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 14 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 13 8
Rank change year-on-year +3 -5 -2
Permanent jobs citing AWS 2,594 2,078 3,632
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 11.42% 12.51% 14.63%
As % of the Cloud Services category 30.03% 34.90% 35.65%
Number of salaries quoted 1,686 1,308 2,907
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,750 £45,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £57,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% - -
75th Percentile £90,000 £106,250 £106,250
90th Percentile £105,000 £135,000 £142,500
UK median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year - - -3.33%

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 8,638 5,955 10,188
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.03% 35.86% 41.04%
Number of salaries quoted 6,255 4,370 7,956
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £36,750
25th Percentile £45,125 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £84,964
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -5.51%

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 14 August 2026.

AWS salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

AWS
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 42 (1.62%) Apache Spark
2 37 (1.43%) Apache Airflow
3 25 (0.96%) Apache
3 25 (0.96%) Confluence
4 19 (0.73%) Microsoft Exchange
5 17 (0.66%) SharePoint
6 16 (0.62%) Anypoint
6 16 (0.62%) IIS
7 14 (0.54%) WordPress
8 13 (0.50%) Mule
9 11 (0.42%) CMS
10 8 (0.31%) Jupyter
11 7 (0.27%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 6 (0.23%) Apache Solr
12 6 (0.23%) SAS
13 4 (0.15%) ArcGIS
13 4 (0.15%) Camunda
13 4 (0.15%) Ethereum
13 4 (0.15%) Sitecore CMS
14 3 (0.12%) GeoServer
Applications
1 87 (3.35%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (0.54%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (0.42%) MS Visio
4 10 (0.39%) Chatbot
4 10 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.19%) AutoCAD
5 5 (0.19%) DaVinci Resolve
6 4 (0.15%) Moqups
7 2 (0.077%) Elementor
7 2 (0.077%) PlantUML
7 2 (0.077%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.039%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.039%) Houdini
8 1 (0.039%) Lightworks
8 1 (0.039%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.039%) NUKE
8 1 (0.039%) Trello
8 1 (0.039%) Weka
Business Applications
1 24 (0.93%) Cloudability
2 6 (0.23%) NetSuite
2 6 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.12%) Shopify
4 2 (0.077%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.039%) Finacle
5 1 (0.039%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.039%) Magento
5 1 (0.039%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.039%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 1,215 (46.84%) Azure
2 652 (25.13%) GCP
3 305 (11.76%) SaaS
4 232 (8.94%) Serverless
5 209 (8.06%) GitHub
6 164 (6.32%) Microsoft 365
7 154 (5.94%) AWS Lambda
8 148 (5.71%) Amazon S3
9 105 (4.05%) AWS CloudFormation
10 90 (3.47%) Amazon EC2
10 90 (3.47%) GitHub Actions
11 86 (3.32%) Amazon EKS
12 80 (3.08%) Amazon ECS
13 69 (2.66%) Amazon SQS
14 68 (2.62%) Snowflake
15 67 (2.58%) Azure DevOps
16 65 (2.51%) GitHub Copilot
17 48 (1.85%) Anthropic Claude
18 47 (1.81%) Power Platform
19 45 (1.73%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 120 (4.63%) Firewall
2 106 (4.09%) Broadband
3 73 (2.81%) VPN
4 71 (2.74%) DNS
5 70 (2.70%) Network Security
6 67 (2.58%) WAN
7 59 (2.27%) LAN
8 52 (2.00%) TCP/IP
9 42 (1.62%) DHCP
10 40 (1.54%) HTTP
11 30 (1.16%) SD-WAN
12 26 (1.00%) Cisco ASA
13 23 (0.89%) VLAN
14 22 (0.85%) SSL
14 22 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
15 20 (0.77%) Cisco Firepower
16 14 (0.54%) BGP
17 12 (0.46%) OSPF
18 11 (0.42%) Internet
18 11 (0.42%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 262 (10.10%) PostgreSQL
2 244 (9.41%) MongoDB
3 122 (4.70%) SQL Server
4 104 (4.01%) Elasticsearch
5 103 (3.97%) MySQL
6 98 (3.78%) NoSQL
7 84 (3.24%) Azure SQL Database
8 66 (2.54%) DynamoDB
9 59 (2.27%) Relational Database
10 57 (2.20%) Redis
11 47 (1.81%) Amazon RDS
12 41 (1.58%) Power BI
13 40 (1.54%) Data Warehouse
14 33 (1.27%) Metadata
15 30 (1.16%) Big Data
16 29 (1.12%) Amazon Athena
17 27 (1.04%) Data Lake
18 25 (0.96%) Amazon Redshift
19 24 (0.93%) Tableau
20 15 (0.58%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 149 (5.74%) Git
2 87 (3.35%) Jenkins
3 82 (3.16%) GitLab
4 67 (2.58%) JIRA
5 59 (2.27%) Cypress.io
6 54 (2.08%) TeamCity
7 44 (1.70%) Claude Code
8 29 (1.12%) JUnit
9 26 (1.00%) Selenium
10 20 (0.77%) Maven
10 20 (0.77%) Postman
11 16 (0.62%) Mockito
12 13 (0.50%) CircleCI
12 13 (0.50%) Crashlytics
12 13 (0.50%) XCTest
13 12 (0.46%) Bitbucket
13 12 (0.46%) JMeter
14 11 (0.42%) Cucumber
15 8 (0.31%) SonarQube
16 7 (0.27%) Gatling
General
1 690 (26.60%) Social Skills
2 598 (23.05%) Finance
3 291 (11.22%) Public Sector
4 234 (9.02%) Banking
5 230 (8.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 202 (7.79%) Law
7 148 (5.71%) Analytical Skills
8 111 (4.28%) Retail
9 80 (3.08%) Legal
10 54 (2.08%) Games
11 48 (1.85%) Financial Institution
11 48 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
11 48 (1.85%) Swedish Language
12 44 (1.70%) Back Office
13 43 (1.66%) Marketing
14 39 (1.50%) Influencing Skills
15 37 (1.43%) French Language
16 33 (1.27%) Telecoms
17 25 (0.96%) Health Technology
18 24 (0.93%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 623 (24.02%) Senior
2 541 (20.86%) Developer
3 426 (16.42%) Software Engineer
4 320 (12.34%) Lead
5 295 (11.37%) Architect
6 151 (5.82%) Full-Stack Developer
7 141 (5.44%) AWS Engineer
8 132 (5.09%) Analyst
9 126 (4.86%) DevOps Engineer
10 119 (4.59%) Senior Developer
11 117 (4.51%) Senior Software Engineer
12 116 (4.47%) .NET Developer
13 105 (4.05%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 101 (3.89%) Engineering Manager
15 99 (3.82%) Consultant
16 98 (3.78%) Cloud Engineer
17 95 (3.66%) Lead Software Engineer
18 92 (3.55%) Solutions Architect
19 90 (3.47%) Software Developer
20 82 (3.16%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 440 (16.96%) React
2 367 (14.15%) Node.js
3 253 (9.75%) .NET
4 200 (7.71%) REST
5 138 (5.32%) Spring
6 130 (5.01%) CSS
7 129 (4.97%) Vue
8 128 (4.93%) RESTful
9 120 (4.63%) .NET Core
10 119 (4.59%) AngularJS
11 111 (4.28%) ASP.NET
12 103 (3.97%) Kafka
13 98 (3.78%) ASP.NET Core
13 98 (3.78%) Spring Boot
14 82 (3.16%) HTML
15 76 (2.93%) Middleware
16 75 (2.89%) .NET Framework
17 65 (2.51%) LangChain
18 64 (2.47%) Ruby on Rails
19 62 (2.39%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 379 (14.61%) Cloud Native
2 191 (7.36%) Product Ownership
3 177 (6.82%) Distributed Systems
4 106 (4.09%) Public Cloud
5 87 (3.35%) AI Agents
6 84 (3.24%) Greenfield Project
7 72 (2.78%) Cyber Threat
8 67 (2.58%) Onboarding
9 60 (2.31%) Video\Live Streaming
10 52 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
11 48 (1.85%) Management Information System
12 47 (1.81%) Enterprise Software
13 46 (1.77%) Mobile App
13 46 (1.77%) Security Posture
14 45 (1.73%) Data Centre
15 44 (1.70%) Blog
15 44 (1.70%) Hybrid Cloud
16 40 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
17 36 (1.39%) Low-Code
18 31 (1.20%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 213 (8.21%) Linux
2 161 (6.21%) Windows
3 58 (2.24%) Unix
3 58 (2.24%) Windows Server
4 27 (1.04%) Apple iOS
5 13 (0.50%) Android
6 12 (0.46%) Ubuntu
7 7 (0.27%) Mac OS
8 6 (0.23%) Windows 10
8 6 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (0.15%) Debian
9 4 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.077%) CentOS
10 2 (0.077%) Solaris
11 1 (0.039%) FreeBSD
11 1 (0.039%) OpenBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 906 (34.93%) CI/CD
2 873 (33.65%) Agile
3 772 (29.76%) Software Engineering
4 610 (23.52%) DevOps
5 561 (21.63%) Mentoring
6 553 (21.32%) AI
7 495 (19.08%) Full-Stack Development
8 485 (18.70%) Microservices
9 475 (18.31%) Continuous Improvement
10 453 (17.46%) Infrastructure as Code
11 423 (16.31%) Problem-Solving
12 414 (15.96%) Test Automation
13 380 (14.65%) Technical Leadership
14 326 (12.57%) Containerisation
15 324 (12.49%) Roadmaps
16 290 (11.18%) Scrum
17 264 (10.18%) Coaching
18 263 (10.14%) Observability
19 253 (9.75%) Clean Code
20 250 (9.64%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 669 (25.79%) Python
2 498 (19.20%) Java
3 408 (15.73%) TypeScript
4 402 (15.50%) JavaScript
5 401 (15.46%) SQL
6 298 (11.49%) C#
7 142 (5.47%) Go
8 87 (3.35%) Bash
9 80 (3.08%) Ruby
10 77 (2.97%) PowerShell
11 70 (2.70%) C++
11 70 (2.70%) PHP
12 56 (2.16%) Scala
13 37 (1.43%) Kotlin
14 24 (0.93%) Rust
15 19 (0.73%) PL/SQL
16 16 (0.62%) DataWeave
16 16 (0.62%) Swift
17 15 (0.58%) Bicep
18 11 (0.42%) C
Qualifications
1 420 (16.19%) Security Cleared
2 355 (13.69%) SC Cleared
3 303 (11.68%) Degree
4 176 (6.78%) AWS Certification
5 119 (4.59%) CISSP
6 100 (3.86%) CISM
7 91 (3.51%) Microsoft Certification
8 90 (3.47%) Computer Science Degree
9 78 (3.01%) MCSE
10 59 (2.27%) Azure Certification
11 55 (2.12%) DV Cleared
12 50 (1.93%) ITIL Certification
13 36 (1.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 34 (1.31%) Cisco Certification
15 26 (1.00%) BPSS Clearance
16 23 (0.89%) CCNP
17 16 (0.62%) CCNA
18 15 (0.58%) CREST Certified
18 15 (0.58%) CRISC
18 15 (0.58%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 192 (7.40%) QA
2 116 (4.47%) NIST
3 97 (3.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 81 (3.12%) Accessibility
5 65 (2.51%) Data Quality
6 53 (2.04%) GDPR
7 48 (1.85%) ISO 22301
8 31 (1.20%) NCSC
9 29 (1.12%) GRC
10 25 (0.96%) PCI DSS
11 19 (0.73%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 16 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
12 16 (0.62%) SLA
12 16 (0.62%) WCAG
13 11 (0.42%) ISO 9001
14 10 (0.39%) NIST 800
15 9 (0.35%) JSP 440
16 8 (0.31%) SOC 2
17 7 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
17 7 (0.27%) PMO
System Software
1 452 (17.42%) Docker
2 66 (2.54%) Active Directory
3 56 (2.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 36 (1.39%) Hyper-V
5 23 (0.89%) Virtual Machines
6 20 (0.77%) vSphere
7 8 (0.31%) Firmware
8 7 (0.27%) KVM
8 7 (0.27%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 7 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (0.15%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.12%) iptables
10 3 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.077%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 2 (0.077%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (0.039%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.039%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 427 (16.46%) Terraform
2 403 (15.54%) Kubernetes
3 117 (4.51%) Ansible
4 112 (4.32%) Grafana
5 37 (1.43%) Prometheus
6 24 (0.93%) Argo
7 17 (0.66%) Istio
7 17 (0.66%) Microsoft Intune
8 16 (0.62%) Progress Chef
9 14 (0.54%) Puppet
10 13 (0.50%) CloudHub
10 13 (0.50%) Podman
11 11 (0.42%) Proxmox
12 10 (0.39%) Cisco CUCM
13 7 (0.27%) CASB
13 7 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
13 7 (0.27%) ZABBIX
14 6 (0.23%) EMC VPLEX
14 6 (0.23%) Failover Clustering
14 6 (0.23%) Packer
Vendors
1 437 (16.85%) Microsoft
2 119 (4.59%) Google
2 119 (4.59%) ServiceNow
3 79 (3.05%) VMware
4 71 (2.74%) Cisco
5 66 (2.54%) Oracle
6 56 (2.16%) Databricks
7 40 (1.54%) Palo Alto
8 34 (1.31%) Adobe
8 34 (1.31%) Fortinet
8 34 (1.31%) Salesforce
8 34 (1.31%) SAP
9 33 (1.27%) Splunk
10 30 (1.16%) OpenAI
11 27 (1.04%) Typelevel
12 26 (1.00%) Apple
13 23 (0.89%) SolarWinds
14 22 (0.85%) Dynatrace
14 22 (0.85%) Okta
15 21 (0.81%) MuleSoft