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 19 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 269 333 395
Rank change year-on-year +64 +62 -28
Contract jobs citing AWS Certification 324 240 245
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.98% 0.62% 0.49%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.13% 2.13% 1.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 218 172 192
10th Percentile £363 £388 £475
25th Percentile £436 £436 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £558
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -1.35% -7.08%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £671
90th Percentile £742 £700 £798
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £475 £550
% change year-on-year +3.58% -13.64% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 2
10th Percentile £39.00 - £80.30
25th Percentile £45.00 - £80.75
Median hourly rate £55.00 £58.00 £81.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% -28.83% +132.86%
75th Percentile £77.50 - £82.25
90th Percentile £91.00 - £82.70
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £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 10,355 11,265 13,931
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.43% 29.24% 28.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,468 6,928 8,970
10th Percentile £300 £313 £325
25th Percentile £413 £425 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £711 £729 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +2.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 838 653 735
10th Percentile £17.87 £17.00 £16.57
25th Percentile £18.87 £24.18 £25.75
Median hourly rate £25.15 £49.00 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year -48.67% -9.26% +20.00%
75th Percentile £45.00 £68.00 £69.81
90th Percentile £71.00 £76.08 £78.28
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £52.50 £51.90
% change year-on-year -52.10% +1.17% +15.32%

AWS Certification
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing AWS Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for AWS Certification 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 19 September 2025.

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 19 September 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for AWS Certification in the UK

AWS Certification
Top 18 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 19 September 2025. 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 +42 256 £525 -2.10% 601
UK excluding London +49 145 £492 +3.58% 496
London +52 144 £575 +4.55% 251
Work from Home +54 125 £500 -10.71% 125
North of England -53 38 £450 +5.88% 118
South East +46 34 £500 -15.61% 143
Scotland +16 26 £475 -13.64% 35
Midlands +3 23 £525 -19.23% 79
West Midlands +9 21 £550 -15.38% 48
Yorkshire -48 18 £450 +5.88% 41
North West -5 17 £450 -14.29% 63
South West +22 13 £638 +2.00% 41
Wales - 5 £475 - 27
North East +1 3 - - 16
East of England -9 3 £525 -7.69% 46
Northern Ireland - 3 £738 - 7
East Midlands -4 2 £481 +13.06% 31
Channel Islands - 1 £760 -

AWS Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 14 (4.32%) Confluence
2 12 (3.70%) nginx
3 10 (3.09%) Apache
4 7 (2.16%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (1.85%) IIS
5 6 (1.85%) JBoss
5 6 (1.85%) Jupyter
5 6 (1.85%) OpenStack
5 6 (1.85%) WebSphere
6 5 (1.54%) CMS
6 5 (1.54%) Headless CMS
6 5 (1.54%) iPlanet
6 5 (1.54%) WebSphere Application Server
7 4 (1.23%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.62%) Oracle HTTP Server
8 2 (0.62%) SharePoint
8 2 (0.62%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.62%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.31%) Apache Pulsar
9 1 (0.31%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 10 (3.09%) Mozilla Thunderbird
2 4 (1.23%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (1.23%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.62%) Cloudability
3 1 (0.31%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.31%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 324 (100.00%) AWS
2 123 (37.96%) Azure
3 100 (30.86%) Serverless
4 92 (28.40%) Amazon S3
5 79 (24.38%) AWS Lambda
6 77 (23.77%) GCP
7 58 (17.90%) AWS CloudFormation
8 53 (16.36%) Amazon EKS
9 49 (15.12%) Amazon ECS
10 39 (12.04%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 38 (11.73%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 37 (11.42%) GitHub
13 34 (10.49%) Amazon EC2
14 23 (7.10%) GitHub Actions
15 20 (6.17%) AWS KMS
15 20 (6.17%) Route 53
16 18 (5.56%) AWS Step Functions
17 17 (5.25%) Amazon SQS
18 13 (4.01%) Amazon ELB
18 13 (4.01%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 46 (14.20%) Firewall
2 29 (8.95%) DNS
3 16 (4.94%) VPN
4 13 (4.01%) HTTP
5 11 (3.40%) BGP
5 11 (3.40%) Network Security
5 11 (3.40%) OSPF
6 10 (3.09%) FTP
6 10 (3.09%) IMAP
6 10 (3.09%) OpenLDAP
6 10 (3.09%) SMTP
6 10 (3.09%) SSH
6 10 (3.09%) WAN
7 9 (2.78%) MPLS
7 9 (2.78%) SNMP
8 8 (2.47%) LAN
9 6 (1.85%) SSL
9 6 (1.85%) TACACS
9 6 (1.85%) Wireless
10 5 (1.54%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (20.06%) Amazon RDS
2 44 (13.58%) NoSQL
3 38 (11.73%) PostgreSQL
4 36 (11.11%) DynamoDB
5 17 (5.25%) Amazon Redshift
5 17 (5.25%) Data Warehouse
6 14 (4.32%) Amazon Athena
6 14 (4.32%) Amazon Aurora
7 10 (3.09%) Relational Database
8 8 (2.47%) Amazon QuickSight
8 8 (2.47%) Metadata
9 7 (2.16%) SQL Server
10 6 (1.85%) MongoDB
10 6 (1.85%) MySQL
10 6 (1.85%) RDBMS
11 5 (1.54%) Big Data
11 5 (1.54%) Data Lake
11 5 (1.54%) Oracle Database
12 4 (1.23%) DataStage
12 4 (1.23%) GIS
Development Applications
1 70 (21.60%) Jenkins
2 56 (17.28%) GitLab
3 49 (15.12%) Git
4 25 (7.72%) JIRA
5 13 (4.01%) Liquibase
6 10 (3.09%) Vagrant
7 7 (2.16%) Bitbucket
7 7 (2.16%) MLflow
8 6 (1.85%) Bitbucket Server
8 6 (1.85%) CA Release Automation
8 6 (1.85%) Sonatype Nexus
9 5 (1.54%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 5 (1.54%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.93%) Artifactory
10 3 (0.93%) Maven
11 1 (0.31%) Gatling
11 1 (0.31%) Gradle
11 1 (0.31%) Jaeger
11 1 (0.31%) NeoLoad
11 1 (0.31%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 163 (50.31%) Social Skills
2 71 (21.91%) Finance
3 55 (16.98%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (14.81%) Public Sector
5 33 (10.19%) Banking
6 15 (4.63%) Presentation Skills
7 13 (4.01%) Documentation Skills
8 12 (3.70%) Financial Institution
9 9 (2.78%) Aerospace
10 5 (1.54%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.23%) Billing
11 4 (1.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (0.93%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.93%) Publishing
13 2 (0.62%) Digital Health
13 2 (0.62%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.62%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.31%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.31%) Police
14 1 (0.31%) Retail
Job Titles
1 91 (28.09%) Architect
2 69 (21.30%) AWS Engineer
3 48 (14.81%) DevOps Engineer
4 38 (11.73%) AWS Architect
5 32 (9.88%) Developer
5 32 (9.88%) Senior
5 32 (9.88%) Solutions Architect
6 31 (9.57%) AWS DevOps
7 28 (8.64%) AWS DevOps Engineer
8 26 (8.02%) Cloud Engineer
9 21 (6.48%) Platform Engineer
10 18 (5.56%) Lead
11 16 (4.94%) Cloud Architect
11 16 (4.94%) Cloud Platform Engineer
12 13 (4.01%) Data Engineer
13 12 (3.70%) AWS Platform Engineer
13 12 (3.70%) Designer
14 11 (3.40%) AWS Solution Architect
14 11 (3.40%) Security Architect
15 10 (3.09%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (7.72%) Elastic Stack
2 21 (6.48%) RESTful
3 18 (5.56%) Kafka
3 18 (5.56%) OAuth
4 16 (4.94%) LDAP
4 16 (4.94%) React
5 15 (4.63%) REST
6 13 (4.01%) Node.js
6 13 (4.01%) SAML
7 12 (3.70%) GraphQL
7 12 (3.70%) OpenID
8 11 (3.40%) AWS CDK
9 8 (2.47%) LangChain
10 7 (2.16%) FastAPI
10 7 (2.16%) Hugging Face
10 7 (2.16%) NumPy
10 7 (2.16%) OAuth2
10 7 (2.16%) Pandas
10 7 (2.16%) Spring
10 7 (2.16%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 55 (16.98%) Cloud Native
2 22 (6.79%) Distributed Systems
3 21 (6.48%) Public Cloud
4 18 (5.56%) Hybrid Cloud
5 16 (4.94%) Data Protection Act
6 15 (4.63%) Replication
7 14 (4.32%) Data Centre
8 8 (2.47%) Product Ownership
8 8 (2.47%) Security Posture
9 7 (2.16%) Distributed Architecture
9 7 (2.16%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (2.16%) Onboarding
10 6 (1.85%) PKI
11 5 (1.54%) Cloud Security Posture
11 5 (1.54%) Management Information System
12 4 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
12 4 (1.23%) NHS
12 4 (1.23%) Renewable Energy
13 3 (0.93%) Fixed Income
13 3 (0.93%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 57 (17.59%) Linux
2 35 (10.80%) Windows
3 18 (5.56%) Windows Server
4 15 (4.63%) Unix
5 14 (4.32%) Ubuntu
6 10 (3.09%) Amazon Linux
6 10 (3.09%) VMS
7 5 (1.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (1.23%) CentOS
9 1 (0.31%) Solaris
9 1 (0.31%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (45.06%) CI/CD
2 142 (43.83%) DevOps
3 99 (30.56%) Infrastructure as Code
4 98 (30.25%) Containerisation
5 90 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
6 77 (23.77%) Agile
7 57 (17.59%) Cloud Security
8 56 (17.28%) High Availability
9 55 (16.98%) Computer Science
9 55 (16.98%) Mentoring
10 48 (14.81%) Microservices
11 46 (14.20%) Migration
12 44 (13.58%) Stakeholder Management
13 35 (10.80%) TOGAF
14 31 (9.57%) Artificial Intelligence
14 31 (9.57%) DevSecOps
15 30 (9.26%) Technical Leadership
16 29 (8.95%) Cybersecurity
17 28 (8.64%) Continuous Integration
18 27 (8.33%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 137 (42.28%) Python
2 54 (16.67%) Java
3 49 (15.12%) SQL
4 31 (9.57%) PowerShell
5 29 (8.95%) Bash
5 29 (8.95%) JavaScript
6 21 (6.48%) TypeScript
7 18 (5.56%) Groovy
8 16 (4.94%) Go
8 16 (4.94%) Shell Script
9 4 (1.23%) C#
9 4 (1.23%) Scala
10 3 (0.93%) CodeQL
11 2 (0.62%) C
11 2 (0.62%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.62%) PHP
12 1 (0.31%) Korn
12 1 (0.31%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 99 (30.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 88 (27.16%) Azure Certification
3 87 (26.85%) Security Cleared
4 78 (24.07%) Degree
5 76 (23.46%) SC Cleared
6 48 (14.81%) Computer Science Degree
7 28 (8.64%) Master's Degree
8 25 (7.72%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 24 (7.41%) CISSP
10 23 (7.10%) Cisco Certification
11 18 (5.56%) Microsoft Certification
12 17 (5.25%) AWS Certified Developer
13 15 (4.63%) TOGAF Certification
14 8 (2.47%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 8 (2.47%) CCIE
14 8 (2.47%) CISM
15 7 (2.16%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 7 (2.16%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
15 7 (2.16%) DV Cleared
15 7 (2.16%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (8.64%) GDPR
2 26 (8.02%) QA
3 24 (7.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 16 (4.94%) NIST
5 15 (4.63%) Data Quality
6 7 (2.16%) SOC 2
7 6 (1.85%) HIPAA
7 6 (1.85%) PCI DSS
8 4 (1.23%) PSD2
8 4 (1.23%) SLA
9 2 (0.62%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.62%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.62%) FIPS 140-2
9 2 (0.62%) GRC
9 2 (0.62%) NCSC
9 2 (0.62%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 98 (30.25%) Docker
2 20 (6.17%) Active Directory
3 10 (3.09%) DFS Replication
3 10 (3.09%) Dovecot
3 10 (3.09%) Postfix
3 10 (3.09%) Squid
4 7 (2.16%) VMware NSX
5 6 (1.85%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.93%) Tivoli Directory Server
7 1 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 119 (36.73%) Terraform
2 103 (31.79%) Kubernetes
3 55 (16.98%) Ansible
4 45 (13.89%) Prometheus
5 42 (12.96%) Grafana
6 13 (4.01%) Puppet
7 10 (3.09%) Nessus
7 10 (3.09%) Progress Chef
7 10 (3.09%) Proxmox
8 6 (1.85%) CA Single Sign-On
8 6 (1.85%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (1.54%) CA Wily
10 4 (1.23%) Argo
11 3 (0.93%) linkerd
11 3 (0.93%) Nagios
11 3 (0.93%) Tivoli
12 2 (0.62%) HAProxy
12 2 (0.62%) Kustomize
13 1 (0.31%) Packer
13 1 (0.31%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 47 (14.51%) Microsoft
2 29 (8.95%) Splunk
3 26 (8.02%) Google
4 19 (5.86%) IBM
5 18 (5.56%) Oracle
6 17 (5.25%) ServiceNow
7 14 (4.32%) Cisco
8 10 (3.09%) AppDynamics
8 10 (3.09%) Jaspersoft
8 10 (3.09%) VMware
9 9 (2.78%) Dynatrace
9 9 (2.78%) F5
9 9 (2.78%) Fortinet
10 7 (2.16%) Juniper
11 6 (1.85%) Broadcom
12 5 (1.54%) Dataiku
12 5 (1.54%) DataRobot
12 5 (1.54%) Salesforce
12 5 (1.54%) SAP
13 4 (1.23%) Pure Storage