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 22 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 13 8
Rank change year-on-year +3 -5 -2
Permanent jobs citing AWS 2,538 2,150 4,208
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 11.71% 13.04% 14.46%
As % of the Cloud Services category 30.05% 35.33% 35.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,640 1,362 3,517
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% - +0.67%
75th Percentile £89,500 £110,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £135,000 £138,750
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 8,446 6,086 12,000
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.98% 36.92% 41.24%
Number of salaries quoted 6,030 4,483 9,784
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,599 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -2.44% -5.38%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -4.00%

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 22 July 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 48 (1.89%) Apache Airflow
2 42 (1.65%) Apache Spark
3 22 (0.87%) Apache
3 22 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
4 15 (0.59%) IIS
5 14 (0.55%) Anypoint
5 14 (0.55%) Confluence
6 13 (0.51%) CMS
6 13 (0.51%) SharePoint
7 11 (0.43%) Mule
8 9 (0.35%) WordPress
9 7 (0.28%) Jupyter
10 6 (0.24%) Apache Solr
10 6 (0.24%) SAS
11 4 (0.16%) Ethereum
11 4 (0.16%) nginx
11 4 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
12 3 (0.12%) EPiServer
12 3 (0.12%) Immediacy CMS
12 3 (0.12%) Kentico
Applications
1 94 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (0.35%) MS Visio
3 8 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.28%) Microsoft Excel
5 5 (0.20%) AutoCAD
5 5 (0.20%) DaVinci Resolve
6 4 (0.16%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.079%) Elementor
7 2 (0.079%) PlantUML
8 1 (0.039%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.039%) Houdini
8 1 (0.039%) Lightworks
8 1 (0.039%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.039%) Moqups
8 1 (0.039%) NUKE
8 1 (0.039%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (0.95%) Cloudability
2 6 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.16%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.079%) Shopify
5 1 (0.039%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.039%) Magento
5 1 (0.039%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.039%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 1,150 (45.31%) Azure
2 638 (25.14%) GCP
3 296 (11.66%) SaaS
4 235 (9.26%) Serverless
5 193 (7.60%) GitHub
6 162 (6.38%) Microsoft 365
7 156 (6.15%) Amazon S3
8 152 (5.99%) AWS Lambda
9 114 (4.49%) Amazon EKS
10 96 (3.78%) Amazon EC2
11 95 (3.74%) AWS CloudFormation
12 88 (3.47%) GitHub Actions
13 86 (3.39%) Amazon ECS
14 70 (2.76%) Amazon SQS
15 63 (2.48%) Azure DevOps
16 58 (2.29%) Entra ID
17 57 (2.25%) GitHub Copilot
18 54 (2.13%) Snowflake
19 53 (2.09%) Amazon CloudWatch
20 43 (1.69%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 137 (5.40%) Firewall
2 123 (4.85%) Broadband
3 85 (3.35%) VPN
4 74 (2.92%) DNS
5 70 (2.76%) WAN
6 64 (2.52%) LAN
6 64 (2.52%) Network Security
7 52 (2.05%) TCP/IP
8 46 (1.81%) DHCP
9 38 (1.50%) HTTP
10 35 (1.38%) Wi-Fi
11 31 (1.22%) SD-WAN
12 28 (1.10%) Cisco ASA
13 23 (0.91%) Cisco Firepower
13 23 (0.91%) VLAN
14 20 (0.79%) SSL
15 19 (0.75%) BGP
16 18 (0.71%) VXLAN
17 15 (0.59%) MPLS
17 15 (0.59%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 266 (10.48%) PostgreSQL
2 252 (9.93%) MongoDB
3 109 (4.29%) Elasticsearch
4 107 (4.22%) SQL Server
5 106 (4.18%) MySQL
6 104 (4.10%) NoSQL
7 84 (3.31%) Azure SQL Database
8 59 (2.32%) Amazon RDS
9 54 (2.13%) Relational Database
10 53 (2.09%) DynamoDB
11 52 (2.05%) Redis
12 41 (1.62%) Metadata
13 35 (1.38%) Data Warehouse
14 33 (1.30%) Amazon Athena
15 28 (1.10%) Amazon Redshift
16 27 (1.06%) Big Data
16 27 (1.06%) Power BI
17 24 (0.95%) Data Lake
18 21 (0.83%) Tableau
19 20 (0.79%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 130 (5.12%) Git
2 85 (3.35%) GitLab
3 84 (3.31%) Jenkins
4 65 (2.56%) TeamCity
5 50 (1.97%) Cypress.io
6 49 (1.93%) JIRA
7 35 (1.38%) Claude Code
8 19 (0.75%) JUnit
9 17 (0.67%) Selenium
10 15 (0.59%) Maven
11 14 (0.55%) Crashlytics
11 14 (0.55%) XCTest
12 13 (0.51%) CircleCI
12 13 (0.51%) JMeter
12 13 (0.51%) Postman
13 10 (0.39%) Mockito
14 9 (0.35%) Cucumber
15 6 (0.24%) Bitbucket
15 6 (0.24%) MLflow
16 5 (0.20%) Locust
General
1 628 (24.74%) Social Skills
2 572 (22.54%) Finance
3 285 (11.23%) Public Sector
4 239 (9.42%) Banking
5 238 (9.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 221 (8.71%) Law
7 144 (5.67%) Retail
8 134 (5.28%) Analytical Skills
9 67 (2.64%) Legal
10 57 (2.25%) Back Office
11 56 (2.21%) Financial Institution
12 50 (1.97%) Games
13 48 (1.89%) Swedish Language
14 43 (1.69%) Front Office
15 38 (1.50%) Influencing Skills
16 35 (1.38%) Marketing
16 35 (1.38%) Presentation Skills
17 33 (1.30%) French Language
18 27 (1.06%) Telecoms
19 22 (0.87%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 610 (24.03%) Senior
2 549 (21.63%) Developer
3 444 (17.49%) Software Engineer
4 320 (12.61%) Lead
5 283 (11.15%) Architect
6 149 (5.87%) Full-Stack Developer
7 148 (5.83%) AWS Engineer
8 125 (4.93%) Analyst
9 122 (4.81%) DevOps Engineer
10 120 (4.73%) Senior Software Engineer
11 119 (4.69%) .NET Developer
12 115 (4.53%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 112 (4.41%) Lead Software Engineer
14 106 (4.18%) Senior Developer
15 100 (3.94%) Solutions Architect
16 96 (3.78%) Engineering Manager
17 94 (3.70%) Consultant
18 93 (3.66%) Lead Developer
19 89 (3.51%) Cloud Engineer
19 89 (3.51%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 426 (16.78%) React
2 373 (14.70%) Node.js
3 229 (9.02%) .NET
4 172 (6.78%) REST
5 135 (5.32%) RESTful
6 129 (5.08%) Vue
7 127 (5.00%) Spring
8 126 (4.96%) Kafka
9 123 (4.85%) CSS
10 110 (4.33%) AngularJS
11 109 (4.29%) .NET Core
12 104 (4.10%) ASP.NET
13 96 (3.78%) ASP.NET Core
14 93 (3.66%) Spring Boot
15 82 (3.23%) HTML
16 71 (2.80%) Middleware
17 69 (2.72%) .NET Framework
18 58 (2.29%) Ruby on Rails
19 52 (2.05%) OAuth
20 50 (1.97%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 401 (15.80%) Cloud Native
2 197 (7.76%) Product Ownership
3 187 (7.37%) Distributed Systems
4 94 (3.70%) Public Cloud
5 81 (3.19%) Greenfield Project
6 78 (3.07%) Video\Live Streaming
7 68 (2.68%) Onboarding
8 67 (2.64%) Cyber Threat
9 60 (2.36%) AI Agents
10 56 (2.21%) Management Information System
11 55 (2.17%) Data Centre
12 51 (2.01%) Blog
13 49 (1.93%) Security Posture
14 46 (1.81%) Enterprise Software
14 46 (1.81%) Over-the-Top Content
15 44 (1.73%) Fixed Income
15 44 (1.73%) Hybrid Cloud
16 43 (1.69%) Mobile App
17 41 (1.62%) Self-Motivation
18 34 (1.34%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 206 (8.12%) Linux
2 158 (6.23%) Windows
3 62 (2.44%) Windows Server
4 53 (2.09%) Unix
5 36 (1.42%) Apple iOS
6 21 (0.83%) Android
7 13 (0.51%) Windows 10
8 11 (0.43%) Ubuntu
9 10 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
10 7 (0.28%) Mac OS
10 7 (0.28%) Windows Server 2012
11 6 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
12 4 (0.16%) Debian
13 3 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 2 (0.079%) CentOS
15 1 (0.039%) FreeBSD
15 1 (0.039%) OpenBSD
15 1 (0.039%) Solaris
15 1 (0.039%) Windows 7
15 1 (0.039%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 888 (34.99%) CI/CD
2 845 (33.29%) Agile
3 773 (30.46%) Software Engineering
4 593 (23.36%) DevOps
5 554 (21.83%) Mentoring
6 505 (19.90%) Microservices
7 499 (19.66%) Full-Stack Development
8 477 (18.79%) AI
9 434 (17.10%) Continuous Improvement
9 434 (17.10%) Infrastructure as Code
10 428 (16.86%) Test Automation
11 424 (16.71%) Problem-Solving
12 346 (13.63%) Technical Leadership
13 336 (13.24%) Containerisation
14 304 (11.98%) Roadmaps
15 289 (11.39%) Coaching
16 265 (10.44%) Clean Code
17 262 (10.32%) Scrum
18 251 (9.89%) Machine Learning
19 239 (9.42%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 670 (26.40%) Python
2 518 (20.41%) Java
3 394 (15.52%) TypeScript
4 388 (15.29%) JavaScript
5 378 (14.89%) SQL
6 279 (10.99%) C#
7 183 (7.21%) Go
8 97 (3.82%) Bash
9 74 (2.92%) Scala
10 71 (2.80%) C++
10 71 (2.80%) PowerShell
11 70 (2.76%) Ruby
12 69 (2.72%) PHP
13 34 (1.34%) Kotlin
14 27 (1.06%) Rust
15 16 (0.63%) Bicep
16 15 (0.59%) Swift
17 14 (0.55%) DataWeave
17 14 (0.55%) PL/SQL
18 10 (0.39%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 360 (14.18%) Security Cleared
2 307 (12.10%) SC Cleared
3 299 (11.78%) Degree
4 171 (6.74%) AWS Certification
5 121 (4.77%) CISSP
6 97 (3.82%) CISM
7 96 (3.78%) Microsoft Certification
8 88 (3.47%) Computer Science Degree
9 83 (3.27%) MCSE
10 53 (2.09%) Azure Certification
11 50 (1.97%) ITIL Certification
12 44 (1.73%) DV Cleared
13 37 (1.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 34 (1.34%) Cisco Certification
15 23 (0.91%) CCNP
16 19 (0.75%) CREST Certified
17 17 (0.67%) DBS Check
17 17 (0.67%) Master's Degree
18 16 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
18 16 (0.63%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 186 (7.33%) QA
2 116 (4.57%) NIST
3 96 (3.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 59 (2.32%) Accessibility
5 57 (2.25%) Data Quality
6 50 (1.97%) GDPR
7 48 (1.89%) ISO 22301
8 32 (1.26%) PCI DSS
9 31 (1.22%) GRC
10 24 (0.95%) NCSC
11 19 (0.75%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 17 (0.67%) SOC 2
13 16 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
14 13 (0.51%) WCAG
15 11 (0.43%) ISO 9001
15 11 (0.43%) SLA
16 10 (0.39%) JSP 440
16 10 (0.39%) NIST 800
17 7 (0.28%) PMO
18 6 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 445 (17.53%) Docker
2 71 (2.80%) Active Directory
3 50 (1.97%) VMware Infrastructure
4 43 (1.69%) Hyper-V
5 20 (0.79%) Virtual Machines
6 18 (0.71%) vSphere
7 7 (0.28%) KVM
8 6 (0.24%) Firmware
8 6 (0.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 6 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (0.16%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.12%) iptables
11 2 (0.079%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 2 (0.079%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (0.039%) VMware ESXi
12 1 (0.039%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 418 (16.47%) Terraform
2 409 (16.12%) Kubernetes
3 122 (4.81%) Grafana
4 114 (4.49%) Ansible
5 41 (1.62%) Prometheus
6 27 (1.06%) Microsoft Intune
7 23 (0.91%) Argo
8 17 (0.67%) Progress Chef
9 15 (0.59%) Proxmox
9 15 (0.59%) Puppet
10 14 (0.55%) Istio
10 14 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
11 13 (0.51%) Podman
12 11 (0.43%) CloudHub
13 10 (0.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 9 (0.35%) Cisco CUCM
15 7 (0.28%) Packer
15 7 (0.28%) ZABBIX
16 6 (0.24%) EMC VPLEX
16 6 (0.24%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 423 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 124 (4.89%) ServiceNow
3 94 (3.70%) Google
4 80 (3.15%) VMware
5 68 (2.68%) Cisco
6 59 (2.32%) Oracle
7 49 (1.93%) Databricks
8 45 (1.77%) Typelevel
9 38 (1.50%) Palo Alto
10 36 (1.42%) Fortinet
11 34 (1.34%) Apple
12 32 (1.26%) Splunk
13 30 (1.18%) Adobe
13 30 (1.18%) SAP
14 29 (1.14%) Salesforce
15 27 (1.06%) SolarWinds
16 21 (0.83%) Dell
16 21 (0.83%) OpenAI
17 20 (0.79%) MuleSoft
18 19 (0.75%) Dynatrace