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 10 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 352 263 333
Rank change year-on-year -89 +70 +71
Contract jobs citing AWS Certification 355 323 244
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.65% 0.98% 0.64%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.07% 3.13% 2.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 246 220 176
10th Percentile £413 £363 £388
25th Percentile £475 £431 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -9.09% -3.00%
75th Percentile £675 £625 £638
90th Percentile £800 £738 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £500 £475
% change year-on-year +15.00% +5.26% -13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 1
10th Percentile £69.63 £39.00 -
25th Percentile £74.75 £45.00 -
Median hourly rate £83.50 £55.00 £58.00
Median % change year-on-year +51.82% -5.17% -28.83%
75th Percentile £90.63 £77.50 -
90th Percentile £97.50 £91.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £83.50 - £58.00

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 17,176 10,322 11,238
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.52% 31.29% 29.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,481 6,406 6,958
10th Percentile £350 £300 £313
25th Percentile £438 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.55%
75th Percentile £626 £625 £638
90th Percentile £713 £700 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,308 824 674
10th Percentile £17.18 £17.97 £16.90
25th Percentile £25.77 £18.87 £24.18
Median hourly rate £47.54 £25.15 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +89.03% -49.70% -9.09%
75th Percentile £72.54 £48.13 £67.69
90th Percentile £87.96 £71.39 £75.24
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £53.00
% change year-on-year +88.87% -52.55% +2.14%

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 10 September 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 10 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for AWS Certification in the UK

AWS Certification
Top 15 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 10 September 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 -63 314 £575 +9.52% 497
UK excluding London -89 166 £575 +15.00% 378
London -63 157 £550 -4.35% 241
Work from Home -70 114 £581 +10.67% 223
North of England -46 59 £563 +25.00% 85
South East -54 44 £568 +13.50% 67
North West -30 40 £518 +19.11% 46
Midlands -49 27 £444 -14.66% 40
West Midlands -38 25 £470 -10.52% 14
South West -32 23 £800 +28.00% 90
Yorkshire -46 16 £663 +43.24% 28
Scotland -58 9 £475 - 37
East of England -23 8 £600 +14.29% 29
North East -43 4 £500 - 13
East Midlands -18 1 £400 -18.03% 26

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 (6.48%) Confluence
2 10 (2.82%) Apache
3 4 (1.13%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.13%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.85%) CloudStack
4 3 (0.85%) nginx
4 3 (0.85%) Palantir Foundry
4 3 (0.85%) SAS
5 2 (0.56%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.28%) CIMPLICITY
6 1 (0.28%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.28%) Predix
Applications
1 2 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.28%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.28%) Mozilla Thunderbird
2 1 (0.28%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.41%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.28%) Actimize
3 1 (0.28%) Cloudability
3 1 (0.28%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 1 (0.28%) Maximo
3 1 (0.28%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.28%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 355 (100.00%) AWS
2 203 (57.18%) Azure
3 92 (25.92%) GCP
4 82 (23.10%) Amazon S3
5 78 (21.97%) Serverless
6 69 (19.44%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 62 (17.46%) AWS Lambda
8 61 (17.18%) Amazon EC2
9 60 (16.90%) AWS CloudFormation
10 58 (16.34%) Amazon EKS
11 57 (16.06%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 49 (13.80%) GitHub
13 40 (11.27%) Amazon ECS
14 37 (10.42%) GitHub Actions
15 30 (8.45%) AWS KMS
16 28 (7.89%) Azure DevOps
17 24 (6.76%) Power Platform
18 17 (4.79%) Google Kubernetes Engine
19 16 (4.51%) AWS Control Tower
20 15 (4.23%) AWS CloudTrail
Communications & Networking
1 52 (14.65%) Firewall
2 29 (8.17%) Network Security
3 23 (6.48%) DNS
4 13 (3.66%) VPN
5 11 (3.10%) TCP/IP
6 10 (2.82%) DHCP
7 9 (2.54%) LAN
8 8 (2.25%) WAN
9 7 (1.97%) VSAN
10 6 (1.69%) SD-WAN
11 5 (1.41%) BGP
11 5 (1.41%) Internet
12 4 (1.13%) NGFW
12 4 (1.13%) OSPF
12 4 (1.13%) SSH
13 3 (0.85%) Intrusion Detection
13 3 (0.85%) MPLS
13 3 (0.85%) PCoIP
13 3 (0.85%) Remote Desktop
13 3 (0.85%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (14.08%) Amazon RDS
2 24 (6.76%) Power BI
3 22 (6.20%) PostgreSQL
4 21 (5.92%) Amazon Aurora
4 21 (5.92%) Amazon Redshift
5 18 (5.07%) Data Warehouse
5 18 (5.07%) DynamoDB
6 15 (4.23%) Amazon Athena
7 12 (3.38%) SQL Server
8 10 (2.82%) Metadata
8 10 (2.82%) MySQL
9 9 (2.54%) Data Lake
9 9 (2.54%) Redis
10 8 (2.25%) MongoDB
10 8 (2.25%) Relational Database
11 5 (1.41%) Amazon QuickSight
11 5 (1.41%) Big Data
11 5 (1.41%) Elasticsearch
11 5 (1.41%) NoSQL
12 3 (0.85%) DataStage
Development Applications
1 53 (14.93%) Jenkins
2 47 (13.24%) GitLab
3 30 (8.45%) Git
4 25 (7.04%) JIRA
5 6 (1.69%) SonarQube
6 4 (1.13%) JMeter
6 4 (1.13%) Maven
6 4 (1.13%) MLflow
7 3 (0.85%) Claude Code
7 3 (0.85%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.56%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.56%) DbUnit
8 2 (0.56%) jMock
8 2 (0.56%) JUnit
8 2 (0.56%) LoadRunner
8 2 (0.56%) Mockito
8 2 (0.56%) Postman
8 2 (0.56%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.56%) Selenium
8 2 (0.56%) Vagrant
General
1 133 (37.46%) Social Skills
2 77 (21.69%) Public Sector
3 67 (18.87%) Finance
4 40 (11.27%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (6.76%) Banking
6 20 (5.63%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (2.54%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (2.25%) Aerospace
9 6 (1.69%) Police
9 6 (1.69%) Telecoms
10 5 (1.41%) Law
11 4 (1.13%) Billing
11 4 (1.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.13%) Military
12 3 (0.85%) Financial Institution
12 3 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.85%) Investment Banking
12 3 (0.85%) Local Government
12 3 (0.85%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.85%) Retail
Job Titles
1 114 (32.11%) Architect
2 44 (12.39%) Cloud Engineer
3 41 (11.55%) Lead
4 40 (11.27%) DevOps Engineer
4 40 (11.27%) Senior
5 32 (9.01%) Security Engineer
6 28 (7.89%) AWS Engineer
7 26 (7.32%) AWS Architect
8 25 (7.04%) Cloud Architect
8 25 (7.04%) Technical Architect
9 23 (6.48%) Security Architect
10 20 (5.63%) Platform Engineer
10 20 (5.63%) Solutions Architect
11 15 (4.23%) Data Engineer
12 13 (3.66%) Consultant
12 13 (3.66%) DBA
12 13 (3.66%) Technical Leader
13 12 (3.38%) Data Architect
14 11 (3.10%) AWS DevOps Engineer
14 11 (3.10%) Enterprise Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 164 (46.20%) Terraform
2 27 (7.61%) REST
3 20 (5.63%) RESTful
4 19 (5.35%) OAuth
5 15 (4.23%) OpenID
6 14 (3.94%) Spring Boot
7 13 (3.66%) Spring
8 12 (3.38%) Node.js
8 12 (3.38%) PySpark
8 12 (3.38%) SAML
9 10 (2.82%) AWS CDK
9 10 (2.82%) Kafka
9 10 (2.82%) OAuth2
10 9 (2.54%) SOAP
11 8 (2.25%) .NET
11 8 (2.25%) ARM Templates
11 8 (2.25%) Web Services
12 7 (1.97%) LangChain
13 6 (1.69%) Azure Blueprints
13 6 (1.69%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 105 (29.58%) Cloud Native
2 33 (9.30%) Security Posture
3 31 (8.73%) Management Information System
4 29 (8.17%) Data Centre
5 28 (7.89%) Hybrid Cloud
6 26 (7.32%) Product Ownership
7 20 (5.63%) Onboarding
8 18 (5.07%) Replication
9 12 (3.38%) Distributed Systems
9 12 (3.38%) Public Cloud
10 9 (2.54%) Enterprise Cloud
10 9 (2.54%) PKI
11 8 (2.25%) Cloud Security Posture
11 8 (2.25%) Data Protection Act
12 7 (1.97%) Cyber Threat
13 6 (1.69%) IoT
14 5 (1.41%) AI Agents
14 5 (1.41%) NHS
14 5 (1.41%) Private Cloud
14 5 (1.41%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 70 (19.72%) Linux
2 55 (15.49%) Windows
3 27 (7.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 12 (3.38%) Windows Server
5 8 (2.25%) Amazon Linux
5 8 (2.25%) Ubuntu
6 5 (1.41%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.41%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.85%) Unix
8 2 (0.56%) Alpine Linux
8 2 (0.56%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.28%) CentOS
9 1 (0.28%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 189 (53.24%) CI/CD
2 188 (52.96%) DevOps
3 169 (47.61%) Infrastructure as Code
4 123 (34.65%) Agile
5 93 (26.20%) Cloud Security
6 90 (25.35%) Technical Leadership
7 86 (24.23%) Stakeholder Management
8 70 (19.72%) Continuous Improvement
9 68 (19.15%) Observability
10 67 (18.87%) AI
10 67 (18.87%) DevSecOps
11 66 (18.59%) Microservices
12 65 (18.31%) Containerisation
13 62 (17.46%) Migration
14 61 (17.18%) Roadmaps
15 50 (14.08%) Platform Engineering
16 48 (13.52%) Cybersecurity
16 48 (13.52%) Problem-Solving
16 48 (13.52%) Scrum
17 47 (13.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 135 (38.03%) Python
2 70 (19.72%) PowerShell
3 68 (19.15%) Bash
4 64 (18.03%) Java
5 42 (11.83%) SQL
6 19 (5.35%) Bicep
7 16 (4.51%) JavaScript
8 12 (3.38%) TypeScript
9 9 (2.54%) Groovy
10 6 (1.69%) Perl
10 6 (1.69%) Shell Script
11 5 (1.41%) Go
12 4 (1.13%) Ruby
12 4 (1.13%) Rust
13 3 (0.85%) Kotlin
14 1 (0.28%) C#
14 1 (0.28%) CQL
14 1 (0.28%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.28%) Search Processing Language
14 1 (0.28%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 144 (40.56%) Security Cleared
2 125 (35.21%) SC Cleared
3 116 (32.68%) Azure Certification
4 99 (27.89%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 70 (19.72%) CISSP
6 43 (12.11%) Degree
7 25 (7.04%) CISM
7 25 (7.04%) DV Cleared
8 24 (6.76%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 24 (6.76%) Cisco Certification
9 21 (5.92%) Computer Science Degree
9 21 (5.92%) Microsoft Certification
10 18 (5.07%) BPSS Clearance
11 16 (4.51%) TOGAF Certification
12 15 (4.23%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 14 (3.94%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 13 (3.66%) CCSP
15 11 (3.10%) CCNP
15 11 (3.10%) PMI Certification
15 11 (3.10%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (8.17%) Data Quality
2 28 (7.89%) NIST
3 21 (5.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 16 (4.51%) QA
5 14 (3.94%) NCSC
6 11 (3.10%) GDPR
7 8 (2.25%) PCI DSS
8 4 (1.13%) GRC
8 4 (1.13%) HL7
8 4 (1.13%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.85%) SLA
10 2 (0.56%) Disclosure Scotland
10 2 (0.56%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.56%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 2 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 1 (0.28%) DICOM
11 1 (0.28%) FedRAMP
11 1 (0.28%) JSP 440
11 1 (0.28%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.28%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 98 (27.61%) Docker
2 27 (7.61%) Active Directory
3 18 (5.07%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (3.38%) vSphere
5 8 (2.25%) VMware NSX
6 4 (1.13%) Postfix
7 3 (0.85%) Squid
8 2 (0.56%) DFS Replication
8 2 (0.56%) Dovecot
8 2 (0.56%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.56%) Microsoft App-V
8 2 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.56%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.56%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 101 (28.45%) Kubernetes
2 51 (14.37%) Ansible
3 34 (9.58%) Grafana
4 32 (9.01%) Prometheus
5 29 (8.17%) Progress Chef
6 10 (2.82%) Puppet
7 7 (1.97%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (1.97%) VxRail
8 6 (1.69%) Istio
9 5 (1.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (1.13%) Argo
11 3 (0.85%) Check_MK
11 3 (0.85%) HP Fortify
11 3 (0.85%) QRadar
12 2 (0.56%) Kibana
12 2 (0.56%) linkerd
12 2 (0.56%) Nessus
12 2 (0.56%) Packer
12 2 (0.56%) Proxmox
12 2 (0.56%) SCCM
Vendors
1 74 (20.85%) Microsoft
2 41 (11.55%) Google
3 23 (6.48%) VMware
4 20 (5.63%) Red Hat
5 19 (5.35%) Splunk
6 17 (4.79%) ServiceNow
7 16 (4.51%) Cisco
8 11 (3.10%) Informatica
9 9 (2.54%) Dynatrace
9 9 (2.54%) Palo Alto
10 8 (2.25%) CrowdStrike
10 8 (2.25%) Databricks
11 7 (1.97%) IBM
11 7 (1.97%) Oracle
12 6 (1.69%) Fortinet
12 6 (1.69%) Salesforce
13 5 (1.41%) BeyondTrust
13 5 (1.41%) Commvault
13 5 (1.41%) Remedy
13 5 (1.41%) SAP