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

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 11 9
Rank change year-on-year +3 -2 -3
Permanent jobs citing AWS 2,080 2,067 4,485
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 11.80% 15.63% 13.77%
As % of the Cloud Services category 30.80% 34.62% 31.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1,306 1,602 3,922
10th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £53,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,801 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.79% +3.57% -3.45%
75th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £122,500 £112,500
UK median annual salary £70,079 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.34% +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 6,753 5,970 14,061
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.31% 45.14% 43.16%
Number of salaries quoted 4,532 4,680 12,108
10th Percentile £33,750 £33,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £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 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £108,042 £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 17 April 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 74 (3.56%) Apache Airflow
2 38 (1.83%) Apache Spark
3 23 (1.11%) Apache
4 21 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
5 16 (0.77%) CMS
6 15 (0.72%) Confluence
7 12 (0.58%) nginx
8 11 (0.53%) SharePoint
9 9 (0.43%) WordPress
10 6 (0.29%) Drupal
11 5 (0.24%) Anypoint
11 5 (0.24%) Apache Pulsar
11 5 (0.24%) Apache Solr
11 5 (0.24%) Ethereum
12 4 (0.19%) ArcGIS
12 4 (0.19%) GeoServer
12 4 (0.19%) Oracle Spatial
13 3 (0.14%) IIS
13 3 (0.14%) SAS
14 2 (0.096%) Tomcat
Applications
1 102 (4.90%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (0.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.29%) Chatbot
4 6 (0.29%) MS Visio
4 6 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (0.24%) AutoCAD
5 5 (0.24%) DaVinci Resolve
6 4 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
6 4 (0.19%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.048%) EngageOne
7 1 (0.048%) Notion
7 1 (0.048%) Trello
Business Applications
1 12 (0.58%) Shopify
2 9 (0.43%) Cloudability
3 8 (0.38%) Oracle ERP
4 5 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
6 3 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.096%) Magento
7 2 (0.096%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.048%) Oracle Assets
8 1 (0.048%) Sprinklr
8 1 (0.048%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 870 (41.83%) Azure
2 585 (28.13%) GCP
3 278 (13.37%) Serverless
4 243 (11.68%) SaaS
5 195 (9.38%) GitHub
6 186 (8.94%) AWS Lambda
7 183 (8.80%) Amazon S3
8 156 (7.50%) Microsoft 365
9 141 (6.78%) Amazon EKS
10 100 (4.81%) AWS CloudFormation
11 95 (4.57%) GitHub Actions
12 87 (4.18%) Amazon EC2
13 86 (4.13%) Amazon ECS
14 79 (3.80%) Amazon SQS
15 65 (3.13%) Entra ID
16 63 (3.03%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 50 (2.40%) Azure DevOps
18 47 (2.26%) dbt
19 40 (1.92%) Snowflake
20 39 (1.88%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 126 (6.06%) Firewall
2 105 (5.05%) Broadband
3 64 (3.08%) WAN
4 59 (2.84%) VPN
5 57 (2.74%) LAN
6 53 (2.55%) DNS
7 49 (2.36%) TCP/IP
8 48 (2.31%) Wi-Fi
9 43 (2.07%) Network Security
10 32 (1.54%) HTTP
11 31 (1.49%) SD-WAN
12 29 (1.39%) Cisco ASA
13 28 (1.35%) DHCP
14 26 (1.25%) VXLAN
15 25 (1.20%) VLAN
16 24 (1.15%) Cisco Firepower
17 23 (1.11%) BGP
18 18 (0.87%) NGFW
18 18 (0.87%) SSL
19 17 (0.82%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 186 (8.94%) PostgreSQL
2 131 (6.30%) NoSQL
3 116 (5.58%) MongoDB
4 107 (5.14%) SQL Server
5 77 (3.70%) MySQL
6 75 (3.61%) Amazon RDS
7 58 (2.79%) DynamoDB
7 58 (2.79%) Relational Database
8 50 (2.40%) Data Warehouse
9 48 (2.31%) Metadata
10 43 (2.07%) Elasticsearch
11 42 (2.02%) BigQuery
12 41 (1.97%) Amazon Redshift
13 33 (1.59%) Amazon Athena
14 29 (1.39%) Tableau
15 28 (1.35%) Redis
16 27 (1.30%) Data Lake
17 23 (1.11%) RDBMS
18 19 (0.91%) Apache Iceberg
19 18 (0.87%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 132 (6.35%) Git
2 92 (4.42%) Jenkins
3 83 (3.99%) GitLab
4 64 (3.08%) TeamCity
5 54 (2.60%) Cypress.io
6 44 (2.12%) JIRA
7 22 (1.06%) Selenium
8 20 (0.96%) CircleCI
9 19 (0.91%) Jaeger
10 16 (0.77%) Bitbucket
10 16 (0.77%) JMeter
11 14 (0.67%) Cucumber
11 14 (0.67%) SonarQube
12 13 (0.63%) MLflow
13 10 (0.48%) Crashlytics
13 10 (0.48%) Subversion
13 10 (0.48%) XCTest
14 9 (0.43%) JUnit
15 8 (0.38%) Oracle Forms
15 8 (0.38%) Vite
General
1 599 (28.80%) Social Skills
2 460 (22.12%) Finance
3 236 (11.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 206 (9.90%) Banking
5 195 (9.38%) Public Sector
6 187 (8.99%) Law
7 162 (7.79%) Retail
8 126 (6.06%) Analytical Skills
9 77 (3.70%) French Language
10 76 (3.65%) Financial Institution
11 67 (3.22%) Back Office
12 55 (2.64%) Telecoms
13 54 (2.60%) Legal
14 53 (2.55%) Front Office
15 49 (2.36%) Influencing Skills
16 36 (1.73%) Swedish Language
17 35 (1.68%) Games
18 33 (1.59%) Marketing
19 31 (1.49%) Health Technology
19 31 (1.49%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 479 (23.03%) Senior
2 397 (19.09%) Developer
3 351 (16.88%) Software Engineer
4 286 (13.75%) Lead
5 200 (9.62%) Architect
6 132 (6.35%) Analyst
7 131 (6.30%) AWS Engineer
8 115 (5.53%) Full-Stack Developer
9 112 (5.38%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 105 (5.05%) Senior Software Engineer
11 100 (4.81%) Lead Developer
12 95 (4.57%) DevOps Engineer
13 92 (4.42%) Data Engineer
14 87 (4.18%) Java Engineer
15 85 (4.09%) Service Analyst
15 85 (4.09%) Service Desk Analyst
16 81 (3.89%) Cloud Engineer
17 79 (3.80%) Software Developer
18 76 (3.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
18 76 (3.65%) Lead Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 367 (17.64%) React
2 247 (11.88%) Node.js
3 144 (6.92%) .NET
3 144 (6.92%) Kafka
4 119 (5.72%) REST
5 115 (5.53%) RESTful
6 109 (5.24%) CSS
7 108 (5.19%) Spring
8 90 (4.33%) Spring Boot
9 81 (3.89%) HTML
10 72 (3.46%) Vue
11 68 (3.27%) gRPC
12 65 (3.13%) AngularJS
13 55 (2.64%) Django
14 52 (2.50%) Redux
15 46 (2.21%) .NET Core
16 45 (2.16%) Elastic Stack
17 40 (1.92%) GraphQL
17 40 (1.92%) JSON
18 38 (1.83%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 319 (15.34%) Cloud Native
2 149 (7.16%) Distributed Systems
3 148 (7.12%) Product Ownership
4 87 (4.18%) Public Cloud
5 67 (3.22%) Onboarding
6 60 (2.88%) Data Centre
7 59 (2.84%) Greenfield Project
7 59 (2.84%) Management Information System
8 57 (2.74%) Blog
8 57 (2.74%) Enterprise Software
9 54 (2.60%) Security Posture
9 54 (2.60%) Video\Live Streaming
10 47 (2.26%) Fixed Income
11 45 (2.16%) Over-the-Top Content
12 44 (2.12%) Mobile App
12 44 (2.12%) Self-Motivation
13 40 (1.92%) Hybrid Cloud
14 35 (1.68%) Data Structures
15 33 (1.59%) PKI
16 31 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 197 (9.47%) Linux
2 103 (4.95%) Windows
3 65 (3.13%) Unix
4 51 (2.45%) Android
4 51 (2.45%) Apple iOS
5 48 (2.31%) Windows Server
6 24 (1.15%) Windows 10
7 21 (1.01%) Mac OS
8 18 (0.87%) Windows Server 2016
9 17 (0.82%) Windows Server 2012
10 15 (0.72%) Windows Server 2019
11 13 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 9 (0.43%) Ubuntu
13 7 (0.34%) CentOS
14 2 (0.096%) VMS
15 1 (0.048%) Debian
15 1 (0.048%) FreeBSD
15 1 (0.048%) Mac OS X
15 1 (0.048%) OpenBSD
15 1 (0.048%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 710 (34.13%) CI/CD
2 609 (29.28%) Agile
3 600 (28.85%) Software Engineering
4 534 (25.67%) DevOps
5 461 (22.16%) Mentoring
6 382 (18.37%) Microservices
7 372 (17.88%) Full-Stack Development
8 363 (17.45%) Infrastructure as Code
9 357 (17.16%) Problem-Solving
10 336 (16.15%) AI
11 328 (15.77%) Continuous Improvement
12 316 (15.19%) Containerisation
13 264 (12.69%) Test Automation
14 258 (12.40%) Roadmaps
15 242 (11.63%) Coaching
16 216 (10.38%) Technical Leadership
17 203 (9.76%) Clean Code
18 183 (8.80%) Machine Learning
19 177 (8.51%) Observability
20 169 (8.13%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 626 (30.10%) Python
2 527 (25.34%) Java
3 317 (15.24%) JavaScript
4 313 (15.05%) TypeScript
5 294 (14.13%) SQL
6 216 (10.38%) Go
7 206 (9.90%) C#
8 123 (5.91%) Bash
9 80 (3.85%) PHP
10 73 (3.51%) Scala
11 66 (3.17%) C++
12 43 (2.07%) PowerShell
13 35 (1.68%) Ruby
14 32 (1.54%) Kotlin
15 24 (1.15%) Rust
16 14 (0.67%) Bicep
16 14 (0.67%) Shell Script
17 10 (0.48%) Swift
18 9 (0.43%) PL/SQL
19 8 (0.38%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 334 (16.06%) Degree
2 229 (11.01%) Security Cleared
3 218 (10.48%) AWS Certification
4 195 (9.38%) SC Cleared
5 131 (6.30%) Microsoft Certification
6 115 (5.53%) Computer Science Degree
7 102 (4.90%) MCSE
8 57 (2.74%) Azure Certification
9 51 (2.45%) CISSP
10 44 (2.12%) DV Cleared
11 35 (1.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 35 (1.68%) CREST Certified
12 34 (1.63%) Cisco Certification
13 32 (1.54%) TOGAF Certification
14 29 (1.39%) CISM
15 27 (1.30%) DBS Check
16 26 (1.25%) OSCP
17 20 (0.96%) CCNP
17 20 (0.96%) Master's Degree
18 18 (0.87%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 185 (8.89%) QA
2 91 (4.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 55 (2.64%) GDPR
4 54 (2.60%) NIST
5 50 (2.40%) PCI DSS
6 48 (2.31%) Accessibility
7 44 (2.12%) Data Quality
8 33 (1.59%) GRC
8 33 (1.59%) SOC 2
9 27 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials
10 20 (0.96%) SLA
11 16 (0.77%) NCSC
12 15 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
12 15 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 12 (0.58%) JSP 440
14 10 (0.48%) ISO 9001
15 9 (0.43%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 8 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 42001
17 7 (0.34%) Government Security Classifications
18 6 (0.29%) EU AI Act
System Software
1 417 (20.05%) Docker
2 72 (3.46%) Active Directory
3 33 (1.59%) Hyper-V
4 30 (1.44%) VMware Infrastructure
5 15 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
6 14 (0.67%) vSphere
7 7 (0.34%) Firmware
8 5 (0.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 5 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (0.19%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 4 (0.19%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.096%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 2 (0.096%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.048%) KVM
11 1 (0.048%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.048%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 417 (20.05%) Terraform
2 382 (18.37%) Kubernetes
3 151 (7.26%) Ansible
4 145 (6.97%) Grafana
5 78 (3.75%) Prometheus
6 50 (2.40%) Argo
7 29 (1.39%) Single Sign-On
8 27 (1.30%) Microsoft Intune
9 19 (0.91%) Kustomize
10 18 (0.87%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 12 (0.58%) Podman
12 8 (0.38%) Cisco CUCM
12 8 (0.38%) Istio
12 8 (0.38%) Proxmox
12 8 (0.38%) Puppet
13 7 (0.34%) Nmap
13 7 (0.34%) Progress Chef
14 6 (0.29%) Packer
15 5 (0.24%) AWS Copilot
15 5 (0.24%) Kibana
Vendors
1 307 (14.76%) Microsoft
2 136 (6.54%) Google
3 110 (5.29%) ServiceNow
4 65 (3.13%) Cisco
5 56 (2.69%) VMware
6 55 (2.64%) Oracle
7 45 (2.16%) Typelevel
8 39 (1.88%) Apple
9 35 (1.68%) Splunk
10 33 (1.59%) Adobe
11 29 (1.39%) Fortinet
11 29 (1.39%) Palo Alto
11 29 (1.39%) Red Hat
11 29 (1.39%) SolarWinds
12 28 (1.35%) Databricks
13 25 (1.20%) SAP
14 24 (1.15%) Salesforce
15 18 (0.87%) Dell
15 18 (0.87%) Okta
16 15 (0.72%) Arista