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 16 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 278 334 378
Rank change year-on-year +56 +44 +1
Contract jobs citing AWS Certification 345 240 261
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.98% 0.66% 0.55%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.95% 2.24% 1.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 235 172 217
10th Percentile £358 £389 £450
25th Percentile £405 £427 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £599 £615 £675
90th Percentile £739 £724 £755
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £463 £550
% change year-on-year +2.70% -15.91% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £55.00 £58.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £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 11,681 10,728 13,695
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.08% 29.33% 29.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,488 6,492 8,730
10th Percentile £300 £312 £300
25th Percentile £413 £420 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £716 £725 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £520 £535
% change year-on-year -3.85% -2.71% +1.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,018 509 773
10th Percentile £17.43 £19.23 £17.72
25th Percentile £19.26 £24.18 £27.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £53.50
Median % change year-on-year -44.11% -15.89% +18.89%
75th Percentile £44.94 £67.02 £68.75
90th Percentile £71.00 £75.00 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £47.50 £52.05
% change year-on-year -47.05% -8.75% +15.67%

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 16 November 2025.

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
Top 17 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 16 November 2025. 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 +30 270 £492 -6.29% 674
UK excluding London +33 180 £475 +2.70% 544
London +25 121 £488 -11.36% 243
Work from Home +46 115 £466 -16.13% 160
North of England -63 48 £450 +2.86% 154
Midlands 0 39 £523 +12.97% 93
South East +34 38 £500 -23.08% 126
West Midlands +9 37 £523 +4.50% 59
Scotland +26 35 £405 -20.98% 30
North West -14 21 £420 -20.00% 90
Yorkshire -72 21 £463 +8.94% 51
South West +11 15 £625 +4.17% 43
North East -7 6 £466 -37.87% 16
East of England -18 4 £488 -13.33% 68
East Midlands -8 2 £463 +8.82% 34
Northern Ireland - 2 £975 - 7
Channel Islands - 1 £760 -

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 15 (4.35%) Apache Airflow
2 13 (3.77%) Apache
2 13 (3.77%) Confluence
3 12 (3.48%) Apache Spark
4 11 (3.19%) nginx
5 6 (1.74%) IIS
5 6 (1.74%) JBoss
5 6 (1.74%) OpenStack
5 6 (1.74%) WebSphere
6 5 (1.45%) CMS
6 5 (1.45%) Headless CMS
6 5 (1.45%) iPlanet
6 5 (1.45%) WebSphere Application Server
7 2 (0.58%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.58%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 2 (0.58%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.58%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (2.90%) Mozilla Thunderbird
2 4 (1.16%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (0.87%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.29%) Cloudability
2 1 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.29%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 345 (100.00%) AWS
2 130 (37.68%) Azure
3 92 (26.67%) Serverless
4 84 (24.35%) Amazon S3
5 81 (23.48%) GCP
6 74 (21.45%) AWS Lambda
7 70 (20.29%) AWS CloudFormation
8 57 (16.52%) Amazon ECS
9 56 (16.23%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 50 (14.49%) Amazon EKS
10 50 (14.49%) GitHub
11 43 (12.46%) Amazon EC2
12 42 (12.17%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 29 (8.41%) GitHub Actions
14 22 (6.38%) Route 53
15 19 (5.51%) AWS KMS
16 16 (4.64%) Snowflake
17 15 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
18 14 (4.06%) Amazon EMR
18 14 (4.06%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 53 (15.36%) Firewall
2 28 (8.12%) DNS
3 15 (4.35%) Network Security
4 13 (3.77%) BGP
4 13 (3.77%) HTTP
4 13 (3.77%) LAN
4 13 (3.77%) WAN
5 12 (3.48%) OSPF
6 11 (3.19%) MPLS
6 11 (3.19%) VPN
7 10 (2.90%) FTP
7 10 (2.90%) IMAP
7 10 (2.90%) OpenLDAP
7 10 (2.90%) SMTP
7 10 (2.90%) SSH
8 9 (2.61%) SNMP
8 9 (2.61%) Wireless
9 7 (2.03%) VLAN
10 6 (1.74%) Kerberos
10 6 (1.74%) TACACS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (17.68%) Amazon RDS
2 50 (14.49%) NoSQL
3 38 (11.01%) PostgreSQL
4 34 (9.86%) Data Warehouse
5 31 (8.99%) Amazon Redshift
6 24 (6.96%) Amazon Athena
6 24 (6.96%) DynamoDB
7 16 (4.64%) Amazon Aurora
8 13 (3.77%) Amazon QuickSight
8 13 (3.77%) Relational Database
9 11 (3.19%) MySQL
10 10 (2.90%) Oracle Database
11 9 (2.61%) Power BI
11 9 (2.61%) Tableau
12 8 (2.32%) Data Lake
12 8 (2.32%) DataStage
13 7 (2.03%) Metadata
14 6 (1.74%) Big Data
14 6 (1.74%) MongoDB
15 5 (1.45%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 86 (24.93%) Jenkins
2 64 (18.55%) GitLab
3 58 (16.81%) Git
4 36 (10.43%) JIRA
5 15 (4.35%) Sonatype Nexus
6 14 (4.06%) Bitbucket
6 14 (4.06%) Liquibase
7 10 (2.90%) Vagrant
8 6 (1.74%) Bitbucket Server
8 6 (1.74%) CA Release Automation
8 6 (1.74%) SonarQube
9 4 (1.16%) Artifactory
9 4 (1.16%) Maven
9 4 (1.16%) MLflow
10 2 (0.58%) CircleCI
10 2 (0.58%) Gradle
10 2 (0.58%) JUnit
10 2 (0.58%) Mockito
11 1 (0.29%) NeoLoad
11 1 (0.29%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 161 (46.67%) Social Skills
2 86 (24.93%) Finance
3 53 (15.36%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (12.75%) Banking
5 43 (12.46%) Public Sector
6 19 (5.51%) Presentation Skills
7 16 (4.64%) Documentation Skills
8 13 (3.77%) Financial Institution
9 11 (3.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (2.61%) Aerospace
11 5 (1.45%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.16%) Publishing
12 4 (1.16%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.58%) Legal
13 2 (0.58%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.58%) Private Banking
14 1 (0.29%) Billing
14 1 (0.29%) Local Government
14 1 (0.29%) Marketing
14 1 (0.29%) Police
Job Titles
1 91 (26.38%) Architect
2 69 (20.00%) AWS Engineer
3 63 (18.26%) DevOps Engineer
4 41 (11.88%) Senior
5 37 (10.72%) Cloud Engineer
5 37 (10.72%) Solutions Architect
6 35 (10.14%) AWS Architect
7 34 (9.86%) AWS DevOps
7 34 (9.86%) AWS DevOps Engineer
8 26 (7.54%) Data Engineer
9 25 (7.25%) Platform Engineer
10 22 (6.38%) Developer
11 21 (6.09%) Lead
12 19 (5.51%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 17 (4.93%) Security Architect
14 13 (3.77%) AWS Solution Architect
14 13 (3.77%) Consultant
15 12 (3.48%) AWS Platform Engineer
15 12 (3.48%) Designer
15 12 (3.48%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (8.12%) Node.js
2 24 (6.96%) Elastic Stack
2 24 (6.96%) RESTful
3 21 (6.09%) REST
4 20 (5.80%) Kafka
5 17 (4.93%) LDAP
6 14 (4.06%) OAuth
7 13 (3.77%) SAML
8 12 (3.48%) OpenID
9 11 (3.19%) AngularJS
10 9 (2.61%) AWS CDK
11 8 (2.32%) React
12 7 (2.03%) Middleware
12 7 (2.03%) OAuth2
12 7 (2.03%) XML
13 5 (1.45%) GraphQL
13 5 (1.45%) SailPoint
13 5 (1.45%) Spring
14 4 (1.16%) PySpark
14 4 (1.16%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 57 (16.52%) Cloud Native
2 24 (6.96%) Public Cloud
3 22 (6.38%) Distributed Systems
4 20 (5.80%) Hybrid Cloud
5 18 (5.22%) Data Centre
6 17 (4.93%) Data Protection Act
7 16 (4.64%) Replication
8 11 (3.19%) Product Ownership
9 9 (2.61%) Legacy Systems
10 8 (2.32%) Enterprise Software
10 8 (2.32%) Security Posture
11 7 (2.03%) Cloud Security Posture
12 5 (1.45%) Onboarding
13 4 (1.16%) Cyber Threat
13 4 (1.16%) Distributed Architecture
14 3 (0.87%) Clustering
14 3 (0.87%) Legacy Applications
14 3 (0.87%) Management Information System
14 3 (0.87%) SCADA
15 2 (0.58%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 68 (19.71%) Linux
2 34 (9.86%) Windows
3 19 (5.51%) Windows Server
4 14 (4.06%) Ubuntu
5 13 (3.77%) Unix
6 10 (2.90%) Amazon Linux
6 10 (2.90%) VMS
7 5 (1.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.87%) CentOS
9 1 (0.29%) Solaris
9 1 (0.29%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 157 (45.51%) CI/CD
2 154 (44.64%) DevOps
3 124 (35.94%) Infrastructure as Code
4 94 (27.25%) Containerisation
5 84 (24.35%) Agile
6 81 (23.48%) Problem-Solving
7 76 (22.03%) Cloud Security
8 62 (17.97%) Mentoring
9 58 (16.81%) Microservices
10 56 (16.23%) Migration
11 46 (13.33%) Computer Science
12 41 (11.88%) Data Modelling
12 41 (11.88%) TOGAF
13 40 (11.59%) ETL
14 39 (11.30%) High Availability
14 39 (11.30%) Technical Leadership
15 38 (11.01%) Analytics
15 38 (11.01%) Data Governance
16 37 (10.72%) Cybersecurity
17 36 (10.43%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 151 (43.77%) Python
2 67 (19.42%) SQL
3 64 (18.55%) Java
4 41 (11.88%) PowerShell
5 32 (9.28%) Bash
6 18 (5.22%) Go
6 18 (5.22%) Groovy
7 14 (4.06%) JavaScript
8 11 (3.19%) TypeScript
9 10 (2.90%) Perl
9 10 (2.90%) Ruby
9 10 (2.90%) Shell Script
10 8 (2.32%) Scala
11 3 (0.87%) C#
12 2 (0.58%) CodeQL
12 2 (0.58%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.58%) PHP
13 1 (0.29%) Bicep
13 1 (0.29%) Korn
Qualifications
1 98 (28.41%) Security Cleared
2 93 (26.96%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 88 (25.51%) Azure Certification
4 78 (22.61%) SC Cleared
5 69 (20.00%) Degree
6 39 (11.30%) Computer Science Degree
7 33 (9.57%) CISSP
8 27 (7.83%) Cisco Certification
9 26 (7.54%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 24 (6.96%) Master's Degree
11 18 (5.22%) AWS Certified Developer
11 18 (5.22%) Microsoft Certification
12 15 (4.35%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 15 (4.35%) TOGAF Certification
13 13 (3.77%) CCSP
14 11 (3.19%) CCIE
15 9 (2.61%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
15 9 (2.61%) DV Cleared
15 9 (2.61%) JNCIE
16 7 (2.03%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (12.75%) GDPR
2 37 (10.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 27 (7.83%) NIST
4 26 (7.54%) Data Quality
5 20 (5.80%) QA
6 16 (4.64%) PCI DSS
7 7 (2.03%) PSD2
7 7 (2.03%) SOC 2
8 6 (1.74%) HIPAA
9 5 (1.45%) NCSC
10 4 (1.16%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.58%) GRC
11 2 (0.58%) JSP 440
12 1 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.29%) Government Security Classifications
12 1 (0.29%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 1 (0.29%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.29%) SLA
System Software
1 106 (30.72%) Docker
2 16 (4.64%) Active Directory
3 11 (3.19%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (2.90%) DFS Replication
4 10 (2.90%) Dovecot
4 10 (2.90%) Postfix
4 10 (2.90%) Squid
4 10 (2.90%) VMware NSX
5 8 (2.32%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (0.87%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.87%) Tivoli Directory Server
7 2 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 146 (42.32%) Terraform
2 113 (32.75%) Kubernetes
3 59 (17.10%) Ansible
4 51 (14.78%) Prometheus
5 45 (13.04%) Grafana
6 10 (2.90%) Nessus
6 10 (2.90%) Proxmox
7 8 (2.32%) Puppet
8 6 (1.74%) Argo
8 6 (1.74%) CA Single Sign-On
8 6 (1.74%) Progress Chef
9 5 (1.45%) CA Wily
9 5 (1.45%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (1.16%) Nagios
11 3 (0.87%) Tivoli
12 1 (0.29%) Consul
12 1 (0.29%) Control-M
12 1 (0.29%) Icinga
12 1 (0.29%) Kibana
12 1 (0.29%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 39 (11.30%) Microsoft
2 34 (9.86%) Oracle
3 28 (8.12%) Splunk
4 20 (5.80%) Google
5 18 (5.22%) IBM
6 15 (4.35%) VMware
7 14 (4.06%) ServiceNow
8 13 (3.77%) Cisco
9 11 (3.19%) Fortinet
10 10 (2.90%) AppDynamics
10 10 (2.90%) Dynatrace
10 10 (2.90%) F5
10 10 (2.90%) Jaspersoft
11 9 (2.61%) Databricks
11 9 (2.61%) Juniper
11 9 (2.61%) Palo Alto
12 6 (1.74%) Broadcom
13 4 (1.16%) EMC
13 4 (1.16%) NetApp
13 4 (1.16%) SAP