AWS Certification Job Trends in Hampshire

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Hampshire with a requirement for AWS Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 133 113
Rank change year-on-year +21 -20 +64
Permanent jobs citing AWS Certification 13 20 12
As % of all permanent jobs in Hampshire 0.53% 0.76% 0.60%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.77% 1.43% 1.54%
Number of salaries quoted 13 12 12
10th Percentile £28,250 £41,250 £67,275
25th Percentile £29,750 £42,188 £72,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,750 £53,050 £84,000
Median % change year-on-year -36.38% -36.85% +112.66%
75th Percentile £48,750 £56,325 £87,000
90th Percentile £57,750 £70,433 £94,500
South East median annual salary £47,500 £53,050 £72,500
% change year-on-year -10.46% -26.83% -1.69%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Hampshire

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 permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Hampshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 733 1,400 779
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 29.65% 53.07% 38.74%
Number of salaries quoted 431 834 425
10th Percentile £30,500 £37,500 £30,400
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.87% +15.00% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% +14.29% +0.96%

AWS Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing AWS Certification relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

AWS Certification job vacancy trend in Hampshire

AWS Certification
Salary Trend in Hampshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing AWS Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing AWS Certification

AWS Certification
Salary Histogram in Hampshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing AWS Certification in Hampshire over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for AWS Certification in Hampshire

AWS Certification
Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AWS Certification within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 13 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Southampton +23 5 £47,500 +5.56% 2
Portsmouth +6 3 £31,500 -21.25% 5
Gosport - 3 £33,750 -
Farnborough -4 1 £130,000 - 1
AWS Certification
South East

AWS Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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 1 (7.69%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 13 (100.00%) AWS
2 12 (92.31%) Azure
3 5 (38.46%) GitHub
4 3 (23.08%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (7.69%) GCP
5 1 (7.69%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 5 (38.46%) Internet
2 3 (23.08%) DHCP
2 3 (23.08%) DNS
2 3 (23.08%) Firewall
2 3 (23.08%) TCP/IP
2 3 (23.08%) VLAN
2 3 (23.08%) VPN
Development Applications
1 5 (38.46%) Git
General
1 5 (38.46%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Trainee
2 3 (23.08%) 2nd Line Support
2 3 (23.08%) Cloud Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Support Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Software Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Trainee Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Trainee Software Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Administrator
4 1 (7.69%) Architect
4 1 (7.69%) AWS Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Principal Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Principal Technical Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Security Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Technical Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Trainee Administrator
4 1 (7.69%) Web Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (38.46%) CSS
1 5 (38.46%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 6 (46.15%) Windows
1 6 (46.15%) Windows Server
2 3 (23.08%) Linux
2 3 (23.08%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (30.77%) Mentoring
1 4 (30.77%) Roadmaps
2 3 (23.08%) Cloud Operations
2 3 (23.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (23.08%) ITIL
2 3 (23.08%) Logistics
3 1 (7.69%) Agile
3 1 (7.69%) Architectural Patterns
3 1 (7.69%) Cloud Security
3 1 (7.69%) Containerisation
3 1 (7.69%) DevOps
3 1 (7.69%) DevSecOps
3 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (7.69%) Technology Roadmap
3 1 (7.69%) Thought Leadership
3 1 (7.69%) Web Development
3 1 (7.69%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 5 (38.46%) JavaScript
1 5 (38.46%) Python
2 3 (23.08%) PowerShell
2 3 (23.08%) R
Qualifications
1 9 (69.23%) Azure Certification
2 8 (61.54%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (38.46%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 2 (15.38%) DV Cleared
4 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
4 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
5 1 (7.69%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) NCSC
1 1 (7.69%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (23.08%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 8 (61.54%) Microsoft