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 19 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 13 9
Rank change year-on-year +4 -4 -3
Permanent jobs citing AWS 2,307 2,160 4,915
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 11.48% 14.00% 14.17%
As % of the Cloud Services category 30.33% 36.69% 33.57%
Number of salaries quoted 1,467 1,360 4,144
10th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £54,551 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,932 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.42% +7.14% -5.08%
75th Percentile £90,000 £105,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £132,500 £122,500
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 7,606 5,887 14,639
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.86% 38.15% 42.20%
Number of salaries quoted 5,338 4,281 12,182
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,750 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% +2.50% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -9.75%

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 19 June 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 61 (2.64%) Apache Airflow
2 42 (1.82%) Apache Spark
3 28 (1.21%) Apache
4 23 (1.00%) Microsoft Exchange
5 15 (0.65%) CMS
5 15 (0.65%) SharePoint
6 8 (0.35%) Confluence
6 8 (0.35%) IIS
7 7 (0.30%) Jupyter
7 7 (0.30%) nginx
8 6 (0.26%) Apache Solr
9 5 (0.22%) WordPress
10 4 (0.17%) Ethereum
11 3 (0.13%) Anypoint
11 3 (0.13%) Mule
12 2 (0.087%) ArcGIS
12 2 (0.087%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 2 (0.087%) Oracle Spatial
12 2 (0.087%) SAS
12 2 (0.087%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 78 (3.38%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 8 (0.35%) MS Visio
3 7 (0.30%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (0.22%) AutoCAD
5 5 (0.22%) Chatbot
5 5 (0.22%) DaVinci Resolve
6 3 (0.13%) Adobe Illustrator
6 3 (0.13%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.087%) PlantUML
8 1 (0.043%) EngageOne
8 1 (0.043%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (1.04%) Cloudability
2 5 (0.22%) Shopify
3 4 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.087%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.043%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.043%) Magento
6 1 (0.043%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.043%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.043%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 974 (42.22%) Azure
2 586 (25.40%) GCP
3 258 (11.18%) Serverless
4 225 (9.75%) SaaS
5 181 (7.85%) GitHub
6 166 (7.20%) Amazon S3
6 166 (7.20%) AWS Lambda
7 140 (6.07%) Microsoft 365
8 115 (4.98%) Amazon EKS
9 102 (4.42%) AWS CloudFormation
10 100 (4.33%) Amazon EC2
11 87 (3.77%) Amazon ECS
12 81 (3.51%) GitHub Actions
13 71 (3.08%) Amazon SQS
14 58 (2.51%) Azure DevOps
15 56 (2.43%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 49 (2.12%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 47 (2.04%) Entra ID
18 43 (1.86%) GitHub Copilot
19 41 (1.78%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 141 (6.11%) Broadband
2 136 (5.90%) Firewall
3 74 (3.21%) WAN
4 73 (3.16%) VPN
5 64 (2.77%) LAN
6 63 (2.73%) DNS
7 54 (2.34%) Network Security
8 48 (2.08%) Wi-Fi
9 41 (1.78%) TCP/IP
10 38 (1.65%) HTTP
11 37 (1.60%) DHCP
12 36 (1.56%) SD-WAN
13 31 (1.34%) Cisco ASA
14 30 (1.30%) VXLAN
15 27 (1.17%) Cisco Firepower
16 22 (0.95%) VLAN
17 20 (0.87%) BGP
18 18 (0.78%) MPLS
19 17 (0.74%) NGFW
20 16 (0.69%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 239 (10.36%) PostgreSQL
2 209 (9.06%) MongoDB
3 128 (5.55%) NoSQL
4 90 (3.90%) SQL Server
5 88 (3.81%) MySQL
6 81 (3.51%) Elasticsearch
7 65 (2.82%) Relational Database
8 62 (2.69%) Amazon RDS
8 62 (2.69%) DynamoDB
9 56 (2.43%) Metadata
10 49 (2.12%) Azure SQL Database
11 44 (1.91%) Data Warehouse
12 39 (1.69%) Amazon Athena
13 34 (1.47%) Redis
14 33 (1.43%) Amazon Redshift
15 30 (1.30%) BigQuery
16 27 (1.17%) Data Lake
17 26 (1.13%) Tableau
18 25 (1.08%) RDBMS
19 21 (0.91%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 124 (5.37%) Git
2 83 (3.60%) GitLab
3 79 (3.42%) Jenkins
4 58 (2.51%) TeamCity
5 50 (2.17%) Cypress.io
6 41 (1.78%) JIRA
7 23 (1.00%) Claude Code
8 18 (0.78%) Jaeger
9 15 (0.65%) CircleCI
9 15 (0.65%) JUnit
9 15 (0.65%) Selenium
10 14 (0.61%) Crashlytics
10 14 (0.61%) JMeter
10 14 (0.61%) Maven
10 14 (0.61%) XCTest
11 10 (0.43%) Postman
12 9 (0.39%) MLflow
12 9 (0.39%) Mockito
13 7 (0.30%) Cucumber
13 7 (0.30%) Storybook
General
1 547 (23.71%) Social Skills
2 501 (21.72%) Finance
3 252 (10.92%) Public Sector
4 238 (10.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 212 (9.19%) Banking
6 173 (7.50%) Law
7 137 (5.94%) Retail
8 128 (5.55%) Analytical Skills
9 63 (2.73%) Legal
10 50 (2.17%) Back Office
11 49 (2.12%) Financial Institution
11 49 (2.12%) Games
12 45 (1.95%) Influencing Skills
13 42 (1.82%) Front Office
14 41 (1.78%) French Language
15 28 (1.21%) Presentation Skills
16 27 (1.17%) Marketing
17 24 (1.04%) Swedish Language
18 23 (1.00%) Telecoms
19 21 (0.91%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 541 (23.45%) Senior
2 491 (21.28%) Developer
3 405 (17.56%) Software Engineer
4 316 (13.70%) Lead
5 257 (11.14%) Architect
6 155 (6.72%) AWS Engineer
7 141 (6.11%) Full-Stack Developer
8 117 (5.07%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 114 (4.94%) Senior Software Engineer
10 107 (4.64%) Analyst
11 104 (4.51%) Lead Software Engineer
12 100 (4.33%) DevOps Engineer
13 96 (4.16%) Cloud Engineer
14 95 (4.12%) Solutions Architect
15 93 (4.03%) Lead Developer
15 93 (4.03%) Software Developer
16 88 (3.81%) Engineering Manager
17 87 (3.77%) Consultant
17 87 (3.77%) Senior Developer
18 86 (3.73%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 405 (17.56%) React
2 332 (14.39%) Node.js
3 187 (8.11%) .NET
4 145 (6.29%) REST
5 125 (5.42%) Spring
6 121 (5.24%) Kafka
6 121 (5.24%) RESTful
7 114 (4.94%) CSS
8 103 (4.46%) Vue
9 91 (3.94%) AngularJS
10 89 (3.86%) Spring Boot
11 78 (3.38%) HTML
12 75 (3.25%) .NET Core
13 66 (2.86%) ASP.NET
14 58 (2.51%) ASP.NET Core
15 51 (2.21%) Redux
15 51 (2.21%) Ruby on Rails
16 49 (2.12%) gRPC
17 42 (1.82%) GraphQL
18 40 (1.73%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 384 (16.64%) Cloud Native
2 189 (8.19%) Product Ownership
3 173 (7.50%) Distributed Systems
4 96 (4.16%) Public Cloud
5 79 (3.42%) Video\Live Streaming
6 77 (3.34%) Greenfield Project
7 64 (2.77%) Data Centre
8 57 (2.47%) Onboarding
8 57 (2.47%) Security Posture
9 51 (2.21%) Blog
10 50 (2.17%) Management Information System
11 46 (1.99%) Over-the-Top Content
12 45 (1.95%) Enterprise Software
13 44 (1.91%) Fixed Income
13 44 (1.91%) Self-Motivation
14 42 (1.82%) Hybrid Cloud
14 42 (1.82%) Mobile App
15 40 (1.73%) PKI
16 36 (1.56%) Low-Code
17 34 (1.47%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 197 (8.54%) Linux
2 117 (5.07%) Windows
3 52 (2.25%) Windows Server
4 51 (2.21%) Unix
5 41 (1.78%) Apple iOS
6 28 (1.21%) Android
7 17 (0.74%) Windows 10
8 14 (0.61%) Windows Server 2016
9 11 (0.48%) Mac OS
9 11 (0.48%) Windows Server 2012
10 10 (0.43%) Windows Server 2019
11 7 (0.30%) Ubuntu
12 5 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 3 (0.13%) CentOS
14 2 (0.087%) Debian
15 1 (0.043%) FreeBSD
15 1 (0.043%) Mac OS X
15 1 (0.043%) OpenBSD
15 1 (0.043%) Windows 7
15 1 (0.043%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 805 (34.89%) CI/CD
2 720 (31.21%) Agile
3 710 (30.78%) Software Engineering
4 527 (22.84%) Mentoring
5 520 (22.54%) DevOps
6 477 (20.68%) Full-Stack Development
7 449 (19.46%) Microservices
8 428 (18.55%) AI
9 427 (18.51%) Infrastructure as Code
10 399 (17.30%) Continuous Improvement
11 384 (16.64%) Problem-Solving
12 339 (14.69%) Containerisation
13 335 (14.52%) Test Automation
14 318 (13.78%) Technical Leadership
15 303 (13.13%) Roadmaps
16 265 (11.49%) Coaching
17 243 (10.53%) Clean Code
18 230 (9.97%) Machine Learning
19 223 (9.67%) Observability
20 206 (8.93%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 648 (28.09%) Python
2 532 (23.06%) Java
3 380 (16.47%) TypeScript
4 362 (15.69%) JavaScript
5 322 (13.96%) SQL
6 239 (10.36%) C#
7 210 (9.10%) Go
8 116 (5.03%) Bash
9 76 (3.29%) Scala
10 71 (3.08%) C++
11 67 (2.90%) PHP
12 59 (2.56%) Ruby
13 49 (2.12%) PowerShell
14 34 (1.47%) Kotlin
15 28 (1.21%) Rust
16 15 (0.65%) Bicep
17 14 (0.61%) PL/SQL
17 14 (0.61%) Swift
18 9 (0.39%) Groovy
19 7 (0.30%) C
Qualifications
1 311 (13.48%) Security Cleared
2 274 (11.88%) Degree
3 261 (11.31%) SC Cleared
4 186 (8.06%) AWS Certification
5 88 (3.81%) Microsoft Certification
6 78 (3.38%) Computer Science Degree
7 72 (3.12%) MCSE
8 61 (2.64%) CISSP
9 56 (2.43%) Azure Certification
10 47 (2.04%) DV Cleared
11 39 (1.69%) CISM
12 37 (1.60%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 31 (1.34%) Cisco Certification
14 27 (1.17%) DBS Check
15 23 (1.00%) CREST Certified
16 20 (0.87%) CCNP
17 19 (0.82%) TOGAF Certification
18 17 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
18 17 (0.74%) OSCP
19 15 (0.65%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 171 (7.41%) QA
2 90 (3.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 66 (2.86%) NIST
4 57 (2.47%) Data Quality
5 53 (2.30%) Accessibility
6 43 (1.86%) GDPR
7 38 (1.65%) PCI DSS
8 27 (1.17%) GRC
8 27 (1.17%) NCSC
9 17 (0.74%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 16 (0.69%) SOC 2
11 14 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
12 13 (0.56%) JSP 440
13 11 (0.48%) ISO 9001
14 9 (0.39%) SLA
15 8 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
15 8 (0.35%) WCAG
16 7 (0.30%) Government Security Classifications
16 7 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 42001
17 6 (0.26%) PMO
System Software
1 418 (18.12%) Docker
2 62 (2.69%) Active Directory
3 38 (1.65%) Hyper-V
3 38 (1.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (0.87%) Virtual Machines
5 18 (0.78%) vSphere
6 6 (0.26%) Firmware
6 6 (0.26%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 6 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
7 5 (0.22%) KVM
8 3 (0.13%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.087%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 2 (0.087%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.043%) iptables
10 1 (0.043%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.043%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 414 (17.95%) Terraform
2 369 (15.99%) Kubernetes
3 141 (6.11%) Ansible
4 117 (5.07%) Grafana
5 63 (2.73%) Prometheus
6 42 (1.82%) Argo
7 22 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
8 18 (0.78%) Kustomize
9 16 (0.69%) Proxmox
10 14 (0.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 14 (0.61%) Progress Chef
11 13 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
12 12 (0.52%) Istio
12 12 (0.52%) Podman
13 10 (0.43%) Puppet
14 9 (0.39%) Cisco CUCM
14 9 (0.39%) Packer
15 7 (0.30%) ZABBIX
16 6 (0.26%) EMC NetWorker
16 6 (0.26%) Nmap
Vendors
1 353 (15.30%) Microsoft
2 111 (4.81%) Google
3 101 (4.38%) ServiceNow
4 68 (2.95%) Cisco
5 65 (2.82%) VMware
6 51 (2.21%) Oracle
7 45 (1.95%) Typelevel
8 40 (1.73%) Apple
9 35 (1.52%) Adobe
9 35 (1.52%) Databricks
10 34 (1.47%) Fortinet
10 34 (1.47%) Splunk
11 33 (1.43%) Palo Alto
12 32 (1.39%) SolarWinds
13 23 (1.00%) Salesforce
14 22 (0.95%) SAP
15 20 (0.87%) Aruba
16 18 (0.78%) CheckPoint
16 18 (0.78%) Dynatrace
17 17 (0.74%) Arista