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

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 365 272 402
Rank change year-on-year -93 +130 +20
Contract jobs citing AWS Certification 312 293 193
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.61% 0.97% 0.44%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.96% 3.13% 1.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 213 209 142
10th Percentile £400 £368 £400
25th Percentile £450 £436 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -
75th Percentile £675 £638 £650
90th Percentile £775 £702 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £525 £543
% change year-on-year +4.76% -3.23% -1.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 0
10th Percentile £78.08 £40.03 -
25th Percentile £84.00 £47.56 -
Median hourly rate £93.75 £54.25 -
Median % change year-on-year +72.81% - -
75th Percentile £102.69 £66.44 -
90th Percentile £104.75 £86.58 -
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 15,931 9,348 12,944
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.31% 30.91% 29.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,644 5,798 7,991
10th Percentile £350 £275 £310
25th Percentile £425 £412 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £620 £638
90th Percentile £713 £700 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £507 £500 £527
% change year-on-year +1.40% -5.12% -0.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,165 614 1,119
10th Percentile £17.43 £17.67 £14.00
25th Percentile £23.78 £20.00 £20.06
Median hourly rate £50.49 £28.34 £40.94
Median % change year-on-year +78.14% -30.78% -25.90%
75th Percentile £72.54 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.25 £75.35 £75.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £27.38 £43.00
% change year-on-year +82.65% -36.34% -19.87%

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 26 June 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 26 June 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 26 June 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 -83 257 £558 +1.36% 255
UK excluding London -91 132 £550 +4.76% 224
London -67 130 £575 - 90
Work from Home -72 98 £575 +9.52% 58
North of England -24 58 £575 -17.86% 53
North West -9 43 £550 -21.43% 25
South East -45 28 £560 +12.00% 65
Midlands -51 22 £425 -8.60% 30
West Midlands -44 19 £425 -22.73% 16
Yorkshire -40 13 £663 +32.50% 23
South West -38 10 £575 -8.00% 37
East of England -23 8 £550 +4.76% 27
Scotland -40 7 £479 -8.76% 7
Wales -20 3 £250 -28.93% 5
East Midlands -12 2 £424 -7.73% 14
North East -30 2 £525 - 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 26 (8.33%) Confluence
2 7 (2.24%) Apache
3 4 (1.28%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.96%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.96%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.96%) CloudStack
4 3 (0.96%) Palantir Foundry
5 2 (0.64%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.64%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.32%) Apache Pulsar
6 1 (0.32%) nginx
6 1 (0.32%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.32%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.60%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.64%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.32%) DELMIA
3 1 (0.32%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 312 (100.00%) AWS
2 177 (56.73%) Azure
3 78 (25.00%) GCP
4 70 (22.44%) Serverless
5 60 (19.23%) Amazon S3
6 59 (18.91%) AWS CloudFormation
7 49 (15.71%) Amazon EKS
7 49 (15.71%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 48 (15.38%) AWS Lambda
9 46 (14.74%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 46 (14.74%) GitHub
10 42 (13.46%) Amazon EC2
11 33 (10.58%) GitHub Actions
12 32 (10.26%) Amazon ECS
13 23 (7.37%) Power Platform
14 19 (6.09%) Route 53
15 18 (5.77%) Azure DevOps
16 17 (5.45%) Google Kubernetes Engine
17 16 (5.13%) AWS KMS
18 14 (4.49%) AWS CodePipeline
Communications & Networking
1 40 (12.82%) Firewall
2 20 (6.41%) Network Security
3 15 (4.81%) VPN
4 13 (4.17%) DNS
4 13 (4.17%) WAN
5 10 (3.21%) BGP
6 9 (2.88%) LAN
6 9 (2.88%) SD-WAN
7 7 (2.24%) 3GPP
7 7 (2.24%) OSPF
8 4 (1.28%) IPv6
8 4 (1.28%) MPLS
8 4 (1.28%) NGFW
8 4 (1.28%) TETRA
8 4 (1.28%) VLAN
9 3 (0.96%) Internet
9 3 (0.96%) IPv4
9 3 (0.96%) SAN
9 3 (0.96%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.96%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (12.18%) Amazon RDS
2 23 (7.37%) Power BI
3 21 (6.73%) DynamoDB
4 20 (6.41%) Amazon Redshift
5 15 (4.81%) Amazon Athena
5 15 (4.81%) PostgreSQL
6 14 (4.49%) Data Warehouse
7 12 (3.85%) Amazon Aurora
8 9 (2.88%) NoSQL
9 8 (2.56%) Data Lake
9 8 (2.56%) Relational Database
10 7 (2.24%) Elasticsearch
10 7 (2.24%) Metadata
11 5 (1.60%) Big Data
12 4 (1.28%) MySQL
12 4 (1.28%) SQL Server
13 3 (0.96%) Amazon QuickSight
13 3 (0.96%) Delta Lake
13 3 (0.96%) DocumentDB
13 3 (0.96%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 43 (13.78%) Jenkins
2 38 (12.18%) GitLab
3 27 (8.65%) JIRA
4 26 (8.33%) Git
5 8 (2.56%) SonarQube
6 7 (2.24%) JUnit
7 6 (1.92%) Maven
8 5 (1.60%) DbUnit
8 5 (1.60%) jMock
8 5 (1.60%) Mockito
8 5 (1.60%) Snyk
9 4 (1.28%) MLflow
10 3 (0.96%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.96%) Bitbucket Server
11 2 (0.64%) Artifactory
11 2 (0.64%) Burp Suite
11 2 (0.64%) Claude Code
11 2 (0.64%) JMeter
11 2 (0.64%) LoadRunner
11 2 (0.64%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 115 (36.86%) Social Skills
2 52 (16.67%) Finance
3 49 (15.71%) Public Sector
4 34 (10.90%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (6.41%) Banking
6 18 (5.77%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (2.88%) Legal
8 8 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (2.56%) Telecoms
9 7 (2.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (1.92%) Aerospace
11 5 (1.60%) Law
12 4 (1.28%) Billing
12 4 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.96%) Investment Banking
13 3 (0.96%) Retail
14 2 (0.64%) Electronics
14 2 (0.64%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.64%) Manufacturing
15 1 (0.32%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 116 (37.18%) Architect
2 40 (12.82%) AWS Engineer
3 37 (11.86%) Cloud Engineer
3 37 (11.86%) DevOps Engineer
4 34 (10.90%) Senior
5 28 (8.97%) AWS Architect
6 27 (8.65%) Technical Architect
7 25 (8.01%) Security Engineer
8 24 (7.69%) Lead
9 23 (7.37%) Cloud Architect
9 23 (7.37%) Solutions Architect
10 18 (5.77%) Security Architect
11 17 (5.45%) Developer
12 16 (5.13%) Platform Engineer
13 14 (4.49%) Data Engineer
14 13 (4.17%) AWS DevOps
14 13 (4.17%) AWS DevOps Engineer
14 13 (4.17%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 10 (3.21%) AWS Platform Engineer
16 9 (2.88%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (8.65%) REST
2 19 (6.09%) OAuth
3 18 (5.77%) Kafka
4 17 (5.45%) AWS CDK
5 15 (4.81%) OpenID
6 13 (4.17%) SOAP
7 12 (3.85%) Node.js
7 12 (3.85%) OAuth2
7 12 (3.85%) Web Services
8 11 (3.53%) RESTful
8 11 (3.53%) SAML
9 10 (3.21%) Elastic Stack
10 9 (2.88%) .NET
10 9 (2.88%) PySpark
11 8 (2.56%) LangChain
12 7 (2.24%) AngularJS
12 7 (2.24%) PyTorch
12 7 (2.24%) Spring
12 7 (2.24%) Spring Boot
13 6 (1.92%) React
Miscellaneous
1 102 (32.69%) Cloud Native
2 28 (8.97%) Management Information System
3 25 (8.01%) Data Centre
4 23 (7.37%) Security Posture
5 21 (6.73%) Hybrid Cloud
6 18 (5.77%) Distributed Systems
7 15 (4.81%) Enterprise Cloud
7 15 (4.81%) Product Ownership
8 13 (4.17%) Onboarding
9 10 (3.21%) Public Cloud
10 9 (2.88%) Virtual Team
11 7 (2.24%) Data Protection Act
11 7 (2.24%) Private Cloud
12 5 (1.60%) IoT
13 4 (1.28%) AI Agents
13 4 (1.28%) Cloud Security Posture
13 4 (1.28%) e-Learning
13 4 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
13 4 (1.28%) Legacy Systems
13 4 (1.28%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 67 (21.47%) Linux
2 48 (15.38%) Windows
3 17 (5.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (2.56%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.92%) Ubuntu
6 5 (1.60%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.60%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.96%) Amazon Linux
8 2 (0.64%) Alpine Linux
8 2 (0.64%) Unix
8 2 (0.64%) VMS
9 1 (0.32%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 176 (56.41%) DevOps
2 174 (55.77%) CI/CD
3 126 (40.38%) Infrastructure as Code
4 101 (32.37%) Agile
5 75 (24.04%) Cloud Security
6 63 (20.19%) Containerisation
7 60 (19.23%) Microservices
8 57 (18.27%) Observability
9 56 (17.95%) Stakeholder Management
10 55 (17.63%) Roadmaps
11 53 (16.99%) AI
12 52 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
13 51 (16.35%) Migration
14 49 (15.71%) Technical Leadership
15 45 (14.42%) Problem-Solving
16 44 (14.10%) DevSecOps
16 44 (14.10%) Event-Driven
16 44 (14.10%) Machine Learning
17 43 (13.78%) Scrum
18 42 (13.46%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 118 (37.82%) Python
2 59 (18.91%) Java
3 45 (14.42%) Bash
4 42 (13.46%) PowerShell
5 36 (11.54%) SQL
6 20 (6.41%) JavaScript
7 18 (5.77%) TypeScript
8 12 (3.85%) Bicep
9 7 (2.24%) Rust
10 5 (1.60%) Perl
11 4 (1.28%) C#
11 4 (1.28%) Kotlin
11 4 (1.28%) Ruby
12 3 (0.96%) Go
12 3 (0.96%) Groovy
12 3 (0.96%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.64%) PHP
14 1 (0.32%) Scala
14 1 (0.32%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 120 (38.46%) Security Cleared
2 105 (33.65%) Azure Certification
3 100 (32.05%) SC Cleared
4 88 (28.21%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 46 (14.74%) CISSP
6 40 (12.82%) Degree
7 29 (9.29%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 22 (7.05%) Cisco Certification
8 22 (7.05%) Computer Science Degree
8 22 (7.05%) DV Cleared
9 20 (6.41%) TOGAF Certification
10 19 (6.09%) BPSS Clearance
11 15 (4.81%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 13 (4.17%) CISM
12 13 (4.17%) Microsoft Certification
13 12 (3.85%) AWS Certified Developer
13 12 (3.85%) CCNP
14 9 (2.88%) PMI Certification
14 9 (2.88%) PMP
15 8 (2.56%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 22 (7.05%) NIST
3 20 (6.41%) Data Quality
4 14 (4.49%) GDPR
5 12 (3.85%) NCSC
6 10 (3.21%) QA
7 8 (2.56%) PCI DSS
8 5 (1.60%) GRC
9 4 (1.28%) HL7
9 4 (1.28%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.96%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.64%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.32%) DICOM
12 1 (0.32%) Disclosure Scotland
12 1 (0.32%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 1 (0.32%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.32%) PSD2
System Software
1 84 (26.92%) Docker
2 15 (4.81%) Active Directory
3 8 (2.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.60%) Postfix
5 3 (0.96%) vSphere
6 2 (0.64%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (0.64%) Oracle RAC
6 2 (0.64%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.64%) VMware Workstation
7 1 (0.32%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.32%) Squid
7 1 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.32%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 144 (46.15%) Terraform
2 94 (30.13%) Kubernetes
3 37 (11.86%) Ansible
4 27 (8.65%) Grafana
4 27 (8.65%) Prometheus
5 19 (6.09%) Progress Chef
6 8 (2.56%) Puppet
7 6 (1.92%) Argo
8 4 (1.28%) Istio
8 4 (1.28%) linkerd
8 4 (1.28%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.96%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.96%) Check_MK
10 2 (0.64%) HP Fortify
10 2 (0.64%) Packer
10 2 (0.64%) QRadar
10 2 (0.64%) SCCM
11 1 (0.32%) Cisco CUCM
11 1 (0.32%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.32%) Nessus
Vendors
1 54 (17.31%) Microsoft
2 35 (11.22%) Google
3 16 (5.13%) Splunk
4 14 (4.49%) Red Hat
5 12 (3.85%) Cisco
5 12 (3.85%) Databricks
5 12 (3.85%) ServiceNow
6 11 (3.53%) VMware
7 9 (2.88%) Informatica
8 8 (2.56%) CrowdStrike
8 8 (2.56%) IBM
8 8 (2.56%) Oracle
9 7 (2.24%) Atlassian
9 7 (2.24%) Fortinet
9 7 (2.24%) Palo Alto
10 6 (1.92%) Zscaler
11 5 (1.60%) BeyondTrust
11 5 (1.60%) Dynatrace
11 5 (1.60%) Okta
11 5 (1.60%) Tenable