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 16 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 12 7
Rank change year-on-year +2 -5 0
Permanent jobs citing AWS 2,529 2,004 3,431
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 10.05% 12.20% 16.60%
As % of the Cloud Services category 28.94% 34.93% 38.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1,668 1,215 2,326
10th Percentile £45,000 £47,333 £46,250
25th Percentile £54,551 £60,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £77,500 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.68% - +10.71%
75th Percentile £90,000 £110,000 £108,938
90th Percentile £110,000 £137,500 £142,500
UK median annual salary £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%

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 8,739 5,737 9,004
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.71% 34.93% 43.57%
Number of salaries quoted 6,378 4,063 5,897
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £36,738
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £58,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +7.76% -10.77% +4.00%

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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 16 October 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 36 (1.42%) Apache Spark
2 31 (1.23%) Confluence
3 30 (1.19%) Apache Airflow
4 27 (1.07%) Apache
5 16 (0.63%) Anypoint
6 15 (0.59%) IIS
6 15 (0.59%) SharePoint
7 13 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
7 13 (0.51%) Mule
8 12 (0.47%) WordPress
9 10 (0.40%) CMS
9 10 (0.40%) Jupyter
9 10 (0.40%) WebLogic
10 9 (0.36%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 6 (0.24%) nginx
11 6 (0.24%) SAS
12 5 (0.20%) ArcGIS
12 5 (0.20%) Camunda
13 4 (0.16%) GeoServer
13 4 (0.16%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 51 (2.02%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (0.71%) Chatbot
2 18 (0.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.28%) Moqups
5 6 (0.24%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.079%) Elementor
6 2 (0.079%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.079%) PlantUML
6 2 (0.079%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.079%) Weka
7 1 (0.040%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.040%) Houdini
7 1 (0.040%) Lightworks
7 1 (0.040%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 15 (0.59%) Cloudability
2 7 (0.28%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.079%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (0.079%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (0.079%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.079%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.040%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
5 1 (0.040%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.040%) Finacle
5 1 (0.040%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.040%) Shopify
5 1 (0.040%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 1,182 (46.74%) Azure
2 657 (25.98%) GCP
3 354 (14.00%) SaaS
4 219 (8.66%) GitHub
5 211 (8.34%) Serverless
6 159 (6.29%) AWS Lambda
7 155 (6.13%) Amazon S3
8 136 (5.38%) Microsoft 365
9 130 (5.14%) Amazon EKS
10 99 (3.91%) AWS CloudFormation
11 97 (3.84%) Amazon EC2
12 96 (3.80%) GitHub Actions
12 96 (3.80%) Snowflake
13 79 (3.12%) Amazon ECS
14 73 (2.89%) GitHub Copilot
15 69 (2.73%) Anthropic Claude
16 67 (2.65%) Amazon Bedrock
17 60 (2.37%) Power Platform
18 56 (2.21%) Amazon SQS
18 56 (2.21%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 105 (4.15%) Firewall
2 78 (3.08%) Network Security
3 74 (2.93%) VPN
4 61 (2.41%) TCP/IP
5 52 (2.06%) DNS
6 45 (1.78%) Broadband
6 45 (1.78%) WAN
7 38 (1.50%) LAN
8 33 (1.30%) DHCP
9 30 (1.19%) HTTP
10 29 (1.15%) BGP
11 23 (0.91%) SD-WAN
12 21 (0.83%) VLAN
13 15 (0.59%) SSL
13 15 (0.59%) Wi-Fi
14 14 (0.55%) AMQP
14 14 (0.55%) Cisco ASA
15 13 (0.51%) SMS
16 12 (0.47%) IP Telephony
17 10 (0.40%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 298 (11.78%) PostgreSQL
2 213 (8.42%) MongoDB
3 103 (4.07%) Elasticsearch
4 101 (3.99%) SQL Server
5 97 (3.84%) MySQL
6 85 (3.36%) Azure SQL Database
7 79 (3.12%) NoSQL
8 74 (2.93%) Relational Database
9 69 (2.73%) Amazon RDS
10 63 (2.49%) DynamoDB
11 60 (2.37%) Redis
12 54 (2.14%) Power BI
13 52 (2.06%) Data Warehouse
14 43 (1.70%) Amazon Athena
15 41 (1.62%) Metadata
16 35 (1.38%) Data Lake
17 31 (1.23%) Tableau
18 29 (1.15%) Amazon Redshift
19 25 (0.99%) Big Data
20 24 (0.95%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 153 (6.05%) Git
2 104 (4.11%) TeamCity
3 90 (3.56%) Jenkins
4 89 (3.52%) GitLab
5 71 (2.81%) Claude Code
6 61 (2.41%) JIRA
7 42 (1.66%) JUnit
8 41 (1.62%) Cypress.io
9 26 (1.03%) Selenium
10 25 (0.99%) Mockito
11 22 (0.87%) Postman
12 19 (0.75%) Maven
13 10 (0.40%) Bitbucket
14 8 (0.32%) Burp Suite
14 8 (0.32%) Metasploit
14 8 (0.32%) SonarQube
15 6 (0.24%) Cucumber
15 6 (0.24%) Gatling
16 5 (0.20%) Android Studio
16 5 (0.20%) NUnit
General
1 681 (26.93%) Social Skills
2 639 (25.27%) Finance
3 359 (14.20%) Public Sector
4 315 (12.46%) Banking
5 276 (10.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 235 (9.29%) Law
7 197 (7.79%) Analytical Skills
8 167 (6.60%) Retail
9 92 (3.64%) Financial Institution
10 89 (3.52%) Back Office
11 84 (3.32%) Legal
12 57 (2.25%) Marketing
13 51 (2.02%) Presentation Skills
14 50 (1.98%) Games
15 40 (1.58%) Influencing Skills
15 40 (1.58%) Swedish Language
16 34 (1.34%) Telecoms
17 33 (1.30%) Front Office
18 31 (1.23%) Health Technology
19 30 (1.19%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 642 (25.39%) Senior
2 484 (19.14%) Developer
3 451 (17.83%) Software Engineer
4 306 (12.10%) Architect
5 300 (11.86%) Lead
6 127 (5.02%) Senior Developer
7 125 (4.94%) Senior Software Engineer
8 124 (4.90%) Full-Stack Developer
9 123 (4.86%) DevOps Engineer
10 119 (4.71%) AWS Engineer
11 116 (4.59%) Analyst
12 105 (4.15%) .NET Developer
13 101 (3.99%) Python Engineer
14 98 (3.88%) Cloud Engineer
15 93 (3.68%) Data Engineer
16 87 (3.44%) Consultant
16 87 (3.44%) Lead Software Engineer
17 82 (3.24%) Software Developer
18 81 (3.20%) Java Engineer
19 77 (3.04%) Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 487 (19.26%) Terraform
2 359 (14.20%) React
3 318 (12.57%) Node.js
4 262 (10.36%) .NET
5 193 (7.63%) REST
6 170 (6.72%) Spring
7 142 (5.61%) RESTful
8 133 (5.26%) Spring Boot
9 118 (4.67%) .NET Core
10 116 (4.59%) Vue
11 111 (4.39%) AngularJS
12 110 (4.35%) ASP.NET
13 97 (3.84%) ASP.NET Core
14 91 (3.60%) LangChain
15 83 (3.28%) CSS
15 83 (3.28%) Middleware
16 81 (3.20%) Kafka
17 68 (2.69%) .NET Framework
18 66 (2.61%) LangGraph
19 63 (2.49%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 438 (17.32%) Cloud Native
2 189 (7.47%) Distributed Systems
3 176 (6.96%) Product Ownership
4 132 (5.22%) AI Agents
5 94 (3.72%) Public Cloud
6 77 (3.04%) Cyber Threat
7 73 (2.89%) Blog
8 65 (2.57%) Onboarding
9 56 (2.21%) Greenfield Project
10 55 (2.17%) Hedge funds
11 54 (2.14%) Security Posture
12 53 (2.10%) Hybrid Cloud
13 45 (1.78%) Self-Motivation
14 44 (1.74%) Enterprise Software
15 42 (1.66%) Data Centre
16 40 (1.58%) Management Information System
17 39 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
18 30 (1.19%) Mobile App
19 28 (1.11%) Low-Code
19 28 (1.11%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 228 (9.02%) Linux
2 156 (6.17%) Windows
3 70 (2.77%) Unix
4 54 (2.14%) Windows Server
5 24 (0.95%) Apple iOS
6 18 (0.71%) Android
7 17 (0.67%) Ubuntu
8 9 (0.36%) macOS
9 7 (0.28%) Debian
10 3 (0.12%) CentOS
10 3 (0.12%) Robot Operating System
10 3 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.079%) Solaris
12 1 (0.040%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.040%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 957 (37.84%) CI/CD
2 823 (32.54%) Agile
3 795 (31.44%) Software Engineering
4 647 (25.58%) AI
5 613 (24.24%) DevOps
6 596 (23.57%) Mentoring
7 482 (19.06%) Continuous Improvement
8 477 (18.86%) Microservices
9 465 (18.39%) Problem-Solving
10 445 (17.60%) Infrastructure as Code
11 427 (16.88%) Test Automation
12 420 (16.61%) Full-Stack Development
13 391 (15.46%) Technical Leadership
14 316 (12.50%) Roadmaps
15 294 (11.63%) Coaching
16 275 (10.87%) Scrum
17 271 (10.72%) Containerisation
17 271 (10.72%) Observability
18 249 (9.85%) Machine Learning
19 232 (9.17%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 669 (26.45%) Python
2 562 (22.22%) Java
3 449 (17.75%) SQL
4 375 (14.83%) JavaScript
5 348 (13.76%) TypeScript
6 284 (11.23%) C#
7 113 (4.47%) Bash
8 110 (4.35%) Go
9 84 (3.32%) PowerShell
10 66 (2.61%) Ruby
11 55 (2.17%) C++
12 53 (2.10%) PHP
13 32 (1.27%) Kotlin
14 26 (1.03%) R
15 24 (0.95%) Scala
16 23 (0.91%) Rust
17 21 (0.83%) PL/SQL
18 16 (0.63%) DataWeave
19 13 (0.51%) Bicep
20 10 (0.40%) C
Qualifications
1 439 (17.36%) Security Cleared
2 363 (14.35%) SC Cleared
3 254 (10.04%) Degree
4 153 (6.05%) AWS Certification
5 122 (4.82%) CISSP
6 110 (4.35%) CISM
7 75 (2.97%) Computer Science Degree
8 70 (2.77%) Azure Certification
9 65 (2.57%) Microsoft Certification
10 52 (2.06%) MCSE
11 50 (1.98%) ITIL Certification
12 45 (1.78%) DV Cleared
13 43 (1.70%) Cisco Certification
14 29 (1.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 28 (1.11%) BPSS Clearance
16 25 (0.99%) CCNP
17 23 (0.91%) CCNA
18 18 (0.71%) (ISC)2 CCSP
18 18 (0.71%) TOGAF Certification
19 17 (0.67%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 143 (5.65%) QA
2 126 (4.98%) NIST
3 118 (4.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 107 (4.23%) Data Quality
5 80 (3.16%) Accessibility
6 61 (2.41%) GDPR
7 48 (1.90%) ISO 22301
8 43 (1.70%) PCI DSS
9 37 (1.46%) NCSC
10 31 (1.23%) GRC
11 28 (1.11%) Cyber Essentials
12 26 (1.03%) SOC 2
13 15 (0.59%) SLA
14 14 (0.55%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 12 (0.47%) NIST 800
16 11 (0.43%) WCAG
17 9 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 9 (0.36%) ISO 9001
18 8 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 42001
18 8 (0.32%) PMO
System Software
1 438 (17.32%) Docker
2 51 (2.02%) Active Directory
3 48 (1.90%) VMware Infrastructure
4 42 (1.66%) Hyper-V
5 15 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
6 11 (0.43%) vSphere
7 6 (0.24%) KVM
8 3 (0.12%) Firmware
8 3 (0.12%) iptables
8 3 (0.12%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.12%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.079%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.079%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.040%) LXC
10 1 (0.040%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.040%) VMware Server
10 1 (0.040%) zsh
Systems Management
1 467 (18.47%) Kubernetes
2 160 (6.33%) Grafana
3 114 (4.51%) Ansible
4 48 (1.90%) Prometheus
5 24 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
6 22 (0.87%) Argo
7 19 (0.75%) Progress Chef
7 19 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
8 13 (0.51%) CloudHub
9 11 (0.43%) Packer
10 10 (0.40%) Proxmox
10 10 (0.40%) Puppet
11 9 (0.36%) Cilium
11 9 (0.36%) Istio
12 8 (0.32%) CASB
12 8 (0.32%) Nmap
13 7 (0.28%) ZABBIX
14 6 (0.24%) Failover Clustering
15 5 (0.20%) Avamar
15 5 (0.20%) EMC VPLEX
Vendors
1 377 (14.91%) Microsoft
2 154 (6.09%) Google
3 86 (3.40%) ServiceNow
4 85 (3.36%) Databricks
5 77 (3.04%) Oracle
6 75 (2.97%) VMware
7 42 (1.66%) Cisco
7 42 (1.66%) OpenAI
8 33 (1.30%) SAP
9 27 (1.07%) Adobe
9 27 (1.07%) Splunk
10 24 (0.95%) Dynatrace
10 24 (0.95%) Salesforce
11 22 (0.87%) Informatica
11 22 (0.87%) Palo Alto
12 21 (0.83%) Fortinet
13 20 (0.79%) MuleSoft
13 20 (0.79%) Okta
14 16 (0.63%) Apple
14 16 (0.63%) Ping Identity