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

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 349 268 351
Rank change year-on-year -81 +83 +55
Contract jobs citing AWS Certification 343 311 229
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 236 224 166
10th Percentile £408 £361 £381
25th Percentile £455 £425 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £678 £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 16,695 10,238 11,730
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.39% 31.11% 29.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,175 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 1,244 786 855
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 £50.00 £25.15 £45.00
% change year-on-year +98.81% -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 5 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 5 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 5 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 -85 290 £575 +9.52% 631
UK excluding London -71 157 £575 +15.00% 397
London -64 139 £563 +4.65% 315
Work from Home -60 113 £581 +13.41% 335
North of England -26 58 £590 +24.97% 106
North West -21 42 £550 +11.79% 65
South East -54 38 £575 +15.00% 75
Midlands -42 30 £450 -6.15% 71
West Midlands -41 28 £463 -11.90% 54
South West -41 17 £725 +16.00% 76
Yorkshire -41 16 £663 +57.74% 29
East of England -9 9 £600 +14.29% 26
Scotland -31 7 £479 -4.20% 22
Wales -16 2 £250 -43.95% 7
East Midlands -12 1 £400 -10.61% 17
North East -39 1 £600 - 13

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 (6.71%) Confluence
2 6 (1.75%) Apache
3 5 (1.46%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (1.46%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.17%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.87%) CloudStack
5 3 (0.87%) 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
1 343 (100.00%) AWS
2 199 (58.02%) Azure
3 97 (28.28%) GCP
4 79 (23.03%) Serverless
5 73 (21.28%) Amazon S3
6 63 (18.37%) AWS CloudFormation
7 58 (16.91%) AWS Lambda
8 57 (16.62%) GitHub
9 54 (15.74%) Amazon EKS
10 53 (15.45%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 52 (15.16%) Amazon EC2
12 50 (14.58%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 43 (12.54%) GitHub Actions
14 38 (11.08%) Amazon ECS
15 27 (7.87%) Azure DevOps
16 24 (7.00%) Power Platform
17 20 (5.83%) AWS KMS
18 19 (5.54%) Google Kubernetes Engine
19 14 (4.08%) Amazon EMR
19 14 (4.08%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 45 (13.12%) Firewall
2 22 (6.41%) Network Security
3 16 (4.66%) DNS
3 16 (4.66%) VPN
4 9 (2.62%) LAN
4 9 (2.62%) WAN
5 8 (2.33%) BGP
5 8 (2.33%) DHCP
5 8 (2.33%) TCP/IP
6 7 (2.04%) 3GPP
6 7 (2.04%) SD-WAN
7 5 (1.46%) OSPF
7 5 (1.46%) VSAN
8 4 (1.17%) Internet
8 4 (1.17%) IPv6
8 4 (1.17%) MPLS
8 4 (1.17%) NGFW
8 4 (1.17%) TETRA
9 3 (0.87%) SAN
9 3 (0.87%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (11.37%) Amazon RDS
2 24 (7.00%) Power BI
3 21 (6.12%) DynamoDB
4 20 (5.83%) Amazon Redshift
5 16 (4.66%) Amazon Athena
6 15 (4.37%) Data Warehouse
7 13 (3.79%) PostgreSQL
8 12 (3.50%) Amazon Aurora
9 8 (2.33%) Data Lake
9 8 (2.33%) Elasticsearch
10 7 (2.04%) Metadata
10 7 (2.04%) Relational Database
11 6 (1.75%) Big Data
12 5 (1.46%) NoSQL
13 4 (1.17%) Amazon QuickSight
13 4 (1.17%) Delta Lake
14 3 (0.87%) BigQuery
14 3 (0.87%) SQL Server
15 2 (0.58%) DataStage
15 2 (0.58%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 51 (14.87%) Jenkins
2 41 (11.95%) GitLab
3 28 (8.16%) Git
4 23 (6.71%) JIRA
5 9 (2.62%) SonarQube
6 7 (2.04%) Maven
7 6 (1.75%) JUnit
8 5 (1.46%) DbUnit
8 5 (1.46%) jMock
8 5 (1.46%) MLflow
8 5 (1.46%) Mockito
9 3 (0.87%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.87%) Bitbucket Server
9 3 (0.87%) Claude Code
9 3 (0.87%) Snyk
10 2 (0.58%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.58%) Burp Suite
10 2 (0.58%) JMeter
10 2 (0.58%) LoadRunner
10 2 (0.58%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 120 (34.99%) Social Skills
2 62 (18.08%) Public Sector
3 60 (17.49%) Finance
4 37 (10.79%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (6.41%) Banking
6 21 (6.12%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (2.62%) Telecoms
8 7 (2.04%) Aerospace
9 6 (1.75%) Legal
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
12 3 (0.87%) Financial Institution
12 3 (0.87%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.87%) Retail
13 2 (0.58%) Electronics
13 2 (0.58%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.58%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 130 (37.90%) Architect
2 48 (13.99%) Cloud Engineer
3 38 (11.08%) Senior
4 36 (10.50%) AWS Engineer
4 36 (10.50%) DevOps Engineer
5 34 (9.91%) Lead
6 31 (9.04%) Technical Architect
7 28 (8.16%) Security Engineer
8 27 (7.87%) AWS Architect
9 26 (7.58%) Cloud Architect
9 26 (7.58%) Solutions Architect
10 23 (6.71%) Security Architect
11 20 (5.83%) Platform Engineer
12 14 (4.08%) Data Engineer
12 14 (4.08%) Developer
13 13 (3.79%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 12 (3.50%) Data Architect
15 11 (3.21%) AWS DevOps
15 11 (3.21%) AWS DevOps Engineer
15 11 (3.21%) Lead DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (7.58%) REST
2 19 (5.54%) OAuth
2 19 (5.54%) RESTful
3 15 (4.37%) Kafka
3 15 (4.37%) OpenID
3 15 (4.37%) Spring Boot
4 14 (4.08%) Node.js
4 14 (4.08%) Spring
5 12 (3.50%) SAML
6 11 (3.21%) AWS CDK
6 11 (3.21%) Web Services
7 10 (2.92%) OAuth2
7 10 (2.92%) PySpark
7 10 (2.92%) SOAP
8 8 (2.33%) .NET
8 8 (2.33%) AngularJS
8 8 (2.33%) LangChain
9 7 (2.04%) Elastic Stack
9 7 (2.04%) PyTorch
10 6 (1.75%) React
Miscellaneous
1 114 (33.24%) Cloud Native
2 31 (9.04%) Security Posture
3 30 (8.75%) Management Information System
4 28 (8.16%) Hybrid Cloud
5 27 (7.87%) Data Centre
6 24 (7.00%) Product Ownership
7 15 (4.37%) Distributed Systems
7 15 (4.37%) Enterprise Cloud
8 14 (4.08%) Onboarding
9 12 (3.50%) Public Cloud
10 7 (2.04%) Data Protection Act
10 7 (2.04%) IoT
11 6 (1.75%) Cloud Security Posture
11 6 (1.75%) PKI
12 5 (1.46%) NHS
12 5 (1.46%) Replication
13 4 (1.17%) Analytical Mindset
13 4 (1.17%) Enterprise Software
14 3 (0.87%) Mobile App
14 3 (0.87%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 74 (21.57%) Linux
2 53 (15.45%) Windows
3 24 (7.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (2.33%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.75%) Ubuntu
6 5 (1.46%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.46%) Mac OS
7 4 (1.17%) Amazon Linux
8 2 (0.58%) Alpine Linux
8 2 (0.58%) Unix
9 1 (0.29%) CentOS
9 1 (0.29%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 194 (56.56%) DevOps
2 183 (53.35%) CI/CD
3 143 (41.69%) Infrastructure as Code
4 121 (35.28%) Agile
5 90 (26.24%) Cloud Security
6 73 (21.28%) Microservices
7 72 (20.99%) Technical Leadership
8 68 (19.83%) Containerisation
8 68 (19.83%) Continuous Improvement
9 66 (19.24%) Roadmaps
10 64 (18.66%) AI
10 64 (18.66%) DevSecOps
10 64 (18.66%) Stakeholder Management
11 60 (17.49%) Observability
12 59 (17.20%) Migration
13 53 (15.45%) Scrum
14 50 (14.58%) TOGAF
15 47 (13.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 46 (13.41%) Machine Learning
17 44 (12.83%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 137 (39.94%) Python
2 68 (19.83%) Java
3 66 (19.24%) Bash
4 62 (18.08%) PowerShell
5 34 (9.91%) SQL
6 21 (6.12%) JavaScript
7 19 (5.54%) Bicep
8 18 (5.25%) TypeScript
9 8 (2.33%) Rust
10 5 (1.46%) Groovy
10 5 (1.46%) Kotlin
11 4 (1.17%) Perl
12 3 (0.87%) Ruby
13 2 (0.58%) C#
13 2 (0.58%) 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
1 133 (38.78%) Security Cleared
2 118 (34.40%) Azure Certification
3 112 (32.65%) SC Cleared
4 97 (28.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 53 (15.45%) CISSP
6 41 (11.95%) Degree
7 31 (9.04%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 25 (7.29%) DV Cleared
9 23 (6.71%) Cisco Certification
10 21 (6.12%) TOGAF Certification
11 20 (5.83%) Computer Science Degree
12 16 (4.66%) BPSS Clearance
12 16 (4.66%) CISM
13 15 (4.37%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 15 (4.37%) Microsoft Certification
14 12 (3.50%) CCNP
15 10 (2.92%) AWS Certified Developer
16 8 (2.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 8 (2.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17 7 (2.04%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (7.00%) NIST
2 23 (6.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (6.12%) Data Quality
4 17 (4.96%) QA
5 15 (4.37%) GDPR
6 12 (3.50%) NCSC
7 6 (1.75%) PCI DSS
8 4 (1.17%) GRC
8 4 (1.17%) HL7
9 3 (0.87%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.58%) Disclosure Scotland
10 2 (0.58%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.58%) 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%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.29%) PSD2
System Software
1 101 (29.45%) Docker
2 21 (6.12%) Active Directory
3 15 (4.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (2.92%) vSphere
5 6 (1.75%) VMware NSX
6 5 (1.46%) Postfix
7 3 (0.87%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.58%) Microsoft App-V
8 2 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.58%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.58%) VMware Workstation
9 1 (0.29%) Squid
9 1 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 152 (44.31%) Terraform
2 106 (30.90%) Kubernetes
3 40 (11.66%) Ansible
4 35 (10.20%) Grafana
5 28 (8.16%) Prometheus
6 24 (7.00%) Progress Chef
7 10 (2.92%) Puppet
8 8 (2.33%) Argo
9 6 (1.75%) Istio
10 5 (1.46%) VxRail
11 4 (1.17%) linkerd
11 4 (1.17%) Single Sign-On
12 3 (0.87%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 3 (0.87%) Check_MK
12 3 (0.87%) HP Fortify
13 2 (0.58%) CASB
13 2 (0.58%) Packer
13 2 (0.58%) QRadar
13 2 (0.58%) SCCM
14 1 (0.29%) CloudForms
Vendors
1 69 (20.12%) Microsoft
2 45 (13.12%) Google
3 18 (5.25%) Red Hat
3 18 (5.25%) VMware
4 16 (4.66%) Splunk
5 14 (4.08%) ServiceNow
6 12 (3.50%) Cisco
7 10 (2.92%) Databricks
8 9 (2.62%) Informatica
9 8 (2.33%) CrowdStrike
9 8 (2.33%) IBM
9 8 (2.33%) Palo Alto
10 7 (2.04%) Dynatrace
10 7 (2.04%) Zscaler
11 6 (1.75%) Fortinet
12 5 (1.46%) Atlassian
12 5 (1.46%) Jaspersoft
12 5 (1.46%) Oracle
12 5 (1.46%) Remedy
12 5 (1.46%) Salesforce