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 20 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 349 289 502
Rank change year-on-year -60 +213 -117
Permanent jobs citing AWS Certification 570 516 325
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.53% 1.03% 0.39%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.88% 2.98% 1.51%
Number of salaries quoted 230 164 206
10th Percentile £28,250 £45,750 £45,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £54,688 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.43% -6.67% -3.23%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,313 £86,000
90th Percentile £100,025 £97,500 £101,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -19.23% -7.14% -

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 19,786 17,339 21,511
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.40% 34.75% 25.90%
Number of salaries quoted 10,628 7,813 11,560
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £43,983 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,465 £50,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year +12.93% -2.91% -1.90%

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 20 August 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 20 August 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 -72 529 £62,500 -10.71% 594
UK excluding London -119 291 £52,500 -19.23% 506
London +14 255 £80,000 +6.67% 248
Work from Home -115 174 £85,000 +21.43% 367
North of England -109 101 £52,000 -20.00% 153
Midlands -9 53 £37,500 -42.31% 80
North West -104 53 £34,500 -44.80% 79
South West -55 50 £60,500 +6.62% 59
West Midlands -17 47 £37,500 -42.31% 56
South East -22 45 £62,500 -11.03% 69
Yorkshire -23 30 £37,500 -42.31% 25
North East -44 18 £66,000 +38.95% 52
East of England -12 15 £37,500 -55.88% 30
Wales - 13 £67,500 - 4
Scotland +3 7 £31,250 -40.48% 64
Northern Ireland -74 7 £40,750 - 49
East Midlands - 6 £31,500 - 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 44 (7.72%) WordPress
2 20 (3.51%) Confluence
3 17 (2.98%) Apache Spark
4 9 (1.58%) Jupyter
5 6 (1.05%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.88%) Apache
6 5 (0.88%) Apache Pig
6 5 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
7 4 (0.70%) SAS
8 3 (0.53%) JBoss
8 3 (0.53%) nginx
9 2 (0.35%) Cloud Foundry
9 2 (0.35%) IIS
10 1 (0.18%) Drupal
10 1 (0.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.18%) SharePoint
10 1 (0.18%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.18%) WebSphere
Applications
1 68 (11.93%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (2.46%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.18%) Maya
Business Applications
1 24 (4.21%) Cloudability
2 7 (1.23%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.05%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.18%) Infor CloudSuite
4 1 (0.18%) Infor M3
4 1 (0.18%) Magento
4 1 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 570 (100.00%) AWS
2 231 (40.53%) Azure
3 125 (21.93%) AWS CloudFormation
4 111 (19.47%) GCP
5 102 (17.89%) Serverless
6 99 (17.37%) GitHub
7 89 (15.61%) Cloud Computing
8 85 (14.91%) Microsoft 365
9 84 (14.74%) AWS Lambda
10 81 (14.21%) Amazon S3
11 70 (12.28%) Amazon ECS
12 45 (7.89%) Amazon EKS
13 41 (7.19%) Amazon EC2
14 32 (5.61%) GitHub Actions
15 27 (4.74%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 26 (4.56%) AWS Step Functions
17 20 (3.51%) Amazon ECR
17 20 (3.51%) Amazon SQS
17 20 (3.51%) OCI
18 19 (3.33%) Amazon GuardDuty
Communications & Networking
1 76 (13.33%) Internet
2 67 (11.75%) Network Security
3 47 (8.25%) Firewall
4 28 (4.91%) WAN
5 24 (4.21%) VPN
6 22 (3.86%) SD-WAN
7 20 (3.51%) LAN
7 20 (3.51%) Software-Defined Networking
8 19 (3.33%) DNS
9 17 (2.98%) DHCP
10 14 (2.46%) TCP/IP
11 13 (2.28%) Wireless
12 9 (1.58%) VLAN
13 8 (1.40%) IPv4
14 7 (1.23%) Wi-Fi
15 5 (0.88%) Wireshark
16 4 (0.70%) DMZ
17 3 (0.53%) 3GPP
17 3 (0.53%) BGP
17 3 (0.53%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (9.47%) NoSQL
2 48 (8.42%) Amazon RDS
3 32 (5.61%) DynamoDB
4 21 (3.68%) Data Lake
5 20 (3.51%) Metadata
6 16 (2.81%) Data Warehouse
7 15 (2.63%) Amazon Redshift
8 11 (1.93%) Big Data
8 11 (1.93%) Hadoop
9 9 (1.58%) Amazon Athena
10 8 (1.40%) SQL Server
11 7 (1.23%) BusinessObjects
11 7 (1.23%) Power BI
11 7 (1.23%) SAP HANA
12 6 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
13 5 (0.88%) Apache Hive
13 5 (0.88%) Elasticsearch
14 4 (0.70%) GIS
15 3 (0.53%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
15 3 (0.53%) Redis
Development Applications
1 72 (12.63%) Git
2 70 (12.28%) GitLab
3 52 (9.12%) Jenkins
4 34 (5.96%) Cucumber
5 30 (5.26%) JIRA
6 20 (3.51%) Maven
7 18 (3.16%) Cypress.io
8 17 (2.98%) SonarQube
9 16 (2.81%) Bitbucket
10 14 (2.46%) TeamCity
11 9 (1.58%) Visual Studio Code
12 7 (1.23%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 3 (0.53%) Taiga
13 3 (0.53%) VersionOne
14 2 (0.35%) Ant
14 2 (0.35%) Apache Ivy
14 2 (0.35%) Claude Code
14 2 (0.35%) git-flow
14 2 (0.35%) IBM UrbanCode
14 2 (0.35%) Selenium
General
1 167 (29.30%) Social Skills
2 136 (23.86%) Finance
3 68 (11.93%) Public Sector
4 59 (10.35%) Multimedia
5 54 (9.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 48 (8.42%) Swedish Language
7 47 (8.25%) Analytical Skills
8 35 (6.14%) Banking
9 27 (4.74%) Retail
10 21 (3.68%) Financial Institution
11 20 (3.51%) Aerospace
11 20 (3.51%) French Language
12 15 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
12 15 (2.63%) Manufacturing
13 14 (2.46%) Law
14 11 (1.93%) Marketing
15 10 (1.75%) Military
16 9 (1.58%) Legal
17 6 (1.05%) Billing
17 6 (1.05%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 132 (23.16%) Senior
2 120 (21.05%) Architect
3 100 (17.54%) Analyst
4 68 (11.93%) Service Analyst
4 68 (11.93%) Service Desk Analyst
5 65 (11.40%) Trainee
6 62 (10.88%) Consultant
7 50 (8.77%) Developer
8 49 (8.60%) Administrator
9 43 (7.54%) Trainee Administrator
9 43 (7.54%) Web Administrator
10 42 (7.37%) Solutions Architect
11 36 (6.32%) Cloud Engineer
12 32 (5.61%) Java Engineer
13 31 (5.44%) Security Consultant
14 28 (4.91%) Senior Analyst
15 27 (4.74%) AWS Architect
15 27 (4.74%) Senior Consultant
16 26 (4.56%) Cloud Architect
16 26 (4.56%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 136 (23.86%) Terraform
2 68 (11.93%) Spring Boot
3 63 (11.05%) CSS
3 63 (11.05%) HTML
4 50 (8.77%) Kafka
5 46 (8.07%) Spring
6 30 (5.26%) AWS CDK
7 23 (4.04%) AngularJS
8 22 (3.86%) Node.js
9 21 (3.68%) .NET
10 18 (3.16%) Jest
10 18 (3.16%) React
11 17 (2.98%) Gherkin
12 14 (2.46%) REST
13 10 (1.75%) OAuth
13 10 (1.75%) OpenAPI
13 10 (1.75%) Ruby on Rails
14 9 (1.58%) eBPF
14 9 (1.58%) Hugging Face
14 9 (1.58%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 118 (20.70%) Cloud Native
2 89 (15.61%) Onboarding
3 47 (8.25%) Enterprise Cloud
4 46 (8.07%) Public Cloud
5 40 (7.02%) Distributed Systems
6 37 (6.49%) e-Learning
7 36 (6.32%) Data Centre
8 29 (5.09%) Enterprise Software
8 29 (5.09%) Hybrid Cloud
9 20 (3.51%) Algorithms
10 19 (3.33%) PKI
11 14 (2.46%) Blog
12 13 (2.28%) Mainframe
13 12 (2.11%) Distributed Computing
13 12 (2.11%) Legacy Systems
13 12 (2.11%) Security Posture
14 11 (1.93%) Management Information System
15 10 (1.75%) Cyber Threat
15 10 (1.75%) Greenfield Project
16 9 (1.58%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 49 (8.60%) Windows
2 37 (6.49%) Linux
3 22 (3.86%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.88%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (0.70%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (0.70%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.35%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.35%) Solaris
6 2 (0.35%) Unix
7 1 (0.18%) AIX
7 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 192 (33.68%) Infrastructure as Code
2 179 (31.40%) CI/CD
3 170 (29.82%) Mentoring
4 164 (28.77%) Agile
5 152 (26.67%) AI
6 120 (21.05%) ITIL
7 116 (20.35%) Cloud Security
8 99 (17.37%) DevOps
9 95 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
10 84 (14.74%) Migration
11 81 (14.21%) Continuous Improvement
12 79 (13.86%) Customer Service
13 75 (13.16%) ITSM
14 74 (12.98%) Problem-Solving
15 71 (12.46%) Microservices
16 69 (12.11%) Performance Metrics
16 69 (12.11%) Technical Leadership
17 67 (11.75%) Roadmaps
18 63 (11.05%) Machine Learning
19 61 (10.70%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 187 (32.81%) Python
2 111 (19.47%) Java
3 81 (14.21%) JavaScript
4 64 (11.23%) SQL
5 60 (10.53%) Bash
6 47 (8.25%) R
7 29 (5.09%) TypeScript
8 27 (4.74%) Go
9 24 (4.21%) Ruby
10 23 (4.04%) PowerShell
11 18 (3.16%) C#
11 18 (3.16%) Groovy
12 15 (2.63%) PHP
13 14 (2.46%) Perl
14 9 (1.58%) Kotlin
15 6 (1.05%) C++
15 6 (1.05%) COBOL
16 5 (0.88%) Google Apps Script
17 3 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 2 (0.35%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 161 (28.25%) Degree
2 153 (26.84%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 150 (26.32%) Azure Certification
4 147 (25.79%) Microsoft Certification
5 124 (21.75%) Security Cleared
6 91 (15.96%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 74 (12.98%) SC Cleared
8 68 (11.93%) MCSE
9 49 (8.60%) Cisco Certification
10 33 (5.79%) CISSP
11 31 (5.44%) Computer Science Degree
12 24 (4.21%) BPSS Clearance
13 22 (3.86%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 22 (3.86%) CCNP
13 22 (3.86%) Master's Degree
13 22 (3.86%) TOGAF Certification
14 21 (3.68%) CCNA
14 21 (3.68%) DV Cleared
15 18 (3.16%) AWS Certified Developer
16 15 (2.63%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (12.28%) QA
2 42 (7.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 26 (4.56%) GDPR
4 23 (4.04%) NIST
5 20 (3.51%) SOC 2
6 17 (2.98%) NCSC
7 13 (2.28%) Accessibility
7 13 (2.28%) Data Quality
8 12 (2.11%) GRC
8 12 (2.11%) HIPAA
9 10 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials
10 8 (1.40%) ISO 9001
11 7 (1.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 6 (1.05%) Government Security Classifications
13 4 (0.70%) PCI DSS
13 4 (0.70%) SLA
14 2 (0.35%) EU AI Act
15 1 (0.18%) COBIT
15 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 1 (0.18%) NIST 800
System Software
1 69 (12.11%) Docker
2 25 (4.39%) Active Directory
2 25 (4.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (1.40%) Squid
3 8 (1.40%) VMware NSX
3 8 (1.40%) vSphere
4 5 (0.88%) Hyper-V
4 5 (0.88%) KVM
5 4 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.70%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.18%) iptables
Systems Management
1 74 (12.98%) Kubernetes
2 44 (7.72%) Ansible
3 19 (3.33%) Grafana
4 17 (2.98%) HP Fortify
4 17 (2.98%) Puppet
5 15 (2.63%) Progress Chef
6 14 (2.46%) Single Sign-On
7 10 (1.75%) Prometheus
8 9 (1.58%) Cilium
8 9 (1.58%) Packer
9 8 (1.40%) Microsoft Intune
9 8 (1.40%) ZABBIX
10 6 (1.05%) Argo
11 4 (0.70%) Iperf
12 3 (0.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 3 (0.53%) Proxmox
12 3 (0.53%) QRadar
13 2 (0.35%) kaniko
14 1 (0.18%) CASB
14 1 (0.18%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 231 (40.53%) Microsoft
2 95 (16.67%) ServiceNow
3 36 (6.32%) Oracle
4 32 (5.61%) VMware
5 26 (4.56%) Cisco
6 25 (4.39%) Apple
6 25 (4.39%) Splunk
7 24 (4.21%) Adobe
8 22 (3.86%) Google
9 18 (3.16%) SAP
10 17 (2.98%) Palo Alto
11 16 (2.81%) Databricks
12 15 (2.63%) Red Hat
13 12 (2.11%) Fortinet
14 8 (1.40%) CheckPoint
14 8 (1.40%) CrowdStrike
15 7 (1.23%) Atlassian
15 7 (1.23%) Avaya
15 7 (1.23%) Dynatrace
15 7 (1.23%) Genesys