) CompTIA CySA+
10 1 (0.85%) SSCP
10 1 (0.85%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (10.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (9.40%) QA
3 8 (6.84%) NIST
4 5 (4.27%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (4.27%) Data Quality
5 3 (2.56%) GDPR
5 3 (2.56%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.85%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.85%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.85%) GRC
6 1 (0.85%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 1 (0.85%) SLA
6 1 (0.85%) WCAG
System Software
1 21 (17.95%) Docker
2 3 (2.56%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.85%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 32 (27.35%) Kubernetes
2 9 (7.69%) Grafana
3 8 (6.84%) Kibana
4 5 (4.27%) Ansible
5 3 (2.56%) Prometheus
5 3 (2.56%) Proxmox
6 2 (1.71%) Istio
7 1 (0.85%) Argo
7 1 (0.85%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 17 (14.53%) Microsoft
2 10 (8.55%) Google
3 8 (6.84%) Splunk
4 5 (4.27%) Databricks
4 5 (4.27%) New Relic
4 5 (4.27%) OpenAI
4 5 (4.27%) Qualys
4 5 (4.27%) VMware
5 4 (3.42%) SolarWinds
5 4 (3.42%) Zerto
6 3 (2.56%) AppDynamics
6 3 (2.56%) Dynatrace
7 2 (1.71%) Atlassian
7 2 (1.71%) Oracle
7 2 (1.71%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.85%) Cisco
8 1 (0.85%) EMC
8 1 (0.85%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.85%) Typelevel
8 1 (0.85%) Veeam