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 14 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 195 390 417
Rank change year-on-year +195 +27 -276
Permanent jobs citing AWS Certification 845 311 484
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.14% 0.71% 0.57%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.11% 1.81% 2.08%
Number of salaries quoted 543 164 284
10th Percentile £27,500 £42,500 £46,625
25th Percentile £28,250 £48,438 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £65,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -53.08% -13.33% -
75th Percentile £58,125 £88,750 £86,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £100,000 £103,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,500 £52,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -41.90% -25.00% +0.80%

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 20,568 17,149 23,255
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.75% 39.32% 27.61%
Number of salaries quoted 8,344 7,452 16,145
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £43,750 £38,734
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,430 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.45% +8.05% -4.35%
75th Percentile £76,050 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -

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 14 March 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 14 March 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 +166 739 £30,500 -52.79% 355
UK excluding London +213 546 £30,500 -41.90% 350
North of England +108 266 £30,500 -34.41% 87
Work from Home +108 254 £75,000 +25.00% 53
London +58 223 £40,000 -54.29% 92
Yorkshire +56 144 £30,500 -32.22% 33
North West +60 91 £30,500 -39.00% 41
Midlands +25 68 £30,500 -52.79% 54
South East +29 58 £35,625 -41.12% 74
West Midlands +40 54 £30,500 -52.79% 20
Scotland +30 47 £30,500 -41.90% 23
South West 0 42 £30,500 -35.79% 44
East of England +22 34 £37,500 -40.00% 44
North East +8 31 £30,500 -32.22% 16
Northern Ireland -6 26 £31,000 -63.53% 8
East Midlands -22 14 £51,058 -7.17% 34
Wales - 5 £30,500 - 19

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 77 (9.11%) WordPress
2 54 (6.39%) Jupyter
3 11 (1.30%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (1.07%) Tomcat
4 9 (1.07%) WebSphere
5 8 (0.95%) WebSphere Application Server
6 7 (0.83%) Confluence
7 6 (0.71%) Apache
7 6 (0.71%) Apache Spark
8 5 (0.59%) Drupal
8 5 (0.59%) Microsoft Exchange
8 5 (0.59%) nginx
9 4 (0.47%) Documentum
10 2 (0.24%) JBoss
10 2 (0.24%) SharePoint
11 1 (0.12%) SAS
Applications
1 110 (13.02%) Microsoft Office
2 55 (6.51%) Chatbot
3 17 (2.01%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (2.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.24%) Weka
5 1 (0.12%) Maya
5 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.12%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 845 (100.00%) AWS
2 506 (59.88%) Azure
3 338 (40.00%) GitHub
4 140 (16.57%) Microsoft 365
5 110 (13.02%) Serverless
6 83 (9.82%) AWS CloudFormation
7 78 (9.23%) AWS Lambda
8 77 (9.11%) GCP
9 73 (8.64%) Amazon S3
10 60 (7.10%) Cloud Computing
11 43 (5.09%) AWS Step Functions
12 42 (4.97%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 38 (4.50%) GitHub Actions
14 34 (4.02%) Amazon ECS
15 32 (3.79%) Amazon EKS
16 31 (3.67%) Amazon ECR
17 30 (3.55%) Amazon SQS
18 25 (2.96%) Apigee
19 21 (2.49%) Entra ID
20 19 (2.25%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 314 (37.16%) Internet
2 27 (3.20%) Firewall
3 24 (2.84%) VPN
4 21 (2.49%) Broadband
5 19 (2.25%) Network Security
6 11 (1.30%) SSL
7 9 (1.07%) WAN
8 8 (0.95%) SD-WAN
8 8 (0.95%) VLAN
9 7 (0.83%) DNS
10 6 (0.71%) DHCP
10 6 (0.71%) Remote Desktop
10 6 (0.71%) TCP/IP
10 6 (0.71%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (0.59%) Intrusion Detection
12 4 (0.47%) BGP
12 4 (0.47%) OSPF
12 4 (0.47%) VoIP
13 3 (0.36%) EIGRP
13 3 (0.36%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (5.09%) DynamoDB
2 41 (4.85%) NoSQL
3 33 (3.91%) Data Lake
4 29 (3.43%) Metadata
5 23 (2.72%) Amazon RDS
6 21 (2.49%) PostgreSQL
7 20 (2.37%) RDBMS
7 20 (2.37%) Relational Database
8 17 (2.01%) SQL Server
9 11 (1.30%) Amazon Redshift
10 10 (1.18%) Data Warehouse
11 9 (1.07%) DB2
12 8 (0.95%) Amazon Athena
13 6 (0.71%) Electronic Patient Records
14 5 (0.59%) MariaDB
15 4 (0.47%) Power BI
16 3 (0.36%) Big Data
16 3 (0.36%) Snowflake Schema
17 1 (0.12%) GIS
17 1 (0.12%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 327 (38.70%) Git
2 54 (6.39%) Visual Studio Code
3 45 (5.33%) Jenkins
4 42 (4.97%) GitLab
5 25 (2.96%) Cypress.io
5 25 (2.96%) Maven
5 25 (2.96%) SonarQube
6 19 (2.25%) Jaeger
7 15 (1.78%) TeamCity
8 10 (1.18%) Cucumber
9 9 (1.07%) JIRA
10 5 (0.59%) Bitbucket
11 4 (0.47%) MLflow
12 2 (0.24%) Selenium
13 1 (0.12%) CircleCI
General
1 314 (37.16%) Multimedia
2 245 (28.99%) Social Skills
3 153 (18.11%) Finance
4 110 (13.02%) French Language
5 79 (9.35%) Swedish Language
6 74 (8.76%) Retail
7 63 (7.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 56 (6.63%) Manufacturing
9 49 (5.80%) Banking
10 48 (5.68%) Analytical Skills
10 48 (5.68%) Financial Institution
11 24 (2.84%) Public Sector
12 20 (2.37%) Retail Banking
13 14 (1.66%) Presentation Skills
14 12 (1.42%) Law
15 11 (1.30%) Publishing
16 9 (1.07%) Investment Banking
17 6 (0.71%) Legal
18 5 (0.59%) Local Government
18 5 (0.59%) Police
Job Titles
1 365 (43.20%) Trainee
2 176 (20.83%) Developer
3 134 (15.86%) Trainee Developer
4 133 (15.74%) Analyst
5 120 (14.20%) Software Developer
5 120 (14.20%) Trainee Software Developer
6 112 (13.25%) Architect
7 110 (13.02%) Service Analyst
7 110 (13.02%) Service Desk Analyst
8 79 (9.35%) Administrator
9 72 (8.52%) Trainee Administrator
9 72 (8.52%) Web Administrator
10 51 (6.04%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
10 51 (6.04%) Programmer
10 51 (6.04%) Trainee Programmer
11 49 (5.80%) Senior
12 42 (4.97%) Cloud Engineer
13 36 (4.26%) Lead
14 29 (3.43%) Data Architect
15 22 (2.60%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 314 (37.16%) CSS
1 314 (37.16%) HTML
2 55 (6.51%) Hugging Face
3 54 (6.39%) Matplotlib
3 54 (6.39%) NumPy
3 54 (6.39%) Pandas
3 54 (6.39%) scikit-learn
3 54 (6.39%) Streamlit
4 34 (4.02%) Spring Boot
5 30 (3.55%) React
6 26 (3.08%) AngularJS
7 25 (2.96%) Gherkin
7 25 (2.96%) Jest
8 19 (2.25%) Elastic Stack
8 19 (2.25%) OpenTelemetry
9 18 (2.13%) .NET
10 17 (2.01%) AWS CDK
11 15 (1.78%) RESTful
12 14 (1.66%) Tailwind CSS
13 12 (1.42%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 62 (7.34%) Cloud Native
2 57 (6.75%) Algorithms
3 39 (4.62%) Enterprise Software
4 37 (4.38%) Public Cloud
5 22 (2.60%) Onboarding
5 22 (2.60%) PKI
6 19 (2.25%) Hybrid Cloud
7 15 (1.78%) Management Information System
8 13 (1.54%) e-Learning
9 12 (1.42%) Distributed Systems
10 11 (1.30%) Linux Command Line
11 9 (1.07%) Data Centre
12 8 (0.95%) Private Cloud
13 7 (0.83%) Self-Motivation
14 6 (0.71%) Virtual Team
15 5 (0.59%) Clustering
15 5 (0.59%) Data Structures
15 5 (0.59%) PACS
15 5 (0.59%) Product Ownership
15 5 (0.59%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 68 (8.05%) Linux
2 47 (5.56%) Windows
3 37 (4.38%) Unix
4 14 (1.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 13 (1.54%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.36%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.24%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.12%) Solaris
8 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 323 (38.22%) Mentoring
2 290 (34.32%) Cybersecurity
3 173 (20.47%) ITIL
4 166 (19.64%) Customer Service
5 154 (18.22%) Agile
6 128 (15.15%) DevOps
7 127 (15.03%) CI/CD
8 118 (13.96%) AI
9 116 (13.73%) Infrastructure as Code
10 115 (13.61%) ITSM
11 107 (12.66%) Performance Metrics
12 86 (10.18%) Web Development
13 76 (8.99%) Data Privacy
14 74 (8.76%) Machine Learning
14 74 (8.76%) Migration
15 69 (8.17%) Problem-Solving
16 64 (7.57%) Containerisation
17 63 (7.46%) Microservices
18 61 (7.22%) Computer Science
18 61 (7.22%) LLM
Programming Languages
1 488 (57.75%) Python
2 369 (43.67%) JavaScript
3 180 (21.30%) R
4 89 (10.53%) Java
5 72 (8.52%) Bash
6 54 (6.39%) TypeScript
7 36 (4.26%) C#
8 32 (3.79%) SQL
9 31 (3.67%) Go
10 27 (3.20%) PowerShell
11 25 (2.96%) Groovy
12 10 (1.18%) Kotlin
13 8 (0.95%) C++
14 7 (0.83%) Bicep
14 7 (0.83%) Google Apps Script
15 1 (0.12%) C
15 1 (0.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 1 (0.12%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 459 (54.32%) Microsoft Certification
2 445 (52.66%) Azure Certification
3 379 (44.85%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 193 (22.84%) Degree
5 110 (13.02%) MCSE
6 107 (12.66%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 51 (6.04%) Security Cleared
8 50 (5.92%) TOGAF Certification
9 40 (4.73%) Computer Science Degree
10 37 (4.38%) SC Cleared
11 32 (3.79%) ITIL Certification
12 24 (2.84%) AWS Certified Developer
13 23 (2.72%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 23 (2.72%) CISSP
14 17 (2.01%) CISM
15 16 (1.89%) Cisco Certification
16 12 (1.42%) Master's Degree
17 9 (1.07%) DV Cleared
18 8 (0.95%) (ISC)2 CCSP
18 8 (0.95%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 109 (12.90%) QA
2 34 (4.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (2.84%) NIST
4 18 (2.13%) GDPR
5 16 (1.89%) SLA
6 15 (1.78%) PCI DSS
7 11 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials
8 10 (1.18%) NCSC
8 10 (1.18%) SOC 2
9 9 (1.07%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 8 (0.95%) GRC
11 6 (0.71%) Data Quality
12 5 (0.59%) DICOM
12 5 (0.59%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.24%) GxP
13 2 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 1 (0.12%) Basel III
14 1 (0.12%) EU AI Act
14 1 (0.12%) JSP 440
14 1 (0.12%) MiFID
System Software
1 104 (12.31%) Docker
2 28 (3.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (1.54%) Active Directory
4 7 (0.83%) Hyper-V
4 7 (0.83%) KVM
5 5 (0.59%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 4 (0.47%) iptables
6 4 (0.47%) vSphere
7 2 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.12%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 112 (13.25%) Terraform
2 79 (9.35%) Kubernetes
3 46 (5.44%) Ansible
4 38 (4.50%) Prometheus
5 33 (3.91%) Grafana
6 29 (3.43%) HP Fortify
7 20 (2.37%) Argo
8 19 (2.25%) Kustomize
9 9 (1.07%) Microsoft Intune
9 9 (1.07%) Proxmox
10 8 (0.95%) Cilium
11 5 (0.59%) Progress Chef
12 4 (0.47%) Puppet
13 2 (0.24%) Nessus
14 1 (0.12%) Autotask
14 1 (0.12%) Ganglia
14 1 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 570 (67.46%) Microsoft
2 121 (14.32%) ServiceNow
3 38 (4.50%) Google
4 37 (4.38%) VMware
5 17 (2.01%) Adobe
5 17 (2.01%) Apple
6 14 (1.66%) Red Hat
7 13 (1.54%) IBM
8 12 (1.42%) Databricks
8 12 (1.42%) SAP
9 11 (1.30%) Workday
10 9 (1.07%) Cisco
11 5 (0.59%) Symantec
11 5 (0.59%) YouTube
12 4 (0.47%) OpenText
12 4 (0.47%) Palo Alto
12 4 (0.47%) Pega
13 3 (0.36%) Oracle
13 3 (0.36%) SolarWinds
14 2 (0.24%) Informatica