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

6 months to
5 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 13 8
Rank change year-on-year +3 -5 -2
Permanent jobs citing AWS 2,435 2,204 4,781
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 11.63% 13.60% 14.46%
As % of the Cloud Services category 30.14% 36.21% 34.27%
Number of salaries quoted 1,574 1,403 4,026
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £43,750
25th Percentile £53,750 £56,250 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +3.45% -
75th Percentile £89,500 £108,375 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,950 £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 8,080 6,086 13,949
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.59% 37.56% 42.20%
Number of salaries quoted 5,763 4,484 11,551
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,599 £36,100
25th Percentile £45,000 £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 £80,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -8.35%

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 5 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 55 (2.26%) Apache Airflow
2 40 (1.64%) Apache Spark
3 25 (1.03%) Apache
4 22 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
5 15 (0.62%) CMS
5 15 (0.62%) SharePoint
6 14 (0.57%) IIS
7 8 (0.33%) Anypoint
7 8 (0.33%) Confluence
7 8 (0.33%) WordPress
8 7 (0.29%) Jupyter
8 7 (0.29%) Mule
9 6 (0.25%) Apache Solr
10 5 (0.21%) nginx
10 5 (0.21%) SAS
11 4 (0.16%) Ethereum
11 4 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
12 3 (0.12%) EPiServer
12 3 (0.12%) Immediacy CMS
12 3 (0.12%) Umbraco
Applications
1 89 (3.66%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (0.29%) MS Visio
3 5 (0.21%) AutoCAD
3 5 (0.21%) Chatbot
3 5 (0.21%) DaVinci Resolve
4 4 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.082%) Elementor
5 2 (0.082%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.082%) PlantUML
6 1 (0.041%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.041%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.041%) EngageOne
6 1 (0.041%) Houdini
6 1 (0.041%) Lightworks
6 1 (0.041%) NUKE
6 1 (0.041%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.041%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (0.99%) Cloudability
2 6 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.12%) Shopify
5 2 (0.082%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.082%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.041%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.041%) Magento
6 1 (0.041%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.041%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.041%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 1,060 (43.53%) Azure
2 614 (25.22%) GCP
3 257 (10.55%) SaaS
4 249 (10.23%) Serverless
5 196 (8.05%) GitHub
6 162 (6.65%) Amazon S3
7 160 (6.57%) AWS Lambda
8 152 (6.24%) Microsoft 365
9 120 (4.93%) Amazon EKS
10 100 (4.11%) AWS CloudFormation
11 97 (3.98%) Amazon EC2
12 87 (3.57%) Amazon ECS
13 85 (3.49%) GitHub Actions
14 68 (2.79%) Amazon SQS
15 60 (2.46%) Azure DevOps
16 56 (2.30%) GitHub Copilot
17 53 (2.18%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 50 (2.05%) Entra ID
19 45 (1.85%) Snowflake
20 44 (1.81%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 144 (5.91%) Firewall
2 137 (5.63%) Broadband
3 82 (3.37%) VPN
4 73 (3.00%) WAN
5 70 (2.87%) DNS
6 63 (2.59%) LAN
7 56 (2.30%) Network Security
8 48 (1.97%) TCP/IP
9 45 (1.85%) DHCP
10 44 (1.81%) Wi-Fi
11 38 (1.56%) HTTP
12 33 (1.36%) SD-WAN
13 29 (1.19%) Cisco ASA
14 28 (1.15%) VXLAN
15 25 (1.03%) Cisco Firepower
16 23 (0.94%) VLAN
17 20 (0.82%) BGP
18 17 (0.70%) NGFW
18 17 (0.70%) SSL
19 16 (0.66%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 255 (10.47%) PostgreSQL
2 244 (10.02%) MongoDB
3 117 (4.80%) NoSQL
4 106 (4.35%) Elasticsearch
5 102 (4.19%) SQL Server
6 100 (4.11%) MySQL
7 76 (3.12%) Azure SQL Database
8 64 (2.63%) Relational Database
9 58 (2.38%) Amazon RDS
9 58 (2.38%) DynamoDB
10 53 (2.18%) Metadata
11 42 (1.72%) Redis
12 41 (1.68%) Data Warehouse
13 36 (1.48%) Amazon Athena
14 32 (1.31%) Amazon Redshift
15 26 (1.07%) BigQuery
15 26 (1.07%) Data Lake
16 25 (1.03%) Power BI
17 23 (0.94%) Tableau
18 20 (0.82%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 121 (4.97%) Git
2 81 (3.33%) Jenkins
3 79 (3.24%) GitLab
4 63 (2.59%) TeamCity
5 49 (2.01%) Cypress.io
6 42 (1.72%) JIRA
7 26 (1.07%) Claude Code
8 17 (0.70%) Selenium
9 16 (0.66%) JUnit
10 15 (0.62%) CircleCI
11 14 (0.57%) Crashlytics
11 14 (0.57%) JMeter
11 14 (0.57%) Maven
11 14 (0.57%) XCTest
12 12 (0.49%) Jaeger
13 11 (0.45%) Postman
14 9 (0.37%) Mockito
15 8 (0.33%) MLflow
16 7 (0.29%) Cucumber
17 6 (0.25%) Bitbucket
General
1 588 (24.15%) Social Skills
2 541 (22.22%) Finance
3 278 (11.42%) Public Sector
4 233 (9.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 218 (8.95%) Banking
6 199 (8.17%) Law
7 145 (5.95%) Retail
8 133 (5.46%) Analytical Skills
9 65 (2.67%) Legal
10 54 (2.22%) Back Office
11 53 (2.18%) Financial Institution
11 53 (2.18%) Games
12 42 (1.72%) French Language
12 42 (1.72%) Front Office
12 42 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
13 36 (1.48%) Swedish Language
14 29 (1.19%) Marketing
15 28 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
16 25 (1.03%) Telecoms
17 20 (0.82%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 583 (23.94%) Senior
2 531 (21.81%) Developer
3 428 (17.58%) Software Engineer
4 324 (13.31%) Lead
5 265 (10.88%) Architect
6 152 (6.24%) AWS Engineer
7 150 (6.16%) Full-Stack Developer
8 121 (4.97%) Senior Software Engineer
9 120 (4.93%) Analyst
10 117 (4.80%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 116 (4.76%) DevOps Engineer
12 111 (4.56%) Lead Software Engineer
13 110 (4.52%) .NET Developer
14 98 (4.02%) Cloud Engineer
15 97 (3.98%) Solutions Architect
16 96 (3.94%) Senior Developer
17 95 (3.90%) Lead Developer
18 94 (3.86%) Software Developer
19 90 (3.70%) Consultant
19 90 (3.70%) Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 424 (17.41%) React
2 368 (15.11%) Node.js
3 221 (9.08%) .NET
4 154 (6.32%) REST
5 127 (5.22%) RESTful
5 127 (5.22%) Vue
6 123 (5.05%) Spring
7 121 (4.97%) Kafka
8 119 (4.89%) CSS
9 111 (4.56%) AngularJS
10 102 (4.19%) .NET Core
11 95 (3.90%) ASP.NET
12 88 (3.61%) Spring Boot
13 87 (3.57%) ASP.NET Core
14 82 (3.37%) HTML
15 62 (2.55%) .NET Framework
16 52 (2.14%) Ruby on Rails
17 50 (2.05%) gRPC
17 50 (2.05%) Redux
18 44 (1.81%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 399 (16.39%) Cloud Native
2 192 (7.89%) Product Ownership
3 185 (7.60%) Distributed Systems
4 98 (4.02%) Public Cloud
5 80 (3.29%) Greenfield Project
6 79 (3.24%) Video\Live Streaming
7 64 (2.63%) Data Centre
8 58 (2.38%) Onboarding
9 57 (2.34%) Management Information System
10 55 (2.26%) Security Posture
11 54 (2.22%) Blog
12 46 (1.89%) Over-the-Top Content
13 45 (1.85%) AI Agents
13 45 (1.85%) Hybrid Cloud
14 44 (1.81%) Fixed Income
15 43 (1.77%) Enterprise Software
15 43 (1.77%) Self-Motivation
16 42 (1.72%) Mobile App
17 37 (1.52%) PKI
18 35 (1.44%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 214 (8.79%) Linux
2 142 (5.83%) Windows
3 62 (2.55%) Unix
4 59 (2.42%) Windows Server
5 38 (1.56%) Apple iOS
6 25 (1.03%) Android
7 14 (0.57%) Windows 10
8 11 (0.45%) Windows Server 2016
9 10 (0.41%) Ubuntu
10 8 (0.33%) Mac OS
10 8 (0.33%) Windows Server 2012
11 7 (0.29%) Windows Server 2019
12 5 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 4 (0.16%) CentOS
13 4 (0.16%) Debian
14 1 (0.041%) FreeBSD
14 1 (0.041%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.041%) OpenBSD
14 1 (0.041%) Solaris
14 1 (0.041%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 857 (35.20%) CI/CD
2 795 (32.65%) Agile
3 754 (30.97%) Software Engineering
4 566 (23.24%) DevOps
5 561 (23.04%) Mentoring
6 509 (20.90%) Full-Stack Development
7 493 (20.25%) Microservices
8 441 (18.11%) AI
9 438 (17.99%) Infrastructure as Code
10 421 (17.29%) Continuous Improvement
11 408 (16.76%) Problem-Solving
12 384 (15.77%) Test Automation
13 347 (14.25%) Containerisation
14 338 (13.88%) Technical Leadership
15 301 (12.36%) Roadmaps
16 290 (11.91%) Coaching
17 254 (10.43%) Clean Code
18 245 (10.06%) Scrum
19 239 (9.82%) Machine Learning
20 233 (9.57%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 666 (27.35%) Python
2 534 (21.93%) Java
3 399 (16.39%) TypeScript
4 389 (15.98%) JavaScript
5 359 (14.74%) SQL
6 270 (11.09%) C#
7 203 (8.34%) Go
8 104 (4.27%) Bash
9 75 (3.08%) Scala
10 71 (2.92%) C++
10 71 (2.92%) PHP
11 63 (2.59%) Ruby
12 58 (2.38%) PowerShell
13 33 (1.36%) Kotlin
14 28 (1.15%) Rust
15 17 (0.70%) Bicep
16 14 (0.57%) Swift
17 13 (0.53%) PL/SQL
18 10 (0.41%) Groovy
19 8 (0.33%) DataWeave
Qualifications
1 327 (13.43%) Security Cleared
2 288 (11.83%) Degree
3 272 (11.17%) SC Cleared
4 180 (7.39%) AWS Certification
5 93 (3.82%) Microsoft Certification
6 84 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
7 82 (3.37%) MCSE
8 80 (3.29%) CISSP
9 60 (2.46%) CISM
10 52 (2.14%) Azure Certification
11 47 (1.93%) DV Cleared
12 35 (1.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 33 (1.36%) Cisco Certification
14 24 (0.99%) DBS Check
15 23 (0.94%) CCNP
16 21 (0.86%) CREST Certified
17 19 (0.78%) Master's Degree
18 17 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
18 17 (0.70%) CCNA
18 17 (0.70%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 187 (7.68%) QA
2 94 (3.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 84 (3.45%) NIST
4 56 (2.30%) Data Quality
5 55 (2.26%) Accessibility
6 48 (1.97%) GDPR
7 34 (1.40%) PCI DSS
8 29 (1.19%) GRC
9 25 (1.03%) NCSC
10 18 (0.74%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 17 (0.70%) SOC 2
12 16 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
13 15 (0.62%) ISO 22301
14 12 (0.49%) JSP 440
15 11 (0.45%) ISO 9001
16 9 (0.37%) SLA
17 8 (0.33%) NIST 800
17 8 (0.33%) WCAG
18 7 (0.29%) Government Security Classifications
19 6 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 433 (17.78%) Docker
2 61 (2.51%) Active Directory
3 45 (1.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 41 (1.68%) Hyper-V
5 20 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
6 19 (0.78%) vSphere
7 6 (0.25%) Firmware
7 6 (0.25%) KVM
7 6 (0.25%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 6 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
8 4 (0.16%) VMware NSX
9 3 (0.12%) iptables
10 2 (0.082%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 2 (0.082%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.041%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.041%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 424 (17.41%) Terraform
2 398 (16.34%) Kubernetes
3 135 (5.54%) Ansible
4 117 (4.80%) Grafana
5 51 (2.09%) Prometheus
6 36 (1.48%) Argo
7 24 (0.99%) Microsoft Intune
8 16 (0.66%) Proxmox
9 15 (0.62%) Progress Chef
10 13 (0.53%) Istio
10 13 (0.53%) Puppet
11 12 (0.49%) Kustomize
11 12 (0.49%) Podman
11 12 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
12 11 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 9 (0.37%) Cisco CUCM
13 9 (0.37%) Packer
14 7 (0.29%) CloudHub
14 7 (0.29%) ZABBIX
15 6 (0.25%) EMC VPLEX
Vendors
1 396 (16.26%) Microsoft
2 117 (4.80%) ServiceNow
3 104 (4.27%) Google
4 74 (3.04%) VMware
5 67 (2.75%) Cisco
6 58 (2.38%) Oracle
7 45 (1.85%) Typelevel
8 40 (1.64%) Databricks
9 36 (1.48%) Palo Alto
10 35 (1.44%) Fortinet
11 34 (1.40%) Apple
11 34 (1.40%) Splunk
12 31 (1.27%) SolarWinds
13 30 (1.23%) Adobe
14 27 (1.11%) SAP
15 25 (1.03%) Salesforce
16 21 (0.86%) Aruba
16 21 (0.86%) OpenAI
17 19 (0.78%) Dell
18 18 (0.74%) Dynatrace