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

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 343 285 516
Rank change year-on-year -58 +231 -121
Permanent jobs citing AWS Certification 589 506 333
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.56% 1.02% 0.40%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.98% 2.95% 1.55%
Number of salaries quoted 251 166 213
10th Percentile £28,250 £44,000 £51,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £51,250 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £70,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% -9.68% +2.42%
75th Percentile £80,000 £86,250 £86,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £101,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £65,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -34.62% -10.34% +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 19,752 17,156 21,416
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.81% 34.59% 25.65%
Number of salaries quoted 10,513 7,852 11,952
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £43,000 £37,500 £41,125
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 £95,000 £90,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,507
% change year-on-year +10.00% -1.00% -3.80%

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 7 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 7 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 -51 545 £55,000 -21.43% 463
UK excluding London -85 314 £42,500 -34.62% 294
London +35 249 £77,500 +3.33% 229
Work from Home -103 177 £82,500 +19.98% 170
North of England -96 122 £37,500 -42.31% 83
North West -92 62 £37,500 -40.00% 44
Midlands -20 52 £37,500 -44.44% 34
South West -48 51 £60,500 +6.62% 64
West Midlands -23 47 £37,500 -44.44% 17
South East -10 42 £62,500 -9.42% 63
Yorkshire -3 41 £37,500 -42.31% 27
North East -36 19 £52,000 +9.47% 13
East of England -19 15 £37,500 -55.88% 25
Wales - 13 £67,500 - 5
Scotland +22 10 £37,500 -28.57% 15
Northern Ireland -65 9 £40,750 - 7
East Midlands - 5 £34,500 - 17

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 (7.47%) WordPress
2 38 (6.45%) Jupyter
3 19 (3.23%) Confluence
4 16 (2.72%) Apache Spark
5 6 (1.02%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.85%) Apache Pig
6 5 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
7 4 (0.68%) Apache
7 4 (0.68%) JBoss
7 4 (0.68%) SAS
8 3 (0.51%) nginx
9 2 (0.34%) Cloud Foundry
9 2 (0.34%) IIS
10 1 (0.17%) Drupal
10 1 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.17%) SharePoint
10 1 (0.17%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.17%) WebSphere
Applications
1 77 (13.07%) Microsoft Office
2 43 (7.30%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.17%) Maya
Business Applications
1 24 (4.07%) Cloudability
2 7 (1.19%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.02%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.17%) Infor CloudSuite
4 1 (0.17%) Infor M3
4 1 (0.17%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 589 (100.00%) AWS
2 222 (37.69%) Azure
3 120 (20.37%) AWS CloudFormation
4 117 (19.86%) Cloud Computing
5 109 (18.51%) GCP
6 104 (17.66%) GitHub
7 102 (17.32%) Serverless
8 94 (15.96%) Microsoft 365
9 84 (14.26%) AWS Lambda
10 79 (13.41%) Amazon S3
11 74 (12.56%) Amazon ECS
12 47 (7.98%) Amazon EKS
13 39 (6.62%) Amazon EC2
14 37 (6.28%) GitHub Actions
15 29 (4.92%) AWS Step Functions
16 26 (4.41%) Amazon ECR
17 25 (4.24%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 23 (3.90%) Amazon SQS
19 22 (3.74%) Apigee
20 18 (3.06%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 76 (12.90%) Internet
2 67 (11.38%) Network Security
3 42 (7.13%) Firewall
4 26 (4.41%) WAN
5 24 (4.07%) VPN
6 20 (3.40%) SD-WAN
7 19 (3.23%) DNS
7 19 (3.23%) Software-Defined Networking
8 18 (3.06%) LAN
9 17 (2.89%) DHCP
10 14 (2.38%) TCP/IP
11 11 (1.87%) Wireless
12 9 (1.53%) VLAN
13 8 (1.36%) IPv4
14 7 (1.19%) Wi-Fi
15 5 (0.85%) Wireshark
16 4 (0.68%) DMZ
17 3 (0.51%) BGP
17 3 (0.51%) Intrusion Detection
17 3 (0.51%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (8.66%) NoSQL
2 44 (7.47%) Amazon RDS
3 37 (6.28%) DynamoDB
4 20 (3.40%) Data Lake
5 17 (2.89%) Metadata
6 12 (2.04%) Amazon Redshift
6 12 (2.04%) Data Warehouse
7 11 (1.87%) Big Data
8 10 (1.70%) Hadoop
9 8 (1.36%) SQL Server
10 7 (1.19%) Amazon Athena
10 7 (1.19%) BusinessObjects
10 7 (1.19%) SAP HANA
11 6 (1.02%) PostgreSQL
11 6 (1.02%) Power BI
12 5 (0.85%) Apache Hive
12 5 (0.85%) Elasticsearch
13 4 (0.68%) Electronic Patient Records
13 4 (0.68%) GIS
14 3 (0.51%) Redis
Development Applications
1 72 (12.22%) Git
2 71 (12.05%) GitLab
3 59 (10.02%) Jenkins
4 38 (6.45%) Visual Studio Code
5 32 (5.43%) Cucumber
6 28 (4.75%) JIRA
7 25 (4.24%) Maven
8 23 (3.90%) Cypress.io
9 22 (3.74%) SonarQube
10 18 (3.06%) TeamCity
11 17 (2.89%) Bitbucket
12 7 (1.19%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 3 (0.51%) Selenium
13 3 (0.51%) Taiga
13 3 (0.51%) VersionOne
14 2 (0.34%) Ant
14 2 (0.34%) Apache Ivy
14 2 (0.34%) Claude Code
14 2 (0.34%) git-flow
14 2 (0.34%) IBM UrbanCode
General
1 168 (28.52%) Social Skills
2 147 (24.96%) Finance
3 60 (10.19%) Retail
4 59 (10.02%) Multimedia
4 59 (10.02%) Public Sector
5 49 (8.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 48 (8.15%) Swedish Language
7 44 (7.47%) Manufacturing
8 43 (7.30%) Analytical Skills
9 33 (5.60%) Banking
10 29 (4.92%) French Language
11 20 (3.40%) Financial Institution
12 14 (2.38%) Aerospace
12 14 (2.38%) Influencing Skills
13 12 (2.04%) Law
14 10 (1.70%) Marketing
15 7 (1.19%) Legal
15 7 (1.19%) Military
16 6 (1.02%) Billing
16 6 (1.02%) Digital Health
Job Titles
1 128 (21.73%) Senior
2 108 (18.34%) Analyst
3 103 (17.49%) Architect
4 94 (15.96%) Trainee
5 77 (13.07%) Service Analyst
5 77 (13.07%) Service Desk Analyst
6 61 (10.36%) Consultant
7 56 (9.51%) Developer
8 49 (8.32%) Administrator
9 43 (7.30%) Trainee Administrator
9 43 (7.30%) Web Administrator
10 39 (6.62%) Solutions Architect
11 36 (6.11%) Cloud Engineer
12 35 (5.94%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
12 35 (5.94%) Programmer
12 35 (5.94%) Trainee Programmer
13 30 (5.09%) Security Consultant
14 29 (4.92%) Java Engineer
15 27 (4.58%) Senior Analyst
15 27 (4.58%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (11.88%) Spring Boot
2 63 (10.70%) CSS
2 63 (10.70%) HTML
3 46 (7.81%) Kafka
4 43 (7.30%) Spring
5 38 (6.45%) Hugging Face
5 38 (6.45%) Matplotlib
5 38 (6.45%) NumPy
5 38 (6.45%) Pandas
5 38 (6.45%) scikit-learn
5 38 (6.45%) Streamlit
6 28 (4.75%) AngularJS
6 28 (4.75%) AWS CDK
7 23 (3.90%) Jest
7 23 (3.90%) Node.js
8 22 (3.74%) Gherkin
9 21 (3.57%) .NET
10 19 (3.23%) React
11 14 (2.38%) REST
12 10 (1.70%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 105 (17.83%) Cloud Native
2 87 (14.77%) Onboarding
3 50 (8.49%) Algorithms
4 47 (7.98%) Enterprise Cloud
5 43 (7.30%) Public Cloud
6 37 (6.28%) Distributed Systems
7 35 (5.94%) e-Learning
8 33 (5.60%) Data Centre
9 27 (4.58%) Enterprise Software
9 27 (4.58%) Hybrid Cloud
10 23 (3.90%) PKI
11 13 (2.21%) Blog
11 13 (2.21%) Mainframe
12 12 (2.04%) Distributed Computing
12 12 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
13 10 (1.70%) Greenfield Project
13 10 (1.70%) Security Posture
14 9 (1.53%) Management Information System
14 9 (1.53%) Renewable Energy
15 8 (1.36%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 50 (8.49%) Windows
2 38 (6.45%) Linux
3 22 (3.74%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.85%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (0.68%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (0.68%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.34%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.34%) Solaris
6 2 (0.34%) Unix
7 1 (0.17%) AIX
7 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 179 (30.39%) CI/CD
2 177 (30.05%) AI
3 175 (29.71%) Infrastructure as Code
4 159 (26.99%) Mentoring
5 157 (26.66%) Agile
6 130 (22.07%) ITIL
7 117 (19.86%) Customer Service
8 108 (18.34%) Cloud Security
9 91 (15.45%) DevOps
10 89 (15.11%) Cybersecurity
10 89 (15.11%) Machine Learning
11 83 (14.09%) ITSM
12 77 (13.07%) Performance Metrics
13 76 (12.90%) Migration
14 72 (12.22%) Microservices
15 69 (11.71%) Continuous Improvement
16 63 (10.70%) Problem-Solving
17 61 (10.36%) Computer Science
18 60 (10.19%) Technical Leadership
19 58 (9.85%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 215 (36.50%) Python
2 113 (19.19%) Java
3 81 (13.75%) JavaScript
4 63 (10.70%) Bash
5 57 (9.68%) SQL
6 47 (7.98%) R
7 35 (5.94%) TypeScript
8 26 (4.41%) PowerShell
9 25 (4.24%) Go
10 24 (4.07%) Ruby
11 23 (3.90%) Groovy
12 18 (3.06%) C#
13 15 (2.55%) PHP
14 14 (2.38%) Perl
15 10 (1.70%) Kotlin
16 6 (1.02%) C++
16 6 (1.02%) COBOL
17 5 (0.85%) Google Apps Script
18 3 (0.51%) Bicep
18 3 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 169 (28.69%) Degree
2 157 (26.66%) Microsoft Certification
3 147 (24.96%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 144 (24.45%) Azure Certification
5 118 (20.03%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 110 (18.68%) Security Cleared
7 77 (13.07%) MCSE
8 62 (10.53%) SC Cleared
9 47 (7.98%) Cisco Certification
10 29 (4.92%) Computer Science Degree
11 28 (4.75%) CISSP
12 24 (4.07%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 21 (3.57%) CCNA
14 20 (3.40%) CCNP
14 20 (3.40%) Master's Degree
14 20 (3.40%) TOGAF Certification
15 19 (3.23%) AWS Certified Developer
16 18 (3.06%) ITIL Certification
17 15 (2.55%) BPSS Clearance
17 15 (2.55%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (13.24%) QA
2 42 (7.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (3.90%) GDPR
3 23 (3.90%) SOC 2
4 19 (3.23%) NIST
5 14 (2.38%) GRC
5 14 (2.38%) NCSC
6 12 (2.04%) Data Quality
7 11 (1.87%) Accessibility
8 10 (1.70%) Cyber Essentials
9 9 (1.53%) HIPAA
10 8 (1.36%) ISO 9001
10 8 (1.36%) PCI DSS
11 6 (1.02%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 6 (1.02%) Government Security Classifications
12 4 (0.68%) SLA
13 2 (0.34%) DICOM
13 2 (0.34%) EU AI Act
14 1 (0.17%) COBIT
14 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 72 (12.22%) Docker
2 24 (4.07%) Active Directory
3 23 (3.90%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.36%) Squid
4 8 (1.36%) VMware NSX
4 8 (1.36%) vSphere
5 5 (0.85%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.85%) KVM
6 4 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.34%) iptables
7 2 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 135 (22.92%) Terraform
2 73 (12.39%) Kubernetes
3 41 (6.96%) Ansible
4 26 (4.41%) HP Fortify
5 20 (3.40%) Grafana
6 15 (2.55%) Puppet
7 13 (2.21%) Cilium
7 13 (2.21%) Progress Chef
8 12 (2.04%) Prometheus
8 12 (2.04%) Single Sign-On
9 9 (1.53%) Packer
10 8 (1.36%) Microsoft Intune
10 8 (1.36%) ZABBIX
11 6 (1.02%) Argo
12 4 (0.68%) Iperf
13 3 (0.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 3 (0.51%) Proxmox
13 3 (0.51%) QRadar
14 2 (0.34%) kaniko
15 1 (0.17%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 263 (44.65%) Microsoft
2 104 (17.66%) ServiceNow
3 33 (5.60%) Oracle
4 30 (5.09%) VMware
5 25 (4.24%) Apple
5 25 (4.24%) Splunk
6 24 (4.07%) Adobe
6 24 (4.07%) Cisco
7 21 (3.57%) Google
8 18 (3.06%) SAP
9 17 (2.89%) Palo Alto
10 14 (2.38%) Databricks
11 13 (2.21%) Red Hat
12 12 (2.04%) Fortinet
13 8 (1.36%) CheckPoint
13 8 (1.36%) CrowdStrike
14 7 (1.19%) Avaya
14 7 (1.19%) Genesys
15 6 (1.02%) Atlassian
15 6 (1.02%) Salesforce