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 26 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 183 382 402
Rank change year-on-year +199 +20 -255
Permanent jobs citing AWS Certification 849 333 485
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.22% 0.70% 0.65%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.20% 1.82% 2.30%
Number of salaries quoted 514 155 287
10th Percentile - £42,500 £46,306
25th Percentile £28,250 £46,875 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £65,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -53.08% -13.33% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £88,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,500 £52,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -41.90% -22.22% -3.57%

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 20,213 18,306 21,103
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 29.01% 38.45% 28.13%
Number of salaries quoted 8,162 7,334 14,802
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,000 £45,000 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £76,250 £76,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -0.99%

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 26 February 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 26 February 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 +180 732 £30,500 -52.79% 229
UK excluding London +212 530 £30,500 -41.90% 234
Work from Home +129 289 £75,000 +25.00% 43
North of England +123 260 £30,500 -32.22% 61
London +79 231 £57,500 -34.29% 45
Yorkshire +38 144 £30,500 -32.22% 23
North West +59 85 £30,500 -40.49% 27
South East +28 59 £41,875 -23.86% 33
Midlands +39 58 £30,500 -52.79% 44
West Midlands +46 47 £30,500 -52.79% 19
Scotland +24 47 £30,500 -53.96% 20
South West +19 40 £30,500 -43.26% 38
Northern Ireland +5 33 - - 5
North East +24 31 £30,500 -32.22% 16
East of England +17 29 £80,000 +48.84% 17
East Midlands -18 11 £51,058 -7.17% 23
Wales - 4 £30,250 - 24

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 47 (5.54%) Jupyter
2 34 (4.00%) WordPress
3 12 (1.41%) Tomcat
3 12 (1.41%) WebSphere
4 11 (1.30%) WebSphere Application Server
5 9 (1.06%) Apache Airflow
5 9 (1.06%) Confluence
6 6 (0.71%) Apache Spark
6 6 (0.71%) Microsoft Exchange
7 5 (0.59%) Apache
7 5 (0.59%) Drupal
7 5 (0.59%) nginx
8 4 (0.47%) Documentum
9 3 (0.35%) SharePoint
10 2 (0.24%) JBoss
11 1 (0.12%) SAS
Applications
1 138 (16.25%) Microsoft Office
2 48 (5.65%) Chatbot
3 17 (2.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (2.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.24%) Weka
5 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.12%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 849 (100.00%) AWS
2 484 (57.01%) Azure
3 306 (36.04%) GitHub
4 168 (19.79%) Microsoft 365
5 122 (14.37%) Serverless
6 90 (10.60%) AWS CloudFormation
7 86 (10.13%) AWS Lambda
8 83 (9.78%) GCP
9 79 (9.31%) Amazon S3
10 53 (6.24%) Cloud Computing
11 43 (5.06%) AWS Step Functions
12 41 (4.83%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 38 (4.48%) GitHub Actions
14 34 (4.00%) Amazon ECS
15 33 (3.89%) Amazon EKS
16 30 (3.53%) Amazon ECR
17 29 (3.42%) Amazon SQS
18 23 (2.71%) Apigee
19 21 (2.47%) Entra ID
20 20 (2.36%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 277 (32.63%) Internet
2 28 (3.30%) Firewall
3 25 (2.94%) VPN
4 22 (2.59%) Broadband
5 19 (2.24%) Network Security
6 18 (2.12%) Remote Desktop
7 14 (1.65%) SSL
8 10 (1.18%) WAN
9 9 (1.06%) SD-WAN
9 9 (1.06%) VLAN
10 7 (0.82%) DNS
10 7 (0.82%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (0.71%) DHCP
11 6 (0.71%) TCP/IP
12 5 (0.59%) Intrusion Detection
12 5 (0.59%) VoIP
13 4 (0.47%) BGP
13 4 (0.47%) LAN
13 4 (0.47%) OSPF
14 3 (0.35%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (5.18%) DynamoDB
2 42 (4.95%) NoSQL
3 36 (4.24%) Data Lake
4 30 (3.53%) Metadata
5 25 (2.94%) PostgreSQL
6 24 (2.83%) Amazon RDS
7 20 (2.36%) RDBMS
7 20 (2.36%) Relational Database
8 19 (2.24%) SQL Server
9 12 (1.41%) Amazon Redshift
9 12 (1.41%) DB2
10 11 (1.30%) Data Warehouse
11 8 (0.94%) Amazon Athena
12 5 (0.59%) Electronic Patient Records
12 5 (0.59%) MariaDB
13 4 (0.47%) Big Data
14 3 (0.35%) Snowflake Schema
15 2 (0.24%) Power BI
16 1 (0.12%) Amazon QuickSight
16 1 (0.12%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 297 (34.98%) Git
2 47 (5.54%) Visual Studio Code
3 46 (5.42%) Jenkins
4 42 (4.95%) GitLab
5 26 (3.06%) Cypress.io
6 23 (2.71%) Maven
6 23 (2.71%) SonarQube
7 19 (2.24%) Jaeger
8 14 (1.65%) TeamCity
9 13 (1.53%) JIRA
10 10 (1.18%) Cucumber
11 7 (0.82%) Bitbucket
12 4 (0.47%) MLflow
13 3 (0.35%) Vite
14 2 (0.24%) Selenium
15 1 (0.12%) CircleCI
General
1 279 (32.86%) Social Skills
2 277 (32.63%) Multimedia
3 151 (17.79%) Finance
4 138 (16.25%) French Language
5 109 (12.84%) Swedish Language
6 68 (8.01%) Retail
7 65 (7.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 55 (6.48%) Banking
9 51 (6.01%) Manufacturing
10 49 (5.77%) Financial Institution
11 48 (5.65%) Analytical Skills
12 26 (3.06%) Public Sector
13 23 (2.71%) Retail Banking
14 17 (2.00%) Presentation Skills
15 11 (1.30%) Law
15 11 (1.30%) Publishing
16 10 (1.18%) Investment Banking
17 6 (0.71%) Legal
18 5 (0.59%) Local Government
18 5 (0.59%) Police
Job Titles
1 324 (38.16%) Trainee
2 168 (19.79%) Developer
3 161 (18.96%) Analyst
4 138 (16.25%) Service Analyst
4 138 (16.25%) Service Desk Analyst
5 133 (15.67%) Trainee Developer
6 124 (14.61%) Software Developer
6 124 (14.61%) Trainee Software Developer
7 118 (13.90%) Architect
8 64 (7.54%) Senior
9 47 (5.54%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
9 47 (5.54%) Programmer
9 47 (5.54%) Trainee Programmer
10 45 (5.30%) Cloud Engineer
11 39 (4.59%) Lead
12 36 (4.24%) Administrator
13 30 (3.53%) Data Architect
14 29 (3.42%) Trainee Administrator
14 29 (3.42%) Web Administrator
15 22 (2.59%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 277 (32.63%) CSS
1 277 (32.63%) HTML
2 49 (5.77%) Hugging Face
2 49 (5.77%) NumPy
2 49 (5.77%) Pandas
3 47 (5.54%) Matplotlib
3 47 (5.54%) scikit-learn
3 47 (5.54%) Streamlit
4 35 (4.12%) Spring Boot
5 27 (3.18%) React
6 26 (3.06%) Jest
7 25 (2.94%) AngularJS
8 23 (2.71%) Gherkin
9 19 (2.24%) Elastic Stack
9 19 (2.24%) OpenTelemetry
10 18 (2.12%) .NET
11 17 (2.00%) AWS CDK
12 15 (1.77%) Kafka
12 15 (1.77%) RESTful
13 13 (1.53%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 64 (7.54%) Cloud Native
2 48 (5.65%) Algorithms
3 42 (4.95%) Enterprise Software
4 36 (4.24%) Public Cloud
5 22 (2.59%) Onboarding
5 22 (2.59%) PKI
6 20 (2.36%) Hybrid Cloud
7 17 (2.00%) Management Information System
8 14 (1.65%) Linux Command Line
9 12 (1.41%) Distributed Systems
10 11 (1.30%) e-Learning
11 9 (1.06%) Virtual Team
12 8 (0.94%) Data Centre
12 8 (0.94%) Self-Motivation
13 7 (0.82%) Private Cloud
14 5 (0.59%) Blog
14 5 (0.59%) Clustering
14 5 (0.59%) Data Structures
14 5 (0.59%) PACS
14 5 (0.59%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 73 (8.60%) Linux
2 52 (6.12%) Windows
3 42 (4.95%) Unix
4 17 (2.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 14 (1.65%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.35%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.24%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.12%) CentOS
8 1 (0.12%) Debian
8 1 (0.12%) Solaris
8 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 347 (40.87%) Mentoring
2 297 (34.98%) Cybersecurity
3 206 (24.26%) ITIL
4 175 (20.61%) Customer Service
5 157 (18.49%) Agile
6 144 (16.96%) ITSM
7 136 (16.02%) DevOps
8 131 (15.43%) CI/CD
9 124 (14.61%) Infrastructure as Code
10 123 (14.49%) Performance Metrics
11 111 (13.07%) AI
12 79 (9.31%) Migration
13 71 (8.36%) Data Privacy
14 70 (8.24%) Problem-Solving
15 69 (8.13%) Machine Learning
15 69 (8.13%) Microservices
16 67 (7.89%) Containerisation
17 66 (7.77%) Computer Science
18 65 (7.66%) TOGAF
19 61 (7.18%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 455 (53.59%) Python
2 337 (39.69%) JavaScript
3 144 (16.96%) R
4 97 (11.43%) Java
5 75 (8.83%) Bash
6 59 (6.95%) TypeScript
7 39 (4.59%) C#
8 32 (3.77%) PowerShell
8 32 (3.77%) SQL
9 29 (3.42%) Go
10 23 (2.71%) Groovy
11 9 (1.06%) Bicep
11 9 (1.06%) Kotlin
12 7 (0.82%) C++
13 6 (0.71%) Google Apps Script
14 2 (0.24%) C
15 1 (0.12%) Scala
15 1 (0.12%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 454 (53.47%) Microsoft Certification
2 419 (49.35%) Azure Certification
3 334 (39.34%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 221 (26.03%) Degree
5 138 (16.25%) MCSE
6 114 (13.43%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 54 (6.36%) TOGAF Certification
8 53 (6.24%) Security Cleared
9 45 (5.30%) Computer Science Degree
10 40 (4.71%) SC Cleared
11 33 (3.89%) ITIL Certification
12 27 (3.18%) AWS Certified Developer
13 23 (2.71%) CISSP
14 20 (2.36%) A+ Certification
14 20 (2.36%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
15 17 (2.00%) Cisco Certification
15 17 (2.00%) CISM
16 14 (1.65%) Master's Degree
17 10 (1.18%) DV Cleared
18 8 (0.94%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 128 (15.08%) QA
2 36 (4.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 25 (2.94%) NIST
4 20 (2.36%) GDPR
5 19 (2.24%) SLA
6 16 (1.88%) PCI DSS
7 11 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials
7 11 (1.30%) SOC 2
8 10 (1.18%) NCSC
9 9 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 8 (0.94%) Data Quality
10 8 (0.94%) GRC
11 5 (0.59%) Accessibility
11 5 (0.59%) DICOM
11 5 (0.59%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.24%) GxP
12 2 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 1 (0.12%) Basel III
13 1 (0.12%) JSP 440
13 1 (0.12%) MiFID
System Software
1 108 (12.72%) Docker
2 41 (4.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (1.77%) Active Directory
4 8 (0.94%) Hyper-V
5 7 (0.82%) KVM
6 5 (0.59%) Veritas Cluster Server
7 4 (0.47%) vSphere
8 3 (0.35%) iptables
8 3 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.12%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 111 (13.07%) Terraform
2 84 (9.89%) Kubernetes
3 51 (6.01%) Ansible
4 36 (4.24%) Prometheus
5 31 (3.65%) Grafana
6 27 (3.18%) HP Fortify
7 20 (2.36%) Argo
8 19 (2.24%) Kustomize
9 9 (1.06%) Proxmox
10 8 (0.94%) Cilium
10 8 (0.94%) Microsoft Intune
11 4 (0.47%) Progress Chef
12 3 (0.35%) Nessus
12 3 (0.35%) Puppet
13 1 (0.12%) Autotask
13 1 (0.12%) Ganglia
13 1 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 561 (66.08%) Microsoft
2 150 (17.67%) ServiceNow
3 49 (5.77%) VMware
4 39 (4.59%) Google
5 18 (2.12%) Red Hat
6 17 (2.00%) Adobe
6 17 (2.00%) Apple
6 17 (2.00%) IBM
7 15 (1.77%) SAP
8 11 (1.30%) Workday
9 10 (1.18%) Cisco
10 9 (1.06%) Databricks
11 5 (0.59%) Symantec
11 5 (0.59%) YouTube
12 4 (0.47%) OpenText
12 4 (0.47%) Palo Alto
12 4 (0.47%) Pega
13 3 (0.35%) Ariba
13 3 (0.35%) Oracle
13 3 (0.35%) SolarWinds