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

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 13 8
Rank change year-on-year +3 -5 -2
Permanent jobs citing AWS 2,485 2,216 4,684
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 11.71% 13.46% 14.49%
As % of the Cloud Services category 30.07% 35.98% 34.56%
Number of salaries quoted 1,604 1,408 3,935
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% +1.80%
75th Percentile £88,750 £107,625 £96,125
90th Percentile £102,125 £135,000 £125,000
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 8,263 6,159 13,553
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.94% 37.40% 41.92%
Number of salaries quoted 5,885 4,536 11,176
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £35,875
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,353 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.24% +3.92% -7.69%
75th Percentile £84,750 £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 10 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 (2.05%) Apache Airflow
2 40 (1.61%) Apache Spark
3 24 (0.97%) Apache
4 23 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
5 15 (0.60%) IIS
5 15 (0.60%) SharePoint
6 14 (0.56%) CMS
7 9 (0.36%) Anypoint
7 9 (0.36%) Confluence
8 8 (0.32%) Mule
8 8 (0.32%) WordPress
9 7 (0.28%) Jupyter
10 6 (0.24%) Apache Solr
10 6 (0.24%) SAS
11 5 (0.20%) nginx
12 4 (0.16%) Ethereum
12 4 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
13 3 (0.12%) EPiServer
13 3 (0.12%) Immediacy CMS
13 3 (0.12%) Umbraco
Applications
1 90 (3.62%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (0.36%) MS Visio
3 6 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.20%) AutoCAD
4 5 (0.20%) Chatbot
4 5 (0.20%) DaVinci Resolve
5 4 (0.16%) Microsoft Excel
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 (0.97%) Cloudability
2 6 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.12%) Shopify
5 2 (0.080%) NetSuite
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 1,101 (44.31%) Azure
2 626 (25.19%) GCP
3 270 (10.87%) SaaS
4 242 (9.74%) Serverless
5 197 (7.93%) GitHub
6 157 (6.32%) Amazon S3
7 155 (6.24%) AWS Lambda
8 153 (6.16%) Microsoft 365
9 121 (4.87%) Amazon EKS
10 98 (3.94%) AWS CloudFormation
11 96 (3.86%) Amazon EC2
12 86 (3.46%) Amazon ECS
13 85 (3.42%) GitHub Actions
14 65 (2.62%) Amazon SQS
15 60 (2.41%) Azure DevOps
16 57 (2.29%) GitHub Copilot
17 53 (2.13%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 53 (2.13%) Entra ID
18 48 (1.93%) Snowflake
19 44 (1.77%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 146 (5.88%) Firewall
2 136 (5.47%) Broadband
3 85 (3.42%) VPN
4 74 (2.98%) WAN
5 71 (2.86%) DNS
6 64 (2.58%) LAN
7 58 (2.33%) Network Security
8 49 (1.97%) TCP/IP
9 45 (1.81%) DHCP
10 44 (1.77%) Wi-Fi
11 37 (1.49%) HTTP
12 34 (1.37%) SD-WAN
13 29 (1.17%) Cisco ASA
14 28 (1.13%) VXLAN
15 25 (1.01%) Cisco Firepower
16 23 (0.93%) VLAN
17 21 (0.85%) BGP
18 18 (0.72%) SSL
19 17 (0.68%) MPLS
19 17 (0.68%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 258 (10.38%) PostgreSQL
2 254 (10.22%) MongoDB
3 119 (4.79%) NoSQL
4 111 (4.47%) Elasticsearch
5 106 (4.27%) MySQL
6 105 (4.23%) SQL Server
7 84 (3.38%) Azure SQL Database
8 66 (2.66%) Relational Database
9 58 (2.33%) DynamoDB
10 57 (2.29%) Amazon RDS
11 52 (2.09%) Metadata
12 45 (1.81%) Redis
13 39 (1.57%) Data Warehouse
14 35 (1.41%) Amazon Athena
15 30 (1.21%) Amazon Redshift
16 25 (1.01%) Data Lake
16 25 (1.01%) Power BI
17 24 (0.97%) BigQuery
18 22 (0.89%) Big Data
19 21 (0.85%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 120 (4.83%) Git
2 83 (3.34%) Jenkins
3 79 (3.18%) GitLab
4 66 (2.66%) TeamCity
5 48 (1.93%) Cypress.io
6 44 (1.77%) JIRA
7 29 (1.17%) Claude Code
8 17 (0.68%) Selenium
9 16 (0.64%) JMeter
9 16 (0.64%) JUnit
10 15 (0.60%) CircleCI
11 14 (0.56%) Crashlytics
11 14 (0.56%) Maven
11 14 (0.56%) XCTest
12 13 (0.52%) Postman
13 12 (0.48%) Jaeger
14 9 (0.36%) Mockito
15 7 (0.28%) Cucumber
15 7 (0.28%) MLflow
16 6 (0.24%) Storybook
General
1 602 (24.23%) Social Skills
2 549 (22.09%) Finance
3 281 (11.31%) Public Sector
4 241 (9.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 226 (9.09%) Banking
6 220 (8.85%) Law
7 149 (6.00%) Retail
8 136 (5.47%) Analytical Skills
9 65 (2.62%) Legal
10 56 (2.25%) Back Office
11 55 (2.21%) Financial Institution
12 53 (2.13%) Games
13 42 (1.69%) Front Office
14 40 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
14 40 (1.61%) Swedish Language
15 37 (1.49%) French Language
16 31 (1.25%) Marketing
17 30 (1.21%) Presentation Skills
18 25 (1.01%) Telecoms
19 20 (0.80%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 593 (23.86%) Senior
2 541 (21.77%) Developer
3 432 (17.38%) Software Engineer
4 326 (13.12%) Lead
5 283 (11.39%) Architect
6 149 (6.00%) AWS Engineer
7 148 (5.96%) Full-Stack Developer
8 123 (4.95%) Senior Software Engineer
9 118 (4.75%) .NET Developer
9 118 (4.75%) Analyst
9 118 (4.75%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 116 (4.67%) DevOps Engineer
11 113 (4.55%) Lead Software Engineer
12 100 (4.02%) Solutions Architect
13 99 (3.98%) Senior Developer
14 98 (3.94%) Cloud Engineer
15 93 (3.74%) Lead Developer
16 92 (3.70%) Software Developer
17 90 (3.62%) Consultant
17 90 (3.62%) Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 423 (17.02%) React
2 373 (15.01%) Node.js
3 226 (9.09%) .NET
4 157 (6.32%) REST
5 132 (5.31%) Vue
6 128 (5.15%) RESTful
7 125 (5.03%) Spring
8 123 (4.95%) CSS
9 122 (4.91%) Kafka
10 112 (4.51%) AngularJS
11 111 (4.47%) .NET Core
12 103 (4.14%) ASP.NET
13 95 (3.82%) ASP.NET Core
14 92 (3.70%) Spring Boot
15 84 (3.38%) HTML
16 68 (2.74%) .NET Framework
17 54 (2.17%) Ruby on Rails
18 53 (2.13%) Middleware
19 50 (2.01%) gRPC
19 50 (2.01%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 399 (16.06%) Cloud Native
2 193 (7.77%) Product Ownership
3 185 (7.44%) Distributed Systems
4 97 (3.90%) Public Cloud
5 81 (3.26%) Greenfield Project
6 79 (3.18%) Video\Live Streaming
7 65 (2.62%) Data Centre
8 60 (2.41%) Onboarding
9 57 (2.29%) Management Information System
10 55 (2.21%) Blog
11 52 (2.09%) Security Posture
12 50 (2.01%) AI Agents
13 47 (1.89%) Cyber Threat
14 46 (1.85%) Over-the-Top Content
15 45 (1.81%) Hybrid Cloud
16 44 (1.77%) Fixed Income
17 43 (1.73%) Enterprise Software
18 42 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
19 41 (1.65%) Mobile App
20 38 (1.53%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 218 (8.77%) Linux
2 152 (6.12%) Windows
3 62 (2.49%) Unix
4 60 (2.41%) Windows Server
5 37 (1.49%) Apple iOS
6 24 (0.97%) 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
1 872 (35.09%) CI/CD
2 830 (33.40%) Agile
3 757 (30.46%) Software Engineering
4 586 (23.58%) DevOps
5 562 (22.62%) Mentoring
6 508 (20.44%) Full-Stack Development
7 500 (20.12%) Microservices
8 450 (18.11%) AI
9 441 (17.75%) Infrastructure as Code
10 428 (17.22%) Continuous Improvement
11 417 (16.78%) Problem-Solving
12 406 (16.34%) Test Automation
13 347 (13.96%) Containerisation
14 340 (13.68%) Technical Leadership
15 303 (12.19%) Roadmaps
16 292 (11.75%) Coaching
17 261 (10.50%) Clean Code
18 256 (10.30%) Scrum
19 242 (9.74%) Machine Learning
20 234 (9.42%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 672 (27.04%) Python
2 536 (21.57%) Java
3 400 (16.10%) TypeScript
4 397 (15.98%) JavaScript
5 371 (14.93%) SQL
6 277 (11.15%) C#
7 202 (8.13%) Go
8 106 (4.27%) Bash
9 75 (3.02%) Scala
10 74 (2.98%) C++
11 72 (2.90%) PHP
12 65 (2.62%) Ruby
13 64 (2.58%) PowerShell
14 34 (1.37%) Kotlin
15 30 (1.21%) Rust
16 17 (0.68%) Bicep
17 14 (0.56%) Swift
18 13 (0.52%) PL/SQL
19 10 (0.40%) Groovy
20 9 (0.36%) DataWeave
Qualifications
1 342 (13.76%) Security Cleared
2 292 (11.75%) Degree
3 285 (11.47%) SC Cleared
4 180 (7.24%) AWS Certification
5 97 (3.90%) CISSP
6 94 (3.78%) Microsoft Certification
7 87 (3.50%) Computer Science Degree
8 80 (3.22%) MCSE
9 76 (3.06%) CISM
10 53 (2.13%) Azure Certification
11 47 (1.89%) DV Cleared
12 38 (1.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 33 (1.33%) Cisco Certification
14 31 (1.25%) ITIL Certification
15 24 (0.97%) CCNP
16 22 (0.89%) DBS Check
17 20 (0.80%) CREST Certified
17 20 (0.80%) Master's Degree
18 17 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
18 17 (0.68%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 188 (7.57%) QA
2 98 (3.94%) NIST
3 93 (3.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 56 (2.25%) Data Quality
5 55 (2.21%) Accessibility
6 48 (1.93%) GDPR
7 32 (1.29%) PCI DSS
8 29 (1.17%) GRC
8 29 (1.17%) ISO 22301
9 25 (1.01%) NCSC
10 19 (0.76%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 17 (0.68%) SOC 2
12 16 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials
13 11 (0.44%) ISO 9001
13 11 (0.44%) JSP 440
14 9 (0.36%) NIST 800
14 9 (0.36%) SLA
15 8 (0.32%) WCAG
16 7 (0.28%) Government Security Classifications
17 6 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 440 (17.71%) Docker
2 64 (2.58%) Active Directory
3 46 (1.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 41 (1.65%) 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
1 430 (17.30%) Terraform
2 407 (16.38%) Kubernetes
3 136 (5.47%) Ansible
4 121 (4.87%) Grafana
5 51 (2.05%) Prometheus
6 35 (1.41%) Argo
7 25 (1.01%) 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
12 11 (0.44%) Kustomize
13 9 (0.36%) Cisco CUCM
13 9 (0.36%) Packer
14 8 (0.32%) CloudHub
15 7 (0.28%) ZABBIX
16 6 (0.24%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 413 (16.62%) Microsoft
2 118 (4.75%) ServiceNow
3 102 (4.10%) Google
4 76 (3.06%) VMware
5 67 (2.70%) Cisco
6 61 (2.45%) Oracle
7 45 (1.81%) Typelevel
8 42 (1.69%) Databricks
9 37 (1.49%) Palo Alto
10 36 (1.45%) Fortinet
11 35 (1.41%) Splunk
12 34 (1.37%) Apple
13 31 (1.25%) SolarWinds
14 30 (1.21%) Adobe
15 29 (1.17%) SAP
16 25 (1.01%) Salesforce
17 22 (0.89%) OpenAI
18 21 (0.85%) Aruba
18 21 (0.85%) Dell
19 20 (0.80%) Dynatrace