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

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 274 291 443
Rank change year-on-year +17 +152 -280
Permanent jobs citing AWS Certification 637 459 497
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.69% 1.07% 0.51%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.01% 2.65% 1.91%
Number of salaries quoted 357 147 322
10th Percentile - £44,000 £50,250
25th Percentile £28,250 £52,469 £60,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £72,500 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -48.28% -6.45% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £91,250 £86,188
90th Percentile £83,640 £98,000 £102,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £58,373 £70,000
% change year-on-year -35.76% -16.61% -

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 21,131 17,306 26,004
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 22.86% 40.31% 26.73%
Number of salaries quoted 9,193 7,221 17,151
10th Percentile £29,750 £30,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £42,215 £40,903 £38,302
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +1.85% -10.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £71,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £51,532 £50,000
% change year-on-year +6.73% +3.06% -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 22 May 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 22 May 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 +3 575 £37,500 -47.37% 226
UK excluding London +23 405 £37,500 -35.76% 182
North of England -21 209 £31,500 -51.54% 59
Work from Home -39 198 £65,000 - 72
London -7 186 £55,000 -32.31% 82
Yorkshire +44 105 £35,250 -45.77% 21
North West -57 83 £31,500 -51.54% 30
Midlands +3 64 £32,000 -40.40% 27
West Midlands +9 59 £32,000 -40.40% 11
South East -12 38 £62,000 -15.07% 37
South West -52 34 £37,500 -33.91% 24
Scotland +15 24 £30,500 -41.90% 13
North East -15 21 £30,500 -35.79% 8
East of England -1 20 £37,500 -55.88% 13
Northern Ireland -26 11 £35,000 - 3
Wales - 5 £51,619 - 7
East Midlands - 5 £34,500 - 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 56 (8.79%) WordPress
2 54 (8.48%) Jupyter
3 13 (2.04%) Confluence
4 9 (1.41%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (0.94%) Apache
5 6 (0.94%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.63%) Documentum
7 3 (0.47%) Drupal
7 3 (0.47%) JBoss
7 3 (0.47%) nginx
8 1 (0.16%) IIS
8 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 61 (9.58%) Microsoft Office
2 55 (8.63%) Chatbot
3 19 (2.98%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (2.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.31%) Weka
5 1 (0.16%) Maya
Business Applications
1 24 (3.77%) Cloudability
2 2 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.16%) Magento
3 1 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 637 (100.00%) AWS
2 341 (53.53%) Azure
3 198 (31.08%) GitHub
4 96 (15.07%) Serverless
5 94 (14.76%) GCP
6 83 (13.03%) AWS CloudFormation
7 78 (12.24%) Microsoft 365
8 75 (11.77%) AWS Lambda
9 71 (11.15%) Amazon S3
10 61 (9.58%) Cloud Computing
11 51 (8.01%) Amazon ECS
12 45 (7.06%) AWS Step Functions
13 38 (5.97%) Amazon EKS
14 37 (5.81%) Amazon ECR
15 34 (5.34%) GitHub Actions
16 33 (5.18%) Apigee
17 32 (5.02%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 31 (4.87%) Amazon SQS
19 19 (2.98%) Amazon EC2
20 18 (2.83%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 171 (26.84%) Internet
2 30 (4.71%) Firewall
3 29 (4.55%) Network Security
4 20 (3.14%) VPN
5 18 (2.83%) Broadband
6 12 (1.88%) Software-Defined Networking
7 11 (1.73%) WAN
8 10 (1.57%) SD-WAN
9 9 (1.41%) LAN
10 7 (1.10%) Wireless
11 6 (0.94%) DNS
11 6 (0.94%) IPv4
12 5 (0.78%) DHCP
12 5 (0.78%) TCP/IP
13 3 (0.47%) VLAN
14 2 (0.31%) BGP
14 2 (0.31%) Cisco IPT
14 2 (0.31%) OSPF
15 1 (0.16%) MPLS
15 1 (0.16%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (7.38%) DynamoDB
2 43 (6.75%) NoSQL
3 25 (3.92%) Amazon RDS
4 21 (3.30%) Metadata
5 20 (3.14%) Data Lake
6 19 (2.98%) RDBMS
6 19 (2.98%) Relational Database
7 9 (1.41%) PostgreSQL
8 8 (1.26%) Amazon Redshift
9 7 (1.10%) SQL Server
10 6 (0.94%) Data Warehouse
10 6 (0.94%) Electronic Patient Records
11 5 (0.78%) Power BI
12 4 (0.63%) Amazon Athena
13 3 (0.47%) Big Data
13 3 (0.47%) Snowflake Schema
14 2 (0.31%) GIS
14 2 (0.31%) MariaDB
14 2 (0.31%) Spark SQL
15 1 (0.16%) Flink
Development Applications
1 185 (29.04%) Git
2 64 (10.05%) GitLab
3 56 (8.79%) Jenkins
4 54 (8.48%) Visual Studio Code
5 34 (5.34%) Cypress.io
5 34 (5.34%) Maven
6 33 (5.18%) SonarQube
7 19 (2.98%) Cucumber
7 19 (2.98%) TeamCity
8 18 (2.83%) Jaeger
9 14 (2.20%) JIRA
10 11 (1.73%) Bitbucket
11 4 (0.63%) MLflow
12 3 (0.47%) Selenium
13 1 (0.16%) CircleCI
13 1 (0.16%) Gatling
13 1 (0.16%) JMeter
13 1 (0.16%) Octopus Deploy
13 1 (0.16%) Vagrant
General
1 174 (27.32%) Social Skills
2 171 (26.84%) Multimedia
3 123 (19.31%) Finance
4 76 (11.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 74 (11.62%) Retail
6 60 (9.42%) Manufacturing
7 49 (7.69%) French Language
8 42 (6.59%) Analytical Skills
9 35 (5.49%) Banking
10 24 (3.77%) Financial Institution
11 15 (2.35%) Public Sector
12 12 (1.88%) Swedish Language
13 10 (1.57%) Retail Banking
14 8 (1.26%) Advertising
14 8 (1.26%) Aerospace
14 8 (1.26%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (1.10%) Legal
16 5 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
16 5 (0.78%) Law
16 5 (0.78%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 222 (34.85%) Trainee
2 118 (18.52%) Developer
3 107 (16.80%) Analyst
4 88 (13.81%) Architect
5 70 (10.99%) Senior
6 68 (10.68%) Trainee Developer
7 61 (9.58%) Administrator
7 61 (9.58%) Service Analyst
7 61 (9.58%) Service Desk Analyst
8 56 (8.79%) Software Developer
9 55 (8.63%) Trainee Software Developer
10 53 (8.32%) Trainee Administrator
10 53 (8.32%) Web Administrator
11 51 (8.01%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
11 51 (8.01%) Programmer
11 51 (8.01%) Trainee Programmer
12 46 (7.22%) Cloud Engineer
13 38 (5.97%) Lead
14 29 (4.55%) Java Developer
15 26 (4.08%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 173 (27.16%) CSS
1 173 (27.16%) HTML
2 54 (8.48%) Hugging Face
2 54 (8.48%) Matplotlib
2 54 (8.48%) NumPy
2 54 (8.48%) Pandas
2 54 (8.48%) scikit-learn
2 54 (8.48%) Spring Boot
2 54 (8.48%) Streamlit
3 35 (5.49%) AngularJS
4 34 (5.34%) Jest
5 33 (5.18%) Gherkin
6 29 (4.55%) React
7 22 (3.45%) Spring
8 20 (3.14%) Kafka
9 18 (2.83%) Elastic Stack
9 18 (2.83%) OpenTelemetry
10 14 (2.20%) .NET
10 14 (2.20%) AWS CDK
11 13 (2.04%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 64 (10.05%) Cloud Native
2 63 (9.89%) Algorithms
3 45 (7.06%) Public Cloud
4 32 (5.02%) Enterprise Software
5 28 (4.40%) PKI
6 24 (3.77%) Hybrid Cloud
7 23 (3.61%) e-Learning
8 21 (3.30%) Onboarding
9 20 (3.14%) Distributed Systems
10 17 (2.67%) Data Centre
11 8 (1.26%) Private Cloud
12 6 (0.94%) Management Information System
12 6 (0.94%) Renewable Energy
13 5 (0.78%) Clustering
13 5 (0.78%) Data Structures
13 5 (0.78%) Greenfield Project
13 5 (0.78%) PACS
13 5 (0.78%) Product Ownership
13 5 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
14 4 (0.63%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 62 (9.73%) Linux
2 34 (5.34%) Windows
3 26 (4.08%) Unix
4 14 (2.20%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 207 (32.50%) Mentoring
2 183 (28.73%) Cybersecurity
3 156 (24.49%) Agile
4 150 (23.55%) CI/CD
5 137 (21.51%) Infrastructure as Code
6 127 (19.94%) AI
7 122 (19.15%) Customer Service
8 117 (18.37%) ITIL
9 112 (17.58%) DevOps
10 67 (10.52%) Cost Optimisation
11 66 (10.36%) Data Privacy
11 66 (10.36%) Machine Learning
11 66 (10.36%) Web Development
12 64 (10.05%) ITSM
13 61 (9.58%) Performance Metrics
14 60 (9.42%) Visualisation
15 59 (9.26%) LLM
15 59 (9.26%) Microservices
15 59 (9.26%) OO
16 58 (9.11%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 331 (51.96%) Python
2 218 (34.22%) JavaScript
3 104 (16.33%) Java
4 103 (16.17%) R
5 77 (12.09%) Bash
6 57 (8.95%) TypeScript
7 36 (5.65%) Go
7 36 (5.65%) SQL
8 34 (5.34%) Groovy
9 26 (4.08%) C#
10 24 (3.77%) PowerShell
11 12 (1.88%) Kotlin
12 9 (1.41%) C++
13 7 (1.10%) Google Apps Script
14 3 (0.47%) Bicep
14 3 (0.47%) Ruby
15 1 (0.16%) Apex Code
15 1 (0.16%) C
15 1 (0.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 1 (0.16%) PHP
Qualifications
1 269 (42.23%) Azure Certification
2 256 (40.19%) Microsoft Certification
3 239 (37.52%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 120 (18.84%) Degree
5 99 (15.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 62 (9.73%) Security Cleared
7 61 (9.58%) MCSE
8 39 (6.12%) SC Cleared
9 31 (4.87%) ITIL Certification
10 29 (4.55%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 28 (4.40%) TOGAF Certification
12 25 (3.92%) Computer Science Degree
13 22 (3.45%) AWS Certified Developer
13 22 (3.45%) Cisco Certification
14 18 (2.83%) CISSP
15 15 (2.35%) CISM
16 9 (1.41%) CCNP
16 9 (1.41%) DV Cleared
16 9 (1.41%) Master's Degree
17 8 (1.26%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (10.05%) QA
2 31 (4.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (2.98%) NIST
4 16 (2.51%) SOC 2
5 12 (1.88%) GRC
6 11 (1.73%) GDPR
6 11 (1.73%) PCI DSS
7 8 (1.26%) NCSC
8 6 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials
8 6 (0.94%) Data Quality
8 6 (0.94%) SLA
9 5 (0.78%) Accessibility
9 5 (0.78%) DICOM
9 5 (0.78%) ISO 9001
10 4 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.31%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 2 (0.31%) EU AI Act
11 2 (0.31%) GxP
12 1 (0.16%) COBIT
System Software
1 109 (17.11%) Docker
2 24 (3.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (2.04%) Active Directory
4 8 (1.26%) vSphere
5 7 (1.10%) KVM
6 6 (0.94%) Squid
6 6 (0.94%) VMware NSX
7 5 (0.78%) Veritas Cluster Server
8 4 (0.63%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.63%) iptables
9 2 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 121 (19.00%) Terraform
2 85 (13.34%) Kubernetes
3 56 (8.79%) Ansible
4 38 (5.97%) Prometheus
5 37 (5.81%) HP Fortify
6 29 (4.55%) Grafana
7 21 (3.30%) Argo
8 18 (2.83%) Kustomize
9 12 (1.88%) Cilium
10 10 (1.57%) Microsoft Intune
11 8 (1.26%) Proxmox
12 7 (1.10%) Packer
13 6 (0.94%) ZABBIX
14 5 (0.78%) Progress Chef
14 5 (0.78%) Puppet
14 5 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
15 1 (0.16%) Consul
15 1 (0.16%) QRadar
15 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 382 (59.97%) Microsoft
2 89 (13.97%) ServiceNow
3 41 (6.44%) Adobe
3 41 (6.44%) Apple
4 34 (5.34%) Google
5 33 (5.18%) VMware
6 16 (2.51%) Databricks
7 13 (2.04%) Cisco
8 12 (1.88%) Red Hat
9 11 (1.73%) Splunk
10 10 (1.57%) Oracle
11 8 (1.26%) Palo Alto
12 7 (1.10%) CheckPoint
12 7 (1.10%) Fortinet
13 5 (0.78%) SAP
13 5 (0.78%) Symantec
13 5 (0.78%) Workday
14 4 (0.63%) CrowdStrike
14 4 (0.63%) OpenText
14 4 (0.63%) YouTube