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 18 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 11 9
Rank change year-on-year +3 -2 -3
Permanent jobs citing AWS 2,089 2,048 4,483
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 11.79% 15.49% 13.79%
As % of the Cloud Services category 30.88% 34.50% 31.96%
Number of salaries quoted 1,313 1,598 3,914
10th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £53,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,801 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.79% +3.57% -3.45%
75th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £122,500 £112,500
UK median annual salary £70,500 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -2.76% +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 6,765 5,937 14,025
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.18% 44.92% 43.14%
Number of salaries quoted 4,549 4,667 12,073
10th Percentile £33,750 £33,230 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £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 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,700 £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 18 April 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 (3.49%) Apache Airflow
2 38 (1.82%) Apache Spark
3 23 (1.10%) Apache
4 21 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
5 16 (0.77%) CMS
6 15 (0.72%) Confluence
7 12 (0.57%) nginx
8 11 (0.53%) SharePoint
9 9 (0.43%) WordPress
10 6 (0.29%) Drupal
11 5 (0.24%) Apache Pulsar
11 5 (0.24%) Apache Solr
11 5 (0.24%) Ethereum
12 4 (0.19%) Anypoint
12 4 (0.19%) ArcGIS
12 4 (0.19%) GeoServer
12 4 (0.19%) Oracle Spatial
13 3 (0.14%) IIS
13 3 (0.14%) OpenStack
13 3 (0.14%) SAS
Applications
1 102 (4.88%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (0.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.29%) Chatbot
4 6 (0.29%) MS Visio
4 6 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (0.24%) AutoCAD
5 5 (0.24%) DaVinci Resolve
6 4 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
6 4 (0.19%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.048%) EngageOne
7 1 (0.048%) Notion
7 1 (0.048%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (0.53%) Shopify
2 9 (0.43%) Cloudability
3 8 (0.38%) Oracle ERP
4 5 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
6 3 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.096%) Magento
7 2 (0.096%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.048%) Oracle Assets
8 1 (0.048%) Sprinklr
8 1 (0.048%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 871 (41.69%) Azure
2 584 (27.96%) GCP
3 280 (13.40%) Serverless
4 242 (11.58%) SaaS
5 195 (9.33%) GitHub
6 187 (8.95%) AWS Lambda
7 183 (8.76%) Amazon S3
8 156 (7.47%) Microsoft 365
9 142 (6.80%) Amazon EKS
10 102 (4.88%) AWS CloudFormation
11 95 (4.55%) GitHub Actions
12 88 (4.21%) Amazon ECS
13 87 (4.16%) Amazon EC2
14 80 (3.83%) Amazon SQS
15 66 (3.16%) Entra ID
16 64 (3.06%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 50 (2.39%) Azure DevOps
18 47 (2.25%) dbt
19 39 (1.87%) Snowflake
19 39 (1.87%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 126 (6.03%) Firewall
2 105 (5.03%) Broadband
3 65 (3.11%) WAN
4 59 (2.82%) VPN
5 58 (2.78%) LAN
6 53 (2.54%) DNS
7 49 (2.35%) TCP/IP
8 48 (2.30%) Wi-Fi
9 42 (2.01%) Network Security
10 33 (1.58%) HTTP
11 32 (1.53%) SD-WAN
12 29 (1.39%) Cisco ASA
13 28 (1.34%) DHCP
14 26 (1.24%) VXLAN
15 25 (1.20%) Cisco Firepower
15 25 (1.20%) VLAN
16 24 (1.15%) BGP
17 18 (0.86%) NGFW
17 18 (0.86%) OSPF
17 18 (0.86%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 187 (8.95%) PostgreSQL
2 131 (6.27%) NoSQL
3 116 (5.55%) MongoDB
4 107 (5.12%) SQL Server
5 76 (3.64%) Amazon RDS
5 76 (3.64%) MySQL
6 59 (2.82%) DynamoDB
7 57 (2.73%) Relational Database
8 50 (2.39%) Data Warehouse
9 48 (2.30%) Metadata
10 43 (2.06%) Elasticsearch
11 42 (2.01%) BigQuery
12 41 (1.96%) Amazon Redshift
13 33 (1.58%) Amazon Athena
14 28 (1.34%) Redis
14 28 (1.34%) Tableau
15 27 (1.29%) Data Lake
16 23 (1.10%) RDBMS
17 19 (0.91%) Apache Iceberg
18 17 (0.81%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 132 (6.32%) Git
2 93 (4.45%) Jenkins
3 83 (3.97%) GitLab
4 64 (3.06%) TeamCity
5 54 (2.58%) Cypress.io
6 43 (2.06%) JIRA
7 22 (1.05%) Selenium
8 20 (0.96%) CircleCI
9 19 (0.91%) Jaeger
10 16 (0.77%) Bitbucket
10 16 (0.77%) JMeter
11 14 (0.67%) Cucumber
11 14 (0.67%) SonarQube
12 13 (0.62%) MLflow
13 10 (0.48%) Crashlytics
13 10 (0.48%) JUnit
13 10 (0.48%) Subversion
13 10 (0.48%) XCTest
14 8 (0.38%) Oracle Forms
14 8 (0.38%) Vite
General
1 594 (28.43%) Social Skills
2 463 (22.16%) Finance
3 237 (11.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 208 (9.96%) Banking
5 196 (9.38%) Public Sector
6 187 (8.95%) Law
7 162 (7.75%) Retail
8 126 (6.03%) Analytical Skills
9 77 (3.69%) French Language
10 76 (3.64%) Financial Institution
11 67 (3.21%) Back Office
12 55 (2.63%) Telecoms
13 53 (2.54%) Front Office
14 52 (2.49%) Legal
15 49 (2.35%) Influencing Skills
16 36 (1.72%) Swedish Language
17 35 (1.68%) Games
18 33 (1.58%) Marketing
19 31 (1.48%) Tech for Good
20 30 (1.44%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 481 (23.03%) Senior
2 398 (19.05%) Developer
3 352 (16.85%) Software Engineer
4 289 (13.83%) Lead
5 200 (9.57%) Architect
6 134 (6.41%) AWS Engineer
7 131 (6.27%) Analyst
8 114 (5.46%) Full-Stack Developer
9 113 (5.41%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 106 (5.07%) Senior Software Engineer
11 101 (4.83%) Lead Developer
12 96 (4.60%) DevOps Engineer
13 92 (4.40%) Data Engineer
14 89 (4.26%) Java Engineer
15 85 (4.07%) Service Analyst
15 85 (4.07%) Service Desk Analyst
16 84 (4.02%) Cloud Engineer
17 79 (3.78%) Software Developer
18 77 (3.69%) Lead Software Engineer
19 76 (3.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 365 (17.47%) React
2 248 (11.87%) Node.js
3 145 (6.94%) Kafka
4 144 (6.89%) .NET
5 120 (5.74%) REST
6 114 (5.46%) RESTful
7 110 (5.27%) Spring
8 108 (5.17%) CSS
9 92 (4.40%) Spring Boot
10 80 (3.83%) HTML
11 71 (3.40%) Vue
12 68 (3.26%) gRPC
13 66 (3.16%) AngularJS
14 55 (2.63%) Django
15 52 (2.49%) Redux
16 46 (2.20%) .NET Core
16 46 (2.20%) Elastic Stack
17 40 (1.91%) GraphQL
18 39 (1.87%) JSON
19 37 (1.77%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 321 (15.37%) Cloud Native
2 151 (7.23%) Distributed Systems
3 149 (7.13%) Product Ownership
4 88 (4.21%) Public Cloud
5 68 (3.26%) Onboarding
6 61 (2.92%) Data Centre
7 59 (2.82%) Greenfield Project
7 59 (2.82%) Management Information System
8 57 (2.73%) Blog
8 57 (2.73%) Enterprise Software
9 55 (2.63%) Security Posture
10 54 (2.58%) Video\Live Streaming
11 47 (2.25%) Fixed Income
12 46 (2.20%) Over-the-Top Content
13 44 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
14 43 (2.06%) Mobile App
15 40 (1.91%) Hybrid Cloud
16 35 (1.68%) Data Structures
17 33 (1.58%) PKI
18 31 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 196 (9.38%) Linux
2 103 (4.93%) Windows
3 64 (3.06%) Unix
4 51 (2.44%) Android
4 51 (2.44%) Apple iOS
5 48 (2.30%) Windows Server
6 24 (1.15%) Windows 10
7 21 (1.01%) Mac OS
8 18 (0.86%) Windows Server 2016
9 17 (0.81%) Windows Server 2012
10 15 (0.72%) Windows Server 2019
11 13 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 9 (0.43%) Ubuntu
13 7 (0.34%) CentOS
14 2 (0.096%) VMS
15 1 (0.048%) Debian
15 1 (0.048%) FreeBSD
15 1 (0.048%) Mac OS X
15 1 (0.048%) OpenBSD
15 1 (0.048%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 712 (34.08%) CI/CD
2 611 (29.25%) Agile
3 603 (28.87%) Software Engineering
4 537 (25.71%) DevOps
5 463 (22.16%) Mentoring
6 385 (18.43%) Microservices
7 372 (17.81%) Full-Stack Development
8 366 (17.52%) Infrastructure as Code
9 356 (17.04%) Problem-Solving
10 337 (16.13%) AI
11 330 (15.80%) Continuous Improvement
12 317 (15.17%) Containerisation
13 264 (12.64%) Test Automation
14 259 (12.40%) Roadmaps
15 242 (11.58%) Coaching
16 217 (10.39%) Technical Leadership
17 205 (9.81%) Clean Code
18 182 (8.71%) Machine Learning
19 180 (8.62%) Observability
20 167 (7.99%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 629 (30.11%) Python
2 529 (25.32%) Java
3 317 (15.17%) JavaScript
4 314 (15.03%) TypeScript
5 293 (14.03%) SQL
6 216 (10.34%) Go
7 205 (9.81%) C#
8 124 (5.94%) Bash
9 79 (3.78%) PHP
10 73 (3.49%) Scala
11 66 (3.16%) C++
12 43 (2.06%) PowerShell
13 35 (1.68%) Ruby
14 32 (1.53%) Kotlin
15 24 (1.15%) Rust
16 14 (0.67%) Bicep
17 13 (0.62%) Shell Script
18 10 (0.48%) Swift
19 9 (0.43%) PL/SQL
20 8 (0.38%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 334 (15.99%) Degree
2 232 (11.11%) Security Cleared
3 218 (10.44%) AWS Certification
4 198 (9.48%) SC Cleared
5 132 (6.32%) Microsoft Certification
6 115 (5.51%) Computer Science Degree
7 102 (4.88%) MCSE
8 57 (2.73%) Azure Certification
9 52 (2.49%) CISSP
10 44 (2.11%) DV Cleared
11 36 (1.72%) Cisco Certification
12 35 (1.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 35 (1.68%) CREST Certified
13 32 (1.53%) TOGAF Certification
14 30 (1.44%) CISM
15 27 (1.29%) DBS Check
16 26 (1.24%) OSCP
17 21 (1.01%) CCNP
18 20 (0.96%) Master's Degree
19 18 (0.86%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 186 (8.90%) QA
2 92 (4.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 55 (2.63%) NIST
4 53 (2.54%) GDPR
5 50 (2.39%) PCI DSS
6 48 (2.30%) Accessibility
7 44 (2.11%) Data Quality
8 34 (1.63%) SOC 2
9 33 (1.58%) GRC
10 27 (1.29%) Cyber Essentials
11 20 (0.96%) SLA
12 16 (0.77%) NCSC
13 15 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
13 15 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 12 (0.57%) JSP 440
15 10 (0.48%) ISO 9001
16 9 (0.43%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 8 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 42001
18 7 (0.34%) Government Security Classifications
19 6 (0.29%) EU AI Act
System Software
1 419 (20.06%) Docker
2 72 (3.45%) Active Directory
3 33 (1.58%) Hyper-V
4 30 (1.44%) VMware Infrastructure
5 15 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
6 14 (0.67%) vSphere
7 7 (0.34%) Firmware
8 5 (0.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 5 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (0.19%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 4 (0.19%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.096%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 2 (0.096%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.048%) KVM
11 1 (0.048%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.048%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 419 (20.06%) Terraform
2 384 (18.38%) Kubernetes
3 152 (7.28%) Ansible
4 145 (6.94%) Grafana
5 78 (3.73%) Prometheus
6 50 (2.39%) Argo
7 29 (1.39%) Single Sign-On
8 28 (1.34%) Microsoft Intune
9 19 (0.91%) Kustomize
10 18 (0.86%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 12 (0.57%) Podman
12 8 (0.38%) Cisco CUCM
12 8 (0.38%) Istio
12 8 (0.38%) Proxmox
12 8 (0.38%) Puppet
13 7 (0.34%) Nmap
13 7 (0.34%) Progress Chef
14 6 (0.29%) Packer
15 5 (0.24%) AWS Copilot
15 5 (0.24%) Kibana
Vendors
1 308 (14.74%) Microsoft
2 136 (6.51%) Google
3 110 (5.27%) ServiceNow
4 66 (3.16%) Cisco
5 56 (2.68%) VMware
6 53 (2.54%) Oracle
7 45 (2.15%) Typelevel
8 39 (1.87%) Apple
9 35 (1.68%) Splunk
10 33 (1.58%) Adobe
11 30 (1.44%) Palo Alto
11 30 (1.44%) SolarWinds
12 29 (1.39%) Fortinet
12 29 (1.39%) Red Hat
13 28 (1.34%) Databricks
14 24 (1.15%) Salesforce
15 23 (1.10%) SAP
16 18 (0.86%) Okta
17 17 (0.81%) Dell
18 15 (0.72%) NetScout