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

6 months to
23 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 181 374 391
Rank change year-on-year +193 +17 -245
Permanent jobs citing AWS Certification 852 338 493
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.24% 0.70% 0.65%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.24% 1.84% 2.31%
Number of salaries quoted 517 155 296
10th Percentile - £42,500 £46,306
25th Percentile £28,250 £46,875 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £64,600 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -52.79% -13.87% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £88,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £99,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,500 £52,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -41.90% -22.22% -3.57%

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 20,075 18,418 21,299
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 29.13% 38.27% 28.22%
Number of salaries quoted 8,114 7,311 14,973
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £28,250
25th Percentile £36,500 £45,000 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £76,250 £75,375 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -0.99%

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 February 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 February 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 +185 737 £30,500 -52.79% 332
UK excluding London +215 532 £30,500 -41.90% 329
Work from Home +125 292 £75,000 +25.00% 50
North of England +123 260 £30,500 -32.22% 90
London +71 234 £57,500 -34.29% 86
Yorkshire +53 144 £30,500 -32.22% 38
North West +72 85 £30,500 -40.49% 43
South East +36 60 £33,750 -37.53% 60
Midlands +30 58 £30,500 -52.79% 50
West Midlands +38 47 £30,500 -52.79% 24
Scotland +29 47 £30,500 -53.96% 25
South West +16 40 £30,500 -43.26% 48
Northern Ireland +3 33 - - 5
North East +13 31 £30,500 -32.22% 10
East of England +20 30 £82,500 +53.49% 39
East Midlands -19 11 £51,058 -7.17% 26
Wales - 4 £30,250 - 16

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 46 (5.40%) Jupyter
2 34 (3.99%) WordPress
3 12 (1.41%) Tomcat
3 12 (1.41%) WebSphere
4 11 (1.29%) WebSphere Application Server
5 9 (1.06%) Apache Airflow
5 9 (1.06%) Confluence
6 6 (0.70%) Apache Spark
6 6 (0.70%) Microsoft Exchange
7 5 (0.59%) Apache
7 5 (0.59%) Drupal
7 5 (0.59%) nginx
8 4 (0.47%) Documentum
9 3 (0.35%) SharePoint
10 2 (0.23%) JBoss
11 1 (0.12%) SAS
Applications
1 138 (16.20%) Microsoft Office
2 47 (5.52%) Chatbot
3 17 (2.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (2.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.23%) Weka
5 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.12%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 852 (100.00%) AWS
2 485 (56.92%) Azure
3 307 (36.03%) GitHub
4 168 (19.72%) Microsoft 365
5 124 (14.55%) Serverless
6 91 (10.68%) AWS CloudFormation
7 88 (10.33%) AWS Lambda
8 83 (9.74%) GCP
9 80 (9.39%) Amazon S3
10 52 (6.10%) Cloud Computing
11 44 (5.16%) AWS Step Functions
12 41 (4.81%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 38 (4.46%) GitHub Actions
14 34 (3.99%) Amazon ECS
14 34 (3.99%) Amazon EKS
15 30 (3.52%) Amazon ECR
15 30 (3.52%) Amazon SQS
16 23 (2.70%) Apigee
17 21 (2.46%) Amazon EC2
17 21 (2.46%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 278 (32.63%) Internet
2 30 (3.52%) Firewall
3 25 (2.93%) VPN
4 22 (2.58%) Broadband
5 20 (2.35%) Network Security
6 18 (2.11%) Remote Desktop
7 14 (1.64%) SSL
8 10 (1.17%) WAN
9 9 (1.06%) SD-WAN
9 9 (1.06%) VLAN
10 7 (0.82%) DNS
10 7 (0.82%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (0.70%) DHCP
11 6 (0.70%) TCP/IP
12 5 (0.59%) Intrusion Detection
12 5 (0.59%) VoIP
13 4 (0.47%) BGP
13 4 (0.47%) LAN
13 4 (0.47%) OSPF
14 3 (0.35%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (5.28%) DynamoDB
2 42 (4.93%) NoSQL
3 37 (4.34%) Data Lake
4 30 (3.52%) Metadata
5 25 (2.93%) PostgreSQL
6 24 (2.82%) Amazon RDS
7 20 (2.35%) RDBMS
7 20 (2.35%) Relational Database
8 19 (2.23%) SQL Server
9 13 (1.53%) Amazon Redshift
10 12 (1.41%) DB2
11 11 (1.29%) Data Warehouse
12 9 (1.06%) Amazon Athena
13 5 (0.59%) Electronic Patient Records
13 5 (0.59%) MariaDB
14 4 (0.47%) Big Data
15 3 (0.35%) Snowflake Schema
16 2 (0.23%) Power BI
17 1 (0.12%) Amazon QuickSight
17 1 (0.12%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 298 (34.98%) Git
2 46 (5.40%) Jenkins
2 46 (5.40%) Visual Studio Code
3 42 (4.93%) GitLab
4 26 (3.05%) Cypress.io
5 23 (2.70%) Maven
5 23 (2.70%) SonarQube
6 19 (2.23%) Jaeger
7 14 (1.64%) TeamCity
8 13 (1.53%) JIRA
9 10 (1.17%) Cucumber
10 7 (0.82%) Bitbucket
11 4 (0.47%) MLflow
12 3 (0.35%) Vite
13 2 (0.23%) Selenium
14 1 (0.12%) CircleCI
General
1 280 (32.86%) Social Skills
2 278 (32.63%) Multimedia
3 150 (17.61%) Finance
4 138 (16.20%) French Language
5 109 (12.79%) Swedish Language
6 67 (7.86%) Retail
7 65 (7.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 55 (6.46%) Banking
9 50 (5.87%) Manufacturing
10 49 (5.75%) Financial Institution
11 48 (5.63%) Analytical Skills
12 25 (2.93%) Public Sector
13 23 (2.70%) Retail Banking
14 18 (2.11%) Presentation Skills
15 11 (1.29%) Law
15 11 (1.29%) Publishing
16 10 (1.17%) Investment Banking
17 6 (0.70%) Legal
18 5 (0.59%) Local Government
18 5 (0.59%) Police
Job Titles
1 324 (38.03%) Trainee
2 169 (19.84%) Developer
3 161 (18.90%) Analyst
4 138 (16.20%) Service Analyst
4 138 (16.20%) Service Desk Analyst
5 134 (15.73%) Trainee Developer
6 125 (14.67%) Software Developer
6 125 (14.67%) Trainee Software Developer
7 118 (13.85%) Architect
8 65 (7.63%) Senior
9 46 (5.40%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
9 46 (5.40%) Cloud Engineer
9 46 (5.40%) Programmer
9 46 (5.40%) Trainee Programmer
10 39 (4.58%) Lead
11 36 (4.23%) Administrator
12 30 (3.52%) Data Architect
13 29 (3.40%) Trainee Administrator
13 29 (3.40%) Web Administrator
14 22 (2.58%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 278 (32.63%) CSS
1 278 (32.63%) HTML
2 49 (5.75%) Hugging Face
3 48 (5.63%) NumPy
3 48 (5.63%) Pandas
4 46 (5.40%) Matplotlib
4 46 (5.40%) scikit-learn
4 46 (5.40%) Streamlit
5 35 (4.11%) Spring Boot
6 28 (3.29%) React
7 26 (3.05%) AngularJS
7 26 (3.05%) Jest
8 23 (2.70%) Gherkin
9 19 (2.23%) Elastic Stack
9 19 (2.23%) OpenTelemetry
10 18 (2.11%) .NET
11 17 (2.00%) AWS CDK
12 16 (1.88%) Kafka
13 15 (1.76%) RESTful
14 13 (1.53%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 65 (7.63%) Cloud Native
2 47 (5.52%) Algorithms
3 42 (4.93%) Enterprise Software
4 37 (4.34%) Public Cloud
5 22 (2.58%) Onboarding
5 22 (2.58%) PKI
6 21 (2.46%) Hybrid Cloud
7 17 (2.00%) Management Information System
8 14 (1.64%) Linux Command Line
9 13 (1.53%) Distributed Systems
10 11 (1.29%) e-Learning
11 9 (1.06%) Data Centre
11 9 (1.06%) Virtual Team
12 8 (0.94%) Self-Motivation
13 7 (0.82%) Private Cloud
14 5 (0.59%) Blog
14 5 (0.59%) Clustering
14 5 (0.59%) Data Structures
14 5 (0.59%) PACS
14 5 (0.59%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 75 (8.80%) Linux
2 53 (6.22%) Windows
3 42 (4.93%) Unix
4 17 (2.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 14 (1.64%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.35%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.23%) CentOS
7 2 (0.23%) Debian
7 2 (0.23%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.12%) Solaris
8 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 348 (40.85%) Mentoring
2 297 (34.86%) Cybersecurity
3 206 (24.18%) ITIL
4 174 (20.42%) Customer Service
5 157 (18.43%) Agile
6 144 (16.90%) ITSM
7 136 (15.96%) DevOps
8 132 (15.49%) CI/CD
9 125 (14.67%) Infrastructure as Code
10 123 (14.44%) Performance Metrics
11 111 (13.03%) AI
12 79 (9.27%) Migration
13 70 (8.22%) Data Privacy
13 70 (8.22%) Microservices
13 70 (8.22%) Problem-Solving
14 69 (8.10%) Machine Learning
15 68 (7.98%) Containerisation
16 66 (7.75%) Computer Science
16 66 (7.75%) TOGAF
17 62 (7.28%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 456 (53.52%) Python
2 338 (39.67%) JavaScript
3 144 (16.90%) R
4 97 (11.38%) Java
5 76 (8.92%) Bash
6 59 (6.92%) TypeScript
7 39 (4.58%) C#
8 32 (3.76%) PowerShell
8 32 (3.76%) SQL
9 29 (3.40%) Go
10 23 (2.70%) Groovy
11 9 (1.06%) Bicep
11 9 (1.06%) Kotlin
12 7 (0.82%) C++
13 6 (0.70%) Google Apps Script
14 2 (0.23%) C
15 1 (0.12%) Scala
15 1 (0.12%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 455 (53.40%) Microsoft Certification
2 419 (49.18%) Azure Certification
3 334 (39.20%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 221 (25.94%) Degree
5 138 (16.20%) MCSE
6 116 (13.62%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 55 (6.46%) TOGAF Certification
8 52 (6.10%) Security Cleared
9 45 (5.28%) Computer Science Degree
10 39 (4.58%) SC Cleared
11 33 (3.87%) ITIL Certification
12 28 (3.29%) AWS Certified Developer
13 22 (2.58%) CISSP
14 20 (2.35%) A+ Certification
14 20 (2.35%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
15 16 (1.88%) Cisco Certification
15 16 (1.88%) CISM
16 14 (1.64%) Master's Degree
17 10 (1.17%) DV Cleared
18 9 (1.06%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 128 (15.02%) QA
2 37 (4.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 25 (2.93%) NIST
4 21 (2.46%) GDPR
5 19 (2.23%) SLA
6 17 (2.00%) PCI DSS
7 12 (1.41%) SOC 2
8 11 (1.29%) Cyber Essentials
9 10 (1.17%) NCSC
10 9 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 8 (0.94%) Data Quality
11 8 (0.94%) GRC
12 5 (0.59%) Accessibility
12 5 (0.59%) DICOM
12 5 (0.59%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.23%) GxP
13 2 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 1 (0.12%) Basel III
14 1 (0.12%) JSP 440
14 1 (0.12%) MiFID
System Software
1 108 (12.68%) Docker
2 41 (4.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (1.76%) Active Directory
4 8 (0.94%) Hyper-V
5 7 (0.82%) KVM
6 5 (0.59%) Veritas Cluster Server
7 4 (0.47%) vSphere
8 3 (0.35%) iptables
8 3 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.12%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 113 (13.26%) Terraform
2 85 (9.98%) Kubernetes
3 51 (5.99%) Ansible
4 36 (4.23%) Prometheus
5 31 (3.64%) Grafana
6 27 (3.17%) HP Fortify
7 20 (2.35%) Argo
8 19 (2.23%) Kustomize
9 9 (1.06%) Proxmox
10 8 (0.94%) Cilium
10 8 (0.94%) Microsoft Intune
11 4 (0.47%) Progress Chef
12 3 (0.35%) Nessus
12 3 (0.35%) Puppet
13 1 (0.12%) Autotask
13 1 (0.12%) Ganglia
13 1 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 561 (65.85%) Microsoft
2 150 (17.61%) ServiceNow
3 49 (5.75%) VMware
4 39 (4.58%) Google
5 19 (2.23%) Red Hat
6 17 (2.00%) Adobe
6 17 (2.00%) Apple
6 17 (2.00%) IBM
7 15 (1.76%) SAP
8 11 (1.29%) Workday
9 10 (1.17%) Cisco
10 9 (1.06%) Databricks
11 5 (0.59%) Symantec
11 5 (0.59%) YouTube
12 4 (0.47%) OpenText
12 4 (0.47%) Palo Alto
12 4 (0.47%) Pega
13 3 (0.35%) Ariba
13 3 (0.35%) OpenAI
13 3 (0.35%) SolarWinds