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 4 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 364 268 351
Rank change year-on-year -96 +83 +55
Contract jobs citing AWS Certification 340 311 229
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.64% 0.95% 0.58%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.05% 3.04% 1.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 234 224 166
10th Percentile £408 £361 £381
25th Percentile £458 £425 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £684 £612 £639
90th Percentile £788 £734 £706
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £500 £488
% change year-on-year +15.00% +2.56% -11.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 1
10th Percentile £69.86 £40.03 -
25th Percentile £78.56 £47.56 -
Median hourly rate £88.75 £54.25 £58.00
Median % change year-on-year +63.59% -6.47% -28.83%
75th Percentile £102.69 £66.44 -
90th Percentile £104.75 £86.58 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £88.75 - £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 16,594 10,238 11,730
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.40% 31.11% 29.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,104 6,323 7,429
10th Percentile £350 £282 £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 £700 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,239 786 855
10th Percentile £17.87 £17.87 £14.48
25th Percentile £25.77 £19.38 £21.25
Median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +108.75% -41.51% -23.21%
75th Percentile £74.00 £55.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £87.00 £74.38 £77.30
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.24 £25.15 £45.00
% change year-on-year +99.77% -44.11% -16.15%

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 4 August 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 4 August 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 4 August 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 -73 287 £575 +9.52% 606
UK excluding London -64 154 £575 +15.00% 383
London -71 138 £563 +4.65% 293
Work from Home -58 112 £588 +14.63% 305
North of England -24 58 £590 +24.97% 101
North West -21 42 £550 +11.79% 60
South East -53 37 £568 +13.50% 98
Midlands -38 29 £450 -6.15% 51
West Midlands -41 27 £463 -11.90% 34
South West -38 17 £725 +16.00% 72
Yorkshire -37 16 £663 +57.74% 28
East of England -12 8 £600 +14.29% 27
Scotland -33 7 £479 -4.20% 22
Wales -18 2 £250 -43.95% 7
East Midlands -11 1 £400 -10.61% 17
North East -40 1 £600 - 14

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 (6.76%) Confluence
2 6 (1.76%) Apache
3 5 (1.47%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (1.47%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.18%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.88%) CloudStack
5 3 (0.88%) Palantir Foundry
6 2 (0.59%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.29%) CIMPLICITY
7 1 (0.29%) nginx
7 1 (0.29%) Predix
7 1 (0.29%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.29%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.29%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.47%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.29%) Actimize
2 1 (0.29%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 1 (0.29%) Maximo
2 1 (0.29%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.29%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 340 (100.00%) AWS
2 198 (58.24%) Azure
3 96 (28.24%) GCP
4 77 (22.65%) Serverless
5 71 (20.88%) Amazon S3
6 63 (18.53%) AWS CloudFormation
7 56 (16.47%) AWS Lambda
7 56 (16.47%) GitHub
8 52 (15.29%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 52 (15.29%) Amazon EKS
9 51 (15.00%) Amazon EC2
10 49 (14.41%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 42 (12.35%) GitHub Actions
12 36 (10.59%) Amazon ECS
13 27 (7.94%) Azure DevOps
14 24 (7.06%) Power Platform
15 20 (5.88%) AWS KMS
16 19 (5.59%) Google Kubernetes Engine
17 14 (4.12%) Amazon EMR
17 14 (4.12%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 45 (13.24%) Firewall
2 22 (6.47%) Network Security
3 16 (4.71%) DNS
3 16 (4.71%) VPN
4 9 (2.65%) LAN
4 9 (2.65%) WAN
5 8 (2.35%) BGP
5 8 (2.35%) DHCP
5 8 (2.35%) TCP/IP
6 7 (2.06%) 3GPP
6 7 (2.06%) SD-WAN
7 5 (1.47%) OSPF
7 5 (1.47%) VSAN
8 4 (1.18%) Internet
8 4 (1.18%) IPv6
8 4 (1.18%) MPLS
8 4 (1.18%) NGFW
8 4 (1.18%) TETRA
9 3 (0.88%) Cisco ASA
9 3 (0.88%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (11.18%) Amazon RDS
2 24 (7.06%) Power BI
3 20 (5.88%) Amazon Redshift
3 20 (5.88%) DynamoDB
4 16 (4.71%) Amazon Athena
5 14 (4.12%) Data Warehouse
6 13 (3.82%) PostgreSQL
7 12 (3.53%) Amazon Aurora
8 8 (2.35%) Elasticsearch
9 7 (2.06%) Data Lake
9 7 (2.06%) Metadata
9 7 (2.06%) Relational Database
10 6 (1.76%) Big Data
11 5 (1.47%) NoSQL
12 4 (1.18%) Amazon QuickSight
12 4 (1.18%) Delta Lake
13 3 (0.88%) BigQuery
13 3 (0.88%) SQL Server
14 2 (0.59%) DataStage
14 2 (0.59%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 50 (14.71%) Jenkins
2 41 (12.06%) GitLab
3 28 (8.24%) Git
4 23 (6.76%) JIRA
5 9 (2.65%) SonarQube
6 7 (2.06%) 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 3 (0.88%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.88%) Bitbucket Server
9 3 (0.88%) Claude Code
9 3 (0.88%) Snyk
10 2 (0.59%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.59%) Burp Suite
10 2 (0.59%) JMeter
10 2 (0.59%) LoadRunner
10 2 (0.59%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 118 (34.71%) Social Skills
2 62 (18.24%) Public Sector
3 60 (17.65%) Finance
4 37 (10.88%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (6.47%) Banking
6 21 (6.18%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (2.65%) Telecoms
8 7 (2.06%) Aerospace
9 6 (1.76%) Legal
9 6 (1.76%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (1.47%) Billing
10 5 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.47%) Law
11 4 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.88%) Financial Institution
12 3 (0.88%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.88%) Retail
13 2 (0.59%) Electronics
13 2 (0.59%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.59%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 128 (37.65%) Architect
2 48 (14.12%) Cloud Engineer
3 38 (11.18%) Senior
4 36 (10.59%) AWS Engineer
4 36 (10.59%) DevOps Engineer
5 33 (9.71%) Lead
6 31 (9.12%) Technical Architect
7 28 (8.24%) Security Engineer
8 26 (7.65%) AWS Architect
8 26 (7.65%) Cloud Architect
9 25 (7.35%) Solutions Architect
10 22 (6.47%) Security Architect
11 20 (5.88%) Platform Engineer
12 14 (4.12%) Data Engineer
12 14 (4.12%) Developer
13 13 (3.82%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 12 (3.53%) Data Architect
15 11 (3.24%) AWS DevOps
15 11 (3.24%) AWS DevOps Engineer
15 11 (3.24%) Lead DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (7.65%) REST
2 19 (5.59%) OAuth
3 17 (5.00%) RESTful
4 15 (4.41%) OpenID
5 14 (4.12%) Kafka
5 14 (4.12%) Node.js
5 14 (4.12%) Spring Boot
6 13 (3.82%) Spring
7 12 (3.53%) SAML
8 11 (3.24%) Web Services
9 10 (2.94%) AWS CDK
9 10 (2.94%) OAuth2
9 10 (2.94%) PySpark
9 10 (2.94%) SOAP
10 8 (2.35%) .NET
10 8 (2.35%) AngularJS
10 8 (2.35%) LangChain
11 7 (2.06%) Elastic Stack
11 7 (2.06%) PyTorch
12 6 (1.76%) React
Miscellaneous
1 112 (32.94%) Cloud Native
2 31 (9.12%) Security Posture
3 30 (8.82%) Management Information System
4 27 (7.94%) Data Centre
5 26 (7.65%) Hybrid Cloud
6 23 (6.76%) Product Ownership
7 15 (4.41%) Distributed Systems
7 15 (4.41%) Enterprise Cloud
8 14 (4.12%) Onboarding
9 12 (3.53%) Public Cloud
10 7 (2.06%) Data Protection Act
10 7 (2.06%) IoT
11 6 (1.76%) Cloud Security Posture
11 6 (1.76%) PKI
12 5 (1.47%) NHS
12 5 (1.47%) Replication
13 4 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
13 4 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
14 3 (0.88%) Legacy Applications
14 3 (0.88%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 74 (21.76%) Linux
2 53 (15.59%) Windows
3 24 (7.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (2.35%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.76%) Ubuntu
6 5 (1.47%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.47%) Mac OS
7 4 (1.18%) 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 (56.47%) DevOps
2 181 (53.24%) CI/CD
3 141 (41.47%) Infrastructure as Code
4 120 (35.29%) Agile
5 89 (26.18%) Cloud Security
6 71 (20.88%) Microservices
7 70 (20.59%) Technical Leadership
8 67 (19.71%) Containerisation
8 67 (19.71%) Continuous Improvement
9 65 (19.12%) Roadmaps
10 64 (18.82%) AI
11 63 (18.53%) DevSecOps
11 63 (18.53%) Stakeholder Management
12 58 (17.06%) Migration
12 58 (17.06%) Observability
13 52 (15.29%) Scrum
14 49 (14.41%) TOGAF
15 46 (13.53%) Machine Learning
15 46 (13.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 44 (12.94%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 137 (40.29%) Python
2 67 (19.71%) Java
3 66 (19.41%) Bash
4 62 (18.24%) PowerShell
5 34 (10.00%) SQL
6 21 (6.18%) JavaScript
7 19 (5.59%) Bicep
8 18 (5.29%) TypeScript
9 8 (2.35%) Rust
10 5 (1.47%) Groovy
10 5 (1.47%) Kotlin
11 4 (1.18%) Perl
12 3 (0.88%) Ruby
13 2 (0.59%) C#
13 2 (0.59%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.29%) CQL
14 1 (0.29%) Go
14 1 (0.29%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.29%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 132 (38.82%) Security Cleared
2 117 (34.41%) Azure Certification
3 111 (32.65%) SC Cleared
4 96 (28.24%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 52 (15.29%) CISSP
6 41 (12.06%) Degree
7 31 (9.12%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 25 (7.35%) DV Cleared
9 22 (6.47%) Cisco Certification
10 21 (6.18%) TOGAF Certification
11 20 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
12 16 (4.71%) BPSS Clearance
13 15 (4.41%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 15 (4.41%) CISM
13 15 (4.41%) Microsoft Certification
14 12 (3.53%) CCNP
15 10 (2.94%) AWS Certified Developer
16 8 (2.35%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17 7 (2.06%) PMI Certification
17 7 (2.06%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (7.06%) NIST
2 23 (6.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (6.18%) Data Quality
4 16 (4.71%) QA
5 15 (4.41%) GDPR
6 12 (3.53%) NCSC
7 6 (1.76%) PCI DSS
8 4 (1.18%) GRC
8 4 (1.18%) HL7
9 3 (0.88%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.59%) Disclosure Scotland
10 2 (0.59%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 1 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.29%) DICOM
11 1 (0.29%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.29%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.29%) JSP 440
11 1 (0.29%) SLA
11 1 (0.29%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 99 (29.12%) Docker
2 21 (6.18%) Active Directory
3 15 (4.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (2.94%) vSphere
5 6 (1.76%) VMware NSX
6 5 (1.47%) Postfix
7 3 (0.88%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.59%) Microsoft App-V
8 2 (0.59%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.59%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.59%) VMware Workstation
9 1 (0.29%) Squid
9 1 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 150 (44.12%) Terraform
2 105 (30.88%) Kubernetes
3 39 (11.47%) Ansible
4 35 (10.29%) Grafana
5 28 (8.24%) Prometheus
6 24 (7.06%) Progress Chef
7 10 (2.94%) Puppet
8 8 (2.35%) Argo
9 5 (1.47%) Istio
9 5 (1.47%) VxRail
10 4 (1.18%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.88%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.88%) Check_MK
11 3 (0.88%) HP Fortify
11 3 (0.88%) linkerd
12 2 (0.59%) CASB
12 2 (0.59%) Packer
12 2 (0.59%) QRadar
12 2 (0.59%) SCCM
13 1 (0.29%) CloudForms
Vendors
1 69 (20.29%) Microsoft
2 45 (13.24%) Google
3 18 (5.29%) Red Hat
3 18 (5.29%) VMware
4 16 (4.71%) Splunk
5 14 (4.12%) ServiceNow
6 12 (3.53%) Cisco
7 10 (2.94%) Databricks
8 9 (2.65%) Informatica
9 8 (2.35%) CrowdStrike
9 8 (2.35%) IBM
9 8 (2.35%) Palo Alto
10 7 (2.06%) Dynatrace
10 7 (2.06%) Zscaler
11 6 (1.76%) Fortinet
12 5 (1.47%) Atlassian
12 5 (1.47%) Jaspersoft
12 5 (1.47%) Oracle
12 5 (1.47%) Remedy
12 5 (1.47%) Salesforce