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

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 9 9
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 -2
Permanent jobs citing AWS 2,009 2,151 4,426
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 12.04% 16.77% 14.26%
As % of the Cloud Services category 30.99% 35.71% 31.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,303 1,609 3,881
10th Percentile £45,750 £46,150 £42,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £53,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,301 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.48% +3.57% -3.45%
75th Percentile £90,000 £97,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £120,000 £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 6,483 6,024 13,843
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.85% 46.95% 44.59%
Number of salaries quoted 4,375 4,689 11,989
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £63,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.57% +5.83% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £77,715
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 31 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 (3.58%) Apache Airflow
2 38 (1.89%) Apache Spark
3 28 (1.39%) Apache
4 21 (1.05%) Microsoft Exchange
5 16 (0.80%) CMS
6 12 (0.60%) Confluence
6 12 (0.60%) nginx
7 11 (0.55%) SharePoint
8 9 (0.45%) WordPress
9 6 (0.30%) Drupal
9 6 (0.30%) Tomcat
9 6 (0.30%) WebSphere
9 6 (0.30%) WebSphere Application Server
10 5 (0.25%) Anypoint
10 5 (0.25%) Apache Pulsar
10 5 (0.25%) Ethereum
11 4 (0.20%) SAS
12 3 (0.15%) ArcGIS
12 3 (0.15%) IIS
12 3 (0.15%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 107 (5.33%) 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
1 855 (42.56%) Azure
2 547 (27.23%) GCP
3 274 (13.64%) Serverless
4 253 (12.59%) SaaS
5 198 (9.86%) GitHub
6 184 (9.16%) AWS Lambda
7 183 (9.11%) Amazon S3
8 160 (7.96%) Microsoft 365
9 138 (6.87%) Amazon EKS
10 105 (5.23%) AWS CloudFormation
11 97 (4.83%) GitHub Actions
12 86 (4.28%) Amazon EC2
13 81 (4.03%) Amazon ECS
14 74 (3.68%) Amazon SQS
15 69 (3.43%) Entra ID
16 67 (3.33%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 52 (2.59%) Azure DevOps
17 52 (2.59%) dbt
18 44 (2.19%) Snowflake
19 40 (1.99%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 125 (6.22%) Firewall
2 98 (4.88%) Broadband
3 58 (2.89%) VPN
3 58 (2.89%) WAN
4 50 (2.49%) DNS
4 50 (2.49%) LAN
4 50 (2.49%) TCP/IP
5 46 (2.29%) Wi-Fi
6 44 (2.19%) Network Security
7 28 (1.39%) SD-WAN
8 27 (1.34%) DHCP
9 26 (1.29%) Cisco ASA
9 26 (1.29%) VXLAN
10 24 (1.19%) HTTP
11 23 (1.14%) VLAN
12 21 (1.05%) BGP
12 21 (1.05%) Cisco Firepower
12 21 (1.05%) SSL
13 18 (0.90%) NGFW
14 16 (0.80%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 180 (8.96%) PostgreSQL
2 125 (6.22%) NoSQL
3 103 (5.13%) SQL Server
4 102 (5.08%) MongoDB
5 82 (4.08%) MySQL
6 77 (3.83%) Amazon RDS
7 60 (2.99%) Relational Database
8 53 (2.64%) Data Warehouse
9 51 (2.54%) DynamoDB
10 48 (2.39%) Metadata
11 45 (2.24%) Elasticsearch
12 43 (2.14%) BigQuery
13 40 (1.99%) Amazon Redshift
14 35 (1.74%) Data Lake
15 34 (1.69%) Amazon Athena
16 33 (1.64%) Tableau
17 28 (1.39%) Redis
18 25 (1.24%) Apache Iceberg
19 22 (1.10%) Power BI
19 22 (1.10%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 122 (6.07%) Git
2 101 (5.03%) Jenkins
3 80 (3.98%) GitLab
4 61 (3.04%) TeamCity
5 48 (2.39%) Cypress.io
6 38 (1.89%) 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
1 595 (29.62%) Social Skills
2 455 (22.65%) Finance
3 220 (10.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 195 (9.71%) Banking
5 185 (9.21%) Public Sector
6 165 (8.21%) Law
7 163 (8.11%) Retail
8 128 (6.37%) Analytical Skills
9 88 (4.38%) French Language
10 71 (3.53%) Financial Institution
11 61 (3.04%) Back Office
12 57 (2.84%) Front Office
12 57 (2.84%) Telecoms
13 52 (2.59%) Legal
14 51 (2.54%) Swedish Language
15 50 (2.49%) Games
16 46 (2.29%) Influencing Skills
17 35 (1.74%) Marketing
18 33 (1.64%) Tech for Good
19 30 (1.49%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 454 (22.60%) Senior
2 391 (19.46%) Developer
3 330 (16.43%) Software Engineer
4 278 (13.84%) Lead
5 200 (9.96%) Architect
6 127 (6.32%) Analyst
7 124 (6.17%) Full-Stack Developer
8 120 (5.97%) AWS Engineer
9 102 (5.08%) Senior Software Engineer
10 98 (4.88%) Lead Developer
11 95 (4.73%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 90 (4.48%) DevOps Engineer
12 90 (4.48%) Java Engineer
13 88 (4.38%) Service Analyst
13 88 (4.38%) Service Desk Analyst
14 86 (4.28%) Data Engineer
15 79 (3.93%) Cloud Engineer
16 74 (3.68%) Java Software Engineer
17 73 (3.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
18 71 (3.53%) Lead Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 359 (17.87%) React
2 235 (11.70%) Node.js
3 150 (7.47%) .NET
4 143 (7.12%) Kafka
5 127 (6.32%) RESTful
6 113 (5.62%) REST
7 108 (5.38%) CSS
7 108 (5.38%) Spring
8 96 (4.78%) Spring Boot
9 84 (4.18%) HTML
10 74 (3.68%) Vue
11 72 (3.58%) gRPC
12 68 (3.38%) AngularJS
13 60 (2.99%) Django
14 54 (2.69%) Redux
15 49 (2.44%) .NET Core
16 47 (2.34%) Elastic Stack
17 40 (1.99%) GraphQL
17 40 (1.99%) JSON
18 35 (1.74%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 301 (14.98%) Cloud Native
2 149 (7.42%) Distributed Systems
3 120 (5.97%) Product Ownership
4 76 (3.78%) Public Cloud
5 62 (3.09%) Data Centre
5 62 (3.09%) Management Information System
5 62 (3.09%) Onboarding
6 57 (2.84%) Enterprise Software
7 56 (2.79%) Blog
8 54 (2.69%) Video\Live Streaming
9 52 (2.59%) Security Posture
10 51 (2.54%) Fixed Income
11 45 (2.24%) Greenfield Project
11 45 (2.24%) Over-the-Top Content
12 42 (2.09%) Self-Motivation
13 40 (1.99%) Mobile App
14 38 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
15 37 (1.84%) Hybrid Cloud
16 33 (1.64%) Data Structures
17 32 (1.59%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 202 (10.05%) Linux
2 106 (5.28%) Windows
3 71 (3.53%) Unix
4 53 (2.64%) Windows Server
5 49 (2.44%) Android
6 48 (2.39%) Apple iOS
7 26 (1.29%) 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
1 694 (34.54%) CI/CD
2 588 (29.27%) Agile
3 568 (28.27%) Software Engineering
4 532 (26.48%) DevOps
5 449 (22.35%) Mentoring
6 375 (18.67%) Microservices
7 351 (17.47%) Full-Stack Development
8 348 (17.32%) Problem-Solving
9 346 (17.22%) Infrastructure as Code
10 319 (15.88%) AI
11 311 (15.48%) Continuous Improvement
12 297 (14.78%) Containerisation
13 245 (12.20%) Test Automation
14 243 (12.10%) Coaching
15 242 (12.05%) Roadmaps
16 209 (10.40%) Technical Leadership
17 192 (9.56%) Clean Code
18 181 (9.01%) Machine Learning
19 174 (8.66%) Computer Science
20 168 (8.36%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 623 (31.01%) Python
2 504 (25.09%) Java
3 311 (15.48%) JavaScript
4 301 (14.98%) TypeScript
5 294 (14.63%) SQL
6 211 (10.50%) Go
7 203 (10.10%) C#
8 125 (6.22%) Bash
9 80 (3.98%) PHP
10 71 (3.53%) Scala
11 58 (2.89%) C++
12 52 (2.59%) PowerShell
13 30 (1.49%) Ruby
14 29 (1.44%) Kotlin
15 22 (1.10%) Rust
16 15 (0.75%) Bicep
16 15 (0.75%) Shell Script
17 10 (0.50%) PL/SQL
18 9 (0.45%) Swift
19 8 (0.40%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 346 (17.22%) Degree
2 223 (11.10%) AWS Certification
3 221 (11.00%) Security Cleared
4 188 (9.36%) SC Cleared
5 140 (6.97%) Microsoft Certification
6 123 (6.12%) Computer Science Degree
7 110 (5.48%) MCSE
8 66 (3.29%) Azure Certification
9 51 (2.54%) CISSP
10 42 (2.09%) DV Cleared
11 38 (1.89%) Cisco Certification
12 34 (1.69%) CREST Certified
13 33 (1.64%) TOGAF Certification
14 30 (1.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 28 (1.39%) CISM
16 24 (1.19%) Master's Degree
17 23 (1.14%) DBS Check
17 23 (1.14%) OSCP
18 22 (1.10%) CCNP
19 21 (1.05%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 187 (9.31%) QA
2 90 (4.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 56 (2.79%) GDPR
4 55 (2.74%) NIST
5 50 (2.49%) PCI DSS
6 42 (2.09%) Data Quality
7 39 (1.94%) Accessibility
8 33 (1.64%) GRC
8 33 (1.64%) SOC 2
9 29 (1.44%) Cyber Essentials
10 25 (1.24%) SLA
11 16 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 15 (0.75%) Actionable Recommendations
12 15 (0.75%) NCSC
13 13 (0.65%) JSP 440
14 10 (0.50%) ISO 9001
15 9 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 42001
16 7 (0.35%) Government Security Classifications
16 7 (0.35%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 6 (0.30%) EU AI Act
System Software
1 406 (20.21%) Docker
2 77 (3.83%) Active Directory
3 36 (1.79%) Hyper-V
4 31 (1.54%) 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 2 (0.100%) 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
1 401 (19.96%) Terraform
2 366 (18.22%) Kubernetes
3 150 (7.47%) Ansible
4 137 (6.82%) Grafana
5 76 (3.78%) Prometheus
6 45 (2.24%) Argo
7 31 (1.54%) Single Sign-On
8 30 (1.49%) 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
12 7 (0.35%) Proxmox
13 6 (0.30%) Kibana
13 6 (0.30%) Podman
13 6 (0.30%) Puppet
14 5 (0.25%) AWS Copilot
14 5 (0.25%) Cisco CUCM
14 5 (0.25%) Packer
14 5 (0.25%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 282 (14.04%) Microsoft
2 136 (6.77%) Google
3 106 (5.28%) ServiceNow
4 64 (3.19%) Cisco
5 59 (2.94%) VMware
6 55 (2.74%) Oracle
7 45 (2.24%) Typelevel
8 33 (1.64%) Databricks
9 30 (1.49%) Apple
9 30 (1.49%) Red Hat
9 30 (1.49%) Splunk
10 26 (1.29%) Fortinet
10 26 (1.29%) Palo Alto
10 26 (1.29%) Salesforce
11 25 (1.24%) SAP
12 21 (1.05%) SolarWinds
13 20 (1.00%) Adobe
13 20 (1.00%) Okta
14 17 (0.85%) Dell
14 17 (0.85%) IBM