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 11 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 13 8
Rank change year-on-year +3 -5 -2
Permanent jobs citing AWS 2,497 2,202 4,637
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 11.72% 13.37% 14.46%
As % of the Cloud Services category 30.04% 35.77% 34.53%
Number of salaries quoted 1,620 1,393 3,894
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £43,750
25th Percentile £53,750 £56,250 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £73,805
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +1.62% +1.80%
75th Percentile £88,148 £107,500 £96,250
90th Percentile £101,375 £135,000 £125,875
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 8,312 6,156 13,428
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 39.00% 37.37% 41.87%
Number of salaries quoted 5,935 4,532 11,063
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £36,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.46% +1.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £84,500 £82,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -8.00%

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

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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 11 July 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 52 (2.08%) Apache Airflow
2 44 (1.76%) Apache Spark
3 25 (1.00%) Apache
4 23 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
5 15 (0.60%) CMS
5 15 (0.60%) IIS
5 15 (0.60%) SharePoint
6 11 (0.44%) Anypoint
7 9 (0.36%) Confluence
7 9 (0.36%) Mule
7 9 (0.36%) WordPress
8 7 (0.28%) Jupyter
9 6 (0.24%) Apache Solr
9 6 (0.24%) SAS
10 5 (0.20%) nginx
11 4 (0.16%) Ethereum
11 4 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
12 3 (0.12%) EPiServer
12 3 (0.12%) Immediacy CMS
12 3 (0.12%) Kentico
Applications
1 91 (3.64%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (0.36%) MS Visio
3 7 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.20%) AutoCAD
4 5 (0.20%) Chatbot
4 5 (0.20%) DaVinci Resolve
4 5 (0.20%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.080%) Elementor
6 2 (0.080%) PlantUML
7 1 (0.040%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.040%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.040%) EngageOne
7 1 (0.040%) Houdini
7 1 (0.040%) Lightworks
7 1 (0.040%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.040%) NUKE
7 1 (0.040%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.040%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (0.96%) Cloudability
2 6 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.12%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.12%) Shopify
5 2 (0.080%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.040%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.040%) Magento
6 1 (0.040%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.040%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.040%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 1,114 (44.61%) Azure
2 630 (25.23%) GCP
3 270 (10.81%) SaaS
4 243 (9.73%) Serverless
5 196 (7.85%) GitHub
6 159 (6.37%) Amazon S3
7 156 (6.25%) AWS Lambda
8 154 (6.17%) Microsoft 365
9 121 (4.85%) Amazon EKS
10 98 (3.92%) AWS CloudFormation
11 96 (3.84%) Amazon EC2
12 86 (3.44%) Amazon ECS
13 85 (3.40%) GitHub Actions
14 66 (2.64%) Amazon SQS
15 61 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
16 57 (2.28%) GitHub Copilot
17 54 (2.16%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 54 (2.16%) Entra ID
18 49 (1.96%) Snowflake
19 44 (1.76%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 146 (5.85%) Firewall
2 131 (5.25%) Broadband
3 85 (3.40%) VPN
4 75 (3.00%) WAN
5 72 (2.88%) DNS
6 65 (2.60%) LAN
7 59 (2.36%) Network Security
8 49 (1.96%) TCP/IP
9 46 (1.84%) DHCP
10 45 (1.80%) Wi-Fi
11 37 (1.48%) HTTP
12 34 (1.36%) SD-WAN
13 29 (1.16%) Cisco ASA
14 28 (1.12%) VXLAN
15 25 (1.00%) Cisco Firepower
16 23 (0.92%) VLAN
17 21 (0.84%) BGP
18 19 (0.76%) SSL
19 17 (0.68%) MPLS
19 17 (0.68%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 259 (10.37%) PostgreSQL
2 253 (10.13%) MongoDB
3 114 (4.57%) NoSQL
4 111 (4.45%) Elasticsearch
5 107 (4.29%) MySQL
6 104 (4.16%) SQL Server
7 84 (3.36%) Azure SQL Database
8 62 (2.48%) Relational Database
9 58 (2.32%) DynamoDB
10 57 (2.28%) Amazon RDS
11 53 (2.12%) Metadata
12 46 (1.84%) Redis
13 40 (1.60%) Data Warehouse
14 35 (1.40%) Amazon Athena
15 31 (1.24%) Amazon Redshift
16 27 (1.08%) Big Data
17 26 (1.04%) Data Lake
17 26 (1.04%) Power BI
18 24 (0.96%) BigQuery
19 21 (0.84%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 122 (4.89%) Git
2 84 (3.36%) Jenkins
3 79 (3.16%) GitLab
4 66 (2.64%) TeamCity
5 48 (1.92%) Cypress.io
6 44 (1.76%) JIRA
7 29 (1.16%) Claude Code
8 17 (0.68%) Selenium
9 16 (0.64%) JMeter
9 16 (0.64%) JUnit
10 15 (0.60%) CircleCI
11 14 (0.56%) Crashlytics
11 14 (0.56%) Maven
11 14 (0.56%) XCTest
12 12 (0.48%) Postman
13 9 (0.36%) Mockito
14 7 (0.28%) Cucumber
14 7 (0.28%) Jaeger
14 7 (0.28%) MLflow
15 6 (0.24%) Storybook
General
1 613 (24.55%) Social Skills
2 550 (22.03%) Finance
3 290 (11.61%) Public Sector
4 241 (9.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 226 (9.05%) Banking
6 222 (8.89%) Law
7 149 (5.97%) Retail
8 137 (5.49%) Analytical Skills
9 66 (2.64%) Legal
10 56 (2.24%) Back Office
11 55 (2.20%) Financial Institution
12 53 (2.12%) Games
13 42 (1.68%) Front Office
14 40 (1.60%) Influencing Skills
14 40 (1.60%) Swedish Language
15 37 (1.48%) French Language
16 32 (1.28%) Marketing
17 30 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
18 25 (1.00%) Telecoms
19 20 (0.80%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 600 (24.03%) Senior
2 543 (21.75%) Developer
3 434 (17.38%) Software Engineer
4 321 (12.86%) Lead
5 287 (11.49%) Architect
6 149 (5.97%) AWS Engineer
7 148 (5.93%) Full-Stack Developer
8 123 (4.93%) Senior Software Engineer
9 119 (4.77%) Analyst
10 118 (4.73%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 117 (4.69%) .NET Developer
11 117 (4.69%) DevOps Engineer
12 113 (4.53%) Lead Software Engineer
13 101 (4.04%) Senior Developer
14 100 (4.00%) Solutions Architect
15 94 (3.76%) Cloud Engineer
16 92 (3.68%) Lead Developer
17 91 (3.64%) Software Developer
18 90 (3.60%) Consultant
18 90 (3.60%) Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 424 (16.98%) React
2 374 (14.98%) Node.js
3 226 (9.05%) .NET
4 158 (6.33%) REST
5 132 (5.29%) Vue
6 130 (5.21%) RESTful
7 128 (5.13%) Kafka
8 125 (5.01%) Spring
9 124 (4.97%) CSS
10 112 (4.49%) AngularJS
11 111 (4.45%) .NET Core
12 103 (4.12%) ASP.NET
13 95 (3.80%) ASP.NET Core
14 92 (3.68%) Spring Boot
15 85 (3.40%) HTML
16 68 (2.72%) .NET Framework
17 54 (2.16%) Ruby on Rails
18 53 (2.12%) Middleware
19 50 (2.00%) gRPC
19 50 (2.00%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 401 (16.06%) Cloud Native
2 194 (7.77%) Product Ownership
3 185 (7.41%) Distributed Systems
4 97 (3.88%) Public Cloud
5 81 (3.24%) Greenfield Project
6 79 (3.16%) Video\Live Streaming
7 65 (2.60%) Data Centre
8 61 (2.44%) Onboarding
9 58 (2.32%) Management Information System
10 55 (2.20%) Blog
11 52 (2.08%) Security Posture
12 51 (2.04%) AI Agents
13 47 (1.88%) Cyber Threat
14 46 (1.84%) Over-the-Top Content
15 45 (1.80%) Hybrid Cloud
16 44 (1.76%) Enterprise Software
16 44 (1.76%) Fixed Income
17 43 (1.72%) Mobile App
17 43 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
18 38 (1.52%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 213 (8.53%) Linux
2 153 (6.13%) Windows
3 61 (2.44%) Windows Server
4 58 (2.32%) Unix
5 37 (1.48%) Apple iOS
6 24 (0.96%) Android
7 14 (0.56%) Windows 10
8 12 (0.48%) Ubuntu
9 11 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
10 8 (0.32%) Mac OS
10 8 (0.32%) Windows Server 2012
11 7 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
12 5 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 4 (0.16%) CentOS
13 4 (0.16%) Debian
14 1 (0.040%) FreeBSD
14 1 (0.040%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.040%) OpenBSD
14 1 (0.040%) Solaris
14 1 (0.040%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 879 (35.20%) CI/CD
2 834 (33.40%) Agile
3 759 (30.40%) Software Engineering
4 586 (23.47%) DevOps
5 563 (22.55%) Mentoring
6 506 (20.26%) Full-Stack Development
7 501 (20.06%) Microservices
8 450 (18.02%) AI
9 440 (17.62%) Infrastructure as Code
10 439 (17.58%) Continuous Improvement
11 422 (16.90%) Problem-Solving
12 407 (16.30%) Test Automation
13 344 (13.78%) Containerisation
13 344 (13.78%) Technical Leadership
14 298 (11.93%) Roadmaps
15 297 (11.89%) Coaching
16 262 (10.49%) Clean Code
17 256 (10.25%) Scrum
18 242 (9.69%) Machine Learning
19 236 (9.45%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 674 (26.99%) Python
2 533 (21.35%) Java
3 400 (16.02%) TypeScript
4 393 (15.74%) JavaScript
5 378 (15.14%) SQL
6 276 (11.05%) C#
7 197 (7.89%) Go
8 100 (4.00%) Bash
9 75 (3.00%) Scala
10 74 (2.96%) C++
11 73 (2.92%) PHP
12 65 (2.60%) PowerShell
12 65 (2.60%) Ruby
13 34 (1.36%) Kotlin
14 30 (1.20%) Rust
15 17 (0.68%) Bicep
16 14 (0.56%) Swift
17 13 (0.52%) PL/SQL
18 11 (0.44%) DataWeave
19 10 (0.40%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 351 (14.06%) Security Cleared
2 295 (11.81%) SC Cleared
3 294 (11.77%) Degree
4 175 (7.01%) AWS Certification
5 98 (3.92%) CISSP
6 94 (3.76%) Microsoft Certification
7 87 (3.48%) Computer Science Degree
8 80 (3.20%) MCSE
9 77 (3.08%) CISM
10 54 (2.16%) Azure Certification
11 46 (1.84%) DV Cleared
12 38 (1.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 33 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
14 31 (1.24%) ITIL Certification
15 24 (0.96%) CCNP
16 22 (0.88%) DBS Check
17 20 (0.80%) CREST Certified
17 20 (0.80%) Master's Degree
18 17 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
18 17 (0.68%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 188 (7.53%) QA
2 99 (3.96%) NIST
3 94 (3.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 57 (2.28%) Data Quality
5 56 (2.24%) Accessibility
6 49 (1.96%) GDPR
7 32 (1.28%) PCI DSS
8 29 (1.16%) GRC
8 29 (1.16%) ISO 22301
9 26 (1.04%) NCSC
10 20 (0.80%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 17 (0.68%) SOC 2
12 16 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials
13 11 (0.44%) ISO 9001
13 11 (0.44%) JSP 440
14 10 (0.40%) SLA
15 9 (0.36%) NIST 800
15 9 (0.36%) WCAG
16 7 (0.28%) Government Security Classifications
17 6 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 436 (17.46%) Docker
2 65 (2.60%) Active Directory
3 47 (1.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 42 (1.68%) Hyper-V
5 20 (0.80%) Virtual Machines
6 19 (0.76%) vSphere
7 6 (0.24%) Firmware
7 6 (0.24%) KVM
7 6 (0.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 6 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
8 5 (0.20%) VMware NSX
9 3 (0.12%) iptables
10 2 (0.080%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 2 (0.080%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.040%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.040%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 429 (17.18%) Terraform
2 404 (16.18%) Kubernetes
3 132 (5.29%) Ansible
4 122 (4.89%) Grafana
5 47 (1.88%) Prometheus
6 31 (1.24%) Argo
7 26 (1.04%) Microsoft Intune
8 16 (0.64%) Proxmox
9 15 (0.60%) Progress Chef
9 15 (0.60%) Puppet
10 13 (0.52%) Istio
11 12 (0.48%) Podman
11 12 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
12 11 (0.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 9 (0.36%) Cisco CUCM
13 9 (0.36%) CloudHub
13 9 (0.36%) Packer
14 7 (0.28%) ZABBIX
15 6 (0.24%) EMC NetWorker
15 6 (0.24%) EMC VPLEX
Vendors
1 416 (16.66%) Microsoft
2 120 (4.81%) ServiceNow
3 100 (4.00%) Google
4 77 (3.08%) VMware
5 67 (2.68%) Cisco
6 61 (2.44%) Oracle
7 45 (1.80%) Typelevel
8 42 (1.68%) Databricks
9 37 (1.48%) Palo Alto
10 36 (1.44%) Fortinet
11 35 (1.40%) Splunk
12 34 (1.36%) Apple
13 31 (1.24%) SolarWinds
14 30 (1.20%) Adobe
14 30 (1.20%) SAP
15 26 (1.04%) Salesforce
16 23 (0.92%) OpenAI
17 21 (0.84%) Aruba
17 21 (0.84%) Dell
18 20 (0.80%) Dynatrace