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 10 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 7 8
Rank change year-on-year -10 +1 -2
Permanent jobs citing AWS 1,638 3,317 3,791
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 10.38% 16.85% 17.14%
As % of the Cloud Services category 29.78% 38.23% 35.69%
Number of salaries quoted 1,224 2,181 3,153
10th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,150 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.20% +7.36% -3.45%
75th Percentile £105,000 £105,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £135,000 £138,750 £112,500
UK median annual salary £73,801 £75,000 £70,576
% change year-on-year -1.60% +6.27% -2.65%

All Cloud 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 5,500 8,677 10,622
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.87% 44.09% 48.04%
Number of salaries quoted 4,113 5,591 9,059
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £37,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - -
75th Percentile £82,241 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £110,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +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 10 November 2025.

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
1 147 (8.97%) Apache Airflow
2 90 (5.49%) Apache
3 29 (1.77%) Apache Spark
4 21 (1.28%) Confluence
5 17 (1.04%) Tomcat
6 16 (0.98%) WebSphere
6 16 (0.98%) WebSphere Application Server
7 14 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
7 14 (0.85%) SharePoint
8 13 (0.79%) IIS
9 9 (0.55%) Headless CMS
10 6 (0.37%) Ethereum
11 5 (0.31%) Anypoint
12 3 (0.18%) Drupal
12 3 (0.18%) GeoServer
12 3 (0.18%) Luigi
12 3 (0.18%) nginx
12 3 (0.18%) WordPress
13 2 (0.12%) Apache Pulsar
13 2 (0.12%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 94 (5.74%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (0.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.12%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.12%) Trello
4 1 (0.061%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.061%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 15 (0.92%) Shopify
2 13 (0.79%) Oracle ERP
3 10 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (0.61%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.24%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.12%) Magento
6 1 (0.061%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 742 (45.30%) Azure
2 428 (26.13%) GCP
3 201 (12.27%) SaaS
4 199 (12.15%) Serverless
5 152 (9.28%) AWS Lambda
6 148 (9.04%) dbt
7 145 (8.85%) Microsoft 365
8 130 (7.94%) GitHub
9 107 (6.53%) Amazon S3
10 106 (6.47%) Snowflake
11 94 (5.74%) AWS CloudFormation
12 82 (5.01%) Amazon EKS
13 72 (4.40%) GitHub Actions
14 70 (4.27%) Amazon ECS
15 58 (3.54%) Azure DevOps
16 57 (3.48%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 55 (3.36%) Amazon EC2
18 52 (3.17%) Entra ID
19 47 (2.87%) OCI
20 37 (2.26%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 87 (5.31%) Firewall
2 62 (3.79%) VPN
3 44 (2.69%) Network Security
4 40 (2.44%) DNS
5 32 (1.95%) WAN
6 31 (1.89%) TCP/IP
7 25 (1.53%) LAN
8 23 (1.40%) Broadband
8 23 (1.40%) VLAN
9 22 (1.34%) SD-WAN
10 21 (1.28%) SSL
10 21 (1.28%) Wi-Fi
11 19 (1.16%) DHCP
12 17 (1.04%) BGP
13 15 (0.92%) VoIP
14 11 (0.67%) OSPF
15 9 (0.55%) Internet
15 9 (0.55%) Intrusion Detection
16 8 (0.49%) Wireless
17 7 (0.43%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 195 (11.90%) PostgreSQL
2 132 (8.06%) Amazon Athena
3 126 (7.69%) Apache Iceberg
4 122 (7.45%) SQL Server
5 121 (7.39%) Apache Arrow
5 121 (7.39%) Dremio
6 94 (5.74%) Data Lake
7 90 (5.49%) NoSQL
8 88 (5.37%) MongoDB
9 69 (4.21%) MySQL
10 66 (4.03%) Elasticsearch
11 64 (3.91%) Apache Ignite
12 61 (3.72%) Amazon RDS
12 61 (3.72%) Data Warehouse
12 61 (3.72%) DynamoDB
13 37 (2.26%) Amazon Redshift
14 36 (2.20%) Relational Database
15 33 (2.01%) Power BI
16 26 (1.59%) Azure SQL Database
17 23 (1.40%) Redis
Development Applications
1 115 (7.02%) Jenkins
2 106 (6.47%) GitLab
3 95 (5.80%) Git
4 80 (4.88%) JIRA
5 48 (2.93%) Cucumber
5 48 (2.93%) Selenium
6 46 (2.81%) SonarQube
7 45 (2.75%) Bitbucket
7 45 (2.75%) Sonatype Nexus
8 41 (2.50%) Maven
8 41 (2.50%) TeamCity
9 24 (1.47%) Cypress.io
10 16 (0.98%) JUnit
11 13 (0.79%) Oracle Forms
12 7 (0.43%) Burp Suite
12 7 (0.43%) Jasmine
12 7 (0.43%) Metasploit
12 7 (0.43%) NUnit
13 6 (0.37%) ER Studio
13 6 (0.37%) Subversion
General
1 500 (30.53%) Finance
2 481 (29.37%) Social Skills
3 195 (11.90%) Banking
4 162 (9.89%) Front Office
5 122 (7.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 119 (7.26%) Retail
7 107 (6.53%) Investment Banking
8 91 (5.56%) French Language
8 91 (5.56%) Swedish Language
9 90 (5.49%) Analytical Skills
10 85 (5.19%) Public Sector
11 63 (3.85%) Law
12 52 (3.17%) Games
13 51 (3.11%) Telecoms
14 45 (2.75%) Financial Institution
15 37 (2.26%) Tech for Good
16 36 (2.20%) Corporate Banking
17 35 (2.14%) Marketing
18 32 (1.95%) Back Office
19 30 (1.83%) Legal
Job Titles
1 407 (24.85%) Senior
2 405 (24.73%) Developer
3 334 (20.39%) Software Engineer
4 189 (11.54%) Lead
5 174 (10.62%) AWS Engineer
6 164 (10.01%) Architect
7 133 (8.12%) Python Engineer
8 128 (7.81%) AWS Software Engineer
9 124 (7.57%) Analyst
10 115 (7.02%) Python Software Engineer
11 112 (6.84%) Java Engineer
12 103 (6.29%) Java Software Engineer
12 103 (6.29%) Senior Software Engineer
13 102 (6.23%) Senior Developer
14 100 (6.11%) AWS Developer
15 97 (5.92%) Python Developer
16 95 (5.80%) Developer/Software Engineer
17 92 (5.62%) DevOps Engineer
18 91 (5.56%) Service Analyst
18 91 (5.56%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 404 (24.66%) React
2 228 (13.92%) Node.js
3 201 (12.27%) .NET
4 158 (9.65%) RESTful
5 146 (8.91%) AngularJS
6 142 (8.67%) Kafka
7 134 (8.18%) Vue
8 132 (8.06%) Pandas
9 128 (7.81%) NumPy
10 121 (7.39%) SciPy
11 119 (7.26%) REST
12 118 (7.20%) Spring
13 111 (6.78%) Spring Boot
14 102 (6.23%) CSS
15 97 (5.92%) HTML
16 82 (5.01%) Redux
17 71 (4.33%) gRPC
18 61 (3.72%) Protocol Buffers
19 58 (3.54%) .NET Core
19 58 (3.54%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 205 (12.52%) Cloud Native
2 159 (9.71%) Fixed Income
3 133 (8.12%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 132 (8.06%) Equities
5 96 (5.86%) Product Ownership
6 87 (5.31%) Distributed Systems
7 77 (4.70%) Enterprise Software
8 75 (4.58%) Hedge funds
9 62 (3.79%) Derivative
10 61 (3.72%) Pricing Data
11 55 (3.36%) Management Information System
12 51 (3.11%) Public Cloud
13 40 (2.44%) Data Centre
14 36 (2.20%) Hybrid Cloud
15 35 (2.14%) Legacy Systems
16 26 (1.59%) Onboarding
17 25 (1.53%) Security Posture
18 23 (1.40%) Linux Command Line
19 22 (1.34%) Data Structures
20 21 (1.28%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 189 (11.54%) Linux
2 127 (7.75%) Windows
3 53 (3.24%) Unix
4 34 (2.08%) Windows Server
5 33 (2.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 14 (0.85%) CentOS
7 12 (0.73%) Android
8 10 (0.61%) Apple iOS
8 10 (0.61%) Ubuntu
9 9 (0.55%) Mac OS
10 6 (0.37%) Windows 10
11 5 (0.31%) Debian
11 5 (0.31%) Mac OS X
12 4 (0.24%) HPUX
12 4 (0.24%) Oracle Linux
12 4 (0.24%) Solaris
12 4 (0.24%) VMS
12 4 (0.24%) Windows Server 2012
12 4 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
13 3 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 670 (40.90%) Agile
2 522 (31.87%) CI/CD
3 515 (31.44%) Software Engineering
4 470 (28.69%) DevOps
5 331 (20.21%) Mentoring
6 286 (17.46%) Microservices
7 274 (16.73%) Problem-Solving
8 265 (16.18%) Infrastructure as Code
9 259 (15.81%) Full-Stack Development
10 228 (13.92%) AI
11 207 (12.64%) Containerisation
12 198 (12.09%) Continuous Improvement
13 196 (11.97%) ITIL
14 184 (11.23%) Roadmaps
15 159 (9.71%) Asset Management
15 159 (9.71%) Investment Management
16 149 (9.10%) Test Automation
17 140 (8.55%) User Experience
18 136 (8.30%) Fintech
19 130 (7.94%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 606 (37.00%) Python
2 454 (27.72%) TypeScript
3 430 (26.25%) JavaScript
4 404 (24.66%) Java
5 337 (20.57%) SQL
6 188 (11.48%) C#
7 85 (5.19%) Bash
7 85 (5.19%) PowerShell
8 83 (5.07%) Go
9 45 (2.75%) PHP
10 23 (1.40%) Shell Script
11 21 (1.28%) Scala
12 17 (1.04%) PL/SQL
13 16 (0.98%) Bicep
13 16 (0.98%) Kotlin
14 10 (0.61%) C++
15 9 (0.55%) Ruby
16 8 (0.49%) Delphi
16 8 (0.49%) R
16 8 (0.49%) Rust
Qualifications
1 287 (17.52%) Degree
2 256 (15.63%) AWS Certification
3 180 (10.99%) Security Cleared
4 150 (9.16%) SC Cleared
5 137 (8.36%) Microsoft Certification
6 111 (6.78%) MCSE
7 82 (5.01%) Azure Certification
8 81 (4.95%) Computer Science Degree
9 50 (3.05%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 44 (2.69%) Cisco Certification
11 29 (1.77%) DV Cleared
12 28 (1.71%) CISSP
12 28 (1.71%) Master's Degree
13 26 (1.59%) CCNP
13 26 (1.59%) ITIL Certification
14 25 (1.53%) TOGAF Certification
15 18 (1.10%) MCP
16 17 (1.04%) CISM
17 16 (0.98%) CompTIA Security+
18 14 (0.85%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 203 (12.39%) QA
2 78 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 60 (3.66%) GDPR
4 56 (3.42%) Accessibility
5 55 (3.36%) NIST
6 29 (1.77%) SLA
7 27 (1.65%) Data Quality
8 26 (1.59%) PCI DSS
9 22 (1.34%) Cyber Essentials
10 21 (1.28%) SOC 2
11 13 (0.79%) HIPAA
12 11 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 11 (0.67%) GRC
13 8 (0.49%) NCSC
14 7 (0.43%) Actionable Recommendations
15 6 (0.37%) EU AI Act
15 6 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 42001
16 4 (0.24%) ISO 9001
17 3 (0.18%) JSP 440
18 2 (0.12%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 291 (17.77%) Docker
2 56 (3.42%) Active Directory
3 31 (1.89%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (1.28%) Hyper-V
5 16 (0.98%) Virtual Machines
6 12 (0.73%) vSphere
7 7 (0.43%) Firmware
8 4 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.18%) KVM
9 3 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.18%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.061%) Corosync
10 1 (0.061%) Dovecot
10 1 (0.061%) HDFS
10 1 (0.061%) Kamailio
10 1 (0.061%) Postfix
10 1 (0.061%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.061%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.061%) Xen
Systems Management
1 322 (19.66%) Kubernetes
2 306 (18.68%) Terraform
3 128 (7.81%) Ansible
4 87 (5.31%) Grafana
5 50 (3.05%) Prometheus
6 22 (1.34%) Microsoft Intune
7 20 (1.22%) Argo
8 16 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
9 10 (0.61%) Progress Chef
10 8 (0.49%) Kibana
11 7 (0.43%) Nmap
11 7 (0.43%) Puppet
11 7 (0.43%) SCOM
12 5 (0.31%) Cilium
12 5 (0.31%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 5 (0.31%) Proxmox
12 5 (0.31%) SCCM
12 5 (0.31%) WSUS
13 4 (0.24%) Autotask
14 3 (0.18%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 260 (15.87%) Microsoft
2 105 (6.41%) ServiceNow
3 88 (5.37%) Google
4 87 (5.31%) Oracle
5 52 (3.17%) VMware
6 39 (2.38%) Red Hat
6 39 (2.38%) Solace
7 34 (2.08%) IBM
8 31 (1.89%) Cisco
8 31 (1.89%) Databricks
9 23 (1.40%) SAP
10 18 (1.10%) Apple
10 18 (1.10%) Splunk
11 14 (0.85%) Informatica
11 14 (0.85%) Okta
12 13 (0.79%) Palo Alto
12 13 (0.79%) Salesforce
12 13 (0.79%) SolarWinds
12 13 (0.79%) Talend
13 12 (0.73%) OpenAI