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 5 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
5 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 9 9
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 -3
Permanent jobs citing AWS 2,054 2,125 4,458
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 12.08% 16.51% 14.17%
As % of the Cloud Services category 31.21% 35.32% 31.99%
Number of salaries quoted 1,323 1,614 3,897
10th Percentile £45,850 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £53,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,801 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.79% +3.57% -3.45%
75th Percentile £90,000 £97,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £109,500 £122,500 £112,500
UK median annual salary £70,079 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.34% +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 6,582 6,016 13,935
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.72% 46.74% 44.31%
Number of salaries quoted 4,448 4,701 12,033
10th Percentile £33,175 £33,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £63,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.79% +5.00% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%

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 5 April 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 78 (3.80%) Apache Airflow
2 36 (1.75%) Apache Spark
3 27 (1.31%) Apache
4 21 (1.02%) Microsoft Exchange
5 16 (0.78%) CMS
6 13 (0.63%) Confluence
6 13 (0.63%) SharePoint
7 12 (0.58%) nginx
8 9 (0.44%) WordPress
9 6 (0.29%) Drupal
9 6 (0.29%) Ethereum
10 5 (0.24%) Anypoint
10 5 (0.24%) Apache Pulsar
11 4 (0.19%) ArcGIS
11 4 (0.19%) GeoServer
11 4 (0.19%) Oracle Spatial
11 4 (0.19%) SAS
11 4 (0.19%) Tomcat
11 4 (0.19%) WebSphere
11 4 (0.19%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 107 (5.21%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (0.24%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
6 4 (0.19%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.19%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.15%) AutoCAD
7 3 (0.15%) DaVinci Resolve
8 1 (0.049%) EngageOne
8 1 (0.049%) Notion
Business Applications
1 12 (0.58%) Shopify
2 8 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.15%) Cloudability
5 2 (0.097%) Magento
5 2 (0.097%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.097%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.049%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.049%) Sprinklr
6 1 (0.049%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 873 (42.50%) Azure
2 566 (27.56%) GCP
3 275 (13.39%) Serverless
4 256 (12.46%) SaaS
5 198 (9.64%) GitHub
6 182 (8.86%) Amazon S3
6 182 (8.86%) AWS Lambda
7 160 (7.79%) Microsoft 365
8 142 (6.91%) Amazon EKS
9 104 (5.06%) AWS CloudFormation
10 98 (4.77%) GitHub Actions
11 86 (4.19%) Amazon EC2
12 85 (4.14%) Amazon ECS
13 75 (3.65%) Amazon SQS
14 69 (3.36%) Entra ID
15 66 (3.21%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 53 (2.58%) dbt
17 50 (2.43%) Azure DevOps
18 47 (2.29%) Snowflake
19 39 (1.90%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 130 (6.33%) Firewall
2 97 (4.72%) Broadband
3 61 (2.97%) VPN
4 60 (2.92%) WAN
5 53 (2.58%) DNS
5 53 (2.58%) LAN
6 51 (2.48%) TCP/IP
7 47 (2.29%) Wi-Fi
8 45 (2.19%) Network Security
9 29 (1.41%) SD-WAN
10 28 (1.36%) DHCP
11 27 (1.31%) Cisco ASA
12 26 (1.27%) VXLAN
13 25 (1.22%) HTTP
13 25 (1.22%) VLAN
14 22 (1.07%) BGP
14 22 (1.07%) Cisco Firepower
15 20 (0.97%) SSL
16 18 (0.88%) NGFW
17 16 (0.78%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 182 (8.86%) PostgreSQL
2 128 (6.23%) NoSQL
3 103 (5.01%) MongoDB
3 103 (5.01%) SQL Server
4 82 (3.99%) MySQL
5 76 (3.70%) Amazon RDS
6 62 (3.02%) Relational Database
7 55 (2.68%) Data Warehouse
8 53 (2.58%) DynamoDB
9 48 (2.34%) Metadata
10 46 (2.24%) Elasticsearch
11 45 (2.19%) BigQuery
12 42 (2.04%) Amazon Redshift
13 35 (1.70%) Amazon Athena
13 35 (1.70%) Data Lake
14 32 (1.56%) Tableau
15 29 (1.41%) Redis
16 24 (1.17%) Apache Iceberg
17 23 (1.12%) RDBMS
18 21 (1.02%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 127 (6.18%) Git
2 98 (4.77%) Jenkins
3 80 (3.89%) GitLab
4 63 (3.07%) TeamCity
5 46 (2.24%) Cypress.io
6 38 (1.85%) JIRA
7 21 (1.02%) Selenium
8 19 (0.93%) Jaeger
9 15 (0.73%) JMeter
10 14 (0.68%) Bitbucket
10 14 (0.68%) CircleCI
10 14 (0.68%) Cucumber
10 14 (0.68%) SonarQube
11 13 (0.63%) MLflow
12 10 (0.49%) JUnit
12 10 (0.49%) Subversion
13 9 (0.44%) Crashlytics
13 9 (0.44%) XCTest
14 8 (0.39%) Burp Suite
14 8 (0.39%) Vite
General
1 604 (29.41%) Social Skills
2 464 (22.59%) Finance
3 230 (11.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 202 (9.83%) Banking
5 192 (9.35%) Public Sector
6 175 (8.52%) Law
7 168 (8.18%) Retail
8 127 (6.18%) Analytical Skills
9 88 (4.28%) French Language
10 72 (3.51%) Financial Institution
11 63 (3.07%) Back Office
12 58 (2.82%) Telecoms
13 57 (2.78%) Front Office
14 52 (2.53%) Legal
15 51 (2.48%) Swedish Language
16 50 (2.43%) Games
17 46 (2.24%) Influencing Skills
18 35 (1.70%) Marketing
19 33 (1.61%) Tech for Good
20 28 (1.36%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 466 (22.69%) Senior
2 397 (19.33%) Developer
3 339 (16.50%) Software Engineer
4 287 (13.97%) Lead
5 204 (9.93%) Architect
6 130 (6.33%) Analyst
7 125 (6.09%) AWS Engineer
8 123 (5.99%) Full-Stack Developer
9 105 (5.11%) Senior Software Engineer
10 98 (4.77%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 96 (4.67%) Lead Developer
12 91 (4.43%) DevOps Engineer
12 91 (4.43%) Java Engineer
13 90 (4.38%) Data Engineer
14 88 (4.28%) Service Analyst
14 88 (4.28%) Service Desk Analyst
15 79 (3.85%) Cloud Engineer
16 75 (3.65%) Java Software Engineer
16 75 (3.65%) Lead Software Engineer
17 74 (3.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 371 (18.06%) React
2 241 (11.73%) Node.js
3 152 (7.40%) .NET
4 147 (7.16%) Kafka
5 126 (6.13%) RESTful
6 118 (5.74%) REST
7 110 (5.36%) Spring
8 109 (5.31%) CSS
9 95 (4.63%) Spring Boot
10 85 (4.14%) HTML
11 76 (3.70%) Vue
12 72 (3.51%) gRPC
13 71 (3.46%) AngularJS
14 63 (3.07%) Django
15 52 (2.53%) Redux
16 50 (2.43%) .NET Core
17 48 (2.34%) Elastic Stack
18 40 (1.95%) GraphQL
19 39 (1.90%) JSON
19 39 (1.90%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 311 (15.14%) Cloud Native
2 152 (7.40%) Distributed Systems
3 129 (6.28%) Product Ownership
4 79 (3.85%) Public Cloud
5 65 (3.16%) Onboarding
6 62 (3.02%) Management Information System
7 61 (2.97%) Data Centre
8 57 (2.78%) Blog
9 55 (2.68%) Enterprise Software
10 54 (2.63%) Security Posture
10 54 (2.63%) Video\Live Streaming
11 51 (2.48%) Fixed Income
12 48 (2.34%) Greenfield Project
13 45 (2.19%) Over-the-Top Content
14 43 (2.09%) Mobile App
14 43 (2.09%) Self-Motivation
15 38 (1.85%) Hybrid Cloud
16 37 (1.80%) Legacy Systems
17 34 (1.66%) Data Structures
18 33 (1.61%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 201 (9.79%) Linux
2 105 (5.11%) Windows
3 67 (3.26%) Unix
4 54 (2.63%) Windows Server
5 50 (2.43%) Android
6 49 (2.39%) Apple iOS
7 26 (1.27%) Windows 10
8 21 (1.02%) Mac OS
9 18 (0.88%) Windows Server 2012
9 18 (0.88%) Windows Server 2016
10 15 (0.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 15 (0.73%) Windows Server 2019
11 10 (0.49%) Ubuntu
12 7 (0.34%) CentOS
13 2 (0.097%) VMS
14 1 (0.049%) Debian
14 1 (0.049%) FreeBSD
14 1 (0.049%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.049%) OpenBSD
14 1 (0.049%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 706 (34.37%) CI/CD
2 607 (29.55%) Agile
3 587 (28.58%) Software Engineering
4 540 (26.29%) DevOps
5 453 (22.05%) Mentoring
6 377 (18.35%) Microservices
7 360 (17.53%) Full-Stack Development
8 359 (17.48%) Infrastructure as Code
9 358 (17.43%) Problem-Solving
10 325 (15.82%) AI
11 319 (15.53%) Continuous Improvement
12 305 (14.85%) Containerisation
13 253 (12.32%) Test Automation
14 243 (11.83%) Coaching
14 243 (11.83%) Roadmaps
15 211 (10.27%) Technical Leadership
16 196 (9.54%) Clean Code
17 181 (8.81%) Machine Learning
18 174 (8.47%) Computer Science
19 166 (8.08%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 633 (30.82%) Python
2 514 (25.02%) Java
3 319 (15.53%) JavaScript
4 315 (15.34%) TypeScript
5 303 (14.75%) SQL
6 215 (10.47%) Go
7 206 (10.03%) C#
8 126 (6.13%) Bash
9 80 (3.89%) PHP
10 71 (3.46%) Scala
11 59 (2.87%) C++
12 51 (2.48%) PowerShell
13 31 (1.51%) Kotlin
13 31 (1.51%) Ruby
14 24 (1.17%) Rust
15 15 (0.73%) Bicep
16 14 (0.68%) Shell Script
17 9 (0.44%) PL/SQL
17 9 (0.44%) Swift
18 8 (0.39%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 347 (16.89%) Degree
2 229 (11.15%) Security Cleared
3 222 (10.81%) AWS Certification
4 195 (9.49%) SC Cleared
5 139 (6.77%) Microsoft Certification
6 120 (5.84%) Computer Science Degree
7 110 (5.36%) MCSE
8 64 (3.12%) Azure Certification
9 52 (2.53%) CISSP
10 42 (2.04%) DV Cleared
11 38 (1.85%) Cisco Certification
12 36 (1.75%) CREST Certified
13 33 (1.61%) TOGAF Certification
14 31 (1.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 29 (1.41%) CISM
16 25 (1.22%) DBS Check
16 25 (1.22%) OSCP
17 22 (1.07%) CCNP
17 22 (1.07%) Master's Degree
18 21 (1.02%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 188 (9.15%) QA
2 92 (4.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 58 (2.82%) NIST
4 57 (2.78%) GDPR
5 50 (2.43%) PCI DSS
6 44 (2.14%) Accessibility
7 43 (2.09%) Data Quality
8 34 (1.66%) GRC
9 33 (1.61%) SOC 2
10 29 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials
11 23 (1.12%) SLA
12 16 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
12 16 (0.78%) NCSC
13 15 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 13 (0.63%) JSP 440
15 10 (0.49%) ISO 9001
15 10 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 42001
16 8 (0.39%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 7 (0.34%) Government Security Classifications
18 6 (0.29%) EU AI Act
System Software
1 415 (20.20%) Docker
2 74 (3.60%) Active Directory
3 36 (1.75%) Hyper-V
4 30 (1.46%) VMware Infrastructure
5 15 (0.73%) Virtual Machines
6 14 (0.68%) vSphere
7 7 (0.34%) Firmware
8 5 (0.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 5 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
8 5 (0.24%) VMware NSX
9 4 (0.19%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 2 (0.097%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.049%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.049%) KVM
11 1 (0.049%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.049%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 413 (20.11%) Terraform
2 381 (18.55%) Kubernetes
3 154 (7.50%) Ansible
4 141 (6.86%) Grafana
5 78 (3.80%) Prometheus
6 45 (2.19%) Argo
7 30 (1.46%) Microsoft Intune
8 29 (1.41%) Single Sign-On
9 19 (0.93%) Kustomize
10 18 (0.88%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 8 (0.39%) Istio
11 8 (0.39%) Nmap
11 8 (0.39%) Proxmox
12 7 (0.34%) Puppet
13 6 (0.29%) Cisco CUCM
13 6 (0.29%) Kibana
13 6 (0.29%) Podman
13 6 (0.29%) Progress Chef
14 5 (0.24%) AWS Copilot
14 5 (0.24%) Packer
Vendors
1 296 (14.41%) Microsoft
2 135 (6.57%) Google
3 108 (5.26%) ServiceNow
4 65 (3.16%) Cisco
5 59 (2.87%) VMware
6 57 (2.78%) Oracle
7 45 (2.19%) Typelevel
8 33 (1.61%) Apple
8 33 (1.61%) Splunk
9 32 (1.56%) Databricks
10 29 (1.41%) Red Hat
11 28 (1.36%) Fortinet
11 28 (1.36%) Palo Alto
11 28 (1.36%) Salesforce
12 25 (1.22%) Adobe
12 25 (1.22%) SAP
13 24 (1.17%) SolarWinds
14 18 (0.88%) Okta
15 16 (0.78%) Dell
16 15 (0.73%) IBM
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