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 10 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 182 428 352
Rank change year-on-year +246 -76 -176
Permanent jobs citing AWS Certification 784 320 430
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.32% 0.60% 0.78%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.10% 1.65% 2.64%
Number of salaries quoted 476 145 250
10th Percentile - £42,500 £44,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £45,000 £52,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -53.08% -7.14% -9.68%
75th Percentile £75,000 £87,500 £86,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £99,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,500 £52,775 £65,000
% change year-on-year -42.21% -18.81% -10.34%

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 19,122 19,420 16,259
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.10% 36.19% 29.35%
Number of salaries quoted 7,752 7,666 10,948
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,625 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,499 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.56% +3.48% -
75th Percentile £75,900 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,829 £92,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,000 £55,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year -10.91% +6.80% +3.00%

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 10 January 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 10 January 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 +226 677 £30,500 -51.20% 298
UK excluding London +235 475 £30,500 -42.21% 290
Work from Home +161 290 £75,000 +25.00% 78
London +114 232 £70,500 -19.43% 79
North of England +126 218 £30,500 -32.22% 73
Yorkshire +53 124 £30,500 -32.22% 30
North West +75 69 £30,500 -48.09% 33
South East +58 65 £47,500 -10.46% 67
Midlands +54 56 £30,500 -44.55% 40
West Midlands +53 46 £30,500 -48.43% 15
Scotland +29 41 £30,500 -54.81% 18
South West +31 32 £30,500 -56.43% 37
Northern Ireland +18 30 - - 2
East of England +24 29 £80,000 +48.84% 36
North East +28 25 £30,500 -32.22% 11
East Midlands +2 10 £51,058 -7.17% 25
Wales - 4 £30,250 - 20

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 (4.34%) WordPress
2 17 (2.17%) Tomcat
2 17 (2.17%) WebSphere
3 16 (2.04%) WebSphere Application Server
4 9 (1.15%) Confluence
4 9 (1.15%) nginx
5 8 (1.02%) Apache Airflow
6 7 (0.89%) SharePoint
7 6 (0.77%) Microsoft Exchange
8 5 (0.64%) Apache
8 5 (0.64%) Apache Spark
8 5 (0.64%) Drupal
9 1 (0.13%) SAS
Applications
1 134 (17.09%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (2.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (2.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.51%) Mozilla Thunderbird
4 2 (0.26%) Weka
5 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (0.89%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.13%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 784 (100.00%) AWS
2 494 (63.01%) Azure
3 297 (37.88%) GitHub
4 167 (21.30%) Microsoft 365
5 118 (15.05%) Serverless
6 83 (10.59%) AWS Lambda
7 81 (10.33%) Amazon S3
8 80 (10.20%) GCP
9 77 (9.82%) AWS CloudFormation
10 40 (5.10%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 36 (4.59%) AWS Step Functions
12 33 (4.21%) Amazon EC2
12 33 (4.21%) GitHub Actions
13 31 (3.95%) Amazon EKS
14 28 (3.57%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 27 (3.44%) Amazon ECS
16 21 (2.68%) Azure DevOps
17 20 (2.55%) Amazon SQS
18 17 (2.17%) SaaS
19 16 (2.04%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 272 (34.69%) Internet
2 34 (4.34%) Firewall
3 28 (3.57%) VPN
4 24 (3.06%) Remote Desktop
5 19 (2.42%) DNS
5 19 (2.42%) SSL
5 19 (2.42%) WAN
6 16 (2.04%) Network Security
7 14 (1.79%) Broadband
7 14 (1.79%) SD-WAN
7 14 (1.79%) VoIP
8 13 (1.66%) LAN
8 13 (1.66%) TCP/IP
8 13 (1.66%) VLAN
9 12 (1.53%) Wi-Fi
10 10 (1.28%) DHCP
11 7 (0.89%) HTTP
11 7 (0.89%) Unified Communications
12 6 (0.77%) Intrusion Detection
12 6 (0.77%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (4.97%) Data Lake
2 38 (4.85%) DynamoDB
3 34 (4.34%) Amazon RDS
3 34 (4.34%) PostgreSQL
4 30 (3.83%) Metadata
5 28 (3.57%) NoSQL
6 23 (2.93%) SQL Server
7 17 (2.17%) Amazon Redshift
7 17 (2.17%) DB2
8 13 (1.66%) Data Warehouse
9 9 (1.15%) Amazon Athena
9 9 (1.15%) RDBMS
9 9 (1.15%) Relational Database
10 5 (0.64%) Amazon Aurora
10 5 (0.64%) MariaDB
10 5 (0.64%) MySQL
11 3 (0.38%) Big Data
11 3 (0.38%) Elasticsearch
12 2 (0.26%) Snowflake Schema
13 1 (0.13%) GIS
Development Applications
1 297 (37.88%) Git
2 44 (5.61%) Jenkins
3 25 (3.19%) GitLab
4 16 (2.04%) JIRA
5 14 (1.79%) Cypress.io
6 9 (1.15%) Maven
6 9 (1.15%) SonarQube
7 8 (1.02%) Jaeger
7 8 (1.02%) TeamCity
8 7 (0.89%) Bitbucket
9 6 (0.77%) Vagrant
10 5 (0.64%) Vite
11 4 (0.51%) MLflow
12 3 (0.38%) Cucumber
13 2 (0.26%) Subversion
14 1 (0.13%) Fiddler
14 1 (0.13%) Gatling
14 1 (0.13%) JMeter
14 1 (0.13%) LoadRunner
14 1 (0.13%) NeoLoad
General
1 284 (36.22%) Social Skills
2 272 (34.69%) Multimedia
3 134 (17.09%) French Language
4 119 (15.18%) Swedish Language
5 102 (13.01%) Finance
6 61 (7.78%) Banking
7 57 (7.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 52 (6.63%) Analytical Skills
9 50 (6.38%) Financial Institution
10 28 (3.57%) Public Sector
11 26 (3.32%) Retail Banking
12 24 (3.06%) Presentation Skills
13 12 (1.53%) Investment Banking
13 12 (1.53%) Retail
14 11 (1.40%) Law
15 10 (1.28%) Publishing
16 9 (1.15%) Telecoms
17 5 (0.64%) Legal
17 5 (0.64%) Local Government
17 5 (0.64%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 272 (34.69%) Trainee
2 156 (19.90%) Analyst
3 153 (19.52%) Developer
4 134 (17.09%) Service Analyst
4 134 (17.09%) Service Desk Analyst
5 129 (16.45%) Trainee Developer
6 120 (15.31%) Software Developer
6 120 (15.31%) Trainee Software Developer
7 113 (14.41%) Architect
8 76 (9.69%) Senior
9 39 (4.97%) Cloud Engineer
10 31 (3.95%) Administrator
11 30 (3.83%) Data Architect
12 29 (3.70%) Trainee Administrator
12 29 (3.70%) Web Administrator
13 28 (3.57%) Lead
14 27 (3.44%) Senior Analyst
15 24 (3.06%) Senior Service Desk Analyst
16 23 (2.93%) Solutions Architect
17 22 (2.81%) Infrastructure Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 272 (34.69%) CSS
1 272 (34.69%) HTML
2 32 (4.08%) React
3 21 (2.68%) AWS CDK
4 20 (2.55%) LDAP
5 19 (2.42%) Spring Boot
6 17 (2.17%) .NET
7 16 (2.04%) LAPP Stack
7 16 (2.04%) WebSphere MQ
8 14 (1.79%) Jest
8 14 (1.79%) RESTful
9 11 (1.40%) .NET Core
9 11 (1.40%) AngularJS
9 11 (1.40%) ASP.NET
9 11 (1.40%) ASP.NET Core
9 11 (1.40%) Blazor
9 11 (1.40%) Spring
10 10 (1.28%) Elastic Stack
10 10 (1.28%) Kafka
11 9 (1.15%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 51 (6.51%) Cloud Native
2 33 (4.21%) Enterprise Software
3 31 (3.95%) Public Cloud
4 24 (3.06%) Management Information System
5 23 (2.93%) Onboarding
6 19 (2.42%) Linux Command Line
7 15 (1.91%) Hybrid Cloud
8 13 (1.66%) PKI
8 13 (1.66%) Virtual Team
9 11 (1.40%) Data Centre
10 7 (0.89%) Distributed Systems
10 7 (0.89%) Operational Technology
11 6 (0.77%) Security Posture
12 5 (0.64%) Blog
12 5 (0.64%) Clustering
13 4 (0.51%) Data Structures
13 4 (0.51%) e-Learning
13 4 (0.51%) Replication
13 4 (0.51%) Self-Motivation
13 4 (0.51%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 72 (9.18%) Linux
1 72 (9.18%) Windows
2 37 (4.72%) Unix
3 22 (2.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 20 (2.55%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.77%) VMS
6 5 (0.64%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.51%) Amazon Linux
8 3 (0.38%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.26%) CentOS
9 2 (0.26%) Debian
9 2 (0.26%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.13%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 336 (42.86%) Mentoring
2 295 (37.63%) Cybersecurity
3 200 (25.51%) ITIL
4 145 (18.49%) ITSM
5 131 (16.71%) Agile
6 122 (15.56%) DevOps
7 120 (15.31%) CI/CD
8 118 (15.05%) Customer Service
9 114 (14.54%) Performance Metrics
10 107 (13.65%) Infrastructure as Code
11 74 (9.44%) Migration
12 73 (9.31%) Problem-Solving
13 64 (8.16%) Computer Science
13 64 (8.16%) Microservices
13 64 (8.16%) TOGAF
14 61 (7.78%) Continuous Improvement
14 61 (7.78%) Data Modelling
15 60 (7.65%) Containerisation
16 56 (7.14%) AI
17 54 (6.89%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 400 (51.02%) Python
2 322 (41.07%) JavaScript
3 143 (18.24%) R
4 75 (9.57%) Java
5 52 (6.63%) TypeScript
6 51 (6.51%) Bash
7 40 (5.10%) C#
8 38 (4.85%) SQL
9 33 (4.21%) PowerShell
10 15 (1.91%) Groovy
11 13 (1.66%) Go
12 10 (1.28%) Bicep
13 4 (0.51%) C++
13 4 (0.51%) Google Apps Script
13 4 (0.51%) Kotlin
14 2 (0.26%) C
14 2 (0.26%) Perl
14 2 (0.26%) Ruby
14 2 (0.26%) Scala
15 1 (0.13%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 450 (57.40%) Microsoft Certification
2 425 (54.21%) Azure Certification
3 280 (35.71%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 224 (28.57%) Degree
5 134 (17.09%) MCSE
6 115 (14.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 56 (7.14%) Security Cleared
8 51 (6.51%) TOGAF Certification
9 47 (5.99%) Computer Science Degree
9 47 (5.99%) SC Cleared
10 30 (3.83%) AWS Certified Developer
11 27 (3.44%) ITIL Certification
12 26 (3.32%) A+ Certification
13 22 (2.81%) Cisco Certification
14 21 (2.68%) CISSP
15 20 (2.55%) Master's Degree
16 14 (1.79%) CISM
17 13 (1.66%) CCNP
18 11 (1.40%) DV Cleared
19 10 (1.28%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 122 (15.56%) QA
2 32 (4.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 30 (3.83%) NIST
4 24 (3.06%) SLA
5 22 (2.81%) GDPR
6 12 (1.53%) Cyber Essentials
6 12 (1.53%) PCI DSS
7 9 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 9 (1.15%) Data Quality
8 8 (1.02%) Accessibility
8 8 (1.02%) NCSC
9 7 (0.89%) SOC 2
10 5 (0.64%) ISO 9001
11 4 (0.51%) GRC
12 2 (0.26%) GxP
12 2 (0.26%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 1 (0.13%) GAAP
13 1 (0.13%) MiFID
13 1 (0.13%) WCAG
System Software
1 89 (11.35%) Docker
2 50 (6.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (2.42%) Active Directory
4 13 (1.66%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.77%) KVM
6 5 (0.64%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 5 (0.64%) vSphere
7 4 (0.51%) DFS Replication
7 4 (0.51%) Dovecot
7 4 (0.51%) Postfix
7 4 (0.51%) Squid
8 3 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.13%) iptables
9 1 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 92 (11.73%) Terraform
2 71 (9.06%) Kubernetes
3 36 (4.59%) Ansible
4 27 (3.44%) Grafana
5 20 (2.55%) Prometheus
6 10 (1.28%) Argo
7 9 (1.15%) HP Fortify
8 8 (1.02%) Kustomize
9 7 (0.89%) Nessus
9 7 (0.89%) Proxmox
10 5 (0.64%) Autotask
11 4 (0.51%) Cilium
11 4 (0.51%) Microsoft Intune
12 2 (0.26%) Nagios
12 2 (0.26%) Progress Chef
13 1 (0.13%) Ganglia
13 1 (0.13%) HP ALM
13 1 (0.13%) Puppet
Vendors
1 523 (66.71%) Microsoft
2 149 (19.01%) ServiceNow
3 52 (6.63%) VMware
4 28 (3.57%) Google
5 24 (3.06%) Red Hat
6 22 (2.81%) IBM
7 17 (2.17%) Adobe
7 17 (2.17%) Apple
8 16 (2.04%) Cisco
8 16 (2.04%) SAP
9 10 (1.28%) Workday
10 6 (0.77%) Databricks
11 5 (0.64%) Ariba
11 5 (0.64%) Oracle
11 5 (0.64%) Symantec
12 4 (0.51%) Datto
12 4 (0.51%) Jaspersoft
12 4 (0.51%) Palo Alto
13 3 (0.38%) OpenAI
14 2 (0.26%) Arista