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

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 336 271 336
Rank change year-on-year -65 +65 +65
Contract jobs citing AWS Certification 394 321 240
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.72% 0.97% 0.63%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.27% 3.04% 2.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 285 214 167
10th Percentile £406 £359 £381
25th Percentile £463 £419 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -6.98% -4.23%
75th Percentile £675 £634 £638
90th Percentile £790 £740 £711
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £492 £450
% change year-on-year +16.87% +9.33% -18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 1
10th Percentile £61.80 £37.00 -
25th Percentile £68.12 £40.00 -
Median hourly rate £77.33 £45.00 £58.00
Median % change year-on-year +71.84% -22.41% -
75th Percentile £84.50 £50.00 -
90th Percentile £88.75 £53.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £82.00 - £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 17,360 10,559 11,139
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.85% 31.84% 29.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,510 6,590 6,740
10th Percentile £356 £282 £311
25th Percentile £448 £413 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £631 £625 £631
90th Percentile £713 £704 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £520
% change year-on-year +5.00% -3.85% -3.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,448 891 595
10th Percentile £16.50 £17.69 £18.03
25th Percentile £25.00 £18.87 £25.43
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -47.05% -11.52%
75th Percentile £71.69 £41.71 £68.75
90th Percentile £88.75 £70.00 £75.91
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £50.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -49.70% -3.66%

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 9 October 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 9 October 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 9 October 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 -48 347 £575 +15.00% 722
London -37 183 £550 +4.76% 407
UK excluding London -85 174 £575 +16.87% 371
Work from Home -38 134 £575 +21.05% 443
North of England -42 65 £599 +33.09% 100
South East -55 45 £568 +13.50% 38
North West -30 41 £513 +22.02% 65
Midlands -39 31 £470 -7.89% 68
West Midlands -42 27 £520 -0.05% 56
South West -21 24 £800 +23.08% 62
Yorkshire -34 18 £613 +36.11% 15
Scotland -41 11 £475 - 65
North East -35 9 £625 +34.12% 20
East Midlands -17 4 £404 -7.45% 12
East of England -29 3 £600 +17.07% 9
Northern Ireland +5 1 £600 -38.46% 23

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 (6.09%) Confluence
2 12 (3.05%) Apache
3 7 (1.78%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.52%) Apache Spark
4 6 (1.52%) nginx
5 3 (0.76%) CloudStack
5 3 (0.76%) SAS
5 3 (0.76%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.51%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.25%) Appian
7 1 (0.25%) CIMPLICITY
7 1 (0.25%) Predix
7 1 (0.25%) Traefik
Applications
1 4 (1.02%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.51%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.25%) Gliffy
3 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.25%) Mozilla Thunderbird
Business Applications
1 3 (0.76%) Cloudability
1 3 (0.76%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.51%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.51%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.25%) Actimize
3 1 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.25%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 1 (0.25%) Maximo
3 1 (0.25%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.25%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 394 (100.00%) AWS
2 220 (55.84%) Azure
3 108 (27.41%) GCP
4 97 (24.62%) Amazon S3
5 88 (22.34%) Serverless
6 83 (21.07%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 76 (19.29%) AWS CloudFormation
8 73 (18.53%) AWS Lambda
9 72 (18.27%) Amazon EC2
10 69 (17.51%) Amazon EKS
11 63 (15.99%) GitHub
11 63 (15.99%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 49 (12.44%) Amazon ECS
13 43 (10.91%) GitHub Actions
14 34 (8.63%) AWS KMS
15 30 (7.61%) Azure DevOps
16 25 (6.35%) Power Platform
17 20 (5.08%) Amazon EMR
17 20 (5.08%) Amazon SQS
18 19 (4.82%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 51 (12.94%) Firewall
2 25 (6.35%) Network Security
3 24 (6.09%) DNS
4 12 (3.05%) TCP/IP
4 12 (3.05%) VPN
5 10 (2.54%) DHCP
6 9 (2.28%) LAN
6 9 (2.28%) VSAN
7 8 (2.03%) WAN
8 5 (1.27%) Internet
8 5 (1.27%) SD-WAN
9 4 (1.02%) BGP
9 4 (1.02%) NGFW
9 4 (1.02%) SAN
9 4 (1.02%) SSH
10 3 (0.76%) CTI
10 3 (0.76%) Intrusion Detection
10 3 (0.76%) MPLS
10 3 (0.76%) NAS
10 3 (0.76%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (14.72%) Amazon RDS
2 27 (6.85%) PostgreSQL
3 25 (6.35%) Amazon Aurora
3 25 (6.35%) Amazon Redshift
3 25 (6.35%) Power BI
4 23 (5.84%) Data Warehouse
5 20 (5.08%) Amazon Athena
6 18 (4.57%) DynamoDB
7 16 (4.06%) SQL Server
8 15 (3.81%) Data Lake
9 14 (3.55%) MySQL
10 13 (3.30%) MongoDB
11 10 (2.54%) Redis
12 9 (2.28%) Metadata
13 7 (1.78%) Elasticsearch
14 5 (1.27%) Hadoop
15 4 (1.02%) Amazon QuickSight
15 4 (1.02%) Big Data
15 4 (1.02%) Flink
15 4 (1.02%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 64 (16.24%) Jenkins
2 59 (14.97%) GitLab
3 39 (9.90%) Git
4 31 (7.87%) JIRA
5 8 (2.03%) SonarQube
6 6 (1.52%) Selenium
7 5 (1.27%) Cucumber
7 5 (1.27%) JMeter
7 5 (1.27%) Maven
8 4 (1.02%) Claude Code
8 4 (1.02%) Cypress.io
8 4 (1.02%) JUnit
8 4 (1.02%) MLflow
8 4 (1.02%) Postman
9 3 (0.76%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.76%) REST Assured
10 2 (0.51%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.51%) Burp Suite
10 2 (0.51%) SpecFlow
10 2 (0.51%) Vagrant
General
1 146 (37.06%) Social Skills
2 96 (24.37%) Public Sector
3 87 (22.08%) Finance
4 43 (10.91%) Analytical Skills
5 30 (7.61%) Banking
6 16 (4.06%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (2.54%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (2.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (2.03%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (2.03%) Police
9 7 (1.78%) Aerospace
9 7 (1.78%) Billing
10 6 (1.52%) Military
10 6 (1.52%) Telecoms
11 5 (1.27%) Law
12 4 (1.02%) Investment Banking
12 4 (1.02%) Local Government
13 3 (0.76%) Retail
13 3 (0.76%) Retail Banking
14 2 (0.51%) German Language
Job Titles
1 125 (31.73%) Architect
2 53 (13.45%) Senior
3 45 (11.42%) DevOps Engineer
4 44 (11.17%) Cloud Engineer
5 41 (10.41%) Lead
6 37 (9.39%) AWS Engineer
7 30 (7.61%) Technical Architect
8 29 (7.36%) Security Engineer
9 27 (6.85%) Security Architect
10 26 (6.60%) AWS Architect
10 26 (6.60%) Solutions Architect
11 21 (5.33%) Cloud Architect
12 18 (4.57%) Platform Engineer
13 17 (4.31%) AWS DevOps
13 17 (4.31%) Consultant
13 17 (4.31%) Data Engineer
14 16 (4.06%) AWS DevOps Engineer
14 16 (4.06%) DBA
15 15 (3.81%) Enterprise Architect
16 13 (3.30%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 195 (49.49%) Terraform
2 34 (8.63%) REST
3 20 (5.08%) OAuth
4 19 (4.82%) RESTful
5 17 (4.31%) Spring Boot
6 16 (4.06%) OpenID
6 16 (4.06%) Spring
7 14 (3.55%) AWS CDK
7 14 (3.55%) PySpark
7 14 (3.55%) SOAP
8 13 (3.30%) SAML
9 12 (3.05%) Kafka
10 11 (2.79%) Web Services
11 10 (2.54%) .NET
11 10 (2.54%) LangChain
11 10 (2.54%) OAuth2
12 9 (2.28%) ARM Templates
12 9 (2.28%) Node.js
12 9 (2.28%) React
13 7 (1.78%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 123 (31.22%) Cloud Native
2 36 (9.14%) Security Posture
3 35 (8.88%) Hybrid Cloud
4 34 (8.63%) Data Centre
5 27 (6.85%) Management Information System
5 27 (6.85%) Onboarding
6 23 (5.84%) Product Ownership
7 22 (5.58%) Public Cloud
7 22 (5.58%) Replication
8 19 (4.82%) Distributed Systems
9 14 (3.55%) PKI
10 12 (3.05%) Enterprise Cloud
11 9 (2.28%) Data Protection Act
11 9 (2.28%) Enterprise Software
12 8 (2.03%) Cloud Security Posture
12 8 (2.03%) Cyber Threat
13 7 (1.78%) AI Agents
14 6 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
14 6 (1.52%) Mobile App
15 5 (1.27%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 77 (19.54%) Linux
2 56 (14.21%) Windows
3 28 (7.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 15 (3.81%) Windows Server
5 8 (2.03%) Amazon Linux
5 8 (2.03%) Ubuntu
6 4 (1.02%) Unix
7 3 (0.76%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.76%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.51%) Alpine Linux
8 2 (0.51%) CentOS
8 2 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.25%) Data ONTAP
9 1 (0.25%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 213 (54.06%) CI/CD
2 204 (51.78%) DevOps
3 193 (48.98%) Infrastructure as Code
4 142 (36.04%) Agile
5 105 (26.65%) Stakeholder Management
6 99 (25.13%) Cloud Security
7 96 (24.37%) Technical Leadership
8 83 (21.07%) AI
8 83 (21.07%) Observability
9 78 (19.80%) Containerisation
10 76 (19.29%) Continuous Improvement
11 75 (19.04%) Roadmaps
12 74 (18.78%) Migration
13 72 (18.27%) Microservices
14 69 (17.51%) DevSecOps
15 57 (14.47%) Platform Engineering
16 56 (14.21%) Problem-Solving
17 54 (13.71%) Software Engineering
18 52 (13.20%) Scrum
18 52 (13.20%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 154 (39.09%) Python
2 72 (18.27%) Bash
3 71 (18.02%) PowerShell
4 70 (17.77%) Java
5 49 (12.44%) SQL
6 21 (5.33%) Bicep
7 20 (5.08%) JavaScript
8 13 (3.30%) TypeScript
9 12 (3.05%) Go
10 9 (2.28%) Groovy
11 6 (1.52%) Perl
11 6 (1.52%) Shell Script
12 5 (1.27%) Rust
13 2 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.51%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.51%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.25%) CQL
14 1 (0.25%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.25%) Ruby
14 1 (0.25%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 165 (41.88%) Security Cleared
2 146 (37.06%) SC Cleared
3 124 (31.47%) Azure Certification
4 108 (27.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 76 (19.29%) CISSP
6 49 (12.44%) Degree
7 30 (7.61%) DV Cleared
8 29 (7.36%) CISM
9 28 (7.11%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 27 (6.85%) BPSS Clearance
11 25 (6.35%) Cisco Certification
12 23 (5.84%) Computer Science Degree
13 22 (5.58%) Microsoft Certification
14 18 (4.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 16 (4.06%) TOGAF Certification
16 14 (3.55%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
17 13 (3.30%) CCSP
18 11 (2.79%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
19 10 (2.54%) PMI Certification
19 10 (2.54%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (8.12%) Data Quality
2 31 (7.87%) NIST
3 22 (5.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (5.58%) QA
4 21 (5.33%) NCSC
5 11 (2.79%) GDPR
6 7 (1.78%) PCI DSS
7 5 (1.27%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.76%) EU AI Act
8 3 (0.76%) GRC
8 3 (0.76%) SLA
9 2 (0.51%) Disclosure Scotland
9 2 (0.51%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.51%) HL7
9 2 (0.51%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.25%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.25%) FedRAMP
10 1 (0.25%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.25%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.25%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 114 (28.93%) Docker
2 32 (8.12%) Active Directory
3 21 (5.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (3.81%) vSphere
5 10 (2.54%) VMware NSX
6 4 (1.02%) Postfix
7 3 (0.76%) DFS Replication
7 3 (0.76%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.76%) Squid
7 3 (0.76%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.51%) Dovecot
8 2 (0.51%) Microsoft App-V
8 2 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.51%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.51%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.51%) VMware Workstation
9 1 (0.25%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 119 (30.20%) Kubernetes
2 59 (14.97%) Ansible
3 39 (9.90%) Grafana
4 36 (9.14%) Prometheus
5 29 (7.36%) Progress Chef
6 10 (2.54%) Puppet
7 9 (2.28%) Istio
8 8 (2.03%) Single Sign-On
9 7 (1.78%) VxRail
10 5 (1.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (1.02%) Argo
12 3 (0.76%) Check_MK
12 3 (0.76%) HP Fortify
12 3 (0.76%) linkerd
12 3 (0.76%) Packer
12 3 (0.76%) QRadar
13 2 (0.51%) HAProxy
13 2 (0.51%) Kibana
13 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Intune
13 2 (0.51%) SCCM
Vendors
1 82 (20.81%) Microsoft
2 51 (12.94%) Google
3 27 (6.85%) VMware
4 21 (5.33%) Splunk
5 20 (5.08%) Red Hat
6 16 (4.06%) Cisco
6 16 (4.06%) ServiceNow
7 12 (3.05%) Databricks
8 11 (2.79%) Informatica
9 9 (2.28%) Dynatrace
9 9 (2.28%) Oracle
10 8 (2.03%) Palo Alto
10 8 (2.03%) Salesforce
11 7 (1.78%) IBM
12 6 (1.52%) BeyondTrust
12 6 (1.52%) Commvault
12 6 (1.52%) CrowdStrike
12 6 (1.52%) CyberArk
12 6 (1.52%) OpenAI
13 5 (1.27%) Okta