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 25 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 354 264 402
Rank change year-on-year -90 +138 +15
Contract jobs citing AWS Certification 311 291 192
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.61% 0.97% 0.44%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.95% 3.12% 1.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 212 209 142
10th Percentile £400 £368 £400
25th Percentile £450 £436 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £553 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.31% -1.82% -
75th Percentile £678 £638 £650
90th Percentile £775 £700 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £525 £535
% change year-on-year +4.76% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 0
10th Percentile £78.08 £40.03 -
25th Percentile £84.00 £47.56 -
Median hourly rate £93.75 £54.25 -
Median % change year-on-year +72.81% - -
75th Percentile £102.69 £66.44 -
90th Percentile £104.75 £86.58 -
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 15,934 9,328 12,988
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.31% 30.97% 29.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,650 5,796 8,020
10th Percentile £350 £275 £311
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £619 £638
90th Percentile £713 £700 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £507 £500 £530
% change year-on-year +1.40% -5.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,166 606 1,133
10th Percentile £17.46 £17.87 £14.00
25th Percentile £23.57 £20.00 £19.25
Median hourly rate £50.00 £28.58 £40.94
Median % change year-on-year +74.98% -30.20% -25.73%
75th Percentile £72.54 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.25 £75.25 £75.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £27.40 £43.00
% change year-on-year +82.48% -36.28% -19.87%

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 25 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 25 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 25 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 -75 256 £559 +1.59% 231
UK excluding London -90 132 £550 +4.76% 218
London -74 129 £575 - 67
Work from Home -66 98 £575 +9.52% 52
North of England -33 58 £575 -17.86% 53
North West -6 43 £550 -21.43% 25
South East -50 28 £560 +12.00% 61
Midlands -47 22 £425 -8.60% 30
West Midlands -43 19 £425 -22.73% 16
Yorkshire -47 13 £663 +32.50% 23
South West -49 10 £575 -8.00% 29
East of England -20 8 £550 +4.76% 30
Scotland -40 7 £479 -8.76% 10
Wales -18 3 £250 -28.93% 6
East Midlands -20 2 £424 -7.73% 14
North East -34 2 £525 - 8

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 26 (8.36%) Confluence
2 6 (1.93%) Apache
3 4 (1.29%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.96%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.96%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.96%) Palantir Foundry
5 2 (0.64%) CloudStack
5 2 (0.64%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.64%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.32%) Apache Pulsar
6 1 (0.32%) nginx
6 1 (0.32%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.32%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.61%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.64%) DELMIA
2 2 (0.64%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.32%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 311 (100.00%) AWS
2 176 (56.59%) Azure
3 78 (25.08%) GCP
4 70 (22.51%) Serverless
5 60 (19.29%) Amazon S3
6 59 (18.97%) AWS CloudFormation
7 49 (15.76%) Amazon EKS
7 49 (15.76%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 48 (15.43%) AWS Lambda
9 46 (14.79%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 46 (14.79%) GitHub
10 42 (13.50%) Amazon EC2
11 33 (10.61%) GitHub Actions
12 32 (10.29%) Amazon ECS
13 23 (7.40%) Power Platform
14 19 (6.11%) Route 53
15 18 (5.79%) Azure DevOps
16 17 (5.47%) Google Kubernetes Engine
17 16 (5.14%) AWS KMS
18 14 (4.50%) AWS CodePipeline
Communications & Networking
1 39 (12.54%) Firewall
2 20 (6.43%) Network Security
3 15 (4.82%) VPN
4 14 (4.50%) WAN
5 13 (4.18%) DNS
6 10 (3.22%) BGP
6 10 (3.22%) LAN
7 9 (2.89%) SD-WAN
8 7 (2.25%) 3GPP
8 7 (2.25%) OSPF
9 5 (1.61%) VLAN
10 4 (1.29%) IPv6
10 4 (1.29%) MPLS
10 4 (1.29%) NGFW
10 4 (1.29%) TETRA
10 4 (1.29%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (0.96%) Internet
11 3 (0.96%) IPv4
11 3 (0.96%) TCP/IP
11 3 (0.96%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (12.22%) Amazon RDS
2 23 (7.40%) Power BI
3 21 (6.75%) DynamoDB
4 20 (6.43%) Amazon Redshift
5 15 (4.82%) Amazon Athena
5 15 (4.82%) PostgreSQL
6 14 (4.50%) Data Warehouse
7 12 (3.86%) Amazon Aurora
8 9 (2.89%) NoSQL
9 8 (2.57%) Data Lake
9 8 (2.57%) Relational Database
10 7 (2.25%) Elasticsearch
10 7 (2.25%) Metadata
11 5 (1.61%) Big Data
12 4 (1.29%) MySQL
12 4 (1.29%) SQL Server
13 3 (0.96%) Amazon QuickSight
13 3 (0.96%) Delta Lake
13 3 (0.96%) DocumentDB
13 3 (0.96%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 43 (13.83%) Jenkins
2 38 (12.22%) GitLab
3 27 (8.68%) JIRA
4 26 (8.36%) Git
5 8 (2.57%) SonarQube
6 7 (2.25%) JUnit
7 6 (1.93%) Maven
8 5 (1.61%) DbUnit
8 5 (1.61%) jMock
8 5 (1.61%) Mockito
8 5 (1.61%) Snyk
9 4 (1.29%) MLflow
10 3 (0.96%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.96%) Bitbucket Server
11 2 (0.64%) Artifactory
11 2 (0.64%) Burp Suite
11 2 (0.64%) Claude Code
11 2 (0.64%) JMeter
11 2 (0.64%) LoadRunner
11 2 (0.64%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 116 (37.30%) Social Skills
2 52 (16.72%) Finance
3 49 (15.76%) Public Sector
4 34 (10.93%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (6.43%) Banking
6 18 (5.79%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (2.89%) Legal
8 8 (2.57%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (2.57%) Telecoms
9 7 (2.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (1.93%) Aerospace
11 5 (1.61%) Law
12 4 (1.29%) Billing
12 4 (1.29%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.96%) Investment Banking
13 3 (0.96%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.96%) Retail
14 2 (0.64%) Electronics
14 2 (0.64%) Financial Institution
15 1 (0.32%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 115 (36.98%) Architect
2 40 (12.86%) AWS Engineer
3 37 (11.90%) Cloud Engineer
3 37 (11.90%) DevOps Engineer
4 34 (10.93%) Senior
5 28 (9.00%) AWS Architect
6 27 (8.68%) Technical Architect
7 25 (8.04%) Lead
7 25 (8.04%) Security Engineer
8 23 (7.40%) Cloud Architect
8 23 (7.40%) Solutions Architect
9 17 (5.47%) Developer
9 17 (5.47%) Security Architect
10 16 (5.14%) Platform Engineer
11 14 (4.50%) Data Engineer
12 13 (4.18%) AWS DevOps
12 13 (4.18%) AWS DevOps Engineer
12 13 (4.18%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 10 (3.22%) AWS Platform Engineer
14 9 (2.89%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (8.68%) REST
2 19 (6.11%) OAuth
3 18 (5.79%) Kafka
4 17 (5.47%) AWS CDK
5 15 (4.82%) OpenID
6 13 (4.18%) SOAP
7 12 (3.86%) Node.js
7 12 (3.86%) OAuth2
7 12 (3.86%) Web Services
8 11 (3.54%) RESTful
8 11 (3.54%) SAML
9 9 (2.89%) .NET
9 9 (2.89%) Elastic Stack
9 9 (2.89%) PySpark
10 8 (2.57%) LangChain
11 7 (2.25%) AngularJS
11 7 (2.25%) PyTorch
11 7 (2.25%) Spring
11 7 (2.25%) Spring Boot
12 6 (1.93%) React
Miscellaneous
1 102 (32.80%) Cloud Native
2 28 (9.00%) Management Information System
3 25 (8.04%) Data Centre
4 22 (7.07%) Security Posture
5 20 (6.43%) Hybrid Cloud
6 18 (5.79%) Distributed Systems
7 15 (4.82%) Enterprise Cloud
7 15 (4.82%) Product Ownership
8 13 (4.18%) Onboarding
9 9 (2.89%) Public Cloud
9 9 (2.89%) Virtual Team
10 7 (2.25%) Data Protection Act
10 7 (2.25%) Private Cloud
11 5 (1.61%) IoT
12 4 (1.29%) AI Agents
12 4 (1.29%) Cloud Security Posture
12 4 (1.29%) e-Learning
12 4 (1.29%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (1.29%) Legacy Systems
12 4 (1.29%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 66 (21.22%) Linux
2 47 (15.11%) Windows
3 17 (5.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (2.25%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.61%) Apple iOS
5 5 (1.61%) Mac OS
5 5 (1.61%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.96%) Amazon Linux
7 2 (0.64%) Alpine Linux
7 2 (0.64%) Unix
7 2 (0.64%) VMS
8 1 (0.32%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 175 (56.27%) DevOps
2 174 (55.95%) CI/CD
3 126 (40.51%) Infrastructure as Code
4 101 (32.48%) Agile
5 75 (24.12%) Cloud Security
6 63 (20.26%) Containerisation
7 60 (19.29%) Microservices
8 56 (18.01%) Observability
8 56 (18.01%) Stakeholder Management
9 55 (17.68%) Roadmaps
10 53 (17.04%) AI
11 52 (16.72%) Continuous Improvement
12 50 (16.08%) Migration
13 49 (15.76%) Technical Leadership
14 44 (14.15%) DevSecOps
14 44 (14.15%) Event-Driven
14 44 (14.15%) Machine Learning
14 44 (14.15%) Problem-Solving
15 43 (13.83%) Scrum
16 42 (13.50%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 118 (37.94%) Python
2 59 (18.97%) Java
3 45 (14.47%) Bash
4 42 (13.50%) PowerShell
5 37 (11.90%) SQL
6 20 (6.43%) JavaScript
7 18 (5.79%) TypeScript
8 12 (3.86%) Bicep
9 7 (2.25%) Rust
10 5 (1.61%) Perl
11 4 (1.29%) C#
11 4 (1.29%) Kotlin
11 4 (1.29%) Ruby
12 3 (0.96%) Go
12 3 (0.96%) Groovy
12 3 (0.96%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.64%) PHP
14 1 (0.32%) Scala
14 1 (0.32%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 120 (38.59%) Security Cleared
2 105 (33.76%) Azure Certification
3 100 (32.15%) SC Cleared
4 87 (27.97%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 45 (14.47%) CISSP
6 40 (12.86%) Degree
7 29 (9.32%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 22 (7.07%) Cisco Certification
8 22 (7.07%) Computer Science Degree
8 22 (7.07%) DV Cleared
9 20 (6.43%) TOGAF Certification
10 19 (6.11%) BPSS Clearance
11 15 (4.82%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 13 (4.18%) Microsoft Certification
13 12 (3.86%) AWS Certified Developer
13 12 (3.86%) CISM
14 11 (3.54%) CCNP
15 10 (3.22%) PMI Certification
15 10 (3.22%) PMP
16 9 (2.89%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (7.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 22 (7.07%) NIST
3 20 (6.43%) Data Quality
4 14 (4.50%) GDPR
5 12 (3.86%) NCSC
6 10 (3.22%) QA
7 8 (2.57%) PCI DSS
8 5 (1.61%) GRC
9 4 (1.29%) HL7
9 4 (1.29%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.96%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.64%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.32%) DICOM
12 1 (0.32%) Disclosure Scotland
12 1 (0.32%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 1 (0.32%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.32%) PSD2
System Software
1 84 (27.01%) Docker
2 15 (4.82%) Active Directory
3 7 (2.25%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.61%) Postfix
5 2 (0.64%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (0.64%) Oracle RAC
5 2 (0.64%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.64%) VMware Workstation
5 2 (0.64%) vSphere
6 1 (0.32%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.32%) Squid
6 1 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.32%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 144 (46.30%) Terraform
2 93 (29.90%) Kubernetes
3 37 (11.90%) Ansible
4 26 (8.36%) Grafana
4 26 (8.36%) Prometheus
5 19 (6.11%) Progress Chef
6 8 (2.57%) Puppet
7 6 (1.93%) Argo
8 4 (1.29%) Istio
8 4 (1.29%) linkerd
8 4 (1.29%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.96%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.64%) Check_MK
10 2 (0.64%) HP Fortify
10 2 (0.64%) Packer
10 2 (0.64%) QRadar
10 2 (0.64%) SCCM
11 1 (0.32%) CloudForms
11 1 (0.32%) Fluentd
11 1 (0.32%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 53 (17.04%) Microsoft
2 35 (11.25%) Google
3 16 (5.14%) Splunk
4 14 (4.50%) Red Hat
5 12 (3.86%) Databricks
5 12 (3.86%) ServiceNow
6 11 (3.54%) Cisco
7 10 (3.22%) VMware
8 9 (2.89%) Informatica
9 8 (2.57%) CrowdStrike
9 8 (2.57%) IBM
9 8 (2.57%) Oracle
10 7 (2.25%) Atlassian
10 7 (2.25%) Palo Alto
11 6 (1.93%) Fortinet
11 6 (1.93%) Zscaler
12 5 (1.61%) BeyondTrust
12 5 (1.61%) Dynatrace
12 5 (1.61%) Okta
12 5 (1.61%) Tenable