Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Amazon EC2 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Amazon EC2 over the 6 months to 7 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 454 413 353
Rank change year-on-year -41 -60 -33
Permanent jobs citing Amazon EC2 292 939 1,285
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.55% 0.76% 1.00%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.29% 1.78% 2.14%
Number of salaries quoted 241 650 861
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £71,750 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -7.42% +10.71%
75th Percentile £80,000 £100,938 £102,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £132,500 £132,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - +9.09%

All Cloud Skills
UK

Amazon EC2 is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 22,612 52,646 59,920
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 42.68% 42.86% 46.76%
Number of salaries quoted 17,789 35,410 42,532
10th Percentile £32,750 £34,750 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% +5.00%

Amazon EC2
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Amazon EC2 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Amazon EC2 in the UK

Amazon EC2
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Amazon EC2.

Salary trend for Amazon EC2 in the UK

Amazon EC2
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Amazon EC2 over the 6 months to 7 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Amazon EC2 in the UK

Amazon EC2
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Amazon EC2 within the UK over the 6 months to 7 December 2023. 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
England -24 242 £66,250 -14.52% 128
UK excluding London +95 156 £62,500 +4.17% 77
Work from Home -17 153 £67,500 -3.57% 62
London -19 98 £80,000 -11.11% 63
South West +93 38 £55,000 - 11
North of England +75 36 £60,000 -14.29% 29
East of England +119 27 £70,000 +21.74% 1
Scotland +42 26 £70,000 +53.85% 5
North West +85 24 £55,000 -26.67% 17
South East +105 23 £68,750 +2.61% 24
Yorkshire +73 12 £62,500 -7.41% 6
Midlands +64 10 £58,750 +6.82% 6
West Midlands +100 9 £60,000 +9.09% 4
Wales +12 3 £70,000 +21.74% 1
East Midlands +12 1 £57,500 +4.55% 2

Amazon EC2
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 12 (4.11%) Apache
2 11 (3.77%) Confluence
3 10 (3.42%) Apache Spark
4 9 (3.08%) WordPress
5 7 (2.40%) nginx
5 7 (2.40%) SharePoint
6 4 (1.37%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.68%) Cloud Foundry
7 2 (0.68%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.68%) MS Exchange
7 2 (0.68%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.68%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.68%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.34%) CMS
8 1 (0.34%) JBoss
8 1 (0.34%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 3 (1.03%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.34%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 288 (98.63%) AWS
2 183 (62.67%) Amazon S3
3 145 (49.66%) Serverless
4 143 (48.97%) AWS Lambda
5 103 (35.27%) AWS CloudFormation
6 67 (22.95%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 65 (22.26%) Amazon ECS
8 59 (20.21%) Azure
9 57 (19.52%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 48 (16.44%) GitHub
11 41 (14.04%) Route 53
12 40 (13.70%) SaaS
13 39 (13.36%) Amazon EKS
14 32 (10.96%) Amazon SQS
15 27 (9.25%) CloudFront
16 22 (7.53%) GCP
17 21 (7.19%) OpenShift
18 17 (5.82%) Amazon ELB
19 16 (5.48%) AWS CodeBuild
20 15 (5.14%) Amazon EMR
Communications & Networking
1 18 (6.16%) DNS
2 15 (5.14%) Firewall
3 10 (3.42%) Network Security
3 10 (3.42%) SSH
4 7 (2.40%) Internet
4 7 (2.40%) TCP/IP
4 7 (2.40%) VPN
5 4 (1.37%) BGP
5 4 (1.37%) DHCP
5 4 (1.37%) HTTP
6 3 (1.03%) IPv6
6 3 (1.03%) LAN
6 3 (1.03%) VLAN
6 3 (1.03%) WAN
7 2 (0.68%) Cisco Firepower
7 2 (0.68%) FTP
7 2 (0.68%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (0.68%) NAS
7 2 (0.68%) SAN
7 2 (0.68%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 170 (58.22%) Amazon RDS
2 72 (24.66%) MySQL
3 49 (16.78%) PostgreSQL
4 35 (11.99%) Amazon Redshift
5 34 (11.64%) DynamoDB
6 19 (6.51%) MongoDB
7 16 (5.48%) NoSQL
8 14 (4.79%) SQL Server
9 13 (4.45%) Big Data
9 13 (4.45%) Relational Database
10 10 (3.42%) Hadoop
11 9 (3.08%) Amazon Athena
12 8 (2.74%) Data Warehouse
12 8 (2.74%) Elasticsearch
13 7 (2.40%) Apache Cassandra
13 7 (2.40%) Redis
14 6 (2.05%) Amazon Aurora
15 4 (1.37%) Electronic Patient Records
15 4 (1.37%) InfluxDB
15 4 (1.37%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 118 (40.41%) Jenkins
2 103 (35.27%) Git
3 56 (19.18%) GitLab
4 40 (13.70%) Maven
5 34 (11.64%) JIRA
6 27 (9.25%) Cucumber
7 26 (8.90%) JUnit
8 25 (8.56%) IntelliJ
9 23 (7.88%) Artifactory
10 19 (6.51%) CircleCI
11 18 (6.16%) Bitbucket
12 17 (5.82%) SonarQube
13 12 (4.11%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 9 (3.08%) TeamCity
14 9 (3.08%) Travis CI
15 6 (2.05%) ScalaTest
15 6 (2.05%) Subversion
15 6 (2.05%) WebDriver
16 5 (1.71%) DbUnit
16 5 (1.71%) jMock
General
1 80 (27.40%) Social Skills
2 31 (10.62%) Finance
3 18 (6.16%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (5.14%) Banking
4 15 (5.14%) Front Office
5 13 (4.45%) Public Sector
6 11 (3.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 11 (3.77%) Retail
7 8 (2.74%) Law
8 6 (2.05%) Legal
9 4 (1.37%) Games
9 4 (1.37%) Publishing
10 3 (1.03%) Billing
10 3 (1.03%) Health Technology
11 2 (0.68%) Electronics
11 2 (0.68%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.68%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.68%) Tech for Good
12 1 (0.34%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 97 (33.22%) Developer
2 92 (31.51%) DevOps Engineer
3 61 (20.89%) Senior
4 55 (18.84%) Java Developer
5 50 (17.12%) AWS Engineer
6 33 (11.30%) AWS DevOps
7 32 (10.96%) AWS DevOps Engineer
8 31 (10.62%) Senior Developer
9 29 (9.93%) Senior Java Developer
10 28 (9.59%) React Developer
11 26 (8.90%) JavaScript Developer
11 26 (8.90%) Senior JavaScript Developer
12 25 (8.56%) J2EE Developer
12 25 (8.56%) Java/J2EE Developer
12 25 (8.56%) Senior J2EE Developer
12 25 (8.56%) Senior Java/J2EE Developer
12 25 (8.56%) Senior React Developer
13 22 (7.53%) AWS Developer
13 22 (7.53%) Cloud Engineer
14 18 (6.16%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (16.78%) CSS
2 47 (16.10%) React
3 43 (14.73%) HTML
4 39 (13.36%) J2EE
5 32 (10.96%) Redux
6 30 (10.27%) REST
7 28 (9.59%) React Native
8 27 (9.25%) Elastic Stack
9 25 (8.56%) AngularJS
9 25 (8.56%) jOOQ
9 25 (8.56%) Spring
10 21 (7.19%) Node.js
11 19 (6.51%) JSON
12 15 (5.14%) Vue
13 13 (4.45%) RESTful
14 12 (4.11%) RabbitMQ
15 11 (3.77%) Hibernate
16 9 (3.08%) Sass
17 8 (2.74%) Web Services
17 8 (2.74%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 28 (9.59%) Self-Motivation
2 19 (6.51%) Private Cloud
3 16 (5.48%) Distributed Systems
4 14 (4.79%) Tandem
5 10 (3.42%) Linux Command Line
6 6 (2.05%) Algorithms
6 6 (2.05%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (1.71%) Data Centre
7 5 (1.71%) Educational Technology
7 5 (1.71%) Greenfield Project
8 4 (1.37%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.37%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.37%) Public Cloud
9 3 (1.03%) Blockchain
9 3 (1.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 3 (1.03%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (0.68%) Mobile Games
10 2 (0.68%) Product Ownership
10 2 (0.68%) Renewable Energy
10 2 (0.68%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 92 (31.51%) Linux
2 33 (11.30%) Mac OS
3 22 (7.53%) Windows
4 20 (6.85%) Ubuntu
5 18 (6.16%) Debian
5 18 (6.16%) Unix
6 9 (3.08%) CentOS
7 8 (2.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (2.05%) Windows Server
9 4 (1.37%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (1.03%) Mac OS X
10 3 (1.03%) VMS
11 2 (0.68%) Solaris
11 2 (0.68%) Windows 10
11 2 (0.68%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.68%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 151 (51.71%) DevOps
2 124 (42.47%) Agile
2 124 (42.47%) CI/CD
3 86 (29.45%) Infrastructure as Code
4 82 (28.08%) Containerisation
5 72 (24.66%) Problem-Solving
6 66 (22.60%) Microservices
7 46 (15.75%) Configuration Management
8 44 (15.07%) Computer Science
9 41 (14.04%) Continuous Integration
9 41 (14.04%) Mentoring
10 38 (13.01%) Software Engineering
11 34 (11.64%) Customer Service
12 30 (10.27%) Test Automation
13 29 (9.93%) Deployment Automation
13 29 (9.93%) Mathematics
14 27 (9.25%) Auto-Scaling
15 26 (8.90%) Open Source
16 25 (8.56%) Prototyping
16 25 (8.56%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 147 (50.34%) Python
2 119 (40.75%) Java
3 75 (25.68%) Bash
4 67 (22.95%) SQL
5 57 (19.52%) JavaScript
6 22 (7.53%) Shell Script
7 20 (6.85%) Go
7 20 (6.85%) TypeScript
8 17 (5.82%) Ruby
9 14 (4.79%) PowerShell
10 12 (4.11%) Groovy
11 11 (3.77%) Perl
11 11 (3.77%) PHP
12 10 (3.42%) Scala
13 7 (2.40%) C#
14 5 (1.71%) PL/SQL
15 1 (0.34%) Bicep
15 1 (0.34%) C++
Qualifications
1 50 (17.12%) Degree
2 40 (13.70%) Computer Science Degree
3 35 (11.99%) Security Cleared
4 28 (9.59%) AWS Certification
4 28 (9.59%) SC Cleared
5 9 (3.08%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
5 9 (3.08%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 6 (2.05%) Azure Certification
6 6 (2.05%) Master's Degree
7 4 (1.37%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.03%) DBS Check
8 3 (1.03%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.68%) CCNA
9 2 (0.68%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.34%) AWS Certified Developer
10 1 (0.34%) OCP
10 1 (0.34%) Oracle Certification
10 1 (0.34%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (6.85%) QA
2 5 (1.71%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.68%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.68%) SLA
4 1 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.34%) GDPR
4 1 (0.34%) ISO 22301
4 1 (0.34%) NIST
4 1 (0.34%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 156 (53.42%) Docker
2 11 (3.77%) Active Directory
3 10 (3.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.68%) Postfix
4 2 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.68%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.34%) Ceph
5 1 (0.34%) Gluster
5 1 (0.34%) Shibboleth
5 1 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.34%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 135 (46.23%) Terraform
2 131 (44.86%) Kubernetes
3 65 (22.26%) Ansible
4 38 (13.01%) Grafana
5 33 (11.30%) Prometheus
6 23 (7.88%) Progress Chef
7 20 (6.85%) Packer
8 14 (4.79%) Puppet
9 13 (4.45%) Kibana
10 5 (1.71%) Salt
11 4 (1.37%) Microsoft Intune
11 4 (1.37%) Nagios
11 4 (1.37%) Single Sign-On
12 3 (1.03%) Docker Swarm
13 2 (0.68%) AirWatch
13 2 (0.68%) SCCM
13 2 (0.68%) yum
14 1 (0.34%) HP Fortify
14 1 (0.34%) Opsview
14 1 (0.34%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 31 (10.62%) Oracle
2 23 (7.88%) Atlassian
3 15 (5.14%) Microsoft
4 13 (4.45%) Splunk
4 13 (4.45%) VMware
5 9 (3.08%) IBM
6 8 (2.74%) AppDynamics
7 7 (2.40%) Red Hat
8 6 (2.05%) Apple
8 6 (2.05%) Cisco
9 5 (1.71%) New Relic
10 4 (1.37%) Meraki
11 3 (1.03%) Google
11 3 (1.03%) HP
11 3 (1.03%) Okta
12 2 (0.68%) Dell
12 2 (0.68%) Dynatrace
12 2 (0.68%) MobileIron
12 2 (0.68%) Synopsys
12 2 (0.68%) TIBCO