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 29 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 351 271 362
Rank change year-on-year -80 +91 +41
Contract jobs citing AWS Certification 341 311 218
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.65% 0.95% 0.55%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.07% 3.06% 1.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 235 225 157
10th Percentile £408 £364 £381
25th Percentile £455 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £625 £650
90th Percentile £778 £738 £749
UK excluding London median daily rate £560 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +12.00% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 1
10th Percentile £78.08 £40.03 -
25th Percentile £84.00 £47.56 -
Median hourly rate £93.75 £54.25 £58.00
Median % change year-on-year +72.81% -6.47% -28.83%
75th Percentile £102.69 £66.44 -
90th Percentile £104.75 £86.58 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £93.75 - £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 16,453 10,167 11,894
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.31% 30.98% 29.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,025 6,305 7,540
10th Percentile £350 £281 £313
25th Percentile £431 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £618 £638
90th Percentile £714 £700 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,204 773 901
10th Percentile £17.87 £17.87 £14.48
25th Percentile £25.77 £19.38 £21.19
Median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +108.75% -41.51% -23.30%
75th Percentile £74.00 £56.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £87.16 £75.00 £76.99
UK excluding London median hourly rate £51.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +102.78% -41.51% -21.19%

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 29 July 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 29 July 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 29 July 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 -72 285 £575 +9.52% 339
UK excluding London -61 155 £560 +12.00% 241
London -71 135 £550 - 170
Work from Home -70 112 £588 +11.90% 129
North of England -34 61 £582 +20.37% 67
North West -15 44 £550 -15.38% 35
South East -53 37 £560 +12.00% 51
Midlands -46 28 £450 -6.15% 30
West Midlands -44 26 £463 -11.90% 15
South West -34 16 £700 +12.00% 42
Yorkshire -39 16 £663 +57.74% 21
East of England -13 8 £600 +14.29% 20
Scotland -37 7 £479 -4.20% 15
Wales -19 2 £250 -43.95% 5
North East -45 2 £538 - 14
East Midlands -15 1 £400 -10.61% 15

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 (6.74%) Confluence
2 8 (2.35%) Apache
3 4 (1.17%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.17%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.17%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.88%) CloudStack
4 3 (0.88%) Palantir Foundry
5 2 (0.59%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.29%) Apache Pulsar
6 1 (0.29%) CIMPLICITY
6 1 (0.29%) nginx
6 1 (0.29%) Predix
6 1 (0.29%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.29%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.29%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.47%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.59%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.29%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 1 (0.29%) Maximo
3 1 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.29%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 341 (100.00%) AWS
2 197 (57.77%) Azure
3 95 (27.86%) GCP
4 79 (23.17%) Serverless
5 70 (20.53%) Amazon S3
6 64 (18.77%) AWS CloudFormation
7 56 (16.42%) AWS Lambda
8 53 (15.54%) Amazon EKS
8 53 (15.54%) GitHub
9 52 (15.25%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 49 (14.37%) Amazon EC2
11 48 (14.08%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 39 (11.44%) GitHub Actions
13 36 (10.56%) Amazon ECS
14 25 (7.33%) Azure DevOps
15 24 (7.04%) Power Platform
16 21 (6.16%) AWS KMS
17 20 (5.87%) Google Kubernetes Engine
18 14 (4.11%) AWS CloudTrail
18 14 (4.11%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 44 (12.90%) Firewall
2 22 (6.45%) Network Security
3 14 (4.11%) DNS
3 14 (4.11%) VPN
4 9 (2.64%) LAN
4 9 (2.64%) WAN
5 8 (2.35%) BGP
6 7 (2.05%) 3GPP
6 7 (2.05%) DHCP
6 7 (2.05%) SD-WAN
6 7 (2.05%) TCP/IP
7 5 (1.47%) OSPF
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
8 4 (1.17%) VSAN
9 3 (0.88%) Cisco ASA
9 3 (0.88%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (11.14%) Amazon RDS
2 24 (7.04%) Power BI
3 22 (6.45%) DynamoDB
4 21 (6.16%) Amazon Redshift
5 16 (4.69%) Amazon Athena
6 14 (4.11%) PostgreSQL
7 13 (3.81%) Data Warehouse
8 12 (3.52%) Amazon Aurora
9 9 (2.64%) Elasticsearch
10 8 (2.35%) Data Lake
11 7 (2.05%) Metadata
11 7 (2.05%) Relational Database
12 6 (1.76%) Big Data
13 5 (1.47%) NoSQL
14 4 (1.17%) Amazon QuickSight
14 4 (1.17%) Delta Lake
14 4 (1.17%) MySQL
15 3 (0.88%) BigQuery
15 3 (0.88%) SQL Server
16 2 (0.59%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 49 (14.37%) Jenkins
2 41 (12.02%) GitLab
3 28 (8.21%) Git
4 24 (7.04%) JIRA
5 9 (2.64%) SonarQube
6 7 (2.05%) Maven
7 6 (1.76%) JUnit
8 5 (1.47%) DbUnit
8 5 (1.47%) jMock
8 5 (1.47%) MLflow
8 5 (1.47%) Mockito
9 3 (0.88%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.88%) Bitbucket Server
9 3 (0.88%) Claude Code
9 3 (0.88%) Snyk
10 2 (0.59%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.59%) Burp Suite
10 2 (0.59%) JMeter
10 2 (0.59%) LoadRunner
10 2 (0.59%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 116 (34.02%) Social Skills
2 60 (17.60%) Finance
2 60 (17.60%) Public Sector
3 36 (10.56%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (6.74%) Banking
5 20 (5.87%) Documentation Skills
6 9 (2.64%) Telecoms
7 8 (2.35%) Legal
8 6 (1.76%) Aerospace
8 6 (1.76%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (1.47%) Billing
9 5 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (1.47%) Law
10 3 (0.88%) Financial Institution
10 3 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (0.88%) Retail
11 2 (0.59%) Electronics
11 2 (0.59%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.59%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.59%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 129 (37.83%) Architect
2 47 (13.78%) Cloud Engineer
3 37 (10.85%) Senior
4 36 (10.56%) AWS Engineer
4 36 (10.56%) DevOps Engineer
5 32 (9.38%) Lead
6 31 (9.09%) Technical Architect
7 28 (8.21%) AWS Architect
7 28 (8.21%) Security Engineer
8 26 (7.62%) Cloud Architect
9 25 (7.33%) Solutions Architect
10 22 (6.45%) Security Architect
11 19 (5.57%) Platform Engineer
12 17 (4.99%) Developer
13 14 (4.11%) Data Engineer
14 13 (3.81%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 11 (3.23%) AWS DevOps
15 11 (3.23%) AWS DevOps Engineer
15 11 (3.23%) Lead DevOps
15 11 (3.23%) Senior Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (7.92%) REST
2 19 (5.57%) OAuth
3 16 (4.69%) RESTful
4 15 (4.40%) Kafka
4 15 (4.40%) OpenID
5 14 (4.11%) Node.js
6 13 (3.81%) Spring Boot
7 12 (3.52%) Spring
8 11 (3.23%) AWS CDK
8 11 (3.23%) OAuth2
8 11 (3.23%) SAML
8 11 (3.23%) Web Services
9 10 (2.93%) PySpark
9 10 (2.93%) SOAP
10 8 (2.35%) .NET
10 8 (2.35%) AngularJS
10 8 (2.35%) LangChain
11 7 (2.05%) Elastic Stack
11 7 (2.05%) PyTorch
12 6 (1.76%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 112 (32.84%) Cloud Native
2 31 (9.09%) Security Posture
3 29 (8.50%) Management Information System
4 26 (7.62%) Data Centre
5 25 (7.33%) Hybrid Cloud
6 24 (7.04%) Product Ownership
7 17 (4.99%) Distributed Systems
8 15 (4.40%) Enterprise Cloud
8 15 (4.40%) Onboarding
9 11 (3.23%) Public Cloud
10 7 (2.05%) Data Protection Act
10 7 (2.05%) IoT
11 6 (1.76%) Cloud Security Posture
11 6 (1.76%) Enterprise Software
12 5 (1.47%) PKI
13 4 (1.17%) NHS
13 4 (1.17%) Replication
13 4 (1.17%) Virtual Team
14 3 (0.88%) Analytical Mindset
14 3 (0.88%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 76 (22.29%) Linux
2 54 (15.84%) Windows
3 24 (7.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (2.35%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.76%) Ubuntu
6 5 (1.47%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.47%) Mac OS
7 4 (1.17%) Amazon Linux
8 2 (0.59%) Alpine Linux
8 2 (0.59%) Unix
9 1 (0.29%) CentOS
9 1 (0.29%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 190 (55.72%) DevOps
2 180 (52.79%) CI/CD
3 140 (41.06%) Infrastructure as Code
4 119 (34.90%) Agile
5 89 (26.10%) Cloud Security
6 71 (20.82%) Microservices
7 69 (20.23%) Containerisation
8 67 (19.65%) Roadmaps
8 67 (19.65%) Technical Leadership
9 66 (19.35%) Continuous Improvement
10 63 (18.48%) AI
10 63 (18.48%) Stakeholder Management
11 60 (17.60%) Observability
12 59 (17.30%) DevSecOps
13 56 (16.42%) Migration
14 53 (15.54%) Scrum
15 50 (14.66%) TOGAF
16 48 (14.08%) Machine Learning
17 45 (13.20%) Problem-Solving
18 44 (12.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 138 (40.47%) Python
2 66 (19.35%) Java
3 64 (18.77%) Bash
4 61 (17.89%) PowerShell
5 33 (9.68%) SQL
6 24 (7.04%) JavaScript
7 20 (5.87%) TypeScript
8 19 (5.57%) Bicep
9 9 (2.64%) Rust
10 6 (1.76%) Perl
11 5 (1.47%) Groovy
12 4 (1.17%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.88%) C#
13 3 (0.88%) Ruby
13 3 (0.88%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.59%) Go
14 2 (0.59%) PHP
15 1 (0.29%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 131 (38.42%) Security Cleared
2 118 (34.60%) Azure Certification
3 109 (31.96%) SC Cleared
4 98 (28.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 54 (15.84%) CISSP
6 41 (12.02%) Degree
7 30 (8.80%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 25 (7.33%) DV Cleared
9 22 (6.45%) Cisco Certification
9 22 (6.45%) TOGAF Certification
10 21 (6.16%) Computer Science Degree
11 18 (5.28%) BPSS Clearance
12 15 (4.40%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 15 (4.40%) CISM
12 15 (4.40%) Microsoft Certification
13 12 (3.52%) AWS Certified Developer
13 12 (3.52%) CCNP
14 8 (2.35%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 7 (2.05%) PMI Certification
15 7 (2.05%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (7.04%) NIST
2 23 (6.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (6.16%) Data Quality
4 17 (4.99%) QA
5 15 (4.40%) GDPR
6 11 (3.23%) NCSC
7 7 (2.05%) PCI DSS
8 5 (1.47%) GRC
9 4 (1.17%) HL7
9 4 (1.17%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.59%) Disclosure Scotland
10 2 (0.59%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.59%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 1 (0.29%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.29%) DICOM
11 1 (0.29%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.29%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.29%) PSD2
System Software
1 98 (28.74%) Docker
2 20 (5.87%) Active Directory
3 14 (4.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (2.64%) vSphere
5 5 (1.47%) Postfix
5 5 (1.47%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.88%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.59%) Microsoft App-V
7 2 (0.59%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.59%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.59%) VMware Workstation
8 1 (0.29%) Squid
8 1 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 152 (44.57%) Terraform
2 105 (30.79%) Kubernetes
3 38 (11.14%) Ansible
4 35 (10.26%) Grafana
5 28 (8.21%) Prometheus
6 24 (7.04%) Progress Chef
7 10 (2.93%) Puppet
8 8 (2.35%) Argo
9 6 (1.76%) Istio
10 4 (1.17%) linkerd
10 4 (1.17%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (1.17%) VxRail
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 (0.59%) CASB
12 2 (0.59%) Packer
12 2 (0.59%) SCCM
13 1 (0.29%) CloudForms
Vendors
1 67 (19.65%) Microsoft
2 43 (12.61%) Google
3 18 (5.28%) Red Hat
3 18 (5.28%) Splunk
4 17 (4.99%) VMware
5 14 (4.11%) ServiceNow
6 12 (3.52%) Cisco
7 10 (2.93%) Databricks
8 9 (2.64%) Informatica
9 8 (2.35%) CrowdStrike
9 8 (2.35%) Palo Alto
10 7 (2.05%) Dynatrace
10 7 (2.05%) IBM
11 6 (1.76%) Atlassian
11 6 (1.76%) Fortinet
11 6 (1.76%) Zscaler
12 5 (1.47%) BeyondTrust
12 5 (1.47%) Jaspersoft
12 5 (1.47%) Okta
12 5 (1.47%) Salesforce