AWS Certification Jobs in the UK excluding London

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for AWS Certification qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 414 136 390
Rank change year-on-year -278 +254 0
Permanent jobs citing AWS Certification 391 1,511 582
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.55% 2.51% 0.82%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.01% 6.91% 2.59%
Number of salaries quoted 182 258 306
10th Percentile £43,454 £43,750 £42,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £56,407 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +16.67% -
75th Percentile £84,919 £86,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £86,000 £91,250 £90,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £77,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +9.69%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 19,486 21,880 22,428
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 27.48% 36.38% 31.66%
Number of salaries quoted 12,231 8,108 10,239
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,029 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,350 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% +2.70% +1.01%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £76,250
UK median annual salary £54,000 £59,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.24% +8.18% -

AWS Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing AWS Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for AWS Certification in the UK excluding London

AWS Certification
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing AWS Certification in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for AWS Certification in the UK excluding London

AWS Certification
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing AWS Certification in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for AWS Certification in the UK excluding London

AWS Certification
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 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
North of England -201 105 £67,500 -15.63% 56
South East +2 95 £71,250 -5.00% 24
North West -168 77 £65,000 -16.13% 30
South West -51 68 £66,250 -1.85% 25
Midlands -192 46 £79,842 +22.83% 53
Scotland -116 44 £69,788 +7.37% 21
West Midlands -152 30 £79,842 +19.70% 40
Yorkshire -84 21 £79,842 -0.20% 16
Northern Ireland +41 16 £60,000 - 24
East Midlands -80 16 £87,500 +34.62% 13
East of England -75 10 £70,000 -17.65% 12
Wales +10 7 - - 6
North East +1 7 £79,842 +121.78% 10
AWS Certification
UK

AWS Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 40 (10.23%) WebLogic
2 13 (3.32%) OpenStack
3 10 (2.56%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (2.05%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.77%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.77%) GeoServer
6 1 (0.26%) Apache
6 1 (0.26%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.26%) IIS
6 1 (0.26%) WebSphere
Applications
1 10 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.26%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.26%) PTC Creo
4 1 (0.26%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 40 (10.23%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 391 (100.00%) AWS
2 206 (52.69%) Azure
3 71 (18.16%) AWS CloudFormation
4 64 (16.37%) Serverless
5 56 (14.32%) Amazon S3
6 55 (14.07%) Amazon EKS
7 50 (12.79%) Amazon EC2
8 42 (10.74%) Amazon SQS
8 42 (10.74%) GCP
9 40 (10.23%) AWS Lambda
10 36 (9.21%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 29 (7.42%) Amazon ECS
12 26 (6.65%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 23 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
14 18 (4.60%) Route 53
15 16 (4.09%) CloudFront
16 14 (3.58%) Entra ID
17 13 (3.32%) AWS CloudTrail
18 12 (3.07%) Cloud Computing
18 12 (3.07%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 80 (20.46%) DNS
2 77 (19.69%) TCP/IP
3 41 (10.49%) SSL
4 40 (10.23%) BGP
5 38 (9.72%) DHCP
6 37 (9.46%) SD-WAN
6 37 (9.46%) WAN
7 33 (8.44%) Firewall
8 31 (7.93%) HTTP
9 16 (4.09%) Wireless
10 13 (3.32%) VPN
11 12 (3.07%) Unified Communications
12 11 (2.81%) Network Security
13 8 (2.05%) Internet
13 8 (2.05%) LAN
13 8 (2.05%) Wi-Fi
14 7 (1.79%) Intrusion Detection
15 6 (1.53%) VLAN
16 5 (1.28%) Structured Cabling
17 4 (1.02%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (19.44%) Amazon RDS
2 53 (13.55%) Relational Database
3 41 (10.49%) RDBMS
4 40 (10.23%) Oracle Database
5 33 (8.44%) Data Warehouse
6 31 (7.93%) Data Lake
6 31 (7.93%) NoSQL
7 30 (7.67%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 15 (3.84%) MySQL
9 13 (3.32%) PostgreSQL
10 12 (3.07%) Big Data
10 12 (3.07%) SQL Server
11 6 (1.53%) DynamoDB
12 3 (0.77%) Amazon Athena
12 3 (0.77%) GIS
12 3 (0.77%) MongoDB
13 2 (0.51%) Redis
14 1 (0.26%) Apache Hive
14 1 (0.26%) SAP HANA
14 1 (0.26%) Sqoop
Development Applications
1 35 (8.95%) Jenkins
2 26 (6.65%) Git
3 15 (3.84%) GitLab
4 11 (2.81%) JIRA
5 3 (0.77%) TeamCity
6 2 (0.51%) Burp Suite
6 2 (0.51%) CircleCI
6 2 (0.51%) Metasploit
6 2 (0.51%) Spinnaker
6 2 (0.51%) sqlmap
7 1 (0.26%) Chocolatey
General
1 137 (35.04%) Social Skills
2 122 (31.20%) Finance
3 60 (15.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 41 (10.49%) Presentation Skills
5 29 (7.42%) Law
6 23 (5.88%) Marketing
7 21 (5.37%) Retail
8 15 (3.84%) Public Sector
9 11 (2.81%) Analytical Skills
10 9 (2.30%) Banking
11 7 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (1.79%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.51%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.51%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.51%) Local Government
13 1 (0.26%) Automotive
13 1 (0.26%) Games
13 1 (0.26%) Mandarin Language
13 1 (0.26%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.26%) Military
Job Titles
1 133 (34.02%) Architect
2 114 (29.16%) Lead
3 94 (24.04%) Senior
4 71 (18.16%) Solutions Architect
5 67 (17.14%) Cloud Engineer
6 65 (16.62%) Lead Architect
7 53 (13.55%) Consultant
8 45 (11.51%) AWS Engineer
9 42 (10.74%) Developer
10 41 (10.49%) Lead Solutions Architect
10 41 (10.49%) Security Architect
11 35 (8.95%) Senior Consultant
12 32 (8.18%) Cloud Architect
13 30 (7.67%) Data Consultant
13 30 (7.67%) Senior Technology Consultant
13 30 (7.67%) Technology Consultant
14 29 (7.42%) DevOps Engineer
15 26 (6.65%) Software Engineer
16 25 (6.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 23 (5.88%) Lead Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (14.07%) Spring Boot
2 42 (10.74%) RabbitMQ
3 32 (8.18%) HTML
4 29 (7.42%) .NET
4 29 (7.42%) OpenID
4 29 (7.42%) SAML
5 25 (6.39%) Web Services
6 24 (6.14%) Node.js
7 22 (5.63%) Spring
8 21 (5.37%) Kafka
9 15 (3.84%) AngularJS
10 11 (2.81%) XML
11 10 (2.56%) JSON
11 10 (2.56%) REST
12 9 (2.30%) .NET Core
12 9 (2.30%) .NET Framework
12 9 (2.30%) RESTful
13 8 (2.05%) Apache Camel
13 8 (2.05%) Elastic Stack
14 7 (1.79%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 87 (22.25%) Cloud Native
2 83 (21.23%) Public Cloud
3 55 (14.07%) Management Information System
4 41 (10.49%) Data Centre
4 41 (10.49%) Enterprise Software
5 29 (7.42%) Cyberattack
5 29 (7.42%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 13 (3.32%) Self-Motivation
7 11 (2.81%) Distributed Systems
7 11 (2.81%) Onboarding
8 10 (2.56%) Hybrid Cloud
9 8 (2.05%) Driving Licence
10 7 (1.79%) Product Ownership
10 7 (1.79%) Video\Live Streaming
11 6 (1.53%) Blog
11 6 (1.53%) Security Posture
12 5 (1.28%) Greenfield Project
12 5 (1.28%) Mobile App
12 5 (1.28%) PropTech
13 4 (1.02%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 92 (23.53%) Linux
2 56 (14.32%) Windows
3 40 (10.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 30 (7.67%) Windows Server
5 20 (5.12%) Unix
6 6 (1.53%) Mesosphere
6 6 (1.53%) Solaris
6 6 (1.53%) Ubuntu
7 5 (1.28%) Apple iOS
7 5 (1.28%) Kali Linux
7 5 (1.28%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.26%) VMS
8 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 162 (41.43%) Agile
2 109 (27.88%) DevOps
3 107 (27.37%) Infrastructure as Code
4 104 (26.60%) CI/CD
5 88 (22.51%) Roadmaps
6 80 (20.46%) SDLC
7 78 (19.95%) Migration
8 75 (19.18%) Problem-Solving
9 69 (17.65%) Scrum
10 68 (17.39%) Containerisation
11 63 (16.11%) Actionable Insight
12 62 (15.86%) Computer Science
13 58 (14.83%) Identity Management
14 56 (14.32%) Cloud Security
14 56 (14.32%) DevSecOps
14 56 (14.32%) Kanban
15 55 (14.07%) Information Security
15 55 (14.07%) Microservices
16 52 (13.30%) Artificial Intelligence
17 50 (12.79%) Cloud Operations
Programming Languages
1 90 (23.02%) Python
2 56 (14.32%) Java
3 35 (8.95%) PowerShell
4 20 (5.12%) JavaScript
4 20 (5.12%) SQL
5 18 (4.60%) Bash
6 16 (4.09%) C#
7 10 (2.56%) TypeScript
8 9 (2.30%) Groovy
9 8 (2.05%) Perl
9 8 (2.05%) Ruby
10 5 (1.28%) Shell Script
11 4 (1.02%) Bicep
12 1 (0.26%) Go
12 1 (0.26%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 153 (39.13%) Azure Certification
2 149 (38.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 120 (30.69%) Security Cleared
4 87 (22.25%) SC Cleared
5 81 (20.72%) Degree
6 59 (15.09%) Cisco Certification
7 53 (13.55%) Computer Science Degree
8 48 (12.28%) CISSP
9 38 (9.72%) CISM
10 37 (9.46%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 34 (8.70%) CCSP
12 31 (7.93%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 29 (7.42%) CCSK
13 29 (7.42%) DV Cleared
14 21 (5.37%) CCNA
15 16 (4.09%) Microsoft Certification
16 15 (3.84%) AWS Certified Developer
17 11 (2.81%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
17 11 (2.81%) Master's Degree
18 10 (2.56%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (13.04%) NIST
2 31 (7.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (4.09%) PCI DSS
4 13 (3.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 10 (2.56%) QA
6 8 (2.05%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 8 (2.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (1.28%) GRC
8 1 (0.26%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.26%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.26%) NCSC
8 1 (0.26%) SEPA
8 1 (0.26%) SOC 2
System Software
1 111 (28.39%) Docker
2 30 (7.67%) Hyper-V
3 14 (3.58%) Active Directory
4 10 (2.56%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (1.53%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.77%) KVM
7 2 (0.51%) vSphere
8 1 (0.26%) HDFS
8 1 (0.26%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 112 (28.64%) Terraform
2 107 (27.37%) Kubernetes
3 29 (7.42%) Single Sign-On
4 22 (5.63%) Ansible
5 20 (5.12%) Puppet
6 12 (3.07%) Consul
7 9 (2.30%) Microsoft Intune
8 8 (2.05%) Progress Chef
9 6 (1.53%) Docker Swarm
10 5 (1.28%) Suricata
11 3 (0.77%) Grafana
11 3 (0.77%) Prometheus
12 2 (0.51%) Argo
12 2 (0.51%) FortiGate
12 2 (0.51%) Host Intrusion Detection System
12 2 (0.51%) Istio
12 2 (0.51%) SCCM
12 2 (0.51%) ZABBIX
13 1 (0.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 1 (0.26%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 66 (16.88%) Microsoft
2 42 (10.74%) Oracle
3 40 (10.23%) Sparx
4 23 (5.88%) VMware
5 19 (4.86%) Cisco
6 17 (4.35%) Adobe
7 12 (3.07%) Apple
8 11 (2.81%) Google
9 9 (2.30%) Citrix
10 8 (2.05%) CheckPoint
10 8 (2.05%) Facebook
11 7 (1.79%) WSO2
12 6 (1.53%) Meraki
13 5 (1.28%) Avaya
13 5 (1.28%) Juniper
13 5 (1.28%) Palo Alto
13 5 (1.28%) Splunk
14 2 (0.51%) Red Hat
14 2 (0.51%) ServiceNow
15 1 (0.26%) F5