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

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 364 254 416
Rank change year-on-year -110 +162 -15
Contract jobs citing AWS Certification 277 297 169
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.59% 1.02% 0.40%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.84% 3.31% 1.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 178 212 123
10th Percentile £400 £367 £451
25th Percentile £463 £450 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £566 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year +2.95% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £688 £638 £675
90th Percentile £761 £713 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £548 £600
% change year-on-year +0.46% -8.75% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 3 0
10th Percentile £72.33 £38.35 -
25th Percentile £84.25 £43.38 -
Median hourly rate £93.75 £53.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +75.23% - -
75th Percentile £102.69 £77.63 -
90th Percentile £105.73 £91.05 -
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 15,023 8,977 12,977
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.83% 30.98% 30.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,981 5,660 7,999
10th Percentile £350 £285 £305
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -1.50% -3.09%
75th Percentile £619 £623 £650
90th Percentile £719 £700 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £530
% change year-on-year - -5.66% +0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,063 507 1,065
10th Percentile £16.35 £18.13 £13.75
25th Percentile £21.25 £21.27 £17.80
Median hourly rate £50.00 £37.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -6.25% -25.93%
75th Percentile £70.42 £65.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £85.36 £79.22 £75.85
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £37.50 £40.94
% change year-on-year +26.67% -8.40% -18.12%

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 May 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 May 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 May 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 -93 228 £575 - 269
London -85 114 £537 -10.50% 88
UK excluding London -85 113 £550 +0.46% 233
Work from Home -87 72 £575 +4.55% 86
North of England -46 45 £581 -17.00% 62
North West -13 34 £575 -18.79% 30
South East -34 28 £525 +5.00% 49
Midlands -49 17 £447 -3.87% 36
West Midlands -47 15 £450 +9.09% 16
East of England -22 9 £550 +4.76% 25
South West -36 9 £644 +4.04% 33
Yorkshire -46 9 £663 +20.45% 23
Wales -21 3 £250 -7.41% 11
Scotland -27 3 £394 -28.36% 16
North East -19 2 £525 +27.27% 9
East Midlands -34 1 £447 -3.87% 20

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 19 (6.86%) Confluence
2 6 (2.17%) Apache
3 5 (1.81%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.08%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.72%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.72%) nginx
5 2 (0.72%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.72%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.36%) Apache Pulsar
6 1 (0.36%) CloudStack
6 1 (0.36%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 1 (0.36%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.44%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.72%) DELMIA
2 2 (0.72%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.36%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 277 (100.00%) AWS
2 149 (53.79%) Azure
3 68 (24.55%) AWS CloudFormation
4 62 (22.38%) GCP
5 57 (20.58%) Serverless
6 50 (18.05%) Amazon EKS
7 48 (17.33%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 41 (14.80%) Amazon S3
9 39 (14.08%) GitHub
10 35 (12.64%) AWS Lambda
11 32 (11.55%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 32 (11.55%) Amazon ECS
12 30 (10.83%) GitHub Actions
13 27 (9.75%) Amazon EC2
14 25 (9.03%) AWS KMS
15 18 (6.50%) Amazon GuardDuty
16 17 (6.14%) AWS CodePipeline
17 16 (5.78%) Route 53
18 15 (5.42%) AWS CloudTrail
18 15 (5.42%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 36 (13.00%) Firewall
2 17 (6.14%) Network Security
2 17 (6.14%) VPN
3 16 (5.78%) DNS
4 10 (3.61%) WAN
5 7 (2.53%) 3GPP
5 7 (2.53%) BGP
6 6 (2.17%) DHCP
7 5 (1.81%) LAN
7 5 (1.81%) OSPF
7 5 (1.81%) SD-WAN
7 5 (1.81%) TCP/IP
8 4 (1.44%) IPv6
8 4 (1.44%) TETRA
9 3 (1.08%) IPv4
9 3 (1.08%) VLAN
10 2 (0.72%) Internet
10 2 (0.72%) Intrusion Detection
10 2 (0.72%) MPLS
10 2 (0.72%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (12.27%) Amazon RDS
2 22 (7.94%) DynamoDB
3 12 (4.33%) Amazon Aurora
3 12 (4.33%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (3.97%) Power BI
5 9 (3.25%) Amazon Redshift
5 9 (3.25%) NoSQL
5 9 (3.25%) Relational Database
6 7 (2.53%) Amazon Athena
6 7 (2.53%) Elasticsearch
7 6 (2.17%) Data Lake
7 6 (2.17%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (1.81%) Metadata
8 5 (1.81%) MySQL
9 4 (1.44%) Big Data
9 4 (1.44%) Delta Lake
10 3 (1.08%) DataStage
10 3 (1.08%) DocumentDB
10 3 (1.08%) SQL Server
11 2 (0.72%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 37 (13.36%) Jenkins
2 27 (9.75%) GitLab
3 18 (6.50%) JIRA
4 15 (5.42%) Git
5 6 (2.17%) JUnit
6 5 (1.81%) Bitbucket
6 5 (1.81%) SonarQube
7 4 (1.44%) DbUnit
7 4 (1.44%) jMock
7 4 (1.44%) Maven
7 4 (1.44%) MLflow
7 4 (1.44%) Mockito
7 4 (1.44%) Snyk
8 2 (0.72%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.72%) Bitbucket Server
8 2 (0.72%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.36%) Claude Code
9 1 (0.36%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.36%) Liquibase
9 1 (0.36%) Postman
General
1 93 (33.57%) Social Skills
2 51 (18.41%) Finance
3 40 (14.44%) Public Sector
4 26 (9.39%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (6.50%) Banking
6 10 (3.61%) Documentation Skills
6 10 (3.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (3.61%) Legal
7 7 (2.53%) Telecoms
8 5 (1.81%) Aerospace
8 5 (1.81%) Manufacturing
8 5 (1.81%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (1.44%) Electronics
9 4 (1.44%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.72%) Billing
10 2 (0.72%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.72%) Marketing
11 1 (0.36%) Dutch Language
11 1 (0.36%) French Language
11 1 (0.36%) Retail
Job Titles
1 110 (39.71%) Architect
2 34 (12.27%) DevOps Engineer
3 31 (11.19%) AWS Architect
3 31 (11.19%) AWS Engineer
4 30 (10.83%) Cloud Architect
5 26 (9.39%) Lead
5 26 (9.39%) Senior
6 23 (8.30%) Technical Architect
7 21 (7.58%) Cloud Engineer
8 20 (7.22%) Solutions Architect
9 19 (6.86%) Security Engineer
10 15 (5.42%) Developer
11 14 (5.05%) Platform Engineer
11 14 (5.05%) Security Architect
12 12 (4.33%) Lead Architect
13 11 (3.97%) AWS DevOps
14 10 (3.61%) AWS DevOps Engineer
14 10 (3.61%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 8 (2.89%) Data Engineer
15 8 (2.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (6.50%) Kafka
2 16 (5.78%) REST
3 13 (4.69%) AWS CDK
4 10 (3.61%) Node.js
4 10 (3.61%) OAuth
4 10 (3.61%) Web Services
5 9 (3.25%) RESTful
5 9 (3.25%) SOAP
6 7 (2.53%) .NET
6 7 (2.53%) AngularJS
6 7 (2.53%) Elastic Stack
6 7 (2.53%) OAuth2
6 7 (2.53%) OpenID
7 6 (2.17%) Middleware
7 6 (2.17%) Spring
7 6 (2.17%) Spring Boot
8 5 (1.81%) boto
8 5 (1.81%) React
8 5 (1.81%) XML
9 4 (1.44%) Spring Cloud
Miscellaneous
1 80 (28.88%) Cloud Native
2 18 (6.50%) Data Centre
3 16 (5.78%) Distributed Systems
3 16 (5.78%) Management Information System
4 15 (5.42%) Hybrid Cloud
5 13 (4.69%) Enterprise Cloud
6 11 (3.97%) Product Ownership
7 10 (3.61%) Virtual Team
8 8 (2.89%) Onboarding
8 8 (2.89%) Public Cloud
9 7 (2.53%) Security Posture
10 6 (2.17%) PKI
11 5 (1.81%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (1.81%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (1.81%) Private Cloud
11 5 (1.81%) Replication
12 4 (1.44%) e-Learning
13 3 (1.08%) AI Agents
13 3 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
13 3 (1.08%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 50 (18.05%) Linux
2 34 (12.27%) Windows
3 5 (1.81%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.44%) Apple iOS
4 4 (1.44%) Mac OS
4 4 (1.44%) VMS
5 3 (1.08%) Amazon Linux
5 3 (1.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.36%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.36%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 155 (55.96%) CI/CD
2 135 (48.74%) DevOps
3 115 (41.52%) Infrastructure as Code
4 77 (27.80%) Agile
5 62 (22.38%) Containerisation
6 55 (19.86%) Cloud Security
7 52 (18.77%) DevSecOps
8 51 (18.41%) Microservices
9 48 (17.33%) Migration
10 46 (16.61%) Roadmaps
11 44 (15.88%) Observability
11 44 (15.88%) Stakeholder Management
12 42 (15.16%) Continuous Improvement
13 40 (14.44%) TOGAF
14 37 (13.36%) Problem-Solving
15 36 (13.00%) Technical Leadership
16 32 (11.55%) Cybersecurity
16 32 (11.55%) Event-Driven
17 29 (10.47%) Mentoring
17 29 (10.47%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 91 (32.85%) Python
2 52 (18.77%) Java
3 37 (13.36%) Bash
4 27 (9.75%) PowerShell
5 24 (8.66%) SQL
6 18 (6.50%) JavaScript
7 17 (6.14%) TypeScript
8 7 (2.53%) Bicep
8 7 (2.53%) Rust
9 6 (2.17%) C#
9 6 (2.17%) Perl
10 5 (1.81%) Ruby
11 4 (1.44%) Kotlin
12 3 (1.08%) Go
12 3 (1.08%) Groovy
12 3 (1.08%) PHP
13 2 (0.72%) Scala
14 1 (0.36%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 120 (43.32%) Security Cleared
2 101 (36.46%) SC Cleared
3 94 (33.94%) Azure Certification
4 90 (32.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 28 (10.11%) Degree
6 27 (9.75%) CISSP
7 26 (9.39%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 24 (8.66%) TOGAF Certification
9 20 (7.22%) Cisco Certification
10 19 (6.86%) Computer Science Degree
11 17 (6.14%) DV Cleared
12 11 (3.97%) AWS Certified Developer
12 11 (3.97%) BPSS Clearance
13 10 (3.61%) PMI Certification
13 10 (3.61%) PMP
14 9 (3.25%) CCNA
14 9 (3.25%) Master's Degree
15 8 (2.89%) CCNP
16 7 (2.53%) CISM
16 7 (2.53%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (9.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 25 (9.03%) NIST
2 15 (5.42%) NCSC
3 14 (5.05%) GDPR
4 11 (3.97%) QA
5 10 (3.61%) Data Quality
6 6 (2.17%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (2.17%) PCI DSS
7 5 (1.81%) GRC
8 3 (1.08%) HL7
8 3 (1.08%) ISO 20022
9 2 (0.72%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.72%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 2 (0.72%) DICOM
9 2 (0.72%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 2 (0.72%) PSD2
9 2 (0.72%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.36%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.36%) NIST 800
System Software
1 73 (26.35%) Docker
2 17 (6.14%) Active Directory
3 9 (3.25%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (2.89%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (2.17%) Hyper-V
6 4 (1.44%) Postfix
7 2 (0.72%) Microsoft App-V
7 2 (0.72%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.72%) VMware Workstation
8 1 (0.36%) Squid
8 1 (0.36%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 125 (45.13%) Terraform
2 86 (31.05%) Kubernetes
3 30 (10.83%) Ansible
4 22 (7.94%) Grafana
5 21 (7.58%) Prometheus
6 7 (2.53%) Progress Chef
7 6 (2.17%) Argo
8 4 (1.44%) linkerd
8 4 (1.44%) Puppet
9 3 (1.08%) Istio
9 3 (1.08%) ITRS Geneos
10 2 (0.72%) CASB
10 2 (0.72%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.72%) Opsgenie
10 2 (0.72%) Packer
10 2 (0.72%) SCCM
11 1 (0.36%) Fluentd
11 1 (0.36%) HAProxy
11 1 (0.36%) logstash
11 1 (0.36%) QRadar
Vendors
1 42 (15.16%) Microsoft
2 18 (6.50%) Google
3 14 (5.05%) VMware
4 13 (4.69%) Splunk
5 12 (4.33%) Cisco
5 12 (4.33%) Databricks
6 9 (3.25%) ServiceNow
7 8 (2.89%) Oracle
8 7 (2.53%) Citrix
8 7 (2.53%) Fortinet
8 7 (2.53%) IBM
8 7 (2.53%) Zscaler
9 6 (2.17%) Atlassian
9 6 (2.17%) CloudEndure
9 6 (2.17%) Dynatrace
9 6 (2.17%) SAP
10 5 (1.81%) Palo Alto
11 4 (1.44%) BeyondTrust
11 4 (1.44%) Jaspersoft
11 4 (1.44%) Tenable