Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)
UK
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Amazon EKS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 17 Nov 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 423 | 494 | 552 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +71 | +58 | -11 |
| Permanent jobs citing Amazon EKS | 244 | 276 | 179 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | 0.47% | 0.41% | 0.34% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 1.39% | 1.25% | 0.79% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 102 | 132 | 135 |
| 10th Percentile | £52,500 | £70,250 | £52,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £60,313 | £97,500 | £57,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £75,000 | £112,500 | £72,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -33.33% | +55.17% | -6.45% |
| 75th Percentile | £96,875 | £147,500 | £83,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £120,000 | £165,000 | £111,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £65,000 | £68,750 | £76,250 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.45% | -9.84% | +8.93% |
All Cloud Skills
UK
Amazon EKS 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.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills | 17,605 | 22,061 | 22,673 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 33.61% | 32.78% | 42.93% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 11,187 | 13,264 | 18,984 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,697 | £35,000 | £32,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £37,500 | £47,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £65,000 | £62,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -11.54% | +4.00% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £80,000 | £82,500 | £82,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £100,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £55,000 | £54,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -9.09% | +1.85% | -1.82% |
Amazon EKS
Job Vacancy Trend
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Amazon EKS relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.
Amazon EKS
Salary Trend
Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Amazon EKS.
Amazon EKS
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Amazon EKS over the 6 months to 17 November 2025.
Amazon EKS
Top 16 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Amazon EKS within the UK over the 6 months to 17 November 2025. 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 |
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| England | +50 | 214 | £81,000 | -28.00% | 166 |
| London | +39 | 140 | £85,000 | -37.04% | 102 |
| UK excluding London | +88 | 104 | £65,000 | -5.45% | 76 |
| Work from Home | +35 | 82 | £70,000 | -48.15% | 91 |
| South East | +22 | 30 | - | - | 13 |
| North of England | +17 | 28 | £65,000 | -9.72% | 26 |
| Yorkshire | +17 | 17 | £60,000 | -18.92% | 6 |
| Midlands | +72 | 16 | £52,750 | -24.64% | 10 |
| South West | +25 | 14 | £80,000 | +18.52% | 12 |
| West Midlands | +60 | 11 | £51,500 | -26.43% | 9 |
| North West | +17 | 9 | £82,500 | - | 19 |
| Wales | - | 7 | £49,582 | - | 6 |
| Scotland | - | 6 | - | - | 1 |
| East of England | +26 | 5 | £100,000 | - | 7 |
| East Midlands | +18 | 5 | £54,000 | - | 1 |
| North East | +10 | 2 | £65,000 | -7.14% | 1 |
Amazon EKS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:
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