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

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 10 9
Rank change year-on-year +3 -1 -2
Permanent jobs citing AWS 2,127 2,331 4,579
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 11.60% 16.22% 14.08%
As % of the Cloud Services category 30.57% 37.51% 32.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,351 1,530 3,936
10th Percentile £46,446 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £53,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,250 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.35% +3.21% -3.45%
75th Percentile £90,000 £102,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £103,750 £132,500 £115,000
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 6,958 6,215 13,974
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.94% 43.25% 42.98%
Number of salaries quoted 4,758 4,583 11,959
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £35,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.40% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £109,750 £97,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -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 9 May 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 73 (3.43%) Apache Airflow
2 42 (1.97%) Apache Spark
3 26 (1.22%) Apache
4 21 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
5 17 (0.80%) CMS
6 14 (0.66%) Confluence
7 13 (0.61%) SharePoint
8 12 (0.56%) nginx
9 7 (0.33%) Apache Solr
9 7 (0.33%) WordPress
10 5 (0.24%) Drupal
10 5 (0.24%) Ethereum
11 4 (0.19%) ArcGIS
11 4 (0.19%) GeoServer
11 4 (0.19%) Oracle Spatial
12 3 (0.14%) Apache Pulsar
12 3 (0.14%) OpenStack
12 3 (0.14%) SAS
13 2 (0.094%) Camunda
13 2 (0.094%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 79 (3.71%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (0.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.33%) MS Visio
5 6 (0.28%) Chatbot
5 6 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.24%) AutoCAD
6 5 (0.24%) DaVinci Resolve
7 4 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
7 4 (0.19%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.047%) EngageOne
8 1 (0.047%) Notion
8 1 (0.047%) Trello
Business Applications
1 22 (1.03%) Cloudability
2 7 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
3 6 (0.28%) Shopify
4 4 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.14%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.094%) SAP HR
7 1 (0.047%) Magento
7 1 (0.047%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.047%) Sprinklr
7 1 (0.047%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 890 (41.84%) Azure
2 573 (26.94%) GCP
3 274 (12.88%) Serverless
4 228 (10.72%) SaaS
5 181 (8.51%) GitHub
6 177 (8.32%) AWS Lambda
7 172 (8.09%) Amazon S3
8 129 (6.06%) Microsoft 365
9 117 (5.50%) Amazon EKS
10 90 (4.23%) Amazon EC2
10 90 (4.23%) AWS CloudFormation
11 86 (4.04%) GitHub Actions
12 78 (3.67%) Amazon ECS
13 76 (3.57%) Amazon SQS
14 58 (2.73%) Azure DevOps
15 53 (2.49%) Entra ID
16 52 (2.44%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 44 (2.07%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 42 (1.97%) Snowflake
19 39 (1.83%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 131 (6.16%) Firewall
2 128 (6.02%) Broadband
3 74 (3.48%) WAN
4 65 (3.06%) LAN
5 63 (2.96%) VPN
6 55 (2.59%) DNS
7 49 (2.30%) Wi-Fi
8 47 (2.21%) Network Security
9 41 (1.93%) TCP/IP
10 39 (1.83%) HTTP
10 39 (1.83%) SD-WAN
11 35 (1.65%) Cisco ASA
12 32 (1.50%) VXLAN
13 30 (1.41%) Cisco Firepower
14 28 (1.32%) DHCP
15 23 (1.08%) BGP
16 22 (1.03%) VLAN
17 21 (0.99%) MPLS
18 20 (0.94%) OSPF
19 19 (0.89%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 208 (9.78%) PostgreSQL
2 151 (7.10%) MongoDB
3 120 (5.64%) NoSQL
4 99 (4.65%) SQL Server
5 72 (3.39%) MySQL
6 66 (3.10%) Amazon RDS
7 60 (2.82%) DynamoDB
8 55 (2.59%) Elasticsearch
8 55 (2.59%) Relational Database
9 53 (2.49%) Metadata
10 49 (2.30%) Data Warehouse
11 42 (1.97%) BigQuery
12 41 (1.93%) Amazon Redshift
13 35 (1.65%) Amazon Athena
14 28 (1.32%) Tableau
15 27 (1.27%) Redis
16 26 (1.22%) Data Lake
17 22 (1.03%) RDBMS
18 20 (0.94%) Apache Iceberg
19 18 (0.85%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 123 (5.78%) Git
2 84 (3.95%) Jenkins
3 79 (3.71%) GitLab
4 55 (2.59%) Cypress.io
5 51 (2.40%) TeamCity
6 42 (1.97%) JIRA
7 20 (0.94%) CircleCI
8 19 (0.89%) Jaeger
9 15 (0.71%) JMeter
10 14 (0.66%) Bitbucket
10 14 (0.66%) Selenium
11 13 (0.61%) MLflow
12 12 (0.56%) Crashlytics
12 12 (0.56%) SonarQube
12 12 (0.56%) XCTest
13 11 (0.52%) Claude Code
14 10 (0.47%) Maven
15 8 (0.38%) Vite
16 7 (0.33%) Locust
16 7 (0.33%) Storybook
General
1 521 (24.49%) Social Skills
2 452 (21.25%) Finance
3 236 (11.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 219 (10.30%) Public Sector
5 189 (8.89%) Banking
6 167 (7.85%) Law
7 132 (6.21%) Retail
8 122 (5.74%) Analytical Skills
9 54 (2.54%) French Language
10 51 (2.40%) Front Office
10 51 (2.40%) Legal
11 49 (2.30%) Influencing Skills
12 47 (2.21%) Back Office
12 47 (2.21%) Financial Institution
13 42 (1.97%) Telecoms
14 41 (1.93%) Games
15 31 (1.46%) Tech for Good
16 30 (1.41%) Health Technology
17 29 (1.36%) Marketing
17 29 (1.36%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 496 (23.32%) Senior
2 425 (19.98%) Developer
3 353 (16.60%) Software Engineer
4 288 (13.54%) Lead
5 224 (10.53%) Architect
6 142 (6.68%) AWS Engineer
7 125 (5.88%) Full-Stack Developer
8 117 (5.50%) Analyst
8 117 (5.50%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 102 (4.80%) Senior Software Engineer
10 99 (4.65%) DevOps Engineer
11 94 (4.42%) Data Engineer
12 93 (4.37%) Lead Developer
13 87 (4.09%) Java Engineer
14 84 (3.95%) Lead Software Engineer
15 82 (3.86%) Software Developer
16 81 (3.81%) Solutions Architect
17 80 (3.76%) Cloud Engineer
17 80 (3.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
18 73 (3.43%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 374 (17.58%) React
2 278 (13.07%) Node.js
3 154 (7.24%) .NET
4 138 (6.49%) Kafka
5 124 (5.83%) REST
6 115 (5.41%) RESTful
7 105 (4.94%) CSS
8 100 (4.70%) Spring
9 86 (4.04%) Spring Boot
10 76 (3.57%) HTML
10 76 (3.57%) Vue
11 71 (3.34%) AngularJS
12 63 (2.96%) gRPC
13 53 (2.49%) Redux
14 50 (2.35%) .NET Core
15 43 (2.02%) GraphQL
16 40 (1.88%) Jest
17 36 (1.69%) JSON
17 36 (1.69%) React Native
18 35 (1.65%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 325 (15.28%) Cloud Native
2 159 (7.48%) Product Ownership
3 150 (7.05%) Distributed Systems
4 88 (4.14%) Public Cloud
5 69 (3.24%) Onboarding
5 69 (3.24%) Video\Live Streaming
6 67 (3.15%) Greenfield Project
7 62 (2.91%) Data Centre
8 56 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
9 54 (2.54%) Management Information System
10 51 (2.40%) Blog
10 51 (2.40%) Security Posture
11 46 (2.16%) Over-the-Top Content
12 45 (2.12%) Fixed Income
13 41 (1.93%) Mobile App
14 40 (1.88%) Self-Motivation
15 38 (1.79%) Hybrid Cloud
16 37 (1.74%) PKI
17 32 (1.50%) Data Structures
18 29 (1.36%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 184 (8.65%) Linux
2 102 (4.80%) Windows
3 58 (2.73%) Unix
4 46 (2.16%) Apple iOS
5 43 (2.02%) Windows Server
6 42 (1.97%) Android
7 21 (0.99%) Windows 10
8 16 (0.75%) Windows Server 2016
9 14 (0.66%) Windows Server 2012
10 13 (0.61%) Mac OS
10 13 (0.61%) Windows Server 2019
11 10 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 7 (0.33%) Ubuntu
13 5 (0.24%) CentOS
14 1 (0.047%) Debian
14 1 (0.047%) FreeBSD
14 1 (0.047%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.047%) OpenBSD
14 1 (0.047%) VMS
14 1 (0.047%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 714 (33.57%) CI/CD
2 637 (29.95%) Agile
3 602 (28.30%) Software Engineering
4 516 (24.26%) DevOps
5 486 (22.85%) Mentoring
6 413 (19.42%) Full-Stack Development
7 393 (18.48%) Microservices
8 368 (17.30%) Infrastructure as Code
9 367 (17.25%) AI
10 338 (15.89%) Continuous Improvement
11 331 (15.56%) Problem-Solving
12 303 (14.25%) Containerisation
13 284 (13.35%) Test Automation
14 278 (13.07%) Roadmaps
15 245 (11.52%) Coaching
16 241 (11.33%) Technical Leadership
17 209 (9.83%) Clean Code
18 206 (9.69%) Machine Learning
19 189 (8.89%) Observability
20 172 (8.09%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 631 (29.67%) Python
2 519 (24.40%) Java
3 333 (15.66%) TypeScript
4 323 (15.19%) JavaScript
5 299 (14.06%) SQL
6 214 (10.06%) Go
7 203 (9.54%) C#
8 122 (5.74%) Bash
9 77 (3.62%) Scala
10 70 (3.29%) C++
10 70 (3.29%) PHP
11 42 (1.97%) Ruby
12 37 (1.74%) PowerShell
13 29 (1.36%) Rust
14 28 (1.32%) Kotlin
15 13 (0.61%) Bicep
16 12 (0.56%) Swift
17 11 (0.52%) PL/SQL
18 9 (0.42%) Shell Script
19 8 (0.38%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 288 (13.54%) Degree
2 262 (12.32%) Security Cleared
3 216 (10.16%) SC Cleared
4 195 (9.17%) AWS Certification
5 99 (4.65%) Microsoft Certification
6 97 (4.56%) Computer Science Degree
7 72 (3.39%) MCSE
8 52 (2.44%) CISSP
9 50 (2.35%) Azure Certification
10 47 (2.21%) DV Cleared
11 42 (1.97%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 30 (1.41%) CISM
13 29 (1.36%) Cisco Certification
13 29 (1.36%) DBS Check
14 28 (1.32%) TOGAF Certification
15 26 (1.22%) CREST Certified
16 20 (0.94%) OSCP
17 18 (0.85%) CCNP
17 18 (0.85%) Master's Degree
18 14 (0.66%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 170 (7.99%) QA
2 74 (3.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 52 (2.44%) Data Quality
3 52 (2.44%) NIST
4 51 (2.40%) Accessibility
5 40 (1.88%) GDPR
5 40 (1.88%) PCI DSS
6 28 (1.32%) GRC
7 23 (1.08%) SOC 2
8 20 (0.94%) NCSC
9 17 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials
10 13 (0.61%) JSP 440
11 12 (0.56%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 12 (0.56%) SLA
12 10 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 9 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
14 7 (0.33%) Government Security Classifications
14 7 (0.33%) ISO 9001
14 7 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 6 (0.28%) WCAG
System Software
1 394 (18.52%) Docker
2 67 (3.15%) Active Directory
3 34 (1.60%) VMware Infrastructure
4 31 (1.46%) Hyper-V
5 16 (0.75%) Virtual Machines
6 15 (0.71%) vSphere
7 6 (0.28%) Firmware
7 6 (0.28%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 6 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
8 4 (0.19%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 3 (0.14%) KVM
9 3 (0.14%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.094%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 2 (0.094%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.047%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 389 (18.29%) Terraform
2 340 (15.98%) Kubernetes
3 149 (7.01%) Ansible
4 119 (5.59%) Grafana
5 69 (3.24%) Prometheus
6 52 (2.44%) Argo
7 26 (1.22%) Single Sign-On
8 21 (0.99%) Microsoft Intune
9 19 (0.89%) Kustomize
10 16 (0.75%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 12 (0.56%) Podman
12 10 (0.47%) Proxmox
13 9 (0.42%) Cisco CUCM
13 9 (0.42%) Progress Chef
14 8 (0.38%) Istio
14 8 (0.38%) Packer
14 8 (0.38%) Puppet
15 5 (0.24%) AWS Copilot
15 5 (0.24%) HP Fortify
15 5 (0.24%) Nmap
Vendors
1 308 (14.48%) Microsoft
2 126 (5.92%) Google
3 98 (4.61%) ServiceNow
4 70 (3.29%) Cisco
5 55 (2.59%) VMware
6 50 (2.35%) Apple
7 45 (2.12%) Adobe
7 45 (2.12%) Typelevel
8 41 (1.93%) Oracle
9 35 (1.65%) SolarWinds
10 34 (1.60%) Palo Alto
11 33 (1.55%) Splunk
12 32 (1.50%) Fortinet
13 31 (1.46%) Databricks
14 26 (1.22%) Red Hat
15 23 (1.08%) Salesforce
16 21 (0.99%) SAP
17 19 (0.89%) CheckPoint
18 18 (0.85%) Dynatrace
19 17 (0.80%) Arista