AWS Certification Contracts in England

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for AWS Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 282 402 389
Rank change year-on-year +120 -13 -88
Contract jobs citing AWS Certification 213 140 286
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.87% 0.38% 0.57%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.79% 1.20% 2.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 155 110 214
10th Percentile £404 £450 £425
25th Percentile £461 £513 £489
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £588 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.13% +6.82% -12.00%
75th Percentile £688 £709 £650
90th Percentile £745 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile £38.35 - £80.30
25th Percentile £43.38 - £80.75
Median hourly rate £53.50 - £81.50
75th Percentile £77.63 - £82.25
90th Percentile £91.05 - £82.70
UK median hourly rate £53.50 - £81.50
% change year-on-year - - +132.86%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

AWS Certification falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 7,629 11,624 13,999
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.33% 31.25% 27.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,849 7,135 9,365
10th Percentile £290 £306 £330
25th Percentile £415 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £629 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 435 985 748
10th Percentile £18.13 £14.00 £15.15
25th Percentile £22.39 £18.13 £20.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £40.00 £52.40
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -23.66% +39.73%
75th Percentile £67.75 £62.50 £68.25
90th Percentile £81.74 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year - -25.93% +29.16%

AWS Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for AWS Certification in England

AWS Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing AWS Certification in England.

Daily rate trend for AWS Certification in England

AWS Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing AWS Certification in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for AWS Certification in England

AWS Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing AWS Certification in England.

Hourly rate trend for AWS Certification in England

AWS Certification
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing AWS Certification in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for AWS Certification in England

AWS Certification
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AWS Certification within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +93 141 £600 +4.80% 255
North of England +27 24 £708 +18.00% 72
South West +55 14 £619 -1.00% 21
North West +15 12 £708 +8.92% 50
Midlands +23 10 £500 -23.08% 43
Yorkshire +14 8 £725 +45.00% 19
South East +41 6 £575 +7.48% 66
East Midlands +14 6 £503 -18.95% 11
West Midlands +11 4 £500 -23.08% 30
North East - 4 £475 - 3
East of England +25 2 £525 -12.50% 8
AWS Certification
UK

AWS Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 13 (6.10%) nginx
2 12 (5.63%) Traefik
3 11 (5.16%) Confluence
4 5 (2.35%) Apache
5 4 (1.88%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (1.88%) Apache Spark
5 4 (1.88%) Jupyter
6 2 (0.94%) Camunda
6 2 (0.94%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.47%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 4 (1.88%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (1.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (1.41%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (1.41%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.94%) Exstream
3 1 (0.47%) Cloudability
3 1 (0.47%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.47%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.47%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 213 (100.00%) AWS
2 83 (38.97%) Azure
3 74 (34.74%) Serverless
4 69 (32.39%) AWS Lambda
5 55 (25.82%) Amazon S3
6 53 (24.88%) AWS CloudFormation
7 48 (22.54%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 35 (16.43%) GCP
9 31 (14.55%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 29 (13.62%) Amazon EKS
10 29 (13.62%) Entra ID
11 24 (11.27%) Amazon ECS
12 23 (10.80%) Amazon EC2
12 23 (10.80%) AWS Fargate
13 15 (7.04%) GitHub
13 15 (7.04%) PaaS
14 14 (6.57%) AWS KMS
15 13 (6.10%) SaaS
16 11 (5.16%) Amazon SQS
17 10 (4.69%) AWS CodePipeline
Communications & Networking
1 28 (13.15%) DNS
2 20 (9.39%) TCP/IP
3 19 (8.92%) VPN
4 16 (7.51%) Firewall
5 10 (4.69%) WAN
6 9 (4.23%) Network Security
7 7 (3.29%) BGP
7 7 (3.29%) DHCP
7 7 (3.29%) LAN
8 6 (2.82%) OSPF
9 5 (2.35%) VLAN
10 3 (1.41%) DOCSIS
10 3 (1.41%) MPLS
10 3 (1.41%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (1.41%) Wireless
11 2 (0.94%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
11 2 (0.94%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 2 (0.94%) SD-WAN
11 2 (0.94%) SSL
11 2 (0.94%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (15.49%) Amazon RDS
2 21 (9.86%) MongoDB
3 19 (8.92%) DynamoDB
4 10 (4.69%) Amazon Redshift
5 9 (4.23%) NoSQL
6 8 (3.76%) Amazon Athena
6 8 (3.76%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (3.76%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (3.29%) Relational Database
8 6 (2.82%) Big Data
8 6 (2.82%) Data Lake
8 6 (2.82%) SQL Server
9 4 (1.88%) MySQL
9 4 (1.88%) Oracle Database
10 3 (1.41%) Elasticsearch
10 3 (1.41%) Flink
10 3 (1.41%) GIS
10 3 (1.41%) InfluxDB
10 3 (1.41%) Looker
10 3 (1.41%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 38 (17.84%) Jenkins
2 36 (16.90%) GitLab
3 19 (8.92%) Git
4 16 (7.51%) JIRA
5 4 (1.88%) Bitbucket
5 4 (1.88%) MLflow
6 3 (1.41%) Maven
7 2 (0.94%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (0.94%) Terragrunt
7 2 (0.94%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.94%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.47%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.47%) JMeter
8 1 (0.47%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.47%) Postman
8 1 (0.47%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.47%) Selenium
8 1 (0.47%) WebDriver
General
1 88 (41.31%) Social Skills
2 45 (21.13%) Analytical Skills
3 34 (15.96%) Public Sector
4 25 (11.74%) Finance
5 16 (7.51%) Banking
6 12 (5.63%) Telecoms
7 10 (4.69%) Legal
8 5 (2.35%) Military
9 4 (1.88%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.41%) Billing
10 3 (1.41%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.94%) French Language
11 2 (0.94%) General Ledger
11 2 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.94%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.94%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.94%) Retail
12 1 (0.47%) Back Office
12 1 (0.47%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.47%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 85 (39.91%) Architect
2 33 (15.49%) Senior
2 33 (15.49%) Solutions Architect
3 30 (14.08%) AWS Architect
4 29 (13.62%) AWS Engineer
5 25 (11.74%) DevOps Engineer
6 22 (10.33%) Developer
7 16 (7.51%) Lead
7 16 (7.51%) Senior DevOps
8 14 (6.57%) Security Architect
9 13 (6.10%) AWS DevOps
9 13 (6.10%) Cloud Architect
9 13 (6.10%) Cloud Engineer
10 11 (5.16%) AWS DevOps Engineer
10 11 (5.16%) Senior DevOps Engineer
11 9 (4.23%) AWS Solution Architect
12 8 (3.76%) Data Engineer
12 8 (3.76%) Technical Architect
13 7 (3.29%) AWS Developer
13 7 (3.29%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (11.27%) Kafka
2 16 (7.51%) Keycloak
3 14 (6.57%) cloud-init
4 13 (6.10%) Node.js
5 12 (5.63%) React
6 8 (3.76%) REST
7 7 (3.29%) Spring Boot
8 6 (2.82%) .NET
8 6 (2.82%) Elastic Stack
8 6 (2.82%) GraphQL
8 6 (2.82%) OAuth
9 5 (2.35%) boto
9 5 (2.35%) RESTful
9 5 (2.35%) SAML
9 5 (2.35%) Spring
10 4 (1.88%) NumPy
10 4 (1.88%) Pandas
10 4 (1.88%) SailPoint
10 4 (1.88%) SQLAlchemy
10 4 (1.88%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 23 (10.80%) PKI
2 19 (8.92%) Cloud Native
3 15 (7.04%) Hybrid Cloud
4 10 (4.69%) Data Centre
5 8 (3.76%) Public Cloud
6 7 (3.29%) Management Information System
7 6 (2.82%) Onboarding
7 6 (2.82%) Product Ownership
8 4 (1.88%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (1.88%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.88%) Security Posture
8 4 (1.88%) Video\Live Streaming
9 3 (1.41%) Algorithms
9 3 (1.41%) Data Structures
9 3 (1.41%) Embedded Systems
9 3 (1.41%) IVR
10 2 (0.94%) Driving Licence
10 2 (0.94%) Fixed Income
10 2 (0.94%) IoT
10 2 (0.94%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 35 (16.43%) Linux
2 18 (8.45%) Windows
3 17 (7.98%) CentOS
4 16 (7.51%) Unix
5 15 (7.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (3.29%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.94%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (44.13%) CI/CD
2 80 (37.56%) DevOps
3 64 (30.05%) Problem-Solving
4 58 (27.23%) Infrastructure as Code
5 55 (25.82%) Agile
6 47 (22.07%) Containerisation
7 44 (20.66%) Cloud Security
8 39 (18.31%) Computer Science
9 38 (17.84%) Stakeholder Management
10 32 (15.02%) High Availability
11 31 (14.55%) Migration
12 30 (14.08%) Microservices
13 28 (13.15%) Continuous Integration
14 27 (12.68%) Observability
14 27 (12.68%) Roadmaps
15 25 (11.74%) Mentoring
16 20 (9.39%) Secrets Management
17 19 (8.92%) Open Source
18 18 (8.45%) Analytics
19 17 (7.98%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 90 (42.25%) Python
2 31 (14.55%) Bash
3 29 (13.62%) Java
4 17 (7.98%) Go
5 16 (7.51%) PowerShell
6 15 (7.04%) JavaScript
6 15 (7.04%) TypeScript
7 14 (6.57%) SQL
8 6 (2.82%) Shell Script
9 4 (1.88%) C#
10 3 (1.41%) C
10 3 (1.41%) C++
10 3 (1.41%) Ruby
10 3 (1.41%) Scala
11 2 (0.94%) R
12 1 (0.47%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.47%) Groovy
12 1 (0.47%) PHP
12 1 (0.47%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 95 (44.60%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 83 (38.97%) Security Cleared
3 74 (34.74%) SC Cleared
4 52 (24.41%) Degree
5 51 (23.94%) Azure Certification
6 32 (15.02%) Computer Science Degree
7 24 (11.27%) Microsoft Certification
8 13 (6.10%) AWS Certified Developer
8 13 (6.10%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 13 (6.10%) DV Cleared
9 12 (5.63%) CISSP
10 10 (4.69%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (3.29%) PMI Certification
11 7 (3.29%) PMP
12 6 (2.82%) CCNP
13 5 (2.35%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 5 (2.35%) OCP
13 5 (2.35%) Oracle Certification
13 5 (2.35%) TOGAF Certification
14 4 (1.88%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (13.15%) QA
2 18 (8.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (7.51%) NCSC
4 13 (6.10%) GDPR
5 11 (5.16%) NIST
6 8 (3.76%) Data Quality
7 7 (3.29%) HIPAA
8 5 (2.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (1.41%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.94%) FIPS 140-2
10 2 (0.94%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.94%) SLA
10 2 (0.94%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.47%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 31 (14.55%) Docker
2 14 (6.57%) Active Directory
3 7 (3.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.41%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.41%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.94%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.47%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 67 (31.46%) Terraform
2 61 (28.64%) Kubernetes
3 28 (13.15%) Prometheus
4 27 (12.68%) Grafana
5 23 (10.80%) Ansible
6 16 (7.51%) Istio
7 15 (7.04%) Consul
7 15 (7.04%) Packer
8 14 (6.57%) Jamf Pro
8 14 (6.57%) linkerd
8 14 (6.57%) Rancher
8 14 (6.57%) ZABBIX
9 12 (5.63%) HAProxy
10 8 (3.76%) Puppet
11 5 (2.35%) Progress Chef
12 3 (1.41%) Argo
13 2 (0.94%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 2 (0.94%) Single Sign-On
14 1 (0.47%) Cilium
14 1 (0.47%) Observium
Vendors
1 49 (23.00%) Microsoft
2 23 (10.80%) Splunk
3 22 (10.33%) Google
4 21 (9.86%) Okta
5 12 (5.63%) Apple
5 12 (5.63%) ESET
5 12 (5.63%) Oracle
6 10 (4.69%) Cisco
7 8 (3.76%) VMware
8 5 (2.35%) Red Hat
9 4 (1.88%) Fortinet
9 4 (1.88%) Palo Alto
10 3 (1.41%) Databricks
10 3 (1.41%) Dataiku
10 3 (1.41%) DataRobot
10 3 (1.41%) Genesys
10 3 (1.41%) Juniper
10 3 (1.41%) Ping Identity
10 3 (1.41%) ServiceNow
10 3 (1.41%) SolarWinds