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

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 359 277 364
Rank change year-on-year -82 +87 +45
Contract jobs citing AWS Certification 344 311 218
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.65% 0.95% 0.55%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.07% 3.06% 1.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 237 224 158
10th Percentile £408 £364 £381
25th Percentile £456 £436 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £625 £650
90th Percentile £788 £738 £747
UK excluding London median daily rate £561 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +12.25% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 1
10th Percentile £78.08 £40.03 -
25th Percentile £84.00 £47.56 -
Median hourly rate £93.75 £54.25 £58.00
Median % change year-on-year +72.81% -6.47% -28.83%
75th Percentile £102.69 £66.44 -
90th Percentile £104.75 £86.58 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £93.75 - £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 16,639 10,172 11,869
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.34% 31.02% 29.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,121 6,306 7,536
10th Percentile £350 £281 £313
25th Percentile £431 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £619 £638
90th Percentile £715 £703 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,239 775 893
10th Percentile £17.87 £17.87 £14.31
25th Percentile £25.77 £19.38 £21.25
Median hourly rate £52.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +106.76% -41.51% -23.21%
75th Percentile £73.75 £56.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £87.03 £75.00 £77.40
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +98.81% -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 31 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 31 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 31 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 -82 290 £575 +9.52% 327
UK excluding London -45 158 £561 +12.25% 229
London -75 137 £563 +2.27% 162
Work from Home -49 113 £581 +10.71% 114
North of England -33 61 £582 +20.37% 64
North West -20 44 £550 -15.38% 34
South East -50 38 £560 +12.00% 54
Midlands -39 29 £450 -6.15% 27
West Midlands -46 27 £463 -11.90% 12
South West -36 17 £725 +16.00% 41
Yorkshire -47 16 £663 +57.74% 20
East of England -14 8 £600 +14.29% 21
Scotland -29 7 £479 -4.20% 15
Wales -20 2 £250 -43.95% 4
North East -42 2 £538 - 13
East Midlands -15 1 £400 -10.61% 15

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 (6.69%) Confluence
2 8 (2.33%) Apache
3 4 (1.16%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.16%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.16%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.87%) CloudStack
4 3 (0.87%) Palantir Foundry
5 2 (0.58%) OpenStack
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 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.29%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.29%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.45%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.58%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.29%) Actimize
3 1 (0.29%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 1 (0.29%) Maximo
3 1 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.29%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 344 (100.00%) AWS
2 200 (58.14%) Azure
3 96 (27.91%) GCP
4 78 (22.67%) Serverless
5 71 (20.64%) Amazon S3
6 63 (18.31%) AWS CloudFormation
7 56 (16.28%) AWS Lambda
8 55 (15.99%) GitHub
9 54 (15.70%) Amazon EKS
10 53 (15.41%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 50 (14.53%) Amazon EC2
12 48 (13.95%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 41 (11.92%) GitHub Actions
14 36 (10.47%) Amazon ECS
15 26 (7.56%) Azure DevOps
16 24 (6.98%) Power Platform
17 21 (6.10%) AWS KMS
18 20 (5.81%) Google Kubernetes Engine
19 14 (4.07%) AWS CloudTrail
19 14 (4.07%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 46 (13.37%) Firewall
2 22 (6.40%) Network Security
3 16 (4.65%) DNS
4 15 (4.36%) VPN
5 9 (2.62%) LAN
5 9 (2.62%) WAN
6 8 (2.33%) BGP
6 8 (2.33%) DHCP
6 8 (2.33%) TCP/IP
7 7 (2.03%) 3GPP
7 7 (2.03%) SD-WAN
8 5 (1.45%) OSPF
8 5 (1.45%) VSAN
9 4 (1.16%) Internet
9 4 (1.16%) IPv6
9 4 (1.16%) MPLS
9 4 (1.16%) NGFW
9 4 (1.16%) TETRA
10 3 (0.87%) IPsec
10 3 (0.87%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (10.76%) Amazon RDS
2 24 (6.98%) Power BI
3 21 (6.10%) Amazon Redshift
3 21 (6.10%) DynamoDB
4 16 (4.65%) Amazon Athena
5 14 (4.07%) PostgreSQL
6 13 (3.78%) Data Warehouse
7 12 (3.49%) Amazon Aurora
8 9 (2.62%) Elasticsearch
9 8 (2.33%) Data Lake
10 7 (2.03%) Metadata
10 7 (2.03%) Relational Database
11 6 (1.74%) Big Data
11 6 (1.74%) NoSQL
12 4 (1.16%) Amazon QuickSight
12 4 (1.16%) Delta Lake
12 4 (1.16%) MySQL
13 3 (0.87%) BigQuery
13 3 (0.87%) SQL Server
14 2 (0.58%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 50 (14.53%) Jenkins
2 41 (11.92%) GitLab
3 28 (8.14%) Git
4 24 (6.98%) JIRA
5 9 (2.62%) SonarQube
6 7 (2.03%) Maven
7 6 (1.74%) JUnit
8 5 (1.45%) DbUnit
8 5 (1.45%) jMock
8 5 (1.45%) MLflow
8 5 (1.45%) Mockito
9 3 (0.87%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.87%) Bitbucket Server
9 3 (0.87%) Claude Code
9 3 (0.87%) Snyk
10 2 (0.58%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.58%) Burp Suite
10 2 (0.58%) JMeter
10 2 (0.58%) LoadRunner
10 2 (0.58%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 115 (33.43%) Social Skills
2 61 (17.73%) Finance
2 61 (17.73%) Public Sector
3 37 (10.76%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (6.69%) Banking
5 20 (5.81%) Documentation Skills
6 9 (2.62%) Telecoms
7 6 (1.74%) Aerospace
7 6 (1.74%) Legal
7 6 (1.74%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (1.45%) Billing
8 5 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (1.45%) Law
9 3 (0.87%) Financial Institution
9 3 (0.87%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (0.87%) Retail
10 2 (0.58%) Electronics
10 2 (0.58%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.58%) Local Government
10 2 (0.58%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 129 (37.50%) Architect
2 48 (13.95%) Cloud Engineer
3 37 (10.76%) Senior
4 36 (10.47%) AWS Engineer
4 36 (10.47%) DevOps Engineer
5 32 (9.30%) Lead
6 31 (9.01%) Technical Architect
7 28 (8.14%) Security Engineer
8 27 (7.85%) AWS Architect
9 26 (7.56%) Cloud Architect
10 25 (7.27%) Solutions Architect
11 22 (6.40%) Security Architect
12 20 (5.81%) Platform Engineer
13 16 (4.65%) Developer
14 14 (4.07%) Data Engineer
15 13 (3.78%) Cloud Platform Engineer
16 11 (3.20%) AWS DevOps
16 11 (3.20%) AWS DevOps Engineer
16 11 (3.20%) Lead DevOps
16 11 (3.20%) Senior Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (7.85%) REST
2 19 (5.52%) OAuth
3 17 (4.94%) RESTful
4 16 (4.65%) Kafka
5 15 (4.36%) OpenID
6 14 (4.07%) Node.js
6 14 (4.07%) Spring Boot
7 13 (3.78%) Spring
8 11 (3.20%) OAuth2
8 11 (3.20%) SAML
8 11 (3.20%) Web Services
9 10 (2.91%) AWS CDK
9 10 (2.91%) PySpark
9 10 (2.91%) SOAP
10 8 (2.33%) .NET
10 8 (2.33%) AngularJS
10 8 (2.33%) LangChain
11 7 (2.03%) ARM Templates
11 7 (2.03%) Elastic Stack
11 7 (2.03%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 114 (33.14%) Cloud Native
2 31 (9.01%) Security Posture
3 29 (8.43%) Management Information System
4 27 (7.85%) Data Centre
5 25 (7.27%) Hybrid Cloud
6 24 (6.98%) Product Ownership
7 17 (4.94%) Distributed Systems
8 15 (4.36%) Enterprise Cloud
8 15 (4.36%) Onboarding
9 12 (3.49%) Public Cloud
10 7 (2.03%) Data Protection Act
10 7 (2.03%) IoT
11 6 (1.74%) Cloud Security Posture
11 6 (1.74%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (1.74%) PKI
12 5 (1.45%) NHS
12 5 (1.45%) Replication
13 4 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
14 3 (0.87%) Legacy Applications
14 3 (0.87%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 78 (22.67%) Linux
2 55 (15.99%) Windows
3 24 (6.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (2.33%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.74%) Ubuntu
6 5 (1.45%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.45%) Mac OS
7 4 (1.16%) Amazon Linux
8 2 (0.58%) Alpine Linux
8 2 (0.58%) Unix
9 1 (0.29%) CentOS
9 1 (0.29%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 192 (55.81%) DevOps
2 181 (52.62%) CI/CD
3 142 (41.28%) Infrastructure as Code
4 121 (35.17%) Agile
5 90 (26.16%) Cloud Security
6 71 (20.64%) Microservices
7 70 (20.35%) Containerisation
8 69 (20.06%) Technical Leadership
9 67 (19.48%) Continuous Improvement
9 67 (19.48%) Roadmaps
10 65 (18.90%) AI
11 62 (18.02%) DevSecOps
11 62 (18.02%) Stakeholder Management
12 60 (17.44%) Observability
13 56 (16.28%) Migration
14 53 (15.41%) Scrum
15 51 (14.83%) TOGAF
16 48 (13.95%) Machine Learning
17 45 (13.08%) Platform Engineering
18 44 (12.79%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 139 (40.41%) Python
2 67 (19.48%) Java
3 66 (19.19%) Bash
4 62 (18.02%) PowerShell
5 34 (9.88%) SQL
6 24 (6.98%) JavaScript
7 20 (5.81%) Bicep
8 19 (5.52%) TypeScript
9 9 (2.62%) Rust
10 6 (1.74%) Perl
11 5 (1.45%) Groovy
12 4 (1.16%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.87%) Ruby
13 3 (0.87%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.58%) C#
14 2 (0.58%) Go
14 2 (0.58%) PHP
15 1 (0.29%) CQL
15 1 (0.29%) PL/SQL
15 1 (0.29%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 134 (38.95%) Security Cleared
2 119 (34.59%) Azure Certification
3 112 (32.56%) SC Cleared
4 98 (28.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 54 (15.70%) CISSP
6 42 (12.21%) Degree
7 30 (8.72%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 26 (7.56%) DV Cleared
9 22 (6.40%) Cisco Certification
9 22 (6.40%) TOGAF Certification
10 21 (6.10%) Computer Science Degree
11 18 (5.23%) BPSS Clearance
12 15 (4.36%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 15 (4.36%) CISM
12 15 (4.36%) Microsoft Certification
13 12 (3.49%) AWS Certified Developer
13 12 (3.49%) CCNP
14 8 (2.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 7 (2.03%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 7 (2.03%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (6.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 24 (6.98%) NIST
2 21 (6.10%) Data Quality
3 17 (4.94%) QA
4 15 (4.36%) GDPR
5 12 (3.49%) NCSC
6 7 (2.03%) PCI DSS
7 5 (1.45%) GRC
8 4 (1.16%) HL7
8 4 (1.16%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.58%) Disclosure Scotland
9 2 (0.58%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.58%) ISO 20022
9 2 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 1 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.29%) DICOM
10 1 (0.29%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.29%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.29%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.29%) PSD2
System Software
1 100 (29.07%) Docker
2 22 (6.40%) Active Directory
3 15 (4.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (2.91%) vSphere
5 6 (1.74%) VMware NSX
6 5 (1.45%) Postfix
7 3 (0.87%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.58%) Microsoft App-V
8 2 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.58%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.58%) VMware Workstation
9 1 (0.29%) Squid
9 1 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 153 (44.48%) Terraform
2 107 (31.10%) Kubernetes
3 39 (11.34%) Ansible
4 36 (10.47%) Grafana
5 29 (8.43%) Prometheus
6 24 (6.98%) Progress Chef
7 10 (2.91%) Puppet
8 8 (2.33%) Argo
9 6 (1.74%) Istio
10 5 (1.45%) VxRail
11 4 (1.16%) linkerd
11 4 (1.16%) Single Sign-On
12 3 (0.87%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 3 (0.87%) Check_MK
12 3 (0.87%) HP Fortify
12 3 (0.87%) QRadar
13 2 (0.58%) CASB
13 2 (0.58%) Packer
13 2 (0.58%) SCCM
14 1 (0.29%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 68 (19.77%) Microsoft
2 43 (12.50%) Google
3 18 (5.23%) Red Hat
3 18 (5.23%) Splunk
3 18 (5.23%) VMware
4 14 (4.07%) ServiceNow
5 12 (3.49%) Cisco
6 10 (2.91%) Databricks
7 9 (2.62%) Informatica
8 8 (2.33%) CrowdStrike
8 8 (2.33%) IBM
8 8 (2.33%) Palo Alto
9 7 (2.03%) Dynatrace
10 6 (1.74%) Atlassian
10 6 (1.74%) Fortinet
10 6 (1.74%) Zscaler
11 5 (1.45%) Okta
11 5 (1.45%) Oracle
11 5 (1.45%) Remedy
11 5 (1.45%) Salesforce