AWS Certified Solutions Architect Job Trends in the North of England

AWS Certified Solutions Architect
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for AWS Certified Solutions Architect qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 240 269 259
Rank change year-on-year +29 -10 +150
Permanent jobs citing AWS Certified Solutions Architect 33 12 32
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.31% 0.13% 0.38%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.79% 0.35% 1.67%
Number of salaries quoted 23 2 4
10th Percentile £73,000 £62,750 -
25th Percentile - £63,125 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £65,000 £74,084
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -12.26% +2.19%
75th Percentile £77,500 £66,875 £84,815
90th Percentile £110,000 £67,250 £84,926
England median annual salary £81,500 £77,250 £70,000
% change year-on-year +5.50% +10.36% -13.85%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North of England

AWS Certified Solutions Architect 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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,160 3,475 1,912
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 38.61% 38.22% 22.47%
Number of salaries quoted 1,226 1,216 1,272
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £28,525
25th Percentile £28,250 £40,000 £38,734
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £50,055 £51,528
Median % change year-on-year -13.09% -2.86% -1.85%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,894 £65,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,600 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -

AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing AWS Certified Solutions Architect relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

AWS Certified Solutions Architect job vacancy trend in the North of England

AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing AWS Certified Solutions Architect.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing AWS Certified Solutions Architect

AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing AWS Certified Solutions Architect in the North of England over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for AWS Certified Solutions Architect in the North of England

AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AWS Certified Solutions Architect within the North of England region over the 6 months to 14 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
Yorkshire +12 27 £75,000 - 2
North East - 4 £105,000 -
North West +13 2 - - 3
AWS Certified Solutions Architect
England

AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Cloud Services
1 33 (100.00%) AWS
2 29 (87.88%) Azure
3 24 (72.73%) Serverless
4 4 (12.12%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (9.09%) Amazon ECS
5 3 (9.09%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (3.03%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.03%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (9.09%) GitLab
1 3 (9.09%) Jenkins
General
1 24 (72.73%) Social Skills
2 1 (3.03%) Banking
Job Titles
1 26 (78.79%) Architect
2 13 (39.39%) Applications Architect
3 11 (33.33%) Software Architect
4 4 (12.12%) Head of IT
4 4 (12.12%) Head of IT Security
4 4 (12.12%) Head of Security
5 3 (9.09%) CloudOps Manager
5 3 (9.09%) Head of Engineering
5 3 (9.09%) Operations Manager
6 2 (6.06%) Senior
6 2 (6.06%) Senior Architect
6 2 (6.06%) Senior Solutions Architect
6 2 (6.06%) Solutions Architect
7 1 (3.03%) AWS Architect
7 1 (3.03%) DevOps Architect
7 1 (3.03%) Lead
7 1 (3.03%) Lead Architect
7 1 (3.03%) Lead Solutions Architect
7 1 (3.03%) Senior DevOps
7 1 (3.03%) TOGAF Architect
Miscellaneous
1 24 (72.73%) Enterprise Software
2 5 (15.15%) Management Information System
3 4 (12.12%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.03%) Cloud Native
4 1 (3.03%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (87.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 28 (84.85%) Application Security
2 28 (84.85%) Computer Science
2 28 (84.85%) Migration
3 26 (78.79%) Enterprise Architecture
3 26 (78.79%) TOGAF
4 25 (75.76%) Microservices
5 24 (72.73%) Architectural Patterns
5 24 (72.73%) Data Modelling
5 24 (72.73%) EAI
5 24 (72.73%) Mentoring
6 5 (15.15%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (15.15%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (15.15%) Disaster Recovery
6 5 (15.15%) ITIL
6 5 (15.15%) Roadmaps
6 5 (15.15%) Technology Roadmap
7 4 (12.12%) High Availability
7 4 (12.12%) Problem Management
7 4 (12.12%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 28 (84.85%) Java
1 28 (84.85%) Python
2 27 (81.82%) TypeScript
3 25 (75.76%) C#
4 24 (72.73%) JavaScript
5 3 (9.09%) Bash
5 3 (9.09%) PowerShell
6 1 (3.03%) SQL
Qualifications
1 33 (100.00%) AWS Certification
2 29 (87.88%) Azure Certification
3 28 (84.85%) Computer Science Degree
3 28 (84.85%) Degree
3 28 (84.85%) Microsoft Certification
4 24 (72.73%) TOGAF Certification
5 4 (12.12%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 4 (12.12%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.12%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (12.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (3.03%) GDPR
2 1 (3.03%) HIPAA
2 1 (3.03%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (3.03%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (12.12%) Kubernetes
2 3 (9.09%) Ansible
Vendors
1 28 (84.85%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.03%) Google