AWS Certification Contract Job Trends in London

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for AWS Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 298 211 307
Rank change year-on-year -87 +96 +37
Contract jobs citing AWS Certification 117 141 90
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.65% 1.14% 0.51%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.32% 4.43% 2.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 93 69
10th Percentile £409 £400 £445
25th Percentile £463 £425 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £544 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £719 £659 £725
90th Percentile £788 £738 £763
England median daily rate £575 £575 £573
% change year-on-year - +0.44% +4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 0
10th Percentile £74.40 £38.35 -
25th Percentile £79.13 £43.38 -
Median hourly rate £89.00 £53.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +66.36% - -
75th Percentile £99.63 £77.63 -
90th Percentile £104.80 £91.05 -
England median hourly rate £93.75 £53.50 -
% change year-on-year +75.23% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 5,046 3,181 4,171
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.23% 25.67% 23.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,607 2,142 2,829
10th Percentile £363 £356 £325
25th Percentile £445 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -2.33% -6.52%
75th Percentile £638 £656 £650
90th Percentile £739 £761 £775
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 57 108
10th Percentile £20.61 £16.78 £14.19
25th Percentile £25.77 £22.27 £19.98
Median hourly rate £54.50 £29.07 £24.99
Median % change year-on-year +87.48% +16.35% -47.40%
75th Percentile £76.58 £56.25 £41.63
90th Percentile £88.75 £72.61 £63.50
England median hourly rate £48.72 £40.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +21.80% - -23.81%

AWS Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing AWS Certification relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

AWS Certification job vacancy trend in London

AWS Certification
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing AWS Certification.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing AWS Certification

AWS Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing AWS Certification in London over the 6 months to 15 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for AWS Certification in London

AWS Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing AWS Certification.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing AWS Certification

AWS Certification
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing AWS Certification in London over the 6 months to 15 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for AWS Certification in London

AWS Certification
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 15 May 2026. 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
Central London -13 11 £585 -11.77% 13
South London -4 10 £723 - 5
West London -25 2 £1,000 +131.86% 15
East London - 1 £432 - 12
AWS Certification
England

AWS Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 7 (5.98%) Confluence
2 3 (2.56%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.71%) Apache Spark
3 2 (1.71%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.85%) Apache
4 1 (0.85%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.85%) nginx
Business Applications
1 2 (1.71%) DELMIA
2 1 (0.85%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.85%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 117 (100.00%) AWS
2 57 (48.72%) Azure
3 33 (28.21%) AWS CloudFormation
4 30 (25.64%) Amazon S3
5 27 (23.08%) Serverless
6 26 (22.22%) AWS Lambda
6 26 (22.22%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 25 (21.37%) Amazon ECS
7 25 (21.37%) GCP
8 24 (20.51%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 24 (20.51%) Amazon EKS
9 18 (15.38%) Amazon EC2
10 16 (13.68%) GitHub
11 14 (11.97%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 14 (11.97%) AWS KMS
12 10 (8.55%) AWS CodePipeline
12 10 (8.55%) GitHub Actions
13 7 (5.98%) Datadog
13 7 (5.98%) Entra ID
13 7 (5.98%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 13 (11.11%) Firewall
2 10 (8.55%) Network Security
3 6 (5.13%) VPN
4 4 (3.42%) WAN
5 3 (2.56%) 3GPP
5 3 (2.56%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (1.71%) 4G
6 2 (1.71%) 5G
6 2 (1.71%) BGP
6 2 (1.71%) DNS
6 2 (1.71%) IPv4
6 2 (1.71%) IPv6
6 2 (1.71%) LAN
6 2 (1.71%) LTE
6 2 (1.71%) OSPF
6 2 (1.71%) Radio Access Network
6 2 (1.71%) SD-WAN
6 2 (1.71%) VLAN
6 2 (1.71%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.85%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (18.80%) Amazon RDS
2 10 (8.55%) DynamoDB
3 8 (6.84%) Relational Database
4 5 (4.27%) Amazon Aurora
4 5 (4.27%) Amazon Redshift
5 4 (3.42%) Amazon Athena
5 4 (3.42%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (3.42%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (2.56%) Amazon QuickSight
6 3 (2.56%) Data Lake
6 3 (2.56%) DataStage
6 3 (2.56%) Delta Lake
6 3 (2.56%) Metadata
6 3 (2.56%) NoSQL
6 3 (2.56%) Power BI
7 2 (1.71%) Big Data
7 2 (1.71%) BigQuery
7 2 (1.71%) DB2
7 2 (1.71%) MySQL
7 2 (1.71%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 21 (17.95%) Jenkins
2 13 (11.11%) GitLab
3 7 (5.98%) Git
3 7 (5.98%) JIRA
4 4 (3.42%) Bitbucket
4 4 (3.42%) Snyk
5 3 (2.56%) JUnit
5 3 (2.56%) MLflow
6 1 (0.85%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.85%) Bitbucket Server
6 1 (0.85%) DbUnit
6 1 (0.85%) JMeter
6 1 (0.85%) jMock
6 1 (0.85%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.85%) Maven
6 1 (0.85%) Mockito
6 1 (0.85%) Postman
6 1 (0.85%) SonarQube
General
1 38 (32.48%) Social Skills
2 20 (17.09%) Public Sector
3 16 (13.68%) Finance
4 7 (5.98%) Banking
5 6 (5.13%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (4.27%) Telecoms
7 4 (3.42%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (3.42%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.56%) Electronics
8 3 (2.56%) Legal
8 3 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.71%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.71%) Marketing
10 1 (0.85%) Billing
10 1 (0.85%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.85%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.85%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.85%) Retail
Job Titles
1 51 (43.59%) Architect
2 14 (11.97%) AWS Architect
2 14 (11.97%) AWS Engineer
2 14 (11.97%) DevOps Engineer
3 13 (11.11%) Lead
3 13 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
4 11 (9.40%) Cloud Architect
5 9 (7.69%) Security Architect
6 7 (5.98%) Developer
6 7 (5.98%) Senior
7 6 (5.13%) AWS DevOps
7 6 (5.13%) Data Engineer
7 6 (5.13%) Lead Architect
7 6 (5.13%) Technical Architect
8 5 (4.27%) AWS DevOps Engineer
9 4 (3.42%) Cloud Solutions Architect
9 4 (3.42%) Release Manager
9 4 (3.42%) Security Engineer
10 3 (2.56%) Data Architect
10 3 (2.56%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (8.55%) Kafka
2 8 (6.84%) AWS CDK
2 8 (6.84%) REST
3 6 (5.13%) RESTful
4 5 (4.27%) boto
4 5 (4.27%) Elastic Stack
4 5 (4.27%) Middleware
4 5 (4.27%) Web Services
5 4 (3.42%) .NET
5 4 (3.42%) Node.js
5 4 (3.42%) React
6 3 (2.56%) OAuth
6 3 (2.56%) Spring
6 3 (2.56%) Spring Boot
6 3 (2.56%) XML
7 2 (1.71%) AngularJS
7 2 (1.71%) HTML
7 2 (1.71%) OAuth2
7 2 (1.71%) SAML
7 2 (1.71%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 26 (22.22%) Cloud Native
2 8 (6.84%) Data Centre
3 7 (5.98%) Distributed Systems
4 6 (5.13%) Enterprise Cloud
4 6 (5.13%) Management Information System
4 6 (5.13%) Product Ownership
5 5 (4.27%) Hybrid Cloud
5 5 (4.27%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (4.27%) Replication
6 4 (3.42%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.71%) Industry 4.0
7 2 (1.71%) IoT
7 2 (1.71%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.71%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.71%) SCADA
7 2 (1.71%) Smart City
8 1 (0.85%) Distributed Computing
8 1 (0.85%) Legacy Code
8 1 (0.85%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.85%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 13 (11.11%) Linux
2 5 (4.27%) Windows
3 3 (2.56%) Amazon Linux
3 3 (2.56%) VMS
4 2 (1.71%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.85%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (57.26%) CI/CD
2 60 (51.28%) DevOps
3 49 (41.88%) Infrastructure as Code
4 27 (23.08%) Microservices
5 26 (22.22%) Agile
6 21 (17.95%) Containerisation
6 21 (17.95%) Migration
7 20 (17.09%) Observability
7 20 (17.09%) Stakeholder Management
8 18 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
8 18 (15.38%) TOGAF
9 17 (14.53%) Event-Driven
9 17 (14.53%) Technical Leadership
10 16 (13.68%) Cloud Security
10 16 (13.68%) High Availability
11 14 (11.97%) Problem-Solving
12 13 (11.11%) DevSecOps
12 13 (11.11%) Event-Driven Architecture
12 13 (11.11%) Roadmaps
12 13 (11.11%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 31 (26.50%) Python
2 28 (23.93%) Java
3 16 (13.68%) SQL
4 10 (8.55%) Bash
5 6 (5.13%) JavaScript
6 4 (3.42%) PowerShell
7 3 (2.56%) C#
7 3 (2.56%) Groovy
7 3 (2.56%) Perl
7 3 (2.56%) Ruby
7 3 (2.56%) TypeScript
8 2 (1.71%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.85%) PHP
9 1 (0.85%) Scala
Qualifications
1 57 (48.72%) Security Cleared
2 54 (46.15%) SC Cleared
3 37 (31.62%) Azure Certification
4 32 (27.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 14 (11.97%) Degree
6 12 (10.26%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 12 (10.26%) TOGAF Certification
7 8 (6.84%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (5.98%) CISSP
9 6 (5.13%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (5.13%) PMI Certification
9 6 (5.13%) PMP
10 5 (4.27%) Master's Degree
11 4 (3.42%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 4 (3.42%) AWS Certified Developer
11 4 (3.42%) DV Cleared
12 3 (2.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 3 (2.56%) CCSP
12 3 (2.56%) CISM
12 3 (2.56%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (10.26%) NIST
2 10 (8.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (6.84%) QA
4 6 (5.13%) Data Quality
4 6 (5.13%) GDPR
4 6 (5.13%) NCSC
5 2 (1.71%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 2 (1.71%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (1.71%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.85%) DICOM
6 1 (0.85%) HL7
6 1 (0.85%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.85%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.85%) PSD2
6 1 (0.85%) SLA
System Software
1 35 (29.91%) Docker
2 3 (2.56%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.71%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.85%) Postfix
4 1 (0.85%) Squid
4 1 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 46 (39.32%) Terraform
2 34 (29.06%) Kubernetes
3 10 (8.55%) Ansible
3 10 (8.55%) Prometheus
4 8 (6.84%) Grafana
5 4 (3.42%) Progress Chef
5 4 (3.42%) Puppet
6 3 (2.56%) ITRS Geneos
7 2 (1.71%) FortiGate
7 2 (1.71%) Opsgenie
8 1 (0.85%) CASB
8 1 (0.85%) Nessus
Vendors
1 10 (8.55%) Databricks
2 7 (5.98%) Google
2 7 (5.98%) Microsoft
3 5 (4.27%) Qualys
3 5 (4.27%) ServiceNow
4 4 (3.42%) AVEVA
4 4 (3.42%) Tenable
4 4 (3.42%) Zscaler
5 3 (2.56%) Citrix
5 3 (2.56%) Oracle
5 3 (2.56%) SAP
6 2 (1.71%) Cisco
6 2 (1.71%) Ericsson
6 2 (1.71%) Fortinet
6 2 (1.71%) Huawei
6 2 (1.71%) IBM
6 2 (1.71%) Nokia
6 2 (1.71%) Samsung
6 2 (1.71%) Splunk
6 2 (1.71%) Sybase