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 18 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 10 9
Rank change year-on-year +3 -1 -3
Permanent jobs citing AWS 2,150 2,322 4,612
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 11.52% 15.34% 14.16%
As % of the Cloud Services category 30.40% 37.82% 33.03%
Number of salaries quoted 1,354 1,487 3,949
10th Percentile £46,446 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £54,625 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.84% +0.71% -6.04%
75th Percentile £90,000 £102,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £132,500 £118,750
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 7,072 6,139 13,963
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.88% 40.55% 42.88%
Number of salaries quoted 4,846 4,490 11,916
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £35,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.40% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £79,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £108,750 £97,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -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 18 May 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 67 (3.12%) Apache Airflow
2 40 (1.86%) Apache Spark
3 25 (1.16%) Apache
4 22 (1.02%) Microsoft Exchange
5 16 (0.74%) CMS
6 15 (0.70%) SharePoint
7 14 (0.65%) Confluence
8 9 (0.42%) nginx
9 7 (0.33%) Apache Solr
10 5 (0.23%) WordPress
11 4 (0.19%) ArcGIS
11 4 (0.19%) Ethereum
11 4 (0.19%) GeoServer
11 4 (0.19%) Oracle Spatial
12 3 (0.14%) Drupal
12 3 (0.14%) Jupyter
12 3 (0.14%) OpenStack
13 2 (0.093%) Camunda
13 2 (0.093%) JBoss
13 2 (0.093%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 74 (3.44%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.33%) MS Visio
5 6 (0.28%) Chatbot
5 6 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.23%) AutoCAD
6 5 (0.23%) DaVinci Resolve
7 3 (0.14%) Adobe Illustrator
7 3 (0.14%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.047%) EngageOne
8 1 (0.047%) PlantUML
8 1 (0.047%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (1.12%) Cloudability
2 6 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
3 5 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.23%) Shopify
4 3 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.093%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.093%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.047%) Magento
6 1 (0.047%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.047%) Sprinklr
6 1 (0.047%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 894 (41.58%) Azure
2 565 (26.28%) GCP
3 269 (12.51%) Serverless
4 226 (10.51%) SaaS
5 181 (8.42%) GitHub
6 172 (8.00%) AWS Lambda
7 168 (7.81%) Amazon S3
8 126 (5.86%) Microsoft 365
9 124 (5.77%) Amazon EKS
10 91 (4.23%) Amazon EC2
11 88 (4.09%) AWS CloudFormation
12 87 (4.05%) GitHub Actions
13 80 (3.72%) Amazon ECS
14 75 (3.49%) Amazon SQS
15 57 (2.65%) Azure DevOps
16 53 (2.47%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 51 (2.37%) Entra ID
18 46 (2.14%) Virtual Private Cloud
19 44 (2.05%) Snowflake
20 37 (1.72%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 132 (6.14%) Firewall
2 127 (5.91%) Broadband
3 73 (3.40%) WAN
4 65 (3.02%) LAN
4 65 (3.02%) VPN
5 55 (2.56%) DNS
6 48 (2.23%) Wi-Fi
7 46 (2.14%) Network Security
8 41 (1.91%) TCP/IP
9 40 (1.86%) HTTP
10 37 (1.72%) SD-WAN
11 34 (1.58%) Cisco ASA
12 32 (1.49%) VXLAN
13 30 (1.40%) Cisco Firepower
14 29 (1.35%) DHCP
15 22 (1.02%) BGP
16 21 (0.98%) VLAN
17 19 (0.88%) MPLS
17 19 (0.88%) OSPF
18 18 (0.84%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 219 (10.19%) PostgreSQL
2 161 (7.49%) MongoDB
3 122 (5.67%) NoSQL
4 89 (4.14%) SQL Server
5 74 (3.44%) MySQL
6 64 (2.98%) Amazon RDS
7 62 (2.88%) DynamoDB
8 60 (2.79%) Elasticsearch
9 54 (2.51%) Relational Database
10 52 (2.42%) Metadata
11 47 (2.19%) Data Warehouse
12 39 (1.81%) BigQuery
13 38 (1.77%) Amazon Redshift
14 34 (1.58%) Amazon Athena
15 27 (1.26%) Redis
15 27 (1.26%) Tableau
16 25 (1.16%) Data Lake
17 22 (1.02%) Azure SQL Database
18 21 (0.98%) RDBMS
19 20 (0.93%) Apache Iceberg
Development Applications
1 122 (5.67%) Git
2 78 (3.63%) Jenkins
3 76 (3.53%) GitLab
4 57 (2.65%) TeamCity
5 54 (2.51%) Cypress.io
6 42 (1.95%) JIRA
7 18 (0.84%) CircleCI
7 18 (0.84%) Jaeger
8 14 (0.65%) JMeter
8 14 (0.65%) Selenium
9 13 (0.60%) Claude Code
9 13 (0.60%) Crashlytics
9 13 (0.60%) Maven
9 13 (0.60%) MLflow
9 13 (0.60%) XCTest
10 12 (0.56%) Bitbucket
11 10 (0.47%) SonarQube
12 7 (0.33%) JUnit
12 7 (0.33%) Locust
12 7 (0.33%) Vite
General
1 507 (23.58%) Social Skills
2 469 (21.81%) Finance
3 251 (11.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 228 (10.60%) Public Sector
5 203 (9.44%) Banking
6 173 (8.05%) Law
7 136 (6.33%) Retail
8 121 (5.63%) Analytical Skills
9 51 (2.37%) Back Office
9 51 (2.37%) Financial Institution
9 51 (2.37%) Legal
10 50 (2.33%) Front Office
11 49 (2.28%) French Language
12 48 (2.23%) Influencing Skills
13 41 (1.91%) Games
14 31 (1.44%) Telecoms
15 29 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
16 28 (1.30%) Health Technology
16 28 (1.30%) Tech for Good
17 25 (1.16%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 507 (23.58%) Senior
2 434 (20.19%) Developer
3 376 (17.49%) Software Engineer
4 306 (14.23%) Lead
5 230 (10.70%) Architect
6 145 (6.74%) AWS Engineer
7 126 (5.86%) Full-Stack Developer
8 120 (5.58%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 113 (5.26%) Analyst
10 108 (5.02%) Senior Software Engineer
11 96 (4.47%) DevOps Engineer
11 96 (4.47%) Lead Developer
12 95 (4.42%) Lead Software Engineer
13 88 (4.09%) Data Engineer
14 87 (4.05%) Java Engineer
15 83 (3.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 83 (3.86%) Solutions Architect
16 82 (3.81%) Software Developer
17 79 (3.67%) Consultant
18 78 (3.63%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 381 (17.72%) React
2 291 (13.53%) Node.js
3 158 (7.35%) .NET
4 134 (6.23%) REST
5 131 (6.09%) Kafka
6 119 (5.53%) RESTful
7 108 (5.02%) Spring
8 101 (4.70%) CSS
9 88 (4.09%) Spring Boot
10 77 (3.58%) Vue
11 71 (3.30%) AngularJS
11 71 (3.30%) HTML
12 57 (2.65%) gRPC
13 56 (2.60%) .NET Core
14 53 (2.47%) Redux
15 45 (2.09%) GraphQL
16 41 (1.91%) Jest
17 38 (1.77%) ASP.NET
18 37 (1.72%) AWS CDK
18 37 (1.72%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 331 (15.40%) Cloud Native
2 167 (7.77%) Product Ownership
3 147 (6.84%) Distributed Systems
4 92 (4.28%) Public Cloud
5 70 (3.26%) Greenfield Project
5 70 (3.26%) Video\Live Streaming
6 69 (3.21%) Onboarding
7 65 (3.02%) Data Centre
8 56 (2.60%) Blog
9 53 (2.47%) Enterprise Software
9 53 (2.47%) Management Information System
10 51 (2.37%) Security Posture
11 46 (2.14%) Over-the-Top Content
12 44 (2.05%) Fixed Income
13 41 (1.91%) Mobile App
13 41 (1.91%) Self-Motivation
14 40 (1.86%) PKI
15 38 (1.77%) Hybrid Cloud
16 31 (1.44%) Data Structures
17 27 (1.26%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 181 (8.42%) Linux
2 100 (4.65%) Windows
3 57 (2.65%) Unix
4 46 (2.14%) Apple iOS
5 42 (1.95%) Windows Server
6 38 (1.77%) Android
7 20 (0.93%) Windows 10
8 15 (0.70%) Windows Server 2016
9 13 (0.60%) Windows Server 2012
10 12 (0.56%) Mac OS
10 12 (0.56%) Windows Server 2019
11 9 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 6 (0.28%) Ubuntu
13 3 (0.14%) CentOS
14 1 (0.047%) Debian
14 1 (0.047%) FreeBSD
14 1 (0.047%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.047%) VMS
14 1 (0.047%) Windows 7
14 1 (0.047%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 719 (33.44%) CI/CD
2 645 (30.00%) Agile
3 626 (29.12%) Software Engineering
4 512 (23.81%) DevOps
5 497 (23.12%) Mentoring
6 421 (19.58%) Full-Stack Development
7 402 (18.70%) Microservices
8 374 (17.40%) AI
9 369 (17.16%) Infrastructure as Code
10 344 (16.00%) Continuous Improvement
11 334 (15.53%) Problem-Solving
12 303 (14.09%) Containerisation
13 297 (13.81%) Test Automation
14 274 (12.74%) Roadmaps
15 263 (12.23%) Technical Leadership
16 254 (11.81%) Coaching
17 222 (10.33%) Clean Code
18 204 (9.49%) Machine Learning
19 188 (8.74%) Observability
20 172 (8.00%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 619 (28.79%) Python
2 534 (24.84%) Java
3 342 (15.91%) TypeScript
4 329 (15.30%) JavaScript
5 302 (14.05%) SQL
6 207 (9.63%) Go
7 201 (9.35%) C#
8 118 (5.49%) Bash
9 76 (3.53%) Scala
10 67 (3.12%) C++
11 65 (3.02%) PHP
12 43 (2.00%) Ruby
13 34 (1.58%) PowerShell
14 29 (1.35%) Kotlin
15 28 (1.30%) Rust
16 13 (0.60%) PL/SQL
16 13 (0.60%) Swift
17 11 (0.51%) Bicep
18 8 (0.37%) Groovy
18 8 (0.37%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 275 (12.79%) Degree
2 270 (12.56%) Security Cleared
3 223 (10.37%) SC Cleared
4 191 (8.88%) AWS Certification
5 91 (4.23%) Microsoft Certification
6 85 (3.95%) Computer Science Degree
7 67 (3.12%) MCSE
8 54 (2.51%) Azure Certification
9 53 (2.47%) CISSP
10 46 (2.14%) DV Cleared
11 41 (1.91%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 30 (1.40%) CISM
13 28 (1.30%) DBS Check
14 27 (1.26%) Cisco Certification
14 27 (1.26%) CREST Certified
15 26 (1.21%) TOGAF Certification
16 21 (0.98%) OSCP
17 17 (0.79%) CCNP
17 17 (0.79%) Master's Degree
18 14 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 165 (7.67%) QA
2 74 (3.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 54 (2.51%) NIST
4 52 (2.42%) Data Quality
5 49 (2.28%) Accessibility
6 40 (1.86%) PCI DSS
7 38 (1.77%) GDPR
8 26 (1.21%) GRC
9 22 (1.02%) NCSC
9 22 (1.02%) SOC 2
10 14 (0.65%) JSP 440
11 13 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
11 13 (0.60%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 13 (0.60%) SLA
12 9 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
13 8 (0.37%) ISO 9001
13 8 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 7 (0.33%) Government Security Classifications
15 6 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 6 (0.28%) WCAG
System Software
1 385 (17.91%) Docker
2 66 (3.07%) Active Directory
3 35 (1.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 31 (1.44%) Hyper-V
5 16 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
5 16 (0.74%) vSphere
6 6 (0.28%) Firmware
6 6 (0.28%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 6 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (0.19%) KVM
7 4 (0.19%) Veritas Cluster Server
8 3 (0.14%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.093%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 2 (0.093%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.047%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 389 (18.09%) Terraform
2 345 (16.05%) Kubernetes
3 145 (6.74%) Ansible
4 119 (5.53%) Grafana
5 63 (2.93%) Prometheus
6 46 (2.14%) Argo
7 24 (1.12%) Single Sign-On
8 21 (0.98%) Microsoft Intune
9 18 (0.84%) Kustomize
10 15 (0.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 12 (0.56%) Podman
12 11 (0.51%) Proxmox
13 9 (0.42%) Cisco CUCM
13 9 (0.42%) Progress Chef
14 8 (0.37%) Istio
14 8 (0.37%) Packer
15 7 (0.33%) Puppet
16 5 (0.23%) AWS Copilot
16 5 (0.23%) HP Fortify
16 5 (0.23%) Nmap
Vendors
1 311 (14.47%) Microsoft
2 119 (5.53%) Google
3 95 (4.42%) ServiceNow
4 68 (3.16%) Cisco
5 56 (2.60%) VMware
6 51 (2.37%) Apple
7 47 (2.19%) Adobe
8 45 (2.09%) Typelevel
9 41 (1.91%) Oracle
10 34 (1.58%) SolarWinds
11 33 (1.53%) Databricks
12 31 (1.44%) Fortinet
12 31 (1.44%) Palo Alto
13 29 (1.35%) Splunk
14 23 (1.07%) Red Hat
15 22 (1.02%) Salesforce
16 19 (0.88%) CheckPoint
16 19 (0.88%) SAP
17 18 (0.84%) Dynatrace
18 17 (0.79%) Arista