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

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 13 8
Rank change year-on-year +3 -5 -2
Permanent jobs citing AWS 2,421 2,186 4,838
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 11.62% 13.61% 14.47%
As % of the Cloud Services category 30.21% 36.24% 34.09%
Number of salaries quoted 1,562 1,390 4,095
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £43,150
25th Percentile £53,750 £56,250 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +3.45% -
75th Percentile £90,000 £107,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £101,250 £135,000 £122,500
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 8,015 6,032 14,190
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.47% 37.57% 42.45%
Number of salaries quoted 5,703 4,443 11,789
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,520 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £101,250
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -8.73%

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 3 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 55 (2.27%) Apache Airflow
2 40 (1.65%) Apache Spark
3 25 (1.03%) Apache
4 22 (0.91%) Microsoft Exchange
5 16 (0.66%) CMS
6 15 (0.62%) SharePoint
7 13 (0.54%) IIS
8 8 (0.33%) Confluence
8 8 (0.33%) WordPress
9 7 (0.29%) Jupyter
10 6 (0.25%) Anypoint
10 6 (0.25%) Apache Solr
10 6 (0.25%) Mule
10 6 (0.25%) nginx
11 4 (0.17%) Ethereum
11 4 (0.17%) SAS
11 4 (0.17%) Sitecore CMS
12 3 (0.12%) EPiServer
12 3 (0.12%) Immediacy CMS
12 3 (0.12%) Umbraco
Applications
1 89 (3.68%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (0.29%) MS Visio
3 5 (0.21%) AutoCAD
3 5 (0.21%) Chatbot
3 5 (0.21%) DaVinci Resolve
4 4 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.083%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (0.083%) Elementor
5 2 (0.083%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.083%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.083%) PlantUML
6 1 (0.041%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.041%) EngageOne
6 1 (0.041%) Houdini
6 1 (0.041%) Lightworks
6 1 (0.041%) NUKE
6 1 (0.041%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (0.99%) Cloudability
2 6 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.17%) Shopify
4 2 (0.083%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.083%) SAP HR
5 1 (0.041%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.041%) Magento
5 1 (0.041%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.041%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.041%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 1,048 (43.29%) Azure
2 612 (25.28%) GCP
3 257 (10.62%) SaaS
4 250 (10.33%) Serverless
5 196 (8.10%) GitHub
6 161 (6.65%) Amazon S3
7 160 (6.61%) AWS Lambda
8 151 (6.24%) Microsoft 365
9 121 (5.00%) Amazon EKS
10 102 (4.21%) AWS CloudFormation
11 99 (4.09%) Amazon EC2
12 87 (3.59%) Amazon ECS
13 86 (3.55%) GitHub Actions
14 67 (2.77%) Amazon SQS
15 60 (2.48%) Azure DevOps
16 54 (2.23%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 54 (2.23%) GitHub Copilot
17 50 (2.07%) Entra ID
18 46 (1.90%) Virtual Private Cloud
19 45 (1.86%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 143 (5.91%) Firewall
2 137 (5.66%) Broadband
3 81 (3.35%) VPN
4 73 (3.02%) WAN
5 69 (2.85%) DNS
6 63 (2.60%) LAN
7 56 (2.31%) Network Security
8 47 (1.94%) TCP/IP
9 44 (1.82%) DHCP
9 44 (1.82%) Wi-Fi
10 38 (1.57%) HTTP
11 33 (1.36%) SD-WAN
12 29 (1.20%) Cisco ASA
13 28 (1.16%) VXLAN
14 25 (1.03%) Cisco Firepower
15 23 (0.95%) VLAN
16 20 (0.83%) BGP
17 17 (0.70%) NGFW
18 16 (0.66%) MPLS
18 16 (0.66%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 254 (10.49%) PostgreSQL
2 239 (9.87%) MongoDB
3 118 (4.87%) NoSQL
4 102 (4.21%) Elasticsearch
5 101 (4.17%) SQL Server
6 100 (4.13%) MySQL
7 72 (2.97%) Azure SQL Database
8 63 (2.60%) Relational Database
9 60 (2.48%) Amazon RDS
10 58 (2.40%) DynamoDB
11 53 (2.19%) Metadata
12 42 (1.73%) Redis
13 41 (1.69%) Data Warehouse
14 36 (1.49%) Amazon Athena
15 32 (1.32%) Amazon Redshift
16 26 (1.07%) BigQuery
16 26 (1.07%) Data Lake
17 25 (1.03%) Power BI
18 23 (0.95%) Tableau
19 20 (0.83%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 122 (5.04%) Git
2 82 (3.39%) Jenkins
3 79 (3.26%) GitLab
4 63 (2.60%) TeamCity
5 49 (2.02%) Cypress.io
6 41 (1.69%) JIRA
7 26 (1.07%) Claude Code
8 17 (0.70%) Selenium
9 16 (0.66%) JUnit
10 15 (0.62%) CircleCI
11 14 (0.58%) Crashlytics
11 14 (0.58%) JMeter
11 14 (0.58%) Maven
11 14 (0.58%) XCTest
12 12 (0.50%) Jaeger
13 11 (0.45%) Postman
14 9 (0.37%) Mockito
15 8 (0.33%) MLflow
16 7 (0.29%) Cucumber
17 6 (0.25%) Storybook
General
1 580 (23.96%) Social Skills
2 540 (22.30%) Finance
3 277 (11.44%) Public Sector
4 228 (9.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 218 (9.00%) Banking
6 198 (8.18%) Law
7 145 (5.99%) Retail
8 131 (5.41%) Analytical Skills
9 63 (2.60%) Legal
10 54 (2.23%) Back Office
11 53 (2.19%) Financial Institution
11 53 (2.19%) Games
12 43 (1.78%) Influencing Skills
13 42 (1.73%) French Language
13 42 (1.73%) Front Office
14 36 (1.49%) Swedish Language
15 29 (1.20%) Marketing
16 28 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
17 25 (1.03%) Telecoms
18 20 (0.83%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 578 (23.87%) Senior
2 523 (21.60%) Developer
3 425 (17.55%) Software Engineer
4 322 (13.30%) Lead
5 263 (10.86%) Architect
6 154 (6.36%) AWS Engineer
7 149 (6.15%) Full-Stack Developer
8 120 (4.96%) Senior Software Engineer
9 119 (4.92%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 118 (4.87%) Analyst
11 116 (4.79%) DevOps Engineer
12 111 (4.58%) Lead Software Engineer
13 106 (4.38%) .NET Developer
14 99 (4.09%) Cloud Engineer
15 97 (4.01%) Solutions Architect
16 94 (3.88%) Lead Developer
16 94 (3.88%) Software Developer
17 92 (3.80%) Senior Developer
18 90 (3.72%) Engineering Manager
19 89 (3.68%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 418 (17.27%) React
2 363 (14.99%) Node.js
3 217 (8.96%) .NET
4 153 (6.32%) REST
5 126 (5.20%) RESTful
6 124 (5.12%) Vue
7 123 (5.08%) Spring
8 120 (4.96%) Kafka
9 119 (4.92%) CSS
10 107 (4.42%) AngularJS
11 98 (4.05%) .NET Core
12 91 (3.76%) ASP.NET
13 88 (3.63%) Spring Boot
14 83 (3.43%) ASP.NET Core
15 82 (3.39%) HTML
16 59 (2.44%) .NET Framework
17 52 (2.15%) Ruby on Rails
18 50 (2.07%) gRPC
18 50 (2.07%) Redux
19 44 (1.82%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 397 (16.40%) Cloud Native
2 193 (7.97%) Product Ownership
3 185 (7.64%) Distributed Systems
4 98 (4.05%) Public Cloud
5 79 (3.26%) Greenfield Project
5 79 (3.26%) Video\Live Streaming
6 64 (2.64%) Data Centre
7 57 (2.35%) Onboarding
8 55 (2.27%) Management Information System
8 55 (2.27%) Security Posture
9 54 (2.23%) Blog
10 46 (1.90%) Over-the-Top Content
11 45 (1.86%) Hybrid Cloud
12 44 (1.82%) AI Agents
12 44 (1.82%) Fixed Income
13 43 (1.78%) Enterprise Software
13 43 (1.78%) Self-Motivation
14 41 (1.69%) Mobile App
15 38 (1.57%) PKI
16 35 (1.45%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 215 (8.88%) Linux
2 140 (5.78%) Windows
3 62 (2.56%) Unix
4 57 (2.35%) Windows Server
5 38 (1.57%) Apple iOS
6 25 (1.03%) Android
7 14 (0.58%) Windows 10
8 11 (0.45%) Windows Server 2016
9 10 (0.41%) Ubuntu
10 8 (0.33%) Mac OS
10 8 (0.33%) Windows Server 2012
11 7 (0.29%) Windows Server 2019
12 5 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 4 (0.17%) CentOS
13 4 (0.17%) Debian
14 1 (0.041%) FreeBSD
14 1 (0.041%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.041%) OpenBSD
14 1 (0.041%) Solaris
14 1 (0.041%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 854 (35.27%) CI/CD
2 787 (32.51%) Agile
3 751 (31.02%) Software Engineering
4 565 (23.34%) DevOps
5 558 (23.05%) Mentoring
6 506 (20.90%) Full-Stack Development
7 490 (20.24%) Microservices
8 441 (18.22%) AI
9 440 (18.17%) Infrastructure as Code
10 420 (17.35%) Continuous Improvement
11 407 (16.81%) Problem-Solving
12 383 (15.82%) Test Automation
13 346 (14.29%) Containerisation
14 338 (13.96%) Technical Leadership
15 301 (12.43%) Roadmaps
16 290 (11.98%) Coaching
17 254 (10.49%) Clean Code
18 241 (9.95%) Scrum
19 240 (9.91%) Machine Learning
20 233 (9.62%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 664 (27.43%) Python
2 534 (22.06%) Java
3 398 (16.44%) TypeScript
4 385 (15.90%) JavaScript
5 350 (14.46%) SQL
6 265 (10.95%) C#
7 203 (8.38%) Go
8 106 (4.38%) Bash
9 75 (3.10%) Scala
10 71 (2.93%) C++
10 71 (2.93%) PHP
11 63 (2.60%) Ruby
12 57 (2.35%) PowerShell
13 33 (1.36%) Kotlin
14 28 (1.16%) Rust
15 17 (0.70%) Bicep
16 14 (0.58%) Swift
17 13 (0.54%) PL/SQL
18 10 (0.41%) Groovy
19 7 (0.29%) C
Qualifications
1 324 (13.38%) Security Cleared
2 287 (11.85%) Degree
3 269 (11.11%) SC Cleared
4 181 (7.48%) AWS Certification
5 93 (3.84%) Microsoft Certification
6 82 (3.39%) Computer Science Degree
6 82 (3.39%) MCSE
7 79 (3.26%) CISSP
8 59 (2.44%) CISM
9 52 (2.15%) Azure Certification
10 47 (1.94%) DV Cleared
11 35 (1.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 33 (1.36%) Cisco Certification
13 24 (0.99%) DBS Check
14 23 (0.95%) CCNP
15 21 (0.87%) CREST Certified
16 18 (0.74%) Master's Degree
17 17 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
17 17 (0.70%) CCNA
17 17 (0.70%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 188 (7.77%) QA
2 93 (3.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 83 (3.43%) NIST
4 56 (2.31%) Data Quality
5 55 (2.27%) Accessibility
6 48 (1.98%) GDPR
7 35 (1.45%) PCI DSS
8 28 (1.16%) GRC
9 26 (1.07%) NCSC
10 18 (0.74%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 16 (0.66%) SOC 2
12 15 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
12 15 (0.62%) ISO 22301
13 12 (0.50%) JSP 440
14 11 (0.45%) ISO 9001
15 9 (0.37%) SLA
16 8 (0.33%) WCAG
17 7 (0.29%) Government Security Classifications
17 7 (0.29%) NIST 800
18 6 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 430 (17.76%) Docker
2 61 (2.52%) Active Directory
3 44 (1.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 40 (1.65%) Hyper-V
5 20 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
6 19 (0.78%) vSphere
7 6 (0.25%) Firmware
7 6 (0.25%) KVM
7 6 (0.25%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 6 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
8 4 (0.17%) VMware NSX
9 3 (0.12%) iptables
10 2 (0.083%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 2 (0.083%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.041%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.041%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 424 (17.51%) Terraform
2 394 (16.27%) Kubernetes
3 135 (5.58%) Ansible
4 118 (4.87%) Grafana
5 52 (2.15%) Prometheus
6 36 (1.49%) Argo
7 24 (0.99%) Microsoft Intune
8 16 (0.66%) Proxmox
9 15 (0.62%) Progress Chef
10 13 (0.54%) Istio
10 13 (0.54%) Puppet
11 12 (0.50%) Kustomize
11 12 (0.50%) Podman
11 12 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
12 11 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 9 (0.37%) Cisco CUCM
13 9 (0.37%) Packer
14 7 (0.29%) ZABBIX
15 6 (0.25%) CloudHub
15 6 (0.25%) EMC VPLEX
Vendors
1 390 (16.11%) Microsoft
2 116 (4.79%) ServiceNow
3 104 (4.30%) Google
4 73 (3.02%) VMware
5 67 (2.77%) Cisco
6 57 (2.35%) Oracle
7 45 (1.86%) Typelevel
8 40 (1.65%) Databricks
9 36 (1.49%) Palo Alto
10 35 (1.45%) Fortinet
11 34 (1.40%) Apple
12 33 (1.36%) Splunk
13 30 (1.24%) Adobe
13 30 (1.24%) SolarWinds
14 26 (1.07%) SAP
15 24 (0.99%) Salesforce
16 21 (0.87%) Aruba
16 21 (0.87%) OpenAI
17 19 (0.78%) Dell
18 18 (0.74%) Dynatrace