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 21 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 8 8
Rank change year-on-year -5 0 -2
Permanent jobs citing AWS 1,649 3,311 3,602
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 10.73% 16.77% 16.83%
As % of the Cloud Services category 29.45% 37.76% 35.23%
Number of salaries quoted 1,259 2,190 3,018
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,075 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% +7.25% -3.45%
75th Percentile £102,500 £105,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £135,250 £138,750 £112,500
UK median annual salary £72,500 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% +7.14% -3.45%

All Cloud 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 5,599 8,768 10,225
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.45% 44.40% 47.78%
Number of salaries quoted 4,190 5,693 8,755
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £36,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - -
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £110,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +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 21 November 2025.

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
1 146 (8.85%) Apache Airflow
2 85 (5.15%) Apache
3 29 (1.76%) Apache Spark
4 20 (1.21%) Confluence
5 17 (1.03%) Tomcat
6 16 (0.97%) WebSphere
6 16 (0.97%) WebSphere Application Server
7 15 (0.91%) Microsoft Exchange
8 14 (0.85%) SharePoint
9 11 (0.67%) IIS
10 9 (0.55%) Headless CMS
11 7 (0.42%) Ethereum
12 5 (0.30%) Anypoint
12 5 (0.30%) nginx
12 5 (0.30%) WordPress
13 4 (0.24%) Apache Pulsar
13 4 (0.24%) Drupal
14 3 (0.18%) GeoServer
14 3 (0.18%) Luigi
14 3 (0.18%) SAS
Applications
1 98 (5.94%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (0.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.12%) Trello
4 1 (0.061%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.061%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.061%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.061%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.061%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.061%) Notion
4 1 (0.061%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 16 (0.97%) Shopify
2 14 (0.85%) Oracle ERP
3 10 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
4 8 (0.49%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.24%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.12%) Magento
7 1 (0.061%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 750 (45.48%) Azure
2 443 (26.86%) GCP
3 216 (13.10%) SaaS
4 201 (12.19%) Serverless
5 152 (9.22%) Microsoft 365
6 148 (8.98%) AWS Lambda
7 144 (8.73%) dbt
7 144 (8.73%) GitHub
8 108 (6.55%) Amazon S3
9 101 (6.12%) Snowflake
10 94 (5.70%) AWS CloudFormation
11 79 (4.79%) Amazon EKS
12 74 (4.49%) GitHub Actions
13 70 (4.24%) Amazon ECS
14 58 (3.52%) Azure DevOps
15 56 (3.40%) Entra ID
16 55 (3.34%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 53 (3.21%) Amazon EC2
18 46 (2.79%) OCI
19 38 (2.30%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 86 (5.22%) Firewall
2 57 (3.46%) VPN
3 47 (2.85%) Network Security
4 41 (2.49%) DNS
5 35 (2.12%) WAN
6 30 (1.82%) TCP/IP
7 28 (1.70%) LAN
8 24 (1.46%) SD-WAN
9 21 (1.27%) VLAN
10 20 (1.21%) DHCP
10 20 (1.21%) Wi-Fi
11 19 (1.15%) SSL
12 16 (0.97%) Broadband
13 15 (0.91%) VoIP
14 13 (0.79%) BGP
15 10 (0.61%) HTTP
16 9 (0.55%) Intrusion Detection
17 8 (0.49%) Internet
18 7 (0.42%) OSPF
18 7 (0.42%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 199 (12.07%) PostgreSQL
2 125 (7.58%) Amazon Athena
3 117 (7.10%) Apache Iceberg
4 112 (6.79%) Apache Arrow
4 112 (6.79%) Dremio
5 98 (5.94%) SQL Server
6 93 (5.64%) NoSQL
7 92 (5.58%) Data Lake
8 91 (5.52%) MongoDB
9 74 (4.49%) MySQL
10 62 (3.76%) Data Warehouse
10 62 (3.76%) Elasticsearch
11 60 (3.64%) Apache Ignite
12 58 (3.52%) Amazon RDS
13 57 (3.46%) DynamoDB
14 37 (2.24%) Amazon Redshift
15 35 (2.12%) Relational Database
16 34 (2.06%) Power BI
17 26 (1.58%) Azure SQL Database
17 26 (1.58%) Redis
Development Applications
1 117 (7.10%) Jenkins
2 99 (6.00%) Git
3 72 (4.37%) GitLab
4 43 (2.61%) JIRA
5 39 (2.37%) TeamCity
6 26 (1.58%) Cypress.io
7 15 (0.91%) JUnit
8 14 (0.85%) Oracle Forms
9 13 (0.79%) Selenium
10 11 (0.67%) Bitbucket
10 11 (0.67%) Cucumber
11 9 (0.55%) SonarQube
11 9 (0.55%) Subversion
12 8 (0.49%) CircleCI
12 8 (0.49%) Sonatype Nexus
13 7 (0.42%) Burp Suite
13 7 (0.42%) Metasploit
14 6 (0.36%) ER Studio
15 5 (0.30%) git-flow
15 5 (0.30%) Jasmine
General
1 502 (30.44%) Social Skills
2 469 (28.44%) Finance
3 162 (9.82%) Banking
4 152 (9.22%) Front Office
5 95 (5.76%) Analytical Skills
5 95 (5.76%) French Language
5 95 (5.76%) Swedish Language
6 91 (5.52%) Public Sector
7 89 (5.40%) Retail
8 85 (5.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 68 (4.12%) Law
10 67 (4.06%) Investment Banking
11 63 (3.82%) Telecoms
12 50 (3.03%) Games
13 46 (2.79%) Financial Institution
14 40 (2.43%) Marketing
15 38 (2.30%) Tech for Good
16 34 (2.06%) Legal
17 32 (1.94%) Back Office
18 31 (1.88%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 413 (25.05%) Developer
2 412 (24.98%) Senior
3 290 (17.59%) Software Engineer
4 190 (11.52%) Lead
5 168 (10.19%) Architect
6 164 (9.95%) AWS Engineer
7 131 (7.94%) Analyst
8 127 (7.70%) Python Engineer
9 120 (7.28%) AWS Software Engineer
10 108 (6.55%) Python Software Engineer
11 105 (6.37%) Java Engineer
12 103 (6.25%) Senior Software Engineer
13 101 (6.12%) Senior Developer
14 98 (5.94%) Python Developer
15 95 (5.76%) AWS Developer
15 95 (5.76%) Java Software Engineer
15 95 (5.76%) Service Analyst
15 95 (5.76%) Service Desk Analyst
16 92 (5.58%) Full-Stack Developer
17 87 (5.28%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 371 (22.50%) React
2 232 (14.07%) Node.js
3 208 (12.61%) .NET
4 142 (8.61%) AngularJS
5 132 (8.00%) Vue
6 127 (7.70%) RESTful
7 124 (7.52%) Pandas
8 119 (7.22%) NumPy
9 115 (6.97%) Kafka
10 112 (6.79%) SciPy
11 86 (5.22%) REST
12 80 (4.85%) Spring
13 77 (4.67%) CSS
14 75 (4.55%) Spring Boot
15 73 (4.43%) gRPC
16 69 (4.18%) HTML
17 59 (3.58%) .NET Core
18 57 (3.46%) Protocol Buffers
19 55 (3.34%) GraphQL
20 47 (2.85%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 213 (12.92%) Cloud Native
2 149 (9.04%) Fixed Income
3 122 (7.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 121 (7.34%) Equities
5 94 (5.70%) Distributed Systems
6 71 (4.31%) Hedge funds
7 62 (3.76%) Product Ownership
8 58 (3.52%) Derivative
9 57 (3.46%) Pricing Data
10 53 (3.21%) Public Cloud
11 49 (2.97%) Management Information System
12 42 (2.55%) Enterprise Software
13 39 (2.37%) Data Centre
14 38 (2.30%) Hybrid Cloud
15 37 (2.24%) Legacy Systems
16 29 (1.76%) Security Posture
17 27 (1.64%) Onboarding
18 25 (1.52%) Greenfield Project
19 23 (1.39%) Data Structures
19 23 (1.39%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 185 (11.22%) Linux
2 129 (7.82%) Windows
3 50 (3.03%) Unix
4 35 (2.12%) Windows Server
5 33 (2.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 17 (1.03%) Android
7 14 (0.85%) CentOS
8 12 (0.73%) Apple iOS
9 10 (0.61%) Mac OS
9 10 (0.61%) Ubuntu
10 8 (0.49%) Windows 10
11 5 (0.30%) Debian
11 5 (0.30%) Mac OS X
11 5 (0.30%) Windows Server 2012
11 5 (0.30%) Windows Server 2016
12 4 (0.24%) HPUX
12 4 (0.24%) Oracle Linux
12 4 (0.24%) Solaris
12 4 (0.24%) VMS
12 4 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 638 (38.69%) Agile
2 498 (30.20%) CI/CD
3 482 (29.23%) Software Engineering
4 438 (26.56%) DevOps
5 311 (18.86%) Mentoring
6 281 (17.04%) Problem-Solving
7 262 (15.89%) Infrastructure as Code
7 262 (15.89%) Microservices
8 246 (14.92%) AI
9 236 (14.31%) Full-Stack Development
10 207 (12.55%) Continuous Improvement
11 200 (12.13%) ITIL
12 191 (11.58%) Roadmaps
13 172 (10.43%) Containerisation
14 149 (9.04%) Asset Management
14 149 (9.04%) Investment Management
15 133 (8.07%) Computer Science
16 130 (7.88%) Analytics
17 129 (7.82%) Fintech
18 124 (7.52%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 597 (36.20%) Python
2 409 (24.80%) TypeScript
3 396 (24.01%) JavaScript
4 373 (22.62%) Java
5 319 (19.35%) SQL
6 205 (12.43%) C#
7 87 (5.28%) Go
8 85 (5.15%) Bash
9 84 (5.09%) PowerShell
10 56 (3.40%) PHP
11 23 (1.39%) Shell Script
12 20 (1.21%) Scala
13 19 (1.15%) Bicep
14 18 (1.09%) PL/SQL
15 17 (1.03%) C++
16 16 (0.97%) Kotlin
17 13 (0.79%) Ruby
18 9 (0.55%) R
18 9 (0.55%) Rust
19 8 (0.49%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 309 (18.74%) Degree
2 255 (15.46%) AWS Certification
3 185 (11.22%) Security Cleared
4 151 (9.16%) SC Cleared
5 144 (8.73%) Microsoft Certification
6 115 (6.97%) MCSE
7 100 (6.06%) Computer Science Degree
8 83 (5.03%) Azure Certification
9 51 (3.09%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 48 (2.91%) Cisco Certification
11 31 (1.88%) DV Cleared
12 28 (1.70%) CCNP
12 28 (1.70%) CISSP
12 28 (1.70%) Master's Degree
13 26 (1.58%) ITIL Certification
13 26 (1.58%) TOGAF Certification
14 18 (1.09%) MCP
15 17 (1.03%) CISM
16 15 (0.91%) CompTIA Security+
17 14 (0.85%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 172 (10.43%) QA
2 82 (4.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 61 (3.70%) GDPR
4 54 (3.27%) NIST
5 29 (1.76%) Data Quality
5 29 (1.76%) PCI DSS
5 29 (1.76%) SLA
6 26 (1.58%) Accessibility
7 25 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials
8 21 (1.27%) SOC 2
9 16 (0.97%) GRC
10 14 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 10 (0.61%) HIPAA
11 10 (0.61%) NCSC
12 8 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 7 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
14 6 (0.36%) EU AI Act
15 5 (0.30%) ISO 9001
15 5 (0.30%) JSP 440
16 2 (0.12%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 261 (15.83%) Docker
2 57 (3.46%) Active Directory
3 29 (1.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 23 (1.39%) Hyper-V
5 16 (0.97%) Virtual Machines
6 12 (0.73%) vSphere
7 6 (0.36%) Firmware
8 4 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.18%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.061%) Dovecot
10 1 (0.061%) HDFS
10 1 (0.061%) Postfix
10 1 (0.061%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.061%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 304 (18.44%) Terraform
2 286 (17.34%) Kubernetes
3 119 (7.22%) Ansible
4 88 (5.34%) Grafana
5 46 (2.79%) Prometheus
6 22 (1.33%) Microsoft Intune
7 21 (1.27%) Argo
8 20 (1.21%) Single Sign-On
9 8 (0.49%) Kibana
9 8 (0.49%) Progress Chef
10 7 (0.42%) Nmap
10 7 (0.42%) SCOM
11 6 (0.36%) Puppet
12 5 (0.30%) Cilium
12 5 (0.30%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 5 (0.30%) Proxmox
12 5 (0.30%) SCCM
12 5 (0.30%) WSUS
13 4 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 4 (0.24%) Autotask
Vendors
1 266 (16.13%) Microsoft
2 109 (6.61%) ServiceNow
3 91 (5.52%) Google
4 88 (5.34%) Oracle
5 50 (3.03%) VMware
6 42 (2.55%) Red Hat
7 33 (2.00%) IBM
8 31 (1.88%) Cisco
9 30 (1.82%) Databricks
10 22 (1.33%) SAP
11 19 (1.15%) Apple
11 19 (1.15%) Splunk
12 17 (1.03%) Palo Alto
13 15 (0.91%) Informatica
13 15 (0.91%) Okta
14 14 (0.85%) Salesforce
14 14 (0.85%) Talend
15 12 (0.73%) OpenAI
15 12 (0.73%) SolarWinds
16 10 (0.61%) Atlassian