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

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 9 9
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 -2
Permanent jobs citing AWS 1,986 2,176 4,414
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 11.80% 16.96% 14.28%
As % of the Cloud Services category 31.00% 35.81% 31.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1,292 1,618 3,873
10th Percentile £46,250 £45,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £53,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,915 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% +3.57% -3.45%
75th Percentile £90,000 £95,938 £87,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £118,750 £112,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% +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 6,407 6,077 13,842
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.07% 47.37% 44.77%
Number of salaries quoted 4,328 4,694 11,994
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,231 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £64,600 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.25% +7.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,625 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £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

AWS
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing AWS over the 6 months to 27 March 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 72 (3.63%) Apache Airflow
2 39 (1.96%) Apache Spark
3 28 (1.41%) Apache
4 22 (1.11%) Microsoft Exchange
5 16 (0.81%) CMS
6 12 (0.60%) Confluence
6 12 (0.60%) nginx
6 12 (0.60%) SharePoint
7 9 (0.45%) WordPress
8 6 (0.30%) Drupal
8 6 (0.30%) Tomcat
8 6 (0.30%) WebSphere
8 6 (0.30%) WebSphere Application Server
9 5 (0.25%) Anypoint
9 5 (0.25%) Apache Pulsar
9 5 (0.25%) Ethereum
10 4 (0.20%) ArcGIS
10 4 (0.20%) GeoServer
10 4 (0.20%) Oracle Spatial
10 4 (0.20%) SAS
Applications
1 111 (5.59%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (0.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (0.25%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.20%) Adobe Illustrator
6 4 (0.20%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.10%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.050%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.050%) DaVinci Resolve
8 1 (0.050%) EngageOne
8 1 (0.050%) Notion
Business Applications
1 12 (0.60%) Shopify
2 10 (0.50%) Oracle ERP
3 8 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.10%) Magento
5 2 (0.10%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.050%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.050%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.050%) Sprinklr
6 1 (0.050%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 850 (42.80%) Azure
2 536 (26.99%) GCP
3 277 (13.95%) Serverless
4 251 (12.64%) SaaS
5 196 (9.87%) GitHub
6 186 (9.37%) AWS Lambda
7 184 (9.26%) Amazon S3
8 166 (8.36%) Microsoft 365
9 136 (6.85%) Amazon EKS
10 106 (5.34%) AWS CloudFormation
11 96 (4.83%) GitHub Actions
12 86 (4.33%) Amazon EC2
13 81 (4.08%) Amazon ECS
14 74 (3.73%) Amazon SQS
15 70 (3.52%) Entra ID
16 66 (3.32%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 52 (2.62%) Azure DevOps
17 52 (2.62%) dbt
18 45 (2.27%) Snowflake
19 40 (2.01%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 126 (6.34%) Firewall
2 89 (4.48%) Broadband
3 59 (2.97%) VPN
4 58 (2.92%) WAN
5 51 (2.57%) LAN
6 50 (2.52%) DNS
6 50 (2.52%) TCP/IP
7 47 (2.37%) Wi-Fi
8 44 (2.22%) Network Security
9 28 (1.41%) SD-WAN
10 27 (1.36%) DHCP
11 26 (1.31%) Cisco ASA
11 26 (1.31%) VXLAN
12 23 (1.16%) VLAN
13 21 (1.06%) BGP
13 21 (1.06%) Cisco Firepower
14 20 (1.01%) HTTP
14 20 (1.01%) SSL
15 18 (0.91%) NGFW
16 16 (0.81%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 180 (9.06%) PostgreSQL
2 125 (6.29%) NoSQL
3 101 (5.09%) MongoDB
3 101 (5.09%) SQL Server
4 83 (4.18%) MySQL
5 79 (3.98%) Amazon RDS
6 60 (3.02%) Relational Database
7 54 (2.72%) Data Warehouse
8 53 (2.67%) DynamoDB
9 48 (2.42%) Metadata
10 45 (2.27%) Elasticsearch
11 43 (2.17%) BigQuery
12 41 (2.06%) Amazon Redshift
13 34 (1.71%) Amazon Athena
14 33 (1.66%) Data Lake
14 33 (1.66%) Tableau
15 28 (1.41%) Redis
16 26 (1.31%) Apache Iceberg
17 22 (1.11%) RDBMS
18 21 (1.06%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 122 (6.14%) Git
2 102 (5.14%) Jenkins
3 79 (3.98%) GitLab
4 61 (3.07%) TeamCity
5 47 (2.37%) Cypress.io
6 37 (1.86%) JIRA
7 21 (1.06%) Selenium
8 19 (0.96%) Jaeger
9 15 (0.76%) CircleCI
9 15 (0.76%) JMeter
10 14 (0.70%) Bitbucket
10 14 (0.70%) Cucumber
11 13 (0.65%) MLflow
11 13 (0.65%) SonarQube
12 10 (0.50%) JUnit
12 10 (0.50%) Oracle Forms
13 9 (0.45%) Crashlytics
13 9 (0.45%) Subversion
13 9 (0.45%) XCTest
14 8 (0.40%) Burp Suite
General
1 601 (30.26%) Social Skills
2 439 (22.10%) Finance
3 219 (11.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 185 (9.32%) Banking
5 184 (9.26%) Public Sector
6 164 (8.26%) Law
6 164 (8.26%) Retail
7 128 (6.45%) Analytical Skills
8 92 (4.63%) French Language
9 71 (3.58%) Financial Institution
10 61 (3.07%) Back Office
11 57 (2.87%) Front Office
11 57 (2.87%) Telecoms
12 55 (2.77%) Swedish Language
13 52 (2.62%) Legal
14 50 (2.52%) Games
15 44 (2.22%) Influencing Skills
16 35 (1.76%) Marketing
17 33 (1.66%) Tech for Good
18 30 (1.51%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 452 (22.76%) Senior
2 383 (19.28%) Developer
3 316 (15.91%) Software Engineer
4 276 (13.90%) Lead
5 201 (10.12%) Architect
6 131 (6.60%) Analyst
7 123 (6.19%) Full-Stack Developer
8 116 (5.84%) AWS Engineer
9 99 (4.98%) Senior Software Engineer
10 98 (4.93%) Lead Developer
11 94 (4.73%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 92 (4.63%) Service Analyst
12 92 (4.63%) Service Desk Analyst
13 88 (4.43%) DevOps Engineer
14 87 (4.38%) Java Engineer
15 85 (4.28%) Data Engineer
16 78 (3.93%) Cloud Engineer
17 73 (3.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
18 71 (3.58%) Java Software Engineer
19 69 (3.47%) Lead Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 358 (18.03%) React
2 233 (11.73%) Node.js
3 150 (7.55%) .NET
4 144 (7.25%) Kafka
5 127 (6.39%) RESTful
6 107 (5.39%) REST
7 106 (5.34%) Spring
8 103 (5.19%) CSS
9 93 (4.68%) Spring Boot
10 82 (4.13%) HTML
11 72 (3.63%) Vue
12 67 (3.37%) AngularJS
13 63 (3.17%) gRPC
14 61 (3.07%) Django
15 54 (2.72%) Redux
16 49 (2.47%) .NET Core
17 46 (2.32%) Elastic Stack
18 40 (2.01%) GraphQL
19 39 (1.96%) JSON
20 35 (1.76%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 303 (15.26%) Cloud Native
2 142 (7.15%) Distributed Systems
3 118 (5.94%) Product Ownership
4 72 (3.63%) Public Cloud
5 62 (3.12%) Data Centre
6 61 (3.07%) Management Information System
6 61 (3.07%) Onboarding
7 59 (2.97%) Enterprise Software
8 56 (2.82%) Blog
9 51 (2.57%) Fixed Income
9 51 (2.57%) Security Posture
10 45 (2.27%) Greenfield Project
10 45 (2.27%) Video\Live Streaming
11 42 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
12 40 (2.01%) Mobile App
13 39 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
14 36 (1.81%) Hybrid Cloud
14 36 (1.81%) Over-the-Top Content
15 33 (1.66%) Data Structures
15 33 (1.66%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 204 (10.27%) Linux
2 106 (5.34%) Windows
3 72 (3.63%) Unix
4 54 (2.72%) Windows Server
5 49 (2.47%) Android
6 48 (2.42%) Apple iOS
7 26 (1.31%) Windows 10
8 21 (1.06%) Mac OS
9 18 (0.91%) Windows Server 2012
9 18 (0.91%) Windows Server 2016
10 17 (0.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 15 (0.76%) Windows Server 2019
12 10 (0.50%) Ubuntu
13 7 (0.35%) CentOS
14 3 (0.15%) VMS
15 1 (0.050%) Debian
15 1 (0.050%) FreeBSD
15 1 (0.050%) Mac OS X
15 1 (0.050%) OpenBSD
15 1 (0.050%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 682 (34.34%) CI/CD
2 584 (29.41%) Agile
3 544 (27.39%) Software Engineering
4 532 (26.79%) DevOps
5 446 (22.46%) Mentoring
6 363 (18.28%) Microservices
7 347 (17.47%) Full-Stack Development
8 346 (17.42%) Infrastructure as Code
9 340 (17.12%) Problem-Solving
10 315 (15.86%) AI
11 310 (15.61%) Continuous Improvement
12 291 (14.65%) Containerisation
13 242 (12.19%) Test Automation
14 236 (11.88%) Coaching
15 232 (11.68%) Roadmaps
16 201 (10.12%) Technical Leadership
17 179 (9.01%) Clean Code
18 172 (8.66%) ITIL
18 172 (8.66%) Machine Learning
19 170 (8.56%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 614 (30.92%) Python
2 492 (24.77%) Java
3 308 (15.51%) JavaScript
4 301 (15.16%) TypeScript
5 291 (14.65%) SQL
6 201 (10.12%) Go
7 198 (9.97%) C#
8 124 (6.24%) Bash
9 76 (3.83%) PHP
10 62 (3.12%) Scala
11 53 (2.67%) C++
12 51 (2.57%) PowerShell
13 29 (1.46%) Kotlin
14 28 (1.41%) Ruby
15 21 (1.06%) Rust
16 15 (0.76%) Bicep
16 15 (0.76%) Shell Script
17 10 (0.50%) PL/SQL
18 9 (0.45%) Swift
19 8 (0.40%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 348 (17.52%) Degree
2 231 (11.63%) AWS Certification
3 223 (11.23%) Security Cleared
4 190 (9.57%) SC Cleared
5 146 (7.35%) Microsoft Certification
6 120 (6.04%) Computer Science Degree
7 114 (5.74%) MCSE
8 67 (3.37%) Azure Certification
9 51 (2.57%) CISSP
10 42 (2.11%) DV Cleared
11 38 (1.91%) Cisco Certification
12 34 (1.71%) CREST Certified
12 34 (1.71%) TOGAF Certification
13 33 (1.66%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 28 (1.41%) CISM
15 24 (1.21%) Master's Degree
16 23 (1.16%) DBS Check
17 22 (1.11%) CCNP
17 22 (1.11%) OSCP
18 21 (1.06%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 190 (9.57%) QA
2 91 (4.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 57 (2.87%) GDPR
4 56 (2.82%) NIST
5 50 (2.52%) PCI DSS
6 42 (2.11%) Data Quality
7 39 (1.96%) Accessibility
8 33 (1.66%) GRC
9 32 (1.61%) SOC 2
10 29 (1.46%) Cyber Essentials
11 26 (1.31%) SLA
12 16 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 15 (0.76%) NCSC
14 14 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
15 13 (0.65%) JSP 440
16 10 (0.50%) ISO 9001
17 9 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 42001
18 7 (0.35%) Government Security Classifications
18 7 (0.35%) HMG Security Policy Framework
19 6 (0.30%) WCAG
System Software
1 399 (20.09%) Docker
2 79 (3.98%) Active Directory
3 36 (1.81%) Hyper-V
4 32 (1.61%) VMware Infrastructure
5 15 (0.76%) Virtual Machines
5 15 (0.76%) vSphere
6 7 (0.35%) Firmware
7 6 (0.30%) VMware NSX
8 5 (0.25%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 5 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (0.20%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 3 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.050%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.050%) KVM
11 1 (0.050%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.050%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 402 (20.24%) Terraform
2 367 (18.48%) Kubernetes
3 152 (7.65%) Ansible
4 137 (6.90%) Grafana
5 76 (3.83%) Prometheus
6 44 (2.22%) Argo
7 30 (1.51%) Single Sign-On
8 29 (1.46%) Microsoft Intune
9 19 (0.96%) Kustomize
10 18 (0.91%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 8 (0.40%) Istio
11 8 (0.40%) Nmap
11 8 (0.40%) Proxmox
12 6 (0.30%) Kibana
12 6 (0.30%) Podman
12 6 (0.30%) Puppet
13 5 (0.25%) AWS Copilot
13 5 (0.25%) Cisco CUCM
13 5 (0.25%) Packer
13 5 (0.25%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 283 (14.25%) Microsoft
2 136 (6.85%) Google
3 110 (5.54%) ServiceNow
4 63 (3.17%) Cisco
5 60 (3.02%) VMware
6 57 (2.87%) Oracle
7 36 (1.81%) Typelevel
8 34 (1.71%) Databricks
9 31 (1.56%) Red Hat
10 30 (1.51%) Apple
11 29 (1.46%) Splunk
12 26 (1.31%) Fortinet
12 26 (1.31%) Palo Alto
13 25 (1.26%) Salesforce
13 25 (1.26%) SAP
14 20 (1.01%) Adobe
14 20 (1.01%) SolarWinds
15 19 (0.96%) Okta
16 18 (0.91%) Dell
16 18 (0.91%) IBM