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 5 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 13 8
Rank change year-on-year +3 -5 -2
Permanent jobs citing AWS 2,625 2,124 3,714
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 11.70% 12.87% 14.69%
As % of the Cloud Services category 30.27% 35.21% 35.79%
Number of salaries quoted 1,709 1,348 3,007
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,175 £45,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £57,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% - -
75th Percentile £90,000 £110,000 £105,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £135,000 £142,500
UK median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year - - -3.33%

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 8,673 6,033 10,378
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.67% 36.56% 41.04%
Number of salaries quoted 6,255 4,451 8,195
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £36,750
25th Percentile £45,478 £43,750 £47,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £63,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -4.76% -3.08%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £84,964
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -4.76%

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 5 August 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 41 (1.56%) Apache Spark
2 40 (1.52%) Apache Airflow
3 23 (0.88%) Apache
4 21 (0.80%) Microsoft Exchange
5 19 (0.72%) Confluence
6 16 (0.61%) Anypoint
6 16 (0.61%) IIS
7 14 (0.53%) SharePoint
7 14 (0.53%) WordPress
8 13 (0.50%) Mule
9 10 (0.38%) CMS
10 7 (0.27%) Jupyter
10 7 (0.27%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 6 (0.23%) Apache Solr
11 6 (0.23%) SAS
12 4 (0.15%) Camunda
12 4 (0.15%) Ethereum
12 4 (0.15%) Sitecore CMS
13 3 (0.11%) Kentico
13 3 (0.11%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 92 (3.50%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (0.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (0.38%) MS Visio
4 9 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.23%) Chatbot
6 5 (0.19%) AutoCAD
6 5 (0.19%) DaVinci Resolve
7 3 (0.11%) Moqups
8 2 (0.076%) Elementor
8 2 (0.076%) PlantUML
8 2 (0.076%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.038%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.038%) Houdini
9 1 (0.038%) Lightworks
9 1 (0.038%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.038%) NUKE
9 1 (0.038%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (0.91%) Cloudability
2 6 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
3 5 (0.19%) NetSuite
4 4 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.11%) Shopify
6 1 (0.038%) Magento
6 1 (0.038%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.038%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 1,212 (46.17%) Azure
2 658 (25.07%) GCP
3 301 (11.47%) SaaS
4 230 (8.76%) Serverless
5 205 (7.81%) GitHub
6 166 (6.32%) Microsoft 365
7 149 (5.68%) AWS Lambda
8 147 (5.60%) Amazon S3
9 110 (4.19%) AWS CloudFormation
10 99 (3.77%) Amazon EKS
11 93 (3.54%) Amazon EC2
11 93 (3.54%) GitHub Actions
12 86 (3.28%) Amazon ECS
13 69 (2.63%) Amazon SQS
14 67 (2.55%) Azure DevOps
15 66 (2.51%) Snowflake
16 63 (2.40%) GitHub Copilot
17 51 (1.94%) Entra ID
18 47 (1.79%) Amazon CloudWatch
19 45 (1.71%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 125 (4.76%) Firewall
2 115 (4.38%) Broadband
3 77 (2.93%) DNS
4 75 (2.86%) VPN
5 68 (2.59%) WAN
6 66 (2.51%) Network Security
7 62 (2.36%) LAN
8 59 (2.25%) TCP/IP
9 45 (1.71%) DHCP
10 39 (1.49%) HTTP
11 29 (1.10%) SD-WAN
12 26 (0.99%) Cisco ASA
13 24 (0.91%) Wi-Fi
14 22 (0.84%) SSL
15 21 (0.80%) Cisco Firepower
15 21 (0.80%) VLAN
16 13 (0.50%) BGP
17 12 (0.46%) MPLS
17 12 (0.46%) OSPF
18 11 (0.42%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 271 (10.32%) PostgreSQL
2 251 (9.56%) MongoDB
3 116 (4.42%) SQL Server
4 111 (4.23%) MySQL
5 108 (4.11%) Elasticsearch
6 103 (3.92%) NoSQL
7 84 (3.20%) Azure SQL Database
8 60 (2.29%) DynamoDB
9 58 (2.21%) Redis
10 55 (2.10%) Relational Database
11 54 (2.06%) Amazon RDS
12 39 (1.49%) Power BI
13 38 (1.45%) Data Warehouse
14 35 (1.33%) Metadata
15 31 (1.18%) Amazon Athena
16 28 (1.07%) Big Data
17 26 (0.99%) Amazon Redshift
18 25 (0.95%) Data Lake
19 24 (0.91%) Tableau
20 18 (0.69%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 140 (5.33%) Git
2 85 (3.24%) Jenkins
3 82 (3.12%) GitLab
4 61 (2.32%) TeamCity
5 58 (2.21%) JIRA
6 56 (2.13%) Cypress.io
7 42 (1.60%) Claude Code
8 28 (1.07%) JUnit
9 25 (0.95%) Selenium
10 19 (0.72%) Maven
10 19 (0.72%) Postman
11 15 (0.57%) Mockito
12 14 (0.53%) Crashlytics
12 14 (0.53%) XCTest
13 13 (0.50%) CircleCI
14 12 (0.46%) JMeter
15 11 (0.42%) Bitbucket
15 11 (0.42%) Cucumber
16 7 (0.27%) NUnit
16 7 (0.27%) SonarQube
General
1 679 (25.87%) Social Skills
2 603 (22.97%) Finance
3 292 (11.12%) Public Sector
4 239 (9.10%) Banking
5 238 (9.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 215 (8.19%) Law
7 146 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
8 127 (4.84%) Retail
9 73 (2.78%) Legal
10 54 (2.06%) Games
11 51 (1.94%) Financial Institution
12 48 (1.83%) Back Office
12 48 (1.83%) Swedish Language
13 42 (1.60%) Front Office
14 41 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
15 40 (1.52%) Marketing
16 39 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
17 38 (1.45%) French Language
18 31 (1.18%) Telecoms
19 23 (0.88%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 633 (24.11%) Senior
2 560 (21.33%) Developer
3 456 (17.37%) Software Engineer
4 329 (12.53%) Lead
5 288 (10.97%) Architect
6 154 (5.87%) Full-Stack Developer
7 142 (5.41%) AWS Engineer
8 132 (5.03%) Analyst
9 124 (4.72%) DevOps Engineer
10 119 (4.53%) .NET Developer
10 119 (4.53%) Senior Developer
10 119 (4.53%) Senior Software Engineer
11 115 (4.38%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 110 (4.19%) Lead Software Engineer
13 102 (3.89%) Engineering Manager
14 97 (3.70%) Cloud Engineer
14 97 (3.70%) Consultant
15 96 (3.66%) Solutions Architect
16 94 (3.58%) Lead Developer
17 90 (3.43%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 455 (17.33%) React
2 378 (14.40%) Node.js
3 248 (9.45%) .NET
4 196 (7.47%) REST
5 134 (5.10%) RESTful
6 132 (5.03%) Spring
7 129 (4.91%) Vue
8 128 (4.88%) CSS
9 120 (4.57%) AngularJS
10 118 (4.50%) Kafka
11 116 (4.42%) .NET Core
12 107 (4.08%) ASP.NET
13 97 (3.70%) Spring Boot
14 96 (3.66%) ASP.NET Core
15 84 (3.20%) HTML
16 73 (2.78%) .NET Framework
17 72 (2.74%) Middleware
18 62 (2.36%) Ruby on Rails
19 59 (2.25%) OAuth
20 58 (2.21%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 394 (15.01%) Cloud Native
2 193 (7.35%) Product Ownership
3 187 (7.12%) Distributed Systems
4 103 (3.92%) Public Cloud
5 87 (3.31%) Greenfield Project
6 80 (3.05%) AI Agents
7 71 (2.70%) Cyber Threat
8 69 (2.63%) Video\Live Streaming
9 67 (2.55%) Onboarding
10 55 (2.10%) Management Information System
11 51 (1.94%) Self-Motivation
12 49 (1.87%) Security Posture
13 48 (1.83%) Enterprise Software
14 46 (1.75%) Data Centre
14 46 (1.75%) Hybrid Cloud
14 46 (1.75%) Mobile App
15 43 (1.64%) Blog
16 42 (1.60%) Fixed Income
17 41 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
18 37 (1.41%) Over-the-Top Content
Operating Systems
1 217 (8.27%) Linux
2 163 (6.21%) Windows
3 63 (2.40%) Unix
4 62 (2.36%) Windows Server
5 35 (1.33%) Apple iOS
6 20 (0.76%) Android
7 11 (0.42%) Ubuntu
8 10 (0.38%) Windows 10
9 8 (0.30%) Mac OS
9 8 (0.30%) Windows Server 2016
10 6 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
11 5 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
12 4 (0.15%) Debian
13 3 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 2 (0.076%) CentOS
15 1 (0.038%) FreeBSD
15 1 (0.038%) Mac OS X
15 1 (0.038%) OpenBSD
15 1 (0.038%) Windows 7
15 1 (0.038%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 927 (35.31%) CI/CD
2 893 (34.02%) Agile
3 797 (30.36%) Software Engineering
4 615 (23.43%) DevOps
5 574 (21.87%) Mentoring
6 528 (20.11%) AI
7 507 (19.31%) Full-Stack Development
8 505 (19.24%) Microservices
9 470 (17.90%) Continuous Improvement
10 454 (17.30%) Infrastructure as Code
11 435 (16.57%) Test Automation
12 434 (16.53%) Problem-Solving
13 368 (14.02%) Technical Leadership
14 331 (12.61%) Containerisation
15 323 (12.30%) Roadmaps
16 284 (10.82%) Coaching
17 279 (10.63%) Scrum
18 274 (10.44%) Clean Code
19 260 (9.90%) Observability
20 255 (9.71%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 688 (26.21%) Python
2 528 (20.11%) Java
3 422 (16.08%) TypeScript
4 415 (15.81%) JavaScript
5 400 (15.24%) SQL
6 296 (11.28%) C#
7 173 (6.59%) Go
8 90 (3.43%) Bash
9 76 (2.90%) Ruby
10 73 (2.78%) PowerShell
11 71 (2.70%) C++
12 69 (2.63%) PHP
13 67 (2.55%) Scala
14 36 (1.37%) Kotlin
15 25 (0.95%) Rust
16 18 (0.69%) PL/SQL
17 16 (0.61%) Bicep
17 16 (0.61%) DataWeave
17 16 (0.61%) Swift
18 10 (0.38%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 414 (15.77%) Security Cleared
2 353 (13.45%) SC Cleared
3 304 (11.58%) Degree
4 178 (6.78%) AWS Certification
5 121 (4.61%) CISSP
6 99 (3.77%) CISM
7 97 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
8 88 (3.35%) Computer Science Degree
9 83 (3.16%) MCSE
10 57 (2.17%) Azure Certification
11 53 (2.02%) DV Cleared
12 50 (1.90%) ITIL Certification
13 37 (1.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 33 (1.26%) Cisco Certification
15 22 (0.84%) BPSS Clearance
15 22 (0.84%) CCNP
16 17 (0.65%) CREST Certified
16 17 (0.65%) DBS Check
17 16 (0.61%) CRISC
17 16 (0.61%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 194 (7.39%) QA
2 118 (4.50%) NIST
3 97 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 77 (2.93%) Accessibility
5 62 (2.36%) Data Quality
6 52 (1.98%) GDPR
7 48 (1.83%) ISO 22301
8 29 (1.10%) GRC
9 28 (1.07%) NCSC
9 28 (1.07%) PCI DSS
10 19 (0.72%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 16 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
11 16 (0.61%) WCAG
12 13 (0.50%) SLA
13 12 (0.46%) SOC 2
14 11 (0.42%) ISO 9001
15 10 (0.38%) JSP 440
15 10 (0.38%) NIST 800
16 7 (0.27%) PMO
17 6 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 451 (17.18%) Docker
2 68 (2.59%) Active Directory
3 56 (2.13%) VMware Infrastructure
4 40 (1.52%) Hyper-V
5 22 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
6 20 (0.76%) vSphere
7 7 (0.27%) Firmware
7 7 (0.27%) KVM
7 7 (0.27%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 7 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
8 4 (0.15%) VMware NSX
9 3 (0.11%) iptables
10 2 (0.076%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 2 (0.076%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.076%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.038%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 428 (16.30%) Terraform
2 407 (15.50%) Kubernetes
3 119 (4.53%) Grafana
4 113 (4.30%) Ansible
5 38 (1.45%) Prometheus
6 25 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
7 23 (0.88%) Argo
8 17 (0.65%) Progress Chef
9 16 (0.61%) Istio
10 14 (0.53%) Puppet
11 13 (0.50%) CloudHub
11 13 (0.50%) Podman
11 13 (0.50%) Proxmox
12 10 (0.38%) Cisco CUCM
13 8 (0.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 7 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
14 7 (0.27%) ZABBIX
15 6 (0.23%) EMC NetWorker
15 6 (0.23%) EMC VPLEX
15 6 (0.23%) Packer
Vendors
1 440 (16.76%) Microsoft
2 124 (4.72%) ServiceNow
3 117 (4.46%) Google
4 82 (3.12%) VMware
5 69 (2.63%) Cisco
6 62 (2.36%) Oracle
7 56 (2.13%) Databricks
8 39 (1.49%) Palo Alto
9 36 (1.37%) Typelevel
10 34 (1.30%) Fortinet
10 34 (1.30%) Salesforce
11 33 (1.26%) Apple
11 33 (1.26%) SAP
11 33 (1.26%) Splunk
12 30 (1.14%) Adobe
13 24 (0.91%) SolarWinds
14 23 (0.88%) OpenAI
15 22 (0.84%) Okta
16 21 (0.80%) MuleSoft
17 20 (0.76%) Dell