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

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 363 273 390
Rank change year-on-year -90 +117 +13
Contract jobs citing AWS Certification 333 319 207
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.63% 0.98% 0.48%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.01% 3.17% 1.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 228 231 149
10th Percentile £404 £368 £386
25th Percentile £453 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £569 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £632 £650
90th Percentile £775 £711 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £500 £535
% change year-on-year +10.00% -6.54% -2.73%
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 16,533 10,060 12,806
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.38% 30.78% 29.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,051 6,245 7,956
10th Percentile £350 £280 £310
25th Percentile £429 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £523 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.38% -0.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £623 £638
90th Percentile £713 £704 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,196 718 1,085
10th Percentile £17.72 £17.87 £14.16
25th Percentile £25.74 £20.00 £20.47
Median hourly rate £52.25 £27.50 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year +90.00% -33.73% -24.72%
75th Percentile £73.00 £58.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.31 £75.00 £75.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +98.81% -41.51% -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 13 July 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 13 July 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 13 July 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 -81 274 £569 +8.33% 357
UK excluding London -75 146 £550 +10.00% 278
London -70 133 £575 +4.07% 155
Work from Home -68 107 £575 +9.52% 95
North of England -38 58 £575 +21.05% 68
North West -21 40 £535 -20.81% 34
South East -62 32 £560 +12.00% 63
Midlands -36 27 £447 -3.25% 36
West Midlands -50 24 £464 -15.73% 17
Yorkshire -46 16 £663 +57.74% 25
South West -38 13 £623 -0.40% 60
East of England -14 10 £575 +9.52% 28
Scotland -45 7 £479 -8.76% 18
Wales -18 3 £250 -43.95% 4
North East -32 3 £575 - 12
East Midlands -17 2 £424 -7.73% 19

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 (8.11%) Confluence
2 7 (2.10%) Apache
3 4 (1.20%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.90%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.90%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.90%) CloudStack
4 3 (0.90%) Palantir Foundry
5 2 (0.60%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.60%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.30%) Apache Pulsar
6 1 (0.30%) CIMPLICITY
6 1 (0.30%) nginx
6 1 (0.30%) Predix
6 1 (0.30%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.30%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.50%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.60%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.30%) Maximo
3 1 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.30%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 333 (100.00%) AWS
2 185 (55.56%) Azure
3 82 (24.62%) GCP
4 77 (23.12%) Serverless
5 66 (19.82%) Amazon S3
6 60 (18.02%) AWS CloudFormation
7 52 (15.62%) AWS Lambda
8 51 (15.32%) Amazon EKS
9 50 (15.02%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 50 (15.02%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 49 (14.71%) GitHub
11 44 (13.21%) Amazon EC2
12 35 (10.51%) GitHub Actions
13 33 (9.91%) Amazon ECS
14 24 (7.21%) Power Platform
15 19 (5.71%) Azure DevOps
15 19 (5.71%) Route 53
16 18 (5.41%) AWS KMS
17 17 (5.11%) Google Kubernetes Engine
18 14 (4.20%) AWS CodePipeline
Communications & Networking
1 42 (12.61%) Firewall
2 22 (6.61%) Network Security
3 16 (4.80%) VPN
4 14 (4.20%) DNS
5 13 (3.90%) WAN
6 10 (3.00%) BGP
7 9 (2.70%) LAN
7 9 (2.70%) SD-WAN
8 7 (2.10%) 3GPP
8 7 (2.10%) OSPF
9 4 (1.20%) DHCP
9 4 (1.20%) Internet
9 4 (1.20%) IPv6
9 4 (1.20%) MPLS
9 4 (1.20%) NGFW
9 4 (1.20%) TCP/IP
9 4 (1.20%) TETRA
10 3 (0.90%) Cisco ASA
10 3 (0.90%) NAS
10 3 (0.90%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (11.41%) Amazon RDS
2 24 (7.21%) Power BI
3 22 (6.61%) DynamoDB
4 21 (6.31%) Amazon Redshift
5 17 (5.11%) Amazon Athena
6 16 (4.80%) PostgreSQL
7 14 (4.20%) Data Warehouse
8 13 (3.90%) Amazon Aurora
9 9 (2.70%) Data Lake
10 8 (2.40%) Metadata
10 8 (2.40%) NoSQL
10 8 (2.40%) Relational Database
11 7 (2.10%) Elasticsearch
12 6 (1.80%) Big Data
13 5 (1.50%) SQL Server
14 4 (1.20%) Amazon QuickSight
14 4 (1.20%) Delta Lake
14 4 (1.20%) MySQL
15 3 (0.90%) DocumentDB
15 3 (0.90%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 46 (13.81%) Jenkins
2 39 (11.71%) GitLab
3 28 (8.41%) JIRA
4 27 (8.11%) Git
5 8 (2.40%) SonarQube
6 6 (1.80%) JUnit
6 6 (1.80%) Maven
7 5 (1.50%) DbUnit
7 5 (1.50%) jMock
7 5 (1.50%) MLflow
7 5 (1.50%) Mockito
7 5 (1.50%) Snyk
8 3 (0.90%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.90%) Bitbucket Server
8 3 (0.90%) Claude Code
9 2 (0.60%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.60%) Burp Suite
9 2 (0.60%) JMeter
9 2 (0.60%) LoadRunner
9 2 (0.60%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 121 (36.34%) Social Skills
2 60 (18.02%) Finance
3 57 (17.12%) Public Sector
4 36 (10.81%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (7.21%) Banking
6 21 (6.31%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (2.70%) Legal
7 9 (2.70%) Telecoms
8 8 (2.40%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (2.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (1.80%) Aerospace
11 5 (1.50%) Billing
11 5 (1.50%) Law
12 4 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.90%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.90%) Investment Banking
13 3 (0.90%) Retail
14 2 (0.60%) Electronics
14 2 (0.60%) Manufacturing
15 1 (0.30%) Military
Job Titles
1 132 (39.64%) Architect
2 39 (11.71%) AWS Engineer
2 39 (11.71%) Cloud Engineer
3 38 (11.41%) DevOps Engineer
4 35 (10.51%) Senior
5 33 (9.91%) AWS Architect
6 32 (9.61%) Technical Architect
7 27 (8.11%) Cloud Architect
8 26 (7.81%) Security Engineer
9 25 (7.51%) Lead
9 25 (7.51%) Solutions Architect
10 22 (6.61%) Security Architect
11 18 (5.41%) Developer
11 18 (5.41%) Platform Engineer
12 15 (4.50%) Data Engineer
13 14 (4.20%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 12 (3.60%) AWS DevOps
14 12 (3.60%) AWS DevOps Engineer
15 11 (3.30%) Data Architect
16 10 (3.00%) AWS Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (9.01%) REST
2 20 (6.01%) OAuth
3 18 (5.41%) Kafka
4 17 (5.11%) AWS CDK
5 16 (4.80%) OpenID
6 14 (4.20%) Node.js
7 13 (3.90%) RESTful
7 13 (3.90%) SOAP
8 12 (3.60%) OAuth2
8 12 (3.60%) Web Services
9 11 (3.30%) SAML
10 10 (3.00%) Elastic Stack
10 10 (3.00%) PySpark
11 9 (2.70%) .NET
12 8 (2.40%) LangChain
12 8 (2.40%) Spring
12 8 (2.40%) Spring Boot
13 7 (2.10%) AngularJS
13 7 (2.10%) PyTorch
13 7 (2.10%) React
Miscellaneous
1 108 (32.43%) Cloud Native
2 29 (8.71%) Management Information System
3 26 (7.81%) Hybrid Cloud
3 26 (7.81%) Security Posture
4 25 (7.51%) Data Centre
5 19 (5.71%) Distributed Systems
6 18 (5.41%) Product Ownership
7 16 (4.80%) Enterprise Cloud
7 16 (4.80%) Onboarding
8 11 (3.30%) Public Cloud
9 8 (2.40%) Data Protection Act
10 7 (2.10%) IoT
11 6 (1.80%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (1.80%) Virtual Team
12 4 (1.20%) Cloud Security Posture
12 4 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
12 4 (1.20%) NHS
12 4 (1.20%) Private Cloud
12 4 (1.20%) Replication
12 4 (1.20%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 69 (20.72%) Linux
2 49 (14.71%) Windows
3 17 (5.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (2.40%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.80%) Ubuntu
6 5 (1.50%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.50%) Mac OS
7 4 (1.20%) Amazon Linux
8 2 (0.60%) Alpine Linux
8 2 (0.60%) Unix
9 1 (0.30%) CentOS
9 1 (0.30%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 186 (55.86%) DevOps
2 181 (54.35%) CI/CD
3 136 (40.84%) Infrastructure as Code
4 108 (32.43%) Agile
5 83 (24.92%) Cloud Security
6 69 (20.72%) Containerisation
7 66 (19.82%) Microservices
8 63 (18.92%) Stakeholder Management
9 61 (18.32%) Roadmaps
10 60 (18.02%) AI
11 59 (17.72%) Observability
12 58 (17.42%) Technical Leadership
13 56 (16.82%) Continuous Improvement
13 56 (16.82%) Migration
14 53 (15.92%) DevSecOps
15 48 (14.41%) Event-Driven
15 48 (14.41%) Problem-Solving
16 47 (14.11%) Machine Learning
16 47 (14.11%) TOGAF
17 44 (13.21%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 124 (37.24%) Python
2 62 (18.62%) Java
3 48 (14.41%) Bash
4 46 (13.81%) PowerShell
5 35 (10.51%) SQL
6 22 (6.61%) JavaScript
7 18 (5.41%) TypeScript
8 14 (4.20%) Bicep
9 7 (2.10%) Rust
10 6 (1.80%) Perl
11 4 (1.20%) C#
11 4 (1.20%) Groovy
11 4 (1.20%) Kotlin
11 4 (1.20%) Ruby
12 3 (0.90%) Go
12 3 (0.90%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.60%) PHP
14 1 (0.30%) Scala
14 1 (0.30%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 130 (39.04%) Security Cleared
2 110 (33.03%) Azure Certification
3 107 (32.13%) SC Cleared
4 93 (27.93%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 49 (14.71%) CISSP
6 43 (12.91%) Degree
7 29 (8.71%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 24 (7.21%) Computer Science Degree
8 24 (7.21%) DV Cleared
9 23 (6.91%) Cisco Certification
10 21 (6.31%) TOGAF Certification
11 19 (5.71%) BPSS Clearance
12 15 (4.50%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 14 (4.20%) Microsoft Certification
14 13 (3.90%) AWS Certified Developer
14 13 (3.90%) CISM
15 12 (3.60%) CCNP
16 10 (3.00%) Master's Degree
17 8 (2.40%) PMI Certification
17 8 (2.40%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (7.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 24 (7.21%) NIST
2 22 (6.61%) Data Quality
3 16 (4.80%) GDPR
4 12 (3.60%) NCSC
5 11 (3.30%) QA
6 8 (2.40%) PCI DSS
7 5 (1.50%) GRC
8 4 (1.20%) HL7
8 4 (1.20%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.90%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.60%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 1 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.30%) DICOM
11 1 (0.30%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (0.30%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.30%) JSP 440
11 1 (0.30%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.30%) PSD2
System Software
1 90 (27.03%) Docker
2 17 (5.11%) Active Directory
3 9 (2.70%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.50%) Postfix
5 4 (1.20%) vSphere
6 2 (0.60%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.60%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (0.60%) Oracle RAC
6 2 (0.60%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.60%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.60%) VMware Workstation
7 1 (0.30%) Squid
7 1 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 149 (44.74%) Terraform
2 99 (29.73%) Kubernetes
3 34 (10.21%) Ansible
4 28 (8.41%) Grafana
4 28 (8.41%) Prometheus
5 19 (5.71%) Progress Chef
6 8 (2.40%) Puppet
7 6 (1.80%) Argo
8 4 (1.20%) Istio
8 4 (1.20%) linkerd
8 4 (1.20%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.90%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.90%) Check_MK
9 3 (0.90%) QRadar
10 2 (0.60%) CASB
10 2 (0.60%) HP Fortify
10 2 (0.60%) Packer
10 2 (0.60%) SCCM
11 1 (0.30%) Fluentd
11 1 (0.30%) HAProxy
Vendors
1 58 (17.42%) Microsoft
2 33 (9.91%) Google
3 17 (5.11%) Splunk
4 14 (4.20%) Red Hat
5 13 (3.90%) Databricks
5 13 (3.90%) ServiceNow
6 12 (3.60%) Cisco
6 12 (3.60%) VMware
7 9 (2.70%) Informatica
8 8 (2.40%) CrowdStrike
8 8 (2.40%) Oracle
8 8 (2.40%) Palo Alto
9 7 (2.10%) Atlassian
9 7 (2.10%) IBM
10 6 (1.80%) Fortinet
10 6 (1.80%) Zscaler
11 5 (1.50%) BeyondTrust
11 5 (1.50%) Dynatrace
11 5 (1.50%) Okta
11 5 (1.50%) Tenable