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 23 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 13 9
Rank change year-on-year +4 -4 -3
Permanent jobs citing AWS 2,364 2,176 4,907
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 11.62% 13.98% 14.19%
As % of the Cloud Services category 30.55% 36.69% 33.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1,507 1,374 4,137
10th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £54,551 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -3.45%
75th Percentile £90,000 £106,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £135,000 £122,500
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 7,739 5,931 14,572
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.04% 38.12% 42.15%
Number of salaries quoted 5,461 4,320 12,106
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,735 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,750 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -8.73%

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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 23 June 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 62 (2.62%) Apache Airflow
2 42 (1.78%) Apache Spark
3 27 (1.14%) Apache
4 23 (0.97%) Microsoft Exchange
5 16 (0.68%) CMS
6 15 (0.63%) SharePoint
7 9 (0.38%) Confluence
7 9 (0.38%) IIS
8 7 (0.30%) Jupyter
8 7 (0.30%) nginx
9 6 (0.25%) Apache Solr
10 5 (0.21%) WordPress
11 4 (0.17%) Anypoint
11 4 (0.17%) Ethereum
11 4 (0.17%) Mule
12 3 (0.13%) SAS
12 3 (0.13%) Sitecore CMS
13 2 (0.085%) ArcGIS
13 2 (0.085%) Oracle Application Server
13 2 (0.085%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 88 (3.72%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (0.30%) MS Visio
3 5 (0.21%) AutoCAD
3 5 (0.21%) Chatbot
3 5 (0.21%) DaVinci Resolve
3 5 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.13%) Adobe Illustrator
5 3 (0.13%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.085%) Microsoft Excel
6 2 (0.085%) PlantUML
7 1 (0.042%) EngageOne
7 1 (0.042%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (1.02%) Cloudability
2 5 (0.21%) Shopify
3 4 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.085%) SAP HR
5 1 (0.042%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.042%) Magento
5 1 (0.042%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.042%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.042%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 994 (42.05%) Azure
2 596 (25.21%) GCP
3 260 (11.00%) Serverless
4 237 (10.03%) SaaS
5 189 (7.99%) GitHub
6 171 (7.23%) Amazon S3
7 168 (7.11%) AWS Lambda
8 151 (6.39%) Microsoft 365
9 120 (5.08%) Amazon EKS
10 102 (4.31%) Amazon EC2
10 102 (4.31%) AWS CloudFormation
11 87 (3.68%) Amazon ECS
12 81 (3.43%) GitHub Actions
13 71 (3.00%) Amazon SQS
14 57 (2.41%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 57 (2.41%) Azure DevOps
15 50 (2.12%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 48 (2.03%) GitHub Copilot
17 47 (1.99%) Entra ID
18 42 (1.78%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 142 (6.01%) Broadband
2 138 (5.84%) Firewall
3 75 (3.17%) VPN
4 74 (3.13%) WAN
5 64 (2.71%) DNS
5 64 (2.71%) LAN
6 55 (2.33%) Network Security
7 48 (2.03%) Wi-Fi
8 41 (1.73%) TCP/IP
9 39 (1.65%) HTTP
10 38 (1.61%) DHCP
11 35 (1.48%) SD-WAN
12 31 (1.31%) Cisco ASA
13 30 (1.27%) VXLAN
14 27 (1.14%) Cisco Firepower
15 23 (0.97%) VLAN
16 21 (0.89%) BGP
17 17 (0.72%) MPLS
17 17 (0.72%) NGFW
17 17 (0.72%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 246 (10.41%) PostgreSQL
2 220 (9.31%) MongoDB
3 129 (5.46%) NoSQL
4 94 (3.98%) SQL Server
5 90 (3.81%) Elasticsearch
5 90 (3.81%) MySQL
6 65 (2.75%) Relational Database
7 64 (2.71%) Amazon RDS
8 62 (2.62%) DynamoDB
9 58 (2.45%) Azure SQL Database
10 57 (2.41%) Metadata
11 45 (1.90%) Data Warehouse
12 40 (1.69%) Amazon Athena
13 36 (1.52%) Redis
14 35 (1.48%) Amazon Redshift
15 31 (1.31%) BigQuery
16 28 (1.18%) Data Lake
17 27 (1.14%) Tableau
18 25 (1.06%) RDBMS
19 22 (0.93%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 129 (5.46%) Git
2 83 (3.51%) GitLab
3 80 (3.38%) Jenkins
4 62 (2.62%) TeamCity
5 50 (2.12%) Cypress.io
6 42 (1.78%) JIRA
7 24 (1.02%) Claude Code
8 18 (0.76%) Jaeger
9 16 (0.68%) JUnit
10 15 (0.63%) CircleCI
10 15 (0.63%) Selenium
11 14 (0.59%) Crashlytics
11 14 (0.59%) JMeter
11 14 (0.59%) Maven
11 14 (0.59%) XCTest
12 10 (0.42%) Postman
13 9 (0.38%) MLflow
13 9 (0.38%) Mockito
14 7 (0.30%) Burp Suite
14 7 (0.30%) Cucumber
General
1 565 (23.90%) Social Skills
2 518 (21.91%) Finance
3 257 (10.87%) Public Sector
4 237 (10.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 218 (9.22%) Banking
6 177 (7.49%) Law
7 146 (6.18%) Retail
8 132 (5.58%) Analytical Skills
9 64 (2.71%) Legal
10 53 (2.24%) Back Office
11 52 (2.20%) Financial Institution
12 51 (2.16%) Games
13 45 (1.90%) Influencing Skills
14 42 (1.78%) Front Office
15 41 (1.73%) French Language
16 35 (1.48%) Swedish Language
17 28 (1.18%) Marketing
18 27 (1.14%) Presentation Skills
19 23 (0.97%) Telecoms
20 21 (0.89%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 553 (23.39%) Senior
2 505 (21.36%) Developer
3 414 (17.51%) Software Engineer
4 325 (13.75%) Lead
5 264 (11.17%) Architect
6 157 (6.64%) AWS Engineer
7 142 (6.01%) Full-Stack Developer
8 117 (4.95%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 117 (4.95%) Senior Software Engineer
9 115 (4.86%) Analyst
10 107 (4.53%) DevOps Engineer
10 107 (4.53%) Lead Software Engineer
11 98 (4.15%) Cloud Engineer
12 96 (4.06%) Solutions Architect
13 94 (3.98%) Lead Developer
14 93 (3.93%) Software Developer
15 92 (3.89%) .NET Developer
16 89 (3.76%) Data Engineer
17 88 (3.72%) Consultant
17 88 (3.72%) Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 409 (17.30%) React
2 343 (14.51%) Node.js
3 199 (8.42%) .NET
4 151 (6.39%) REST
5 126 (5.33%) Spring
6 124 (5.25%) RESTful
7 122 (5.16%) Kafka
8 115 (4.86%) CSS
9 112 (4.74%) Vue
10 98 (4.15%) AngularJS
11 90 (3.81%) Spring Boot
12 86 (3.64%) .NET Core
13 78 (3.30%) HTML
14 76 (3.21%) ASP.NET
15 68 (2.88%) ASP.NET Core
16 51 (2.16%) Redux
16 51 (2.16%) Ruby on Rails
17 49 (2.07%) gRPC
18 48 (2.03%) .NET Framework
19 42 (1.78%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 388 (16.41%) Cloud Native
2 195 (8.25%) Product Ownership
3 178 (7.53%) Distributed Systems
4 96 (4.06%) Public Cloud
5 79 (3.34%) Video\Live Streaming
6 78 (3.30%) Greenfield Project
7 64 (2.71%) Data Centre
8 58 (2.45%) Security Posture
9 55 (2.33%) Onboarding
10 54 (2.28%) Management Information System
11 52 (2.20%) Blog
12 46 (1.95%) Enterprise Software
12 46 (1.95%) Over-the-Top Content
13 45 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
14 44 (1.86%) Fixed Income
15 42 (1.78%) Hybrid Cloud
15 42 (1.78%) Mobile App
16 39 (1.65%) PKI
17 37 (1.57%) AI Agents
18 35 (1.48%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 210 (8.88%) Linux
2 125 (5.29%) Windows
3 59 (2.50%) Unix
4 52 (2.20%) Windows Server
5 41 (1.73%) Apple iOS
6 28 (1.18%) Android
7 16 (0.68%) Windows 10
8 13 (0.55%) Windows Server 2016
9 10 (0.42%) Mac OS
9 10 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
10 9 (0.38%) Ubuntu
10 9 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
11 5 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 4 (0.17%) Debian
13 3 (0.13%) CentOS
14 1 (0.042%) FreeBSD
14 1 (0.042%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.042%) OpenBSD
14 1 (0.042%) Windows 7
14 1 (0.042%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 831 (35.15%) CI/CD
2 747 (31.60%) Agile
3 726 (30.71%) Software Engineering
4 543 (22.97%) Mentoring
5 542 (22.93%) DevOps
6 489 (20.69%) Full-Stack Development
7 472 (19.97%) Microservices
8 434 (18.36%) AI
8 434 (18.36%) Infrastructure as Code
9 406 (17.17%) Continuous Improvement
10 390 (16.50%) Problem-Solving
11 350 (14.81%) Test Automation
12 343 (14.51%) Containerisation
13 328 (13.87%) Technical Leadership
14 307 (12.99%) Roadmaps
15 276 (11.68%) Coaching
16 248 (10.49%) Clean Code
17 237 (10.03%) Machine Learning
18 226 (9.56%) Observability
19 220 (9.31%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 660 (27.92%) Python
2 540 (22.84%) Java
3 389 (16.46%) TypeScript
4 371 (15.69%) JavaScript
5 338 (14.30%) SQL
6 250 (10.58%) C#
7 208 (8.80%) Go
8 117 (4.95%) Bash
9 76 (3.21%) Scala
10 70 (2.96%) C++
11 68 (2.88%) PHP
12 60 (2.54%) Ruby
13 50 (2.12%) PowerShell
14 34 (1.44%) Kotlin
15 27 (1.14%) Rust
16 15 (0.63%) Bicep
17 14 (0.59%) Swift
18 13 (0.55%) PL/SQL
19 9 (0.38%) Groovy
20 7 (0.30%) C
Qualifications
1 318 (13.45%) Security Cleared
2 287 (12.14%) Degree
3 266 (11.25%) SC Cleared
4 193 (8.16%) AWS Certification
5 100 (4.23%) Microsoft Certification
6 83 (3.51%) MCSE
7 82 (3.47%) Computer Science Degree
8 63 (2.66%) CISSP
9 57 (2.41%) Azure Certification
10 46 (1.95%) DV Cleared
11 41 (1.73%) CISM
12 38 (1.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 32 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
14 26 (1.10%) DBS Check
15 23 (0.97%) CREST Certified
16 20 (0.85%) CCNP
17 19 (0.80%) TOGAF Certification
18 17 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
18 17 (0.72%) OSCP
19 16 (0.68%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 184 (7.78%) QA
2 91 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 66 (2.79%) NIST
4 58 (2.45%) Data Quality
5 53 (2.24%) Accessibility
6 45 (1.90%) GDPR
7 37 (1.57%) PCI DSS
8 28 (1.18%) GRC
9 26 (1.10%) NCSC
10 17 (0.72%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 16 (0.68%) SOC 2
12 15 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
13 12 (0.51%) JSP 440
14 11 (0.47%) ISO 9001
15 9 (0.38%) SLA
16 8 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
16 8 (0.34%) WCAG
17 7 (0.30%) Government Security Classifications
18 6 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
18 6 (0.25%) PMO
System Software
1 430 (18.19%) Docker
2 61 (2.58%) Active Directory
3 39 (1.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 38 (1.61%) Hyper-V
5 20 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
6 18 (0.76%) vSphere
7 6 (0.25%) Firmware
7 6 (0.25%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 6 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
8 5 (0.21%) KVM
9 3 (0.13%) iptables
9 3 (0.13%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.085%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 2 (0.085%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.042%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.042%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 420 (17.77%) Terraform
2 384 (16.24%) Kubernetes
3 145 (6.13%) Ansible
4 121 (5.12%) Grafana
5 63 (2.66%) Prometheus
6 42 (1.78%) Argo
7 22 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
8 18 (0.76%) Kustomize
9 16 (0.68%) Proxmox
10 14 (0.59%) Progress Chef
11 13 (0.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 12 (0.51%) Istio
12 12 (0.51%) Podman
12 12 (0.51%) Puppet
12 12 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
13 9 (0.38%) Cisco CUCM
13 9 (0.38%) Packer
14 7 (0.30%) Nmap
14 7 (0.30%) ZABBIX
15 6 (0.25%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 374 (15.82%) Microsoft
2 114 (4.82%) ServiceNow
3 112 (4.74%) Google
4 69 (2.92%) Cisco
5 67 (2.83%) VMware
6 52 (2.20%) Oracle
7 45 (1.90%) Typelevel
8 39 (1.65%) Databricks
9 36 (1.52%) Apple
10 35 (1.48%) Fortinet
11 34 (1.44%) Palo Alto
11 34 (1.44%) Splunk
12 33 (1.40%) SolarWinds
13 31 (1.31%) Adobe
14 25 (1.06%) Salesforce
15 24 (1.02%) SAP
16 21 (0.89%) Aruba
17 20 (0.85%) OpenAI
18 18 (0.76%) CheckPoint
18 18 (0.76%) Dynatrace