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 27 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 13 8
Rank change year-on-year +3 -5 -2
Permanent jobs citing AWS 2,549 2,159 3,938
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 11.67% 13.08% 14.52%
As % of the Cloud Services category 30.01% 35.51% 35.32%
Number of salaries quoted 1,652 1,375 3,263
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £56,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% - -
75th Percentile £90,000 £110,000 £101,250
90th Percentile £105,000 £135,000 £142,500
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 8,495 6,080 11,149
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.88% 36.83% 41.12%
Number of salaries quoted 6,080 4,488 9,006
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,569 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £107,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -4.00%

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 27 July 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 44 (1.73%) Apache Airflow
2 43 (1.69%) Apache Spark
3 24 (0.94%) Apache
4 22 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
5 17 (0.67%) Confluence
6 16 (0.63%) IIS
7 14 (0.55%) Anypoint
7 14 (0.55%) CMS
8 13 (0.51%) SharePoint
9 11 (0.43%) Mule
10 10 (0.39%) WordPress
11 7 (0.27%) Jupyter
12 6 (0.24%) Apache Solr
12 6 (0.24%) SAS
13 5 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
14 4 (0.16%) Ethereum
14 4 (0.16%) nginx
14 4 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
15 3 (0.12%) Camunda
15 3 (0.12%) Kentico
Applications
1 93 (3.65%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (0.39%) MS Visio
3 9 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
4 8 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.20%) AutoCAD
5 5 (0.20%) Chatbot
5 5 (0.20%) DaVinci Resolve
6 2 (0.078%) Elementor
6 2 (0.078%) Moqups
6 2 (0.078%) PlantUML
7 1 (0.039%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.039%) Houdini
7 1 (0.039%) Lightworks
7 1 (0.039%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.039%) NUKE
7 1 (0.039%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.039%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (0.94%) Cloudability
2 6 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.16%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.078%) Shopify
5 1 (0.039%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.039%) Magento
5 1 (0.039%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.039%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 1,169 (45.86%) Azure
2 638 (25.03%) GCP
3 290 (11.38%) SaaS
4 233 (9.14%) Serverless
5 200 (7.85%) GitHub
6 162 (6.36%) Microsoft 365
7 150 (5.88%) AWS Lambda
8 148 (5.81%) Amazon S3
9 97 (3.81%) Amazon EKS
9 97 (3.81%) AWS CloudFormation
10 92 (3.61%) Amazon EC2
11 89 (3.49%) GitHub Actions
12 84 (3.30%) Amazon ECS
13 68 (2.67%) Amazon SQS
14 65 (2.55%) Azure DevOps
15 60 (2.35%) GitHub Copilot
16 57 (2.24%) Snowflake
17 51 (2.00%) Entra ID
18 50 (1.96%) Amazon CloudWatch
19 38 (1.49%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 128 (5.02%) Firewall
2 123 (4.83%) Broadband
3 80 (3.14%) VPN
4 75 (2.94%) DNS
5 69 (2.71%) WAN
6 64 (2.51%) Network Security
7 63 (2.47%) LAN
8 53 (2.08%) TCP/IP
9 45 (1.77%) DHCP
10 38 (1.49%) HTTP
11 30 (1.18%) SD-WAN
12 28 (1.10%) Wi-Fi
13 27 (1.06%) Cisco ASA
14 22 (0.86%) Cisco Firepower
15 21 (0.82%) VLAN
16 20 (0.78%) SSL
17 16 (0.63%) BGP
18 14 (0.55%) MPLS
18 14 (0.55%) OSPF
19 11 (0.43%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 261 (10.24%) PostgreSQL
2 252 (9.89%) MongoDB
3 111 (4.35%) SQL Server
4 109 (4.28%) MySQL
5 108 (4.24%) Elasticsearch
6 106 (4.16%) NoSQL
7 84 (3.30%) Azure SQL Database
8 55 (2.16%) Amazon RDS
8 55 (2.16%) DynamoDB
9 54 (2.12%) Redis
9 54 (2.12%) Relational Database
10 38 (1.49%) Metadata
11 37 (1.45%) Data Warehouse
12 33 (1.29%) Amazon Athena
13 30 (1.18%) Power BI
14 27 (1.06%) Amazon Redshift
14 27 (1.06%) Big Data
15 25 (0.98%) Data Lake
16 22 (0.86%) Tableau
17 18 (0.71%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 134 (5.26%) Git
2 84 (3.30%) Jenkins
3 83 (3.26%) GitLab
4 56 (2.20%) TeamCity
5 53 (2.08%) JIRA
6 51 (2.00%) Cypress.io
7 35 (1.37%) Claude Code
8 23 (0.90%) JUnit
9 21 (0.82%) Selenium
10 16 (0.63%) Maven
10 16 (0.63%) Postman
11 14 (0.55%) Crashlytics
11 14 (0.55%) XCTest
12 13 (0.51%) CircleCI
12 13 (0.51%) JMeter
13 12 (0.47%) Mockito
14 10 (0.39%) Cucumber
15 9 (0.35%) Bitbucket
16 6 (0.24%) Gatling
16 6 (0.24%) SonarQube
General
1 637 (24.99%) Social Skills
2 575 (22.56%) Finance
3 282 (11.06%) Public Sector
4 224 (8.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 222 (8.71%) Banking
6 206 (8.08%) Law
7 138 (5.41%) Analytical Skills
8 123 (4.83%) Retail
9 69 (2.71%) Legal
10 53 (2.08%) Games
11 48 (1.88%) Financial Institution
11 48 (1.88%) Swedish Language
12 45 (1.77%) Back Office
13 43 (1.69%) Front Office
14 39 (1.53%) Influencing Skills
14 39 (1.53%) Presentation Skills
15 37 (1.45%) Marketing
16 36 (1.41%) French Language
17 29 (1.14%) Telecoms
18 23 (0.90%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 612 (24.01%) Senior
2 556 (21.81%) Developer
3 443 (17.38%) Software Engineer
4 319 (12.51%) Lead
5 278 (10.91%) Architect
6 153 (6.00%) Full-Stack Developer
7 142 (5.57%) AWS Engineer
8 128 (5.02%) Analyst
9 124 (4.86%) DevOps Engineer
10 120 (4.71%) .NET Developer
11 118 (4.63%) Senior Software Engineer
12 115 (4.51%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 113 (4.43%) Senior Developer
14 109 (4.28%) Lead Software Engineer
15 97 (3.81%) Engineering Manager
15 97 (3.81%) Solutions Architect
16 95 (3.73%) Consultant
17 93 (3.65%) Lead Developer
17 93 (3.65%) Software Developer
18 91 (3.57%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 435 (17.07%) React
2 378 (14.83%) Node.js
3 241 (9.45%) .NET
4 185 (7.26%) REST
5 131 (5.14%) RESTful
5 131 (5.14%) Vue
6 129 (5.06%) Spring
7 126 (4.94%) CSS
8 122 (4.79%) Kafka
9 113 (4.43%) .NET Core
9 113 (4.43%) AngularJS
10 106 (4.16%) ASP.NET
11 96 (3.77%) ASP.NET Core
12 93 (3.65%) Spring Boot
13 84 (3.30%) HTML
14 71 (2.79%) .NET Framework
14 71 (2.79%) Middleware
15 57 (2.24%) Ruby on Rails
16 53 (2.08%) OAuth
17 50 (1.96%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 385 (15.10%) Cloud Native
2 192 (7.53%) Product Ownership
3 189 (7.41%) Distributed Systems
4 95 (3.73%) Public Cloud
5 85 (3.33%) Greenfield Project
6 78 (3.06%) Video\Live Streaming
7 68 (2.67%) Cyber Threat
8 66 (2.59%) AI Agents
9 63 (2.47%) Onboarding
10 54 (2.12%) Management Information System
11 48 (1.88%) Data Centre
11 48 (1.88%) Security Posture
12 46 (1.80%) Over-the-Top Content
13 45 (1.77%) Enterprise Software
13 45 (1.77%) Self-Motivation
14 44 (1.73%) Fixed Income
15 43 (1.69%) Mobile App
16 42 (1.65%) Hybrid Cloud
17 41 (1.61%) Blog
18 37 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 213 (8.36%) Linux
2 160 (6.28%) Windows
3 62 (2.43%) Windows Server
4 57 (2.24%) Unix
5 35 (1.37%) Apple iOS
6 20 (0.78%) Android
7 12 (0.47%) Windows 10
8 11 (0.43%) Ubuntu
9 10 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
10 7 (0.27%) Mac OS
10 7 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
11 6 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
12 4 (0.16%) Debian
13 3 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 2 (0.078%) CentOS
15 1 (0.039%) FreeBSD
15 1 (0.039%) OpenBSD
15 1 (0.039%) Solaris
15 1 (0.039%) Windows 7
15 1 (0.039%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 894 (35.07%) CI/CD
2 865 (33.93%) Agile
3 775 (30.40%) Software Engineering
4 598 (23.46%) DevOps
5 546 (21.42%) Mentoring
6 505 (19.81%) Microservices
7 503 (19.73%) Full-Stack Development
8 490 (19.22%) AI
9 448 (17.58%) Continuous Improvement
10 433 (16.99%) Problem-Solving
11 432 (16.95%) Infrastructure as Code
12 421 (16.52%) Test Automation
13 349 (13.69%) Technical Leadership
14 339 (13.30%) Containerisation
15 303 (11.89%) Roadmaps
16 280 (10.98%) Coaching
17 273 (10.71%) Scrum
18 261 (10.24%) Clean Code
19 251 (9.85%) Machine Learning
20 240 (9.42%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 674 (26.44%) Python
2 506 (19.85%) Java
3 403 (15.81%) TypeScript
4 400 (15.69%) JavaScript
5 384 (15.06%) SQL
6 288 (11.30%) C#
7 180 (7.06%) Go
8 89 (3.49%) Bash
9 74 (2.90%) Scala
10 70 (2.75%) C++
10 70 (2.75%) Ruby
11 69 (2.71%) PHP
12 68 (2.67%) PowerShell
13 34 (1.33%) Kotlin
14 26 (1.02%) Rust
15 16 (0.63%) Bicep
15 16 (0.63%) PL/SQL
16 15 (0.59%) Swift
17 14 (0.55%) DataWeave
18 10 (0.39%) C
Qualifications
1 384 (15.06%) Security Cleared
2 329 (12.91%) SC Cleared
3 304 (11.93%) Degree
4 172 (6.75%) AWS Certification
5 119 (4.67%) CISSP
6 97 (3.81%) CISM
6 97 (3.81%) Microsoft Certification
7 90 (3.53%) Computer Science Degree
8 83 (3.26%) MCSE
9 54 (2.12%) Azure Certification
10 50 (1.96%) ITIL Certification
11 48 (1.88%) DV Cleared
12 37 (1.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 34 (1.33%) Cisco Certification
14 23 (0.90%) CCNP
15 19 (0.75%) BPSS Clearance
16 18 (0.71%) CREST Certified
17 17 (0.67%) DBS Check
18 16 (0.63%) CCNA
18 16 (0.63%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 190 (7.45%) QA
2 114 (4.47%) NIST
3 94 (3.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 67 (2.63%) Accessibility
5 60 (2.35%) Data Quality
6 50 (1.96%) GDPR
7 48 (1.88%) ISO 22301
8 31 (1.22%) GRC
9 27 (1.06%) PCI DSS
10 26 (1.02%) NCSC
11 19 (0.75%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 15 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
12 15 (0.59%) WCAG
13 13 (0.51%) SOC 2
14 11 (0.43%) ISO 9001
14 11 (0.43%) SLA
15 10 (0.39%) JSP 440
15 10 (0.39%) NIST 800
16 7 (0.27%) PMO
17 6 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 455 (17.85%) Docker
2 67 (2.63%) Active Directory
3 52 (2.04%) VMware Infrastructure
4 42 (1.65%) Hyper-V
5 21 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
6 18 (0.71%) vSphere
7 7 (0.27%) KVM
8 6 (0.24%) Firmware
8 6 (0.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 6 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (0.16%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.12%) iptables
11 2 (0.078%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 2 (0.078%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (0.039%) VMware ESXi
12 1 (0.039%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 404 (15.85%) Terraform
2 399 (15.65%) Kubernetes
3 112 (4.39%) Grafana
4 110 (4.32%) Ansible
5 41 (1.61%) Prometheus
6 26 (1.02%) Microsoft Intune
7 23 (0.90%) Argo
8 17 (0.67%) Progress Chef
9 15 (0.59%) Puppet
10 14 (0.55%) Istio
10 14 (0.55%) Proxmox
11 13 (0.51%) Podman
12 11 (0.43%) CloudHub
13 10 (0.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 9 (0.35%) Cisco CUCM
15 8 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
16 7 (0.27%) Packer
16 7 (0.27%) ZABBIX
17 6 (0.24%) EMC NetWorker
17 6 (0.24%) EMC VPLEX
Vendors
1 430 (16.87%) Microsoft
2 124 (4.86%) ServiceNow
3 96 (3.77%) Google
4 81 (3.18%) VMware
5 68 (2.67%) Cisco
6 61 (2.39%) Oracle
7 50 (1.96%) Databricks
8 45 (1.77%) Typelevel
9 38 (1.49%) Palo Alto
10 35 (1.37%) Fortinet
11 34 (1.33%) Apple
12 32 (1.26%) Splunk
13 31 (1.22%) SAP
14 30 (1.18%) Adobe
14 30 (1.18%) Salesforce
15 26 (1.02%) SolarWinds
16 22 (0.86%) OpenAI
17 21 (0.82%) Dell
18 20 (0.78%) MuleSoft
19 19 (0.75%) Dynatrace