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

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 355 280 510
Rank change year-on-year -75 +230 -130
Permanent jobs citing AWS Certification 568 514 321
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.53% 1.03% 0.39%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.88% 2.97% 1.49%
Number of salaries quoted 230 161 202
10th Percentile £28,250 £45,750 £44,100
25th Percentile £33,750 £55,000 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.43% -6.67% -3.23%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £86,000
90th Percentile £100,025 £97,500 £101,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -19.23% -7.14% -

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 19,730 17,302 21,534
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.33% 34.69% 25.89%
Number of salaries quoted 10,633 7,809 11,507
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £43,929 £37,170 £41,250
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 £96,250 £90,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,500 £50,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year +13.00% -2.91% -1.90%

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 21 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 21 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 -58 527 £62,500 -10.71% 262
UK excluding London -125 290 £52,500 -19.23% 250
London +19 254 £80,000 +6.67% 70
Work from Home -121 174 £85,000 +21.43% 82
North of England -115 100 £52,000 -20.00% 68
Midlands -22 53 £37,500 -42.31% 35
North West -109 53 £34,500 -45.88% 36
South West -53 50 £60,500 +6.62% 44
West Midlands -23 47 £37,500 -42.31% 13
South East -24 45 £62,500 -11.03% 59
Yorkshire -31 29 £37,500 -42.31% 21
North East -39 18 £66,000 +38.95% 14
East of England -9 15 £37,500 -55.88% 28
Wales - 13 £67,500 - 3
Scotland +17 7 £31,250 -40.48% 10
Northern Ireland -73 7 £40,750 - 5
East Midlands - 6 £31,500 - 22

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 (7.75%) WordPress
2 20 (3.52%) Confluence
3 17 (2.99%) Apache Spark
4 9 (1.58%) Jupyter
5 6 (1.06%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.88%) Apache
6 5 (0.88%) Apache Pig
6 5 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
7 4 (0.70%) SAS
8 3 (0.53%) nginx
9 2 (0.35%) Cloud Foundry
9 2 (0.35%) IIS
9 2 (0.35%) JBoss
10 1 (0.18%) Drupal
10 1 (0.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.18%) SharePoint
10 1 (0.18%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.18%) WebSphere
Applications
1 68 (11.97%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (2.46%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.18%) Maya
Business Applications
1 24 (4.23%) Cloudability
2 7 (1.23%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.06%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.18%) Infor CloudSuite
4 1 (0.18%) Infor M3
4 1 (0.18%) Magento
4 1 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 568 (100.00%) AWS
2 230 (40.49%) Azure
3 124 (21.83%) AWS CloudFormation
4 110 (19.37%) GCP
5 101 (17.78%) Serverless
6 99 (17.43%) GitHub
7 89 (15.67%) Cloud Computing
8 85 (14.96%) Microsoft 365
9 83 (14.61%) AWS Lambda
10 80 (14.08%) Amazon S3
11 69 (12.15%) Amazon ECS
12 45 (7.92%) Amazon EKS
13 41 (7.22%) Amazon EC2
14 32 (5.63%) GitHub Actions
15 27 (4.75%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 25 (4.40%) AWS Step Functions
17 20 (3.52%) Amazon SQS
17 20 (3.52%) OCI
18 19 (3.35%) Amazon ECR
18 19 (3.35%) Amazon GuardDuty
Communications & Networking
1 76 (13.38%) Internet
2 67 (11.80%) Network Security
3 47 (8.27%) Firewall
4 28 (4.93%) WAN
5 24 (4.23%) VPN
6 22 (3.87%) SD-WAN
7 20 (3.52%) LAN
7 20 (3.52%) Software-Defined Networking
8 19 (3.35%) DNS
9 17 (2.99%) DHCP
10 14 (2.46%) TCP/IP
11 13 (2.29%) Wireless
12 9 (1.58%) VLAN
13 8 (1.41%) IPv4
14 7 (1.23%) Wi-Fi
15 5 (0.88%) Wireshark
16 4 (0.70%) DMZ
17 3 (0.53%) 3GPP
17 3 (0.53%) BGP
17 3 (0.53%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (9.51%) NoSQL
2 48 (8.45%) Amazon RDS
3 31 (5.46%) DynamoDB
4 20 (3.52%) Data Lake
5 19 (3.35%) Metadata
6 16 (2.82%) Data Warehouse
7 15 (2.64%) Amazon Redshift
8 11 (1.94%) Big Data
8 11 (1.94%) Hadoop
9 9 (1.58%) Amazon Athena
10 8 (1.41%) SQL Server
11 7 (1.23%) BusinessObjects
11 7 (1.23%) Power BI
11 7 (1.23%) SAP HANA
12 6 (1.06%) PostgreSQL
13 5 (0.88%) Apache Hive
13 5 (0.88%) Elasticsearch
14 4 (0.70%) GIS
15 3 (0.53%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
15 3 (0.53%) Redis
Development Applications
1 72 (12.68%) Git
2 69 (12.15%) GitLab
3 51 (8.98%) Jenkins
4 33 (5.81%) Cucumber
5 30 (5.28%) JIRA
6 19 (3.35%) Maven
7 17 (2.99%) Cypress.io
8 16 (2.82%) Bitbucket
8 16 (2.82%) SonarQube
9 14 (2.46%) TeamCity
10 9 (1.58%) Visual Studio Code
11 7 (1.23%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 3 (0.53%) Taiga
12 3 (0.53%) VersionOne
13 2 (0.35%) Ant
13 2 (0.35%) Apache Ivy
13 2 (0.35%) Claude Code
13 2 (0.35%) git-flow
13 2 (0.35%) IBM UrbanCode
14 1 (0.18%) ERwin
General
1 166 (29.23%) Social Skills
2 135 (23.77%) Finance
3 68 (11.97%) Public Sector
4 59 (10.39%) Multimedia
5 54 (9.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 48 (8.45%) Swedish Language
7 46 (8.10%) Analytical Skills
8 35 (6.16%) Banking
9 27 (4.75%) Retail
10 20 (3.52%) Aerospace
10 20 (3.52%) Financial Institution
10 20 (3.52%) French Language
11 15 (2.64%) Influencing Skills
11 15 (2.64%) Manufacturing
12 14 (2.46%) Law
13 11 (1.94%) Marketing
14 10 (1.76%) Military
15 9 (1.58%) Legal
16 6 (1.06%) Billing
16 6 (1.06%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 131 (23.06%) Senior
2 119 (20.95%) Architect
3 100 (17.61%) Analyst
4 68 (11.97%) Service Analyst
4 68 (11.97%) Service Desk Analyst
5 65 (11.44%) Trainee
6 62 (10.92%) Consultant
7 49 (8.63%) Administrator
7 49 (8.63%) Developer
8 43 (7.57%) Trainee Administrator
8 43 (7.57%) Web Administrator
9 42 (7.39%) Solutions Architect
10 36 (6.34%) Cloud Engineer
11 32 (5.63%) Java Engineer
12 31 (5.46%) Security Consultant
13 28 (4.93%) Senior Analyst
14 27 (4.75%) AWS Architect
14 27 (4.75%) Senior Consultant
15 26 (4.58%) Cloud Architect
15 26 (4.58%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 135 (23.77%) Terraform
2 67 (11.80%) Spring Boot
3 63 (11.09%) CSS
3 63 (11.09%) HTML
4 50 (8.80%) Kafka
5 46 (8.10%) Spring
6 30 (5.28%) AWS CDK
7 22 (3.87%) AngularJS
8 21 (3.70%) .NET
8 21 (3.70%) Node.js
9 18 (3.17%) React
10 17 (2.99%) Jest
11 16 (2.82%) Gherkin
12 14 (2.46%) REST
13 10 (1.76%) OAuth
13 10 (1.76%) OpenAPI
13 10 (1.76%) Ruby on Rails
14 9 (1.58%) eBPF
14 9 (1.58%) Hugging Face
14 9 (1.58%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 117 (20.60%) Cloud Native
2 89 (15.67%) Onboarding
3 47 (8.27%) Enterprise Cloud
4 46 (8.10%) Public Cloud
5 40 (7.04%) Distributed Systems
6 36 (6.34%) Data Centre
6 36 (6.34%) e-Learning
7 29 (5.11%) Enterprise Software
7 29 (5.11%) Hybrid Cloud
8 20 (3.52%) Algorithms
9 19 (3.35%) PKI
10 14 (2.46%) Blog
11 13 (2.29%) Mainframe
12 12 (2.11%) Distributed Computing
12 12 (2.11%) Legacy Systems
12 12 (2.11%) Security Posture
13 11 (1.94%) Management Information System
14 10 (1.76%) Cyber Threat
14 10 (1.76%) Greenfield Project
15 9 (1.58%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 49 (8.63%) Windows
2 37 (6.51%) Linux
3 22 (3.87%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.88%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (0.70%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (0.70%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.35%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.35%) Solaris
6 2 (0.35%) Unix
7 1 (0.18%) AIX
7 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 192 (33.80%) Infrastructure as Code
2 179 (31.51%) CI/CD
3 169 (29.75%) Mentoring
4 162 (28.52%) Agile
5 152 (26.76%) AI
6 120 (21.13%) ITIL
7 116 (20.42%) Cloud Security
8 99 (17.43%) DevOps
9 95 (16.73%) Cybersecurity
10 83 (14.61%) Migration
11 81 (14.26%) Continuous Improvement
12 79 (13.91%) Customer Service
13 75 (13.20%) ITSM
14 73 (12.85%) Problem-Solving
15 71 (12.50%) Microservices
16 69 (12.15%) Performance Metrics
16 69 (12.15%) Technical Leadership
17 67 (11.80%) Roadmaps
18 63 (11.09%) Machine Learning
19 60 (10.56%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 187 (32.92%) Python
2 110 (19.37%) Java
3 80 (14.08%) JavaScript
4 64 (11.27%) SQL
5 59 (10.39%) Bash
6 47 (8.27%) R
7 28 (4.93%) TypeScript
8 27 (4.75%) Go
9 24 (4.23%) Ruby
10 23 (4.05%) PowerShell
11 18 (3.17%) C#
12 17 (2.99%) Groovy
13 15 (2.64%) PHP
14 14 (2.46%) Perl
15 8 (1.41%) Kotlin
16 6 (1.06%) C++
16 6 (1.06%) COBOL
17 5 (0.88%) Google Apps Script
18 3 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
19 2 (0.35%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 161 (28.35%) Degree
2 152 (26.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 149 (26.23%) Azure Certification
4 147 (25.88%) Microsoft Certification
5 124 (21.83%) Security Cleared
6 91 (16.02%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 74 (13.03%) SC Cleared
8 68 (11.97%) MCSE
9 49 (8.63%) Cisco Certification
10 33 (5.81%) CISSP
11 31 (5.46%) Computer Science Degree
12 24 (4.23%) BPSS Clearance
13 22 (3.87%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 22 (3.87%) CCNP
13 22 (3.87%) Master's Degree
13 22 (3.87%) TOGAF Certification
14 21 (3.70%) CCNA
14 21 (3.70%) DV Cleared
15 17 (2.99%) AWS Certified Developer
16 15 (2.64%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (12.32%) QA
2 42 (7.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 26 (4.58%) GDPR
4 23 (4.05%) NIST
5 20 (3.52%) SOC 2
6 17 (2.99%) NCSC
7 13 (2.29%) Accessibility
7 13 (2.29%) Data Quality
8 12 (2.11%) GRC
8 12 (2.11%) HIPAA
9 10 (1.76%) Cyber Essentials
10 8 (1.41%) ISO 9001
11 7 (1.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 6 (1.06%) Government Security Classifications
13 4 (0.70%) PCI DSS
13 4 (0.70%) SLA
14 2 (0.35%) EU AI Act
15 1 (0.18%) COBIT
15 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 1 (0.18%) NIST 800
System Software
1 68 (11.97%) Docker
2 25 (4.40%) Active Directory
2 25 (4.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (1.41%) Squid
3 8 (1.41%) VMware NSX
3 8 (1.41%) vSphere
4 5 (0.88%) Hyper-V
4 5 (0.88%) KVM
5 4 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.70%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.18%) iptables
Systems Management
1 74 (13.03%) Kubernetes
2 44 (7.75%) Ansible
3 19 (3.35%) Grafana
4 17 (2.99%) Puppet
5 16 (2.82%) HP Fortify
6 15 (2.64%) Progress Chef
7 14 (2.46%) Single Sign-On
8 10 (1.76%) Prometheus
9 9 (1.58%) Cilium
9 9 (1.58%) Packer
10 8 (1.41%) Microsoft Intune
10 8 (1.41%) ZABBIX
11 6 (1.06%) Argo
12 4 (0.70%) Iperf
13 3 (0.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 3 (0.53%) Proxmox
13 3 (0.53%) QRadar
14 2 (0.35%) kaniko
15 1 (0.18%) CASB
15 1 (0.18%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 231 (40.67%) Microsoft
2 95 (16.73%) ServiceNow
3 36 (6.34%) Oracle
4 32 (5.63%) VMware
5 26 (4.58%) Cisco
6 25 (4.40%) Apple
6 25 (4.40%) Splunk
7 24 (4.23%) Adobe
8 22 (3.87%) Google
9 18 (3.17%) SAP
10 17 (2.99%) Palo Alto
11 15 (2.64%) Databricks
11 15 (2.64%) Red Hat
12 12 (2.11%) Fortinet
13 8 (1.41%) CheckPoint
13 8 (1.41%) CrowdStrike
14 7 (1.23%) Atlassian
14 7 (1.23%) Avaya
14 7 (1.23%) Dynatrace
14 7 (1.23%) Genesys