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 4 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 349 271 488
Rank change year-on-year -78 +217 -101
Permanent jobs citing AWS Certification 577 533 327
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.52% 1.09% 0.41%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.91% 3.17% 1.56%
Number of salaries quoted 231 182 191
10th Percentile £28,250 £28,250 £43,750
25th Percentile £33,750 £48,165 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -13.33% -2.07%
75th Percentile £85,000 £81,188 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% -10.71% -

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 19,812 16,830 20,924
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.96% 34.30% 26.32%
Number of salaries quoted 10,850 7,568 10,458
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £44,500 £36,925 £41,263
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -7.60%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £74,688
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £48,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +18.56% -7.62% -

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 4 September 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 4 September 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 -61 537 £65,000 -3.70% 871
UK excluding London -134 298 £55,000 -12.00% 647
London +23 256 £80,000 +6.67% 451
Work from Home -133 174 £85,000 +21.43% 609
North of England -126 103 £52,500 -19.23% 164
Midlands -17 55 £37,500 -44.44% 93
North West -108 54 £34,500 -38.67% 85
South West -59 50 £60,500 +6.62% 116
South East -31 48 £62,250 -9.78% 82
West Midlands -15 47 £37,500 -44.44% 66
Yorkshire -40 27 £57,500 -11.54% 33
North East -45 22 £80,500 +89.41% 47
East of England -18 15 £37,500 -62.50% 35
Wales - 13 £67,500 - 5
East Midlands - 8 £37,500 - 27
Scotland +8 7 £31,250 +2.46% 87
Northern Ireland - 7 £40,750 - 68

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 44 (7.63%) WordPress
2 20 (3.47%) Confluence
3 17 (2.95%) Apache Spark
4 6 (1.04%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (0.87%) Apache
5 5 (0.87%) Apache Pig
5 5 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.69%) Jupyter
6 4 (0.69%) SAS
7 3 (0.52%) nginx
8 2 (0.35%) Cloud Foundry
8 2 (0.35%) IIS
8 2 (0.35%) JBoss
9 1 (0.17%) Drupal
9 1 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.17%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.17%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.17%) WebSphere
Applications
1 68 (11.79%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.56%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 24 (4.16%) Cloudability
2 7 (1.21%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.04%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.17%) Infor CloudSuite
4 1 (0.17%) Infor M3
4 1 (0.17%) Magento
4 1 (0.17%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 577 (100.00%) AWS
2 239 (41.42%) Azure
3 130 (22.53%) AWS CloudFormation
4 113 (19.58%) GCP
5 102 (17.68%) GitHub
5 102 (17.68%) Serverless
6 85 (14.73%) Microsoft 365
7 84 (14.56%) Cloud Computing
8 82 (14.21%) AWS Lambda
9 79 (13.69%) Amazon S3
10 67 (11.61%) Amazon ECS
11 45 (7.80%) Amazon EKS
12 41 (7.11%) Amazon EC2
13 34 (5.89%) GitHub Actions
14 26 (4.51%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 24 (4.16%) AWS Step Functions
16 20 (3.47%) OCI
17 19 (3.29%) Amazon GuardDuty
17 19 (3.29%) Amazon SQS
18 18 (3.12%) Amazon EMR
Communications & Networking
1 77 (13.34%) Internet
2 69 (11.96%) Network Security
3 52 (9.01%) Firewall
4 29 (5.03%) WAN
5 26 (4.51%) VPN
6 23 (3.99%) SD-WAN
7 21 (3.64%) LAN
8 20 (3.47%) Software-Defined Networking
9 19 (3.29%) DNS
10 17 (2.95%) DHCP
11 14 (2.43%) TCP/IP
11 14 (2.43%) Wireless
12 9 (1.56%) VLAN
13 8 (1.39%) IPv4
14 7 (1.21%) Wi-Fi
15 5 (0.87%) Wireshark
16 4 (0.69%) DMZ
17 3 (0.52%) 3GPP
17 3 (0.52%) BGP
17 3 (0.52%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (10.23%) NoSQL
2 47 (8.15%) Amazon RDS
3 30 (5.20%) DynamoDB
4 18 (3.12%) Data Lake
4 18 (3.12%) Metadata
5 16 (2.77%) Data Warehouse
6 15 (2.60%) Amazon Redshift
7 11 (1.91%) Big Data
7 11 (1.91%) Hadoop
8 8 (1.39%) SQL Server
9 7 (1.21%) Amazon Athena
9 7 (1.21%) BusinessObjects
9 7 (1.21%) Power BI
9 7 (1.21%) SAP HANA
10 6 (1.04%) PostgreSQL
11 5 (0.87%) Apache Hive
11 5 (0.87%) Elasticsearch
12 4 (0.69%) GIS
13 3 (0.52%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
13 3 (0.52%) Redis
Development Applications
1 74 (12.82%) Git
2 72 (12.48%) GitLab
3 49 (8.49%) Jenkins
4 37 (6.41%) Cucumber
5 30 (5.20%) JIRA
6 18 (3.12%) Maven
7 16 (2.77%) Cypress.io
8 15 (2.60%) Bitbucket
8 15 (2.60%) SonarQube
9 14 (2.43%) TeamCity
10 7 (1.21%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 4 (0.69%) Visual Studio Code
12 3 (0.52%) Taiga
12 3 (0.52%) VersionOne
13 2 (0.35%) Ant
13 2 (0.35%) Apache Ivy
13 2 (0.35%) Claude Code
13 2 (0.35%) git-flow
13 2 (0.35%) IBM UrbanCode
14 1 (0.17%) ER Studio
General
1 170 (29.46%) Social Skills
2 134 (23.22%) Finance
3 71 (12.31%) Public Sector
4 60 (10.40%) Multimedia
5 58 (10.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 48 (8.32%) Swedish Language
7 45 (7.80%) Analytical Skills
8 37 (6.41%) Banking
9 26 (4.51%) Retail
10 22 (3.81%) Aerospace
11 21 (3.64%) Financial Institution
12 20 (3.47%) French Language
13 14 (2.43%) Influencing Skills
14 13 (2.25%) Law
15 11 (1.91%) Marketing
15 11 (1.91%) Military
16 10 (1.73%) Manufacturing
17 9 (1.56%) Legal
18 7 (1.21%) Presentation Skills
19 6 (1.04%) Digital Health
Job Titles
1 136 (23.57%) Senior
2 127 (22.01%) Architect
3 100 (17.33%) Analyst
4 68 (11.79%) Service Analyst
4 68 (11.79%) Service Desk Analyst
5 62 (10.75%) Consultant
6 61 (10.57%) Trainee
7 51 (8.84%) Administrator
8 46 (7.97%) Developer
9 44 (7.63%) Solutions Architect
10 43 (7.45%) Trainee Administrator
10 43 (7.45%) Web Administrator
11 36 (6.24%) Cloud Engineer
11 36 (6.24%) Java Engineer
12 31 (5.37%) Security Consultant
13 29 (5.03%) Lead
14 28 (4.85%) Senior Analyst
15 27 (4.68%) AWS Architect
15 27 (4.68%) Cloud Architect
15 27 (4.68%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 136 (23.57%) Terraform
2 70 (12.13%) Spring Boot
3 64 (11.09%) CSS
3 64 (11.09%) HTML
4 54 (9.36%) Kafka
5 50 (8.67%) Spring
6 30 (5.20%) AWS CDK
7 21 (3.64%) .NET
7 21 (3.64%) AngularJS
7 21 (3.64%) Node.js
8 17 (2.95%) React
9 16 (2.77%) Jest
10 15 (2.60%) Gherkin
11 14 (2.43%) REST
12 11 (1.91%) Web Services
13 10 (1.73%) LangChain
13 10 (1.73%) LlamaIndex
13 10 (1.73%) OAuth
13 10 (1.73%) OpenAPI
13 10 (1.73%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 124 (21.49%) Cloud Native
2 93 (16.12%) Onboarding
3 48 (8.32%) Public Cloud
4 47 (8.15%) Enterprise Cloud
5 43 (7.45%) Distributed Systems
6 39 (6.76%) e-Learning
7 36 (6.24%) Data Centre
8 32 (5.55%) Enterprise Software
8 32 (5.55%) Hybrid Cloud
9 20 (3.47%) PKI
10 14 (2.43%) Algorithms
10 14 (2.43%) Blog
11 13 (2.25%) Cyber Threat
11 13 (2.25%) Mainframe
11 13 (2.25%) Management Information System
11 13 (2.25%) Security Posture
12 12 (2.08%) Distributed Computing
12 12 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
13 10 (1.73%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 10 (1.73%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 48 (8.32%) Windows
2 38 (6.59%) Linux
3 22 (3.81%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.87%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (0.69%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (0.69%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.35%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.35%) Solaris
6 2 (0.35%) Unix
7 1 (0.17%) AIX
7 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 201 (34.84%) Infrastructure as Code
2 186 (32.24%) CI/CD
3 174 (30.16%) Mentoring
4 167 (28.94%) Agile
5 159 (27.56%) AI
6 121 (20.97%) Cloud Security
7 120 (20.80%) ITIL
8 103 (17.85%) DevOps
9 98 (16.98%) Cybersecurity
10 85 (14.73%) Continuous Improvement
11 81 (14.04%) Migration
12 78 (13.52%) Microservices
13 77 (13.34%) Problem-Solving
14 76 (13.17%) Roadmaps
14 76 (13.17%) Technical Leadership
15 75 (13.00%) ITSM
16 74 (12.82%) Customer Service
17 69 (11.96%) Performance Metrics
18 62 (10.75%) Architectural Patterns
18 62 (10.75%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 185 (32.06%) Python
2 113 (19.58%) Java
3 83 (14.38%) JavaScript
4 69 (11.96%) SQL
5 59 (10.23%) Bash
6 48 (8.32%) R
7 29 (5.03%) Go
8 28 (4.85%) TypeScript
9 24 (4.16%) Ruby
10 22 (3.81%) PowerShell
11 18 (3.12%) C#
12 16 (2.77%) Groovy
13 15 (2.60%) PHP
14 14 (2.43%) Perl
15 8 (1.39%) Kotlin
16 6 (1.04%) C++
16 6 (1.04%) COBOL
17 5 (0.87%) Google Apps Script
18 3 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
19 2 (0.35%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 160 (27.73%) Degree
2 157 (27.21%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 155 (26.86%) Azure Certification
4 148 (25.65%) Microsoft Certification
5 126 (21.84%) Security Cleared
6 87 (15.08%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 75 (13.00%) SC Cleared
8 68 (11.79%) MCSE
9 50 (8.67%) Cisco Certification
10 38 (6.59%) CISSP
11 30 (5.20%) Computer Science Degree
12 26 (4.51%) BPSS Clearance
13 23 (3.99%) CCNP
13 23 (3.99%) DV Cleared
14 22 (3.81%) TOGAF Certification
15 21 (3.64%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
15 21 (3.64%) CCNA
15 21 (3.64%) Master's Degree
16 18 (3.12%) CISM
17 17 (2.95%) AWS Certified Developer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (12.13%) QA
2 45 (7.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 27 (4.68%) GDPR
4 26 (4.51%) NIST
5 20 (3.47%) NCSC
5 20 (3.47%) SOC 2
6 13 (2.25%) Accessibility
6 13 (2.25%) Data Quality
6 13 (2.25%) GRC
7 12 (2.08%) HIPAA
8 10 (1.73%) Cyber Essentials
9 8 (1.39%) ISO 9001
10 7 (1.21%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 6 (1.04%) Government Security Classifications
12 5 (0.87%) PCI DSS
13 4 (0.69%) SLA
14 2 (0.35%) EU AI Act
14 2 (0.35%) NIST 800
15 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 1 (0.17%) GxP
System Software
1 65 (11.27%) Docker
2 26 (4.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (4.33%) Active Directory
4 8 (1.39%) Squid
4 8 (1.39%) VMware NSX
4 8 (1.39%) vSphere
5 5 (0.87%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.87%) KVM
5 5 (0.87%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 75 (13.00%) Kubernetes
2 45 (7.80%) Ansible
3 20 (3.47%) Grafana
4 16 (2.77%) Puppet
5 15 (2.60%) HP Fortify
5 15 (2.60%) Single Sign-On
6 14 (2.43%) Progress Chef
7 11 (1.91%) Prometheus
8 9 (1.56%) Cilium
8 9 (1.56%) Packer
9 8 (1.39%) Microsoft Intune
9 8 (1.39%) ZABBIX
10 6 (1.04%) Argo
11 5 (0.87%) Proxmox
12 4 (0.69%) Iperf
13 3 (0.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 3 (0.52%) QRadar
14 2 (0.35%) CASB
14 2 (0.35%) kaniko
15 1 (0.17%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 233 (40.38%) Microsoft
2 95 (16.46%) ServiceNow
3 36 (6.24%) Oracle
4 35 (6.07%) VMware
5 28 (4.85%) Cisco
6 25 (4.33%) Apple
6 25 (4.33%) Splunk
7 24 (4.16%) Adobe
8 23 (3.99%) Google
9 18 (3.12%) SAP
10 17 (2.95%) Palo Alto
11 15 (2.60%) Red Hat
12 13 (2.25%) Databricks
13 12 (2.08%) Fortinet
14 8 (1.39%) CheckPoint
14 8 (1.39%) CrowdStrike
15 7 (1.21%) Atlassian
15 7 (1.21%) Avaya
15 7 (1.21%) Dynatrace
15 7 (1.21%) Genesys