AWS Certification Contract Job Trends

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for AWS Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 5 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 381 263 406
Rank change year-on-year -118 +143 -8
Contract jobs citing AWS Certification 284 285 182
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.58% 0.99% 0.42%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.83% 3.17% 1.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 190 206 134
10th Percentile £400 £390 £441
25th Percentile £453 £447 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £547 £550 £555
Median % change year-on-year -0.55% -0.90% -0.22%
75th Percentile £675 £635 £650
90th Percentile £760 £700 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £525 £600
% change year-on-year - -12.50% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 0
10th Percentile £78.75 £40.03 -
25th Percentile £86.63 £47.56 -
Median hourly rate £95.25 £54.25 -
Median % change year-on-year +75.58% - -
75th Percentile £103.06 £66.44 -
90th Percentile £105.75 £86.58 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £95.25 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 15,482 8,985 12,838
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.53% 31.05% 29.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,269 5,617 7,970
10th Percentile £350 £275 £310
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £520 £530
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% -1.89% -3.64%
75th Percentile £620 £618 £644
90th Percentile £713 £700 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £535
% change year-on-year - -6.54% +1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,134 539 1,103
10th Percentile £17.00 £17.76 £13.87
25th Percentile £21.33 £22.25 £18.26
Median hourly rate £50.00 £32.31 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +54.75% -19.23% -27.27%
75th Percentile £72.50 £65.00 £62.50
90th Percentile £85.25 £77.50 £76.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.54 £32.00 £41.27
% change year-on-year +48.56% -22.45% -21.40%

AWS Certification
Job Vacancy Trend

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

AWS Certification job vacancy trend in the UK

AWS Certification
Daily Rate Trend

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing AWS Certification

AWS Certification
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing AWS Certification over the 6 months to 5 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for AWS Certification in the UK

AWS Certification
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing AWS Certification

AWS Certification
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing AWS Certification over the 6 months to 5 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for AWS Certification in the UK

AWS Certification
Top 16 Contract Job Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 5 June 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
England -81 228 £550 -0.45% 286
London -78 119 £537 -6.61% 105
UK excluding London -104 110 £525 - 214
Work from Home -69 79 £555 +3.26% 98
North of England -41 54 £566 -19.11% 58
North West -7 41 £550 -21.43% 29
Midlands -42 18 £436 -5.63% 29
West Midlands -43 16 £438 -20.45% 16
South East -61 15 £525 +5.00% 53
Yorkshire -45 11 £663 +32.50% 20
South West -34 10 £575 -8.00% 31
East of England -22 8 £550 +4.76% 26
Scotland -41 4 £450 -18.18% 8
Wales -26 3 £250 -42.33% 8
North East - 2 £525 - 9
East Midlands -28 1 £447 -2.61% 13

AWS Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 23 (8.10%) Confluence
2 6 (2.11%) Apache
3 4 (1.41%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.70%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.70%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.70%) CloudStack
4 2 (0.70%) nginx
4 2 (0.70%) OpenStack
4 2 (0.70%) Palantir Foundry
4 2 (0.70%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.35%) Apache Pulsar
5 1 (0.35%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.76%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.70%) DELMIA
2 2 (0.70%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.70%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 284 (100.00%) AWS
2 155 (54.58%) Azure
3 69 (24.30%) GCP
4 62 (21.83%) Serverless
5 57 (20.07%) AWS CloudFormation
6 49 (17.25%) Amazon EKS
7 47 (16.55%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 45 (15.85%) Amazon S3
8 45 (15.85%) GitHub
9 40 (14.08%) AWS Lambda
10 35 (12.32%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 33 (11.62%) GitHub Actions
12 32 (11.27%) Amazon EC2
13 30 (10.56%) Amazon ECS
14 20 (7.04%) Route 53
15 18 (6.34%) Power Platform
16 17 (5.99%) AWS KMS
17 16 (5.63%) Google Kubernetes Engine
18 14 (4.93%) Azure DevOps
19 13 (4.58%) AWS CodePipeline
Communications & Networking
1 42 (14.79%) Firewall
2 17 (5.99%) Network Security
2 17 (5.99%) VPN
3 12 (4.23%) DNS
4 11 (3.87%) WAN
5 8 (2.82%) BGP
6 7 (2.46%) 3GPP
7 6 (2.11%) LAN
7 6 (2.11%) OSPF
7 6 (2.11%) SD-WAN
8 4 (1.41%) Internet
8 4 (1.41%) IPv6
8 4 (1.41%) TETRA
9 3 (1.06%) Intrusion Detection
9 3 (1.06%) IPv4
9 3 (1.06%) MPLS
9 3 (1.06%) NGFW
9 3 (1.06%) VLAN
9 3 (1.06%) VXLAN
10 2 (0.70%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (12.32%) Amazon RDS
2 21 (7.39%) DynamoDB
3 18 (6.34%) Power BI
4 15 (5.28%) Amazon Redshift
5 13 (4.58%) PostgreSQL
6 12 (4.23%) Amazon Aurora
7 11 (3.87%) Amazon Athena
7 11 (3.87%) Data Warehouse
8 9 (3.17%) NoSQL
9 8 (2.82%) Relational Database
10 7 (2.46%) Data Lake
10 7 (2.46%) Elasticsearch
11 4 (1.41%) Big Data
11 4 (1.41%) Metadata
12 3 (1.06%) Amazon QuickSight
12 3 (1.06%) DataStage
12 3 (1.06%) Delta Lake
12 3 (1.06%) DocumentDB
12 3 (1.06%) MySQL
12 3 (1.06%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 40 (14.08%) Jenkins
2 30 (10.56%) GitLab
3 22 (7.75%) JIRA
4 19 (6.69%) Git
5 8 (2.82%) SonarQube
6 7 (2.46%) JUnit
7 5 (1.76%) DbUnit
7 5 (1.76%) jMock
7 5 (1.76%) Maven
7 5 (1.76%) Mockito
7 5 (1.76%) Snyk
8 3 (1.06%) Artifactory
8 3 (1.06%) Bitbucket
8 3 (1.06%) Bitbucket Server
8 3 (1.06%) MLflow
8 3 (1.06%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.70%) JMeter
9 2 (0.70%) LoadRunner
10 1 (0.35%) Burp Suite
10 1 (0.35%) Postman
General
1 101 (35.56%) Social Skills
2 46 (16.20%) Finance
3 43 (15.14%) Public Sector
4 29 (10.21%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (6.69%) Banking
6 14 (4.93%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (3.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (3.17%) Legal
9 6 (2.11%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (1.76%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.06%) Billing
11 3 (1.06%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.06%) Investment Banking
11 3 (1.06%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.70%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.70%) Electronics
12 2 (0.70%) Law
12 2 (0.70%) Retail
13 1 (0.35%) Local Government
13 1 (0.35%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 106 (37.32%) Architect
2 37 (13.03%) AWS Engineer
3 34 (11.97%) DevOps Engineer
4 30 (10.56%) AWS Architect
4 30 (10.56%) Cloud Engineer
5 28 (9.86%) Senior
6 27 (9.51%) Security Engineer
7 24 (8.45%) Cloud Architect
8 23 (8.10%) Lead
8 23 (8.10%) Technical Architect
9 19 (6.69%) Solutions Architect
10 17 (5.99%) Developer
11 16 (5.63%) Security Architect
12 15 (5.28%) Platform Engineer
13 12 (4.23%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 12 (4.23%) Data Engineer
14 11 (3.87%) AWS DevOps
14 11 (3.87%) AWS DevOps Engineer
15 8 (2.82%) Data Architect
16 7 (2.46%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (7.39%) REST
2 17 (5.99%) Kafka
3 15 (5.28%) OAuth
4 14 (4.93%) AWS CDK
5 12 (4.23%) Node.js
5 12 (4.23%) OpenID
5 12 (4.23%) Web Services
6 11 (3.87%) SOAP
7 10 (3.52%) OAuth2
7 10 (3.52%) RESTful
8 9 (3.17%) Elastic Stack
9 8 (2.82%) .NET
9 8 (2.82%) AngularJS
9 8 (2.82%) SAML
10 7 (2.46%) Spring
10 7 (2.46%) Spring Boot
11 6 (2.11%) Middleware
12 5 (1.76%) ActiveMQ
12 5 (1.76%) Hibernate
12 5 (1.76%) JPA
Miscellaneous
1 90 (31.69%) Cloud Native
2 25 (8.80%) Management Information System
3 22 (7.75%) Data Centre
4 17 (5.99%) Security Posture
5 16 (5.63%) Hybrid Cloud
6 15 (5.28%) Distributed Systems
7 14 (4.93%) Enterprise Cloud
8 10 (3.52%) Product Ownership
8 10 (3.52%) Virtual Team
9 9 (3.17%) Public Cloud
10 8 (2.82%) Onboarding
11 6 (2.11%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (2.11%) Private Cloud
12 4 (1.41%) e-Learning
12 4 (1.41%) Legacy Systems
13 3 (1.06%) AI Agents
13 3 (1.06%) Cloud Security Posture
13 3 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
13 3 (1.06%) IoT
13 3 (1.06%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 58 (20.42%) Linux
2 39 (13.73%) Windows
3 13 (4.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (1.76%) Apple iOS
4 5 (1.76%) Mac OS
4 5 (1.76%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.41%) Ubuntu
5 4 (1.41%) VMS
6 3 (1.06%) Amazon Linux
7 2 (0.70%) Alpine Linux
8 1 (0.35%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 163 (57.39%) CI/CD
2 156 (54.93%) DevOps
3 115 (40.49%) Infrastructure as Code
4 84 (29.58%) Agile
5 66 (23.24%) Cloud Security
6 58 (20.42%) Containerisation
7 52 (18.31%) Microservices
8 51 (17.96%) Observability
9 49 (17.25%) Stakeholder Management
10 45 (15.85%) Roadmaps
11 44 (15.49%) Continuous Improvement
12 43 (15.14%) Migration
13 42 (14.79%) Technical Leadership
14 40 (14.08%) DevSecOps
15 38 (13.38%) Event-Driven
16 37 (13.03%) AI
16 37 (13.03%) Scrum
17 36 (12.68%) TOGAF
18 34 (11.97%) Mentoring
19 32 (11.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 102 (35.92%) Python
2 59 (20.77%) Java
3 41 (14.44%) Bash
4 38 (13.38%) PowerShell
5 30 (10.56%) SQL
6 18 (6.34%) JavaScript
6 18 (6.34%) TypeScript
7 10 (3.52%) Bicep
8 7 (2.46%) Rust
9 6 (2.11%) Perl
10 5 (1.76%) C#
10 5 (1.76%) Ruby
11 4 (1.41%) Kotlin
12 3 (1.06%) Go
12 3 (1.06%) Groovy
13 2 (0.70%) PHP
13 2 (0.70%) Scala
13 2 (0.70%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 115 (40.49%) Security Cleared
2 97 (34.15%) SC Cleared
3 95 (33.45%) Azure Certification
4 78 (27.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 38 (13.38%) CISSP
6 34 (11.97%) Degree
7 25 (8.80%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 21 (7.39%) Cisco Certification
9 20 (7.04%) Computer Science Degree
10 18 (6.34%) TOGAF Certification
11 17 (5.99%) DV Cleared
12 16 (5.63%) BPSS Clearance
13 12 (4.23%) AWS Certified Developer
14 11 (3.87%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 11 (3.87%) CISM
15 10 (3.52%) CCNP
15 10 (3.52%) Microsoft Certification
15 10 (3.52%) PMI Certification
15 10 (3.52%) PMP
16 9 (3.17%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (8.45%) NIST
2 23 (8.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (4.58%) Data Quality
3 13 (4.58%) GDPR
4 11 (3.87%) NCSC
5 10 (3.52%) QA
6 5 (1.76%) GRC
6 5 (1.76%) PCI DSS
7 4 (1.41%) SOC 2
8 3 (1.06%) HIPAA
8 3 (1.06%) HL7
8 3 (1.06%) ISO 20022
9 2 (0.70%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 2 (0.70%) PSD2
10 1 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.35%) DICOM
10 1 (0.35%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.35%) NIST 800
System Software
1 76 (26.76%) Docker
2 14 (4.93%) Active Directory
3 6 (2.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.76%) Postfix
5 3 (1.06%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.70%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (0.70%) Oracle RAC
6 2 (0.70%) VMware Workstation
6 2 (0.70%) vSphere
7 1 (0.35%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.35%) Squid
7 1 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 132 (46.48%) Terraform
2 89 (31.34%) Kubernetes
3 31 (10.92%) Ansible
4 25 (8.80%) Grafana
5 24 (8.45%) Prometheus
6 15 (5.28%) Progress Chef
7 7 (2.46%) Argo
8 5 (1.76%) Puppet
9 4 (1.41%) Istio
9 4 (1.41%) linkerd
10 3 (1.06%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.70%) Check_MK
11 2 (0.70%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.70%) Packer
11 2 (0.70%) SCCM
11 2 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.35%) CloudForms
12 1 (0.35%) Fluentd
12 1 (0.35%) HP Fortify
12 1 (0.35%) QRadar
Vendors
1 43 (15.14%) Microsoft
2 30 (10.56%) Google
3 14 (4.93%) Splunk
4 13 (4.58%) Databricks
5 11 (3.87%) Red Hat
5 11 (3.87%) ServiceNow
6 9 (3.17%) Cisco
7 8 (2.82%) Fortinet
8 7 (2.46%) Atlassian
8 7 (2.46%) CrowdStrike
8 7 (2.46%) IBM
8 7 (2.46%) Qualys
8 7 (2.46%) Tenable
9 6 (2.11%) Dynatrace
9 6 (2.11%) Oracle
9 6 (2.11%) Palo Alto
9 6 (2.11%) VMware
9 6 (2.11%) Zscaler
10 5 (1.76%) Informatica
10 5 (1.76%) Remedy