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

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 198 423 373
Rank change year-on-year +225 -50 -113
Permanent jobs citing AWS Certification 712 320 368
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.23% 0.55% 0.75%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.61% 1.63% 2.38%
Number of salaries quoted 428 154 223
10th Percentile - £42,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £28,250 £48,069 £53,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £64,800 £74,000
Median % change year-on-year -52.93% -12.43% -4.52%
75th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £86,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,500 £103,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,500 £52,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -41.90% -22.22% -6.90%

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 19,733 19,631 15,459
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.96% 33.66% 31.30%
Number of salaries quoted 7,833 8,112 10,745
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,750 £30,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,033 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.23% +0.93% -
75th Percentile £75,900 £76,688 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,600 £92,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -12.73% +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 14 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 14 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 +229 617 £31,000 -48.76% 712
UK excluding London +207 425 £30,500 -41.90% 688
Work from Home +161 266 £75,000 +25.00% 257
London +137 218 £72,500 -15.94% 183
North of England +125 185 £30,500 -32.22% 167
Yorkshire +58 105 £30,500 -32.22% 61
South East +69 68 £47,500 -10.46% 165
North West +81 60 £30,500 -41.90% 85
Midlands +51 50 £30,500 -49.00% 116
West Midlands +55 41 £30,500 -52.79% 67
Scotland +29 35 £30,500 -52.16% 45
East of England +35 30 £45,000 -16.28% 93
Northern Ireland +20 28 - - 17
South West +31 27 £30,500 -52.16% 56
North East +19 20 £30,500 -32.22% 23
East Midlands -3 9 £51,058 -7.17% 47
Wales - 4 £30,250 - 34

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 (4.78%) WordPress
2 17 (2.39%) Tomcat
2 17 (2.39%) WebSphere
3 16 (2.25%) WebSphere Application Server
4 15 (2.11%) Confluence
5 10 (1.40%) nginx
6 9 (1.26%) SharePoint
7 7 (0.98%) Microsoft Exchange
8 5 (0.70%) Drupal
9 3 (0.42%) Apache
9 3 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.42%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.14%) SAS
Applications
1 124 (17.42%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (0.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (0.70%) Mozilla Thunderbird
4 2 (0.28%) Weka
5 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (1.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.14%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 712 (100.00%) AWS
2 446 (62.64%) Azure
3 248 (34.83%) GitHub
4 155 (21.77%) Microsoft 365
5 95 (13.34%) Serverless
6 85 (11.94%) GCP
7 76 (10.67%) Amazon S3
8 72 (10.11%) AWS Lambda
9 71 (9.97%) AWS CloudFormation
10 40 (5.62%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 38 (5.34%) Amazon EC2
12 33 (4.63%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 31 (4.35%) GitHub Actions
14 30 (4.21%) AWS Step Functions
15 29 (4.07%) Amazon EKS
16 28 (3.93%) Amazon ECS
17 24 (3.37%) SaaS
18 23 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
19 18 (2.53%) Amazon SQS
19 18 (2.53%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 225 (31.60%) Internet
2 42 (5.90%) Firewall
3 30 (4.21%) VPN
4 28 (3.93%) DNS
5 24 (3.37%) Remote Desktop
6 21 (2.95%) WAN
7 19 (2.67%) SSL
8 16 (2.25%) LAN
8 16 (2.25%) Network Security
8 16 (2.25%) SD-WAN
9 15 (2.11%) VoIP
10 14 (1.97%) TCP/IP
10 14 (1.97%) VLAN
11 13 (1.83%) DHCP
12 12 (1.69%) HTTP
12 12 (1.69%) Wi-Fi
13 11 (1.54%) FTP
13 11 (1.54%) SMTP
13 11 (1.54%) SSH
14 7 (0.98%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (5.48%) Data Lake
2 36 (5.06%) Amazon RDS
3 35 (4.92%) DynamoDB
4 34 (4.78%) PostgreSQL
5 28 (3.93%) Metadata
6 23 (3.23%) NoSQL
7 22 (3.09%) SQL Server
8 17 (2.39%) Amazon Redshift
8 17 (2.39%) DB2
9 13 (1.83%) Data Warehouse
10 9 (1.26%) Amazon Athena
11 6 (0.84%) Amazon Aurora
11 6 (0.84%) MySQL
12 5 (0.70%) MariaDB
13 3 (0.42%) Big Data
13 3 (0.42%) Elasticsearch
14 2 (0.28%) Power BI
14 2 (0.28%) RDBMS
14 2 (0.28%) Relational Database
15 1 (0.14%) GIS
Development Applications
1 250 (35.11%) Git
2 49 (6.88%) Jenkins
3 28 (3.93%) GitLab
4 22 (3.09%) JIRA
5 12 (1.69%) Cypress.io
6 11 (1.54%) Vagrant
7 8 (1.12%) TeamCity
8 7 (0.98%) Bitbucket
8 7 (0.98%) Cucumber
8 7 (0.98%) Maven
8 7 (0.98%) SonarQube
9 5 (0.70%) Vite
10 4 (0.56%) Gatling
10 4 (0.56%) JMeter
10 4 (0.56%) Sonatype Nexus
11 3 (0.42%) Selenium
12 2 (0.28%) Subversion
13 1 (0.14%) Fiddler
13 1 (0.14%) LoadRunner
13 1 (0.14%) NeoLoad
General
1 257 (36.10%) Social Skills
2 225 (31.60%) Multimedia
3 124 (17.42%) French Language
4 119 (16.71%) Swedish Language
5 111 (15.59%) Finance
6 60 (8.43%) Banking
7 49 (6.88%) Financial Institution
8 47 (6.60%) Analytical Skills
9 41 (5.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 34 (4.78%) Public Sector
11 29 (4.07%) Presentation Skills
12 27 (3.79%) Retail Banking
13 14 (1.97%) Retail
14 13 (1.83%) Law
15 10 (1.40%) Investment Banking
16 8 (1.12%) Publishing
16 8 (1.12%) Telecoms
17 7 (0.98%) Manufacturing
18 5 (0.70%) Local Government
18 5 (0.70%) Police
Job Titles
1 225 (31.60%) Trainee
2 136 (19.10%) Analyst
3 129 (18.12%) Developer
4 124 (17.42%) Service Analyst
4 124 (17.42%) Service Desk Analyst
5 108 (15.17%) Architect
6 105 (14.75%) Trainee Developer
7 96 (13.48%) Software Developer
7 96 (13.48%) Trainee Software Developer
8 84 (11.80%) Senior
9 32 (4.49%) Administrator
9 32 (4.49%) Cloud Engineer
10 29 (4.07%) Solutions Architect
10 29 (4.07%) Trainee Administrator
10 29 (4.07%) Web Administrator
11 28 (3.93%) Data Architect
12 27 (3.79%) Senior Analyst
13 24 (3.37%) Senior Service Desk Analyst
14 23 (3.23%) Lead
15 22 (3.09%) Infrastructure Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 225 (31.60%) CSS
1 225 (31.60%) HTML
2 31 (4.35%) React
3 21 (2.95%) LDAP
4 20 (2.81%) Spring Boot
5 17 (2.39%) AWS CDK
6 16 (2.25%) .NET
6 16 (2.25%) LAPP Stack
6 16 (2.25%) WebSphere MQ
7 15 (2.11%) RESTful
8 14 (1.97%) Spring
9 12 (1.69%) Jest
10 10 (1.40%) .NET Core
10 10 (1.40%) ASP.NET
10 10 (1.40%) ASP.NET Core
10 10 (1.40%) Blazor
11 9 (1.26%) AngularJS
11 9 (1.26%) Kafka
11 9 (1.26%) Tailwind CSS
12 8 (1.12%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 63 (8.85%) Cloud Native
2 26 (3.65%) Enterprise Software
3 24 (3.37%) Management Information System
4 22 (3.09%) Public Cloud
5 19 (2.67%) Hybrid Cloud
5 19 (2.67%) Linux Command Line
6 14 (1.97%) Data Centre
7 13 (1.83%) Virtual Team
8 12 (1.69%) Onboarding
9 10 (1.40%) PKI
10 9 (1.26%) Replication
10 9 (1.26%) Security Posture
11 8 (1.12%) Distributed Systems
11 8 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
12 7 (0.98%) Operational Technology
13 5 (0.70%) Blog
13 5 (0.70%) Clustering
13 5 (0.70%) Social Media
14 4 (0.56%) e-Learning
14 4 (0.56%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 82 (11.52%) Windows
2 73 (10.25%) Linux
3 28 (3.93%) Unix
4 24 (3.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 23 (3.23%) Windows Server
6 11 (1.54%) VMS
7 9 (1.26%) Amazon Linux
8 7 (0.98%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.42%) CentOS
9 3 (0.42%) Windows 10
10 2 (0.28%) Debian
10 2 (0.28%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.14%) Check Point GAiA
11 1 (0.14%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 277 (38.90%) Mentoring
2 238 (33.43%) Cybersecurity
3 196 (27.53%) ITIL
4 136 (19.10%) ITSM
5 129 (18.12%) Agile
6 125 (17.56%) DevOps
7 120 (16.85%) CI/CD
8 111 (15.59%) Customer Service
9 105 (14.75%) Performance Metrics
10 96 (13.48%) Infrastructure as Code
11 67 (9.41%) Problem-Solving
12 66 (9.27%) Migration
13 64 (8.99%) Microservices
14 61 (8.57%) TOGAF
15 60 (8.43%) Containerisation
16 58 (8.15%) Cloud Security
17 57 (8.01%) Continuous Improvement
18 53 (7.44%) Computer Science
18 53 (7.44%) Data Modelling
19 47 (6.60%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 353 (49.58%) Python
2 262 (36.80%) JavaScript
3 120 (16.85%) R
4 70 (9.83%) Java
5 45 (6.32%) Bash
5 45 (6.32%) TypeScript
6 44 (6.18%) PowerShell
7 42 (5.90%) SQL
8 36 (5.06%) C#
9 18 (2.53%) Groovy
10 10 (1.40%) Bicep
11 6 (0.84%) Go
11 6 (0.84%) Perl
12 4 (0.56%) C++
12 4 (0.56%) Google Apps Script
12 4 (0.56%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.28%) C
13 2 (0.28%) Ruby
13 2 (0.28%) Scala
14 1 (0.14%) PHP
Qualifications
1 385 (54.07%) Microsoft Certification
2 380 (53.37%) Azure Certification
3 230 (32.30%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 212 (29.78%) Degree
5 124 (17.42%) MCSE
6 111 (15.59%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 65 (9.13%) Security Cleared
8 57 (8.01%) SC Cleared
9 39 (5.48%) TOGAF Certification
10 37 (5.20%) Computer Science Degree
11 28 (3.93%) AWS Certified Developer
12 26 (3.65%) A+ Certification
12 26 (3.65%) Cisco Certification
12 26 (3.65%) ITIL Certification
13 22 (3.09%) CISSP
14 18 (2.53%) Master's Degree
15 15 (2.11%) CCNP
16 13 (1.83%) CISM
16 13 (1.83%) DV Cleared
17 9 (1.26%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 114 (16.01%) QA
2 32 (4.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 30 (4.21%) NIST
4 24 (3.37%) GDPR
5 23 (3.23%) SLA
6 11 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (1.26%) PCI DSS
7 9 (1.26%) SOC 2
8 8 (1.12%) Accessibility
8 8 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 5 (0.70%) Data Quality
9 5 (0.70%) HIPAA
9 5 (0.70%) ISO 9001
9 5 (0.70%) NCSC
10 4 (0.56%) GRC
11 2 (0.28%) GxP
11 2 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 1 (0.14%) GAAP
12 1 (0.14%) MiFID
12 1 (0.14%) WCAG
System Software
1 82 (11.52%) Docker
2 49 (6.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 27 (3.79%) Active Directory
4 14 (1.97%) Hyper-V
5 9 (1.26%) DFS Replication
6 6 (0.84%) Dovecot
6 6 (0.84%) KVM
6 6 (0.84%) Postfix
7 5 (0.70%) Squid
7 5 (0.70%) Veritas Cluster Server
7 5 (0.70%) vSphere
8 3 (0.42%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.14%) iptables
10 1 (0.14%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 87 (12.22%) Terraform
2 72 (10.11%) Kubernetes
3 35 (4.92%) Ansible
4 29 (4.07%) Grafana
5 16 (2.25%) Prometheus
6 8 (1.12%) Nessus
6 8 (1.12%) Proxmox
7 7 (0.98%) HP Fortify
8 6 (0.84%) Autotask
9 4 (0.56%) Cilium
9 4 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (0.42%) Argo
11 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 2 (0.28%) Nagios
11 2 (0.28%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.28%) SCCM
11 2 (0.28%) SCOM
11 2 (0.28%) WSUS
12 1 (0.14%) Ganglia
12 1 (0.14%) Puppet
Vendors
1 453 (63.62%) Microsoft
2 145 (20.37%) ServiceNow
3 51 (7.16%) VMware
4 27 (3.79%) Red Hat
5 22 (3.09%) IBM
6 21 (2.95%) Google
7 17 (2.39%) Cisco
7 17 (2.39%) SAP
8 8 (1.12%) Ariba
8 8 (1.12%) Workday
9 7 (0.98%) Adobe
9 7 (0.98%) Apple
9 7 (0.98%) Oracle
10 5 (0.70%) Datto
10 5 (0.70%) Jaspersoft
10 5 (0.70%) Palo Alto
10 5 (0.70%) Symantec
11 4 (0.56%) SolarWinds
12 3 (0.42%) Databricks
12 3 (0.42%) OpenAI