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

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 13 9
Rank change year-on-year +5 -4 -2
Permanent jobs citing AWS 2,300 2,146 4,881
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 11.58% 14.02% 14.14%
As % of the Cloud Services category 30.67% 36.58% 33.42%
Number of salaries quoted 1,461 1,350 4,104
10th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,063 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,932 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.16% +3.57% -5.08%
75th Percentile £89,500 £105,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £132,500 £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 7,499 5,867 14,604
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.76% 38.32% 42.31%
Number of salaries quoted 5,237 4,261 12,141
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,750 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.46% +1.67% -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% -10.16%

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

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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 15 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 65 (2.83%) Apache Airflow
2 42 (1.83%) Apache Spark
3 28 (1.22%) Apache
4 23 (1.00%) Microsoft Exchange
5 15 (0.65%) CMS
5 15 (0.65%) SharePoint
6 9 (0.39%) Confluence
7 7 (0.30%) Jupyter
7 7 (0.30%) nginx
8 6 (0.26%) Apache Solr
8 6 (0.26%) IIS
9 4 (0.17%) Ethereum
9 4 (0.17%) WordPress
10 3 (0.13%) Anypoint
10 3 (0.13%) Mule
11 2 (0.087%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.087%) Oracle Application Server
11 2 (0.087%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 2 (0.087%) Oracle Spatial
11 2 (0.087%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 74 (3.22%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 8 (0.35%) MS Visio
3 7 (0.30%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (0.22%) AutoCAD
5 5 (0.22%) Chatbot
5 5 (0.22%) DaVinci Resolve
6 3 (0.13%) Adobe Illustrator
6 3 (0.13%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.087%) PlantUML
8 1 (0.043%) EngageOne
8 1 (0.043%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (1.04%) Cloudability
2 5 (0.22%) Shopify
3 4 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.087%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.043%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.043%) Magento
6 1 (0.043%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.043%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.043%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 965 (41.96%) Azure
2 586 (25.48%) GCP
3 262 (11.39%) Serverless
4 228 (9.91%) SaaS
5 180 (7.83%) GitHub
6 171 (7.43%) Amazon S3
7 170 (7.39%) AWS Lambda
8 137 (5.96%) Microsoft 365
9 116 (5.04%) Amazon EKS
10 98 (4.26%) Amazon EC2
10 98 (4.26%) AWS CloudFormation
11 87 (3.78%) Amazon ECS
12 81 (3.52%) GitHub Actions
13 73 (3.17%) Amazon SQS
14 56 (2.43%) Azure DevOps
15 55 (2.39%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 49 (2.13%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 46 (2.00%) Entra ID
18 43 (1.87%) Snowflake
19 42 (1.83%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 140 (6.09%) Broadband
2 135 (5.87%) Firewall
3 74 (3.22%) WAN
4 70 (3.04%) VPN
5 64 (2.78%) LAN
6 61 (2.65%) DNS
7 52 (2.26%) Network Security
8 48 (2.09%) Wi-Fi
9 40 (1.74%) TCP/IP
10 39 (1.70%) HTTP
11 36 (1.57%) SD-WAN
12 35 (1.52%) DHCP
13 31 (1.35%) Cisco ASA
14 30 (1.30%) VXLAN
15 27 (1.17%) Cisco Firepower
16 22 (0.96%) VLAN
17 20 (0.87%) BGP
18 18 (0.78%) MPLS
19 17 (0.74%) NGFW
20 16 (0.70%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 241 (10.48%) PostgreSQL
2 202 (8.78%) MongoDB
3 128 (5.57%) NoSQL
4 87 (3.78%) MySQL
5 86 (3.74%) SQL Server
6 76 (3.30%) Elasticsearch
7 66 (2.87%) Relational Database
8 63 (2.74%) Amazon RDS
8 63 (2.74%) DynamoDB
9 56 (2.43%) Metadata
10 44 (1.91%) Data Warehouse
11 43 (1.87%) Azure SQL Database
12 38 (1.65%) Amazon Athena
13 35 (1.52%) Amazon Redshift
14 32 (1.39%) BigQuery
14 32 (1.39%) Redis
15 28 (1.22%) Tableau
16 26 (1.13%) RDBMS
17 25 (1.09%) Data Lake
18 21 (0.91%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 125 (5.43%) Git
2 84 (3.65%) GitLab
3 77 (3.35%) Jenkins
4 58 (2.52%) TeamCity
5 51 (2.22%) Cypress.io
6 41 (1.78%) JIRA
7 21 (0.91%) Claude Code
8 18 (0.78%) Jaeger
9 15 (0.65%) CircleCI
9 15 (0.65%) JUnit
9 15 (0.65%) Maven
9 15 (0.65%) Selenium
10 14 (0.61%) Crashlytics
10 14 (0.61%) JMeter
10 14 (0.61%) XCTest
11 10 (0.43%) MLflow
11 10 (0.43%) Postman
12 9 (0.39%) Mockito
13 7 (0.30%) Cucumber
13 7 (0.30%) Metasploit
General
1 547 (23.78%) Social Skills
2 497 (21.61%) Finance
3 250 (10.87%) Public Sector
4 247 (10.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 213 (9.26%) Banking
6 176 (7.65%) Law
7 140 (6.09%) Retail
8 135 (5.87%) Analytical Skills
9 63 (2.74%) Legal
10 51 (2.22%) Back Office
11 50 (2.17%) Financial Institution
12 49 (2.13%) Games
13 45 (1.96%) Influencing Skills
14 42 (1.83%) Front Office
15 41 (1.78%) French Language
16 28 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
17 27 (1.17%) Marketing
18 23 (1.00%) Tech for Good
18 23 (1.00%) Telecoms
19 22 (0.96%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 540 (23.48%) Senior
2 486 (21.13%) Developer
3 407 (17.70%) Software Engineer
4 316 (13.74%) Lead
5 253 (11.00%) Architect
6 158 (6.87%) AWS Engineer
7 141 (6.13%) Full-Stack Developer
8 119 (5.17%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 112 (4.87%) Senior Software Engineer
10 106 (4.61%) Analyst
11 102 (4.43%) Lead Software Engineer
12 100 (4.35%) DevOps Engineer
13 95 (4.13%) Lead Developer
14 94 (4.09%) Cloud Engineer
15 92 (4.00%) Software Developer
16 90 (3.91%) Solutions Architect
17 89 (3.87%) Data Engineer
18 87 (3.78%) Senior Developer
19 85 (3.70%) Consultant
19 85 (3.70%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 403 (17.52%) React
2 325 (14.13%) Node.js
3 180 (7.83%) .NET
4 146 (6.35%) REST
5 123 (5.35%) Spring
6 122 (5.30%) Kafka
6 122 (5.30%) RESTful
7 113 (4.91%) CSS
8 97 (4.22%) Vue
9 88 (3.83%) Spring Boot
10 85 (3.70%) AngularJS
11 76 (3.30%) HTML
12 71 (3.09%) .NET Core
13 60 (2.61%) ASP.NET
14 52 (2.26%) ASP.NET Core
15 51 (2.22%) Redux
16 49 (2.13%) gRPC
16 49 (2.13%) Ruby on Rails
17 42 (1.83%) GraphQL
18 40 (1.74%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 382 (16.61%) Cloud Native
2 190 (8.26%) Product Ownership
3 173 (7.52%) Distributed Systems
4 93 (4.04%) Public Cloud
5 79 (3.43%) Video\Live Streaming
6 76 (3.30%) Greenfield Project
7 62 (2.70%) Data Centre
8 59 (2.57%) Security Posture
9 56 (2.43%) Onboarding
10 53 (2.30%) Blog
11 50 (2.17%) Management Information System
12 47 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
13 46 (2.00%) Over-the-Top Content
14 45 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
15 43 (1.87%) Fixed Income
16 42 (1.83%) Hybrid Cloud
17 41 (1.78%) Mobile App
17 41 (1.78%) PKI
18 36 (1.57%) Low-Code
19 32 (1.39%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 193 (8.39%) Linux
2 111 (4.83%) Windows
3 51 (2.22%) Unix
4 49 (2.13%) Windows Server
5 43 (1.87%) Apple iOS
6 30 (1.30%) Android
7 17 (0.74%) Windows 10
8 14 (0.61%) Windows Server 2016
9 11 (0.48%) Mac OS
9 11 (0.48%) Windows Server 2012
10 10 (0.43%) Windows Server 2019
11 7 (0.30%) Ubuntu
12 5 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 3 (0.13%) CentOS
14 2 (0.087%) Debian
15 1 (0.043%) FreeBSD
15 1 (0.043%) Mac OS X
15 1 (0.043%) OpenBSD
15 1 (0.043%) Windows 7
15 1 (0.043%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 792 (34.43%) CI/CD
2 711 (30.91%) Agile
3 703 (30.57%) Software Engineering
4 521 (22.65%) Mentoring
5 519 (22.57%) DevOps
6 476 (20.70%) Full-Stack Development
7 445 (19.35%) Microservices
8 422 (18.35%) AI
9 420 (18.26%) Infrastructure as Code
10 393 (17.09%) Continuous Improvement
11 381 (16.57%) Problem-Solving
12 335 (14.57%) Containerisation
13 334 (14.52%) Test Automation
14 314 (13.65%) Technical Leadership
15 301 (13.09%) Roadmaps
16 265 (11.52%) Coaching
17 241 (10.48%) Clean Code
18 228 (9.91%) Machine Learning
19 223 (9.70%) Observability
20 198 (8.61%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 645 (28.04%) Python
2 543 (23.61%) Java
3 378 (16.43%) TypeScript
4 362 (15.74%) JavaScript
5 321 (13.96%) SQL
6 233 (10.13%) C#
7 211 (9.17%) Go
8 120 (5.22%) Bash
9 76 (3.30%) Scala
10 71 (3.09%) C++
11 67 (2.91%) PHP
12 57 (2.48%) Ruby
13 46 (2.00%) PowerShell
14 33 (1.43%) Kotlin
15 28 (1.22%) Rust
16 14 (0.61%) PL/SQL
16 14 (0.61%) Swift
17 13 (0.57%) Bicep
18 9 (0.39%) Groovy
19 7 (0.30%) C
Qualifications
1 308 (13.39%) Security Cleared
2 275 (11.96%) Degree
3 260 (11.30%) SC Cleared
4 183 (7.96%) AWS Certification
5 87 (3.78%) Microsoft Certification
6 79 (3.43%) Computer Science Degree
7 69 (3.00%) MCSE
8 62 (2.70%) CISSP
9 57 (2.48%) Azure Certification
10 47 (2.04%) DV Cleared
11 39 (1.70%) CISM
12 36 (1.57%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 33 (1.43%) Cisco Certification
14 27 (1.17%) DBS Check
15 26 (1.13%) CREST Certified
16 21 (0.91%) TOGAF Certification
17 20 (0.87%) CCNP
17 20 (0.87%) OSCP
18 17 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
19 16 (0.70%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 165 (7.17%) QA
2 91 (3.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 65 (2.83%) NIST
4 58 (2.52%) Data Quality
5 53 (2.30%) Accessibility
6 41 (1.78%) GDPR
6 41 (1.78%) PCI DSS
7 28 (1.22%) NCSC
8 27 (1.17%) GRC
9 18 (0.78%) SOC 2
10 17 (0.74%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 15 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
12 13 (0.57%) JSP 440
13 11 (0.48%) ISO 9001
14 9 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
14 9 (0.39%) SLA
15 8 (0.35%) WCAG
16 7 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 7 (0.30%) Government Security Classifications
16 7 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 415 (18.04%) Docker
2 61 (2.65%) Active Directory
3 37 (1.61%) Hyper-V
3 37 (1.61%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
5 18 (0.78%) vSphere
6 6 (0.26%) Firmware
6 6 (0.26%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 6 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
7 5 (0.22%) KVM
8 3 (0.13%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.087%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 2 (0.087%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.043%) iptables
10 1 (0.043%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.043%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 412 (17.91%) Terraform
2 369 (16.04%) Kubernetes
3 140 (6.09%) Ansible
4 117 (5.09%) Grafana
5 63 (2.74%) Prometheus
6 42 (1.83%) Argo
7 22 (0.96%) Microsoft Intune
8 18 (0.78%) Kustomize
9 15 (0.65%) Proxmox
10 14 (0.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 14 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
11 13 (0.57%) Progress Chef
12 12 (0.52%) Istio
12 12 (0.52%) Podman
13 10 (0.43%) Puppet
14 9 (0.39%) Cisco CUCM
14 9 (0.39%) Packer
15 7 (0.30%) Nmap
16 6 (0.26%) EMC NetWorker
16 6 (0.26%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 341 (14.83%) Microsoft
2 113 (4.91%) Google
3 97 (4.22%) ServiceNow
4 69 (3.00%) Cisco
5 64 (2.78%) VMware
6 47 (2.04%) Oracle
7 45 (1.96%) Typelevel
8 40 (1.74%) Apple
9 35 (1.52%) Adobe
10 34 (1.48%) Databricks
10 34 (1.48%) Fortinet
10 34 (1.48%) Palo Alto
11 33 (1.43%) Splunk
12 31 (1.35%) SolarWinds
13 24 (1.04%) Salesforce
14 21 (0.91%) SAP
15 20 (0.87%) Aruba
16 18 (0.78%) CheckPoint
17 17 (0.74%) Dell
17 17 (0.74%) Dynatrace