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

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 13 8
Rank change year-on-year +3 -5 -2
Permanent jobs citing AWS 2,524 2,152 4,018
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 11.61% 13.08% 14.49%
As % of the Cloud Services category 29.83% 35.58% 35.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1,633 1,369 3,337
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £56,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £90,000 £110,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £135,000 £142,500
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 8,462 6,048 11,414
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.92% 36.77% 41.17%
Number of salaries quoted 6,050 4,461 9,241
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -4.00%

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 25 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 44 (1.74%) Apache Airflow
2 42 (1.66%) Apache Spark
3 23 (0.91%) Apache
4 22 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
5 16 (0.63%) Confluence
6 15 (0.59%) IIS
7 14 (0.55%) Anypoint
7 14 (0.55%) CMS
8 13 (0.52%) SharePoint
9 11 (0.44%) Mule
10 10 (0.40%) WordPress
11 7 (0.28%) Jupyter
12 6 (0.24%) Apache Solr
12 6 (0.24%) SAS
13 4 (0.16%) Ethereum
13 4 (0.16%) nginx
13 4 (0.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 4 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
14 3 (0.12%) Kentico
14 3 (0.12%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 93 (3.68%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (0.40%) MS Visio
3 9 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
4 8 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.20%) AutoCAD
5 5 (0.20%) Chatbot
5 5 (0.20%) DaVinci Resolve
6 2 (0.079%) Elementor
6 2 (0.079%) Moqups
6 2 (0.079%) PlantUML
7 1 (0.040%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.040%) Houdini
7 1 (0.040%) Lightworks
7 1 (0.040%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.040%) NUKE
7 1 (0.040%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.040%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (0.95%) Cloudability
2 6 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.16%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.079%) Shopify
5 1 (0.040%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.040%) Magento
5 1 (0.040%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.040%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 1,153 (45.68%) Azure
2 628 (24.88%) GCP
3 288 (11.41%) SaaS
4 231 (9.15%) Serverless
5 197 (7.81%) GitHub
6 162 (6.42%) Microsoft 365
7 149 (5.90%) AWS Lambda
8 148 (5.86%) Amazon S3
9 98 (3.88%) Amazon EKS
10 95 (3.76%) AWS CloudFormation
11 92 (3.65%) Amazon EC2
12 88 (3.49%) GitHub Actions
13 84 (3.33%) Amazon ECS
14 68 (2.69%) Amazon SQS
15 64 (2.54%) Azure DevOps
16 59 (2.34%) GitHub Copilot
17 57 (2.26%) Snowflake
18 51 (2.02%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 51 (2.02%) Entra ID
19 40 (1.58%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 129 (5.11%) Firewall
2 123 (4.87%) Broadband
3 81 (3.21%) VPN
4 74 (2.93%) DNS
5 70 (2.77%) WAN
6 64 (2.54%) LAN
6 64 (2.54%) Network Security
7 52 (2.06%) TCP/IP
8 45 (1.78%) DHCP
9 38 (1.51%) HTTP
10 31 (1.23%) SD-WAN
11 29 (1.15%) Wi-Fi
12 28 (1.11%) Cisco ASA
13 23 (0.91%) Cisco Firepower
14 21 (0.83%) VLAN
15 20 (0.79%) SSL
16 17 (0.67%) BGP
17 15 (0.59%) MPLS
17 15 (0.59%) OSPF
18 12 (0.48%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 259 (10.26%) PostgreSQL
2 252 (9.98%) MongoDB
3 108 (4.28%) Elasticsearch
3 108 (4.28%) SQL Server
4 107 (4.24%) MySQL
5 105 (4.16%) NoSQL
6 84 (3.33%) Azure SQL Database
7 56 (2.22%) Amazon RDS
8 55 (2.18%) DynamoDB
9 53 (2.10%) Redis
10 52 (2.06%) Relational Database
11 38 (1.51%) Metadata
12 37 (1.47%) Data Warehouse
13 33 (1.31%) Amazon Athena
14 28 (1.11%) Power BI
15 27 (1.07%) Amazon Redshift
15 27 (1.07%) Big Data
16 25 (0.99%) Data Lake
17 20 (0.79%) Tableau
18 18 (0.71%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 132 (5.23%) Git
2 83 (3.29%) GitLab
2 83 (3.29%) Jenkins
3 56 (2.22%) TeamCity
4 51 (2.02%) Cypress.io
4 51 (2.02%) JIRA
5 35 (1.39%) Claude Code
6 22 (0.87%) JUnit
7 20 (0.79%) Selenium
8 16 (0.63%) Postman
9 15 (0.59%) Maven
10 14 (0.55%) Crashlytics
10 14 (0.55%) XCTest
11 13 (0.52%) CircleCI
11 13 (0.52%) JMeter
12 11 (0.44%) Mockito
13 10 (0.40%) Cucumber
14 8 (0.32%) Bitbucket
15 6 (0.24%) Gatling
15 6 (0.24%) SonarQube
General
1 628 (24.88%) Social Skills
2 569 (22.54%) Finance
3 279 (11.05%) Public Sector
4 223 (8.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 221 (8.76%) Banking
6 205 (8.12%) Law
7 135 (5.35%) Analytical Skills
8 123 (4.87%) Retail
9 68 (2.69%) Legal
10 51 (2.02%) Games
11 48 (1.90%) Swedish Language
12 47 (1.86%) Financial Institution
13 45 (1.78%) Back Office
14 43 (1.70%) Front Office
15 38 (1.51%) Influencing Skills
15 38 (1.51%) Presentation Skills
16 37 (1.47%) Marketing
17 35 (1.39%) French Language
18 29 (1.15%) Telecoms
19 21 (0.83%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 608 (24.09%) Senior
2 553 (21.91%) Developer
3 437 (17.31%) Software Engineer
4 317 (12.56%) Lead
5 277 (10.97%) Architect
6 151 (5.98%) Full-Stack Developer
7 141 (5.59%) AWS Engineer
8 127 (5.03%) Analyst
9 122 (4.83%) DevOps Engineer
10 119 (4.71%) .NET Developer
11 117 (4.64%) Senior Software Engineer
12 115 (4.56%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 112 (4.44%) Senior Developer
14 109 (4.32%) Lead Software Engineer
15 97 (3.84%) Engineering Manager
15 97 (3.84%) Solutions Architect
16 95 (3.76%) Consultant
17 93 (3.68%) Lead Developer
18 91 (3.61%) Software Developer
19 89 (3.53%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 431 (17.08%) React
2 378 (14.98%) Node.js
3 234 (9.27%) .NET
4 180 (7.13%) REST
5 131 (5.19%) RESTful
6 130 (5.15%) Vue
7 126 (4.99%) Spring
8 124 (4.91%) CSS
9 121 (4.79%) Kafka
10 111 (4.40%) AngularJS
11 110 (4.36%) .NET Core
12 104 (4.12%) ASP.NET
13 96 (3.80%) ASP.NET Core
14 92 (3.65%) Spring Boot
15 83 (3.29%) HTML
16 71 (2.81%) Middleware
17 69 (2.73%) .NET Framework
18 57 (2.26%) Ruby on Rails
19 53 (2.10%) OAuth
20 50 (1.98%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 382 (15.13%) Cloud Native
2 191 (7.57%) Product Ownership
3 187 (7.41%) Distributed Systems
4 95 (3.76%) Public Cloud
5 83 (3.29%) Greenfield Project
6 78 (3.09%) Video\Live Streaming
7 68 (2.69%) Cyber Threat
8 64 (2.54%) AI Agents
9 62 (2.46%) Onboarding
10 55 (2.18%) Management Information System
11 48 (1.90%) Data Centre
11 48 (1.90%) Security Posture
12 46 (1.82%) Over-the-Top Content
13 44 (1.74%) Fixed Income
14 43 (1.70%) Enterprise Software
14 43 (1.70%) Mobile App
15 42 (1.66%) Hybrid Cloud
15 42 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
16 40 (1.58%) Blog
17 37 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 208 (8.24%) Linux
2 159 (6.30%) Windows
3 61 (2.42%) Windows Server
4 56 (2.22%) Unix
5 35 (1.39%) Apple iOS
6 20 (0.79%) Android
7 12 (0.48%) Windows 10
8 11 (0.44%) Ubuntu
9 10 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
10 7 (0.28%) Mac OS
10 7 (0.28%) Windows Server 2012
11 6 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
12 4 (0.16%) Debian
13 3 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 2 (0.079%) CentOS
15 1 (0.040%) FreeBSD
15 1 (0.040%) OpenBSD
15 1 (0.040%) Solaris
15 1 (0.040%) Windows 7
15 1 (0.040%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 884 (35.02%) CI/CD
2 858 (33.99%) Agile
3 766 (30.35%) Software Engineering
4 589 (23.34%) DevOps
5 539 (21.35%) Mentoring
6 501 (19.85%) Full-Stack Development
7 499 (19.77%) Microservices
8 484 (19.18%) AI
9 443 (17.55%) Continuous Improvement
10 428 (16.96%) Problem-Solving
11 426 (16.88%) Infrastructure as Code
12 420 (16.64%) Test Automation
13 344 (13.63%) Technical Leadership
14 335 (13.27%) Containerisation
15 299 (11.85%) Roadmaps
16 277 (10.97%) Coaching
17 270 (10.70%) Scrum
18 258 (10.22%) Clean Code
19 250 (9.90%) Machine Learning
20 238 (9.43%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 668 (26.47%) Python
2 500 (19.81%) Java
3 400 (15.85%) TypeScript
4 397 (15.73%) JavaScript
5 378 (14.98%) SQL
6 281 (11.13%) C#
7 179 (7.09%) Go
8 89 (3.53%) Bash
9 73 (2.89%) Scala
10 70 (2.77%) C++
11 69 (2.73%) PHP
11 69 (2.73%) Ruby
12 68 (2.69%) PowerShell
13 34 (1.35%) Kotlin
14 26 (1.03%) Rust
15 16 (0.63%) Bicep
16 15 (0.59%) PL/SQL
16 15 (0.59%) Swift
17 14 (0.55%) DataWeave
18 10 (0.40%) C
Qualifications
1 378 (14.98%) Security Cleared
2 324 (12.84%) SC Cleared
3 302 (11.97%) Degree
4 170 (6.74%) AWS Certification
5 119 (4.71%) CISSP
6 97 (3.84%) CISM
7 96 (3.80%) Microsoft Certification
8 89 (3.53%) Computer Science Degree
9 83 (3.29%) MCSE
10 54 (2.14%) Azure Certification
11 50 (1.98%) ITIL Certification
12 46 (1.82%) DV Cleared
13 37 (1.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 34 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
15 23 (0.91%) CCNP
16 19 (0.75%) BPSS Clearance
17 18 (0.71%) CREST Certified
18 17 (0.67%) DBS Check
19 16 (0.63%) CCNA
19 16 (0.63%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 190 (7.53%) QA
2 114 (4.52%) NIST
3 94 (3.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 66 (2.61%) Accessibility
5 58 (2.30%) Data Quality
6 50 (1.98%) GDPR
7 48 (1.90%) ISO 22301
8 31 (1.23%) GRC
9 27 (1.07%) PCI DSS
10 26 (1.03%) NCSC
11 19 (0.75%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 15 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
12 15 (0.59%) WCAG
13 12 (0.48%) SOC 2
14 11 (0.44%) ISO 9001
14 11 (0.44%) SLA
15 10 (0.40%) JSP 440
15 10 (0.40%) NIST 800
16 7 (0.28%) PMO
17 6 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 448 (17.75%) Docker
2 66 (2.61%) Active Directory
3 52 (2.06%) VMware Infrastructure
4 42 (1.66%) Hyper-V
5 21 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
6 18 (0.71%) vSphere
7 7 (0.28%) KVM
8 6 (0.24%) Firmware
8 6 (0.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 6 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (0.16%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.12%) iptables
11 2 (0.079%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 2 (0.079%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (0.040%) VMware ESXi
12 1 (0.040%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 397 (15.73%) Terraform
2 395 (15.65%) Kubernetes
3 113 (4.48%) Grafana
4 107 (4.24%) Ansible
5 41 (1.62%) Prometheus
6 26 (1.03%) Microsoft Intune
7 23 (0.91%) Argo
8 17 (0.67%) Progress Chef
9 15 (0.59%) Puppet
10 14 (0.55%) Istio
10 14 (0.55%) Proxmox
11 13 (0.52%) Podman
12 11 (0.44%) CloudHub
13 10 (0.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 9 (0.36%) Cisco CUCM
15 8 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
16 7 (0.28%) Packer
16 7 (0.28%) ZABBIX
17 6 (0.24%) EMC NetWorker
17 6 (0.24%) EMC VPLEX
Vendors
1 426 (16.88%) Microsoft
2 125 (4.95%) ServiceNow
3 95 (3.76%) Google
4 80 (3.17%) VMware
5 69 (2.73%) Cisco
6 59 (2.34%) Oracle
7 49 (1.94%) Databricks
8 45 (1.78%) Typelevel
9 38 (1.51%) Palo Alto
10 36 (1.43%) Fortinet
11 34 (1.35%) Apple
12 32 (1.27%) Splunk
13 30 (1.19%) Adobe
13 30 (1.19%) Salesforce
13 30 (1.19%) SAP
14 27 (1.07%) SolarWinds
15 22 (0.87%) OpenAI
16 21 (0.83%) Dell
17 20 (0.79%) Dynatrace
17 20 (0.79%) MuleSoft