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

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 267 282 456
Rank change year-on-year +15 +174 -290
Permanent jobs citing AWS Certification 632 460 497
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.69% 1.06% 0.52%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.99% 2.66% 1.92%
Number of salaries quoted 358 163 312
10th Percentile - £42,500 £47,750
25th Percentile £28,250 £51,250 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £70,000 £76,250
Median % change year-on-year -46.43% -8.20% -1.61%
75th Percentile £58,750 £91,250 £87,500
90th Percentile £83,640 £99,750 £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 21,112 17,276 25,947
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 23.22% 39.70% 26.91%
Number of salaries quoted 9,045 7,562 17,195
10th Percentile £29,250 £31,025 £28,266
25th Percentile £41,750 £41,250 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £54,043
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +1.77% -9.21%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £71,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £91,250 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,719 £52,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.31% +4.00% -3.05%

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 15 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 15 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 +19 571 £37,500 -46.43% 269
UK excluding London +26 401 £33,000 -41.85% 235
North of England -19 211 £31,000 -40.95% 64
Work from Home -41 191 £62,500 +4.17% 314
London -6 185 £55,000 -33.33% 86
Yorkshire +33 109 £32,250 -38.57% 24
North West -57 82 £31,000 -46.09% 31
Midlands +10 64 £31,500 -41.33% 36
West Midlands +7 59 £31,500 -41.33% 17
South East +2 37 £62,250 -19.42% 48
South West -47 31 £37,500 -33.91% 34
Scotland +17 24 £30,500 -41.90% 17
North East -18 20 £30,500 -39.00% 9
East of England +1 19 £37,500 -55.88% 23
Northern Ireland -24 11 £35,000 - 3
East Midlands - 5 £34,500 - 19
Wales - 4 £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 (9.02%) WordPress
2 54 (8.54%) Jupyter
3 12 (1.90%) Confluence
4 9 (1.42%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (0.95%) Apache
5 6 (0.95%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.63%) Documentum
6 4 (0.63%) Drupal
6 4 (0.63%) nginx
7 3 (0.47%) JBoss
8 1 (0.16%) IIS
8 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 57 (9.02%) Microsoft Office
2 55 (8.70%) Chatbot
3 19 (3.01%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (3.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.32%) Weka
5 1 (0.16%) Maya
Business Applications
1 24 (3.80%) Cloudability
2 2 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.16%) Magento
3 1 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 632 (100.00%) AWS
2 345 (54.59%) Azure
3 201 (31.80%) GitHub
4 95 (15.03%) Serverless
5 94 (14.87%) GCP
6 82 (12.97%) AWS CloudFormation
7 75 (11.87%) AWS Lambda
8 74 (11.71%) Microsoft 365
9 71 (11.23%) Amazon S3
10 60 (9.49%) Cloud Computing
11 49 (7.75%) Amazon ECS
12 46 (7.28%) AWS Step Functions
13 37 (5.85%) Amazon ECR
14 35 (5.54%) Amazon EKS
15 33 (5.22%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 33 (5.22%) Apigee
15 33 (5.22%) GitHub Actions
16 32 (5.06%) Amazon SQS
17 18 (2.85%) Pulumi
18 17 (2.69%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 177 (28.01%) Internet
2 27 (4.27%) Firewall
3 25 (3.96%) Network Security
4 19 (3.01%) VPN
5 18 (2.85%) Broadband
6 10 (1.58%) Software-Defined Networking
6 10 (1.58%) WAN
7 9 (1.42%) SD-WAN
8 8 (1.27%) LAN
9 6 (0.95%) Wireless
10 5 (0.79%) DNS
10 5 (0.79%) IPv4
11 4 (0.63%) DHCP
11 4 (0.63%) 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 (7.59%) DynamoDB
2 42 (6.65%) NoSQL
3 24 (3.80%) Amazon RDS
4 22 (3.48%) Metadata
5 21 (3.32%) Data Lake
6 19 (3.01%) RDBMS
6 19 (3.01%) Relational Database
7 9 (1.42%) PostgreSQL
8 8 (1.27%) Amazon Redshift
8 8 (1.27%) SQL Server
9 6 (0.95%) Data Warehouse
9 6 (0.95%) Electronic Patient Records
10 5 (0.79%) Power BI
11 4 (0.63%) Amazon Athena
12 3 (0.47%) Big Data
12 3 (0.47%) MariaDB
12 3 (0.47%) Snowflake Schema
13 2 (0.32%) Spark SQL
14 1 (0.16%) Delta Lake
14 1 (0.16%) Flink
Development Applications
1 190 (30.06%) Git
2 59 (9.34%) GitLab
3 54 (8.54%) Jenkins
3 54 (8.54%) Visual Studio Code
4 34 (5.38%) Cypress.io
4 34 (5.38%) Maven
5 33 (5.22%) SonarQube
6 18 (2.85%) Jaeger
7 17 (2.69%) Cucumber
7 17 (2.69%) TeamCity
8 13 (2.06%) JIRA
9 10 (1.58%) Bitbucket
10 4 (0.63%) MLflow
11 3 (0.47%) Selenium
12 1 (0.16%) CircleCI
12 1 (0.16%) Gatling
12 1 (0.16%) JMeter
12 1 (0.16%) Vagrant
General
1 177 (28.01%) Multimedia
2 167 (26.42%) Social Skills
3 124 (19.62%) Finance
4 76 (12.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 72 (11.39%) Retail
6 60 (9.49%) Manufacturing
7 49 (7.75%) French Language
8 42 (6.65%) Analytical Skills
9 35 (5.54%) Banking
10 24 (3.80%) Financial Institution
11 15 (2.37%) Public Sector
12 11 (1.74%) Retail Banking
13 8 (1.27%) Advertising
13 8 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
13 8 (1.27%) Swedish Language
14 7 (1.11%) Aerospace
14 7 (1.11%) Legal
15 5 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (0.79%) Law
15 5 (0.79%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 228 (36.08%) Trainee
2 120 (18.99%) Developer
3 103 (16.30%) Analyst
4 89 (14.08%) Architect
5 71 (11.23%) Trainee Developer
6 68 (10.76%) Senior
7 61 (9.65%) Administrator
8 59 (9.34%) Software Developer
9 58 (9.18%) Trainee Software Developer
10 57 (9.02%) Service Analyst
10 57 (9.02%) Service Desk Analyst
11 53 (8.39%) Trainee Administrator
11 53 (8.39%) Web Administrator
12 51 (8.07%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
12 51 (8.07%) Programmer
12 51 (8.07%) Trainee Programmer
13 42 (6.65%) Cloud Engineer
14 38 (6.01%) Lead
15 29 (4.59%) Java Developer
16 26 (4.11%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 178 (28.16%) CSS
1 178 (28.16%) HTML
2 54 (8.54%) Hugging Face
2 54 (8.54%) Matplotlib
2 54 (8.54%) NumPy
2 54 (8.54%) Pandas
2 54 (8.54%) scikit-learn
2 54 (8.54%) Streamlit
3 51 (8.07%) Spring Boot
4 35 (5.54%) AngularJS
5 34 (5.38%) Jest
6 33 (5.22%) Gherkin
7 29 (4.59%) React
8 19 (3.01%) Spring
9 18 (2.85%) Elastic Stack
9 18 (2.85%) Kafka
9 18 (2.85%) OpenTelemetry
10 14 (2.22%) .NET
10 14 (2.22%) AWS CDK
11 13 (2.06%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 62 (9.81%) Cloud Native
2 61 (9.65%) Algorithms
3 44 (6.96%) Public Cloud
4 32 (5.06%) Enterprise Software
5 26 (4.11%) PKI
6 23 (3.64%) Hybrid Cloud
7 21 (3.32%) e-Learning
7 21 (3.32%) Onboarding
8 17 (2.69%) Distributed Systems
9 16 (2.53%) Data Centre
10 8 (1.27%) Private Cloud
11 6 (0.95%) Management Information System
12 5 (0.79%) Clustering
12 5 (0.79%) Data Structures
12 5 (0.79%) PACS
12 5 (0.79%) Product Ownership
12 5 (0.79%) Renewable Energy
12 5 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
13 4 (0.63%) Data Protection Act
13 4 (0.63%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 60 (9.49%) Linux
2 31 (4.91%) Windows
3 26 (4.11%) Unix
4 11 (1.74%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 213 (33.70%) Mentoring
2 189 (29.91%) Cybersecurity
3 153 (24.21%) Agile
4 139 (21.99%) CI/CD
5 129 (20.41%) AI
5 129 (20.41%) Infrastructure as Code
6 118 (18.67%) Customer Service
7 113 (17.88%) DevOps
7 113 (17.88%) ITIL
8 67 (10.60%) Cost Optimisation
8 67 (10.60%) Data Privacy
9 66 (10.44%) Machine Learning
9 66 (10.44%) Web Development
10 61 (9.65%) ITSM
11 60 (9.49%) Visualisation
12 59 (9.34%) LLM
12 59 (9.34%) Problem-Solving
13 58 (9.18%) OO
14 57 (9.02%) Migration
14 57 (9.02%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 330 (52.22%) Python
2 222 (35.13%) JavaScript
3 106 (16.77%) R
4 99 (15.66%) Java
5 76 (12.03%) Bash
6 55 (8.70%) TypeScript
7 35 (5.54%) SQL
8 34 (5.38%) Go
8 34 (5.38%) Groovy
9 25 (3.96%) C#
10 22 (3.48%) PowerShell
11 12 (1.90%) Kotlin
12 9 (1.42%) C++
13 7 (1.11%) Google Apps Script
14 3 (0.47%) Bicep
15 2 (0.32%) 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
1 275 (43.51%) Azure Certification
2 257 (40.66%) Microsoft Certification
3 245 (38.77%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 114 (18.04%) Degree
5 98 (15.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 60 (9.49%) Security Cleared
7 57 (9.02%) MCSE
8 37 (5.85%) SC Cleared
9 31 (4.91%) ITIL Certification
10 29 (4.59%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 28 (4.43%) TOGAF Certification
12 24 (3.80%) Computer Science Degree
13 23 (3.64%) AWS Certified Developer
14 20 (3.16%) Cisco Certification
15 19 (3.01%) CISSP
16 15 (2.37%) CISM
17 9 (1.42%) DV Cleared
17 9 (1.42%) Master's Degree
18 8 (1.27%) CCNP
19 7 (1.11%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (9.49%) QA
2 30 (4.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (3.16%) NIST
4 14 (2.22%) SOC 2
5 11 (1.74%) GDPR
5 11 (1.74%) PCI DSS
6 10 (1.58%) GRC
7 9 (1.42%) NCSC
8 7 (1.11%) Cyber Essentials
9 6 (0.95%) Data Quality
9 6 (0.95%) ISO 9001
9 6 (0.95%) SLA
10 5 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 5 (0.79%) DICOM
11 4 (0.63%) Accessibility
12 2 (0.32%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 2 (0.32%) EU AI Act
12 2 (0.32%) GxP
13 1 (0.16%) COBIT
System Software
1 106 (16.77%) Docker
2 22 (3.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (1.90%) Active Directory
4 7 (1.11%) KVM
4 7 (1.11%) vSphere
5 5 (0.79%) Squid
5 5 (0.79%) Veritas Cluster Server
5 5 (0.79%) VMware NSX
6 4 (0.63%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.63%) iptables
7 1 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 115 (18.20%) Terraform
2 78 (12.34%) Kubernetes
3 53 (8.39%) Ansible
4 37 (5.85%) HP Fortify
4 37 (5.85%) Prometheus
5 28 (4.43%) Grafana
6 20 (3.16%) Argo
7 18 (2.85%) Kustomize
8 10 (1.58%) Cilium
8 10 (1.58%) Microsoft Intune
9 8 (1.27%) Proxmox
10 6 (0.95%) Packer
11 5 (0.79%) Progress Chef
11 5 (0.79%) Puppet
11 5 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
11 5 (0.79%) ZABBIX
12 1 (0.16%) Consul
12 1 (0.16%) QRadar
12 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 383 (60.60%) Microsoft
2 85 (13.45%) ServiceNow
3 41 (6.49%) Adobe
3 41 (6.49%) Apple
4 36 (5.70%) Google
5 30 (4.75%) VMware
6 16 (2.53%) Databricks
7 11 (1.74%) Cisco
7 11 (1.74%) Red Hat
8 10 (1.58%) Oracle
8 10 (1.58%) Splunk
9 7 (1.11%) Palo Alto
10 6 (0.95%) CheckPoint
10 6 (0.95%) Fortinet
11 5 (0.79%) SAP
11 5 (0.79%) Symantec
11 5 (0.79%) Workday
12 4 (0.63%) OpenText
12 4 (0.63%) Pega
12 4 (0.63%) YouTube