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

6 months to
22 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 13 9
Rank change year-on-year +4 -4 -3
Permanent jobs citing AWS 2,350 2,176 4,925
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 11.59% 13.99% 14.19%
As % of the Cloud Services category 30.48% 36.72% 33.69%
Number of salaries quoted 1,501 1,374 4,150
10th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £54,551 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -3.45%
75th Percentile £90,000 £106,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £135,000 £122,500
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 7,709 5,926 14,617
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.01% 38.11% 42.12%
Number of salaries quoted 5,442 4,317 12,145
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,690 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,750 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -8.73%

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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 22 June 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 61 (2.60%) Apache Airflow
2 42 (1.79%) Apache Spark
3 27 (1.15%) Apache
4 23 (0.98%) Microsoft Exchange
5 16 (0.68%) CMS
6 15 (0.64%) SharePoint
7 9 (0.38%) IIS
8 8 (0.34%) Confluence
9 7 (0.30%) Jupyter
9 7 (0.30%) nginx
10 6 (0.26%) Apache Solr
11 5 (0.21%) WordPress
12 4 (0.17%) Anypoint
12 4 (0.17%) Ethereum
12 4 (0.17%) Mule
13 3 (0.13%) SAS
13 3 (0.13%) Sitecore CMS
14 2 (0.085%) ArcGIS
14 2 (0.085%) Oracle Application Server
14 2 (0.085%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 80 (3.40%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (0.30%) MS Visio
3 6 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (0.21%) AutoCAD
4 5 (0.21%) Chatbot
4 5 (0.21%) DaVinci Resolve
5 4 (0.17%) Microsoft Excel
6 3 (0.13%) Adobe Illustrator
6 3 (0.13%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.085%) PlantUML
8 1 (0.043%) EngageOne
8 1 (0.043%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (1.02%) Cloudability
2 5 (0.21%) Shopify
3 4 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.085%) SAP HR
5 1 (0.043%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.043%) Magento
5 1 (0.043%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.043%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.043%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 995 (42.34%) Azure
2 592 (25.19%) GCP
3 261 (11.11%) Serverless
4 233 (9.91%) SaaS
5 189 (8.04%) GitHub
6 171 (7.28%) Amazon S3
7 169 (7.19%) AWS Lambda
8 143 (6.09%) Microsoft 365
9 117 (4.98%) Amazon EKS
10 102 (4.34%) Amazon EC2
10 102 (4.34%) AWS CloudFormation
11 86 (3.66%) Amazon ECS
12 81 (3.45%) GitHub Actions
13 72 (3.06%) Amazon SQS
14 57 (2.43%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 56 (2.38%) Azure DevOps
16 50 (2.13%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 48 (2.04%) GitHub Copilot
18 47 (2.00%) Entra ID
19 42 (1.79%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 141 (6.00%) Broadband
2 139 (5.91%) Firewall
3 75 (3.19%) VPN
4 74 (3.15%) WAN
5 64 (2.72%) DNS
5 64 (2.72%) LAN
6 56 (2.38%) Network Security
7 48 (2.04%) Wi-Fi
8 41 (1.74%) TCP/IP
9 39 (1.66%) HTTP
10 38 (1.62%) DHCP
11 35 (1.49%) SD-WAN
12 31 (1.32%) Cisco ASA
13 30 (1.28%) VXLAN
14 27 (1.15%) Cisco Firepower
15 23 (0.98%) VLAN
16 21 (0.89%) BGP
17 17 (0.72%) MPLS
17 17 (0.72%) NGFW
17 17 (0.72%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 242 (10.30%) PostgreSQL
2 219 (9.32%) MongoDB
3 129 (5.49%) NoSQL
4 92 (3.91%) SQL Server
5 90 (3.83%) Elasticsearch
5 90 (3.83%) MySQL
6 65 (2.77%) Amazon RDS
6 65 (2.77%) Relational Database
7 63 (2.68%) DynamoDB
8 58 (2.47%) Azure SQL Database
9 57 (2.43%) Metadata
10 45 (1.91%) Data Warehouse
11 40 (1.70%) Amazon Athena
12 36 (1.53%) Redis
13 35 (1.49%) Amazon Redshift
14 31 (1.32%) BigQuery
15 27 (1.15%) Tableau
16 26 (1.11%) Data Lake
17 25 (1.06%) RDBMS
18 22 (0.94%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 129 (5.49%) Git
2 83 (3.53%) GitLab
3 80 (3.40%) Jenkins
4 60 (2.55%) TeamCity
5 51 (2.17%) Cypress.io
6 41 (1.74%) JIRA
7 24 (1.02%) Claude Code
8 18 (0.77%) Jaeger
9 16 (0.68%) JUnit
9 16 (0.68%) Selenium
10 15 (0.64%) CircleCI
11 14 (0.60%) Crashlytics
11 14 (0.60%) JMeter
11 14 (0.60%) Maven
11 14 (0.60%) XCTest
12 10 (0.43%) Postman
13 9 (0.38%) MLflow
13 9 (0.38%) Mockito
14 7 (0.30%) Cucumber
14 7 (0.30%) Metasploit
General
1 554 (23.57%) Social Skills
2 516 (21.96%) Finance
3 254 (10.81%) Public Sector
4 237 (10.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 216 (9.19%) Banking
6 175 (7.45%) Law
7 142 (6.04%) Retail
8 132 (5.62%) Analytical Skills
9 64 (2.72%) Legal
10 52 (2.21%) Back Office
11 51 (2.17%) Financial Institution
11 51 (2.17%) Games
12 45 (1.91%) Influencing Skills
13 42 (1.79%) Front Office
14 41 (1.74%) French Language
15 28 (1.19%) Marketing
16 27 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
16 27 (1.15%) Swedish Language
17 23 (0.98%) Telecoms
18 21 (0.89%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 549 (23.36%) Senior
2 502 (21.36%) Developer
3 412 (17.53%) Software Engineer
4 324 (13.79%) Lead
5 263 (11.19%) Architect
6 157 (6.68%) AWS Engineer
7 142 (6.04%) Full-Stack Developer
8 118 (5.02%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 116 (4.94%) Senior Software Engineer
10 109 (4.64%) Analyst
11 106 (4.51%) Lead Software Engineer
12 103 (4.38%) DevOps Engineer
13 98 (4.17%) Cloud Engineer
14 95 (4.04%) Solutions Architect
15 94 (4.00%) Lead Developer
16 93 (3.96%) Software Developer
17 92 (3.91%) .NET Developer
18 89 (3.79%) Consultant
19 88 (3.74%) Data Engineer
19 88 (3.74%) Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 411 (17.49%) React
2 343 (14.60%) Node.js
3 199 (8.47%) .NET
4 151 (6.43%) REST
5 126 (5.36%) Spring
6 123 (5.23%) Kafka
6 123 (5.23%) RESTful
7 115 (4.89%) CSS
8 112 (4.77%) Vue
9 98 (4.17%) AngularJS
10 90 (3.83%) Spring Boot
11 86 (3.66%) .NET Core
12 78 (3.32%) HTML
13 76 (3.23%) ASP.NET
14 68 (2.89%) ASP.NET Core
15 51 (2.17%) Redux
15 51 (2.17%) Ruby on Rails
16 49 (2.09%) gRPC
17 48 (2.04%) .NET Framework
18 42 (1.79%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 387 (16.47%) Cloud Native
2 194 (8.26%) Product Ownership
3 177 (7.53%) Distributed Systems
4 96 (4.09%) Public Cloud
5 79 (3.36%) Video\Live Streaming
6 78 (3.32%) Greenfield Project
7 64 (2.72%) Data Centre
8 59 (2.51%) Security Posture
9 56 (2.38%) Onboarding
10 53 (2.26%) Management Information System
11 52 (2.21%) Blog
12 46 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
12 46 (1.96%) Over-the-Top Content
13 45 (1.91%) Self-Motivation
14 44 (1.87%) Fixed Income
15 42 (1.79%) Hybrid Cloud
15 42 (1.79%) Mobile App
16 40 (1.70%) PKI
17 37 (1.57%) AI Agents
18 35 (1.49%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 206 (8.77%) Linux
2 122 (5.19%) Windows
3 55 (2.34%) Unix
4 52 (2.21%) Windows Server
5 41 (1.74%) Apple iOS
6 28 (1.19%) Android
7 16 (0.68%) Windows 10
8 13 (0.55%) Windows Server 2016
9 10 (0.43%) Mac OS
9 10 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
10 9 (0.38%) Ubuntu
10 9 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
11 5 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 4 (0.17%) Debian
13 3 (0.13%) CentOS
14 1 (0.043%) FreeBSD
14 1 (0.043%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.043%) OpenBSD
14 1 (0.043%) Windows 7
14 1 (0.043%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 825 (35.11%) CI/CD
2 742 (31.57%) Agile
3 720 (30.64%) Software Engineering
4 539 (22.94%) Mentoring
5 535 (22.77%) DevOps
6 489 (20.81%) Full-Stack Development
7 469 (19.96%) Microservices
8 435 (18.51%) AI
9 430 (18.30%) Infrastructure as Code
10 401 (17.06%) Continuous Improvement
11 388 (16.51%) Problem-Solving
12 344 (14.64%) Test Automation
13 343 (14.60%) Containerisation
14 329 (14.00%) Technical Leadership
15 308 (13.11%) Roadmaps
16 270 (11.49%) Coaching
17 246 (10.47%) Clean Code
18 237 (10.09%) Machine Learning
19 224 (9.53%) Observability
20 216 (9.19%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 653 (27.79%) Python
2 538 (22.89%) Java
3 391 (16.64%) TypeScript
4 369 (15.70%) JavaScript
5 334 (14.21%) SQL
6 250 (10.64%) C#
7 208 (8.85%) Go
8 117 (4.98%) Bash
9 76 (3.23%) Scala
10 70 (2.98%) C++
11 67 (2.85%) PHP
12 60 (2.55%) Ruby
13 50 (2.13%) PowerShell
14 34 (1.45%) Kotlin
15 27 (1.15%) Rust
16 15 (0.64%) Bicep
17 14 (0.60%) Swift
18 13 (0.55%) PL/SQL
19 9 (0.38%) Groovy
20 7 (0.30%) C
Qualifications
1 318 (13.53%) Security Cleared
2 280 (11.91%) Degree
3 265 (11.28%) SC Cleared
4 187 (7.96%) AWS Certification
5 91 (3.87%) Microsoft Certification
6 82 (3.49%) Computer Science Degree
7 75 (3.19%) MCSE
8 63 (2.68%) CISSP
9 56 (2.38%) Azure Certification
10 47 (2.00%) DV Cleared
11 41 (1.74%) CISM
12 37 (1.57%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 32 (1.36%) Cisco Certification
14 26 (1.11%) DBS Check
15 23 (0.98%) CREST Certified
16 20 (0.85%) CCNP
17 19 (0.81%) TOGAF Certification
18 17 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
18 17 (0.72%) OSCP
19 16 (0.68%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 176 (7.49%) QA
2 92 (3.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 67 (2.85%) NIST
4 57 (2.43%) Data Quality
5 53 (2.26%) Accessibility
6 45 (1.91%) GDPR
7 38 (1.62%) PCI DSS
8 29 (1.23%) GRC
9 27 (1.15%) NCSC
10 17 (0.72%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 16 (0.68%) SOC 2
12 15 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials
13 13 (0.55%) JSP 440
14 11 (0.47%) ISO 9001
15 9 (0.38%) SLA
16 8 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
16 8 (0.34%) WCAG
17 7 (0.30%) Government Security Classifications
17 7 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 42001
18 6 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 430 (18.30%) Docker
2 61 (2.60%) Active Directory
3 39 (1.66%) VMware Infrastructure
4 38 (1.62%) Hyper-V
5 20 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
6 18 (0.77%) vSphere
7 6 (0.26%) Firmware
7 6 (0.26%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 6 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
8 5 (0.21%) KVM
9 3 (0.13%) iptables
9 3 (0.13%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.085%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 2 (0.085%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.043%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.043%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 417 (17.74%) Terraform
2 382 (16.26%) Kubernetes
3 145 (6.17%) Ansible
4 119 (5.06%) Grafana
5 63 (2.68%) Prometheus
6 42 (1.79%) Argo
7 22 (0.94%) Microsoft Intune
8 18 (0.77%) Kustomize
9 16 (0.68%) Proxmox
10 14 (0.60%) Progress Chef
11 13 (0.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 12 (0.51%) Istio
12 12 (0.51%) Podman
12 12 (0.51%) Puppet
12 12 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
13 9 (0.38%) Cisco CUCM
13 9 (0.38%) Packer
14 7 (0.30%) Nmap
14 7 (0.30%) ZABBIX
15 6 (0.26%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 367 (15.62%) Microsoft
2 112 (4.77%) Google
3 105 (4.47%) ServiceNow
4 69 (2.94%) Cisco
5 67 (2.85%) VMware
6 51 (2.17%) Oracle
7 45 (1.91%) Typelevel
8 38 (1.62%) Apple
9 37 (1.57%) Databricks
10 35 (1.49%) Fortinet
11 34 (1.45%) Palo Alto
11 34 (1.45%) Splunk
12 33 (1.40%) Adobe
12 33 (1.40%) SolarWinds
13 25 (1.06%) Salesforce
14 23 (0.98%) SAP
15 21 (0.89%) Aruba
16 20 (0.85%) OpenAI
17 18 (0.77%) CheckPoint
17 18 (0.77%) Dynatrace