AWS Certification Job Trends in South Wales

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in South Wales with a requirement for AWS Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 18 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 - 67
Rank change year-on-year - - +32
Permanent jobs citing AWS Certification 3 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in South Wales 0.38% - 0.33%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.66% - 0.95%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile £27,650 - -
25th Percentile £27,875 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 - £33,426
Median % change year-on-year - - -44.29%
75th Percentile £32,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Wales median annual salary £30,250 - £33,426
% change year-on-year - - -44.29%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 181 177 210
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 22.63% 20.73% 34.60%
Number of salaries quoted 80 99 144
10th Percentile £31,250 £41,594 £32,620
25th Percentile £40,250 £45,875 £38,830
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,750 £55,000 £45,017
Median % change year-on-year +10.45% +22.18% -9.77%
75th Percentile £76,666 £65,000 £61,111
90th Percentile £80,000 £74,144 £72,500
Wales median annual salary £54,537 £57,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.15% +27.78% -5.26%

AWS Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

AWS Certification job vacancy trend in South Wales

AWS Certification
Salary Trend in South Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing AWS Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing AWS Certification

AWS Certification
Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AWS Certification within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 18 November 2025. 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
Newport - 2 £30,250 - 6
Cardiff - 1 £30,500 - 11
AWS Certification
Wales

AWS Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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 (33.33%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Internet
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Git
General
1 3 (100.00%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Trainee
2 1 (33.33%) Administrator
2 1 (33.33%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Software Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Trainee Administrator
2 1 (33.33%) Trainee Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Trainee Software Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Web Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) CSS
1 3 (100.00%) HTML
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (100.00%) Python
2 2 (66.67%) R
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 3 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft