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 2 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 363 269 389
Rank change year-on-year -94 +120 +26
Contract jobs citing AWS Certification 316 300 200
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.61% 0.97% 0.46%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.97% 3.15% 1.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 216 214 146
10th Percentile £400 £368 £400
25th Percentile £450 £447 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £559 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.47% -1.82% -
75th Percentile £675 £638 £650
90th Percentile £775 £712 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £516 £535
% change year-on-year +6.54% -3.50% -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 16,078 9,533 12,946
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.24% 30.79% 29.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,719 5,916 8,001
10th Percentile £350 £275 £310
25th Percentile £425 £412 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £521 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.82% -0.81% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £620 £638
90th Percentile £713 £703 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £510 £500 £526
% change year-on-year +2.00% -4.85% +0.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,171 641 1,113
10th Percentile £17.40 £17.87 £14.00
25th Percentile £24.19 £20.00 £20.00
Median hourly rate £50.00 £28.00 £40.94
Median % change year-on-year +78.57% -31.61% -26.70%
75th Percentile £72.50 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.25 £75.00 £75.24
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £26.28 £43.00
% change year-on-year +90.26% -38.88% -20.54%

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 2 July 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 2 July 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 2 July 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 -78 260 £575 +6.48% 406
UK excluding London -94 136 £550 +6.54% 314
London -77 129 £575 - 161
Work from Home -70 101 £575 +9.52% 205
North of England -33 57 £566 -16.11% 79
North West -17 41 £550 -21.43% 49
South East -48 29 £560 +12.00% 81
Midlands -36 24 £436 -5.63% 51
West Midlands -43 21 £450 -18.18% 34
Yorkshire -37 14 £663 +35.90% 23
East of England -12 10 £575 +9.52% 31
South West -38 10 £575 -8.00% 44
Scotland -39 7 £479 -8.76% 23
Wales -18 3 £250 -43.15% 6
East Midlands -21 2 £424 -7.73% 17
North East -29 2 £525 - 10

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 (8.23%) Confluence
2 7 (2.22%) Apache
3 4 (1.27%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.95%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.95%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.95%) CloudStack
4 3 (0.95%) Palantir Foundry
5 2 (0.63%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.63%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.32%) Apache Pulsar
6 1 (0.32%) nginx
6 1 (0.32%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.32%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.58%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.63%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.32%) DELMIA
3 1 (0.32%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 316 (100.00%) AWS
2 178 (56.33%) Azure
3 77 (24.37%) GCP
4 72 (22.78%) Serverless
5 62 (19.62%) Amazon S3
6 57 (18.04%) AWS CloudFormation
7 49 (15.51%) Amazon EKS
7 49 (15.51%) AWS Lambda
7 49 (15.51%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 46 (14.56%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 45 (14.24%) GitHub
10 42 (13.29%) Amazon EC2
11 32 (10.13%) Amazon ECS
11 32 (10.13%) GitHub Actions
12 23 (7.28%) Power Platform
13 19 (6.01%) Route 53
14 18 (5.70%) Azure DevOps
15 17 (5.38%) Google Kubernetes Engine
16 16 (5.06%) AWS KMS
17 14 (4.43%) AWS CodePipeline
Communications & Networking
1 39 (12.34%) Firewall
2 21 (6.65%) Network Security
3 15 (4.75%) VPN
4 14 (4.43%) WAN
5 13 (4.11%) DNS
6 10 (3.16%) BGP
6 10 (3.16%) LAN
7 9 (2.85%) SD-WAN
8 7 (2.22%) 3GPP
8 7 (2.22%) OSPF
9 4 (1.27%) IPv6
9 4 (1.27%) MPLS
9 4 (1.27%) NGFW
9 4 (1.27%) TETRA
9 4 (1.27%) VLAN
10 3 (0.95%) Cisco ASA
10 3 (0.95%) Internet
10 3 (0.95%) IPsec
10 3 (0.95%) VXLAN
10 3 (0.95%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (12.03%) Amazon RDS
2 23 (7.28%) Power BI
3 21 (6.65%) Amazon Redshift
3 21 (6.65%) DynamoDB
4 17 (5.38%) Amazon Athena
5 15 (4.75%) PostgreSQL
6 14 (4.43%) Data Warehouse
7 12 (3.80%) Amazon Aurora
8 9 (2.85%) Data Lake
8 9 (2.85%) NoSQL
9 8 (2.53%) Metadata
9 8 (2.53%) Relational Database
10 7 (2.22%) Elasticsearch
11 6 (1.90%) Big Data
12 5 (1.58%) SQL Server
13 4 (1.27%) Delta Lake
13 4 (1.27%) MySQL
14 3 (0.95%) Amazon QuickSight
14 3 (0.95%) DocumentDB
14 3 (0.95%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 42 (13.29%) Jenkins
2 38 (12.03%) GitLab
3 27 (8.54%) JIRA
4 26 (8.23%) Git
5 8 (2.53%) SonarQube
6 7 (2.22%) JUnit
7 6 (1.90%) Maven
8 5 (1.58%) DbUnit
8 5 (1.58%) jMock
8 5 (1.58%) MLflow
8 5 (1.58%) Mockito
8 5 (1.58%) Snyk
9 3 (0.95%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.95%) Bitbucket Server
10 2 (0.63%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.63%) Burp Suite
10 2 (0.63%) Claude Code
10 2 (0.63%) JMeter
10 2 (0.63%) LoadRunner
10 2 (0.63%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 115 (36.39%) Social Skills
2 55 (17.41%) Finance
3 51 (16.14%) Public Sector
4 34 (10.76%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (6.96%) Banking
6 21 (6.65%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (2.85%) Legal
8 8 (2.53%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (2.53%) Telecoms
9 7 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (1.90%) Aerospace
11 5 (1.58%) Billing
11 5 (1.58%) Law
12 4 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.95%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.95%) Investment Banking
13 3 (0.95%) Retail
14 2 (0.63%) Electronics
14 2 (0.63%) Manufacturing
15 1 (0.32%) Military
Job Titles
1 122 (38.61%) Architect
2 39 (12.34%) AWS Engineer
3 37 (11.71%) Cloud Engineer
4 36 (11.39%) DevOps Engineer
5 35 (11.08%) Senior
6 29 (9.18%) AWS Architect
7 28 (8.86%) Technical Architect
8 26 (8.23%) Cloud Architect
9 25 (7.91%) Security Engineer
10 24 (7.59%) Lead
11 23 (7.28%) Solutions Architect
12 21 (6.65%) Security Architect
13 17 (5.38%) Developer
14 16 (5.06%) Platform Engineer
15 15 (4.75%) Data Engineer
16 13 (4.11%) Cloud Platform Engineer
17 12 (3.80%) AWS DevOps
17 12 (3.80%) AWS DevOps Engineer
18 10 (3.16%) AWS Platform Engineer
18 10 (3.16%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (8.54%) REST
2 19 (6.01%) Kafka
2 19 (6.01%) OAuth
3 17 (5.38%) AWS CDK
4 15 (4.75%) OpenID
5 13 (4.11%) SOAP
6 12 (3.80%) Node.js
6 12 (3.80%) OAuth2
6 12 (3.80%) Web Services
7 11 (3.48%) RESTful
7 11 (3.48%) SAML
8 10 (3.16%) Elastic Stack
8 10 (3.16%) PySpark
9 9 (2.85%) .NET
10 8 (2.53%) LangChain
11 7 (2.22%) AngularJS
11 7 (2.22%) PyTorch
11 7 (2.22%) Spring
11 7 (2.22%) Spring Boot
12 6 (1.90%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 102 (32.28%) Cloud Native
2 28 (8.86%) Management Information System
3 25 (7.91%) Data Centre
3 25 (7.91%) Security Posture
4 22 (6.96%) Hybrid Cloud
5 19 (6.01%) Distributed Systems
6 16 (5.06%) Product Ownership
7 15 (4.75%) Enterprise Cloud
7 15 (4.75%) Onboarding
8 10 (3.16%) Public Cloud
9 8 (2.53%) Data Protection Act
10 7 (2.22%) Virtual Team
11 5 (1.58%) IoT
11 5 (1.58%) Private Cloud
12 4 (1.27%) AI Agents
12 4 (1.27%) Cloud Security Posture
12 4 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
12 4 (1.27%) NHS
13 3 (0.95%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 67 (21.20%) Linux
2 48 (15.19%) Windows
3 17 (5.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (2.53%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.90%) Ubuntu
6 5 (1.58%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.58%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.95%) Amazon Linux
8 2 (0.63%) Alpine Linux
8 2 (0.63%) Unix
9 1 (0.32%) CentOS
9 1 (0.32%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 174 (55.06%) DevOps
2 172 (54.43%) CI/CD
3 126 (39.87%) Infrastructure as Code
4 100 (31.65%) Agile
5 78 (24.68%) Cloud Security
6 64 (20.25%) Containerisation
7 62 (19.62%) Microservices
8 57 (18.04%) AI
8 57 (18.04%) Roadmaps
9 56 (17.72%) Observability
9 56 (17.72%) Stakeholder Management
10 52 (16.46%) Continuous Improvement
10 52 (16.46%) Migration
11 50 (15.82%) Technical Leadership
12 45 (14.24%) DevSecOps
12 45 (14.24%) Machine Learning
12 45 (14.24%) Problem-Solving
13 44 (13.92%) Event-Driven
14 43 (13.61%) Scrum
15 42 (13.29%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 119 (37.66%) Python
2 60 (18.99%) Java
3 46 (14.56%) Bash
4 43 (13.61%) PowerShell
5 37 (11.71%) SQL
6 20 (6.33%) JavaScript
7 18 (5.70%) TypeScript
8 13 (4.11%) Bicep
9 7 (2.22%) Rust
10 5 (1.58%) Perl
11 4 (1.27%) C#
11 4 (1.27%) Kotlin
11 4 (1.27%) Ruby
12 3 (0.95%) Go
12 3 (0.95%) Groovy
12 3 (0.95%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.63%) PHP
14 1 (0.32%) Scala
14 1 (0.32%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 119 (37.66%) Security Cleared
2 105 (33.23%) Azure Certification
3 99 (31.33%) SC Cleared
4 88 (27.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 47 (14.87%) CISSP
6 42 (13.29%) Degree
7 29 (9.18%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 23 (7.28%) Cisco Certification
8 23 (7.28%) Computer Science Degree
9 22 (6.96%) DV Cleared
10 20 (6.33%) TOGAF Certification
11 19 (6.01%) BPSS Clearance
12 15 (4.75%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 13 (4.11%) CISM
13 13 (4.11%) Microsoft Certification
14 12 (3.80%) AWS Certified Developer
14 12 (3.80%) CCNP
15 9 (2.85%) Master's Degree
15 9 (2.85%) PMI Certification
15 9 (2.85%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (7.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (7.28%) NIST
3 22 (6.96%) Data Quality
4 15 (4.75%) GDPR
5 12 (3.80%) NCSC
6 10 (3.16%) QA
7 8 (2.53%) PCI DSS
8 5 (1.58%) GRC
9 4 (1.27%) HL7
9 4 (1.27%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.95%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.63%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.63%) 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%) JSP 440
12 1 (0.32%) NIST 800
System Software
1 85 (26.90%) Docker
2 15 (4.75%) Active Directory
3 8 (2.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.58%) Postfix
5 3 (0.95%) vSphere
6 2 (0.63%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (0.63%) Oracle RAC
6 2 (0.63%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.63%) VMware Workstation
7 1 (0.32%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.32%) Squid
7 1 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.32%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 142 (44.94%) Terraform
2 95 (30.06%) Kubernetes
3 34 (10.76%) Ansible
4 27 (8.54%) Grafana
4 27 (8.54%) Prometheus
5 19 (6.01%) Progress Chef
6 8 (2.53%) Puppet
7 6 (1.90%) Argo
8 4 (1.27%) Istio
8 4 (1.27%) linkerd
8 4 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.95%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.95%) Check_MK
10 2 (0.63%) CASB
10 2 (0.63%) HP Fortify
10 2 (0.63%) Packer
10 2 (0.63%) QRadar
10 2 (0.63%) SCCM
11 1 (0.32%) Cisco CUCM
11 1 (0.32%) Nessus
Vendors
1 54 (17.09%) Microsoft
2 33 (10.44%) Google
3 16 (5.06%) Splunk
4 14 (4.43%) Red Hat
5 13 (4.11%) Databricks
6 12 (3.80%) Cisco
6 12 (3.80%) ServiceNow
7 11 (3.48%) VMware
8 9 (2.85%) Informatica
9 8 (2.53%) CrowdStrike
9 8 (2.53%) Oracle
10 7 (2.22%) Atlassian
10 7 (2.22%) Palo Alto
11 6 (1.90%) Fortinet
11 6 (1.90%) IBM
11 6 (1.90%) Zscaler
12 5 (1.58%) BeyondTrust
12 5 (1.58%) Dynatrace
12 5 (1.58%) Okta
12 5 (1.58%) Tenable