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 26 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 197 407 361
Rank change year-on-year +210 -46 -70
Permanent jobs citing AWS Certification 758 327 391
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.26% 0.58% 0.76%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.88% 1.67% 2.52%
Number of salaries quoted 450 150 228
10th Percentile - £42,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £45,625 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £65,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -53.08% -10.34% -6.45%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,875 £86,563
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,750 £103,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,500 £53,050 £65,000
% change year-on-year -42.51% -18.38% -10.34%

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 19,524 19,616 15,545
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.57% 35.09% 30.28%
Number of salaries quoted 7,851 7,931 10,682
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,750 £30,049
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,430 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.45% +3.36% -
75th Percentile £75,900 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,122 £55,000 £52,293
% change year-on-year -12.51% +5.18% +4.59%

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 26 December 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 26 December 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 +213 657 £30,500 -52.79% 544
UK excluding London +223 458 £30,500 -42.51% 526
Work from Home +157 285 £75,000 +25.00% 204
London +112 226 £72,500 -17.14% 113
North of England +128 207 £30,500 -32.22% 134
Yorkshire +55 117 £30,500 -32.22% 55
North West +82 67 £30,500 -48.09% 63
South East +55 66 £47,500 -10.46% 124
Midlands +52 55 £30,500 -49.00% 100
West Midlands +63 45 £30,500 -52.79% 57
Scotland +22 37 £30,500 -52.16% 30
East of England +34 31 £80,000 +48.84% 65
South West +36 29 £30,500 -56.43% 53
Northern Ireland +17 29 - - 5
North East +34 23 £30,500 -32.22% 18
East Midlands -9 10 £51,058 -7.17% 40
Wales - 4 £30,250 - 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 34 (4.49%) WordPress
2 17 (2.24%) Tomcat
2 17 (2.24%) WebSphere
3 16 (2.11%) WebSphere Application Server
4 12 (1.58%) Confluence
5 9 (1.19%) nginx
6 8 (1.06%) SharePoint
7 6 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
8 5 (0.66%) Apache Airflow
8 5 (0.66%) Drupal
9 4 (0.53%) Apache
9 4 (0.53%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.13%) SAS
Applications
1 129 (17.02%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (2.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (2.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.53%) Mozilla Thunderbird
4 2 (0.26%) Weka
5 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (1.32%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.13%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 758 (100.00%) AWS
2 481 (63.46%) Azure
3 270 (35.62%) GitHub
4 161 (21.24%) Microsoft 365
5 107 (14.12%) Serverless
6 83 (10.95%) GCP
7 79 (10.42%) Amazon S3
7 79 (10.42%) AWS Lambda
8 73 (9.63%) AWS CloudFormation
9 39 (5.15%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 34 (4.49%) Amazon EC2
10 34 (4.49%) AWS Step Functions
11 33 (4.35%) GitHub Actions
12 30 (3.96%) Amazon EKS
12 30 (3.96%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 28 (3.69%) Amazon ECS
14 24 (3.17%) Azure DevOps
15 22 (2.90%) SaaS
16 20 (2.64%) Amazon SQS
17 17 (2.24%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 245 (32.32%) Internet
2 39 (5.15%) Firewall
3 30 (3.96%) VPN
4 24 (3.17%) Remote Desktop
5 23 (3.03%) DNS
6 20 (2.64%) WAN
7 19 (2.51%) SSL
8 17 (2.24%) Network Security
9 15 (1.98%) VoIP
10 14 (1.85%) LAN
10 14 (1.85%) SD-WAN
10 14 (1.85%) TCP/IP
10 14 (1.85%) VLAN
11 13 (1.72%) Broadband
12 12 (1.58%) Wi-Fi
13 11 (1.45%) DHCP
14 9 (1.19%) HTTP
15 8 (1.06%) FTP
15 8 (1.06%) SMTP
15 8 (1.06%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (5.15%) Data Lake
2 37 (4.88%) DynamoDB
3 34 (4.49%) Amazon RDS
3 34 (4.49%) PostgreSQL
4 29 (3.83%) Metadata
4 29 (3.83%) NoSQL
5 23 (3.03%) SQL Server
6 17 (2.24%) DB2
7 16 (2.11%) Amazon Redshift
8 12 (1.58%) Data Warehouse
9 9 (1.19%) Amazon Athena
10 8 (1.06%) RDBMS
10 8 (1.06%) Relational Database
11 6 (0.79%) MySQL
12 5 (0.66%) Amazon Aurora
12 5 (0.66%) MariaDB
13 3 (0.40%) Big Data
13 3 (0.40%) Elasticsearch
14 2 (0.26%) Power BI
15 1 (0.13%) Amazon QuickSight
Development Applications
1 270 (35.62%) Git
2 48 (6.33%) Jenkins
3 29 (3.83%) GitLab
4 19 (2.51%) JIRA
5 14 (1.85%) Cypress.io
6 9 (1.19%) Maven
6 9 (1.19%) SonarQube
7 8 (1.06%) TeamCity
7 8 (1.06%) Vagrant
8 7 (0.92%) Bitbucket
8 7 (0.92%) Jaeger
9 6 (0.79%) Cucumber
10 5 (0.66%) Vite
11 4 (0.53%) Gatling
11 4 (0.53%) JMeter
12 3 (0.40%) Selenium
13 2 (0.26%) MLflow
13 2 (0.26%) Sonatype Nexus
13 2 (0.26%) Subversion
14 1 (0.13%) CircleCI
General
1 281 (37.07%) Social Skills
2 245 (32.32%) Multimedia
3 129 (17.02%) French Language
4 119 (15.70%) Swedish Language
5 111 (14.64%) Finance
6 60 (7.92%) Banking
7 56 (7.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 49 (6.46%) Analytical Skills
8 49 (6.46%) Financial Institution
9 31 (4.09%) Public Sector
10 26 (3.43%) Presentation Skills
10 26 (3.43%) Retail Banking
11 14 (1.85%) Retail
12 13 (1.72%) Law
13 11 (1.45%) Investment Banking
14 10 (1.32%) Publishing
15 9 (1.19%) Telecoms
16 7 (0.92%) Manufacturing
17 5 (0.66%) Local Government
17 5 (0.66%) Police
Job Titles
1 245 (32.32%) Trainee
2 151 (19.92%) Analyst
3 142 (18.73%) Developer
4 129 (17.02%) Service Analyst
4 129 (17.02%) Service Desk Analyst
5 115 (15.17%) Architect
5 115 (15.17%) Trainee Developer
6 106 (13.98%) Software Developer
6 106 (13.98%) Trainee Software Developer
7 80 (10.55%) Senior
8 36 (4.75%) Cloud Engineer
9 31 (4.09%) Administrator
10 30 (3.96%) Lead
11 29 (3.83%) Data Architect
11 29 (3.83%) Trainee Administrator
11 29 (3.83%) Web Administrator
12 28 (3.69%) Solutions Architect
13 27 (3.56%) Senior Analyst
14 24 (3.17%) Senior Service Desk Analyst
15 22 (2.90%) Infrastructure Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 245 (32.32%) CSS
1 245 (32.32%) HTML
2 32 (4.22%) React
3 21 (2.77%) Spring Boot
4 20 (2.64%) LDAP
5 19 (2.51%) AWS CDK
6 17 (2.24%) .NET
7 16 (2.11%) LAPP Stack
7 16 (2.11%) RESTful
7 16 (2.11%) WebSphere MQ
8 14 (1.85%) Jest
9 13 (1.72%) Spring
10 11 (1.45%) .NET Core
10 11 (1.45%) AngularJS
10 11 (1.45%) ASP.NET
10 11 (1.45%) ASP.NET Core
10 11 (1.45%) Blazor
11 9 (1.19%) Elastic Stack
11 9 (1.19%) Gherkin
11 9 (1.19%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 59 (7.78%) Cloud Native
2 31 (4.09%) Public Cloud
3 30 (3.96%) Enterprise Software
4 24 (3.17%) Management Information System
5 23 (3.03%) Onboarding
6 19 (2.51%) Linux Command Line
7 17 (2.24%) Hybrid Cloud
8 13 (1.72%) Data Centre
8 13 (1.72%) Virtual Team
9 11 (1.45%) PKI
10 8 (1.06%) Security Posture
11 7 (0.92%) Distributed Systems
11 7 (0.92%) Greenfield Project
11 7 (0.92%) Operational Technology
12 6 (0.79%) Replication
13 5 (0.66%) Blog
13 5 (0.66%) Clustering
13 5 (0.66%) Social Media
14 4 (0.53%) e-Learning
14 4 (0.53%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 78 (10.29%) Windows
2 74 (9.76%) Linux
3 36 (4.75%) Unix
4 23 (3.03%) Windows Server
5 22 (2.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (1.06%) VMS
7 6 (0.79%) Amazon Linux
8 5 (0.66%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.40%) Windows 10
10 2 (0.26%) CentOS
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
1 307 (40.50%) Mentoring
2 269 (35.49%) Cybersecurity
3 202 (26.65%) ITIL
4 142 (18.73%) ITSM
5 139 (18.34%) Agile
6 127 (16.75%) DevOps
7 121 (15.96%) CI/CD
8 115 (15.17%) Customer Service
9 109 (14.38%) Performance Metrics
10 103 (13.59%) Infrastructure as Code
11 72 (9.50%) Migration
12 69 (9.10%) Problem-Solving
13 67 (8.84%) Microservices
14 65 (8.58%) TOGAF
15 63 (8.31%) Containerisation
16 62 (8.18%) Continuous Improvement
17 61 (8.05%) Computer Science
18 58 (7.65%) Data Modelling
19 56 (7.39%) AI
19 56 (7.39%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 373 (49.21%) Python
2 292 (38.52%) JavaScript
3 130 (17.15%) R
4 77 (10.16%) Java
5 51 (6.73%) Bash
6 50 (6.60%) TypeScript
7 41 (5.41%) SQL
8 39 (5.15%) C#
9 35 (4.62%) PowerShell
10 17 (2.24%) Groovy
11 12 (1.58%) Go
12 10 (1.32%) Bicep
13 4 (0.53%) C++
13 4 (0.53%) Google Apps Script
13 4 (0.53%) Kotlin
13 4 (0.53%) Perl
14 2 (0.26%) C
14 2 (0.26%) Ruby
14 2 (0.26%) Scala
15 1 (0.13%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 417 (55.01%) Microsoft Certification
2 404 (53.30%) Azure Certification
3 252 (33.25%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 221 (29.16%) Degree
5 129 (17.02%) MCSE
6 118 (15.57%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 61 (8.05%) Security Cleared
8 52 (6.86%) SC Cleared
9 46 (6.07%) TOGAF Certification
10 44 (5.80%) Computer Science Degree
11 30 (3.96%) AWS Certified Developer
12 27 (3.56%) ITIL Certification
13 26 (3.43%) A+ Certification
14 23 (3.03%) Cisco Certification
15 22 (2.90%) CISSP
16 20 (2.64%) Master's Degree
17 13 (1.72%) CCNP
17 13 (1.72%) CISM
18 11 (1.45%) DV Cleared
19 9 (1.19%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 119 (15.70%) QA
2 32 (4.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 31 (4.09%) NIST
4 24 (3.17%) SLA
5 23 (3.03%) GDPR
6 12 (1.58%) Cyber Essentials
7 10 (1.32%) PCI DSS
8 9 (1.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 9 (1.19%) SOC 2
9 8 (1.06%) Accessibility
10 7 (0.92%) Data Quality
11 6 (0.79%) NCSC
12 5 (0.66%) ISO 9001
13 4 (0.53%) GRC
14 3 (0.40%) HIPAA
15 2 (0.26%) GxP
15 2 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 42001
16 1 (0.13%) Basel III
16 1 (0.13%) JSP 440
16 1 (0.13%) NIST 800
System Software
1 89 (11.74%) Docker
2 50 (6.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (2.90%) Active Directory
4 13 (1.72%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.79%) DFS Replication
5 6 (0.79%) KVM
6 5 (0.66%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 5 (0.66%) vSphere
7 4 (0.53%) Dovecot
7 4 (0.53%) Postfix
7 4 (0.53%) Squid
8 3 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.13%) iptables
9 1 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 90 (11.87%) Terraform
2 74 (9.76%) Kubernetes
3 36 (4.75%) Ansible
4 27 (3.56%) Grafana
5 19 (2.51%) Prometheus
6 9 (1.19%) Argo
6 9 (1.19%) HP Fortify
7 7 (0.92%) Kustomize
7 7 (0.92%) Nessus
7 7 (0.92%) Proxmox
8 6 (0.79%) Autotask
9 4 (0.53%) Cilium
9 4 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (0.26%) Nagios
10 2 (0.26%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.13%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.13%) Ganglia
11 1 (0.13%) HP ALM
11 1 (0.13%) Puppet
Vendors
1 492 (64.91%) Microsoft
2 146 (19.26%) ServiceNow
3 52 (6.86%) VMware
4 27 (3.56%) Google
5 24 (3.17%) Red Hat
6 22 (2.90%) IBM
7 19 (2.51%) SAP
8 17 (2.24%) Adobe
8 17 (2.24%) Apple
9 16 (2.11%) Cisco
10 10 (1.32%) Workday
11 8 (1.06%) Ariba
12 5 (0.66%) Datto
12 5 (0.66%) Oracle
12 5 (0.66%) Palo Alto
12 5 (0.66%) Symantec
13 4 (0.53%) Databricks
13 4 (0.53%) Jaspersoft
14 3 (0.40%) OpenAI
15 2 (0.26%) Arista