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 13 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 265 292 445
Rank change year-on-year +27 +153 -280
Permanent jobs citing AWS Certification 627 459 498
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.70% 1.06% 0.52%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.99% 2.68% 1.92%
Number of salaries quoted 360 162 313
10th Percentile - £42,500 £48,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £51,250 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -46.43% -6.67% -3.23%
75th Percentile £59,063 £91,875 £87,500
90th Percentile £83,640 £99,875 £103,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £33,000 £56,745 £70,000
% change year-on-year -41.85% -18.94% -

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 20,964 17,137 25,984
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 23.31% 39.47% 26.95%
Number of salaries quoted 8,955 7,566 17,188
10th Percentile £29,250 £31,125 £28,250
25th Percentile £41,750 £41,250 £38,402
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £54,296
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +1.30% -8.79%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £71,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £91,485 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,719 £52,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.31% +4.00% -2.91%

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 13 May 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 13 May 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 +22 567 £37,500 -46.43% 273
UK excluding London +10 400 £33,000 -41.85% 236
North of England -14 212 £31,000 -40.95% 62
Work from Home -47 189 £68,750 +14.58% 89
London -1 180 £55,000 -33.33% 89
Yorkshire +27 110 £32,250 -38.57% 23
North West -56 82 £31,000 -46.09% 30
Midlands +10 64 £32,000 -40.40% 36
West Midlands +13 58 £31,500 -41.33% 16
South East +8 35 £62,500 -19.09% 50
South West -43 31 £37,500 -33.91% 34
Scotland +24 24 £30,500 -41.90% 16
East of England +1 20 £41,250 -51.47% 25
North East -20 20 £30,500 -39.00% 9
Northern Ireland -27 11 £35,000 - 4
East Midlands - 6 £37,500 - 20
Wales - 3 £51,619 - 11

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 57 (9.09%) WordPress
2 54 (8.61%) Jupyter
3 12 (1.91%) Confluence
4 9 (1.44%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (0.96%) Apache
5 6 (0.96%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.64%) Documentum
6 4 (0.64%) Drupal
6 4 (0.64%) nginx
7 3 (0.48%) JBoss
8 1 (0.16%) IIS
8 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 57 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
2 55 (8.77%) Chatbot
3 19 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (3.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.32%) Weka
5 1 (0.16%) Maya
Business Applications
1 24 (3.83%) Cloudability
2 2 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.16%) Magento
3 1 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 627 (100.00%) AWS
2 344 (54.86%) Azure
3 199 (31.74%) GitHub
4 96 (15.31%) Serverless
5 91 (14.51%) GCP
6 81 (12.92%) AWS CloudFormation
7 75 (11.96%) AWS Lambda
8 74 (11.80%) Microsoft 365
9 71 (11.32%) Amazon S3
10 60 (9.57%) Cloud Computing
11 49 (7.81%) Amazon ECS
12 46 (7.34%) AWS Step Functions
13 37 (5.90%) Amazon ECR
14 35 (5.58%) Amazon EKS
15 33 (5.26%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 33 (5.26%) Apigee
16 32 (5.10%) Amazon SQS
17 30 (4.78%) GitHub Actions
18 18 (2.87%) Pulumi
19 17 (2.71%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 178 (28.39%) Internet
2 27 (4.31%) Firewall
3 22 (3.51%) Network Security
4 19 (3.03%) VPN
5 18 (2.87%) Broadband
6 10 (1.59%) Software-Defined Networking
6 10 (1.59%) WAN
7 9 (1.44%) SD-WAN
8 8 (1.28%) LAN
9 6 (0.96%) Wireless
10 5 (0.80%) DNS
10 5 (0.80%) IPv4
11 4 (0.64%) DHCP
11 4 (0.64%) TCP/IP
12 2 (0.32%) BGP
12 2 (0.32%) Cisco IPT
12 2 (0.32%) OSPF
12 2 (0.32%) VLAN
13 1 (0.16%) Cisco IOS
13 1 (0.16%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (7.66%) DynamoDB
2 40 (6.38%) NoSQL
3 24 (3.83%) Amazon RDS
4 22 (3.51%) Metadata
5 21 (3.35%) Data Lake
6 19 (3.03%) RDBMS
6 19 (3.03%) Relational Database
7 9 (1.44%) PostgreSQL
7 9 (1.44%) SQL Server
8 8 (1.28%) Amazon Redshift
9 6 (0.96%) Data Warehouse
9 6 (0.96%) Electronic Patient Records
10 5 (0.80%) Power BI
11 4 (0.64%) Amazon Athena
12 3 (0.48%) Big Data
12 3 (0.48%) MariaDB
12 3 (0.48%) Snowflake Schema
13 2 (0.32%) Spark SQL
14 1 (0.16%) Delta Lake
14 1 (0.16%) Flink
Development Applications
1 191 (30.46%) Git
2 57 (9.09%) GitLab
3 54 (8.61%) Visual Studio Code
4 53 (8.45%) Jenkins
5 34 (5.42%) Cypress.io
5 34 (5.42%) Maven
6 33 (5.26%) SonarQube
7 18 (2.87%) Jaeger
8 16 (2.55%) Cucumber
9 14 (2.23%) TeamCity
10 13 (2.07%) JIRA
11 10 (1.59%) Bitbucket
12 4 (0.64%) MLflow
13 3 (0.48%) Selenium
14 1 (0.16%) CircleCI
14 1 (0.16%) Gatling
14 1 (0.16%) JMeter
14 1 (0.16%) Vagrant
General
1 178 (28.39%) Multimedia
2 169 (26.95%) Social Skills
3 122 (19.46%) Finance
4 76 (12.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 69 (11.00%) Retail
6 61 (9.73%) Manufacturing
7 49 (7.81%) French Language
8 42 (6.70%) Analytical Skills
9 32 (5.10%) Banking
10 24 (3.83%) Financial Institution
11 17 (2.71%) Public Sector
12 11 (1.75%) Retail Banking
13 8 (1.28%) Advertising
13 8 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
13 8 (1.28%) Swedish Language
14 7 (1.12%) Aerospace
14 7 (1.12%) Law
15 6 (0.96%) Legal
16 5 (0.80%) Electronics
16 5 (0.80%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 229 (36.52%) Trainee
2 120 (19.14%) Developer
3 102 (16.27%) Analyst
4 90 (14.35%) Architect
5 71 (11.32%) Trainee Developer
6 66 (10.53%) Senior
7 61 (9.73%) Administrator
8 59 (9.41%) Software Developer
9 58 (9.25%) Trainee Software Developer
10 57 (9.09%) Service Analyst
10 57 (9.09%) Service Desk Analyst
11 53 (8.45%) Trainee Administrator
11 53 (8.45%) Web Administrator
12 51 (8.13%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
12 51 (8.13%) Programmer
12 51 (8.13%) Trainee Programmer
13 39 (6.22%) Cloud Engineer
14 38 (6.06%) Lead
15 29 (4.63%) Java Developer
16 25 (3.99%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 179 (28.55%) CSS
1 179 (28.55%) HTML
2 54 (8.61%) Hugging Face
2 54 (8.61%) Matplotlib
2 54 (8.61%) NumPy
2 54 (8.61%) Pandas
2 54 (8.61%) scikit-learn
2 54 (8.61%) Streamlit
3 50 (7.97%) Spring Boot
4 35 (5.58%) AngularJS
5 34 (5.42%) Jest
6 33 (5.26%) Gherkin
7 28 (4.47%) React
8 18 (2.87%) Elastic Stack
8 18 (2.87%) OpenTelemetry
8 18 (2.87%) Spring
9 17 (2.71%) Kafka
10 14 (2.23%) .NET
10 14 (2.23%) AWS CDK
11 13 (2.07%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 61 (9.73%) Algorithms
2 57 (9.09%) Cloud Native
3 43 (6.86%) Public Cloud
4 32 (5.10%) Enterprise Software
5 23 (3.67%) Hybrid Cloud
5 23 (3.67%) PKI
6 21 (3.35%) Onboarding
7 20 (3.19%) e-Learning
8 16 (2.55%) Data Centre
8 16 (2.55%) Distributed Systems
9 8 (1.28%) Private Cloud
10 6 (0.96%) Management Information System
11 5 (0.80%) Clustering
11 5 (0.80%) Data Structures
11 5 (0.80%) PACS
11 5 (0.80%) Product Ownership
11 5 (0.80%) Renewable Energy
11 5 (0.80%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (0.64%) Data Protection Act
13 3 (0.48%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 60 (9.57%) Linux
2 31 (4.94%) Windows
3 26 (4.15%) Unix
4 11 (1.75%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 214 (34.13%) Mentoring
2 190 (30.30%) Cybersecurity
3 152 (24.24%) Agile
4 133 (21.21%) CI/CD
5 129 (20.57%) AI
6 125 (19.94%) Infrastructure as Code
7 118 (18.82%) Customer Service
8 114 (18.18%) DevOps
9 109 (17.38%) ITIL
10 67 (10.69%) Cost Optimisation
10 67 (10.69%) Data Privacy
11 66 (10.53%) Machine Learning
11 66 (10.53%) Web Development
12 61 (9.73%) ITSM
13 60 (9.57%) Visualisation
14 59 (9.41%) LLM
14 59 (9.41%) Problem-Solving
15 58 (9.25%) Migration
15 58 (9.25%) OO
16 57 (9.09%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 332 (52.95%) Python
2 224 (35.73%) JavaScript
3 107 (17.07%) R
4 100 (15.95%) Java
5 76 (12.12%) Bash
6 55 (8.77%) TypeScript
7 34 (5.42%) Groovy
8 33 (5.26%) SQL
9 30 (4.78%) Go
10 26 (4.15%) C#
11 22 (3.51%) PowerShell
12 12 (1.91%) Kotlin
13 9 (1.44%) C++
14 7 (1.12%) Google Apps Script
15 3 (0.48%) Bicep
16 2 (0.32%) Ruby
17 1 (0.16%) Apex Code
17 1 (0.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 1 (0.16%) PHP
Qualifications
1 272 (43.38%) Azure Certification
2 259 (41.31%) Microsoft Certification
3 246 (39.23%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 112 (17.86%) Degree
5 100 (15.95%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 62 (9.89%) Security Cleared
7 57 (9.09%) MCSE
8 39 (6.22%) SC Cleared
9 31 (4.94%) ITIL Certification
10 29 (4.63%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 29 (4.63%) TOGAF Certification
11 24 (3.83%) Computer Science Degree
12 23 (3.67%) AWS Certified Developer
13 19 (3.03%) Cisco Certification
14 18 (2.87%) CISSP
15 15 (2.39%) CISM
16 9 (1.44%) DV Cleared
16 9 (1.44%) Master's Degree
17 8 (1.28%) CCNP
18 7 (1.12%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (9.57%) QA
2 24 (3.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (3.19%) NIST
4 11 (1.75%) GDPR
4 11 (1.75%) PCI DSS
4 11 (1.75%) SOC 2
5 9 (1.44%) NCSC
6 7 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (1.12%) GRC
7 6 (0.96%) Data Quality
7 6 (0.96%) SLA
8 5 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (0.80%) DICOM
9 3 (0.48%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.48%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.32%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 2 (0.32%) EU AI Act
10 2 (0.32%) GxP
11 1 (0.16%) COBIT
System Software
1 104 (16.59%) Docker
2 22 (3.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (1.91%) Active Directory
4 7 (1.12%) KVM
4 7 (1.12%) vSphere
5 5 (0.80%) Squid
5 5 (0.80%) Veritas Cluster Server
5 5 (0.80%) VMware NSX
6 4 (0.64%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.64%) iptables
7 1 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 112 (17.86%) Terraform
2 73 (11.64%) Kubernetes
3 53 (8.45%) Ansible
4 37 (5.90%) HP Fortify
4 37 (5.90%) Prometheus
5 28 (4.47%) Grafana
6 19 (3.03%) Argo
7 18 (2.87%) Kustomize
8 10 (1.59%) Microsoft Intune
9 8 (1.28%) Proxmox
10 7 (1.12%) Cilium
11 6 (0.96%) Packer
12 5 (0.80%) Progress Chef
12 5 (0.80%) Puppet
12 5 (0.80%) Single Sign-On
12 5 (0.80%) ZABBIX
13 1 (0.16%) Consul
13 1 (0.16%) QRadar
13 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 384 (61.24%) Microsoft
2 85 (13.56%) ServiceNow
3 41 (6.54%) Adobe
3 41 (6.54%) Apple
4 36 (5.74%) Google
5 30 (4.78%) VMware
6 16 (2.55%) Databricks
7 11 (1.75%) Cisco
7 11 (1.75%) Red Hat
8 10 (1.59%) Oracle
8 10 (1.59%) Splunk
9 7 (1.12%) Palo Alto
10 6 (0.96%) CheckPoint
10 6 (0.96%) Fortinet
10 6 (0.96%) SAP
11 5 (0.80%) Symantec
11 5 (0.80%) Workday
12 4 (0.64%) OpenText
12 4 (0.64%) Pega
12 4 (0.64%) YouTube