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

6 months to
27 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 13 8
Rank change year-on-year +3 -5 -2
Permanent jobs citing AWS 2,563 2,030 3,506
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 10.34% 12.23% 15.42%
As % of the Cloud Services category 29.32% 35.13% 37.05%
Number of salaries quoted 1,684 1,244 2,444
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,717 £46,250
25th Percentile £54,551 £58,750 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £77,500 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.68% - +10.71%
75th Percentile £90,000 £110,000 £110,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £137,125 £142,500
UK median annual salary £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%

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 8,741 5,778 9,462
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.26% 34.82% 41.61%
Number of salaries quoted 6,408 4,126 6,305
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £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 £82,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -

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 27 September 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 33 (1.29%) Apache Spark
2 30 (1.17%) Apache Airflow
2 30 (1.17%) Confluence
3 25 (0.98%) Apache
4 20 (0.78%) SharePoint
5 16 (0.62%) Anypoint
6 15 (0.59%) IIS
6 15 (0.59%) Microsoft Exchange
7 13 (0.51%) Mule
8 12 (0.47%) WordPress
9 10 (0.39%) CMS
10 9 (0.35%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 8 (0.31%) Jupyter
12 6 (0.23%) SAS
13 5 (0.20%) Apache Solr
13 5 (0.20%) ArcGIS
13 5 (0.20%) Camunda
14 4 (0.16%) Ethereum
14 4 (0.16%) GeoServer
14 4 (0.16%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 70 (2.73%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (0.66%) Chatbot
3 16 (0.62%) Microsoft Excel
4 10 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.39%) MS Visio
5 7 (0.27%) Moqups
6 4 (0.16%) AutoCAD
6 4 (0.16%) DaVinci Resolve
7 2 (0.078%) Elementor
7 2 (0.078%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.078%) PlantUML
7 2 (0.078%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.078%) Weka
8 1 (0.039%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.039%) Houdini
8 1 (0.039%) Lightworks
8 1 (0.039%) NUKE
8 1 (0.039%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (0.94%) Cloudability
2 7 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
3 6 (0.23%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.078%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (0.078%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (0.078%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.078%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.039%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
5 1 (0.039%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.039%) Finacle
5 1 (0.039%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.039%) Shopify
5 1 (0.039%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 1,221 (47.64%) Azure
2 674 (26.30%) GCP
3 333 (12.99%) SaaS
4 222 (8.66%) Serverless
5 207 (8.08%) GitHub
6 162 (6.32%) AWS Lambda
7 155 (6.05%) Microsoft 365
8 150 (5.85%) Amazon S3
9 111 (4.33%) Amazon EKS
10 99 (3.86%) AWS CloudFormation
11 95 (3.71%) Amazon EC2
12 94 (3.67%) GitHub Actions
13 92 (3.59%) Snowflake
14 81 (3.16%) Amazon ECS
15 70 (2.73%) GitHub Copilot
16 66 (2.58%) Anthropic Claude
17 63 (2.46%) Amazon SQS
18 62 (2.42%) Amazon Bedrock
19 60 (2.34%) Azure DevOps
20 53 (2.07%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 100 (3.90%) Firewall
2 73 (2.85%) Network Security
3 62 (2.42%) Broadband
3 62 (2.42%) VPN
4 55 (2.15%) DNS
5 51 (1.99%) WAN
6 49 (1.91%) TCP/IP
7 43 (1.68%) LAN
8 38 (1.48%) HTTP
9 35 (1.37%) DHCP
10 26 (1.01%) SD-WAN
11 17 (0.66%) SSL
11 17 (0.66%) VLAN
12 16 (0.62%) BGP
12 16 (0.62%) Wi-Fi
13 15 (0.59%) Cisco ASA
14 10 (0.39%) AMQP
14 10 (0.39%) Cisco Firepower
14 10 (0.39%) MPLS
14 10 (0.39%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 269 (10.50%) PostgreSQL
2 223 (8.70%) MongoDB
3 107 (4.17%) SQL Server
4 97 (3.78%) Elasticsearch
5 95 (3.71%) MySQL
6 85 (3.32%) NoSQL
7 81 (3.16%) Azure SQL Database
8 71 (2.77%) Relational Database
9 67 (2.61%) DynamoDB
10 58 (2.26%) Redis
11 50 (1.95%) Data Warehouse
12 48 (1.87%) Amazon RDS
13 47 (1.83%) Power BI
14 41 (1.60%) Amazon Athena
15 36 (1.40%) Data Lake
16 35 (1.37%) Metadata
17 29 (1.13%) Tableau
18 28 (1.09%) Amazon Redshift
19 26 (1.01%) Big Data
20 20 (0.78%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 153 (5.97%) Git
2 87 (3.39%) Jenkins
3 84 (3.28%) GitLab
3 84 (3.28%) TeamCity
4 65 (2.54%) Claude Code
5 63 (2.46%) JIRA
6 50 (1.95%) Cypress.io
7 34 (1.33%) JUnit
8 27 (1.05%) Selenium
9 23 (0.90%) Postman
10 20 (0.78%) Maven
11 19 (0.74%) Mockito
12 12 (0.47%) Bitbucket
13 8 (0.31%) SonarQube
14 6 (0.23%) CircleCI
14 6 (0.23%) Cucumber
14 6 (0.23%) Gatling
15 5 (0.20%) Crashlytics
15 5 (0.20%) Poetry
15 5 (0.20%) XCTest
General
1 689 (26.88%) Social Skills
2 628 (24.50%) Finance
3 349 (13.62%) Public Sector
4 312 (12.17%) Banking
5 273 (10.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 234 (9.13%) Law
7 174 (6.79%) Analytical Skills
8 151 (5.89%) Retail
9 83 (3.24%) Legal
10 77 (3.00%) Financial Institution
11 75 (2.93%) Back Office
12 51 (1.99%) Presentation Skills
13 48 (1.87%) Games
13 48 (1.87%) Marketing
13 48 (1.87%) Swedish Language
14 47 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
15 32 (1.25%) Telecoms
16 31 (1.21%) French Language
17 29 (1.13%) Health Technology
17 29 (1.13%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 628 (24.50%) Senior
2 479 (18.69%) Developer
3 442 (17.25%) Software Engineer
4 321 (12.52%) Architect
5 304 (11.86%) Lead
6 135 (5.27%) Analyst
7 128 (4.99%) AWS Engineer
8 122 (4.76%) Full-Stack Developer
9 119 (4.64%) Senior Developer
10 116 (4.53%) DevOps Engineer
11 113 (4.41%) Senior Software Engineer
12 104 (4.06%) .NET Developer
13 98 (3.82%) Cloud Engineer
14 95 (3.71%) Python Engineer
15 91 (3.55%) Data Engineer
16 90 (3.51%) Lead Software Engineer
17 89 (3.47%) Consultant
18 85 (3.32%) Engineering Manager
19 84 (3.28%) Full-Stack Engineer
20 83 (3.24%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 457 (17.83%) Terraform
2 389 (15.18%) React
3 329 (12.84%) Node.js
4 260 (10.14%) .NET
5 191 (7.45%) REST
6 153 (5.97%) Spring
7 132 (5.15%) RESTful
8 117 (4.56%) Spring Boot
9 116 (4.53%) Vue
10 114 (4.45%) .NET Core
11 112 (4.37%) AngularJS
12 106 (4.14%) ASP.NET
13 95 (3.71%) ASP.NET Core
14 93 (3.63%) CSS
15 85 (3.32%) Middleware
16 84 (3.28%) LangChain
17 76 (2.97%) Kafka
18 68 (2.65%) .NET Framework
19 60 (2.34%) HTML
19 60 (2.34%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 412 (16.07%) Cloud Native
2 194 (7.57%) Product Ownership
3 182 (7.10%) Distributed Systems
4 121 (4.72%) AI Agents
5 107 (4.17%) Public Cloud
6 78 (3.04%) Cyber Threat
7 66 (2.58%) Greenfield Project
8 61 (2.38%) Onboarding
9 57 (2.22%) Hybrid Cloud
10 55 (2.15%) Blog
11 53 (2.07%) Hedge funds
12 46 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
13 44 (1.72%) Security Posture
14 42 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
15 40 (1.56%) Data Centre
16 39 (1.52%) Management Information System
17 38 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
18 35 (1.37%) Video\Live Streaming
19 31 (1.21%) Mobile App
20 29 (1.13%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 215 (8.39%) Linux
2 162 (6.32%) Windows
3 67 (2.61%) Unix
4 53 (2.07%) Windows Server
5 27 (1.05%) Apple iOS
6 18 (0.70%) Android
7 16 (0.62%) Ubuntu
8 8 (0.31%) Mac OS
9 7 (0.27%) Debian
10 3 (0.12%) CentOS
10 3 (0.12%) Robot Operating System
11 2 (0.078%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.078%) Solaris
11 2 (0.078%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.039%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 934 (36.44%) CI/CD
2 838 (32.70%) Agile
3 789 (30.78%) Software Engineering
4 629 (24.54%) AI
5 609 (23.76%) Mentoring
6 597 (23.29%) DevOps
7 482 (18.81%) Continuous Improvement
7 482 (18.81%) Microservices
8 450 (17.56%) Problem-Solving
9 448 (17.48%) Full-Stack Development
10 431 (16.82%) Infrastructure as Code
11 401 (15.65%) Test Automation
12 391 (15.26%) Technical Leadership
13 332 (12.95%) Roadmaps
14 295 (11.51%) Coaching
15 284 (11.08%) Containerisation
16 281 (10.96%) Scrum
17 271 (10.57%) Observability
18 250 (9.75%) Machine Learning
19 239 (9.33%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 646 (25.20%) Python
2 549 (21.42%) Java
3 427 (16.66%) SQL
4 386 (15.06%) JavaScript
5 365 (14.24%) TypeScript
6 288 (11.24%) C#
7 105 (4.10%) Go
8 104 (4.06%) Bash
9 86 (3.36%) PowerShell
10 72 (2.81%) Ruby
11 67 (2.61%) C++
12 55 (2.15%) PHP
13 34 (1.33%) Kotlin
14 31 (1.21%) Scala
15 26 (1.01%) Rust
16 22 (0.86%) PL/SQL
17 19 (0.74%) R
18 16 (0.62%) DataWeave
19 14 (0.55%) Bicep
20 13 (0.51%) C
Qualifications
1 430 (16.78%) Security Cleared
2 355 (13.85%) SC Cleared
3 281 (10.96%) Degree
4 173 (6.75%) AWS Certification
5 115 (4.49%) CISSP
6 103 (4.02%) CISM
7 83 (3.24%) Microsoft Certification
8 80 (3.12%) Computer Science Degree
9 69 (2.69%) MCSE
10 64 (2.50%) Azure Certification
11 50 (1.95%) ITIL Certification
12 47 (1.83%) DV Cleared
13 38 (1.48%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 34 (1.33%) Cisco Certification
15 30 (1.17%) BPSS Clearance
16 23 (0.90%) CCNP
17 21 (0.82%) CCNA
18 16 (0.62%) Microsoft Certified Professional
19 15 (0.59%) GIAC
20 14 (0.55%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 166 (6.48%) QA
2 119 (4.64%) NIST
3 105 (4.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 101 (3.94%) Data Quality
5 80 (3.12%) Accessibility
6 58 (2.26%) GDPR
7 48 (1.87%) ISO 22301
8 38 (1.48%) NCSC
9 30 (1.17%) GRC
10 28 (1.09%) PCI DSS
11 26 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials
12 16 (0.62%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 14 (0.55%) SLA
14 12 (0.47%) NIST 800
15 11 (0.43%) WCAG
16 10 (0.39%) SOC 2
17 9 (0.35%) ISO 9001
17 9 (0.35%) PMO
18 8 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
18 8 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 429 (16.74%) Docker
2 53 (2.07%) Active Directory
3 47 (1.83%) VMware Infrastructure
4 39 (1.52%) Hyper-V
5 14 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
6 11 (0.43%) vSphere
7 6 (0.23%) KVM
8 3 (0.12%) Firmware
8 3 (0.12%) iptables
8 3 (0.12%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.078%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 2 (0.078%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.078%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.078%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.039%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.039%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.039%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 439 (17.13%) Kubernetes
2 141 (5.50%) Grafana
3 113 (4.41%) Ansible
4 42 (1.64%) Prometheus
5 25 (0.98%) Argo
6 24 (0.94%) Microsoft Intune
7 19 (0.74%) Progress Chef
8 13 (0.51%) CloudHub
9 12 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
10 11 (0.43%) Puppet
11 10 (0.39%) Packer
11 10 (0.39%) Proxmox
12 9 (0.35%) Istio
13 8 (0.31%) CASB
14 7 (0.27%) Podman
14 7 (0.27%) ZABBIX
15 6 (0.23%) Avamar
15 6 (0.23%) Dell DRAC
15 6 (0.23%) EMC NetWorker
15 6 (0.23%) VxRail
Vendors
1 420 (16.39%) Microsoft
2 129 (5.03%) Google
3 107 (4.17%) ServiceNow
4 75 (2.93%) Databricks
5 74 (2.89%) VMware
6 72 (2.81%) Oracle
7 46 (1.79%) Cisco
8 42 (1.64%) OpenAI
9 37 (1.44%) Adobe
10 33 (1.29%) SAP
11 32 (1.25%) Splunk
12 27 (1.05%) Salesforce
13 25 (0.98%) Apple
14 24 (0.94%) Palo Alto
15 23 (0.90%) Dynatrace
15 23 (0.90%) Fortinet
16 22 (0.86%) Informatica
17 21 (0.82%) Okta
17 21 (0.82%) SolarWinds
18 20 (0.78%) MuleSoft