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 18 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 373 252 464
Rank change year-on-year -121 +212 -65
Permanent jobs citing AWS Certification 532 607 347
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.46% 1.23% 0.44%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.58% 3.58% 1.65%
Number of salaries quoted 177 206 181
10th Percentile £47,450 £28,250 £43,421
25th Percentile £56,250 £46,250 £56,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £65,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +19.23% -10.34% -6.45%
75th Percentile £90,000 £80,750 £83,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £97,500 £97,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £57,090 £70,000
% change year-on-year +13.86% -18.44% -

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 20,655 16,948 21,032
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.92% 34.29% 26.92%
Number of salaries quoted 11,312 7,495 9,746
10th Percentile £32,000 £29,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £44,250 £37,170 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,881
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -1.58% -4.48%
75th Percentile £80,000 £73,299 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.00% -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 18 September 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 18 September 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 -115 492 £77,500 +19.23% 903
UK excluding London -199 256 £65,000 +13.86% 627
London -9 248 £87,500 +16.67% 476
Work from Home -141 171 £85,000 +17.24% 547
North of England -146 88 £72,500 +16.00% 161
South East -42 49 £65,000 -9.09% 98
South West -76 46 £66,250 +16.75% 118
Midlands -34 45 £85,000 +47.91% 75
North West -116 43 £53,750 +76.23% 86
West Midlands -39 40 £90,000 +56.61% 45
North East -51 24 £80,500 +89.41% 45
Yorkshire -55 21 £68,750 +5.77% 33
Wales - 12 £80,000 - 9
East of England -29 8 £100,000 - 36
Northern Ireland -84 5 £42,500 - 64
East Midlands - 5 £73,750 - 30
Scotland -1 3 - - 67

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 20 (3.76%) Confluence
2 18 (3.38%) Apache Spark
3 6 (1.13%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.94%) Apache
4 5 (0.94%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (0.94%) Apache Pig
5 4 (0.75%) SAS
6 3 (0.56%) nginx
7 2 (0.38%) Cloud Foundry
7 2 (0.38%) IIS
7 2 (0.38%) JBoss
7 2 (0.38%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.19%) Drupal
8 1 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.19%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.19%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.19%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.19%) WordPress
Applications
1 60 (11.28%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.13%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 24 (4.51%) Cloudability
2 7 (1.32%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.13%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.19%) Infor CloudSuite
4 1 (0.19%) Infor M3
4 1 (0.19%) Magento
4 1 (0.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 532 (100.00%) AWS
2 192 (36.09%) Azure
3 136 (25.56%) AWS CloudFormation
4 118 (22.18%) GCP
5 104 (19.55%) Serverless
6 84 (15.79%) AWS Lambda
7 83 (15.60%) Amazon S3
8 81 (15.23%) Cloud Computing
9 77 (14.47%) Microsoft 365
10 72 (13.53%) Amazon ECS
11 53 (9.96%) GitHub
12 46 (8.65%) Amazon EKS
13 44 (8.27%) Amazon EC2
14 36 (6.77%) GitHub Actions
15 29 (5.45%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 25 (4.70%) AWS Step Functions
17 19 (3.57%) Amazon GuardDuty
17 19 (3.57%) Amazon SQS
17 19 (3.57%) OCI
18 18 (3.38%) Amazon EMR
Communications & Networking
1 69 (12.97%) Network Security
2 56 (10.53%) Firewall
3 30 (5.64%) VPN
4 27 (5.08%) WAN
5 21 (3.95%) DNS
5 21 (3.95%) SD-WAN
6 20 (3.76%) Internet
7 19 (3.57%) LAN
8 18 (3.38%) DHCP
8 18 (3.38%) Software-Defined Networking
9 14 (2.63%) TCP/IP
10 12 (2.26%) Wireless
11 9 (1.69%) VLAN
12 8 (1.50%) IPv4
13 7 (1.32%) Wi-Fi
14 5 (0.94%) Wireshark
15 4 (0.75%) DMZ
16 3 (0.56%) 3GPP
16 3 (0.56%) MPLS
16 3 (0.56%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (11.84%) NoSQL
2 48 (9.02%) Amazon RDS
3 31 (5.83%) DynamoDB
4 17 (3.20%) Data Lake
4 17 (3.20%) Metadata
5 16 (3.01%) Data Warehouse
6 15 (2.82%) Amazon Redshift
7 11 (2.07%) Hadoop
8 10 (1.88%) Big Data
9 9 (1.69%) SQL Server
10 7 (1.32%) Amazon Athena
10 7 (1.32%) BusinessObjects
10 7 (1.32%) SAP HANA
11 6 (1.13%) PostgreSQL
11 6 (1.13%) Power BI
12 5 (0.94%) Apache Hive
12 5 (0.94%) Elasticsearch
13 4 (0.75%) GIS
14 3 (0.56%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
14 3 (0.56%) Redis
Development Applications
1 77 (14.47%) GitLab
2 49 (9.21%) Jenkins
3 41 (7.71%) Cucumber
4 29 (5.45%) JIRA
5 22 (4.14%) Git
6 19 (3.57%) Maven
7 17 (3.20%) Cypress.io
8 16 (3.01%) SonarQube
9 15 (2.82%) Bitbucket
10 13 (2.44%) TeamCity
11 7 (1.32%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 3 (0.56%) Claude Code
12 3 (0.56%) Taiga
12 3 (0.56%) VersionOne
13 2 (0.38%) Ant
13 2 (0.38%) Apache Ivy
13 2 (0.38%) git-flow
13 2 (0.38%) IBM UrbanCode
14 1 (0.19%) ER Studio
14 1 (0.19%) ERwin
General
1 162 (30.45%) Social Skills
2 134 (25.19%) Finance
3 79 (14.85%) Public Sector
4 61 (11.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 48 (9.02%) Analytical Skills
5 48 (9.02%) Swedish Language
6 40 (7.52%) Banking
7 27 (5.08%) Retail
8 23 (4.32%) Aerospace
9 21 (3.95%) Financial Institution
10 15 (2.82%) French Language
11 14 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
12 13 (2.44%) Law
13 12 (2.26%) Military
14 11 (2.07%) Marketing
15 9 (1.69%) Legal
16 8 (1.50%) Manufacturing
17 7 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
18 6 (1.13%) Billing
18 6 (1.13%) Digital Health
Job Titles
1 141 (26.50%) Senior
2 132 (24.81%) Architect
3 95 (17.86%) Analyst
4 61 (11.47%) Consultant
5 60 (11.28%) Service Analyst
5 60 (11.28%) Service Desk Analyst
6 44 (8.27%) Solutions Architect
7 41 (7.71%) Java Engineer
8 38 (7.14%) Cloud Engineer
9 32 (6.02%) Developer
9 32 (6.02%) Lead
10 30 (5.64%) Security Consultant
11 29 (5.45%) Cloud Architect
12 28 (5.26%) AWS Architect
12 28 (5.26%) Senior Analyst
13 26 (4.89%) Senior Consultant
14 25 (4.70%) Senior Architect
15 23 (4.32%) AWS Engineer
15 23 (4.32%) Principal Engineer
15 23 (4.32%) Principal Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 140 (26.32%) Terraform
2 75 (14.10%) Spring Boot
3 59 (11.09%) Kafka
4 54 (10.15%) Spring
5 31 (5.83%) AWS CDK
6 22 (4.14%) AngularJS
6 22 (4.14%) Node.js
7 21 (3.95%) .NET
8 17 (3.20%) Jest
9 16 (3.01%) Gherkin
10 14 (2.63%) LangChain
10 14 (2.63%) LlamaIndex
10 14 (2.63%) REST
11 13 (2.44%) Web Services
12 11 (2.07%) React
13 10 (1.88%) OAuth
13 10 (1.88%) OpenAPI
13 10 (1.88%) Ruby on Rails
14 9 (1.69%) ASP.NET Web API
14 9 (1.69%) eBPF
Miscellaneous
1 131 (24.62%) Cloud Native
2 96 (18.05%) Onboarding
3 54 (10.15%) Public Cloud
4 50 (9.40%) Distributed Systems
5 47 (8.83%) Enterprise Cloud
6 41 (7.71%) e-Learning
7 38 (7.14%) Hybrid Cloud
8 34 (6.39%) Data Centre
8 34 (6.39%) Enterprise Software
9 24 (4.51%) PKI
10 16 (3.01%) Management Information System
11 15 (2.82%) Cyber Threat
11 15 (2.82%) Security Posture
12 14 (2.63%) Blog
13 13 (2.44%) Mainframe
14 12 (2.26%) Algorithms
14 12 (2.26%) Distributed Computing
14 12 (2.26%) Legacy Systems
15 10 (1.88%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
15 10 (1.88%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 51 (9.59%) Windows
2 44 (8.27%) Linux
3 26 (4.89%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.94%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (0.94%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (0.75%) Unix
5 4 (0.75%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (0.38%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.38%) Solaris
7 1 (0.19%) AIX
7 1 (0.19%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 215 (40.41%) Infrastructure as Code
2 201 (37.78%) CI/CD
3 172 (32.33%) Agile
3 172 (32.33%) AI
4 170 (31.95%) Mentoring
5 128 (24.06%) Cloud Security
6 114 (21.43%) ITIL
7 111 (20.86%) DevOps
8 92 (17.29%) Continuous Improvement
9 87 (16.35%) Problem-Solving
10 85 (15.98%) Cybersecurity
10 85 (15.98%) Microservices
11 82 (15.41%) Migration
12 80 (15.04%) Roadmaps
12 80 (15.04%) Technical Leadership
13 68 (12.78%) Generative AI
13 68 (12.78%) ITSM
14 67 (12.59%) Architectural Patterns
15 66 (12.41%) Machine Learning
16 64 (12.03%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 131 (24.62%) Python
2 119 (22.37%) Java
3 73 (13.72%) SQL
4 64 (12.03%) Bash
5 32 (6.02%) Go
6 29 (5.45%) TypeScript
7 26 (4.89%) JavaScript
7 26 (4.89%) PowerShell
8 24 (4.51%) Ruby
9 18 (3.38%) C#
10 17 (3.20%) Groovy
11 15 (2.82%) PHP
12 14 (2.63%) Perl
13 7 (1.32%) Kotlin
14 6 (1.13%) C++
14 6 (1.13%) COBOL
15 4 (0.75%) Google Apps Script
16 3 (0.56%) Bicep
17 2 (0.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 2 (0.38%) R
Qualifications
1 160 (30.08%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 156 (29.32%) Degree
3 133 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 102 (19.17%) Azure Certification
5 83 (15.60%) Microsoft Certification
6 80 (15.04%) SC Cleared
7 60 (11.28%) MCSE
8 49 (9.21%) Cisco Certification
9 44 (8.27%) CISSP
10 30 (5.64%) Computer Science Degree
11 28 (5.26%) BPSS Clearance
12 27 (5.08%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 26 (4.89%) DV Cleared
14 22 (4.14%) TOGAF Certification
15 21 (3.95%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
15 21 (3.95%) CCNA
15 21 (3.95%) CCNP
15 21 (3.95%) Master's Degree
16 20 (3.76%) CISM
17 17 (3.20%) AWS Certified Developer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (11.65%) QA
2 48 (9.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 28 (5.26%) NIST
4 25 (4.70%) GDPR
5 22 (4.14%) NCSC
6 19 (3.57%) SOC 2
7 14 (2.63%) Data Quality
8 13 (2.44%) Accessibility
8 13 (2.44%) GRC
9 12 (2.26%) HIPAA
10 10 (1.88%) Cyber Essentials
11 8 (1.50%) ISO 9001
12 7 (1.32%) PCI DSS
13 6 (1.13%) Government Security Classifications
14 5 (0.94%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 4 (0.75%) SLA
16 2 (0.38%) NIST 800
17 1 (0.19%) COBIT
17 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 1 (0.19%) GxP
System Software
1 66 (12.41%) Docker
2 29 (5.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (4.89%) Active Directory
4 9 (1.69%) vSphere
5 8 (1.50%) Squid
5 8 (1.50%) VMware NSX
6 6 (1.13%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (1.13%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (0.94%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.94%) KVM
Systems Management
1 78 (14.66%) Kubernetes
2 47 (8.83%) Ansible
3 22 (4.14%) Grafana
4 17 (3.20%) Puppet
5 16 (3.01%) HP Fortify
6 15 (2.82%) Progress Chef
6 15 (2.82%) Prometheus
6 15 (2.82%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (1.69%) Cilium
7 9 (1.69%) Packer
8 8 (1.50%) Proxmox
8 8 (1.50%) ZABBIX
9 7 (1.32%) Microsoft Intune
10 6 (1.13%) Argo
11 4 (0.75%) Iperf
12 3 (0.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 3 (0.56%) QRadar
13 2 (0.38%) CASB
13 2 (0.38%) kaniko
14 1 (0.19%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 171 (32.14%) Microsoft
2 90 (16.92%) ServiceNow
3 40 (7.52%) VMware
4 37 (6.95%) Oracle
5 29 (5.45%) Cisco
6 26 (4.89%) Google
7 25 (4.70%) Apple
8 24 (4.51%) Adobe
8 24 (4.51%) Splunk
9 18 (3.38%) SAP
10 15 (2.82%) Palo Alto
10 15 (2.82%) Red Hat
11 12 (2.26%) Databricks
12 10 (1.88%) Fortinet
13 7 (1.32%) Atlassian
13 7 (1.32%) Avaya
13 7 (1.32%) CrowdStrike
13 7 (1.32%) Dynatrace
13 7 (1.32%) Genesys
14 6 (1.13%) F5