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

 6 months to
28 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 13 8
Rank change year-on-year +3 -5 -2
Permanent jobs citing AWS 2,560 2,146 3,931
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 11.68% 13.04% 14.53%
As % of the Cloud Services category 30.06% 35.42% 35.32%
Number of salaries quoted 1,663 1,363 3,258
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £56,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% - -
75th Percentile £90,000 £110,000 £101,250
90th Percentile £105,000 £135,000 £142,500
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 8,517 6,059 11,129
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.87% 36.82% 41.12%
Number of salaries quoted 6,114 4,470 8,988
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £107,500
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 28 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 44 (1.72%) Apache Airflow
2 43 (1.68%) Apache Spark
3 24 (0.94%) Apache
4 22 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
5 17 (0.66%) Confluence
6 16 (0.63%) IIS
7 15 (0.59%) Anypoint
8 14 (0.55%) CMS
9 13 (0.51%) SharePoint
10 12 (0.47%) Mule
11 10 (0.39%) WordPress
12 7 (0.27%) Jupyter
13 6 (0.23%) Apache Solr
13 6 (0.23%) SAS
14 5 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
15 4 (0.16%) Ethereum
15 4 (0.16%) nginx
15 4 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
16 3 (0.12%) Camunda
16 3 (0.12%) Kentico
Applications
1 93 (3.63%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (0.39%) MS Visio
3 9 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
4 8 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.20%) AutoCAD
5 5 (0.20%) Chatbot
5 5 (0.20%) DaVinci Resolve
6 2 (0.078%) Elementor
6 2 (0.078%) Moqups
6 2 (0.078%) PlantUML
7 1 (0.039%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.039%) Houdini
7 1 (0.039%) Lightworks
7 1 (0.039%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.039%) NUKE
7 1 (0.039%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.039%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (0.94%) Cloudability
2 6 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.16%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.078%) Shopify
5 1 (0.039%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.039%) Magento
5 1 (0.039%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.039%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 1,174 (45.86%) Azure
2 640 (25.00%) GCP
3 291 (11.37%) SaaS
4 234 (9.14%) Serverless
5 200 (7.81%) GitHub
6 162 (6.33%) Microsoft 365
7 151 (5.90%) AWS Lambda
8 148 (5.78%) Amazon S3
9 99 (3.87%) AWS CloudFormation
10 97 (3.79%) Amazon EKS
11 93 (3.63%) Amazon EC2
12 89 (3.48%) GitHub Actions
13 85 (3.32%) Amazon ECS
14 69 (2.70%) Amazon SQS
15 65 (2.54%) Azure DevOps
16 60 (2.34%) GitHub Copilot
16 60 (2.34%) Snowflake
17 51 (1.99%) Entra ID
18 50 (1.95%) Amazon CloudWatch
19 40 (1.56%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 129 (5.04%) Firewall
2 122 (4.77%) Broadband
3 80 (3.13%) VPN
4 75 (2.93%) DNS
5 69 (2.70%) WAN
6 65 (2.54%) Network Security
7 63 (2.46%) LAN
8 54 (2.11%) TCP/IP
9 45 (1.76%) DHCP
10 38 (1.48%) HTTP
11 30 (1.17%) SD-WAN
12 28 (1.09%) Wi-Fi
13 27 (1.05%) Cisco ASA
14 22 (0.86%) Cisco Firepower
15 21 (0.82%) SSL
15 21 (0.82%) VLAN
16 16 (0.63%) BGP
17 14 (0.55%) MPLS
17 14 (0.55%) OSPF
18 11 (0.43%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 262 (10.23%) PostgreSQL
2 253 (9.88%) MongoDB
3 112 (4.38%) SQL Server
4 110 (4.30%) MySQL
5 108 (4.22%) Elasticsearch
6 107 (4.18%) NoSQL
7 84 (3.28%) Azure SQL Database
8 56 (2.19%) DynamoDB
9 55 (2.15%) Amazon RDS
9 55 (2.15%) Redis
10 54 (2.11%) Relational Database
11 38 (1.48%) Metadata
12 37 (1.45%) Data Warehouse
13 33 (1.29%) Amazon Athena
14 30 (1.17%) Power BI
15 27 (1.05%) Amazon Redshift
15 27 (1.05%) Big Data
16 25 (0.98%) Data Lake
17 22 (0.86%) Tableau
18 18 (0.70%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 135 (5.27%) Git
2 84 (3.28%) Jenkins
3 83 (3.24%) GitLab
4 56 (2.19%) TeamCity
5 54 (2.11%) JIRA
6 52 (2.03%) Cypress.io
7 38 (1.48%) Claude Code
8 23 (0.90%) JUnit
9 21 (0.82%) Selenium
10 16 (0.63%) Maven
10 16 (0.63%) Postman
11 14 (0.55%) Crashlytics
11 14 (0.55%) XCTest
12 13 (0.51%) CircleCI
12 13 (0.51%) JMeter
13 12 (0.47%) Mockito
14 10 (0.39%) Cucumber
15 9 (0.35%) Bitbucket
16 6 (0.23%) Gatling
16 6 (0.23%) SonarQube
General
1 641 (25.04%) Social Skills
2 579 (22.62%) Finance
3 282 (11.02%) Public Sector
4 226 (8.83%) Banking
4 226 (8.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 208 (8.13%) Law
6 138 (5.39%) Analytical Skills
7 124 (4.84%) Retail
8 69 (2.70%) Legal
9 53 (2.07%) Games
10 49 (1.91%) Financial Institution
11 48 (1.88%) Swedish Language
12 46 (1.80%) Back Office
13 43 (1.68%) Front Office
14 39 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
14 39 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
15 37 (1.45%) Marketing
16 36 (1.41%) French Language
17 29 (1.13%) Telecoms
18 23 (0.90%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 613 (23.95%) Senior
2 557 (21.76%) Developer
3 444 (17.34%) Software Engineer
4 321 (12.54%) Lead
5 281 (10.98%) Architect
6 154 (6.02%) Full-Stack Developer
7 143 (5.59%) AWS Engineer
8 128 (5.00%) Analyst
9 124 (4.84%) DevOps Engineer
10 120 (4.69%) .NET Developer
11 118 (4.61%) Senior Software Engineer
12 114 (4.45%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 113 (4.41%) Senior Developer
14 109 (4.26%) Lead Software Engineer
15 98 (3.83%) Engineering Manager
16 97 (3.79%) Solutions Architect
17 95 (3.71%) Consultant
18 94 (3.67%) Lead Developer
19 92 (3.59%) Cloud Engineer
19 92 (3.59%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 438 (17.11%) React
2 380 (14.84%) Node.js
3 241 (9.41%) .NET
4 186 (7.27%) REST
5 132 (5.16%) RESTful
5 132 (5.16%) Vue
6 130 (5.08%) Spring
7 126 (4.92%) CSS
8 122 (4.77%) Kafka
9 113 (4.41%) .NET Core
9 113 (4.41%) AngularJS
10 106 (4.14%) ASP.NET
11 96 (3.75%) ASP.NET Core
12 94 (3.67%) Spring Boot
13 84 (3.28%) HTML
14 71 (2.77%) .NET Framework
14 71 (2.77%) Middleware
15 59 (2.30%) Ruby on Rails
16 54 (2.11%) OAuth
17 51 (1.99%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 387 (15.12%) Cloud Native
2 192 (7.50%) Product Ownership
3 190 (7.42%) Distributed Systems
4 96 (3.75%) Public Cloud
5 85 (3.32%) Greenfield Project
6 77 (3.01%) Video\Live Streaming
7 69 (2.70%) AI Agents
8 68 (2.66%) Cyber Threat
9 64 (2.50%) Onboarding
10 54 (2.11%) Management Information System
11 49 (1.91%) Data Centre
12 48 (1.88%) Security Posture
13 46 (1.80%) Enterprise Software
14 45 (1.76%) Over-the-Top Content
14 45 (1.76%) Self-Motivation
15 44 (1.72%) Fixed Income
16 43 (1.68%) Hybrid Cloud
16 43 (1.68%) Mobile App
17 40 (1.56%) Blog
18 38 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 214 (8.36%) Linux
2 160 (6.25%) Windows
3 62 (2.42%) Windows Server
4 58 (2.27%) Unix
5 35 (1.37%) Apple iOS
6 20 (0.78%) Android
7 12 (0.47%) Windows 10
8 11 (0.43%) Ubuntu
9 10 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
10 7 (0.27%) Mac OS
10 7 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
11 6 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
12 4 (0.16%) Debian
13 3 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 2 (0.078%) CentOS
15 1 (0.039%) FreeBSD
15 1 (0.039%) OpenBSD
15 1 (0.039%) Solaris
15 1 (0.039%) Windows 7
15 1 (0.039%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 898 (35.08%) CI/CD
2 869 (33.95%) Agile
3 778 (30.39%) Software Engineering
4 599 (23.40%) DevOps
5 551 (21.52%) Mentoring
6 507 (19.80%) Microservices
7 503 (19.65%) Full-Stack Development
8 495 (19.34%) AI
9 449 (17.54%) Continuous Improvement
10 434 (16.95%) Problem-Solving
11 433 (16.91%) Infrastructure as Code
12 423 (16.52%) Test Automation
13 347 (13.55%) Technical Leadership
14 338 (13.20%) Containerisation
15 306 (11.95%) Roadmaps
16 281 (10.98%) Coaching
17 273 (10.66%) Scrum
18 262 (10.23%) Clean Code
19 253 (9.88%) Machine Learning
20 242 (9.45%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 675 (26.37%) Python
2 507 (19.80%) Java
3 405 (15.82%) TypeScript
4 404 (15.78%) JavaScript
5 385 (15.04%) SQL
6 290 (11.33%) C#
7 179 (6.99%) Go
8 89 (3.48%) Bash
9 73 (2.85%) Scala
10 72 (2.81%) Ruby
11 70 (2.73%) C++
11 70 (2.73%) PHP
12 68 (2.66%) PowerShell
13 34 (1.33%) Kotlin
14 26 (1.02%) Rust
15 16 (0.63%) Bicep
15 16 (0.63%) PL/SQL
16 15 (0.59%) DataWeave
16 15 (0.59%) Swift
17 10 (0.39%) C
Qualifications
1 387 (15.12%) Security Cleared
2 331 (12.93%) SC Cleared
3 304 (11.88%) Degree
4 173 (6.76%) AWS Certification
5 119 (4.65%) CISSP
6 97 (3.79%) CISM
6 97 (3.79%) Microsoft Certification
7 90 (3.52%) Computer Science Degree
8 83 (3.24%) MCSE
9 54 (2.11%) Azure Certification
10 50 (1.95%) ITIL Certification
11 48 (1.88%) DV Cleared
12 37 (1.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 34 (1.33%) Cisco Certification
14 23 (0.90%) CCNP
15 19 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
16 18 (0.70%) CREST Certified
17 17 (0.66%) DBS Check
18 16 (0.63%) CCNA
18 16 (0.63%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 189 (7.38%) QA
2 114 (4.45%) NIST
3 94 (3.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 67 (2.62%) Accessibility
5 60 (2.34%) Data Quality
6 50 (1.95%) GDPR
7 48 (1.88%) ISO 22301
8 30 (1.17%) GRC
9 27 (1.05%) PCI DSS
10 26 (1.02%) NCSC
11 19 (0.74%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 15 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
12 15 (0.59%) WCAG
13 13 (0.51%) SOC 2
14 11 (0.43%) ISO 9001
14 11 (0.43%) SLA
15 10 (0.39%) JSP 440
15 10 (0.39%) NIST 800
16 7 (0.27%) PMO
17 6 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 457 (17.85%) Docker
2 67 (2.62%) Active Directory
3 52 (2.03%) VMware Infrastructure
4 42 (1.64%) Hyper-V
5 21 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
6 18 (0.70%) vSphere
7 7 (0.27%) KVM
8 6 (0.23%) Firmware
8 6 (0.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 6 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (0.16%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.12%) iptables
11 2 (0.078%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 2 (0.078%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (0.039%) VMware ESXi
12 1 (0.039%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 406 (15.86%) Terraform
2 401 (15.66%) Kubernetes
3 112 (4.38%) Grafana
4 110 (4.30%) Ansible
5 41 (1.60%) Prometheus
6 26 (1.02%) Microsoft Intune
7 23 (0.90%) Argo
8 17 (0.66%) Progress Chef
9 15 (0.59%) Puppet
10 14 (0.55%) Istio
10 14 (0.55%) Proxmox
11 13 (0.51%) Podman
12 12 (0.47%) CloudHub
13 10 (0.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 9 (0.35%) Cisco CUCM
15 8 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
16 7 (0.27%) Packer
16 7 (0.27%) ZABBIX
17 6 (0.23%) EMC NetWorker
17 6 (0.23%) EMC VPLEX
Vendors
1 430 (16.80%) Microsoft
2 125 (4.88%) ServiceNow
3 101 (3.95%) Google
4 81 (3.16%) VMware
5 69 (2.70%) Cisco
6 61 (2.38%) Oracle
7 53 (2.07%) Databricks
8 44 (1.72%) Typelevel
9 38 (1.48%) Palo Alto
10 36 (1.41%) Fortinet
11 34 (1.33%) Apple
12 32 (1.25%) SAP
12 32 (1.25%) Splunk
13 31 (1.21%) Salesforce
14 30 (1.17%) Adobe
15 26 (1.02%) SolarWinds
16 22 (0.86%) OpenAI
17 21 (0.82%) Dell
17 21 (0.82%) MuleSoft
18 19 (0.74%) Dynatrace
1,168 hybrid/remote AWS jobs