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

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 346 269 376
Rank change year-on-year -77 +107 +32
Contract jobs citing AWS Certification 342 308 209
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.65% 0.95% 0.50%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.07% 3.08% 1.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 235 223 149
10th Percentile £403 £368 £381
25th Percentile £455 £437 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £625 £650
90th Percentile £775 £712 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £559 £500 £535
% change year-on-year +11.75% -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 16,532 10,007 12,619
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.39% 30.77% 29.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,048 6,209 7,900
10th Percentile £350 £280 £310
25th Percentile £430 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £623 £638
90th Percentile £713 £706 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,192 730 1,045
10th Percentile £17.74 £17.87 £14.16
25th Percentile £25.75 £19.38 £20.75
Median hourly rate £50.74 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +101.76% -40.82% -24.47%
75th Percentile £73.00 £56.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.49 £75.00 £75.85
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +98.81% -41.51% -21.19%

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 17 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 17 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 17 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 -75 284 £575 +9.52% 244
UK excluding London -63 149 £559 +11.75% 207
London -80 139 £550 - 90
Work from Home -63 111 £575 +9.52% 61
North of England -37 58 £575 +21.05% 61
North West -18 39 £550 -18.52% 29
South East -50 34 £560 +12.00% 49
Midlands -43 29 £449 -3.55% 31
West Midlands -43 26 £463 -11.90% 16
Yorkshire -37 17 £638 +51.79% 23
South West -44 14 £670 +7.20% 26
East of England -15 9 £600 +14.29% 21
Scotland -31 7 £479 -8.76% 14
North East -35 3 £575 - 12
East Midlands -17 2 £424 -7.73% 15
Wales -17 2 £250 -43.95% 6

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 25 (7.31%) Confluence
2 7 (2.05%) Apache
3 4 (1.17%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.88%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.88%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.88%) CloudStack
4 3 (0.88%) Palantir Foundry
5 2 (0.58%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.58%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.29%) Apache Pulsar
6 1 (0.29%) CIMPLICITY
6 1 (0.29%) nginx
6 1 (0.29%) Predix
6 1 (0.29%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.29%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.46%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.58%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.29%) Maximo
3 1 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.29%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 342 (100.00%) AWS
2 195 (57.02%) Azure
3 89 (26.02%) GCP
4 78 (22.81%) Serverless
5 70 (20.47%) Amazon S3
6 62 (18.13%) AWS CloudFormation
7 54 (15.79%) AWS Lambda
8 52 (15.20%) GitHub
9 50 (14.62%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 48 (14.04%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 48 (14.04%) Amazon EKS
11 46 (13.45%) Amazon EC2
12 37 (10.82%) GitHub Actions
13 33 (9.65%) Amazon ECS
14 24 (7.02%) Azure DevOps
14 24 (7.02%) Power Platform
15 19 (5.56%) AWS KMS
16 18 (5.26%) Google Kubernetes Engine
16 18 (5.26%) Route 53
17 13 (3.80%) Amazon EMR
Communications & Networking
1 44 (12.87%) Firewall
2 23 (6.73%) Network Security
3 16 (4.68%) VPN
4 15 (4.39%) DNS
5 12 (3.51%) WAN
6 10 (2.92%) BGP
7 9 (2.63%) LAN
7 9 (2.63%) SD-WAN
8 7 (2.05%) 3GPP
8 7 (2.05%) OSPF
9 5 (1.46%) DHCP
9 5 (1.46%) TCP/IP
10 4 (1.17%) Internet
10 4 (1.17%) IPv6
10 4 (1.17%) MPLS
10 4 (1.17%) NGFW
10 4 (1.17%) TETRA
11 3 (0.88%) Cisco ASA
11 3 (0.88%) NAS
11 3 (0.88%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (10.82%) Amazon RDS
2 24 (7.02%) Power BI
3 21 (6.14%) DynamoDB
4 20 (5.85%) Amazon Redshift
5 16 (4.68%) Amazon Athena
6 14 (4.09%) Data Warehouse
6 14 (4.09%) PostgreSQL
7 12 (3.51%) Amazon Aurora
8 9 (2.63%) Data Lake
9 8 (2.34%) Metadata
9 8 (2.34%) Relational Database
10 7 (2.05%) Elasticsearch
11 6 (1.75%) Big Data
11 6 (1.75%) NoSQL
12 5 (1.46%) SQL Server
13 4 (1.17%) Amazon QuickSight
13 4 (1.17%) Delta Lake
13 4 (1.17%) MySQL
14 3 (0.88%) Tableau
15 2 (0.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 48 (14.04%) Jenkins
2 39 (11.40%) GitLab
3 30 (8.77%) Git
4 26 (7.60%) JIRA
5 9 (2.63%) SonarQube
6 7 (2.05%) Maven
7 6 (1.75%) JUnit
8 5 (1.46%) DbUnit
8 5 (1.46%) jMock
8 5 (1.46%) MLflow
8 5 (1.46%) Mockito
9 4 (1.17%) Snyk
10 3 (0.88%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.88%) Bitbucket Server
10 3 (0.88%) Claude Code
11 2 (0.58%) Artifactory
11 2 (0.58%) Burp Suite
11 2 (0.58%) JMeter
11 2 (0.58%) LoadRunner
11 2 (0.58%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 120 (35.09%) Social Skills
2 61 (17.84%) Public Sector
3 58 (16.96%) Finance
4 38 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (7.02%) Banking
6 21 (6.14%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (2.63%) Legal
7 9 (2.63%) Telecoms
8 7 (2.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (1.75%) Aerospace
9 6 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (1.46%) Billing
10 5 (1.46%) Law
11 4 (1.17%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.88%) Financial Institution
12 3 (0.88%) Investment Banking
12 3 (0.88%) Retail
13 2 (0.58%) Electronics
13 2 (0.58%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.29%) Military
Job Titles
1 129 (37.72%) Architect
2 46 (13.45%) Cloud Engineer
3 39 (11.40%) AWS Engineer
3 39 (11.40%) DevOps Engineer
4 37 (10.82%) Senior
5 32 (9.36%) Technical Architect
6 29 (8.48%) AWS Architect
7 27 (7.89%) Lead
8 26 (7.60%) Cloud Architect
8 26 (7.60%) Security Engineer
9 24 (7.02%) Solutions Architect
10 22 (6.43%) Security Architect
11 19 (5.56%) Developer
11 19 (5.56%) Platform Engineer
12 15 (4.39%) Data Engineer
13 14 (4.09%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 12 (3.51%) AWS DevOps
14 12 (3.51%) AWS DevOps Engineer
15 11 (3.22%) Data Architect
16 10 (2.92%) AWS Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (8.48%) REST
2 20 (5.85%) OAuth
3 16 (4.68%) OpenID
4 15 (4.39%) Kafka
4 15 (4.39%) RESTful
5 14 (4.09%) AWS CDK
5 14 (4.09%) Node.js
6 13 (3.80%) SOAP
7 12 (3.51%) OAuth2
7 12 (3.51%) Web Services
8 11 (3.22%) SAML
8 11 (3.22%) Spring Boot
9 10 (2.92%) PySpark
9 10 (2.92%) Spring
10 9 (2.63%) .NET
11 8 (2.34%) AngularJS
11 8 (2.34%) Elastic Stack
11 8 (2.34%) LangChain
12 7 (2.05%) PyTorch
12 7 (2.05%) React
Miscellaneous
1 111 (32.46%) Cloud Native
2 29 (8.48%) Management Information System
3 28 (8.19%) Security Posture
4 26 (7.60%) Data Centre
4 26 (7.60%) Hybrid Cloud
5 21 (6.14%) Product Ownership
6 18 (5.26%) Distributed Systems
7 15 (4.39%) Enterprise Cloud
7 15 (4.39%) Onboarding
8 12 (3.51%) Public Cloud
9 8 (2.34%) Data Protection Act
10 7 (2.05%) IoT
11 5 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (1.46%) Virtual Team
12 4 (1.17%) AI Agents
12 4 (1.17%) Cloud Security Posture
12 4 (1.17%) NHS
12 4 (1.17%) Private Cloud
12 4 (1.17%) Replication
12 4 (1.17%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 72 (21.05%) Linux
2 51 (14.91%) Windows
3 21 (6.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 9 (2.63%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.75%) Ubuntu
6 5 (1.46%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.46%) Mac OS
7 4 (1.17%) Amazon Linux
8 2 (0.58%) Alpine Linux
8 2 (0.58%) Unix
9 1 (0.29%) CentOS
9 1 (0.29%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 189 (55.26%) DevOps
2 184 (53.80%) CI/CD
3 140 (40.94%) Infrastructure as Code
4 116 (33.92%) Agile
5 84 (24.56%) Cloud Security
6 71 (20.76%) Containerisation
7 69 (20.18%) Microservices
8 63 (18.42%) Roadmaps
8 63 (18.42%) Stakeholder Management
8 63 (18.42%) Technical Leadership
9 62 (18.13%) AI
10 59 (17.25%) Continuous Improvement
11 57 (16.67%) Migration
11 57 (16.67%) Observability
12 56 (16.37%) DevSecOps
13 50 (14.62%) Scrum
14 49 (14.33%) Problem-Solving
15 47 (13.74%) Machine Learning
15 47 (13.74%) TOGAF
16 44 (12.87%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 133 (38.89%) Python
2 62 (18.13%) Java
3 58 (16.96%) Bash
4 56 (16.37%) PowerShell
5 35 (10.23%) SQL
6 22 (6.43%) JavaScript
7 19 (5.56%) TypeScript
8 16 (4.68%) Bicep
9 7 (2.05%) Rust
10 6 (1.75%) Perl
11 5 (1.46%) Groovy
12 4 (1.17%) C#
12 4 (1.17%) Kotlin
12 4 (1.17%) Ruby
13 3 (0.88%) Go
13 3 (0.88%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.58%) PHP
15 1 (0.29%) Scala
15 1 (0.29%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 136 (39.77%) Security Cleared
2 117 (34.21%) Azure Certification
3 113 (33.04%) SC Cleared
4 92 (26.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 51 (14.91%) CISSP
6 44 (12.87%) Degree
7 33 (9.65%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 25 (7.31%) DV Cleared
9 24 (7.02%) Cisco Certification
9 24 (7.02%) Computer Science Degree
10 22 (6.43%) TOGAF Certification
11 18 (5.26%) BPSS Clearance
12 15 (4.39%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 14 (4.09%) CISM
13 14 (4.09%) Microsoft Certification
14 13 (3.80%) AWS Certified Developer
15 12 (3.51%) CCNP
16 10 (2.92%) Master's Degree
17 8 (2.34%) PMI Certification
17 8 (2.34%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (7.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 24 (7.02%) NIST
2 22 (6.43%) Data Quality
3 15 (4.39%) GDPR
4 13 (3.80%) QA
5 11 (3.22%) NCSC
6 7 (2.05%) PCI DSS
7 5 (1.46%) GRC
8 4 (1.17%) HL7
8 4 (1.17%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.88%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.58%) Disclosure Scotland
10 2 (0.58%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 1 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.29%) DICOM
11 1 (0.29%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.29%) JSP 440
11 1 (0.29%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.29%) PSD2
System Software
1 95 (27.78%) Docker
2 18 (5.26%) Active Directory
3 11 (3.22%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.75%) vSphere
5 5 (1.46%) Postfix
6 3 (0.88%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.58%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.58%) Microsoft App-V
7 2 (0.58%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.58%) VMware Workstation
8 1 (0.29%) Squid
8 1 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.29%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 153 (44.74%) Terraform
2 103 (30.12%) Kubernetes
3 38 (11.11%) Ansible
4 32 (9.36%) Grafana
5 30 (8.77%) Prometheus
6 22 (6.43%) Progress Chef
7 10 (2.92%) Puppet
8 6 (1.75%) Argo
9 4 (1.17%) Istio
9 4 (1.17%) linkerd
9 4 (1.17%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.88%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.88%) Check_MK
10 3 (0.88%) HP Fortify
10 3 (0.88%) QRadar
11 2 (0.58%) CASB
11 2 (0.58%) Packer
11 2 (0.58%) SCCM
11 2 (0.58%) VxRail
12 1 (0.29%) CloudForms
Vendors
1 64 (18.71%) Microsoft
2 40 (11.70%) Google
3 17 (4.97%) Splunk
4 15 (4.39%) Red Hat
5 14 (4.09%) ServiceNow
5 14 (4.09%) VMware
6 13 (3.80%) Databricks
7 12 (3.51%) Cisco
8 9 (2.63%) Informatica
9 8 (2.34%) CrowdStrike
9 8 (2.34%) Oracle
9 8 (2.34%) Palo Alto
10 7 (2.05%) IBM
11 6 (1.75%) Atlassian
11 6 (1.75%) Dynatrace
11 6 (1.75%) Fortinet
11 6 (1.75%) Zscaler
12 5 (1.46%) BeyondTrust
12 5 (1.46%) Jaspersoft
12 5 (1.46%) Okta