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

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 13 8
Rank change year-on-year +4 -5 -2
Permanent jobs citing AWS 2,624 2,089 3,632
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 11.55% 12.57% 14.59%
As % of the Cloud Services category 30.27% 35.11% 35.56%
Number of salaries quoted 1,710 1,321 2,911
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £54,117 £57,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% - -
75th Percentile £90,000 £107,500 £106,250
90th Percentile £105,125 £135,000 £142,500
UK median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year - - -3.33%

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 8,670 5,950 10,214
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.15% 35.81% 41.04%
Number of salaries quoted 6,273 4,388 7,983
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £36,750
25th Percentile £45,250 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £81,313 £84,964
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -5.51%

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 13 August 2026.

AWS salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

AWS
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 41 (1.56%) Apache Spark
2 36 (1.37%) Apache Airflow
3 24 (0.91%) Apache
3 24 (0.91%) Confluence
4 19 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
5 17 (0.65%) SharePoint
6 16 (0.61%) Anypoint
6 16 (0.61%) IIS
7 14 (0.53%) WordPress
8 13 (0.50%) Mule
9 11 (0.42%) CMS
10 7 (0.27%) Jupyter
10 7 (0.27%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 6 (0.23%) Apache Solr
11 6 (0.23%) SAS
12 4 (0.15%) ArcGIS
12 4 (0.15%) Camunda
12 4 (0.15%) Ethereum
12 4 (0.15%) Sitecore CMS
13 3 (0.11%) GeoServer
Applications
1 87 (3.32%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (0.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (0.42%) MS Visio
4 10 (0.38%) Chatbot
4 10 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.19%) AutoCAD
5 5 (0.19%) DaVinci Resolve
6 4 (0.15%) Moqups
7 2 (0.076%) Elementor
7 2 (0.076%) PlantUML
7 2 (0.076%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.038%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.038%) Houdini
8 1 (0.038%) Lightworks
8 1 (0.038%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.038%) NUKE
8 1 (0.038%) Trello
8 1 (0.038%) Weka
Business Applications
1 24 (0.91%) Cloudability
2 6 (0.23%) NetSuite
2 6 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.11%) Shopify
4 2 (0.076%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.038%) Finacle
5 1 (0.038%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.038%) Magento
5 1 (0.038%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.038%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 1,231 (46.91%) Azure
2 668 (25.46%) GCP
3 304 (11.59%) SaaS
4 234 (8.92%) Serverless
5 211 (8.04%) GitHub
6 164 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
7 154 (5.87%) AWS Lambda
8 148 (5.64%) Amazon S3
9 113 (4.31%) AWS CloudFormation
10 93 (3.54%) GitHub Actions
11 90 (3.43%) Amazon EC2
11 90 (3.43%) Amazon EKS
12 86 (3.28%) Amazon ECS
13 69 (2.63%) Amazon SQS
13 69 (2.63%) Snowflake
14 67 (2.55%) Azure DevOps
15 65 (2.48%) GitHub Copilot
16 48 (1.83%) Anthropic Claude
17 47 (1.79%) Entra ID
17 47 (1.79%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 124 (4.73%) Firewall
2 106 (4.04%) Broadband
3 75 (2.86%) VPN
4 74 (2.82%) DNS
5 70 (2.67%) Network Security
6 68 (2.59%) WAN
7 60 (2.29%) LAN
8 58 (2.21%) TCP/IP
9 43 (1.64%) DHCP
10 40 (1.52%) HTTP
11 30 (1.14%) SD-WAN
12 26 (0.99%) Cisco ASA
13 23 (0.88%) VLAN
14 22 (0.84%) SSL
14 22 (0.84%) Wi-Fi
15 20 (0.76%) Cisco Firepower
16 14 (0.53%) BGP
17 12 (0.46%) OSPF
18 11 (0.42%) Internet
18 11 (0.42%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 271 (10.33%) PostgreSQL
2 248 (9.45%) MongoDB
3 122 (4.65%) SQL Server
4 108 (4.12%) Elasticsearch
5 107 (4.08%) MySQL
6 102 (3.89%) NoSQL
7 84 (3.20%) Azure SQL Database
8 64 (2.44%) DynamoDB
9 62 (2.36%) Redis
10 58 (2.21%) Relational Database
11 53 (2.02%) Amazon RDS
12 41 (1.56%) Power BI
13 40 (1.52%) Data Warehouse
14 34 (1.30%) Metadata
15 29 (1.11%) Amazon Athena
15 29 (1.11%) Big Data
16 26 (0.99%) Data Lake
17 25 (0.95%) Amazon Redshift
18 24 (0.91%) Tableau
19 16 (0.61%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 148 (5.64%) Git
2 88 (3.35%) Jenkins
3 81 (3.09%) GitLab
4 66 (2.52%) JIRA
5 58 (2.21%) Cypress.io
6 55 (2.10%) TeamCity
7 44 (1.68%) Claude Code
8 28 (1.07%) JUnit
9 26 (0.99%) Selenium
10 20 (0.76%) Postman
11 19 (0.72%) Maven
12 15 (0.57%) Mockito
13 13 (0.50%) CircleCI
13 13 (0.50%) Crashlytics
13 13 (0.50%) XCTest
14 12 (0.46%) Bitbucket
14 12 (0.46%) JMeter
15 11 (0.42%) Cucumber
16 8 (0.30%) SonarQube
17 7 (0.27%) Gatling
General
1 693 (26.41%) Social Skills
2 612 (23.32%) Finance
3 299 (11.39%) Public Sector
4 238 (9.07%) Banking
4 238 (9.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 207 (7.89%) Law
6 147 (5.60%) Analytical Skills
7 116 (4.42%) Retail
8 83 (3.16%) Legal
9 55 (2.10%) Games
10 49 (1.87%) Financial Institution
11 48 (1.83%) Swedish Language
12 47 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
13 44 (1.68%) Back Office
14 43 (1.64%) Marketing
15 39 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
16 36 (1.37%) French Language
17 34 (1.30%) Front Office
18 32 (1.22%) Telecoms
19 24 (0.91%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 637 (24.28%) Senior
2 551 (21.00%) Developer
3 439 (16.73%) Software Engineer
4 331 (12.61%) Lead
5 295 (11.24%) Architect
6 153 (5.83%) Full-Stack Developer
7 141 (5.37%) AWS Engineer
8 132 (5.03%) Analyst
9 126 (4.80%) DevOps Engineer
10 118 (4.50%) Senior Developer
10 118 (4.50%) Senior Software Engineer
11 117 (4.46%) .NET Developer
12 109 (4.15%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 103 (3.93%) Lead Software Engineer
14 101 (3.85%) Engineering Manager
15 99 (3.77%) Cloud Engineer
15 99 (3.77%) Consultant
16 92 (3.51%) Solutions Architect
17 91 (3.47%) Lead Developer
18 90 (3.43%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 451 (17.19%) React
2 377 (14.37%) Node.js
3 254 (9.68%) .NET
4 199 (7.58%) REST
5 137 (5.22%) Spring
6 132 (5.03%) RESTful
7 131 (4.99%) Vue
8 130 (4.95%) CSS
9 121 (4.61%) .NET Core
9 121 (4.61%) AngularJS
10 111 (4.23%) ASP.NET
10 111 (4.23%) Kafka
11 98 (3.73%) ASP.NET Core
12 97 (3.70%) Spring Boot
13 82 (3.13%) HTML
14 76 (2.90%) Middleware
15 75 (2.86%) .NET Framework
16 64 (2.44%) Ruby on Rails
17 63 (2.40%) LangChain
18 62 (2.36%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 386 (14.71%) Cloud Native
2 192 (7.32%) Product Ownership
3 177 (6.75%) Distributed Systems
4 106 (4.04%) Public Cloud
5 87 (3.32%) AI Agents
6 84 (3.20%) Greenfield Project
7 72 (2.74%) Cyber Threat
8 65 (2.48%) Onboarding
9 60 (2.29%) Video\Live Streaming
10 52 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
11 51 (1.94%) Management Information System
12 49 (1.87%) Enterprise Software
12 49 (1.87%) Security Posture
13 47 (1.79%) Mobile App
14 46 (1.75%) Blog
15 45 (1.71%) Data Centre
15 45 (1.71%) Hybrid Cloud
16 41 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
17 36 (1.37%) Low-Code
18 34 (1.30%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 219 (8.35%) Linux
2 161 (6.14%) Windows
3 62 (2.36%) Unix
4 59 (2.25%) Windows Server
5 32 (1.22%) Apple iOS
6 18 (0.69%) Android
7 12 (0.46%) Ubuntu
8 7 (0.27%) Mac OS
9 6 (0.23%) Windows 10
9 6 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (0.15%) Debian
10 4 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.076%) CentOS
11 2 (0.076%) Solaris
12 1 (0.038%) FreeBSD
12 1 (0.038%) OpenBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 915 (34.87%) CI/CD
2 901 (34.34%) Agile
3 785 (29.92%) Software Engineering
4 620 (23.63%) DevOps
5 573 (21.84%) Mentoring
6 553 (21.07%) AI
7 503 (19.17%) Full-Stack Development
8 494 (18.83%) Microservices
9 479 (18.25%) Continuous Improvement
10 461 (17.57%) Infrastructure as Code
11 424 (16.16%) Problem-Solving
12 421 (16.04%) Test Automation
13 384 (14.63%) Technical Leadership
14 330 (12.58%) Containerisation
15 329 (12.54%) Roadmaps
16 290 (11.05%) Scrum
17 272 (10.37%) Coaching
18 269 (10.25%) Observability
19 258 (9.83%) Clean Code
20 253 (9.64%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 681 (25.95%) Python
2 515 (19.63%) Java
3 418 (15.93%) TypeScript
4 413 (15.74%) JavaScript
5 404 (15.40%) SQL
6 299 (11.39%) C#
7 153 (5.83%) Go
8 86 (3.28%) Bash
9 80 (3.05%) Ruby
10 77 (2.93%) PowerShell
11 70 (2.67%) C++
11 70 (2.67%) PHP
12 56 (2.13%) Scala
13 37 (1.41%) Kotlin
14 24 (0.91%) Rust
15 19 (0.72%) PL/SQL
16 16 (0.61%) DataWeave
16 16 (0.61%) Swift
17 15 (0.57%) Bicep
18 11 (0.42%) C
Qualifications
1 425 (16.20%) Security Cleared
2 360 (13.72%) SC Cleared
3 304 (11.59%) Degree
4 177 (6.75%) AWS Certification
5 122 (4.65%) CISSP
6 100 (3.81%) CISM
7 92 (3.51%) Microsoft Certification
8 90 (3.43%) Computer Science Degree
9 79 (3.01%) MCSE
10 59 (2.25%) Azure Certification
11 56 (2.13%) DV Cleared
12 50 (1.91%) ITIL Certification
13 36 (1.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 34 (1.30%) Cisco Certification
15 26 (0.99%) BPSS Clearance
16 23 (0.88%) CCNP
17 17 (0.65%) CREST Certified
17 17 (0.65%) DBS Check
18 16 (0.61%) CCNA
18 16 (0.61%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 190 (7.24%) QA
2 117 (4.46%) NIST
3 97 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 81 (3.09%) Accessibility
5 66 (2.52%) Data Quality
6 55 (2.10%) GDPR
7 48 (1.83%) ISO 22301
8 30 (1.14%) GRC
8 30 (1.14%) NCSC
9 25 (0.95%) PCI DSS
10 19 (0.72%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 16 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
11 16 (0.61%) SLA
11 16 (0.61%) WCAG
12 11 (0.42%) ISO 9001
13 10 (0.38%) JSP 440
13 10 (0.38%) NIST 800
14 8 (0.30%) SOC 2
15 7 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
15 7 (0.27%) PMO
System Software
1 457 (17.42%) Docker
2 67 (2.55%) Active Directory
3 56 (2.13%) VMware Infrastructure
4 36 (1.37%) Hyper-V
5 23 (0.88%) Virtual Machines
6 20 (0.76%) vSphere
7 8 (0.30%) Firmware
8 7 (0.27%) KVM
8 7 (0.27%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 7 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (0.15%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.11%) iptables
10 3 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.076%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 2 (0.076%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (0.038%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.038%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 431 (16.43%) Terraform
2 408 (15.55%) Kubernetes
3 118 (4.50%) Ansible
4 114 (4.34%) Grafana
5 37 (1.41%) Prometheus
6 23 (0.88%) Argo
7 20 (0.76%) Microsoft Intune
8 16 (0.61%) Istio
8 16 (0.61%) Progress Chef
9 14 (0.53%) Puppet
10 13 (0.50%) CloudHub
10 13 (0.50%) Podman
11 12 (0.46%) Proxmox
12 10 (0.38%) Cisco CUCM
13 7 (0.27%) CASB
13 7 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
13 7 (0.27%) ZABBIX
14 6 (0.23%) EMC VPLEX
14 6 (0.23%) Failover Clustering
14 6 (0.23%) Packer
Vendors
1 440 (16.77%) Microsoft
2 129 (4.92%) Google
3 119 (4.54%) ServiceNow
4 81 (3.09%) VMware
5 70 (2.67%) Cisco
6 67 (2.55%) Oracle
7 56 (2.13%) Databricks
8 40 (1.52%) Palo Alto
9 34 (1.30%) Adobe
9 34 (1.30%) Fortinet
9 34 (1.30%) Salesforce
9 34 (1.30%) SAP
10 33 (1.26%) Splunk
11 29 (1.11%) Apple
11 29 (1.11%) OpenAI
12 27 (1.03%) Typelevel
13 23 (0.88%) Okta
13 23 (0.88%) SolarWinds
14 22 (0.84%) Dynatrace
15 21 (0.80%) MuleSoft