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 5 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 316 293 497
Rank change year-on-year -23 +204 -255
Permanent jobs citing AWS Certification 564 501 447
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.58% 1.05% 0.43%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.99% 2.85% 1.67%
Number of salaries quoted 262 157 296
10th Percentile £28,250 £44,000 £51,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £51,250 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.14% -6.67% -0.88%
75th Percentile £78,750 £87,500 £85,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £97,500 £100,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £65,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -42.31% -10.34% +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 18,867 17,597 26,689
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 19.41% 36.76% 25.54%
Number of salaries quoted 9,918 7,710 16,744
10th Percentile £31,104 £29,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £43,000 £38,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £53,795
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +2.24% -10.34%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £71,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,055 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.88% +0.11% -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 5 July 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 5 July 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 -45 518 £50,000 -28.57% 391
UK excluding London -60 305 £37,500 -42.31% 305
London +9 224 £76,250 - 152
Work from Home -88 180 £62,500 -3.85% 205
North of England -78 128 £37,500 -42.31% 76
North West -88 62 £37,500 -40.00% 47
Yorkshire +9 53 £37,500 -42.31% 22
Midlands -7 51 £37,500 -38.78% 49
West Midlands -7 46 £37,500 -38.78% 32
South East -15 40 £62,500 -12.59% 81
South West -62 39 £52,500 -7.48% 43
East of England -10 14 £37,500 -55.88% 31
North East -33 13 £37,500 -21.05% 10
Wales - 12 £55,000 - 5
Northern Ireland -39 11 £40,750 - 3
Scotland +20 10 £37,500 -28.57% 21
East Midlands - 5 £34,500 - 17

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 54 (9.57%) Jupyter
2 44 (7.80%) WordPress
3 18 (3.19%) Confluence
4 13 (2.30%) Apache Spark
5 6 (1.06%) Apache
5 6 (1.06%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.71%) Documentum
6 4 (0.71%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.53%) Apache Pig
7 3 (0.53%) JBoss
8 2 (0.35%) SAS
9 1 (0.18%) Drupal
9 1 (0.18%) IIS
9 1 (0.18%) nginx
9 1 (0.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.18%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.18%) WebSphere
Applications
1 75 (13.30%) Microsoft Office
2 57 (10.11%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.18%) Maya
Business Applications
1 24 (4.26%) Cloudability
2 5 (0.89%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.18%) Infor CloudSuite
4 1 (0.18%) Infor M3
4 1 (0.18%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 564 (100.00%) AWS
2 207 (36.70%) Azure
3 108 (19.15%) AWS CloudFormation
4 107 (18.97%) Cloud Computing
5 105 (18.62%) GitHub
6 94 (16.67%) Serverless
7 93 (16.49%) GCP
8 90 (15.96%) Microsoft 365
9 82 (14.54%) AWS Lambda
10 78 (13.83%) Amazon S3
11 67 (11.88%) Amazon ECS
12 52 (9.22%) Amazon EKS
13 35 (6.21%) AWS Step Functions
13 35 (6.21%) GitHub Actions
14 33 (5.85%) Amazon ECR
15 29 (5.14%) Apigee
16 27 (4.79%) Amazon EC2
17 25 (4.43%) Amazon SQS
18 21 (3.72%) Entra ID
18 21 (3.72%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 73 (12.94%) Internet
2 51 (9.04%) Network Security
3 38 (6.74%) Firewall
4 21 (3.72%) VPN
5 17 (3.01%) WAN
6 15 (2.66%) Software-Defined Networking
7 14 (2.48%) LAN
7 14 (2.48%) SD-WAN
8 13 (2.30%) DNS
9 12 (2.13%) Broadband
9 12 (2.13%) DHCP
10 9 (1.60%) TCP/IP
11 8 (1.42%) IPv4
11 8 (1.42%) Wireless
12 7 (1.24%) VLAN
13 6 (1.06%) Wi-Fi
14 4 (0.71%) Wireshark
15 3 (0.53%) DMZ
16 2 (0.35%) BGP
16 2 (0.35%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (8.16%) NoSQL
2 39 (6.91%) DynamoDB
3 34 (6.03%) Amazon RDS
4 22 (3.90%) Data Lake
5 20 (3.55%) Metadata
6 12 (2.13%) Amazon Redshift
6 12 (2.13%) Data Warehouse
6 12 (2.13%) RDBMS
6 12 (2.13%) Relational Database
7 8 (1.42%) Big Data
7 8 (1.42%) Hadoop
8 6 (1.06%) Amazon Athena
8 6 (1.06%) Electronic Patient Records
9 5 (0.89%) Power BI
10 4 (0.71%) PostgreSQL
11 3 (0.53%) Apache Hive
11 3 (0.53%) BusinessObjects
11 3 (0.53%) Redis
11 3 (0.53%) SAP HANA
11 3 (0.53%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 77 (13.65%) Git
2 71 (12.59%) GitLab
3 62 (10.99%) Jenkins
4 54 (9.57%) Visual Studio Code
5 30 (5.32%) Cypress.io
5 30 (5.32%) Maven
6 29 (5.14%) SonarQube
7 26 (4.61%) Cucumber
8 22 (3.90%) JIRA
9 19 (3.37%) TeamCity
10 16 (2.84%) Bitbucket
11 12 (2.13%) Jaeger
12 4 (0.71%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 3 (0.53%) Selenium
14 2 (0.35%) Taiga
14 2 (0.35%) VersionOne
15 1 (0.18%) Gatling
15 1 (0.18%) MLflow
15 1 (0.18%) Octopus Deploy
15 1 (0.18%) Vagrant
General
1 150 (26.60%) Social Skills
2 140 (24.82%) Finance
3 80 (14.18%) Retail
4 65 (11.52%) Multimedia
5 59 (10.46%) Manufacturing
6 47 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 41 (7.27%) Public Sector
8 39 (6.91%) French Language
9 38 (6.74%) Analytical Skills
10 36 (6.38%) Swedish Language
11 31 (5.50%) Banking
12 22 (3.90%) Financial Institution
13 11 (1.95%) Influencing Skills
14 10 (1.77%) Aerospace
15 7 (1.24%) Advertising
16 5 (0.89%) Military
17 4 (0.71%) Automotive
17 4 (0.71%) Billing
17 4 (0.71%) Legal
17 4 (0.71%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 116 (20.57%) Trainee
2 105 (18.62%) Analyst
3 101 (17.91%) Senior
4 90 (15.96%) Architect
5 75 (13.30%) Service Analyst
5 75 (13.30%) Service Desk Analyst
6 62 (10.99%) Developer
7 51 (9.04%) Administrator
7 51 (9.04%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
7 51 (9.04%) Programmer
7 51 (9.04%) Trainee Programmer
8 43 (7.62%) Consultant
8 43 (7.62%) Trainee Administrator
8 43 (7.62%) Web Administrator
9 41 (7.27%) Cloud Engineer
10 31 (5.50%) Lead
11 28 (4.96%) Java Developer
12 27 (4.79%) Senior Analyst
13 24 (4.26%) Solutions Architect
14 23 (4.08%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (11.88%) CSS
1 67 (11.88%) HTML
1 67 (11.88%) Spring Boot
2 54 (9.57%) Hugging Face
2 54 (9.57%) Matplotlib
2 54 (9.57%) NumPy
2 54 (9.57%) Pandas
2 54 (9.57%) scikit-learn
2 54 (9.57%) Streamlit
3 35 (6.21%) AngularJS
4 34 (6.03%) Spring
5 33 (5.85%) Kafka
6 30 (5.32%) Jest
7 29 (5.14%) Gherkin
8 20 (3.55%) AWS CDK
9 18 (3.19%) Node.js
9 18 (3.19%) React
10 13 (2.30%) Elastic Stack
11 12 (2.13%) OpenTelemetry
12 10 (1.77%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 79 (14.01%) Cloud Native
2 63 (11.17%) Algorithms
3 52 (9.22%) Onboarding
4 34 (6.03%) Public Cloud
5 32 (5.67%) Enterprise Cloud
5 32 (5.67%) Hybrid Cloud
6 30 (5.32%) e-Learning
7 29 (5.14%) Data Centre
7 29 (5.14%) Distributed Systems
8 27 (4.79%) PKI
9 26 (4.61%) Enterprise Software
10 10 (1.77%) Mainframe
11 9 (1.60%) Legacy Systems
12 8 (1.42%) Distributed Computing
12 8 (1.42%) Private Cloud
13 7 (1.24%) Management Information System
14 6 (1.06%) Greenfield Project
14 6 (1.06%) Product Ownership
14 6 (1.06%) Renewable Energy
15 5 (0.89%) Digital Wallet
Operating Systems
1 55 (9.75%) Linux
2 44 (7.80%) Windows
3 18 (3.19%) Windows Server
4 15 (2.66%) Unix
5 4 (0.71%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.53%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.18%) AIX
7 1 (0.18%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 158 (28.01%) AI
2 156 (27.66%) Agile
3 155 (27.48%) CI/CD
4 152 (26.95%) Infrastructure as Code
5 139 (24.65%) Mentoring
6 131 (23.23%) Customer Service
6 131 (23.23%) ITIL
7 97 (17.20%) DevOps
8 89 (15.78%) Cloud Security
9 87 (15.43%) Machine Learning
10 80 (14.18%) Cybersecurity
11 77 (13.65%) ITSM
12 75 (13.30%) Performance Metrics
13 69 (12.23%) Migration
14 61 (10.82%) Continuous Improvement
14 61 (10.82%) Microservices
14 61 (10.82%) OO
15 60 (10.64%) Data Privacy
15 60 (10.64%) LLM
16 58 (10.28%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
Programming Languages
1 232 (41.13%) Python
2 113 (20.04%) Java
3 94 (16.67%) JavaScript
4 80 (14.18%) Bash
5 49 (8.69%) SQL
6 48 (8.51%) R
7 42 (7.45%) TypeScript
8 34 (6.03%) Go
9 30 (5.32%) Groovy
10 27 (4.79%) PowerShell
11 19 (3.37%) Ruby
12 16 (2.84%) C#
13 11 (1.95%) Kotlin
13 11 (1.95%) PHP
14 10 (1.77%) Perl
15 8 (1.42%) C++
16 6 (1.06%) Google Apps Script
17 5 (0.89%) COBOL
18 4 (0.71%) Bicep
19 2 (0.35%) C
Qualifications
1 157 (27.84%) Microsoft Certification
2 150 (26.60%) Azure Certification
3 146 (25.89%) Degree
4 136 (24.11%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 125 (22.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 86 (15.25%) Security Cleared
7 75 (13.30%) MCSE
8 43 (7.62%) SC Cleared
9 37 (6.56%) Cisco Certification
10 31 (5.50%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 25 (4.43%) ITIL Certification
12 24 (4.26%) CISSP
13 23 (4.08%) TOGAF Certification
14 17 (3.01%) Computer Science Degree
15 16 (2.84%) CCNA
15 16 (2.84%) CISM
16 14 (2.48%) Master's Degree
17 13 (2.30%) CCNP
18 12 (2.13%) AWS Certified Developer
19 11 (1.95%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (13.65%) QA
2 40 (7.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (3.55%) NIST
3 20 (3.55%) SOC 2
4 18 (3.19%) GDPR
5 13 (2.30%) GRC
6 12 (2.13%) Data Quality
7 11 (1.95%) NCSC
8 10 (1.77%) PCI DSS
9 8 (1.42%) Cyber Essentials
9 8 (1.42%) ISO 9001
10 6 (1.06%) Accessibility
11 5 (0.89%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 5 (0.89%) DICOM
11 5 (0.89%) Government Security Classifications
12 3 (0.53%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.35%) EU AI Act
13 2 (0.35%) SLA
14 1 (0.18%) COBIT
14 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 85 (15.07%) Docker
2 20 (3.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (3.01%) Active Directory
4 8 (1.42%) Squid
4 8 (1.42%) VMware NSX
4 8 (1.42%) vSphere
5 6 (1.06%) KVM
6 4 (0.71%) iptables
7 3 (0.53%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 135 (23.94%) Terraform
2 78 (13.83%) Kubernetes
3 52 (9.22%) Ansible
4 33 (5.85%) HP Fortify
5 31 (5.50%) Prometheus
6 26 (4.61%) Grafana
7 15 (2.66%) Argo
8 13 (2.30%) Cilium
9 12 (2.13%) Kustomize
10 10 (1.77%) Microsoft Intune
10 10 (1.77%) Single Sign-On
11 9 (1.60%) Packer
11 9 (1.60%) Progress Chef
11 9 (1.60%) Puppet
12 8 (1.42%) Proxmox
12 8 (1.42%) ZABBIX
13 3 (0.53%) Iperf
13 3 (0.53%) QRadar
14 1 (0.18%) Consul
14 1 (0.18%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 269 (47.70%) Microsoft
2 104 (18.44%) ServiceNow
3 30 (5.32%) VMware
4 28 (4.96%) Google
5 25 (4.43%) Apple
6 24 (4.26%) Adobe
6 24 (4.26%) Oracle
7 22 (3.90%) Splunk
8 19 (3.37%) Cisco
9 15 (2.66%) Databricks
10 12 (2.13%) Palo Alto
11 11 (1.95%) Fortinet
12 10 (1.77%) SAP
13 9 (1.60%) Red Hat
14 8 (1.42%) CheckPoint
15 7 (1.24%) CrowdStrike
16 4 (0.71%) Infor
16 4 (0.71%) OpenText
16 4 (0.71%) Pega
16 4 (0.71%) Salesforce