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

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 13 8
Rank change year-on-year +3 -5 -2
Permanent jobs citing AWS 2,549 2,139 3,890
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 11.65% 13.00% 14.59%
As % of the Cloud Services category 29.98% 35.42% 35.46%
Number of salaries quoted 1,662 1,359 3,202
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £56,250 £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 £102,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £135,000 £142,500
UK median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year - +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 8,503 6,039 10,969
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.85% 36.69% 41.13%
Number of salaries quoted 6,118 4,456 8,816
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,549 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £107,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% 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 29 July 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 42 (1.65%) Apache Airflow
1 42 (1.65%) Apache Spark
2 23 (0.90%) Apache
3 21 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
4 17 (0.67%) Confluence
5 16 (0.63%) IIS
6 15 (0.59%) Anypoint
7 13 (0.51%) SharePoint
8 12 (0.47%) Mule
9 11 (0.43%) CMS
10 10 (0.39%) WordPress
11 7 (0.27%) Jupyter
12 6 (0.24%) Apache Solr
12 6 (0.24%) SAS
13 5 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
14 4 (0.16%) Ethereum
14 4 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
15 3 (0.12%) Camunda
15 3 (0.12%) DNN
15 3 (0.12%) Umbraco
Applications
1 92 (3.61%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (0.39%) MS Visio
3 9 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
4 8 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.20%) AutoCAD
5 5 (0.20%) Chatbot
5 5 (0.20%) DaVinci Resolve
6 2 (0.078%) Elementor
6 2 (0.078%) Moqups
6 2 (0.078%) PlantUML
7 1 (0.039%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.039%) Houdini
7 1 (0.039%) Lightworks
7 1 (0.039%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.039%) NUKE
7 1 (0.039%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.039%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (0.94%) Cloudability
2 6 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.16%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.078%) Shopify
5 1 (0.039%) Magento
5 1 (0.039%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.039%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 1,177 (46.17%) Azure
2 636 (24.95%) GCP
3 292 (11.46%) SaaS
4 228 (8.94%) Serverless
5 200 (7.85%) GitHub
6 163 (6.39%) Microsoft 365
7 146 (5.73%) AWS Lambda
8 143 (5.61%) Amazon S3
9 102 (4.00%) AWS CloudFormation
10 98 (3.84%) Amazon EKS
11 90 (3.53%) Amazon EC2
11 90 (3.53%) GitHub Actions
12 83 (3.26%) Amazon ECS
13 68 (2.67%) Amazon SQS
14 65 (2.55%) Azure DevOps
15 60 (2.35%) GitHub Copilot
15 60 (2.35%) Snowflake
16 51 (2.00%) Entra ID
17 50 (1.96%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 41 (1.61%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 128 (5.02%) Firewall
2 114 (4.47%) Broadband
3 78 (3.06%) VPN
4 74 (2.90%) DNS
5 68 (2.67%) WAN
6 66 (2.59%) Network Security
7 62 (2.43%) LAN
8 53 (2.08%) TCP/IP
9 44 (1.73%) DHCP
10 38 (1.49%) HTTP
11 30 (1.18%) SD-WAN
12 27 (1.06%) Cisco ASA
13 25 (0.98%) Wi-Fi
14 21 (0.82%) Cisco Firepower
14 21 (0.82%) SSL
15 20 (0.78%) VLAN
16 14 (0.55%) BGP
17 13 (0.51%) MPLS
17 13 (0.51%) OSPF
18 11 (0.43%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 264 (10.36%) PostgreSQL
2 250 (9.81%) MongoDB
3 113 (4.43%) SQL Server
4 107 (4.20%) Elasticsearch
4 107 (4.20%) MySQL
5 103 (4.04%) NoSQL
6 84 (3.30%) Azure SQL Database
7 56 (2.20%) DynamoDB
8 55 (2.16%) Redis
9 53 (2.08%) Amazon RDS
9 53 (2.08%) Relational Database
10 37 (1.45%) Data Warehouse
11 36 (1.41%) Metadata
12 32 (1.26%) Amazon Athena
12 32 (1.26%) Power BI
13 27 (1.06%) Big Data
14 26 (1.02%) Amazon Redshift
15 25 (0.98%) Data Lake
16 21 (0.82%) Tableau
17 18 (0.71%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 134 (5.26%) Git
2 87 (3.41%) Jenkins
3 84 (3.30%) GitLab
4 58 (2.28%) TeamCity
5 54 (2.12%) JIRA
6 51 (2.00%) Cypress.io
7 38 (1.49%) Claude Code
8 23 (0.90%) JUnit
9 22 (0.86%) Selenium
10 16 (0.63%) Maven
10 16 (0.63%) Postman
11 14 (0.55%) Crashlytics
11 14 (0.55%) XCTest
12 13 (0.51%) CircleCI
12 13 (0.51%) JMeter
13 12 (0.47%) Mockito
14 10 (0.39%) Bitbucket
14 10 (0.39%) Cucumber
15 6 (0.24%) Gatling
15 6 (0.24%) SonarQube
General
1 651 (25.54%) Social Skills
2 577 (22.64%) Finance
3 279 (10.95%) Public Sector
4 228 (8.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 227 (8.91%) Banking
6 208 (8.16%) Law
7 140 (5.49%) Analytical Skills
8 125 (4.90%) Retail
9 68 (2.67%) Legal
10 53 (2.08%) Games
11 48 (1.88%) Financial Institution
11 48 (1.88%) Swedish Language
12 45 (1.77%) Back Office
13 43 (1.69%) Front Office
14 40 (1.57%) Presentation Skills
15 39 (1.53%) Influencing Skills
16 36 (1.41%) French Language
16 36 (1.41%) Marketing
17 29 (1.14%) Telecoms
18 24 (0.94%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 612 (24.01%) Senior
2 550 (21.58%) Developer
3 445 (17.46%) Software Engineer
4 321 (12.59%) Lead
5 281 (11.02%) Architect
6 150 (5.88%) Full-Stack Developer
7 144 (5.65%) AWS Engineer
8 129 (5.06%) Analyst
9 125 (4.90%) DevOps Engineer
10 120 (4.71%) .NET Developer
11 118 (4.63%) Senior Software Engineer
12 115 (4.51%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 114 (4.47%) Senior Developer
14 110 (4.32%) Lead Software Engineer
15 98 (3.84%) Engineering Manager
16 95 (3.73%) Solutions Architect
17 94 (3.69%) Lead Developer
18 93 (3.65%) Consultant
19 92 (3.61%) Cloud Engineer
20 90 (3.53%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 439 (17.22%) React
2 376 (14.75%) Node.js
3 240 (9.42%) .NET
4 187 (7.34%) REST
5 130 (5.10%) RESTful
6 129 (5.06%) Vue
7 128 (5.02%) Spring
8 127 (4.98%) CSS
9 119 (4.67%) Kafka
10 113 (4.43%) AngularJS
11 112 (4.39%) .NET Core
12 106 (4.16%) ASP.NET
13 96 (3.77%) ASP.NET Core
14 93 (3.65%) Spring Boot
15 83 (3.26%) HTML
16 71 (2.79%) Middleware
17 70 (2.75%) .NET Framework
18 58 (2.28%) Ruby on Rails
19 56 (2.20%) OAuth
20 51 (2.00%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 386 (15.14%) Cloud Native
2 192 (7.53%) Product Ownership
3 181 (7.10%) Distributed Systems
4 96 (3.77%) Public Cloud
5 86 (3.37%) Greenfield Project
6 69 (2.71%) AI Agents
6 69 (2.71%) Cyber Threat
6 69 (2.71%) Video\Live Streaming
7 64 (2.51%) Onboarding
8 54 (2.12%) Management Information System
9 48 (1.88%) Data Centre
9 48 (1.88%) Security Posture
10 46 (1.80%) Enterprise Software
10 46 (1.80%) Self-Motivation
11 44 (1.73%) Fixed Income
11 44 (1.73%) Hybrid Cloud
12 43 (1.69%) Mobile App
13 40 (1.57%) Blog
14 38 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
15 37 (1.45%) Over-the-Top Content
Operating Systems
1 212 (8.32%) Linux
2 160 (6.28%) Windows
3 61 (2.39%) Windows Server
4 59 (2.31%) Unix
5 34 (1.33%) Apple iOS
6 19 (0.75%) Android
7 11 (0.43%) Ubuntu
7 11 (0.43%) Windows 10
8 9 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
9 7 (0.27%) Mac OS
10 6 (0.24%) Windows Server 2012
11 5 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
12 4 (0.16%) Debian
13 3 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 2 (0.078%) CentOS
15 1 (0.039%) FreeBSD
15 1 (0.039%) OpenBSD
15 1 (0.039%) Solaris
15 1 (0.039%) Windows 7
15 1 (0.039%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 888 (34.84%) CI/CD
2 868 (34.05%) Agile
3 772 (30.29%) Software Engineering
4 600 (23.54%) DevOps
5 553 (21.69%) Mentoring
6 500 (19.62%) AI
6 500 (19.62%) Full-Stack Development
7 498 (19.54%) Microservices
8 449 (17.61%) Continuous Improvement
9 436 (17.10%) Infrastructure as Code
10 423 (16.59%) Test Automation
11 420 (16.48%) Problem-Solving
12 351 (13.77%) Technical Leadership
13 326 (12.79%) Containerisation
14 306 (12.00%) Roadmaps
15 272 (10.67%) Coaching
15 272 (10.67%) Scrum
16 257 (10.08%) Clean Code
17 246 (9.65%) Machine Learning
18 244 (9.57%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 668 (26.21%) Python
2 508 (19.93%) Java
3 407 (15.97%) TypeScript
4 401 (15.73%) JavaScript
5 384 (15.06%) SQL
6 290 (11.38%) C#
7 172 (6.75%) Go
8 88 (3.45%) Bash
9 71 (2.79%) Ruby
10 69 (2.71%) C++
11 68 (2.67%) PowerShell
12 67 (2.63%) PHP
13 65 (2.55%) Scala
14 35 (1.37%) Kotlin
15 26 (1.02%) Rust
16 16 (0.63%) Bicep
16 16 (0.63%) PL/SQL
17 15 (0.59%) DataWeave
17 15 (0.59%) Swift
18 10 (0.39%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 390 (15.30%) Security Cleared
2 333 (13.06%) SC Cleared
3 300 (11.77%) Degree
4 174 (6.83%) AWS Certification
5 119 (4.67%) CISSP
6 97 (3.81%) CISM
6 97 (3.81%) Microsoft Certification
7 87 (3.41%) Computer Science Degree
8 83 (3.26%) MCSE
9 55 (2.16%) Azure Certification
10 50 (1.96%) ITIL Certification
11 48 (1.88%) DV Cleared
12 37 (1.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 33 (1.29%) Cisco Certification
14 22 (0.86%) CCNP
15 19 (0.75%) BPSS Clearance
16 17 (0.67%) CREST Certified
16 17 (0.67%) DBS Check
17 16 (0.63%) CRISC
17 16 (0.63%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 190 (7.45%) QA
2 116 (4.55%) NIST
3 95 (3.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 67 (2.63%) Accessibility
5 60 (2.35%) Data Quality
6 51 (2.00%) GDPR
7 48 (1.88%) ISO 22301
8 30 (1.18%) GRC
9 28 (1.10%) PCI DSS
10 26 (1.02%) NCSC
11 19 (0.75%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 15 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
13 14 (0.55%) WCAG
14 12 (0.47%) SOC 2
15 11 (0.43%) ISO 9001
15 11 (0.43%) SLA
16 10 (0.39%) JSP 440
16 10 (0.39%) NIST 800
17 7 (0.27%) PMO
18 6 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 447 (17.54%) Docker
2 65 (2.55%) Active Directory
3 53 (2.08%) VMware Infrastructure
4 41 (1.61%) Hyper-V
5 22 (0.86%) Virtual Machines
6 18 (0.71%) vSphere
7 7 (0.27%) KVM
8 6 (0.24%) Firmware
8 6 (0.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 6 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (0.16%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.12%) iptables
11 2 (0.078%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 2 (0.078%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (0.039%) VMware ESXi
12 1 (0.039%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 412 (16.16%) Terraform
2 403 (15.81%) Kubernetes
3 114 (4.47%) Grafana
4 110 (4.32%) Ansible
5 41 (1.61%) Prometheus
6 26 (1.02%) Microsoft Intune
7 23 (0.90%) Argo
8 18 (0.71%) Progress Chef
9 15 (0.59%) Istio
9 15 (0.59%) Puppet
10 14 (0.55%) Proxmox
11 13 (0.51%) Podman
12 12 (0.47%) CloudHub
13 9 (0.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 9 (0.35%) Cisco CUCM
14 7 (0.27%) Packer
14 7 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
14 7 (0.27%) ZABBIX
15 6 (0.24%) CASB
15 6 (0.24%) EMC VPLEX
Vendors
1 430 (16.87%) Microsoft
2 124 (4.86%) ServiceNow
3 101 (3.96%) Google
4 82 (3.22%) VMware
5 69 (2.71%) Cisco
6 59 (2.31%) Oracle
7 52 (2.04%) Databricks
8 39 (1.53%) Palo Alto
9 36 (1.41%) Typelevel
10 34 (1.33%) Fortinet
11 33 (1.29%) Apple
12 32 (1.26%) Splunk
13 31 (1.22%) Salesforce
13 31 (1.22%) SAP
14 30 (1.18%) Adobe
15 25 (0.98%) SolarWinds
16 21 (0.82%) Dell
16 21 (0.82%) MuleSoft
16 21 (0.82%) Okta
16 21 (0.82%) OpenAI