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

 6 months to
8 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 9 9
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 -3
Permanent jobs citing AWS 2,060 2,094 4,439
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 11.96% 16.30% 14.10%
As % of the Cloud Services category 30.93% 34.98% 31.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,332 1,602 3,880
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 £97,500 £87,625
90th Percentile £107,500 £122,500 £112,500
UK median annual salary £70,079 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.34% +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 6,660 5,987 13,907
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.68% 46.61% 44.18%
Number of salaries quoted 4,518 4,684 12,009
10th Percentile £33,338 £33,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,486 £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 £107,125 £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

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Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing AWS over the 6 months to 8 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 78 (3.79%) Apache Airflow
2 38 (1.84%) Apache Spark
3 27 (1.31%) Apache
4 22 (1.07%) Microsoft Exchange
5 16 (0.78%) CMS
6 15 (0.73%) Confluence
7 14 (0.68%) SharePoint
8 12 (0.58%) nginx
9 9 (0.44%) WordPress
10 6 (0.29%) Drupal
10 6 (0.29%) Ethereum
11 5 (0.24%) Anypoint
11 5 (0.24%) Apache Pulsar
12 4 (0.19%) Apache Solr
12 4 (0.19%) ArcGIS
12 4 (0.19%) GeoServer
12 4 (0.19%) Oracle Spatial
12 4 (0.19%) SAS
12 4 (0.19%) Tomcat
12 4 (0.19%) WebSphere
Applications
1 98 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (0.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.29%) Chatbot
4 6 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (0.24%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
6 4 (0.19%) AutoCAD
6 4 (0.19%) DaVinci Resolve
6 4 (0.19%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.049%) EngageOne
7 1 (0.049%) Notion
7 1 (0.049%) Trello
Business Applications
1 12 (0.58%) Shopify
2 8 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
3 6 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.24%) Cloudability
5 4 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
6 3 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.097%) Magento
7 2 (0.097%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.049%) Oracle Assets
8 1 (0.049%) Sprinklr
8 1 (0.049%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 880 (42.72%) Azure
2 573 (27.82%) GCP
3 276 (13.40%) Serverless
4 251 (12.18%) SaaS
5 198 (9.61%) GitHub
6 183 (8.88%) Amazon S3
6 183 (8.88%) AWS Lambda
7 152 (7.38%) Microsoft 365
8 142 (6.89%) Amazon EKS
9 103 (5.00%) AWS CloudFormation
10 98 (4.76%) GitHub Actions
11 87 (4.22%) Amazon EC2
12 86 (4.17%) Amazon ECS
13 75 (3.64%) Amazon SQS
14 69 (3.35%) Entra ID
15 66 (3.20%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 53 (2.57%) dbt
17 49 (2.38%) Azure DevOps
18 46 (2.23%) Snowflake
19 39 (1.89%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 130 (6.31%) Firewall
2 97 (4.71%) Broadband
3 61 (2.96%) VPN
4 60 (2.91%) WAN
5 53 (2.57%) DNS
5 53 (2.57%) LAN
6 51 (2.48%) TCP/IP
7 47 (2.28%) Wi-Fi
8 45 (2.18%) Network Security
9 29 (1.41%) SD-WAN
10 28 (1.36%) DHCP
11 27 (1.31%) Cisco ASA
11 27 (1.31%) HTTP
12 26 (1.26%) VXLAN
13 25 (1.21%) VLAN
14 22 (1.07%) BGP
14 22 (1.07%) Cisco Firepower
15 20 (0.97%) SSL
16 18 (0.87%) NGFW
17 16 (0.78%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 185 (8.98%) PostgreSQL
2 126 (6.12%) NoSQL
3 102 (4.95%) SQL Server
4 99 (4.81%) MongoDB
5 80 (3.88%) MySQL
6 76 (3.69%) Amazon RDS
7 62 (3.01%) Relational Database
8 53 (2.57%) Data Warehouse
9 52 (2.52%) DynamoDB
10 47 (2.28%) Metadata
11 44 (2.14%) BigQuery
11 44 (2.14%) Elasticsearch
12 42 (2.04%) Amazon Redshift
13 35 (1.70%) Amazon Athena
14 34 (1.65%) Data Lake
15 31 (1.50%) Redis
15 31 (1.50%) Tableau
16 24 (1.17%) Apache Iceberg
17 23 (1.12%) RDBMS
18 20 (0.97%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 131 (6.36%) Git
2 99 (4.81%) Jenkins
3 80 (3.88%) GitLab
4 63 (3.06%) TeamCity
5 47 (2.28%) Cypress.io
6 42 (2.04%) JIRA
7 21 (1.02%) Selenium
8 19 (0.92%) Jaeger
9 15 (0.73%) Bitbucket
9 15 (0.73%) JMeter
10 14 (0.68%) CircleCI
10 14 (0.68%) Cucumber
10 14 (0.68%) SonarQube
11 13 (0.63%) MLflow
12 10 (0.49%) JUnit
12 10 (0.49%) Subversion
13 9 (0.44%) Crashlytics
13 9 (0.44%) XCTest
14 8 (0.39%) Storybook
14 8 (0.39%) Vite
General
1 598 (29.03%) Social Skills
2 470 (22.82%) Finance
3 232 (11.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 204 (9.90%) Banking
5 193 (9.37%) Public Sector
6 177 (8.59%) Law
7 165 (8.01%) Retail
8 129 (6.26%) Analytical Skills
9 79 (3.83%) French Language
10 72 (3.50%) Financial Institution
11 63 (3.06%) Back Office
12 57 (2.77%) Front Office
12 57 (2.77%) Telecoms
13 56 (2.72%) Legal
14 50 (2.43%) Games
15 48 (2.33%) Influencing Skills
16 42 (2.04%) Swedish Language
17 33 (1.60%) Marketing
17 33 (1.60%) Tech for Good
18 28 (1.36%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 472 (22.91%) Senior
2 393 (19.08%) Developer
3 345 (16.75%) Software Engineer
4 287 (13.93%) Lead
5 207 (10.05%) Architect
6 127 (6.17%) AWS Engineer
7 123 (5.97%) Analyst
8 121 (5.87%) Full-Stack Developer
9 107 (5.19%) Senior Software Engineer
10 101 (4.90%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 96 (4.66%) Lead Developer
12 92 (4.47%) Java Engineer
13 91 (4.42%) Data Engineer
13 91 (4.42%) DevOps Engineer
14 80 (3.88%) Cloud Engineer
15 79 (3.83%) Service Analyst
15 79 (3.83%) Service Desk Analyst
16 76 (3.69%) Java Software Engineer
16 76 (3.69%) Lead Software Engineer
17 74 (3.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 366 (17.77%) React
2 237 (11.50%) Node.js
3 148 (7.18%) .NET
4 147 (7.14%) Kafka
5 127 (6.17%) RESTful
6 119 (5.78%) REST
7 112 (5.44%) Spring
8 107 (5.19%) CSS
9 97 (4.71%) Spring Boot
10 83 (4.03%) HTML
11 74 (3.59%) Vue
12 72 (3.50%) gRPC
13 68 (3.30%) AngularJS
14 64 (3.11%) Django
15 52 (2.52%) Redux
16 48 (2.33%) Elastic Stack
17 47 (2.28%) .NET Core
18 40 (1.94%) GraphQL
18 40 (1.94%) JSON
19 39 (1.89%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 312 (15.15%) Cloud Native
2 151 (7.33%) Distributed Systems
3 134 (6.50%) Product Ownership
4 81 (3.93%) Public Cloud
5 65 (3.16%) Onboarding
6 62 (3.01%) Management Information System
7 61 (2.96%) Data Centre
8 58 (2.82%) Blog
9 56 (2.72%) Enterprise Software
10 55 (2.67%) Security Posture
11 54 (2.62%) Video\Live Streaming
12 51 (2.48%) Fixed Income
13 47 (2.28%) Greenfield Project
14 45 (2.18%) Over-the-Top Content
15 43 (2.09%) Mobile App
15 43 (2.09%) Self-Motivation
16 38 (1.84%) Hybrid Cloud
17 37 (1.80%) Legacy Systems
18 34 (1.65%) Data Structures
19 33 (1.60%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 202 (9.81%) Linux
2 106 (5.15%) Windows
3 67 (3.25%) Unix
4 53 (2.57%) Windows Server
5 50 (2.43%) Android
6 49 (2.38%) Apple iOS
7 26 (1.26%) Windows 10
8 21 (1.02%) Mac OS
9 18 (0.87%) Windows Server 2016
10 17 (0.83%) Windows Server 2012
11 16 (0.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 15 (0.73%) Windows Server 2019
13 10 (0.49%) Ubuntu
14 7 (0.34%) CentOS
15 2 (0.097%) VMS
16 1 (0.049%) Debian
16 1 (0.049%) FreeBSD
16 1 (0.049%) Mac OS X
16 1 (0.049%) OpenBSD
16 1 (0.049%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 709 (34.42%) CI/CD
2 608 (29.51%) Agile
3 595 (28.88%) Software Engineering
4 539 (26.17%) DevOps
5 456 (22.14%) Mentoring
6 373 (18.11%) Microservices
7 361 (17.52%) Problem-Solving
8 360 (17.48%) Infrastructure as Code
9 358 (17.38%) Full-Stack Development
10 329 (15.97%) AI
11 322 (15.63%) Continuous Improvement
12 307 (14.90%) Containerisation
13 254 (12.33%) Test Automation
14 251 (12.18%) Roadmaps
15 241 (11.70%) Coaching
16 216 (10.49%) Technical Leadership
17 197 (9.56%) Clean Code
18 183 (8.88%) Machine Learning
19 172 (8.35%) Computer Science
20 167 (8.11%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 638 (30.97%) Python
2 520 (25.24%) Java
3 319 (15.49%) JavaScript
4 311 (15.10%) TypeScript
5 300 (14.56%) SQL
6 215 (10.44%) Go
7 204 (9.90%) C#
8 127 (6.17%) Bash
9 79 (3.83%) PHP
10 71 (3.45%) Scala
11 60 (2.91%) C++
12 52 (2.52%) PowerShell
13 34 (1.65%) Ruby
14 30 (1.46%) Kotlin
15 24 (1.17%) Rust
16 15 (0.73%) Bicep
17 14 (0.68%) Shell Script
18 9 (0.44%) PL/SQL
18 9 (0.44%) Swift
19 8 (0.39%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 336 (16.31%) Degree
2 232 (11.26%) Security Cleared
3 215 (10.44%) AWS Certification
4 198 (9.61%) SC Cleared
5 130 (6.31%) Microsoft Certification
6 118 (5.73%) Computer Science Degree
7 100 (4.85%) MCSE
8 64 (3.11%) Azure Certification
9 52 (2.52%) CISSP
10 43 (2.09%) DV Cleared
11 37 (1.80%) Cisco Certification
11 37 (1.80%) CREST Certified
12 33 (1.60%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 33 (1.60%) TOGAF Certification
13 29 (1.41%) CISM
14 25 (1.21%) OSCP
15 24 (1.17%) DBS Check
16 21 (1.02%) CCNP
16 21 (1.02%) Master's Degree
17 20 (0.97%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 179 (8.69%) QA
2 93 (4.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 58 (2.82%) NIST
4 57 (2.77%) GDPR
5 51 (2.48%) PCI DSS
6 46 (2.23%) Accessibility
7 44 (2.14%) Data Quality
8 34 (1.65%) GRC
9 33 (1.60%) SOC 2
10 28 (1.36%) Cyber Essentials
11 23 (1.12%) SLA
12 16 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
12 16 (0.78%) NCSC
13 15 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 13 (0.63%) JSP 440
15 10 (0.49%) ISO 9001
15 10 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 42001
16 8 (0.39%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 7 (0.34%) Government Security Classifications
18 6 (0.29%) EU AI Act
System Software
1 415 (20.15%) Docker
2 76 (3.69%) Active Directory
3 35 (1.70%) Hyper-V
4 30 (1.46%) VMware Infrastructure
5 15 (0.73%) Virtual Machines
6 14 (0.68%) vSphere
7 7 (0.34%) Firmware
8 5 (0.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 5 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
8 5 (0.24%) VMware NSX
9 4 (0.19%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 2 (0.097%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 2 (0.097%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.049%) KVM
11 1 (0.049%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.049%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 411 (19.95%) Terraform
2 381 (18.50%) Kubernetes
3 155 (7.52%) Ansible
4 141 (6.84%) Grafana
5 78 (3.79%) Prometheus
6 45 (2.18%) Argo
7 30 (1.46%) Microsoft Intune
8 29 (1.41%) Single Sign-On
9 19 (0.92%) Kustomize
10 18 (0.87%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 8 (0.39%) Istio
11 8 (0.39%) Nmap
11 8 (0.39%) Proxmox
12 7 (0.34%) Puppet
13 6 (0.29%) Cisco CUCM
13 6 (0.29%) Kibana
13 6 (0.29%) Packer
13 6 (0.29%) Podman
13 6 (0.29%) Progress Chef
14 5 (0.24%) AWS Copilot
Vendors
1 288 (13.98%) Microsoft
2 135 (6.55%) Google
3 101 (4.90%) ServiceNow
4 65 (3.16%) Cisco
5 58 (2.82%) Oracle
5 58 (2.82%) VMware
6 45 (2.18%) Typelevel
7 35 (1.70%) Apple
8 34 (1.65%) Splunk
9 31 (1.50%) Databricks
10 30 (1.46%) Red Hat
11 28 (1.36%) Adobe
11 28 (1.36%) Fortinet
11 28 (1.36%) Palo Alto
12 26 (1.26%) Salesforce
13 25 (1.21%) SAP
13 25 (1.21%) SolarWinds
14 18 (0.87%) Okta
15 17 (0.83%) Dell
16 15 (0.73%) Aruba
1,000 hybrid/remote AWS jobs