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 10 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
10 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 9 9
Rank change year-on-year +2 0 -3
Permanent jobs citing AWS 2,130 2,345 4,579
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 11.56% 16.21% 14.09%
As % of the Cloud Services category 30.44% 37.53% 32.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1,360 1,537 3,940
10th Percentile £46,446 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £53,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +3.57% -3.45%
75th Percentile £90,000 £102,500 £91,250
90th Percentile £103,750 £132,500 £115,000
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 6,997 6,249 13,967
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.97% 43.21% 42.96%
Number of salaries quoted 4,806 4,610 11,956
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £35,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,322 £57,500
% change year-on-year +3.61% +4.91% -11.54%

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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 10 May 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 73 (3.43%) Apache Airflow
2 41 (1.92%) Apache Spark
3 26 (1.22%) Apache
4 22 (1.03%) Microsoft Exchange
5 17 (0.80%) CMS
6 14 (0.66%) Confluence
6 14 (0.66%) SharePoint
7 11 (0.52%) nginx
8 7 (0.33%) Apache Solr
9 6 (0.28%) WordPress
10 5 (0.23%) Ethereum
11 4 (0.19%) ArcGIS
11 4 (0.19%) Drupal
11 4 (0.19%) GeoServer
11 4 (0.19%) Oracle Spatial
12 3 (0.14%) Apache Pulsar
12 3 (0.14%) OpenStack
12 3 (0.14%) SAS
13 2 (0.094%) Jupyter
13 2 (0.094%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 78 (3.66%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (0.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.33%) MS Visio
5 6 (0.28%) Chatbot
5 6 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.23%) AutoCAD
6 5 (0.23%) DaVinci Resolve
7 4 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
7 4 (0.19%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.047%) EngageOne
8 1 (0.047%) Notion
8 1 (0.047%) Trello
Business Applications
1 23 (1.08%) Cloudability
2 7 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
3 6 (0.28%) Shopify
4 4 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.14%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.094%) SAP HR
7 1 (0.047%) Magento
7 1 (0.047%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.047%) Sprinklr
7 1 (0.047%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 900 (42.25%) Azure
2 571 (26.81%) GCP
3 275 (12.91%) Serverless
4 225 (10.56%) SaaS
5 182 (8.54%) GitHub
6 178 (8.36%) AWS Lambda
7 172 (8.08%) Amazon S3
8 130 (6.10%) Microsoft 365
9 114 (5.35%) Amazon EKS
10 91 (4.27%) Amazon EC2
11 88 (4.13%) AWS CloudFormation
12 86 (4.04%) GitHub Actions
13 78 (3.66%) Amazon ECS
14 76 (3.57%) Amazon SQS
15 59 (2.77%) Azure DevOps
16 53 (2.49%) Entra ID
17 51 (2.39%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 44 (2.07%) Virtual Private Cloud
19 42 (1.97%) Snowflake
20 39 (1.83%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 133 (6.24%) Firewall
2 127 (5.96%) Broadband
3 75 (3.52%) WAN
4 66 (3.10%) LAN
5 64 (3.00%) VPN
6 56 (2.63%) DNS
7 49 (2.30%) Wi-Fi
8 48 (2.25%) Network Security
9 42 (1.97%) TCP/IP
10 39 (1.83%) HTTP
10 39 (1.83%) SD-WAN
11 35 (1.64%) Cisco ASA
12 32 (1.50%) VXLAN
13 30 (1.41%) Cisco Firepower
14 29 (1.36%) DHCP
15 23 (1.08%) BGP
16 22 (1.03%) VLAN
17 21 (0.99%) MPLS
18 20 (0.94%) OSPF
19 19 (0.89%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 208 (9.77%) PostgreSQL
2 155 (7.28%) MongoDB
3 119 (5.59%) NoSQL
4 98 (4.60%) SQL Server
5 71 (3.33%) MySQL
6 66 (3.10%) Amazon RDS
7 60 (2.82%) DynamoDB
7 60 (2.82%) Elasticsearch
8 54 (2.54%) Relational Database
9 53 (2.49%) Metadata
10 49 (2.30%) Data Warehouse
11 42 (1.97%) BigQuery
12 41 (1.92%) Amazon Redshift
13 35 (1.64%) Amazon Athena
14 28 (1.31%) Tableau
15 27 (1.27%) Redis
16 26 (1.22%) Data Lake
17 22 (1.03%) Azure SQL Database
18 21 (0.99%) RDBMS
19 20 (0.94%) Apache Iceberg
Development Applications
1 123 (5.77%) Git
2 82 (3.85%) Jenkins
3 78 (3.66%) GitLab
4 55 (2.58%) Cypress.io
5 48 (2.25%) TeamCity
6 42 (1.97%) JIRA
7 20 (0.94%) CircleCI
8 18 (0.85%) Jaeger
9 14 (0.66%) JMeter
9 14 (0.66%) Selenium
10 13 (0.61%) Bitbucket
10 13 (0.61%) MLflow
11 12 (0.56%) Crashlytics
11 12 (0.56%) XCTest
12 11 (0.52%) Claude Code
12 11 (0.52%) Maven
13 10 (0.47%) SonarQube
14 8 (0.38%) Vite
15 7 (0.33%) Locust
15 7 (0.33%) Storybook
General
1 520 (24.41%) Social Skills
2 453 (21.27%) Finance
3 234 (10.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 220 (10.33%) Public Sector
5 186 (8.73%) Banking
6 164 (7.70%) Law
7 128 (6.01%) Retail
8 121 (5.68%) Analytical Skills
9 53 (2.49%) French Language
10 51 (2.39%) Front Office
10 51 (2.39%) Legal
11 50 (2.35%) Influencing Skills
12 44 (2.07%) Back Office
12 44 (2.07%) Financial Institution
13 42 (1.97%) Telecoms
14 41 (1.92%) Games
15 31 (1.46%) Tech for Good
16 30 (1.41%) Health Technology
17 29 (1.36%) Marketing
18 28 (1.31%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 498 (23.38%) Senior
2 432 (20.28%) Developer
3 350 (16.43%) Software Engineer
4 288 (13.52%) Lead
5 227 (10.66%) Architect
6 142 (6.67%) AWS Engineer
7 126 (5.92%) Full-Stack Developer
8 117 (5.49%) Analyst
8 117 (5.49%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 101 (4.74%) Senior Software Engineer
10 97 (4.55%) DevOps Engineer
11 94 (4.41%) Data Engineer
11 94 (4.41%) Lead Developer
12 86 (4.04%) Java Engineer
13 84 (3.94%) Lead Software Engineer
14 83 (3.90%) Software Developer
14 83 (3.90%) Solutions Architect
15 81 (3.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 80 (3.76%) Cloud Engineer
17 74 (3.47%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 379 (17.79%) React
2 283 (13.29%) Node.js
3 159 (7.46%) .NET
4 138 (6.48%) Kafka
5 125 (5.87%) REST
6 115 (5.40%) RESTful
7 106 (4.98%) CSS
8 101 (4.74%) Spring
9 86 (4.04%) Spring Boot
10 78 (3.66%) Vue
11 77 (3.62%) HTML
12 73 (3.43%) AngularJS
13 63 (2.96%) gRPC
14 55 (2.58%) .NET Core
15 53 (2.49%) Redux
16 43 (2.02%) GraphQL
17 40 (1.88%) Jest
18 38 (1.78%) ASP.NET
19 36 (1.69%) JSON
19 36 (1.69%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 324 (15.21%) Cloud Native
2 158 (7.42%) Product Ownership
3 150 (7.04%) Distributed Systems
4 88 (4.13%) Public Cloud
5 69 (3.24%) Video\Live Streaming
6 68 (3.19%) Onboarding
7 67 (3.15%) Greenfield Project
8 63 (2.96%) Data Centre
9 56 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
10 54 (2.54%) Management Information System
11 52 (2.44%) Blog
11 52 (2.44%) Security Posture
12 46 (2.16%) Over-the-Top Content
13 45 (2.11%) Fixed Income
14 41 (1.92%) Mobile App
15 40 (1.88%) Self-Motivation
16 38 (1.78%) Hybrid Cloud
16 38 (1.78%) PKI
17 32 (1.50%) Data Structures
18 29 (1.36%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 181 (8.50%) Linux
2 101 (4.74%) Windows
3 57 (2.68%) Unix
4 46 (2.16%) Apple iOS
5 43 (2.02%) Windows Server
6 42 (1.97%) Android
7 21 (0.99%) Windows 10
8 16 (0.75%) Windows Server 2016
9 14 (0.66%) Windows Server 2012
10 13 (0.61%) Mac OS
10 13 (0.61%) Windows Server 2019
11 9 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 6 (0.28%) Ubuntu
13 3 (0.14%) CentOS
14 1 (0.047%) Debian
14 1 (0.047%) FreeBSD
14 1 (0.047%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.047%) VMS
14 1 (0.047%) Windows 7
14 1 (0.047%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 713 (33.47%) CI/CD
2 639 (30.00%) Agile
3 598 (28.08%) Software Engineering
4 514 (24.13%) DevOps
5 486 (22.82%) Mentoring
6 420 (19.72%) Full-Stack Development
7 396 (18.59%) Microservices
8 368 (17.28%) AI
9 365 (17.14%) Infrastructure as Code
10 338 (15.87%) Continuous Improvement
11 331 (15.54%) Problem-Solving
12 302 (14.18%) Containerisation
13 280 (13.15%) Test Automation
14 276 (12.96%) Roadmaps
15 244 (11.46%) Technical Leadership
16 242 (11.36%) Coaching
17 206 (9.67%) Clean Code
18 205 (9.62%) Machine Learning
19 189 (8.87%) Observability
20 172 (8.08%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 629 (29.53%) Python
2 516 (24.23%) Java
3 335 (15.73%) TypeScript
4 327 (15.35%) JavaScript
5 304 (14.27%) SQL
6 213 (10.00%) Go
7 208 (9.77%) C#
8 120 (5.63%) Bash
9 76 (3.57%) Scala
10 70 (3.29%) C++
10 70 (3.29%) PHP
11 42 (1.97%) Ruby
12 35 (1.64%) PowerShell
13 29 (1.36%) Rust
14 28 (1.31%) Kotlin
15 13 (0.61%) Bicep
16 12 (0.56%) PL/SQL
16 12 (0.56%) Swift
17 9 (0.42%) Shell Script
18 8 (0.38%) C
Qualifications
1 286 (13.43%) Degree
2 263 (12.35%) Security Cleared
3 218 (10.23%) SC Cleared
4 193 (9.06%) AWS Certification
5 98 (4.60%) Microsoft Certification
6 97 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
7 71 (3.33%) MCSE
8 52 (2.44%) CISSP
9 50 (2.35%) Azure Certification
10 46 (2.16%) DV Cleared
11 43 (2.02%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 30 (1.41%) CISM
13 29 (1.36%) Cisco Certification
14 28 (1.31%) DBS Check
14 28 (1.31%) TOGAF Certification
15 26 (1.22%) CREST Certified
16 20 (0.94%) OSCP
17 18 (0.85%) CCNP
17 18 (0.85%) Master's Degree
18 13 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 169 (7.93%) QA
2 74 (3.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 53 (2.49%) NIST
4 52 (2.44%) Data Quality
5 51 (2.39%) Accessibility
6 41 (1.92%) GDPR
6 41 (1.92%) PCI DSS
7 29 (1.36%) GRC
8 23 (1.08%) SOC 2
9 21 (0.99%) NCSC
10 16 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials
11 14 (0.66%) JSP 440
12 12 (0.56%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 12 (0.56%) SLA
13 9 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
13 9 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 8 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 7 (0.33%) Government Security Classifications
16 6 (0.28%) ISO 9001
16 6 (0.28%) WCAG
System Software
1 391 (18.36%) Docker
2 68 (3.19%) Active Directory
3 34 (1.60%) VMware Infrastructure
4 31 (1.46%) Hyper-V
5 16 (0.75%) Virtual Machines
6 15 (0.70%) vSphere
7 6 (0.28%) Firmware
7 6 (0.28%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 6 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
8 4 (0.19%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 3 (0.14%) KVM
9 3 (0.14%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.094%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 2 (0.094%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.047%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 383 (17.98%) Terraform
2 335 (15.73%) Kubernetes
3 147 (6.90%) Ansible
4 114 (5.35%) Grafana
5 67 (3.15%) Prometheus
6 51 (2.39%) Argo
7 26 (1.22%) Single Sign-On
8 21 (0.99%) Microsoft Intune
9 18 (0.85%) Kustomize
10 16 (0.75%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 12 (0.56%) Podman
12 10 (0.47%) Proxmox
13 9 (0.42%) Cisco CUCM
13 9 (0.42%) Progress Chef
14 8 (0.38%) Istio
14 8 (0.38%) Packer
14 8 (0.38%) Puppet
15 5 (0.23%) AWS Copilot
15 5 (0.23%) HP Fortify
15 5 (0.23%) Nmap
Vendors
1 314 (14.74%) Microsoft
2 124 (5.82%) Google
3 98 (4.60%) ServiceNow
4 70 (3.29%) Cisco
5 55 (2.58%) VMware
6 51 (2.39%) Apple
7 46 (2.16%) Adobe
8 45 (2.11%) Typelevel
9 41 (1.92%) Oracle
10 35 (1.64%) SolarWinds
11 34 (1.60%) Palo Alto
12 32 (1.50%) Fortinet
13 31 (1.46%) Databricks
14 30 (1.41%) Splunk
15 25 (1.17%) Red Hat
16 23 (1.08%) Salesforce
17 21 (0.99%) SAP
18 19 (0.89%) CheckPoint
19 18 (0.85%) Dynatrace
20 17 (0.80%) Arista
1,024 hybrid/remote AWS jobs