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 18 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 357 265 402
Rank change year-on-year -92 +137 +3
Contract jobs citing AWS Certification 304 294 187
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.60% 0.99% 0.43%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.93% 3.19% 1.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 206 211 139
10th Percentile £400 £400 £400
25th Percentile £450 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £675 £638 £650
90th Percentile £775 £711 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £531 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +1.19% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 4 0
10th Percentile £77.10 £40.03 -
25th Percentile £83.63 £47.56 -
Median hourly rate £95.00 £54.25 -
Median % change year-on-year +75.12% - -
75th Percentile £102.88 £66.44 -
90th Percentile £105.25 £86.58 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £95.00 - -

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 15,774 9,218 13,110
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.30% 30.97% 29.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,501 5,726 8,114
10th Percentile £350 £275 £310
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £614 £638
90th Percentile £713 £700 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £506 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +1.25% -4.76% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,161 600 1,122
10th Percentile £17.23 £17.78 £13.99
25th Percentile £22.68 £20.81 £18.84
Median hourly rate £50.00 £30.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% -25.00% -27.65%
75th Percentile £72.50 £63.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £85.25 £77.50 £75.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £48.61 £28.50 £41.50
% change year-on-year +70.56% -31.33% -20.95%

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 18 June 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 18 June 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 18 June 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 -79 251 £550 - 234
London -57 131 £560 -2.70% 70
UK excluding London -90 121 £531 +1.19% 226
Work from Home -73 92 £575 +9.52% 56
North of England -37 54 £558 -20.36% 52
North West -8 41 £550 -21.43% 26
South East -42 26 £543 +8.50% 59
Midlands -43 21 £425 -8.60% 30
West Midlands -38 18 £438 -20.45% 14
Yorkshire -56 11 £663 +26.19% 22
South West -29 10 £575 -8.00% 32
East of England -21 8 £550 +4.76% 28
Wales -20 3 £250 -28.93% 8
Scotland -46 3 £463 -15.91% 8
East Midlands -25 2 £424 -7.73% 16
North East -35 2 £525 - 5

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 26 (8.55%) Confluence
2 6 (1.97%) Apache
3 4 (1.32%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.99%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.99%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.66%) CloudStack
5 2 (0.66%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.66%) Palantir Foundry
5 2 (0.66%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.33%) Apache Pulsar
6 1 (0.33%) nginx
6 1 (0.33%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.64%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.66%) DELMIA
2 2 (0.66%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.33%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 304 (100.00%) AWS
2 174 (57.24%) Azure
3 78 (25.66%) GCP
4 68 (22.37%) Serverless
5 57 (18.75%) AWS CloudFormation
6 54 (17.76%) Amazon S3
7 49 (16.12%) Amazon EKS
7 49 (16.12%) GitHub
8 46 (15.13%) AWS Lambda
9 44 (14.47%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 42 (13.82%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 37 (12.17%) Amazon EC2
12 36 (11.84%) GitHub Actions
13 31 (10.20%) Amazon ECS
14 23 (7.57%) Power Platform
15 19 (6.25%) Route 53
16 18 (5.92%) Azure DevOps
17 17 (5.59%) Google Kubernetes Engine
18 13 (4.28%) Amazon EMR
18 13 (4.28%) AWS KMS
Communications & Networking
1 37 (12.17%) Firewall
2 20 (6.58%) Network Security
3 14 (4.61%) VPN
4 12 (3.95%) DNS
4 12 (3.95%) WAN
5 9 (2.96%) BGP
6 8 (2.63%) LAN
6 8 (2.63%) SD-WAN
7 7 (2.30%) 3GPP
8 6 (1.97%) OSPF
9 4 (1.32%) IPv6
9 4 (1.32%) TETRA
9 4 (1.32%) VLAN
9 4 (1.32%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (0.99%) DHCP
10 3 (0.99%) Internet
10 3 (0.99%) IPv4
10 3 (0.99%) MPLS
10 3 (0.99%) NGFW
10 3 (0.99%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (10.86%) Amazon RDS
2 23 (7.57%) Power BI
3 21 (6.91%) DynamoDB
4 20 (6.58%) Amazon Redshift
5 15 (4.93%) Amazon Athena
5 15 (4.93%) Data Warehouse
5 15 (4.93%) PostgreSQL
6 12 (3.95%) Amazon Aurora
7 9 (2.96%) NoSQL
8 8 (2.63%) Data Lake
8 8 (2.63%) Relational Database
9 7 (2.30%) Elasticsearch
10 6 (1.97%) Metadata
11 5 (1.64%) Big Data
12 4 (1.32%) SQL Server
13 3 (0.99%) Amazon QuickSight
13 3 (0.99%) DataStage
13 3 (0.99%) DocumentDB
13 3 (0.99%) MySQL
13 3 (0.99%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 41 (13.49%) Jenkins
2 38 (12.50%) GitLab
3 25 (8.22%) Git
4 24 (7.89%) JIRA
5 9 (2.96%) SonarQube
6 7 (2.30%) JUnit
7 5 (1.64%) DbUnit
7 5 (1.64%) jMock
7 5 (1.64%) Maven
7 5 (1.64%) Mockito
7 5 (1.64%) Snyk
8 3 (0.99%) Artifactory
8 3 (0.99%) Bitbucket Server
8 3 (0.99%) MLflow
9 2 (0.66%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.66%) Burp Suite
9 2 (0.66%) JMeter
9 2 (0.66%) LoadRunner
9 2 (0.66%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.33%) Liquibase
General
1 115 (37.83%) Social Skills
2 48 (15.79%) Finance
3 46 (15.13%) Public Sector
4 33 (10.86%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (5.92%) Banking
6 17 (5.59%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (3.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (2.96%) Legal
9 7 (2.30%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (2.30%) Telecoms
10 5 (1.64%) Aerospace
10 5 (1.64%) Law
11 4 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.99%) Billing
12 3 (0.99%) Investment Banking
12 3 (0.99%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.99%) Retail
13 2 (0.66%) Electronics
14 1 (0.33%) Financial Institution
14 1 (0.33%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 108 (35.53%) Architect
2 38 (12.50%) AWS Engineer
2 38 (12.50%) Cloud Engineer
2 38 (12.50%) DevOps Engineer
3 33 (10.86%) Senior
4 28 (9.21%) AWS Architect
5 26 (8.55%) Technical Architect
6 25 (8.22%) Security Engineer
7 24 (7.89%) Lead
8 22 (7.24%) Cloud Architect
8 22 (7.24%) Solutions Architect
9 19 (6.25%) Platform Engineer
10 17 (5.59%) Developer
11 15 (4.93%) Cloud Platform Engineer
11 15 (4.93%) Data Engineer
12 14 (4.61%) Security Architect
13 13 (4.28%) AWS DevOps
13 13 (4.28%) AWS DevOps Engineer
14 10 (3.29%) AWS Platform Engineer
15 8 (2.63%) Lead DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (8.22%) REST
2 18 (5.92%) Kafka
2 18 (5.92%) OAuth
3 16 (5.26%) AWS CDK
4 15 (4.93%) OpenID
5 12 (3.95%) OAuth2
5 12 (3.95%) Web Services
6 11 (3.62%) Node.js
6 11 (3.62%) RESTful
6 11 (3.62%) SAML
6 11 (3.62%) SOAP
7 9 (2.96%) Elastic Stack
7 9 (2.96%) PySpark
8 8 (2.63%) .NET
9 7 (2.30%) AngularJS
9 7 (2.30%) Spring
9 7 (2.30%) Spring Boot
10 6 (1.97%) LDAP
11 5 (1.64%) JSON
11 5 (1.64%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 100 (32.89%) Cloud Native
2 26 (8.55%) Management Information System
3 25 (8.22%) Data Centre
4 19 (6.25%) Security Posture
5 18 (5.92%) Hybrid Cloud
6 17 (5.59%) Distributed Systems
7 14 (4.61%) Enterprise Cloud
8 13 (4.28%) Product Ownership
9 12 (3.95%) Onboarding
10 9 (2.96%) Public Cloud
10 9 (2.96%) Virtual Team
11 6 (1.97%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (1.97%) Private Cloud
12 4 (1.32%) Cloud Security Posture
12 4 (1.32%) e-Learning
12 4 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (1.32%) IoT
12 4 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
13 3 (0.99%) AI Agents
13 3 (0.99%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 63 (20.72%) Linux
2 45 (14.80%) Windows
3 15 (4.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (1.97%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.64%) Apple iOS
5 5 (1.64%) Mac OS
5 5 (1.64%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.99%) Amazon Linux
6 3 (0.99%) VMS
7 2 (0.66%) Alpine Linux
7 2 (0.66%) Unix
8 1 (0.33%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 173 (56.91%) CI/CD
2 170 (55.92%) DevOps
3 128 (42.11%) Infrastructure as Code
4 96 (31.58%) Agile
5 71 (23.36%) Cloud Security
6 63 (20.72%) Containerisation
7 58 (19.08%) Microservices
8 56 (18.42%) Observability
9 54 (17.76%) Stakeholder Management
10 50 (16.45%) Continuous Improvement
10 50 (16.45%) Roadmaps
11 47 (15.46%) AI
11 47 (15.46%) Migration
12 46 (15.13%) Technical Leadership
13 42 (13.82%) DevSecOps
13 42 (13.82%) Event-Driven
14 41 (13.49%) Problem-Solving
15 40 (13.16%) Scrum
16 39 (12.83%) Machine Learning
16 39 (12.83%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 113 (37.17%) Python
2 59 (19.41%) Java
3 45 (14.80%) Bash
4 42 (13.82%) PowerShell
5 36 (11.84%) SQL
6 18 (5.92%) JavaScript
7 16 (5.26%) TypeScript
8 12 (3.95%) Bicep
9 7 (2.30%) Rust
10 5 (1.64%) Perl
11 4 (1.32%) C#
11 4 (1.32%) Kotlin
11 4 (1.32%) Ruby
12 3 (0.99%) Go
12 3 (0.99%) Groovy
13 2 (0.66%) PHP
13 2 (0.66%) Scala
13 2 (0.66%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.33%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 123 (40.46%) Security Cleared
2 106 (34.87%) Azure Certification
3 105 (34.54%) SC Cleared
4 83 (27.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 42 (13.82%) CISSP
6 36 (11.84%) Degree
7 28 (9.21%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 21 (6.91%) Cisco Certification
8 21 (6.91%) Computer Science Degree
8 21 (6.91%) DV Cleared
9 19 (6.25%) TOGAF Certification
10 17 (5.59%) BPSS Clearance
11 15 (4.93%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 12 (3.95%) AWS Certified Developer
12 12 (3.95%) CISM
12 12 (3.95%) Microsoft Certification
13 10 (3.29%) CCNP
13 10 (3.29%) PMI Certification
13 10 (3.29%) PMP
14 9 (2.96%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (7.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 22 (7.24%) NIST
3 19 (6.25%) Data Quality
4 13 (4.28%) GDPR
5 11 (3.62%) NCSC
6 9 (2.96%) QA
7 7 (2.30%) PCI DSS
8 5 (1.64%) GRC
9 4 (1.32%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.99%) HIPAA
10 3 (0.99%) HL7
11 2 (0.66%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 1 (0.33%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.33%) DICOM
12 1 (0.33%) Disclosure Scotland
12 1 (0.33%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 1 (0.33%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.33%) PSD2
System Software
1 81 (26.64%) Docker
2 15 (4.93%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.97%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.64%) Postfix
5 2 (0.66%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (0.66%) Oracle RAC
5 2 (0.66%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.66%) VMware Workstation
5 2 (0.66%) vSphere
6 1 (0.33%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.33%) Squid
6 1 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 145 (47.70%) Terraform
2 93 (30.59%) Kubernetes
3 37 (12.17%) Ansible
4 27 (8.88%) Grafana
4 27 (8.88%) Prometheus
5 19 (6.25%) Progress Chef
6 8 (2.63%) Puppet
7 7 (2.30%) Argo
8 4 (1.32%) Istio
8 4 (1.32%) linkerd
9 3 (0.99%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.99%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.66%) Check_MK
10 2 (0.66%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.66%) HP Fortify
10 2 (0.66%) Packer
10 2 (0.66%) QRadar
10 2 (0.66%) SCCM
11 1 (0.33%) Fluentd
11 1 (0.33%) HAProxy
Vendors
1 53 (17.43%) Microsoft
2 34 (11.18%) Google
3 16 (5.26%) Splunk
4 14 (4.61%) Red Hat
5 13 (4.28%) Databricks
6 12 (3.95%) ServiceNow
7 10 (3.29%) Cisco
8 9 (2.96%) Informatica
9 8 (2.63%) CrowdStrike
9 8 (2.63%) VMware
10 7 (2.30%) Atlassian
10 7 (2.30%) Fortinet
10 7 (2.30%) IBM
10 7 (2.30%) Oracle
11 6 (1.97%) Dynatrace
11 6 (1.97%) Palo Alto
11 6 (1.97%) Zscaler
12 5 (1.64%) BeyondTrust
12 5 (1.64%) Jaspersoft
12 5 (1.64%) Tenable