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 9 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 209 445 382
Rank change year-on-year +236 -63 -134
Permanent jobs citing AWS Certification 693 321 376
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.23% 0.52% 0.74%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.68% 1.61% 2.40%
Number of salaries quoted 416 159 235
10th Percentile - £42,500 £46,306
25th Percentile £28,250 £48,638 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £65,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -51.54% -13.33% -3.23%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,500 £103,650
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,500 £53,050 £67,500
% change year-on-year -42.51% -21.41% -6.90%

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 18,818 19,958 15,682
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.37% 32.13% 31.07%
Number of salaries quoted 7,836 8,256 10,944
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,750 £30,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,125 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +2.83% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,625 £92,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,683 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.30% +4.76% +5.00%

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 9 December 2025.

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 9 December 2025. 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 +240 603 £31,500 -49.40% 577
UK excluding London +216 406 £30,500 -42.51% 537
Work from Home +164 264 £75,000 +23.97% 121
London +143 221 £75,000 -11.76% 190
North of England +129 176 £30,500 -35.79% 137
Yorkshire +52 100 £30,500 -32.22% 48
South East +75 66 £47,500 -10.46% 129
North West +86 56 £30,500 -41.90% 74
Midlands +53 49 £30,500 -52.79% 92
West Midlands +55 40 £30,500 -52.79% 57
Scotland +14 32 £30,500 -56.43% 31
South West +46 29 £30,500 -46.96% 44
Northern Ireland +22 27 - - 10
East of England +30 26 £38,250 -23.50% 61
North East +26 20 £30,500 -32.22% 17
East Midlands +11 9 £51,058 -7.17% 34
Wales - 4 £30,250 - 35

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 34 (4.91%) WordPress
2 17 (2.45%) Tomcat
2 17 (2.45%) WebSphere
3 16 (2.31%) Confluence
3 16 (2.31%) WebSphere Application Server
4 10 (1.44%) nginx
5 9 (1.30%) SharePoint
6 6 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
7 5 (0.72%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.72%) Drupal
8 4 (0.58%) Apache
8 4 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.43%) SAS
Applications
1 119 (17.17%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.72%) Mozilla Thunderbird
3 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.14%) Weka
Business Applications
1 8 (1.15%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.14%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 693 (100.00%) AWS
2 428 (61.76%) Azure
3 234 (33.77%) GitHub
4 146 (21.07%) Microsoft 365
5 92 (13.28%) GCP
6 89 (12.84%) Serverless
7 72 (10.39%) Amazon S3
8 67 (9.67%) AWS CloudFormation
8 67 (9.67%) AWS Lambda
9 40 (5.77%) Amazon EC2
10 36 (5.19%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 33 (4.76%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 29 (4.18%) GitHub Actions
13 28 (4.04%) Amazon EKS
14 27 (3.90%) SaaS
15 26 (3.75%) Amazon ECS
16 24 (3.46%) AWS Step Functions
17 21 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
18 16 (2.31%) Entra ID
19 14 (2.02%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 208 (30.01%) Internet
2 40 (5.77%) Firewall
3 32 (4.62%) DNS
4 29 (4.18%) VPN
5 24 (3.46%) Remote Desktop
6 21 (3.03%) WAN
7 19 (2.74%) SSL
8 16 (2.31%) DHCP
8 16 (2.31%) LAN
8 16 (2.31%) Network Security
8 16 (2.31%) SD-WAN
9 15 (2.16%) VoIP
10 14 (2.02%) TCP/IP
10 14 (2.02%) VLAN
11 12 (1.73%) HTTP
11 12 (1.73%) Wi-Fi
12 11 (1.59%) FTP
12 11 (1.59%) SMTP
12 11 (1.59%) SSH
13 7 (1.01%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (5.63%) Amazon RDS
1 39 (5.63%) Data Lake
2 35 (5.05%) PostgreSQL
3 31 (4.47%) DynamoDB
4 30 (4.33%) Metadata
4 30 (4.33%) NoSQL
5 23 (3.32%) SQL Server
6 18 (2.60%) Amazon Redshift
6 18 (2.60%) DB2
7 17 (2.45%) Data Warehouse
8 12 (1.73%) Amazon Athena
9 8 (1.15%) MySQL
10 7 (1.01%) Amazon Aurora
11 6 (0.87%) Big Data
12 5 (0.72%) MariaDB
13 4 (0.58%) Power BI
13 4 (0.58%) RDBMS
13 4 (0.58%) Relational Database
14 3 (0.43%) Elasticsearch
15 2 (0.29%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 235 (33.91%) Git
2 46 (6.64%) Jenkins
3 26 (3.75%) GitLab
4 24 (3.46%) JIRA
5 11 (1.59%) Vagrant
6 9 (1.30%) Cypress.io
7 8 (1.15%) Cucumber
8 7 (1.01%) Bitbucket
8 7 (1.01%) TeamCity
9 5 (0.72%) Vite
10 4 (0.58%) Gatling
10 4 (0.58%) JMeter
10 4 (0.58%) Maven
10 4 (0.58%) SonarQube
10 4 (0.58%) Sonatype Nexus
11 3 (0.43%) Selenium
12 2 (0.29%) JUnit
12 2 (0.29%) Mockito
12 2 (0.29%) Subversion
13 1 (0.14%) LoadRunner
General
1 246 (35.50%) Social Skills
2 208 (30.01%) Multimedia
3 119 (17.17%) French Language
3 119 (17.17%) Swedish Language
4 118 (17.03%) Finance
5 66 (9.52%) Banking
6 50 (7.22%) Financial Institution
7 48 (6.93%) Analytical Skills
8 46 (6.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 36 (5.19%) Public Sector
10 28 (4.04%) Presentation Skills
10 28 (4.04%) Retail Banking
11 23 (3.32%) Law
12 14 (2.02%) Retail
13 10 (1.44%) Investment Banking
14 8 (1.15%) Telecoms
15 7 (1.01%) Manufacturing
16 6 (0.87%) Publishing
17 5 (0.72%) Local Government
17 5 (0.72%) Police
Job Titles
1 208 (30.01%) Trainee
2 127 (18.33%) Analyst
3 119 (17.17%) Developer
3 119 (17.17%) Service Analyst
3 119 (17.17%) Service Desk Analyst
4 107 (15.44%) Architect
5 98 (14.14%) Trainee Developer
6 91 (13.13%) Software Developer
6 91 (13.13%) Trainee Software Developer
7 90 (12.99%) Senior
8 32 (4.62%) Administrator
8 32 (4.62%) Cloud Engineer
9 29 (4.18%) Lead
9 29 (4.18%) Solutions Architect
9 29 (4.18%) Trainee Administrator
9 29 (4.18%) Web Administrator
10 28 (4.04%) Data Architect
11 27 (3.90%) Senior Analyst
12 24 (3.46%) Senior Service Desk Analyst
13 21 (3.03%) Infrastructure Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 209 (30.16%) CSS
1 209 (30.16%) HTML
2 31 (4.47%) React
3 21 (3.03%) LDAP
3 21 (3.03%) Spring Boot
4 18 (2.60%) Spring
5 16 (2.31%) LAPP Stack
5 16 (2.31%) WebSphere MQ
6 15 (2.16%) Kafka
7 13 (1.88%) .NET
7 13 (1.88%) AWS CDK
7 13 (1.88%) RESTful
8 9 (1.30%) Jest
9 8 (1.15%) .NET Core
9 8 (1.15%) ASP.NET
9 8 (1.15%) ASP.NET Core
9 8 (1.15%) Blazor
9 8 (1.15%) Tailwind CSS
10 7 (1.01%) AngularJS
10 7 (1.01%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 64 (9.24%) Cloud Native
2 28 (4.04%) Enterprise Software
3 25 (3.61%) Public Cloud
4 23 (3.32%) Management Information System
5 19 (2.74%) Linux Command Line
6 18 (2.60%) Hybrid Cloud
7 13 (1.88%) Virtual Team
8 12 (1.73%) Data Centre
9 10 (1.44%) Greenfield Project
9 10 (1.44%) Replication
9 10 (1.44%) Security Posture
10 9 (1.30%) PKI
11 8 (1.15%) Distributed Systems
12 7 (1.01%) Onboarding
12 7 (1.01%) Operational Technology
13 5 (0.72%) Blog
13 5 (0.72%) Social Media
14 4 (0.58%) Clustering
14 4 (0.58%) e-Learning
14 4 (0.58%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 82 (11.83%) Windows
2 75 (10.82%) Linux
3 29 (4.18%) Unix
4 26 (3.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 25 (3.61%) Windows Server
6 11 (1.59%) VMS
7 9 (1.30%) Amazon Linux
8 7 (1.01%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.43%) CentOS
9 3 (0.43%) Windows 10
10 2 (0.29%) Debian
10 2 (0.29%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.29%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.14%) Check Point GAiA
11 1 (0.14%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 267 (38.53%) Mentoring
2 217 (31.31%) Cybersecurity
3 185 (26.70%) ITIL
4 135 (19.48%) Agile
5 131 (18.90%) ITSM
6 122 (17.60%) CI/CD
6 122 (17.60%) DevOps
7 104 (15.01%) Customer Service
8 101 (14.57%) Performance Metrics
9 100 (14.43%) Infrastructure as Code
10 69 (9.96%) Problem-Solving
11 67 (9.67%) Migration
12 66 (9.52%) Microservices
13 63 (9.09%) Containerisation
14 59 (8.51%) Cloud Security
15 58 (8.37%) Data Modelling
15 58 (8.37%) TOGAF
16 54 (7.79%) Continuous Improvement
17 51 (7.36%) Computer Science
18 45 (6.49%) AI
Programming Languages
1 349 (50.36%) Python
2 247 (35.64%) JavaScript
3 112 (16.16%) R
4 76 (10.97%) Java
5 52 (7.50%) SQL
6 48 (6.93%) PowerShell
7 44 (6.35%) Bash
8 43 (6.20%) TypeScript
9 37 (5.34%) C#
10 17 (2.45%) Groovy
11 13 (1.88%) Go
12 10 (1.44%) Bicep
13 6 (0.87%) Perl
14 5 (0.72%) C++
15 4 (0.58%) Kotlin
16 3 (0.43%) Google Apps Script
16 3 (0.43%) Scala
17 2 (0.29%) PROC SQL
17 2 (0.29%) Ruby
17 2 (0.29%) Rust
Qualifications
1 368 (53.10%) Azure Certification
2 362 (52.24%) Microsoft Certification
3 216 (31.17%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 208 (30.01%) Degree
5 119 (17.17%) MCSE
6 112 (16.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 67 (9.67%) Security Cleared
8 60 (8.66%) SC Cleared
9 36 (5.19%) Computer Science Degree
10 35 (5.05%) TOGAF Certification
11 27 (3.90%) Cisco Certification
12 26 (3.75%) A+ Certification
12 26 (3.75%) AWS Certified Developer
13 21 (3.03%) CISSP
13 21 (3.03%) ITIL Certification
14 17 (2.45%) Master's Degree
15 15 (2.16%) CCNP
16 13 (1.88%) DV Cleared
17 12 (1.73%) CISM
18 10 (1.44%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 111 (16.02%) QA
2 32 (4.62%) NIST
3 30 (4.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 27 (3.90%) GDPR
5 22 (3.17%) SLA
6 9 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials
6 9 (1.30%) PCI DSS
6 9 (1.30%) SOC 2
7 8 (1.15%) Accessibility
8 7 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 7 (1.01%) Data Quality
9 6 (0.87%) HIPAA
10 5 (0.72%) ISO 9001
10 5 (0.72%) NCSC
11 4 (0.58%) GRC
12 2 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 1 (0.14%) Basel III
13 1 (0.14%) GxP
13 1 (0.14%) JSP 440
13 1 (0.14%) NIST 800
System Software
1 76 (10.97%) Docker
2 46 (6.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 31 (4.47%) Active Directory
4 16 (2.31%) Hyper-V
5 9 (1.30%) DFS Replication
6 6 (0.87%) Dovecot
6 6 (0.87%) Postfix
7 5 (0.72%) KVM
7 5 (0.72%) Squid
8 4 (0.58%) Veritas Cluster Server
8 4 (0.58%) vSphere
9 3 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.29%) Apache Flume
10 2 (0.29%) HDFS
10 2 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.14%) iptables
11 1 (0.14%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 90 (12.99%) Terraform
2 78 (11.26%) Kubernetes
3 38 (5.48%) Ansible
4 28 (4.04%) Grafana
5 16 (2.31%) Prometheus
6 8 (1.15%) Nessus
6 8 (1.15%) Proxmox
7 6 (0.87%) Autotask
8 5 (0.72%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 5 (0.72%) SCCM
8 5 (0.72%) SCOM
8 5 (0.72%) WSUS
9 4 (0.58%) Cilium
9 4 (0.58%) HP Fortify
10 3 (0.43%) Argo
10 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
11 2 (0.29%) logstash
11 2 (0.29%) Oozie
11 2 (0.29%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.29%) Puppet
Vendors
1 430 (62.05%) Microsoft
2 140 (20.20%) ServiceNow
3 48 (6.93%) VMware
4 29 (4.18%) Red Hat
5 26 (3.75%) Google
6 22 (3.17%) IBM
7 17 (2.45%) SAP
8 16 (2.31%) Cisco
9 11 (1.59%) Oracle
10 8 (1.15%) Ariba
11 6 (0.87%) Workday
12 5 (0.72%) Datto
12 5 (0.72%) Jaspersoft
12 5 (0.72%) Palo Alto
13 4 (0.58%) Databricks
13 4 (0.58%) SolarWinds
13 4 (0.58%) Symantec
14 3 (0.43%) Apple
14 3 (0.43%) Fortinet
14 3 (0.43%) Informatica