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 28 May 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 28 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 347 | 304 | 360 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -43 | +56 | +14 |
| Permanent jobs requiring an AWS Engineer | 432 | 974 | 905 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.79% | 0.95% | 0.92% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.87% | 1.01% | 1.01% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 363 | 594 | 778 |
| 10th Percentile | £62,500 | £56,250 | £52,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £80,000 | £65,000 | £62,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £110,000 | £82,500 | £80,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +33.33% | +3.13% | -3.03% |
| 75th Percentile | £135,000 | £115,000 | £112,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £138,750 | £142,250 | £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 | 49,435 | 96,820 | 89,564 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.41% | 94.78% | 91.46% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 25,727 | 69,155 | 56,824 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,822 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,000 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| 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 | £96,250 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,399 | £50,000 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.80% | -6.54% | +6.63% |
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 28 May 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 28 May 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 | +17 | 409 | £110,000 | +33.33% | 790 |
| London | +64 | 318 | £110,000 | +10.00% | 153 |
| Work from Home | +46 | 287 | £110,000 | +25.71% | 666 |
| UK excluding London | -149 | 93 | £65,000 | -3.70% | 738 |
| North of England | 0 | 35 | £65,000 | -3.70% | 185 |
| North West | -19 | 29 | £65,000 | -3.70% | 101 |
| South East | +47 | 17 | £61,000 | -9.63% | 195 |
| East of England | +37 | 11 | £65,000 | -13.33% | 99 |
| Midlands | +17 | 11 | £72,500 | +20.83% | 140 |
| Scotland | -72 | 8 | £85,000 | +41.67% | 33 |
| South West | +89 | 7 | £60,000 | -17.24% | 77 |
| West Midlands | +48 | 7 | £75,000 | +7.14% | 77 |
| East Midlands | +12 | 4 | £66,250 | +15.22% | 55 |
| Wales | - | 4 | £61,625 | - | 18 |
| Yorkshire | +60 | 3 | £48,750 | -25.00% | 65 |
| North East | +29 | 3 | £65,000 | -13.33% | 20 |
AWS Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 28 May 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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