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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 352 271 340
Rank change year-on-year -81 +69 +60
Contract jobs citing AWS Certification 362 325 241
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.67% 0.99% 0.63%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.11% 3.15% 2.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 257 219 173
10th Percentile £413 £363 £388
25th Percentile £463 £438 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -9.09% -2.00%
75th Percentile £675 £625 £638
90th Percentile £794 £742 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £569 £500 £475
% change year-on-year +13.75% +5.26% -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 17,119 10,329 11,188
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.54% 31.36% 29.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,405 6,446 6,894
10th Percentile £350 £300 £313
25th Percentile £440 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.55%
75th Percentile £630 £625 £638
90th Percentile £713 £707 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,341 831 654
10th Percentile £17.18 £17.87 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.77 £18.87 £24.18
Median hourly rate £48.00 £25.15 £49.50
Median % change year-on-year +90.85% -49.19% -9.08%
75th Percentile £72.54 £45.00 £68.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £71.00 £76.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £52.50
% change year-on-year +88.87% -52.10% +1.16%

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 16 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 16 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 16 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 -76 320 £575 +9.52% 1,119
UK excluding London -79 169 £569 +13.75% 784
London -73 160 £550 -6.38% 587
Work from Home -61 117 £584 +14.00% 721
North of England -54 61 £550 +22.22% 210
South East -55 45 £560 +12.00% 90
North West -20 41 £518 +15.14% 121
Midlands -38 28 £425 -19.05% 103
West Midlands -47 25 £470 -14.59% 75
South West -36 24 £800 +28.00% 139
Yorkshire -47 17 £638 +41.67% 35
Scotland -39 10 £475 - 107
East of England -20 5 £600 +14.29% 41
North East -38 4 £500 - 57
East Midlands -10 2 £401 -16.55% 28

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 (6.35%) Confluence
2 13 (3.59%) Apache
3 6 (1.66%) nginx
4 5 (1.38%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (1.10%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.83%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.83%) CloudStack
6 3 (0.83%) Palantir Foundry
6 3 (0.83%) SAS
7 1 (0.28%) CIMPLICITY
7 1 (0.28%) Predix
7 1 (0.28%) Traefik
Applications
1 2 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.28%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.28%) Mozilla Thunderbird
2 1 (0.28%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.38%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.28%) Actimize
3 1 (0.28%) Cloudability
3 1 (0.28%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 1 (0.28%) Maximo
3 1 (0.28%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.28%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 362 (100.00%) AWS
2 202 (55.80%) Azure
3 93 (25.69%) GCP
4 87 (24.03%) Amazon S3
5 78 (21.55%) Serverless
6 72 (19.89%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 66 (18.23%) AWS Lambda
8 65 (17.96%) Amazon EC2
9 62 (17.13%) AWS CloudFormation
10 59 (16.30%) Amazon EKS
11 58 (16.02%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 49 (13.54%) GitHub
13 44 (12.15%) Amazon ECS
14 36 (9.94%) GitHub Actions
15 31 (8.56%) AWS KMS
16 28 (7.73%) Azure DevOps
17 25 (6.91%) Power Platform
18 17 (4.70%) Google Kubernetes Engine
19 16 (4.42%) Amazon EMR
20 15 (4.14%) AWS CloudTrail
Communications & Networking
1 51 (14.09%) Firewall
2 28 (7.73%) Network Security
3 23 (6.35%) DNS
4 12 (3.31%) TCP/IP
4 12 (3.31%) VPN
5 10 (2.76%) DHCP
5 10 (2.76%) LAN
6 9 (2.49%) WAN
7 8 (2.21%) VSAN
8 6 (1.66%) SD-WAN
9 5 (1.38%) BGP
9 5 (1.38%) Internet
10 4 (1.10%) NGFW
10 4 (1.10%) OSPF
10 4 (1.10%) SSH
11 3 (0.83%) Cisco ASA
11 3 (0.83%) NAS
11 3 (0.83%) PCoIP
11 3 (0.83%) Remote Desktop
11 3 (0.83%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (14.92%) Amazon RDS
2 25 (6.91%) Power BI
3 24 (6.63%) PostgreSQL
4 22 (6.08%) Amazon Aurora
4 22 (6.08%) Amazon Redshift
5 20 (5.52%) Data Warehouse
5 20 (5.52%) DynamoDB
6 16 (4.42%) Amazon Athena
7 13 (3.59%) SQL Server
8 12 (3.31%) MySQL
9 11 (3.04%) Data Lake
10 10 (2.76%) Metadata
11 9 (2.49%) MongoDB
11 9 (2.49%) Redis
12 7 (1.93%) Elasticsearch
12 7 (1.93%) Relational Database
13 5 (1.38%) Big Data
13 5 (1.38%) NoSQL
14 4 (1.10%) Amazon QuickSight
14 4 (1.10%) Flink
Development Applications
1 56 (15.47%) Jenkins
2 49 (13.54%) GitLab
3 33 (9.12%) Git
4 27 (7.46%) JIRA
5 7 (1.93%) SonarQube
6 5 (1.38%) Maven
7 4 (1.10%) JMeter
7 4 (1.10%) MLflow
8 3 (0.83%) Claude Code
8 3 (0.83%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.55%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.55%) Bitbucket Server
9 2 (0.55%) Burp Suite
9 2 (0.55%) DbUnit
9 2 (0.55%) jMock
9 2 (0.55%) JUnit
9 2 (0.55%) LoadRunner
9 2 (0.55%) Mockito
9 2 (0.55%) Selenium
9 2 (0.55%) Vagrant
General
1 135 (37.29%) Social Skills
2 80 (22.10%) Public Sector
3 73 (20.17%) Finance
4 41 (11.33%) Analytical Skills
5 29 (8.01%) Banking
6 19 (5.25%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (2.76%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (2.21%) Aerospace
9 7 (1.93%) Police
10 6 (1.66%) Law
10 6 (1.66%) Military
11 5 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.38%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.10%) Billing
13 3 (0.83%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.83%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.83%) Investment Banking
13 3 (0.83%) Local Government
13 3 (0.83%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.83%) Retail
Job Titles
1 113 (31.22%) Architect
2 43 (11.88%) Cloud Engineer
3 42 (11.60%) Senior
4 41 (11.33%) DevOps Engineer
4 41 (11.33%) Lead
5 32 (8.84%) Security Engineer
6 28 (7.73%) AWS Engineer
7 26 (7.18%) AWS Architect
8 25 (6.91%) Technical Architect
9 23 (6.35%) Security Architect
10 22 (6.08%) Cloud Architect
10 22 (6.08%) Solutions Architect
11 20 (5.52%) Platform Engineer
12 15 (4.14%) Data Engineer
13 14 (3.87%) Consultant
14 13 (3.59%) DBA
14 13 (3.59%) Developer
14 13 (3.59%) Technical Leader
15 12 (3.31%) AWS DevOps
15 12 (3.31%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 169 (46.69%) Terraform
2 30 (8.29%) REST
3 20 (5.52%) RESTful
4 19 (5.25%) OAuth
5 17 (4.70%) Spring Boot
6 16 (4.42%) Spring
7 15 (4.14%) OpenID
8 12 (3.31%) Node.js
8 12 (3.31%) PySpark
8 12 (3.31%) SAML
8 12 (3.31%) SOAP
9 11 (3.04%) Kafka
10 10 (2.76%) .NET
10 10 (2.76%) AWS CDK
10 10 (2.76%) OAuth2
10 10 (2.76%) React
11 8 (2.21%) ARM Templates
11 8 (2.21%) Web Services
12 7 (1.93%) AngularJS
12 7 (1.93%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 104 (28.73%) Cloud Native
2 33 (9.12%) Security Posture
3 31 (8.56%) Data Centre
3 31 (8.56%) Management Information System
4 28 (7.73%) Hybrid Cloud
5 25 (6.91%) Product Ownership
6 22 (6.08%) Onboarding
7 19 (5.25%) Replication
8 12 (3.31%) Distributed Systems
9 11 (3.04%) PKI
9 11 (3.04%) Public Cloud
10 9 (2.49%) Enterprise Cloud
11 8 (2.21%) Cloud Security Posture
11 8 (2.21%) Data Protection Act
12 7 (1.93%) Cyber Threat
13 5 (1.38%) AI Agents
13 5 (1.38%) Enterprise Software
13 5 (1.38%) IoT
13 5 (1.38%) Private Cloud
13 5 (1.38%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 73 (20.17%) Linux
2 56 (15.47%) Windows
3 28 (7.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 13 (3.59%) Windows Server
5 8 (2.21%) Amazon Linux
5 8 (2.21%) Ubuntu
6 5 (1.38%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.38%) Mac OS
7 4 (1.10%) Unix
8 2 (0.55%) Alpine Linux
8 2 (0.55%) CentOS
8 2 (0.55%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.28%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 190 (52.49%) CI/CD
2 189 (52.21%) DevOps
3 170 (46.96%) Infrastructure as Code
4 129 (35.64%) Agile
5 93 (25.69%) Stakeholder Management
6 92 (25.41%) Cloud Security
7 89 (24.59%) Technical Leadership
8 71 (19.61%) Continuous Improvement
8 71 (19.61%) Observability
9 69 (19.06%) Microservices
10 67 (18.51%) Migration
11 66 (18.23%) AI
11 66 (18.23%) Containerisation
12 65 (17.96%) DevSecOps
13 63 (17.40%) Roadmaps
14 51 (14.09%) Scrum
15 50 (13.81%) Platform Engineering
15 50 (13.81%) Problem-Solving
16 48 (13.26%) Cybersecurity
17 46 (12.71%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 139 (38.40%) Python
2 70 (19.34%) PowerShell
3 69 (19.06%) Bash
4 67 (18.51%) Java
5 45 (12.43%) SQL
6 20 (5.52%) JavaScript
7 19 (5.25%) Bicep
8 15 (4.14%) TypeScript
9 9 (2.49%) Groovy
10 7 (1.93%) Go
11 6 (1.66%) Perl
11 6 (1.66%) Shell Script
12 4 (1.10%) Ruby
12 4 (1.10%) Rust
13 3 (0.83%) Kotlin
14 1 (0.28%) C#
14 1 (0.28%) CQL
14 1 (0.28%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.28%) Search Processing Language
14 1 (0.28%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 150 (41.44%) Security Cleared
2 131 (36.19%) SC Cleared
3 118 (32.60%) Azure Certification
4 99 (27.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 70 (19.34%) CISSP
6 46 (12.71%) Degree
7 25 (6.91%) CISM
7 25 (6.91%) DV Cleared
8 24 (6.63%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 23 (6.35%) Cisco Certification
9 23 (6.35%) Computer Science Degree
10 21 (5.80%) Microsoft Certification
11 18 (4.97%) BPSS Clearance
12 15 (4.14%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 15 (4.14%) TOGAF Certification
13 13 (3.59%) CCSP
14 12 (3.31%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 12 (3.31%) PMI Certification
14 12 (3.31%) PMP
15 10 (2.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (7.73%) Data Quality
1 28 (7.73%) NIST
2 19 (5.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (5.25%) QA
3 15 (4.14%) NCSC
4 11 (3.04%) GDPR
5 8 (2.21%) PCI DSS
6 5 (1.38%) GRC
7 4 (1.10%) HL7
7 4 (1.10%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.55%) Disclosure Scotland
8 2 (0.55%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.55%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 2 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 2 (0.55%) SLA
9 1 (0.28%) DICOM
9 1 (0.28%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.28%) FedRAMP
9 1 (0.28%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.28%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 102 (28.18%) Docker
2 27 (7.46%) Active Directory
3 20 (5.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (3.87%) vSphere
5 9 (2.49%) VMware NSX
6 4 (1.10%) Postfix
7 3 (0.83%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.83%) Squid
8 2 (0.55%) DFS Replication
8 2 (0.55%) Dovecot
8 2 (0.55%) Microsoft App-V
8 2 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.55%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.55%) VMware Workstation
9 1 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 103 (28.45%) Kubernetes
2 53 (14.64%) Ansible
3 36 (9.94%) Grafana
4 34 (9.39%) Prometheus
5 29 (8.01%) Progress Chef
6 10 (2.76%) Puppet
7 7 (1.93%) Istio
7 7 (1.93%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (1.93%) VxRail
8 5 (1.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (1.10%) Argo
10 3 (0.83%) Check_MK
10 3 (0.83%) HP Fortify
10 3 (0.83%) linkerd
10 3 (0.83%) Packer
10 3 (0.83%) QRadar
11 2 (0.55%) Consul
11 2 (0.55%) HAProxy
11 2 (0.55%) Kibana
11 2 (0.55%) SCCM
Vendors
1 73 (20.17%) Microsoft
2 40 (11.05%) Google
3 25 (6.91%) VMware
4 20 (5.52%) Red Hat
4 20 (5.52%) Splunk
5 17 (4.70%) ServiceNow
6 16 (4.42%) Cisco
7 11 (3.04%) Informatica
8 9 (2.49%) Dynatrace
8 9 (2.49%) Oracle
8 9 (2.49%) Palo Alto
9 8 (2.21%) CrowdStrike
9 8 (2.21%) Databricks
10 6 (1.66%) Fortinet
10 6 (1.66%) IBM
10 6 (1.66%) Salesforce
11 5 (1.38%) Commvault
11 5 (1.38%) Okta
11 5 (1.38%) Remedy
11 5 (1.38%) SAP