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 18 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 353 269 333
Rank change year-on-year -84 +64 +61
Contract jobs citing AWS Certification 369 324 240
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.68% 0.98% 0.62%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.15% 3.13% 2.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 264 218 172
10th Percentile £409 £363 £388
25th Percentile £463 £436 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -9.09% -1.35%
75th Percentile £682 £619 £638
90th Percentile £790 £742 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £569 £492 £475
% change year-on-year +15.60% +3.58% -13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 1
10th Percentile £69.03 £39.00 -
25th Percentile £72.66 £45.00 -
Median hourly rate £82.00 £55.00 £58.00
Median % change year-on-year +49.09% -5.17% -28.83%
75th Percentile £85.00 £77.50 -
90th Percentile £89.50 £91.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £82.00 - £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 17,194 10,338 11,265
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.60% 31.37% 29.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,450 6,458 6,928
10th Percentile £350 £300 £313
25th Percentile £440 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £527 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.33% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £630 £625 £638
90th Percentile £713 £711 £729
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,354 838 653
10th Percentile £17.17 £17.87 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.77 £18.87 £24.18
Median hourly rate £48.72 £25.15 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year +93.72% -48.67% -9.26%
75th Percentile £72.54 £45.00 £68.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £71.00 £76.08
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.54 £25.15 £52.50
% change year-on-year +89.03% -52.10% +1.17%

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 18 September 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 18 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for AWS Certification in the UK

AWS Certification
Top 15 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 18 September 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 -44 327 £575 +9.52% 887
UK excluding London -89 170 £569 +15.60% 607
London -52 168 £556 -3.26% 469
Work from Home -66 122 £581 +16.20% 526
North of England -41 61 £550 +22.22% 158
South East -51 45 £560 +12.00% 97
North West -25 41 £518 +15.14% 86
Midlands -41 28 £425 -19.05% 73
West Midlands -40 25 £470 -14.59% 43
South West -24 24 £800 +25.49% 118
Yorkshire -38 17 £638 +41.67% 32
Scotland -37 11 £475 - 66
East of England -27 5 £600 +14.29% 36
North East -45 4 £500 - 43
East Midlands -14 3 £402 -16.34% 30

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 23 (6.23%) Confluence
2 13 (3.52%) Apache
3 6 (1.63%) nginx
4 5 (1.36%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (1.08%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.81%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.81%) CloudStack
6 3 (0.81%) SAS
7 2 (0.54%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.27%) CIMPLICITY
8 1 (0.27%) Predix
8 1 (0.27%) Traefik
Applications
1 4 (1.08%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.27%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.27%) Mozilla Thunderbird
Business Applications
1 5 (1.36%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.27%) Actimize
3 1 (0.27%) Cloudability
3 1 (0.27%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 1 (0.27%) Maximo
3 1 (0.27%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.27%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 369 (100.00%) AWS
2 208 (56.37%) Azure
3 97 (26.29%) GCP
4 90 (24.39%) Amazon S3
5 79 (21.41%) Serverless
6 73 (19.78%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 67 (18.16%) AWS Lambda
8 66 (17.89%) Amazon EC2
9 61 (16.53%) AWS CloudFormation
10 60 (16.26%) Amazon EKS
11 58 (15.72%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 51 (13.82%) GitHub
13 44 (11.92%) Amazon ECS
14 37 (10.03%) GitHub Actions
15 30 (8.13%) AWS KMS
16 28 (7.59%) Azure DevOps
17 25 (6.78%) Power Platform
18 18 (4.88%) Entra ID
19 17 (4.61%) Amazon EMR
19 17 (4.61%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 50 (13.55%) Firewall
2 27 (7.32%) Network Security
3 23 (6.23%) DNS
4 12 (3.25%) TCP/IP
4 12 (3.25%) VPN
5 10 (2.71%) DHCP
6 9 (2.44%) LAN
7 8 (2.17%) VSAN
7 8 (2.17%) WAN
8 5 (1.36%) Internet
8 5 (1.36%) SD-WAN
9 4 (1.08%) BGP
9 4 (1.08%) NGFW
9 4 (1.08%) SSH
10 3 (0.81%) CTI
10 3 (0.81%) Intrusion Detection
10 3 (0.81%) PCoIP
10 3 (0.81%) Remote Desktop
10 3 (0.81%) SAN
10 3 (0.81%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (14.91%) Amazon RDS
2 25 (6.78%) PostgreSQL
2 25 (6.78%) Power BI
3 23 (6.23%) Amazon Aurora
3 23 (6.23%) Amazon Redshift
4 21 (5.69%) Data Warehouse
4 21 (5.69%) DynamoDB
5 17 (4.61%) Amazon Athena
6 14 (3.79%) SQL Server
7 12 (3.25%) Data Lake
7 12 (3.25%) MySQL
8 10 (2.71%) Metadata
9 9 (2.44%) MongoDB
9 9 (2.44%) Redis
10 7 (1.90%) Elasticsearch
10 7 (1.90%) Relational Database
11 5 (1.36%) Amazon QuickSight
11 5 (1.36%) Big Data
11 5 (1.36%) NoSQL
12 4 (1.08%) Flink
Development Applications
1 56 (15.18%) Jenkins
2 51 (13.82%) GitLab
3 33 (8.94%) Git
4 27 (7.32%) JIRA
5 7 (1.90%) SonarQube
6 5 (1.36%) Maven
7 4 (1.08%) JMeter
7 4 (1.08%) MLflow
8 3 (0.81%) Claude Code
8 3 (0.81%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.54%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.54%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.54%) Bitbucket Server
9 2 (0.54%) Burp Suite
9 2 (0.54%) jMock
9 2 (0.54%) Postman
9 2 (0.54%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.54%) Selenium
9 2 (0.54%) Snyk
9 2 (0.54%) Vagrant
General
1 137 (37.13%) Social Skills
2 81 (21.95%) Public Sector
3 79 (21.41%) Finance
4 40 (10.84%) Analytical Skills
5 31 (8.40%) Banking
6 19 (5.15%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (2.71%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (2.17%) Aerospace
9 6 (1.63%) Military
9 6 (1.63%) Police
9 6 (1.63%) Telecoms
10 5 (1.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.36%) Law
11 4 (1.08%) Billing
11 4 (1.08%) Investment Banking
12 3 (0.81%) Financial Institution
12 3 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.81%) Local Government
12 3 (0.81%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.81%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 119 (32.25%) Architect
2 43 (11.65%) Cloud Engineer
2 43 (11.65%) Senior
3 42 (11.38%) Lead
4 41 (11.11%) DevOps Engineer
5 31 (8.40%) Security Engineer
6 28 (7.59%) AWS Engineer
7 27 (7.32%) AWS Architect
8 25 (6.78%) Technical Architect
9 24 (6.50%) Security Architect
10 23 (6.23%) Solutions Architect
11 22 (5.96%) Cloud Architect
12 19 (5.15%) Platform Engineer
13 16 (4.34%) Data Engineer
14 14 (3.79%) Consultant
14 14 (3.79%) DBA
14 14 (3.79%) Enterprise Architect
15 13 (3.52%) Developer
15 13 (3.52%) Technical Leader
16 12 (3.25%) AWS DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 173 (46.88%) Terraform
2 30 (8.13%) REST
3 20 (5.42%) RESTful
4 19 (5.15%) OAuth
5 17 (4.61%) Spring Boot
6 16 (4.34%) Spring
7 15 (4.07%) OpenID
8 12 (3.25%) Node.js
8 12 (3.25%) PySpark
8 12 (3.25%) SAML
8 12 (3.25%) SOAP
9 11 (2.98%) Kafka
10 10 (2.71%) .NET
10 10 (2.71%) AWS CDK
10 10 (2.71%) OAuth2
10 10 (2.71%) React
11 8 (2.17%) ARM Templates
11 8 (2.17%) Web Services
12 7 (1.90%) AngularJS
12 7 (1.90%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 108 (29.27%) Cloud Native
2 36 (9.76%) Security Posture
3 33 (8.94%) Data Centre
4 31 (8.40%) Hybrid Cloud
4 31 (8.40%) Management Information System
5 25 (6.78%) Product Ownership
6 22 (5.96%) Onboarding
7 20 (5.42%) Replication
8 14 (3.79%) Public Cloud
9 13 (3.52%) Distributed Systems
10 12 (3.25%) Enterprise Cloud
10 12 (3.25%) PKI
11 8 (2.17%) Cloud Security Posture
11 8 (2.17%) Cyber Threat
11 8 (2.17%) Data Protection Act
12 7 (1.90%) Enterprise Software
13 6 (1.63%) AI Agents
14 5 (1.36%) Private Cloud
14 5 (1.36%) Security Operations Centre
15 4 (1.08%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 73 (19.78%) Linux
2 56 (15.18%) Windows
3 28 (7.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 13 (3.52%) Windows Server
5 8 (2.17%) Amazon Linux
5 8 (2.17%) Ubuntu
6 5 (1.36%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.36%) Mac OS
7 4 (1.08%) Unix
8 2 (0.54%) Alpine Linux
8 2 (0.54%) CentOS
8 2 (0.54%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.27%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 191 (51.76%) CI/CD
2 187 (50.68%) DevOps
3 173 (46.88%) Infrastructure as Code
4 129 (34.96%) Agile
5 96 (26.02%) Stakeholder Management
6 92 (24.93%) Cloud Security
7 91 (24.66%) Technical Leadership
8 73 (19.78%) Observability
9 72 (19.51%) Continuous Improvement
10 70 (18.97%) AI
10 70 (18.97%) Microservices
11 69 (18.70%) Migration
12 68 (18.43%) Roadmaps
13 67 (18.16%) Containerisation
14 66 (17.89%) DevSecOps
15 51 (13.82%) Scrum
16 50 (13.55%) Platform Engineering
16 50 (13.55%) Problem-Solving
17 49 (13.28%) Cybersecurity
17 49 (13.28%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 141 (38.21%) Python
2 70 (18.97%) PowerShell
3 69 (18.70%) Bash
4 68 (18.43%) Java
5 48 (13.01%) SQL
6 20 (5.42%) JavaScript
7 19 (5.15%) Bicep
8 15 (4.07%) TypeScript
9 9 (2.44%) Groovy
10 7 (1.90%) Go
11 6 (1.63%) Perl
11 6 (1.63%) Shell Script
12 5 (1.36%) Rust
13 4 (1.08%) Ruby
14 3 (0.81%) Kotlin
15 2 (0.54%) T-SQL
16 1 (0.27%) C
16 1 (0.27%) CQL
16 1 (0.27%) PL/SQL
16 1 (0.27%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 152 (41.19%) Security Cleared
2 133 (36.04%) SC Cleared
3 123 (33.33%) Azure Certification
4 105 (28.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 71 (19.24%) CISSP
6 47 (12.74%) Degree
7 26 (7.05%) CISM
8 25 (6.78%) DV Cleared
9 24 (6.50%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 24 (6.50%) Computer Science Degree
10 22 (5.96%) Cisco Certification
11 21 (5.69%) Microsoft Certification
12 18 (4.88%) BPSS Clearance
13 16 (4.34%) TOGAF Certification
14 15 (4.07%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 13 (3.52%) CCSP
16 12 (3.25%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 12 (3.25%) PMI Certification
16 12 (3.25%) PMP
17 10 (2.71%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (7.86%) NIST
2 28 (7.59%) Data Quality
3 21 (5.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 19 (5.15%) QA
5 15 (4.07%) NCSC
6 11 (2.98%) GDPR
7 8 (2.17%) PCI DSS
8 5 (1.36%) GRC
9 4 (1.08%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.81%) HL7
11 2 (0.54%) Disclosure Scotland
11 2 (0.54%) EU AI Act
11 2 (0.54%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.54%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 2 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 2 (0.54%) SLA
12 1 (0.27%) DICOM
12 1 (0.27%) FedRAMP
12 1 (0.27%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.27%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 102 (27.64%) Docker
2 30 (8.13%) Active Directory
3 20 (5.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (3.79%) vSphere
5 9 (2.44%) VMware NSX
6 4 (1.08%) Postfix
7 3 (0.81%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.81%) Squid
8 2 (0.54%) DFS Replication
8 2 (0.54%) Dovecot
8 2 (0.54%) Microsoft App-V
8 2 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.54%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.54%) VMware Workstation
9 1 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 106 (28.73%) Kubernetes
2 56 (15.18%) Ansible
3 36 (9.76%) Grafana
4 34 (9.21%) Prometheus
5 29 (7.86%) Progress Chef
6 10 (2.71%) Puppet
7 7 (1.90%) Istio
7 7 (1.90%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (1.90%) VxRail
8 5 (1.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (1.08%) Argo
10 3 (0.81%) Check_MK
10 3 (0.81%) HP Fortify
10 3 (0.81%) linkerd
10 3 (0.81%) Packer
10 3 (0.81%) QRadar
11 2 (0.54%) HAProxy
11 2 (0.54%) Kibana
11 2 (0.54%) Nagios
11 2 (0.54%) SCCM
Vendors
1 74 (20.05%) Microsoft
2 44 (11.92%) Google
3 25 (6.78%) VMware
4 20 (5.42%) Red Hat
4 20 (5.42%) Splunk
5 17 (4.61%) ServiceNow
6 15 (4.07%) Cisco
7 11 (2.98%) Informatica
8 10 (2.71%) Oracle
9 9 (2.44%) Dynatrace
10 8 (2.17%) BeyondTrust
10 8 (2.17%) CrowdStrike
10 8 (2.17%) Databricks
10 8 (2.17%) Palo Alto
11 7 (1.90%) Salesforce
12 6 (1.63%) CyberArk
12 6 (1.63%) IBM
13 5 (1.36%) Okta
13 5 (1.36%) OpenAI
13 5 (1.36%) SAP