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

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 349 274 322
Rank change year-on-year -75 +48 +94
Contract jobs citing AWS Certification 345 308 236
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.65% 0.94% 0.61%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.06% 2.99% 2.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 240 221 170
10th Percentile £413 £363 £388
25th Percentile £464 £434 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £688 £600 £638
90th Percentile £790 £738 £701
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £500 £475
% change year-on-year +15.00% +5.26% -13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 1
10th Percentile £69.86 £40.03 -
25th Percentile £78.56 £47.56 -
Median hourly rate £88.75 £54.25 £58.00
Median % change year-on-year +63.59% -6.47% -28.83%
75th Percentile £102.69 £66.44 -
90th Percentile £104.75 £86.58 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £88.75 - £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 16,719 10,293 11,685
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.31% 31.27% 30.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,204 6,336 7,411
10th Percentile £350 £289 £313
25th Percentile £431 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £619 £638
90th Percentile £715 £704 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £514 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.80% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,256 815 849
10th Percentile £17.72 £17.97 £15.06
25th Percentile £25.77 £19.38 £21.25
Median hourly rate £51.25 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +103.78% -41.51% -21.82%
75th Percentile £73.81 £53.95 £65.00
90th Percentile £87.16 £73.75 £76.40
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £25.15 £47.50
% change year-on-year +98.81% -47.05% -8.46%

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 14 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 14 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 14 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 -60 297 £575 +9.52% 481
UK excluding London -65 155 £575 +15.00% 319
London -69 146 £550 +4.76% 226
Work from Home -48 112 £581 +10.71% 183
North of England -33 59 £575 +21.69% 93
North West -17 41 £550 +11.79% 51
South East -58 38 £575 +15.00% 63
Midlands -37 26 £444 -14.66% 39
West Midlands -42 24 £470 -10.52% 21
South West -41 20 £785 +23.14% 65
Yorkshire -34 16 £663 +57.74% 29
East of England -13 9 £600 +14.29% 25
Scotland -26 7 £479 -4.20% 23
North East -41 3 £500 - 15
East Midlands -21 1 £400 -18.03% 18

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 (6.67%) Confluence
2 7 (2.03%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.74%) Apache
4 4 (1.16%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.87%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.87%) CloudStack
5 3 (0.87%) Palantir Foundry
6 2 (0.58%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.29%) CIMPLICITY
7 1 (0.29%) nginx
7 1 (0.29%) Predix
7 1 (0.29%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.29%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.29%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.45%) 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
1 345 (100.00%) AWS
2 194 (56.23%) Azure
3 93 (26.96%) GCP
4 78 (22.61%) Serverless
5 73 (21.16%) Amazon S3
6 69 (20.00%) AWS CloudFormation
7 63 (18.26%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 59 (17.10%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 57 (16.52%) Amazon EKS
9 57 (16.52%) AWS Lambda
10 53 (15.36%) Amazon EC2
10 53 (15.36%) GitHub
11 41 (11.88%) GitHub Actions
12 36 (10.43%) Amazon ECS
13 27 (7.83%) AWS KMS
14 26 (7.54%) Azure DevOps
15 24 (6.96%) Power Platform
16 21 (6.09%) Google Kubernetes Engine
17 15 (4.35%) Amazon EMR
17 15 (4.35%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 50 (14.49%) Firewall
2 19 (5.51%) DNS
2 19 (5.51%) Network Security
3 15 (4.35%) VPN
4 10 (2.90%) DHCP
4 10 (2.90%) TCP/IP
5 9 (2.61%) LAN
6 8 (2.32%) WAN
7 7 (2.03%) 3GPP
7 7 (2.03%) VSAN
8 6 (1.74%) BGP
8 6 (1.74%) SD-WAN
9 4 (1.16%) Internet
9 4 (1.16%) NGFW
9 4 (1.16%) OSPF
9 4 (1.16%) TETRA
10 3 (0.87%) Cisco ASA
10 3 (0.87%) NAS
10 3 (0.87%) Structured Cabling
10 3 (0.87%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (13.62%) Amazon RDS
2 24 (6.96%) Power BI
3 20 (5.80%) Amazon Redshift
3 20 (5.80%) PostgreSQL
4 19 (5.51%) Amazon Aurora
4 19 (5.51%) DynamoDB
5 16 (4.64%) Amazon Athena
6 14 (4.06%) Data Warehouse
7 12 (3.48%) SQL Server
8 10 (2.90%) MySQL
9 9 (2.61%) Redis
10 8 (2.32%) MongoDB
11 7 (2.03%) Data Lake
11 7 (2.03%) Elasticsearch
11 7 (2.03%) Metadata
11 7 (2.03%) Relational Database
12 6 (1.74%) Big Data
13 5 (1.45%) NoSQL
14 4 (1.16%) Amazon QuickSight
14 4 (1.16%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 51 (14.78%) Jenkins
2 45 (13.04%) GitLab
3 25 (7.25%) Git
4 22 (6.38%) JIRA
5 7 (2.03%) SonarQube
6 5 (1.45%) Maven
6 5 (1.45%) MLflow
7 4 (1.16%) JUnit
8 3 (0.87%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.87%) Bitbucket Server
8 3 (0.87%) Claude Code
8 3 (0.87%) DbUnit
8 3 (0.87%) JMeter
8 3 (0.87%) jMock
8 3 (0.87%) Mockito
8 3 (0.87%) Snyk
9 2 (0.58%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.58%) Burp Suite
9 2 (0.58%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.58%) LoadRunner
General
1 128 (37.10%) Social Skills
2 73 (21.16%) Public Sector
3 65 (18.84%) Finance
4 39 (11.30%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (7.54%) Banking
6 21 (6.09%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (2.61%) Telecoms
8 7 (2.03%) Aerospace
9 6 (1.74%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (1.45%) Billing
10 5 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.45%) Law
11 3 (0.87%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.87%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (0.87%) Investment Banking
11 3 (0.87%) Legal
11 3 (0.87%) Manufacturing
11 3 (0.87%) Retail
12 2 (0.58%) Electronics
12 2 (0.58%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 121 (35.07%) Architect
2 48 (13.91%) Cloud Engineer
3 43 (12.46%) Senior
4 38 (11.01%) DevOps Engineer
5 34 (9.86%) Lead
6 33 (9.57%) AWS Engineer
7 31 (8.99%) Security Engineer
8 30 (8.70%) Technical Architect
9 26 (7.54%) AWS Architect
10 24 (6.96%) Cloud Architect
11 22 (6.38%) Solutions Architect
12 21 (6.09%) Platform Engineer
12 21 (6.09%) Security Architect
13 12 (3.48%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 12 (3.48%) Data Architect
13 12 (3.48%) Data Engineer
13 12 (3.48%) DBA
14 11 (3.19%) AWS DevOps Engineer
14 11 (3.19%) Developer
14 11 (3.19%) Lead DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (7.25%) REST
2 19 (5.51%) OAuth
2 19 (5.51%) RESTful
3 15 (4.35%) OpenID
4 13 (3.77%) Spring Boot
5 12 (3.48%) Node.js
5 12 (3.48%) SAML
5 12 (3.48%) Spring
6 11 (3.19%) Kafka
7 10 (2.90%) AWS CDK
7 10 (2.90%) OAuth2
7 10 (2.90%) PySpark
8 9 (2.61%) .NET
8 9 (2.61%) LangChain
8 9 (2.61%) Web Services
9 8 (2.32%) SOAP
10 7 (2.03%) Elastic Stack
10 7 (2.03%) PyTorch
11 6 (1.74%) AngularJS
11 6 (1.74%) React
Miscellaneous
1 109 (31.59%) Cloud Native
2 33 (9.57%) Security Posture
3 29 (8.41%) Management Information System
4 28 (8.12%) Hybrid Cloud
5 27 (7.83%) Data Centre
6 23 (6.67%) Product Ownership
7 16 (4.64%) Enterprise Cloud
7 16 (4.64%) Onboarding
8 14 (4.06%) Distributed Systems
8 14 (4.06%) Public Cloud
8 14 (4.06%) Replication
9 8 (2.32%) PKI
10 7 (2.03%) Cloud Security Posture
10 7 (2.03%) Data Protection Act
10 7 (2.03%) IoT
11 5 (1.45%) AI Agents
11 5 (1.45%) NHS
12 4 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (1.16%) Enterprise Software
13 3 (0.87%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 72 (20.87%) Linux
2 54 (15.65%) Windows
3 26 (7.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 9 (2.61%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.74%) Ubuntu
6 5 (1.45%) Amazon Linux
6 5 (1.45%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.45%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.58%) Alpine Linux
8 1 (0.29%) CentOS
8 1 (0.29%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 189 (54.78%) DevOps
2 186 (53.91%) CI/CD
3 151 (43.77%) Infrastructure as Code
4 119 (34.49%) Agile
5 85 (24.64%) Cloud Security
6 78 (22.61%) Technical Leadership
7 71 (20.58%) Continuous Improvement
7 71 (20.58%) Stakeholder Management
8 70 (20.29%) Microservices
9 68 (19.71%) Roadmaps
10 65 (18.84%) AI
10 65 (18.84%) DevSecOps
11 64 (18.55%) Migration
12 63 (18.26%) Containerisation
13 58 (16.81%) Observability
14 50 (14.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 49 (14.20%) Scrum
16 46 (13.33%) Platform Engineering
17 44 (12.75%) Event-Driven
17 44 (12.75%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 142 (41.16%) Python
2 71 (20.58%) Bash
3 70 (20.29%) PowerShell
4 68 (19.71%) Java
5 40 (11.59%) SQL
6 19 (5.51%) Bicep
6 19 (5.51%) JavaScript
7 16 (4.64%) TypeScript
8 7 (2.03%) Rust
9 6 (1.74%) Groovy
9 6 (1.74%) Kotlin
10 5 (1.45%) Perl
11 3 (0.87%) Ruby
11 3 (0.87%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.58%) C#
12 2 (0.58%) Go
13 1 (0.29%) CQL
13 1 (0.29%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.29%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 134 (38.84%) Security Cleared
2 118 (34.20%) Azure Certification
3 116 (33.62%) SC Cleared
4 100 (28.99%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 56 (16.23%) CISSP
6 41 (11.88%) Degree
7 29 (8.41%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 21 (6.09%) DV Cleared
9 20 (5.80%) BPSS Clearance
9 20 (5.80%) Cisco Certification
9 20 (5.80%) Computer Science Degree
10 18 (5.22%) CISM
11 15 (4.35%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 15 (4.35%) TOGAF Certification
12 14 (4.06%) Microsoft Certification
13 11 (3.19%) CCNP
14 10 (2.90%) AWS Certified Developer
15 8 (2.32%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 8 (2.32%) PMI Certification
15 8 (2.32%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (7.83%) Data Quality
1 27 (7.83%) NIST
2 23 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (4.93%) QA
4 15 (4.35%) GDPR
5 12 (3.48%) NCSC
6 7 (2.03%) PCI DSS
7 4 (1.16%) GRC
7 4 (1.16%) HL7
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
9 2 (0.58%) SLA
10 1 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.29%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.29%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.29%) PSD2
10 1 (0.29%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 93 (26.96%) Docker
2 24 (6.96%) Active Directory
3 16 (4.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (3.48%) vSphere
5 8 (2.32%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.87%) Postfix
7 2 (0.58%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.58%) Microsoft App-V
7 2 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.58%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.58%) VMware Workstation
8 1 (0.29%) Squid
8 1 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 161 (46.67%) Terraform
2 102 (29.57%) Kubernetes
3 45 (13.04%) Ansible
4 36 (10.43%) Grafana
5 31 (8.99%) Prometheus
6 28 (8.12%) Progress Chef
7 10 (2.90%) Puppet
8 7 (2.03%) Argo
8 7 (2.03%) Istio
8 7 (2.03%) VxRail
9 6 (1.74%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (1.16%) linkerd
11 3 (0.87%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.87%) Check_MK
11 3 (0.87%) HP Fortify
11 3 (0.87%) QRadar
12 2 (0.58%) Packer
12 2 (0.58%) SCCM
13 1 (0.29%) CASB
13 1 (0.29%) CloudForms
Vendors
1 68 (19.71%) Microsoft
2 45 (13.04%) Google
3 19 (5.51%) Red Hat
3 19 (5.51%) VMware
4 17 (4.93%) Splunk
5 15 (4.35%) ServiceNow
6 11 (3.19%) Cisco
7 9 (2.61%) Databricks
7 9 (2.61%) Informatica
8 8 (2.32%) CrowdStrike
8 8 (2.32%) Dynatrace
8 8 (2.32%) IBM
8 8 (2.32%) Palo Alto
9 6 (1.74%) Fortinet
9 6 (1.74%) Zscaler
10 5 (1.45%) BeyondTrust
10 5 (1.45%) Oracle
10 5 (1.45%) Remedy
10 5 (1.45%) Salesforce
11 4 (1.16%) SAP