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 24 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 9 9
Rank change year-on-year -1 0 -2
Permanent jobs citing AWS 1,978 2,187 4,395
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 11.64% 16.76% 14.37%
As % of the Cloud Services category 30.97% 35.39% 31.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1,283 1,609 3,863
10th Percentile £45,750 £46,150 £42,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £53,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £68,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +5.84% -5.52%
75th Percentile £90,000 £97,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £118,750 £112,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% +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 6,387 6,179 13,776
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.59% 47.36% 45.04%
Number of salaries quoted 4,286 4,696 11,944
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,063 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £64,300 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.80% +7.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -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 24 March 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 73 (3.69%) Apache Airflow
2 39 (1.97%) Apache Spark
3 28 (1.42%) Apache
4 23 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
5 16 (0.81%) CMS
6 12 (0.61%) Confluence
6 12 (0.61%) nginx
7 11 (0.56%) SharePoint
8 9 (0.46%) WordPress
9 7 (0.35%) Tomcat
9 7 (0.35%) WebSphere
9 7 (0.35%) WebSphere Application Server
10 6 (0.30%) Drupal
11 5 (0.25%) Anypoint
11 5 (0.25%) Apache Pulsar
11 5 (0.25%) Ethereum
12 4 (0.20%) ArcGIS
12 4 (0.20%) GeoServer
12 4 (0.20%) Oracle Spatial
12 4 (0.20%) SAS
Applications
1 111 (5.61%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (0.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (0.25%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.20%) Adobe Illustrator
6 4 (0.20%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.051%) EngageOne
7 1 (0.051%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.051%) Notion
Business Applications
1 12 (0.61%) Oracle ERP
1 12 (0.61%) Shopify
2 8 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.10%) Magento
4 2 (0.10%) SAP HR
5 1 (0.051%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.051%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.051%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.051%) Sprinklr
5 1 (0.051%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 855 (43.23%) Azure
2 539 (27.25%) GCP
3 274 (13.85%) Serverless
4 249 (12.59%) SaaS
5 194 (9.81%) GitHub
6 182 (9.20%) AWS Lambda
7 180 (9.10%) Amazon S3
8 166 (8.39%) Microsoft 365
9 138 (6.98%) Amazon EKS
10 106 (5.36%) AWS CloudFormation
11 94 (4.75%) GitHub Actions
12 81 (4.10%) Amazon EC2
13 79 (3.99%) Amazon ECS
14 74 (3.74%) Amazon SQS
15 73 (3.69%) Entra ID
16 65 (3.29%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 55 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
18 52 (2.63%) dbt
19 44 (2.22%) Snowflake
20 40 (2.02%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 127 (6.42%) Firewall
2 89 (4.50%) Broadband
3 61 (3.08%) VPN
4 58 (2.93%) WAN
5 50 (2.53%) LAN
5 50 (2.53%) TCP/IP
6 49 (2.48%) DNS
7 48 (2.43%) Wi-Fi
8 46 (2.33%) Network Security
9 29 (1.47%) SD-WAN
10 27 (1.37%) DHCP
11 26 (1.31%) VXLAN
12 25 (1.26%) Cisco ASA
13 22 (1.11%) VLAN
14 21 (1.06%) BGP
14 21 (1.06%) SSL
15 20 (1.01%) Cisco Firepower
16 18 (0.91%) HTTP
16 18 (0.91%) NGFW
17 16 (0.81%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 182 (9.20%) PostgreSQL
2 123 (6.22%) NoSQL
3 101 (5.11%) MongoDB
3 101 (5.11%) SQL Server
4 83 (4.20%) MySQL
5 74 (3.74%) Amazon RDS
6 60 (3.03%) Relational Database
7 52 (2.63%) Data Warehouse
8 50 (2.53%) DynamoDB
9 47 (2.38%) Metadata
10 45 (2.28%) Elasticsearch
11 43 (2.17%) BigQuery
12 40 (2.02%) Amazon Redshift
13 34 (1.72%) Tableau
14 33 (1.67%) Amazon Athena
15 32 (1.62%) Data Lake
16 28 (1.42%) Redis
17 26 (1.31%) Apache Iceberg
18 22 (1.11%) Power BI
18 22 (1.11%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 120 (6.07%) Git
2 103 (5.21%) Jenkins
3 78 (3.94%) GitLab
4 61 (3.08%) TeamCity
5 44 (2.22%) Cypress.io
6 33 (1.67%) JIRA
7 21 (1.06%) Selenium
8 19 (0.96%) Jaeger
9 15 (0.76%) CircleCI
10 14 (0.71%) Bitbucket
10 14 (0.71%) JMeter
11 13 (0.66%) Cucumber
11 13 (0.66%) MLflow
11 13 (0.66%) SonarQube
12 12 (0.61%) Oracle Forms
13 10 (0.51%) JUnit
14 9 (0.46%) Crashlytics
14 9 (0.46%) Subversion
14 9 (0.46%) XCTest
15 8 (0.40%) Metasploit
General
1 603 (30.49%) Social Skills
2 437 (22.09%) Finance
3 218 (11.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 185 (9.35%) Public Sector
5 183 (9.25%) Banking
6 164 (8.29%) Retail
7 162 (8.19%) Law
8 129 (6.52%) Analytical Skills
9 92 (4.65%) French Language
10 71 (3.59%) Financial Institution
11 61 (3.08%) Back Office
12 57 (2.88%) Front Office
13 56 (2.83%) Telecoms
14 55 (2.78%) Swedish Language
15 54 (2.73%) Legal
16 50 (2.53%) Games
17 43 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
18 34 (1.72%) Marketing
19 33 (1.67%) Tech for Good
20 30 (1.52%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 454 (22.95%) Senior
2 378 (19.11%) Developer
3 311 (15.72%) Software Engineer
4 272 (13.75%) Lead
5 203 (10.26%) Architect
6 131 (6.62%) Analyst
7 121 (6.12%) Full-Stack Developer
8 115 (5.81%) AWS Engineer
9 99 (5.01%) Lead Developer
10 97 (4.90%) Senior Software Engineer
11 94 (4.75%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 92 (4.65%) Service Analyst
12 92 (4.65%) Service Desk Analyst
13 87 (4.40%) DevOps Engineer
13 87 (4.40%) Java Engineer
14 84 (4.25%) Data Engineer
15 81 (4.10%) Cloud Engineer
16 73 (3.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 71 (3.59%) Java Software Engineer
18 69 (3.49%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 354 (17.90%) React
2 232 (11.73%) Node.js
3 148 (7.48%) .NET
4 144 (7.28%) Kafka
5 130 (6.57%) RESTful
6 105 (5.31%) REST
6 105 (5.31%) Spring
7 99 (5.01%) CSS
8 93 (4.70%) Spring Boot
9 81 (4.10%) HTML
10 70 (3.54%) Vue
11 65 (3.29%) AngularJS
12 63 (3.19%) gRPC
13 61 (3.08%) Django
14 54 (2.73%) Redux
15 49 (2.48%) .NET Core
16 46 (2.33%) Elastic Stack
17 41 (2.07%) JSON
18 40 (2.02%) GraphQL
19 35 (1.77%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 305 (15.42%) Cloud Native
2 142 (7.18%) Distributed Systems
3 113 (5.71%) Product Ownership
4 70 (3.54%) Public Cloud
5 62 (3.13%) Data Centre
5 62 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
6 61 (3.08%) Management Information System
7 60 (3.03%) Onboarding
8 55 (2.78%) Blog
9 51 (2.58%) Fixed Income
9 51 (2.58%) Security Posture
10 45 (2.28%) Video\Live Streaming
11 43 (2.17%) Greenfield Project
12 41 (2.07%) Self-Motivation
13 39 (1.97%) Legacy Systems
14 36 (1.82%) Hybrid Cloud
14 36 (1.82%) Mobile App
14 36 (1.82%) Over-the-Top Content
15 34 (1.72%) PKI
16 33 (1.67%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 202 (10.21%) Linux
2 105 (5.31%) Windows
3 73 (3.69%) Unix
4 53 (2.68%) Windows Server
5 49 (2.48%) Android
6 48 (2.43%) Apple iOS
7 26 (1.31%) Windows 10
8 21 (1.06%) Mac OS
9 18 (0.91%) Windows Server 2012
10 17 (0.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 17 (0.86%) Windows Server 2016
11 16 (0.81%) Windows Server 2019
12 10 (0.51%) Ubuntu
13 7 (0.35%) CentOS
14 4 (0.20%) VMS
15 1 (0.051%) Debian
15 1 (0.051%) FreeBSD
15 1 (0.051%) Mac OS X
15 1 (0.051%) OpenBSD
15 1 (0.051%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 677 (34.23%) CI/CD
2 584 (29.52%) Agile
3 539 (27.25%) Software Engineering
4 534 (27.00%) DevOps
5 443 (22.40%) Mentoring
6 362 (18.30%) Microservices
7 344 (17.39%) Infrastructure as Code
8 343 (17.34%) Full-Stack Development
9 339 (17.14%) Problem-Solving
10 311 (15.72%) AI
11 307 (15.52%) Continuous Improvement
12 290 (14.66%) Containerisation
13 241 (12.18%) Test Automation
14 238 (12.03%) Coaching
15 228 (11.53%) Roadmaps
16 197 (9.96%) Technical Leadership
17 179 (9.05%) Clean Code
18 173 (8.75%) ITIL
19 170 (8.59%) Computer Science
20 168 (8.49%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 617 (31.19%) Python
2 490 (24.77%) Java
3 308 (15.57%) JavaScript
4 299 (15.12%) TypeScript
5 291 (14.71%) SQL
6 200 (10.11%) Go
7 197 (9.96%) C#
8 125 (6.32%) Bash
9 76 (3.84%) PHP
10 62 (3.13%) Scala
11 54 (2.73%) PowerShell
12 53 (2.68%) C++
13 28 (1.42%) Kotlin
13 28 (1.42%) Ruby
14 21 (1.06%) Rust
15 17 (0.86%) Bicep
15 17 (0.86%) Shell Script
16 13 (0.66%) PL/SQL
17 9 (0.46%) Swift
18 8 (0.40%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 348 (17.59%) Degree
2 236 (11.93%) AWS Certification
3 221 (11.17%) Security Cleared
4 188 (9.50%) SC Cleared
5 148 (7.48%) Microsoft Certification
6 120 (6.07%) Computer Science Degree
7 114 (5.76%) MCSE
8 71 (3.59%) Azure Certification
9 52 (2.63%) CISSP
10 40 (2.02%) DV Cleared
11 39 (1.97%) Cisco Certification
12 36 (1.82%) TOGAF Certification
13 34 (1.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 33 (1.67%) CREST Certified
15 29 (1.47%) CISM
16 24 (1.21%) Master's Degree
17 23 (1.16%) CCNP
17 23 (1.16%) DBS Check
18 22 (1.11%) OSCP
19 21 (1.06%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 188 (9.50%) QA
2 91 (4.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 57 (2.88%) GDPR
4 56 (2.83%) NIST
5 51 (2.58%) PCI DSS
6 42 (2.12%) Data Quality
7 37 (1.87%) Accessibility
8 33 (1.67%) GRC
9 32 (1.62%) SOC 2
10 28 (1.42%) Cyber Essentials
11 27 (1.37%) SLA
12 16 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 16 (0.81%) NCSC
13 14 (0.71%) Actionable Recommendations
14 13 (0.66%) JSP 440
15 10 (0.51%) ISO 9001
16 9 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 42001
17 7 (0.35%) Government Security Classifications
17 7 (0.35%) HMG Security Policy Framework
18 6 (0.30%) EU AI Act
System Software
1 397 (20.07%) Docker
2 80 (4.04%) Active Directory
3 36 (1.82%) Hyper-V
4 32 (1.62%) VMware Infrastructure
5 15 (0.76%) Virtual Machines
5 15 (0.76%) vSphere
6 7 (0.35%) Firmware
7 6 (0.30%) VMware NSX
8 4 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 4 (0.20%) Veritas Cluster Server
8 4 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.051%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.051%) KVM
10 1 (0.051%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.051%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 404 (20.42%) Terraform
2 368 (18.60%) Kubernetes
3 153 (7.74%) Ansible
4 136 (6.88%) Grafana
5 75 (3.79%) Prometheus
6 44 (2.22%) Argo
7 32 (1.62%) Single Sign-On
8 29 (1.47%) Microsoft Intune
9 19 (0.96%) Kustomize
10 17 (0.86%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 8 (0.40%) Istio
11 8 (0.40%) Nmap
11 8 (0.40%) Proxmox
12 6 (0.30%) Podman
12 6 (0.30%) Puppet
13 5 (0.25%) AWS Copilot
13 5 (0.25%) Kibana
13 5 (0.25%) Packer
14 4 (0.20%) Autotask
14 4 (0.20%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 281 (14.21%) Microsoft
2 136 (6.88%) Google
3 111 (5.61%) ServiceNow
4 62 (3.13%) Cisco
5 59 (2.98%) Oracle
5 59 (2.98%) VMware
6 36 (1.82%) Typelevel
7 33 (1.67%) Databricks
8 31 (1.57%) Red Hat
9 30 (1.52%) Apple
10 26 (1.31%) Salesforce
10 26 (1.31%) Splunk
11 24 (1.21%) Fortinet
11 24 (1.21%) Palo Alto
11 24 (1.21%) SAP
12 21 (1.06%) Okta
13 20 (1.01%) SolarWinds
14 19 (0.96%) Adobe
14 19 (0.96%) IBM
15 18 (0.91%) Dell