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

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 361 261 423
Rank change year-on-year -100 +162 -19
Contract jobs citing AWS Certification 287 301 168
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.60% 1.03% 0.39%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.90% 3.33% 1.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 185 216 123
10th Percentile £400 £367 £451
25th Percentile £463 £450 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £555 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year +0.91% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £688 £638 £675
90th Percentile £760 £716 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £548 £600
% change year-on-year +0.46% -8.75% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 3 0
10th Percentile £72.33 £38.35 -
25th Percentile £84.25 £43.38 -
Median hourly rate £93.75 £53.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +75.23% - -
75th Percentile £102.69 £77.63 -
90th Percentile £105.73 £91.05 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £93.75 - -

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 15,141 9,032 13,069
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.87% 30.93% 30.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,047 5,698 8,072
10th Percentile £350 £285 £305
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £619 £623 £650
90th Percentile £720 £700 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £533
% change year-on-year - -6.19% +1.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,082 514 1,069
10th Percentile £16.35 £18.13 £13.82
25th Percentile £21.25 £21.46 £17.80
Median hourly rate £48.05 £39.18 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.64% -2.05% -25.93%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.46 £61.60
90th Percentile £85.36 £80.07 £75.45
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £39.66 £40.94
% change year-on-year +19.77% -3.13% -17.91%

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 May 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 May 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 12 May 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 -104 232 £566 -1.52% 282
London -78 117 £525 -12.50% 91
UK excluding London -96 115 £550 +0.46% 244
Work from Home -86 76 £575 +4.55% 87
North of England -39 46 £581 -17.00% 66
North West -15 34 £575 -18.79% 29
South East -37 28 £525 +5.00% 55
Midlands -50 17 £447 -3.87% 36
West Midlands -54 15 £450 +9.09% 15
East of England -21 9 £550 +4.76% 25
South West -37 9 £644 +4.04% 33
Yorkshire -49 9 £663 +3.92% 25
Scotland -32 4 £320 -41.82% 17
North East -17 3 £575 +39.39% 12
Wales -21 3 £250 -7.41% 11
East Midlands -39 1 £447 -3.87% 21

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 19 (6.62%) Confluence
2 6 (2.09%) Apache
3 5 (1.74%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.05%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.70%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.70%) nginx
5 2 (0.70%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.70%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.35%) Apache Pulsar
6 1 (0.35%) CloudStack
6 1 (0.35%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.39%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.70%) DELMIA
2 2 (0.70%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.35%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 287 (100.00%) AWS
2 150 (52.26%) Azure
3 72 (25.09%) AWS CloudFormation
4 63 (21.95%) GCP
5 59 (20.56%) Serverless
6 52 (18.12%) Amazon EKS
7 50 (17.42%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 46 (16.03%) GitHub
9 42 (14.63%) Amazon S3
10 37 (12.89%) AWS Lambda
11 36 (12.54%) GitHub Actions
12 33 (11.50%) Amazon ECS
13 32 (11.15%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 28 (9.76%) Amazon EC2
15 27 (9.41%) AWS KMS
16 20 (6.97%) Amazon GuardDuty
17 17 (5.92%) AWS CodePipeline
17 17 (5.92%) Route 53
18 15 (5.23%) AWS CloudTrail
18 15 (5.23%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 37 (12.89%) Firewall
2 19 (6.62%) Network Security
3 17 (5.92%) VPN
4 16 (5.57%) DNS
5 10 (3.48%) WAN
6 7 (2.44%) 3GPP
6 7 (2.44%) BGP
7 6 (2.09%) DHCP
8 5 (1.74%) LAN
8 5 (1.74%) OSPF
8 5 (1.74%) SD-WAN
8 5 (1.74%) TCP/IP
9 4 (1.39%) IPv6
9 4 (1.39%) TETRA
10 3 (1.05%) IPv4
10 3 (1.05%) VLAN
11 2 (0.70%) Intrusion Detection
11 2 (0.70%) IPsec
11 2 (0.70%) MPLS
11 2 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (12.54%) Amazon RDS
2 22 (7.67%) DynamoDB
3 12 (4.18%) Amazon Aurora
3 12 (4.18%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (3.83%) Power BI
5 9 (3.14%) Amazon Redshift
5 9 (3.14%) NoSQL
5 9 (3.14%) Relational Database
6 7 (2.44%) Amazon Athena
6 7 (2.44%) Elasticsearch
7 6 (2.09%) Data Lake
7 6 (2.09%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (1.74%) Metadata
8 5 (1.74%) MySQL
9 4 (1.39%) Big Data
9 4 (1.39%) Delta Lake
10 3 (1.05%) DataStage
10 3 (1.05%) DocumentDB
10 3 (1.05%) SQL Server
11 2 (0.70%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 38 (13.24%) Jenkins
2 27 (9.41%) GitLab
3 19 (6.62%) JIRA
4 15 (5.23%) Git
5 6 (2.09%) Bitbucket
5 6 (2.09%) JUnit
5 6 (2.09%) SonarQube
6 4 (1.39%) DbUnit
6 4 (1.39%) jMock
6 4 (1.39%) Maven
6 4 (1.39%) MLflow
6 4 (1.39%) Mockito
6 4 (1.39%) Snyk
7 3 (1.05%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.70%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.70%) Bitbucket Server
9 1 (0.35%) Claude Code
9 1 (0.35%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.35%) Liquibase
9 1 (0.35%) Postman
General
1 99 (34.49%) Social Skills
2 54 (18.82%) Finance
3 42 (14.63%) Public Sector
4 26 (9.06%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (6.27%) Banking
6 16 (5.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (3.48%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (3.48%) Legal
8 7 (2.44%) Telecoms
9 5 (1.74%) Aerospace
9 5 (1.74%) Manufacturing
9 5 (1.74%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (1.39%) Electronics
10 4 (1.39%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.70%) Billing
11 2 (0.70%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.70%) Marketing
12 1 (0.35%) Dutch Language
12 1 (0.35%) French Language
12 1 (0.35%) Retail
Job Titles
1 112 (39.02%) Architect
2 37 (12.89%) DevOps Engineer
3 33 (11.50%) AWS Architect
4 31 (10.80%) AWS Engineer
5 30 (10.45%) Cloud Architect
6 27 (9.41%) Lead
7 26 (9.06%) Senior
8 25 (8.71%) Cloud Engineer
9 23 (8.01%) Technical Architect
10 20 (6.97%) Security Engineer
10 20 (6.97%) Solutions Architect
11 18 (6.27%) Platform Engineer
12 16 (5.57%) Security Architect
13 15 (5.23%) Developer
14 13 (4.53%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 12 (4.18%) Lead Architect
16 11 (3.83%) AWS DevOps
17 10 (3.48%) AWS DevOps Engineer
18 8 (2.79%) Data Engineer
18 8 (2.79%) DevSecOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (6.27%) Kafka
2 16 (5.57%) REST
3 13 (4.53%) AWS CDK
4 11 (3.83%) Node.js
5 10 (3.48%) OAuth
5 10 (3.48%) Web Services
6 9 (3.14%) RESTful
6 9 (3.14%) SOAP
7 8 (2.79%) Elastic Stack
8 7 (2.44%) .NET
8 7 (2.44%) AngularJS
8 7 (2.44%) OAuth2
8 7 (2.44%) OpenID
9 6 (2.09%) Middleware
9 6 (2.09%) Spring
9 6 (2.09%) Spring Boot
10 5 (1.74%) boto
10 5 (1.74%) React
10 5 (1.74%) XML
11 4 (1.39%) Spring Batch
Miscellaneous
1 82 (28.57%) Cloud Native
2 20 (6.97%) Data Centre
3 16 (5.57%) Distributed Systems
3 16 (5.57%) Management Information System
4 14 (4.88%) Hybrid Cloud
5 13 (4.53%) Enterprise Cloud
6 12 (4.18%) Product Ownership
7 10 (3.48%) Virtual Team
8 8 (2.79%) Onboarding
8 8 (2.79%) Public Cloud
9 7 (2.44%) Security Posture
10 6 (2.09%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (2.09%) PKI
11 5 (1.74%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (1.74%) Private Cloud
11 5 (1.74%) Replication
12 4 (1.39%) e-Learning
13 3 (1.05%) Cloud Security Posture
13 3 (1.05%) Enterprise Software
13 3 (1.05%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 51 (17.77%) Linux
2 34 (11.85%) Windows
3 5 (1.74%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.39%) Apple iOS
4 4 (1.39%) Mac OS
4 4 (1.39%) VMS
5 3 (1.05%) Amazon Linux
5 3 (1.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.35%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.35%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 164 (57.14%) CI/CD
2 139 (48.43%) DevOps
3 125 (43.55%) Infrastructure as Code
4 79 (27.53%) Agile
5 69 (24.04%) Containerisation
6 58 (20.21%) Cloud Security
7 54 (18.82%) DevSecOps
8 52 (18.12%) Microservices
9 50 (17.42%) Migration
10 47 (16.38%) Roadmaps
11 46 (16.03%) Observability
12 45 (15.68%) Continuous Improvement
13 44 (15.33%) Stakeholder Management
14 40 (13.94%) TOGAF
15 38 (13.24%) Problem-Solving
16 37 (12.89%) Technical Leadership
17 32 (11.15%) Cybersecurity
17 32 (11.15%) Event-Driven
18 31 (10.80%) Platform Engineering
18 31 (10.80%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 93 (32.40%) Python
2 54 (18.82%) Java
3 37 (12.89%) Bash
4 29 (10.10%) PowerShell
5 24 (8.36%) SQL
6 18 (6.27%) JavaScript
6 18 (6.27%) TypeScript
7 7 (2.44%) Bicep
7 7 (2.44%) Perl
7 7 (2.44%) Rust
8 6 (2.09%) C#
8 6 (2.09%) Ruby
9 4 (1.39%) Go
9 4 (1.39%) Kotlin
10 3 (1.05%) Groovy
10 3 (1.05%) PHP
11 2 (0.70%) Scala
12 1 (0.35%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 127 (44.25%) Security Cleared
2 107 (37.28%) SC Cleared
3 95 (33.10%) Azure Certification
4 91 (31.71%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 29 (10.10%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 28 (9.76%) CISSP
6 28 (9.76%) Degree
7 24 (8.36%) TOGAF Certification
8 21 (7.32%) Cisco Certification
9 19 (6.62%) Computer Science Degree
10 17 (5.92%) DV Cleared
11 11 (3.83%) AWS Certified Developer
11 11 (3.83%) BPSS Clearance
12 10 (3.48%) PMI Certification
12 10 (3.48%) PMP
13 9 (3.14%) CCNA
13 9 (3.14%) Master's Degree
14 8 (2.79%) CCNP
15 7 (2.44%) CISM
15 7 (2.44%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (9.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (8.71%) NIST
3 16 (5.57%) GDPR
4 15 (5.23%) NCSC
5 11 (3.83%) QA
6 10 (3.48%) Data Quality
7 8 (2.79%) PCI DSS
8 6 (2.09%) Cyber Essentials
9 5 (1.74%) GRC
10 3 (1.05%) HL7
10 3 (1.05%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.70%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.70%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 2 (0.70%) DICOM
11 2 (0.70%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 2 (0.70%) PSD2
11 2 (0.70%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.35%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 1 (0.35%) NIST 800
System Software
1 74 (25.78%) Docker
2 17 (5.92%) Active Directory
3 9 (3.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (2.79%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (2.09%) Hyper-V
6 4 (1.39%) Postfix
7 2 (0.70%) Microsoft App-V
7 2 (0.70%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.70%) VMware Workstation
8 1 (0.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 134 (46.69%) Terraform
2 92 (32.06%) Kubernetes
3 30 (10.45%) Ansible
4 24 (8.36%) Grafana
4 24 (8.36%) Prometheus
5 8 (2.79%) Argo
6 7 (2.44%) Progress Chef
7 4 (1.39%) linkerd
7 4 (1.39%) Puppet
8 3 (1.05%) Istio
8 3 (1.05%) ITRS Geneos
9 2 (0.70%) CASB
9 2 (0.70%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.70%) Opsgenie
9 2 (0.70%) Packer
9 2 (0.70%) SCCM
10 1 (0.35%) Check_MK
10 1 (0.35%) Fluentd
10 1 (0.35%) logstash
10 1 (0.35%) Suricata
Vendors
1 42 (14.63%) Microsoft
2 18 (6.27%) Google
3 14 (4.88%) VMware
4 13 (4.53%) Splunk
5 12 (4.18%) Cisco
5 12 (4.18%) Databricks
6 9 (3.14%) Oracle
6 9 (3.14%) ServiceNow
7 8 (2.79%) Dynatrace
8 7 (2.44%) Citrix
8 7 (2.44%) Fortinet
8 7 (2.44%) IBM
8 7 (2.44%) Zscaler
9 6 (2.09%) Atlassian
9 6 (2.09%) CloudEndure
9 6 (2.09%) SAP
10 5 (1.74%) Palo Alto
11 4 (1.39%) BeyondTrust
11 4 (1.39%) Jaspersoft
11 4 (1.39%) Tenable