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 11 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 13 8
Rank change year-on-year +3 -5 -2
Permanent jobs citing AWS 2,510 2,004 3,489
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 10.09% 12.06% 16.16%
As % of the Cloud Services category 29.13% 34.93% 38.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1,656 1,214 2,363
10th Percentile £45,000 £47,306 £46,250
25th Percentile £54,551 £60,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £77,500 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.68% - +10.71%
75th Percentile £90,000 £110,000 £109,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £136,250 £142,500
UK median annual salary £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%

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 8,617 5,738 9,176
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.64% 34.53% 42.50%
Number of salaries quoted 6,308 4,067 6,006
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £36,619
25th Percentile £45,000 £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 £82,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £58,400 £65,000
% change year-on-year +7.02% -10.15% +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

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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 11 October 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 34 (1.35%) Apache Spark
2 31 (1.24%) Confluence
3 26 (1.04%) Apache Airflow
4 25 (1.00%) Apache
5 16 (0.64%) Anypoint
6 15 (0.60%) IIS
6 15 (0.60%) SharePoint
7 13 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
7 13 (0.52%) Mule
8 12 (0.48%) WordPress
9 10 (0.40%) CMS
10 9 (0.36%) Jupyter
10 9 (0.36%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 9 (0.36%) WebLogic
11 6 (0.24%) SAS
12 5 (0.20%) ArcGIS
12 5 (0.20%) Camunda
12 5 (0.20%) nginx
13 4 (0.16%) GeoServer
13 4 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 60 (2.39%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (0.72%) Chatbot
3 17 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
4 10 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.28%) Moqups
6 6 (0.24%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.080%) Elementor
7 2 (0.080%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.080%) PlantUML
7 2 (0.080%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.080%) Weka
8 1 (0.040%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.040%) Houdini
8 1 (0.040%) Lightworks
8 1 (0.040%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 19 (0.76%) Cloudability
2 6 (0.24%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.080%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (0.080%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (0.080%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.080%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.040%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
5 1 (0.040%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.040%) Finacle
5 1 (0.040%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.040%) Shopify
5 1 (0.040%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 1,176 (46.85%) Azure
2 655 (26.10%) GCP
3 347 (13.82%) SaaS
4 211 (8.41%) GitHub
5 207 (8.25%) Serverless
6 156 (6.22%) AWS Lambda
7 147 (5.86%) Amazon S3
8 146 (5.82%) Microsoft 365
9 124 (4.94%) Amazon EKS
10 99 (3.94%) AWS CloudFormation
11 96 (3.82%) Amazon EC2
12 95 (3.78%) Snowflake
13 93 (3.71%) GitHub Actions
14 77 (3.07%) Amazon ECS
15 72 (2.87%) GitHub Copilot
16 69 (2.75%) Anthropic Claude
17 67 (2.67%) Amazon Bedrock
18 59 (2.35%) Amazon SQS
19 58 (2.31%) Power Platform
20 54 (2.15%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 101 (4.02%) Firewall
2 73 (2.91%) Network Security
3 70 (2.79%) VPN
4 58 (2.31%) TCP/IP
5 51 (2.03%) DNS
6 50 (1.99%) Broadband
7 47 (1.87%) WAN
8 39 (1.55%) LAN
9 33 (1.31%) DHCP
10 31 (1.24%) HTTP
11 26 (1.04%) BGP
12 24 (0.96%) SD-WAN
13 22 (0.88%) VLAN
14 15 (0.60%) Cisco ASA
14 15 (0.60%) SSL
14 15 (0.60%) Wi-Fi
15 12 (0.48%) AMQP
15 12 (0.48%) SMS
16 11 (0.44%) IP Telephony
17 10 (0.40%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 288 (11.47%) PostgreSQL
2 214 (8.53%) MongoDB
3 100 (3.98%) SQL Server
4 97 (3.86%) Elasticsearch
5 94 (3.75%) MySQL
6 81 (3.23%) Azure SQL Database
7 80 (3.19%) NoSQL
8 72 (2.87%) Relational Database
9 64 (2.55%) Amazon RDS
10 62 (2.47%) DynamoDB
11 57 (2.27%) Redis
12 52 (2.07%) Power BI
13 48 (1.91%) Data Warehouse
14 42 (1.67%) Amazon Athena
15 39 (1.55%) Metadata
16 32 (1.27%) Data Lake
17 31 (1.24%) Tableau
18 27 (1.08%) Amazon Redshift
19 24 (0.96%) Big Data
20 23 (0.92%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 150 (5.98%) Git
2 102 (4.06%) TeamCity
3 87 (3.47%) Jenkins
4 86 (3.43%) GitLab
5 70 (2.79%) Claude Code
6 62 (2.47%) JIRA
7 47 (1.87%) Cypress.io
8 40 (1.59%) JUnit
9 27 (1.08%) Selenium
10 24 (0.96%) Mockito
11 23 (0.92%) Postman
12 20 (0.80%) Maven
13 10 (0.40%) Bitbucket
14 8 (0.32%) SonarQube
15 7 (0.28%) Burp Suite
15 7 (0.28%) Metasploit
16 6 (0.24%) Cucumber
16 6 (0.24%) Gatling
17 5 (0.20%) MLflow
17 5 (0.20%) Poetry
General
1 682 (27.17%) Social Skills
2 623 (24.82%) Finance
3 356 (14.18%) Public Sector
4 313 (12.47%) Banking
5 278 (11.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 234 (9.32%) Law
7 191 (7.61%) Analytical Skills
8 167 (6.65%) Retail
9 89 (3.55%) Financial Institution
10 87 (3.47%) Back Office
11 83 (3.31%) Legal
12 56 (2.23%) Marketing
13 51 (2.03%) Presentation Skills
14 48 (1.91%) Games
15 44 (1.75%) Swedish Language
16 42 (1.67%) Influencing Skills
17 34 (1.35%) Telecoms
18 31 (1.24%) Front Office
19 30 (1.20%) Health Technology
19 30 (1.20%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 639 (25.46%) Senior
2 479 (19.08%) Developer
3 448 (17.85%) Software Engineer
4 305 (12.15%) Architect
5 294 (11.71%) Lead
6 126 (5.02%) Analyst
6 126 (5.02%) Full-Stack Developer
7 125 (4.98%) Senior Developer
8 124 (4.94%) Senior Software Engineer
9 121 (4.82%) DevOps Engineer
10 118 (4.70%) AWS Engineer
11 101 (4.02%) .NET Developer
12 100 (3.98%) Python Engineer
13 96 (3.82%) Cloud Engineer
14 89 (3.55%) Consultant
15 87 (3.47%) Data Engineer
15 87 (3.47%) Lead Software Engineer
16 80 (3.19%) Software Developer
17 79 (3.15%) Java Engineer
18 77 (3.07%) Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 476 (18.96%) Terraform
2 368 (14.66%) React
3 317 (12.63%) Node.js
4 256 (10.20%) .NET
5 190 (7.57%) REST
6 164 (6.53%) Spring
7 141 (5.62%) RESTful
8 126 (5.02%) Spring Boot
9 114 (4.54%) .NET Core
10 112 (4.46%) Vue
11 109 (4.34%) AngularJS
12 107 (4.26%) ASP.NET
13 94 (3.75%) ASP.NET Core
14 91 (3.63%) LangChain
15 83 (3.31%) Middleware
16 81 (3.23%) CSS
17 75 (2.99%) Kafka
18 67 (2.67%) .NET Framework
19 66 (2.63%) LangGraph
20 62 (2.47%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 427 (17.01%) Cloud Native
2 186 (7.41%) Distributed Systems
3 178 (7.09%) Product Ownership
4 130 (5.18%) AI Agents
5 95 (3.78%) Public Cloud
6 77 (3.07%) Cyber Threat
7 69 (2.75%) Blog
8 62 (2.47%) Onboarding
9 60 (2.39%) Greenfield Project
10 55 (2.19%) Hedge funds
10 55 (2.19%) Hybrid Cloud
11 49 (1.95%) Security Posture
12 43 (1.71%) Enterprise Software
13 42 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
14 41 (1.63%) Data Centre
15 39 (1.55%) Legacy Systems
16 38 (1.51%) Management Information System
17 29 (1.16%) Mobile App
18 28 (1.12%) Data Structures
18 28 (1.12%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 224 (8.92%) Linux
2 155 (6.18%) Windows
3 70 (2.79%) Unix
4 53 (2.11%) Windows Server
5 24 (0.96%) Apple iOS
6 17 (0.68%) Android
6 17 (0.68%) Ubuntu
7 9 (0.36%) macOS
8 7 (0.28%) Debian
9 4 (0.16%) CentOS
10 3 (0.12%) Robot Operating System
10 3 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.080%) Solaris
12 1 (0.040%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.040%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 943 (37.57%) CI/CD
2 819 (32.63%) Agile
3 784 (31.24%) Software Engineering
4 641 (25.54%) AI
5 599 (23.86%) DevOps
5 599 (23.86%) Mentoring
6 476 (18.96%) Continuous Improvement
7 471 (18.76%) Microservices
8 457 (18.21%) Problem-Solving
9 435 (17.33%) Infrastructure as Code
10 425 (16.93%) Full-Stack Development
11 423 (16.85%) Test Automation
12 387 (15.42%) Technical Leadership
13 310 (12.35%) Roadmaps
14 294 (11.71%) Coaching
15 277 (11.04%) Scrum
16 272 (10.84%) Containerisation
17 265 (10.56%) Observability
18 247 (9.84%) Machine Learning
19 231 (9.20%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 656 (26.14%) Python
2 552 (21.99%) Java
3 428 (17.05%) SQL
4 380 (15.14%) JavaScript
5 345 (13.75%) TypeScript
6 278 (11.08%) C#
7 111 (4.42%) Bash
8 107 (4.26%) Go
9 84 (3.35%) PowerShell
10 67 (2.67%) Ruby
11 56 (2.23%) C++
12 52 (2.07%) PHP
13 32 (1.27%) Kotlin
14 26 (1.04%) R
15 24 (0.96%) Rust
16 23 (0.92%) Scala
17 21 (0.84%) PL/SQL
18 16 (0.64%) DataWeave
19 13 (0.52%) Bicep
20 11 (0.44%) C
Qualifications
1 436 (17.37%) Security Cleared
2 359 (14.30%) SC Cleared
3 260 (10.36%) Degree
4 162 (6.45%) AWS Certification
5 119 (4.74%) CISSP
6 107 (4.26%) CISM
7 74 (2.95%) Computer Science Degree
7 74 (2.95%) Microsoft Certification
8 66 (2.63%) Azure Certification
9 61 (2.43%) MCSE
10 50 (1.99%) ITIL Certification
11 46 (1.83%) DV Cleared
12 40 (1.59%) Cisco Certification
13 33 (1.31%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 29 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
15 24 (0.96%) CCNP
16 22 (0.88%) CCNA
17 16 (0.64%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 16 (0.64%) GIAC
17 16 (0.64%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 153 (6.10%) QA
2 121 (4.82%) NIST
3 112 (4.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 102 (4.06%) Data Quality
5 78 (3.11%) Accessibility
6 60 (2.39%) GDPR
7 48 (1.91%) ISO 22301
8 39 (1.55%) PCI DSS
9 36 (1.43%) NCSC
10 29 (1.16%) GRC
11 27 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials
12 23 (0.92%) SOC 2
13 14 (0.56%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 14 (0.56%) SLA
14 12 (0.48%) NIST 800
15 11 (0.44%) WCAG
16 9 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 9 (0.36%) ISO 9001
16 9 (0.36%) PMO
17 7 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 429 (17.09%) Docker
2 51 (2.03%) Active Directory
3 49 (1.95%) VMware Infrastructure
4 41 (1.63%) Hyper-V
5 15 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
6 12 (0.48%) vSphere
7 6 (0.24%) KVM
8 3 (0.12%) Firmware
8 3 (0.12%) iptables
8 3 (0.12%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.12%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.080%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.080%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.040%) LXC
10 1 (0.040%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.040%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 460 (18.33%) Kubernetes
2 158 (6.29%) Grafana
3 115 (4.58%) Ansible
4 46 (1.83%) Prometheus
5 23 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
6 21 (0.84%) Argo
7 20 (0.80%) Progress Chef
8 18 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
9 13 (0.52%) CloudHub
10 11 (0.44%) Packer
10 11 (0.44%) Puppet
11 10 (0.40%) Proxmox
12 9 (0.36%) Istio
13 8 (0.32%) CASB
14 7 (0.28%) Cilium
14 7 (0.28%) Nmap
14 7 (0.28%) ZABBIX
15 6 (0.24%) Dell DRAC
15 6 (0.24%) EMC NetWorker
15 6 (0.24%) VxRail
Vendors
1 381 (15.18%) Microsoft
2 148 (5.90%) Google
3 96 (3.82%) ServiceNow
4 83 (3.31%) Databricks
5 75 (2.99%) Oracle
5 75 (2.99%) VMware
6 44 (1.75%) Cisco
7 42 (1.67%) OpenAI
8 33 (1.31%) SAP
9 30 (1.20%) Adobe
10 29 (1.16%) Splunk
11 24 (0.96%) Dynatrace
11 24 (0.96%) Salesforce
12 23 (0.92%) Palo Alto
13 22 (0.88%) Fortinet
13 22 (0.88%) Informatica
14 20 (0.80%) Apple
14 20 (0.80%) MuleSoft
14 20 (0.80%) Okta
15 16 (0.64%) Ping Identity