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 £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 October 2026.
The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 31 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 354 | 238 | 156 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -116 | -82 | +68 |
| Permanent AWS Engineer jobs | 120 | 190 | 409 |
| As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options | 0.47% | 1.16% | 2.05% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.50% | 1.22% | 2.12% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 87 | 183 | 378 |
| 10th Percentile | £54,150 | £72,750 | £65,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £68,750 | £100,000 | £80,313 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £80,000 | £110,000 | £100,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -27.27% | +10.00% | +29.03% |
| 75th Percentile | £100,000 | £137,500 | £122,500 |
| 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 adverts with remote/hybrid work options and matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.
| 6 months to 31 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent remote/hybrid job adverts matching a recognised job title | 23,986 | 15,523 | 19,271 |
| % of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title | 93.98% | 94.53% | 96.65% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 16,167 | 8,843 | 12,065 |
| 10th Percentile | £35,000 | £29,500 | £35,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £40,000 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £56,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.19% | -5.83% | -4.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £80,000 | £77,500 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £96,750 | £98,750 |
| UK median annual salary | £59,000 | £52,500 | £57,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +12.38% | -7.89% | -5.00% |
AWS Engineer Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent AWS Engineer job postings offering remote/hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.
AWS Engineer Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs
Salary distribution trend for remote/hybrid AWS Engineer job vacancies.
AWS Engineer Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs
Salary distribution for AWS Engineer jobs with remote/hybrid work options over the 6 months to 31 October 2026.
AWS Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs
For the 6 months to 31 October 2026, AWS Engineer job ads cited 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 AWS Engineer jobs with remote/hybrid work options.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AWS | 100.0% | 120 |
| 2 | Software Engineering | 40.0% | 48 |
| 3 | Python | 38.3% | 46 |
| 4 | Infrastructure as Code | 30.0% | 36 |
| 5 | Terraform | 28.3% | 34 |
| 6 | DevOps | 23.3% | 28 |
| 7 | CI/CD | 22.5% | 27 |
| 8 | Java | 19.2% | 23 |
| 9 | Security Cleared | 17.5% | 21 |
| 10 | Continuous Improvement | 15.8% | 19 |
| 10 | Kubernetes | 15.8% | 19 |
| 12 | Containerisation | 14.2% | 17 |
| 13 | AI | 13.3% | 16 |
| 13 | Amazon S3 | 13.3% | 16 |
| 15 | Agile | 12.5% | 15 |
| 16 | Docker | 11.7% | 14 |
| 17 | Problem-Solving | 10.8% | 13 |
| 18 | Amazon EC2 | 10.0% | 12 |
| 18 | Azure | 10.0% | 12 |
| 18 | Observability | 10.0% | 12 |
| 18 | SC Cleared | 10.0% | 12 |
| 22 | Ansible | 9.2% | 11 |
| 22 | AWS CloudFormation | 9.2% | 11 |
| 22 | Fintech | 9.2% | 11 |
| 22 | Grafana | 9.2% | 11 |
| 22 | Machine Learning | 9.2% | 11 |
| 22 | PowerShell | 9.2% | 11 |
| 22 | Spring Boot | 9.2% | 11 |
| 29 | Platform Engineering | 8.3% | 10 |
| 29 | SaaS | 8.3% | 10 |
AWS Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Job Titles
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AWS Software Engineer | 30.8% | 37 |
| 2 | Python Engineer | 25.0% | 30 |
| 3 | Cloud Engineer | 24.2% | 29 |
| 4 | Java Engineer | 19.2% | 23 |
| 4 | Senior Software Engineer | 19.2% | 23 |
| 6 | AWS DevOps Engineer | 16.7% | 20 |
| 7 | Java Software Engineer | 15.0% | 18 |
| 8 | Python Software Engineer | 11.7% | 14 |
| 9 | Senior Java Software Engineer | 10.0% | 12 |
| 10 | Azure Engineer | 6.7% | 8 |
| 10 | Data Engineer | 6.7% | 8 |
| 12 | AWS Data Engineer | 5.8% | 7 |
| 12 | AWS Infrastructure Engineer | 5.8% | 7 |
| 12 | AWS Platform Engineer | 5.8% | 7 |
| 12 | Cloud Platform Engineer | 5.8% | 7 |
| 12 | Principal Engineer | 5.8% | 7 |
| 17 | .NET Software Engineer | 4.2% | 5 |
| 17 | Operations Engineer | 4.2% | 5 |
| 17 | Principal Java Engineer | 4.2% | 5 |
| 17 | Site Reliability Engineer | 4.2% | 5 |