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

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 353 274 338
Rank change year-on-year -79 +64 +84
Contract jobs citing AWS Certification 342 309 231
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.64% 0.94% 0.59%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.04% 3.00% 1.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 238 224 166
10th Percentile £409 £363 £388
25th Percentile £463 £425 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £504 £550
Median % change year-on-year +14.14% -8.41% -6.38%
75th Percentile £675 £600 £639
90th Percentile £788 £738 £706
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £500 £475
% change year-on-year +15.00% +5.26% -13.64%
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 16,734 10,294 11,675
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.35% 31.23% 29.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,212 6,355 7,404
10th Percentile £350 £289 £313
25th Percentile £431 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £620 £638
90th Percentile £715 £702 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £514 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.80% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,261 806 851
10th Percentile £17.72 £17.87 £15.10
25th Percentile £25.77 £19.23 £21.25
Median hourly rate £51.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +104.77% -41.51% -21.82%
75th Percentile £73.75 £53.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £87.16 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £25.15 £47.50
% change year-on-year +98.81% -47.05% -8.11%

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 12 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 12 August 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 12 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 -70 293 £575 +9.52% 816
UK excluding London -72 152 £575 +15.00% 574
London -70 145 £550 +4.76% 406
Work from Home -53 113 £575 +15.00% 475
North of England -42 58 £579 +22.43% 174
North West -22 40 £550 +11.79% 91
South East -55 37 £575 +15.00% 74
Midlands -42 26 £444 -7.46% 88
West Midlands -35 24 £470 -10.52% 68
South West -35 19 £760 +21.60% 81
Yorkshire -38 16 £663 +57.74% 33
East of England -12 9 £600 +14.29% 26
Scotland -26 7 £479 -4.20% 76
North East -40 3 £500 - 52
East Midlands -10 1 £400 -10.61% 20

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 (6.73%) Confluence
2 7 (2.05%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.75%) Apache
4 4 (1.17%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.88%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.88%) CloudStack
5 3 (0.88%) Palantir Foundry
6 2 (0.58%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.29%) CIMPLICITY
7 1 (0.29%) nginx
7 1 (0.29%) Predix
7 1 (0.29%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.29%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.29%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.46%) 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
1 342 (100.00%) AWS
2 195 (57.02%) Azure
3 93 (27.19%) GCP
4 77 (22.51%) Serverless
5 70 (20.47%) Amazon S3
5 70 (20.47%) AWS CloudFormation
6 61 (17.84%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 57 (16.67%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 56 (16.37%) AWS Lambda
9 55 (16.08%) Amazon EKS
10 53 (15.50%) GitHub
11 50 (14.62%) Amazon EC2
12 41 (11.99%) GitHub Actions
13 38 (11.11%) Amazon ECS
14 27 (7.89%) Azure DevOps
15 26 (7.60%) AWS KMS
16 24 (7.02%) Power Platform
17 20 (5.85%) Google Kubernetes Engine
18 15 (4.39%) Amazon EMR
18 15 (4.39%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 48 (14.04%) Firewall
2 19 (5.56%) Network Security
3 17 (4.97%) DNS
4 13 (3.80%) VPN
5 9 (2.63%) DHCP
5 9 (2.63%) LAN
6 8 (2.34%) TCP/IP
6 8 (2.34%) WAN
7 7 (2.05%) 3GPP
8 6 (1.75%) BGP
8 6 (1.75%) SD-WAN
8 6 (1.75%) VSAN
9 4 (1.17%) Internet
9 4 (1.17%) NGFW
9 4 (1.17%) OSPF
9 4 (1.17%) TETRA
10 3 (0.88%) IPv4
10 3 (0.88%) IPv6
10 3 (0.88%) MPLS
10 3 (0.88%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (12.57%) Amazon RDS
2 24 (7.02%) Power BI
3 20 (5.85%) Amazon Redshift
4 19 (5.56%) PostgreSQL
5 18 (5.26%) Amazon Aurora
6 17 (4.97%) DynamoDB
7 16 (4.68%) Amazon Athena
8 14 (4.09%) Data Warehouse
9 11 (3.22%) SQL Server
10 9 (2.63%) MySQL
11 8 (2.34%) Redis
12 7 (2.05%) Data Lake
12 7 (2.05%) Elasticsearch
12 7 (2.05%) MongoDB
12 7 (2.05%) Relational Database
13 6 (1.75%) Big Data
13 6 (1.75%) Metadata
14 5 (1.46%) NoSQL
15 4 (1.17%) Amazon QuickSight
15 4 (1.17%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 51 (14.91%) Jenkins
2 45 (13.16%) GitLab
3 26 (7.60%) Git
4 22 (6.43%) JIRA
5 7 (2.05%) SonarQube
6 5 (1.46%) Maven
6 5 (1.46%) MLflow
7 4 (1.17%) JUnit
8 3 (0.88%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.88%) Bitbucket Server
8 3 (0.88%) Claude Code
8 3 (0.88%) DbUnit
8 3 (0.88%) JMeter
8 3 (0.88%) jMock
8 3 (0.88%) Mockito
8 3 (0.88%) Snyk
9 2 (0.58%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.58%) Burp Suite
9 2 (0.58%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.58%) LoadRunner
General
1 125 (36.55%) Social Skills
2 72 (21.05%) Public Sector
3 62 (18.13%) Finance
4 38 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (6.73%) Banking
6 20 (5.85%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (2.63%) Telecoms
8 7 (2.05%) Aerospace
9 6 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (1.46%) Billing
10 5 (1.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.46%) Law
11 4 (1.17%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.17%) Legal
12 3 (0.88%) Financial Institution
12 3 (0.88%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.88%) Retail
13 2 (0.58%) Electronics
13 2 (0.58%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.58%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 125 (36.55%) Architect
2 47 (13.74%) Cloud Engineer
3 42 (12.28%) Senior
4 39 (11.40%) DevOps Engineer
5 33 (9.65%) AWS Engineer
5 33 (9.65%) Lead
6 31 (9.06%) Technical Architect
7 30 (8.77%) Security Engineer
8 25 (7.31%) AWS Architect
9 24 (7.02%) Cloud Architect
9 24 (7.02%) Solutions Architect
10 21 (6.14%) Security Architect
11 20 (5.85%) Platform Engineer
12 12 (3.51%) Cloud Platform Engineer
12 12 (3.51%) Data Architect
12 12 (3.51%) Data Engineer
13 11 (3.22%) AWS DevOps
13 11 (3.22%) DBA
13 11 (3.22%) Developer
13 11 (3.22%) Lead DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (7.02%) REST
2 19 (5.56%) OAuth
2 19 (5.56%) RESTful
3 15 (4.39%) OpenID
4 13 (3.80%) Kafka
4 13 (3.80%) Spring Boot
5 12 (3.51%) Node.js
5 12 (3.51%) SAML
5 12 (3.51%) Spring
6 10 (2.92%) AWS CDK
6 10 (2.92%) OAuth2
6 10 (2.92%) PySpark
7 9 (2.63%) .NET
7 9 (2.63%) LangChain
7 9 (2.63%) Web Services
8 8 (2.34%) SOAP
9 7 (2.05%) Elastic Stack
9 7 (2.05%) PyTorch
10 6 (1.75%) AngularJS
10 6 (1.75%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 111 (32.46%) Cloud Native
2 33 (9.65%) Security Posture
3 30 (8.77%) Management Information System
4 27 (7.89%) Hybrid Cloud
5 26 (7.60%) Data Centre
6 23 (6.73%) Product Ownership
7 16 (4.68%) Enterprise Cloud
8 15 (4.39%) Onboarding
9 14 (4.09%) Distributed Systems
10 13 (3.80%) Public Cloud
10 13 (3.80%) Replication
11 7 (2.05%) Cloud Security Posture
11 7 (2.05%) IoT
11 7 (2.05%) PKI
12 6 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
13 5 (1.46%) AI Agents
13 5 (1.46%) NHS
14 4 (1.17%) Analytical Mindset
14 4 (1.17%) Enterprise Software
15 3 (0.88%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 71 (20.76%) Linux
2 52 (15.20%) Windows
3 25 (7.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (2.34%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.75%) Ubuntu
6 5 (1.46%) Amazon Linux
6 5 (1.46%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.46%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.58%) Alpine Linux
8 1 (0.29%) CentOS
8 1 (0.29%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 192 (56.14%) DevOps
2 185 (54.09%) CI/CD
3 150 (43.86%) Infrastructure as Code
4 118 (34.50%) Agile
5 85 (24.85%) Cloud Security
6 75 (21.93%) Technical Leadership
7 71 (20.76%) Continuous Improvement
7 71 (20.76%) Microservices
8 69 (20.18%) Stakeholder Management
9 67 (19.59%) AI
9 67 (19.59%) Roadmaps
10 66 (19.30%) Containerisation
11 63 (18.42%) DevSecOps
12 61 (17.84%) Migration
13 59 (17.25%) Observability
14 49 (14.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 48 (14.04%) Scrum
16 47 (13.74%) TOGAF
17 46 (13.45%) Machine Learning
18 45 (13.16%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 138 (40.35%) Python
2 69 (20.18%) Bash
3 68 (19.88%) Java
4 67 (19.59%) PowerShell
5 39 (11.40%) SQL
6 19 (5.56%) Bicep
6 19 (5.56%) JavaScript
7 16 (4.68%) TypeScript
8 7 (2.05%) Rust
9 6 (1.75%) Groovy
9 6 (1.75%) Kotlin
10 5 (1.46%) Perl
11 3 (0.88%) Ruby
12 2 (0.58%) C#
12 2 (0.58%) Go
12 2 (0.58%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.29%) CQL
13 1 (0.29%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.29%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 137 (40.06%) Security Cleared
2 119 (34.80%) SC Cleared
3 117 (34.21%) Azure Certification
4 96 (28.07%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 52 (15.20%) CISSP
6 41 (11.99%) Degree
7 30 (8.77%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 23 (6.73%) DV Cleared
9 20 (5.85%) BPSS Clearance
9 20 (5.85%) Computer Science Degree
10 19 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
11 18 (5.26%) TOGAF Certification
12 16 (4.68%) CISM
13 15 (4.39%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 14 (4.09%) Microsoft Certification
15 10 (2.92%) AWS Certified Developer
15 10 (2.92%) CCNP
16 8 (2.34%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17 7 (2.05%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 7 (2.05%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (7.89%) Data Quality
2 23 (6.73%) NIST
3 22 (6.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 17 (4.97%) QA
5 15 (4.39%) GDPR
6 12 (3.51%) NCSC
7 6 (1.75%) PCI DSS
8 4 (1.17%) GRC
8 4 (1.17%) HL7
9 3 (0.88%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.58%) Disclosure Scotland
10 2 (0.58%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.58%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 2 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 1 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.29%) DICOM
11 1 (0.29%) JSP 440
11 1 (0.29%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.29%) SLA
11 1 (0.29%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 98 (28.65%) Docker
2 22 (6.43%) Active Directory
3 15 (4.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (3.22%) vSphere
5 7 (2.05%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.88%) Postfix
7 2 (0.58%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.58%) Microsoft App-V
7 2 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.58%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.58%) VMware Workstation
8 1 (0.29%) Squid
8 1 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 157 (45.91%) Terraform
2 106 (30.99%) Kubernetes
3 42 (12.28%) Ansible
4 36 (10.53%) Grafana
5 31 (9.06%) Prometheus
6 27 (7.89%) Progress Chef
7 10 (2.92%) Puppet
8 7 (2.05%) Argo
9 6 (1.75%) Istio
9 6 (1.75%) Single Sign-On
9 6 (1.75%) VxRail
10 4 (1.17%) linkerd
11 3 (0.88%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.88%) Check_MK
11 3 (0.88%) HP Fortify
11 3 (0.88%) QRadar
12 2 (0.58%) Packer
12 2 (0.58%) SCCM
13 1 (0.29%) HAProxy
13 1 (0.29%) ITRS Geneos
Vendors
1 68 (19.88%) Microsoft
2 45 (13.16%) Google
3 19 (5.56%) Red Hat
4 18 (5.26%) VMware
5 17 (4.97%) Splunk
6 15 (4.39%) ServiceNow
7 10 (2.92%) Cisco
8 9 (2.63%) Databricks
8 9 (2.63%) Informatica
9 8 (2.34%) CrowdStrike
9 8 (2.34%) IBM
10 7 (2.05%) Dynatrace
10 7 (2.05%) Palo Alto
11 6 (1.75%) Zscaler
12 5 (1.46%) BeyondTrust
12 5 (1.46%) Fortinet
12 5 (1.46%) Oracle
12 5 (1.46%) Remedy
12 5 (1.46%) Salesforce
13 4 (1.17%) Atlassian