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

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 357 251 415
Rank change year-on-year -106 +164 -6
Contract jobs citing AWS Certification 288 305 168
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.60% 1.04% 0.39%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.90% 3.36% 1.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 186 219 123
10th Percentile £400 £367 £451
25th Percentile £463 £452 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £553 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year +0.45% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £688 £641 £675
90th Percentile £760 £735 £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 15,191 9,088 13,071
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.90% 30.91% 30.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,090 5,726 8,071
10th Percentile £350 £285 £305
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 £721 £700 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £533
% change year-on-year - -6.19% +1.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,084 521 1,070
10th Percentile £16.35 £18.13 £13.83
25th Percentile £21.25 £21.46 £17.80
Median hourly rate £47.54 £37.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.77% -6.25% -25.93%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £61.58
90th Percentile £85.36 £80.00 £75.35
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 11 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 11 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 11 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 -98 231 £575 -2.13% 276
London -72 117 £525 -12.50% 86
UK excluding London -83 116 £550 - 241
Work from Home -77 77 £575 - 85
North of England -44 46 £581 -17.00% 68
North West -20 34 £575 -18.79% 28
South East -38 28 £525 +5.00% 53
Midlands -61 16 £449 -3.55% 37
West Midlands -51 14 £588 +42.42% 16
East of England -23 9 £550 +4.76% 22
South West -39 9 £644 +4.04% 32
Yorkshire -51 9 £663 -8.62% 27
Scotland -26 6 £358 -34.91% 18
North East -16 3 £575 +39.39% 13
Wales -22 3 £250 -7.41% 11
East Midlands -39 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 (6.60%) Confluence
2 6 (2.08%) Apache
3 5 (1.74%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.39%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.69%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.69%) nginx
5 2 (0.69%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.69%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.35%) Apache Pulsar
6 1 (0.35%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.39%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.69%) DELMIA
2 2 (0.69%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.35%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 288 (100.00%) AWS
2 149 (51.74%) Azure
3 74 (25.69%) AWS CloudFormation
4 63 (21.88%) GCP
5 61 (21.18%) Serverless
6 53 (18.40%) Amazon EKS
7 52 (18.06%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 46 (15.97%) GitHub
9 43 (14.93%) Amazon S3
10 39 (13.54%) AWS Lambda
11 36 (12.50%) GitHub Actions
12 34 (11.81%) Amazon ECS
13 32 (11.11%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 29 (10.07%) Amazon EC2
15 27 (9.38%) AWS KMS
16 20 (6.94%) Amazon GuardDuty
17 17 (5.90%) AWS CodePipeline
17 17 (5.90%) Route 53
18 15 (5.21%) AWS CloudTrail
18 15 (5.21%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 37 (12.85%) Firewall
2 19 (6.60%) Network Security
3 17 (5.90%) VPN
4 16 (5.56%) DNS
5 10 (3.47%) WAN
6 7 (2.43%) 3GPP
6 7 (2.43%) BGP
7 6 (2.08%) DHCP
8 5 (1.74%) LAN
8 5 (1.74%) OSPF
8 5 (1.74%) SD-WAN
8 5 (1.74%) TCP/IP
9 4 (1.39%) IPv6
9 4 (1.39%) TETRA
10 3 (1.04%) IPv4
10 3 (1.04%) VLAN
11 2 (0.69%) Cisco ASA
11 2 (0.69%) Intrusion Detection
11 2 (0.69%) LTE
11 2 (0.69%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (12.85%) Amazon RDS
2 22 (7.64%) DynamoDB
3 12 (4.17%) Amazon Aurora
3 12 (4.17%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (3.82%) Power BI
5 9 (3.13%) Amazon Redshift
5 9 (3.13%) NoSQL
5 9 (3.13%) Relational Database
6 8 (2.78%) Amazon Athena
7 7 (2.43%) Elasticsearch
8 6 (2.08%) Data Lake
8 6 (2.08%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (1.74%) Delta Lake
9 5 (1.74%) Metadata
9 5 (1.74%) MySQL
10 4 (1.39%) Big Data
11 3 (1.04%) DataStage
11 3 (1.04%) DocumentDB
11 3 (1.04%) SQL Server
12 2 (0.69%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 39 (13.54%) Jenkins
2 29 (10.07%) GitLab
3 20 (6.94%) JIRA
4 16 (5.56%) Git
5 7 (2.43%) Bitbucket
6 6 (2.08%) JUnit
6 6 (2.08%) SonarQube
7 5 (1.74%) MLflow
8 4 (1.39%) DbUnit
8 4 (1.39%) jMock
8 4 (1.39%) Maven
8 4 (1.39%) Mockito
8 4 (1.39%) Snyk
8 4 (1.39%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.69%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.69%) Bitbucket Server
10 1 (0.35%) Claude Code
10 1 (0.35%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.35%) Liquibase
10 1 (0.35%) Postman
General
1 99 (34.38%) Social Skills
2 56 (19.44%) Finance
3 42 (14.58%) Public Sector
4 26 (9.03%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (6.60%) Banking
6 16 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (3.47%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (3.47%) Legal
8 7 (2.43%) Telecoms
9 5 (1.74%) Aerospace
9 5 (1.74%) Manufacturing
9 5 (1.74%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (1.39%) Electronics
10 4 (1.39%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.69%) Billing
11 2 (0.69%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.69%) Marketing
12 1 (0.35%) Dutch Language
12 1 (0.35%) French Language
12 1 (0.35%) Police
Job Titles
1 112 (38.89%) Architect
2 38 (13.19%) DevOps Engineer
3 33 (11.46%) AWS Architect
4 31 (10.76%) AWS Engineer
5 30 (10.42%) Cloud Architect
6 27 (9.38%) Lead
6 27 (9.38%) Senior
7 25 (8.68%) Cloud Engineer
8 23 (7.99%) Technical Architect
9 20 (6.94%) Security Engineer
9 20 (6.94%) Solutions Architect
10 18 (6.25%) Platform Engineer
11 16 (5.56%) Security Architect
12 15 (5.21%) Developer
13 13 (4.51%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 12 (4.17%) Lead Architect
15 11 (3.82%) AWS DevOps
16 10 (3.47%) AWS DevOps Engineer
17 8 (2.78%) Data Engineer
17 8 (2.78%) DevSecOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (6.25%) Kafka
2 16 (5.56%) REST
3 13 (4.51%) AWS CDK
4 12 (4.17%) Node.js
5 10 (3.47%) OAuth
5 10 (3.47%) Web Services
6 9 (3.13%) RESTful
6 9 (3.13%) SOAP
7 7 (2.43%) .NET
7 7 (2.43%) AngularJS
7 7 (2.43%) Elastic Stack
7 7 (2.43%) OAuth2
7 7 (2.43%) OpenID
8 6 (2.08%) Middleware
8 6 (2.08%) Spring
8 6 (2.08%) Spring Boot
9 5 (1.74%) boto
9 5 (1.74%) React
9 5 (1.74%) XML
10 4 (1.39%) Spring Batch
Miscellaneous
1 82 (28.47%) Cloud Native
2 19 (6.60%) Data Centre
3 16 (5.56%) Distributed Systems
3 16 (5.56%) Management Information System
4 13 (4.51%) Enterprise Cloud
4 13 (4.51%) Hybrid Cloud
5 12 (4.17%) Product Ownership
6 10 (3.47%) Virtual Team
7 8 (2.78%) Onboarding
8 7 (2.43%) Public Cloud
8 7 (2.43%) Security Posture
9 6 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (2.08%) PKI
10 5 (1.74%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (1.74%) Private Cloud
10 5 (1.74%) Replication
11 4 (1.39%) e-Learning
12 3 (1.04%) AI Agents
12 3 (1.04%) Enterprise Software
12 3 (1.04%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 51 (17.71%) Linux
2 33 (11.46%) Windows
3 4 (1.39%) Apple iOS
3 4 (1.39%) Mac OS
3 4 (1.39%) VMS
3 4 (1.39%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.04%) Amazon Linux
4 3 (1.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.35%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 165 (57.29%) CI/CD
2 139 (48.26%) DevOps
3 126 (43.75%) Infrastructure as Code
4 79 (27.43%) Agile
5 69 (23.96%) Containerisation
6 58 (20.14%) Cloud Security
7 54 (18.75%) DevSecOps
8 53 (18.40%) Microservices
9 50 (17.36%) Migration
10 47 (16.32%) Roadmaps
11 45 (15.63%) Continuous Improvement
11 45 (15.63%) Observability
12 44 (15.28%) Stakeholder Management
13 40 (13.89%) TOGAF
14 38 (13.19%) Problem-Solving
15 37 (12.85%) Technical Leadership
16 32 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
16 32 (11.11%) Event-Driven
17 31 (10.76%) Mentoring
17 31 (10.76%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 95 (32.99%) Python
2 55 (19.10%) Java
3 37 (12.85%) Bash
4 30 (10.42%) PowerShell
5 24 (8.33%) SQL
6 18 (6.25%) JavaScript
6 18 (6.25%) TypeScript
7 8 (2.78%) Perl
8 7 (2.43%) Bicep
8 7 (2.43%) Ruby
8 7 (2.43%) Rust
9 6 (2.08%) C#
10 4 (1.39%) Go
10 4 (1.39%) Kotlin
11 3 (1.04%) Groovy
11 3 (1.04%) PHP
12 2 (0.69%) Scala
13 1 (0.35%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 127 (44.10%) Security Cleared
2 107 (37.15%) SC Cleared
3 94 (32.64%) Azure Certification
4 90 (31.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 29 (10.07%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 28 (9.72%) CISSP
6 28 (9.72%) Degree
7 24 (8.33%) TOGAF Certification
8 20 (6.94%) Cisco Certification
9 19 (6.60%) Computer Science Degree
10 17 (5.90%) DV Cleared
11 11 (3.82%) AWS Certified Developer
11 11 (3.82%) BPSS Clearance
12 10 (3.47%) PMI Certification
12 10 (3.47%) PMP
13 9 (3.13%) CCNA
13 9 (3.13%) Master's Degree
14 7 (2.43%) CCNP
14 7 (2.43%) CISM
14 7 (2.43%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (9.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (8.68%) NIST
3 16 (5.56%) GDPR
4 15 (5.21%) NCSC
5 11 (3.82%) Data Quality
5 11 (3.82%) QA
6 8 (2.78%) PCI DSS
7 6 (2.08%) Cyber Essentials
8 5 (1.74%) GRC
9 3 (1.04%) HL7
9 3 (1.04%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.69%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.69%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 2 (0.69%) DICOM
10 2 (0.69%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 2 (0.69%) PSD2
10 2 (0.69%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.35%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.35%) NIST 800
System Software
1 75 (26.04%) Docker
2 17 (5.90%) Active Directory
3 8 (2.78%) Virtual Desktop
3 8 (2.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (2.08%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.39%) Postfix
6 2 (0.69%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (0.69%) Oracle RAC
6 2 (0.69%) VMware Workstation
7 1 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 134 (46.53%) Terraform
2 92 (31.94%) Kubernetes
3 30 (10.42%) Ansible
4 23 (7.99%) Grafana
4 23 (7.99%) Prometheus
5 8 (2.78%) Argo
6 7 (2.43%) Progress Chef
7 4 (1.39%) linkerd
7 4 (1.39%) Puppet
8 3 (1.04%) Istio
8 3 (1.04%) ITRS Geneos
9 2 (0.69%) CASB
9 2 (0.69%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.69%) Opsgenie
9 2 (0.69%) Packer
9 2 (0.69%) SCCM
10 1 (0.35%) Fluentd
10 1 (0.35%) logstash
10 1 (0.35%) QRadar
10 1 (0.35%) Suricata
Vendors
1 41 (14.24%) Microsoft
2 18 (6.25%) Google
3 13 (4.51%) Databricks
3 13 (4.51%) Splunk
3 13 (4.51%) VMware
4 11 (3.82%) Cisco
5 10 (3.47%) Oracle
6 9 (3.13%) ServiceNow
7 8 (2.78%) Dynatrace
8 7 (2.43%) Citrix
8 7 (2.43%) IBM
8 7 (2.43%) Zscaler
9 6 (2.08%) Atlassian
9 6 (2.08%) CloudEndure
9 6 (2.08%) Fortinet
9 6 (2.08%) SAP
10 5 (1.74%) Palo Alto
11 4 (1.39%) BeyondTrust
11 4 (1.39%) Jaspersoft
11 4 (1.39%) Tenable