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 13 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 391 222 454
Rank change year-on-year -169 +232 -76
Permanent jobs citing AWS Certification 517 688 332
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.44% 1.40% 0.47%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.55% 4.04% 1.64%
Number of salaries quoted 182 251 163
10th Percentile £47,075 - £42,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £28,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,579 £65,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.27% -10.34% -4.19%
75th Percentile £89,688 £80,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £98,750 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +23.81% -8.70% -11.54%

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 20,313 17,047 20,232
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.17% 34.74% 28.34%
Number of salaries quoted 11,655 7,364 8,494
10th Percentile £32,000 £28,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £36,250 £42,608
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,000 £47,500 £53,928
% change year-on-year +17.89% -11.92% +2.72%

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 13 October 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 13 October 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 -165 470 £77,500 +14.81% 579
UK excluding London -232 245 £65,000 +23.81% 254
London -30 240 £90,000 +20.00% 349
Work from Home -183 152 £80,000 +6.67% 366
North of England -169 78 £71,250 +50.00% 82
South East -52 50 £65,000 -7.47% 30
South West -61 47 £70,000 +37.10% 40
Midlands -50 40 £80,000 +39.13% 36
North West -139 38 £62,500 +104.92% 52
West Midlands -40 35 £85,000 +47.99% 27
North East -52 27 £80,500 +120.55% 18
Yorkshire -64 13 £72,500 +11.54% 12
East of England -36 12 £82,500 -15.38% 9
Wales - 12 £80,000 - 9
East Midlands -30 5 £73,750 -4.84% 9
Scotland -9 3 - - 33
Northern Ireland -93 3 £42,500 - 15

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 23 (4.45%) Apache Spark
2 17 (3.29%) Confluence
3 11 (2.13%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (1.93%) Apache
5 6 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (0.97%) Apache Pig
6 5 (0.97%) SAS
7 4 (0.77%) Jupyter
8 3 (0.58%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.39%) Cloud Foundry
9 2 (0.39%) nginx
10 1 (0.19%) IIS
10 1 (0.19%) JBoss
10 1 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.19%) SharePoint
10 1 (0.19%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.19%) WebSphere
Applications
1 40 (7.74%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.97%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 15 (2.90%) Cloudability
2 7 (1.35%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.16%) 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
1 517 (100.00%) AWS
2 194 (37.52%) Azure
3 136 (26.31%) AWS CloudFormation
4 111 (21.47%) GCP
5 100 (19.34%) Serverless
6 82 (15.86%) Amazon S3
6 82 (15.86%) Cloud Computing
7 79 (15.28%) AWS Lambda
8 65 (12.57%) Amazon ECS
9 61 (11.80%) GitHub
10 57 (11.03%) Microsoft 365
11 46 (8.90%) Amazon EC2
11 46 (8.90%) Amazon EKS
12 33 (6.38%) GitHub Actions
13 27 (5.22%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 21 (4.06%) Amazon EMR
14 21 (4.06%) AWS Step Functions
14 21 (4.06%) Entra ID
15 19 (3.68%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 18 (3.48%) Amazon GuardDuty
Communications & Networking
1 66 (12.77%) Network Security
2 56 (10.83%) Firewall
3 30 (5.80%) VPN
4 25 (4.84%) WAN
5 23 (4.45%) Internet
6 22 (4.26%) DNS
7 19 (3.68%) SD-WAN
8 18 (3.48%) DHCP
9 17 (3.29%) LAN
10 15 (2.90%) Software-Defined Networking
11 14 (2.71%) TCP/IP
12 10 (1.93%) Wireless
13 9 (1.74%) VLAN
14 7 (1.35%) Wi-Fi
15 6 (1.16%) IPv4
16 4 (0.77%) DMZ
16 4 (0.77%) Wireshark
17 3 (0.58%) BGP
17 3 (0.58%) Cisco Nexus
17 3 (0.58%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (13.15%) NoSQL
2 47 (9.09%) Amazon RDS
3 23 (4.45%) DynamoDB
4 21 (4.06%) Data Warehouse
5 19 (3.68%) Amazon Redshift
6 17 (3.29%) Data Lake
7 14 (2.71%) Metadata
8 12 (2.32%) Amazon Athena
9 11 (2.13%) Hadoop
10 10 (1.93%) Big Data
11 9 (1.74%) PostgreSQL
11 9 (1.74%) Power BI
12 8 (1.55%) SQL Server
13 7 (1.35%) BusinessObjects
13 7 (1.35%) SAP HANA
14 5 (0.97%) Apache Hive
14 5 (0.97%) Elasticsearch
14 5 (0.97%) Power Query
15 4 (0.77%) GIS
16 3 (0.58%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 80 (15.47%) GitLab
2 45 (8.70%) Cucumber
3 40 (7.74%) Jenkins
4 27 (5.22%) Git
5 26 (5.03%) JIRA
6 13 (2.51%) Bitbucket
7 12 (2.32%) Maven
8 11 (2.13%) SonarQube
8 11 (2.13%) TeamCity
9 10 (1.93%) Cypress.io
10 7 (1.35%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 6 (1.16%) Claude Code
12 3 (0.58%) Taiga
12 3 (0.58%) VersionOne
13 2 (0.39%) Ant
13 2 (0.39%) Apache Ivy
13 2 (0.39%) git-flow
13 2 (0.39%) IBM UrbanCode
14 1 (0.19%) ERwin
14 1 (0.19%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 144 (27.85%) Social Skills
2 142 (27.47%) Finance
3 90 (17.41%) Public Sector
4 60 (11.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 56 (10.83%) Analytical Skills
6 40 (7.74%) Banking
6 40 (7.74%) Swedish Language
7 26 (5.03%) Retail
8 22 (4.26%) Financial Institution
9 20 (3.87%) Aerospace
10 14 (2.71%) Law
11 13 (2.51%) Influencing Skills
12 12 (2.32%) Military
13 10 (1.93%) Marketing
14 9 (1.74%) Legal
15 8 (1.55%) French Language
16 7 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
17 6 (1.16%) Digital Health
17 6 (1.16%) Manufacturing
17 6 (1.16%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 138 (26.69%) Senior
2 133 (25.73%) Architect
3 70 (13.54%) Analyst
4 62 (11.99%) Consultant
5 46 (8.90%) Java Engineer
6 43 (8.32%) Solutions Architect
7 40 (7.74%) Service Analyst
7 40 (7.74%) Service Desk Analyst
8 36 (6.96%) Cloud Engineer
9 32 (6.19%) Lead
10 31 (6.00%) Security Consultant
11 29 (5.61%) Developer
12 28 (5.42%) AWS Architect
12 28 (5.42%) Cloud Architect
13 27 (5.22%) AWS Engineer
13 27 (5.22%) Senior Consultant
14 25 (4.84%) Principal Engineer
14 25 (4.84%) Principal Java Engineer
15 24 (4.64%) Senior Architect
16 22 (4.26%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 142 (27.47%) Terraform
2 76 (14.70%) Spring Boot
3 68 (13.15%) Kafka
4 62 (11.99%) Spring
5 33 (6.38%) AWS CDK
6 24 (4.64%) Node.js
7 19 (3.68%) .NET
8 18 (3.48%) AngularJS
9 16 (3.09%) LangChain
9 16 (3.09%) LlamaIndex
10 14 (2.71%) REST
10 14 (2.71%) Web Services
11 10 (1.93%) CSS
11 10 (1.93%) HTML
11 10 (1.93%) Jest
11 10 (1.93%) OAuth
11 10 (1.93%) OpenAPI
11 10 (1.93%) React
11 10 (1.93%) Ruby on Rails
12 9 (1.74%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 140 (27.08%) Cloud Native
2 99 (19.15%) Onboarding
3 62 (11.99%) Public Cloud
4 56 (10.83%) Distributed Systems
5 47 (9.09%) Enterprise Cloud
6 45 (8.70%) e-Learning
7 39 (7.54%) Hybrid Cloud
8 36 (6.96%) Enterprise Software
9 30 (5.80%) Data Centre
10 23 (4.45%) PKI
11 18 (3.48%) Management Information System
12 16 (3.09%) Cyber Threat
12 16 (3.09%) Security Posture
13 14 (2.71%) Blog
14 13 (2.51%) Algorithms
14 13 (2.51%) Mainframe
15 12 (2.32%) Distributed Computing
16 11 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
17 10 (1.93%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
17 10 (1.93%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 50 (9.67%) Windows
2 41 (7.93%) Linux
3 24 (4.64%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.97%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (0.97%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (0.77%) Unix
5 4 (0.77%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (0.39%) macOS
6 2 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.39%) Solaris
6 2 (0.39%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.19%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 224 (43.33%) Infrastructure as Code
2 207 (40.04%) CI/CD
3 180 (34.82%) AI
4 176 (34.04%) Agile
5 173 (33.46%) Mentoring
6 132 (25.53%) Cloud Security
7 114 (22.05%) DevOps
8 110 (21.28%) Continuous Improvement
9 99 (19.15%) Problem-Solving
10 89 (17.21%) ITIL
11 85 (16.44%) Microservices
12 82 (15.86%) Cybersecurity
12 82 (15.86%) Migration
12 82 (15.86%) Roadmaps
13 81 (15.67%) Technical Leadership
14 73 (14.12%) Generative AI
15 72 (13.93%) Observability
15 72 (13.93%) Test Automation
16 71 (13.73%) Machine Learning
17 70 (13.54%) Architectural Patterns
Programming Languages
1 143 (27.66%) Python
2 117 (22.63%) Java
3 84 (16.25%) SQL
4 55 (10.64%) Bash
5 31 (6.00%) Go
6 28 (5.42%) JavaScript
7 25 (4.84%) PowerShell
8 24 (4.64%) Ruby
9 22 (4.26%) TypeScript
10 18 (3.48%) C#
11 14 (2.71%) Perl
11 14 (2.71%) PHP
12 10 (1.93%) Groovy
13 6 (1.16%) C++
13 6 (1.16%) COBOL
14 5 (0.97%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 5 (0.97%) Kotlin
15 4 (0.77%) Bicep
15 4 (0.77%) Google Apps Script
15 4 (0.77%) R
Qualifications
1 156 (30.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 139 (26.89%) Degree
3 132 (25.53%) Security Cleared
4 111 (21.47%) Azure Certification
5 80 (15.47%) SC Cleared
6 64 (12.38%) Microsoft Certification
7 45 (8.70%) CISSP
8 44 (8.51%) Cisco Certification
9 40 (7.74%) MCSE
10 31 (6.00%) Computer Science Degree
11 30 (5.80%) BPSS Clearance
12 28 (5.42%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 26 (5.03%) DV Cleared
14 24 (4.64%) TOGAF Certification
15 20 (3.87%) Master's Degree
16 19 (3.68%) CCNA
16 19 (3.68%) CCNP
16 19 (3.68%) CISM
17 16 (3.09%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
18 15 (2.90%) AWS Certified Developer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 41 (7.93%) QA
3 26 (5.03%) GDPR
3 26 (5.03%) NIST
4 23 (4.45%) NCSC
5 18 (3.48%) Data Quality
6 17 (3.29%) SOC 2
7 14 (2.71%) Accessibility
8 12 (2.32%) HIPAA
9 11 (2.13%) Cyber Essentials
9 11 (2.13%) GRC
10 9 (1.74%) PCI DSS
11 8 (1.55%) ISO 9001
12 6 (1.16%) Government Security Classifications
13 5 (0.97%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 4 (0.77%) SLA
15 2 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 2 (0.39%) NIST 800
16 1 (0.19%) GxP
System Software
1 65 (12.57%) Docker
2 29 (5.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (4.64%) Active Directory
4 7 (1.35%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (1.35%) vSphere
5 6 (1.16%) Squid
5 6 (1.16%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (1.16%) VMware NSX
6 5 (0.97%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.97%) KVM
Systems Management
1 84 (16.25%) Kubernetes
2 44 (8.51%) Ansible
3 23 (4.45%) Grafana
4 17 (3.29%) Puppet
5 16 (3.09%) Prometheus
6 15 (2.90%) Progress Chef
7 14 (2.71%) Single Sign-On
8 9 (1.74%) HP Fortify
9 8 (1.55%) Proxmox
10 7 (1.35%) Argo
10 7 (1.35%) Cilium
11 6 (1.16%) Microsoft Intune
11 6 (1.16%) Packer
11 6 (1.16%) ZABBIX
12 4 (0.77%) Iperf
13 3 (0.58%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 3 (0.58%) QRadar
14 2 (0.39%) CASB
14 2 (0.39%) kaniko
15 1 (0.19%) Istio
Vendors
1 150 (29.01%) Microsoft
2 66 (12.77%) ServiceNow
3 39 (7.54%) VMware
4 34 (6.58%) Oracle
5 33 (6.38%) Google
6 28 (5.42%) Cisco
7 21 (4.06%) Splunk
8 18 (3.48%) Adobe
8 18 (3.48%) SAP
9 16 (3.09%) Apple
10 14 (2.71%) Databricks
11 13 (2.51%) Palo Alto
12 12 (2.32%) Red Hat
13 8 (1.55%) Atlassian
13 8 (1.55%) Fortinet
13 8 (1.55%) Genesys
14 7 (1.35%) Avaya
14 7 (1.35%) CrowdStrike
14 7 (1.35%) Dynatrace
15 6 (1.16%) F5