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

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 12 9
Rank change year-on-year +4 -3 -2
Permanent jobs citing AWS 2,094 2,072 4,486
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 11.72% 15.50% 13.86%
As % of the Cloud Services category 30.84% 34.59% 32.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1,329 1,604 3,901
10th Percentile £46,250 £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 £100,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £106,500 £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 6,790 5,991 13,959
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.01% 44.82% 43.14%
Number of salaries quoted 4,571 4,695 11,995
10th Percentile £33,750 £32,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,890 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.62% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £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 22 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 71 (3.39%) Apache Airflow
2 38 (1.81%) Apache Spark
3 24 (1.15%) Apache
4 21 (1.00%) Microsoft Exchange
5 17 (0.81%) CMS
6 15 (0.72%) Confluence
7 13 (0.62%) nginx
8 11 (0.53%) SharePoint
9 9 (0.43%) WordPress
10 6 (0.29%) Drupal
10 6 (0.29%) Ethereum
11 5 (0.24%) Apache Pulsar
11 5 (0.24%) Apache Solr
11 5 (0.24%) ArcGIS
11 5 (0.24%) GeoServer
11 5 (0.24%) Oracle Spatial
12 3 (0.14%) Anypoint
12 3 (0.14%) IIS
12 3 (0.14%) OpenStack
12 3 (0.14%) SAS
Applications
1 93 (4.44%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (0.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.29%) Chatbot
4 6 (0.29%) MS Visio
4 6 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (0.24%) AutoCAD
5 5 (0.24%) DaVinci Resolve
6 4 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
6 4 (0.19%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.048%) EngageOne
7 1 (0.048%) Notion
7 1 (0.048%) Trello
Business Applications
1 12 (0.57%) Cloudability
2 10 (0.48%) Shopify
3 8 (0.38%) Oracle ERP
4 5 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
6 3 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.096%) Magento
7 2 (0.096%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.048%) Oracle Assets
8 1 (0.048%) Sprinklr
8 1 (0.048%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 877 (41.88%) Azure
2 580 (27.70%) GCP
3 279 (13.32%) Serverless
4 226 (10.79%) SaaS
5 196 (9.36%) GitHub
6 185 (8.83%) AWS Lambda
7 181 (8.64%) Amazon S3
8 145 (6.92%) Microsoft 365
9 135 (6.45%) Amazon EKS
10 100 (4.78%) AWS CloudFormation
11 94 (4.49%) GitHub Actions
12 88 (4.20%) Amazon EC2
12 88 (4.20%) Amazon ECS
13 81 (3.87%) Amazon SQS
14 65 (3.10%) Entra ID
15 62 (2.96%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 52 (2.48%) Azure DevOps
17 45 (2.15%) dbt
18 40 (1.91%) Virtual Private Cloud
19 37 (1.77%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 127 (6.06%) Firewall
2 112 (5.35%) Broadband
3 67 (3.20%) WAN
4 59 (2.82%) LAN
4 59 (2.82%) VPN
5 56 (2.67%) DNS
6 50 (2.39%) TCP/IP
7 48 (2.29%) Wi-Fi
8 42 (2.01%) Network Security
9 34 (1.62%) HTTP
10 33 (1.58%) SD-WAN
11 29 (1.38%) Cisco ASA
11 29 (1.38%) DHCP
12 27 (1.29%) VXLAN
13 25 (1.19%) Cisco Firepower
14 24 (1.15%) BGP
14 24 (1.15%) VLAN
15 19 (0.91%) OSPF
16 18 (0.86%) NGFW
16 18 (0.86%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 195 (9.31%) PostgreSQL
2 132 (6.30%) NoSQL
3 119 (5.68%) MongoDB
4 108 (5.16%) SQL Server
5 77 (3.68%) MySQL
6 76 (3.63%) Amazon RDS
7 59 (2.82%) DynamoDB
8 57 (2.72%) Relational Database
9 48 (2.29%) Data Warehouse
10 47 (2.24%) Metadata
11 43 (2.05%) Elasticsearch
12 42 (2.01%) BigQuery
13 39 (1.86%) Amazon Redshift
14 32 (1.53%) Amazon Athena
15 28 (1.34%) Redis
15 28 (1.34%) Tableau
16 25 (1.19%) Data Lake
17 22 (1.05%) RDBMS
18 19 (0.91%) Apache Iceberg
19 17 (0.81%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 133 (6.35%) Git
2 91 (4.35%) Jenkins
3 85 (4.06%) GitLab
4 57 (2.72%) TeamCity
5 56 (2.67%) Cypress.io
6 43 (2.05%) JIRA
7 22 (1.05%) Selenium
8 20 (0.96%) CircleCI
9 19 (0.91%) Jaeger
10 16 (0.76%) Bitbucket
11 15 (0.72%) JMeter
12 14 (0.67%) Cucumber
13 13 (0.62%) MLflow
13 13 (0.62%) SonarQube
14 11 (0.53%) Crashlytics
14 11 (0.53%) XCTest
15 10 (0.48%) JUnit
15 10 (0.48%) Subversion
16 8 (0.38%) Maven
16 8 (0.38%) Oracle Forms
General
1 579 (27.65%) Social Skills
2 456 (21.78%) Finance
3 231 (11.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 199 (9.50%) Public Sector
5 195 (9.31%) Banking
6 176 (8.40%) Law
7 150 (7.16%) Retail
8 127 (6.06%) Analytical Skills
9 68 (3.25%) French Language
10 63 (3.01%) Financial Institution
11 56 (2.67%) Back Office
12 54 (2.58%) Telecoms
13 53 (2.53%) Front Office
14 51 (2.44%) Legal
15 49 (2.34%) Influencing Skills
16 33 (1.58%) Games
16 33 (1.58%) Marketing
17 31 (1.48%) Tech for Good
18 30 (1.43%) Health Technology
19 27 (1.29%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 487 (23.26%) Senior
2 408 (19.48%) Developer
3 356 (17.00%) Software Engineer
4 285 (13.61%) Lead
5 199 (9.50%) Architect
6 136 (6.49%) AWS Engineer
7 124 (5.92%) Analyst
8 119 (5.68%) Full-Stack Developer
8 119 (5.68%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 105 (5.01%) Senior Software Engineer
10 102 (4.87%) Lead Developer
11 97 (4.63%) DevOps Engineer
12 92 (4.39%) Data Engineer
13 87 (4.15%) Java Engineer
14 84 (4.01%) Cloud Engineer
15 78 (3.72%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 78 (3.72%) Lead Software Engineer
15 78 (3.72%) Software Developer
16 76 (3.63%) Service Analyst
16 76 (3.63%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 375 (17.91%) React
2 255 (12.18%) Node.js
3 147 (7.02%) Kafka
4 146 (6.97%) .NET
5 117 (5.59%) REST
6 112 (5.35%) RESTful
7 110 (5.25%) Spring
8 108 (5.16%) CSS
9 95 (4.54%) Spring Boot
10 80 (3.82%) HTML
11 72 (3.44%) Vue
12 69 (3.30%) AngularJS
13 68 (3.25%) gRPC
14 55 (2.63%) Django
15 53 (2.53%) Redux
16 46 (2.20%) .NET Core
17 44 (2.10%) Elastic Stack
18 41 (1.96%) GraphQL
19 37 (1.77%) Jest
19 37 (1.77%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 309 (14.76%) Cloud Native
2 150 (7.16%) Product Ownership
3 149 (7.12%) Distributed Systems
4 87 (4.15%) Public Cloud
5 68 (3.25%) Onboarding
6 62 (2.96%) Greenfield Project
7 59 (2.82%) Enterprise Software
8 58 (2.77%) Data Centre
9 57 (2.72%) Management Information System
10 54 (2.58%) Blog
10 54 (2.58%) Video\Live Streaming
11 53 (2.53%) Security Posture
12 48 (2.29%) Fixed Income
13 46 (2.20%) Over-the-Top Content
14 44 (2.10%) Mobile App
15 42 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
16 40 (1.91%) Hybrid Cloud
17 37 (1.77%) Data Structures
18 35 (1.67%) PKI
19 33 (1.58%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 194 (9.26%) Linux
2 101 (4.82%) Windows
3 65 (3.10%) Unix
4 51 (2.44%) Apple iOS
5 50 (2.39%) Android
6 48 (2.29%) Windows Server
7 24 (1.15%) Windows 10
8 18 (0.86%) Mac OS
8 18 (0.86%) Windows Server 2016
9 16 (0.76%) Windows Server 2012
10 15 (0.72%) Windows Server 2019
11 11 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 9 (0.43%) Ubuntu
13 5 (0.24%) CentOS
14 2 (0.096%) VMS
15 1 (0.048%) Debian
15 1 (0.048%) FreeBSD
15 1 (0.048%) Mac OS X
15 1 (0.048%) OpenBSD
15 1 (0.048%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 715 (34.15%) CI/CD
2 614 (29.32%) Agile
3 605 (28.89%) Software Engineering
4 535 (25.55%) DevOps
5 467 (22.30%) Mentoring
6 384 (18.34%) Full-Stack Development
6 384 (18.34%) Microservices
7 361 (17.24%) Infrastructure as Code
8 360 (17.19%) Problem-Solving
9 343 (16.38%) AI
10 328 (15.66%) Continuous Improvement
11 317 (15.14%) Containerisation
12 266 (12.70%) Test Automation
13 260 (12.42%) Roadmaps
14 244 (11.65%) Coaching
15 220 (10.51%) Technical Leadership
16 204 (9.74%) Clean Code
17 190 (9.07%) Machine Learning
18 180 (8.60%) Observability
19 168 (8.02%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 628 (29.99%) Python
2 529 (25.26%) Java
3 325 (15.52%) TypeScript
4 320 (15.28%) JavaScript
5 294 (14.04%) SQL
6 215 (10.27%) Go
7 202 (9.65%) C#
8 121 (5.78%) Bash
9 80 (3.82%) PHP
10 74 (3.53%) Scala
11 67 (3.20%) C++
12 40 (1.91%) PowerShell
13 36 (1.72%) Ruby
14 31 (1.48%) Kotlin
15 28 (1.34%) Rust
16 14 (0.67%) Bicep
17 13 (0.62%) Shell Script
18 11 (0.53%) Swift
19 9 (0.43%) C
19 9 (0.43%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 326 (15.57%) Degree
2 236 (11.27%) Security Cleared
3 207 (9.89%) AWS Certification
4 202 (9.65%) SC Cleared
5 121 (5.78%) Microsoft Certification
6 114 (5.44%) Computer Science Degree
7 92 (4.39%) MCSE
8 54 (2.58%) Azure Certification
8 54 (2.58%) CISSP
9 41 (1.96%) DV Cleared
10 36 (1.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 36 (1.72%) Cisco Certification
11 32 (1.53%) CREST Certified
11 32 (1.53%) TOGAF Certification
12 31 (1.48%) CISM
13 30 (1.43%) DBS Check
14 24 (1.15%) OSCP
15 21 (1.00%) CCNP
16 19 (0.91%) Master's Degree
17 18 (0.86%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 177 (8.45%) QA
2 86 (4.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 54 (2.58%) NIST
4 51 (2.44%) GDPR
5 48 (2.29%) Accessibility
6 45 (2.15%) PCI DSS
7 44 (2.10%) Data Quality
8 31 (1.48%) GRC
9 29 (1.38%) SOC 2
10 25 (1.19%) Cyber Essentials
11 17 (0.81%) NCSC
12 16 (0.76%) SLA
13 14 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 13 (0.62%) Actionable Recommendations
15 12 (0.57%) JSP 440
16 10 (0.48%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 9 (0.43%) ISO 9001
18 7 (0.33%) Government Security Classifications
18 7 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 42001
19 6 (0.29%) WCAG
System Software
1 419 (20.01%) Docker
2 74 (3.53%) Active Directory
3 32 (1.53%) Hyper-V
4 30 (1.43%) VMware Infrastructure
5 15 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
6 14 (0.67%) vSphere
7 7 (0.33%) Firmware
8 5 (0.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 5 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (0.19%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 4 (0.19%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.096%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 2 (0.096%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.048%) KVM
11 1 (0.048%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.048%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 407 (19.44%) Terraform
2 372 (17.77%) Kubernetes
3 151 (7.21%) Ansible
4 137 (6.54%) Grafana
5 76 (3.63%) Prometheus
6 53 (2.53%) Argo
7 30 (1.43%) Single Sign-On
8 27 (1.29%) Microsoft Intune
9 19 (0.91%) Kustomize
10 18 (0.86%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 12 (0.57%) Podman
12 8 (0.38%) Cisco CUCM
12 8 (0.38%) Istio
12 8 (0.38%) Proxmox
12 8 (0.38%) Puppet
13 7 (0.33%) Nmap
13 7 (0.33%) Progress Chef
14 6 (0.29%) Packer
15 5 (0.24%) AWS Copilot
15 5 (0.24%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 302 (14.42%) Microsoft
2 136 (6.49%) Google
3 103 (4.92%) ServiceNow
4 67 (3.20%) Cisco
5 55 (2.63%) VMware
6 52 (2.48%) Oracle
7 45 (2.15%) Typelevel
8 42 (2.01%) Apple
9 36 (1.72%) Adobe
10 33 (1.58%) Splunk
11 31 (1.48%) Palo Alto
11 31 (1.48%) SolarWinds
12 29 (1.38%) Fortinet
13 28 (1.34%) Databricks
13 28 (1.34%) Red Hat
14 24 (1.15%) Salesforce
15 22 (1.05%) SAP
16 18 (0.86%) Okta
17 16 (0.76%) Arista
17 16 (0.76%) Dell