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 16 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 8 9
Rank change year-on-year -2 +1 -2
Permanent jobs citing AWS 1,879 2,668 4,220
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 11.59% 17.06% 15.21%
As % of the Cloud Services category 30.85% 36.55% 33.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1,286 1,702 3,690
10th Percentile £46,446 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £55,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -6.90%
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £117,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £70,737 £74,463 £70,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% +6.38% -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 6,091 7,300 12,735
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.58% 46.69% 45.90%
Number of salaries quoted 4,193 4,716 11,150
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,875 £35,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -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 16 February 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 84 (4.47%) Apache Airflow
2 40 (2.13%) Apache
3 37 (1.97%) Apache Spark
4 22 (1.17%) Microsoft Exchange
5 15 (0.80%) Confluence
5 15 (0.80%) SharePoint
6 14 (0.75%) CMS
7 12 (0.64%) Tomcat
7 12 (0.64%) WebSphere
7 12 (0.64%) WebSphere Application Server
8 11 (0.59%) nginx
9 7 (0.37%) Ethereum
9 7 (0.37%) WordPress
10 5 (0.27%) Anypoint
10 5 (0.27%) Apache Pulsar
10 5 (0.27%) Drupal
11 4 (0.21%) ArcGIS
11 4 (0.21%) GeoServer
11 4 (0.21%) Oracle Spatial
11 4 (0.21%) SAS
Applications
1 138 (7.34%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (1.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.21%) Adobe Illustrator
5 4 (0.21%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.11%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.053%) EngageOne
7 1 (0.053%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.053%) Notion
Business Applications
1 19 (1.01%) Oracle ERP
2 10 (0.53%) Shopify
3 8 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.11%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.053%) Magento
6 1 (0.053%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.053%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.053%) Sprinklr
6 1 (0.053%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 835 (44.44%) Azure
2 502 (26.72%) GCP
3 257 (13.68%) SaaS
4 255 (13.57%) Serverless
5 194 (10.32%) Microsoft 365
6 183 (9.74%) GitHub
7 175 (9.31%) AWS Lambda
8 164 (8.73%) Amazon S3
9 137 (7.29%) Amazon EKS
10 113 (6.01%) AWS CloudFormation
11 85 (4.52%) GitHub Actions
12 78 (4.15%) Amazon ECS
13 76 (4.04%) Entra ID
14 74 (3.94%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 69 (3.67%) Amazon EC2
16 65 (3.46%) dbt
17 62 (3.30%) Amazon SQS
18 59 (3.14%) Azure DevOps
19 54 (2.87%) Snowflake
20 51 (2.71%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 106 (5.64%) Firewall
2 55 (2.93%) VPN
3 49 (2.61%) Broadband
4 47 (2.50%) WAN
5 46 (2.45%) Wi-Fi
6 43 (2.29%) Network Security
7 41 (2.18%) TCP/IP
8 38 (2.02%) DNS
9 37 (1.97%) LAN
10 28 (1.49%) SD-WAN
11 25 (1.33%) VXLAN
12 23 (1.22%) DHCP
13 21 (1.12%) SSL
14 20 (1.06%) BGP
15 18 (0.96%) NGFW
15 18 (0.96%) VLAN
16 16 (0.85%) HTTP
16 16 (0.85%) Wireshark
17 15 (0.80%) MPLS
17 15 (0.80%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 181 (9.63%) PostgreSQL
2 102 (5.43%) NoSQL
3 87 (4.63%) SQL Server
4 83 (4.42%) MongoDB
5 78 (4.15%) MySQL
6 69 (3.67%) Amazon RDS
7 61 (3.25%) Data Warehouse
8 59 (3.14%) Relational Database
9 55 (2.93%) Amazon Athena
10 50 (2.66%) DynamoDB
11 47 (2.50%) Apache Iceberg
11 47 (2.50%) Elasticsearch
12 46 (2.45%) Data Lake
13 44 (2.34%) Amazon Redshift
13 44 (2.34%) Metadata
14 40 (2.13%) BigQuery
15 37 (1.97%) Tableau
16 27 (1.44%) Power BI
16 27 (1.44%) Redis
17 24 (1.28%) Dremio
Development Applications
1 120 (6.39%) Jenkins
2 106 (5.64%) Git
3 69 (3.67%) GitLab
4 60 (3.19%) TeamCity
5 31 (1.65%) Cypress.io
5 31 (1.65%) JIRA
6 19 (1.01%) Jaeger
6 19 (1.01%) Oracle Forms
6 19 (1.01%) Selenium
7 14 (0.75%) SonarQube
8 13 (0.69%) Bitbucket
9 12 (0.64%) MLflow
10 11 (0.59%) Cucumber
10 11 (0.59%) JUnit
11 10 (0.53%) CircleCI
12 9 (0.48%) Burp Suite
12 9 (0.48%) JMeter
12 9 (0.48%) Metasploit
12 9 (0.48%) Subversion
13 7 (0.37%) Vite
General
1 591 (31.45%) Social Skills
2 429 (22.83%) Finance
3 194 (10.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 176 (9.37%) Banking
5 169 (8.99%) Public Sector
6 153 (8.14%) Retail
7 137 (7.29%) Law
8 124 (6.60%) French Language
9 116 (6.17%) Analytical Skills
10 95 (5.06%) Swedish Language
11 75 (3.99%) Financial Institution
12 58 (3.09%) Back Office
13 57 (3.03%) Front Office
14 52 (2.77%) Telecoms
15 46 (2.45%) Games
15 46 (2.45%) Influencing Skills
16 44 (2.34%) Legal
17 39 (2.08%) Tech for Good
18 29 (1.54%) Health Technology
19 26 (1.38%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 420 (22.35%) Senior
2 363 (19.32%) Developer
3 285 (15.17%) Software Engineer
4 239 (12.72%) Lead
5 194 (10.32%) Architect
6 169 (8.99%) Analyst
7 124 (6.60%) Service Analyst
7 124 (6.60%) Service Desk Analyst
8 113 (6.01%) AWS Engineer
9 100 (5.32%) Full-Stack Developer
10 95 (5.06%) Cloud Engineer
11 92 (4.90%) Senior Software Engineer
12 88 (4.68%) Java Engineer
13 85 (4.52%) Lead Developer
14 83 (4.42%) Software Developer
15 80 (4.26%) Data Engineer
15 80 (4.26%) DevOps Engineer
16 73 (3.89%) AWS Developer
16 73 (3.89%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 70 (3.73%) Java Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 343 (18.25%) React
2 205 (10.91%) Node.js
3 183 (9.74%) .NET
4 136 (7.24%) RESTful
5 129 (6.87%) Kafka
6 109 (5.80%) Spring
7 97 (5.16%) Spring Boot
8 82 (4.36%) AngularJS
9 81 (4.31%) REST
10 79 (4.20%) Vue
11 68 (3.62%) CSS
12 64 (3.41%) HTML
13 53 (2.82%) Django
14 52 (2.77%) .NET Core
15 49 (2.61%) gRPC
16 46 (2.45%) Elastic Stack
17 37 (1.97%) JSON
18 35 (1.86%) Redux
19 34 (1.81%) XML
20 32 (1.70%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 296 (15.75%) Cloud Native
2 131 (6.97%) Distributed Systems
3 93 (4.95%) Product Ownership
4 70 (3.73%) Enterprise Software
5 69 (3.67%) Public Cloud
6 65 (3.46%) Data Centre
7 54 (2.87%) Management Information System
8 51 (2.71%) Fixed Income
9 48 (2.55%) Onboarding
10 46 (2.45%) Blog
11 40 (2.13%) Security Posture
12 39 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
13 37 (1.97%) Hybrid Cloud
13 37 (1.97%) PKI
14 30 (1.60%) Linux Command Line
15 29 (1.54%) Equities
16 28 (1.49%) Data Structures
17 26 (1.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 26 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
18 25 (1.33%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 200 (10.64%) Linux
2 103 (5.48%) Windows
3 76 (4.04%) Unix
4 49 (2.61%) Android
5 42 (2.24%) Windows Server
6 41 (2.18%) Apple iOS
7 24 (1.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 20 (1.06%) Windows 10
9 17 (0.90%) Mac OS
10 14 (0.75%) Windows Server 2012
11 13 (0.69%) Windows Server 2016
12 12 (0.64%) Ubuntu
12 12 (0.64%) Windows Server 2019
13 9 (0.48%) CentOS
14 5 (0.27%) Debian
14 5 (0.27%) VMS
15 1 (0.053%) AIX
15 1 (0.053%) Mac OS X
15 1 (0.053%) Windows 7
15 1 (0.053%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 629 (33.48%) CI/CD
2 557 (29.64%) Agile
3 513 (27.30%) DevOps
4 508 (27.04%) Software Engineering
5 433 (23.04%) Mentoring
6 345 (18.36%) Microservices
7 323 (17.19%) Problem-Solving
8 314 (16.71%) Infrastructure as Code
9 302 (16.07%) AI
10 292 (15.54%) Full-Stack Development
11 263 (14.00%) Continuous Improvement
12 237 (12.61%) Containerisation
13 235 (12.51%) Roadmaps
14 223 (11.87%) Coaching
15 210 (11.18%) ITIL
16 188 (10.01%) Test Automation
17 167 (8.89%) Technical Leadership
18 164 (8.73%) Computer Science
19 160 (8.52%) ITSM
20 156 (8.30%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 575 (30.60%) Python
2 471 (25.07%) Java
3 329 (17.51%) JavaScript
4 323 (17.19%) TypeScript
5 280 (14.90%) SQL
6 194 (10.32%) C#
7 152 (8.09%) Go
8 127 (6.76%) Bash
9 64 (3.41%) PHP
10 62 (3.30%) PowerShell
11 41 (2.18%) Scala
12 29 (1.54%) C++
13 24 (1.28%) Shell Script
14 21 (1.12%) PL/SQL
15 20 (1.06%) Kotlin
16 18 (0.96%) Rust
17 17 (0.90%) Bicep
18 16 (0.85%) Ruby
19 9 (0.48%) R
20 8 (0.43%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 367 (19.53%) Degree
2 305 (16.23%) AWS Certification
3 214 (11.39%) Security Cleared
4 184 (9.79%) Microsoft Certification
5 182 (9.69%) SC Cleared
6 142 (7.56%) MCSE
7 114 (6.07%) Computer Science Degree
8 80 (4.26%) Azure Certification
9 50 (2.66%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 44 (2.34%) CISSP
11 40 (2.13%) TOGAF Certification
12 34 (1.81%) Cisco Certification
13 30 (1.60%) DV Cleared
14 29 (1.54%) Master's Degree
15 27 (1.44%) CREST Certified
16 26 (1.38%) CISM
17 21 (1.12%) DBS Check
18 20 (1.06%) OSCP
19 18 (0.96%) CCNP
20 17 (0.90%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 196 (10.43%) QA
2 93 (4.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 65 (3.46%) GDPR
4 54 (2.87%) NIST
5 51 (2.71%) PCI DSS
6 46 (2.45%) Data Quality
7 35 (1.86%) SOC 2
8 31 (1.65%) SLA
9 30 (1.60%) Cyber Essentials
10 28 (1.49%) GRC
11 24 (1.28%) Accessibility
12 18 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 17 (0.90%) NCSC
14 13 (0.69%) Actionable Recommendations
15 11 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 42001
16 10 (0.53%) JSP 440
17 7 (0.37%) ISO 9001
18 6 (0.32%) EU AI Act
19 3 (0.16%) HL7
19 3 (0.16%) SEPA
System Software
1 343 (18.25%) Docker
2 78 (4.15%) Active Directory
3 29 (1.54%) Hyper-V
4 26 (1.38%) VMware Infrastructure
5 10 (0.53%) vSphere
6 5 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.27%) VMware NSX
7 4 (0.21%) Veritas Cluster Server
7 4 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.11%) Firmware
10 1 (0.053%) HDFS
10 1 (0.053%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 396 (21.08%) Terraform
2 360 (19.16%) Kubernetes
3 158 (8.41%) Ansible
4 134 (7.13%) Grafana
5 76 (4.04%) Prometheus
6 45 (2.39%) Argo
7 38 (2.02%) Single Sign-On
8 29 (1.54%) Microsoft Intune
9 19 (1.01%) Kustomize
10 13 (0.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 9 (0.48%) Nmap
12 8 (0.43%) Proxmox
13 6 (0.32%) Kibana
13 6 (0.32%) Progress Chef
14 5 (0.27%) Autotask
14 5 (0.27%) AWS Copilot
14 5 (0.27%) Cilium
14 5 (0.27%) Packer
14 5 (0.27%) Puppet
15 4 (0.21%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 302 (16.07%) Microsoft
2 144 (7.66%) ServiceNow
3 117 (6.23%) Google
4 69 (3.67%) Oracle
5 49 (2.61%) VMware
6 41 (2.18%) Cisco
7 37 (1.97%) Red Hat
8 36 (1.92%) Databricks
9 29 (1.54%) Apple
10 26 (1.38%) IBM
11 25 (1.33%) Okta
12 23 (1.22%) SAP
13 20 (1.06%) Adobe
13 20 (1.06%) Salesforce
13 20 (1.06%) Splunk
14 19 (1.01%) SolarWinds
15 18 (0.96%) Typelevel
16 16 (0.85%) Informatica
17 15 (0.80%) Fortinet
17 15 (0.80%) NetScout