AWS Certification Job Trends

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for AWS Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 28 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 205 453 381
Rank change year-on-year +248 -72 -134
Permanent jobs citing AWS Certification 669 321 383
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.24% 0.48% 0.75%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.87% 1.57% 2.40%
Number of salaries quoted 378 157 245
10th Percentile - £42,500 £46,306
25th Percentile £28,250 £47,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,250 £64,600 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -36.15% -13.87% -3.23%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £96,750 £103,650
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,500 £53,050 £65,000
% change year-on-year -42.51% -18.38% -10.34%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 17,270 20,435 15,988
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.00% 30.58% 31.38%
Number of salaries quoted 7,935 8,411 10,995
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,750 £31,050
25th Percentile £36,250 £44,956 £41,710
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +0.87% +0.77%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,122 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -12.51% +4.76% +5.00%

AWS Certification
Job Vacancy Trend

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

AWS Certification job vacancy trend in the UK

AWS Certification
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing AWS Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing AWS Certification

AWS Certification
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing AWS Certification over the 6 months to 28 November 2025.

Salary histogram for AWS Certification in the UK

AWS Certification
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AWS Certification within the UK over the 6 months to 28 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
England +252 583 £47,500 -20.83% 549
UK excluding London +227 371 £30,500 -42.51% 491
Work from Home +185 260 £75,000 +25.00% 60
London +137 233 £75,000 -11.76% 188
North of England +120 151 £30,500 -32.22% 122
Yorkshire +62 83 £30,500 -32.22% 39
South East +75 64 £47,500 -10.46% 128
North West +90 51 £30,500 -41.90% 72
Midlands +74 46 £31,000 -52.01% 88
West Midlands +73 37 £30,500 -52.79% 54
South West +39 30 £30,500 -52.16% 34
Scotland +18 29 £30,500 -56.43% 28
Northern Ireland +25 27 - - 6
East of England +36 23 £80,000 +68.42% 60
North East +27 17 £30,500 -32.22% 14
East Midlands +19 9 £51,058 -7.17% 34
Wales - 4 £30,250 - 28

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 25 (3.74%) WordPress
2 19 (2.84%) Confluence
3 17 (2.54%) Tomcat
3 17 (2.54%) WebSphere
4 16 (2.39%) WebSphere Application Server
5 10 (1.49%) nginx
6 9 (1.35%) SharePoint
7 6 (0.90%) Apache
7 6 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
8 5 (0.75%) Apache Spark
9 4 (0.60%) Apache Airflow
9 4 (0.60%) Drupal
10 3 (0.45%) SAS
11 1 (0.15%) CMS
11 1 (0.15%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 119 (17.79%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.90%) Mozilla Thunderbird
3 1 (0.15%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.15%) Weka
Business Applications
1 8 (1.20%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.15%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 669 (100.00%) AWS
2 396 (59.19%) Azure
3 203 (30.34%) GitHub
4 146 (21.82%) Microsoft 365
5 102 (15.25%) GCP
6 85 (12.71%) Serverless
7 72 (10.76%) Amazon S3
8 65 (9.72%) AWS Lambda
9 64 (9.57%) AWS CloudFormation
10 42 (6.28%) Amazon EC2
11 35 (5.23%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 34 (5.08%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 31 (4.63%) SaaS
14 28 (4.19%) Amazon EKS
15 26 (3.89%) Amazon ECS
15 26 (3.89%) GitHub Actions
16 21 (3.14%) AWS Step Functions
17 19 (2.84%) Azure DevOps
18 16 (2.39%) Entra ID
19 15 (2.24%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 174 (26.01%) Internet
2 41 (6.13%) Firewall
3 35 (5.23%) DNS
4 29 (4.33%) VPN
5 24 (3.59%) Remote Desktop
6 21 (3.14%) WAN
7 19 (2.84%) SSL
8 16 (2.39%) DHCP
8 16 (2.39%) LAN
8 16 (2.39%) Network Security
8 16 (2.39%) SD-WAN
9 15 (2.24%) VoIP
10 14 (2.09%) TCP/IP
10 14 (2.09%) VLAN
11 13 (1.94%) HTTP
12 12 (1.79%) FTP
12 12 (1.79%) SMTP
12 12 (1.79%) SSH
12 12 (1.79%) Wi-Fi
13 7 (1.05%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (6.13%) Amazon RDS
2 38 (5.68%) Data Lake
3 37 (5.53%) PostgreSQL
4 36 (5.38%) NoSQL
5 31 (4.63%) DynamoDB
6 30 (4.48%) Metadata
7 21 (3.14%) SQL Server
8 18 (2.69%) Data Warehouse
8 18 (2.69%) DB2
9 17 (2.54%) Amazon Redshift
10 14 (2.09%) Amazon Athena
11 11 (1.64%) Amazon Aurora
11 11 (1.64%) MySQL
12 8 (1.20%) Big Data
13 7 (1.05%) Relational Database
14 5 (0.75%) CockroachDB
15 4 (0.60%) Apache Iceberg
15 4 (0.60%) MariaDB
15 4 (0.60%) MongoDB
15 4 (0.60%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 206 (30.79%) Git
2 47 (7.03%) Jenkins
3 29 (4.33%) JIRA
4 25 (3.74%) GitLab
5 12 (1.79%) Vagrant
6 9 (1.35%) Cypress.io
7 8 (1.20%) Cucumber
8 7 (1.05%) Bitbucket
8 7 (1.05%) TeamCity
9 5 (0.75%) Vite
10 4 (0.60%) Gatling
10 4 (0.60%) JMeter
10 4 (0.60%) Selenium
10 4 (0.60%) Sonatype Nexus
11 3 (0.45%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 3 (0.45%) JUnit
11 3 (0.45%) Maven
11 3 (0.45%) Mockito
11 3 (0.45%) Spinnaker
11 3 (0.45%) YouTrack
General
1 244 (36.47%) Social Skills
2 173 (25.86%) Multimedia
3 135 (20.18%) Finance
4 119 (17.79%) French Language
4 119 (17.79%) Swedish Language
5 77 (11.51%) Banking
6 62 (9.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 54 (8.07%) Financial Institution
8 51 (7.62%) Analytical Skills
9 42 (6.28%) Law
10 36 (5.38%) Public Sector
11 28 (4.19%) Presentation Skills
11 28 (4.19%) Retail Banking
12 14 (2.09%) Retail
13 11 (1.64%) Marketing
14 10 (1.49%) Investment Banking
15 8 (1.20%) Telecoms
16 7 (1.05%) Publishing
17 6 (0.90%) Manufacturing
18 5 (0.75%) Legal
Job Titles
1 173 (25.86%) Trainee
2 124 (18.54%) Analyst
3 119 (17.79%) Service Analyst
3 119 (17.79%) Service Desk Analyst
4 107 (15.99%) Architect
5 104 (15.55%) Developer
6 93 (13.90%) Senior
7 83 (12.41%) Trainee Developer
8 81 (12.11%) Software Developer
8 81 (12.11%) Trainee Software Developer
9 39 (5.83%) Lead
10 34 (5.08%) Cloud Engineer
11 31 (4.63%) Solutions Architect
12 28 (4.19%) Data Architect
13 27 (4.04%) Senior Analyst
14 24 (3.59%) Administrator
14 24 (3.59%) Senior Service Desk Analyst
15 21 (3.14%) Trainee Administrator
15 21 (3.14%) Web Administrator
16 20 (2.99%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 177 (26.46%) CSS
1 177 (26.46%) HTML
2 30 (4.48%) React
3 24 (3.59%) Spring Boot
4 22 (3.29%) Kafka
4 22 (3.29%) LDAP
4 22 (3.29%) Spring
5 16 (2.39%) LAPP Stack
5 16 (2.39%) WebSphere MQ
6 11 (1.64%) AWS CDK
6 11 (1.64%) RESTful
7 10 (1.49%) .NET
8 9 (1.35%) AngularJS
9 8 (1.20%) GraphQL
9 8 (1.20%) Jest
10 6 (0.90%) .NET Core
10 6 (0.90%) ASP.NET
10 6 (0.90%) ASP.NET Core
10 6 (0.90%) Blazor
10 6 (0.90%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 71 (10.61%) Cloud Native
2 30 (4.48%) Public Cloud
3 28 (4.19%) Enterprise Software
4 25 (3.74%) Management Information System
5 19 (2.84%) Linux Command Line
6 18 (2.69%) Hybrid Cloud
7 13 (1.94%) Virtual Team
8 11 (1.64%) Data Centre
8 11 (1.64%) Replication
9 10 (1.49%) Greenfield Project
9 10 (1.49%) Security Posture
10 9 (1.35%) PKI
11 8 (1.20%) Distributed Systems
12 7 (1.05%) Mobile App
12 7 (1.05%) Operational Technology
13 6 (0.90%) Data Structures
14 5 (0.75%) Blog
14 5 (0.75%) Client/Server
14 5 (0.75%) Product Ownership
14 5 (0.75%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 82 (12.26%) Windows
2 75 (11.21%) Linux
3 28 (4.19%) Unix
4 25 (3.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 25 (3.74%) Windows Server
5 12 (1.79%) VMS
6 10 (1.49%) Amazon Linux
7 8 (1.20%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.45%) CentOS
8 3 (0.45%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.30%) Debian
9 2 (0.30%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.15%) Check Point GAiA
10 1 (0.15%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 240 (35.87%) Mentoring
2 189 (28.25%) Cybersecurity
3 185 (27.65%) ITIL
4 151 (22.57%) Agile
5 134 (20.03%) CI/CD
6 131 (19.58%) ITSM
7 121 (18.09%) DevOps
8 105 (15.70%) Customer Service
9 104 (15.55%) Infrastructure as Code
10 101 (15.10%) Performance Metrics
11 74 (11.06%) Problem-Solving
12 67 (10.01%) Microservices
13 64 (9.57%) Containerisation
14 63 (9.42%) Migration
15 60 (8.97%) TOGAF
16 58 (8.67%) Cloud Security
17 57 (8.52%) Data Modelling
18 56 (8.37%) Continuous Improvement
19 53 (7.92%) Computer Science
20 52 (7.77%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 325 (48.58%) Python
2 216 (32.29%) JavaScript
3 92 (13.75%) R
4 85 (12.71%) Java
5 63 (9.42%) SQL
6 48 (7.17%) PowerShell
7 42 (6.28%) Bash
8 40 (5.98%) TypeScript
9 36 (5.38%) C#
10 21 (3.14%) Go
11 17 (2.54%) Groovy
12 10 (1.49%) Bicep
13 6 (0.90%) C++
13 6 (0.90%) Kotlin
13 6 (0.90%) Perl
14 3 (0.45%) Google Apps Script
14 3 (0.45%) Rust
14 3 (0.45%) Scala
15 2 (0.30%) PROC SQL
15 2 (0.30%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 340 (50.82%) Azure Certification
2 326 (48.73%) Microsoft Certification
3 211 (31.54%) Degree
4 181 (27.06%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 120 (17.94%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 119 (17.79%) MCSE
7 68 (10.16%) Security Cleared
8 62 (9.27%) SC Cleared
9 36 (5.38%) Computer Science Degree
10 34 (5.08%) TOGAF Certification
11 27 (4.04%) Cisco Certification
12 26 (3.89%) A+ Certification
12 26 (3.89%) AWS Certified Developer
13 21 (3.14%) CISSP
14 20 (2.99%) ITIL Certification
15 18 (2.69%) Master's Degree
16 15 (2.24%) CCNP
17 13 (1.94%) DV Cleared
18 12 (1.79%) CISM
18 12 (1.79%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 111 (16.59%) QA
2 33 (4.93%) NIST
3 29 (4.33%) GDPR
3 29 (4.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 21 (3.14%) SLA
5 9 (1.35%) PCI DSS
5 9 (1.35%) SOC 2
6 8 (1.20%) Accessibility
6 8 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials
6 8 (1.20%) HIPAA
7 7 (1.05%) Data Quality
8 6 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 5 (0.75%) NCSC
10 4 (0.60%) GRC
10 4 (0.60%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 1 (0.15%) GAAP
12 1 (0.15%) GxP
12 1 (0.15%) MiFID
12 1 (0.15%) WCAG
System Software
1 77 (11.51%) Docker
2 45 (6.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 32 (4.78%) Active Directory
4 16 (2.39%) Hyper-V
5 10 (1.49%) DFS Replication
6 7 (1.05%) Dovecot
6 7 (1.05%) Postfix
7 6 (0.90%) Squid
8 5 (0.75%) KVM
9 4 (0.60%) vSphere
10 3 (0.45%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 3 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.30%) Apache Flume
11 2 (0.30%) HDFS
11 2 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (0.15%) iptables
12 1 (0.15%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 99 (14.80%) Terraform
2 90 (13.45%) Kubernetes
3 39 (5.83%) Ansible
4 31 (4.63%) Grafana
5 20 (2.99%) Prometheus
6 9 (1.35%) Nessus
6 9 (1.35%) Proxmox
7 6 (0.90%) Autotask
8 5 (0.75%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 5 (0.75%) SCCM
8 5 (0.75%) SCOM
8 5 (0.75%) WSUS
9 4 (0.60%) Cilium
9 4 (0.60%) Puppet
10 3 (0.45%) Argo
10 3 (0.45%) HP Fortify
10 3 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (0.45%) Salt
11 2 (0.30%) Kibana
11 2 (0.30%) logstash
Vendors
1 392 (58.59%) Microsoft
2 141 (21.08%) ServiceNow
3 47 (7.03%) VMware
4 35 (5.23%) Google
5 28 (4.19%) Red Hat
6 22 (3.29%) IBM
7 17 (2.54%) SAP
8 15 (2.24%) Cisco
9 14 (2.09%) Oracle
10 8 (1.20%) Ariba
11 6 (0.90%) Jaspersoft
11 6 (0.90%) Workday
12 5 (0.75%) Databricks
12 5 (0.75%) Datto
12 5 (0.75%) Palo Alto
13 4 (0.60%) SolarWinds
13 4 (0.60%) Splunk
14 3 (0.45%) Fortinet
14 3 (0.45%) Informatica
14 3 (0.45%) Symantec