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

 6 months to
14 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 8 9
Rank change year-on-year -2 +1 -2
Permanent jobs citing AWS 1,956 2,356 4,370
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 11.63% 17.03% 14.59%
As % of the Cloud Services category 30.88% 35.91% 32.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,290 1,646 3,844
10th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £53,750 £51,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +7.41% -6.90%
75th Percentile £91,250 £96,250 £86,250
90th Percentile £113,875 £118,750 £110,000
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 6,334 6,560 13,565
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.66% 47.42% 45.30%
Number of salaries quoted 4,297 4,726 11,815
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,231 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £64,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.18% +7.92% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £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 14 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 77 (3.94%) Apache Airflow
2 40 (2.04%) Apache Spark
3 31 (1.58%) Apache
4 25 (1.28%) Microsoft Exchange
5 16 (0.82%) CMS
6 14 (0.72%) SharePoint
7 12 (0.61%) Confluence
8 11 (0.56%) nginx
9 8 (0.41%) Tomcat
9 8 (0.41%) WebSphere
9 8 (0.41%) WebSphere Application Server
9 8 (0.41%) WordPress
10 5 (0.26%) Anypoint
10 5 (0.26%) Apache Pulsar
10 5 (0.26%) Drupal
10 5 (0.26%) Ethereum
11 4 (0.20%) ArcGIS
11 4 (0.20%) GeoServer
11 4 (0.20%) Oracle Spatial
11 4 (0.20%) SAS
Applications
1 123 (6.29%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (0.97%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.20%) Adobe Illustrator
5 4 (0.20%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.20%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.051%) EngageOne
6 1 (0.051%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.051%) Notion
Business Applications
1 14 (0.72%) Oracle ERP
2 12 (0.61%) Shopify
3 8 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.10%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.051%) Magento
6 1 (0.051%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.051%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.051%) Sprinklr
6 1 (0.051%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 834 (42.64%) Azure
2 521 (26.64%) GCP
3 272 (13.91%) Serverless
4 251 (12.83%) SaaS
5 199 (10.17%) GitHub
6 182 (9.30%) AWS Lambda
7 179 (9.15%) Microsoft 365
8 177 (9.05%) Amazon S3
9 135 (6.90%) Amazon EKS
10 110 (5.62%) AWS CloudFormation
11 97 (4.96%) GitHub Actions
12 80 (4.09%) Amazon EC2
12 80 (4.09%) Amazon ECS
13 74 (3.78%) Entra ID
14 72 (3.68%) Amazon SQS
15 69 (3.53%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 56 (2.86%) dbt
17 54 (2.76%) Azure DevOps
18 47 (2.40%) Snowflake
19 40 (2.04%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 122 (6.24%) Firewall
2 76 (3.89%) Broadband
3 61 (3.12%) VPN
4 55 (2.81%) WAN
5 48 (2.45%) TCP/IP
6 47 (2.40%) Wi-Fi
7 45 (2.30%) DNS
7 45 (2.30%) LAN
8 41 (2.10%) Network Security
9 28 (1.43%) SD-WAN
10 26 (1.33%) VXLAN
11 25 (1.28%) DHCP
12 24 (1.23%) Cisco ASA
13 21 (1.07%) BGP
13 21 (1.07%) SSL
13 21 (1.07%) VLAN
14 19 (0.97%) Cisco Firepower
15 18 (0.92%) NGFW
16 17 (0.87%) HTTP
17 16 (0.82%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 187 (9.56%) PostgreSQL
2 119 (6.08%) NoSQL
3 98 (5.01%) SQL Server
4 93 (4.75%) MongoDB
5 85 (4.35%) MySQL
6 74 (3.78%) Amazon RDS
7 61 (3.12%) Relational Database
8 54 (2.76%) Data Warehouse
9 50 (2.56%) DynamoDB
10 48 (2.45%) Metadata
11 45 (2.30%) Elasticsearch
12 44 (2.25%) BigQuery
13 43 (2.20%) Amazon Redshift
14 36 (1.84%) Amazon Athena
15 35 (1.79%) Data Lake
16 34 (1.74%) Tableau
17 30 (1.53%) Apache Iceberg
18 29 (1.48%) Redis
19 22 (1.12%) Power BI
19 22 (1.12%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 120 (6.13%) Git
2 111 (5.67%) Jenkins
3 79 (4.04%) GitLab
4 60 (3.07%) TeamCity
5 39 (1.99%) Cypress.io
6 31 (1.58%) JIRA
7 19 (0.97%) Jaeger
7 19 (0.97%) Selenium
8 15 (0.77%) Cucumber
9 14 (0.72%) Bitbucket
9 14 (0.72%) JMeter
9 14 (0.72%) Oracle Forms
10 13 (0.66%) MLflow
10 13 (0.66%) SonarQube
11 12 (0.61%) JUnit
12 11 (0.56%) CircleCI
13 9 (0.46%) Subversion
14 8 (0.41%) Burp Suite
14 8 (0.41%) Metasploit
15 7 (0.36%) Crashlytics
General
1 600 (30.67%) Social Skills
2 431 (22.03%) Finance
3 216 (11.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 180 (9.20%) Public Sector
5 173 (8.84%) Banking
6 161 (8.23%) Retail
7 158 (8.08%) Law
8 122 (6.24%) Analytical Skills
9 104 (5.32%) French Language
10 73 (3.73%) Financial Institution
10 73 (3.73%) Swedish Language
11 60 (3.07%) Back Office
12 59 (3.02%) Front Office
13 55 (2.81%) Telecoms
14 48 (2.45%) Legal
15 47 (2.40%) Games
16 45 (2.30%) Influencing Skills
17 34 (1.74%) Marketing
17 34 (1.74%) Tech for Good
18 30 (1.53%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 452 (23.11%) Senior
2 373 (19.07%) Developer
3 309 (15.80%) Software Engineer
4 267 (13.65%) Lead
5 197 (10.07%) Architect
6 143 (7.31%) Analyst
7 115 (5.88%) Full-Stack Developer
8 110 (5.62%) AWS Engineer
9 104 (5.32%) Service Analyst
9 104 (5.32%) Service Desk Analyst
10 101 (5.16%) Lead Developer
11 99 (5.06%) Senior Software Engineer
12 93 (4.75%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 90 (4.60%) Java Engineer
14 88 (4.50%) Data Engineer
15 84 (4.29%) Cloud Engineer
15 84 (4.29%) DevOps Engineer
16 73 (3.73%) Java Software Engineer
17 70 (3.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
18 67 (3.43%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 358 (18.30%) React
2 225 (11.50%) Node.js
3 152 (7.77%) .NET
4 148 (7.57%) Kafka
5 135 (6.90%) RESTful
6 109 (5.57%) Spring
7 96 (4.91%) REST
7 96 (4.91%) Spring Boot
8 92 (4.70%) CSS
9 79 (4.04%) HTML
10 69 (3.53%) AngularJS
11 68 (3.48%) Vue
12 64 (3.27%) gRPC
13 59 (3.02%) Django
14 55 (2.81%) Redux
15 50 (2.56%) .NET Core
16 46 (2.35%) Elastic Stack
17 43 (2.20%) GraphQL
18 41 (2.10%) JSON
19 36 (1.84%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 309 (15.80%) Cloud Native
2 144 (7.36%) Distributed Systems
3 104 (5.32%) Product Ownership
4 69 (3.53%) Public Cloud
5 66 (3.37%) Enterprise Software
6 61 (3.12%) Data Centre
7 60 (3.07%) Management Information System
8 55 (2.81%) Onboarding
9 53 (2.71%) Fixed Income
10 52 (2.66%) Blog
11 47 (2.40%) Security Posture
12 41 (2.10%) Legacy Systems
12 41 (2.10%) Video\Live Streaming
13 40 (2.04%) Greenfield Project
14 38 (1.94%) Self-Motivation
15 36 (1.84%) Over-the-Top Content
16 35 (1.79%) Hybrid Cloud
16 35 (1.79%) PKI
17 34 (1.74%) Data Structures
18 33 (1.69%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 199 (10.17%) Linux
2 103 (5.27%) Windows
3 74 (3.78%) Unix
4 51 (2.61%) Windows Server
5 49 (2.51%) Android
6 46 (2.35%) Apple iOS
7 25 (1.28%) Windows 10
8 20 (1.02%) Mac OS
9 18 (0.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 17 (0.87%) Windows Server 2012
11 16 (0.82%) Windows Server 2016
12 15 (0.77%) Windows Server 2019
13 10 (0.51%) Ubuntu
14 7 (0.36%) CentOS
15 5 (0.26%) VMS
16 1 (0.051%) Debian
16 1 (0.051%) FreeBSD
16 1 (0.051%) Mac OS X
16 1 (0.051%) OpenBSD
16 1 (0.051%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 676 (34.56%) CI/CD
2 574 (29.35%) Agile
3 535 (27.35%) DevOps
4 533 (27.25%) Software Engineering
5 443 (22.65%) Mentoring
6 360 (18.40%) Microservices
7 339 (17.33%) Infrastructure as Code
8 335 (17.13%) Problem-Solving
9 331 (16.92%) Full-Stack Development
10 306 (15.64%) AI
11 293 (14.98%) Continuous Improvement
12 279 (14.26%) Containerisation
13 239 (12.22%) Coaching
14 221 (11.30%) Test Automation
15 219 (11.20%) Roadmaps
16 189 (9.66%) Technical Leadership
17 187 (9.56%) ITIL
18 172 (8.79%) Clean Code
19 170 (8.69%) Observability
20 168 (8.59%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 606 (30.98%) Python
2 490 (25.05%) Java
3 318 (16.26%) TypeScript
4 314 (16.05%) JavaScript
5 289 (14.78%) SQL
6 192 (9.82%) C#
7 190 (9.71%) Go
8 127 (6.49%) Bash
9 72 (3.68%) PHP
10 61 (3.12%) Scala
11 58 (2.97%) PowerShell
12 43 (2.20%) C++
13 26 (1.33%) Kotlin
14 24 (1.23%) Ruby
15 20 (1.02%) Rust
16 19 (0.97%) Shell Script
17 16 (0.82%) Bicep
18 15 (0.77%) PL/SQL
19 8 (0.41%) Delphi
20 7 (0.36%) Swift
Qualifications
1 359 (18.35%) Degree
2 254 (12.99%) AWS Certification
3 219 (11.20%) Security Cleared
4 187 (9.56%) SC Cleared
5 163 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
6 126 (6.44%) MCSE
7 117 (5.98%) Computer Science Degree
8 72 (3.68%) Azure Certification
9 50 (2.56%) CISSP
10 38 (1.94%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 38 (1.94%) Cisco Certification
10 38 (1.94%) TOGAF Certification
11 37 (1.89%) DV Cleared
12 31 (1.58%) CREST Certified
13 28 (1.43%) CISM
14 26 (1.33%) Master's Degree
15 23 (1.18%) DBS Check
16 22 (1.12%) CCNP
17 21 (1.07%) OSCP
18 20 (1.02%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 191 (9.76%) QA
2 92 (4.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 58 (2.97%) GDPR
4 54 (2.76%) NIST
5 50 (2.56%) PCI DSS
6 44 (2.25%) Data Quality
7 35 (1.79%) Accessibility
8 33 (1.69%) SOC 2
9 29 (1.48%) Cyber Essentials
9 29 (1.48%) GRC
10 27 (1.38%) SLA
11 18 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 15 (0.77%) NCSC
13 13 (0.66%) Actionable Recommendations
14 12 (0.61%) JSP 440
15 10 (0.51%) ISO 9001
15 10 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 42001
16 6 (0.31%) EU AI Act
17 5 (0.26%) Government Security Classifications
17 5 (0.26%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 385 (19.68%) Docker
2 80 (4.09%) Active Directory
3 35 (1.79%) Hyper-V
4 31 (1.58%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (0.66%) vSphere
6 7 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (0.31%) Firmware
7 6 (0.31%) VMware NSX
8 4 (0.20%) Veritas Cluster Server
8 4 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 3 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.051%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.051%) KVM
10 1 (0.051%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.051%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 398 (20.35%) Terraform
2 364 (18.61%) Kubernetes
3 155 (7.92%) Ansible
4 140 (7.16%) Grafana
5 79 (4.04%) Prometheus
6 46 (2.35%) Argo
7 34 (1.74%) Single Sign-On
8 30 (1.53%) Microsoft Intune
9 19 (0.97%) Kustomize
10 16 (0.82%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 9 (0.46%) Proxmox
12 8 (0.41%) Nmap
13 7 (0.36%) Kibana
14 5 (0.26%) AWS Copilot
14 5 (0.26%) Cilium
14 5 (0.26%) Progress Chef
15 4 (0.20%) Autotask
15 4 (0.20%) HP Fortify
15 4 (0.20%) Packer
15 4 (0.20%) Puppet
Vendors
1 284 (14.52%) Microsoft
2 125 (6.39%) Google
3 124 (6.34%) ServiceNow
4 60 (3.07%) Oracle
5 59 (3.02%) Cisco
5 59 (3.02%) VMware
6 36 (1.84%) Databricks
6 36 (1.84%) Typelevel
7 31 (1.58%) Red Hat
8 30 (1.53%) Apple
9 25 (1.28%) Salesforce
10 24 (1.23%) SAP
10 24 (1.23%) Splunk
11 22 (1.12%) Okta
12 21 (1.07%) IBM
12 21 (1.07%) Palo Alto
13 20 (1.02%) Fortinet
14 19 (0.97%) Adobe
14 19 (0.97%) SolarWinds
15 17 (0.87%) Dell
1,023 hybrid/remote AWS jobs