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 18 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 308 290 485
Rank change year-on-year -18 +195 -330
Permanent jobs citing AWS Certification 554 481 495
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.59% 1.08% 0.46%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.04% 2.79% 1.81%
Number of salaries quoted 295 142 319
10th Percentile £28,250 £44,000 £47,500
25th Percentile £29,000 £53,688 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -46.43% -6.67% -0.88%
75th Percentile £67,500 £91,875 £85,000
90th Percentile £89,500 £97,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -42.31% -7.14% -

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 18,205 17,271 27,420
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 19.44% 38.62% 25.21%
Number of salaries quoted 9,583 7,324 17,293
10th Percentile £30,500 £29,750 £28,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,500 £38,503
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +2.80% -10.83%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £70,613
90th Percentile £93,250 £90,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,584 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.73% +1.17% -4.76%

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 18 June 2026.

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 18 June 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
England -39 503 £37,500 -46.43% 234
UK excluding London -38 333 £37,500 -42.31% 226
Work from Home -62 186 £62,500 -3.85% 56
London -13 185 £62,500 -19.35% 70
North of England -60 155 £37,500 -42.31% 52
Yorkshire +21 70 £37,500 -42.31% 22
North West -60 68 £37,500 -33.33% 26
Midlands -2 54 £37,500 -36.81% 30
West Midlands 0 48 £37,500 -36.81% 14
South West -55 40 £51,250 -9.68% 32
South East +1 34 £62,500 -20.13% 59
North East -33 17 £37,500 -21.05% 5
Scotland +26 16 £31,000 -40.95% 8
East of England -7 15 £37,500 -55.88% 28
Northern Ireland -23 10 £39,000 - 12
Wales - 9 £51,619 - 8
East Midlands - 6 £34,500 - 16

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 54 (9.75%) Jupyter
2 44 (7.94%) WordPress
3 16 (2.89%) Confluence
4 9 (1.62%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (1.44%) Apache Spark
6 7 (1.26%) Apache
7 4 (0.72%) Documentum
8 3 (0.54%) JBoss
9 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.18%) Drupal
10 1 (0.18%) IIS
10 1 (0.18%) nginx
10 1 (0.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.18%) SharePoint
10 1 (0.18%) WebSphere
Applications
1 63 (11.37%) Microsoft Office
2 55 (9.93%) Chatbot
3 8 (1.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.18%) Maya
Business Applications
1 24 (4.33%) Cloudability
2 2 (0.36%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.18%) Infor CloudSuite
3 1 (0.18%) Infor M3
3 1 (0.18%) Magento
3 1 (0.18%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 554 (100.00%) AWS
2 255 (46.03%) Azure
3 140 (25.27%) GitHub
4 94 (16.97%) GCP
5 82 (14.80%) AWS CloudFormation
6 80 (14.44%) Serverless
7 77 (13.90%) Microsoft 365
8 67 (12.09%) Amazon S3
9 66 (11.91%) AWS Lambda
10 60 (10.83%) Cloud Computing
11 49 (8.84%) Amazon ECS
12 39 (7.04%) Amazon EKS
13 34 (6.14%) AWS Step Functions
14 32 (5.78%) GitHub Actions
15 31 (5.60%) Amazon ECR
16 27 (4.87%) Apigee
17 25 (4.51%) Amazon SQS
18 23 (4.15%) Amazon CloudWatch
19 22 (3.97%) Amazon EC2
20 18 (3.25%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 105 (18.95%) Internet
2 34 (6.14%) Network Security
3 33 (5.96%) Firewall
4 20 (3.61%) VPN
5 18 (3.25%) Broadband
6 15 (2.71%) Software-Defined Networking
7 14 (2.53%) WAN
8 13 (2.35%) SD-WAN
9 12 (2.17%) LAN
10 10 (1.81%) DNS
11 9 (1.62%) DHCP
12 8 (1.44%) IPv4
12 8 (1.44%) TCP/IP
12 8 (1.44%) Wireless
13 5 (0.90%) VLAN
14 4 (0.72%) Wi-Fi
15 2 (0.36%) BGP
15 2 (0.36%) Cisco IPT
15 2 (0.36%) SSL
15 2 (0.36%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (8.12%) NoSQL
2 37 (6.68%) DynamoDB
3 28 (5.05%) Amazon RDS
4 21 (3.79%) Metadata
5 19 (3.43%) Data Lake
6 18 (3.25%) RDBMS
6 18 (3.25%) Relational Database
7 9 (1.62%) Amazon Redshift
7 9 (1.62%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (1.08%) Amazon Athena
8 6 (1.08%) Electronic Patient Records
9 5 (0.90%) Power BI
10 4 (0.72%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (0.72%) Snowflake Schema
11 3 (0.54%) Big Data
11 3 (0.54%) Redis
11 3 (0.54%) SQL Server
12 2 (0.36%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
12 2 (0.36%) GIS
12 2 (0.36%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 118 (21.30%) Git
2 66 (11.91%) GitLab
3 55 (9.93%) Jenkins
4 54 (9.75%) Visual Studio Code
5 28 (5.05%) Cypress.io
5 28 (5.05%) Maven
6 27 (4.87%) SonarQube
7 24 (4.33%) Cucumber
8 19 (3.43%) TeamCity
9 18 (3.25%) Jaeger
9 18 (3.25%) JIRA
10 14 (2.53%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.54%) MLflow
11 3 (0.54%) Selenium
12 2 (0.36%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 1 (0.18%) Gatling
13 1 (0.18%) JMeter
13 1 (0.18%) Octopus Deploy
13 1 (0.18%) Vagrant
General
1 149 (26.90%) Social Skills
2 124 (22.38%) Finance
3 105 (18.95%) Multimedia
4 77 (13.90%) Retail
5 62 (11.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 59 (10.65%) Manufacturing
7 40 (7.22%) Analytical Skills
8 39 (7.04%) French Language
9 34 (6.14%) Banking
10 25 (4.51%) Financial Institution
11 24 (4.33%) Swedish Language
12 18 (3.25%) Public Sector
13 10 (1.81%) Aerospace
13 10 (1.81%) Influencing Skills
14 7 (1.26%) Advertising
14 7 (1.26%) Retail Banking
15 6 (1.08%) Legal
16 4 (0.72%) Automotive
16 4 (0.72%) Electronics
16 4 (0.72%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 156 (28.16%) Trainee
2 98 (17.69%) Analyst
3 87 (15.70%) Architect
4 81 (14.62%) Developer
5 76 (13.72%) Senior
6 63 (11.37%) Service Analyst
6 63 (11.37%) Service Desk Analyst
7 51 (9.21%) Administrator
7 51 (9.21%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
7 51 (9.21%) Programmer
7 51 (9.21%) Trainee Programmer
8 45 (8.12%) Cloud Engineer
9 43 (7.76%) Trainee Administrator
9 43 (7.76%) Web Administrator
10 38 (6.86%) Trainee Developer
11 34 (6.14%) Lead
11 34 (6.14%) Software Developer
12 33 (5.96%) Trainee Software Developer
13 26 (4.69%) Java Developer
13 26 (4.69%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 107 (19.31%) CSS
1 107 (19.31%) HTML
2 58 (10.47%) Spring Boot
3 54 (9.75%) Hugging Face
3 54 (9.75%) Matplotlib
3 54 (9.75%) NumPy
3 54 (9.75%) Pandas
3 54 (9.75%) scikit-learn
3 54 (9.75%) Streamlit
4 31 (5.60%) AngularJS
5 29 (5.23%) Spring
6 28 (5.05%) Jest
7 27 (4.87%) Gherkin
8 26 (4.69%) Kafka
9 19 (3.43%) Elastic Stack
10 18 (3.25%) OpenTelemetry
10 18 (3.25%) React
11 12 (2.17%) Node.js
12 9 (1.62%) .NET
12 9 (1.62%) eBPF
Miscellaneous
1 68 (12.27%) Cloud Native
2 63 (11.37%) Algorithms
3 37 (6.68%) Public Cloud
4 30 (5.42%) Hybrid Cloud
5 29 (5.23%) PKI
6 28 (5.05%) e-Learning
7 27 (4.87%) Enterprise Software
8 24 (4.33%) Distributed Systems
9 18 (3.25%) Data Centre
10 10 (1.81%) Onboarding
11 8 (1.44%) Private Cloud
12 6 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
12 6 (1.08%) Renewable Energy
13 5 (0.90%) Data Structures
13 5 (0.90%) Management Information System
13 5 (0.90%) PACS
13 5 (0.90%) Product Ownership
13 5 (0.90%) Self-Motivation
14 4 (0.72%) Data Protection Act
15 3 (0.54%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 59 (10.65%) Linux
2 38 (6.86%) Windows
3 21 (3.79%) Unix
4 17 (3.07%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.18%) AIX
6 1 (0.18%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 154 (27.80%) Agile
2 149 (26.90%) CI/CD
3 148 (26.71%) Mentoring
4 140 (25.27%) Infrastructure as Code
5 125 (22.56%) AI
6 119 (21.48%) Customer Service
7 117 (21.12%) ITIL
8 116 (20.94%) Cybersecurity
9 98 (17.69%) DevOps
10 73 (13.18%) Machine Learning
11 66 (11.91%) ITSM
12 63 (11.37%) Data Privacy
12 63 (11.37%) Performance Metrics
13 62 (11.19%) LLM
14 59 (10.65%) Cloud Security
14 59 (10.65%) Visualisation
15 58 (10.47%) OO
16 57 (10.29%) Microservices
16 57 (10.29%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
16 57 (10.29%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 265 (47.83%) Python
2 143 (25.81%) JavaScript
3 101 (18.23%) Java
4 74 (13.36%) Bash
5 67 (12.09%) R
6 44 (7.94%) TypeScript
7 41 (7.40%) SQL
8 38 (6.86%) Go
9 28 (5.05%) Groovy
10 27 (4.87%) PowerShell
11 20 (3.61%) C#
12 11 (1.99%) Kotlin
13 8 (1.44%) C++
14 6 (1.08%) Google Apps Script
14 6 (1.08%) Ruby
15 4 (0.72%) Bicep
16 2 (0.36%) COBOL
17 1 (0.18%) Apex Code
17 1 (0.18%) C
17 1 (0.18%) PHP
Qualifications
1 198 (35.74%) Azure Certification
2 187 (33.75%) Microsoft Certification
3 174 (31.41%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 120 (21.66%) Degree
5 99 (17.87%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 64 (11.55%) Security Cleared
7 63 (11.37%) MCSE
8 43 (7.76%) SC Cleared
9 30 (5.42%) Cisco Certification
10 28 (5.05%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 25 (4.51%) TOGAF Certification
12 23 (4.15%) ITIL Certification
13 18 (3.25%) Computer Science Degree
14 17 (3.07%) CISSP
15 14 (2.53%) CISM
16 13 (2.35%) CCNA
17 12 (2.17%) AWS Certified Developer
17 12 (2.17%) CCNP
18 10 (1.81%) Master's Degree
19 9 (1.62%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (11.73%) QA
2 36 (6.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (3.25%) NIST
4 17 (3.07%) SOC 2
5 13 (2.35%) GRC
6 12 (2.17%) GDPR
7 11 (1.99%) Data Quality
7 11 (1.99%) PCI DSS
8 10 (1.81%) NCSC
9 8 (1.44%) ISO 9001
10 5 (0.90%) Accessibility
10 5 (0.90%) DICOM
11 4 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.54%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 3 (0.54%) SLA
13 2 (0.36%) EU AI Act
13 2 (0.36%) Government Security Classifications
14 1 (0.18%) COBIT
14 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 92 (16.61%) Docker
2 19 (3.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (2.53%) Active Directory
4 8 (1.44%) Squid
4 8 (1.44%) VMware NSX
4 8 (1.44%) vSphere
5 6 (1.08%) KVM
6 4 (0.72%) iptables
7 3 (0.54%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 123 (22.20%) Terraform
2 84 (15.16%) Kubernetes
3 57 (10.29%) Ansible
4 39 (7.04%) Prometheus
5 31 (5.60%) HP Fortify
6 28 (5.05%) Grafana
7 20 (3.61%) Argo
8 18 (3.25%) Kustomize
9 13 (2.35%) Cilium
10 10 (1.81%) Microsoft Intune
11 9 (1.62%) Packer
12 8 (1.44%) Proxmox
12 8 (1.44%) ZABBIX
13 7 (1.26%) Single Sign-On
14 5 (0.90%) Progress Chef
14 5 (0.90%) Puppet
15 2 (0.36%) QRadar
16 1 (0.18%) Consul
16 1 (0.18%) Failover Clustering
16 1 (0.18%) Kibana
Vendors
1 301 (54.33%) Microsoft
2 92 (16.61%) ServiceNow
3 35 (6.32%) Google
4 31 (5.60%) Apple
5 30 (5.42%) Adobe
6 29 (5.23%) VMware
7 17 (3.07%) Databricks
7 17 (3.07%) Oracle
7 17 (3.07%) Splunk
8 14 (2.53%) Cisco
9 10 (1.81%) Palo Alto
10 9 (1.62%) Fortinet
10 9 (1.62%) Red Hat
11 8 (1.44%) CheckPoint
12 5 (0.90%) CrowdStrike
13 4 (0.72%) OpenText
13 4 (0.72%) Pega
13 4 (0.72%) SAP
13 4 (0.72%) YouTube
14 3 (0.54%) Informatica