AWS Certification Jobs

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for AWS Certification qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 425 169 372
Rank change year-on-year -256 +203 +39
Permanent jobs citing AWS Certification 609 2,078 1,708
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.58% 2.19% 1.01%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.18% 6.49% 3.73%
Number of salaries quoted 325 461 648
10th Percentile £48,500 £52,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £86,000 £92,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £101,250 £115,000 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +16.67% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

AWS Certification is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,942 32,039 45,768
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.55% 33.80% 27.07%
Number of salaries quoted 17,249 14,523 19,205
10th Percentile £28,668 £32,000 £30,932
25th Percentile £38,524 £42,500 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,818 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.30% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -

AWS Certification
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing AWS Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for AWS Certification in the UK

AWS Certification
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing AWS Certification.

Salary trend for AWS Certification in the UK

AWS Certification
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing AWS Certification over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for AWS Certification in the UK

AWS Certification
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AWS Certification within the UK over the 6 months to 2 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -258 497 £77,500 -3.13% 210
UK excluding London -289 385 £70,000 - 161
Work from Home +32 297 £77,500 -3.13% 103
London -101 182 £85,000 +3.03% 91
North of England -203 111 £67,500 -14.29% 48
South East -16 92 £70,000 -6.67% 11
North West -177 81 £65,000 -10.34% 30
Midlands -180 59 £72,500 +11.54% 37
Scotland -110 46 £65,750 +1.15% 22
South West -82 40 £65,000 -3.70% 13
West Midlands -152 40 £72,500 +8.70% 34
Yorkshire -90 23 £79,842 -0.20% 7
East Midlands -79 19 £87,500 +34.62% 3
Northern Ireland +37 18 £60,000 - 26
East of England -100 10 £70,000 -17.65% 4
Wales +13 9 - - 2
North East -5 7 £79,842 - 11

AWS Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 46 (7.55%) WebLogic
2 15 (2.46%) OpenStack
3 12 (1.97%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (1.81%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.49%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.49%) Confluence
5 3 (0.49%) GeoServer
6 1 (0.16%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 10 (1.64%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.49%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 50 (8.21%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.16%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 609 (100.00%) AWS
2 360 (59.11%) Azure
3 123 (20.20%) GCP
4 98 (16.09%) Serverless
5 84 (13.79%) Amazon S3
6 82 (13.46%) AWS CloudFormation
7 80 (13.14%) Amazon EKS
8 78 (12.81%) Amazon EC2
9 68 (11.17%) AWS Lambda
10 51 (8.37%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 49 (8.05%) Amazon SQS
12 47 (7.72%) Amazon ECS
13 36 (5.91%) SaaS
13 36 (5.91%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 34 (5.58%) IaaS
14 34 (5.58%) PaaS
15 32 (5.25%) Cloud Computing
16 31 (5.09%) Microsoft 365
17 21 (3.45%) Entra ID
17 21 (3.45%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 73 (11.99%) DNS
2 58 (9.52%) Firewall
3 55 (9.03%) TCP/IP
4 47 (7.72%) BGP
4 47 (7.72%) SSL
5 42 (6.90%) WAN
6 41 (6.73%) SD-WAN
7 24 (3.94%) LAN
8 17 (2.79%) Network Security
8 17 (2.79%) VPN
9 16 (2.63%) Wireless
10 14 (2.30%) DHCP
11 12 (1.97%) Unified Communications
12 10 (1.64%) Internet
12 10 (1.64%) VLAN
13 9 (1.48%) Structured Cabling
14 8 (1.31%) Wi-Fi
15 7 (1.15%) Intrusion Detection
16 5 (0.82%) 5G
16 5 (0.82%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (17.90%) Amazon RDS
2 67 (11.00%) Data Lake
3 60 (9.85%) Relational Database
4 50 (8.21%) Data Warehouse
5 47 (7.72%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 47 (7.72%) RDBMS
6 46 (7.55%) Oracle Database
7 35 (5.75%) NoSQL
8 18 (2.96%) DynamoDB
8 18 (2.96%) SQL Server
9 17 (2.79%) Metadata
10 16 (2.63%) MySQL
11 14 (2.30%) Big Data
11 14 (2.30%) PostgreSQL
12 5 (0.82%) MongoDB
13 4 (0.66%) Amazon Athena
13 4 (0.66%) Azure SQL Database
13 4 (0.66%) GIS
14 2 (0.33%) Amazon Redshift
14 2 (0.33%) Redis
Development Applications
1 64 (10.51%) Jenkins
2 43 (7.06%) Git
3 27 (4.43%) JIRA
4 25 (4.11%) GitLab
5 12 (1.97%) SonarQube
5 12 (1.97%) Terragrunt
6 4 (0.66%) CircleCI
7 3 (0.49%) Burp Suite
7 3 (0.49%) Metasploit
7 3 (0.49%) sqlmap
7 3 (0.49%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.33%) PowerDesigner
General
1 210 (34.48%) Social Skills
2 165 (27.09%) Finance
3 84 (13.79%) Presentation Skills
4 81 (13.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 47 (7.72%) Law
6 46 (7.55%) Analytical Skills
7 43 (7.06%) Public Sector
8 33 (5.42%) Banking
9 24 (3.94%) Retail
10 23 (3.78%) Retail Banking
11 20 (3.28%) Marketing
12 19 (3.12%) Financial Institution
13 7 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (1.15%) Telecoms
14 6 (0.99%) Legal
15 5 (0.82%) Back Office
16 3 (0.49%) Documentation Skills
16 3 (0.49%) Police
17 2 (0.33%) Games
17 2 (0.33%) Military
Job Titles
1 229 (37.60%) Architect
2 147 (24.14%) Lead
3 138 (22.66%) Senior
4 97 (15.93%) Solutions Architect
5 83 (13.63%) AWS Engineer
5 83 (13.63%) Cloud Engineer
6 78 (12.81%) Lead Architect
7 73 (11.99%) Consultant
7 73 (11.99%) DevOps Engineer
8 70 (11.49%) Security Architect
9 51 (8.37%) Senior Consultant
10 47 (7.72%) Data Consultant
10 47 (7.72%) Developer
10 47 (7.72%) Senior Architect
10 47 (7.72%) Senior Technology Consultant
10 47 (7.72%) Technology Consultant
11 46 (7.55%) Lead Solutions Architect
12 44 (7.22%) Cloud Architect
13 32 (5.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 32 (5.25%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (10.67%) Spring Boot
2 50 (8.21%) RabbitMQ
3 39 (6.40%) Node.js
4 35 (5.75%) .NET
5 28 (4.60%) Web Services
6 24 (3.94%) Kafka
6 24 (3.94%) Spring
7 18 (2.96%) Elastic Stack
8 16 (2.63%) AngularJS
9 13 (2.13%) ARM Templates
10 12 (1.97%) RESTful
11 11 (1.81%) .NET Core
11 11 (1.81%) Apache Camel
11 11 (1.81%) JSON
11 11 (1.81%) REST
12 10 (1.64%) XML
13 9 (1.48%) .NET Framework
13 9 (1.48%) Middleware
14 7 (1.15%) AWS CDK
15 4 (0.66%) React
Miscellaneous
1 98 (16.09%) Public Cloud
2 97 (15.93%) Cloud Native
3 81 (13.30%) Management Information System
4 64 (10.51%) Data Centre
5 47 (7.72%) Enterprise Software
6 39 (6.40%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 30 (4.93%) Product Ownership
8 25 (4.11%) Onboarding
9 20 (3.28%) Hybrid Cloud
10 18 (2.96%) Self-Motivation
11 16 (2.63%) Cyberattack
12 14 (2.30%) Distributed Systems
13 13 (2.13%) Security Posture
14 11 (1.81%) PropTech
15 10 (1.64%) iPhone
16 8 (1.31%) Driving Licence
16 8 (1.31%) Greenfield Project
16 8 (1.31%) Mobile App
16 8 (1.31%) Video\Live Streaming
17 7 (1.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 142 (23.32%) Linux
2 80 (13.14%) Windows
3 49 (8.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 39 (6.40%) Windows Server
5 27 (4.43%) Unix
6 10 (1.64%) Apple iOS
7 9 (1.48%) Solaris
7 9 (1.48%) Ubuntu
7 9 (1.48%) Windows Server 2019
8 6 (0.99%) Mesosphere
9 5 (0.82%) Kali Linux
10 2 (0.33%) VMS
10 2 (0.33%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.16%) Android
11 1 (0.16%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.16%) tvOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 232 (38.10%) Agile
2 197 (32.35%) DevOps
3 174 (28.57%) CI/CD
4 151 (24.79%) Infrastructure as Code
5 148 (24.30%) Problem-Solving
6 127 (20.85%) Migration
7 111 (18.23%) Roadmaps
8 95 (15.60%) Containerisation
8 95 (15.60%) Scrum
9 92 (15.11%) Information Security
10 88 (14.45%) Computer Science
10 88 (14.45%) Mentoring
11 78 (12.81%) Cybersecurity
12 77 (12.64%) Actionable Insight
12 77 (12.64%) Microservices
13 75 (12.32%) Artificial Intelligence
14 71 (11.66%) Presales
15 70 (11.49%) Data Migration
16 69 (11.33%) Data Architecture
17 67 (11.00%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 152 (24.96%) Python
2 85 (13.96%) Java
3 46 (7.55%) JavaScript
4 43 (7.06%) PowerShell
5 37 (6.08%) SQL
6 32 (5.25%) C#
7 30 (4.93%) Bash
8 18 (2.96%) Go
9 16 (2.63%) Groovy
10 11 (1.81%) TypeScript
11 8 (1.31%) Perl
11 8 (1.31%) Ruby
11 8 (1.31%) Shell Script
12 6 (0.99%) Kotlin
13 4 (0.66%) Bicep
13 4 (0.66%) C++
Qualifications
1 264 (43.35%) Azure Certification
2 187 (30.71%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 166 (27.26%) Security Cleared
4 160 (26.27%) SC Cleared
5 115 (18.88%) Degree
6 84 (13.79%) CISSP
7 80 (13.14%) Cisco Certification
8 78 (12.81%) Computer Science Degree
9 62 (10.18%) CISM
10 53 (8.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 44 (7.22%) CCSP
12 43 (7.06%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 33 (5.42%) CCSK
14 28 (4.60%) AWS Certified Developer
15 24 (3.94%) CCNA
15 24 (3.94%) Microsoft Certification
16 21 (3.45%) Master's Degree
17 20 (3.28%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
18 16 (2.63%) OSCP
19 12 (1.97%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (12.97%) NIST
2 54 (8.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 28 (4.60%) PCI DSS
4 22 (3.61%) QA
5 15 (2.46%) Cyber Essentials
6 14 (2.30%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 12 (1.97%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 9 (1.48%) GDPR
9 8 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 6 (0.99%) Accessibility
10 6 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 6 (0.99%) IASME
11 5 (0.82%) GRC
11 5 (0.82%) HIPAA
11 5 (0.82%) SOC 2
12 3 (0.49%) SLA
13 2 (0.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 2 (0.33%) NCSC
13 2 (0.33%) Solvency II
14 1 (0.16%) Data Quality
System Software
1 173 (28.41%) Docker
2 39 (6.40%) Active Directory
3 29 (4.76%) Hyper-V
4 21 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
5 11 (1.81%) KVM
6 10 (1.64%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.33%) vSphere
8 1 (0.16%) HDFS
8 1 (0.16%) OpenAM
8 1 (0.16%) OpenDJ
8 1 (0.16%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 172 (28.24%) Kubernetes
2 162 (26.60%) Terraform
3 42 (6.90%) Ansible
4 35 (5.75%) Single Sign-On
5 24 (3.94%) Puppet
6 14 (2.30%) Consul
7 12 (1.97%) Microsoft Intune
8 11 (1.81%) Grafana
8 11 (1.81%) Progress Chef
9 10 (1.64%) Prometheus
10 6 (0.99%) Docker Swarm
11 5 (0.82%) Karpenter
11 5 (0.82%) Suricata
12 3 (0.49%) FortiGate
13 2 (0.33%) Argo
13 2 (0.33%) Host Intrusion Detection System
13 2 (0.33%) ZABBIX
14 1 (0.16%) CASB
14 1 (0.16%) Opsgenie
14 1 (0.16%) SCCM
Vendors
1 113 (18.56%) Microsoft
2 51 (8.37%) Oracle
3 50 (8.21%) Sparx
4 45 (7.39%) Google
5 34 (5.58%) VMware
6 30 (4.93%) Cisco
7 21 (3.45%) Adobe
8 14 (2.30%) ServiceNow
9 13 (2.13%) Citrix
10 12 (1.97%) Apple
10 12 (1.97%) Black Duck
11 9 (1.48%) Avaya
11 9 (1.48%) Splunk
11 9 (1.48%) WSO2
12 8 (1.31%) CheckPoint
12 8 (1.31%) Facebook
13 6 (0.99%) Meraki
13 6 (0.99%) Palo Alto
13 6 (0.99%) SAP
14 5 (0.82%) Virgin Media