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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 343 271 385
Rank change year-on-year -72 +114 +28
Contract jobs citing AWS Certification 341 313 207
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.65% 0.96% 0.48%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.07% 3.14% 1.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 235 230 149
10th Percentile £403 £368 £386
25th Percentile £453 £447 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £673 £625 £650
90th Percentile £770 £712 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £500 £535
% change year-on-year +10.00% -6.54% -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 16,487 9,965 12,767
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.33% 30.71% 29.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,019 6,179 7,959
10th Percentile £350 £281 £310
25th Percentile £430 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £623 £638
90th Percentile £713 £706 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,190 716 1,085
10th Percentile £17.86 £17.87 £14.16
25th Percentile £25.75 £19.44 £20.47
Median hourly rate £52.50 £26.81 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year +95.80% -35.39% -24.93%
75th Percentile £73.00 £58.34 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.41 £75.00 £75.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +108.75% -41.51% -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 15 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 15 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 15 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 -69 281 £575 +9.52% 423
UK excluding London -76 149 £550 +10.00% 303
London -66 137 £575 +4.55% 194
Work from Home -72 111 £575 +9.52% 221
North of England -34 59 £575 +21.05% 85
North West -12 41 £550 -18.52% 53
South East -50 34 £560 +12.00% 64
Midlands -42 28 £449 -3.55% 52
West Midlands -49 25 £463 -11.90% 35
Yorkshire -48 16 £663 +57.74% 23
South West -36 13 £623 -0.40% 39
East of England -15 9 £600 +14.29% 24
Scotland -32 7 £479 -8.76% 30
Wales -15 3 £250 -43.95% 6
North East -37 3 £575 - 12
East Midlands -15 2 £424 -7.73% 17

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 27 (7.92%) Confluence
2 7 (2.05%) Apache
3 4 (1.17%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.88%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.88%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.88%) CloudStack
4 3 (0.88%) Palantir Foundry
5 2 (0.59%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.59%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.29%) Apache Pulsar
6 1 (0.29%) CIMPLICITY
6 1 (0.29%) nginx
6 1 (0.29%) Predix
6 1 (0.29%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.29%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.47%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.59%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.29%) Maximo
3 1 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.29%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 341 (100.00%) AWS
2 195 (57.18%) Azure
3 89 (26.10%) GCP
4 80 (23.46%) Serverless
5 68 (19.94%) Amazon S3
6 64 (18.77%) AWS CloudFormation
7 54 (15.84%) AWS Lambda
8 52 (15.25%) GitHub
9 50 (14.66%) Amazon EKS
10 49 (14.37%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 49 (14.37%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 45 (13.20%) Amazon EC2
12 37 (10.85%) GitHub Actions
13 33 (9.68%) Amazon ECS
14 24 (7.04%) Azure DevOps
14 24 (7.04%) Power Platform
15 19 (5.57%) AWS KMS
16 18 (5.28%) Google Kubernetes Engine
16 18 (5.28%) Route 53
17 13 (3.81%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 43 (12.61%) Firewall
2 23 (6.74%) Network Security
3 16 (4.69%) VPN
4 14 (4.11%) DNS
5 12 (3.52%) WAN
6 10 (2.93%) BGP
7 9 (2.64%) LAN
7 9 (2.64%) SD-WAN
8 7 (2.05%) 3GPP
8 7 (2.05%) OSPF
9 4 (1.17%) DHCP
9 4 (1.17%) Internet
9 4 (1.17%) IPv6
9 4 (1.17%) MPLS
9 4 (1.17%) NGFW
9 4 (1.17%) TCP/IP
9 4 (1.17%) TETRA
10 3 (0.88%) Cisco ASA
10 3 (0.88%) NAS
10 3 (0.88%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (10.85%) Amazon RDS
2 24 (7.04%) Power BI
3 23 (6.74%) DynamoDB
4 20 (5.87%) Amazon Redshift
5 16 (4.69%) Amazon Athena
5 16 (4.69%) PostgreSQL
6 14 (4.11%) Data Warehouse
7 13 (3.81%) Amazon Aurora
8 9 (2.64%) Data Lake
9 8 (2.35%) Metadata
9 8 (2.35%) NoSQL
9 8 (2.35%) Relational Database
10 7 (2.05%) Elasticsearch
11 6 (1.76%) Big Data
12 5 (1.47%) SQL Server
13 4 (1.17%) Amazon QuickSight
13 4 (1.17%) Delta Lake
13 4 (1.17%) MySQL
14 3 (0.88%) DocumentDB
14 3 (0.88%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 50 (14.66%) Jenkins
2 42 (12.32%) GitLab
3 30 (8.80%) Git
4 28 (8.21%) JIRA
5 9 (2.64%) SonarQube
6 7 (2.05%) Maven
7 6 (1.76%) JUnit
8 5 (1.47%) DbUnit
8 5 (1.47%) jMock
8 5 (1.47%) MLflow
8 5 (1.47%) Mockito
9 4 (1.17%) Snyk
10 3 (0.88%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.88%) Bitbucket Server
10 3 (0.88%) Claude Code
11 2 (0.59%) Artifactory
11 2 (0.59%) Burp Suite
11 2 (0.59%) JMeter
11 2 (0.59%) LoadRunner
11 2 (0.59%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 121 (35.48%) Social Skills
2 61 (17.89%) Finance
2 61 (17.89%) Public Sector
3 38 (11.14%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (7.04%) Banking
5 21 (6.16%) Documentation Skills
6 9 (2.64%) Legal
6 9 (2.64%) Telecoms
7 7 (2.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (1.76%) Aerospace
8 6 (1.76%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (1.47%) Billing
9 5 (1.47%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (1.47%) Law
10 3 (0.88%) Financial Institution
10 3 (0.88%) Investment Banking
10 3 (0.88%) Retail
11 2 (0.59%) Electronics
11 2 (0.59%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.29%) Military
Job Titles
1 133 (39.00%) Architect
2 43 (12.61%) Cloud Engineer
3 40 (11.73%) DevOps Engineer
4 38 (11.14%) AWS Engineer
5 36 (10.56%) Senior
6 32 (9.38%) AWS Architect
6 32 (9.38%) Technical Architect
7 27 (7.92%) Cloud Architect
8 26 (7.62%) Lead
8 26 (7.62%) Security Engineer
8 26 (7.62%) Solutions Architect
9 22 (6.45%) Security Architect
10 19 (5.57%) Developer
11 18 (5.28%) Platform Engineer
12 15 (4.40%) Data Engineer
13 14 (4.11%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 12 (3.52%) AWS DevOps
14 12 (3.52%) AWS DevOps Engineer
15 11 (3.23%) Data Architect
16 10 (2.93%) AWS Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (8.80%) REST
2 20 (5.87%) OAuth
3 17 (4.99%) Kafka
4 16 (4.69%) OpenID
5 15 (4.40%) AWS CDK
6 14 (4.11%) Node.js
6 14 (4.11%) RESTful
7 13 (3.81%) SOAP
8 12 (3.52%) OAuth2
8 12 (3.52%) Web Services
9 11 (3.23%) SAML
10 10 (2.93%) PySpark
10 10 (2.93%) Spring Boot
11 9 (2.64%) .NET
11 9 (2.64%) Spring
12 8 (2.35%) AngularJS
12 8 (2.35%) Elastic Stack
12 8 (2.35%) LangChain
13 7 (2.05%) PyTorch
13 7 (2.05%) React
Miscellaneous
1 112 (32.84%) Cloud Native
2 29 (8.50%) Management Information System
3 27 (7.92%) Security Posture
4 26 (7.62%) Hybrid Cloud
5 25 (7.33%) Data Centre
6 20 (5.87%) Distributed Systems
6 20 (5.87%) Product Ownership
7 16 (4.69%) Enterprise Cloud
7 16 (4.69%) Onboarding
8 11 (3.23%) Public Cloud
9 8 (2.35%) Data Protection Act
10 7 (2.05%) IoT
11 6 (1.76%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (1.76%) Virtual Team
12 4 (1.17%) AI Agents
12 4 (1.17%) Cloud Security Posture
12 4 (1.17%) NHS
12 4 (1.17%) Private Cloud
12 4 (1.17%) Replication
12 4 (1.17%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 71 (20.82%) Linux
2 51 (14.96%) Windows
3 20 (5.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 9 (2.64%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.76%) Ubuntu
6 5 (1.47%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.47%) Mac OS
7 4 (1.17%) Amazon Linux
8 2 (0.59%) Alpine Linux
8 2 (0.59%) Unix
9 1 (0.29%) CentOS
9 1 (0.29%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 192 (56.30%) DevOps
2 186 (54.55%) CI/CD
3 141 (41.35%) Infrastructure as Code
4 117 (34.31%) Agile
5 84 (24.63%) Cloud Security
6 72 (21.11%) Containerisation
7 71 (20.82%) Microservices
8 64 (18.77%) Stakeholder Management
9 63 (18.48%) Roadmaps
10 62 (18.18%) AI
11 61 (17.89%) Technical Leadership
12 59 (17.30%) Continuous Improvement
12 59 (17.30%) Observability
13 58 (17.01%) Migration
14 54 (15.84%) DevSecOps
15 49 (14.37%) Problem-Solving
15 49 (14.37%) Scrum
15 49 (14.37%) TOGAF
16 48 (14.08%) Event-Driven
17 47 (13.78%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 131 (38.42%) Python
2 62 (18.18%) Java
3 56 (16.42%) Bash
4 54 (15.84%) PowerShell
5 35 (10.26%) SQL
6 22 (6.45%) JavaScript
7 19 (5.57%) TypeScript
8 16 (4.69%) Bicep
9 7 (2.05%) Rust
10 6 (1.76%) Perl
11 5 (1.47%) Groovy
12 4 (1.17%) C#
12 4 (1.17%) Kotlin
12 4 (1.17%) Ruby
13 3 (0.88%) Go
13 3 (0.88%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.59%) PHP
15 1 (0.29%) Scala
15 1 (0.29%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 135 (39.59%) Security Cleared
2 117 (34.31%) Azure Certification
3 112 (32.84%) SC Cleared
4 93 (27.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 50 (14.66%) CISSP
6 43 (12.61%) Degree
7 33 (9.68%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 24 (7.04%) Cisco Certification
8 24 (7.04%) Computer Science Degree
8 24 (7.04%) DV Cleared
9 22 (6.45%) TOGAF Certification
10 19 (5.57%) BPSS Clearance
11 15 (4.40%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 14 (4.11%) Microsoft Certification
13 13 (3.81%) AWS Certified Developer
13 13 (3.81%) CISM
14 12 (3.52%) CCNP
15 10 (2.93%) Master's Degree
16 8 (2.35%) PMI Certification
16 8 (2.35%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (7.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (6.74%) NIST
3 22 (6.45%) Data Quality
4 16 (4.69%) GDPR
5 13 (3.81%) QA
6 12 (3.52%) NCSC
7 8 (2.35%) PCI DSS
8 5 (1.47%) GRC
9 4 (1.17%) HL7
9 4 (1.17%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.88%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.59%) Disclosure Scotland
11 2 (0.59%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 1 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.29%) DICOM
12 1 (0.29%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 1 (0.29%) JSP 440
12 1 (0.29%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.29%) PSD2
System Software
1 96 (28.15%) Docker
2 17 (4.99%) Active Directory
3 9 (2.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.47%) Postfix
5 4 (1.17%) vSphere
6 2 (0.59%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.59%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (0.59%) Oracle RAC
6 2 (0.59%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.59%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.59%) VMware Workstation
7 1 (0.29%) Squid
7 1 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 154 (45.16%) Terraform
2 103 (30.21%) Kubernetes
3 37 (10.85%) Ansible
4 32 (9.38%) Grafana
5 30 (8.80%) Prometheus
6 23 (6.74%) Progress Chef
7 11 (3.23%) Puppet
8 6 (1.76%) Argo
9 4 (1.17%) Istio
9 4 (1.17%) linkerd
9 4 (1.17%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.88%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.88%) Check_MK
10 3 (0.88%) HP Fortify
10 3 (0.88%) QRadar
11 2 (0.59%) CASB
11 2 (0.59%) Packer
11 2 (0.59%) SCCM
12 1 (0.29%) CloudForms
12 1 (0.29%) HAProxy
Vendors
1 64 (18.77%) Microsoft
2 39 (11.44%) Google
3 17 (4.99%) Splunk
4 15 (4.40%) Red Hat
5 13 (3.81%) Databricks
5 13 (3.81%) ServiceNow
6 12 (3.52%) Cisco
6 12 (3.52%) VMware
7 9 (2.64%) Informatica
8 8 (2.35%) CrowdStrike
8 8 (2.35%) Oracle
8 8 (2.35%) Palo Alto
9 7 (2.05%) Atlassian
9 7 (2.05%) IBM
10 6 (1.76%) Dynatrace
10 6 (1.76%) Fortinet
10 6 (1.76%) Zscaler
11 5 (1.47%) BeyondTrust
11 5 (1.47%) Jaspersoft
11 5 (1.47%) Okta