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 30 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 8 9
Rank change year-on-year -4 +1 -2
Permanent jobs citing AWS 1,638 3,278 3,491
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 10.79% 16.84% 16.70%
As % of the Cloud Services category 29.69% 37.59% 35.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1,239 2,182 2,954
10th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £58,750 £57,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -3.45%
75th Percentile £100,625 £102,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £135,250 £131,125 £111,250
UK median annual salary £73,801 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -1.60% +7.14% -3.45%

All Cloud 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 5,517 8,720 9,944
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.35% 44.79% 47.57%
Number of salaries quoted 4,085 5,702 8,533
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £36,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.38% - -
75th Percentile £82,500 £84,964 £82,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £110,000 £99,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,750 £62,500
% change year-on-year -5.88% +2.00% -0.79%

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 30 November 2025.

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
1 138 (8.42%) Apache Airflow
2 80 (4.88%) Apache
3 30 (1.83%) Apache Spark
4 18 (1.10%) Confluence
5 17 (1.04%) Tomcat
6 16 (0.98%) WebSphere
6 16 (0.98%) WebSphere Application Server
7 14 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
8 13 (0.79%) SharePoint
9 9 (0.55%) Headless CMS
10 7 (0.43%) Ethereum
10 7 (0.43%) IIS
10 7 (0.43%) nginx
10 7 (0.43%) WordPress
11 6 (0.37%) Drupal
12 5 (0.31%) Anypoint
12 5 (0.31%) CMS
13 4 (0.24%) Apache Pulsar
14 3 (0.18%) GeoServer
14 3 (0.18%) Luigi
Applications
1 98 (5.98%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (0.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.061%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (0.061%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.061%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.061%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.061%) Notion
3 1 (0.061%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.061%) Trello
Business Applications
1 17 (1.04%) Oracle ERP
2 16 (0.98%) Shopify
3 10 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
4 8 (0.49%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.18%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.12%) Magento
7 1 (0.061%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.061%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 753 (45.97%) Azure
2 438 (26.74%) GCP
3 210 (12.82%) SaaS
4 207 (12.64%) Serverless
5 153 (9.34%) AWS Lambda
5 153 (9.34%) GitHub
6 150 (9.16%) Microsoft 365
7 137 (8.36%) dbt
8 120 (7.33%) Amazon S3
9 94 (5.74%) AWS CloudFormation
10 93 (5.68%) Snowflake
11 81 (4.95%) Amazon EKS
12 77 (4.70%) GitHub Actions
13 73 (4.46%) Amazon ECS
14 60 (3.66%) Azure DevOps
15 59 (3.60%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 57 (3.48%) Entra ID
17 53 (3.24%) Amazon EC2
18 47 (2.87%) OCI
19 42 (2.56%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 80 (4.88%) Firewall
2 53 (3.24%) VPN
3 46 (2.81%) Network Security
4 38 (2.32%) DNS
5 35 (2.14%) WAN
6 28 (1.71%) LAN
7 27 (1.65%) TCP/IP
8 24 (1.47%) SD-WAN
9 20 (1.22%) SSL
9 20 (1.22%) Wi-Fi
10 19 (1.16%) DHCP
11 18 (1.10%) VLAN
12 16 (0.98%) Broadband
13 15 (0.92%) VoIP
14 11 (0.67%) HTTP
15 10 (0.61%) BGP
16 9 (0.55%) Intrusion Detection
17 8 (0.49%) Internet
18 7 (0.43%) IP Telephony
18 7 (0.43%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 195 (11.90%) PostgreSQL
2 117 (7.14%) Amazon Athena
3 109 (6.65%) Apache Iceberg
4 103 (6.29%) Apache Arrow
4 103 (6.29%) Dremio
5 93 (5.68%) NoSQL
5 93 (5.68%) SQL Server
6 89 (5.43%) Data Lake
7 88 (5.37%) MongoDB
8 69 (4.21%) MySQL
9 63 (3.85%) Data Warehouse
10 58 (3.54%) Amazon RDS
11 57 (3.48%) DynamoDB
11 57 (3.48%) Elasticsearch
12 56 (3.42%) Apache Ignite
13 37 (2.26%) Amazon Redshift
14 36 (2.20%) Power BI
15 33 (2.01%) Relational Database
16 26 (1.59%) Azure SQL Database
17 24 (1.47%) Redis
Development Applications
1 122 (7.45%) Jenkins
2 96 (5.86%) Git
3 73 (4.46%) GitLab
4 39 (2.38%) JIRA
5 33 (2.01%) TeamCity
6 29 (1.77%) Cypress.io
7 17 (1.04%) Oracle Forms
8 15 (0.92%) Selenium
9 14 (0.85%) JUnit
10 12 (0.73%) Bitbucket
10 12 (0.73%) Cucumber
11 11 (0.67%) SonarQube
12 10 (0.61%) Subversion
13 8 (0.49%) CircleCI
14 7 (0.43%) Burp Suite
14 7 (0.43%) Metasploit
14 7 (0.43%) Sonatype Nexus
15 6 (0.37%) ER Studio
15 6 (0.37%) JMeter
15 6 (0.37%) Maven
General
1 498 (30.40%) Social Skills
2 466 (28.45%) Finance
3 158 (9.65%) Banking
4 144 (8.79%) Front Office
5 97 (5.92%) Analytical Skills
6 95 (5.80%) French Language
6 95 (5.80%) Swedish Language
7 92 (5.62%) Public Sector
8 89 (5.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 88 (5.37%) Retail
10 69 (4.21%) Law
11 64 (3.91%) Telecoms
12 63 (3.85%) Investment Banking
13 47 (2.87%) Financial Institution
14 43 (2.63%) Games
15 41 (2.50%) Tech for Good
16 40 (2.44%) Marketing
17 35 (2.14%) Influencing Skills
18 34 (2.08%) Legal
19 31 (1.89%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 399 (24.36%) Senior
2 394 (24.05%) Developer
3 285 (17.40%) Software Engineer
4 198 (12.09%) Lead
5 164 (10.01%) Architect
6 152 (9.28%) AWS Engineer
7 131 (8.00%) Analyst
8 120 (7.33%) Python Engineer
9 111 (6.78%) AWS Software Engineer
10 104 (6.35%) Senior Software Engineer
11 102 (6.23%) Python Software Engineer
12 99 (6.04%) Java Engineer
13 96 (5.86%) AWS Developer
14 95 (5.80%) Service Analyst
14 95 (5.80%) Service Desk Analyst
15 94 (5.74%) Python Developer
16 90 (5.49%) Senior Developer
16 90 (5.49%) Software Developer
17 89 (5.43%) Java Software Engineer
18 85 (5.19%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 358 (21.86%) React
2 226 (13.80%) Node.js
3 194 (11.84%) .NET
4 133 (8.12%) AngularJS
5 128 (7.81%) RESTful
6 119 (7.26%) Vue
7 117 (7.14%) Kafka
8 115 (7.02%) Pandas
9 110 (6.72%) NumPy
10 103 (6.29%) SciPy
11 85 (5.19%) REST
12 81 (4.95%) Spring
13 76 (4.64%) Spring Boot
14 72 (4.40%) gRPC
15 69 (4.21%) CSS
16 62 (3.79%) HTML
17 58 (3.54%) .NET Core
18 55 (3.36%) GraphQL
19 53 (3.24%) Protocol Buffers
20 50 (3.05%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 220 (13.43%) Cloud Native
2 140 (8.55%) Fixed Income
3 111 (6.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 110 (6.72%) Equities
5 92 (5.62%) Distributed Systems
6 66 (4.03%) Hedge funds
7 60 (3.66%) Product Ownership
8 54 (3.30%) Derivative
8 54 (3.30%) Public Cloud
9 53 (3.24%) Pricing Data
10 49 (2.99%) Management Information System
11 47 (2.87%) Enterprise Software
12 38 (2.32%) Data Centre
13 36 (2.20%) Hybrid Cloud
14 34 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
15 29 (1.77%) Security Posture
16 27 (1.65%) Onboarding
17 25 (1.53%) Greenfield Project
18 24 (1.47%) Data Structures
19 23 (1.40%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 184 (11.23%) Linux
2 123 (7.51%) Windows
3 52 (3.17%) Unix
4 34 (2.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 31 (1.89%) Windows Server
6 19 (1.16%) Android
7 13 (0.79%) Apple iOS
7 13 (0.79%) CentOS
8 10 (0.61%) Mac OS
8 10 (0.61%) Ubuntu
9 7 (0.43%) Windows 10
10 5 (0.31%) Debian
10 5 (0.31%) Mac OS X
10 5 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (0.24%) VMS
11 4 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
12 3 (0.18%) HPUX
12 3 (0.18%) Oracle Linux
12 3 (0.18%) Solaris
12 3 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 620 (37.85%) Agile
2 494 (30.16%) CI/CD
3 474 (28.94%) Software Engineering
4 434 (26.50%) DevOps
5 318 (19.41%) Mentoring
6 272 (16.61%) Problem-Solving
7 264 (16.12%) Microservices
8 258 (15.75%) Infrastructure as Code
9 249 (15.20%) AI
10 231 (14.10%) Full-Stack Development
11 216 (13.19%) Continuous Improvement
12 202 (12.33%) ITIL
13 196 (11.97%) Roadmaps
14 170 (10.38%) Containerisation
15 141 (8.61%) Asset Management
15 141 (8.61%) Investment Management
16 135 (8.24%) Computer Science
17 133 (8.12%) Analytics
18 126 (7.69%) Technical Leadership
19 125 (7.63%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 585 (35.71%) Python
2 395 (24.11%) TypeScript
3 377 (23.02%) JavaScript
4 376 (22.95%) Java
5 310 (18.93%) SQL
6 196 (11.97%) C#
7 89 (5.43%) Go
8 84 (5.13%) Bash
9 78 (4.76%) PowerShell
10 53 (3.24%) PHP
11 26 (1.59%) Shell Script
12 21 (1.28%) PL/SQL
12 21 (1.28%) Scala
13 19 (1.16%) Bicep
14 18 (1.10%) C++
15 16 (0.98%) Kotlin
16 11 (0.67%) Ruby
17 10 (0.61%) R
18 9 (0.55%) Rust
19 8 (0.49%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 310 (18.93%) Degree
2 260 (15.87%) AWS Certification
3 179 (10.93%) Security Cleared
4 146 (8.91%) Microsoft Certification
4 146 (8.91%) SC Cleared
5 114 (6.96%) MCSE
6 101 (6.17%) Computer Science Degree
7 85 (5.19%) Azure Certification
8 51 (3.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 47 (2.87%) Cisco Certification
10 29 (1.77%) CISSP
10 29 (1.77%) DV Cleared
11 28 (1.71%) ITIL Certification
11 28 (1.71%) Master's Degree
12 27 (1.65%) CCNP
12 27 (1.65%) TOGAF Certification
13 18 (1.10%) CISM
13 18 (1.10%) MCP
14 14 (0.85%) CCNA
14 14 (0.85%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 173 (10.56%) QA
2 83 (5.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 62 (3.79%) GDPR
4 53 (3.24%) NIST
5 31 (1.89%) Data Quality
5 31 (1.89%) SLA
6 28 (1.71%) PCI DSS
7 27 (1.65%) Accessibility
8 26 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials
9 22 (1.34%) SOC 2
10 16 (0.98%) GRC
11 15 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 10 (0.61%) NCSC
13 9 (0.55%) HIPAA
14 8 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 7 (0.43%) Actionable Recommendations
15 7 (0.43%) ISO 9001
16 6 (0.37%) EU AI Act
17 5 (0.31%) JSP 440
18 2 (0.12%) HL7
System Software
1 261 (15.93%) Docker
2 59 (3.60%) Active Directory
3 29 (1.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (1.28%) Hyper-V
5 14 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
6 10 (0.61%) vSphere
7 6 (0.37%) Firmware
8 4 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.18%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.12%) Veritas Cluster Server
11 1 (0.061%) Dovecot
11 1 (0.061%) HDFS
11 1 (0.061%) Postfix
11 1 (0.061%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.061%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 298 (18.19%) Terraform
2 285 (17.40%) Kubernetes
3 119 (7.26%) Ansible
4 88 (5.37%) Grafana
5 45 (2.75%) Prometheus
6 24 (1.47%) Single Sign-On
7 23 (1.40%) Argo
8 21 (1.28%) Microsoft Intune
9 8 (0.49%) Progress Chef
10 7 (0.43%) Nmap
10 7 (0.43%) SCOM
11 6 (0.37%) Kibana
11 6 (0.37%) Puppet
12 5 (0.31%) Cilium
12 5 (0.31%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 5 (0.31%) SCCM
12 5 (0.31%) WSUS
13 4 (0.24%) Autotask
13 4 (0.24%) Proxmox
14 3 (0.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 264 (16.12%) Microsoft
2 109 (6.65%) ServiceNow
3 92 (5.62%) Google
4 86 (5.25%) Oracle
5 46 (2.81%) VMware
6 45 (2.75%) Red Hat
7 32 (1.95%) IBM
8 30 (1.83%) Cisco
8 30 (1.83%) Databricks
9 20 (1.22%) Apple
10 19 (1.16%) SAP
11 18 (1.10%) Okta
12 17 (1.04%) Palo Alto
13 16 (0.98%) Splunk
14 15 (0.92%) Informatica
14 15 (0.92%) Talend
15 14 (0.85%) Salesforce
16 12 (0.73%) OpenAI
17 10 (0.61%) Atlassian
17 10 (0.61%) Dell