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 3 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 379 244 452
Rank change year-on-year -135 +208 -75
Permanent jobs citing AWS Certification 535 622 344
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.45% 1.25% 0.46%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.61% 3.56% 1.65%
Number of salaries quoted 181 208 171
10th Percentile £47,750 £28,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £46,250 £55,082
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £67,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.81% -6.90% -4.19%
75th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £61,250 £62,250
% change year-on-year +6.12% -1.61% -7.78%

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 20,510 17,474 20,824
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.36% 35.25% 27.95%
Number of salaries quoted 11,516 7,384 9,044
10th Percentile £32,000 £29,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £43,983 £36,925 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -0.86%
75th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,766 £48,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +18.26% -8.57% -

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 3 October 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 3 October 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 -120 490 £77,500 +12.32% 890
UK excluding London -201 256 £65,000 +6.12% 635
London -22 247 £90,000 +20.00% 429
Work from Home -155 175 £85,000 +13.33% 582
North of England -148 87 £70,000 +7.69% 160
South East -52 50 £65,000 -9.09% 97
Midlands -37 45 £85,000 +38.78% 92
South West -62 45 £70,000 +23.36% 95
North West -132 45 £58,750 +92.62% 107
West Midlands -33 40 £90,000 +46.94% 65
North East -43 27 £80,500 +78.89% 27
Yorkshire -59 15 £65,000 - 29
Wales - 12 £80,000 - 20
East of England -39 9 £82,500 -17.50% 30
East Midlands -34 5 £73,750 - 27
Northern Ireland -93 5 £42,500 - 38
Scotland -2 3 - - 107

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 22 (4.11%) Apache Spark
2 19 (3.55%) Confluence
3 9 (1.68%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (1.50%) Apache
5 6 (1.12%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (0.93%) Apache Pig
7 4 (0.75%) Jupyter
7 4 (0.75%) SAS
8 2 (0.37%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.37%) Cloud Foundry
8 2 (0.37%) nginx
9 1 (0.19%) IIS
9 1 (0.19%) JBoss
9 1 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.19%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.19%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.19%) WebSphere
Applications
1 60 (11.21%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.93%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 24 (4.49%) Cloudability
2 7 (1.31%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.12%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.19%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.19%) Infor CloudSuite
4 1 (0.19%) Infor M3
4 1 (0.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 535 (100.00%) AWS
2 194 (36.26%) Azure
3 132 (24.67%) AWS CloudFormation
4 117 (21.87%) GCP
5 97 (18.13%) Serverless
6 81 (15.14%) Cloud Computing
7 79 (14.77%) Amazon S3
8 77 (14.39%) AWS Lambda
9 76 (14.21%) Microsoft 365
10 63 (11.78%) Amazon ECS
11 56 (10.47%) GitHub
12 45 (8.41%) Amazon EC2
13 44 (8.22%) Amazon EKS
14 33 (6.17%) GitHub Actions
15 27 (5.05%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 20 (3.74%) Amazon EMR
16 20 (3.74%) AWS Step Functions
17 19 (3.55%) Entra ID
18 18 (3.36%) Amazon CloudWatch
19 17 (3.18%) AWS CloudTrail
Communications & Networking
1 67 (12.52%) Network Security
2 56 (10.47%) Firewall
3 30 (5.61%) VPN
4 25 (4.67%) WAN
5 22 (4.11%) DNS
5 22 (4.11%) Internet
6 19 (3.55%) SD-WAN
7 18 (3.36%) DHCP
8 17 (3.18%) LAN
8 17 (3.18%) Software-Defined Networking
9 14 (2.62%) TCP/IP
10 10 (1.87%) Wireless
11 9 (1.68%) VLAN
12 8 (1.50%) IPv4
13 7 (1.31%) Wi-Fi
14 4 (0.75%) DMZ
14 4 (0.75%) Wireshark
15 3 (0.56%) BGP
15 3 (0.56%) Cisco ISE
15 3 (0.56%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (12.52%) NoSQL
2 46 (8.60%) Amazon RDS
3 23 (4.30%) DynamoDB
4 19 (3.55%) Data Warehouse
5 18 (3.36%) Amazon Redshift
6 17 (3.18%) Data Lake
7 14 (2.62%) Metadata
8 11 (2.06%) Hadoop
9 10 (1.87%) Amazon Athena
9 10 (1.87%) Big Data
10 8 (1.50%) PostgreSQL
10 8 (1.50%) Power BI
10 8 (1.50%) SQL Server
11 7 (1.31%) BusinessObjects
11 7 (1.31%) SAP HANA
12 5 (0.93%) Apache Hive
12 5 (0.93%) Elasticsearch
13 4 (0.75%) GIS
13 4 (0.75%) Power Query
14 3 (0.56%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 78 (14.58%) GitLab
2 44 (8.22%) Cucumber
3 41 (7.66%) Jenkins
4 28 (5.23%) JIRA
5 27 (5.05%) Git
6 15 (2.80%) Bitbucket
7 12 (2.24%) Maven
7 12 (2.24%) TeamCity
8 10 (1.87%) Cypress.io
9 9 (1.68%) SonarQube
10 7 (1.31%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 3 (0.56%) Claude Code
11 3 (0.56%) Taiga
11 3 (0.56%) VersionOne
12 2 (0.37%) Ant
12 2 (0.37%) Apache Ivy
12 2 (0.37%) git-flow
12 2 (0.37%) IBM UrbanCode
13 1 (0.19%) ERwin
13 1 (0.19%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 164 (30.65%) Social Skills
2 141 (26.36%) Finance
3 88 (16.45%) Public Sector
4 67 (12.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 50 (9.35%) Analytical Skills
6 48 (8.97%) Swedish Language
7 41 (7.66%) Banking
8 26 (4.86%) Retail
9 22 (4.11%) Aerospace
9 22 (4.11%) Financial Institution
10 15 (2.80%) French Language
11 14 (2.62%) Law
12 13 (2.43%) Influencing Skills
13 12 (2.24%) Military
14 11 (2.06%) Marketing
15 9 (1.68%) Legal
16 8 (1.50%) Manufacturing
17 7 (1.31%) Presentation Skills
18 6 (1.12%) Billing
18 6 (1.12%) Digital Health
Job Titles
1 144 (26.92%) Senior
2 133 (24.86%) Architect
3 94 (17.57%) Analyst
4 62 (11.59%) Consultant
5 60 (11.21%) Service Analyst
5 60 (11.21%) Service Desk Analyst
6 45 (8.41%) Java Engineer
7 44 (8.22%) Solutions Architect
8 36 (6.73%) Cloud Engineer
9 32 (5.98%) Lead
10 31 (5.79%) Security Consultant
11 29 (5.42%) Cloud Architect
11 29 (5.42%) Developer
12 28 (5.23%) AWS Architect
12 28 (5.23%) Senior Analyst
13 27 (5.05%) Senior Consultant
14 25 (4.67%) AWS Engineer
14 25 (4.67%) Principal Engineer
14 25 (4.67%) Principal Java Engineer
15 24 (4.49%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 139 (25.98%) Terraform
2 74 (13.83%) Spring Boot
3 65 (12.15%) Kafka
4 60 (11.21%) Spring
5 31 (5.79%) AWS CDK
6 23 (4.30%) Node.js
7 20 (3.74%) .NET
8 17 (3.18%) AngularJS
9 16 (2.99%) LangChain
9 16 (2.99%) LlamaIndex
10 14 (2.62%) REST
10 14 (2.62%) Web Services
11 10 (1.87%) Jest
11 10 (1.87%) OAuth
11 10 (1.87%) OpenAPI
11 10 (1.87%) React
11 10 (1.87%) Ruby on Rails
12 9 (1.68%) ASP.NET Web API
12 9 (1.68%) CSS
12 9 (1.68%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 137 (25.61%) Cloud Native
2 100 (18.69%) Onboarding
3 60 (11.21%) Public Cloud
4 55 (10.28%) Distributed Systems
5 47 (8.79%) Enterprise Cloud
6 44 (8.22%) e-Learning
7 40 (7.48%) Hybrid Cloud
8 36 (6.73%) Enterprise Software
9 31 (5.79%) Data Centre
10 24 (4.49%) PKI
11 18 (3.36%) Management Information System
12 17 (3.18%) Security Posture
13 16 (2.99%) Cyber Threat
14 14 (2.62%) Blog
15 13 (2.43%) Algorithms
15 13 (2.43%) Mainframe
16 12 (2.24%) Distributed Computing
17 11 (2.06%) Legacy Systems
18 10 (1.87%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
18 10 (1.87%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 51 (9.53%) Windows
2 42 (7.85%) Linux
3 26 (4.86%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.93%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (0.93%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (0.75%) Unix
5 4 (0.75%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (0.37%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.37%) Solaris
6 2 (0.37%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.19%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 222 (41.50%) Infrastructure as Code
2 204 (38.13%) CI/CD
3 181 (33.83%) AI
3 181 (33.83%) Mentoring
4 172 (32.15%) Agile
5 129 (24.11%) Cloud Security
6 109 (20.37%) DevOps
7 104 (19.44%) ITIL
8 99 (18.50%) Continuous Improvement
9 94 (17.57%) Problem-Solving
10 90 (16.82%) Cybersecurity
11 88 (16.45%) Microservices
12 82 (15.33%) Migration
12 82 (15.33%) Roadmaps
13 81 (15.14%) Technical Leadership
14 71 (13.27%) Generative AI
15 70 (13.08%) Machine Learning
16 69 (12.90%) Architectural Patterns
16 69 (12.90%) Event-Driven
16 69 (12.90%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 136 (25.42%) Python
2 117 (21.87%) Java
3 80 (14.95%) SQL
4 55 (10.28%) Bash
5 31 (5.79%) Go
6 27 (5.05%) JavaScript
7 26 (4.86%) PowerShell
8 24 (4.49%) Ruby
9 21 (3.93%) TypeScript
10 18 (3.36%) C#
11 14 (2.62%) Perl
11 14 (2.62%) PHP
12 10 (1.87%) Groovy
13 6 (1.12%) C++
13 6 (1.12%) COBOL
14 5 (0.93%) Kotlin
15 4 (0.75%) Bicep
15 4 (0.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 4 (0.75%) Google Apps Script
16 3 (0.56%) R
Qualifications
1 162 (30.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 154 (28.79%) Degree
3 129 (24.11%) Security Cleared
4 103 (19.25%) Azure Certification
5 84 (15.70%) Microsoft Certification
6 78 (14.58%) SC Cleared
7 60 (11.21%) MCSE
8 47 (8.79%) Cisco Certification
9 46 (8.60%) CISSP
10 30 (5.61%) Computer Science Degree
11 29 (5.42%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 29 (5.42%) BPSS Clearance
12 25 (4.67%) DV Cleared
13 22 (4.11%) TOGAF Certification
14 21 (3.93%) CCNA
15 20 (3.74%) CISM
15 20 (3.74%) Master's Degree
16 19 (3.55%) CCNP
17 15 (2.80%) AWS Certified Developer
17 15 (2.80%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (11.40%) QA
2 48 (8.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 27 (5.05%) NIST
4 25 (4.67%) GDPR
5 22 (4.11%) NCSC
6 18 (3.36%) SOC 2
7 17 (3.18%) Data Quality
8 13 (2.43%) Accessibility
9 12 (2.24%) GRC
9 12 (2.24%) HIPAA
10 11 (2.06%) Cyber Essentials
11 9 (1.68%) PCI DSS
12 8 (1.50%) ISO 9001
13 6 (1.12%) Government Security Classifications
14 5 (0.93%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 4 (0.75%) SLA
16 2 (0.37%) NIST 800
17 1 (0.19%) COBIT
17 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 1 (0.19%) GxP
System Software
1 61 (11.40%) Docker
2 30 (5.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (4.86%) Active Directory
4 9 (1.68%) vSphere
5 8 (1.50%) Squid
5 8 (1.50%) VMware NSX
6 7 (1.31%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (1.12%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (0.93%) Hyper-V
8 5 (0.93%) KVM
Systems Management
1 81 (15.14%) Kubernetes
2 43 (8.04%) Ansible
3 22 (4.11%) Grafana
4 16 (2.99%) Puppet
5 15 (2.80%) Prometheus
6 14 (2.62%) Progress Chef
6 14 (2.62%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (1.68%) HP Fortify
8 8 (1.50%) Cilium
8 8 (1.50%) Packer
8 8 (1.50%) Proxmox
8 8 (1.50%) ZABBIX
9 6 (1.12%) Argo
9 6 (1.12%) Microsoft Intune
10 4 (0.75%) Iperf
11 3 (0.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.56%) QRadar
12 2 (0.37%) CASB
12 2 (0.37%) kaniko
13 1 (0.19%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 173 (32.34%) Microsoft
2 90 (16.82%) ServiceNow
3 40 (7.48%) VMware
4 36 (6.73%) Oracle
5 28 (5.23%) Cisco
6 26 (4.86%) Adobe
6 26 (4.86%) Google
7 25 (4.67%) Apple
8 23 (4.30%) Splunk
9 18 (3.36%) SAP
10 14 (2.62%) Red Hat
11 13 (2.43%) Databricks
11 13 (2.43%) Palo Alto
12 8 (1.50%) Fortinet
12 8 (1.50%) Genesys
13 7 (1.31%) Atlassian
13 7 (1.31%) Avaya
13 7 (1.31%) CrowdStrike
13 7 (1.31%) Dynatrace
14 6 (1.12%) F5