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

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 355 264 481
Rank change year-on-year -91 +217 -79
Permanent jobs citing AWS Certification 577 573 340
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.51% 1.15% 0.43%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.83% 3.37% 1.63%
Number of salaries quoted 226 185 188
10th Percentile £28,250 £28,250 £46,200
25th Percentile £33,750 £48,165 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% -10.00% -3.23%
75th Percentile £85,000 £81,500 £84,063
90th Percentile £100,125 £97,500 £96,475
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% -10.71% +2.19%

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 20,405 16,986 20,829
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.98% 34.19% 26.49%
Number of salaries quoted 11,213 7,591 10,035
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £37,170 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -5.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £73,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,302 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +14.60% -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 11 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 11 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 -88 535 £65,000 -5.14% 622
UK excluding London -146 296 £55,000 -12.00% 463
London +3 256 £80,000 +6.67% 323
Work from Home -136 174 £85,000 +19.30% 323
North of England -113 101 £52,500 -19.23% 108
Midlands -28 53 £47,500 -26.92% 48
North West -114 53 £37,500 -40.00% 54
South West -60 51 £60,500 +6.62% 104
South East -37 50 £62,250 -11.39% 75
West Midlands -20 45 £57,500 -11.54% 23
Yorkshire -49 26 £57,500 -11.54% 29
North East -39 22 £80,500 +89.41% 27
East of England -24 14 £37,500 -62.50% 29
Wales - 13 £67,500 - 7
East Midlands - 8 £37,500 - 25
Scotland +10 7 £31,250 +2.46% 57
Northern Ireland -77 7 £40,750 - 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 44 (7.63%) WordPress
2 20 (3.47%) Confluence
3 18 (3.12%) Apache Spark
4 6 (1.04%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (0.87%) Apache
5 5 (0.87%) Apache Pig
5 5 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.69%) SAS
7 3 (0.52%) Jupyter
7 3 (0.52%) nginx
8 2 (0.35%) Cloud Foundry
8 2 (0.35%) IIS
8 2 (0.35%) JBoss
9 1 (0.17%) Drupal
9 1 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.17%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.17%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.17%) WebSphere
Applications
1 66 (11.44%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.39%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 24 (4.16%) Cloudability
2 7 (1.21%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.04%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.17%) Infor CloudSuite
4 1 (0.17%) Infor M3
4 1 (0.17%) Magento
4 1 (0.17%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 577 (100.00%) AWS
2 238 (41.25%) Azure
3 131 (22.70%) AWS CloudFormation
4 114 (19.76%) GCP
5 102 (17.68%) Serverless
6 99 (17.16%) GitHub
7 83 (14.38%) Cloud Computing
8 82 (14.21%) AWS Lambda
8 82 (14.21%) Microsoft 365
9 80 (13.86%) Amazon S3
10 68 (11.79%) Amazon ECS
11 45 (7.80%) Amazon EKS
12 42 (7.28%) Amazon EC2
13 35 (6.07%) GitHub Actions
14 27 (4.68%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 23 (3.99%) AWS Step Functions
16 21 (3.64%) OCI
17 20 (3.47%) Amazon GuardDuty
18 19 (3.29%) Amazon EMR
18 19 (3.29%) AWS CloudTrail
Communications & Networking
1 72 (12.48%) Internet
2 71 (12.31%) Network Security
3 54 (9.36%) Firewall
4 29 (5.03%) WAN
5 27 (4.68%) VPN
6 23 (3.99%) SD-WAN
7 21 (3.64%) LAN
8 20 (3.47%) Software-Defined Networking
9 19 (3.29%) DNS
10 17 (2.95%) DHCP
11 14 (2.43%) TCP/IP
11 14 (2.43%) Wireless
12 9 (1.56%) VLAN
13 8 (1.39%) IPv4
14 7 (1.21%) Wi-Fi
15 5 (0.87%) Wireshark
16 4 (0.69%) DMZ
17 3 (0.52%) 3GPP
17 3 (0.52%) BGP
17 3 (0.52%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (10.57%) NoSQL
2 48 (8.32%) Amazon RDS
3 29 (5.03%) DynamoDB
4 18 (3.12%) Data Lake
5 17 (2.95%) Data Warehouse
5 17 (2.95%) Metadata
6 16 (2.77%) Amazon Redshift
7 11 (1.91%) Big Data
7 11 (1.91%) Hadoop
8 8 (1.39%) Amazon Athena
8 8 (1.39%) SQL Server
9 7 (1.21%) BusinessObjects
9 7 (1.21%) Power BI
9 7 (1.21%) SAP HANA
10 6 (1.04%) PostgreSQL
11 5 (0.87%) Apache Hive
11 5 (0.87%) Elasticsearch
12 4 (0.69%) GIS
13 3 (0.52%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
13 3 (0.52%) Redis
Development Applications
1 72 (12.48%) GitLab
2 70 (12.13%) Git
3 48 (8.32%) Jenkins
4 39 (6.76%) Cucumber
5 30 (5.20%) JIRA
6 17 (2.95%) Maven
7 15 (2.60%) Bitbucket
7 15 (2.60%) Cypress.io
8 14 (2.43%) SonarQube
9 13 (2.25%) TeamCity
10 7 (1.21%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 3 (0.52%) Taiga
11 3 (0.52%) VersionOne
11 3 (0.52%) Visual Studio Code
12 2 (0.35%) Ant
12 2 (0.35%) Apache Ivy
12 2 (0.35%) Claude Code
12 2 (0.35%) git-flow
12 2 (0.35%) IBM UrbanCode
13 1 (0.17%) ERwin
General
1 168 (29.12%) Social Skills
2 134 (23.22%) Finance
3 73 (12.65%) Public Sector
4 59 (10.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 55 (9.53%) Multimedia
6 49 (8.49%) Analytical Skills
7 48 (8.32%) Swedish Language
8 39 (6.76%) Banking
9 27 (4.68%) Retail
10 23 (3.99%) Aerospace
11 21 (3.64%) Financial Institution
12 19 (3.29%) French Language
13 14 (2.43%) Influencing Skills
14 13 (2.25%) Law
15 12 (2.08%) Military
16 11 (1.91%) Marketing
17 9 (1.56%) Legal
17 9 (1.56%) Manufacturing
18 7 (1.21%) Presentation Skills
19 6 (1.04%) Digital Health
Job Titles
1 139 (24.09%) Senior
2 130 (22.53%) Architect
3 99 (17.16%) Analyst
4 66 (11.44%) Service Analyst
4 66 (11.44%) Service Desk Analyst
5 62 (10.75%) Consultant
6 56 (9.71%) Trainee
7 52 (9.01%) Administrator
8 44 (7.63%) Solutions Architect
9 43 (7.45%) Trainee Administrator
9 43 (7.45%) Web Administrator
10 40 (6.93%) Developer
11 38 (6.59%) Java Engineer
12 36 (6.24%) Cloud Engineer
13 31 (5.37%) Security Consultant
14 29 (5.03%) Lead
15 28 (4.85%) Cloud Architect
15 28 (4.85%) Senior Analyst
16 27 (4.68%) AWS Architect
16 27 (4.68%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 137 (23.74%) Terraform
2 71 (12.31%) Spring Boot
3 59 (10.23%) CSS
3 59 (10.23%) HTML
4 57 (9.88%) Kafka
5 52 (9.01%) Spring
6 31 (5.37%) AWS CDK
7 21 (3.64%) .NET
7 21 (3.64%) Node.js
8 20 (3.47%) AngularJS
9 16 (2.77%) React
10 15 (2.60%) Jest
11 14 (2.43%) Gherkin
11 14 (2.43%) REST
12 11 (1.91%) Web Services
13 10 (1.73%) LangChain
13 10 (1.73%) LlamaIndex
13 10 (1.73%) OAuth
13 10 (1.73%) OpenAPI
13 10 (1.73%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 127 (22.01%) Cloud Native
2 93 (16.12%) Onboarding
3 50 (8.67%) Public Cloud
4 47 (8.15%) Enterprise Cloud
5 46 (7.97%) Distributed Systems
6 40 (6.93%) e-Learning
7 36 (6.24%) Data Centre
8 34 (5.89%) Hybrid Cloud
9 33 (5.72%) Enterprise Software
10 21 (3.64%) PKI
11 15 (2.60%) Cyber Threat
11 15 (2.60%) Management Information System
12 14 (2.43%) Algorithms
12 14 (2.43%) Blog
12 14 (2.43%) Security Posture
13 13 (2.25%) Mainframe
14 12 (2.08%) Distributed Computing
14 12 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
15 10 (1.73%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
15 10 (1.73%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 47 (8.15%) Windows
2 39 (6.76%) Linux
3 22 (3.81%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.87%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (0.69%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (0.69%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.35%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.35%) Solaris
6 2 (0.35%) Unix
7 1 (0.17%) AIX
7 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 205 (35.53%) Infrastructure as Code
2 189 (32.76%) CI/CD
3 175 (30.33%) Mentoring
4 167 (28.94%) Agile
5 165 (28.60%) AI
6 127 (22.01%) Cloud Security
7 119 (20.62%) ITIL
8 102 (17.68%) DevOps
9 94 (16.29%) Cybersecurity
10 88 (15.25%) Continuous Improvement
11 82 (14.21%) Problem-Solving
12 81 (14.04%) Microservices
13 80 (13.86%) Migration
14 79 (13.69%) Technical Leadership
15 78 (13.52%) Roadmaps
16 73 (12.65%) ITSM
17 71 (12.31%) Customer Service
18 67 (11.61%) Performance Metrics
19 64 (11.09%) Architectural Patterns
19 64 (11.09%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 180 (31.20%) Python
2 114 (19.76%) Java
3 78 (13.52%) JavaScript
4 72 (12.48%) SQL
5 58 (10.05%) Bash
6 47 (8.15%) R
7 29 (5.03%) Go
8 28 (4.85%) TypeScript
9 24 (4.16%) Ruby
10 22 (3.81%) PowerShell
11 18 (3.12%) C#
12 15 (2.60%) Groovy
12 15 (2.60%) PHP
13 14 (2.43%) Perl
14 7 (1.21%) Kotlin
15 6 (1.04%) C++
15 6 (1.04%) COBOL
16 4 (0.69%) Google Apps Script
17 3 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 2 (0.35%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 160 (27.73%) Degree
2 157 (27.21%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 151 (26.17%) Azure Certification
4 141 (24.44%) Microsoft Certification
5 127 (22.01%) Security Cleared
6 81 (14.04%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 76 (13.17%) SC Cleared
8 66 (11.44%) MCSE
9 52 (9.01%) Cisco Certification
10 42 (7.28%) CISSP
11 30 (5.20%) Computer Science Degree
12 26 (4.51%) BPSS Clearance
13 25 (4.33%) DV Cleared
14 23 (3.99%) CCNP
15 22 (3.81%) Master's Degree
15 22 (3.81%) TOGAF Certification
16 21 (3.64%) CCNA
17 20 (3.47%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
17 20 (3.47%) CISM
18 17 (2.95%) AWS Certified Developer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (11.79%) QA
2 47 (8.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 28 (4.85%) NIST
4 27 (4.68%) GDPR
5 20 (3.47%) NCSC
5 20 (3.47%) SOC 2
6 14 (2.43%) Data Quality
7 13 (2.25%) Accessibility
7 13 (2.25%) GRC
8 12 (2.08%) HIPAA
9 10 (1.73%) Cyber Essentials
10 8 (1.39%) ISO 9001
11 7 (1.21%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 6 (1.04%) Government Security Classifications
12 6 (1.04%) PCI DSS
13 4 (0.69%) SLA
14 2 (0.35%) EU AI Act
14 2 (0.35%) NIST 800
15 1 (0.17%) COBIT
15 1 (0.17%) GxP
System Software
1 63 (10.92%) Docker
2 26 (4.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (4.33%) Active Directory
4 8 (1.39%) Squid
4 8 (1.39%) VMware NSX
4 8 (1.39%) vSphere
5 5 (0.87%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.87%) KVM
5 5 (0.87%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 75 (13.00%) Kubernetes
2 46 (7.97%) Ansible
3 21 (3.64%) Grafana
4 16 (2.77%) Puppet
4 16 (2.77%) Single Sign-On
5 14 (2.43%) HP Fortify
5 14 (2.43%) Progress Chef
6 13 (2.25%) Prometheus
7 9 (1.56%) Cilium
7 9 (1.56%) Packer
8 8 (1.39%) ZABBIX
9 7 (1.21%) Microsoft Intune
10 6 (1.04%) Argo
10 6 (1.04%) Proxmox
11 4 (0.69%) Iperf
12 3 (0.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 3 (0.52%) QRadar
13 2 (0.35%) CASB
13 2 (0.35%) kaniko
14 1 (0.17%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 227 (39.34%) Microsoft
2 94 (16.29%) ServiceNow
3 37 (6.41%) Oracle
4 36 (6.24%) VMware
5 30 (5.20%) Cisco
6 25 (4.33%) Apple
6 25 (4.33%) Splunk
7 24 (4.16%) Adobe
7 24 (4.16%) Google
8 18 (3.12%) SAP
9 17 (2.95%) Palo Alto
10 15 (2.60%) Red Hat
11 13 (2.25%) Databricks
12 12 (2.08%) Fortinet
13 8 (1.39%) CheckPoint
13 8 (1.39%) CrowdStrike
14 7 (1.21%) Atlassian
14 7 (1.21%) Avaya
14 7 (1.21%) Dynatrace
14 7 (1.21%) Genesys