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

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 358 273 363
Rank change year-on-year -85 +90 +53
Contract jobs citing AWS Certification 342 308 216
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.65% 0.94% 0.54%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.06% 3.05% 1.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 235 222 156
10th Percentile £408 £363 £381
25th Percentile £455 £434 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £622 £650
90th Percentile £778 £735 £751
UK excluding London median daily rate £559 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +11.75% - -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 16,581 10,104 11,990
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.37% 30.85% 29.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,078 6,264 7,609
10th Percentile £350 £281 £313
25th Percentile £431 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £523 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.48% -0.48% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £619 £638
90th Percentile £713 £700 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,220 765 912
10th Percentile £17.87 £17.87 £14.25
25th Percentile £25.77 £18.87 £21.19
Median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +108.75% -41.51% -23.88%
75th Percentile £73.75 £56.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £87.02 £75.00 £76.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +98.81% -41.51% -21.79%

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 28 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 28 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 28 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 -68 286 £575 +9.52% 309
UK excluding London -54 155 £559 +11.75% 225
London -71 136 £550 - 145
Work from Home -64 112 £588 +11.90% 103
North of England -33 62 £579 +19.65% 62
North West -13 44 £550 -15.38% 32
South East -56 37 £560 +12.00% 51
Midlands -38 28 £450 -6.15% 30
West Midlands -37 26 £463 -11.90% 15
Yorkshire -35 17 £638 +51.79% 19
South West -32 15 £710 +13.60% 39
East of England -15 8 £600 +14.29% 21
Scotland -35 7 £479 -4.20% 14
Wales -19 2 £250 -43.95% 6
North East -40 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 24 (7.02%) Confluence
2 8 (2.34%) 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 (0.58%) 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 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.29%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.29%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.46%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.58%) 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
1 342 (100.00%) AWS
2 198 (57.89%) Azure
3 96 (28.07%) GCP
4 79 (23.10%) Serverless
5 69 (20.18%) Amazon S3
6 64 (18.71%) AWS CloudFormation
7 55 (16.08%) AWS Lambda
8 52 (15.20%) Amazon EKS
8 52 (15.20%) GitHub
9 51 (14.91%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 48 (14.04%) Amazon EC2
10 48 (14.04%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 38 (11.11%) GitHub Actions
12 35 (10.23%) Amazon ECS
13 26 (7.60%) Azure DevOps
14 24 (7.02%) Power Platform
15 21 (6.14%) AWS KMS
16 20 (5.85%) Google Kubernetes Engine
17 14 (4.09%) AWS CloudTrail
17 14 (4.09%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 43 (12.57%) Firewall
2 22 (6.43%) Network Security
3 14 (4.09%) VPN
4 13 (3.80%) DNS
5 9 (2.63%) LAN
5 9 (2.63%) WAN
6 8 (2.34%) BGP
7 7 (2.05%) 3GPP
7 7 (2.05%) SD-WAN
8 6 (1.75%) DHCP
8 6 (1.75%) TCP/IP
9 5 (1.46%) OSPF
10 4 (1.17%) Internet
10 4 (1.17%) IPv6
10 4 (1.17%) MPLS
10 4 (1.17%) NGFW
10 4 (1.17%) TETRA
11 3 (0.88%) Cisco ASA
11 3 (0.88%) VSAN
11 3 (0.88%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (11.11%) Amazon RDS
2 24 (7.02%) Power BI
3 22 (6.43%) DynamoDB
4 21 (6.14%) Amazon Redshift
5 16 (4.68%) Amazon Athena
6 14 (4.09%) PostgreSQL
7 13 (3.80%) Data Warehouse
8 12 (3.51%) Amazon Aurora
9 9 (2.63%) Elasticsearch
10 8 (2.34%) Data Lake
11 7 (2.05%) Metadata
11 7 (2.05%) Relational Database
12 6 (1.75%) Big Data
12 6 (1.75%) NoSQL
13 4 (1.17%) Amazon QuickSight
13 4 (1.17%) Delta Lake
13 4 (1.17%) MySQL
13 4 (1.17%) SQL Server
14 3 (0.88%) BigQuery
15 2 (0.58%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 50 (14.62%) Jenkins
2 42 (12.28%) GitLab
3 29 (8.48%) Git
4 25 (7.31%) JIRA
5 9 (2.63%) SonarQube
6 7 (2.05%) 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 (0.88%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.88%) Bitbucket Server
9 3 (0.88%) Claude Code
9 3 (0.88%) 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
1 118 (34.50%) Social Skills
2 61 (17.84%) Finance
3 60 (17.54%) Public Sector
4 37 (10.82%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (7.02%) Banking
6 21 (6.14%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (2.63%) Telecoms
8 8 (2.34%) Legal
9 6 (1.75%) Aerospace
9 6 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (1.46%) Billing
10 5 (1.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.46%) Law
11 3 (0.88%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (0.88%) Retail
12 2 (0.58%) Electronics
12 2 (0.58%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.58%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.58%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 129 (37.72%) Architect
2 46 (13.45%) Cloud Engineer
3 37 (10.82%) AWS Engineer
3 37 (10.82%) DevOps Engineer
4 36 (10.53%) Senior
5 32 (9.36%) Lead
6 31 (9.06%) Technical Architect
7 28 (8.19%) AWS Architect
7 28 (8.19%) Security Engineer
8 26 (7.60%) Cloud Architect
9 25 (7.31%) Solutions Architect
10 22 (6.43%) Security Architect
11 18 (5.26%) Developer
11 18 (5.26%) Platform Engineer
12 14 (4.09%) Data Engineer
13 12 (3.51%) AWS DevOps
13 12 (3.51%) AWS DevOps Engineer
13 12 (3.51%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 11 (3.22%) Lead DevOps
14 11 (3.22%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (8.48%) REST
2 19 (5.56%) OAuth
3 16 (4.68%) Kafka
3 16 (4.68%) RESTful
4 15 (4.39%) OpenID
5 14 (4.09%) Node.js
6 12 (3.51%) Spring Boot
6 12 (3.51%) Web Services
7 11 (3.22%) AWS CDK
7 11 (3.22%) OAuth2
7 11 (3.22%) SAML
7 11 (3.22%) SOAP
7 11 (3.22%) Spring
8 10 (2.92%) PySpark
9 8 (2.34%) .NET
9 8 (2.34%) AngularJS
9 8 (2.34%) Elastic Stack
9 8 (2.34%) LangChain
10 7 (2.05%) PyTorch
11 6 (1.75%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 112 (32.75%) Cloud Native
2 31 (9.06%) Security Posture
3 29 (8.48%) Management Information System
4 26 (7.60%) Hybrid Cloud
5 25 (7.31%) Data Centre
6 23 (6.73%) Product Ownership
7 18 (5.26%) Distributed Systems
8 15 (4.39%) Enterprise Cloud
8 15 (4.39%) Onboarding
9 12 (3.51%) Public Cloud
10 7 (2.05%) Data Protection Act
10 7 (2.05%) IoT
11 6 (1.75%) Cloud Security Posture
11 6 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (1.17%) NHS
12 4 (1.17%) PKI
12 4 (1.17%) Replication
12 4 (1.17%) Virtual Team
13 3 (0.88%) CMDB
13 3 (0.88%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 77 (22.51%) Linux
2 54 (15.79%) Windows
3 24 (7.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (2.34%) 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
1 191 (55.85%) DevOps
2 181 (52.92%) CI/CD
3 140 (40.94%) Infrastructure as Code
4 121 (35.38%) Agile
5 89 (26.02%) Cloud Security
6 71 (20.76%) Containerisation
6 71 (20.76%) Microservices
7 67 (19.59%) Roadmaps
8 65 (19.01%) Technical Leadership
9 64 (18.71%) Continuous Improvement
10 63 (18.42%) AI
10 63 (18.42%) Stakeholder Management
11 59 (17.25%) Observability
12 58 (16.96%) DevSecOps
13 56 (16.37%) Migration
14 53 (15.50%) Scrum
15 50 (14.62%) TOGAF
16 48 (14.04%) Machine Learning
17 46 (13.45%) Problem-Solving
18 44 (12.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 138 (40.35%) Python
2 65 (19.01%) Java
3 64 (18.71%) Bash
4 60 (17.54%) PowerShell
5 34 (9.94%) SQL
6 24 (7.02%) JavaScript
7 20 (5.85%) TypeScript
8 19 (5.56%) Bicep
9 9 (2.63%) Rust
10 6 (1.75%) Perl
11 5 (1.46%) Groovy
12 4 (1.17%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.88%) C#
13 3 (0.88%) Go
13 3 (0.88%) Ruby
13 3 (0.88%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.58%) PHP
15 1 (0.29%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 130 (38.01%) Security Cleared
2 119 (34.80%) Azure Certification
3 108 (31.58%) SC Cleared
4 98 (28.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 54 (15.79%) CISSP
6 43 (12.57%) Degree
7 31 (9.06%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 25 (7.31%) DV Cleared
9 23 (6.73%) Cisco Certification
10 22 (6.43%) Computer Science Degree
10 22 (6.43%) TOGAF Certification
11 18 (5.26%) BPSS Clearance
12 15 (4.39%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 15 (4.39%) CISM
12 15 (4.39%) Microsoft Certification
13 13 (3.80%) AWS Certified Developer
14 12 (3.51%) CCNP
15 8 (2.34%) Master's Degree
16 7 (2.05%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 7 (2.05%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (7.02%) NIST
2 23 (6.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (6.14%) Data Quality
4 17 (4.97%) QA
5 15 (4.39%) GDPR
6 11 (3.22%) NCSC
7 7 (2.05%) PCI DSS
8 5 (1.46%) GRC
9 4 (1.17%) HL7
9 4 (1.17%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.58%) Disclosure Scotland
10 2 (0.58%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.58%) ISO 20022
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%) JSP 440
11 1 (0.29%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.29%) PSD2
System Software
1 98 (28.65%) Docker
2 19 (5.56%) Active Directory
3 13 (3.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (2.34%) vSphere
5 5 (1.46%) Postfix
6 4 (1.17%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.58%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.58%) Microsoft App-V
7 2 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.58%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.58%) VMware Workstation
8 1 (0.29%) Squid
8 1 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 153 (44.74%) Terraform
2 106 (30.99%) Kubernetes
3 38 (11.11%) Ansible
4 36 (10.53%) Grafana
5 29 (8.48%) Prometheus
6 24 (7.02%) Progress Chef
7 10 (2.92%) Puppet
8 8 (2.34%) Argo
9 6 (1.75%) Istio
10 4 (1.17%) linkerd
10 4 (1.17%) Single Sign-On
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
11 3 (0.88%) VxRail
12 2 (0.58%) CASB
12 2 (0.58%) Packer
12 2 (0.58%) SCCM
13 1 (0.29%) CloudForms
Vendors
1 68 (19.88%) Microsoft
2 43 (12.57%) Google
3 19 (5.56%) Splunk
4 18 (5.26%) Red Hat
5 16 (4.68%) VMware
6 14 (4.09%) ServiceNow
7 12 (3.51%) Cisco
8 10 (2.92%) Databricks
9 9 (2.63%) Informatica
10 8 (2.34%) CrowdStrike
10 8 (2.34%) Palo Alto
11 7 (2.05%) Dynatrace
11 7 (2.05%) IBM
12 6 (1.75%) Atlassian
12 6 (1.75%) Fortinet
12 6 (1.75%) Zscaler
13 5 (1.46%) BeyondTrust
13 5 (1.46%) Jaspersoft
13 5 (1.46%) Okta
13 5 (1.46%) Salesforce