Hybrid/Remote AWS Engineer Job Trends

Amazon Web Services Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Amazon Web Services Engineer salary for remote/hybrid work is £87,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 July 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 309 187 193
Rank change year-on-year -122 +6 +20
Permanent jobs requiring an AWS Engineer 144 283 470
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.66% 1.72% 1.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.70% 1.87% 1.83%
Number of salaries quoted 112 275 430
10th Percentile £57,500 £76,750 £58,550
25th Percentile £64,375 £100,000 £77,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £110,000 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.45% +10.00% +21.21%
75th Percentile £100,000 £137,500 £128,750
90th Percentile - - £148,750
UK median annual salary £75,000 £110,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year -31.82% +22.22% +12.50%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 20,592 15,159 25,656
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.07% 92.10% 96.21%
Number of salaries quoted 14,903 9,397 19,178
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £34,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,584 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%

AWS Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'AWS Engineer' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

AWS Engineer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

AWS Engineer
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for remote AWS Engineer job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote AWS Engineer job vacancies

AWS Engineer
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing AWS Engineer over the 6 months to 29 July 2026.

AWS Engineer salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

AWS Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 29 July 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 jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring AWS Engineer in the job title.

1 144 (100.00%) AWS
2 55 (38.19%) Python
3 51 (35.42%) DevOps
4 49 (34.03%) Terraform
5 45 (31.25%) CI/CD
6 42 (29.17%) Infrastructure as Code
7 35 (24.31%) Software Engineering
8 31 (21.53%) Docker
9 28 (19.44%) Kubernetes
10 26 (18.06%) Amazon S3
10 26 (18.06%) Security Cleared
11 25 (17.36%) Containerisation
12 23 (15.97%) Azure
13 22 (15.28%) Platform Engineering
14 21 (14.58%) Amazon EC2
14 21 (14.58%) Fintech
15 19 (13.19%) Java
16 17 (11.81%) Amazon EKS
17 16 (11.11%) AI
18 15 (10.42%) AWS CloudFormation
18 15 (10.42%) SC Cleared
19 14 (9.72%) Agile
19 14 (9.72%) TypeScript
19 14 (9.72%) Virtual Private Cloud
20 13 (9.03%) Continuous Improvement
20 13 (9.03%) Full-Stack Development
20 13 (9.03%) PostgreSQL
20 13 (9.03%) React
21 12 (8.33%) AWS Lambda
21 12 (8.33%) Kafka

AWS Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 6 (4.17%) Apache Airflow
2 5 (3.47%) Apache
3 3 (2.08%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.69%) Apache Solr
4 1 (0.69%) Confluence
4 1 (0.69%) Drupal
4 1 (0.69%) IIS
4 1 (0.69%) nginx
4 1 (0.69%) WordPress
Business Applications
1 1 (0.69%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 144 (100.00%) AWS
2 26 (18.06%) Amazon S3
3 23 (15.97%) Azure
4 21 (14.58%) Amazon EC2
5 17 (11.81%) Amazon EKS
6 15 (10.42%) AWS CloudFormation
7 14 (9.72%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 12 (8.33%) AWS Lambda
8 12 (8.33%) Serverless
9 11 (7.64%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 11 (7.64%) SaaS
10 10 (6.94%) GCP
11 9 (6.25%) GitHub
11 9 (6.25%) OpenShift
12 8 (5.56%) Amazon MSK
12 8 (5.56%) GitHub Actions
13 5 (3.47%) Amazon ECS
14 4 (2.78%) AWS CodePipeline
14 4 (2.78%) AWS Control Tower
14 4 (2.78%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.78%) DNS
2 2 (1.39%) VPN
3 1 (0.69%) 4G
3 1 (0.69%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (9.03%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (4.86%) Amazon RDS
2 7 (4.86%) Amazon Redshift
3 5 (3.47%) Big Data
3 5 (3.47%) Metadata
4 4 (2.78%) DynamoDB
5 3 (2.08%) Amazon Aurora
6 2 (1.39%) Amazon Athena
6 2 (1.39%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.39%) Redis
7 1 (0.69%) Apache Hudi
7 1 (0.69%) Apache Iceberg
7 1 (0.69%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.69%) Data Vault
7 1 (0.69%) DuckDB
7 1 (0.69%) Flink
7 1 (0.69%) InterSystems Cache
7 1 (0.69%) Power BI
7 1 (0.69%) Redshift Spectrum
7 1 (0.69%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 10 (6.94%) Jenkins
2 8 (5.56%) GitLab
3 4 (2.78%) Git
4 2 (1.39%) JMeter
4 2 (1.39%) Terragrunt
5 1 (0.69%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.69%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.69%) Gatling
5 1 (0.69%) git-flow
5 1 (0.69%) JIRA
5 1 (0.69%) Maven
5 1 (0.69%) Postman
5 1 (0.69%) Selenium
5 1 (0.69%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.69%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.69%) Vagrant
General
1 17 (11.81%) Finance
2 10 (6.94%) Public Sector
2 10 (6.94%) Social Skills
3 9 (6.25%) Banking
3 9 (6.25%) Health Technology
4 8 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (3.47%) Law
7 4 (2.78%) Digital Health
7 4 (2.78%) Tech for Good
8 3 (2.08%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.39%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.69%) Advertising
10 1 (0.69%) Back Office
10 1 (0.69%) Billing
10 1 (0.69%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.69%) Legal
10 1 (0.69%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.69%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (9.03%) React
2 12 (8.33%) Kafka
3 11 (7.64%) Spring Boot
4 6 (4.17%) .NET
5 5 (3.47%) Node.js
5 5 (3.47%) Spring
6 4 (2.78%) REST
7 3 (2.08%) ARM Templates
7 3 (2.08%) Next.js
7 3 (2.08%) Web Services
8 2 (1.39%) Elastic Stack
8 2 (1.39%) Pandas
9 1 (0.69%) .NET Framework
9 1 (0.69%) CSS
9 1 (0.69%) D3.js
9 1 (0.69%) Flask
9 1 (0.69%) pytest
9 1 (0.69%) RESTful
9 1 (0.69%) scikit-learn
9 1 (0.69%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 22 (15.28%) Cloud Native
2 9 (6.25%) Greenfield Project
3 4 (2.78%) Data Centre
3 4 (2.78%) Distributed Systems
4 3 (2.08%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (2.08%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.39%) Client/Server
5 2 (1.39%) Life Science
5 2 (1.39%) PropTech
6 1 (0.69%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.69%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.69%) Blog
6 1 (0.69%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (0.69%) Fixed Income
6 1 (0.69%) IoT
6 1 (0.69%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (0.69%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.69%) Sports Betting
6 1 (0.69%) Video\Live Streaming
6 1 (0.69%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 11 (7.64%) Linux
2 1 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (0.69%) Windows
2 1 (0.69%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (35.42%) DevOps
2 45 (31.25%) CI/CD
3 42 (29.17%) Infrastructure as Code
4 35 (24.31%) Software Engineering
5 25 (17.36%) Containerisation
6 22 (15.28%) Platform Engineering
7 21 (14.58%) Fintech
8 16 (11.11%) AI
9 14 (9.72%) Agile
10 13 (9.03%) Continuous Improvement
10 13 (9.03%) Full-Stack Development
11 12 (8.33%) Observability
12 11 (7.64%) Data Pipeline
12 11 (7.64%) Site Reliability Engineering
13 10 (6.94%) Data Engineering
13 10 (6.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 10 (6.94%) Machine Learning
14 9 (6.25%) Computer Science
14 9 (6.25%) Open Source
14 9 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 55 (38.19%) Python
2 19 (13.19%) Java
3 14 (9.72%) TypeScript
4 12 (8.33%) SQL
5 10 (6.94%) Bash
6 8 (5.56%) Go
7 7 (4.86%) C#
8 6 (4.17%) PowerShell
9 4 (2.78%) Groovy
9 4 (2.78%) Kotlin
10 3 (2.08%) JavaScript
11 1 (0.69%) PHP
Qualifications
1 26 (18.06%) Security Cleared
2 15 (10.42%) SC Cleared
3 9 (6.25%) Degree
4 4 (2.78%) DV Cleared
5 2 (1.39%) AWS Certification
5 2 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (0.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (0.69%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.69%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.69%) CISM
6 1 (0.69%) CISSP
6 1 (0.69%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (0.69%) GSEC
6 1 (0.69%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 1 (0.69%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.86%) Data Quality
2 4 (2.78%) SOC 2
3 3 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.69%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.69%) NCSC
4 1 (0.69%) NIST
4 1 (0.69%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.69%) QA
4 1 (0.69%) SLA
System Software
1 31 (21.53%) Docker
2 10 (6.94%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (2.08%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 49 (34.03%) Terraform
2 28 (19.44%) Kubernetes
3 9 (6.25%) Ansible
4 8 (5.56%) Grafana
4 8 (5.56%) Istio
4 8 (5.56%) Prometheus
5 6 (4.17%) Argo
6 5 (3.47%) Progress Chef
7 2 (1.39%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (1.39%) Packer
8 1 (0.69%) Consul
8 1 (0.69%) Puppet
Vendors
1 8 (5.56%) Confluent
2 6 (4.17%) Microsoft
3 4 (2.78%) Databricks
4 2 (1.39%) Google
5 1 (0.69%) MuleSoft
5 1 (0.69%) Pega
5 1 (0.69%) Red Hat
5 1 (0.69%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.69%) SAP
5 1 (0.69%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.69%) TOWER Software