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 19 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 191 426 375
Rank change year-on-year +235 -51 -102
Permanent jobs citing AWS Certification 747 323 368
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.27% 0.57% 0.75%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.79% 1.64% 2.40%
Number of salaries quoted 451 152 221
10th Percentile - £42,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £46,875 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £64,800 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -52.93% -10.62% -6.45%
75th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,500 £103,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,500 £52,775 £67,500
% change year-on-year -42.21% -21.81% -6.90%

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 19,717 19,663 15,348
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.48% 34.61% 31.46%
Number of salaries quoted 7,900 8,034 10,670
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,750 £30,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,875 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.58% +2.39% -
75th Percentile £75,900 £77,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,100 £92,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,765 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.15% +4.76% +5.00%

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 19 December 2025.

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 19 December 2025. 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 +220 646 £30,500 -50.41% 421
UK excluding London +225 452 £30,500 -42.21% 420
Work from Home +151 279 £75,000 +25.00% 142
London +120 222 £72,500 -15.94% 107
North of England +132 203 £30,500 -32.22% 110
Yorkshire +49 114 £30,500 -32.22% 41
South East +68 67 £47,500 -10.46% 108
North West +80 66 £30,500 -41.90% 56
Midlands +40 52 £30,500 -49.00% 75
West Midlands +59 43 £30,500 -52.79% 44
Scotland +30 38 £30,500 -52.16% 23
East of England +40 30 £45,000 -16.28% 46
South West +42 29 £30,500 -52.16% 32
Northern Ireland +22 29 - - 8
North East +29 23 £30,500 -32.22% 15
East Midlands -12 9 £51,058 -7.17% 28
Wales - 4 £30,250 - 23

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 (4.55%) WordPress
2 17 (2.28%) Tomcat
2 17 (2.28%) WebSphere
3 16 (2.14%) WebSphere Application Server
4 12 (1.61%) Confluence
5 9 (1.20%) nginx
5 9 (1.20%) SharePoint
6 7 (0.94%) Microsoft Exchange
7 5 (0.67%) Drupal
8 3 (0.40%) Apache
8 3 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.40%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.13%) SAS
Applications
1 129 (17.27%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (1.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (1.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.54%) Mozilla Thunderbird
4 2 (0.27%) Weka
5 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (1.20%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.13%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 747 (100.00%) AWS
2 473 (63.32%) Azure
3 269 (36.01%) GitHub
4 161 (21.55%) Microsoft 365
5 102 (13.65%) Serverless
6 85 (11.38%) GCP
7 77 (10.31%) Amazon S3
7 77 (10.31%) AWS Lambda
8 74 (9.91%) AWS CloudFormation
9 39 (5.22%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 35 (4.69%) Amazon EC2
11 33 (4.42%) AWS Step Functions
11 33 (4.42%) GitHub Actions
12 32 (4.28%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 30 (4.02%) Amazon ECS
13 30 (4.02%) Amazon EKS
14 24 (3.21%) Azure DevOps
15 23 (3.08%) SaaS
16 20 (2.68%) Amazon SQS
17 18 (2.41%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 244 (32.66%) Internet
2 40 (5.35%) Firewall
3 31 (4.15%) VPN
4 24 (3.21%) DNS
4 24 (3.21%) Remote Desktop
5 22 (2.95%) WAN
6 19 (2.54%) SSL
7 17 (2.28%) Network Security
8 16 (2.14%) LAN
8 16 (2.14%) SD-WAN
9 15 (2.01%) VoIP
10 14 (1.87%) TCP/IP
10 14 (1.87%) VLAN
11 12 (1.61%) DHCP
11 12 (1.61%) Wi-Fi
12 9 (1.20%) HTTP
13 8 (1.07%) FTP
13 8 (1.07%) SMTP
13 8 (1.07%) SSH
14 7 (0.94%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (5.22%) Data Lake
2 37 (4.95%) DynamoDB
3 34 (4.55%) Amazon RDS
3 34 (4.55%) PostgreSQL
4 28 (3.75%) Metadata
5 23 (3.08%) NoSQL
5 23 (3.08%) SQL Server
6 17 (2.28%) DB2
7 16 (2.14%) Amazon Redshift
8 12 (1.61%) Data Warehouse
9 9 (1.20%) Amazon Athena
10 6 (0.80%) MySQL
11 5 (0.67%) Amazon Aurora
11 5 (0.67%) MariaDB
12 3 (0.40%) Big Data
12 3 (0.40%) Elasticsearch
13 2 (0.27%) Power BI
13 2 (0.27%) RDBMS
13 2 (0.27%) Relational Database
14 1 (0.13%) Amazon QuickSight
Development Applications
1 268 (35.88%) Git
2 49 (6.56%) Jenkins
3 30 (4.02%) GitLab
4 19 (2.54%) JIRA
5 14 (1.87%) Cypress.io
6 9 (1.20%) Maven
6 9 (1.20%) SonarQube
7 8 (1.07%) TeamCity
7 8 (1.07%) Vagrant
8 7 (0.94%) Bitbucket
9 6 (0.80%) Cucumber
10 5 (0.67%) Vite
11 4 (0.54%) Gatling
11 4 (0.54%) JMeter
12 3 (0.40%) Selenium
13 2 (0.27%) Sonatype Nexus
13 2 (0.27%) Subversion
14 1 (0.13%) CircleCI
14 1 (0.13%) MLflow
14 1 (0.13%) NeoLoad
General
1 271 (36.28%) Social Skills
2 244 (32.66%) Multimedia
3 129 (17.27%) French Language
4 119 (15.93%) Swedish Language
5 110 (14.73%) Finance
6 60 (8.03%) Banking
7 49 (6.56%) Financial Institution
8 48 (6.43%) Analytical Skills
9 44 (5.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 33 (4.42%) Public Sector
11 26 (3.48%) Presentation Skills
11 26 (3.48%) Retail Banking
12 14 (1.87%) Retail
13 13 (1.74%) Law
14 11 (1.47%) Investment Banking
15 8 (1.07%) Publishing
15 8 (1.07%) Telecoms
16 7 (0.94%) Manufacturing
17 5 (0.67%) Local Government
17 5 (0.67%) Police
Job Titles
1 244 (32.66%) Trainee
2 146 (19.54%) Analyst
3 141 (18.88%) Developer
4 129 (17.27%) Service Analyst
4 129 (17.27%) Service Desk Analyst
5 114 (15.26%) Trainee Developer
6 113 (15.13%) Architect
7 105 (14.06%) Software Developer
7 105 (14.06%) Trainee Software Developer
8 83 (11.11%) Senior
9 33 (4.42%) Cloud Engineer
10 32 (4.28%) Administrator
11 29 (3.88%) Solutions Architect
11 29 (3.88%) Trainee Administrator
11 29 (3.88%) Web Administrator
12 28 (3.75%) Data Architect
13 27 (3.61%) Senior Analyst
14 24 (3.21%) Lead
14 24 (3.21%) Senior Service Desk Analyst
15 22 (2.95%) Infrastructure Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 244 (32.66%) CSS
1 244 (32.66%) HTML
2 32 (4.28%) React
3 21 (2.81%) Spring Boot
4 20 (2.68%) LDAP
5 18 (2.41%) AWS CDK
6 17 (2.28%) .NET
7 16 (2.14%) LAPP Stack
7 16 (2.14%) RESTful
7 16 (2.14%) WebSphere MQ
8 14 (1.87%) Jest
9 13 (1.74%) Spring
10 11 (1.47%) .NET Core
10 11 (1.47%) AngularJS
10 11 (1.47%) ASP.NET
10 11 (1.47%) ASP.NET Core
10 11 (1.47%) Blazor
11 9 (1.20%) Gherkin
11 9 (1.20%) Tailwind CSS
12 8 (1.07%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 62 (8.30%) Cloud Native
2 28 (3.75%) Enterprise Software
3 25 (3.35%) Management Information System
3 25 (3.35%) Public Cloud
4 19 (2.54%) Linux Command Line
5 18 (2.41%) Hybrid Cloud
6 17 (2.28%) Onboarding
7 14 (1.87%) Data Centre
8 13 (1.74%) Virtual Team
9 11 (1.47%) PKI
10 9 (1.20%) Security Posture
11 7 (0.94%) Distributed Systems
11 7 (0.94%) Greenfield Project
11 7 (0.94%) Operational Technology
12 6 (0.80%) Replication
13 5 (0.67%) Blog
13 5 (0.67%) Clustering
13 5 (0.67%) Social Media
14 4 (0.54%) e-Learning
14 4 (0.54%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 79 (10.58%) Windows
2 70 (9.37%) Linux
3 29 (3.88%) Unix
4 23 (3.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 23 (3.08%) Windows Server
5 8 (1.07%) VMS
6 6 (0.80%) Amazon Linux
6 6 (0.80%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.40%) CentOS
7 3 (0.40%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.27%) Debian
8 2 (0.27%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.13%) Check Point GAiA
9 1 (0.13%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 299 (40.03%) Mentoring
2 263 (35.21%) Cybersecurity
3 203 (27.18%) ITIL
4 141 (18.88%) ITSM
5 131 (17.54%) Agile
6 127 (17.00%) DevOps
7 124 (16.60%) CI/CD
8 116 (15.53%) Customer Service
9 110 (14.73%) Performance Metrics
10 97 (12.99%) Infrastructure as Code
11 70 (9.37%) Migration
11 70 (9.37%) Problem-Solving
12 67 (8.97%) Microservices
13 64 (8.57%) TOGAF
14 61 (8.17%) Containerisation
15 60 (8.03%) Continuous Improvement
16 58 (7.76%) Computer Science
17 57 (7.63%) Cloud Security
18 55 (7.36%) Data Modelling
19 49 (6.56%) AI
Programming Languages
1 369 (49.40%) Python
2 283 (37.88%) JavaScript
3 130 (17.40%) R
4 71 (9.50%) Java
5 49 (6.56%) TypeScript
6 47 (6.29%) Bash
7 41 (5.49%) SQL
8 39 (5.22%) PowerShell
9 38 (5.09%) C#
10 17 (2.28%) Groovy
11 10 (1.34%) Bicep
12 6 (0.80%) Go
13 4 (0.54%) C++
13 4 (0.54%) Google Apps Script
13 4 (0.54%) Kotlin
13 4 (0.54%) Perl
14 2 (0.27%) C
14 2 (0.27%) Ruby
14 2 (0.27%) Scala
15 1 (0.13%) PHP
Qualifications
1 413 (55.29%) Microsoft Certification
2 402 (53.82%) Azure Certification
3 250 (33.47%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 219 (29.32%) Degree
5 129 (17.27%) MCSE
6 115 (15.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 65 (8.70%) Security Cleared
8 56 (7.50%) SC Cleared
9 42 (5.62%) TOGAF Certification
10 41 (5.49%) Computer Science Degree
11 30 (4.02%) AWS Certified Developer
12 27 (3.61%) ITIL Certification
13 26 (3.48%) A+ Certification
13 26 (3.48%) Cisco Certification
14 23 (3.08%) CISSP
15 19 (2.54%) Master's Degree
16 15 (2.01%) CCNP
17 14 (1.87%) CISM
18 12 (1.61%) DV Cleared
19 9 (1.20%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 119 (15.93%) QA
2 33 (4.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 33 (4.42%) NIST
3 25 (3.35%) GDPR
4 23 (3.08%) SLA
5 12 (1.61%) Cyber Essentials
6 10 (1.34%) PCI DSS
7 9 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 9 (1.20%) SOC 2
8 8 (1.07%) Accessibility
9 6 (0.80%) NCSC
10 5 (0.67%) Data Quality
10 5 (0.67%) HIPAA
10 5 (0.67%) ISO 9001
11 4 (0.54%) GRC
12 2 (0.27%) GxP
12 2 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 1 (0.13%) Basel III
13 1 (0.13%) NIST 800
13 1 (0.13%) WCAG
System Software
1 84 (11.24%) Docker
2 50 (6.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (3.21%) Active Directory
4 14 (1.87%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.80%) DFS Replication
5 6 (0.80%) KVM
6 5 (0.67%) Dovecot
6 5 (0.67%) Postfix
6 5 (0.67%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 5 (0.67%) vSphere
7 4 (0.54%) Squid
8 3 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.13%) iptables
10 1 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 85 (11.38%) Terraform
2 73 (9.77%) Kubernetes
3 34 (4.55%) Ansible
4 26 (3.48%) Grafana
5 13 (1.74%) Prometheus
6 9 (1.20%) HP Fortify
7 7 (0.94%) Nessus
7 7 (0.94%) Proxmox
8 6 (0.80%) Autotask
9 4 (0.54%) Argo
9 4 (0.54%) Cilium
9 4 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (0.27%) Nagios
10 2 (0.27%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.13%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.13%) HP ALM
11 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 1 (0.13%) SCCM
11 1 (0.13%) SCOM
11 1 (0.13%) WSUS
Vendors
1 484 (64.79%) Microsoft
2 147 (19.68%) ServiceNow
3 52 (6.96%) VMware
4 26 (3.48%) Red Hat
5 22 (2.95%) Google
5 22 (2.95%) IBM
6 17 (2.28%) Cisco
6 17 (2.28%) SAP
7 11 (1.47%) Adobe
7 11 (1.47%) Apple
8 8 (1.07%) Ariba
8 8 (1.07%) Workday
9 6 (0.80%) Oracle
10 5 (0.67%) Datto
10 5 (0.67%) Palo Alto
10 5 (0.67%) Symantec
11 4 (0.54%) Jaspersoft
11 4 (0.54%) SolarWinds
12 3 (0.40%) Databricks
12 3 (0.40%) OpenAI