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

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 9 9
Rank change year-on-year -1 0 -2
Permanent jobs citing AWS 1,978 2,250 4,387
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 11.57% 16.77% 14.38%
As % of the Cloud Services category 30.88% 35.37% 31.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,288 1,626 3,857
10th Percentile £45,750 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £53,750 £51,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +7.41% -6.90%
75th Percentile £91,250 £96,250 £87,500
90th Percentile £110,375 £118,750 £111,250
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 6,405 6,361 13,744
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.46% 47.41% 45.06%
Number of salaries quoted 4,321 4,734 11,919
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,764 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,231 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,750 £64,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.63% +7.92% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £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 22 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 73 (3.69%) Apache Airflow
2 39 (1.97%) Apache Spark
3 28 (1.42%) Apache
4 23 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
5 16 (0.81%) CMS
6 12 (0.61%) Confluence
6 12 (0.61%) nginx
7 11 (0.56%) SharePoint
8 9 (0.46%) WordPress
9 7 (0.35%) Tomcat
9 7 (0.35%) WebSphere
9 7 (0.35%) WebSphere Application Server
10 6 (0.30%) Drupal
11 5 (0.25%) Anypoint
11 5 (0.25%) Apache Pulsar
11 5 (0.25%) Ethereum
12 4 (0.20%) ArcGIS
12 4 (0.20%) GeoServer
12 4 (0.20%) Oracle Spatial
12 4 (0.20%) SAS
Applications
1 111 (5.61%) 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 1 (0.051%) EngageOne
7 1 (0.051%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.051%) Notion
Business Applications
1 12 (0.61%) Oracle ERP
1 12 (0.61%) Shopify
2 8 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.10%) Magento
4 2 (0.10%) SAP HR
5 1 (0.051%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.051%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.051%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.051%) Sprinklr
5 1 (0.051%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 850 (42.97%) Azure
2 536 (27.10%) GCP
3 276 (13.95%) Serverless
4 248 (12.54%) SaaS
5 196 (9.91%) GitHub
6 183 (9.25%) AWS Lambda
7 180 (9.10%) Amazon S3
8 165 (8.34%) Microsoft 365
9 140 (7.08%) Amazon EKS
10 108 (5.46%) AWS CloudFormation
11 95 (4.80%) GitHub Actions
12 82 (4.15%) Amazon EC2
13 80 (4.04%) Amazon ECS
14 74 (3.74%) Amazon SQS
15 72 (3.64%) Entra ID
16 66 (3.34%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 54 (2.73%) Azure DevOps
18 52 (2.63%) dbt
19 44 (2.22%) Snowflake
20 40 (2.02%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 125 (6.32%) Firewall
2 89 (4.50%) Broadband
3 61 (3.08%) VPN
4 57 (2.88%) WAN
5 50 (2.53%) TCP/IP
6 48 (2.43%) DNS
6 48 (2.43%) LAN
6 48 (2.43%) Wi-Fi
7 45 (2.28%) Network Security
8 29 (1.47%) SD-WAN
9 27 (1.37%) DHCP
10 26 (1.31%) VXLAN
11 25 (1.26%) Cisco ASA
12 22 (1.11%) BGP
12 22 (1.11%) VLAN
13 21 (1.06%) SSL
14 20 (1.01%) Cisco Firepower
15 18 (0.91%) HTTP
15 18 (0.91%) NGFW
16 16 (0.81%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 184 (9.30%) PostgreSQL
2 123 (6.22%) NoSQL
3 103 (5.21%) SQL Server
4 100 (5.06%) MongoDB
5 84 (4.25%) MySQL
6 75 (3.79%) Amazon RDS
7 61 (3.08%) Relational Database
8 53 (2.68%) Data Warehouse
9 50 (2.53%) DynamoDB
10 47 (2.38%) Metadata
11 45 (2.28%) Elasticsearch
12 43 (2.17%) BigQuery
13 41 (2.07%) Amazon Redshift
14 34 (1.72%) Tableau
15 33 (1.67%) Amazon Athena
16 32 (1.62%) Data Lake
17 29 (1.47%) Redis
18 27 (1.37%) Apache Iceberg
19 22 (1.11%) Power BI
19 22 (1.11%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 121 (6.12%) Git
2 105 (5.31%) Jenkins
3 78 (3.94%) GitLab
4 61 (3.08%) TeamCity
5 44 (2.22%) Cypress.io
6 33 (1.67%) JIRA
7 21 (1.06%) Selenium
8 19 (0.96%) Jaeger
9 15 (0.76%) CircleCI
9 15 (0.76%) JMeter
10 14 (0.71%) Bitbucket
10 14 (0.71%) Cucumber
11 13 (0.66%) MLflow
11 13 (0.66%) SonarQube
12 12 (0.61%) Oracle Forms
13 11 (0.56%) JUnit
14 9 (0.46%) Crashlytics
14 9 (0.46%) Subversion
14 9 (0.46%) XCTest
15 8 (0.40%) Burp Suite
General
1 604 (30.54%) Social Skills
2 437 (22.09%) Finance
3 217 (10.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 185 (9.35%) Public Sector
5 182 (9.20%) Banking
6 164 (8.29%) Retail
7 161 (8.14%) Law
8 129 (6.52%) Analytical Skills
9 92 (4.65%) French Language
10 71 (3.59%) Financial Institution
11 61 (3.08%) Back Office
12 57 (2.88%) Front Office
13 55 (2.78%) Swedish Language
13 55 (2.78%) Telecoms
14 53 (2.68%) Legal
15 50 (2.53%) Games
16 45 (2.28%) Influencing Skills
17 35 (1.77%) Marketing
18 33 (1.67%) Tech for Good
19 30 (1.52%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 456 (23.05%) Senior
2 381 (19.26%) Developer
3 313 (15.82%) Software Engineer
4 274 (13.85%) Lead
5 200 (10.11%) Architect
6 131 (6.62%) Analyst
7 121 (6.12%) Full-Stack Developer
8 115 (5.81%) AWS Engineer
9 100 (5.06%) Lead Developer
10 98 (4.95%) Senior Software Engineer
11 96 (4.85%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 92 (4.65%) Service Analyst
12 92 (4.65%) Service Desk Analyst
13 88 (4.45%) Java Engineer
14 87 (4.40%) DevOps Engineer
15 85 (4.30%) Data Engineer
16 80 (4.04%) Cloud Engineer
17 71 (3.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 71 (3.59%) Java Software Engineer
17 71 (3.59%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 356 (18.00%) React
2 232 (11.73%) Node.js
3 150 (7.58%) .NET
4 148 (7.48%) Kafka
5 132 (6.67%) RESTful
6 106 (5.36%) REST
6 106 (5.36%) Spring
7 100 (5.06%) CSS
8 94 (4.75%) Spring Boot
9 82 (4.15%) HTML
10 70 (3.54%) Vue
11 65 (3.29%) AngularJS
12 63 (3.19%) gRPC
13 61 (3.08%) Django
14 55 (2.78%) Redux
15 49 (2.48%) .NET Core
16 46 (2.33%) Elastic Stack
17 41 (2.07%) GraphQL
17 41 (2.07%) JSON
18 35 (1.77%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 306 (15.47%) Cloud Native
2 142 (7.18%) Distributed Systems
3 111 (5.61%) Product Ownership
4 69 (3.49%) Public Cloud
5 62 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
6 61 (3.08%) Management Information System
7 60 (3.03%) Data Centre
8 59 (2.98%) Onboarding
9 55 (2.78%) Blog
10 51 (2.58%) Fixed Income
10 51 (2.58%) Security Posture
11 45 (2.28%) Video\Live Streaming
12 43 (2.17%) Greenfield Project
13 41 (2.07%) Self-Motivation
14 40 (2.02%) Legacy Systems
15 36 (1.82%) Hybrid Cloud
15 36 (1.82%) Mobile App
15 36 (1.82%) Over-the-Top Content
16 35 (1.77%) PKI
17 34 (1.72%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 201 (10.16%) Linux
2 104 (5.26%) Windows
3 73 (3.69%) Unix
4 52 (2.63%) Windows Server
5 49 (2.48%) Android
6 48 (2.43%) Apple iOS
7 26 (1.31%) Windows 10
8 21 (1.06%) Mac OS
9 18 (0.91%) Windows Server 2012
10 17 (0.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 17 (0.86%) Windows Server 2016
11 16 (0.81%) Windows Server 2019
12 10 (0.51%) Ubuntu
13 7 (0.35%) CentOS
14 4 (0.20%) VMS
15 1 (0.051%) Debian
15 1 (0.051%) FreeBSD
15 1 (0.051%) Mac OS X
15 1 (0.051%) OpenBSD
15 1 (0.051%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 681 (34.43%) CI/CD
2 586 (29.63%) Agile
3 540 (27.30%) Software Engineering
4 533 (26.95%) DevOps
5 450 (22.75%) Mentoring
6 364 (18.40%) Microservices
7 346 (17.49%) Full-Stack Development
8 343 (17.34%) Infrastructure as Code
9 339 (17.14%) Problem-Solving
10 309 (15.62%) AI
11 305 (15.42%) Continuous Improvement
12 291 (14.71%) Containerisation
13 242 (12.23%) Test Automation
14 238 (12.03%) Coaching
15 224 (11.32%) Roadmaps
16 192 (9.71%) Technical Leadership
17 181 (9.15%) Clean Code
18 172 (8.70%) ITIL
19 171 (8.65%) Computer Science
20 169 (8.54%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 620 (31.34%) Python
2 492 (24.87%) Java
3 312 (15.77%) JavaScript
4 304 (15.37%) TypeScript
5 293 (14.81%) SQL
6 201 (10.16%) C#
6 201 (10.16%) Go
7 125 (6.32%) Bash
8 77 (3.89%) PHP
9 62 (3.13%) Scala
10 54 (2.73%) PowerShell
11 53 (2.68%) C++
12 28 (1.42%) Kotlin
13 27 (1.37%) Ruby
14 21 (1.06%) Rust
15 17 (0.86%) Bicep
15 17 (0.86%) Shell Script
16 13 (0.66%) PL/SQL
17 9 (0.46%) Swift
18 8 (0.40%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 349 (17.64%) Degree
2 236 (11.93%) AWS Certification
3 222 (11.22%) Security Cleared
4 189 (9.56%) SC Cleared
5 147 (7.43%) Microsoft Certification
6 120 (6.07%) Computer Science Degree
7 113 (5.71%) MCSE
8 70 (3.54%) Azure Certification
9 52 (2.63%) CISSP
10 40 (2.02%) DV Cleared
11 38 (1.92%) Cisco Certification
12 36 (1.82%) TOGAF Certification
13 34 (1.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 33 (1.67%) CREST Certified
15 29 (1.47%) CISM
16 24 (1.21%) Master's Degree
17 23 (1.16%) DBS Check
18 22 (1.11%) CCNP
18 22 (1.11%) OSCP
19 20 (1.01%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 188 (9.50%) QA
2 92 (4.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 57 (2.88%) GDPR
3 57 (2.88%) NIST
4 51 (2.58%) PCI DSS
5 43 (2.17%) Data Quality
6 36 (1.82%) Accessibility
7 32 (1.62%) GRC
7 32 (1.62%) SOC 2
8 28 (1.42%) Cyber Essentials
9 27 (1.37%) SLA
10 16 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 16 (0.81%) NCSC
11 14 (0.71%) Actionable Recommendations
12 13 (0.66%) JSP 440
13 10 (0.51%) ISO 9001
14 9 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 7 (0.35%) Government Security Classifications
15 7 (0.35%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 6 (0.30%) EU AI Act
System Software
1 397 (20.07%) Docker
2 80 (4.04%) Active Directory
3 36 (1.82%) Hyper-V
4 31 (1.57%) VMware Infrastructure
5 15 (0.76%) Virtual Machines
6 14 (0.71%) vSphere
7 6 (0.30%) Firmware
7 6 (0.30%) VMware NSX
8 4 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 4 (0.20%) Veritas Cluster Server
8 4 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.051%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.051%) KVM
10 1 (0.051%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.051%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 402 (20.32%) Terraform
2 368 (18.60%) Kubernetes
3 152 (7.68%) Ansible
4 138 (6.98%) Grafana
5 76 (3.84%) Prometheus
6 44 (2.22%) Argo
7 32 (1.62%) Single Sign-On
8 29 (1.47%) Microsoft Intune
9 19 (0.96%) Kustomize
10 17 (0.86%) 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
13 5 (0.25%) AWS Copilot
13 5 (0.25%) Packer
13 5 (0.25%) Progress Chef
13 5 (0.25%) Puppet
14 4 (0.20%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 280 (14.16%) Microsoft
2 136 (6.88%) Google
3 111 (5.61%) ServiceNow
4 60 (3.03%) Cisco
5 59 (2.98%) Oracle
6 58 (2.93%) VMware
7 36 (1.82%) Typelevel
8 33 (1.67%) Databricks
9 30 (1.52%) Apple
9 30 (1.52%) Red Hat
10 26 (1.31%) Salesforce
10 26 (1.31%) Splunk
11 24 (1.21%) Palo Alto
11 24 (1.21%) SAP
12 23 (1.16%) Fortinet
13 21 (1.06%) Okta
14 20 (1.01%) SolarWinds
15 19 (0.96%) Adobe
15 19 (0.96%) IBM
16 17 (0.86%) Dell