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 4 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 13 8
Rank change year-on-year +3 -5 -2
Permanent jobs citing AWS 2,609 2,124 3,714
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 11.71% 12.87% 14.69%
As % of the Cloud Services category 30.29% 35.21% 35.79%
Number of salaries quoted 1,695 1,348 3,007
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,175 £45,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £57,500 £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 £105,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £135,000 £142,500
UK median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year - - -3.33%

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 8,614 6,033 10,378
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.68% 36.56% 41.04%
Number of salaries quoted 6,206 4,451 8,195
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £36,750
25th Percentile £45,063 £43,750 £47,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £63,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -4.76% -3.08%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £84,964
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -4.76%

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 4 August 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 41 (1.57%) Apache Spark
2 40 (1.53%) Apache Airflow
3 23 (0.88%) Apache
4 21 (0.80%) Microsoft Exchange
5 19 (0.73%) Confluence
6 16 (0.61%) IIS
7 15 (0.57%) Anypoint
8 14 (0.54%) SharePoint
8 14 (0.54%) WordPress
9 12 (0.46%) Mule
10 10 (0.38%) CMS
11 7 (0.27%) Jupyter
12 6 (0.23%) Apache Solr
12 6 (0.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 6 (0.23%) SAS
13 4 (0.15%) Camunda
13 4 (0.15%) Ethereum
13 4 (0.15%) Sitecore CMS
14 3 (0.11%) EPiServer
14 3 (0.11%) Kentico
Applications
1 92 (3.53%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (0.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (0.38%) MS Visio
3 9 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.23%) Chatbot
5 5 (0.19%) AutoCAD
5 5 (0.19%) DaVinci Resolve
6 3 (0.11%) Moqups
7 2 (0.077%) Elementor
7 2 (0.077%) PlantUML
7 2 (0.077%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.038%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.038%) Houdini
8 1 (0.038%) Lightworks
8 1 (0.038%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.038%) NUKE
8 1 (0.038%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (0.92%) Cloudability
2 6 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
3 5 (0.19%) NetSuite
4 4 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.11%) Shopify
6 1 (0.038%) Magento
6 1 (0.038%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.038%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 1,200 (45.99%) Azure
2 652 (24.99%) GCP
3 300 (11.50%) SaaS
4 228 (8.74%) Serverless
5 203 (7.78%) GitHub
6 164 (6.29%) Microsoft 365
7 147 (5.63%) AWS Lambda
8 146 (5.60%) Amazon S3
9 108 (4.14%) AWS CloudFormation
10 99 (3.79%) Amazon EKS
11 93 (3.56%) Amazon EC2
12 92 (3.53%) GitHub Actions
13 85 (3.26%) Amazon ECS
14 69 (2.64%) Amazon SQS
15 67 (2.57%) Azure DevOps
16 65 (2.49%) Snowflake
17 62 (2.38%) GitHub Copilot
18 51 (1.95%) Entra ID
19 47 (1.80%) Amazon CloudWatch
20 45 (1.72%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 125 (4.79%) Firewall
2 115 (4.41%) Broadband
3 76 (2.91%) DNS
4 75 (2.87%) VPN
5 68 (2.61%) WAN
6 66 (2.53%) Network Security
7 62 (2.38%) LAN
8 58 (2.22%) TCP/IP
9 45 (1.72%) DHCP
10 39 (1.49%) HTTP
11 29 (1.11%) SD-WAN
12 26 (1.00%) Cisco ASA
13 24 (0.92%) Wi-Fi
14 21 (0.80%) Cisco Firepower
14 21 (0.80%) SSL
14 21 (0.80%) VLAN
15 13 (0.50%) BGP
16 12 (0.46%) MPLS
16 12 (0.46%) OSPF
17 11 (0.42%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 269 (10.31%) PostgreSQL
2 251 (9.62%) MongoDB
3 116 (4.45%) SQL Server
4 109 (4.18%) MySQL
5 108 (4.14%) Elasticsearch
6 103 (3.95%) NoSQL
7 84 (3.22%) Azure SQL Database
8 58 (2.22%) DynamoDB
8 58 (2.22%) Redis
9 54 (2.07%) Amazon RDS
10 52 (1.99%) Relational Database
11 38 (1.46%) Data Warehouse
11 38 (1.46%) Power BI
12 35 (1.34%) Metadata
13 31 (1.19%) Amazon Athena
14 28 (1.07%) Big Data
15 26 (1.00%) Amazon Redshift
16 25 (0.96%) Data Lake
17 23 (0.88%) Tableau
18 18 (0.69%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 139 (5.33%) Git
2 85 (3.26%) Jenkins
3 82 (3.14%) GitLab
4 61 (2.34%) TeamCity
5 58 (2.22%) JIRA
6 56 (2.15%) Cypress.io
7 42 (1.61%) Claude Code
8 27 (1.03%) JUnit
9 25 (0.96%) Selenium
10 19 (0.73%) Postman
11 18 (0.69%) Maven
12 14 (0.54%) Crashlytics
12 14 (0.54%) Mockito
12 14 (0.54%) XCTest
13 13 (0.50%) CircleCI
14 12 (0.46%) JMeter
15 11 (0.42%) Bitbucket
15 11 (0.42%) Cucumber
16 7 (0.27%) Gatling
16 7 (0.27%) NUnit
General
1 673 (25.80%) Social Skills
2 600 (23.00%) Finance
3 292 (11.19%) Public Sector
4 238 (9.12%) Banking
5 236 (9.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 214 (8.20%) Law
7 144 (5.52%) Analytical Skills
8 127 (4.87%) Retail
9 73 (2.80%) Legal
10 54 (2.07%) Games
11 50 (1.92%) Financial Institution
12 48 (1.84%) Back Office
12 48 (1.84%) Swedish Language
13 42 (1.61%) Front Office
14 40 (1.53%) Presentation Skills
15 39 (1.49%) Marketing
16 38 (1.46%) French Language
16 38 (1.46%) Influencing Skills
17 31 (1.19%) Telecoms
18 23 (0.88%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 627 (24.03%) Senior
2 557 (21.35%) Developer
3 452 (17.32%) Software Engineer
4 326 (12.50%) Lead
5 287 (11.00%) Architect
6 153 (5.86%) Full-Stack Developer
7 142 (5.44%) AWS Engineer
8 132 (5.06%) Analyst
9 123 (4.71%) DevOps Engineer
10 119 (4.56%) .NET Developer
11 117 (4.48%) Senior Developer
11 117 (4.48%) Senior Software Engineer
12 115 (4.41%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 110 (4.22%) Lead Software Engineer
14 102 (3.91%) Engineering Manager
15 97 (3.72%) Consultant
16 96 (3.68%) Cloud Engineer
17 95 (3.64%) Solutions Architect
18 93 (3.56%) Lead Developer
19 90 (3.45%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 451 (17.29%) React
2 376 (14.41%) Node.js
3 246 (9.43%) .NET
4 194 (7.44%) REST
5 134 (5.14%) RESTful
6 128 (4.91%) CSS
6 128 (4.91%) Spring
6 128 (4.91%) Vue
7 118 (4.52%) AngularJS
7 118 (4.52%) Kafka
8 115 (4.41%) .NET Core
9 106 (4.06%) ASP.NET
10 96 (3.68%) ASP.NET Core
11 94 (3.60%) Spring Boot
12 84 (3.22%) HTML
13 72 (2.76%) .NET Framework
14 71 (2.72%) Middleware
15 61 (2.34%) Ruby on Rails
16 58 (2.22%) LangChain
16 58 (2.22%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 392 (15.02%) Cloud Native
2 193 (7.40%) Product Ownership
3 185 (7.09%) Distributed Systems
4 102 (3.91%) Public Cloud
5 86 (3.30%) Greenfield Project
6 80 (3.07%) AI Agents
7 70 (2.68%) Cyber Threat
8 69 (2.64%) Video\Live Streaming
9 67 (2.57%) Onboarding
10 55 (2.11%) Management Information System
11 50 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
12 48 (1.84%) Enterprise Software
12 48 (1.84%) Security Posture
13 46 (1.76%) Data Centre
13 46 (1.76%) Hybrid Cloud
13 46 (1.76%) Mobile App
14 43 (1.65%) Blog
15 42 (1.61%) Fixed Income
16 40 (1.53%) Legacy Systems
17 37 (1.42%) Over-the-Top Content
Operating Systems
1 214 (8.20%) Linux
2 161 (6.17%) Windows
3 62 (2.38%) Unix
4 61 (2.34%) Windows Server
5 35 (1.34%) Apple iOS
6 20 (0.77%) Android
7 11 (0.42%) Ubuntu
8 10 (0.38%) Windows 10
9 8 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
10 7 (0.27%) Mac OS
11 6 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
12 5 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
13 4 (0.15%) Debian
14 3 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 2 (0.077%) CentOS
16 1 (0.038%) FreeBSD
16 1 (0.038%) OpenBSD
16 1 (0.038%) Solaris
16 1 (0.038%) Windows 7
16 1 (0.038%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 916 (35.11%) CI/CD
2 886 (33.96%) Agile
3 792 (30.36%) Software Engineering
4 611 (23.42%) DevOps
5 568 (21.77%) Mentoring
6 523 (20.05%) AI
7 506 (19.39%) Full-Stack Development
8 501 (19.20%) Microservices
9 465 (17.82%) Continuous Improvement
10 450 (17.25%) Infrastructure as Code
11 433 (16.60%) Test Automation
12 431 (16.52%) Problem-Solving
13 364 (13.95%) Technical Leadership
14 328 (12.57%) Containerisation
15 321 (12.30%) Roadmaps
16 282 (10.81%) Coaching
17 277 (10.62%) Scrum
18 272 (10.43%) Clean Code
19 257 (9.85%) Observability
20 255 (9.77%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 683 (26.18%) Python
2 523 (20.05%) Java
3 418 (16.02%) TypeScript
4 414 (15.87%) JavaScript
5 395 (15.14%) SQL
6 293 (11.23%) C#
7 173 (6.63%) Go
8 88 (3.37%) Bash
9 75 (2.87%) Ruby
10 71 (2.72%) C++
10 71 (2.72%) PowerShell
11 69 (2.64%) PHP
12 66 (2.53%) Scala
13 35 (1.34%) Kotlin
14 25 (0.96%) Rust
15 17 (0.65%) PL/SQL
16 16 (0.61%) Bicep
16 16 (0.61%) Swift
17 15 (0.57%) DataWeave
18 10 (0.38%) C
Qualifications
1 409 (15.68%) Security Cleared
2 348 (13.34%) SC Cleared
3 302 (11.58%) Degree
4 177 (6.78%) AWS Certification
5 120 (4.60%) CISSP
6 98 (3.76%) CISM
7 97 (3.72%) Microsoft Certification
8 87 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
9 83 (3.18%) MCSE
10 57 (2.18%) Azure Certification
11 52 (1.99%) DV Cleared
12 50 (1.92%) ITIL Certification
13 37 (1.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 33 (1.26%) Cisco Certification
15 22 (0.84%) BPSS Clearance
15 22 (0.84%) CCNP
16 17 (0.65%) CREST Certified
16 17 (0.65%) DBS Check
17 16 (0.61%) CRISC
17 16 (0.61%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 194 (7.44%) QA
2 117 (4.48%) NIST
3 96 (3.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 77 (2.95%) Accessibility
5 61 (2.34%) Data Quality
6 52 (1.99%) GDPR
7 48 (1.84%) ISO 22301
8 29 (1.11%) GRC
9 28 (1.07%) NCSC
9 28 (1.07%) PCI DSS
10 19 (0.73%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 16 (0.61%) WCAG
12 15 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials
13 13 (0.50%) SLA
14 12 (0.46%) SOC 2
15 11 (0.42%) ISO 9001
16 10 (0.38%) JSP 440
16 10 (0.38%) NIST 800
17 7 (0.27%) PMO
18 6 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 448 (17.17%) Docker
2 68 (2.61%) Active Directory
3 56 (2.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 40 (1.53%) Hyper-V
5 22 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
6 20 (0.77%) vSphere
7 7 (0.27%) Firmware
7 7 (0.27%) KVM
7 7 (0.27%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 7 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
8 4 (0.15%) VMware NSX
9 3 (0.11%) iptables
10 2 (0.077%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 2 (0.077%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.077%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.038%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 426 (16.33%) Terraform
2 405 (15.52%) Kubernetes
3 119 (4.56%) Grafana
4 113 (4.33%) Ansible
5 38 (1.46%) Prometheus
6 25 (0.96%) Microsoft Intune
7 23 (0.88%) Argo
8 17 (0.65%) Progress Chef
9 16 (0.61%) Istio
10 14 (0.54%) Puppet
11 13 (0.50%) Podman
11 13 (0.50%) Proxmox
12 12 (0.46%) CloudHub
13 10 (0.38%) Cisco CUCM
14 8 (0.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 7 (0.27%) ZABBIX
16 6 (0.23%) Avamar
16 6 (0.23%) Dell DRAC
16 6 (0.23%) EMC NetWorker
16 6 (0.23%) VxRail
Vendors
1 438 (16.79%) Microsoft
2 123 (4.71%) ServiceNow
3 113 (4.33%) Google
4 82 (3.14%) VMware
5 69 (2.64%) Cisco
6 61 (2.34%) Oracle
7 56 (2.15%) Databricks
8 39 (1.49%) Palo Alto
9 36 (1.38%) Typelevel
10 34 (1.30%) Fortinet
11 33 (1.26%) Apple
11 33 (1.26%) Salesforce
12 32 (1.23%) SAP
12 32 (1.23%) Splunk
13 30 (1.15%) Adobe
14 24 (0.92%) SolarWinds
15 23 (0.88%) OpenAI
16 21 (0.80%) Okta
17 20 (0.77%) Dell
17 20 (0.77%) MuleSoft