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

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 13 8
Rank change year-on-year +3 -5 -2
Permanent jobs citing AWS 2,568 2,042 3,533
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 10.39% 12.39% 15.34%
As % of the Cloud Services category 29.28% 35.23% 37.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1,688 1,257 2,478
10th Percentile £45,000 £47,389 £46,250
25th Percentile £54,551 £58,750 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £77,500 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.68% - +10.71%
75th Percentile £90,000 £110,000 £111,250
90th Percentile £107,500 £136,250 £142,500
UK median annual salary £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%

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 8,771 5,796 9,516
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.50% 35.16% 41.31%
Number of salaries quoted 6,441 4,147 6,407
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £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 £82,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
% 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 September 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 33 (1.29%) Apache Spark
2 30 (1.17%) Confluence
3 29 (1.13%) Apache Airflow
4 25 (0.97%) Apache
5 21 (0.82%) SharePoint
6 16 (0.62%) Anypoint
7 15 (0.58%) IIS
7 15 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
8 13 (0.51%) Mule
9 12 (0.47%) WordPress
10 10 (0.39%) CMS
11 8 (0.31%) Jupyter
11 8 (0.31%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 6 (0.23%) SAS
13 5 (0.19%) Apache Solr
13 5 (0.19%) ArcGIS
14 4 (0.16%) Ethereum
14 4 (0.16%) GeoServer
14 4 (0.16%) nginx
14 4 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 70 (2.73%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (0.66%) Chatbot
3 16 (0.62%) Microsoft Excel
4 11 (0.43%) MS Visio
5 10 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 7 (0.27%) Moqups
7 5 (0.19%) AutoCAD
7 5 (0.19%) DaVinci Resolve
8 2 (0.078%) Elementor
8 2 (0.078%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.078%) PlantUML
8 2 (0.078%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.078%) Weka
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
Business Applications
1 24 (0.93%) Cloudability
2 6 (0.23%) NetSuite
2 6 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.078%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.078%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.039%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 1 (0.039%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.039%) Finacle
4 1 (0.039%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.039%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.039%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.039%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.039%) Shopify
4 1 (0.039%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 1,221 (47.55%) Azure
2 670 (26.09%) GCP
3 336 (13.08%) SaaS
4 225 (8.76%) Serverless
5 212 (8.26%) GitHub
6 164 (6.39%) AWS Lambda
7 156 (6.07%) Microsoft 365
8 152 (5.92%) Amazon S3
9 109 (4.24%) Amazon EKS
10 99 (3.86%) Amazon EC2
10 99 (3.86%) AWS CloudFormation
11 97 (3.78%) GitHub Actions
12 91 (3.54%) Snowflake
13 82 (3.19%) Amazon ECS
14 71 (2.76%) GitHub Copilot
15 66 (2.57%) Anthropic Claude
16 63 (2.45%) Amazon SQS
17 61 (2.38%) Azure DevOps
18 59 (2.30%) Amazon Bedrock
19 53 (2.06%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 101 (3.93%) Firewall
2 73 (2.84%) Network Security
3 62 (2.41%) Broadband
3 62 (2.41%) VPN
4 55 (2.14%) DNS
5 52 (2.02%) WAN
6 49 (1.91%) TCP/IP
7 44 (1.71%) LAN
8 40 (1.56%) HTTP
9 35 (1.36%) DHCP
10 26 (1.01%) SD-WAN
11 18 (0.70%) VLAN
12 17 (0.66%) SSL
13 16 (0.62%) BGP
13 16 (0.62%) Cisco ASA
13 16 (0.62%) Wi-Fi
14 11 (0.43%) Cisco Firepower
15 10 (0.39%) AMQP
15 10 (0.39%) MPLS
15 10 (0.39%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 268 (10.44%) PostgreSQL
2 223 (8.68%) MongoDB
3 107 (4.17%) SQL Server
4 97 (3.78%) Elasticsearch
5 95 (3.70%) MySQL
6 87 (3.39%) NoSQL
7 81 (3.15%) Azure SQL Database
8 71 (2.76%) Relational Database
9 70 (2.73%) DynamoDB
10 57 (2.22%) Redis
11 51 (1.99%) Amazon RDS
11 51 (1.99%) Data Warehouse
12 47 (1.83%) Power BI
13 43 (1.67%) Amazon Athena
14 36 (1.40%) Data Lake
15 35 (1.36%) Metadata
16 29 (1.13%) Amazon Redshift
16 29 (1.13%) Tableau
17 26 (1.01%) Big Data
18 20 (0.78%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 152 (5.92%) Git
2 89 (3.47%) Jenkins
3 84 (3.27%) TeamCity
4 81 (3.15%) GitLab
5 66 (2.57%) JIRA
6 65 (2.53%) Claude Code
7 53 (2.06%) Cypress.io
8 33 (1.29%) JUnit
9 27 (1.05%) Selenium
10 23 (0.90%) Postman
11 21 (0.82%) Maven
12 18 (0.70%) Mockito
13 12 (0.47%) Bitbucket
14 8 (0.31%) SonarQube
15 7 (0.27%) Cucumber
16 6 (0.23%) CircleCI
16 6 (0.23%) Gatling
16 6 (0.23%) JMeter
17 5 (0.19%) Crashlytics
17 5 (0.19%) XCTest
General
1 687 (26.75%) Social Skills
2 630 (24.53%) Finance
3 346 (13.47%) Public Sector
4 313 (12.19%) Banking
5 274 (10.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 236 (9.19%) Law
7 175 (6.81%) Analytical Skills
8 151 (5.88%) Retail
9 82 (3.19%) Legal
10 77 (3.00%) Financial Institution
11 75 (2.92%) Back Office
12 52 (2.02%) Presentation Skills
13 48 (1.87%) Games
13 48 (1.87%) Swedish Language
14 46 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
15 44 (1.71%) Marketing
16 33 (1.29%) Telecoms
17 31 (1.21%) French Language
18 29 (1.13%) Health Technology
18 29 (1.13%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 629 (24.49%) Senior
2 482 (18.77%) Developer
3 438 (17.06%) Software Engineer
4 320 (12.46%) Architect
5 306 (11.92%) Lead
6 135 (5.26%) Analyst
7 125 (4.87%) AWS Engineer
8 123 (4.79%) Full-Stack Developer
9 120 (4.67%) Senior Developer
10 116 (4.52%) DevOps Engineer
11 113 (4.40%) Senior Software Engineer
12 105 (4.09%) .NET Developer
13 97 (3.78%) Cloud Engineer
14 91 (3.54%) Consultant
14 91 (3.54%) Data Engineer
14 91 (3.54%) Python Engineer
15 89 (3.47%) Lead Software Engineer
16 87 (3.39%) Engineering Manager
17 83 (3.23%) Full-Stack Engineer
18 80 (3.12%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 457 (17.80%) Terraform
2 393 (15.30%) React
3 330 (12.85%) Node.js
4 260 (10.12%) .NET
5 191 (7.44%) REST
6 152 (5.92%) Spring
7 131 (5.10%) RESTful
8 118 (4.60%) Vue
9 114 (4.44%) .NET Core
9 114 (4.44%) AngularJS
9 114 (4.44%) Spring Boot
10 106 (4.13%) ASP.NET
11 98 (3.82%) CSS
12 95 (3.70%) ASP.NET Core
13 83 (3.23%) Middleware
14 80 (3.12%) LangChain
15 76 (2.96%) Kafka
16 68 (2.65%) .NET Framework
17 62 (2.41%) HTML
18 60 (2.34%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 412 (16.04%) Cloud Native
2 197 (7.67%) Product Ownership
3 181 (7.05%) Distributed Systems
4 118 (4.60%) AI Agents
5 110 (4.28%) Public Cloud
6 78 (3.04%) Cyber Threat
7 68 (2.65%) Greenfield Project
8 61 (2.38%) Onboarding
9 58 (2.26%) Hybrid Cloud
10 56 (2.18%) Blog
11 50 (1.95%) Hedge funds
12 46 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
13 44 (1.71%) Security Posture
14 43 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
15 41 (1.60%) Data Centre
16 40 (1.56%) Management Information System
17 38 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
18 35 (1.36%) Video\Live Streaming
19 34 (1.32%) Mobile App
20 30 (1.17%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 217 (8.45%) Linux
2 165 (6.43%) Windows
3 66 (2.57%) Unix
4 55 (2.14%) Windows Server
5 27 (1.05%) Apple iOS
6 18 (0.70%) Android
7 16 (0.62%) Ubuntu
8 8 (0.31%) Mac OS
9 7 (0.27%) Debian
10 3 (0.12%) CentOS
10 3 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.12%) Robot Operating System
11 2 (0.078%) Solaris
11 2 (0.078%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.078%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 936 (36.45%) CI/CD
2 835 (32.52%) Agile
3 785 (30.57%) Software Engineering
4 628 (24.45%) AI
5 612 (23.83%) Mentoring
6 599 (23.33%) DevOps
7 482 (18.77%) Continuous Improvement
7 482 (18.77%) Microservices
8 449 (17.48%) Full-Stack Development
9 448 (17.45%) Problem-Solving
10 429 (16.71%) Infrastructure as Code
11 402 (15.65%) Test Automation
12 392 (15.26%) Technical Leadership
13 335 (13.05%) Roadmaps
14 295 (11.49%) Coaching
15 284 (11.06%) Containerisation
16 280 (10.90%) Scrum
17 271 (10.55%) Observability
18 252 (9.81%) Machine Learning
19 239 (9.31%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 645 (25.12%) Python
2 549 (21.38%) Java
3 428 (16.67%) SQL
4 386 (15.03%) JavaScript
5 368 (14.33%) TypeScript
6 289 (11.25%) C#
7 105 (4.09%) Go
8 103 (4.01%) Bash
9 85 (3.31%) PowerShell
10 72 (2.80%) Ruby
11 67 (2.61%) C++
12 55 (2.14%) PHP
13 35 (1.36%) Kotlin
14 31 (1.21%) Scala
15 26 (1.01%) Rust
16 21 (0.82%) PL/SQL
17 16 (0.62%) DataWeave
17 16 (0.62%) R
18 14 (0.55%) Bicep
19 12 (0.47%) C
Qualifications
1 429 (16.71%) Security Cleared
2 354 (13.79%) SC Cleared
3 282 (10.98%) Degree
4 171 (6.66%) AWS Certification
5 115 (4.48%) CISSP
6 103 (4.01%) CISM
7 83 (3.23%) Microsoft Certification
8 80 (3.12%) Computer Science Degree
9 69 (2.69%) MCSE
10 64 (2.49%) Azure Certification
11 50 (1.95%) ITIL Certification
12 49 (1.91%) DV Cleared
13 38 (1.48%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 34 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
15 30 (1.17%) BPSS Clearance
16 23 (0.90%) CCNP
17 21 (0.82%) CCNA
18 16 (0.62%) Microsoft Certified Professional
19 15 (0.58%) GIAC
20 14 (0.55%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 167 (6.50%) QA
2 119 (4.63%) NIST
3 105 (4.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 101 (3.93%) Data Quality
5 83 (3.23%) Accessibility
6 56 (2.18%) GDPR
7 48 (1.87%) ISO 22301
8 38 (1.48%) NCSC
9 30 (1.17%) GRC
10 28 (1.09%) PCI DSS
11 25 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials
12 16 (0.62%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 14 (0.55%) SLA
14 12 (0.47%) NIST 800
14 12 (0.47%) WCAG
15 10 (0.39%) SOC 2
16 9 (0.35%) ISO 9001
16 9 (0.35%) PMO
17 8 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 8 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 430 (16.74%) Docker
2 54 (2.10%) Active Directory
3 48 (1.87%) VMware Infrastructure
4 39 (1.52%) Hyper-V
5 14 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
6 12 (0.47%) vSphere
7 6 (0.23%) KVM
8 3 (0.12%) Firmware
8 3 (0.12%) iptables
8 3 (0.12%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.12%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.078%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.078%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.039%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.039%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.039%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 435 (16.94%) Kubernetes
2 143 (5.57%) Grafana
3 114 (4.44%) Ansible
4 43 (1.67%) Prometheus
5 25 (0.97%) Argo
6 24 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
7 20 (0.78%) Progress Chef
8 13 (0.51%) CloudHub
9 12 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
10 11 (0.43%) Puppet
11 10 (0.39%) Packer
11 10 (0.39%) Proxmox
12 9 (0.35%) Istio
13 8 (0.31%) CASB
14 7 (0.27%) Podman
14 7 (0.27%) ZABBIX
15 6 (0.23%) Avamar
15 6 (0.23%) EMC NetWorker
15 6 (0.23%) EMC VPLEX
15 6 (0.23%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 425 (16.55%) Microsoft
2 126 (4.91%) Google
3 107 (4.17%) ServiceNow
4 76 (2.96%) Databricks
4 76 (2.96%) VMware
5 72 (2.80%) Oracle
6 47 (1.83%) Cisco
7 41 (1.60%) OpenAI
8 38 (1.48%) Adobe
9 35 (1.36%) Splunk
10 34 (1.32%) SAP
11 27 (1.05%) Salesforce
12 25 (0.97%) Apple
12 25 (0.97%) Palo Alto
13 24 (0.93%) Fortinet
14 23 (0.90%) Dynatrace
15 22 (0.86%) Informatica
15 22 (0.86%) SolarWinds
16 21 (0.82%) Okta
17 20 (0.78%) MuleSoft