Hybrid/Remote AWS Software Engineer Job Trends

Software Engineer - Amazon Web Services
UK > Work from Home

The median Software Engineer - Amazon Web Services salary for remote/hybrid work is £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 May 2026.

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

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 387 283 445
Rank change year-on-year -104 +162 +90
Permanent jobs requiring an AWS Software Engineer 23 154 137
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.12% 1.02% 0.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 1.11% 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 23 154 120
10th Percentile £65,000 £80,000 £74,938
25th Percentile £80,000 £100,000 £85,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £110,000 £115,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% -4.35% +6.98%
75th Percentile £97,500 £137,500 £143,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £147,500 £148,750
UK median annual salary £82,500 £110,000 £110,000
% change year-on-year -25.00% - +2.33%

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 17,621 13,922 31,249
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.76% 92.22% 95.94%
Number of salaries quoted 12,951 8,831 24,870
10th Percentile £34,764 £31,250 £33,116
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -10.40%
75th Percentile £80,000 £79,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

AWS Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

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

AWS Software Engineer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

AWS Software Engineer
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for remote AWS Software Engineer job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote AWS Software Engineer job vacancies

AWS Software Engineer
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing AWS Software Engineer over the 6 months to 20 May 2026.

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

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

For the 6 months to 20 May 2026, AWS Software 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 Software Engineer in the job title.

1 23 (100.00%) AWS
1 23 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 12 (52.17%) Java
3 7 (30.43%) Spring Boot
4 6 (26.09%) Python
5 5 (21.74%) Fintech
6 4 (17.39%) C#
6 4 (17.39%) Spring
7 3 (13.04%) .NET
7 3 (13.04%) CI/CD
7 3 (13.04%) Full-Stack Development
7 3 (13.04%) TypeScript
8 2 (8.70%) Amazon SQS
8 2 (8.70%) Bash
8 2 (8.70%) Computer Science
8 2 (8.70%) Degree
8 2 (8.70%) DevOps
8 2 (8.70%) REST
9 1 (4.35%) .NET Core
9 1 (4.35%) AI
9 1 (4.35%) Amazon EventBridge
9 1 (4.35%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (4.35%) Amazon S3
9 1 (4.35%) Analytics
9 1 (4.35%) API Design
9 1 (4.35%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (4.35%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (4.35%) AWS Step Functions
9 1 (4.35%) Backlog Refinement
9 1 (4.35%) Big Data

AWS Software 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:

Cloud Services
1 23 (100.00%) AWS
2 2 (8.70%) Amazon SQS
3 1 (4.35%) Amazon EventBridge
3 1 (4.35%) Amazon S3
3 1 (4.35%) AWS CloudFormation
3 1 (4.35%) AWS Lambda
3 1 (4.35%) AWS Step Functions
3 1 (4.35%) SaaS
3 1 (4.35%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (4.35%) Big Data
1 1 (4.35%) PostgreSQL
General
1 3 (13.04%) Finance
2 2 (8.70%) Games
3 1 (4.35%) Health Technology
3 1 (4.35%) Manufacturing
3 1 (4.35%) Social Skills
3 1 (4.35%) Tech for Good
3 1 (4.35%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (30.43%) Spring Boot
2 4 (17.39%) Spring
3 3 (13.04%) .NET
4 2 (8.70%) REST
5 1 (4.35%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 4 (17.39%) Cloud Native
2 1 (4.35%) Algorithms
2 1 (4.35%) Client/Server
2 1 (4.35%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (4.35%) Fixed Income
2 1 (4.35%) Sports Betting
2 1 (4.35%) Video\Live Streaming
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 5 (21.74%) Fintech
3 3 (13.04%) CI/CD
3 3 (13.04%) Full-Stack Development
4 2 (8.70%) Computer Science
4 2 (8.70%) DevOps
5 1 (4.35%) AI
5 1 (4.35%) Analytics
5 1 (4.35%) API Design
5 1 (4.35%) Computer Vision
5 1 (4.35%) Data Engineering
5 1 (4.35%) Event-Driven Architecture
5 1 (4.35%) Facilities Management
5 1 (4.35%) Machine Learning
5 1 (4.35%) Microservices
5 1 (4.35%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (4.35%) SDLC
5 1 (4.35%) Speech Recognition
5 1 (4.35%) TDD
5 1 (4.35%) Video Analytics
Programming Languages
1 12 (52.17%) Java
2 6 (26.09%) Python
3 4 (17.39%) C#
4 3 (13.04%) TypeScript
5 2 (8.70%) Bash
6 1 (4.35%) JavaScript
6 1 (4.35%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 2 (8.70%) Degree
2 1 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (4.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft