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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 417 174 370
Rank change year-on-year -243 +196 +41
Permanent jobs citing AWS Certification 604 2,102 1,684
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.59% 2.16% 1.01%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.18% 6.48% 3.71%
Number of salaries quoted 319 467 661
10th Percentile £52,000 £52,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £60,375 £62,500 £53,970
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 £92,000
90th Percentile £101,500 £115,000 £112,500
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 27,701 32,451 45,338
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.99% 33.33% 27.16%
Number of salaries quoted 17,227 14,614 19,248
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,500 £40,853
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,555 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.74% +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 28 May 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 28 May 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 -257 493 £77,500 - 335
UK excluding London -278 386 £70,000 - 249
Work from Home +30 298 £77,500 - 101
London -93 178 £85,000 +3.03% 147
North of England -196 111 £67,500 -12.90% 74
South East 0 95 £70,000 -6.67% 22
North West -167 81 £65,000 -10.34% 39
Midlands -181 57 £72,500 +11.54% 56
Scotland -104 46 £69,000 +6.15% 33
South West -76 40 £65,000 -3.70% 17
West Midlands -147 38 £72,500 +10.10% 45
Yorkshire -88 23 £79,842 -0.20% 19
East Midlands -80 19 £87,500 +34.62% 11
Northern Ireland +37 18 £60,000 - 29
East of England -97 10 £70,000 -17.65% 12
Wales +11 9 - - 8
North East -1 7 £79,842 +121.78% 16

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 (7.62%) WebLogic
2 16 (2.65%) OpenStack
3 10 (1.66%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (1.32%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.50%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.50%) Confluence
5 3 (0.50%) GeoServer
6 1 (0.17%) Apache
6 1 (0.17%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.17%) IIS
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.17%) WebSphere
Applications
1 10 (1.66%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.50%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.17%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.17%) PTC Creo
5 1 (0.17%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 50 (8.28%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.17%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 604 (100.00%) AWS
2 357 (59.11%) Azure
3 122 (20.20%) GCP
4 96 (15.89%) Serverless
5 82 (13.58%) Amazon EKS
6 80 (13.25%) Amazon S3
6 80 (13.25%) AWS CloudFormation
7 75 (12.42%) Amazon EC2
8 64 (10.60%) AWS Lambda
9 49 (8.11%) Amazon ECS
10 48 (7.95%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 48 (7.95%) Amazon SQS
11 35 (5.79%) IaaS
11 35 (5.79%) PaaS
11 35 (5.79%) SaaS
12 34 (5.63%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 32 (5.30%) Cloud Computing
14 28 (4.64%) Microsoft 365
15 21 (3.48%) Route 53
16 19 (3.15%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 73 (12.09%) DNS
2 58 (9.60%) Firewall
3 55 (9.11%) TCP/IP
4 47 (7.78%) BGP
4 47 (7.78%) SSL
5 42 (6.95%) WAN
6 41 (6.79%) SD-WAN
7 23 (3.81%) LAN
8 17 (2.81%) Network Security
8 17 (2.81%) VPN
9 16 (2.65%) Wireless
10 14 (2.32%) DHCP
11 12 (1.99%) Unified Communications
12 10 (1.66%) Internet
12 10 (1.66%) VLAN
13 9 (1.49%) Structured Cabling
14 8 (1.32%) Wi-Fi
15 7 (1.16%) Intrusion Detection
16 5 (0.83%) 5G
16 5 (0.83%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 106 (17.55%) Amazon RDS
2 66 (10.93%) Data Lake
3 62 (10.26%) Relational Database
4 50 (8.28%) Data Warehouse
5 47 (7.78%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 47 (7.78%) RDBMS
6 46 (7.62%) Oracle Database
7 37 (6.13%) NoSQL
8 19 (3.15%) SQL Server
9 18 (2.98%) DynamoDB
10 16 (2.65%) Metadata
10 16 (2.65%) MySQL
10 16 (2.65%) PostgreSQL
11 14 (2.32%) Big Data
12 5 (0.83%) MongoDB
13 4 (0.66%) Azure SQL Database
13 4 (0.66%) GIS
14 3 (0.50%) Amazon Athena
15 2 (0.33%) Redis
15 2 (0.33%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 67 (11.09%) Jenkins
2 46 (7.62%) Git
3 27 (4.47%) JIRA
4 25 (4.14%) GitLab
5 12 (1.99%) SonarQube
5 12 (1.99%) Terragrunt
6 4 (0.66%) CircleCI
7 3 (0.50%) Burp Suite
7 3 (0.50%) Metasploit
7 3 (0.50%) sqlmap
7 3 (0.50%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.33%) PowerDesigner
9 1 (0.17%) Chocolatey
General
1 209 (34.60%) Social Skills
2 164 (27.15%) Finance
3 84 (13.91%) Presentation Skills
4 80 (13.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 48 (7.95%) Law
6 46 (7.62%) Analytical Skills
7 43 (7.12%) Public Sector
8 31 (5.13%) Banking
9 25 (4.14%) Retail
10 21 (3.48%) Marketing
10 21 (3.48%) Retail Banking
11 18 (2.98%) Financial Institution
12 8 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (1.16%) Telecoms
14 6 (0.99%) Legal
15 5 (0.83%) Back Office
16 3 (0.50%) Documentation Skills
16 3 (0.50%) Police
17 2 (0.33%) Military
17 2 (0.33%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 225 (37.25%) Architect
2 148 (24.50%) Lead
3 135 (22.35%) Senior
4 96 (15.89%) Solutions Architect
5 84 (13.91%) Cloud Engineer
6 81 (13.41%) AWS Engineer
7 78 (12.91%) Lead Architect
8 73 (12.09%) Consultant
8 73 (12.09%) DevOps Engineer
9 69 (11.42%) Security Architect
10 51 (8.44%) Senior Consultant
11 49 (8.11%) Developer
12 47 (7.78%) Data Consultant
12 47 (7.78%) Senior Technology Consultant
12 47 (7.78%) Technology Consultant
13 46 (7.62%) Lead Solutions Architect
14 45 (7.45%) Senior Architect
15 42 (6.95%) Cloud Architect
16 33 (5.46%) Software Engineer
17 31 (5.13%) AWS DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (11.09%) Spring Boot
2 50 (8.28%) RabbitMQ
3 41 (6.79%) Node.js
4 35 (5.79%) .NET
5 29 (4.80%) Web Services
6 26 (4.30%) Spring
7 25 (4.14%) Kafka
8 20 (3.31%) Elastic Stack
9 18 (2.98%) AngularJS
10 13 (2.15%) ARM Templates
10 13 (2.15%) JSON
10 13 (2.15%) REST
10 13 (2.15%) XML
11 12 (1.99%) Apache Camel
11 12 (1.99%) RESTful
12 11 (1.82%) .NET Core
13 9 (1.49%) .NET Framework
13 9 (1.49%) Middleware
14 7 (1.16%) AWS CDK
15 4 (0.66%) React
Miscellaneous
1 100 (16.56%) Public Cloud
2 97 (16.06%) Cloud Native
3 80 (13.25%) Management Information System
4 63 (10.43%) Data Centre
5 48 (7.95%) Enterprise Software
6 39 (6.46%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 31 (5.13%) Product Ownership
8 25 (4.14%) Onboarding
9 20 (3.31%) Hybrid Cloud
10 19 (3.15%) Self-Motivation
11 15 (2.48%) Cyberattack
11 15 (2.48%) Distributed Systems
12 13 (2.15%) Security Posture
13 10 (1.66%) iPhone
14 9 (1.49%) PropTech
15 8 (1.32%) Driving Licence
15 8 (1.32%) Greenfield Project
15 8 (1.32%) Mobile App
15 8 (1.32%) Video\Live Streaming
16 7 (1.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 139 (23.01%) Linux
2 78 (12.91%) Windows
3 49 (8.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 40 (6.62%) Windows Server
5 27 (4.47%) Unix
6 10 (1.66%) Apple iOS
7 9 (1.49%) Solaris
7 9 (1.49%) Ubuntu
7 9 (1.49%) Windows Server 2019
8 6 (0.99%) Mesosphere
9 5 (0.83%) Kali Linux
10 2 (0.33%) VMS
11 1 (0.17%) Android
11 1 (0.17%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.17%) tvOS
11 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 233 (38.58%) Agile
2 199 (32.95%) DevOps
3 176 (29.14%) CI/CD
4 150 (24.83%) Problem-Solving
5 149 (24.67%) Infrastructure as Code
6 124 (20.53%) Migration
7 111 (18.38%) Roadmaps
8 97 (16.06%) Scrum
9 94 (15.56%) Containerisation
10 91 (15.07%) Information Security
11 89 (14.74%) Computer Science
12 88 (14.57%) Mentoring
13 78 (12.91%) Microservices
14 77 (12.75%) Actionable Insight
14 77 (12.75%) Cybersecurity
15 76 (12.58%) Artificial Intelligence
16 71 (11.75%) Presales
17 69 (11.42%) Data Migration
17 69 (11.42%) Kanban
18 68 (11.26%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 151 (25.00%) Python
2 88 (14.57%) Java
3 48 (7.95%) JavaScript
4 41 (6.79%) PowerShell
5 39 (6.46%) SQL
6 32 (5.30%) C#
7 31 (5.13%) Bash
8 18 (2.98%) Go
9 16 (2.65%) Groovy
10 11 (1.82%) TypeScript
11 8 (1.32%) Perl
11 8 (1.32%) Ruby
11 8 (1.32%) Shell Script
12 6 (0.99%) Kotlin
13 4 (0.66%) Bicep
13 4 (0.66%) C++
14 1 (0.17%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 266 (44.04%) Azure Certification
2 187 (30.96%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 166 (27.48%) Security Cleared
4 159 (26.32%) SC Cleared
5 116 (19.21%) Degree
6 83 (13.74%) CISSP
7 79 (13.08%) Cisco Certification
7 79 (13.08%) Computer Science Degree
8 61 (10.10%) CISM
9 52 (8.61%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 43 (7.12%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 43 (7.12%) CCSP
11 33 (5.46%) CCSK
12 28 (4.64%) AWS Certified Developer
13 26 (4.30%) Microsoft Certification
14 24 (3.97%) CCNA
15 22 (3.64%) Master's Degree
16 19 (3.15%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
17 16 (2.65%) OSCP
18 12 (1.99%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (12.58%) NIST
2 52 (8.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 28 (4.64%) PCI DSS
4 21 (3.48%) QA
5 14 (2.32%) Cyber Essentials
5 14 (2.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 12 (1.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 9 (1.49%) GDPR
8 8 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 6 (0.99%) Accessibility
10 5 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 5 (0.83%) GRC
10 5 (0.83%) HIPAA
10 5 (0.83%) IASME
10 5 (0.83%) SOC 2
11 3 (0.50%) SLA
12 2 (0.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 2 (0.33%) NCSC
12 2 (0.33%) Solvency II
13 1 (0.17%) SEPA
System Software
1 173 (28.64%) Docker
2 36 (5.96%) Active Directory
3 31 (5.13%) Hyper-V
4 21 (3.48%) VMware Infrastructure
5 11 (1.82%) KVM
6 10 (1.66%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.33%) vSphere
8 1 (0.17%) HDFS
8 1 (0.17%) OpenAM
8 1 (0.17%) OpenDJ
8 1 (0.17%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 173 (28.64%) Kubernetes
2 163 (26.99%) Terraform
3 45 (7.45%) Ansible
4 35 (5.79%) Single Sign-On
5 24 (3.97%) Puppet
6 14 (2.32%) Consul
7 11 (1.82%) Grafana
7 11 (1.82%) Progress Chef
8 10 (1.66%) Prometheus
9 9 (1.49%) Microsoft Intune
10 6 (0.99%) Docker Swarm
11 5 (0.83%) Karpenter
11 5 (0.83%) Suricata
12 3 (0.50%) FortiGate
13 2 (0.33%) Argo
13 2 (0.33%) Host Intrusion Detection System
13 2 (0.33%) SCCM
13 2 (0.33%) ZABBIX
14 1 (0.17%) CASB
14 1 (0.17%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 111 (18.38%) Microsoft
2 52 (8.61%) Oracle
3 50 (8.28%) Sparx
4 44 (7.28%) Google
5 34 (5.63%) VMware
6 30 (4.97%) Cisco
7 21 (3.48%) Adobe
8 14 (2.32%) ServiceNow
9 13 (2.15%) Citrix
10 12 (1.99%) Apple
10 12 (1.99%) Black Duck
11 10 (1.66%) WSO2
12 9 (1.49%) Avaya
12 9 (1.49%) Splunk
13 8 (1.32%) CheckPoint
13 8 (1.32%) Facebook
14 7 (1.16%) SAP
15 6 (0.99%) Meraki
15 6 (0.99%) Palo Alto
16 5 (0.83%) Virgin Media