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

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 357 273 335
Rank change year-on-year -84 +62 +60
Contract jobs citing AWS Certification 343 308 239
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.64% 0.94% 0.62%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.05% 3.00% 2.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 238 218 171
10th Percentile £413 £366 £388
25th Percentile £476 £436 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £516 £550
Median % change year-on-year +11.38% -6.14% -4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £625 £638
90th Percentile £793 £739 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £579 £500 £475
% change year-on-year +15.70% +5.26% -13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 1
10th Percentile £70.32 £39.00 -
25th Percentile £72.66 £45.00 -
Median hourly rate £85.00 £55.00 £58.00
Median % change year-on-year +54.55% -5.17% -28.83%
75th Percentile £102.50 £77.50 -
90th Percentile £104.25 £91.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £85.00 - £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 16,739 10,253 11,610
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.20% 31.32% 29.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,191 6,335 7,317
10th Percentile £350 £289 £313
25th Percentile £435 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £620 £638
90th Percentile £716 £700 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £517 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +3.32% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,267 823 780
10th Percentile £17.42 £17.98 £14.50
25th Percentile £25.77 £19.23 £21.37
Median hourly rate £48.84 £25.15 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +94.19% -44.11% -18.18%
75th Percentile £72.60 £53.63 £67.01
90th Percentile £87.96 £73.75 £77.04
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.54 £25.15 £48.37
% change year-on-year +89.03% -48.00% -6.78%

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 25 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 25 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for AWS Certification in the UK

AWS Certification
Top 15 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 25 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 -70 297 £575 +9.52% 483
UK excluding London -67 157 £579 +15.70% 404
London -71 145 £550 - 256
Work from Home -64 112 £575 +9.52% 419
North of England -35 59 £582 +29.33% 110
North West -14 40 £550 +22.22% 57
South East -55 38 £575 +15.00% 28
Midlands -55 25 £444 -11.25% 56
South West -33 23 £800 +25.49% 84
West Midlands -38 23 £470 -6.05% 51
Yorkshire -34 16 £663 +48.04% 12
East of England -15 9 £600 +14.29% 5
Scotland -30 7 £479 -4.20% 61
North East -36 4 £500 - 41
East Midlands -19 1 £400 -18.03% 5

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 27 (7.87%) Confluence
2 7 (2.04%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.75%) Apache
4 4 (1.17%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.87%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.87%) CloudStack
5 3 (0.87%) nginx
5 3 (0.87%) Palantir Foundry
5 3 (0.87%) SAS
6 2 (0.58%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.29%) CIMPLICITY
7 1 (0.29%) Predix
Applications
1 2 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.29%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.29%) Mozilla Thunderbird
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
2 203 (59.18%) Azure
3 91 (26.53%) GCP
4 78 (22.74%) Serverless
5 77 (22.45%) Amazon S3
6 66 (19.24%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 66 (19.24%) AWS CloudFormation
7 60 (17.49%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 59 (17.20%) Amazon EKS
9 58 (16.91%) AWS Lambda
10 57 (16.62%) Amazon EC2
11 51 (14.87%) GitHub
12 39 (11.37%) GitHub Actions
13 34 (9.91%) Amazon ECS
14 29 (8.45%) AWS KMS
14 29 (8.45%) Azure DevOps
15 26 (7.58%) Power Platform
16 20 (5.83%) Google Kubernetes Engine
17 16 (4.66%) Amazon EMR
18 15 (4.37%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 52 (15.16%) Firewall
2 25 (7.29%) Network Security
3 23 (6.71%) DNS
4 16 (4.66%) VPN
5 11 (3.21%) TCP/IP
6 10 (2.92%) DHCP
7 9 (2.62%) LAN
8 8 (2.33%) WAN
9 7 (2.04%) 3GPP
9 7 (2.04%) VSAN
10 6 (1.75%) BGP
10 6 (1.75%) SD-WAN
11 5 (1.46%) Internet
12 4 (1.17%) NGFW
12 4 (1.17%) OSPF
12 4 (1.17%) SSH
12 4 (1.17%) TETRA
13 3 (0.87%) Cisco ASA
13 3 (0.87%) Intrusion Detection
13 3 (0.87%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (13.99%) Amazon RDS
2 26 (7.58%) Power BI
3 22 (6.41%) PostgreSQL
4 21 (6.12%) Amazon Aurora
4 21 (6.12%) Amazon Redshift
5 17 (4.96%) Amazon Athena
6 16 (4.66%) Data Warehouse
6 16 (4.66%) DynamoDB
7 12 (3.50%) SQL Server
8 10 (2.92%) MySQL
9 9 (2.62%) Redis
10 8 (2.33%) Big Data
10 8 (2.33%) MongoDB
11 7 (2.04%) Data Lake
11 7 (2.04%) Metadata
11 7 (2.04%) Relational Database
12 4 (1.17%) Amazon QuickSight
12 4 (1.17%) Delta Lake
12 4 (1.17%) Elasticsearch
12 4 (1.17%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 54 (15.74%) Jenkins
2 50 (14.58%) GitLab
3 29 (8.45%) Git
4 25 (7.29%) JIRA
5 6 (1.75%) SonarQube
6 5 (1.46%) MLflow
7 4 (1.17%) JMeter
7 4 (1.17%) Maven
8 3 (0.87%) Claude Code
8 3 (0.87%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.58%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.58%) Bitbucket Server
9 2 (0.58%) Burp Suite
9 2 (0.58%) DbUnit
9 2 (0.58%) LoadRunner
9 2 (0.58%) Mockito
9 2 (0.58%) Postman
9 2 (0.58%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.58%) Snyk
9 2 (0.58%) Vagrant
General
1 130 (37.90%) Social Skills
2 74 (21.57%) Public Sector
3 64 (18.66%) Finance
4 38 (11.08%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (7.58%) Banking
6 21 (6.12%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (2.62%) Telecoms
8 7 (2.04%) Aerospace
9 6 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (1.46%) Billing
10 5 (1.46%) Law
11 4 (1.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (0.87%) Financial Institution
12 3 (0.87%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.87%) Investment Banking
12 3 (0.87%) Legal
12 3 (0.87%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.87%) Police
12 3 (0.87%) Retail
13 2 (0.58%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 121 (35.28%) Architect
2 46 (13.41%) Cloud Engineer
3 42 (12.24%) DevOps Engineer
3 42 (12.24%) Senior
4 34 (9.91%) Lead
5 32 (9.33%) AWS Engineer
6 30 (8.75%) Technical Architect
7 29 (8.45%) Security Engineer
8 27 (7.87%) Cloud Architect
9 25 (7.29%) AWS Architect
10 22 (6.41%) Platform Engineer
10 22 (6.41%) Security Architect
11 21 (6.12%) Solutions Architect
12 13 (3.79%) Cloud Platform Engineer
12 13 (3.79%) Data Engineer
12 13 (3.79%) DBA
13 12 (3.50%) Data Architect
14 11 (3.21%) AWS DevOps
14 11 (3.21%) AWS DevOps Engineer
14 11 (3.21%) Lead DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 162 (47.23%) Terraform
2 25 (7.29%) REST
3 19 (5.54%) OAuth
4 17 (4.96%) RESTful
5 15 (4.37%) OpenID
6 12 (3.50%) PySpark
6 12 (3.50%) SAML
7 11 (3.21%) Node.js
7 11 (3.21%) Spring Boot
8 10 (2.92%) AWS CDK
8 10 (2.92%) Kafka
8 10 (2.92%) OAuth2
8 10 (2.92%) Spring
9 8 (2.33%) .NET
9 8 (2.33%) Web Services
10 7 (2.04%) ARM Templates
10 7 (2.04%) Elastic Stack
10 7 (2.04%) LangChain
10 7 (2.04%) SOAP
11 6 (1.75%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 108 (31.49%) Cloud Native
2 33 (9.62%) Security Posture
3 30 (8.75%) Management Information System
4 28 (8.16%) Data Centre
4 28 (8.16%) Hybrid Cloud
5 23 (6.71%) Product Ownership
6 17 (4.96%) Onboarding
6 17 (4.96%) Replication
7 14 (4.08%) Distributed Systems
8 13 (3.79%) Public Cloud
9 12 (3.50%) Enterprise Cloud
10 9 (2.62%) PKI
11 8 (2.33%) Cloud Security Posture
12 7 (2.04%) Data Protection Act
12 7 (2.04%) IoT
13 5 (1.46%) AI Agents
13 5 (1.46%) NHS
14 4 (1.17%) Cyber Threat
14 4 (1.17%) Enterprise Software
14 4 (1.17%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 70 (20.41%) Linux
2 55 (16.03%) Windows
3 25 (7.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 11 (3.21%) Windows Server
5 8 (2.33%) Amazon Linux
5 8 (2.33%) Ubuntu
6 5 (1.46%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.46%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.87%) Unix
8 2 (0.58%) Alpine Linux
9 1 (0.29%) CentOS
9 1 (0.29%) VMS
9 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (53.94%) CI/CD
2 184 (53.64%) DevOps
3 162 (47.23%) Infrastructure as Code
4 117 (34.11%) Agile
5 89 (25.95%) Cloud Security
6 80 (23.32%) Technical Leadership
7 74 (21.57%) Stakeholder Management
8 72 (20.99%) Continuous Improvement
9 67 (19.53%) Roadmaps
10 66 (19.24%) AI
10 66 (19.24%) Microservices
10 66 (19.24%) Migration
11 63 (18.37%) Containerisation
11 63 (18.37%) DevSecOps
12 61 (17.78%) Observability
13 49 (14.29%) Platform Engineering
14 48 (13.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 46 (13.41%) Cybersecurity
16 45 (13.12%) Event-Driven
17 44 (12.83%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 140 (40.82%) Python
2 72 (20.99%) PowerShell
3 71 (20.70%) Bash
4 61 (17.78%) Java
5 42 (12.24%) SQL
6 20 (5.83%) Bicep
7 15 (4.37%) JavaScript
8 12 (3.50%) TypeScript
9 9 (2.62%) Groovy
10 6 (1.75%) Kotlin
10 6 (1.75%) Perl
10 6 (1.75%) Shell Script
11 4 (1.17%) Rust
12 3 (0.87%) Go
12 3 (0.87%) Ruby
13 1 (0.29%) C#
13 1 (0.29%) CQL
13 1 (0.29%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.29%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 133 (38.78%) Security Cleared
2 119 (34.69%) Azure Certification
3 118 (34.40%) SC Cleared
4 99 (28.86%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 61 (17.78%) CISSP
6 41 (11.95%) Degree
7 28 (8.16%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 23 (6.71%) Cisco Certification
9 21 (6.12%) CISM
10 20 (5.83%) DV Cleared
11 19 (5.54%) BPSS Clearance
11 19 (5.54%) Computer Science Degree
12 17 (4.96%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 15 (4.37%) Microsoft Certification
14 14 (4.08%) TOGAF Certification
15 12 (3.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 12 (3.50%) CCNP
16 10 (2.92%) CCSP
17 9 (2.62%) AWS Certified Developer
18 8 (2.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (8.45%) Data Quality
1 29 (8.45%) NIST
2 23 (6.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (4.08%) GDPR
4 13 (3.79%) QA
5 11 (3.21%) NCSC
6 8 (2.33%) PCI DSS
7 4 (1.17%) GRC
7 4 (1.17%) HL7
8 3 (0.87%) SLA
8 3 (0.87%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.58%) Disclosure Scotland
9 2 (0.58%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.58%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 2 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 1 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.29%) DICOM
10 1 (0.29%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.29%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.29%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 95 (27.70%) Docker
2 26 (7.58%) Active Directory
3 16 (4.66%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (3.50%) vSphere
5 8 (2.33%) VMware NSX
6 4 (1.17%) Postfix
7 3 (0.87%) Squid
8 2 (0.58%) DFS Replication
8 2 (0.58%) Dovecot
8 2 (0.58%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.58%) Microsoft App-V
8 2 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.58%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.58%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 102 (29.74%) Kubernetes
2 47 (13.70%) Ansible
3 39 (11.37%) Grafana
4 36 (10.50%) Prometheus
5 28 (8.16%) Progress Chef
6 10 (2.92%) Puppet
7 8 (2.33%) Istio
8 7 (2.04%) Argo
8 7 (2.04%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (2.04%) VxRail
9 4 (1.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (1.17%) linkerd
10 3 (0.87%) Check_MK
10 3 (0.87%) HP Fortify
10 3 (0.87%) QRadar
11 2 (0.58%) Nessus
11 2 (0.58%) Packer
11 2 (0.58%) Proxmox
11 2 (0.58%) SCCM
12 1 (0.29%) WSUS
Vendors
1 72 (20.99%) Microsoft
2 43 (12.54%) Google
3 20 (5.83%) VMware
4 18 (5.25%) Red Hat
4 18 (5.25%) Splunk
5 17 (4.96%) ServiceNow
6 14 (4.08%) Cisco
7 11 (3.21%) Informatica
8 9 (2.62%) Databricks
8 9 (2.62%) Dynatrace
8 9 (2.62%) Palo Alto
9 8 (2.33%) CrowdStrike
10 7 (2.04%) IBM
10 7 (2.04%) Oracle
11 6 (1.75%) Fortinet
11 6 (1.75%) Zscaler
12 5 (1.46%) BeyondTrust
12 5 (1.46%) Remedy
12 5 (1.46%) Salesforce
13 4 (1.17%) Veeam