Amazon Web Services Engineer
UK

The median Amazon Web Services Engineer salary in the UK is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 August 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 364 325 277
Rank change year-on-year -39 -48 +5
Permanent jobs requiring an AWS Engineer 527 429 816
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.48% 0.86% 1.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.51% 0.95% 1.05%
Number of salaries quoted 421 333 571
10th Percentile £52,000 £62,500 £56,250
25th Percentile £63,626 £80,000 £71,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £110,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.82% +22.22% +12.50%
75th Percentile £90,000 £135,000 £122,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £137,500 £148,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £70,000

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 103,220 45,012 77,418
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.88% 89.83% 95.16%
Number of salaries quoted 70,861 26,764 49,481
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £74,521 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -4.76%

AWS Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'AWS Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

AWS Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

AWS Engineer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for AWS Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for AWS Engineer job vacancies in the UK

AWS Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing AWS Engineer over the 6 months to 31 August 2026.

Salary histogram for AWS Engineer in the UK

AWS Engineer
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AWS Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 31 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
England -35 506 £75,000 -31.82% 183
UK excluding London +60 317 £70,000 - 112
London -121 189 £85,000 -22.73% 107
Work from Home -124 138 £87,500 -20.45% 72
North of England +4 104 £67,500 -3.57% 30
South West +1 77 £75,000 -25.00% 14
South East +24 64 £65,000 +4.00% 15
North West +28 62 £75,000 +7.14% 11
Midlands -11 51 £70,000 -3.45% 14
West Midlands -16 34 £70,000 -3.45% 2
Yorkshire -11 29 £66,750 - 14
East of England -1 17 £100,000 +56.25% 8
East Midlands -13 17 £77,500 +29.17% 12
North East -50 13 £47,000 -27.69% 5
Scotland -18 4 £90,000 -10.00% 25
Wales -69 1 £90,000 +50.00% 3

AWS Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 31 August 2026, AWS Engineer 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 featuring AWS Engineer in the job title.

1 527 (100.00%) AWS
2 200 (37.95%) Python
3 181 (34.35%) Terraform
4 149 (28.27%) DevOps
5 141 (26.76%) Infrastructure as Code
6 135 (25.62%) CI/CD
7 93 (17.65%) Software Engineering
8 82 (15.56%) Amazon S3
9 81 (15.37%) Kubernetes
10 79 (14.99%) Security Cleared
11 78 (14.80%) Docker
12 75 (14.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 69 (13.09%) Serverless
14 67 (12.71%) Problem-Solving
15 65 (12.33%) Amazon EC2
15 65 (12.33%) Azure
16 61 (11.57%) Continuous Improvement
17 58 (11.01%) AWS Lambda
17 58 (11.01%) Cloud Security
18 54 (10.25%) Observability
19 53 (10.06%) AWS CloudFormation
20 52 (9.87%) Amazon RDS
21 51 (9.68%) Agile
21 51 (9.68%) Degree
21 51 (9.68%) Platform Engineering
22 50 (9.49%) Bash
22 50 (9.49%) Virtual Private Cloud
23 48 (9.11%) SQL
24 47 (8.92%) Linux
25 46 (8.73%) Amazon CloudWatch

AWS Engineer Skill Set
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:

Application Platforms
1 16 (3.04%) Apache Airflow
2 10 (1.90%) Apache
3 7 (1.33%) Apache Spark
4 5 (0.95%) CMS
4 5 (0.95%) Headless CMS
5 4 (0.76%) IIS
5 4 (0.76%) nginx
6 3 (0.57%) Confluence
6 3 (0.57%) SAS
7 2 (0.38%) WordPress
8 1 (0.19%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.19%) Drupal
Business Applications
1 4 (0.76%) Magento
2 2 (0.38%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
Cloud Services
1 527 (100.00%) AWS
2 82 (15.56%) Amazon S3
3 69 (13.09%) Serverless
4 65 (12.33%) Amazon EC2
4 65 (12.33%) Azure
5 58 (11.01%) AWS Lambda
6 53 (10.06%) AWS CloudFormation
7 50 (9.49%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 46 (8.73%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 45 (8.54%) Amazon EKS
10 36 (6.83%) Datadog
11 34 (6.45%) Amazon ECS
12 33 (6.26%) GitHub
13 29 (5.50%) GCP
14 27 (5.12%) SaaS
15 18 (3.42%) GitHub Actions
16 17 (3.23%) AWS CloudTrail
16 17 (3.23%) Snowflake
17 13 (2.47%) Amazon MSK
18 12 (2.28%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.09%) DNS
2 9 (1.71%) Firewall
3 5 (0.95%) VPN
4 3 (0.57%) DHCP
5 2 (0.38%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (0.38%) IPv4
6 1 (0.19%) 4G
6 1 (0.19%) 5G
6 1 (0.19%) BGP
6 1 (0.19%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (0.19%) Cisco Firepower
6 1 (0.19%) LAN
6 1 (0.19%) SSL
6 1 (0.19%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.19%) WAN
6 1 (0.19%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.19%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (9.87%) Amazon RDS
2 24 (4.55%) PostgreSQL
3 17 (3.23%) Amazon Redshift
4 13 (2.47%) Amazon Athena
5 10 (1.90%) DynamoDB
6 8 (1.52%) Amazon Aurora
6 8 (1.52%) NoSQL
7 7 (1.33%) Data Lake
7 7 (1.33%) MySQL
8 6 (1.14%) Apache Iceberg
8 6 (1.14%) Data Vault
8 6 (1.14%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (0.95%) Big Data
10 4 (0.76%) Power BI
10 4 (0.76%) Redis
10 4 (0.76%) SQL Server
10 4 (0.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (0.57%) Apache Hudi
11 3 (0.57%) Metadata
11 3 (0.57%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 34 (6.45%) Jenkins
2 32 (6.07%) GitLab
3 24 (4.55%) Git
4 16 (3.04%) CircleCI
5 6 (1.14%) JIRA
6 5 (0.95%) TeamCity
7 4 (0.76%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.76%) git-flow
8 2 (0.38%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 2 (0.38%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.38%) JMeter
8 2 (0.38%) Postman
8 2 (0.38%) Snyk
8 2 (0.38%) Terragrunt
9 1 (0.19%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.19%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.19%) Maven
9 1 (0.19%) Selenium
9 1 (0.19%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.19%) Vagrant
General
1 46 (8.73%) Finance
1 46 (8.73%) Social Skills
2 32 (6.07%) Analytical Skills
3 31 (5.88%) Banking
3 31 (5.88%) Public Sector
4 20 (3.80%) Law
5 15 (2.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 14 (2.66%) Health Technology
7 10 (1.90%) Aerospace
7 10 (1.90%) Retail Banking
8 8 (1.52%) Games
9 6 (1.14%) Automotive
9 6 (1.14%) Telecoms
10 5 (0.95%) Front Office
10 5 (0.95%) Legal
11 4 (0.76%) Digital Health
11 4 (0.76%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (0.76%) Tech for Good
12 3 (0.57%) Marketing
13 2 (0.38%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 181 (34.35%) Terraform
2 24 (4.55%) Kafka
3 19 (3.61%) React
4 16 (3.04%) Pulumi
5 15 (2.85%) Node.js
6 12 (2.28%) AWS CDK
6 12 (2.28%) OpenTofu
6 12 (2.28%) Spring Boot
7 11 (2.09%) Elastic Stack
8 10 (1.90%) .NET
8 10 (1.90%) RESTful
9 8 (1.52%) Django
10 7 (1.33%) PySpark
11 6 (1.14%) GraphQL
11 6 (1.14%) REST
11 6 (1.14%) Vue
12 5 (0.95%) SAML
12 5 (0.95%) Spring
13 4 (0.76%) RabbitMQ
13 4 (0.76%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 95 (18.03%) Cloud Native
2 21 (3.98%) Distributed Computing
2 21 (3.98%) Hybrid Cloud
3 15 (2.85%) Linux Command Line
4 11 (2.09%) Greenfield Project
4 11 (2.09%) Onboarding
5 9 (1.71%) Algorithms
6 8 (1.52%) Data Centre
7 7 (1.33%) Sports Betting
8 5 (0.95%) AI Agents
8 5 (0.95%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (0.95%) Management Information System
9 4 (0.76%) Life Science
9 4 (0.76%) PropTech
10 3 (0.57%) Distributed Architecture
10 3 (0.57%) NHS
10 3 (0.57%) Product Ownership
11 2 (0.38%) Blockchain
11 2 (0.38%) Virtual Team
11 2 (0.38%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 47 (8.92%) Linux
2 13 (2.47%) Windows
3 6 (1.14%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.38%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (28.27%) DevOps
2 141 (26.76%) Infrastructure as Code
3 135 (25.62%) CI/CD
4 93 (17.65%) Software Engineering
5 75 (14.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 67 (12.71%) Problem-Solving
7 61 (11.57%) Continuous Improvement
8 58 (11.01%) Cloud Security
9 54 (10.25%) Observability
10 51 (9.68%) Agile
10 51 (9.68%) Platform Engineering
11 46 (8.73%) Containerisation
12 42 (7.97%) AI
13 36 (6.83%) Data Pipeline
14 34 (6.45%) DevSecOps
14 34 (6.45%) Migration
15 33 (6.26%) Full-Stack Development
16 29 (5.50%) ITIL
17 28 (5.31%) Analytics
17 28 (5.31%) Infrastructure Automation
Programming Languages
1 200 (37.95%) Python
2 50 (9.49%) Bash
3 48 (9.11%) SQL
4 38 (7.21%) PowerShell
5 32 (6.07%) C#
5 32 (6.07%) TypeScript
6 31 (5.88%) Java
7 25 (4.74%) Go
8 23 (4.36%) C++
9 13 (2.47%) JavaScript
10 7 (1.33%) Groovy
11 4 (0.76%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.57%) Ruby
13 2 (0.38%) PHP
14 1 (0.19%) Perl
Qualifications
1 79 (14.99%) Security Cleared
2 51 (9.68%) Degree
3 43 (8.16%) SC Cleared
4 23 (4.36%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (3.80%) AWS Certification
5 20 (3.80%) Master's Degree
6 14 (2.66%) DV Cleared
7 6 (1.14%) PhD
8 3 (0.57%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 2 (0.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.38%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.19%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (0.19%) CCSA
10 1 (0.19%) CISM
10 1 (0.19%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.19%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 1 (0.19%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (2.66%) Data Quality
2 9 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (1.52%) SLA
4 6 (1.14%) Accessibility
4 6 (1.14%) QA
4 6 (1.14%) SOC 2
5 5 (0.95%) GDPR
5 5 (0.95%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.38%) NIST
7 1 (0.19%) NCSC
System Software
1 78 (14.80%) Docker
2 10 (1.90%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (1.14%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.76%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.38%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 81 (15.37%) Kubernetes
2 33 (6.26%) Ansible
3 30 (5.69%) Grafana
4 20 (3.80%) Prometheus
5 15 (2.85%) Argo
6 11 (2.09%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (1.71%) Packer
8 8 (1.52%) Istio
9 7 (1.33%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.76%) Puppet
11 2 (0.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.38%) ITRS Geneos
11 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
11 2 (0.38%) Nagios
11 2 (0.38%) vCenter Server
12 1 (0.19%) Consul
12 1 (0.19%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.19%) Rancher
Vendors
1 23 (4.36%) Microsoft
2 13 (2.47%) Dynatrace
3 12 (2.28%) Oracle
4 10 (1.90%) Databricks
5 8 (1.52%) Confluent
6 6 (1.14%) Google
6 6 (1.14%) VMware
7 4 (0.76%) Atlassian
8 3 (0.57%) Bloomberg
8 3 (0.57%) Cloudera
8 3 (0.57%) Informatica
8 3 (0.57%) Red Hat
8 3 (0.57%) Talend
9 2 (0.38%) CrowdStrike
9 2 (0.38%) FactSet
9 2 (0.38%) Solace
10 1 (0.19%) AppDynamics
10 1 (0.19%) New Relic
10 1 (0.19%) Refinitiv
10 1 (0.19%) ServiceNow