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 23 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 377 244 460
Rank change year-on-year -133 +216 -82
Permanent jobs citing AWS Certification 536 613 341
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.46% 1.25% 0.45%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.58% 3.64% 1.65%
Number of salaries quoted 177 207 176
10th Percentile £47,750 £28,250 £43,421
25th Percentile £57,500 £46,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £65,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +19.23% -10.34% -6.45%
75th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £97,500 £96,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +13.04% -11.54% -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 20,785 16,826 20,629
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.81% 34.36% 27.35%
Number of salaries quoted 11,424 7,415 9,333
10th Percentile £32,000 £29,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £44,335 £37,170 £42,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -2.65% -3.42%
75th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.00% -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 23 September 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 23 September 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 -122 493 £77,500 +19.23% 882
UK excluding London -196 254 £65,000 +13.04% 579
London -12 251 £90,000 +20.00% 463
Work from Home -163 172 £87,500 +20.69% 516
North of England -150 87 £69,250 +10.80% 153
South East -51 49 £65,000 -9.09% 88
Midlands -47 45 £85,000 +47.91% 70
South West -65 45 £70,000 +23.36% 131
North West -137 43 £53,750 +76.23% 101
West Midlands -35 40 £90,000 +56.61% 41
North East -52 24 £80,500 +89.41% 24
Yorkshire -51 20 £65,000 - 29
Wales - 12 £80,000 - 8
East of England -38 8 £100,000 - 31
Northern Ireland -92 5 £42,500 - 34
East Midlands - 5 £73,750 - 29
Scotland +6 3 - - 66

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 19 (3.54%) Confluence
2 18 (3.36%) Apache Spark
3 6 (1.12%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.93%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (0.93%) Apache Pig
5 4 (0.75%) Apache
5 4 (0.75%) SAS
6 2 (0.37%) Cloud Foundry
6 2 (0.37%) JBoss
6 2 (0.37%) Jupyter
6 2 (0.37%) nginx
7 1 (0.19%) IIS
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.19%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.19%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.19%) WebSphere
Applications
1 60 (11.19%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.12%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 24 (4.48%) 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
1 536 (100.00%) AWS
2 194 (36.19%) Azure
3 136 (25.37%) AWS CloudFormation
4 118 (22.01%) GCP
5 103 (19.22%) Serverless
6 83 (15.49%) AWS Lambda
7 81 (15.11%) Amazon S3
7 81 (15.11%) Cloud Computing
8 77 (14.37%) Microsoft 365
9 70 (13.06%) Amazon ECS
10 53 (9.89%) GitHub
11 44 (8.21%) Amazon EC2
11 44 (8.21%) Amazon EKS
12 35 (6.53%) GitHub Actions
13 28 (5.22%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 24 (4.48%) AWS Step Functions
15 19 (3.54%) Amazon GuardDuty
15 19 (3.54%) AWS CloudTrail
15 19 (3.54%) Entra ID
16 18 (3.36%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 69 (12.87%) Network Security
2 57 (10.63%) Firewall
3 30 (5.60%) VPN
4 26 (4.85%) WAN
5 21 (3.92%) DNS
5 21 (3.92%) Internet
6 20 (3.73%) SD-WAN
7 18 (3.36%) DHCP
7 18 (3.36%) LAN
7 18 (3.36%) Software-Defined Networking
8 14 (2.61%) TCP/IP
9 11 (2.05%) Wireless
10 9 (1.68%) VLAN
11 8 (1.49%) IPv4
12 7 (1.31%) Wi-Fi
13 5 (0.93%) Wireshark
14 4 (0.75%) DMZ
15 3 (0.56%) BGP
15 3 (0.56%) MPLS
15 3 (0.56%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (12.13%) NoSQL
2 47 (8.77%) Amazon RDS
3 30 (5.60%) DynamoDB
4 17 (3.17%) Data Lake
4 17 (3.17%) Metadata
5 16 (2.99%) Data Warehouse
6 15 (2.80%) Amazon Redshift
7 11 (2.05%) Hadoop
8 10 (1.87%) Big Data
9 8 (1.49%) SQL Server
10 7 (1.31%) Amazon Athena
10 7 (1.31%) BusinessObjects
10 7 (1.31%) SAP HANA
11 6 (1.12%) PostgreSQL
11 6 (1.12%) Power BI
12 5 (0.93%) Apache Hive
12 5 (0.93%) Elasticsearch
13 4 (0.75%) GIS
14 3 (0.56%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
14 3 (0.56%) Flink
Development Applications
1 77 (14.37%) GitLab
2 48 (8.96%) Jenkins
3 43 (8.02%) Cucumber
4 28 (5.22%) JIRA
5 23 (4.29%) Git
6 18 (3.36%) Maven
7 16 (2.99%) Cypress.io
8 15 (2.80%) Bitbucket
8 15 (2.80%) SonarQube
9 13 (2.43%) TeamCity
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%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 165 (30.78%) Social Skills
2 137 (25.56%) Finance
3 80 (14.93%) Public Sector
4 62 (11.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 49 (9.14%) Analytical Skills
6 48 (8.96%) Swedish Language
7 42 (7.84%) Banking
8 28 (5.22%) Retail
9 23 (4.29%) Aerospace
10 22 (4.10%) Financial Institution
11 15 (2.80%) French Language
12 14 (2.61%) Influencing Skills
13 13 (2.43%) Law
14 12 (2.24%) Military
15 11 (2.05%) Marketing
16 9 (1.68%) Legal
17 8 (1.49%) Manufacturing
18 7 (1.31%) Presentation Skills
19 6 (1.12%) Billing
19 6 (1.12%) Digital Health
Job Titles
1 143 (26.68%) Senior
2 135 (25.19%) Architect
3 95 (17.72%) Analyst
4 61 (11.38%) Consultant
5 60 (11.19%) Service Analyst
5 60 (11.19%) Service Desk Analyst
6 44 (8.21%) Solutions Architect
7 43 (8.02%) Java Engineer
8 39 (7.28%) Cloud Engineer
9 32 (5.97%) Developer
9 32 (5.97%) Lead
10 31 (5.78%) Security Consultant
11 30 (5.60%) Cloud Architect
12 28 (5.22%) AWS Architect
12 28 (5.22%) Senior Analyst
13 26 (4.85%) Senior Architect
13 26 (4.85%) Senior Consultant
14 24 (4.48%) Principal Engineer
14 24 (4.48%) Principal Java Engineer
15 23 (4.29%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 139 (25.93%) Terraform
2 76 (14.18%) Spring Boot
3 61 (11.38%) Kafka
4 56 (10.45%) Spring
5 31 (5.78%) AWS CDK
6 22 (4.10%) Node.js
7 21 (3.92%) AngularJS
8 20 (3.73%) .NET
9 16 (2.99%) Jest
10 15 (2.80%) Gherkin
10 15 (2.80%) REST
11 14 (2.61%) LangChain
11 14 (2.61%) LlamaIndex
12 13 (2.43%) Web Services
13 11 (2.05%) React
14 10 (1.87%) OAuth
14 10 (1.87%) OpenAPI
14 10 (1.87%) Ruby on Rails
15 9 (1.68%) ASP.NET Web API
15 9 (1.68%) eBPF
Miscellaneous
1 135 (25.19%) Cloud Native
2 96 (17.91%) Onboarding
3 57 (10.63%) Public Cloud
4 53 (9.89%) Distributed Systems
5 47 (8.77%) Enterprise Cloud
6 43 (8.02%) e-Learning
7 40 (7.46%) Hybrid Cloud
8 36 (6.72%) Enterprise Software
9 33 (6.16%) Data Centre
10 25 (4.66%) PKI
11 18 (3.36%) Management Information System
12 17 (3.17%) Security Posture
13 16 (2.99%) Cyber Threat
14 14 (2.61%) Blog
15 13 (2.43%) Algorithms
15 13 (2.43%) Mainframe
16 12 (2.24%) Distributed Computing
16 12 (2.24%) Legacy Systems
17 10 (1.87%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
17 10 (1.87%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 51 (9.51%) Windows
2 44 (8.21%) Linux
3 25 (4.66%) 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
7 1 (0.19%) AIX
7 1 (0.19%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 218 (40.67%) Infrastructure as Code
2 202 (37.69%) CI/CD
3 176 (32.84%) AI
4 173 (32.28%) Agile
5 172 (32.09%) Mentoring
6 130 (24.25%) Cloud Security
7 112 (20.90%) ITIL
8 110 (20.52%) DevOps
9 95 (17.72%) Continuous Improvement
10 89 (16.60%) Cybersecurity
10 89 (16.60%) Problem-Solving
11 88 (16.42%) Microservices
12 84 (15.67%) Migration
13 82 (15.30%) Roadmaps
14 79 (14.74%) Technical Leadership
15 69 (12.87%) Generative AI
16 68 (12.69%) Architectural Patterns
16 68 (12.69%) ITSM
17 67 (12.50%) Event-Driven
17 67 (12.50%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 132 (24.63%) Python
2 120 (22.39%) Java
3 75 (13.99%) SQL
4 62 (11.57%) Bash
5 32 (5.97%) Go
6 28 (5.22%) JavaScript
6 28 (5.22%) TypeScript
7 26 (4.85%) PowerShell
8 24 (4.48%) Ruby
9 19 (3.54%) C#
10 16 (2.99%) Groovy
11 14 (2.61%) Perl
11 14 (2.61%) PHP
12 7 (1.31%) C++
12 7 (1.31%) Kotlin
13 6 (1.12%) COBOL
14 4 (0.75%) Google Apps Script
15 3 (0.56%) Bicep
16 2 (0.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 2 (0.37%) R
Qualifications
1 161 (30.04%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 156 (29.10%) Degree
3 133 (24.81%) Security Cleared
4 103 (19.22%) Azure Certification
5 83 (15.49%) Microsoft Certification
6 80 (14.93%) SC Cleared
7 60 (11.19%) MCSE
8 48 (8.96%) Cisco Certification
9 45 (8.40%) CISSP
10 30 (5.60%) Computer Science Degree
11 28 (5.22%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 28 (5.22%) BPSS Clearance
12 26 (4.85%) DV Cleared
13 22 (4.10%) TOGAF Certification
14 21 (3.92%) CCNA
14 21 (3.92%) Master's Degree
15 20 (3.73%) CCNP
15 20 (3.73%) CISM
16 19 (3.54%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
17 17 (3.17%) AWS Certified Developer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (11.57%) QA
2 49 (9.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 29 (5.41%) NIST
4 25 (4.66%) GDPR
5 21 (3.92%) NCSC
6 19 (3.54%) SOC 2
7 14 (2.61%) Data Quality
8 13 (2.43%) Accessibility
8 13 (2.43%) GRC
9 12 (2.24%) HIPAA
10 10 (1.87%) Cyber Essentials
11 8 (1.49%) ISO 9001
11 8 (1.49%) PCI DSS
12 6 (1.12%) Government Security Classifications
13 5 (0.93%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 4 (0.75%) SLA
15 2 (0.37%) NIST 800
16 1 (0.19%) COBIT
16 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 1 (0.19%) GxP
System Software
1 64 (11.94%) Docker
2 29 (5.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (4.66%) Active Directory
4 9 (1.68%) vSphere
5 8 (1.49%) Squid
5 8 (1.49%) VMware NSX
6 6 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (1.12%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (0.93%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.93%) KVM
Systems Management
1 79 (14.74%) Kubernetes
2 46 (8.58%) Ansible
3 22 (4.10%) Grafana
4 16 (2.99%) Puppet
5 15 (2.80%) HP Fortify
5 15 (2.80%) Prometheus
5 15 (2.80%) Single Sign-On
6 14 (2.61%) Progress Chef
7 9 (1.68%) Cilium
8 8 (1.49%) Packer
8 8 (1.49%) Proxmox
8 8 (1.49%) ZABBIX
9 7 (1.31%) Microsoft Intune
10 6 (1.12%) Argo
11 4 (0.75%) Iperf
12 3 (0.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 3 (0.56%) QRadar
13 2 (0.37%) CASB
13 2 (0.37%) kaniko
14 1 (0.19%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 172 (32.09%) Microsoft
2 90 (16.79%) ServiceNow
3 40 (7.46%) VMware
4 37 (6.90%) Oracle
5 29 (5.41%) Cisco
6 26 (4.85%) Google
7 25 (4.66%) Apple
8 24 (4.48%) Adobe
8 24 (4.48%) Splunk
9 18 (3.36%) SAP
10 15 (2.80%) Red Hat
11 14 (2.61%) Palo Alto
12 12 (2.24%) Databricks
13 9 (1.68%) Fortinet
14 8 (1.49%) Genesys
15 7 (1.31%) Atlassian
15 7 (1.31%) Avaya
15 7 (1.31%) CrowdStrike
15 7 (1.31%) Dynatrace
16 6 (1.12%) F5