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 1 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 358 283 356
Rank change year-on-year -75 +73 +71
Contract jobs citing AWS Certification 346 309 220
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.65% 0.94% 0.56%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.07% 3.03% 1.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 238 221 159
10th Percentile £408 £363 £381
25th Percentile £458 £436 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £625 £650
90th Percentile £788 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £561 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +12.25% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 1
10th Percentile £78.08 £40.03 -
25th Percentile £84.00 £47.56 -
Median hourly rate £93.75 £54.25 £58.00
Median % change year-on-year +72.81% -6.47% -28.83%
75th Percentile £102.69 £66.44 -
90th Percentile £104.75 £86.58 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £93.75 - £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 16,721 10,182 11,745
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.36% 30.96% 29.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,173 6,306 7,464
10th Percentile £350 £281 £313
25th Percentile £431 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £619 £638
90th Percentile £715 £702 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,247 778 878
10th Percentile £17.87 £17.87 £14.48
25th Percentile £25.77 £19.38 £21.25
Median hourly rate £51.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +102.78% -41.51% -22.22%
75th Percentile £73.23 £55.43 £65.00
90th Percentile £87.00 £75.00 £77.14
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £25.15 £45.00
% change year-on-year +98.81% -44.11% -14.29%

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 1 August 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 1 August 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 1 August 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 -71 291 £575 +9.52% 521
UK excluding London -53 159 £561 +12.25% 322
London -78 137 £563 +2.27% 276
Work from Home -60 113 £581 +10.71% 317
North of England -31 61 £582 +20.37% 81
North West -18 44 £550 -15.38% 52
South East -50 39 £560 +12.00% 78
Midlands -39 29 £450 -6.15% 36
West Midlands -47 27 £463 -11.90% 21
South West -34 17 £725 +16.00% 64
Yorkshire -33 16 £663 +57.74% 21
East of England -12 8 £600 +14.29% 23
Scotland -32 7 £479 -4.20% 21
Wales -15 2 £250 -43.95% 5
North East -38 2 £538 - 11
East Midlands -18 1 £400 -10.61% 15

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 24 (6.94%) Confluence
2 8 (2.31%) Apache
3 5 (1.45%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (1.45%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.16%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.87%) CloudStack
5 3 (0.87%) Palantir Foundry
6 2 (0.58%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.29%) Apache Pulsar
7 1 (0.29%) CIMPLICITY
7 1 (0.29%) nginx
7 1 (0.29%) Predix
7 1 (0.29%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.29%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.29%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.45%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.58%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.29%) Actimize
3 1 (0.29%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 1 (0.29%) Maximo
3 1 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.29%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 346 (100.00%) AWS
2 202 (58.38%) Azure
3 97 (28.03%) GCP
4 78 (22.54%) Serverless
5 71 (20.52%) Amazon S3
6 63 (18.21%) AWS CloudFormation
7 56 (16.18%) AWS Lambda
8 55 (15.90%) GitHub
9 54 (15.61%) Amazon EKS
10 53 (15.32%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 50 (14.45%) Amazon EC2
12 49 (14.16%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 41 (11.85%) GitHub Actions
14 36 (10.40%) Amazon ECS
15 26 (7.51%) Azure DevOps
16 24 (6.94%) Power Platform
17 21 (6.07%) AWS KMS
18 20 (5.78%) Google Kubernetes Engine
19 14 (4.05%) Amazon EMR
19 14 (4.05%) AWS CloudTrail
Communications & Networking
1 46 (13.29%) Firewall
2 22 (6.36%) Network Security
3 16 (4.62%) DNS
3 16 (4.62%) VPN
4 9 (2.60%) LAN
4 9 (2.60%) WAN
5 8 (2.31%) BGP
5 8 (2.31%) DHCP
5 8 (2.31%) TCP/IP
6 7 (2.02%) 3GPP
6 7 (2.02%) SD-WAN
7 5 (1.45%) OSPF
7 5 (1.45%) VSAN
8 4 (1.16%) Internet
8 4 (1.16%) IPv6
8 4 (1.16%) MPLS
8 4 (1.16%) NGFW
8 4 (1.16%) TETRA
9 3 (0.87%) Cisco ASA
9 3 (0.87%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (10.69%) Amazon RDS
2 24 (6.94%) Power BI
3 21 (6.07%) Amazon Redshift
3 21 (6.07%) DynamoDB
4 16 (4.62%) Amazon Athena
5 14 (4.05%) Data Warehouse
5 14 (4.05%) PostgreSQL
6 12 (3.47%) Amazon Aurora
7 9 (2.60%) Elasticsearch
8 8 (2.31%) Data Lake
8 8 (2.31%) Metadata
9 7 (2.02%) Relational Database
10 6 (1.73%) Big Data
10 6 (1.73%) NoSQL
11 4 (1.16%) Amazon QuickSight
11 4 (1.16%) Delta Lake
11 4 (1.16%) MySQL
12 3 (0.87%) BigQuery
12 3 (0.87%) SQL Server
13 2 (0.58%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 50 (14.45%) Jenkins
2 41 (11.85%) GitLab
3 28 (8.09%) Git
4 24 (6.94%) JIRA
5 9 (2.60%) SonarQube
6 7 (2.02%) Maven
7 6 (1.73%) JUnit
8 5 (1.45%) DbUnit
8 5 (1.45%) jMock
8 5 (1.45%) MLflow
8 5 (1.45%) Mockito
9 3 (0.87%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.87%) Bitbucket Server
9 3 (0.87%) Claude Code
9 3 (0.87%) Snyk
10 2 (0.58%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.58%) Burp Suite
10 2 (0.58%) JMeter
10 2 (0.58%) LoadRunner
10 2 (0.58%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 117 (33.82%) Social Skills
2 62 (17.92%) Public Sector
3 61 (17.63%) Finance
4 37 (10.69%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (6.65%) Banking
6 21 (6.07%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (2.60%) Telecoms
8 7 (2.02%) Aerospace
9 6 (1.73%) Legal
9 6 (1.73%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (1.45%) Billing
10 5 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.45%) Law
11 3 (0.87%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.87%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (0.87%) Manufacturing
11 3 (0.87%) Retail
12 2 (0.58%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.58%) Local Government
12 2 (0.58%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 130 (37.57%) Architect
2 48 (13.87%) Cloud Engineer
3 37 (10.69%) Senior
4 36 (10.40%) AWS Engineer
4 36 (10.40%) DevOps Engineer
5 33 (9.54%) Lead
6 31 (8.96%) Technical Architect
7 28 (8.09%) Security Engineer
8 27 (7.80%) AWS Architect
9 26 (7.51%) Cloud Architect
10 25 (7.23%) Solutions Architect
11 22 (6.36%) Security Architect
12 20 (5.78%) Platform Engineer
13 16 (4.62%) Developer
14 15 (4.34%) Data Engineer
15 13 (3.76%) Cloud Platform Engineer
16 12 (3.47%) Data Architect
17 11 (3.18%) Enterprise Architect
17 11 (3.18%) Lead DevOps
17 11 (3.18%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (7.80%) REST
2 19 (5.49%) OAuth
3 17 (4.91%) RESTful
4 16 (4.62%) Kafka
5 15 (4.34%) OpenID
6 14 (4.05%) Node.js
6 14 (4.05%) Spring Boot
7 13 (3.76%) Spring
8 11 (3.18%) OAuth2
8 11 (3.18%) SAML
8 11 (3.18%) Web Services
9 10 (2.89%) AWS CDK
9 10 (2.89%) PySpark
9 10 (2.89%) SOAP
10 8 (2.31%) .NET
10 8 (2.31%) AngularJS
10 8 (2.31%) LangChain
11 7 (2.02%) ARM Templates
11 7 (2.02%) Elastic Stack
11 7 (2.02%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 115 (33.24%) Cloud Native
2 31 (8.96%) Security Posture
3 30 (8.67%) Management Information System
4 27 (7.80%) Data Centre
5 25 (7.23%) Hybrid Cloud
6 24 (6.94%) Product Ownership
7 17 (4.91%) Distributed Systems
8 15 (4.34%) Enterprise Cloud
8 15 (4.34%) Onboarding
9 12 (3.47%) Public Cloud
10 7 (2.02%) Data Protection Act
10 7 (2.02%) IoT
11 6 (1.73%) Cloud Security Posture
11 6 (1.73%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (1.73%) PKI
12 5 (1.45%) NHS
12 5 (1.45%) Replication
13 4 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
14 3 (0.87%) Legacy Applications
14 3 (0.87%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 78 (22.54%) Linux
2 55 (15.90%) Windows
3 24 (6.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (2.31%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.73%) Ubuntu
6 5 (1.45%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.45%) Mac OS
7 4 (1.16%) Amazon Linux
8 2 (0.58%) Alpine Linux
8 2 (0.58%) Unix
9 1 (0.29%) CentOS
9 1 (0.29%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 193 (55.78%) DevOps
2 182 (52.60%) CI/CD
3 143 (41.33%) Infrastructure as Code
4 122 (35.26%) Agile
5 90 (26.01%) Cloud Security
6 72 (20.81%) Microservices
7 71 (20.52%) Technical Leadership
8 70 (20.23%) Containerisation
9 67 (19.36%) Continuous Improvement
9 67 (19.36%) Roadmaps
10 65 (18.79%) AI
11 64 (18.50%) Stakeholder Management
12 62 (17.92%) DevSecOps
13 60 (17.34%) Observability
14 58 (16.76%) Migration
15 53 (15.32%) Scrum
16 51 (14.74%) TOGAF
17 48 (13.87%) Machine Learning
18 45 (13.01%) Platform Engineering
19 44 (12.72%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 141 (40.75%) Python
2 68 (19.65%) Java
3 66 (19.08%) Bash
4 62 (17.92%) PowerShell
5 35 (10.12%) SQL
6 24 (6.94%) JavaScript
7 20 (5.78%) Bicep
8 19 (5.49%) TypeScript
9 9 (2.60%) Rust
10 6 (1.73%) Perl
11 5 (1.45%) Groovy
11 5 (1.45%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.87%) Ruby
12 3 (0.87%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.58%) C#
13 2 (0.58%) Go
13 2 (0.58%) PHP
14 1 (0.29%) CQL
14 1 (0.29%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.29%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 135 (39.02%) Security Cleared
2 120 (34.68%) Azure Certification
3 113 (32.66%) SC Cleared
4 98 (28.32%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 54 (15.61%) CISSP
6 43 (12.43%) Degree
7 30 (8.67%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 26 (7.51%) DV Cleared
9 22 (6.36%) Cisco Certification
9 22 (6.36%) Computer Science Degree
9 22 (6.36%) TOGAF Certification
10 19 (5.49%) BPSS Clearance
11 15 (4.34%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 15 (4.34%) CISM
11 15 (4.34%) Microsoft Certification
12 12 (3.47%) AWS Certified Developer
12 12 (3.47%) CCNP
13 8 (2.31%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 7 (2.02%) PMI Certification
14 7 (2.02%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (6.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 24 (6.94%) NIST
2 22 (6.36%) Data Quality
3 17 (4.91%) QA
4 15 (4.34%) GDPR
5 12 (3.47%) NCSC
6 7 (2.02%) PCI DSS
7 5 (1.45%) GRC
8 4 (1.16%) HL7
8 4 (1.16%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.58%) Disclosure Scotland
9 2 (0.58%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.58%) ISO 20022
9 2 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 1 (0.29%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.29%) DICOM
10 1 (0.29%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.29%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.29%) NIST 800
System Software
1 100 (28.90%) Docker
2 22 (6.36%) Active Directory
3 15 (4.34%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (2.89%) vSphere
5 6 (1.73%) VMware NSX
6 5 (1.45%) Postfix
7 3 (0.87%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.58%) Microsoft App-V
8 2 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.58%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.58%) VMware Workstation
9 1 (0.29%) Squid
9 1 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 153 (44.22%) Terraform
2 107 (30.92%) Kubernetes
3 39 (11.27%) Ansible
4 36 (10.40%) Grafana
5 29 (8.38%) Prometheus
6 24 (6.94%) Progress Chef
7 10 (2.89%) Puppet
8 8 (2.31%) Argo
9 6 (1.73%) Istio
10 5 (1.45%) VxRail
11 4 (1.16%) linkerd
11 4 (1.16%) Single Sign-On
12 3 (0.87%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 3 (0.87%) Check_MK
12 3 (0.87%) HP Fortify
12 3 (0.87%) QRadar
13 2 (0.58%) CASB
13 2 (0.58%) Packer
13 2 (0.58%) SCCM
14 1 (0.29%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 69 (19.94%) Microsoft
2 44 (12.72%) Google
3 18 (5.20%) Red Hat
3 18 (5.20%) Splunk
3 18 (5.20%) VMware
4 14 (4.05%) ServiceNow
5 12 (3.47%) Cisco
6 11 (3.18%) Databricks
7 9 (2.60%) Informatica
8 8 (2.31%) CrowdStrike
8 8 (2.31%) IBM
8 8 (2.31%) Palo Alto
9 7 (2.02%) Dynatrace
9 7 (2.02%) Zscaler
10 6 (1.73%) Atlassian
10 6 (1.73%) Fortinet
11 5 (1.45%) Jaspersoft
11 5 (1.45%) Oracle
11 5 (1.45%) Remedy
11 5 (1.45%) Salesforce