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

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 349 274 334
Rank change year-on-year -75 +60 +70
Contract jobs citing AWS Certification 377 326 238
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.69% 0.99% 0.62%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.17% 3.14% 2.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 269 220 168
10th Percentile £406 £362 £381
25th Percentile £463 £435 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -9.09% -1.35%
75th Percentile £675 £600 £638
90th Percentile £792 £741 £703
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £492 £450
% change year-on-year +16.87% +9.33% -18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 1
10th Percentile £69.03 £39.00 -
25th Percentile £72.66 £45.00 -
Median hourly rate £82.00 £55.00 £58.00
Median % change year-on-year +49.09% -5.17% -
75th Percentile £85.00 £77.50 -
90th Percentile £89.50 £91.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £82.00 - £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 17,383 10,386 11,197
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.68% 31.47% 29.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,575 6,502 6,834
10th Percentile £350 £300 £313
25th Percentile £443 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £529 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £632 £625 £638
90th Percentile £715 £711 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,385 858 629
10th Percentile £17.07 £17.87 £17.60
25th Percentile £25.75 £18.87 £24.50
Median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +88.87% -49.70% -7.41%
75th Percentile £72.54 £43.00 £68.00
90th Percentile £88.75 £70.00 £75.57
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £52.35
% change year-on-year +86.88% -51.95% -0.30%

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 September 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 September 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 25 September 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 -65 334 £575 +15.00% 843
London -58 174 £563 +7.14% 438
UK excluding London -91 171 £575 +16.87% 545
Work from Home -54 123 £588 +17.50% 496
North of England -37 62 £563 +22.95% 148
South East -61 45 £560 +12.00% 94
North West -29 41 £513 +10.22% 98
Midlands -42 28 £425 -17.07% 63
West Midlands -36 25 £470 -14.59% 36
South West -28 24 £800 +28.00% 101
Yorkshire -38 17 £638 +41.67% 29
Scotland -44 11 £475 - 61
East of England -31 5 £600 +14.29% 31
North East -42 5 £500 +7.30% 22
East Midlands -11 3 £402 -7.80% 27

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 (6.63%) Confluence
2 12 (3.18%) Apache
3 6 (1.59%) nginx
4 5 (1.33%) Apache Spark
5 4 (1.06%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (1.06%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.80%) CloudStack
6 3 (0.80%) SAS
7 2 (0.53%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.27%) Appian
8 1 (0.27%) CIMPLICITY
8 1 (0.27%) Predix
8 1 (0.27%) Traefik
Applications
1 4 (1.06%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.27%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.27%) Gliffy
3 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.27%) Mozilla Thunderbird
Business Applications
1 5 (1.33%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.53%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.27%) Actimize
3 1 (0.27%) Cloudability
3 1 (0.27%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 1 (0.27%) Maximo
3 1 (0.27%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.27%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 377 (100.00%) AWS
2 210 (55.70%) Azure
3 102 (27.06%) GCP
4 92 (24.40%) Amazon S3
5 81 (21.49%) Serverless
6 76 (20.16%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 69 (18.30%) Amazon EC2
7 69 (18.30%) AWS CloudFormation
8 68 (18.04%) AWS Lambda
9 63 (16.71%) Amazon EKS
10 61 (16.18%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 54 (14.32%) GitHub
12 44 (11.67%) Amazon ECS
13 37 (9.81%) GitHub Actions
14 30 (7.96%) AWS KMS
15 27 (7.16%) Azure DevOps
15 27 (7.16%) Power Platform
16 19 (5.04%) Amazon EMR
17 18 (4.77%) Entra ID
18 17 (4.51%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 50 (13.26%) Firewall
2 25 (6.63%) Network Security
3 23 (6.10%) DNS
4 12 (3.18%) TCP/IP
4 12 (3.18%) VPN
5 10 (2.65%) DHCP
6 9 (2.39%) LAN
7 8 (2.12%) VSAN
7 8 (2.12%) WAN
8 5 (1.33%) Internet
8 5 (1.33%) SD-WAN
9 4 (1.06%) BGP
9 4 (1.06%) NGFW
9 4 (1.06%) SSH
10 3 (0.80%) Intrusion Detection
10 3 (0.80%) NAS
10 3 (0.80%) PCoIP
10 3 (0.80%) Remote Desktop
10 3 (0.80%) Software-Defined Networking
10 3 (0.80%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (14.59%) Amazon RDS
2 27 (7.16%) PostgreSQL
2 27 (7.16%) Power BI
3 24 (6.37%) Amazon Aurora
4 22 (5.84%) Amazon Redshift
4 22 (5.84%) Data Warehouse
5 19 (5.04%) DynamoDB
6 17 (4.51%) Amazon Athena
7 14 (3.71%) Data Lake
7 14 (3.71%) SQL Server
8 13 (3.45%) MySQL
9 10 (2.65%) MongoDB
10 9 (2.39%) Metadata
10 9 (2.39%) Redis
11 7 (1.86%) Elasticsearch
12 6 (1.59%) Relational Database
13 5 (1.33%) NoSQL
14 4 (1.06%) Big Data
14 4 (1.06%) Flink
14 4 (1.06%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 58 (15.38%) Jenkins
2 53 (14.06%) GitLab
3 34 (9.02%) Git
4 30 (7.96%) JIRA
5 7 (1.86%) SonarQube
6 5 (1.33%) Maven
7 4 (1.06%) JMeter
7 4 (1.06%) JUnit
7 4 (1.06%) MLflow
8 3 (0.80%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.80%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.80%) Postman
9 2 (0.53%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.53%) Burp Suite
9 2 (0.53%) Claude Code
9 2 (0.53%) DbUnit
9 2 (0.53%) jMock
9 2 (0.53%) LoadRunner
9 2 (0.53%) Mockito
9 2 (0.53%) Selenium
General
1 143 (37.93%) Social Skills
2 83 (22.02%) Public Sector
3 82 (21.75%) Finance
4 41 (10.88%) Analytical Skills
5 32 (8.49%) Banking
6 18 (4.77%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (2.92%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (2.12%) Aerospace
9 6 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (1.59%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (1.59%) Military
9 6 (1.59%) Police
9 6 (1.59%) Telecoms
10 5 (1.33%) Law
11 4 (1.06%) Billing
11 4 (1.06%) Investment Banking
12 3 (0.80%) Financial Institution
12 3 (0.80%) Local Government
12 3 (0.80%) Retail
12 3 (0.80%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 122 (32.36%) Architect
2 44 (11.67%) Senior
3 43 (11.41%) Cloud Engineer
4 42 (11.14%) Lead
5 41 (10.88%) DevOps Engineer
6 32 (8.49%) Security Engineer
7 30 (7.96%) AWS Engineer
8 29 (7.69%) AWS Architect
9 26 (6.90%) Solutions Architect
9 26 (6.90%) Technical Architect
10 24 (6.37%) Security Architect
11 23 (6.10%) Cloud Architect
12 18 (4.77%) Platform Engineer
13 15 (3.98%) Data Engineer
14 14 (3.71%) Consultant
14 14 (3.71%) DBA
14 14 (3.71%) Enterprise Architect
15 13 (3.45%) AWS DevOps
15 13 (3.45%) Technical Leader
16 12 (3.18%) AWS DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 181 (48.01%) Terraform
2 34 (9.02%) REST
3 20 (5.31%) OAuth
3 20 (5.31%) RESTful
4 17 (4.51%) Spring Boot
5 16 (4.24%) OpenID
5 16 (4.24%) Spring
6 14 (3.71%) SOAP
7 13 (3.45%) SAML
8 12 (3.18%) AWS CDK
8 12 (3.18%) Kafka
8 12 (3.18%) PySpark
8 12 (3.18%) Web Services
9 11 (2.92%) Node.js
10 10 (2.65%) .NET
10 10 (2.65%) OAuth2
10 10 (2.65%) React
11 9 (2.39%) ARM Templates
12 8 (2.12%) LangChain
13 6 (1.59%) Azure Blueprints
Miscellaneous
1 117 (31.03%) Cloud Native
2 36 (9.55%) Security Posture
3 33 (8.75%) Data Centre
4 32 (8.49%) Hybrid Cloud
4 32 (8.49%) Management Information System
5 25 (6.63%) Product Ownership
6 22 (5.84%) Onboarding
7 20 (5.31%) Replication
8 18 (4.77%) Public Cloud
9 15 (3.98%) Distributed Systems
10 13 (3.45%) PKI
11 11 (2.92%) Enterprise Cloud
12 8 (2.12%) Cloud Security Posture
12 8 (2.12%) Cyber Threat
12 8 (2.12%) Data Protection Act
13 7 (1.86%) Enterprise Software
14 6 (1.59%) AI Agents
15 5 (1.33%) Private Cloud
15 5 (1.33%) Security Operations Centre
16 4 (1.06%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 73 (19.36%) Linux
2 56 (14.85%) Windows
3 28 (7.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 13 (3.45%) Windows Server
5 8 (2.12%) Amazon Linux
5 8 (2.12%) Ubuntu
6 5 (1.33%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.33%) Mac OS
7 4 (1.06%) Unix
8 2 (0.53%) Alpine Linux
8 2 (0.53%) CentOS
8 2 (0.53%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.27%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 198 (52.52%) CI/CD
2 194 (51.46%) DevOps
3 182 (48.28%) Infrastructure as Code
4 135 (35.81%) Agile
5 102 (27.06%) Stakeholder Management
6 96 (25.46%) Technical Leadership
7 94 (24.93%) Cloud Security
8 79 (20.95%) Observability
9 73 (19.36%) Continuous Improvement
9 73 (19.36%) Roadmaps
10 71 (18.83%) AI
10 71 (18.83%) Containerisation
11 70 (18.57%) Microservices
11 70 (18.57%) Migration
12 66 (17.51%) DevSecOps
13 54 (14.32%) Problem-Solving
14 53 (14.06%) Platform Engineering
15 52 (13.79%) Cybersecurity
16 51 (13.53%) Scrum
17 50 (13.26%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 143 (37.93%) Python
2 70 (18.57%) PowerShell
3 68 (18.04%) Bash
3 68 (18.04%) Java
4 48 (12.73%) SQL
5 20 (5.31%) Bicep
5 20 (5.31%) JavaScript
6 14 (3.71%) TypeScript
7 9 (2.39%) Go
7 9 (2.39%) Groovy
8 6 (1.59%) Perl
8 6 (1.59%) Shell Script
9 5 (1.33%) Rust
10 3 (0.80%) Kotlin
10 3 (0.80%) Ruby
11 2 (0.53%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.27%) C
12 1 (0.27%) CQL
12 1 (0.27%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.27%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 154 (40.85%) Security Cleared
2 134 (35.54%) SC Cleared
3 122 (32.36%) Azure Certification
4 110 (29.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 74 (19.63%) CISSP
6 50 (13.26%) Degree
7 27 (7.16%) CISM
8 26 (6.90%) DV Cleared
9 25 (6.63%) Cisco Certification
9 25 (6.63%) Computer Science Degree
10 23 (6.10%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 21 (5.57%) Microsoft Certification
12 20 (5.31%) BPSS Clearance
13 18 (4.77%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 16 (4.24%) TOGAF Certification
15 13 (3.45%) CCSP
16 12 (3.18%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
17 11 (2.92%) PMI Certification
17 11 (2.92%) PMP
18 10 (2.65%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (7.69%) NIST
2 28 (7.43%) Data Quality
3 21 (5.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 19 (5.04%) QA
5 16 (4.24%) NCSC
6 12 (3.18%) GDPR
7 8 (2.12%) PCI DSS
8 4 (1.06%) GRC
8 4 (1.06%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.80%) HL7
9 3 (0.80%) SLA
10 2 (0.53%) Disclosure Scotland
10 2 (0.53%) EU AI Act
10 2 (0.53%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.53%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.27%) DICOM
11 1 (0.27%) FedRAMP
11 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 1 (0.27%) JSP 440
11 1 (0.27%) NIST 800
System Software
1 104 (27.59%) Docker
2 30 (7.96%) Active Directory
3 20 (5.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (3.71%) vSphere
5 9 (2.39%) VMware NSX
6 4 (1.06%) Postfix
7 3 (0.80%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.80%) Squid
8 2 (0.53%) DFS Replication
8 2 (0.53%) Dovecot
8 2 (0.53%) Microsoft App-V
8 2 (0.53%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.53%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.53%) VMware Workstation
9 1 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 109 (28.91%) Kubernetes
2 55 (14.59%) Ansible
3 37 (9.81%) Grafana
4 34 (9.02%) Prometheus
5 28 (7.43%) Progress Chef
6 9 (2.39%) Puppet
7 8 (2.12%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (1.86%) Istio
8 7 (1.86%) VxRail
9 5 (1.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (1.06%) Argo
11 3 (0.80%) Check_MK
11 3 (0.80%) HP Fortify
11 3 (0.80%) linkerd
11 3 (0.80%) Packer
11 3 (0.80%) QRadar
12 2 (0.53%) Consul
12 2 (0.53%) HAProxy
12 2 (0.53%) Kibana
12 2 (0.53%) Nagios
Vendors
1 78 (20.69%) Microsoft
2 48 (12.73%) Google
3 25 (6.63%) VMware
4 22 (5.84%) Splunk
5 20 (5.31%) Red Hat
6 18 (4.77%) ServiceNow
7 15 (3.98%) Cisco
8 11 (2.92%) Informatica
9 10 (2.65%) Oracle
10 9 (2.39%) Databricks
10 9 (2.39%) Dynatrace
11 8 (2.12%) BeyondTrust
11 8 (2.12%) CrowdStrike
11 8 (2.12%) Palo Alto
11 8 (2.12%) Salesforce
12 6 (1.59%) CyberArk
12 6 (1.59%) IBM
13 5 (1.33%) Commvault
13 5 (1.33%) Okta
13 5 (1.33%) SAP