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Cloud Engineer (AWS) Career Market Report 2026

2,195 active jobs. 297 companies. Median salary $120K. Data from Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Workable, and 14 additional ATS sources. Last computed: 2026-06-01.

2,195
Active Job Openings
297
Companies Hiring
$120K
Median Salary (US)
88%
With Salary Data

About This Report

The Cloud Engineer (AWS) market data on this page is updated daily from 800,000+ active job postings across 20 ATS platforms.

Greenhouse Lever Workday Ashby SmartRecruiters Workable + 14 more ATS sources

Salary: Extracted via NLP. Only USD $5K-$3M included. Skills: Named entity recognition, noise-filtered (generic soft skills excluded). Experience: Inferred from title + description. Coverage: 88% of positions include salary data.

Key Findings

Median salary: $120K in the US

Middle 50% of salaries range from $79K to $175K.

Remote roles pay 26% below the US national median

Remote positions in this field tend to be at companies with lower average pay scales, or reflect geographic salary adjustments.

AWS is the most-demanded skill at 100%

Linux demand rose +9.9pp — fastest-growing skill

Amazon leads hiring with 769 open positions

Biggest salary jump: Mid-Level → Senior (+$70K, +117%)

Salary increase: +$70K · Sample: Mid-Level → Senior

AI automation risk: medium (score 55/100)

Score: 55/100 · AI/LLM demand: 62% of postings

Salary by Experience Level

LevelJobsP25MedianP90
Senior45$94K$130K$166K
Mid-Level37$60K$60K$130K
Staff21$128K$140K$180K
Junior12$78K$89K$130K
Manager10$31K$150K$179K
Lead8$106K$124K$212K

What jumps out

Mid-Level → Senior: +$70K (117%) — the biggest single-step increase. The salary curve is back-loaded: the largest raises come at transitions where scope changes from executing tasks to owning outcomes, or from owning outcomes to shaping architecture across teams.

Salary by Country

CountryJobsMedianCurrency
United States99$128KUSD
Remote12$94KUSD
United Kingdom6$95KGBP

Work Mode

ModeShare
On-Site0.2%
Remote6.1%
Hybrid1.7%

~80% of postings do not specify work mode. Figures show only positions where it is explicitly stated.

Top Skills in Demand

AWS
100%
AI/LLM
40%
Python
22%
CI/CD
20%
DevOps
19%
Java
17%
Terraform
15%
SQL
12%
Docker
10%
Kubernetes
10%
Linux
10%
Project Management
9%

Skills on the Rise

Linux ↑+9.9ppProject Management ↑+8.9ppBash ↑+8.8ppProgram Management ↑+7.5ppMicroservices ↑+7.3pp

Declining in Demand

Mental Health ↓-29.7ppAgile ↓-15.7ppSupply Chain ↓-14.0ppJournalism ↓-12.8pp

Top Companies Hiring

CompanyOpeningsShare
Amazon76935.0%
Devoteam251.1%
Krgtechnology221.0%
Capitalone221.0%
Ingrammicro200.9%
Captivation180.8%
Dellfortechnologies170.8%
Neuraflash160.7%

Top Countries by Job Volume

CountryJobs
United States928
India118
Remote65
United Kingdom56
France38
Singapore25
Australia24
Brazil23

Education Requirements

LevelSharePositions
Associate Degree67.5%1,307
Bachelor's Degree8.2%159
Master's Degree4.7%91
MBA0.8%16
PhD / Doctorate0.2%4

Certifications

AWS Certified (9%)MBA (5%)CPA (3%)ITIL (1%)

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