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

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 345 269 336
Rank change year-on-year -76 +67 +75
Contract jobs citing AWS Certification 378 319 235
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.69% 0.98% 0.62%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.18% 3.10% 2.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 271 216 166
10th Percentile £406 £363 £384
25th Percentile £463 £435 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -9.09% -0.45%
75th Percentile £679 £628 £638
90th Percentile £790 £744 £705
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £492 £475
% change year-on-year +16.87% +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% -30.12%
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 17,371 10,286 10,994
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.67% 31.46% 29.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,547 6,425 6,738
10th Percentile £350 £300 £313
25th Percentile £443 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £529 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £631 £625 £638
90th Percentile £715 £711 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,392 845 628
10th Percentile £17.17 £17.87 £17.59
25th Percentile £25.75 £18.87 £24.99
Median hourly rate £47.54 £25.15 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +89.03% -49.70% -7.41%
75th Percentile £72.54 £43.75 £68.19
90th Percentile £88.00 £70.16 £75.66
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £52.50
% change year-on-year +88.87% -52.10% -

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 23 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 23 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 23 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 -43 335 £575 +9.52% 882
London -48 175 £556 +0.23% 463
UK excluding London -86 171 £575 +16.87% 579
Work from Home -62 123 £588 +17.50% 516
North of England -53 62 £563 +25.00% 153
South East -52 45 £560 +12.00% 88
North West -24 41 £513 +11.41% 101
Midlands -45 28 £425 -17.07% 70
West Midlands -36 25 £470 -14.59% 41
South West -28 24 £800 +28.00% 131
Yorkshire -46 17 £638 +41.67% 29
Scotland -35 11 £475 +3.04% 66
East of England -27 5 £600 +14.29% 31
North East -36 5 £500 - 24
East Midlands -19 3 £402 -7.80% 29

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 25 (6.61%) Confluence
2 12 (3.17%) Apache
3 6 (1.59%) nginx
4 5 (1.32%) Apache Spark
5 4 (1.06%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (1.06%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.79%) CloudStack
6 3 (0.79%) SAS
7 2 (0.53%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.26%) Appian
8 1 (0.26%) CIMPLICITY
8 1 (0.26%) Predix
8 1 (0.26%) Traefik
Applications
1 4 (1.06%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.26%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.26%) Gliffy
3 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.26%) Mozilla Thunderbird
Business Applications
1 5 (1.32%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.53%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.26%) Actimize
3 1 (0.26%) Cloudability
3 1 (0.26%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 1 (0.26%) Maximo
3 1 (0.26%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.26%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 378 (100.00%) AWS
2 210 (55.56%) Azure
3 103 (27.25%) GCP
4 93 (24.60%) Amazon S3
5 82 (21.69%) Serverless
6 76 (20.11%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 69 (18.25%) Amazon EC2
7 69 (18.25%) AWS Lambda
8 68 (17.99%) AWS CloudFormation
9 63 (16.67%) Amazon EKS
10 61 (16.14%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 54 (14.29%) GitHub
12 45 (11.90%) Amazon ECS
13 37 (9.79%) GitHub Actions
14 30 (7.94%) AWS KMS
15 27 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
15 27 (7.14%) Power Platform
16 19 (5.03%) Amazon EMR
17 18 (4.76%) Entra ID
18 17 (4.50%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 51 (13.49%) Firewall
2 26 (6.88%) Network Security
3 23 (6.08%) DNS
4 12 (3.17%) TCP/IP
4 12 (3.17%) VPN
5 10 (2.65%) DHCP
6 9 (2.38%) LAN
7 8 (2.12%) VSAN
7 8 (2.12%) WAN
8 5 (1.32%) Internet
8 5 (1.32%) SD-WAN
9 4 (1.06%) BGP
9 4 (1.06%) NGFW
9 4 (1.06%) SSH
10 3 (0.79%) Intrusion Detection
10 3 (0.79%) NAS
10 3 (0.79%) PCoIP
10 3 (0.79%) Remote Desktop
10 3 (0.79%) Software-Defined Networking
10 3 (0.79%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (14.81%) Amazon RDS
2 27 (7.14%) PostgreSQL
2 27 (7.14%) Power BI
3 24 (6.35%) Amazon Aurora
4 22 (5.82%) Amazon Redshift
4 22 (5.82%) Data Warehouse
5 20 (5.29%) DynamoDB
6 17 (4.50%) Amazon Athena
7 14 (3.70%) Data Lake
7 14 (3.70%) SQL Server
8 13 (3.44%) MySQL
9 10 (2.65%) Metadata
9 10 (2.65%) MongoDB
10 9 (2.38%) Redis
11 7 (1.85%) Elasticsearch
12 6 (1.59%) Relational Database
13 5 (1.32%) NoSQL
14 4 (1.06%) Big Data
14 4 (1.06%) Flink
14 4 (1.06%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 58 (15.34%) Jenkins
2 53 (14.02%) GitLab
3 34 (8.99%) Git
4 30 (7.94%) JIRA
5 7 (1.85%) SonarQube
6 5 (1.32%) Maven
7 4 (1.06%) JMeter
7 4 (1.06%) JUnit
7 4 (1.06%) MLflow
8 3 (0.79%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.79%) Claude Code
8 3 (0.79%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.79%) Postman
9 2 (0.53%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.53%) Bitbucket Server
9 2 (0.53%) jMock
9 2 (0.53%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.53%) Selenium
9 2 (0.53%) Snyk
9 2 (0.53%) Vagrant
General
1 143 (37.83%) Social Skills
2 83 (21.96%) Public Sector
3 82 (21.69%) Finance
4 40 (10.58%) Analytical Skills
5 32 (8.47%) Banking
6 19 (5.03%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (2.91%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (2.12%) Aerospace
9 6 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (1.59%) Military
9 6 (1.59%) Police
9 6 (1.59%) Telecoms
10 5 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (1.32%) Law
11 4 (1.06%) Billing
11 4 (1.06%) Investment Banking
12 3 (0.79%) Local Government
12 3 (0.79%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.79%) Retail
12 3 (0.79%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 121 (32.01%) Architect
2 44 (11.64%) Senior
3 43 (11.38%) Cloud Engineer
4 42 (11.11%) Lead
5 41 (10.85%) DevOps Engineer
6 33 (8.73%) Security Engineer
7 30 (7.94%) AWS Engineer
8 28 (7.41%) AWS Architect
9 26 (6.88%) Solutions Architect
9 26 (6.88%) Technical Architect
10 24 (6.35%) Security Architect
11 22 (5.82%) Cloud Architect
12 19 (5.03%) Platform Engineer
13 15 (3.97%) Data Engineer
14 14 (3.70%) Consultant
14 14 (3.70%) DBA
14 14 (3.70%) Enterprise Architect
15 13 (3.44%) AWS DevOps
15 13 (3.44%) Technical Leader
16 12 (3.17%) AWS DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 181 (47.88%) Terraform
2 34 (8.99%) REST
3 20 (5.29%) OAuth
3 20 (5.29%) RESTful
4 17 (4.50%) Spring Boot
5 16 (4.23%) OpenID
5 16 (4.23%) Spring
6 14 (3.70%) SOAP
7 13 (3.44%) SAML
8 12 (3.17%) AWS CDK
8 12 (3.17%) Kafka
8 12 (3.17%) Node.js
8 12 (3.17%) PySpark
8 12 (3.17%) Web Services
9 10 (2.65%) .NET
9 10 (2.65%) OAuth2
9 10 (2.65%) React
10 8 (2.12%) ARM Templates
10 8 (2.12%) LangChain
11 6 (1.59%) Azure Blueprints
Miscellaneous
1 116 (30.69%) Cloud Native
2 36 (9.52%) Security Posture
3 33 (8.73%) Data Centre
4 32 (8.47%) Management Information System
5 31 (8.20%) Hybrid Cloud
6 25 (6.61%) Product Ownership
7 22 (5.82%) Onboarding
8 20 (5.29%) Replication
9 18 (4.76%) Public Cloud
10 15 (3.97%) Distributed Systems
11 13 (3.44%) PKI
12 11 (2.91%) Enterprise Cloud
13 8 (2.12%) Cloud Security Posture
13 8 (2.12%) Cyber Threat
13 8 (2.12%) Data Protection Act
14 7 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
15 6 (1.59%) AI Agents
16 5 (1.32%) Private Cloud
16 5 (1.32%) Security Operations Centre
17 4 (1.06%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 73 (19.31%) Linux
2 56 (14.81%) Windows
3 28 (7.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 13 (3.44%) Windows Server
5 8 (2.12%) Amazon Linux
5 8 (2.12%) Ubuntu
6 5 (1.32%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.32%) Mac OS
7 4 (1.06%) Unix
8 2 (0.53%) Alpine Linux
8 2 (0.53%) CentOS
8 2 (0.53%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.26%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 198 (52.38%) CI/CD
2 193 (51.06%) DevOps
3 182 (48.15%) Infrastructure as Code
4 135 (35.71%) Agile
5 101 (26.72%) Stakeholder Management
6 95 (25.13%) Cloud Security
6 95 (25.13%) Technical Leadership
7 79 (20.90%) Observability
8 73 (19.31%) Continuous Improvement
9 72 (19.05%) AI
9 72 (19.05%) Roadmaps
10 70 (18.52%) Containerisation
10 70 (18.52%) Microservices
11 69 (18.25%) Migration
12 67 (17.72%) DevSecOps
13 53 (14.02%) Platform Engineering
13 53 (14.02%) Problem-Solving
14 52 (13.76%) Cybersecurity
15 51 (13.49%) Scrum
16 50 (13.23%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 145 (38.36%) Python
2 70 (18.52%) PowerShell
3 69 (18.25%) Bash
3 69 (18.25%) Java
4 48 (12.70%) SQL
5 20 (5.29%) JavaScript
6 19 (5.03%) Bicep
7 14 (3.70%) TypeScript
8 9 (2.38%) Go
8 9 (2.38%) Groovy
9 6 (1.59%) Perl
9 6 (1.59%) Shell Script
10 5 (1.32%) Rust
11 3 (0.79%) Kotlin
11 3 (0.79%) Ruby
12 2 (0.53%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.26%) C
13 1 (0.26%) CQL
13 1 (0.26%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.26%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 154 (40.74%) Security Cleared
2 134 (35.45%) SC Cleared
3 122 (32.28%) Azure Certification
4 110 (29.10%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 74 (19.58%) CISSP
6 50 (13.23%) Degree
7 27 (7.14%) CISM
8 26 (6.88%) DV Cleared
9 25 (6.61%) Cisco Certification
9 25 (6.61%) Computer Science Degree
10 23 (6.08%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 21 (5.56%) Microsoft Certification
12 20 (5.29%) BPSS Clearance
13 18 (4.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 16 (4.23%) TOGAF Certification
15 13 (3.44%) CCSP
16 12 (3.17%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
17 11 (2.91%) PMI Certification
17 11 (2.91%) PMP
18 10 (2.65%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (7.67%) NIST
2 28 (7.41%) Data Quality
3 21 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 19 (5.03%) QA
5 16 (4.23%) NCSC
6 12 (3.17%) GDPR
7 8 (2.12%) PCI DSS
8 4 (1.06%) GRC
8 4 (1.06%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.79%) HL7
9 3 (0.79%) SLA
10 2 (0.53%) Disclosure Scotland
10 2 (0.53%) EU AI Act
10 2 (0.53%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.53%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.26%) DICOM
11 1 (0.26%) FedRAMP
11 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 1 (0.26%) JSP 440
11 1 (0.26%) NIST 800
System Software
1 103 (27.25%) Docker
2 30 (7.94%) Active Directory
3 20 (5.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (3.70%) vSphere
5 9 (2.38%) VMware NSX
6 4 (1.06%) Postfix
7 3 (0.79%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.79%) Squid
8 2 (0.53%) DFS Replication
8 2 (0.53%) Dovecot
8 2 (0.53%) Microsoft App-V
8 2 (0.53%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.53%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.53%) VMware Workstation
9 1 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 109 (28.84%) Kubernetes
2 56 (14.81%) Ansible
3 37 (9.79%) Grafana
4 34 (8.99%) Prometheus
5 28 (7.41%) Progress Chef
6 9 (2.38%) Puppet
7 8 (2.12%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (1.85%) Istio
8 7 (1.85%) VxRail
9 5 (1.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (1.06%) Argo
11 3 (0.79%) Check_MK
11 3 (0.79%) HP Fortify
11 3 (0.79%) linkerd
11 3 (0.79%) Packer
11 3 (0.79%) QRadar
12 2 (0.53%) Consul
12 2 (0.53%) HAProxy
12 2 (0.53%) Kibana
12 2 (0.53%) SCCM
Vendors
1 77 (20.37%) Microsoft
2 48 (12.70%) Google
3 25 (6.61%) VMware
4 22 (5.82%) Splunk
5 20 (5.29%) Red Hat
6 18 (4.76%) ServiceNow
7 15 (3.97%) Cisco
8 11 (2.91%) Informatica
9 10 (2.65%) Oracle
10 9 (2.38%) Databricks
10 9 (2.38%) Dynatrace
11 8 (2.12%) BeyondTrust
11 8 (2.12%) CrowdStrike
11 8 (2.12%) Palo Alto
11 8 (2.12%) Salesforce
12 6 (1.59%) CyberArk
12 6 (1.59%) IBM
13 5 (1.32%) Commvault
13 5 (1.32%) Okta
13 5 (1.32%) SAP