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

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 360 271 331
Rank change year-on-year -89 +60 +69
Contract jobs citing AWS Certification 358 316 240
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.66% 0.97% 0.63%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.09% 3.09% 2.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 248 216 173
10th Percentile £413 £363 £388
25th Percentile £473 £435 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -9.09% -2.61%
75th Percentile £678 £628 £638
90th Percentile £800 £739 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £500 £475
% change year-on-year +15.00% +5.26% -13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 1
10th Percentile £70.24 £39.00 -
25th Percentile £76.83 £45.00 -
Median hourly rate £85.00 £55.00 £58.00
Median % change year-on-year +54.55% -5.17% -28.83%
75th Percentile £100.63 £77.50 -
90th Percentile £104.80 £91.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £83.50 - £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 17,170 10,225 11,193
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.52% 31.23% 29.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,500 6,338 6,929
10th Percentile £350 £300 £313
25th Percentile £438 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.55%
75th Percentile £627 £623 £638
90th Percentile £715 £700 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,295 820 672
10th Percentile £17.25 £17.98 £16.87
25th Percentile £25.77 £18.87 £24.18
Median hourly rate £47.54 £25.15 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +89.03% -49.70% -9.09%
75th Percentile £72.54 £48.13 £67.77
90th Percentile £87.96 £71.27 £75.24
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £53.00
% change year-on-year +88.87% -52.55% +2.12%

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 September 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 September 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 9 September 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 -48 317 £575 +9.52% 880
UK excluding London -77 166 £575 +15.00% 639
London -69 160 £550 -4.35% 452
Work from Home -79 115 £578 +10.10% 634
North of England -43 59 £563 +25.00% 165
South East -56 43 £568 +13.50% 79
North West -26 40 £518 +19.11% 84
Midlands -45 27 £444 -14.66% 93
West Midlands -41 25 £470 -10.52% 68
South West -36 24 £800 +28.00% 110
Yorkshire -36 16 £663 +43.24% 33
Scotland -41 9 £475 -5.00% 89
East of England -18 8 £600 +14.29% 35
North East -43 4 £500 - 50
East Midlands -16 1 £400 -18.03% 25

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 (6.42%) Confluence
2 10 (2.79%) Apache
3 4 (1.12%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.12%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.84%) CloudStack
4 3 (0.84%) nginx
4 3 (0.84%) Palantir Foundry
4 3 (0.84%) SAS
5 2 (0.56%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.28%) CIMPLICITY
6 1 (0.28%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.28%) Predix
Applications
1 2 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.28%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.28%) Mozilla Thunderbird
2 1 (0.28%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.40%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.28%) Actimize
3 1 (0.28%) Cloudability
3 1 (0.28%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 1 (0.28%) Maximo
3 1 (0.28%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.28%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 358 (100.00%) AWS
2 203 (56.70%) Azure
3 94 (26.26%) GCP
4 83 (23.18%) Amazon S3
5 79 (22.07%) Serverless
6 70 (19.55%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 63 (17.60%) AWS Lambda
8 61 (17.04%) Amazon EC2
9 60 (16.76%) AWS CloudFormation
10 59 (16.48%) Amazon EKS
11 57 (15.92%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 49 (13.69%) GitHub
13 41 (11.45%) Amazon ECS
14 37 (10.34%) GitHub Actions
15 30 (8.38%) AWS KMS
16 28 (7.82%) Azure DevOps
17 23 (6.42%) Power Platform
18 17 (4.75%) Google Kubernetes Engine
19 16 (4.47%) AWS Control Tower
20 15 (4.19%) Amazon EMR
Communications & Networking
1 52 (14.53%) Firewall
2 29 (8.10%) Network Security
3 23 (6.42%) DNS
4 13 (3.63%) VPN
5 11 (3.07%) TCP/IP
6 10 (2.79%) DHCP
7 9 (2.51%) LAN
8 8 (2.23%) WAN
9 7 (1.96%) VSAN
10 6 (1.68%) SD-WAN
11 5 (1.40%) BGP
11 5 (1.40%) Internet
12 4 (1.12%) 3GPP
12 4 (1.12%) NGFW
12 4 (1.12%) OSPF
12 4 (1.12%) SSH
13 3 (0.84%) Intrusion Detection
13 3 (0.84%) PCoIP
13 3 (0.84%) Remote Desktop
13 3 (0.84%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (13.97%) Amazon RDS
2 23 (6.42%) Power BI
3 22 (6.15%) PostgreSQL
4 21 (5.87%) Amazon Aurora
4 21 (5.87%) Amazon Redshift
5 18 (5.03%) DynamoDB
6 17 (4.75%) Data Warehouse
7 15 (4.19%) Amazon Athena
8 12 (3.35%) SQL Server
9 10 (2.79%) Metadata
9 10 (2.79%) MySQL
10 9 (2.51%) Data Lake
10 9 (2.51%) Redis
11 8 (2.23%) MongoDB
11 8 (2.23%) Relational Database
12 7 (1.96%) Big Data
13 5 (1.40%) Amazon QuickSight
13 5 (1.40%) Elasticsearch
13 5 (1.40%) NoSQL
14 4 (1.12%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 53 (14.80%) Jenkins
2 47 (13.13%) GitLab
3 30 (8.38%) Git
4 25 (6.98%) JIRA
5 6 (1.68%) SonarQube
6 5 (1.40%) MLflow
7 4 (1.12%) JMeter
7 4 (1.12%) Maven
8 3 (0.84%) Claude Code
8 3 (0.84%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.56%) Bitbucket Server
9 2 (0.56%) Burp Suite
9 2 (0.56%) DbUnit
9 2 (0.56%) JUnit
9 2 (0.56%) Mockito
9 2 (0.56%) Postman
9 2 (0.56%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.56%) Selenium
9 2 (0.56%) Snyk
9 2 (0.56%) Vagrant
General
1 136 (37.99%) Social Skills
2 77 (21.51%) Public Sector
3 67 (18.72%) Finance
4 41 (11.45%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (6.70%) Banking
6 21 (5.87%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (2.51%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (2.23%) Telecoms
9 7 (1.96%) Aerospace
10 6 (1.68%) Police
11 5 (1.40%) Law
12 4 (1.12%) Billing
12 4 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (1.12%) Military
13 3 (0.84%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.84%) Investment Banking
13 3 (0.84%) Legal
13 3 (0.84%) Local Government
13 3 (0.84%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.84%) Retail
Job Titles
1 118 (32.96%) Architect
2 44 (12.29%) Cloud Engineer
3 41 (11.45%) Lead
4 40 (11.17%) DevOps Engineer
4 40 (11.17%) Senior
5 31 (8.66%) Security Engineer
6 28 (7.82%) AWS Engineer
7 27 (7.54%) Technical Architect
8 26 (7.26%) AWS Architect
9 25 (6.98%) Cloud Architect
10 23 (6.42%) Security Architect
11 22 (6.15%) Solutions Architect
12 20 (5.59%) Platform Engineer
13 15 (4.19%) Data Engineer
14 13 (3.63%) Consultant
14 13 (3.63%) DBA
14 13 (3.63%) Technical Leader
15 12 (3.35%) Data Architect
16 11 (3.07%) AWS DevOps Engineer
16 11 (3.07%) Lead DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 164 (45.81%) Terraform
2 27 (7.54%) REST
3 20 (5.59%) RESTful
4 19 (5.31%) OAuth
5 15 (4.19%) OpenID
6 14 (3.91%) Spring Boot
7 13 (3.63%) Spring
8 12 (3.35%) Node.js
8 12 (3.35%) PySpark
8 12 (3.35%) SAML
9 10 (2.79%) AWS CDK
9 10 (2.79%) Kafka
9 10 (2.79%) OAuth2
10 9 (2.51%) SOAP
11 8 (2.23%) .NET
11 8 (2.23%) ARM Templates
11 8 (2.23%) Elastic Stack
11 8 (2.23%) Web Services
12 7 (1.96%) LangChain
13 6 (1.68%) Azure Blueprints
Miscellaneous
1 107 (29.89%) Cloud Native
2 33 (9.22%) Security Posture
3 31 (8.66%) Data Centre
3 31 (8.66%) Management Information System
4 28 (7.82%) Hybrid Cloud
5 26 (7.26%) Product Ownership
6 19 (5.31%) Onboarding
7 18 (5.03%) Replication
8 12 (3.35%) Distributed Systems
8 12 (3.35%) Public Cloud
9 9 (2.51%) Enterprise Cloud
9 9 (2.51%) PKI
10 8 (2.23%) Cloud Security Posture
10 8 (2.23%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (1.68%) Cyber Threat
11 6 (1.68%) IoT
12 5 (1.40%) AI Agents
12 5 (1.40%) NHS
12 5 (1.40%) Private Cloud
12 5 (1.40%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 70 (19.55%) Linux
2 55 (15.36%) Windows
3 27 (7.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 12 (3.35%) Windows Server
5 8 (2.23%) Amazon Linux
5 8 (2.23%) Ubuntu
6 5 (1.40%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.40%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.84%) Unix
8 2 (0.56%) Alpine Linux
8 2 (0.56%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.28%) CentOS
9 1 (0.28%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 191 (53.35%) CI/CD
2 188 (52.51%) DevOps
3 169 (47.21%) Infrastructure as Code
4 124 (34.64%) Agile
5 92 (25.70%) Cloud Security
6 90 (25.14%) Technical Leadership
7 85 (23.74%) Stakeholder Management
8 70 (19.55%) Continuous Improvement
9 69 (19.27%) Observability
10 68 (18.99%) AI
11 67 (18.72%) DevSecOps
12 66 (18.44%) Microservices
13 64 (17.88%) Containerisation
14 62 (17.32%) Migration
14 62 (17.32%) Roadmaps
15 51 (14.25%) Platform Engineering
16 50 (13.97%) Problem-Solving
17 49 (13.69%) Cybersecurity
18 48 (13.41%) Scrum
19 46 (12.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 136 (37.99%) Python
2 70 (19.55%) PowerShell
3 68 (18.99%) Bash
4 64 (17.88%) Java
5 43 (12.01%) SQL
6 19 (5.31%) Bicep
7 16 (4.47%) JavaScript
8 12 (3.35%) TypeScript
9 9 (2.51%) Groovy
10 6 (1.68%) Perl
10 6 (1.68%) Shell Script
11 5 (1.40%) Go
12 4 (1.12%) Ruby
12 4 (1.12%) Rust
13 3 (0.84%) Kotlin
14 1 (0.28%) C#
14 1 (0.28%) CQL
14 1 (0.28%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.28%) Search Processing Language
14 1 (0.28%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 145 (40.50%) Security Cleared
2 126 (35.20%) SC Cleared
3 116 (32.40%) Azure Certification
4 100 (27.93%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 68 (18.99%) CISSP
6 45 (12.57%) Degree
7 25 (6.98%) CISM
7 25 (6.98%) DV Cleared
8 24 (6.70%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 23 (6.42%) Cisco Certification
9 23 (6.42%) Computer Science Degree
10 20 (5.59%) Microsoft Certification
11 18 (5.03%) BPSS Clearance
11 18 (5.03%) TOGAF Certification
12 15 (4.19%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 14 (3.91%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 12 (3.35%) CCSP
15 11 (3.07%) CCNP
15 11 (3.07%) PMI Certification
15 11 (3.07%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (8.38%) NIST
2 29 (8.10%) Data Quality
3 23 (6.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 16 (4.47%) QA
5 14 (3.91%) NCSC
6 13 (3.63%) GDPR
7 8 (2.23%) PCI DSS
8 4 (1.12%) GRC
8 4 (1.12%) HL7
8 4 (1.12%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.84%) SLA
10 2 (0.56%) Disclosure Scotland
10 2 (0.56%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.56%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 2 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 1 (0.28%) DICOM
11 1 (0.28%) FedRAMP
11 1 (0.28%) JSP 440
11 1 (0.28%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.28%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 98 (27.37%) Docker
2 27 (7.54%) Active Directory
3 18 (5.03%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (3.35%) vSphere
5 8 (2.23%) VMware NSX
6 4 (1.12%) Postfix
7 3 (0.84%) Squid
8 2 (0.56%) DFS Replication
8 2 (0.56%) Dovecot
8 2 (0.56%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.56%) Microsoft App-V
8 2 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.56%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.56%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 101 (28.21%) Kubernetes
2 51 (14.25%) Ansible
3 36 (10.06%) Grafana
4 34 (9.50%) Prometheus
5 29 (8.10%) Progress Chef
6 10 (2.79%) Puppet
7 7 (1.96%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (1.96%) VxRail
8 6 (1.68%) Istio
9 5 (1.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (1.12%) Argo
11 3 (0.84%) Check_MK
11 3 (0.84%) HP Fortify
11 3 (0.84%) QRadar
12 2 (0.56%) Kibana
12 2 (0.56%) linkerd
12 2 (0.56%) Nagios
12 2 (0.56%) Packer
12 2 (0.56%) Proxmox
12 2 (0.56%) SCCM
Vendors
1 72 (20.11%) Microsoft
2 43 (12.01%) Google
3 23 (6.42%) VMware
4 20 (5.59%) Red Hat
5 18 (5.03%) Splunk
6 17 (4.75%) ServiceNow
7 16 (4.47%) Cisco
8 11 (3.07%) Informatica
9 9 (2.51%) Databricks
9 9 (2.51%) Dynatrace
9 9 (2.51%) Palo Alto
10 8 (2.23%) CrowdStrike
11 7 (1.96%) IBM
11 7 (1.96%) Oracle
12 6 (1.68%) Fortinet
12 6 (1.68%) Salesforce
13 5 (1.40%) BeyondTrust
13 5 (1.40%) Commvault
13 5 (1.40%) Remedy
13 5 (1.40%) SAP