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 9 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 344 252 421
Rank change year-on-year -92 +169 -22
Contract jobs citing AWS Certification 297 305 165
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.62% 1.05% 0.38%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.94% 3.38% 1.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 195 219 123
10th Percentile £400 £367 £451
25th Percentile £463 £452 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £688 £641 £675
90th Percentile £760 £736 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £550 £600
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 3 0
10th Percentile £72.33 £38.35 -
25th Percentile £84.25 £43.38 -
Median hourly rate £93.75 £53.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +75.23% - -
75th Percentile £102.69 £77.63 -
90th Percentile £105.73 £91.05 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £93.75 - -

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 15,288 9,021 13,089
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 32.03% 30.93% 30.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,172 5,683 8,089
10th Percentile £349 £288 £300
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £619 £623 £650
90th Percentile £725 £701 £739
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £535
% change year-on-year - -6.54% +0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,088 513 1,071
10th Percentile £16.35 £18.13 £13.85
25th Percentile £21.25 £21.50 £17.80
Median hourly rate £47.54 £39.32 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.91% -1.70% -25.93%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.62 £61.55
90th Percentile £85.36 £79.74 £75.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £40.00 £40.94
% change year-on-year +18.75% -2.30% -18.12%

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 9 May 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 9 May 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 9 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
England -85 237 £558 -5.11% 276
UK excluding London -88 121 £550 - 243
London -90 120 £525 -12.50% 86
Work from Home -71 81 £575 - 83
North of England -39 45 £581 -17.00% 68
North West -13 34 £575 -18.79% 29
South East -46 28 £525 +5.00% 53
Midlands -52 19 £500 +7.53% 40
West Midlands -44 17 £500 +21.21% 19
Scotland -26 9 £380 -30.91% 18
East of England -31 9 £550 +4.76% 22
South West -39 9 £644 +4.04% 30
Yorkshire -52 8 £669 -7.76% 26
North East -17 3 £575 +39.39% 13
Wales -21 3 £250 -7.41% 11
East Midlands -38 1 £447 -3.87% 21

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 19 (6.40%) Confluence
2 7 (2.36%) Apache
3 5 (1.68%) Apache Spark
3 5 (1.68%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.67%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.67%) nginx
4 2 (0.67%) OpenStack
4 2 (0.67%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.34%) Apache Pulsar
5 1 (0.34%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 1 (0.34%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.35%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.67%) DELMIA
2 2 (0.67%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.34%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 297 (100.00%) AWS
2 152 (51.18%) Azure
3 79 (26.60%) AWS CloudFormation
4 64 (21.55%) Serverless
5 63 (21.21%) GCP
6 56 (18.86%) Amazon EKS
7 55 (18.52%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 47 (15.82%) Amazon S3
9 46 (15.49%) GitHub
10 42 (14.14%) AWS Lambda
11 37 (12.46%) Amazon ECS
12 36 (12.12%) GitHub Actions
13 33 (11.11%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 30 (10.10%) Amazon EC2
15 28 (9.43%) AWS KMS
16 20 (6.73%) Amazon GuardDuty
17 18 (6.06%) AWS CodePipeline
18 17 (5.72%) Route 53
19 15 (5.05%) AWS CloudTrail
19 15 (5.05%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 38 (12.79%) Firewall
2 19 (6.40%) Network Security
3 17 (5.72%) VPN
4 16 (5.39%) DNS
5 10 (3.37%) WAN
6 7 (2.36%) 3GPP
6 7 (2.36%) BGP
7 6 (2.02%) DHCP
8 5 (1.68%) LAN
8 5 (1.68%) OSPF
8 5 (1.68%) SD-WAN
8 5 (1.68%) TCP/IP
9 4 (1.35%) IPv6
9 4 (1.35%) TETRA
10 3 (1.01%) IPv4
10 3 (1.01%) VLAN
11 2 (0.67%) 5G
11 2 (0.67%) PCoIP
11 2 (0.67%) Remote Desktop
11 2 (0.67%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (13.47%) Amazon RDS
2 22 (7.41%) DynamoDB
3 14 (4.71%) PostgreSQL
4 12 (4.04%) Amazon Aurora
5 11 (3.70%) Amazon Redshift
5 11 (3.70%) Power BI
6 10 (3.37%) Amazon Athena
7 9 (3.03%) NoSQL
7 9 (3.03%) Relational Database
8 8 (2.69%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (2.36%) Data Lake
9 7 (2.36%) Elasticsearch
9 7 (2.36%) MySQL
10 6 (2.02%) Delta Lake
11 5 (1.68%) Metadata
12 4 (1.35%) Big Data
12 4 (1.35%) DataStage
13 3 (1.01%) DocumentDB
13 3 (1.01%) SQL Server
14 2 (0.67%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 41 (13.80%) Jenkins
2 34 (11.45%) GitLab
3 21 (7.07%) JIRA
4 18 (6.06%) Git
5 8 (2.69%) Bitbucket
6 6 (2.02%) JUnit
6 6 (2.02%) MLflow
6 6 (2.02%) SonarQube
7 5 (1.68%) Sonatype Nexus
8 4 (1.35%) DbUnit
8 4 (1.35%) jMock
8 4 (1.35%) Maven
8 4 (1.35%) Mockito
8 4 (1.35%) Snyk
9 2 (0.67%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.67%) Bitbucket Server
10 1 (0.34%) Claude Code
10 1 (0.34%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.34%) Liquibase
10 1 (0.34%) Postman
General
1 102 (34.34%) Social Skills
2 58 (19.53%) Finance
3 44 (14.81%) Public Sector
4 26 (8.75%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (6.73%) Banking
6 15 (5.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (4.04%) Legal
8 10 (3.37%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (2.69%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (2.36%) Telecoms
11 5 (1.68%) Aerospace
11 5 (1.68%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (1.68%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.35%) Electronics
13 2 (0.67%) Aeronautics
13 2 (0.67%) Billing
13 2 (0.67%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.67%) Marketing
14 1 (0.34%) Police
14 1 (0.34%) Retail
Job Titles
1 112 (37.71%) Architect
2 40 (13.47%) DevOps Engineer
3 36 (12.12%) AWS Engineer
4 33 (11.11%) AWS Architect
5 30 (10.10%) Cloud Architect
6 29 (9.76%) Senior
7 28 (9.43%) Lead
8 26 (8.75%) Cloud Engineer
9 23 (7.74%) Technical Architect
10 20 (6.73%) Security Engineer
10 20 (6.73%) Solutions Architect
11 18 (6.06%) Platform Engineer
12 16 (5.39%) Security Architect
13 15 (5.05%) Developer
14 13 (4.38%) AWS DevOps
14 13 (4.38%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 12 (4.04%) AWS DevOps Engineer
15 12 (4.04%) Lead Architect
16 11 (3.70%) Data Engineer
17 8 (2.69%) DevSecOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (6.06%) Kafka
2 17 (5.72%) REST
3 13 (4.38%) AWS CDK
3 13 (4.38%) Node.js
4 11 (3.70%) RESTful
5 10 (3.37%) OAuth
5 10 (3.37%) Web Services
6 9 (3.03%) SOAP
7 7 (2.36%) .NET
7 7 (2.36%) AngularJS
7 7 (2.36%) Elastic Stack
7 7 (2.36%) OAuth2
7 7 (2.36%) OpenID
8 6 (2.02%) Middleware
8 6 (2.02%) Spring
8 6 (2.02%) Spring Boot
9 5 (1.68%) boto
9 5 (1.68%) React
9 5 (1.68%) XML
10 4 (1.35%) Spring Batch
Miscellaneous
1 83 (27.95%) Cloud Native
2 19 (6.40%) Data Centre
3 16 (5.39%) Distributed Systems
3 16 (5.39%) Management Information System
4 13 (4.38%) Enterprise Cloud
4 13 (4.38%) Hybrid Cloud
4 13 (4.38%) Product Ownership
5 10 (3.37%) Virtual Team
6 9 (3.03%) Public Cloud
7 7 (2.36%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (2.36%) Onboarding
7 7 (2.36%) Security Posture
8 6 (2.02%) PKI
9 5 (1.68%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.68%) Private Cloud
9 5 (1.68%) Replication
10 4 (1.35%) e-Learning
11 3 (1.01%) AI Agents
11 3 (1.01%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (1.01%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 52 (17.51%) Linux
2 34 (11.45%) Windows
3 5 (1.68%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.35%) Apple iOS
4 4 (1.35%) Mac OS
4 4 (1.35%) VMS
5 3 (1.01%) Amazon Linux
5 3 (1.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.34%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 170 (57.24%) CI/CD
2 141 (47.47%) DevOps
3 131 (44.11%) Infrastructure as Code
4 84 (28.28%) Agile
5 71 (23.91%) Containerisation
6 58 (19.53%) Cloud Security
7 54 (18.18%) DevSecOps
7 54 (18.18%) Microservices
8 53 (17.85%) Migration
9 47 (15.82%) Continuous Improvement
10 46 (15.49%) Observability
10 46 (15.49%) Roadmaps
11 43 (14.48%) Stakeholder Management
12 40 (13.47%) TOGAF
13 38 (12.79%) Problem-Solving
14 37 (12.46%) Technical Leadership
15 33 (11.11%) Mentoring
16 32 (10.77%) Cybersecurity
16 32 (10.77%) Event-Driven
17 31 (10.44%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 101 (34.01%) Python
2 59 (19.87%) Java
3 37 (12.46%) Bash
4 31 (10.44%) PowerShell
5 26 (8.75%) SQL
6 19 (6.40%) JavaScript
7 18 (6.06%) TypeScript
8 9 (3.03%) Perl
9 8 (2.69%) Ruby
10 7 (2.36%) Bicep
10 7 (2.36%) Rust
11 6 (2.02%) C#
12 4 (1.35%) Go
12 4 (1.35%) Kotlin
13 3 (1.01%) Groovy
13 3 (1.01%) PHP
13 3 (1.01%) Scala
14 1 (0.34%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 131 (44.11%) Security Cleared
2 111 (37.37%) SC Cleared
3 96 (32.32%) Azure Certification
4 93 (31.31%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 30 (10.10%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 29 (9.76%) Degree
7 27 (9.09%) CISSP
8 24 (8.08%) TOGAF Certification
9 20 (6.73%) Cisco Certification
10 19 (6.40%) Computer Science Degree
11 17 (5.72%) DV Cleared
12 11 (3.70%) AWS Certified Developer
12 11 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
13 9 (3.03%) CCNA
13 9 (3.03%) Master's Degree
13 9 (3.03%) PMI Certification
13 9 (3.03%) PMP
14 8 (2.69%) Microsoft Certification
15 7 (2.36%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 7 (2.36%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 24 (8.08%) NIST
3 16 (5.39%) GDPR
4 15 (5.05%) NCSC
5 12 (4.04%) Data Quality
6 11 (3.70%) QA
7 8 (2.69%) PCI DSS
8 6 (2.02%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (1.35%) GRC
10 3 (1.01%) HL7
10 3 (1.01%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.67%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.67%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 2 (0.67%) DICOM
11 2 (0.67%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 2 (0.67%) PSD2
11 2 (0.67%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.34%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 1 (0.34%) NIST 800
System Software
1 78 (26.26%) Docker
2 18 (6.06%) Active Directory
3 10 (3.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (2.69%) Hyper-V
4 8 (2.69%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (1.35%) Postfix
6 2 (0.67%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (0.67%) Oracle RAC
6 2 (0.67%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.67%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 137 (46.13%) Terraform
2 94 (31.65%) Kubernetes
3 31 (10.44%) Ansible
4 24 (8.08%) Grafana
4 24 (8.08%) Prometheus
5 8 (2.69%) Argo
6 7 (2.36%) Progress Chef
7 4 (1.35%) linkerd
7 4 (1.35%) Puppet
8 3 (1.01%) Istio
8 3 (1.01%) ITRS Geneos
9 2 (0.67%) CASB
9 2 (0.67%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.67%) Opsgenie
9 2 (0.67%) Packer
9 2 (0.67%) SCCM
10 1 (0.34%) Fluentd
10 1 (0.34%) Nessus
10 1 (0.34%) QRadar
10 1 (0.34%) Suricata
Vendors
1 42 (14.14%) Microsoft
2 18 (6.06%) Google
3 15 (5.05%) Databricks
3 15 (5.05%) VMware
4 13 (4.38%) Oracle
4 13 (4.38%) Splunk
5 11 (3.70%) Cisco
6 9 (3.03%) ServiceNow
7 8 (2.69%) Dynatrace
7 8 (2.69%) IBM
8 7 (2.36%) Citrix
8 7 (2.36%) Zscaler
9 6 (2.02%) Atlassian
9 6 (2.02%) CloudEndure
9 6 (2.02%) Fortinet
9 6 (2.02%) SAP
10 5 (1.68%) Palo Alto
11 4 (1.35%) BeyondTrust
11 4 (1.35%) Jaspersoft
11 4 (1.35%) Tenable