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

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 281 291 452
Rank change year-on-year +10 +161 -286
Permanent jobs citing AWS Certification 620 460 505
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.67% 1.06% 0.50%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.95% 2.66% 1.92%
Number of salaries quoted 338 134 321
10th Percentile - £44,000 £52,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £53,688 £60,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £72,500 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -48.28% -6.45% -3.13%
75th Percentile £62,375 £95,000 £86,000
90th Percentile £83,640 £100,000 £101,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £60,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -37.50% -14.29% -

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 21,045 17,296 26,333
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 22.60% 39.88% 26.18%
Number of salaries quoted 9,404 7,204 17,194
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £42,215 £40,000 £38,357
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £53,664
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +2.49% -10.56%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £71,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £51,058 £50,000
% change year-on-year +7.72% +2.12% -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 30 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 30 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 -1 564 £37,500 -48.28% 277
UK excluding London +7 392 £37,500 -37.50% 224
Work from Home -44 201 £62,500 -8.79% 75
North of England -38 195 £37,500 -42.31% 68
London -11 185 £55,000 -33.33% 109
Yorkshire +34 94 £37,500 -44.44% 25
North West -60 79 £34,500 -40.00% 32
Midlands +4 64 £35,000 -34.81% 35
West Midlands 0 58 £35,000 -34.81% 16
South East +6 40 £62,500 -14.38% 45
South West -47 37 £37,500 -33.91% 27
North East -22 22 £30,500 -35.79% 11
Scotland +25 21 £30,500 -41.90% 16
East of England -1 19 £41,250 -51.47% 22
Northern Ireland -29 11 £35,000 - 3
East Midlands - 6 £34,500 - 19
Wales - 5 £51,619 - 10

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 54 (8.71%) Jupyter
2 51 (8.23%) WordPress
3 13 (2.10%) Confluence
4 10 (1.61%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (1.13%) Apache Spark
6 6 (0.97%) Apache
7 4 (0.65%) Documentum
8 3 (0.48%) JBoss
9 1 (0.16%) Drupal
9 1 (0.16%) IIS
9 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.16%) nginx
Applications
1 65 (10.48%) Microsoft Office
2 55 (8.87%) Chatbot
3 19 (3.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (3.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.16%) Maya
4 1 (0.16%) Weka
Business Applications
1 24 (3.87%) Cloudability
2 2 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.16%) Magento
3 1 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 620 (100.00%) AWS
2 326 (52.58%) Azure
3 185 (29.84%) GitHub
4 92 (14.84%) GCP
5 91 (14.68%) Serverless
6 81 (13.06%) Microsoft 365
7 80 (12.90%) AWS CloudFormation
8 72 (11.61%) AWS Lambda
9 71 (11.45%) Amazon S3
10 61 (9.84%) Cloud Computing
11 49 (7.90%) Amazon ECS
12 41 (6.61%) AWS Step Functions
13 38 (6.13%) Amazon EKS
14 34 (5.48%) Amazon ECR
14 34 (5.48%) GitHub Actions
15 30 (4.84%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 30 (4.84%) Amazon SQS
15 30 (4.84%) Apigee
16 23 (3.71%) Amazon EC2
17 18 (2.90%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 154 (24.84%) Internet
2 29 (4.68%) Firewall
2 29 (4.68%) Network Security
3 19 (3.06%) VPN
4 18 (2.90%) Broadband
5 13 (2.10%) Software-Defined Networking
6 10 (1.61%) WAN
7 9 (1.45%) LAN
7 9 (1.45%) SD-WAN
8 7 (1.13%) IPv4
8 7 (1.13%) Wireless
9 5 (0.81%) DNS
10 4 (0.65%) DHCP
10 4 (0.65%) TCP/IP
11 3 (0.48%) VLAN
12 2 (0.32%) Cisco IPT
13 1 (0.16%) Intrusion Detection
13 1 (0.16%) SSL
13 1 (0.16%) Wi-Fi
13 1 (0.16%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (7.58%) NoSQL
2 43 (6.94%) DynamoDB
3 28 (4.52%) Amazon RDS
4 21 (3.39%) Metadata
5 20 (3.23%) Data Lake
6 18 (2.90%) RDBMS
6 18 (2.90%) Relational Database
7 9 (1.45%) Amazon Redshift
8 7 (1.13%) SQL Server
9 6 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
9 6 (0.97%) Electronic Patient Records
9 6 (0.97%) PostgreSQL
10 5 (0.81%) Amazon Athena
10 5 (0.81%) Power BI
11 4 (0.65%) Big Data
12 3 (0.48%) Snowflake Schema
13 2 (0.32%) GIS
13 2 (0.32%) Hadoop
13 2 (0.32%) Spark SQL
14 1 (0.16%) Flink
Development Applications
1 168 (27.10%) Git
2 65 (10.48%) GitLab
3 54 (8.71%) Jenkins
3 54 (8.71%) Visual Studio Code
4 31 (5.00%) Cypress.io
4 31 (5.00%) Maven
5 30 (4.84%) SonarQube
6 22 (3.55%) Cucumber
7 18 (2.90%) Jaeger
7 18 (2.90%) TeamCity
8 14 (2.26%) JIRA
9 11 (1.77%) Bitbucket
10 4 (0.65%) MLflow
11 3 (0.48%) Selenium
12 1 (0.16%) CircleCI
12 1 (0.16%) Gatling
12 1 (0.16%) JMeter
12 1 (0.16%) Octopus Deploy
12 1 (0.16%) Vagrant
General
1 170 (27.42%) Social Skills
2 154 (24.84%) Multimedia
3 121 (19.52%) Finance
4 75 (12.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 74 (11.94%) Retail
6 60 (9.68%) Manufacturing
7 49 (7.90%) French Language
8 41 (6.61%) Analytical Skills
9 36 (5.81%) Banking
10 25 (4.03%) Financial Institution
11 16 (2.58%) Swedish Language
12 13 (2.10%) Public Sector
13 10 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
14 9 (1.45%) Aerospace
14 9 (1.45%) Retail Banking
15 8 (1.29%) Advertising
16 7 (1.13%) Legal
17 5 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
17 5 (0.81%) Publishing
18 4 (0.65%) Billing
Job Titles
1 205 (33.06%) Trainee
2 111 (17.90%) Analyst
3 106 (17.10%) Developer
4 87 (14.03%) Architect
5 74 (11.94%) Senior
6 65 (10.48%) Service Analyst
6 65 (10.48%) Service Desk Analyst
7 58 (9.35%) Administrator
8 57 (9.19%) Trainee Developer
9 51 (8.23%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
9 51 (8.23%) Programmer
9 51 (8.23%) Trainee Programmer
10 50 (8.06%) Trainee Administrator
10 50 (8.06%) Web Administrator
11 49 (7.90%) Software Developer
12 48 (7.74%) Trainee Software Developer
13 46 (7.42%) Cloud Engineer
14 34 (5.48%) Lead
15 28 (4.52%) Java Developer
16 26 (4.19%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 156 (25.16%) CSS
1 156 (25.16%) HTML
2 54 (8.71%) Hugging Face
2 54 (8.71%) Matplotlib
2 54 (8.71%) NumPy
2 54 (8.71%) Pandas
2 54 (8.71%) scikit-learn
2 54 (8.71%) Spring Boot
2 54 (8.71%) Streamlit
3 32 (5.16%) AngularJS
4 31 (5.00%) Jest
5 30 (4.84%) Gherkin
6 24 (3.87%) Kafka
6 24 (3.87%) React
6 24 (3.87%) Spring
7 18 (2.90%) Elastic Stack
7 18 (2.90%) OpenTelemetry
8 15 (2.42%) .NET
9 12 (1.94%) AWS CDK
10 9 (1.45%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 63 (10.16%) Algorithms
1 63 (10.16%) Cloud Native
2 47 (7.58%) Public Cloud
3 30 (4.84%) Enterprise Software
4 27 (4.35%) PKI
5 26 (4.19%) e-Learning
6 25 (4.03%) Hybrid Cloud
7 23 (3.71%) Distributed Systems
8 21 (3.39%) Onboarding
9 14 (2.26%) Data Centre
10 8 (1.29%) Private Cloud
11 7 (1.13%) Management Information System
12 6 (0.97%) Greenfield Project
12 6 (0.97%) Renewable Energy
13 5 (0.81%) Data Structures
13 5 (0.81%) PACS
13 5 (0.81%) Product Ownership
14 4 (0.65%) Data Protection Act
14 4 (0.65%) Self-Motivation
14 4 (0.65%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 58 (9.35%) Linux
2 33 (5.32%) Windows
3 23 (3.71%) Unix
4 16 (2.58%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 190 (30.65%) Mentoring
2 168 (27.10%) Cybersecurity
3 155 (25.00%) Agile
4 150 (24.19%) CI/CD
5 138 (22.26%) Infrastructure as Code
6 129 (20.81%) AI
7 124 (20.00%) Customer Service
8 122 (19.68%) ITIL
9 107 (17.26%) DevOps
10 67 (10.81%) Cost Optimisation
10 67 (10.81%) ITSM
10 67 (10.81%) Machine Learning
11 65 (10.48%) Data Privacy
11 65 (10.48%) Performance Metrics
12 61 (9.84%) LLM
13 60 (9.68%) Visualisation
14 59 (9.52%) Microservices
14 59 (9.52%) OO
14 59 (9.52%) Web Development
15 57 (9.19%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 313 (50.48%) Python
2 197 (31.77%) JavaScript
3 102 (16.45%) Java
4 97 (15.65%) R
5 75 (12.10%) Bash
6 52 (8.39%) TypeScript
7 39 (6.29%) SQL
8 36 (5.81%) Go
9 31 (5.00%) Groovy
10 26 (4.19%) C#
11 25 (4.03%) PowerShell
12 11 (1.77%) Kotlin
13 8 (1.29%) C++
14 6 (0.97%) Google Apps Script
15 3 (0.48%) Bicep
15 3 (0.48%) Ruby
16 1 (0.16%) Apex Code
16 1 (0.16%) C
16 1 (0.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 1 (0.16%) PHP
Qualifications
1 254 (40.97%) Azure Certification
2 242 (39.03%) Microsoft Certification
3 222 (35.81%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 127 (20.48%) Degree
5 100 (16.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 65 (10.48%) MCSE
7 61 (9.84%) Security Cleared
8 40 (6.45%) SC Cleared
9 29 (4.68%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 27 (4.35%) ITIL Certification
11 26 (4.19%) TOGAF Certification
12 23 (3.71%) Cisco Certification
12 23 (3.71%) Computer Science Degree
13 18 (2.90%) AWS Certified Developer
14 17 (2.74%) CISSP
15 14 (2.26%) CISM
16 10 (1.61%) Master's Degree
17 9 (1.45%) CCNA
18 8 (1.29%) DV Cleared
18 8 (1.29%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (10.97%) QA
2 34 (5.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (2.90%) NIST
4 15 (2.42%) SOC 2
5 12 (1.94%) GRC
6 11 (1.77%) PCI DSS
7 10 (1.61%) GDPR
8 8 (1.29%) ISO 9001
8 8 (1.29%) NCSC
9 7 (1.13%) Data Quality
10 5 (0.81%) Accessibility
10 5 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials
10 5 (0.81%) DICOM
11 3 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.48%) SLA
12 2 (0.32%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 2 (0.32%) EU AI Act
13 1 (0.16%) COBIT
13 1 (0.16%) GxP
System Software
1 102 (16.45%) Docker
2 21 (3.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (2.10%) Active Directory
4 8 (1.29%) vSphere
5 7 (1.13%) Squid
5 7 (1.13%) VMware NSX
6 6 (0.97%) KVM
7 4 (0.65%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.65%) iptables
8 2 (0.32%) Veritas Cluster Server
8 2 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 120 (19.35%) Terraform
2 85 (13.71%) Kubernetes
3 55 (8.87%) Ansible
4 38 (6.13%) Prometheus
5 34 (5.48%) HP Fortify
6 28 (4.52%) Grafana
7 21 (3.39%) Argo
8 18 (2.90%) Kustomize
9 12 (1.94%) Cilium
10 9 (1.45%) Microsoft Intune
11 8 (1.29%) Packer
11 8 (1.29%) Proxmox
12 7 (1.13%) ZABBIX
13 6 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
14 5 (0.81%) Progress Chef
14 5 (0.81%) Puppet
15 1 (0.16%) Consul
15 1 (0.16%) QRadar
15 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 367 (59.19%) Microsoft
2 93 (15.00%) ServiceNow
3 41 (6.61%) Adobe
3 41 (6.61%) Apple
4 34 (5.48%) Google
5 30 (4.84%) VMware
6 16 (2.58%) Databricks
7 12 (1.94%) Cisco
7 12 (1.94%) Splunk
8 11 (1.77%) Oracle
9 10 (1.61%) Red Hat
10 7 (1.13%) CheckPoint
10 7 (1.13%) Fortinet
10 7 (1.13%) Palo Alto
11 5 (0.81%) SAP
11 5 (0.81%) Workday
12 4 (0.65%) CrowdStrike
12 4 (0.65%) OpenText
12 4 (0.65%) Pega
12 4 (0.65%) YouTube