Amazon Web Services Engineer
UK
The median Amazon Web Services Engineer salary in the UK is £110,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 June 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 22 Jun 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 330 | 294 | 345 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -36 | +51 | +53 |
| Permanent jobs requiring an AWS Engineer | 466 | 1,012 | 883 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.82% | 0.91% | 0.97% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.92% | 0.95% | 1.06% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 366 | 662 | 770 |
| 10th Percentile | £65,000 | £56,250 | £53,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £80,000 | £66,250 | £63,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £110,000 | £85,000 | £80,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +29.41% | +6.25% | -3.03% |
| 75th Percentile | £135,000 | £118,750 | £112,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £138,750 | £143,750 | £138,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £65,000 | £67,500 | £70,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.70% | -3.57% | +7.69% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 | 50,720 | 106,014 | 82,989 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 89.74% | 94.81% | 91.13% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26,910 | 74,937 | 54,295 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,500 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,750 | £38,734 | £44,800 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £70,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,055 | £50,000 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.11% | -6.54% | +6.37% |
AWS Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured AWS Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
AWS Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing AWS Engineer.
AWS Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing AWS Engineer over the 6 months to 22 June 2025.
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 22 June 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 | +20 | 433 | £110,000 | +29.41% | 601 |
| London | +60 | 344 | £110,000 | +4.76% | 329 |
| Work from Home | +13 | 286 | £110,000 | +22.22% | 412 |
| UK excluding London | -129 | 104 | £65,000 | -3.70% | 339 |
| North of England | +5 | 32 | £65,000 | - | 107 |
| North West | -7 | 28 | £67,500 | +8.00% | 75 |
| Scotland | -58 | 21 | £100,000 | +66.67% | 17 |
| Midlands | +59 | 19 | £72,500 | +3.57% | 34 |
| West Midlands | +54 | 16 | £72,500 | - | 16 |
| South East | +41 | 14 | £61,000 | -6.15% | 127 |
| East of England | +39 | 9 | £65,000 | -13.33% | 20 |
| South West | +75 | 6 | £77,500 | +3.33% | 24 |
| North East | +32 | 3 | £65,000 | -13.33% | 7 |
| East Midlands | +21 | 3 | £60,000 | +4.35% | 18 |
| Wales | - | 3 | £60,000 | - | 6 |
| Yorkshire | +52 | 1 | - | - | 25 |
AWS Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 22 June 2025, AWS Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring AWS Engineer in the job title.
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AWS Engineer Skill Set
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:
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