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

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 13 8
Rank change year-on-year +3 -5 -2
Permanent jobs citing AWS 2,501 2,207 4,600
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 11.71% 13.34% 14.41%
As % of the Cloud Services category 30.06% 35.68% 34.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1,616 1,400 3,863
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £43,750
25th Percentile £53,750 £56,250 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £73,805
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +1.62% +0.24%
75th Percentile £88,148 £107,625 £96,250
90th Percentile £101,875 £135,000 £129,500
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 8,320 6,185 13,293
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.97% 37.40% 41.64%
Number of salaries quoted 5,942 4,559 10,942
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £35,775
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £84,500 £82,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -8.00%

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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 13 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 51 (2.04%) Apache Airflow
2 44 (1.76%) Apache Spark
3 25 (1.00%) Apache
4 23 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
5 15 (0.60%) CMS
5 15 (0.60%) IIS
5 15 (0.60%) SharePoint
6 11 (0.44%) Anypoint
7 9 (0.36%) Confluence
7 9 (0.36%) Mule
7 9 (0.36%) WordPress
8 7 (0.28%) Jupyter
8 7 (0.28%) SAS
9 6 (0.24%) Apache Solr
10 5 (0.20%) nginx
11 4 (0.16%) Ethereum
11 4 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
12 3 (0.12%) DNN
12 3 (0.12%) Kentico
12 3 (0.12%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 94 (3.76%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (0.36%) MS Visio
3 7 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.20%) AutoCAD
4 5 (0.20%) DaVinci Resolve
4 5 (0.20%) Microsoft Excel
5 4 (0.16%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.080%) Elementor
7 2 (0.080%) PlantUML
8 1 (0.040%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.040%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.040%) EngageOne
8 1 (0.040%) Houdini
8 1 (0.040%) Lightworks
8 1 (0.040%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.040%) NUKE
8 1 (0.040%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.040%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (0.96%) Cloudability
2 6 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.12%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.12%) Shopify
5 2 (0.080%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.040%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.040%) Magento
6 1 (0.040%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.040%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.040%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 1,112 (44.46%) Azure
2 629 (25.15%) GCP
3 270 (10.80%) SaaS
4 240 (9.60%) Serverless
5 195 (7.80%) GitHub
6 158 (6.32%) Amazon S3
7 157 (6.28%) Microsoft 365
8 155 (6.20%) AWS Lambda
9 121 (4.84%) Amazon EKS
10 97 (3.88%) AWS CloudFormation
11 96 (3.84%) Amazon EC2
12 85 (3.40%) GitHub Actions
13 84 (3.36%) Amazon ECS
14 65 (2.60%) Amazon SQS
15 61 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
16 57 (2.28%) GitHub Copilot
17 53 (2.12%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 53 (2.12%) Entra ID
18 48 (1.92%) Snowflake
19 44 (1.76%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 146 (5.84%) Firewall
2 131 (5.24%) Broadband
3 85 (3.40%) VPN
4 74 (2.96%) WAN
5 71 (2.84%) DNS
6 65 (2.60%) LAN
7 59 (2.36%) Network Security
8 49 (1.96%) TCP/IP
9 46 (1.84%) DHCP
10 45 (1.80%) Wi-Fi
11 37 (1.48%) HTTP
12 33 (1.32%) SD-WAN
13 29 (1.16%) Cisco ASA
14 28 (1.12%) VXLAN
15 25 (1.00%) Cisco Firepower
16 23 (0.92%) VLAN
17 21 (0.84%) BGP
18 18 (0.72%) SSL
19 17 (0.68%) MPLS
19 17 (0.68%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 256 (10.24%) PostgreSQL
2 253 (10.12%) MongoDB
3 113 (4.52%) NoSQL
4 111 (4.44%) Elasticsearch
5 106 (4.24%) MySQL
6 105 (4.20%) SQL Server
7 84 (3.36%) Azure SQL Database
8 62 (2.48%) Relational Database
9 57 (2.28%) Amazon RDS
9 57 (2.28%) DynamoDB
10 53 (2.12%) Metadata
11 47 (1.88%) Redis
12 40 (1.60%) Data Warehouse
13 34 (1.36%) Amazon Athena
14 31 (1.24%) Amazon Redshift
15 27 (1.08%) Big Data
16 26 (1.04%) Data Lake
16 26 (1.04%) Power BI
17 22 (0.88%) BigQuery
18 21 (0.84%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 122 (4.88%) Git
2 83 (3.32%) Jenkins
3 79 (3.16%) GitLab
4 66 (2.64%) TeamCity
5 48 (1.92%) Cypress.io
6 44 (1.76%) JIRA
7 29 (1.16%) Claude Code
8 17 (0.68%) Selenium
9 16 (0.64%) JMeter
9 16 (0.64%) JUnit
10 14 (0.56%) Crashlytics
10 14 (0.56%) Maven
10 14 (0.56%) XCTest
11 13 (0.52%) CircleCI
12 12 (0.48%) Postman
13 9 (0.36%) Mockito
14 7 (0.28%) Cucumber
14 7 (0.28%) Jaeger
15 6 (0.24%) MLflow
15 6 (0.24%) Storybook
General
1 616 (24.63%) Social Skills
2 556 (22.23%) Finance
3 290 (11.60%) Public Sector
4 244 (9.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 231 (9.24%) Banking
6 221 (8.84%) Law
7 149 (5.96%) Retail
8 136 (5.44%) Analytical Skills
9 67 (2.68%) Legal
10 56 (2.24%) Back Office
11 55 (2.20%) Financial Institution
12 53 (2.12%) Games
13 48 (1.92%) Swedish Language
14 42 (1.68%) Front Office
15 40 (1.60%) Influencing Skills
16 32 (1.28%) French Language
16 32 (1.28%) Marketing
17 31 (1.24%) Presentation Skills
18 25 (1.00%) Telecoms
19 21 (0.84%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 601 (24.03%) Senior
2 542 (21.67%) Developer
3 436 (17.43%) Software Engineer
4 324 (12.95%) Lead
5 287 (11.48%) Architect
6 150 (6.00%) AWS Engineer
7 149 (5.96%) Full-Stack Developer
8 123 (4.92%) Analyst
9 122 (4.88%) Senior Software Engineer
10 117 (4.68%) .NET Developer
10 117 (4.68%) DevOps Engineer
10 117 (4.68%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 114 (4.56%) Lead Software Engineer
12 102 (4.08%) Senior Developer
13 100 (4.00%) Solutions Architect
14 93 (3.72%) Cloud Engineer
15 92 (3.68%) Consultant
15 92 (3.68%) Engineering Manager
15 92 (3.68%) Lead Developer
16 90 (3.60%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 422 (16.87%) React
2 372 (14.87%) Node.js
3 224 (8.96%) .NET
4 160 (6.40%) REST
5 131 (5.24%) Vue
6 130 (5.20%) RESTful
7 127 (5.08%) Kafka
8 125 (5.00%) Spring
9 123 (4.92%) CSS
10 111 (4.44%) AngularJS
11 109 (4.36%) .NET Core
12 103 (4.12%) ASP.NET
13 95 (3.80%) ASP.NET Core
14 92 (3.68%) Spring Boot
15 84 (3.36%) HTML
16 68 (2.72%) .NET Framework
17 54 (2.16%) Ruby on Rails
18 53 (2.12%) Middleware
19 50 (2.00%) gRPC
20 49 (1.96%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 400 (15.99%) Cloud Native
2 198 (7.92%) Product Ownership
3 184 (7.36%) Distributed Systems
4 99 (3.96%) Public Cloud
5 80 (3.20%) Greenfield Project
6 79 (3.16%) Video\Live Streaming
7 65 (2.60%) Data Centre
8 62 (2.48%) Onboarding
9 59 (2.36%) Management Information System
10 55 (2.20%) Blog
11 52 (2.08%) Security Posture
12 50 (2.00%) AI Agents
13 47 (1.88%) Cyber Threat
14 46 (1.84%) Over-the-Top Content
15 45 (1.80%) Enterprise Software
16 44 (1.76%) Fixed Income
16 44 (1.76%) Hybrid Cloud
17 43 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
18 42 (1.68%) Mobile App
19 38 (1.52%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 212 (8.48%) Linux
2 152 (6.08%) Windows
3 61 (2.44%) Windows Server
4 58 (2.32%) Unix
5 35 (1.40%) Apple iOS
6 22 (0.88%) Android
7 14 (0.56%) Windows 10
8 12 (0.48%) Ubuntu
9 11 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
10 8 (0.32%) Mac OS
10 8 (0.32%) Windows Server 2012
11 7 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
12 5 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 4 (0.16%) CentOS
13 4 (0.16%) Debian
14 1 (0.040%) FreeBSD
14 1 (0.040%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.040%) OpenBSD
14 1 (0.040%) Solaris
14 1 (0.040%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 877 (35.07%) CI/CD
2 835 (33.39%) Agile
3 760 (30.39%) Software Engineering
4 583 (23.31%) DevOps
5 565 (22.59%) Mentoring
6 506 (20.23%) Full-Stack Development
7 497 (19.87%) Microservices
8 448 (17.91%) AI
9 439 (17.55%) Continuous Improvement
10 438 (17.51%) Infrastructure as Code
11 422 (16.87%) Problem-Solving
12 406 (16.23%) Test Automation
13 347 (13.87%) Technical Leadership
14 344 (13.75%) Containerisation
15 303 (12.12%) Roadmaps
16 297 (11.88%) Coaching
17 260 (10.40%) Clean Code
18 257 (10.28%) Scrum
19 242 (9.68%) Machine Learning
20 234 (9.36%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 676 (27.03%) Python
2 535 (21.39%) Java
3 397 (15.87%) TypeScript
4 392 (15.67%) JavaScript
5 377 (15.07%) SQL
6 275 (11.00%) C#
7 195 (7.80%) Go
8 100 (4.00%) Bash
9 75 (3.00%) Scala
10 73 (2.92%) C++
10 73 (2.92%) PHP
11 65 (2.60%) PowerShell
11 65 (2.60%) Ruby
12 33 (1.32%) Kotlin
13 29 (1.16%) Rust
14 17 (0.68%) Bicep
15 14 (0.56%) Swift
16 13 (0.52%) PL/SQL
17 11 (0.44%) DataWeave
18 10 (0.40%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 353 (14.11%) Security Cleared
2 298 (11.92%) Degree
3 297 (11.88%) SC Cleared
4 179 (7.16%) AWS Certification
5 99 (3.96%) CISSP
6 97 (3.88%) Microsoft Certification
7 88 (3.52%) Computer Science Degree
8 83 (3.32%) MCSE
9 78 (3.12%) CISM
10 53 (2.12%) Azure Certification
11 46 (1.84%) DV Cleared
12 38 (1.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 33 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
14 31 (1.24%) ITIL Certification
15 24 (0.96%) CCNP
16 22 (0.88%) DBS Check
17 20 (0.80%) CREST Certified
17 20 (0.80%) Master's Degree
18 17 (0.68%) CCNA
19 16 (0.64%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 191 (7.64%) QA
2 100 (4.00%) NIST
3 94 (3.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 57 (2.28%) Data Quality
5 56 (2.24%) Accessibility
6 50 (2.00%) GDPR
7 32 (1.28%) PCI DSS
8 30 (1.20%) GRC
9 29 (1.16%) ISO 22301
10 25 (1.00%) NCSC
11 20 (0.80%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 18 (0.72%) SOC 2
13 16 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials
14 11 (0.44%) ISO 9001
14 11 (0.44%) JSP 440
15 10 (0.40%) NIST 800
15 10 (0.40%) SLA
16 9 (0.36%) WCAG
17 7 (0.28%) Government Security Classifications
18 6 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 432 (17.27%) Docker
2 65 (2.60%) Active Directory
3 47 (1.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 42 (1.68%) Hyper-V
5 20 (0.80%) Virtual Machines
6 19 (0.76%) vSphere
7 6 (0.24%) Firmware
7 6 (0.24%) KVM
7 6 (0.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 6 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
8 5 (0.20%) VMware NSX
9 3 (0.12%) iptables
10 2 (0.080%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 2 (0.080%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.040%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.040%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 426 (17.03%) Terraform
2 402 (16.07%) Kubernetes
3 132 (5.28%) Ansible
4 120 (4.80%) Grafana
5 45 (1.80%) Prometheus
6 29 (1.16%) Argo
7 26 (1.04%) Microsoft Intune
8 16 (0.64%) Proxmox
9 15 (0.60%) Progress Chef
9 15 (0.60%) Puppet
10 13 (0.52%) Istio
11 12 (0.48%) Podman
11 12 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
12 11 (0.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 9 (0.36%) Cisco CUCM
13 9 (0.36%) CloudHub
13 9 (0.36%) Packer
14 7 (0.28%) ZABBIX
15 6 (0.24%) EMC NetWorker
15 6 (0.24%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 419 (16.75%) Microsoft
2 123 (4.92%) ServiceNow
3 100 (4.00%) Google
4 77 (3.08%) VMware
5 66 (2.64%) Cisco
6 61 (2.44%) Oracle
7 45 (1.80%) Typelevel
8 41 (1.64%) Databricks
9 37 (1.48%) Palo Alto
10 36 (1.44%) Fortinet
11 34 (1.36%) Apple
11 34 (1.36%) Splunk
12 30 (1.20%) Adobe
12 30 (1.20%) SAP
12 30 (1.20%) SolarWinds
13 26 (1.04%) Salesforce
14 23 (0.92%) OpenAI
15 21 (0.84%) Aruba
15 21 (0.84%) Dell
16 20 (0.80%) Dynatrace