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 8 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 16 8
Rank change year-on-year +6 -8 -2
Permanent jobs citing AWS 2,530 2,006 3,490
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 10.20% 11.94% 15.96%
As % of the Cloud Services category 29.39% 34.96% 37.68%
Number of salaries quoted 1,670 1,209 2,386
10th Percentile £45,000 £47,078 £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 £108,750 £137,500 £142,500
UK median annual salary £72,500 £74,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -2.68% -0.67% +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 8,607 5,738 9,261
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.70% 34.16% 42.35%
Number of salaries quoted 6,307 4,055 6,096
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £36,500
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 £63,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -5.51% +1.60%

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 8 October 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 35 (1.38%) Apache Spark
2 30 (1.19%) Confluence
3 27 (1.07%) Apache Airflow
4 26 (1.03%) Apache
5 17 (0.67%) SharePoint
6 16 (0.63%) Anypoint
7 15 (0.59%) IIS
8 14 (0.55%) Microsoft Exchange
9 13 (0.51%) Mule
10 12 (0.47%) WordPress
11 10 (0.40%) CMS
12 9 (0.36%) Jupyter
12 9 (0.36%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 8 (0.32%) WebLogic
14 6 (0.24%) SAS
15 5 (0.20%) Camunda
15 5 (0.20%) nginx
16 4 (0.16%) ArcGIS
16 4 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
17 3 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 70 (2.77%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (0.67%) Chatbot
3 16 (0.63%) Microsoft Excel
4 10 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.28%) Moqups
5 7 (0.28%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.079%) Elementor
6 2 (0.079%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.079%) PlantUML
6 2 (0.079%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.079%) Weka
7 1 (0.040%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.040%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.040%) DaVinci Resolve
7 1 (0.040%) Houdini
7 1 (0.040%) Lightworks
7 1 (0.040%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 19 (0.75%) Cloudability
2 6 (0.24%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.079%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (0.079%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (0.079%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.079%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.040%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
5 1 (0.040%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.040%) Finacle
5 1 (0.040%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.040%) Shopify
5 1 (0.040%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 1,185 (46.84%) Azure
2 652 (25.77%) GCP
3 338 (13.36%) SaaS
4 214 (8.46%) Serverless
5 205 (8.10%) GitHub
6 159 (6.28%) AWS Lambda
7 157 (6.21%) Microsoft 365
8 147 (5.81%) Amazon S3
9 117 (4.62%) Amazon EKS
10 101 (3.99%) AWS CloudFormation
11 97 (3.83%) Amazon EC2
12 92 (3.64%) GitHub Actions
13 91 (3.60%) Snowflake
14 78 (3.08%) Amazon ECS
15 71 (2.81%) GitHub Copilot
16 68 (2.69%) Anthropic Claude
17 64 (2.53%) Amazon Bedrock
18 60 (2.37%) Amazon SQS
19 58 (2.29%) Azure DevOps
20 55 (2.17%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 101 (3.99%) Firewall
2 74 (2.92%) Network Security
3 68 (2.69%) VPN
4 55 (2.17%) TCP/IP
5 53 (2.09%) Broadband
5 53 (2.09%) DNS
6 48 (1.90%) WAN
7 40 (1.58%) LAN
8 34 (1.34%) DHCP
9 32 (1.26%) HTTP
10 24 (0.95%) SD-WAN
11 22 (0.87%) BGP
12 17 (0.67%) VLAN
13 15 (0.59%) SSL
13 15 (0.59%) Wi-Fi
14 14 (0.55%) Cisco ASA
15 12 (0.47%) AMQP
15 12 (0.47%) SMS
16 11 (0.43%) IP Telephony
17 10 (0.40%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 283 (11.19%) PostgreSQL
2 221 (8.74%) MongoDB
3 103 (4.07%) SQL Server
4 97 (3.83%) Elasticsearch
5 95 (3.75%) MySQL
6 85 (3.36%) NoSQL
7 81 (3.20%) Azure SQL Database
8 74 (2.92%) Relational Database
9 66 (2.61%) DynamoDB
10 60 (2.37%) Amazon RDS
11 55 (2.17%) Redis
12 49 (1.94%) Power BI
13 48 (1.90%) Data Warehouse
14 42 (1.66%) Amazon Athena
15 39 (1.54%) Metadata
16 33 (1.30%) Data Lake
17 31 (1.23%) Tableau
18 27 (1.07%) Amazon Redshift
19 25 (0.99%) Big Data
20 23 (0.91%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 150 (5.93%) Git
2 95 (3.75%) TeamCity
3 88 (3.48%) GitLab
4 87 (3.44%) Jenkins
5 69 (2.73%) Claude Code
6 61 (2.41%) JIRA
7 48 (1.90%) Cypress.io
8 39 (1.54%) JUnit
9 27 (1.07%) Selenium
10 23 (0.91%) Mockito
10 23 (0.91%) Postman
11 20 (0.79%) Maven
12 11 (0.43%) Bitbucket
13 8 (0.32%) SonarQube
14 6 (0.24%) Burp Suite
14 6 (0.24%) CircleCI
14 6 (0.24%) Cucumber
14 6 (0.24%) Gatling
14 6 (0.24%) Metasploit
15 5 (0.20%) NUnit
General
1 690 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 619 (24.47%) Finance
3 358 (14.15%) Public Sector
4 305 (12.06%) Banking
5 272 (10.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 232 (9.17%) Law
7 185 (7.31%) Analytical Skills
8 158 (6.25%) Retail
9 85 (3.36%) Financial Institution
10 83 (3.28%) Back Office
11 80 (3.16%) Legal
12 51 (2.02%) Marketing
12 51 (2.02%) Presentation Skills
13 48 (1.90%) Games
13 48 (1.90%) Swedish Language
14 44 (1.74%) Influencing Skills
15 33 (1.30%) Telecoms
16 31 (1.23%) French Language
16 31 (1.23%) Health Technology
16 31 (1.23%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 636 (25.14%) Senior
2 476 (18.81%) Developer
3 441 (17.43%) Software Engineer
4 309 (12.21%) Architect
5 295 (11.66%) Lead
6 132 (5.22%) Analyst
7 123 (4.86%) DevOps Engineer
7 123 (4.86%) Full-Stack Developer
8 122 (4.82%) Senior Developer
9 121 (4.78%) AWS Engineer
10 118 (4.66%) Senior Software Engineer
11 101 (3.99%) .NET Developer
12 97 (3.83%) Cloud Engineer
12 97 (3.83%) Python Engineer
13 88 (3.48%) Consultant
14 87 (3.44%) Data Engineer
14 87 (3.44%) Lead Software Engineer
15 80 (3.16%) Engineering Manager
15 80 (3.16%) Software Developer
16 79 (3.12%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 467 (18.46%) Terraform
2 379 (14.98%) React
3 325 (12.85%) Node.js
4 255 (10.08%) .NET
5 188 (7.43%) REST
6 161 (6.36%) Spring
7 137 (5.42%) RESTful
8 124 (4.90%) Spring Boot
9 114 (4.51%) .NET Core
10 113 (4.47%) Vue
11 109 (4.31%) AngularJS
12 106 (4.19%) ASP.NET
13 94 (3.72%) ASP.NET Core
14 87 (3.44%) LangChain
15 85 (3.36%) CSS
16 83 (3.28%) Middleware
17 76 (3.00%) Kafka
18 67 (2.65%) .NET Framework
19 63 (2.49%) Next.js
20 62 (2.45%) LangGraph
Miscellaneous
1 420 (16.60%) Cloud Native
2 181 (7.15%) Distributed Systems
2 181 (7.15%) Product Ownership
3 125 (4.94%) AI Agents
4 98 (3.87%) Public Cloud
5 77 (3.04%) Cyber Threat
6 65 (2.57%) Greenfield Project
7 62 (2.45%) Blog
8 59 (2.33%) Onboarding
9 55 (2.17%) Hybrid Cloud
10 53 (2.09%) Hedge funds
11 48 (1.90%) Security Posture
12 46 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
13 41 (1.62%) Self-Motivation
14 40 (1.58%) Data Centre
15 39 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
16 38 (1.50%) Management Information System
17 29 (1.15%) Mobile App
18 28 (1.11%) Low-Code
18 28 (1.11%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 218 (8.62%) Linux
2 159 (6.28%) Windows
3 71 (2.81%) Unix
4 55 (2.17%) Windows Server
5 26 (1.03%) Apple iOS
6 19 (0.75%) Android
7 15 (0.59%) Ubuntu
8 8 (0.32%) Mac OS
9 7 (0.28%) Debian
10 3 (0.12%) CentOS
10 3 (0.12%) Robot Operating System
10 3 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.079%) Solaris
12 1 (0.040%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.040%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 939 (37.11%) CI/CD
2 830 (32.81%) Agile
3 777 (30.71%) Software Engineering
4 637 (25.18%) AI
5 604 (23.87%) Mentoring
6 602 (23.79%) DevOps
7 481 (19.01%) Continuous Improvement
8 472 (18.66%) Microservices
9 450 (17.79%) Problem-Solving
10 434 (17.15%) Full-Stack Development
11 433 (17.11%) Infrastructure as Code
12 413 (16.32%) Test Automation
13 382 (15.10%) Technical Leadership
14 313 (12.37%) Roadmaps
15 293 (11.58%) Coaching
16 282 (11.15%) Scrum
17 274 (10.83%) Containerisation
18 271 (10.71%) Observability
19 247 (9.76%) Machine Learning
20 229 (9.05%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 650 (25.69%) Python
2 553 (21.86%) Java
3 430 (17.00%) SQL
4 382 (15.10%) JavaScript
5 352 (13.91%) TypeScript
6 280 (11.07%) C#
7 106 (4.19%) Bash
8 101 (3.99%) Go
9 85 (3.36%) PowerShell
10 66 (2.61%) Ruby
11 60 (2.37%) C++
12 55 (2.17%) PHP
13 34 (1.34%) Kotlin
14 24 (0.95%) Rust
15 23 (0.91%) R
15 23 (0.91%) Scala
16 21 (0.83%) PL/SQL
17 16 (0.63%) DataWeave
18 13 (0.51%) Bicep
19 11 (0.43%) C
Qualifications
1 438 (17.31%) Security Cleared
2 362 (14.31%) SC Cleared
3 276 (10.91%) Degree
4 171 (6.76%) AWS Certification
5 118 (4.66%) CISSP
6 106 (4.19%) CISM
7 85 (3.36%) Microsoft Certification
8 78 (3.08%) Computer Science Degree
9 71 (2.81%) MCSE
10 64 (2.53%) Azure Certification
11 50 (1.98%) ITIL Certification
12 47 (1.86%) DV Cleared
13 40 (1.58%) Cisco Certification
14 33 (1.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 29 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
16 25 (0.99%) CCNP
17 23 (0.91%) CCNA
18 18 (0.71%) Microsoft Certified Professional
19 16 (0.63%) TOGAF Certification
20 15 (0.59%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 162 (6.40%) QA
2 121 (4.78%) NIST
3 110 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 101 (3.99%) Data Quality
5 77 (3.04%) Accessibility
6 59 (2.33%) GDPR
7 48 (1.90%) ISO 22301
8 37 (1.46%) NCSC
9 35 (1.38%) PCI DSS
10 29 (1.15%) GRC
11 28 (1.11%) Cyber Essentials
12 18 (0.71%) SOC 2
13 15 (0.59%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 13 (0.51%) SLA
15 12 (0.47%) NIST 800
16 11 (0.43%) WCAG
17 9 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 9 (0.36%) ISO 9001
17 9 (0.36%) PMO
18 7 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 428 (16.92%) Docker
2 51 (2.02%) Active Directory
3 48 (1.90%) VMware Infrastructure
4 41 (1.62%) Hyper-V
5 15 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
6 11 (0.43%) vSphere
7 6 (0.24%) KVM
8 3 (0.12%) Firmware
8 3 (0.12%) iptables
8 3 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.12%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.079%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 2 (0.079%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.079%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.040%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.040%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 449 (17.75%) Kubernetes
2 151 (5.97%) Grafana
3 110 (4.35%) Ansible
4 45 (1.78%) Prometheus
5 24 (0.95%) Argo
5 24 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
6 19 (0.75%) Progress Chef
7 14 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
8 13 (0.51%) CloudHub
9 10 (0.40%) Packer
9 10 (0.40%) Proxmox
9 10 (0.40%) Puppet
10 9 (0.36%) Istio
11 8 (0.32%) CASB
12 7 (0.28%) Podman
12 7 (0.28%) ZABBIX
13 6 (0.24%) Dell DRAC
13 6 (0.24%) EMC NetWorker
13 6 (0.24%) Nmap
13 6 (0.24%) VxRail
Vendors
1 399 (15.77%) Microsoft
2 139 (5.49%) Google
3 103 (4.07%) ServiceNow
4 80 (3.16%) Databricks
5 75 (2.96%) VMware
6 72 (2.85%) Oracle
7 43 (1.70%) Cisco
8 42 (1.66%) OpenAI
9 33 (1.30%) SAP
10 31 (1.23%) Adobe
11 27 (1.07%) Splunk
12 24 (0.95%) Dynatrace
12 24 (0.95%) Salesforce
13 22 (0.87%) Informatica
13 22 (0.87%) Palo Alto
14 21 (0.83%) Fortinet
15 20 (0.79%) Apple
15 20 (0.79%) MuleSoft
15 20 (0.79%) Okta
16 16 (0.63%) Ping Identity