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 29 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 326 285 504
Rank change year-on-year -41 +219 -199
Permanent jobs citing AWS Certification 582 510 355
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.57% 1.03% 0.41%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.01% 2.96% 1.59%
Number of salaries quoted 255 167 233
10th Percentile £28,250 £44,600 £51,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £51,250 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,619 £68,525 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -24.67% -11.58% +2.42%
75th Percentile £80,000 £86,250 £86,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £101,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £63,750 £72,500
% change year-on-year -41.18% -12.07% +3.57%

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 19,365 17,240 22,362
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 19.04% 34.94% 25.68%
Number of salaries quoted 10,181 7,834 12,972
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £43,000 £37,518 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -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 29 July 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 29 July 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 -48 541 £52,500 -23.39% 339
UK excluding London -66 314 £37,500 -41.18% 241
London +26 244 £77,500 +3.33% 170
Work from Home -108 174 £77,500 +13.10% 129
North of England -87 127 £37,500 -42.31% 67
North West -90 66 £37,500 -33.33% 35
Midlands -19 52 £37,500 -44.44% 30
West Midlands -17 47 £37,500 -44.44% 15
South West -50 46 £52,500 -7.48% 42
Yorkshire -2 45 £37,500 -42.31% 21
South East -18 43 £62,500 -3.85% 51
North East -38 16 £40,500 -14.74% 14
East of England -17 15 £37,500 -55.88% 20
Wales - 13 £67,500 - 5
Scotland +18 9 £37,500 -28.57% 15
Northern Ireland -61 9 £40,750 - 12
East Midlands - 5 £34,500 - 15

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 50 (8.59%) Jupyter
2 44 (7.56%) WordPress
3 18 (3.09%) Confluence
4 14 (2.41%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.86%) Apache Pig
5 5 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.69%) Apache
6 4 (0.69%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.69%) JBoss
6 4 (0.69%) SAS
7 2 (0.34%) IIS
7 2 (0.34%) nginx
8 1 (0.17%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.17%) Drupal
8 1 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.17%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.17%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.17%) WebSphere
Applications
1 77 (13.23%) Microsoft Office
2 55 (9.45%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.17%) Maya
Business Applications
1 24 (4.12%) Cloudability
2 7 (1.20%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.03%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.17%) Infor CloudSuite
4 1 (0.17%) Infor M3
4 1 (0.17%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 582 (100.00%) AWS
2 208 (35.74%) Azure
3 128 (21.99%) Cloud Computing
4 118 (20.27%) AWS CloudFormation
5 104 (17.87%) GitHub
6 102 (17.53%) Serverless
7 96 (16.49%) GCP
8 93 (15.98%) Microsoft 365
9 85 (14.60%) AWS Lambda
10 80 (13.75%) Amazon S3
11 72 (12.37%) Amazon ECS
12 50 (8.59%) Amazon EKS
13 38 (6.53%) GitHub Actions
14 37 (6.36%) Amazon EC2
15 30 (5.15%) AWS Step Functions
16 26 (4.47%) Amazon ECR
17 24 (4.12%) Amazon SQS
17 24 (4.12%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 23 (3.95%) Apigee
19 19 (3.26%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 76 (13.06%) Internet
2 63 (10.82%) Network Security
3 42 (7.22%) Firewall
4 25 (4.30%) VPN
5 23 (3.95%) WAN
6 19 (3.26%) DNS
7 18 (3.09%) SD-WAN
8 17 (2.92%) LAN
8 17 (2.92%) Software-Defined Networking
9 16 (2.75%) DHCP
10 12 (2.06%) TCP/IP
11 9 (1.55%) Wireless
12 8 (1.37%) IPv4
12 8 (1.37%) VLAN
13 7 (1.20%) Wi-Fi
14 5 (0.86%) Wireshark
15 4 (0.69%) DMZ
16 3 (0.52%) BGP
17 2 (0.34%) Intrusion Detection
17 2 (0.34%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (8.42%) NoSQL
2 41 (7.04%) Amazon RDS
3 39 (6.70%) DynamoDB
4 22 (3.78%) Data Lake
5 18 (3.09%) Metadata
6 13 (2.23%) Data Warehouse
7 12 (2.06%) Amazon Redshift
7 12 (2.06%) Big Data
8 10 (1.72%) Hadoop
9 8 (1.37%) SQL Server
10 7 (1.20%) Amazon Athena
10 7 (1.20%) BusinessObjects
10 7 (1.20%) SAP HANA
11 5 (0.86%) Apache Hive
11 5 (0.86%) Elasticsearch
11 5 (0.86%) PostgreSQL
11 5 (0.86%) Power BI
12 4 (0.69%) Electronic Patient Records
13 3 (0.52%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
13 3 (0.52%) Redis
Development Applications
1 71 (12.20%) GitLab
2 70 (12.03%) Git
3 57 (9.79%) Jenkins
4 50 (8.59%) Visual Studio Code
5 32 (5.50%) Cucumber
6 25 (4.30%) JIRA
6 25 (4.30%) Maven
7 24 (4.12%) Cypress.io
8 23 (3.95%) SonarQube
9 18 (3.09%) TeamCity
10 16 (2.75%) Bitbucket
11 6 (1.03%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 3 (0.52%) Selenium
12 3 (0.52%) Taiga
12 3 (0.52%) VersionOne
13 1 (0.17%) Apache Ivy
13 1 (0.17%) Claude Code
13 1 (0.17%) git-flow
13 1 (0.17%) Octopus Deploy
13 1 (0.17%) Vagrant
General
1 158 (27.15%) Social Skills
2 148 (25.43%) Finance
3 74 (12.71%) Retail
4 59 (10.14%) Multimedia
5 55 (9.45%) Manufacturing
6 52 (8.93%) Public Sector
7 48 (8.25%) Swedish Language
8 39 (6.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 38 (6.53%) Analytical Skills
10 31 (5.33%) Banking
11 29 (4.98%) French Language
12 20 (3.44%) Financial Institution
13 13 (2.23%) Influencing Skills
14 11 (1.89%) Aerospace
15 7 (1.20%) Law
15 7 (1.20%) Military
16 6 (1.03%) Advertising
16 6 (1.03%) Billing
16 6 (1.03%) Legal
17 5 (0.86%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 125 (21.48%) Senior
2 108 (18.56%) Analyst
3 106 (18.21%) Trainee
4 96 (16.49%) Architect
5 77 (13.23%) Service Analyst
5 77 (13.23%) Service Desk Analyst
6 60 (10.31%) Consultant
7 57 (9.79%) Developer
8 50 (8.59%) Administrator
9 47 (8.08%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
9 47 (8.08%) Programmer
9 47 (8.08%) Trainee Programmer
10 43 (7.39%) Trainee Administrator
10 43 (7.39%) Web Administrator
11 37 (6.36%) Solutions Architect
12 34 (5.84%) Cloud Engineer
13 29 (4.98%) Java Engineer
13 29 (4.98%) Security Consultant
14 27 (4.64%) Senior Analyst
14 27 (4.64%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (12.03%) Spring Boot
2 62 (10.65%) CSS
2 62 (10.65%) HTML
3 50 (8.59%) Hugging Face
3 50 (8.59%) Matplotlib
3 50 (8.59%) NumPy
3 50 (8.59%) Pandas
3 50 (8.59%) scikit-learn
3 50 (8.59%) Streamlit
4 43 (7.39%) Kafka
5 42 (7.22%) Spring
6 30 (5.15%) AngularJS
7 26 (4.47%) AWS CDK
8 24 (4.12%) Jest
8 24 (4.12%) Node.js
9 23 (3.95%) Gherkin
10 19 (3.26%) React
11 18 (3.09%) .NET
12 14 (2.41%) REST
13 10 (1.72%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 96 (16.49%) Cloud Native
2 83 (14.26%) Onboarding
3 60 (10.31%) Algorithms
4 47 (8.08%) Enterprise Cloud
5 42 (7.22%) Public Cloud
6 37 (6.36%) Distributed Systems
7 36 (6.19%) e-Learning
8 34 (5.84%) Data Centre
9 29 (4.98%) Enterprise Software
10 28 (4.81%) Hybrid Cloud
11 23 (3.95%) PKI
12 13 (2.23%) Mainframe
13 12 (2.06%) Blog
13 12 (2.06%) Distributed Computing
13 12 (2.06%) Legacy Systems
14 8 (1.37%) Greenfield Project
14 8 (1.37%) Management Information System
15 7 (1.20%) Fat Client
15 7 (1.20%) Renewable Energy
15 7 (1.20%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 48 (8.25%) Windows
2 39 (6.70%) Linux
3 21 (3.61%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.86%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (0.69%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (0.69%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.34%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.34%) Unix
7 1 (0.17%) AIX
7 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.17%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 186 (31.96%) AI
2 168 (28.87%) CI/CD
3 161 (27.66%) Infrastructure as Code
4 151 (25.95%) Agile
4 151 (25.95%) Mentoring
5 129 (22.16%) Customer Service
6 126 (21.65%) ITIL
7 103 (17.70%) Cloud Security
8 98 (16.84%) Machine Learning
9 85 (14.60%) Cybersecurity
10 82 (14.09%) DevOps
11 81 (13.92%) ITSM
12 77 (13.23%) Performance Metrics
13 74 (12.71%) Migration
14 69 (11.86%) Microservices
15 63 (10.82%) LLM
16 62 (10.65%) Continuous Improvement
17 58 (9.97%) Prompt Engineering
18 57 (9.79%) Problem-Solving
18 57 (9.79%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
Programming Languages
1 219 (37.63%) Python
2 111 (19.07%) Java
3 79 (13.57%) JavaScript
4 63 (10.82%) Bash
5 56 (9.62%) SQL
6 47 (8.08%) R
7 36 (6.19%) TypeScript
8 25 (4.30%) Go
9 24 (4.12%) Groovy
9 24 (4.12%) Ruby
10 23 (3.95%) PowerShell
11 18 (3.09%) C#
12 15 (2.58%) PHP
13 14 (2.41%) Perl
14 10 (1.72%) Kotlin
15 6 (1.03%) C++
15 6 (1.03%) COBOL
16 5 (0.86%) Google Apps Script
17 4 (0.69%) Bicep
18 2 (0.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 166 (28.52%) Degree
2 157 (26.98%) Microsoft Certification
3 145 (24.91%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 139 (23.88%) Azure Certification
5 129 (22.16%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 99 (17.01%) Security Cleared
7 77 (13.23%) MCSE
8 51 (8.76%) SC Cleared
9 45 (7.73%) Cisco Certification
10 28 (4.81%) CISSP
11 27 (4.64%) Computer Science Degree
12 25 (4.30%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 19 (3.26%) CCNA
13 19 (3.26%) ITIL Certification
13 19 (3.26%) Master's Degree
13 19 (3.26%) TOGAF Certification
14 18 (3.09%) AWS Certified Developer
15 17 (2.92%) CCNP
16 14 (2.41%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 13 (2.23%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (13.40%) QA
2 42 (7.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (3.95%) SOC 2
4 21 (3.61%) GDPR
5 19 (3.26%) NIST
6 14 (2.41%) GRC
7 12 (2.06%) Data Quality
7 12 (2.06%) NCSC
8 9 (1.55%) Accessibility
8 9 (1.55%) Cyber Essentials
9 8 (1.37%) ISO 9001
9 8 (1.37%) PCI DSS
10 7 (1.20%) HIPAA
11 6 (1.03%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 6 (1.03%) Government Security Classifications
12 3 (0.52%) DICOM
12 3 (0.52%) SLA
13 2 (0.34%) EU AI Act
14 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 1 (0.17%) GxP
System Software
1 67 (11.51%) Docker
2 23 (3.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (3.78%) Active Directory
4 8 (1.37%) Squid
4 8 (1.37%) VMware NSX
4 8 (1.37%) vSphere
5 5 (0.86%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.86%) KVM
6 4 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.34%) iptables
7 2 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 130 (22.34%) Terraform
2 69 (11.86%) Kubernetes
3 37 (6.36%) Ansible
4 27 (4.64%) HP Fortify
5 19 (3.26%) Grafana
6 13 (2.23%) Cilium
6 13 (2.23%) Prometheus
7 12 (2.06%) Puppet
7 12 (2.06%) Single Sign-On
8 11 (1.89%) Progress Chef
9 9 (1.55%) Packer
10 8 (1.37%) Microsoft Intune
10 8 (1.37%) ZABBIX
11 5 (0.86%) Proxmox
12 4 (0.69%) Argo
12 4 (0.69%) Iperf
13 3 (0.52%) QRadar
14 2 (0.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 1 (0.17%) Failover Clustering
15 1 (0.17%) kaniko
Vendors
1 272 (46.74%) Microsoft
2 103 (17.70%) ServiceNow
3 32 (5.50%) VMware
4 31 (5.33%) Oracle
5 25 (4.30%) Apple
6 24 (4.12%) Adobe
6 24 (4.12%) Cisco
6 24 (4.12%) Splunk
7 18 (3.09%) SAP
8 17 (2.92%) Google
9 16 (2.75%) Palo Alto
10 15 (2.58%) Databricks
11 12 (2.06%) Fortinet
12 11 (1.89%) Red Hat
13 9 (1.55%) CrowdStrike
14 8 (1.37%) CheckPoint
15 7 (1.20%) Avaya
15 7 (1.20%) Genesys
16 6 (1.03%) Salesforce
17 5 (0.86%) Infor