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

6 months to
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 9 9
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 -2
Permanent jobs citing AWS 2,040 2,148 4,425
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 12.11% 16.72% 14.22%
As % of the Cloud Services category 31.23% 35.69% 31.96%
Number of salaries quoted 1,319 1,599 3,882
10th Percentile £46,150 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £53,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,830 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.21% +3.57% -3.45%
75th Percentile £90,000 £97,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £120,000 £112,500
UK median annual salary £70,079 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.34% +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 6,533 6,019 13,845
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.77% 46.85% 44.49%
Number of salaries quoted 4,414 4,675 12,002
10th Percentile £33,000 £33,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £63,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.79% +5.00% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £77,715
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £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 2 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 (3.73%) Apache Airflow
2 36 (1.76%) Apache Spark
3 27 (1.32%) Apache
4 21 (1.03%) Microsoft Exchange
5 16 (0.78%) CMS
6 13 (0.64%) Confluence
7 12 (0.59%) nginx
7 12 (0.59%) SharePoint
8 9 (0.44%) WordPress
9 6 (0.29%) Drupal
10 5 (0.25%) Anypoint
10 5 (0.25%) Apache Pulsar
10 5 (0.25%) Ethereum
10 5 (0.25%) Tomcat
10 5 (0.25%) WebSphere
10 5 (0.25%) WebSphere Application Server
11 4 (0.20%) ArcGIS
11 4 (0.20%) GeoServer
11 4 (0.20%) Oracle Spatial
11 4 (0.20%) SAS
Applications
1 107 (5.25%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (0.25%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.20%) Adobe Illustrator
6 4 (0.20%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.15%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.098%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.098%) DaVinci Resolve
9 1 (0.049%) EngageOne
9 1 (0.049%) Notion
Business Applications
1 12 (0.59%) Shopify
2 8 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.098%) Magento
4 2 (0.098%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.098%) SAP HR
5 1 (0.049%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.049%) Sprinklr
5 1 (0.049%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 868 (42.55%) Azure
2 562 (27.55%) GCP
3 277 (13.58%) Serverless
4 258 (12.65%) SaaS
5 199 (9.75%) GitHub
6 181 (8.87%) AWS Lambda
7 180 (8.82%) Amazon S3
8 160 (7.84%) Microsoft 365
9 143 (7.01%) Amazon EKS
10 106 (5.20%) AWS CloudFormation
11 98 (4.80%) GitHub Actions
12 86 (4.22%) Amazon EC2
13 85 (4.17%) Amazon ECS
14 74 (3.63%) Amazon SQS
15 69 (3.38%) Entra ID
16 67 (3.28%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 53 (2.60%) dbt
18 52 (2.55%) Azure DevOps
19 47 (2.30%) Snowflake
20 40 (1.96%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 127 (6.23%) Firewall
2 98 (4.80%) Broadband
3 59 (2.89%) VPN
3 59 (2.89%) WAN
4 51 (2.50%) DNS
4 51 (2.50%) LAN
5 50 (2.45%) TCP/IP
6 46 (2.25%) Wi-Fi
7 44 (2.16%) Network Security
8 28 (1.37%) SD-WAN
9 27 (1.32%) Cisco ASA
9 27 (1.32%) DHCP
10 26 (1.27%) VXLAN
11 25 (1.23%) VLAN
12 24 (1.18%) HTTP
13 22 (1.08%) Cisco Firepower
14 21 (1.03%) BGP
15 20 (0.98%) SSL
16 18 (0.88%) NGFW
17 16 (0.78%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 181 (8.87%) PostgreSQL
2 128 (6.27%) NoSQL
3 105 (5.15%) SQL Server
4 104 (5.10%) MongoDB
5 82 (4.02%) MySQL
6 76 (3.73%) Amazon RDS
7 61 (2.99%) Relational Database
8 54 (2.65%) Data Warehouse
9 51 (2.50%) DynamoDB
10 49 (2.40%) Metadata
11 46 (2.25%) Elasticsearch
12 45 (2.21%) BigQuery
13 41 (2.01%) Amazon Redshift
14 34 (1.67%) Amazon Athena
14 34 (1.67%) Data Lake
15 33 (1.62%) Tableau
16 29 (1.42%) Redis
17 24 (1.18%) Apache Iceberg
18 23 (1.13%) RDBMS
19 22 (1.08%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 125 (6.13%) Git
2 98 (4.80%) Jenkins
3 80 (3.92%) GitLab
4 63 (3.09%) TeamCity
5 47 (2.30%) Cypress.io
6 38 (1.86%) JIRA
7 21 (1.03%) Selenium
8 19 (0.93%) Jaeger
9 15 (0.74%) CircleCI
9 15 (0.74%) JMeter
10 14 (0.69%) Bitbucket
10 14 (0.69%) Cucumber
10 14 (0.69%) SonarQube
11 13 (0.64%) MLflow
12 10 (0.49%) JUnit
13 9 (0.44%) Crashlytics
13 9 (0.44%) Subversion
13 9 (0.44%) XCTest
14 8 (0.39%) Burp Suite
14 8 (0.39%) Vite
General
1 604 (29.61%) Social Skills
2 460 (22.55%) Finance
3 225 (11.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 202 (9.90%) Banking
5 189 (9.26%) Public Sector
6 173 (8.48%) Law
7 169 (8.28%) Retail
8 129 (6.32%) Analytical Skills
9 88 (4.31%) French Language
10 72 (3.53%) Financial Institution
11 63 (3.09%) Back Office
12 58 (2.84%) Telecoms
13 57 (2.79%) Front Office
14 53 (2.60%) Legal
15 51 (2.50%) Swedish Language
16 50 (2.45%) Games
17 46 (2.25%) Influencing Skills
18 35 (1.72%) Marketing
19 33 (1.62%) Tech for Good
20 28 (1.37%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 457 (22.40%) Senior
2 395 (19.36%) Developer
3 335 (16.42%) Software Engineer
4 285 (13.97%) Lead
5 204 (10.00%) Architect
6 127 (6.23%) Analyst
7 124 (6.08%) Full-Stack Developer
8 123 (6.03%) AWS Engineer
9 104 (5.10%) Senior Software Engineer
10 98 (4.80%) Lead Developer
11 95 (4.66%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 91 (4.46%) Java Engineer
13 89 (4.36%) DevOps Engineer
14 88 (4.31%) Service Analyst
14 88 (4.31%) Service Desk Analyst
15 87 (4.26%) Data Engineer
16 81 (3.97%) Cloud Engineer
17 75 (3.68%) Java Software Engineer
18 74 (3.63%) Lead Software Engineer
19 73 (3.58%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 368 (18.04%) React
2 240 (11.76%) Node.js
3 154 (7.55%) .NET
4 145 (7.11%) Kafka
5 125 (6.13%) RESTful
6 116 (5.69%) REST
7 110 (5.39%) Spring
8 108 (5.29%) CSS
9 95 (4.66%) Spring Boot
10 84 (4.12%) HTML
11 75 (3.68%) Vue
12 72 (3.53%) gRPC
13 70 (3.43%) AngularJS
14 63 (3.09%) Django
15 53 (2.60%) Redux
16 50 (2.45%) .NET Core
17 48 (2.35%) Elastic Stack
18 40 (1.96%) GraphQL
19 38 (1.86%) React Native
19 38 (1.86%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 308 (15.10%) Cloud Native
2 152 (7.45%) Distributed Systems
3 126 (6.18%) Product Ownership
4 79 (3.87%) Public Cloud
5 65 (3.19%) Onboarding
6 62 (3.04%) Management Information System
7 61 (2.99%) Data Centre
8 58 (2.84%) Blog
9 56 (2.75%) Enterprise Software
10 54 (2.65%) Security Posture
10 54 (2.65%) Video\Live Streaming
11 51 (2.50%) Fixed Income
12 46 (2.25%) Greenfield Project
13 45 (2.21%) Over-the-Top Content
14 43 (2.11%) Mobile App
14 43 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
15 38 (1.86%) Hybrid Cloud
15 38 (1.86%) Legacy Systems
16 34 (1.67%) Data Structures
17 33 (1.62%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 203 (9.95%) Linux
2 106 (5.20%) Windows
3 69 (3.38%) Unix
4 53 (2.60%) Windows Server
5 50 (2.45%) Android
6 49 (2.40%) Apple iOS
7 26 (1.27%) Windows 10
8 21 (1.03%) Mac OS
9 18 (0.88%) Windows Server 2012
9 18 (0.88%) Windows Server 2016
10 16 (0.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 15 (0.74%) Windows Server 2019
12 10 (0.49%) Ubuntu
13 7 (0.34%) CentOS
14 2 (0.098%) VMS
15 1 (0.049%) Debian
15 1 (0.049%) FreeBSD
15 1 (0.049%) Mac OS X
15 1 (0.049%) OpenBSD
15 1 (0.049%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 704 (34.51%) CI/CD
2 601 (29.46%) Agile
3 583 (28.58%) Software Engineering
4 539 (26.42%) DevOps
5 451 (22.11%) Mentoring
6 378 (18.53%) Microservices
7 357 (17.50%) Infrastructure as Code
8 355 (17.40%) Full-Stack Development
9 352 (17.25%) Problem-Solving
10 324 (15.88%) AI
11 319 (15.64%) Continuous Improvement
12 303 (14.85%) Containerisation
13 253 (12.40%) Test Automation
14 248 (12.16%) Roadmaps
15 244 (11.96%) Coaching
16 213 (10.44%) Technical Leadership
17 195 (9.56%) Clean Code
18 181 (8.87%) Machine Learning
19 174 (8.53%) Computer Science
20 166 (8.14%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 633 (31.03%) Python
2 511 (25.05%) Java
3 316 (15.49%) JavaScript
4 309 (15.15%) TypeScript
5 298 (14.61%) SQL
6 213 (10.44%) Go
7 208 (10.20%) C#
8 127 (6.23%) Bash
9 79 (3.87%) PHP
10 71 (3.48%) Scala
11 59 (2.89%) C++
12 52 (2.55%) PowerShell
13 31 (1.52%) Kotlin
13 31 (1.52%) Ruby
14 23 (1.13%) Rust
15 15 (0.74%) Bicep
16 14 (0.69%) Shell Script
17 9 (0.44%) PL/SQL
17 9 (0.44%) Swift
18 8 (0.39%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 347 (17.01%) Degree
2 227 (11.13%) Security Cleared
3 223 (10.93%) AWS Certification
4 193 (9.46%) SC Cleared
5 139 (6.81%) Microsoft Certification
6 121 (5.93%) Computer Science Degree
7 110 (5.39%) MCSE
8 67 (3.28%) Azure Certification
9 51 (2.50%) CISSP
10 42 (2.06%) DV Cleared
11 38 (1.86%) Cisco Certification
12 36 (1.76%) CREST Certified
13 33 (1.62%) TOGAF Certification
14 29 (1.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 28 (1.37%) CISM
16 25 (1.23%) DBS Check
16 25 (1.23%) OSCP
17 23 (1.13%) Master's Degree
18 22 (1.08%) CCNP
19 21 (1.03%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 187 (9.17%) QA
2 91 (4.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 57 (2.79%) GDPR
3 57 (2.79%) NIST
4 50 (2.45%) PCI DSS
5 43 (2.11%) Data Quality
6 42 (2.06%) Accessibility
7 34 (1.67%) GRC
8 33 (1.62%) SOC 2
9 29 (1.42%) Cyber Essentials
10 24 (1.18%) SLA
11 16 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
12 15 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 15 (0.74%) NCSC
13 13 (0.64%) JSP 440
14 10 (0.49%) ISO 9001
14 10 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 7 (0.34%) Government Security Classifications
15 7 (0.34%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 6 (0.29%) EU AI Act
System Software
1 411 (20.15%) Docker
2 74 (3.63%) Active Directory
3 36 (1.76%) Hyper-V
4 31 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
5 15 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
6 14 (0.69%) vSphere
7 7 (0.34%) Firmware
8 5 (0.25%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 5 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
8 5 (0.25%) VMware NSX
9 4 (0.20%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 2 (0.098%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.049%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.049%) KVM
11 1 (0.049%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.049%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 413 (20.25%) Terraform
2 379 (18.58%) Kubernetes
3 154 (7.55%) Ansible
4 141 (6.91%) Grafana
5 77 (3.77%) Prometheus
6 45 (2.21%) Argo
7 30 (1.47%) Microsoft Intune
8 29 (1.42%) Single Sign-On
9 19 (0.93%) Kustomize
10 18 (0.88%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 8 (0.39%) Istio
11 8 (0.39%) Nmap
11 8 (0.39%) Proxmox
12 6 (0.29%) Cisco CUCM
12 6 (0.29%) Kibana
12 6 (0.29%) Podman
12 6 (0.29%) Puppet
13 5 (0.25%) AWS Copilot
13 5 (0.25%) Packer
13 5 (0.25%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 290 (14.22%) Microsoft
2 137 (6.72%) Google
3 105 (5.15%) ServiceNow
4 64 (3.14%) Cisco
5 59 (2.89%) VMware
6 57 (2.79%) Oracle
7 45 (2.21%) Typelevel
8 33 (1.62%) Databricks
9 32 (1.57%) Splunk
10 30 (1.47%) Apple
10 30 (1.47%) Red Hat
11 28 (1.37%) Fortinet
11 28 (1.37%) Palo Alto
12 27 (1.32%) Salesforce
13 25 (1.23%) SAP
14 22 (1.08%) SolarWinds
15 21 (1.03%) Adobe
16 18 (0.88%) Okta
17 17 (0.83%) IBM
18 16 (0.78%) Dell