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

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 13 8
Rank change year-on-year +3 -5 -2
Permanent jobs citing AWS 2,587 2,074 3,577
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 11.34% 12.49% 14.53%
As % of the Cloud Services category 29.87% 34.73% 35.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1,690 1,308 2,859
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,925 £46,250
25th Percentile £54,117 £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 £107,500 £107,500
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 8,662 5,971 10,039
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.96% 35.95% 40.77%
Number of salaries quoted 6,294 4,386 7,813
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,301 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -5.51%

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

AWS
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 17 August 2026.

AWS salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

AWS
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 38 (1.47%) Apache Spark
2 32 (1.24%) Apache Airflow
3 26 (1.01%) Confluence
4 25 (0.97%) Apache
5 19 (0.73%) Microsoft Exchange
6 17 (0.66%) SharePoint
7 16 (0.62%) Anypoint
7 16 (0.62%) IIS
8 14 (0.54%) WordPress
9 13 (0.50%) Mule
10 11 (0.43%) CMS
11 8 (0.31%) Jupyter
12 7 (0.27%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 6 (0.23%) Apache Solr
13 6 (0.23%) SAS
14 4 (0.15%) ArcGIS
14 4 (0.15%) Camunda
14 4 (0.15%) Ethereum
14 4 (0.15%) Sitecore CMS
15 3 (0.12%) nginx
Applications
1 82 (3.17%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (0.54%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (0.50%) Chatbot
4 11 (0.43%) MS Visio
5 10 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.19%) AutoCAD
6 5 (0.19%) DaVinci Resolve
7 4 (0.15%) Moqups
8 2 (0.077%) Elementor
8 2 (0.077%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.077%) PlantUML
8 2 (0.077%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.039%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.039%) Houdini
9 1 (0.039%) Lightworks
9 1 (0.039%) NUKE
9 1 (0.039%) Trello
9 1 (0.039%) Weka
Business Applications
1 24 (0.93%) Cloudability
2 6 (0.23%) NetSuite
2 6 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.12%) Shopify
4 2 (0.077%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.039%) Finacle
5 1 (0.039%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.039%) Magento
5 1 (0.039%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.039%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 1,219 (47.12%) Azure
2 652 (25.20%) GCP
3 306 (11.83%) SaaS
4 230 (8.89%) Serverless
5 209 (8.08%) GitHub
6 157 (6.07%) Microsoft 365
7 154 (5.95%) AWS Lambda
8 146 (5.64%) Amazon S3
9 104 (4.02%) AWS CloudFormation
10 91 (3.52%) GitHub Actions
11 89 (3.44%) Amazon EC2
12 87 (3.36%) Amazon EKS
13 79 (3.05%) Amazon ECS
14 68 (2.63%) Amazon SQS
14 68 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
15 67 (2.59%) Snowflake
16 65 (2.51%) GitHub Copilot
17 48 (1.86%) Anthropic Claude
18 46 (1.78%) Power Platform
19 45 (1.74%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 118 (4.56%) Firewall
2 102 (3.94%) Broadband
3 72 (2.78%) VPN
4 70 (2.71%) DNS
4 70 (2.71%) Network Security
5 66 (2.55%) WAN
6 58 (2.24%) LAN
7 52 (2.01%) TCP/IP
8 42 (1.62%) DHCP
9 39 (1.51%) HTTP
10 30 (1.16%) SD-WAN
11 25 (0.97%) Cisco ASA
12 22 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
13 21 (0.81%) SSL
13 21 (0.81%) VLAN
14 19 (0.73%) Cisco Firepower
15 14 (0.54%) BGP
16 12 (0.46%) OSPF
17 11 (0.43%) Internet
17 11 (0.43%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 260 (10.05%) PostgreSQL
2 243 (9.39%) MongoDB
3 123 (4.75%) SQL Server
4 104 (4.02%) Elasticsearch
4 104 (4.02%) MySQL
5 98 (3.79%) NoSQL
6 84 (3.25%) Azure SQL Database
7 66 (2.55%) DynamoDB
8 59 (2.28%) Relational Database
9 57 (2.20%) Redis
10 47 (1.82%) Amazon RDS
11 42 (1.62%) Data Warehouse
12 40 (1.55%) Power BI
13 29 (1.12%) Amazon Athena
13 29 (1.12%) Metadata
14 28 (1.08%) Big Data
15 27 (1.04%) Data Lake
16 24 (0.93%) Amazon Redshift
16 24 (0.93%) Tableau
17 11 (0.43%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 149 (5.76%) Git
2 88 (3.40%) Jenkins
3 82 (3.17%) GitLab
4 67 (2.59%) JIRA
5 58 (2.24%) Cypress.io
6 54 (2.09%) TeamCity
7 44 (1.70%) Claude Code
8 29 (1.12%) JUnit
9 26 (1.01%) Selenium
10 20 (0.77%) Maven
10 20 (0.77%) Postman
11 16 (0.62%) Mockito
12 13 (0.50%) CircleCI
13 12 (0.46%) Bitbucket
13 12 (0.46%) Crashlytics
13 12 (0.46%) JMeter
13 12 (0.46%) XCTest
14 11 (0.43%) Cucumber
15 8 (0.31%) SonarQube
16 7 (0.27%) Gatling
General
1 685 (26.48%) Social Skills
2 600 (23.19%) Finance
3 292 (11.29%) Public Sector
4 234 (9.05%) Banking
5 232 (8.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 199 (7.69%) Law
7 148 (5.72%) Analytical Skills
8 108 (4.17%) Retail
9 81 (3.13%) Legal
10 55 (2.13%) Games
11 48 (1.86%) Financial Institution
11 48 (1.86%) Presentation Skills
11 48 (1.86%) Swedish Language
12 45 (1.74%) Back Office
13 43 (1.66%) Marketing
14 39 (1.51%) Influencing Skills
15 33 (1.28%) French Language
16 32 (1.24%) Telecoms
17 26 (1.01%) Front Office
18 25 (0.97%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 623 (24.08%) Senior
2 541 (20.91%) Developer
3 427 (16.51%) Software Engineer
4 319 (12.33%) Lead
5 295 (11.40%) Architect
6 149 (5.76%) Full-Stack Developer
7 141 (5.45%) AWS Engineer
8 128 (4.95%) Analyst
9 126 (4.87%) DevOps Engineer
10 121 (4.68%) Senior Developer
11 116 (4.48%) .NET Developer
12 114 (4.41%) Senior Software Engineer
13 106 (4.10%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 100 (3.87%) Engineering Manager
15 99 (3.83%) Consultant
16 98 (3.79%) Cloud Engineer
17 95 (3.67%) Lead Software Engineer
18 92 (3.56%) Solutions Architect
19 90 (3.48%) Software Developer
20 82 (3.17%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 437 (16.89%) React
2 369 (14.26%) Node.js
3 253 (9.78%) .NET
4 200 (7.73%) REST
5 139 (5.37%) Spring
6 131 (5.06%) CSS
7 128 (4.95%) Vue
8 127 (4.91%) RESTful
9 120 (4.64%) .NET Core
10 119 (4.60%) AngularJS
11 111 (4.29%) ASP.NET
12 99 (3.83%) Spring Boot
13 98 (3.79%) ASP.NET Core
13 98 (3.79%) Kafka
14 83 (3.21%) HTML
15 76 (2.94%) Middleware
16 75 (2.90%) .NET Framework
17 64 (2.47%) LangChain
18 63 (2.44%) Ruby on Rails
19 62 (2.40%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 378 (14.61%) Cloud Native
2 191 (7.38%) Product Ownership
3 180 (6.96%) Distributed Systems
4 105 (4.06%) Public Cloud
5 87 (3.36%) AI Agents
6 82 (3.17%) Greenfield Project
7 72 (2.78%) Cyber Threat
8 67 (2.59%) Onboarding
9 60 (2.32%) Video\Live Streaming
10 53 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
11 48 (1.86%) Enterprise Software
11 48 (1.86%) Management Information System
12 46 (1.78%) Security Posture
13 45 (1.74%) Blog
13 45 (1.74%) Mobile App
14 44 (1.70%) Data Centre
15 43 (1.66%) Hybrid Cloud
16 39 (1.51%) Legacy Systems
17 36 (1.39%) Low-Code
18 31 (1.20%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 213 (8.23%) Linux
2 160 (6.18%) Windows
3 58 (2.24%) Unix
4 57 (2.20%) Windows Server
5 26 (1.01%) Apple iOS
6 13 (0.50%) Android
6 13 (0.50%) Ubuntu
7 7 (0.27%) Mac OS
8 6 (0.23%) Windows 10
8 6 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (0.19%) Debian
10 4 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.077%) CentOS
11 2 (0.077%) Solaris
12 1 (0.039%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 906 (35.02%) CI/CD
2 870 (33.63%) Agile
3 775 (29.96%) Software Engineering
4 611 (23.62%) DevOps
5 561 (21.69%) Mentoring
6 557 (21.53%) AI
7 495 (19.13%) Full-Stack Development
8 484 (18.71%) Microservices
9 476 (18.40%) Continuous Improvement
10 450 (17.39%) Infrastructure as Code
11 427 (16.51%) Problem-Solving
12 413 (15.96%) Test Automation
13 379 (14.65%) Technical Leadership
14 323 (12.49%) Containerisation
15 322 (12.45%) Roadmaps
16 290 (11.21%) Scrum
17 263 (10.17%) Coaching
17 263 (10.17%) Observability
18 251 (9.70%) Clean Code
19 250 (9.66%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 667 (25.78%) Python
2 499 (19.29%) Java
3 408 (15.77%) TypeScript
4 404 (15.62%) JavaScript
5 400 (15.46%) SQL
6 299 (11.56%) C#
7 142 (5.49%) Go
8 88 (3.40%) Bash
9 78 (3.02%) Ruby
10 77 (2.98%) PowerShell
11 70 (2.71%) PHP
12 66 (2.55%) C++
13 52 (2.01%) Scala
14 35 (1.35%) Kotlin
15 24 (0.93%) Rust
16 19 (0.73%) PL/SQL
17 16 (0.62%) DataWeave
18 15 (0.58%) Bicep
18 15 (0.58%) Swift
19 11 (0.43%) C
Qualifications
1 421 (16.27%) Security Cleared
2 355 (13.72%) SC Cleared
3 298 (11.52%) Degree
4 171 (6.61%) AWS Certification
5 119 (4.60%) CISSP
6 100 (3.87%) CISM
7 90 (3.48%) Computer Science Degree
8 86 (3.32%) Microsoft Certification
9 73 (2.82%) MCSE
10 59 (2.28%) Azure Certification
11 55 (2.13%) DV Cleared
12 50 (1.93%) ITIL Certification
13 36 (1.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 34 (1.31%) Cisco Certification
15 26 (1.01%) BPSS Clearance
16 23 (0.89%) CCNP
17 16 (0.62%) CCNA
18 15 (0.58%) CREST Certified
18 15 (0.58%) CRISC
18 15 (0.58%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 188 (7.27%) QA
2 116 (4.48%) NIST
3 98 (3.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 83 (3.21%) Accessibility
5 66 (2.55%) Data Quality
6 53 (2.05%) GDPR
7 48 (1.86%) ISO 22301
8 31 (1.20%) NCSC
9 29 (1.12%) GRC
10 25 (0.97%) PCI DSS
11 19 (0.73%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 16 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
12 16 (0.62%) WCAG
13 15 (0.58%) SLA
14 11 (0.43%) ISO 9001
15 10 (0.39%) NIST 800
16 9 (0.35%) JSP 440
17 8 (0.31%) SOC 2
18 7 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
18 7 (0.27%) PMO
System Software
1 453 (17.51%) Docker
2 66 (2.55%) Active Directory
3 54 (2.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 35 (1.35%) Hyper-V
5 23 (0.89%) Virtual Machines
6 19 (0.73%) vSphere
7 8 (0.31%) Firmware
8 6 (0.23%) KVM
8 6 (0.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 6 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.12%) iptables
9 3 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.12%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.077%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 2 (0.077%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.039%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.039%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 425 (16.43%) Terraform
2 404 (15.62%) Kubernetes
3 114 (4.41%) Ansible
4 111 (4.29%) Grafana
5 36 (1.39%) Prometheus
6 24 (0.93%) Argo
7 17 (0.66%) Istio
7 17 (0.66%) Microsoft Intune
8 16 (0.62%) Progress Chef
9 14 (0.54%) Puppet
10 13 (0.50%) CloudHub
10 13 (0.50%) Podman
11 10 (0.39%) Proxmox
12 9 (0.35%) Cisco CUCM
13 8 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
14 7 (0.27%) CASB
14 7 (0.27%) ZABBIX
15 6 (0.23%) EMC NetWorker
15 6 (0.23%) EMC VPLEX
15 6 (0.23%) Packer
Vendors
1 431 (16.66%) Microsoft
2 119 (4.60%) Google
3 114 (4.41%) ServiceNow
4 77 (2.98%) VMware
5 70 (2.71%) Cisco
6 66 (2.55%) Oracle
7 56 (2.16%) Databricks
8 39 (1.51%) Palo Alto
9 35 (1.35%) SAP
10 34 (1.31%) Adobe
11 33 (1.28%) Fortinet
11 33 (1.28%) OpenAI
11 33 (1.28%) Splunk
12 32 (1.24%) Salesforce
13 27 (1.04%) Typelevel
14 26 (1.01%) Apple
15 23 (0.89%) SolarWinds
16 22 (0.85%) Dynatrace
16 22 (0.85%) Okta
17 20 (0.77%) MuleSoft