Hybrid/Remote AWS Job Trends

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring AWS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
7 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 10 9
Rank change year-on-year +2 -1 -3
Permanent jobs citing AWS 2,119 2,296 4,566
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 11.54% 16.11% 14.03%
As % of the Cloud Services category 30.55% 37.10% 32.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1,339 1,560 3,945
10th Percentile £46,407 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £53,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,254 £71,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +2.14% -3.45%
75th Percentile £90,000 £102,410 £90,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £127,500 £115,000
UK median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year - +3.57% -6.67%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Work from Home

AWS falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 6,936 6,188 14,006
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.78% 43.43% 43.03%
Number of salaries quoted 4,709 4,627 12,010
10th Percentile £34,460 £32,500 £35,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,717 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.95% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,375 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £108,750 £97,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,875 £57,500
% change year-on-year +2.67% +5.87% -11.54%

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Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

AWS job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

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Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing AWS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing AWS

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Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing AWS over the 6 months to 7 May 2026.

AWS salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

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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 73 (3.45%) Apache Airflow
2 42 (1.98%) Apache Spark
3 26 (1.23%) Apache
4 21 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
5 17 (0.80%) CMS
6 14 (0.66%) Confluence
7 13 (0.61%) SharePoint
8 12 (0.57%) nginx
9 7 (0.33%) Apache Solr
9 7 (0.33%) WordPress
10 5 (0.24%) ArcGIS
10 5 (0.24%) Drupal
10 5 (0.24%) Ethereum
10 5 (0.24%) GeoServer
10 5 (0.24%) Oracle Spatial
11 4 (0.19%) Apache Pulsar
12 3 (0.14%) OpenStack
12 3 (0.14%) SAS
13 2 (0.094%) JBoss
13 2 (0.094%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 83 (3.92%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (0.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.33%) MS Visio
5 6 (0.28%) Chatbot
5 6 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.24%) AutoCAD
6 5 (0.24%) DaVinci Resolve
7 4 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
7 4 (0.19%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.047%) EngageOne
8 1 (0.047%) Notion
8 1 (0.047%) Trello
Business Applications
1 19 (0.90%) Cloudability
2 8 (0.38%) Oracle ERP
3 6 (0.28%) Shopify
4 4 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.14%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.094%) SAP HR
7 1 (0.047%) Magento
7 1 (0.047%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.047%) Sprinklr
7 1 (0.047%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 886 (41.81%) Azure
2 574 (27.09%) GCP
3 272 (12.84%) Serverless
4 225 (10.62%) SaaS
5 181 (8.54%) GitHub
6 178 (8.40%) AWS Lambda
7 172 (8.12%) Amazon S3
8 131 (6.18%) Microsoft 365
9 120 (5.66%) Amazon EKS
10 92 (4.34%) AWS CloudFormation
11 90 (4.25%) Amazon EC2
12 87 (4.11%) GitHub Actions
13 80 (3.78%) Amazon ECS
14 76 (3.59%) Amazon SQS
15 57 (2.69%) Azure DevOps
16 56 (2.64%) Entra ID
17 54 (2.55%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 45 (2.12%) Virtual Private Cloud
19 43 (2.03%) Snowflake
20 39 (1.84%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 131 (6.18%) Firewall
2 125 (5.90%) Broadband
3 73 (3.45%) WAN
4 64 (3.02%) LAN
5 63 (2.97%) VPN
6 55 (2.60%) DNS
7 49 (2.31%) Wi-Fi
8 48 (2.27%) Network Security
9 42 (1.98%) TCP/IP
10 39 (1.84%) SD-WAN
11 38 (1.79%) HTTP
12 34 (1.60%) Cisco ASA
13 32 (1.51%) VXLAN
14 29 (1.37%) Cisco Firepower
15 28 (1.32%) DHCP
16 24 (1.13%) BGP
17 22 (1.04%) VLAN
18 21 (0.99%) MPLS
19 20 (0.94%) OSPF
20 19 (0.90%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 206 (9.72%) PostgreSQL
2 143 (6.75%) MongoDB
3 121 (5.71%) NoSQL
4 100 (4.72%) SQL Server
5 72 (3.40%) MySQL
6 66 (3.11%) Amazon RDS
7 60 (2.83%) DynamoDB
8 55 (2.60%) Relational Database
9 54 (2.55%) Metadata
10 50 (2.36%) Data Warehouse
10 50 (2.36%) Elasticsearch
11 42 (1.98%) BigQuery
12 41 (1.93%) Amazon Redshift
13 35 (1.65%) Amazon Athena
14 29 (1.37%) Tableau
15 27 (1.27%) Redis
16 26 (1.23%) Data Lake
17 22 (1.04%) RDBMS
18 20 (0.94%) Apache Iceberg
19 19 (0.90%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 124 (5.85%) Git
2 89 (4.20%) Jenkins
3 83 (3.92%) GitLab
4 55 (2.60%) Cypress.io
5 52 (2.45%) TeamCity
6 41 (1.93%) JIRA
7 20 (0.94%) CircleCI
8 19 (0.90%) Jaeger
9 16 (0.76%) Selenium
10 15 (0.71%) JMeter
11 14 (0.66%) Bitbucket
12 13 (0.61%) MLflow
12 13 (0.61%) SonarQube
13 12 (0.57%) Crashlytics
13 12 (0.57%) XCTest
14 11 (0.52%) Claude Code
15 10 (0.47%) Maven
16 8 (0.38%) Cucumber
16 8 (0.38%) Oracle Forms
16 8 (0.38%) Vite
General
1 533 (25.15%) Social Skills
2 455 (21.47%) Finance
3 237 (11.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 218 (10.29%) Public Sector
5 191 (9.01%) Banking
6 170 (8.02%) Law
7 134 (6.32%) Retail
8 124 (5.85%) Analytical Skills
9 58 (2.74%) French Language
10 53 (2.50%) Legal
11 51 (2.41%) Front Office
12 50 (2.36%) Financial Institution
13 49 (2.31%) Back Office
13 49 (2.31%) Influencing Skills
14 45 (2.12%) Telecoms
15 37 (1.75%) Games
16 31 (1.46%) Tech for Good
17 30 (1.42%) Health Technology
18 29 (1.37%) Marketing
18 29 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 490 (23.12%) Senior
2 409 (19.30%) Developer
3 350 (16.52%) Software Engineer
4 291 (13.73%) Lead
5 227 (10.71%) Architect
6 142 (6.70%) AWS Engineer
7 123 (5.80%) Full-Stack Developer
8 118 (5.57%) Analyst
9 115 (5.43%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 101 (4.77%) Senior Software Engineer
11 100 (4.72%) DevOps Engineer
12 94 (4.44%) Data Engineer
13 93 (4.39%) Lead Developer
14 87 (4.11%) Java Engineer
15 84 (3.96%) Cloud Engineer
15 84 (3.96%) Lead Software Engineer
16 79 (3.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 78 (3.68%) Solutions Architect
18 77 (3.63%) Software Developer
19 74 (3.49%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 371 (17.51%) React
2 271 (12.79%) Node.js
3 148 (6.98%) .NET
4 141 (6.65%) Kafka
5 120 (5.66%) REST
6 114 (5.38%) RESTful
7 100 (4.72%) CSS
7 100 (4.72%) Spring
8 85 (4.01%) Spring Boot
9 72 (3.40%) HTML
10 69 (3.26%) Vue
11 67 (3.16%) AngularJS
12 65 (3.07%) gRPC
13 52 (2.45%) Redux
14 46 (2.17%) .NET Core
15 43 (2.03%) GraphQL
16 40 (1.89%) Jest
17 39 (1.84%) Django
18 36 (1.70%) Elastic Stack
18 36 (1.70%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 325 (15.34%) Cloud Native
2 158 (7.46%) Product Ownership
3 151 (7.13%) Distributed Systems
4 90 (4.25%) Public Cloud
5 67 (3.16%) Onboarding
6 66 (3.11%) Greenfield Project
6 66 (3.11%) Video\Live Streaming
7 64 (3.02%) Data Centre
8 58 (2.74%) Enterprise Software
9 55 (2.60%) Management Information System
10 53 (2.50%) Blog
11 51 (2.41%) Security Posture
12 46 (2.17%) Over-the-Top Content
13 45 (2.12%) Fixed Income
14 41 (1.93%) Mobile App
14 41 (1.93%) Self-Motivation
15 39 (1.84%) Hybrid Cloud
16 36 (1.70%) PKI
17 32 (1.51%) Data Structures
18 29 (1.37%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 185 (8.73%) Linux
2 100 (4.72%) Windows
3 58 (2.74%) Unix
4 46 (2.17%) Apple iOS
5 43 (2.03%) Android
6 42 (1.98%) Windows Server
7 21 (0.99%) Windows 10
8 16 (0.76%) Windows Server 2016
9 14 (0.66%) Windows Server 2012
10 13 (0.61%) Mac OS
10 13 (0.61%) Windows Server 2019
11 10 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 9 (0.42%) Ubuntu
13 5 (0.24%) CentOS
14 1 (0.047%) Debian
14 1 (0.047%) FreeBSD
14 1 (0.047%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.047%) VMS
14 1 (0.047%) Windows 7
14 1 (0.047%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 707 (33.36%) CI/CD
2 633 (29.87%) Agile
3 595 (28.08%) Software Engineering
4 520 (24.54%) DevOps
5 482 (22.75%) Mentoring
6 399 (18.83%) Full-Stack Development
7 390 (18.40%) Microservices
8 368 (17.37%) Infrastructure as Code
9 362 (17.08%) AI
10 336 (15.86%) Continuous Improvement
11 335 (15.81%) Problem-Solving
12 305 (14.39%) Containerisation
13 281 (13.26%) Roadmaps
14 280 (13.21%) Test Automation
15 248 (11.70%) Coaching
16 239 (11.28%) Technical Leadership
17 206 (9.72%) Clean Code
18 201 (9.49%) Machine Learning
19 188 (8.87%) Observability
20 171 (8.07%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 632 (29.83%) Python
2 521 (24.59%) Java
3 328 (15.48%) TypeScript
4 320 (15.10%) JavaScript
5 295 (13.92%) SQL
6 217 (10.24%) Go
7 199 (9.39%) C#
8 124 (5.85%) Bash
9 77 (3.63%) Scala
10 71 (3.35%) PHP
11 68 (3.21%) C++
12 42 (1.98%) Ruby
13 36 (1.70%) PowerShell
14 28 (1.32%) Kotlin
14 28 (1.32%) Rust
15 14 (0.66%) Bicep
16 12 (0.57%) PL/SQL
16 12 (0.57%) Swift
17 10 (0.47%) C
17 10 (0.47%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 297 (14.02%) Degree
2 262 (12.36%) Security Cleared
3 218 (10.29%) SC Cleared
4 197 (9.30%) AWS Certification
5 105 (4.96%) Microsoft Certification
6 100 (4.72%) Computer Science Degree
7 77 (3.63%) MCSE
8 51 (2.41%) CISSP
9 50 (2.36%) Azure Certification
10 47 (2.22%) DV Cleared
11 40 (1.89%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 30 (1.42%) Cisco Certification
12 30 (1.42%) CISM
12 30 (1.42%) DBS Check
13 29 (1.37%) TOGAF Certification
14 27 (1.27%) CREST Certified
15 20 (0.94%) OSCP
16 19 (0.90%) CCNP
17 18 (0.85%) Master's Degree
18 14 (0.66%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 173 (8.16%) QA
2 77 (3.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 53 (2.50%) Data Quality
3 53 (2.50%) NIST
4 50 (2.36%) Accessibility
5 44 (2.08%) GDPR
6 42 (1.98%) PCI DSS
7 30 (1.42%) GRC
8 26 (1.23%) SOC 2
9 20 (0.94%) NCSC
10 18 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
11 13 (0.61%) JSP 440
12 12 (0.57%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 12 (0.57%) SLA
13 11 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 9 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
15 7 (0.33%) Government Security Classifications
15 7 (0.33%) ISO 9001
15 7 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 42001
16 6 (0.28%) WCAG
System Software
1 393 (18.55%) Docker
2 68 (3.21%) Active Directory
3 34 (1.60%) VMware Infrastructure
4 30 (1.42%) Hyper-V
5 16 (0.76%) Virtual Machines
6 15 (0.71%) vSphere
7 6 (0.28%) Firmware
8 5 (0.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 5 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (0.19%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 3 (0.14%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.094%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 2 (0.094%) KVM
11 2 (0.094%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (0.047%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 394 (18.59%) Terraform
2 342 (16.14%) Kubernetes
3 150 (7.08%) Ansible
4 122 (5.76%) Grafana
5 72 (3.40%) Prometheus
6 54 (2.55%) Argo
7 27 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
8 21 (0.99%) Microsoft Intune
9 19 (0.90%) Kustomize
10 16 (0.76%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 12 (0.57%) Podman
12 9 (0.42%) Progress Chef
12 9 (0.42%) Proxmox
13 8 (0.38%) Cisco CUCM
13 8 (0.38%) Istio
13 8 (0.38%) Packer
13 8 (0.38%) Puppet
14 5 (0.24%) AWS Copilot
14 5 (0.24%) HP Fortify
14 5 (0.24%) Nmap
Vendors
1 305 (14.39%) Microsoft
2 128 (6.04%) Google
3 99 (4.67%) ServiceNow
4 70 (3.30%) Cisco
5 55 (2.60%) VMware
6 47 (2.22%) Apple
7 45 (2.12%) Oracle
7 45 (2.12%) Typelevel
8 42 (1.98%) Adobe
9 35 (1.65%) SolarWinds
10 33 (1.56%) Databricks
10 33 (1.56%) Palo Alto
11 31 (1.46%) Fortinet
11 31 (1.46%) Splunk
12 27 (1.27%) Red Hat
13 23 (1.09%) Salesforce
14 21 (0.99%) SAP
15 19 (0.90%) CheckPoint
16 18 (0.85%) Dynatrace
16 18 (0.85%) Okta
1,006 hybrid/remote AWS jobs