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 3 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 13 8
Rank change year-on-year +3 -5 -2
Permanent jobs citing AWS 2,578 2,063 3,563
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 11.03% 12.62% 14.72%
As % of the Cloud Services category 29.73% 35.08% 36.12%
Number of salaries quoted 1,683 1,302 2,708
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £46,100
25th Percentile £53,875 £57,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £75,150
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -0.20% +3.66%
75th Percentile £88,148 £110,000 £108,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £135,000 £142,500
UK median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year - - -3.33%

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 8,671 5,881 9,863
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.11% 35.98% 40.75%
Number of salaries quoted 6,345 4,297 7,268
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £112,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -4.00%

AWS
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

AWS
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing AWS over the 6 months to 3 September 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 35 (1.36%) Apache Spark
2 29 (1.12%) Apache Airflow
3 27 (1.05%) Confluence
4 25 (0.97%) Apache
5 21 (0.81%) SharePoint
6 16 (0.62%) Anypoint
6 16 (0.62%) IIS
6 16 (0.62%) Microsoft Exchange
7 13 (0.50%) Mule
7 13 (0.50%) WordPress
8 11 (0.43%) CMS
9 8 (0.31%) Jupyter
10 7 (0.27%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 6 (0.23%) SAS
12 5 (0.19%) Apache Solr
13 4 (0.16%) ArcGIS
13 4 (0.16%) Camunda
13 4 (0.16%) Ethereum
13 4 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
14 3 (0.12%) GeoServer
Applications
1 78 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (0.74%) Chatbot
3 14 (0.54%) Microsoft Excel
4 11 (0.43%) MS Visio
5 10 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.19%) AutoCAD
6 5 (0.19%) DaVinci Resolve
6 5 (0.19%) Moqups
7 2 (0.078%) Elementor
7 2 (0.078%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.078%) PlantUML
7 2 (0.078%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.078%) Weka
8 1 (0.039%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.039%) Houdini
8 1 (0.039%) Lightworks
8 1 (0.039%) NUKE
8 1 (0.039%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (0.93%) Cloudability
2 6 (0.23%) NetSuite
2 6 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.078%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.078%) Shopify
3 2 (0.078%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.039%) Finacle
4 1 (0.039%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.039%) Magento
4 1 (0.039%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.039%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 1,223 (47.44%) Azure
2 652 (25.29%) GCP
3 314 (12.18%) SaaS
4 227 (8.81%) Serverless
5 211 (8.18%) GitHub
6 161 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
7 159 (6.17%) AWS Lambda
8 147 (5.70%) Amazon S3
9 105 (4.07%) AWS CloudFormation
10 100 (3.88%) Amazon EC2
11 97 (3.76%) GitHub Actions
12 93 (3.61%) Amazon EKS
13 79 (3.06%) Amazon ECS
14 76 (2.95%) Snowflake
15 70 (2.72%) Azure DevOps
16 67 (2.60%) Amazon SQS
17 65 (2.52%) GitHub Copilot
18 57 (2.21%) Anthropic Claude
19 49 (1.90%) Power Platform
20 45 (1.75%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 108 (4.19%) Firewall
2 90 (3.49%) Broadband
3 72 (2.79%) Network Security
4 66 (2.56%) DNS
5 64 (2.48%) VPN
6 59 (2.29%) WAN
7 52 (2.02%) LAN
8 49 (1.90%) TCP/IP
9 41 (1.59%) HTTP
10 39 (1.51%) DHCP
11 30 (1.16%) SD-WAN
12 20 (0.78%) Cisco ASA
13 19 (0.74%) SSL
13 19 (0.74%) VLAN
13 19 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
14 13 (0.50%) BGP
14 13 (0.50%) Cisco Firepower
15 11 (0.43%) OSPF
16 10 (0.39%) MPLS
17 9 (0.35%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 254 (9.85%) PostgreSQL
2 241 (9.35%) MongoDB
3 108 (4.19%) SQL Server
4 101 (3.92%) Elasticsearch
5 98 (3.80%) NoSQL
6 95 (3.69%) MySQL
7 84 (3.26%) Azure SQL Database
8 68 (2.64%) DynamoDB
9 59 (2.29%) Relational Database
10 56 (2.17%) Redis
11 46 (1.78%) Data Warehouse
12 44 (1.71%) Amazon RDS
13 43 (1.67%) Power BI
14 36 (1.40%) Amazon Athena
15 34 (1.32%) Metadata
16 28 (1.09%) Data Lake
17 27 (1.05%) Big Data
17 27 (1.05%) Tableau
18 24 (0.93%) Amazon Redshift
19 18 (0.70%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 144 (5.59%) Git
2 85 (3.30%) Jenkins
3 82 (3.18%) GitLab
4 65 (2.52%) JIRA
5 60 (2.33%) TeamCity
6 59 (2.29%) Cypress.io
7 52 (2.02%) Claude Code
8 32 (1.24%) JUnit
9 27 (1.05%) Selenium
10 21 (0.81%) Maven
10 21 (0.81%) Postman
11 17 (0.66%) Mockito
12 12 (0.47%) CircleCI
13 11 (0.43%) Bitbucket
13 11 (0.43%) Crashlytics
13 11 (0.43%) XCTest
14 8 (0.31%) Cucumber
14 8 (0.31%) JMeter
14 8 (0.31%) SonarQube
15 7 (0.27%) Gatling
General
1 678 (26.30%) Social Skills
2 592 (22.96%) Finance
3 329 (12.76%) Public Sector
4 266 (10.32%) Banking
5 244 (9.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 208 (8.07%) Law
7 165 (6.40%) Analytical Skills
8 118 (4.58%) Retail
9 83 (3.22%) Legal
10 58 (2.25%) Financial Institution
11 57 (2.21%) Games
12 55 (2.13%) Back Office
13 49 (1.90%) Presentation Skills
14 48 (1.86%) Swedish Language
15 38 (1.47%) Marketing
16 37 (1.44%) Influencing Skills
17 36 (1.40%) French Language
18 32 (1.24%) Telecoms
19 24 (0.93%) Health Technology
20 22 (0.85%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 629 (24.40%) Senior
2 493 (19.12%) Developer
3 420 (16.29%) Software Engineer
4 314 (12.18%) Architect
5 306 (11.87%) Lead
6 132 (5.12%) AWS Engineer
6 132 (5.12%) Full-Stack Developer
7 131 (5.08%) Analyst
8 123 (4.77%) DevOps Engineer
9 119 (4.62%) Senior Software Engineer
10 117 (4.54%) Senior Developer
11 111 (4.31%) .NET Developer
12 104 (4.03%) Engineering Manager
13 100 (3.88%) Cloud Engineer
14 99 (3.84%) Consultant
15 96 (3.72%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 86 (3.34%) Solutions Architect
17 82 (3.18%) Lead Software Engineer
18 81 (3.14%) Python Engineer
19 80 (3.10%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 435 (16.87%) Terraform
2 413 (16.02%) React
3 352 (13.65%) Node.js
4 259 (10.05%) .NET
5 202 (7.84%) REST
6 141 (5.47%) Spring
7 128 (4.97%) RESTful
8 119 (4.62%) Vue
9 114 (4.42%) CSS
10 113 (4.38%) .NET Core
11 109 (4.23%) ASP.NET
12 108 (4.19%) AngularJS
13 99 (3.84%) Spring Boot
14 97 (3.76%) ASP.NET Core
15 81 (3.14%) Middleware
16 78 (3.03%) Kafka
17 72 (2.79%) HTML
18 71 (2.75%) LangChain
19 69 (2.68%) .NET Framework
20 63 (2.44%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 382 (14.82%) Cloud Native
2 198 (7.68%) Product Ownership
3 178 (6.90%) Distributed Systems
4 108 (4.19%) Public Cloud
5 99 (3.84%) AI Agents
6 79 (3.06%) Greenfield Project
7 74 (2.87%) Cyber Threat
8 67 (2.60%) Onboarding
9 57 (2.21%) Hybrid Cloud
10 51 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
11 50 (1.94%) Blog
11 50 (1.94%) Video\Live Streaming
12 45 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
13 43 (1.67%) Mobile App
13 43 (1.67%) Security Posture
14 42 (1.63%) Data Centre
15 41 (1.59%) Management Information System
16 37 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
17 34 (1.32%) Hedge funds
17 34 (1.32%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 211 (8.18%) Linux
2 162 (6.28%) Windows
3 62 (2.40%) Unix
4 55 (2.13%) Windows Server
5 25 (0.97%) Apple iOS
6 14 (0.54%) Android
6 14 (0.54%) Ubuntu
7 6 (0.23%) Debian
8 5 (0.19%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.16%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.12%) CentOS
10 3 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.078%) Robot Operating System
11 2 (0.078%) Solaris
11 2 (0.078%) Windows 10
11 2 (0.078%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 926 (35.92%) CI/CD
2 862 (33.44%) Agile
3 766 (29.71%) Software Engineering
4 601 (23.31%) Mentoring
5 598 (23.20%) DevOps
6 582 (22.58%) AI
7 482 (18.70%) Continuous Improvement
7 482 (18.70%) Full-Stack Development
8 475 (18.43%) Microservices
9 440 (17.07%) Infrastructure as Code
10 429 (16.64%) Problem-Solving
11 415 (16.10%) Test Automation
12 391 (15.17%) Technical Leadership
13 339 (13.15%) Roadmaps
14 311 (12.06%) Containerisation
15 292 (11.33%) Coaching
16 291 (11.29%) Scrum
17 268 (10.40%) Observability
18 255 (9.89%) Machine Learning
19 246 (9.54%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 647 (25.10%) Python
2 510 (19.78%) Java
3 412 (15.98%) SQL
4 393 (15.24%) JavaScript
5 379 (14.70%) TypeScript
6 297 (11.52%) C#
7 116 (4.50%) Go
8 89 (3.45%) Bash
9 82 (3.18%) PowerShell
10 78 (3.03%) Ruby
11 74 (2.87%) C++
12 59 (2.29%) PHP
13 42 (1.63%) Scala
14 38 (1.47%) Kotlin
15 24 (0.93%) Rust
16 19 (0.74%) PL/SQL
17 17 (0.66%) Bicep
18 16 (0.62%) DataWeave
19 14 (0.54%) Swift
20 11 (0.43%) C
Qualifications
1 417 (16.18%) Security Cleared
2 347 (13.46%) SC Cleared
3 287 (11.13%) Degree
4 174 (6.75%) AWS Certification
5 116 (4.50%) CISSP
6 103 (4.00%) CISM
7 89 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
8 83 (3.22%) Computer Science Degree
9 75 (2.91%) MCSE
10 60 (2.33%) Azure Certification
11 56 (2.17%) DV Cleared
12 50 (1.94%) ITIL Certification
13 39 (1.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 33 (1.28%) Cisco Certification
15 28 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
16 24 (0.93%) CCNP
17 18 (0.70%) CCNA
18 15 (0.58%) CREST Certified
19 14 (0.54%) CRISC
19 14 (0.54%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 180 (6.98%) QA
2 119 (4.62%) NIST
3 105 (4.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 91 (3.53%) Data Quality
5 88 (3.41%) Accessibility
6 52 (2.02%) GDPR
7 48 (1.86%) ISO 22301
8 36 (1.40%) NCSC
9 33 (1.28%) GRC
10 27 (1.05%) PCI DSS
11 21 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials
12 19 (0.74%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 17 (0.66%) SLA
14 13 (0.50%) WCAG
15 12 (0.47%) NIST 800
16 9 (0.35%) ISO 9001
17 8 (0.31%) JSP 440
17 8 (0.31%) PMO
18 7 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
18 7 (0.27%) SOC 2
System Software
1 445 (17.26%) Docker
2 60 (2.33%) Active Directory
3 50 (1.94%) VMware Infrastructure
4 36 (1.40%) Hyper-V
5 20 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
6 15 (0.58%) vSphere
7 7 (0.27%) Firmware
8 6 (0.23%) KVM
9 4 (0.16%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 4 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
10 3 (0.12%) iptables
10 3 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
10 3 (0.12%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.039%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.039%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.039%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.039%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 415 (16.10%) Kubernetes
2 118 (4.58%) Grafana
3 112 (4.34%) Ansible
4 36 (1.40%) Prometheus
5 24 (0.93%) Argo
6 19 (0.74%) Microsoft Intune
7 16 (0.62%) Progress Chef
8 15 (0.58%) Istio
9 13 (0.50%) CloudHub
9 13 (0.50%) Podman
9 13 (0.50%) Puppet
10 10 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
11 9 (0.35%) Proxmox
12 8 (0.31%) CASB
13 7 (0.27%) Cisco CUCM
13 7 (0.27%) ZABBIX
14 6 (0.23%) EMC NetWorker
14 6 (0.23%) EMC VPLEX
14 6 (0.23%) Failover Clustering
14 6 (0.23%) Packer
Vendors
1 438 (16.99%) Microsoft
2 120 (4.65%) Google
3 112 (4.34%) ServiceNow
4 73 (2.83%) VMware
5 69 (2.68%) Oracle
6 63 (2.44%) Databricks
7 56 (2.17%) Cisco
8 39 (1.51%) OpenAI
9 38 (1.47%) Adobe
10 35 (1.36%) SAP
11 34 (1.32%) Splunk
12 33 (1.28%) Palo Alto
13 30 (1.16%) Fortinet
13 30 (1.16%) Salesforce
14 25 (0.97%) Apple
15 23 (0.89%) Dynatrace
15 23 (0.89%) SolarWinds
16 21 (0.81%) Informatica
17 20 (0.78%) Okta
18 19 (0.74%) MuleSoft