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

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 13 7
Rank change year-on-year +3 -6 -1
Permanent jobs citing AWS 2,541 2,158 3,979
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 11.64% 13.09% 14.53%
As % of the Cloud Services category 29.90% 35.56% 35.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,645 1,375 3,302
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £56,250 £55,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% - +0.67%
75th Percentile £90,000 £110,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £135,000 £142,500
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 8,499 6,068 11,299
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.93% 36.81% 41.27%
Number of salaries quoted 6,079 4,478 9,142
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,762 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -3.85%
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 26 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 44 (1.73%) Apache Airflow
2 43 (1.69%) Apache Spark
3 24 (0.94%) Apache
4 22 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
5 16 (0.63%) Confluence
5 16 (0.63%) IIS
6 14 (0.55%) Anypoint
6 14 (0.55%) CMS
7 13 (0.51%) SharePoint
8 11 (0.43%) Mule
9 10 (0.39%) WordPress
10 7 (0.28%) Jupyter
11 6 (0.24%) Apache Solr
11 6 (0.24%) SAS
12 4 (0.16%) Ethereum
12 4 (0.16%) nginx
12 4 (0.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 4 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
13 3 (0.12%) Camunda
13 3 (0.12%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 93 (3.66%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (0.39%) MS Visio
3 9 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
4 8 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.20%) AutoCAD
5 5 (0.20%) Chatbot
5 5 (0.20%) DaVinci Resolve
6 2 (0.079%) Elementor
6 2 (0.079%) Moqups
6 2 (0.079%) PlantUML
7 1 (0.039%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.039%) Houdini
7 1 (0.039%) Lightworks
7 1 (0.039%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.039%) NUKE
7 1 (0.039%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.039%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (0.94%) 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 1,163 (45.77%) Azure
2 635 (24.99%) GCP
3 289 (11.37%) SaaS
4 232 (9.13%) Serverless
5 199 (7.83%) GitHub
6 162 (6.38%) Microsoft 365
7 149 (5.86%) AWS Lambda
8 148 (5.82%) Amazon S3
9 98 (3.86%) Amazon EKS
10 95 (3.74%) AWS CloudFormation
11 93 (3.66%) Amazon EC2
12 89 (3.50%) GitHub Actions
13 84 (3.31%) Amazon ECS
14 68 (2.68%) Amazon SQS
15 65 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
16 60 (2.36%) GitHub Copilot
17 57 (2.24%) Snowflake
18 51 (2.01%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 51 (2.01%) Entra ID
19 40 (1.57%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 129 (5.08%) Firewall
2 123 (4.84%) Broadband
3 81 (3.19%) VPN
4 75 (2.95%) DNS
5 70 (2.75%) WAN
6 64 (2.52%) LAN
6 64 (2.52%) Network Security
7 52 (2.05%) TCP/IP
8 45 (1.77%) DHCP
9 38 (1.50%) HTTP
10 31 (1.22%) SD-WAN
11 29 (1.14%) Wi-Fi
12 28 (1.10%) Cisco ASA
13 23 (0.91%) Cisco Firepower
14 21 (0.83%) VLAN
15 20 (0.79%) SSL
16 17 (0.67%) BGP
17 15 (0.59%) MPLS
17 15 (0.59%) OSPF
18 12 (0.47%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 260 (10.23%) PostgreSQL
2 252 (9.92%) MongoDB
3 110 (4.33%) SQL Server
4 108 (4.25%) Elasticsearch
4 108 (4.25%) MySQL
5 106 (4.17%) NoSQL
6 84 (3.31%) Azure SQL Database
7 56 (2.20%) Amazon RDS
8 55 (2.16%) DynamoDB
9 54 (2.13%) Redis
9 54 (2.13%) Relational Database
10 38 (1.50%) Metadata
11 37 (1.46%) Data Warehouse
12 33 (1.30%) Amazon Athena
13 29 (1.14%) Power BI
14 27 (1.06%) Amazon Redshift
14 27 (1.06%) Big Data
15 25 (0.98%) Data Lake
16 21 (0.83%) Tableau
17 18 (0.71%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 132 (5.19%) Git
2 84 (3.31%) Jenkins
3 83 (3.27%) GitLab
4 56 (2.20%) TeamCity
5 52 (2.05%) JIRA
6 51 (2.01%) Cypress.io
7 35 (1.38%) Claude Code
8 22 (0.87%) JUnit
9 20 (0.79%) Selenium
10 16 (0.63%) Postman
11 15 (0.59%) Maven
12 14 (0.55%) Crashlytics
12 14 (0.55%) XCTest
13 13 (0.51%) CircleCI
13 13 (0.51%) JMeter
14 11 (0.43%) Mockito
15 10 (0.39%) Cucumber
16 8 (0.31%) Bitbucket
17 6 (0.24%) Gatling
17 6 (0.24%) SonarQube
General
1 633 (24.91%) Social Skills
2 573 (22.55%) Finance
3 281 (11.06%) Public Sector
4 224 (8.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 222 (8.74%) Banking
6 206 (8.11%) Law
7 137 (5.39%) Analytical Skills
8 123 (4.84%) Retail
9 68 (2.68%) Legal
10 53 (2.09%) Games
11 48 (1.89%) Financial Institution
11 48 (1.89%) Swedish Language
12 45 (1.77%) Back Office
13 43 (1.69%) Front Office
14 38 (1.50%) Influencing Skills
14 38 (1.50%) Presentation Skills
15 37 (1.46%) Marketing
16 36 (1.42%) French Language
17 29 (1.14%) Telecoms
18 22 (0.87%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 609 (23.97%) Senior
2 554 (21.80%) Developer
3 440 (17.32%) Software Engineer
4 319 (12.55%) Lead
5 278 (10.94%) Architect
6 151 (5.94%) Full-Stack Developer
7 142 (5.59%) AWS Engineer
8 127 (5.00%) Analyst
9 123 (4.84%) DevOps Engineer
10 119 (4.68%) .NET Developer
11 117 (4.60%) Senior Software Engineer
12 115 (4.53%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 112 (4.41%) Senior Developer
14 109 (4.29%) Lead Software Engineer
15 97 (3.82%) Engineering Manager
15 97 (3.82%) Solutions Architect
16 95 (3.74%) Consultant
17 94 (3.70%) Lead Developer
18 92 (3.62%) Cloud Engineer
18 92 (3.62%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 433 (17.04%) React
2 378 (14.88%) Node.js
3 238 (9.37%) .NET
4 183 (7.20%) REST
5 131 (5.16%) RESTful
5 131 (5.16%) Vue
6 127 (5.00%) Spring
7 124 (4.88%) CSS
8 122 (4.80%) Kafka
9 113 (4.45%) AngularJS
10 111 (4.37%) .NET Core
11 106 (4.17%) ASP.NET
12 96 (3.78%) ASP.NET Core
13 92 (3.62%) Spring Boot
14 83 (3.27%) HTML
15 71 (2.79%) .NET Framework
15 71 (2.79%) Middleware
16 57 (2.24%) Ruby on Rails
17 53 (2.09%) OAuth
18 50 (1.97%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 383 (15.07%) Cloud Native
2 192 (7.56%) Product Ownership
3 188 (7.40%) Distributed Systems
4 95 (3.74%) Public Cloud
5 84 (3.31%) Greenfield Project
6 78 (3.07%) Video\Live Streaming
7 68 (2.68%) Cyber Threat
8 66 (2.60%) AI Agents
9 63 (2.48%) Onboarding
10 55 (2.16%) Management Information System
11 49 (1.93%) Data Centre
12 48 (1.89%) Security Posture
13 46 (1.81%) Over-the-Top Content
14 44 (1.73%) Enterprise Software
14 44 (1.73%) Fixed Income
14 44 (1.73%) Mobile App
15 43 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
16 42 (1.65%) Hybrid Cloud
17 40 (1.57%) Blog
18 37 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 210 (8.26%) Linux
2 160 (6.30%) Windows
3 62 (2.44%) Windows Server
4 56 (2.20%) Unix
5 35 (1.38%) Apple iOS
6 20 (0.79%) Android
7 12 (0.47%) 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
1 889 (34.99%) CI/CD
2 863 (33.96%) Agile
3 772 (30.38%) Software Engineering
4 594 (23.38%) DevOps
5 544 (21.41%) Mentoring
6 503 (19.80%) Microservices
7 502 (19.76%) Full-Stack Development
8 488 (19.21%) AI
9 446 (17.55%) Continuous Improvement
10 432 (17.00%) Problem-Solving
11 430 (16.92%) Infrastructure as Code
12 421 (16.57%) Test Automation
13 349 (13.73%) Technical Leadership
14 338 (13.30%) Containerisation
15 301 (11.85%) Roadmaps
16 279 (10.98%) Coaching
17 271 (10.67%) Scrum
18 259 (10.19%) Clean Code
19 251 (9.88%) Machine Learning
20 240 (9.45%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 670 (26.37%) Python
2 502 (19.76%) Java
3 402 (15.82%) TypeScript
4 397 (15.62%) JavaScript
5 381 (14.99%) SQL
6 284 (11.18%) C#
7 180 (7.08%) Go
8 89 (3.50%) Bash
9 74 (2.91%) Scala
10 70 (2.75%) C++
11 69 (2.72%) PHP
11 69 (2.72%) Ruby
12 68 (2.68%) PowerShell
13 34 (1.34%) Kotlin
14 26 (1.02%) Rust
15 16 (0.63%) Bicep
16 15 (0.59%) PL/SQL
16 15 (0.59%) Swift
17 14 (0.55%) DataWeave
18 10 (0.39%) C
Qualifications
1 381 (14.99%) Security Cleared
2 326 (12.83%) SC Cleared
3 305 (12.00%) Degree
4 172 (6.77%) AWS Certification
5 119 (4.68%) CISSP
6 97 (3.82%) CISM
6 97 (3.82%) Microsoft Certification
7 90 (3.54%) Computer Science Degree
8 83 (3.27%) MCSE
9 54 (2.13%) Azure Certification
10 50 (1.97%) ITIL Certification
11 48 (1.89%) DV Cleared
12 37 (1.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 34 (1.34%) Cisco Certification
14 23 (0.91%) CCNP
15 19 (0.75%) BPSS Clearance
16 18 (0.71%) CREST Certified
17 17 (0.67%) DBS Check
18 16 (0.63%) CCNA
18 16 (0.63%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 190 (7.48%) QA
2 114 (4.49%) NIST
3 94 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 67 (2.64%) Accessibility
5 59 (2.32%) Data Quality
6 50 (1.97%) GDPR
7 48 (1.89%) ISO 22301
8 31 (1.22%) GRC
9 27 (1.06%) PCI DSS
10 26 (1.02%) NCSC
11 19 (0.75%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 15 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
12 15 (0.59%) WCAG
13 12 (0.47%) SOC 2
14 11 (0.43%) ISO 9001
14 11 (0.43%) SLA
15 10 (0.39%) JSP 440
15 10 (0.39%) NIST 800
16 7 (0.28%) PMO
17 6 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 451 (17.75%) Docker
2 67 (2.64%) Active Directory
3 52 (2.05%) VMware Infrastructure
4 42 (1.65%) Hyper-V
5 21 (0.83%) 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
1 400 (15.74%) Terraform
2 397 (15.62%) Kubernetes
3 113 (4.45%) Grafana
4 109 (4.29%) Ansible
5 41 (1.61%) Prometheus
6 26 (1.02%) Microsoft Intune
7 23 (0.91%) Argo
8 17 (0.67%) Progress Chef
9 15 (0.59%) Puppet
10 14 (0.55%) Istio
10 14 (0.55%) Proxmox
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 8 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
16 7 (0.28%) Packer
16 7 (0.28%) ZABBIX
17 6 (0.24%) EMC NetWorker
17 6 (0.24%) EMC VPLEX
Vendors
1 430 (16.92%) Microsoft
2 125 (4.92%) ServiceNow
3 95 (3.74%) Google
4 81 (3.19%) VMware
5 69 (2.72%) Cisco
6 59 (2.32%) Oracle
7 50 (1.97%) 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 31 (1.22%) SAP
14 30 (1.18%) Adobe
14 30 (1.18%) Salesforce
15 27 (1.06%) SolarWinds
16 22 (0.87%) OpenAI
17 21 (0.83%) Dell
18 20 (0.79%) Dynatrace
18 20 (0.79%) MuleSoft