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

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 188 421 360
Rank change year-on-year +233 -61 -69
Permanent jobs citing AWS Certification 763 327 394
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.27% 0.59% 0.76%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.91% 1.67% 2.52%
Number of salaries quoted 456 150 231
10th Percentile - £42,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £45,625 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £65,000 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year -53.08% -7.90% -8.93%
75th Percentile £75,000 £87,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £95,625 £100,000 £103,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,500 £53,050 £65,000
% change year-on-year -42.51% -18.38% -10.34%

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 19,509 19,593 15,623
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.52% 35.16% 30.04%
Number of salaries quoted 7,861 7,911 10,713
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,430 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.45% +3.36% -
75th Percentile £75,900 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,122 £55,000 £52,293
% change year-on-year -12.51% +5.18% +4.59%

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 27 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 27 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 +223 660 £30,500 -52.79% 603
UK excluding London +216 459 £30,500 -42.51% 588
Work from Home +166 285 £75,000 +24.48% 209
London +113 229 £70,500 -19.43% 114
North of England +134 207 £30,500 -32.22% 148
Yorkshire +62 117 £30,500 -32.22% 61
North West +72 67 £30,500 -48.09% 70
South East +55 66 £47,500 -10.46% 139
Midlands +57 54 £30,500 -49.00% 110
West Midlands +59 44 £30,500 -52.79% 62
Scotland +25 38 £30,500 -52.16% 33
East of England +39 31 £80,000 +48.84% 75
South West +24 30 £30,500 -56.43% 61
Northern Ireland +19 29 - - 6
North East +34 23 £30,500 -32.22% 19
East Midlands -6 10 £51,058 -7.17% 45
Wales - 4 £30,250 - 22

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 (4.46%) WordPress
2 17 (2.23%) Tomcat
2 17 (2.23%) WebSphere
3 16 (2.10%) WebSphere Application Server
4 11 (1.44%) Confluence
5 9 (1.18%) nginx
6 8 (1.05%) SharePoint
7 6 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
8 5 (0.66%) Apache Airflow
8 5 (0.66%) Drupal
9 4 (0.52%) Apache
9 4 (0.52%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.13%) SAS
Applications
1 129 (16.91%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (2.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (2.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.52%) Mozilla Thunderbird
4 2 (0.26%) Weka
5 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (1.31%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.13%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 763 (100.00%) AWS
2 485 (63.56%) Azure
3 276 (36.17%) GitHub
4 161 (21.10%) Microsoft 365
5 108 (14.15%) Serverless
6 83 (10.88%) GCP
7 79 (10.35%) AWS Lambda
8 78 (10.22%) Amazon S3
9 74 (9.70%) AWS CloudFormation
10 38 (4.98%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 34 (4.46%) AWS Step Functions
12 33 (4.33%) Amazon EC2
12 33 (4.33%) GitHub Actions
13 30 (3.93%) Amazon EKS
14 29 (3.80%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 27 (3.54%) Amazon ECS
16 24 (3.15%) Azure DevOps
17 22 (2.88%) SaaS
18 20 (2.62%) Amazon SQS
19 17 (2.23%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 251 (32.90%) Internet
2 37 (4.85%) Firewall
3 29 (3.80%) VPN
4 24 (3.15%) Remote Desktop
5 22 (2.88%) DNS
6 20 (2.62%) WAN
7 19 (2.49%) SSL
8 16 (2.10%) Network Security
9 15 (1.97%) VoIP
10 14 (1.83%) LAN
10 14 (1.83%) SD-WAN
10 14 (1.83%) TCP/IP
10 14 (1.83%) VLAN
11 13 (1.70%) Broadband
12 12 (1.57%) Wi-Fi
13 11 (1.44%) DHCP
14 8 (1.05%) HTTP
15 7 (0.92%) FTP
15 7 (0.92%) SMTP
15 7 (0.92%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (5.11%) Data Lake
2 37 (4.85%) DynamoDB
3 34 (4.46%) PostgreSQL
4 33 (4.33%) Amazon RDS
5 29 (3.80%) Metadata
5 29 (3.80%) NoSQL
6 23 (3.01%) SQL Server
7 17 (2.23%) DB2
8 16 (2.10%) Amazon Redshift
9 12 (1.57%) Data Warehouse
10 9 (1.18%) Amazon Athena
11 8 (1.05%) RDBMS
11 8 (1.05%) Relational Database
12 6 (0.79%) MySQL
13 5 (0.66%) Amazon Aurora
13 5 (0.66%) MariaDB
14 3 (0.39%) Big Data
14 3 (0.39%) Elasticsearch
15 2 (0.26%) Power BI
16 1 (0.13%) Amazon QuickSight
Development Applications
1 275 (36.04%) Git
2 47 (6.16%) Jenkins
3 29 (3.80%) GitLab
4 18 (2.36%) JIRA
5 14 (1.83%) Cypress.io
6 9 (1.18%) Maven
6 9 (1.18%) SonarQube
7 8 (1.05%) TeamCity
8 7 (0.92%) Bitbucket
8 7 (0.92%) Jaeger
8 7 (0.92%) Vagrant
9 6 (0.79%) Cucumber
10 5 (0.66%) Vite
11 4 (0.52%) Gatling
11 4 (0.52%) JMeter
12 3 (0.39%) Selenium
13 2 (0.26%) MLflow
13 2 (0.26%) Subversion
14 1 (0.13%) Fiddler
14 1 (0.13%) LoadRunner
General
1 279 (36.57%) Social Skills
2 251 (32.90%) Multimedia
3 129 (16.91%) French Language
4 119 (15.60%) Swedish Language
5 111 (14.55%) Finance
6 60 (7.86%) Banking
7 56 (7.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 50 (6.55%) Analytical Skills
9 49 (6.42%) Financial Institution
10 31 (4.06%) Public Sector
11 26 (3.41%) Retail Banking
12 25 (3.28%) Presentation Skills
13 14 (1.83%) Retail
14 13 (1.70%) Law
15 11 (1.44%) Investment Banking
16 10 (1.31%) Publishing
17 9 (1.18%) Telecoms
18 7 (0.92%) Manufacturing
19 5 (0.66%) Local Government
19 5 (0.66%) Police
Job Titles
1 251 (32.90%) Trainee
2 151 (19.79%) Analyst
3 145 (19.00%) Developer
4 129 (16.91%) Service Analyst
4 129 (16.91%) Service Desk Analyst
5 118 (15.47%) Trainee Developer
6 116 (15.20%) Architect
7 109 (14.29%) Software Developer
7 109 (14.29%) Trainee Software Developer
8 80 (10.48%) Senior
9 37 (4.85%) Cloud Engineer
10 31 (4.06%) Administrator
11 30 (3.93%) Lead
12 29 (3.80%) Data Architect
12 29 (3.80%) Trainee Administrator
12 29 (3.80%) Web Administrator
13 28 (3.67%) Solutions Architect
14 27 (3.54%) Senior Analyst
15 24 (3.15%) Senior Service Desk Analyst
16 22 (2.88%) Infrastructure Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 251 (32.90%) CSS
1 251 (32.90%) HTML
2 32 (4.19%) React
3 21 (2.75%) Spring Boot
4 20 (2.62%) LDAP
5 19 (2.49%) AWS CDK
6 17 (2.23%) .NET
7 16 (2.10%) LAPP Stack
7 16 (2.10%) RESTful
7 16 (2.10%) WebSphere MQ
8 14 (1.83%) Jest
9 13 (1.70%) Spring
10 11 (1.44%) .NET Core
10 11 (1.44%) AngularJS
10 11 (1.44%) ASP.NET
10 11 (1.44%) ASP.NET Core
10 11 (1.44%) Blazor
11 9 (1.18%) Gherkin
11 9 (1.18%) Kafka
11 9 (1.18%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 59 (7.73%) Cloud Native
2 31 (4.06%) Public Cloud
3 30 (3.93%) Enterprise Software
4 24 (3.15%) Management Information System
5 23 (3.01%) Onboarding
6 19 (2.49%) Linux Command Line
7 17 (2.23%) Hybrid Cloud
8 13 (1.70%) Data Centre
8 13 (1.70%) Virtual Team
9 12 (1.57%) PKI
10 7 (0.92%) Distributed Systems
10 7 (0.92%) Greenfield Project
10 7 (0.92%) Operational Technology
11 6 (0.79%) Security Posture
12 5 (0.66%) Blog
12 5 (0.66%) Clustering
12 5 (0.66%) Replication
12 5 (0.66%) Social Media
13 4 (0.52%) e-Learning
13 4 (0.52%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 76 (9.96%) Windows
2 72 (9.44%) Linux
3 36 (4.72%) Unix
4 23 (3.01%) Windows Server
5 22 (2.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (0.92%) VMS
7 5 (0.66%) Amazon Linux
7 5 (0.66%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.39%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.26%) CentOS
9 2 (0.26%) Debian
9 2 (0.26%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.13%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 313 (41.02%) Mentoring
2 275 (36.04%) Cybersecurity
3 201 (26.34%) ITIL
4 142 (18.61%) ITSM
5 139 (18.22%) Agile
6 127 (16.64%) DevOps
7 120 (15.73%) CI/CD
8 115 (15.07%) Customer Service
9 109 (14.29%) Performance Metrics
10 104 (13.63%) Infrastructure as Code
11 72 (9.44%) Migration
12 70 (9.17%) Problem-Solving
13 67 (8.78%) Microservices
14 66 (8.65%) TOGAF
15 62 (8.13%) Containerisation
15 62 (8.13%) Continuous Improvement
16 61 (7.99%) Computer Science
17 58 (7.60%) Data Modelling
18 56 (7.34%) AI
19 55 (7.21%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 377 (49.41%) Python
2 298 (39.06%) JavaScript
3 133 (17.43%) R
4 76 (9.96%) Java
5 50 (6.55%) Bash
5 50 (6.55%) TypeScript
6 41 (5.37%) SQL
7 39 (5.11%) C#
8 34 (4.46%) PowerShell
9 16 (2.10%) Groovy
10 12 (1.57%) Go
11 10 (1.31%) Bicep
12 4 (0.52%) C++
12 4 (0.52%) Google Apps Script
12 4 (0.52%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.39%) Perl
14 2 (0.26%) C
14 2 (0.26%) Ruby
14 2 (0.26%) Scala
15 1 (0.13%) PHP
Qualifications
1 423 (55.44%) Microsoft Certification
2 409 (53.60%) Azure Certification
3 259 (33.94%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 219 (28.70%) Degree
5 129 (16.91%) MCSE
6 118 (15.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 60 (7.86%) Security Cleared
8 51 (6.68%) SC Cleared
9 47 (6.16%) TOGAF Certification
10 44 (5.77%) Computer Science Degree
11 30 (3.93%) AWS Certified Developer
12 27 (3.54%) ITIL Certification
13 26 (3.41%) A+ Certification
14 22 (2.88%) Cisco Certification
14 22 (2.88%) CISSP
15 20 (2.62%) Master's Degree
16 13 (1.70%) CCNP
16 13 (1.70%) CISM
17 11 (1.44%) DV Cleared
18 9 (1.18%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 119 (15.60%) QA
2 33 (4.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 32 (4.19%) NIST
4 24 (3.15%) GDPR
4 24 (3.15%) SLA
5 12 (1.57%) Cyber Essentials
6 11 (1.44%) PCI DSS
7 9 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 9 (1.18%) SOC 2
8 8 (1.05%) Accessibility
9 7 (0.92%) Data Quality
9 7 (0.92%) NCSC
10 5 (0.66%) ISO 9001
11 4 (0.52%) GRC
12 3 (0.39%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.26%) GxP
13 2 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 1 (0.13%) Basel III
14 1 (0.13%) GAAP
14 1 (0.13%) NIST 800
System Software
1 87 (11.40%) Docker
2 50 (6.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (2.75%) Active Directory
4 13 (1.70%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.79%) KVM
6 5 (0.66%) DFS Replication
6 5 (0.66%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 5 (0.66%) vSphere
7 4 (0.52%) Dovecot
7 4 (0.52%) Postfix
7 4 (0.52%) Squid
8 3 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.13%) iptables
9 1 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 89 (11.66%) Terraform
2 73 (9.57%) Kubernetes
3 36 (4.72%) Ansible
4 26 (3.41%) Grafana
5 18 (2.36%) Prometheus
6 9 (1.18%) Argo
6 9 (1.18%) HP Fortify
7 7 (0.92%) Kustomize
7 7 (0.92%) Nessus
7 7 (0.92%) Proxmox
8 6 (0.79%) Autotask
9 4 (0.52%) Cilium
9 4 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (0.26%) Nagios
10 2 (0.26%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.13%) Ganglia
11 1 (0.13%) HP ALM
11 1 (0.13%) Puppet
Vendors
1 498 (65.27%) Microsoft
2 145 (19.00%) ServiceNow
3 52 (6.82%) VMware
4 27 (3.54%) Google
5 24 (3.15%) Red Hat
6 22 (2.88%) IBM
7 19 (2.49%) SAP
8 17 (2.23%) Adobe
8 17 (2.23%) Apple
9 16 (2.10%) Cisco
10 10 (1.31%) Workday
11 8 (1.05%) Ariba
12 5 (0.66%) Datto
12 5 (0.66%) Oracle
12 5 (0.66%) Symantec
13 4 (0.52%) Databricks
13 4 (0.52%) Jaspersoft
13 4 (0.52%) Palo Alto
14 3 (0.39%) OpenAI
15 2 (0.26%) Arista