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

6 months to
6 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 8 9
Rank change year-on-year -2 +1 -2
Permanent jobs citing AWS 1,931 2,447 4,308
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 11.53% 16.85% 15.07%
As % of the Cloud Services category 30.80% 35.76% 32.99%
Number of salaries quoted 1,293 1,641 3,765
10th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £55,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -3.57%
75th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £118,750 £117,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £70,932 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -5.42% +7.14% -6.04%

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 6,269 6,843 13,058
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.42% 47.12% 45.68%
Number of salaries quoted 4,279 4,683 11,390
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £77,715
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,264 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.16% +10.02% -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 6 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 79 (4.09%) Apache Airflow
2 42 (2.18%) Apache Spark
3 35 (1.81%) Apache
4 25 (1.29%) Microsoft Exchange
5 15 (0.78%) CMS
5 15 (0.78%) SharePoint
6 13 (0.67%) Confluence
7 11 (0.57%) nginx
8 9 (0.47%) Tomcat
8 9 (0.47%) WebSphere
8 9 (0.47%) WebSphere Application Server
9 8 (0.41%) WordPress
10 6 (0.31%) Ethereum
11 5 (0.26%) Anypoint
11 5 (0.26%) Apache Pulsar
11 5 (0.26%) Drupal
12 4 (0.21%) ArcGIS
12 4 (0.21%) GeoServer
12 4 (0.21%) Oracle Spatial
12 4 (0.21%) SAS
Applications
1 138 (7.15%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (0.98%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.21%) Adobe Illustrator
5 4 (0.21%) Photoshop
6 3 (0.16%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.052%) EngageOne
7 1 (0.052%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.052%) Notion
Business Applications
1 17 (0.88%) Oracle ERP
2 11 (0.57%) Shopify
3 8 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.10%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.052%) Magento
6 1 (0.052%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.052%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.052%) Sprinklr
6 1 (0.052%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 838 (43.40%) Azure
2 514 (26.62%) GCP
3 267 (13.83%) Serverless
4 251 (13.00%) SaaS
5 196 (10.15%) Microsoft 365
6 187 (9.68%) GitHub
7 179 (9.27%) AWS Lambda
8 170 (8.80%) Amazon S3
9 133 (6.89%) Amazon EKS
10 105 (5.44%) AWS CloudFormation
11 88 (4.56%) GitHub Actions
12 82 (4.25%) Amazon ECS
13 77 (3.99%) Entra ID
14 74 (3.83%) Amazon EC2
15 73 (3.78%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 66 (3.42%) Amazon SQS
17 61 (3.16%) dbt
18 52 (2.69%) Azure DevOps
19 48 (2.49%) OCI
19 48 (2.49%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 118 (6.11%) Firewall
2 62 (3.21%) Broadband
3 61 (3.16%) VPN
4 53 (2.74%) WAN
5 47 (2.43%) Wi-Fi
6 45 (2.33%) TCP/IP
7 43 (2.23%) LAN
8 42 (2.18%) Network Security
9 41 (2.12%) DNS
10 28 (1.45%) SD-WAN
11 26 (1.35%) VXLAN
12 25 (1.29%) DHCP
13 22 (1.14%) VLAN
14 21 (1.09%) BGP
14 21 (1.09%) Cisco ASA
14 21 (1.09%) SSL
15 18 (0.93%) Cisco Firepower
15 18 (0.93%) NGFW
16 17 (0.88%) HTTP
17 16 (0.83%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 180 (9.32%) PostgreSQL
2 111 (5.75%) NoSQL
3 96 (4.97%) SQL Server
4 87 (4.51%) MongoDB
5 82 (4.25%) MySQL
6 69 (3.57%) Amazon RDS
7 61 (3.16%) Relational Database
8 56 (2.90%) Data Warehouse
9 49 (2.54%) Metadata
10 47 (2.43%) DynamoDB
11 44 (2.28%) Amazon Redshift
11 44 (2.28%) BigQuery
11 44 (2.28%) Elasticsearch
12 40 (2.07%) Amazon Athena
13 38 (1.97%) Data Lake
14 36 (1.86%) Tableau
15 34 (1.76%) Apache Iceberg
16 28 (1.45%) Redis
17 24 (1.24%) Power BI
18 23 (1.19%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 115 (5.96%) Jenkins
2 114 (5.90%) Git
3 73 (3.78%) GitLab
4 58 (3.00%) TeamCity
5 34 (1.76%) Cypress.io
6 28 (1.45%) JIRA
7 19 (0.98%) Jaeger
7 19 (0.98%) Selenium
8 17 (0.88%) Oracle Forms
9 14 (0.73%) Bitbucket
9 14 (0.73%) Cucumber
10 13 (0.67%) JMeter
10 13 (0.67%) SonarQube
11 12 (0.62%) MLflow
12 11 (0.57%) JUnit
13 9 (0.47%) CircleCI
13 9 (0.47%) Subversion
14 8 (0.41%) Burp Suite
14 8 (0.41%) Metasploit
15 7 (0.36%) Vite
General
1 613 (31.75%) Social Skills
2 440 (22.79%) Finance
3 204 (10.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 178 (9.22%) Public Sector
5 175 (9.06%) Banking
6 157 (8.13%) Retail
7 149 (7.72%) Law
8 120 (6.21%) French Language
9 118 (6.11%) Analytical Skills
10 91 (4.71%) Swedish Language
11 73 (3.78%) Financial Institution
12 63 (3.26%) Front Office
13 58 (3.00%) Back Office
14 54 (2.80%) Telecoms
15 48 (2.49%) Games
15 48 (2.49%) Influencing Skills
16 47 (2.43%) Legal
17 35 (1.81%) Tech for Good
18 31 (1.61%) Marketing
19 30 (1.55%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 445 (23.05%) Senior
2 372 (19.26%) Developer
3 303 (15.69%) Software Engineer
4 259 (13.41%) Lead
5 200 (10.36%) Architect
6 162 (8.39%) Analyst
7 120 (6.21%) Service Analyst
7 120 (6.21%) Service Desk Analyst
8 113 (5.85%) Full-Stack Developer
9 111 (5.75%) AWS Engineer
10 99 (5.13%) Lead Developer
11 93 (4.82%) Senior Software Engineer
12 90 (4.66%) Java Engineer
13 88 (4.56%) Data Engineer
14 87 (4.51%) Cloud Engineer
14 87 (4.51%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 81 (4.19%) DevOps Engineer
16 74 (3.83%) Java Software Engineer
17 72 (3.73%) Software Developer
18 70 (3.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 351 (18.18%) React
2 217 (11.24%) Node.js
3 163 (8.44%) .NET
4 154 (7.98%) Kafka
5 135 (6.99%) RESTful
6 113 (5.85%) Spring
7 102 (5.28%) Spring Boot
8 88 (4.56%) REST
9 84 (4.35%) CSS
10 76 (3.94%) AngularJS
11 74 (3.83%) Vue
12 73 (3.78%) HTML
13 56 (2.90%) Django
14 55 (2.85%) gRPC
15 54 (2.80%) Redux
16 52 (2.69%) .NET Core
17 46 (2.38%) Elastic Stack
18 44 (2.28%) GraphQL
19 40 (2.07%) JSON
20 36 (1.86%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 307 (15.90%) Cloud Native
2 137 (7.09%) Distributed Systems
3 96 (4.97%) Product Ownership
4 70 (3.63%) Enterprise Software
5 69 (3.57%) Public Cloud
6 61 (3.16%) Data Centre
7 57 (2.95%) Fixed Income
7 57 (2.95%) Management Information System
8 52 (2.69%) Onboarding
9 48 (2.49%) Blog
10 46 (2.38%) Security Posture
11 42 (2.18%) Legacy Systems
12 37 (1.92%) PKI
13 35 (1.81%) Hybrid Cloud
14 33 (1.71%) Data Structures
15 30 (1.55%) Greenfield Project
15 30 (1.55%) Self-Motivation
15 30 (1.55%) Video\Live Streaming
16 28 (1.45%) Linux Command Line
17 27 (1.40%) Over-the-Top Content
Operating Systems
1 190 (9.84%) Linux
2 100 (5.18%) Windows
3 74 (3.83%) Unix
4 51 (2.64%) Android
5 50 (2.59%) Windows Server
6 44 (2.28%) Apple iOS
7 24 (1.24%) Windows 10
8 19 (0.98%) Mac OS
8 19 (0.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 16 (0.83%) Windows Server 2012
10 15 (0.78%) Windows Server 2016
11 14 (0.73%) Windows Server 2019
12 10 (0.52%) Ubuntu
13 7 (0.36%) CentOS
14 5 (0.26%) VMS
15 1 (0.052%) Debian
15 1 (0.052%) FreeBSD
15 1 (0.052%) Mac OS X
15 1 (0.052%) OpenBSD
15 1 (0.052%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 650 (33.66%) CI/CD
2 564 (29.21%) Agile
3 528 (27.34%) DevOps
4 517 (26.77%) Software Engineering
5 441 (22.84%) Mentoring
6 353 (18.28%) Microservices
7 325 (16.83%) Problem-Solving
8 324 (16.78%) Infrastructure as Code
9 318 (16.47%) Full-Stack Development
10 300 (15.54%) AI
11 277 (14.34%) Continuous Improvement
12 258 (13.36%) Containerisation
13 230 (11.91%) Coaching
14 216 (11.19%) Roadmaps
15 204 (10.56%) ITIL
16 200 (10.36%) Test Automation
17 183 (9.48%) Technical Leadership
18 168 (8.70%) Computer Science
19 165 (8.54%) Observability
20 157 (8.13%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 594 (30.76%) Python
2 496 (25.69%) Java
3 323 (16.73%) JavaScript
4 320 (16.57%) TypeScript
5 291 (15.07%) SQL
6 197 (10.20%) C#
7 178 (9.22%) Go
8 126 (6.53%) Bash
9 72 (3.73%) PHP
10 60 (3.11%) PowerShell
11 51 (2.64%) Scala
12 40 (2.07%) C++
13 23 (1.19%) Kotlin
14 22 (1.14%) Shell Script
15 20 (1.04%) Ruby
16 19 (0.98%) Rust
17 18 (0.93%) PL/SQL
18 15 (0.78%) Bicep
19 8 (0.41%) Delphi
19 8 (0.41%) R
Qualifications
1 371 (19.21%) Degree
2 280 (14.50%) AWS Certification
3 219 (11.34%) Security Cleared
4 186 (9.63%) SC Cleared
5 180 (9.32%) Microsoft Certification
6 140 (7.25%) MCSE
7 118 (6.11%) Computer Science Degree
8 77 (3.99%) Azure Certification
9 50 (2.59%) CISSP
10 42 (2.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 38 (1.97%) TOGAF Certification
12 36 (1.86%) Cisco Certification
13 31 (1.61%) DV Cleared
14 28 (1.45%) CREST Certified
15 27 (1.40%) CISM
15 27 (1.40%) Master's Degree
16 22 (1.14%) DBS Check
17 21 (1.09%) OSCP
18 20 (1.04%) CCNP
19 19 (0.98%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 201 (10.41%) QA
2 89 (4.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 62 (3.21%) GDPR
4 57 (2.95%) NIST
5 47 (2.43%) PCI DSS
6 45 (2.33%) Data Quality
7 34 (1.76%) SOC 2
8 30 (1.55%) Cyber Essentials
9 28 (1.45%) GRC
9 28 (1.45%) SLA
10 27 (1.40%) Accessibility
11 18 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 16 (0.83%) NCSC
13 13 (0.67%) Actionable Recommendations
14 12 (0.62%) JSP 440
15 11 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 42001
16 9 (0.47%) ISO 9001
17 6 (0.31%) EU AI Act
18 4 (0.21%) Government Security Classifications
18 4 (0.21%) HL7
System Software
1 368 (19.06%) Docker
2 81 (4.19%) Active Directory
3 34 (1.76%) Hyper-V
4 30 (1.55%) VMware Infrastructure
5 12 (0.62%) vSphere
6 6 (0.31%) VMware NSX
7 5 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.21%) Veritas Cluster Server
8 4 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
8 4 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.16%) Firmware
9 3 (0.16%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.052%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.052%) KVM
10 1 (0.052%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.052%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 392 (20.30%) Terraform
2 360 (18.64%) Kubernetes
3 155 (8.03%) Ansible
4 139 (7.20%) Grafana
5 78 (4.04%) Prometheus
6 45 (2.33%) Argo
7 37 (1.92%) Single Sign-On
8 30 (1.55%) Microsoft Intune
9 19 (0.98%) Kustomize
10 15 (0.78%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 10 (0.52%) Proxmox
12 8 (0.41%) Nmap
13 7 (0.36%) Kibana
14 5 (0.26%) AWS Copilot
14 5 (0.26%) Cilium
14 5 (0.26%) Progress Chef
15 4 (0.21%) Autotask
15 4 (0.21%) HP Fortify
15 4 (0.21%) Nessus
15 4 (0.21%) Packer
Vendors
1 301 (15.59%) Microsoft
2 140 (7.25%) ServiceNow
3 122 (6.32%) Google
4 67 (3.47%) Oracle
5 57 (2.95%) VMware
6 54 (2.80%) Cisco
7 38 (1.97%) Databricks
8 30 (1.55%) Apple
8 30 (1.55%) Red Hat
9 27 (1.40%) Typelevel
10 25 (1.29%) Okta
10 25 (1.29%) SAP
11 23 (1.19%) IBM
11 23 (1.19%) Salesforce
11 23 (1.19%) Splunk
12 19 (0.98%) Adobe
12 19 (0.98%) Fortinet
12 19 (0.98%) SolarWinds
13 18 (0.93%) Palo Alto
14 16 (0.83%) Informatica