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 31 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 193 448 377
Rank change year-on-year +255 -71 -119
Permanent jobs citing AWS Certification 774 320 407
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.54% 0.47% 0.75%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.65% 1.64% 2.41%
Number of salaries quoted 306 150 277
10th Percentile - £42,500 £46,306
25th Percentile £28,250 £53,750 £54,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.69% -3.33% -3.23%
75th Percentile £78,688 £80,000 £86,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £96,325 £103,600
UK excluding London median annual salary £31,000 £59,750 £65,000
% change year-on-year -48.12% -8.08% -13.33%

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 16,628 19,469 16,856
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.11% 28.64% 30.86%
Number of salaries quoted 7,674 8,130 11,543
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £44,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,713 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.70% +0.37% +4.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,520 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.60% +4.76% +5.00%

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 31 October 2025.

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 31 October 2025. 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 +265 701 £57,500 -17.86% 557
UK excluding London +240 490 £31,000 -48.12% 489
Work from Home +216 426 £75,000 +7.14% 70
North of England +167 276 £30,500 -41.90% 125
London +122 225 £75,000 -3.23% 185
North West +143 210 £30,500 -52.16% 64
South East +72 68 £55,000 +3.68% 127
Yorkshire +36 53 £60,000 +33.33% 45
Midlands +38 43 £51,058 -29.58% 88
West Midlands +54 37 £36,500 -49.66% 55
South West +62 33 £50,000 -21.57% 41
Northern Ireland +26 25 - - 8
Scotland -1 23 £30,500 -56.43% 21
East of England +29 22 £80,000 +28.00% 63
North East - 13 £30,500 - 18
East Midlands +7 6 £51,058 -35.16% 34
Wales - 3 £30,000 - 20

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 (2.97%) Confluence
2 17 (2.20%) Tomcat
2 17 (2.20%) WebSphere
3 16 (2.07%) WebSphere Application Server
3 16 (2.07%) WordPress
4 13 (1.68%) Apache Spark
5 9 (1.16%) SharePoint
6 8 (1.03%) nginx
7 7 (0.90%) Apache
8 6 (0.78%) Microsoft Exchange
9 5 (0.65%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.39%) SAS
11 1 (0.13%) CMS
11 1 (0.13%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 110 (14.21%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.03%) Mozilla Thunderbird
3 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (1.03%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.13%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 774 (100.00%) AWS
2 512 (66.15%) Azure
3 282 (36.43%) GCP
4 143 (18.48%) GitHub
5 136 (17.57%) Microsoft 365
6 78 (10.08%) Serverless
7 74 (9.56%) Amazon S3
8 63 (8.14%) AWS Lambda
9 52 (6.72%) AWS CloudFormation
10 49 (6.33%) Amazon EC2
11 43 (5.56%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 36 (4.65%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 32 (4.13%) Amazon EKS
14 31 (4.01%) SaaS
15 26 (3.36%) Amazon ECS
16 22 (2.84%) GitHub Actions
17 18 (2.33%) AWS KMS
17 18 (2.33%) Route 53
18 16 (2.07%) Amazon ELB
18 16 (2.07%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 116 (14.99%) Internet
2 47 (6.07%) Firewall
3 39 (5.04%) DNS
4 31 (4.01%) VPN
5 24 (3.10%) Remote Desktop
6 22 (2.84%) WAN
7 19 (2.45%) SSL
8 18 (2.33%) LAN
9 17 (2.20%) HTTP
9 17 (2.20%) Network Security
9 17 (2.20%) SD-WAN
10 16 (2.07%) FTP
10 16 (2.07%) SMTP
10 16 (2.07%) SSH
11 15 (1.94%) DHCP
11 15 (1.94%) VoIP
12 14 (1.81%) VLAN
13 13 (1.68%) TCP/IP
14 12 (1.55%) Wi-Fi
15 10 (1.29%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (6.07%) Amazon RDS
1 47 (6.07%) NoSQL
2 42 (5.43%) Data Lake
3 38 (4.91%) PostgreSQL
4 28 (3.62%) Data Warehouse
4 28 (3.62%) DynamoDB
4 28 (3.62%) Metadata
5 19 (2.45%) Big Data
6 18 (2.33%) Amazon Redshift
6 18 (2.33%) DB2
7 17 (2.20%) SQL Server
8 16 (2.07%) Amazon Aurora
9 15 (1.94%) Amazon Athena
10 13 (1.68%) MySQL
11 11 (1.42%) Hadoop
12 9 (1.16%) Relational Database
13 7 (0.90%) CockroachDB
14 6 (0.78%) MongoDB
14 6 (0.78%) Power BI
15 5 (0.65%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 146 (18.86%) Git
2 52 (6.72%) Jenkins
3 33 (4.26%) JIRA
4 19 (2.45%) GitLab
5 16 (2.07%) Vagrant
6 7 (0.90%) Cucumber
6 7 (0.90%) Cypress.io
7 6 (0.78%) Bitbucket
7 6 (0.78%) Sonatype Nexus
8 5 (0.65%) Selenium
8 5 (0.65%) Vite
9 4 (0.52%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 4 (0.52%) Gatling
9 4 (0.52%) JMeter
9 4 (0.52%) JUnit
9 4 (0.52%) Mockito
9 4 (0.52%) Spinnaker
9 4 (0.52%) TeamCity
9 4 (0.52%) YouTrack
10 2 (0.26%) Subversion
General
1 250 (32.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 231 (29.84%) Social Skills
3 130 (16.80%) Finance
4 114 (14.73%) Multimedia
5 110 (14.21%) French Language
5 110 (14.21%) Swedish Language
6 75 (9.69%) Banking
7 58 (7.49%) Law
8 48 (6.20%) Analytical Skills
8 48 (6.20%) Financial Institution
9 31 (4.01%) Public Sector
10 29 (3.75%) Presentation Skills
11 25 (3.23%) Retail Banking
12 13 (1.68%) Marketing
12 13 (1.68%) Retail
13 11 (1.42%) Investment Banking
14 7 (0.90%) Publishing
14 7 (0.90%) Telecoms
15 5 (0.65%) Legal
15 5 (0.65%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 276 (35.66%) Senior
2 206 (26.61%) Software Engineer
3 182 (23.51%) Senior Software Engineer
4 115 (14.86%) Analyst
5 114 (14.73%) Trainee
6 110 (14.21%) Service Analyst
6 110 (14.21%) Service Desk Analyst
7 96 (12.40%) Architect
8 72 (9.30%) Developer
9 53 (6.85%) Trainee Developer
10 52 (6.72%) Software Developer
10 52 (6.72%) Trainee Software Developer
11 45 (5.81%) Lead
12 33 (4.26%) Cloud Engineer
13 30 (3.88%) Solutions Architect
14 27 (3.49%) Senior Analyst
15 24 (3.10%) AWS Architect
15 24 (3.10%) Data Architect
15 24 (3.10%) DevOps Engineer
15 24 (3.10%) Senior Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 183 (23.64%) .NET
2 182 (23.51%) Node.js
3 120 (15.50%) CSS
3 120 (15.50%) HTML
4 39 (5.04%) Kafka
5 31 (4.01%) React
6 24 (3.10%) LDAP
7 23 (2.97%) Spring
7 23 (2.97%) Spring Boot
8 16 (2.07%) LAPP Stack
8 16 (2.07%) WebSphere MQ
9 11 (1.42%) GraphQL
10 8 (1.03%) AngularJS
10 8 (1.03%) OpenTelemetry
11 7 (0.90%) RESTful
11 7 (0.90%) Serverless Framework
12 6 (0.78%) AWS CDK
12 6 (0.78%) HTML5
12 6 (0.78%) REST
12 6 (0.78%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 197 (25.45%) Linux Command Line
2 179 (23.13%) Self-Motivation
3 178 (23.00%) Cyberattack
4 79 (10.21%) Cloud Native
5 37 (4.78%) Management Information System
6 32 (4.13%) Public Cloud
7 21 (2.71%) Enterprise Software
8 16 (2.07%) Hybrid Cloud
9 15 (1.94%) Replication
10 13 (1.68%) Virtual Team
11 11 (1.42%) Data Centre
11 11 (1.42%) Mobile App
12 10 (1.29%) Greenfield Project
12 10 (1.29%) Security Posture
13 9 (1.16%) Data Structures
14 8 (1.03%) Distributed Systems
15 7 (0.90%) Client/Server
15 7 (0.90%) Operational Technology
15 7 (0.90%) PKI
15 7 (0.90%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 257 (33.20%) Linux
2 85 (10.98%) Windows
3 27 (3.49%) Unix
4 25 (3.23%) Windows Server
5 22 (2.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 16 (2.07%) VMS
7 14 (1.81%) Amazon Linux
8 10 (1.29%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.39%) CentOS
9 3 (0.39%) Windows 10
10 2 (0.26%) Debian
10 2 (0.26%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.13%) Check Point GAiA
11 1 (0.13%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 364 (47.03%) Mentoring
2 336 (43.41%) Agile
3 241 (31.14%) Software Engineering
4 238 (30.75%) Microservices
5 236 (30.49%) Cloud Security
6 219 (28.29%) Machine Learning
7 207 (26.74%) Data Engineering
8 196 (25.32%) Scrum
9 194 (25.06%) Site Reliability Engineering
10 193 (24.94%) User Experience
11 166 (21.45%) ITIL
12 151 (19.51%) CI/CD
13 132 (17.05%) Cybersecurity
14 126 (16.28%) DevOps
15 120 (15.50%) ITSM
16 112 (14.47%) Infrastructure as Code
17 96 (12.40%) Customer Service
18 92 (11.89%) Performance Metrics
19 66 (8.53%) Problem-Solving
20 62 (8.01%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 456 (58.91%) Python
2 334 (43.15%) JavaScript
3 268 (34.63%) Java
4 204 (26.36%) Go
5 183 (23.64%) C++
6 182 (23.51%) Rust
7 79 (10.21%) SQL
8 64 (8.27%) R
9 54 (6.98%) PowerShell
10 39 (5.04%) Bash
11 32 (4.13%) TypeScript
12 29 (3.75%) C#
13 19 (2.45%) Groovy
14 10 (1.29%) Bicep
15 8 (1.03%) Perl
16 6 (0.78%) Kotlin
17 4 (0.52%) Scala
18 3 (0.39%) PROC SQL
19 2 (0.26%) Ruby
20 1 (0.13%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 291 (37.60%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 279 (36.05%) Azure Certification
3 252 (32.56%) Microsoft Certification
4 248 (32.04%) Security Cleared
5 205 (26.49%) Degree
6 198 (25.58%) AWS Certified Developer
7 187 (24.16%) DV Cleared
8 122 (15.76%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 111 (14.34%) MCSE
10 66 (8.53%) SC Cleared
11 38 (4.91%) Computer Science Degree
12 27 (3.49%) Cisco Certification
13 26 (3.36%) A+ Certification
13 26 (3.36%) TOGAF Certification
14 23 (2.97%) Master's Degree
15 18 (2.33%) CISSP
16 16 (2.07%) CCNP
16 16 (2.07%) ITIL Certification
17 13 (1.68%) PMI Certification
17 13 (1.68%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 104 (13.44%) QA
2 39 (5.04%) GDPR
3 33 (4.26%) NIST
4 26 (3.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 18 (2.33%) SLA
6 13 (1.68%) HIPAA
7 9 (1.16%) Data Quality
7 9 (1.16%) PCI DSS
7 9 (1.16%) SOC 2
8 8 (1.03%) Accessibility
9 7 (0.90%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 4 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (0.52%) NCSC
11 3 (0.39%) GRC
12 2 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 1 (0.13%) GAAP
13 1 (0.13%) JSP 440
13 1 (0.13%) NIST 800
13 1 (0.13%) WCAG
System Software
1 74 (9.56%) Docker
2 40 (5.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 35 (4.52%) Active Directory
4 15 (1.94%) Hyper-V
5 14 (1.81%) DFS Replication
6 9 (1.16%) Dovecot
6 9 (1.16%) Postfix
7 8 (1.03%) Squid
8 4 (0.52%) KVM
9 3 (0.39%) Apache Flume
9 3 (0.39%) HDFS
9 3 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.39%) vSphere
10 2 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.13%) iptables
11 1 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 107 (13.82%) Terraform
2 102 (13.18%) Kubernetes
3 43 (5.56%) Ansible
4 36 (4.65%) Grafana
5 30 (3.88%) Prometheus
6 11 (1.42%) Nessus
6 11 (1.42%) Proxmox
7 6 (0.78%) Argo
7 6 (0.78%) Autotask
7 6 (0.78%) Puppet
8 5 (0.65%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 5 (0.65%) SCCM
8 5 (0.65%) SCOM
8 5 (0.65%) WSUS
9 4 (0.52%) Salt
10 3 (0.39%) Cilium
10 3 (0.39%) Kibana
10 3 (0.39%) logstash
10 3 (0.39%) Oozie
11 2 (0.26%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 314 (40.57%) Microsoft
2 138 (17.83%) ServiceNow
3 43 (5.56%) Google
4 42 (5.43%) VMware
5 25 (3.23%) Red Hat
6 22 (2.84%) IBM
7 17 (2.20%) Cisco
7 17 (2.20%) SAP
8 15 (1.94%) Oracle
9 8 (1.03%) Ariba
9 8 (1.03%) Jaspersoft
10 6 (0.78%) Databricks
10 6 (0.78%) SolarWinds
10 6 (0.78%) Splunk
10 6 (0.78%) Workday
11 5 (0.65%) Datto
11 5 (0.65%) Fortinet
12 4 (0.52%) CheckPoint
12 4 (0.52%) Dynatrace
12 4 (0.52%) Informatica