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

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 382 246 460
Rank change year-on-year -136 +214 -76
Permanent jobs citing AWS Certification 530 606 350
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.46% 1.23% 0.45%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.54% 3.59% 1.66%
Number of salaries quoted 175 207 181
10th Percentile £47,300 £28,250 £43,421
25th Percentile £56,875 £46,250 £56,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £65,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +19.23% -10.34% -6.45%
75th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £97,500 £97,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +13.04% -17.86% -

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 20,829 16,879 21,055
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.92% 34.24% 27.03%
Number of salaries quoted 11,379 7,455 9,707
10th Percentile £32,000 £29,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £44,250 £37,000 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -1.79% -4.27%
75th Percentile £80,000 £73,424 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.00% -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 20 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 20 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 -135 490 £77,500 +19.23% 940
UK excluding London -195 255 £65,000 +13.04% 647
London -18 247 £90,000 +20.00% 483
Work from Home -146 171 £85,000 +17.24% 564
North of England -160 87 £69,250 +10.80% 172
South East -47 49 £65,000 -9.09% 88
South West -59 46 £66,250 +16.75% 127
Midlands -38 45 £85,000 +47.91% 81
North West -128 43 £53,750 +76.23% 101
West Midlands -42 40 £90,000 +56.61% 51
North East -44 24 £80,500 +89.41% 42
Yorkshire -50 20 £65,000 - 32
Wales - 12 £80,000 - 9
East of England -34 8 £100,000 - 38
Northern Ireland -88 5 £42,500 - 51
East Midlands - 5 £73,750 - 30
Scotland +8 3 - - 82

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 20 (3.77%) Confluence
2 18 (3.40%) Apache Spark
3 6 (1.13%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.94%) Apache
4 5 (0.94%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (0.94%) Apache Pig
5 4 (0.75%) SAS
6 3 (0.57%) nginx
7 2 (0.38%) Cloud Foundry
7 2 (0.38%) IIS
7 2 (0.38%) JBoss
7 2 (0.38%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.19%) Drupal
8 1 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.19%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.19%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.19%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.19%) WordPress
Applications
1 60 (11.32%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.13%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 24 (4.53%) Cloudability
2 7 (1.32%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.13%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.19%) Infor CloudSuite
4 1 (0.19%) Infor M3
4 1 (0.19%) Magento
4 1 (0.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 530 (100.00%) AWS
2 192 (36.23%) Azure
3 135 (25.47%) AWS CloudFormation
4 118 (22.26%) GCP
5 103 (19.43%) Serverless
6 83 (15.66%) AWS Lambda
7 82 (15.47%) Amazon S3
8 81 (15.28%) Cloud Computing
9 77 (14.53%) Microsoft 365
10 70 (13.21%) Amazon ECS
11 52 (9.81%) GitHub
12 45 (8.49%) Amazon EKS
13 44 (8.30%) Amazon EC2
14 36 (6.79%) GitHub Actions
15 29 (5.47%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 24 (4.53%) AWS Step Functions
17 19 (3.58%) Amazon GuardDuty
17 19 (3.58%) OCI
18 18 (3.40%) AWS CloudTrail
18 18 (3.40%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 69 (13.02%) Network Security
2 56 (10.57%) Firewall
3 30 (5.66%) VPN
4 27 (5.09%) WAN
5 21 (3.96%) DNS
5 21 (3.96%) SD-WAN
6 20 (3.77%) Internet
7 19 (3.58%) LAN
8 18 (3.40%) DHCP
8 18 (3.40%) Software-Defined Networking
9 14 (2.64%) TCP/IP
10 12 (2.26%) Wireless
11 9 (1.70%) VLAN
12 8 (1.51%) IPv4
13 7 (1.32%) Wi-Fi
14 5 (0.94%) Wireshark
15 4 (0.75%) DMZ
16 3 (0.57%) 3GPP
16 3 (0.57%) BGP
16 3 (0.57%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (11.89%) NoSQL
2 48 (9.06%) Amazon RDS
3 30 (5.66%) DynamoDB
4 17 (3.21%) Data Lake
4 17 (3.21%) Metadata
5 16 (3.02%) Data Warehouse
6 15 (2.83%) Amazon Redshift
7 11 (2.08%) Hadoop
8 10 (1.89%) Big Data
9 9 (1.70%) SQL Server
10 7 (1.32%) Amazon Athena
10 7 (1.32%) BusinessObjects
10 7 (1.32%) SAP HANA
11 6 (1.13%) PostgreSQL
11 6 (1.13%) Power BI
12 5 (0.94%) Apache Hive
12 5 (0.94%) Elasticsearch
13 4 (0.75%) GIS
14 3 (0.57%) Flink
14 3 (0.57%) Redis
Development Applications
1 75 (14.15%) GitLab
2 48 (9.06%) Jenkins
3 41 (7.74%) Cucumber
4 29 (5.47%) JIRA
5 22 (4.15%) Git
6 18 (3.40%) Maven
7 16 (3.02%) Cypress.io
8 15 (2.83%) Bitbucket
8 15 (2.83%) SonarQube
9 13 (2.45%) TeamCity
10 7 (1.32%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 3 (0.57%) Claude Code
11 3 (0.57%) Taiga
11 3 (0.57%) VersionOne
12 2 (0.38%) Ant
12 2 (0.38%) Apache Ivy
12 2 (0.38%) git-flow
12 2 (0.38%) IBM UrbanCode
13 1 (0.19%) ERwin
13 1 (0.19%) JMeter
General
1 162 (30.57%) Social Skills
2 134 (25.28%) Finance
3 78 (14.72%) Public Sector
4 61 (11.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 48 (9.06%) Analytical Skills
5 48 (9.06%) Swedish Language
6 40 (7.55%) Banking
7 27 (5.09%) Retail
8 23 (4.34%) Aerospace
9 21 (3.96%) Financial Institution
10 15 (2.83%) French Language
11 14 (2.64%) Influencing Skills
12 13 (2.45%) Law
13 12 (2.26%) Military
14 11 (2.08%) Marketing
15 9 (1.70%) Legal
16 8 (1.51%) Manufacturing
17 7 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
18 6 (1.13%) Billing
18 6 (1.13%) Digital Health
Job Titles
1 141 (26.60%) Senior
2 132 (24.91%) Architect
3 95 (17.92%) Analyst
4 61 (11.51%) Consultant
5 60 (11.32%) Service Analyst
5 60 (11.32%) Service Desk Analyst
6 44 (8.30%) Solutions Architect
7 41 (7.74%) Java Engineer
8 38 (7.17%) Cloud Engineer
9 32 (6.04%) Lead
10 31 (5.85%) Developer
11 30 (5.66%) Security Consultant
12 29 (5.47%) Cloud Architect
13 28 (5.28%) AWS Architect
13 28 (5.28%) Senior Analyst
14 26 (4.91%) Senior Consultant
15 25 (4.72%) Senior Architect
16 23 (4.34%) Principal Engineer
16 23 (4.34%) Principal Java Engineer
17 22 (4.15%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 139 (26.23%) Terraform
2 74 (13.96%) Spring Boot
3 59 (11.13%) Kafka
4 54 (10.19%) Spring
5 31 (5.85%) AWS CDK
6 22 (4.15%) Node.js
7 21 (3.96%) .NET
7 21 (3.96%) AngularJS
8 16 (3.02%) Jest
9 15 (2.83%) Gherkin
10 14 (2.64%) LangChain
10 14 (2.64%) LlamaIndex
10 14 (2.64%) REST
11 13 (2.45%) Web Services
12 11 (2.08%) React
13 10 (1.89%) OAuth
13 10 (1.89%) OpenAPI
13 10 (1.89%) Ruby on Rails
14 9 (1.70%) ASP.NET Web API
14 9 (1.70%) eBPF
Miscellaneous
1 131 (24.72%) Cloud Native
2 96 (18.11%) Onboarding
3 54 (10.19%) Public Cloud
4 50 (9.43%) Distributed Systems
5 47 (8.87%) Enterprise Cloud
6 41 (7.74%) e-Learning
7 38 (7.17%) Hybrid Cloud
8 34 (6.42%) Data Centre
8 34 (6.42%) Enterprise Software
9 24 (4.53%) PKI
10 16 (3.02%) Management Information System
11 15 (2.83%) Cyber Threat
11 15 (2.83%) Security Posture
12 14 (2.64%) Blog
13 13 (2.45%) Mainframe
14 12 (2.26%) Algorithms
14 12 (2.26%) Distributed Computing
14 12 (2.26%) Legacy Systems
15 10 (1.89%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
15 10 (1.89%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 51 (9.62%) Windows
2 44 (8.30%) Linux
3 26 (4.91%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.94%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (0.94%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (0.75%) Unix
5 4 (0.75%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (0.38%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.38%) Solaris
7 1 (0.19%) AIX
7 1 (0.19%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 214 (40.38%) Infrastructure as Code
2 199 (37.55%) CI/CD
3 172 (32.45%) AI
4 170 (32.08%) Agile
4 170 (32.08%) Mentoring
5 128 (24.15%) Cloud Security
6 113 (21.32%) ITIL
7 109 (20.57%) DevOps
8 92 (17.36%) Continuous Improvement
9 87 (16.42%) Problem-Solving
10 85 (16.04%) Cybersecurity
10 85 (16.04%) Microservices
11 82 (15.47%) Migration
12 80 (15.09%) Roadmaps
12 80 (15.09%) Technical Leadership
13 68 (12.83%) Generative AI
13 68 (12.83%) ITSM
14 67 (12.64%) Architectural Patterns
15 66 (12.45%) Machine Learning
16 64 (12.08%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 130 (24.53%) Python
2 118 (22.26%) Java
3 73 (13.77%) SQL
4 62 (11.70%) Bash
5 32 (6.04%) Go
6 28 (5.28%) TypeScript
7 26 (4.91%) JavaScript
8 25 (4.72%) PowerShell
9 24 (4.53%) Ruby
10 18 (3.40%) C#
11 16 (3.02%) Groovy
12 15 (2.83%) PHP
13 14 (2.64%) Perl
14 7 (1.32%) Kotlin
15 6 (1.13%) C++
15 6 (1.13%) COBOL
16 4 (0.75%) Google Apps Script
17 3 (0.57%) Bicep
18 2 (0.38%) C
18 2 (0.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 160 (30.19%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 156 (29.43%) Degree
3 131 (24.72%) Security Cleared
4 102 (19.25%) Azure Certification
5 83 (15.66%) Microsoft Certification
6 78 (14.72%) SC Cleared
7 60 (11.32%) MCSE
8 49 (9.25%) Cisco Certification
9 44 (8.30%) CISSP
10 30 (5.66%) Computer Science Degree
11 28 (5.28%) BPSS Clearance
12 27 (5.09%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 26 (4.91%) DV Cleared
14 22 (4.15%) TOGAF Certification
15 21 (3.96%) CCNA
15 21 (3.96%) CCNP
15 21 (3.96%) Master's Degree
16 20 (3.77%) CISM
17 19 (3.58%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
18 17 (3.21%) AWS Certified Developer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (11.70%) QA
2 48 (9.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 28 (5.28%) NIST
4 25 (4.72%) GDPR
5 22 (4.15%) NCSC
6 19 (3.58%) SOC 2
7 14 (2.64%) Data Quality
8 13 (2.45%) Accessibility
8 13 (2.45%) GRC
9 12 (2.26%) HIPAA
10 10 (1.89%) Cyber Essentials
11 8 (1.51%) ISO 9001
12 7 (1.32%) PCI DSS
13 6 (1.13%) Government Security Classifications
14 5 (0.94%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 4 (0.75%) SLA
16 2 (0.38%) NIST 800
17 1 (0.19%) COBIT
17 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 1 (0.19%) GxP
System Software
1 65 (12.26%) Docker
2 29 (5.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (4.91%) Active Directory
4 9 (1.70%) vSphere
5 8 (1.51%) Squid
5 8 (1.51%) VMware NSX
6 6 (1.13%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (1.13%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (0.94%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.94%) KVM
Systems Management
1 77 (14.53%) Kubernetes
2 47 (8.87%) Ansible
3 22 (4.15%) Grafana
4 17 (3.21%) Puppet
5 15 (2.83%) HP Fortify
5 15 (2.83%) Progress Chef
5 15 (2.83%) Prometheus
5 15 (2.83%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (1.70%) Cilium
6 9 (1.70%) Packer
7 8 (1.51%) Proxmox
7 8 (1.51%) ZABBIX
8 7 (1.32%) Microsoft Intune
9 6 (1.13%) Argo
10 4 (0.75%) Iperf
11 3 (0.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.57%) QRadar
12 2 (0.38%) CASB
12 2 (0.38%) kaniko
13 1 (0.19%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 171 (32.26%) Microsoft
2 90 (16.98%) ServiceNow
3 40 (7.55%) VMware
4 37 (6.98%) Oracle
5 29 (5.47%) Cisco
6 26 (4.91%) Google
7 25 (4.72%) Apple
8 24 (4.53%) Adobe
8 24 (4.53%) Splunk
9 18 (3.40%) SAP
10 15 (2.83%) Palo Alto
10 15 (2.83%) Red Hat
11 12 (2.26%) Databricks
12 10 (1.89%) Fortinet
13 7 (1.32%) Atlassian
13 7 (1.32%) Avaya
13 7 (1.32%) CrowdStrike
13 7 (1.32%) Dynatrace
13 7 (1.32%) Genesys
14 6 (1.13%) Salesforce