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

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 9 9
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 -3
Permanent jobs citing AWS 2,076 2,073 4,472
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 11.98% 15.93% 14.12%
As % of the Cloud Services category 31.05% 34.61% 32.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1,325 1,603 3,897
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 £97,500 £88,750
90th Percentile £107,500 £122,500 £112,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% +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 6,685 5,989 13,909
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.57% 46.03% 43.91%
Number of salaries quoted 4,507 4,691 12,050
10th Percentile £33,750 £33,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,375 £46,368 £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 £107,500 £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 11 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 76 (3.66%) Apache Airflow
2 39 (1.88%) Apache Spark
3 24 (1.16%) Apache
4 22 (1.06%) Microsoft Exchange
5 16 (0.77%) CMS
6 15 (0.72%) Confluence
7 12 (0.58%) nginx
7 12 (0.58%) SharePoint
8 9 (0.43%) WordPress
9 6 (0.29%) Drupal
9 6 (0.29%) Ethereum
10 5 (0.24%) Anypoint
10 5 (0.24%) Apache Pulsar
10 5 (0.24%) Apache Solr
11 4 (0.19%) ArcGIS
11 4 (0.19%) Oracle Spatial
11 4 (0.19%) SAS
11 4 (0.19%) Tomcat
11 4 (0.19%) WebSphere
11 4 (0.19%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 102 (4.91%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (0.92%) 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 8 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
3 6 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.24%) Cloudability
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
1 876 (42.20%) Azure
2 581 (27.99%) GCP
3 282 (13.58%) Serverless
4 245 (11.80%) SaaS
5 198 (9.54%) GitHub
6 188 (9.06%) AWS Lambda
7 185 (8.91%) Amazon S3
8 155 (7.47%) Microsoft 365
9 141 (6.79%) Amazon EKS
10 106 (5.11%) AWS CloudFormation
11 97 (4.67%) GitHub Actions
12 88 (4.24%) Amazon EC2
13 86 (4.14%) Amazon ECS
14 78 (3.76%) Amazon SQS
15 67 (3.23%) Entra ID
16 66 (3.18%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 51 (2.46%) Azure DevOps
18 49 (2.36%) dbt
19 41 (1.97%) Snowflake
20 40 (1.93%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 128 (6.17%) Firewall
2 100 (4.82%) Broadband
3 61 (2.94%) WAN
4 60 (2.89%) VPN
5 54 (2.60%) LAN
6 53 (2.55%) DNS
7 51 (2.46%) TCP/IP
8 47 (2.26%) Wi-Fi
9 45 (2.17%) Network Security
10 29 (1.40%) SD-WAN
11 28 (1.35%) DHCP
11 28 (1.35%) HTTP
12 27 (1.30%) Cisco ASA
13 26 (1.25%) VXLAN
14 24 (1.16%) VLAN
15 22 (1.06%) BGP
15 22 (1.06%) Cisco Firepower
16 20 (0.96%) SSL
17 18 (0.87%) NGFW
18 16 (0.77%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 187 (9.01%) PostgreSQL
2 131 (6.31%) NoSQL
3 108 (5.20%) MongoDB
3 108 (5.20%) SQL Server
4 80 (3.85%) MySQL
5 77 (3.71%) Amazon RDS
6 59 (2.84%) Relational Database
7 57 (2.75%) DynamoDB
8 52 (2.50%) Data Warehouse
9 47 (2.26%) Metadata
10 45 (2.17%) Elasticsearch
11 43 (2.07%) Amazon Redshift
11 43 (2.07%) BigQuery
12 32 (1.54%) Amazon Athena
13 30 (1.45%) Data Lake
13 30 (1.45%) Redis
13 30 (1.45%) Tableau
14 23 (1.11%) RDBMS
15 20 (0.96%) Apache Iceberg
16 18 (0.87%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 130 (6.26%) Git
2 94 (4.53%) Jenkins
3 85 (4.09%) GitLab
4 63 (3.03%) TeamCity
5 49 (2.36%) Cypress.io
6 42 (2.02%) JIRA
7 21 (1.01%) Selenium
8 19 (0.92%) Jaeger
9 16 (0.77%) Bitbucket
9 16 (0.77%) CircleCI
10 15 (0.72%) 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 (0.39%) Metasploit
15 8 (0.39%) Oracle Forms
General
1 605 (29.14%) Social Skills
2 460 (22.16%) Finance
3 231 (11.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 204 (9.83%) Banking
5 196 (9.44%) Public Sector
6 185 (8.91%) Law
7 162 (7.80%) Retail
8 128 (6.17%) Analytical Skills
9 80 (3.85%) French Language
10 74 (3.56%) Financial Institution
11 65 (3.13%) Back Office
12 56 (2.70%) Telecoms
13 54 (2.60%) Legal
14 53 (2.55%) Front Office
15 47 (2.26%) Influencing Skills
16 41 (1.97%) Swedish Language
17 37 (1.78%) Games
18 34 (1.64%) Tech for Good
19 33 (1.59%) Marketing
20 30 (1.45%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 477 (22.98%) Senior
2 396 (19.08%) Developer
3 342 (16.47%) Software Engineer
4 281 (13.54%) Lead
5 200 (9.63%) Architect
6 129 (6.21%) AWS Engineer
7 128 (6.17%) Analyst
8 116 (5.59%) Full-Stack Developer
9 110 (5.30%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 103 (4.96%) Senior Software Engineer
11 98 (4.72%) Lead Developer
12 95 (4.58%) DevOps Engineer
13 94 (4.53%) Data Engineer
14 85 (4.09%) Java Engineer
15 84 (4.05%) Service Analyst
15 84 (4.05%) Service Desk Analyst
16 81 (3.90%) Cloud Engineer
17 79 (3.81%) Software Developer
18 74 (3.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
19 73 (3.52%) Lead Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 365 (17.58%) React
2 237 (11.42%) Node.js
3 147 (7.08%) .NET
3 147 (7.08%) Kafka
4 117 (5.64%) REST
5 115 (5.54%) RESTful
6 111 (5.35%) CSS
7 109 (5.25%) Spring
8 94 (4.53%) Spring Boot
9 83 (4.00%) HTML
10 74 (3.56%) Vue
11 68 (3.28%) gRPC
12 63 (3.03%) AngularJS
13 59 (2.84%) Django
14 52 (2.50%) Redux
15 47 (2.26%) Elastic Stack
16 46 (2.22%) .NET Core
17 41 (1.97%) JSON
18 40 (1.93%) GraphQL
19 37 (1.78%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 322 (15.51%) Cloud Native
2 150 (7.23%) Distributed Systems
3 139 (6.70%) Product Ownership
4 84 (4.05%) Public Cloud
5 65 (3.13%) Onboarding
6 62 (2.99%) Management Information System
7 60 (2.89%) Data Centre
8 58 (2.79%) Blog
9 57 (2.75%) Enterprise Software
9 57 (2.75%) Security Posture
10 54 (2.60%) Greenfield Project
10 54 (2.60%) Video\Live Streaming
11 47 (2.26%) Fixed Income
12 45 (2.17%) Over-the-Top Content
13 44 (2.12%) Mobile App
13 44 (2.12%) Self-Motivation
14 38 (1.83%) Hybrid Cloud
15 35 (1.69%) Data Structures
16 33 (1.59%) PKI
17 32 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 202 (9.73%) Linux
2 108 (5.20%) Windows
3 70 (3.37%) Unix
4 52 (2.50%) Android
4 52 (2.50%) Apple iOS
4 52 (2.50%) Windows Server
5 25 (1.20%) Windows 10
6 21 (1.01%) Mac OS
7 18 (0.87%) Windows Server 2016
8 17 (0.82%) Windows Server 2012
9 16 (0.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 15 (0.72%) Windows Server 2019
11 10 (0.48%) Ubuntu
12 7 (0.34%) CentOS
13 2 (0.096%) VMS
14 1 (0.048%) Debian
14 1 (0.048%) FreeBSD
14 1 (0.048%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.048%) OpenBSD
14 1 (0.048%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 709 (34.15%) CI/CD
2 607 (29.24%) Agile
3 595 (28.66%) Software Engineering
4 542 (26.11%) DevOps
5 454 (21.87%) Mentoring
6 377 (18.16%) Microservices
7 367 (17.68%) Full-Stack Development
7 367 (17.68%) Infrastructure as Code
8 363 (17.49%) Problem-Solving
9 335 (16.14%) AI
10 320 (15.41%) Continuous Improvement
11 310 (14.93%) Containerisation
12 257 (12.38%) Test Automation
13 253 (12.19%) Roadmaps
14 238 (11.46%) Coaching
15 209 (10.07%) Technical Leadership
16 203 (9.78%) Clean Code
17 183 (8.82%) Machine Learning
18 178 (8.57%) Observability
19 174 (8.38%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 641 (30.88%) Python
2 518 (24.95%) Java
3 315 (15.17%) JavaScript
4 312 (15.03%) TypeScript
5 304 (14.64%) SQL
6 217 (10.45%) Go
7 206 (9.92%) C#
8 126 (6.07%) Bash
9 80 (3.85%) PHP
10 71 (3.42%) Scala
11 64 (3.08%) C++
12 49 (2.36%) PowerShell
13 34 (1.64%) Ruby
14 32 (1.54%) Kotlin
15 24 (1.16%) 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 (0.39%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 344 (16.57%) Degree
2 233 (11.22%) Security Cleared
3 217 (10.45%) AWS Certification
4 200 (9.63%) SC Cleared
5 133 (6.41%) Microsoft Certification
6 120 (5.78%) Computer Science Degree
7 103 (4.96%) MCSE
8 60 (2.89%) Azure Certification
9 53 (2.55%) CISSP
10 43 (2.07%) DV Cleared
11 37 (1.78%) Cisco Certification
11 37 (1.78%) CREST Certified
12 33 (1.59%) TOGAF Certification
13 32 (1.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 30 (1.45%) CISM
15 27 (1.30%) OSCP
16 26 (1.25%) DBS Check
17 21 (1.01%) CCNP
18 20 (0.96%) CCNA
18 20 (0.96%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 182 (8.77%) QA
2 94 (4.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 58 (2.79%) GDPR
4 57 (2.75%) NIST
5 51 (2.46%) PCI DSS
6 48 (2.31%) Accessibility
7 45 (2.17%) Data Quality
8 34 (1.64%) GRC
9 33 (1.59%) SOC 2
10 28 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials
11 23 (1.11%) SLA
12 17 (0.82%) NCSC
13 16 (0.77%) Actionable Recommendations
14 15 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 13 (0.63%) JSP 440
16 10 (0.48%) ISO 9001
16 10 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 42001
17 9 (0.43%) HMG Security Policy Framework
18 7 (0.34%) Government Security Classifications
19 6 (0.29%) EU AI Act
System Software
1 417 (20.09%) Docker
2 75 (3.61%) Active Directory
3 33 (1.59%) Hyper-V
4 29 (1.40%) 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
8 5 (0.24%) VMware NSX
9 4 (0.19%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 2 (0.096%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 2 (0.096%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.096%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.048%) KVM
11 1 (0.048%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 418 (20.13%) Terraform
2 381 (18.35%) Kubernetes
3 151 (7.27%) Ansible
4 143 (6.89%) Grafana
5 80 (3.85%) Prometheus
6 48 (2.31%) Argo
7 29 (1.40%) Microsoft Intune
7 29 (1.40%) Single Sign-On
8 19 (0.92%) Kustomize
9 18 (0.87%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 8 (0.39%) Istio
10 8 (0.39%) Nmap
10 8 (0.39%) Podman
10 8 (0.39%) Proxmox
11 7 (0.34%) Puppet
12 6 (0.29%) Cisco CUCM
12 6 (0.29%) Kibana
12 6 (0.29%) Packer
12 6 (0.29%) Progress Chef
13 5 (0.24%) AWS Copilot
Vendors
1 302 (14.55%) Microsoft
2 135 (6.50%) Google
3 106 (5.11%) ServiceNow
4 64 (3.08%) Cisco
5 56 (2.70%) VMware
6 55 (2.65%) Oracle
7 45 (2.17%) Typelevel
8 35 (1.69%) Apple
8 35 (1.69%) Splunk
9 30 (1.45%) Databricks
9 30 (1.45%) Red Hat
10 29 (1.40%) Adobe
11 28 (1.35%) Fortinet
11 28 (1.35%) Palo Alto
12 27 (1.30%) SolarWinds
13 26 (1.25%) Salesforce
14 25 (1.20%) SAP
15 18 (0.87%) Okta
16 17 (0.82%) Dell
17 15 (0.72%) NetScout