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

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 9 9
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 -2
Permanent jobs citing AWS 2,004 2,184 4,399
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 11.87% 16.98% 14.24%
As % of the Cloud Services category 31.01% 35.92% 31.86%
Number of salaries quoted 1,301 1,623 3,864
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £53,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,830 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.21% +3.57% -3.45%
75th Percentile £90,000 £96,250 £87,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £119,750 £112,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% +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 6,462 6,080 13,809
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.29% 47.27% 44.71%
Number of salaries quoted 4,374 4,699 11,972
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,231 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £64,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.34% +6.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £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 28 March 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 72 (3.59%) Apache Airflow
2 39 (1.95%) Apache Spark
3 28 (1.40%) Apache
4 22 (1.10%) Microsoft Exchange
5 16 (0.80%) CMS
6 12 (0.60%) Confluence
6 12 (0.60%) nginx
6 12 (0.60%) SharePoint
7 9 (0.45%) WordPress
8 6 (0.30%) Drupal
8 6 (0.30%) Tomcat
8 6 (0.30%) WebSphere
8 6 (0.30%) WebSphere Application Server
9 5 (0.25%) Anypoint
9 5 (0.25%) Apache Pulsar
9 5 (0.25%) Ethereum
10 4 (0.20%) SAS
11 3 (0.15%) ArcGIS
11 3 (0.15%) IIS
11 3 (0.15%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 107 (5.34%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (0.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (0.25%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.20%) Adobe Illustrator
6 4 (0.20%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.100%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.050%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.050%) DaVinci Resolve
8 1 (0.050%) EngageOne
8 1 (0.050%) Notion
Business Applications
1 12 (0.60%) Shopify
2 10 (0.50%) Oracle ERP
3 8 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.100%) Magento
5 2 (0.100%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.050%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.050%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.050%) Sprinklr
6 1 (0.050%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 859 (42.86%) Azure
2 548 (27.35%) GCP
3 278 (13.87%) Serverless
4 252 (12.57%) SaaS
5 196 (9.78%) GitHub
6 187 (9.33%) AWS Lambda
7 185 (9.23%) Amazon S3
8 162 (8.08%) Microsoft 365
9 136 (6.79%) Amazon EKS
10 106 (5.29%) AWS CloudFormation
11 96 (4.79%) GitHub Actions
12 86 (4.29%) Amazon EC2
13 81 (4.04%) Amazon ECS
14 74 (3.69%) Amazon SQS
15 70 (3.49%) Entra ID
16 67 (3.34%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 52 (2.59%) Azure DevOps
17 52 (2.59%) dbt
18 45 (2.25%) Snowflake
19 40 (2.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 126 (6.29%) Firewall
2 98 (4.89%) Broadband
3 59 (2.94%) VPN
4 58 (2.89%) WAN
5 51 (2.54%) LAN
6 50 (2.50%) DNS
6 50 (2.50%) TCP/IP
7 47 (2.35%) Wi-Fi
8 45 (2.25%) Network Security
9 28 (1.40%) SD-WAN
10 27 (1.35%) DHCP
11 26 (1.30%) Cisco ASA
11 26 (1.30%) VXLAN
12 23 (1.15%) VLAN
13 21 (1.05%) BGP
13 21 (1.05%) Cisco Firepower
13 21 (1.05%) SSL
14 20 (1.00%) HTTP
15 18 (0.90%) NGFW
16 16 (0.80%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 179 (8.93%) PostgreSQL
2 125 (6.24%) NoSQL
3 104 (5.19%) SQL Server
4 101 (5.04%) MongoDB
5 83 (4.14%) MySQL
6 79 (3.94%) Amazon RDS
7 60 (2.99%) Relational Database
8 56 (2.79%) Data Warehouse
9 53 (2.64%) DynamoDB
10 48 (2.40%) Metadata
11 45 (2.25%) Elasticsearch
12 43 (2.15%) BigQuery
13 42 (2.10%) Amazon Redshift
14 35 (1.75%) Data Lake
15 34 (1.70%) Amazon Athena
16 33 (1.65%) Tableau
17 28 (1.40%) Redis
18 26 (1.30%) Apache Iceberg
19 22 (1.10%) Power BI
19 22 (1.10%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 122 (6.09%) Git
2 102 (5.09%) Jenkins
3 79 (3.94%) GitLab
4 61 (3.04%) TeamCity
5 47 (2.35%) Cypress.io
6 38 (1.90%) JIRA
7 21 (1.05%) Selenium
8 19 (0.95%) Jaeger
9 15 (0.75%) CircleCI
9 15 (0.75%) JMeter
10 14 (0.70%) Bitbucket
10 14 (0.70%) Cucumber
11 13 (0.65%) MLflow
11 13 (0.65%) SonarQube
12 10 (0.50%) JUnit
12 10 (0.50%) Oracle Forms
13 9 (0.45%) Crashlytics
13 9 (0.45%) Subversion
13 9 (0.45%) XCTest
14 8 (0.40%) Storybook
General
1 603 (30.09%) Social Skills
2 450 (22.46%) Finance
3 220 (10.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 189 (9.43%) Banking
5 185 (9.23%) Public Sector
6 164 (8.18%) Law
6 164 (8.18%) Retail
7 129 (6.44%) Analytical Skills
8 88 (4.39%) French Language
9 71 (3.54%) Financial Institution
10 61 (3.04%) Back Office
11 57 (2.84%) Front Office
11 57 (2.84%) Telecoms
12 52 (2.59%) Legal
13 51 (2.54%) Swedish Language
14 50 (2.50%) Games
15 44 (2.20%) Influencing Skills
16 35 (1.75%) Marketing
17 33 (1.65%) Tech for Good
18 30 (1.50%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 453 (22.60%) Senior
2 390 (19.46%) Developer
3 320 (15.97%) Software Engineer
4 278 (13.87%) Lead
5 200 (9.98%) Architect
6 127 (6.34%) Analyst
7 123 (6.14%) Full-Stack Developer
8 117 (5.84%) AWS Engineer
9 99 (4.94%) Senior Software Engineer
10 98 (4.89%) Lead Developer
11 94 (4.69%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 89 (4.44%) Data Engineer
12 89 (4.44%) DevOps Engineer
13 88 (4.39%) Service Analyst
13 88 (4.39%) Service Desk Analyst
14 87 (4.34%) Java Engineer
15 78 (3.89%) Cloud Engineer
16 73 (3.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 71 (3.54%) Java Software Engineer
18 70 (3.49%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 358 (17.86%) React
2 233 (11.63%) Node.js
3 149 (7.44%) .NET
4 144 (7.19%) Kafka
5 127 (6.34%) RESTful
6 108 (5.39%) REST
7 107 (5.34%) CSS
8 106 (5.29%) Spring
9 93 (4.64%) Spring Boot
10 82 (4.09%) HTML
11 72 (3.59%) gRPC
11 72 (3.59%) Vue
12 67 (3.34%) AngularJS
13 60 (2.99%) Django
14 54 (2.69%) Redux
15 49 (2.45%) .NET Core
16 46 (2.30%) Elastic Stack
17 40 (2.00%) GraphQL
17 40 (2.00%) JSON
18 35 (1.75%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 304 (15.17%) Cloud Native
2 151 (7.53%) Distributed Systems
3 119 (5.94%) Product Ownership
4 73 (3.64%) Public Cloud
5 63 (3.14%) Management Information System
6 62 (3.09%) Data Centre
6 62 (3.09%) Onboarding
7 59 (2.94%) Enterprise Software
8 56 (2.79%) Blog
9 54 (2.69%) Video\Live Streaming
10 52 (2.59%) Security Posture
11 51 (2.54%) Fixed Income
12 45 (2.25%) Greenfield Project
12 45 (2.25%) Over-the-Top Content
13 42 (2.10%) Self-Motivation
14 40 (2.00%) Mobile App
15 39 (1.95%) Legacy Systems
16 36 (1.80%) Hybrid Cloud
17 33 (1.65%) Data Structures
17 33 (1.65%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 204 (10.18%) Linux
2 107 (5.34%) Windows
3 72 (3.59%) Unix
4 54 (2.69%) Windows Server
5 49 (2.45%) Android
6 48 (2.40%) Apple iOS
7 26 (1.30%) Windows 10
8 21 (1.05%) Mac OS
9 18 (0.90%) Windows Server 2012
9 18 (0.90%) Windows Server 2016
10 17 (0.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 15 (0.75%) Windows Server 2019
12 9 (0.45%) Ubuntu
13 7 (0.35%) CentOS
14 3 (0.15%) VMS
15 1 (0.050%) Debian
15 1 (0.050%) FreeBSD
15 1 (0.050%) Mac OS X
15 1 (0.050%) OpenBSD
15 1 (0.050%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 695 (34.68%) CI/CD
2 590 (29.44%) Agile
3 557 (27.79%) Software Engineering
4 534 (26.65%) DevOps
5 453 (22.60%) Mentoring
6 373 (18.61%) Microservices
7 350 (17.47%) Problem-Solving
8 349 (17.42%) Infrastructure as Code
9 348 (17.37%) Full-Stack Development
10 315 (15.72%) AI
11 310 (15.47%) Continuous Improvement
12 300 (14.97%) Containerisation
13 245 (12.23%) Coaching
14 242 (12.08%) Test Automation
15 235 (11.73%) Roadmaps
16 203 (10.13%) Technical Leadership
17 192 (9.58%) Clean Code
18 181 (9.03%) Machine Learning
19 176 (8.78%) Computer Science
20 168 (8.38%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 627 (31.29%) Python
2 498 (24.85%) Java
3 309 (15.42%) JavaScript
4 302 (15.07%) TypeScript
5 296 (14.77%) SQL
6 211 (10.53%) Go
7 203 (10.13%) C#
8 125 (6.24%) Bash
9 80 (3.99%) PHP
10 71 (3.54%) Scala
11 58 (2.89%) C++
12 52 (2.59%) PowerShell
13 29 (1.45%) Kotlin
13 29 (1.45%) Ruby
14 22 (1.10%) Rust
15 15 (0.75%) Bicep
15 15 (0.75%) Shell Script
16 10 (0.50%) PL/SQL
17 9 (0.45%) Swift
18 8 (0.40%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 349 (17.42%) Degree
2 227 (11.33%) AWS Certification
3 222 (11.08%) Security Cleared
4 189 (9.43%) SC Cleared
5 142 (7.09%) Microsoft Certification
6 125 (6.24%) Computer Science Degree
7 110 (5.49%) MCSE
8 67 (3.34%) Azure Certification
9 51 (2.54%) CISSP
10 42 (2.10%) DV Cleared
11 38 (1.90%) Cisco Certification
12 35 (1.75%) CREST Certified
13 34 (1.70%) TOGAF Certification
14 33 (1.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 28 (1.40%) CISM
16 24 (1.20%) Master's Degree
17 23 (1.15%) DBS Check
17 23 (1.15%) OSCP
18 22 (1.10%) CCNP
19 21 (1.05%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 186 (9.28%) QA
2 91 (4.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 57 (2.84%) GDPR
4 56 (2.79%) NIST
5 50 (2.50%) PCI DSS
6 43 (2.15%) Data Quality
7 39 (1.95%) Accessibility
8 33 (1.65%) GRC
9 32 (1.60%) SOC 2
10 29 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials
11 27 (1.35%) SLA
12 16 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 15 (0.75%) Actionable Recommendations
13 15 (0.75%) NCSC
14 13 (0.65%) JSP 440
15 10 (0.50%) ISO 9001
16 9 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 42001
17 7 (0.35%) Government Security Classifications
17 7 (0.35%) HMG Security Policy Framework
18 6 (0.30%) EU AI Act
System Software
1 407 (20.31%) Docker
2 80 (3.99%) Active Directory
3 36 (1.80%) Hyper-V
4 32 (1.60%) VMware Infrastructure
5 15 (0.75%) Virtual Machines
5 15 (0.75%) vSphere
6 7 (0.35%) Firmware
7 6 (0.30%) VMware NSX
8 5 (0.25%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 5 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (0.20%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 3 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.050%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.050%) KVM
11 1 (0.050%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.050%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 403 (20.11%) Terraform
2 366 (18.26%) Kubernetes
3 151 (7.53%) Ansible
4 137 (6.84%) Grafana
5 76 (3.79%) Prometheus
6 44 (2.20%) Argo
7 31 (1.55%) Single Sign-On
8 30 (1.50%) Microsoft Intune
9 19 (0.95%) Kustomize
10 18 (0.90%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 8 (0.40%) Istio
11 8 (0.40%) Nmap
11 8 (0.40%) Proxmox
12 6 (0.30%) Kibana
12 6 (0.30%) Podman
12 6 (0.30%) Puppet
13 5 (0.25%) AWS Copilot
13 5 (0.25%) Cisco CUCM
13 5 (0.25%) Packer
13 5 (0.25%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 283 (14.12%) Microsoft
2 136 (6.79%) Google
3 106 (5.29%) ServiceNow
4 63 (3.14%) Cisco
5 60 (2.99%) VMware
6 56 (2.79%) Oracle
7 45 (2.25%) Typelevel
8 34 (1.70%) Databricks
9 30 (1.50%) Apple
9 30 (1.50%) Red Hat
9 30 (1.50%) Splunk
10 26 (1.30%) Fortinet
10 26 (1.30%) Palo Alto
10 26 (1.30%) Salesforce
11 25 (1.25%) SAP
12 20 (1.00%) Adobe
12 20 (1.00%) Okta
12 20 (1.00%) SolarWinds
13 18 (0.90%) Dell
13 18 (0.90%) IBM