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

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 303 291 464
Rank change year-on-year -12 +173 -310
Permanent jobs citing AWS Certification 568 473 505
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.62% 1.07% 0.47%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.13% 2.77% 1.86%
Number of salaries quoted 302 132 324
10th Percentile - £44,000 £47,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £51,250 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -46.43% -6.67% -6.25%
75th Percentile £63,750 £92,813 £86,000
90th Percentile £83,640 £97,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £60,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -38.02% -13.57% -

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 18,164 17,090 27,184
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 19.80% 38.65% 25.53%
Number of salaries quoted 9,405 7,282 17,249
10th Percentile £30,250 £29,750 £28,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £38,603
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 £51,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +6.80% +3.00% -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 10 June 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 10 June 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 -34 513 £37,500 -46.43% 230
UK excluding London 0 347 £37,500 -38.02% 199
Work from Home -48 191 £62,500 -3.85% 70
London -3 180 £55,000 -31.25% 71
North of England -47 164 £37,500 -42.31% 52
Yorkshire +20 76 £37,500 -44.44% 23
North West -68 70 £37,500 -33.33% 24
Midlands +17 59 £37,500 -30.15% 30
West Midlands +8 53 £37,500 -30.15% 16
South West -47 38 £47,000 -17.17% 26
South East +5 36 £62,500 -14.38% 52
North East -24 18 £37,500 -21.05% 5
Scotland +30 17 £31,000 -40.95% 9
East of England -4 14 £37,500 -55.88% 22
Northern Ireland -22 11 £39,000 - 3
Wales - 8 £51,619 - 8
East Midlands - 6 £34,500 - 14

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 54 (9.51%) Jupyter
2 44 (7.75%) WordPress
3 15 (2.64%) Confluence
4 9 (1.58%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (1.23%) Apache Spark
6 6 (1.06%) Apache
7 4 (0.70%) Documentum
8 3 (0.53%) JBoss
9 1 (0.18%) Drupal
9 1 (0.18%) IIS
9 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.18%) nginx
9 1 (0.18%) SharePoint
Applications
1 64 (11.27%) Microsoft Office
2 55 (9.68%) Chatbot
3 12 (2.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (2.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.18%) Maya
Business Applications
1 24 (4.23%) Cloudability
2 1 (0.18%) Magento
2 1 (0.18%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.18%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 568 (100.00%) AWS
2 278 (48.94%) Azure
3 153 (26.94%) GitHub
4 93 (16.37%) GCP
5 85 (14.96%) Serverless
6 79 (13.91%) AWS CloudFormation
7 78 (13.73%) Microsoft 365
8 68 (11.97%) AWS Lambda
9 66 (11.62%) Amazon S3
10 61 (10.74%) Cloud Computing
11 48 (8.45%) Amazon ECS
12 39 (6.87%) Amazon EKS
13 34 (5.99%) AWS Step Functions
14 32 (5.63%) GitHub Actions
15 31 (5.46%) Amazon ECR
16 27 (4.75%) Apigee
17 26 (4.58%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 25 (4.40%) Amazon SQS
19 23 (4.05%) Amazon EC2
20 18 (3.17%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 119 (20.95%) Internet
2 31 (5.46%) Network Security
3 30 (5.28%) Firewall
4 19 (3.35%) VPN
5 18 (3.17%) Broadband
6 15 (2.64%) Software-Defined Networking
7 12 (2.11%) WAN
8 11 (1.94%) SD-WAN
9 10 (1.76%) LAN
10 8 (1.41%) IPv4
10 8 (1.41%) Wireless
11 7 (1.23%) DNS
12 6 (1.06%) DHCP
12 6 (1.06%) TCP/IP
13 3 (0.53%) VLAN
14 2 (0.35%) Cisco IPT
14 2 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
15 1 (0.18%) BGP
15 1 (0.18%) OSPF
15 1 (0.18%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (7.92%) NoSQL
2 38 (6.69%) DynamoDB
3 28 (4.93%) Amazon RDS
4 21 (3.70%) Metadata
5 18 (3.17%) Data Lake
5 18 (3.17%) RDBMS
5 18 (3.17%) Relational Database
6 8 (1.41%) Amazon Redshift
7 6 (1.06%) Electronic Patient Records
8 5 (0.88%) Amazon Athena
8 5 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (0.88%) Power BI
9 4 (0.70%) SQL Server
10 3 (0.53%) Big Data
10 3 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (0.53%) Snowflake Schema
11 2 (0.35%) GIS
11 2 (0.35%) Hadoop
11 2 (0.35%) Spark SQL
12 1 (0.18%) Adabas
Development Applications
1 135 (23.77%) Git
2 66 (11.62%) GitLab
3 54 (9.51%) Visual Studio Code
4 53 (9.33%) Jenkins
5 28 (4.93%) Cypress.io
5 28 (4.93%) Maven
6 27 (4.75%) SonarQube
7 23 (4.05%) Cucumber
8 18 (3.17%) Jaeger
8 18 (3.17%) TeamCity
9 17 (2.99%) JIRA
10 13 (2.29%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.53%) MLflow
11 3 (0.53%) Selenium
12 1 (0.18%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 1 (0.18%) Gatling
12 1 (0.18%) JMeter
12 1 (0.18%) Octopus Deploy
12 1 (0.18%) Vagrant
General
1 157 (27.64%) Social Skills
2 119 (20.95%) Multimedia
3 118 (20.77%) Finance
4 74 (13.03%) Retail
5 68 (11.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 59 (10.39%) Manufacturing
7 44 (7.75%) French Language
8 41 (7.22%) Analytical Skills
9 35 (6.16%) Banking
10 24 (4.23%) Financial Institution
11 20 (3.52%) Swedish Language
12 16 (2.82%) Public Sector
13 10 (1.76%) Aerospace
13 10 (1.76%) Influencing Skills
14 8 (1.41%) Advertising
14 8 (1.41%) Retail Banking
15 7 (1.23%) Legal
16 4 (0.70%) Automotive
16 4 (0.70%) Billing
16 4 (0.70%) Law
Job Titles
1 170 (29.93%) Trainee
2 103 (18.13%) Analyst
3 86 (15.14%) Developer
4 83 (14.61%) Architect
5 75 (13.20%) Senior
6 64 (11.27%) Service Analyst
6 64 (11.27%) Service Desk Analyst
7 51 (8.98%) Administrator
7 51 (8.98%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
7 51 (8.98%) Programmer
7 51 (8.98%) Trainee Programmer
8 46 (8.10%) Cloud Engineer
9 43 (7.57%) Trainee Administrator
9 43 (7.57%) Web Administrator
10 42 (7.39%) Trainee Developer
11 38 (6.69%) Software Developer
12 37 (6.51%) Trainee Software Developer
13 33 (5.81%) Lead
14 26 (4.58%) Java Developer
14 26 (4.58%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 121 (21.30%) CSS
1 121 (21.30%) HTML
2 55 (9.68%) Spring Boot
3 54 (9.51%) Hugging Face
3 54 (9.51%) Matplotlib
3 54 (9.51%) NumPy
3 54 (9.51%) Pandas
3 54 (9.51%) scikit-learn
3 54 (9.51%) Streamlit
4 30 (5.28%) AngularJS
5 28 (4.93%) Jest
6 27 (4.75%) Gherkin
6 27 (4.75%) Spring
7 25 (4.40%) Kafka
8 19 (3.35%) Elastic Stack
9 18 (3.17%) OpenTelemetry
9 18 (3.17%) React
10 11 (1.94%) .NET
10 11 (1.94%) Node.js
11 9 (1.58%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 64 (11.27%) Cloud Native
2 63 (11.09%) Algorithms
3 41 (7.22%) Public Cloud
4 29 (5.11%) Enterprise Software
5 28 (4.93%) PKI
6 27 (4.75%) e-Learning
7 26 (4.58%) Hybrid Cloud
8 24 (4.23%) Distributed Systems
9 14 (2.46%) Onboarding
10 13 (2.29%) Data Centre
11 8 (1.41%) Private Cloud
12 6 (1.06%) Greenfield Project
12 6 (1.06%) Management Information System
12 6 (1.06%) Renewable Energy
13 5 (0.88%) Data Structures
13 5 (0.88%) PACS
13 5 (0.88%) Product Ownership
14 4 (0.70%) Self-Motivation
15 3 (0.53%) Driving Licence
15 3 (0.53%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 57 (10.04%) Linux
2 33 (5.81%) Windows
3 21 (3.70%) Unix
4 17 (2.99%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.18%) AIX
5 1 (0.18%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 162 (28.52%) Mentoring
2 152 (26.76%) Agile
3 149 (26.23%) CI/CD
4 137 (24.12%) Infrastructure as Code
5 133 (23.42%) Cybersecurity
6 122 (21.48%) AI
7 121 (21.30%) Customer Service
8 117 (20.60%) ITIL
9 100 (17.61%) DevOps
10 67 (11.80%) ITSM
11 66 (11.62%) Machine Learning
12 64 (11.27%) Data Privacy
12 64 (11.27%) Performance Metrics
13 60 (10.56%) LLM
14 59 (10.39%) OO
14 59 (10.39%) Visualisation
15 58 (10.21%) Cloud Security
15 58 (10.21%) Cost Optimisation
15 58 (10.21%) Microservices
16 57 (10.04%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 279 (49.12%) Python
2 159 (27.99%) JavaScript
3 101 (17.78%) Java
4 77 (13.56%) R
5 74 (13.03%) Bash
6 46 (8.10%) TypeScript
7 37 (6.51%) Go
7 37 (6.51%) SQL
8 28 (4.93%) Groovy
9 26 (4.58%) PowerShell
10 23 (4.05%) C#
11 11 (1.94%) Kotlin
12 8 (1.41%) C++
13 6 (1.06%) Google Apps Script
14 5 (0.88%) Ruby
15 4 (0.70%) Bicep
16 1 (0.18%) Apex Code
16 1 (0.18%) COBOL
16 1 (0.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 1 (0.18%) Natural
Qualifications
1 218 (38.38%) Azure Certification
2 204 (35.92%) Microsoft Certification
3 188 (33.10%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 121 (21.30%) Degree
5 98 (17.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 64 (11.27%) MCSE
6 64 (11.27%) Security Cleared
7 42 (7.39%) SC Cleared
8 27 (4.75%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 26 (4.58%) Cisco Certification
10 23 (4.05%) TOGAF Certification
11 22 (3.87%) ITIL Certification
12 19 (3.35%) Computer Science Degree
13 16 (2.82%) CISSP
14 14 (2.46%) AWS Certified Developer
15 13 (2.29%) CISM
16 11 (1.94%) CCNA
17 10 (1.76%) CCNP
17 10 (1.76%) Master's Degree
18 9 (1.58%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (11.80%) QA
2 33 (5.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (3.17%) NIST
4 15 (2.64%) SOC 2
5 12 (2.11%) GRC
5 12 (2.11%) PCI DSS
6 11 (1.94%) GDPR
7 10 (1.76%) NCSC
8 8 (1.41%) Data Quality
8 8 (1.41%) ISO 9001
9 5 (0.88%) Accessibility
9 5 (0.88%) DICOM
10 3 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.35%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 2 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.35%) EU AI Act
12 1 (0.18%) COBIT
12 1 (0.18%) Government Security Classifications
12 1 (0.18%) SLA
System Software
1 96 (16.90%) Docker
2 19 (3.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (2.29%) Active Directory
4 8 (1.41%) Squid
4 8 (1.41%) VMware NSX
4 8 (1.41%) vSphere
5 6 (1.06%) KVM
6 4 (0.70%) iptables
7 3 (0.53%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 120 (21.13%) Terraform
2 85 (14.96%) Kubernetes
3 55 (9.68%) Ansible
4 39 (6.87%) Prometheus
5 31 (5.46%) HP Fortify
6 27 (4.75%) Grafana
7 21 (3.70%) Argo
8 18 (3.17%) Kustomize
9 12 (2.11%) Cilium
10 10 (1.76%) Microsoft Intune
11 9 (1.58%) Packer
12 8 (1.41%) Proxmox
12 8 (1.41%) ZABBIX
13 7 (1.23%) Single Sign-On
14 5 (0.88%) Progress Chef
14 5 (0.88%) Puppet
15 2 (0.35%) QRadar
16 1 (0.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 1 (0.18%) Consul
16 1 (0.18%) Kibana
Vendors
1 322 (56.69%) Microsoft
2 93 (16.37%) ServiceNow
3 36 (6.34%) Google
4 35 (6.16%) Apple
5 34 (5.99%) Adobe
6 29 (5.11%) VMware
7 16 (2.82%) Splunk
8 15 (2.64%) Databricks
9 13 (2.29%) Oracle
10 12 (2.11%) Cisco
11 9 (1.58%) Palo Alto
11 9 (1.58%) Red Hat
12 8 (1.41%) CheckPoint
12 8 (1.41%) Fortinet
13 5 (0.88%) CrowdStrike
14 4 (0.70%) OpenText
14 4 (0.70%) Pega
14 4 (0.70%) YouTube
15 3 (0.53%) Informatica
15 3 (0.53%) SAP