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 30 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 12 9
Rank change year-on-year +5 -3 -4
Permanent jobs citing AWS 2,253 2,175 4,721
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 11.74% 14.69% 14.22%
As % of the Cloud Services category 30.72% 37.44% 33.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,423 1,358 4,021
10th Percentile £46,289 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,750 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +3.57% -6.67%
75th Percentile £90,000 £102,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £131,625 £118,750
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 7,335 5,810 14,198
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.22% 39.25% 42.77%
Number of salaries quoted 5,048 4,196 12,030
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,750 £35,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £108,209 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -11.54%

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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 30 May 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 69 (3.06%) Apache Airflow
2 42 (1.86%) Apache Spark
3 29 (1.29%) Apache
4 23 (1.02%) Microsoft Exchange
5 15 (0.67%) SharePoint
6 13 (0.58%) CMS
7 12 (0.53%) Confluence
8 7 (0.31%) Apache Solr
8 7 (0.31%) Jupyter
8 7 (0.31%) nginx
9 4 (0.18%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.18%) Ethereum
9 4 (0.18%) GeoServer
9 4 (0.18%) Oracle Spatial
10 3 (0.13%) Anypoint
10 3 (0.13%) Camunda
10 3 (0.13%) Mule
10 3 (0.13%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.13%) WordPress
11 2 (0.089%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 82 (3.64%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (0.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (0.36%) MS Visio
4 6 (0.27%) Chatbot
4 6 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (0.22%) AutoCAD
5 5 (0.22%) DaVinci Resolve
6 3 (0.13%) Adobe Illustrator
6 3 (0.13%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.089%) PlantUML
8 1 (0.044%) EngageOne
8 1 (0.044%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (1.07%) Cloudability
2 6 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.22%) Shopify
4 3 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.089%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.089%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.044%) Magento
6 1 (0.044%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.044%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 940 (41.72%) Azure
2 579 (25.70%) GCP
3 268 (11.90%) Serverless
4 234 (10.39%) SaaS
5 176 (7.81%) GitHub
6 174 (7.72%) Amazon S3
7 171 (7.59%) AWS Lambda
8 141 (6.26%) Microsoft 365
9 127 (5.64%) Amazon EKS
10 100 (4.44%) Amazon EC2
11 95 (4.22%) AWS CloudFormation
12 87 (3.86%) Amazon ECS
13 83 (3.68%) GitHub Actions
14 76 (3.37%) Amazon SQS
15 58 (2.57%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 57 (2.53%) Azure DevOps
17 51 (2.26%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 49 (2.17%) Entra ID
19 43 (1.91%) Snowflake
20 34 (1.51%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 133 (5.90%) Firewall
2 130 (5.77%) Broadband
3 73 (3.24%) WAN
4 67 (2.97%) VPN
5 65 (2.89%) LAN
6 58 (2.57%) DNS
7 49 (2.17%) Wi-Fi
8 47 (2.09%) Network Security
9 39 (1.73%) HTTP
9 39 (1.73%) TCP/IP
10 36 (1.60%) SD-WAN
11 34 (1.51%) Cisco ASA
12 32 (1.42%) VXLAN
13 31 (1.38%) DHCP
14 30 (1.33%) Cisco Firepower
15 21 (0.93%) BGP
15 21 (0.93%) VLAN
16 18 (0.80%) MPLS
16 18 (0.80%) OSPF
16 18 (0.80%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 232 (10.30%) PostgreSQL
2 176 (7.81%) MongoDB
3 128 (5.68%) NoSQL
4 87 (3.86%) SQL Server
5 81 (3.60%) MySQL
6 67 (2.97%) Amazon RDS
7 63 (2.80%) Elasticsearch
8 62 (2.75%) DynamoDB
9 60 (2.66%) Relational Database
10 54 (2.40%) Metadata
11 46 (2.04%) Data Warehouse
12 39 (1.73%) Amazon Athena
13 38 (1.69%) Amazon Redshift
14 36 (1.60%) BigQuery
15 27 (1.20%) Azure SQL Database
15 27 (1.20%) Data Lake
15 27 (1.20%) Redis
15 27 (1.20%) Tableau
16 22 (0.98%) RDBMS
17 20 (0.89%) Apache Iceberg
Development Applications
1 126 (5.59%) Git
2 84 (3.73%) GitLab
3 77 (3.42%) Jenkins
4 59 (2.62%) TeamCity
5 51 (2.26%) Cypress.io
6 42 (1.86%) JIRA
7 18 (0.80%) Claude Code
7 18 (0.80%) Jaeger
8 17 (0.75%) CircleCI
9 15 (0.67%) Maven
10 14 (0.62%) JUnit
10 14 (0.62%) Selenium
11 13 (0.58%) Crashlytics
11 13 (0.58%) JMeter
11 13 (0.58%) MLflow
11 13 (0.58%) XCTest
12 9 (0.40%) Mockito
13 8 (0.36%) Bitbucket
13 8 (0.36%) Postman
14 7 (0.31%) Storybook
General
1 539 (23.92%) Social Skills
2 485 (21.53%) Finance
3 261 (11.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 243 (10.79%) Public Sector
5 210 (9.32%) Banking
6 179 (7.94%) Law
7 138 (6.13%) Retail
8 131 (5.81%) Analytical Skills
9 58 (2.57%) Legal
10 53 (2.35%) Back Office
11 52 (2.31%) Financial Institution
12 49 (2.17%) French Language
13 47 (2.09%) Front Office
13 47 (2.09%) Influencing Skills
14 41 (1.82%) Games
15 29 (1.29%) Presentation Skills
16 28 (1.24%) Telecoms
17 26 (1.15%) Marketing
18 24 (1.07%) Health Technology
18 24 (1.07%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 521 (23.12%) Senior
2 458 (20.33%) Developer
3 397 (17.62%) Software Engineer
4 312 (13.85%) Lead
5 250 (11.10%) Architect
6 159 (7.06%) AWS Engineer
7 132 (5.86%) Full-Stack Developer
8 121 (5.37%) Analyst
9 120 (5.33%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 108 (4.79%) Senior Software Engineer
11 103 (4.57%) DevOps Engineer
12 101 (4.48%) Lead Software Engineer
13 94 (4.17%) Lead Developer
14 92 (4.08%) Data Engineer
15 89 (3.95%) Cloud Engineer
15 89 (3.95%) Software Developer
16 88 (3.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 88 (3.91%) Solutions Architect
17 87 (3.86%) Java Engineer
18 81 (3.60%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 396 (17.58%) React
2 305 (13.54%) Node.js
3 166 (7.37%) .NET
4 146 (6.48%) REST
5 129 (5.73%) Kafka
6 122 (5.42%) Spring
7 120 (5.33%) RESTful
8 107 (4.75%) CSS
9 89 (3.95%) Spring Boot
10 81 (3.60%) Vue
11 75 (3.33%) HTML
12 73 (3.24%) AngularJS
13 57 (2.53%) .NET Core
14 54 (2.40%) gRPC
15 52 (2.31%) Redux
16 44 (1.95%) ASP.NET
16 44 (1.95%) Ruby on Rails
17 42 (1.86%) GraphQL
18 40 (1.78%) Jest
19 38 (1.69%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 359 (15.93%) Cloud Native
2 180 (7.99%) Product Ownership
3 161 (7.15%) Distributed Systems
4 97 (4.31%) Public Cloud
5 70 (3.11%) Greenfield Project
5 70 (3.11%) Onboarding
5 70 (3.11%) Video\Live Streaming
6 64 (2.84%) Data Centre
7 55 (2.44%) Blog
8 54 (2.40%) Security Posture
9 53 (2.35%) Management Information System
10 50 (2.22%) Enterprise Software
11 46 (2.04%) Over-the-Top Content
12 44 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
13 43 (1.91%) Fixed Income
14 40 (1.78%) Mobile App
14 40 (1.78%) PKI
15 39 (1.73%) Hybrid Cloud
16 33 (1.46%) Data Structures
17 28 (1.24%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 190 (8.43%) Linux
2 108 (4.79%) Windows
3 52 (2.31%) Unix
4 48 (2.13%) Windows Server
5 45 (2.00%) Apple iOS
6 36 (1.60%) Android
7 19 (0.84%) Windows 10
8 15 (0.67%) Windows Server 2016
9 13 (0.58%) Windows Server 2012
10 12 (0.53%) Mac OS
10 12 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
11 8 (0.36%) Ubuntu
12 7 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 3 (0.13%) CentOS
14 2 (0.089%) Debian
15 1 (0.044%) FreeBSD
15 1 (0.044%) Mac OS X
15 1 (0.044%) OpenBSD
15 1 (0.044%) VMS
15 1 (0.044%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 768 (34.09%) CI/CD
2 672 (29.83%) Agile
3 669 (29.69%) Software Engineering
4 531 (23.57%) DevOps
5 507 (22.50%) Mentoring
6 436 (19.35%) Full-Stack Development
7 428 (19.00%) Microservices
8 404 (17.93%) AI
9 402 (17.84%) Infrastructure as Code
10 367 (16.29%) Continuous Improvement
11 363 (16.11%) Problem-Solving
12 331 (14.69%) Containerisation
13 316 (14.03%) Test Automation
14 291 (12.92%) Roadmaps
15 288 (12.78%) Technical Leadership
16 262 (11.63%) Coaching
17 232 (10.30%) Clean Code
18 215 (9.54%) Machine Learning
19 203 (9.01%) Observability
20 182 (8.08%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 630 (27.96%) Python
2 541 (24.01%) Java
3 355 (15.76%) TypeScript
4 349 (15.49%) JavaScript
5 312 (13.85%) SQL
6 213 (9.45%) C#
7 209 (9.28%) Go
8 125 (5.55%) Bash
9 76 (3.37%) Scala
10 70 (3.11%) C++
11 65 (2.89%) PHP
12 52 (2.31%) Ruby
13 44 (1.95%) PowerShell
14 31 (1.38%) Kotlin
15 28 (1.24%) Rust
16 15 (0.67%) PL/SQL
17 13 (0.58%) Swift
18 12 (0.53%) Bicep
19 8 (0.36%) Groovy
20 7 (0.31%) C
Qualifications
1 297 (13.18%) Security Cleared
2 287 (12.74%) Degree
3 251 (11.14%) SC Cleared
4 201 (8.92%) AWS Certification
5 97 (4.31%) Microsoft Certification
6 79 (3.51%) Computer Science Degree
7 75 (3.33%) MCSE
8 60 (2.66%) Azure Certification
9 56 (2.49%) CISSP
10 48 (2.13%) DV Cleared
11 38 (1.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 33 (1.46%) CISM
13 28 (1.24%) Cisco Certification
14 27 (1.20%) CREST Certified
14 27 (1.20%) DBS Check
15 24 (1.07%) TOGAF Certification
16 21 (0.93%) OSCP
17 17 (0.75%) CCNP
18 16 (0.71%) BPSS Clearance
18 16 (0.71%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 171 (7.59%) QA
2 82 (3.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 58 (2.57%) NIST
4 57 (2.53%) Data Quality
5 51 (2.26%) Accessibility
6 39 (1.73%) PCI DSS
7 36 (1.60%) GDPR
8 26 (1.15%) GRC
9 24 (1.07%) NCSC
10 21 (0.93%) SOC 2
11 15 (0.67%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 13 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
12 13 (0.58%) JSP 440
13 11 (0.49%) ISO 9001
13 11 (0.49%) SLA
14 9 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
15 8 (0.36%) WCAG
16 7 (0.31%) Government Security Classifications
16 7 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 42001
17 6 (0.27%) PMO
System Software
1 412 (18.29%) Docker
2 65 (2.89%) Active Directory
3 38 (1.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 36 (1.60%) Hyper-V
5 20 (0.89%) Virtual Machines
6 18 (0.80%) vSphere
7 6 (0.27%) Firmware
7 6 (0.27%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 6 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
8 5 (0.22%) KVM
9 3 (0.13%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.089%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 2 (0.089%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 2 (0.089%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.044%) iptables
11 1 (0.044%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.044%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 411 (18.24%) Terraform
2 371 (16.47%) Kubernetes
3 142 (6.30%) Ansible
4 124 (5.50%) Grafana
5 67 (2.97%) Prometheus
6 48 (2.13%) Argo
7 22 (0.98%) Microsoft Intune
8 18 (0.80%) Kustomize
8 18 (0.80%) Single Sign-On
9 15 (0.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 13 (0.58%) Proxmox
11 12 (0.53%) Podman
12 11 (0.49%) Istio
12 11 (0.49%) Progress Chef
13 9 (0.40%) Cisco CUCM
13 9 (0.40%) Puppet
14 8 (0.36%) Packer
15 6 (0.27%) Avamar
15 6 (0.27%) EMC NetWorker
15 6 (0.27%) Nmap
Vendors
1 338 (15.00%) Microsoft
2 117 (5.19%) Google
3 105 (4.66%) ServiceNow
4 70 (3.11%) Cisco
5 62 (2.75%) VMware
6 50 (2.22%) Apple
7 47 (2.09%) Oracle
8 46 (2.04%) Adobe
9 45 (2.00%) Typelevel
10 35 (1.55%) SolarWinds
11 32 (1.42%) Databricks
11 32 (1.42%) Fortinet
11 32 (1.42%) Palo Alto
12 31 (1.38%) Splunk
13 24 (1.07%) Salesforce
13 24 (1.07%) SAP
14 19 (0.84%) CheckPoint
14 19 (0.84%) Red Hat
15 18 (0.80%) Aruba
15 18 (0.80%) Dynatrace