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

6 months to
25 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 10 9
Rank change year-on-year +3 -1 -3
Permanent jobs citing AWS 2,193 2,195 4,671
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 11.62% 15.03% 14.25%
As % of the Cloud Services category 30.57% 37.98% 33.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1,384 1,377 3,992
10th Percentile £46,446 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +3.57% -6.67%
75th Percentile £90,000 £102,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £132,500 £118,750
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 7,174 5,780 14,070
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.03% 39.57% 42.91%
Number of salaries quoted 4,919 4,169 11,966
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,000 £35,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £98,750
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

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Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing AWS over the 6 months to 25 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 68 (3.10%) Apache Airflow
2 41 (1.87%) Apache Spark
3 27 (1.23%) Apache
4 23 (1.05%) Microsoft Exchange
5 15 (0.68%) SharePoint
6 14 (0.64%) CMS
7 13 (0.59%) Confluence
8 9 (0.41%) nginx
9 7 (0.32%) Apache Solr
10 5 (0.23%) Jupyter
11 4 (0.18%) ArcGIS
11 4 (0.18%) Ethereum
11 4 (0.18%) GeoServer
11 4 (0.18%) Oracle Spatial
11 4 (0.18%) WordPress
12 3 (0.14%) Drupal
12 3 (0.14%) OpenStack
13 2 (0.091%) Anypoint
13 2 (0.091%) Camunda
13 2 (0.091%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 82 (3.74%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (0.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (0.36%) MS Visio
4 6 (0.27%) Chatbot
4 6 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (0.23%) AutoCAD
5 5 (0.23%) DaVinci Resolve
6 3 (0.14%) Adobe Illustrator
6 3 (0.14%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.046%) EngageOne
7 1 (0.046%) PlantUML
7 1 (0.046%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (1.09%) Cloudability
2 6 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
3 5 (0.23%) Shopify
4 3 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.091%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.091%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.046%) Magento
6 1 (0.046%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.046%) Sprinklr
6 1 (0.046%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 905 (41.27%) Azure
2 568 (25.90%) GCP
3 270 (12.31%) Serverless
4 228 (10.40%) SaaS
5 180 (8.21%) GitHub
6 173 (7.89%) Amazon S3
7 172 (7.84%) AWS Lambda
8 137 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
9 125 (5.70%) Amazon EKS
10 97 (4.42%) Amazon EC2
11 94 (4.29%) AWS CloudFormation
12 85 (3.88%) Amazon ECS
12 85 (3.88%) GitHub Actions
13 76 (3.47%) Amazon SQS
14 57 (2.60%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 55 (2.51%) Azure DevOps
16 50 (2.28%) Entra ID
16 50 (2.28%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 42 (1.92%) Snowflake
18 34 (1.55%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 128 (5.84%) Firewall
2 127 (5.79%) Broadband
3 71 (3.24%) WAN
4 64 (2.92%) VPN
5 63 (2.87%) LAN
6 56 (2.55%) DNS
7 48 (2.19%) Wi-Fi
8 43 (1.96%) Network Security
9 40 (1.82%) TCP/IP
10 38 (1.73%) HTTP
11 35 (1.60%) SD-WAN
12 33 (1.50%) Cisco ASA
13 32 (1.46%) VXLAN
14 30 (1.37%) Cisco Firepower
15 29 (1.32%) DHCP
16 21 (0.96%) BGP
17 20 (0.91%) VLAN
18 18 (0.82%) MPLS
18 18 (0.82%) OSPF
18 18 (0.82%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 228 (10.40%) PostgreSQL
2 167 (7.62%) MongoDB
3 126 (5.75%) NoSQL
4 87 (3.97%) SQL Server
5 80 (3.65%) MySQL
6 65 (2.96%) Amazon RDS
7 63 (2.87%) DynamoDB
8 58 (2.64%) Elasticsearch
9 57 (2.60%) Relational Database
10 54 (2.46%) Metadata
11 48 (2.19%) Data Warehouse
12 39 (1.78%) Amazon Redshift
13 37 (1.69%) Amazon Athena
14 36 (1.64%) BigQuery
15 28 (1.28%) Tableau
16 26 (1.19%) Data Lake
16 26 (1.19%) Redis
17 22 (1.00%) Azure SQL Database
18 21 (0.96%) RDBMS
19 20 (0.91%) Apache Iceberg
Development Applications
1 118 (5.38%) Git
2 82 (3.74%) GitLab
3 80 (3.65%) Jenkins
4 59 (2.69%) TeamCity
5 52 (2.37%) Cypress.io
6 41 (1.87%) JIRA
7 18 (0.82%) Jaeger
8 17 (0.78%) CircleCI
8 17 (0.78%) Claude Code
9 15 (0.68%) Maven
10 14 (0.64%) JMeter
11 13 (0.59%) Crashlytics
11 13 (0.59%) MLflow
11 13 (0.59%) XCTest
12 12 (0.55%) Selenium
13 11 (0.50%) Bitbucket
14 10 (0.46%) JUnit
15 9 (0.41%) SonarQube
16 8 (0.36%) Mockito
17 7 (0.32%) Vite
General
1 518 (23.62%) Social Skills
2 468 (21.34%) Finance
3 257 (11.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 237 (10.81%) Public Sector
5 205 (9.35%) Banking
6 177 (8.07%) Law
7 137 (6.25%) Retail
8 130 (5.93%) Analytical Skills
9 54 (2.46%) Legal
10 53 (2.42%) Back Office
10 53 (2.42%) Financial Institution
11 49 (2.23%) French Language
11 49 (2.23%) Front Office
12 44 (2.01%) Influencing Skills
13 41 (1.87%) Games
14 29 (1.32%) Telecoms
15 28 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
16 26 (1.19%) Health Technology
16 26 (1.19%) Tech for Good
17 24 (1.09%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 506 (23.07%) Senior
2 441 (20.11%) Developer
3 382 (17.42%) Software Engineer
4 309 (14.09%) Lead
5 239 (10.90%) Architect
6 152 (6.93%) AWS Engineer
7 129 (5.88%) Full-Stack Developer
8 121 (5.52%) Analyst
8 121 (5.52%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 106 (4.83%) Senior Software Engineer
10 99 (4.51%) DevOps Engineer
11 98 (4.47%) Lead Software Engineer
12 95 (4.33%) Lead Developer
13 89 (4.06%) Data Engineer
14 87 (3.97%) Cloud Engineer
14 87 (3.97%) Java Engineer
15 86 (3.92%) Solutions Architect
16 85 (3.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 83 (3.78%) Software Developer
18 81 (3.69%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 381 (17.37%) React
2 295 (13.45%) Node.js
3 156 (7.11%) .NET
4 136 (6.20%) REST
5 127 (5.79%) Kafka
6 116 (5.29%) RESTful
6 116 (5.29%) Spring
7 104 (4.74%) CSS
8 90 (4.10%) Spring Boot
9 78 (3.56%) Vue
10 71 (3.24%) HTML
11 69 (3.15%) AngularJS
12 55 (2.51%) gRPC
13 52 (2.37%) .NET Core
14 51 (2.33%) Redux
15 43 (1.96%) GraphQL
16 41 (1.87%) Ruby on Rails
17 40 (1.82%) Jest
18 38 (1.73%) ASP.NET
18 38 (1.73%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 343 (15.64%) Cloud Native
2 171 (7.80%) Product Ownership
3 150 (6.84%) Distributed Systems
4 92 (4.20%) Public Cloud
5 70 (3.19%) Video\Live Streaming
6 69 (3.15%) Onboarding
7 66 (3.01%) Greenfield Project
8 63 (2.87%) Data Centre
9 55 (2.51%) Blog
10 54 (2.46%) Management Information System
11 53 (2.42%) Enterprise Software
12 49 (2.23%) Security Posture
13 46 (2.10%) Over-the-Top Content
14 44 (2.01%) Fixed Income
15 43 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
16 41 (1.87%) Mobile App
17 40 (1.82%) PKI
18 38 (1.73%) Hybrid Cloud
19 31 (1.41%) Data Structures
20 28 (1.28%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 186 (8.48%) Linux
2 104 (4.74%) Windows
3 54 (2.46%) Unix
4 46 (2.10%) Apple iOS
5 45 (2.05%) Windows Server
6 37 (1.69%) Android
7 19 (0.87%) Windows 10
8 15 (0.68%) Windows Server 2016
9 13 (0.59%) Windows Server 2012
10 12 (0.55%) Mac OS
10 12 (0.55%) Windows Server 2019
11 7 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 7 (0.32%) Ubuntu
12 3 (0.14%) CentOS
13 1 (0.046%) Debian
13 1 (0.046%) FreeBSD
13 1 (0.046%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.046%) VMS
13 1 (0.046%) Windows 7
13 1 (0.046%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 739 (33.70%) CI/CD
2 654 (29.82%) Agile
3 643 (29.32%) Software Engineering
4 515 (23.48%) DevOps
5 491 (22.39%) Mentoring
6 423 (19.29%) Full-Stack Development
7 412 (18.79%) Microservices
8 392 (17.88%) AI
9 384 (17.51%) Infrastructure as Code
10 351 (16.01%) Continuous Improvement
11 347 (15.82%) Problem-Solving
12 323 (14.73%) Containerisation
13 304 (13.86%) Test Automation
14 279 (12.72%) Roadmaps
15 269 (12.27%) Technical Leadership
16 257 (11.72%) Coaching
17 227 (10.35%) Clean Code
18 210 (9.58%) Machine Learning
19 197 (8.98%) Observability
20 176 (8.03%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 626 (28.55%) Python
2 542 (24.72%) Java
3 343 (15.64%) TypeScript
4 339 (15.46%) JavaScript
5 305 (13.91%) SQL
6 205 (9.35%) Go
7 204 (9.30%) C#
8 124 (5.65%) Bash
9 76 (3.47%) Scala
10 68 (3.10%) C++
11 62 (2.83%) PHP
12 49 (2.23%) Ruby
13 41 (1.87%) PowerShell
14 30 (1.37%) Kotlin
15 28 (1.28%) Rust
16 16 (0.73%) PL/SQL
17 13 (0.59%) Swift
18 10 (0.46%) Bicep
19 9 (0.41%) Groovy
20 7 (0.32%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 289 (13.18%) Security Cleared
2 280 (12.77%) Degree
3 243 (11.08%) SC Cleared
4 200 (9.12%) AWS Certification
5 98 (4.47%) Microsoft Certification
6 79 (3.60%) Computer Science Degree
7 75 (3.42%) MCSE
8 55 (2.51%) CISSP
9 54 (2.46%) Azure Certification
10 47 (2.14%) DV Cleared
11 41 (1.87%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 32 (1.46%) CISM
13 27 (1.23%) CREST Certified
13 27 (1.23%) DBS Check
14 26 (1.19%) Cisco Certification
14 26 (1.19%) TOGAF Certification
15 21 (0.96%) OSCP
16 16 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
16 16 (0.73%) CCNP
16 16 (0.73%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 173 (7.89%) QA
2 78 (3.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 57 (2.60%) NIST
4 54 (2.46%) Data Quality
5 48 (2.19%) Accessibility
6 39 (1.78%) PCI DSS
7 36 (1.64%) GDPR
8 25 (1.14%) GRC
9 23 (1.05%) NCSC
10 22 (1.00%) SOC 2
11 14 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials
11 14 (0.64%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 13 (0.59%) JSP 440
13 11 (0.50%) SLA
14 9 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
15 8 (0.36%) ISO 9001
16 7 (0.32%) Government Security Classifications
16 7 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 42001
17 6 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 6 (0.27%) WCAG
System Software
1 402 (18.33%) Docker
2 65 (2.96%) Active Directory
3 36 (1.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 33 (1.50%) Hyper-V
5 18 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
6 17 (0.78%) vSphere
7 6 (0.27%) Firmware
7 6 (0.27%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 6 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
8 5 (0.23%) KVM
9 3 (0.14%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.091%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 2 (0.091%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 2 (0.091%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.046%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 398 (18.15%) Terraform
2 358 (16.32%) Kubernetes
3 142 (6.48%) Ansible
4 126 (5.75%) Grafana
5 69 (3.15%) Prometheus
6 50 (2.28%) Argo
7 21 (0.96%) Microsoft Intune
7 21 (0.96%) Single Sign-On
8 18 (0.82%) Kustomize
9 15 (0.68%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 12 (0.55%) Podman
10 12 (0.55%) Proxmox
11 11 (0.50%) Progress Chef
12 10 (0.46%) Istio
13 9 (0.41%) Cisco CUCM
14 8 (0.36%) Packer
14 8 (0.36%) Puppet
15 5 (0.23%) EMC NetWorker
15 5 (0.23%) EMC VPLEX
15 5 (0.23%) Nmap
Vendors
1 326 (14.87%) Microsoft
2 118 (5.38%) Google
3 105 (4.79%) ServiceNow
4 67 (3.06%) Cisco
5 58 (2.64%) VMware
6 51 (2.33%) Apple
7 47 (2.14%) Adobe
8 46 (2.10%) Oracle
9 45 (2.05%) Typelevel
10 35 (1.60%) SolarWinds
11 33 (1.50%) Databricks
12 30 (1.37%) Fortinet
12 30 (1.37%) Palo Alto
12 30 (1.37%) Splunk
13 24 (1.09%) Salesforce
14 23 (1.05%) SAP
15 20 (0.91%) Red Hat
16 19 (0.87%) CheckPoint
17 18 (0.82%) Dynatrace
18 17 (0.78%) Arista