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

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 13 9
Rank change year-on-year +4 -4 -3
Permanent jobs citing AWS 2,296 2,145 4,876
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 11.53% 13.99% 14.12%
As % of the Cloud Services category 30.56% 36.58% 33.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1,459 1,349 4,101
10th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,932 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.16% +3.57% -5.08%
75th Percentile £90,000 £105,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £132,500 £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 7,512 5,864 14,576
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.73% 38.25% 42.21%
Number of salaries quoted 5,246 4,262 12,119
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £36,221
25th Percentile £45,750 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.46% +1.67% -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% -10.16%

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

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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 16 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 65 (2.83%) Apache Airflow
2 42 (1.83%) Apache Spark
3 28 (1.22%) Apache
4 23 (1.00%) Microsoft Exchange
5 15 (0.65%) CMS
5 15 (0.65%) SharePoint
6 9 (0.39%) Confluence
7 7 (0.30%) IIS
7 7 (0.30%) Jupyter
7 7 (0.30%) nginx
8 6 (0.26%) Apache Solr
9 4 (0.17%) Ethereum
9 4 (0.17%) WordPress
10 3 (0.13%) Anypoint
10 3 (0.13%) Mule
11 2 (0.087%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.087%) Oracle Application Server
11 2 (0.087%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 2 (0.087%) Oracle Spatial
11 2 (0.087%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 78 (3.40%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 8 (0.35%) MS Visio
3 7 (0.30%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (0.22%) AutoCAD
5 5 (0.22%) Chatbot
5 5 (0.22%) DaVinci Resolve
6 3 (0.13%) Adobe Illustrator
6 3 (0.13%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.087%) PlantUML
8 1 (0.044%) EngageOne
8 1 (0.044%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (1.05%) Cloudability
2 5 (0.22%) Shopify
3 4 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.087%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.044%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.044%) Magento
6 1 (0.044%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.044%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.044%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 962 (41.90%) Azure
2 584 (25.44%) GCP
3 261 (11.37%) Serverless
4 225 (9.80%) SaaS
5 180 (7.84%) GitHub
6 172 (7.49%) Amazon S3
7 170 (7.40%) AWS Lambda
8 141 (6.14%) Microsoft 365
9 116 (5.05%) Amazon EKS
10 100 (4.36%) AWS CloudFormation
11 98 (4.27%) Amazon EC2
12 89 (3.88%) Amazon ECS
13 81 (3.53%) GitHub Actions
14 72 (3.14%) Amazon SQS
15 57 (2.48%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 56 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
17 49 (2.13%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 46 (2.00%) Entra ID
19 43 (1.87%) Snowflake
20 41 (1.79%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 141 (6.14%) Broadband
2 136 (5.92%) Firewall
3 74 (3.22%) WAN
4 71 (3.09%) VPN
5 64 (2.79%) LAN
6 62 (2.70%) DNS
7 52 (2.26%) Network Security
8 48 (2.09%) Wi-Fi
9 40 (1.74%) TCP/IP
10 38 (1.66%) HTTP
11 36 (1.57%) DHCP
11 36 (1.57%) SD-WAN
12 31 (1.35%) Cisco ASA
13 30 (1.31%) VXLAN
14 27 (1.18%) Cisco Firepower
15 22 (0.96%) VLAN
16 20 (0.87%) BGP
17 18 (0.78%) MPLS
18 17 (0.74%) NGFW
19 16 (0.70%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 240 (10.45%) PostgreSQL
2 203 (8.84%) MongoDB
3 129 (5.62%) NoSQL
4 88 (3.83%) MySQL
5 87 (3.79%) SQL Server
6 76 (3.31%) Elasticsearch
7 66 (2.87%) Relational Database
8 64 (2.79%) DynamoDB
9 63 (2.74%) Amazon RDS
10 57 (2.48%) Metadata
11 44 (1.92%) Data Warehouse
12 43 (1.87%) Azure SQL Database
13 40 (1.74%) Amazon Athena
14 36 (1.57%) Amazon Redshift
15 32 (1.39%) BigQuery
15 32 (1.39%) Redis
16 28 (1.22%) Tableau
17 26 (1.13%) RDBMS
18 25 (1.09%) Data Lake
19 21 (0.91%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 124 (5.40%) Git
2 84 (3.66%) GitLab
3 78 (3.40%) Jenkins
4 58 (2.53%) TeamCity
5 51 (2.22%) Cypress.io
6 41 (1.79%) JIRA
7 22 (0.96%) Claude Code
8 18 (0.78%) Jaeger
9 15 (0.65%) CircleCI
9 15 (0.65%) JUnit
9 15 (0.65%) Maven
9 15 (0.65%) Selenium
10 14 (0.61%) Crashlytics
10 14 (0.61%) JMeter
10 14 (0.61%) XCTest
11 10 (0.44%) MLflow
11 10 (0.44%) Postman
12 9 (0.39%) Mockito
13 7 (0.30%) Cucumber
13 7 (0.30%) Metasploit
General
1 547 (23.82%) Social Skills
2 494 (21.52%) Finance
3 250 (10.89%) Public Sector
4 241 (10.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 212 (9.23%) Banking
6 175 (7.62%) Law
7 140 (6.10%) Retail
8 130 (5.66%) Analytical Skills
9 63 (2.74%) Legal
10 51 (2.22%) Back Office
11 50 (2.18%) Financial Institution
12 49 (2.13%) Games
13 44 (1.92%) Influencing Skills
14 42 (1.83%) Front Office
15 41 (1.79%) French Language
16 27 (1.18%) Marketing
16 27 (1.18%) Presentation Skills
17 24 (1.05%) Swedish Language
18 23 (1.00%) Telecoms
19 22 (0.96%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 538 (23.43%) Senior
2 485 (21.12%) Developer
3 406 (17.68%) Software Engineer
4 313 (13.63%) Lead
5 253 (11.02%) Architect
6 159 (6.93%) AWS Engineer
7 139 (6.05%) Full-Stack Developer
8 119 (5.18%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 113 (4.92%) Senior Software Engineer
10 110 (4.79%) Analyst
11 102 (4.44%) Lead Software Engineer
12 98 (4.27%) DevOps Engineer
13 94 (4.09%) Cloud Engineer
13 94 (4.09%) Lead Developer
14 92 (4.01%) Software Developer
15 91 (3.96%) Solutions Architect
16 89 (3.88%) Data Engineer
17 86 (3.75%) Consultant
17 86 (3.75%) Engineering Manager
17 86 (3.75%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 404 (17.60%) React
2 323 (14.07%) Node.js
3 182 (7.93%) .NET
4 145 (6.32%) REST
5 124 (5.40%) Spring
6 121 (5.27%) Kafka
6 121 (5.27%) RESTful
7 112 (4.88%) CSS
8 97 (4.22%) Vue
9 89 (3.88%) Spring Boot
10 87 (3.79%) AngularJS
11 76 (3.31%) HTML
12 71 (3.09%) .NET Core
13 60 (2.61%) ASP.NET
14 52 (2.26%) ASP.NET Core
15 51 (2.22%) Redux
16 49 (2.13%) gRPC
16 49 (2.13%) Ruby on Rails
17 42 (1.83%) GraphQL
18 41 (1.79%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 382 (16.64%) Cloud Native
2 189 (8.23%) Product Ownership
3 173 (7.53%) Distributed Systems
4 92 (4.01%) Public Cloud
5 79 (3.44%) Video\Live Streaming
6 76 (3.31%) Greenfield Project
7 62 (2.70%) Data Centre
8 58 (2.53%) Security Posture
9 56 (2.44%) Onboarding
10 53 (2.31%) Blog
11 49 (2.13%) Management Information System
12 46 (2.00%) Over-the-Top Content
13 45 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
13 45 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
14 43 (1.87%) Fixed Income
15 42 (1.83%) Hybrid Cloud
16 41 (1.79%) Mobile App
16 41 (1.79%) PKI
17 36 (1.57%) Low-Code
18 33 (1.44%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 191 (8.32%) Linux
2 112 (4.88%) Windows
3 50 (2.18%) Unix
3 50 (2.18%) Windows Server
4 42 (1.83%) Apple iOS
5 29 (1.26%) Android
6 17 (0.74%) Windows 10
7 14 (0.61%) Windows Server 2016
8 11 (0.48%) Mac OS
8 11 (0.48%) Windows Server 2012
9 10 (0.44%) Windows Server 2019
10 7 (0.30%) Ubuntu
11 5 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (0.13%) CentOS
13 2 (0.087%) Debian
14 1 (0.044%) FreeBSD
14 1 (0.044%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.044%) OpenBSD
14 1 (0.044%) Windows 7
14 1 (0.044%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 794 (34.58%) CI/CD
2 711 (30.97%) Agile
3 706 (30.75%) Software Engineering
4 521 (22.69%) Mentoring
5 516 (22.47%) DevOps
6 472 (20.56%) Full-Stack Development
7 444 (19.34%) Microservices
8 422 (18.38%) Infrastructure as Code
9 420 (18.29%) AI
10 396 (17.25%) Continuous Improvement
11 384 (16.72%) Problem-Solving
12 337 (14.68%) Containerisation
13 335 (14.59%) Test Automation
14 313 (13.63%) Technical Leadership
15 300 (13.07%) Roadmaps
16 266 (11.59%) Coaching
17 242 (10.54%) Clean Code
18 228 (9.93%) Machine Learning
19 224 (9.76%) Observability
20 199 (8.67%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 643 (28.01%) Python
2 537 (23.39%) Java
3 375 (16.33%) TypeScript
4 359 (15.64%) JavaScript
5 322 (14.02%) SQL
6 234 (10.19%) C#
7 212 (9.23%) Go
8 119 (5.18%) Bash
9 76 (3.31%) Scala
10 71 (3.09%) C++
11 67 (2.92%) PHP
12 57 (2.48%) Ruby
13 47 (2.05%) PowerShell
14 34 (1.48%) Kotlin
15 28 (1.22%) Rust
16 14 (0.61%) PL/SQL
16 14 (0.61%) Swift
17 13 (0.57%) Bicep
18 9 (0.39%) Groovy
19 7 (0.30%) C
Qualifications
1 309 (13.46%) Security Cleared
2 277 (12.06%) Degree
3 261 (11.37%) SC Cleared
4 187 (8.14%) AWS Certification
5 90 (3.92%) Microsoft Certification
6 77 (3.35%) Computer Science Degree
7 73 (3.18%) MCSE
8 62 (2.70%) CISSP
9 56 (2.44%) Azure Certification
10 47 (2.05%) DV Cleared
11 39 (1.70%) CISM
12 36 (1.57%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 33 (1.44%) Cisco Certification
14 27 (1.18%) DBS Check
15 25 (1.09%) CREST Certified
16 20 (0.87%) CCNP
17 19 (0.83%) OSCP
17 19 (0.83%) TOGAF Certification
18 17 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
19 16 (0.70%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 169 (7.36%) QA
2 91 (3.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 65 (2.83%) NIST
4 59 (2.57%) Data Quality
5 53 (2.31%) Accessibility
6 42 (1.83%) GDPR
7 41 (1.79%) PCI DSS
8 28 (1.22%) NCSC
9 27 (1.18%) GRC
10 18 (0.78%) SOC 2
11 17 (0.74%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 15 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
13 13 (0.57%) JSP 440
14 11 (0.48%) ISO 9001
15 9 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
15 9 (0.39%) SLA
16 8 (0.35%) WCAG
17 7 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 7 (0.30%) Government Security Classifications
17 7 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 415 (18.07%) Docker
2 61 (2.66%) Active Directory
3 38 (1.66%) Hyper-V
4 37 (1.61%) VMware Infrastructure
5 19 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
6 18 (0.78%) vSphere
7 6 (0.26%) Firmware
7 6 (0.26%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 6 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
8 5 (0.22%) KVM
9 3 (0.13%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.087%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 2 (0.087%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.044%) iptables
11 1 (0.044%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.044%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 413 (17.99%) Terraform
2 367 (15.98%) Kubernetes
3 138 (6.01%) Ansible
4 117 (5.10%) Grafana
5 63 (2.74%) Prometheus
6 42 (1.83%) Argo
7 22 (0.96%) Microsoft Intune
8 18 (0.78%) Kustomize
9 15 (0.65%) Proxmox
10 14 (0.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 14 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
11 13 (0.57%) Progress Chef
12 12 (0.52%) Istio
12 12 (0.52%) Podman
13 10 (0.44%) Puppet
14 9 (0.39%) Cisco CUCM
14 9 (0.39%) Packer
15 7 (0.30%) Nmap
16 6 (0.26%) EMC NetWorker
16 6 (0.26%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 345 (15.03%) Microsoft
2 113 (4.92%) Google
3 101 (4.40%) ServiceNow
4 69 (3.01%) Cisco
5 64 (2.79%) VMware
6 48 (2.09%) Oracle
7 45 (1.96%) Typelevel
8 40 (1.74%) Apple
9 35 (1.52%) Adobe
9 35 (1.52%) Databricks
10 34 (1.48%) Fortinet
10 34 (1.48%) Palo Alto
11 33 (1.44%) Splunk
12 31 (1.35%) SolarWinds
13 23 (1.00%) Salesforce
14 22 (0.96%) SAP
15 20 (0.87%) Aruba
16 18 (0.78%) CheckPoint
17 17 (0.74%) Dell
17 17 (0.74%) Dynatrace