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 12 September 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 372 315 280
Rank change year-on-year -57 -35 0
Permanent jobs requiring an AWS Engineer 537 425 781
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.47% 0.86% 0.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.51% 0.96% 1.04%
Number of salaries quoted 427 326 545
10th Percentile £51,250 £64,375 £59,250
25th Percentile £62,750 £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 105,974 44,478 74,870
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 89.66% 95.26%
Number of salaries quoted 73,002 26,192 45,789
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.45% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £98,750 £95,000 £92,500
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 12 September 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 12 September 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 -38 508 £75,000 -31.82% 301
UK excluding London +63 329 £70,000 - 201
London -120 185 £85,000 -22.73% 155
Work from Home -130 132 £85,000 -22.73% 195
North of England +18 104 £68,750 -1.79% 46
South West -6 80 £75,000 -25.00% 27
South East +19 63 £65,000 -7.14% 31
North West +14 60 £75,000 +7.14% 27
Midlands -12 54 £68,750 -5.17% 25
West Midlands -30 33 £70,000 -3.45% 9
Yorkshire -20 31 £66,750 - 15
East Midlands -19 21 £67,500 +0.75% 16
East of England -15 17 £100,000 +56.25% 17
North East -52 13 £47,000 -27.69% 4
Scotland -3 11 £100,000 - 48
Wales -71 1 £90,000 +56.52% 6

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

For the 6 months to 12 September 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.

1 537 (100.00%) AWS
2 203 (37.80%) Python
3 185 (34.45%) Terraform
4 150 (27.93%) DevOps
5 145 (27.00%) Infrastructure as Code
6 140 (26.07%) CI/CD
7 103 (19.18%) Software Engineering
8 84 (15.64%) Security Cleared
9 82 (15.27%) Kubernetes
10 80 (14.90%) Docker
10 80 (14.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 79 (14.71%) Amazon S3
12 71 (13.22%) Serverless
13 68 (12.66%) Problem-Solving
14 66 (12.29%) Amazon EC2
15 63 (11.73%) AWS Lambda
15 63 (11.73%) Continuous Improvement
16 61 (11.36%) Observability
17 59 (10.99%) Cloud Security
18 58 (10.80%) Azure
19 57 (10.61%) Amazon RDS
20 55 (10.24%) Platform Engineering
21 53 (9.87%) Agile
21 53 (9.87%) Bash
22 52 (9.68%) AWS CloudFormation
23 50 (9.31%) SQL
23 50 (9.31%) Virtual Private Cloud
24 49 (9.12%) Degree
25 48 (8.94%) Amazon EKS
25 48 (8.94%) Linux

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 15 (2.79%) Apache Airflow
2 10 (1.86%) Apache
3 9 (1.68%) Apache Spark
4 5 (0.93%) CMS
4 5 (0.93%) Headless CMS
5 4 (0.74%) IIS
5 4 (0.74%) nginx
6 3 (0.56%) Confluence
6 3 (0.56%) SAS
7 2 (0.37%) WordPress
8 1 (0.19%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.19%) Drupal
Business Applications
1 4 (0.74%) Magento
2 2 (0.37%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
Cloud Services
1 537 (100.00%) AWS
2 79 (14.71%) Amazon S3
3 71 (13.22%) Serverless
4 66 (12.29%) Amazon EC2
5 63 (11.73%) AWS Lambda
6 58 (10.80%) Azure
7 52 (9.68%) AWS CloudFormation
8 50 (9.31%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 48 (8.94%) Amazon EKS
10 45 (8.38%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 35 (6.52%) Datadog
12 34 (6.33%) Amazon ECS
12 34 (6.33%) GitHub
13 26 (4.84%) GCP
14 25 (4.66%) SaaS
15 20 (3.72%) GitHub Actions
16 18 (3.35%) AWS CloudTrail
16 18 (3.35%) Snowflake
17 12 (2.23%) dbt
18 11 (2.05%) Amazon GuardDuty
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.23%) DNS
2 9 (1.68%) Firewall
3 6 (1.12%) VPN
4 4 (0.74%) DHCP
5 2 (0.37%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (0.37%) IPv4
6 1 (0.19%) 4G
6 1 (0.19%) 5G
6 1 (0.19%) BGP
6 1 (0.19%) SSL
6 1 (0.19%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.19%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (10.61%) Amazon RDS
2 28 (5.21%) PostgreSQL
3 14 (2.61%) Amazon Redshift
4 12 (2.23%) Amazon Aurora
5 11 (2.05%) Amazon Athena
6 10 (1.86%) Data Lake
7 9 (1.68%) DynamoDB
7 9 (1.68%) Redis
8 8 (1.49%) Data Warehouse
9 6 (1.12%) Data Vault
9 6 (1.12%) MySQL
9 6 (1.12%) NoSQL
10 5 (0.93%) Big Data
11 4 (0.74%) Power BI
11 4 (0.74%) SQL Server
11 4 (0.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 3 (0.56%) Apache Hudi
12 3 (0.56%) Apache Iceberg
12 3 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
12 3 (0.56%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 39 (7.26%) Jenkins
2 32 (5.96%) GitLab
3 25 (4.66%) Git
4 14 (2.61%) CircleCI
5 8 (1.49%) JIRA
6 5 (0.93%) TeamCity
7 4 (0.74%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.74%) Cypress.io
7 4 (0.74%) git-flow
7 4 (0.74%) JMeter
7 4 (0.74%) Postman
8 2 (0.37%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 2 (0.37%) Snyk
8 2 (0.37%) Terragrunt
9 1 (0.19%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.19%) Claude Code
9 1 (0.19%) Gatling
9 1 (0.19%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.19%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.19%) Vagrant
General
1 45 (8.38%) Social Skills
2 44 (8.19%) Finance
3 34 (6.33%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (5.40%) Public Sector
5 23 (4.28%) Banking
6 20 (3.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 19 (3.54%) Law
8 14 (2.61%) Health Technology
9 10 (1.86%) Aerospace
10 8 (1.49%) Games
11 6 (1.12%) Automotive
11 6 (1.12%) Front Office
11 6 (1.12%) Retail Banking
12 5 (0.93%) Legal
13 4 (0.74%) Digital Health
13 4 (0.74%) Tech for Good
14 3 (0.56%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.56%) Marketing
14 3 (0.56%) Telecoms
15 1 (0.19%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 185 (34.45%) Terraform
2 26 (4.84%) Kafka
3 19 (3.54%) React
4 16 (2.98%) Node.js
4 16 (2.98%) Pulumi
5 14 (2.61%) Elastic Stack
6 13 (2.42%) Spring Boot
7 12 (2.23%) AWS CDK
7 12 (2.23%) OpenTofu
8 11 (2.05%) RESTful
9 9 (1.68%) .NET
10 8 (1.49%) Django
10 8 (1.49%) PySpark
10 8 (1.49%) REST
11 6 (1.12%) GraphQL
11 6 (1.12%) Keycloak
11 6 (1.12%) Spring
11 6 (1.12%) Vue
12 5 (0.93%) Next.js
12 5 (0.93%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 94 (17.50%) Cloud Native
2 22 (4.10%) Distributed Computing
3 21 (3.91%) Hybrid Cloud
4 15 (2.79%) Linux Command Line
5 11 (2.05%) Greenfield Project
5 11 (2.05%) Onboarding
6 9 (1.68%) Algorithms
7 7 (1.30%) Data Centre
7 7 (1.30%) Sports Betting
8 6 (1.12%) Replication
9 5 (0.93%) Distributed Systems
9 5 (0.93%) Management Information System
9 5 (0.93%) Product Ownership
10 4 (0.74%) Life Science
10 4 (0.74%) NHS
10 4 (0.74%) PropTech
11 3 (0.56%) AI Agents
11 3 (0.56%) Distributed Architecture
12 2 (0.37%) Blockchain
12 2 (0.37%) Genomics
Operating Systems
1 48 (8.94%) Linux
2 14 (2.61%) Windows
3 6 (1.12%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.37%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (27.93%) DevOps
2 145 (27.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 140 (26.07%) CI/CD
4 103 (19.18%) Software Engineering
5 80 (14.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 68 (12.66%) Problem-Solving
7 63 (11.73%) Continuous Improvement
8 61 (11.36%) Observability
9 59 (10.99%) Cloud Security
10 55 (10.24%) Platform Engineering
11 53 (9.87%) Agile
12 46 (8.57%) AI
13 42 (7.82%) Containerisation
14 38 (7.08%) Data Pipeline
15 35 (6.52%) DevSecOps
15 35 (6.52%) Full-Stack Development
15 35 (6.52%) Migration
16 34 (6.33%) ITIL
17 28 (5.21%) Infrastructure Automation
17 28 (5.21%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 203 (37.80%) Python
2 53 (9.87%) Bash
3 50 (9.31%) SQL
4 38 (7.08%) PowerShell
5 34 (6.33%) TypeScript
6 33 (6.15%) Java
7 32 (5.96%) C#
8 25 (4.66%) C++
9 21 (3.91%) Go
10 15 (2.79%) JavaScript
11 12 (2.23%) Groovy
12 4 (0.74%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.56%) Ruby
14 2 (0.37%) PHP
15 1 (0.19%) Perl
Qualifications
1 84 (15.64%) Security Cleared
2 49 (9.12%) Degree
3 47 (8.75%) SC Cleared
4 23 (4.28%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (4.10%) AWS Certification
6 21 (3.91%) Master's Degree
7 14 (2.61%) DV Cleared
8 6 (1.12%) PhD
9 3 (0.56%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 3 (0.56%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.37%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 1 (0.19%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 1 (0.19%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
11 1 (0.19%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.19%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.19%) CISSP
11 1 (0.19%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.19%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (2.79%) Data Quality
2 9 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (1.49%) SLA
4 7 (1.30%) QA
5 5 (0.93%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.74%) SOC 2
7 3 (0.56%) GDPR
7 3 (0.56%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.37%) NIST
9 1 (0.19%) NCSC
System Software
1 80 (14.90%) Docker
2 8 (1.49%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (1.12%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.74%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.56%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 82 (15.27%) Kubernetes
2 33 (6.15%) Ansible
2 33 (6.15%) Grafana
3 23 (4.28%) Prometheus
4 15 (2.79%) Argo
5 12 (2.23%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (1.68%) Packer
7 7 (1.30%) Progress Chef
8 6 (1.12%) Istio
8 6 (1.12%) Rancher
9 4 (0.74%) Puppet
10 3 (0.56%) vCenter Server
11 2 (0.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.37%) ITRS Geneos
11 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Intune
11 2 (0.37%) Nagios
12 1 (0.19%) Consul
Vendors
1 22 (4.10%) Microsoft
2 18 (3.35%) Dynatrace
3 14 (2.61%) Databricks
3 14 (2.61%) Oracle
4 7 (1.30%) VMware
5 6 (1.12%) Confluent
5 6 (1.12%) Google
5 6 (1.12%) ServiceNow
6 4 (0.74%) Atlassian
7 3 (0.56%) Bloomberg
7 3 (0.56%) Cloudera
7 3 (0.56%) Informatica
7 3 (0.56%) Red Hat
7 3 (0.56%) Talend
8 2 (0.37%) CrowdStrike
8 2 (0.37%) FactSet
8 2 (0.37%) Intel
8 2 (0.37%) Solace
9 1 (0.19%) AppDynamics
9 1 (0.19%) New Relic