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

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 13 9
Rank change year-on-year +4 -4 -3
Permanent jobs citing AWS 2,326 2,164 4,922
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 11.55% 13.98% 14.17%
As % of the Cloud Services category 30.48% 36.58% 33.62%
Number of salaries quoted 1,479 1,367 4,144
10th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,079 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.56% +7.14% -3.45%
75th Percentile £90,000 £106,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £135,000 £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 7,630 5,915 14,640
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.88% 38.22% 42.16%
Number of salaries quoted 5,367 4,306 12,168
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,549 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,750 £45,000 £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 £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% -8.95%

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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 20 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 61 (2.62%) Apache Airflow
2 43 (1.85%) Apache Spark
3 28 (1.20%) Apache
4 23 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
5 15 (0.64%) CMS
5 15 (0.64%) SharePoint
6 8 (0.34%) Confluence
6 8 (0.34%) IIS
7 7 (0.30%) Jupyter
7 7 (0.30%) nginx
8 6 (0.26%) Apache Solr
9 5 (0.21%) WordPress
10 4 (0.17%) Anypoint
10 4 (0.17%) Ethereum
10 4 (0.17%) Mule
11 2 (0.086%) Camunda
11 2 (0.086%) GeoServer
11 2 (0.086%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.086%) Palantir Foundry
11 2 (0.086%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 80 (3.44%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (0.30%) MS Visio
4 6 (0.26%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (0.21%) AutoCAD
5 5 (0.21%) Chatbot
5 5 (0.21%) DaVinci Resolve
6 3 (0.13%) Adobe Illustrator
6 3 (0.13%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.086%) PlantUML
8 1 (0.043%) EngageOne
8 1 (0.043%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (1.03%) Cloudability
2 5 (0.21%) Shopify
3 4 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.086%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.043%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.043%) Magento
6 1 (0.043%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.043%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.043%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 985 (42.35%) Azure
2 587 (25.24%) GCP
3 259 (11.13%) Serverless
4 228 (9.80%) SaaS
5 184 (7.91%) GitHub
6 167 (7.18%) Amazon S3
6 167 (7.18%) AWS Lambda
7 142 (6.10%) Microsoft 365
8 116 (4.99%) Amazon EKS
9 102 (4.39%) AWS CloudFormation
10 101 (4.34%) Amazon EC2
11 86 (3.70%) Amazon ECS
12 80 (3.44%) GitHub Actions
13 71 (3.05%) Amazon SQS
14 56 (2.41%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 56 (2.41%) Azure DevOps
15 49 (2.11%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 46 (1.98%) Entra ID
16 46 (1.98%) GitHub Copilot
17 41 (1.76%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 141 (6.06%) Broadband
2 137 (5.89%) Firewall
3 74 (3.18%) VPN
3 74 (3.18%) WAN
4 64 (2.75%) DNS
4 64 (2.75%) LAN
5 55 (2.36%) Network Security
6 48 (2.06%) Wi-Fi
7 42 (1.81%) TCP/IP
8 39 (1.68%) HTTP
9 38 (1.63%) DHCP
10 35 (1.50%) SD-WAN
11 31 (1.33%) Cisco ASA
12 30 (1.29%) VXLAN
13 27 (1.16%) Cisco Firepower
14 22 (0.95%) VLAN
15 21 (0.90%) BGP
16 17 (0.73%) MPLS
16 17 (0.73%) NGFW
16 17 (0.73%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 240 (10.32%) PostgreSQL
2 214 (9.20%) MongoDB
3 129 (5.55%) NoSQL
4 90 (3.87%) SQL Server
5 89 (3.83%) MySQL
6 85 (3.65%) Elasticsearch
7 65 (2.79%) Relational Database
8 63 (2.71%) Amazon RDS
9 62 (2.67%) DynamoDB
10 57 (2.45%) Metadata
11 53 (2.28%) Azure SQL Database
12 45 (1.93%) Data Warehouse
13 39 (1.68%) Amazon Athena
14 34 (1.46%) Redis
15 33 (1.42%) Amazon Redshift
16 30 (1.29%) BigQuery
17 27 (1.16%) Data Lake
17 27 (1.16%) Tableau
18 25 (1.07%) RDBMS
19 22 (0.95%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 125 (5.37%) Git
2 83 (3.57%) GitLab
3 78 (3.35%) Jenkins
4 59 (2.54%) TeamCity
5 51 (2.19%) Cypress.io
6 41 (1.76%) JIRA
7 24 (1.03%) Claude Code
8 18 (0.77%) Jaeger
9 16 (0.69%) Selenium
10 15 (0.64%) CircleCI
10 15 (0.64%) JUnit
11 14 (0.60%) Crashlytics
11 14 (0.60%) JMeter
11 14 (0.60%) Maven
11 14 (0.60%) XCTest
12 10 (0.43%) Postman
13 9 (0.39%) MLflow
13 9 (0.39%) Mockito
14 7 (0.30%) Cucumber
14 7 (0.30%) Metasploit
General
1 548 (23.56%) Social Skills
2 509 (21.88%) Finance
3 254 (10.92%) Public Sector
4 238 (10.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 215 (9.24%) Banking
6 174 (7.48%) Law
7 140 (6.02%) Retail
8 129 (5.55%) Analytical Skills
9 63 (2.71%) Legal
10 51 (2.19%) Back Office
11 50 (2.15%) Financial Institution
11 50 (2.15%) Games
12 44 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
13 42 (1.81%) Front Office
14 41 (1.76%) French Language
15 27 (1.16%) Marketing
15 27 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
16 26 (1.12%) Swedish Language
17 23 (0.99%) Telecoms
18 21 (0.90%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 542 (23.30%) Senior
2 495 (21.28%) Developer
3 408 (17.54%) Software Engineer
4 320 (13.76%) Lead
5 261 (11.22%) Architect
6 156 (6.71%) AWS Engineer
7 140 (6.02%) Full-Stack Developer
8 117 (5.03%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 114 (4.90%) Senior Software Engineer
10 109 (4.69%) Analyst
11 106 (4.56%) Lead Software Engineer
12 102 (4.39%) DevOps Engineer
13 95 (4.08%) Cloud Engineer
13 95 (4.08%) Solutions Architect
14 94 (4.04%) Lead Developer
15 93 (4.00%) Software Developer
16 88 (3.78%) Engineering Manager
17 87 (3.74%) .NET Developer
17 87 (3.74%) Consultant
17 87 (3.74%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 405 (17.41%) React
2 336 (14.45%) Node.js
3 192 (8.25%) .NET
4 149 (6.41%) REST
5 126 (5.42%) Spring
6 124 (5.33%) Kafka
7 121 (5.20%) RESTful
8 114 (4.90%) CSS
9 108 (4.64%) Vue
10 95 (4.08%) AngularJS
11 90 (3.87%) Spring Boot
12 80 (3.44%) .NET Core
13 78 (3.35%) HTML
14 71 (3.05%) ASP.NET
15 63 (2.71%) ASP.NET Core
16 51 (2.19%) Redux
16 51 (2.19%) Ruby on Rails
17 49 (2.11%) gRPC
18 43 (1.85%) .NET Framework
19 42 (1.81%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 384 (16.51%) Cloud Native
2 192 (8.25%) Product Ownership
3 175 (7.52%) Distributed Systems
4 97 (4.17%) Public Cloud
5 79 (3.40%) Video\Live Streaming
6 77 (3.31%) Greenfield Project
7 64 (2.75%) Data Centre
8 58 (2.49%) Security Posture
9 57 (2.45%) Onboarding
10 51 (2.19%) Blog
10 51 (2.19%) Management Information System
11 46 (1.98%) Over-the-Top Content
12 45 (1.93%) Enterprise Software
12 45 (1.93%) Self-Motivation
13 44 (1.89%) Fixed Income
14 42 (1.81%) Hybrid Cloud
14 42 (1.81%) Mobile App
15 40 (1.72%) PKI
16 35 (1.50%) Low-Code
17 34 (1.46%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 202 (8.68%) Linux
2 120 (5.16%) Windows
3 54 (2.32%) Unix
4 52 (2.24%) Windows Server
5 41 (1.76%) Apple iOS
6 28 (1.20%) Android
7 17 (0.73%) Windows 10
8 14 (0.60%) Windows Server 2016
9 11 (0.47%) Mac OS
9 11 (0.47%) Windows Server 2012
10 10 (0.43%) Windows Server 2019
11 8 (0.34%) Ubuntu
12 5 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 3 (0.13%) CentOS
13 3 (0.13%) Debian
14 1 (0.043%) FreeBSD
14 1 (0.043%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.043%) OpenBSD
14 1 (0.043%) Windows 7
14 1 (0.043%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 814 (35.00%) CI/CD
2 730 (31.38%) Agile
3 712 (30.61%) Software Engineering
4 532 (22.87%) Mentoring
5 528 (22.70%) DevOps
6 479 (20.59%) Full-Stack Development
7 458 (19.69%) Microservices
8 432 (18.57%) AI
9 425 (18.27%) Infrastructure as Code
10 399 (17.15%) Continuous Improvement
11 383 (16.47%) Problem-Solving
12 341 (14.66%) Test Automation
13 340 (14.62%) Containerisation
14 322 (13.84%) Technical Leadership
15 306 (13.16%) Roadmaps
16 269 (11.56%) Coaching
17 243 (10.45%) Clean Code
18 234 (10.06%) Machine Learning
19 222 (9.54%) Observability
20 211 (9.07%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 647 (27.82%) Python
2 535 (23.00%) Java
3 384 (16.51%) TypeScript
4 364 (15.65%) JavaScript
5 327 (14.06%) SQL
6 244 (10.49%) C#
7 208 (8.94%) Go
8 116 (4.99%) Bash
9 77 (3.31%) Scala
10 70 (3.01%) C++
11 67 (2.88%) PHP
12 59 (2.54%) Ruby
13 50 (2.15%) PowerShell
14 34 (1.46%) Kotlin
15 27 (1.16%) Rust
16 15 (0.64%) Bicep
17 14 (0.60%) Swift
18 13 (0.56%) PL/SQL
19 9 (0.39%) Groovy
20 7 (0.30%) C
Qualifications
1 317 (13.63%) Security Cleared
2 276 (11.87%) Degree
3 264 (11.35%) SC Cleared
4 188 (8.08%) AWS Certification
5 90 (3.87%) Microsoft Certification
6 79 (3.40%) Computer Science Degree
7 74 (3.18%) MCSE
8 62 (2.67%) CISSP
9 56 (2.41%) Azure Certification
10 47 (2.02%) DV Cleared
11 40 (1.72%) CISM
12 37 (1.59%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 31 (1.33%) Cisco Certification
14 26 (1.12%) DBS Check
15 23 (0.99%) CREST Certified
16 19 (0.82%) CCNP
16 19 (0.82%) TOGAF Certification
17 17 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
17 17 (0.73%) OSCP
18 15 (0.64%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 173 (7.44%) QA
2 92 (3.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 66 (2.84%) NIST
4 57 (2.45%) Data Quality
5 53 (2.28%) Accessibility
6 43 (1.85%) GDPR
7 38 (1.63%) PCI DSS
8 28 (1.20%) GRC
9 27 (1.16%) NCSC
10 17 (0.73%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 16 (0.69%) SOC 2
12 15 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials
13 13 (0.56%) JSP 440
14 11 (0.47%) ISO 9001
15 9 (0.39%) SLA
16 8 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
16 8 (0.34%) WCAG
17 7 (0.30%) Government Security Classifications
17 7 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 42001
18 6 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 424 (18.23%) Docker
2 61 (2.62%) Active Directory
3 38 (1.63%) Hyper-V
3 38 (1.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (0.86%) Virtual Machines
5 18 (0.77%) vSphere
6 6 (0.26%) Firmware
6 6 (0.26%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 6 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
7 5 (0.21%) KVM
8 3 (0.13%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.086%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 2 (0.086%) iptables
9 2 (0.086%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.043%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.043%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 413 (17.76%) Terraform
2 376 (16.17%) Kubernetes
3 142 (6.10%) Ansible
4 117 (5.03%) Grafana
5 62 (2.67%) Prometheus
6 42 (1.81%) Argo
7 22 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
8 18 (0.77%) Kustomize
9 16 (0.69%) Proxmox
10 14 (0.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 14 (0.60%) Progress Chef
11 12 (0.52%) Istio
11 12 (0.52%) Podman
11 12 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
12 11 (0.47%) Puppet
13 9 (0.39%) Cisco CUCM
13 9 (0.39%) Packer
14 7 (0.30%) Nmap
14 7 (0.30%) ZABBIX
15 6 (0.26%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 360 (15.48%) Microsoft
2 112 (4.82%) Google
3 104 (4.47%) ServiceNow
4 68 (2.92%) Cisco
5 65 (2.79%) VMware
6 50 (2.15%) Oracle
7 45 (1.93%) Typelevel
8 40 (1.72%) Apple
9 36 (1.55%) Databricks
10 35 (1.50%) Adobe
11 34 (1.46%) Fortinet
11 34 (1.46%) Splunk
12 33 (1.42%) Palo Alto
12 33 (1.42%) SolarWinds
13 25 (1.07%) Salesforce
14 23 (0.99%) SAP
15 20 (0.86%) Aruba
16 18 (0.77%) CheckPoint
16 18 (0.77%) Dynatrace
16 18 (0.77%) OpenAI