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

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 342 258 400
Rank change year-on-year -84 +142 +5
Contract jobs citing AWS Certification 308 303 184
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.66% 1.03% 0.42%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.03% 3.34% 1.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 197 223 145
10th Percentile £390 £376 £450
25th Percentile £450 £461 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £550 £573
Median % change year-on-year -2.36% -3.93% +4.09%
75th Percentile £652 £641 £675
90th Percentile £750 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £550 £600
% change year-on-year -4.55% -8.33% +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 15,175 9,063 13,412
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 32.55% 30.71% 30.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,112 5,729 8,277
10th Percentile £350 £290 £300
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year -1.43% -1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £620 £625 £650
90th Percentile £725 £709 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £504 £530
% change year-on-year -0.79% -4.91% +0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,097 515 1,063
10th Percentile £16.44 £18.20 £13.85
25th Percentile £21.25 £22.27 £17.80
Median hourly rate £47.50 £41.91 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.34% +4.78% -25.93%
75th Percentile £70.00 £66.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £85.25 £79.48 £75.19
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.00 £45.00 £40.25
% change year-on-year +4.44% +11.80% -19.50%

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 April 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 April 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 25 April 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 -70 246 £550 -8.33% 208
London -74 129 £525 -12.50% 59
UK excluding London -76 123 £525 -4.55% 196
Work from Home -56 85 £548 -4.78% 151
North of England -51 42 £578 -18.36% 49
North West -20 31 £578 -18.36% 19
South East -44 26 £513 -10.87% 49
Midlands -44 24 £500 - 24
West Midlands -39 22 £550 +10.00% 16
Scotland -22 10 £402 -26.91% 8
South West -45 10 £538 -13.13% 27
East of England -32 9 £550 +4.76% 28
Yorkshire -60 7 £669 -7.76% 20
North East -18 4 £525 +10.53% 10
Wales -18 3 £250 -7.41% 8
East Midlands -38 1 £447 -11.04% 8

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 (6.17%) Confluence
2 8 (2.60%) Apache Spark
3 7 (2.27%) Apache
4 6 (1.95%) SharePoint
5 5 (1.62%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.65%) nginx
6 2 (0.65%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.65%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.32%) Apache Pulsar
7 1 (0.32%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 1 (0.32%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.65%) DELMIA
1 2 (0.65%) Payment Gateway
1 2 (0.65%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.32%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 308 (100.00%) AWS
2 143 (46.43%) Azure
3 93 (30.19%) AWS CloudFormation
4 71 (23.05%) Serverless
5 63 (20.45%) GCP
6 58 (18.83%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 56 (18.18%) Amazon EKS
8 53 (17.21%) Amazon S3
9 49 (15.91%) GitHub
10 48 (15.58%) AWS Lambda
11 39 (12.66%) Amazon ECS
12 36 (11.69%) GitHub Actions
13 34 (11.04%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 32 (10.39%) Amazon EC2
15 28 (9.09%) AWS KMS
16 21 (6.82%) Amazon GuardDuty
17 20 (6.49%) AWS Control Tower
18 19 (6.17%) AWS CodePipeline
19 17 (5.52%) Route 53
20 16 (5.19%) AWS CloudTrail
Communications & Networking
1 39 (12.66%) Firewall
2 19 (6.17%) Network Security
3 16 (5.19%) VPN
4 13 (4.22%) DNS
5 10 (3.25%) WAN
6 7 (2.27%) 3GPP
6 7 (2.27%) BGP
7 5 (1.62%) LAN
7 5 (1.62%) OSPF
7 5 (1.62%) SD-WAN
7 5 (1.62%) TCP/IP
8 4 (1.30%) DHCP
8 4 (1.30%) IPv6
8 4 (1.30%) TETRA
9 3 (0.97%) IPv4
9 3 (0.97%) VLAN
10 2 (0.65%) Cisco ASA
10 2 (0.65%) LTE
10 2 (0.65%) MPLS
10 2 (0.65%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (13.64%) Amazon RDS
2 22 (7.14%) DynamoDB
3 18 (5.84%) Amazon Redshift
4 15 (4.87%) Amazon Athena
4 15 (4.87%) Power BI
5 13 (4.22%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (4.22%) PostgreSQL
6 11 (3.57%) Amazon Aurora
6 11 (3.57%) NoSQL
7 10 (3.25%) Data Lake
8 9 (2.92%) Relational Database
9 7 (2.27%) Elasticsearch
9 7 (2.27%) MySQL
10 6 (1.95%) Amazon QuickSight
10 6 (1.95%) Delta Lake
10 6 (1.95%) Metadata
10 6 (1.95%) Tableau
11 4 (1.30%) Big Data
11 4 (1.30%) DataStage
11 4 (1.30%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 43 (13.96%) Jenkins
2 38 (12.34%) GitLab
3 25 (8.12%) JIRA
4 19 (6.17%) Git
5 10 (3.25%) Bitbucket
6 7 (2.27%) Sonatype Nexus
7 6 (1.95%) JUnit
7 6 (1.95%) MLflow
7 6 (1.95%) SonarQube
8 4 (1.30%) DbUnit
8 4 (1.30%) jMock
8 4 (1.30%) Maven
8 4 (1.30%) Mockito
8 4 (1.30%) Snyk
9 2 (0.65%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.65%) Bitbucket Server
9 2 (0.65%) Liquibase
10 1 (0.32%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.32%) Postman
10 1 (0.32%) Selenium
General
1 108 (35.06%) Social Skills
2 62 (20.13%) Finance
3 47 (15.26%) Public Sector
4 30 (9.74%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (7.14%) Banking
6 14 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (3.90%) Legal
8 10 (3.25%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (2.60%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (2.27%) Telecoms
11 5 (1.62%) Aerospace
11 5 (1.62%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (1.62%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.30%) Electronics
13 2 (0.65%) Aeronautics
13 2 (0.65%) Billing
13 2 (0.65%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.65%) Marketing
14 1 (0.32%) Dutch Language
14 1 (0.32%) French Language
Job Titles
1 116 (37.66%) Architect
2 43 (13.96%) DevOps Engineer
3 42 (13.64%) AWS Engineer
4 38 (12.34%) AWS Architect
5 30 (9.74%) Cloud Architect
5 30 (9.74%) Cloud Engineer
6 28 (9.09%) Senior
7 25 (8.12%) Lead
8 22 (7.14%) Solutions Architect
9 21 (6.82%) Technical Architect
10 19 (6.17%) Security Engineer
11 18 (5.84%) Platform Engineer
12 17 (5.52%) AWS DevOps
13 16 (5.19%) AWS DevOps Engineer
14 15 (4.87%) Developer
14 15 (4.87%) Security Architect
15 14 (4.55%) Data Engineer
16 13 (4.22%) Cloud Platform Engineer
17 11 (3.57%) Lead Architect
18 8 (2.60%) DevSecOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (6.49%) Kafka
2 16 (5.19%) AWS CDK
3 15 (4.87%) Node.js
3 15 (4.87%) REST
4 12 (3.90%) RESTful
5 9 (2.92%) Web Services
6 8 (2.60%) AngularJS
6 8 (2.60%) Elastic Stack
7 7 (2.27%) SOAP
8 6 (1.95%) OAuth
8 6 (1.95%) OAuth2
8 6 (1.95%) React
8 6 (1.95%) Spring
8 6 (1.95%) Spring Boot
9 5 (1.62%) .NET
9 5 (1.62%) boto
9 5 (1.62%) Middleware
9 5 (1.62%) OpenID
9 5 (1.62%) XML
10 4 (1.30%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 87 (28.25%) Cloud Native
2 17 (5.52%) Distributed Systems
3 16 (5.19%) Data Centre
4 14 (4.55%) Management Information System
5 13 (4.22%) Enterprise Cloud
5 13 (4.22%) Hybrid Cloud
5 13 (4.22%) Product Ownership
6 12 (3.90%) Public Cloud
7 10 (3.25%) Virtual Team
8 9 (2.92%) Legacy Systems
9 7 (2.27%) Security Posture
10 6 (1.95%) Onboarding
10 6 (1.95%) PKI
11 5 (1.62%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (1.62%) Private Cloud
11 5 (1.62%) SCADA
12 4 (1.30%) e-Learning
12 4 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (1.30%) IoT
12 4 (1.30%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 51 (16.56%) Linux
2 32 (10.39%) Windows
3 7 (2.27%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.30%) VMS
5 3 (0.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.65%) Amazon Linux
6 2 (0.65%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.65%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.32%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 168 (54.55%) CI/CD
2 144 (46.75%) DevOps
3 141 (45.78%) Infrastructure as Code
4 88 (28.57%) Agile
5 72 (23.38%) Containerisation
6 59 (19.16%) Cloud Security
7 56 (18.18%) Microservices
8 53 (17.21%) Migration
9 51 (16.56%) DevSecOps
10 45 (14.61%) Continuous Improvement
10 45 (14.61%) Observability
10 45 (14.61%) Roadmaps
11 44 (14.29%) TOGAF
12 41 (13.31%) Stakeholder Management
13 39 (12.66%) Technical Leadership
14 37 (12.01%) Problem-Solving
15 33 (10.71%) Cybersecurity
15 33 (10.71%) Mentoring
16 32 (10.39%) Event-Driven
16 32 (10.39%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 103 (33.44%) Python
2 57 (18.51%) Java
3 35 (11.36%) Bash
4 33 (10.71%) SQL
5 30 (9.74%) PowerShell
6 19 (6.17%) JavaScript
6 19 (6.17%) TypeScript
7 10 (3.25%) Perl
7 10 (3.25%) Ruby
8 7 (2.27%) Bicep
8 7 (2.27%) Rust
9 6 (1.95%) C#
10 5 (1.62%) Go
11 4 (1.30%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.97%) PHP
12 3 (0.97%) Scala
13 2 (0.65%) Groovy
14 1 (0.32%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 134 (43.51%) Security Cleared
2 113 (36.69%) SC Cleared
3 100 (32.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 93 (30.19%) Azure Certification
5 31 (10.06%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
5 31 (10.06%) Degree
6 25 (8.12%) TOGAF Certification
7 24 (7.79%) CISSP
8 21 (6.82%) Computer Science Degree
9 20 (6.49%) Cisco Certification
10 17 (5.52%) DV Cleared
11 15 (4.87%) AWS Certified Developer
12 12 (3.90%) BPSS Clearance
13 10 (3.25%) Master's Degree
14 9 (2.92%) CCNA
14 9 (2.92%) Microsoft Certification
15 8 (2.60%) PMI Certification
15 8 (2.60%) PMP
16 7 (2.27%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 7 (2.27%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (10.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 28 (9.09%) NIST
3 23 (7.47%) GDPR
4 15 (4.87%) Data Quality
5 13 (4.22%) NCSC
6 11 (3.57%) QA
7 8 (2.60%) PCI DSS
8 6 (1.95%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.97%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.97%) GRC
9 3 (0.97%) HIPAA
9 3 (0.97%) HL7
9 3 (0.97%) ISO 20022
9 3 (0.97%) PSD2
9 3 (0.97%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.65%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 2 (0.65%) DICOM
10 2 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 1 (0.32%) Def Stans
11 1 (0.32%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 81 (26.30%) Docker
2 16 (5.19%) Active Directory
3 9 (2.92%) Hyper-V
4 8 (2.60%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (1.95%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (1.30%) Postfix
6 4 (1.30%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.65%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 149 (48.38%) Terraform
2 100 (32.47%) Kubernetes
3 34 (11.04%) Ansible
4 24 (7.79%) Grafana
4 24 (7.79%) Prometheus
5 8 (2.60%) Argo
6 7 (2.27%) Progress Chef
7 4 (1.30%) linkerd
7 4 (1.30%) Puppet
8 3 (0.97%) Istio
8 3 (0.97%) ITRS Geneos
9 2 (0.65%) CASB
9 2 (0.65%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.65%) Opsgenie
10 1 (0.32%) Fluentd
10 1 (0.32%) Kubeflow
10 1 (0.32%) logstash
10 1 (0.32%) QRadar
10 1 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.32%) Suricata
Vendors
1 40 (12.99%) Microsoft
2 19 (6.17%) Databricks
3 18 (5.84%) Google
3 18 (5.84%) Oracle
4 14 (4.55%) Splunk
4 14 (4.55%) VMware
5 11 (3.57%) Cisco
6 8 (2.60%) IBM
7 7 (2.27%) Citrix
8 6 (1.95%) Atlassian
8 6 (1.95%) CloudEndure
8 6 (1.95%) Dynatrace
8 6 (1.95%) Fortinet
8 6 (1.95%) SAP
8 6 (1.95%) ServiceNow
8 6 (1.95%) Zscaler
9 4 (1.30%) AVEVA
9 4 (1.30%) Palo Alto
9 4 (1.30%) Qualys
9 4 (1.30%) Tenable