AWS Certification Job Trends in London

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for AWS Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 19 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 215 245 361
Rank change year-on-year +30 +116 -143
Permanent jobs citing AWS Certification 208 167 139
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.07% 1.29% 0.60%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.62% 3.77% 2.13%
Number of salaries quoted 87 80 93
10th Percentile - £59,500 £60,850
25th Percentile £28,250 £60,000 £74,766
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £85,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -55.88% -5.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £86,250 £96,563 £103,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,750 £115,000
England median annual salary £31,500 £64,600 £79,842
% change year-on-year -51.24% -19.09% +6.46%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,501 4,434 6,522
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 23.26% 34.34% 28.14%
Number of salaries quoted 2,432 2,047 4,249
10th Percentile £36,775 £40,961 £36,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.70% -
75th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £116,250 £105,000
England median annual salary £58,750 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.17% +4.55% -4.35%

AWS Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

AWS Certification job vacancy trend in London

AWS Certification
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing AWS Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing AWS Certification

AWS Certification
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing AWS Certification in London over the 6 months to 19 April 2026.

Salary histogram for AWS Certification in London

AWS Certification
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AWS Certification within the London region over the 6 months to 19 April 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
Central London +6 16 £85,000 -17.07% 14
West London - 14 £31,500 - 10
East London -2 13 £31,500 -62.94% 11
South London +21 4 £30,000 -50.00% 4
AWS Certification
England

AWS Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 12 (5.77%) WordPress
2 9 (4.33%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (2.88%) Confluence
4 4 (1.92%) Apache Spark
4 4 (1.92%) Jupyter
5 3 (1.44%) Apache
6 2 (0.96%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.96%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.96%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 18 (8.65%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.40%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.48%) Maya
Business Applications
1 1 (0.48%) Fidessa
1 1 (0.48%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 208 (100.00%) AWS
2 99 (47.60%) Azure
3 65 (31.25%) GCP
4 52 (25.00%) GitHub
5 28 (13.46%) Serverless
6 25 (12.02%) AWS CloudFormation
7 24 (11.54%) Microsoft 365
8 20 (9.62%) AWS Lambda
9 18 (8.65%) Amazon S3
10 16 (7.69%) Pulumi
11 12 (5.77%) Amazon EKS
11 12 (5.77%) GitHub Actions
12 8 (3.85%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 8 (3.85%) AWS Step Functions
12 8 (3.85%) Entra ID
13 7 (3.37%) OpenShift
14 6 (2.88%) dbt
14 6 (2.88%) Google Workspace
14 6 (2.88%) OCI
14 6 (2.88%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 41 (19.71%) Internet
2 18 (8.65%) Broadband
3 14 (6.73%) Network Security
4 12 (5.77%) Firewall
5 6 (2.88%) Software-Defined Networking
6 5 (2.40%) SD-WAN
6 5 (2.40%) WAN
7 4 (1.92%) Intrusion Detection
7 4 (1.92%) LAN
7 4 (1.92%) Wireless
8 3 (1.44%) IPv4
8 3 (1.44%) SSL
8 3 (1.44%) VPN
9 2 (0.96%) Cisco IPT
10 1 (0.48%) Cisco IOS
10 1 (0.48%) DHCP
10 1 (0.48%) DNS
10 1 (0.48%) FIX Connectivity
10 1 (0.48%) NGFW
10 1 (0.48%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (12.98%) Data Lake
2 24 (11.54%) Metadata
2 24 (11.54%) NoSQL
3 17 (8.17%) RDBMS
3 17 (8.17%) Relational Database
4 9 (4.33%) Amazon RDS
5 8 (3.85%) DynamoDB
6 7 (3.37%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (2.88%) Amazon Athena
7 6 (2.88%) Amazon Redshift
8 3 (1.44%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (1.44%) Snowflake Schema
9 2 (0.96%) Big Data
9 2 (0.96%) DB2
10 1 (0.48%) Hadoop
10 1 (0.48%) MySQL
10 1 (0.48%) Power BI
10 1 (0.48%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 48 (23.08%) Git
2 16 (7.69%) Jaeger
3 15 (7.21%) TeamCity
4 14 (6.73%) GitLab
5 8 (3.85%) Cucumber
6 6 (2.88%) Jenkins
6 6 (2.88%) JIRA
7 4 (1.92%) Bitbucket
7 4 (1.92%) MLflow
7 4 (1.92%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.48%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.48%) Maven
8 1 (0.48%) SonarQube
General
1 58 (27.88%) Finance
2 46 (22.12%) Social Skills
3 41 (19.71%) Multimedia
4 37 (17.79%) Banking
5 36 (17.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 35 (16.83%) Financial Institution
7 27 (12.98%) Analytical Skills
8 16 (7.69%) French Language
9 15 (7.21%) Retail
9 15 (7.21%) Retail Banking
10 10 (4.81%) Presentation Skills
11 9 (4.33%) Swedish Language
12 7 (3.37%) Manufacturing
13 6 (2.88%) Aerospace
14 5 (2.40%) Advertising
15 4 (1.92%) Back Office
16 3 (1.44%) Automotive
16 3 (1.44%) Electronics
16 3 (1.44%) Games
16 3 (1.44%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 45 (21.63%) Trainee
2 41 (19.71%) Architect
3 36 (17.31%) Cloud Engineer
4 24 (11.54%) Developer
5 23 (11.06%) Data Architect
5 23 (11.06%) Lead
6 21 (10.10%) Senior
7 19 (9.13%) Analyst
8 18 (8.65%) Service Analyst
8 18 (8.65%) Service Desk Analyst
9 15 (7.21%) AWS Engineer
9 15 (7.21%) Trainee Developer
10 13 (6.25%) Cloud Security Engineer
10 13 (6.25%) Security Engineer
10 13 (6.25%) Software Developer
10 13 (6.25%) Trainee Software Developer
11 12 (5.77%) Administrator
11 12 (5.77%) Trainee Administrator
11 12 (5.77%) Web Administrator
12 11 (5.29%) Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (19.71%) CSS
1 41 (19.71%) HTML
2 16 (7.69%) Elastic Stack
2 16 (7.69%) OpenTelemetry
3 11 (5.29%) Kafka
4 10 (4.81%) Spring Boot
5 9 (4.33%) React
5 9 (4.33%) Spring
6 7 (3.37%) AWS CDK
7 5 (2.40%) LangChain
7 5 (2.40%) LangGraph
8 4 (1.92%) Hugging Face
8 4 (1.92%) Matplotlib
8 4 (1.92%) Model Context Protocol
8 4 (1.92%) Node.js
8 4 (1.92%) NumPy
8 4 (1.92%) Pandas
8 4 (1.92%) scikit-learn
8 4 (1.92%) Streamlit
9 3 (1.44%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 38 (18.27%) Cloud Native
2 15 (7.21%) e-Learning
2 15 (7.21%) PKI
3 14 (6.73%) Public Cloud
4 13 (6.25%) Data Centre
5 12 (5.77%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (4.33%) Distributed Systems
7 8 (3.85%) Algorithms
8 7 (3.37%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (2.40%) Clustering
10 4 (1.92%) Blog
10 4 (1.92%) Management Information System
11 3 (1.44%) Renewable Energy
12 2 (0.96%) Data Protection Act
12 2 (0.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 2 (0.96%) Linux Command Line
12 2 (0.96%) Low-Code
12 2 (0.96%) Self-Motivation
12 2 (0.96%) Web Conferencing
13 1 (0.48%) Video on Demand
Operating Systems
1 35 (16.83%) Linux
2 24 (11.54%) Unix
3 13 (6.25%) Windows
4 8 (3.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.92%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.48%) Solaris
6 1 (0.48%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (36.06%) Agile
1 75 (36.06%) Infrastructure as Code
2 64 (30.77%) Mentoring
3 52 (25.00%) CI/CD
4 44 (21.15%) ITIL
5 39 (18.75%) DevOps
6 38 (18.27%) Cybersecurity
7 33 (15.87%) Migration
8 32 (15.38%) Containerisation
9 29 (13.94%) Data Modelling
10 25 (12.02%) Data Architecture
10 25 (12.02%) Data Strategy
10 25 (12.02%) Roadmaps
11 24 (11.54%) Cost Optimisation
11 24 (11.54%) Data Management
11 24 (11.54%) High Availability
12 23 (11.06%) Customer Service
12 23 (11.06%) Data Migration
13 22 (10.58%) Cloud Security
13 22 (10.58%) Logical Data Model
Programming Languages
1 105 (50.48%) Python
2 66 (31.73%) JavaScript
3 37 (17.79%) Java
4 31 (14.90%) Bash
5 26 (12.50%) R
6 24 (11.54%) Go
7 14 (6.73%) SQL
8 10 (4.81%) TypeScript
9 9 (4.33%) PowerShell
10 7 (3.37%) C#
11 6 (2.88%) C++
11 6 (2.88%) Kotlin
12 4 (1.92%) Google Apps Script
13 1 (0.48%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 91 (43.75%) Azure Certification
2 63 (30.29%) Microsoft Certification
3 52 (25.00%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 36 (17.31%) Degree
5 32 (15.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 19 (9.13%) Security Cleared
7 18 (8.65%) MCSE
8 12 (5.77%) Cisco Certification
9 10 (4.81%) SC Cleared
10 9 (4.33%) CISSP
11 8 (3.85%) ITIL Certification
12 7 (3.37%) AWS Certified Developer
12 7 (3.37%) CISM
13 6 (2.88%) TOGAF Certification
14 5 (2.40%) CCIE
14 5 (2.40%) CCNP
15 4 (1.92%) CCSA
15 4 (1.92%) CCSP
15 4 (1.92%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 4 (1.92%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (9.62%) QA
2 18 (8.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (7.21%) SOC 2
4 11 (5.29%) GRC
5 10 (4.81%) PCI DSS
6 8 (3.85%) SLA
7 7 (3.37%) NIST
8 6 (2.88%) GDPR
9 3 (1.44%) Data Quality
10 2 (0.96%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 2 (0.96%) EU AI Act
10 2 (0.96%) NCSC
11 1 (0.48%) Basel III
11 1 (0.48%) COBIT
11 1 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.48%) MiFID
System Software
1 36 (17.31%) Docker
2 12 (5.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (2.88%) Active Directory
4 5 (2.40%) Veritas Cluster Server
5 4 (1.92%) KVM
6 3 (1.44%) Squid
6 3 (1.44%) VMware NSX
6 3 (1.44%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 63 (30.29%) Terraform
2 46 (22.12%) Kubernetes
3 29 (13.94%) Ansible
4 20 (9.62%) Prometheus
5 16 (7.69%) Argo
5 16 (7.69%) Kustomize
6 11 (5.29%) Cilium
7 9 (4.33%) Grafana
8 7 (3.37%) Microsoft Intune
9 5 (2.40%) HP Fortify
10 4 (1.92%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (1.44%) Packer
11 3 (1.44%) ZABBIX
12 1 (0.48%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 91 (43.75%) Microsoft
2 28 (13.46%) Google
3 20 (9.62%) ServiceNow
4 12 (5.77%) Red Hat
4 12 (5.77%) VMware
5 11 (5.29%) Databricks
6 7 (3.37%) Cisco
7 6 (2.88%) Oracle
7 6 (2.88%) Splunk
8 5 (2.40%) Palo Alto
8 5 (2.40%) Symantec
9 4 (1.92%) CheckPoint
9 4 (1.92%) Fortinet
10 3 (1.44%) IBM
11 2 (0.96%) Bloomberg
11 2 (0.96%) CrowdStrike
11 2 (0.96%) Zerto
12 1 (0.48%) N-able
12 1 (0.48%) Refinitiv
12 1 (0.48%) Zscaler