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 19 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
19 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 9 9
Rank change year-on-year -1 0 -2
Permanent jobs citing AWS 1,963 2,271 4,376
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 11.65% 16.93% 14.57%
As % of the Cloud Services category 31.14% 35.69% 32.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1,277 1,622 3,854
10th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £53,750 £51,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +7.41% -6.90%
75th Percentile £91,250 £96,250 £87,375
90th Percentile £111,750 £118,750 £110,000
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 6,303 6,363 13,611
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.39% 47.45% 45.33%
Number of salaries quoted 4,250 4,706 11,850
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,231 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £64,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.02% +7.92% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £77,500
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 19 March 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 (3.72%) Apache Airflow
2 38 (1.94%) Apache Spark
3 27 (1.38%) Apache
4 24 (1.22%) Microsoft Exchange
5 16 (0.82%) CMS
6 12 (0.61%) SharePoint
7 11 (0.56%) Confluence
7 11 (0.56%) nginx
8 8 (0.41%) WordPress
9 7 (0.36%) Tomcat
9 7 (0.36%) WebSphere
9 7 (0.36%) WebSphere Application Server
10 5 (0.25%) Anypoint
10 5 (0.25%) Apache Pulsar
10 5 (0.25%) Drupal
10 5 (0.25%) Ethereum
11 4 (0.20%) ArcGIS
11 4 (0.20%) GeoServer
11 4 (0.20%) Oracle Spatial
11 4 (0.20%) SAS
Applications
1 120 (6.11%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (0.97%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (0.25%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.20%) Adobe Illustrator
6 4 (0.20%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.051%) EngageOne
7 1 (0.051%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.051%) Notion
Business Applications
1 12 (0.61%) Oracle ERP
1 12 (0.61%) Shopify
2 8 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.10%) SAP HR
5 1 (0.051%) Magento
5 1 (0.051%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.051%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.051%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.051%) Sprinklr
5 1 (0.051%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 839 (42.74%) Azure
2 528 (26.90%) GCP
3 276 (14.06%) Serverless
4 243 (12.38%) SaaS
5 194 (9.88%) GitHub
6 183 (9.32%) AWS Lambda
7 178 (9.07%) Amazon S3
8 175 (8.91%) Microsoft 365
9 138 (7.03%) Amazon EKS
10 107 (5.45%) AWS CloudFormation
11 94 (4.79%) GitHub Actions
12 81 (4.13%) Amazon EC2
13 79 (4.02%) Amazon ECS
14 74 (3.77%) Amazon SQS
15 71 (3.62%) Entra ID
16 67 (3.41%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 52 (2.65%) Azure DevOps
17 52 (2.65%) dbt
18 44 (2.24%) Snowflake
19 40 (2.04%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 124 (6.32%) Firewall
2 88 (4.48%) Broadband
3 61 (3.11%) VPN
4 57 (2.90%) WAN
5 49 (2.50%) TCP/IP
6 47 (2.39%) LAN
6 47 (2.39%) Wi-Fi
7 46 (2.34%) DNS
8 44 (2.24%) Network Security
9 28 (1.43%) SD-WAN
10 26 (1.32%) VXLAN
11 25 (1.27%) Cisco ASA
11 25 (1.27%) DHCP
12 23 (1.17%) VLAN
13 21 (1.07%) BGP
14 20 (1.02%) Cisco Firepower
14 20 (1.02%) SSL
15 18 (0.92%) NGFW
16 17 (0.87%) HTTP
17 16 (0.82%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 183 (9.32%) PostgreSQL
2 123 (6.27%) NoSQL
3 99 (5.04%) MongoDB
4 96 (4.89%) SQL Server
5 84 (4.28%) MySQL
6 74 (3.77%) Amazon RDS
7 61 (3.11%) Relational Database
8 53 (2.70%) Data Warehouse
9 50 (2.55%) DynamoDB
10 47 (2.39%) Metadata
11 44 (2.24%) Elasticsearch
12 43 (2.19%) BigQuery
13 41 (2.09%) Amazon Redshift
14 34 (1.73%) Tableau
15 33 (1.68%) Amazon Athena
16 32 (1.63%) Data Lake
17 28 (1.43%) Redis
18 27 (1.38%) Apache Iceberg
19 22 (1.12%) Power BI
19 22 (1.12%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 119 (6.06%) Git
2 105 (5.35%) Jenkins
3 76 (3.87%) GitLab
4 59 (3.01%) TeamCity
5 44 (2.24%) Cypress.io
6 31 (1.58%) JIRA
7 20 (1.02%) Selenium
8 19 (0.97%) Jaeger
9 15 (0.76%) CircleCI
10 14 (0.71%) Bitbucket
10 14 (0.71%) Cucumber
10 14 (0.71%) JMeter
11 13 (0.66%) MLflow
11 13 (0.66%) SonarQube
12 12 (0.61%) Oracle Forms
13 11 (0.56%) JUnit
14 9 (0.46%) Subversion
15 8 (0.41%) Burp Suite
15 8 (0.41%) Crashlytics
15 8 (0.41%) Metasploit
General
1 603 (30.72%) Social Skills
2 428 (21.80%) Finance
3 215 (10.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 184 (9.37%) Public Sector
5 181 (9.22%) Banking
6 162 (8.25%) Retail
7 158 (8.05%) Law
8 129 (6.57%) Analytical Skills
9 101 (5.15%) French Language
10 71 (3.62%) Financial Institution
11 64 (3.26%) Swedish Language
12 60 (3.06%) Back Office
13 57 (2.90%) Front Office
14 55 (2.80%) Telecoms
15 50 (2.55%) Legal
16 49 (2.50%) Games
17 45 (2.29%) Influencing Skills
18 35 (1.78%) Marketing
19 33 (1.68%) Tech for Good
20 30 (1.53%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 450 (22.92%) Senior
2 371 (18.90%) Developer
3 309 (15.74%) Software Engineer
4 271 (13.81%) Lead
5 202 (10.29%) Architect
6 140 (7.13%) Analyst
7 116 (5.91%) Full-Stack Developer
8 113 (5.76%) AWS Engineer
9 101 (5.15%) Lead Developer
9 101 (5.15%) Service Analyst
9 101 (5.15%) Service Desk Analyst
10 98 (4.99%) Senior Software Engineer
11 93 (4.74%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 90 (4.58%) Java Engineer
13 85 (4.33%) Data Engineer
13 85 (4.33%) DevOps Engineer
14 79 (4.02%) Cloud Engineer
15 73 (3.72%) Java Software Engineer
16 70 (3.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 69 (3.52%) Lead Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 352 (17.93%) React
2 230 (11.72%) Node.js
3 148 (7.54%) Kafka
4 147 (7.49%) .NET
5 131 (6.67%) RESTful
6 108 (5.50%) Spring
7 102 (5.20%) REST
8 95 (4.84%) Spring Boot
9 91 (4.64%) CSS
10 78 (3.97%) HTML
11 65 (3.31%) AngularJS
11 65 (3.31%) Vue
12 63 (3.21%) gRPC
13 60 (3.06%) Django
14 54 (2.75%) Redux
15 49 (2.50%) .NET Core
16 46 (2.34%) Elastic Stack
17 41 (2.09%) GraphQL
18 40 (2.04%) JSON
19 34 (1.73%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 300 (15.28%) Cloud Native
2 142 (7.23%) Distributed Systems
3 109 (5.55%) Product Ownership
4 70 (3.57%) Public Cloud
5 65 (3.31%) Enterprise Software
6 60 (3.06%) Data Centre
6 60 (3.06%) Management Information System
7 57 (2.90%) Onboarding
8 54 (2.75%) Blog
9 51 (2.60%) Fixed Income
10 49 (2.50%) Security Posture
11 44 (2.24%) Video\Live Streaming
12 42 (2.14%) Greenfield Project
13 40 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
13 40 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
14 36 (1.83%) Over-the-Top Content
14 36 (1.83%) PKI
15 35 (1.78%) Hybrid Cloud
15 35 (1.78%) Mobile App
16 34 (1.73%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 198 (10.09%) Linux
2 104 (5.30%) Windows
3 73 (3.72%) Unix
4 52 (2.65%) Windows Server
5 49 (2.50%) Android
6 47 (2.39%) Apple iOS
7 26 (1.32%) Windows 10
8 21 (1.07%) Mac OS
9 18 (0.92%) Windows Server 2012
10 17 (0.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 17 (0.87%) Windows Server 2016
11 16 (0.82%) Windows Server 2019
12 10 (0.51%) Ubuntu
13 7 (0.36%) CentOS
14 4 (0.20%) VMS
15 1 (0.051%) Debian
15 1 (0.051%) FreeBSD
15 1 (0.051%) Mac OS X
15 1 (0.051%) OpenBSD
15 1 (0.051%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 673 (34.28%) CI/CD
2 578 (29.44%) Agile
3 531 (27.05%) Software Engineering
4 529 (26.95%) DevOps
5 446 (22.72%) Mentoring
6 363 (18.49%) Microservices
7 339 (17.27%) Infrastructure as Code
8 338 (17.22%) Full-Stack Development
9 336 (17.12%) Problem-Solving
10 305 (15.54%) AI
11 301 (15.33%) Continuous Improvement
12 290 (14.77%) Containerisation
13 236 (12.02%) Coaching
14 234 (11.92%) Test Automation
15 219 (11.16%) Roadmaps
16 191 (9.73%) Technical Leadership
17 180 (9.17%) ITIL
18 174 (8.86%) Clean Code
19 166 (8.46%) Computer Science
19 166 (8.46%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 614 (31.28%) Python
2 490 (24.96%) Java
3 311 (15.84%) JavaScript
4 304 (15.49%) TypeScript
5 287 (14.62%) SQL
6 200 (10.19%) Go
7 192 (9.78%) C#
8 126 (6.42%) Bash
9 71 (3.62%) PHP
10 61 (3.11%) Scala
11 55 (2.80%) PowerShell
12 45 (2.29%) C++
13 27 (1.38%) Kotlin
13 27 (1.38%) Ruby
14 21 (1.07%) Rust
15 17 (0.87%) Shell Script
16 16 (0.82%) Bicep
17 13 (0.66%) PL/SQL
18 8 (0.41%) Delphi
18 8 (0.41%) Swift
Qualifications
1 353 (17.98%) Degree
2 249 (12.68%) AWS Certification
3 220 (11.21%) Security Cleared
4 189 (9.63%) SC Cleared
5 158 (8.05%) Microsoft Certification
6 122 (6.21%) MCSE
7 116 (5.91%) Computer Science Degree
8 73 (3.72%) Azure Certification
9 51 (2.60%) CISSP
10 40 (2.04%) DV Cleared
11 39 (1.99%) TOGAF Certification
12 38 (1.94%) Cisco Certification
13 36 (1.83%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 33 (1.68%) CREST Certified
15 29 (1.48%) CISM
16 24 (1.22%) Master's Degree
17 23 (1.17%) DBS Check
18 22 (1.12%) CCNP
18 22 (1.12%) OSCP
19 20 (1.02%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 195 (9.93%) QA
2 93 (4.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 58 (2.95%) GDPR
4 56 (2.85%) NIST
5 51 (2.60%) PCI DSS
6 43 (2.19%) Data Quality
7 35 (1.78%) Accessibility
8 32 (1.63%) SOC 2
9 31 (1.58%) GRC
10 28 (1.43%) Cyber Essentials
11 26 (1.32%) SLA
12 16 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 16 (0.82%) NCSC
13 14 (0.71%) Actionable Recommendations
14 13 (0.66%) JSP 440
15 10 (0.51%) ISO 9001
15 10 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 42001
16 6 (0.31%) EU AI Act
16 6 (0.31%) Government Security Classifications
16 6 (0.31%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 394 (20.07%) Docker
2 79 (4.02%) Active Directory
3 36 (1.83%) Hyper-V
4 32 (1.63%) VMware Infrastructure
5 14 (0.71%) Virtual Machines
5 14 (0.71%) vSphere
6 6 (0.31%) Firmware
6 6 (0.31%) VMware NSX
7 4 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 4 (0.20%) Veritas Cluster Server
7 4 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.051%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 1 (0.051%) KVM
8 1 (0.051%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.051%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 398 (20.28%) Terraform
2 365 (18.59%) Kubernetes
3 150 (7.64%) Ansible
4 138 (7.03%) Grafana
5 76 (3.87%) Prometheus
6 44 (2.24%) Argo
7 32 (1.63%) Single Sign-On
8 29 (1.48%) Microsoft Intune
9 19 (0.97%) Kustomize
10 17 (0.87%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 9 (0.46%) Proxmox
12 8 (0.41%) Istio
12 8 (0.41%) Nmap
13 6 (0.31%) Kibana
13 6 (0.31%) Podman
14 5 (0.25%) AWS Copilot
15 4 (0.20%) Autotask
15 4 (0.20%) Cilium
15 4 (0.20%) HP Fortify
15 4 (0.20%) Packer
Vendors
1 284 (14.47%) Microsoft
2 133 (6.78%) Google
3 120 (6.11%) ServiceNow
4 59 (3.01%) Cisco
4 59 (3.01%) Oracle
4 59 (3.01%) VMware
5 36 (1.83%) Typelevel
6 33 (1.68%) Databricks
7 30 (1.53%) Apple
7 30 (1.53%) Red Hat
8 26 (1.32%) Salesforce
9 25 (1.27%) Splunk
10 24 (1.22%) Palo Alto
10 24 (1.22%) SAP
11 23 (1.17%) Fortinet
12 20 (1.02%) IBM
12 20 (1.02%) Okta
13 19 (0.97%) Adobe
13 19 (0.97%) SolarWinds
14 17 (0.87%) Dell
950 hybrid/remote AWS jobs