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

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 303 283 471
Rank change year-on-year -20 +188 -317
Permanent jobs citing AWS Certification 571 474 503
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.62% 1.07% 0.47%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.14% 2.77% 1.85%
Number of salaries quoted 303 131 323
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 £93,125 £86,000
90th Percentile £83,640 £97,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £61,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -38.52% -12.86% -0.36%

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 18,170 17,102 27,239
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 19.63% 38.63% 25.48%
Number of salaries quoted 9,487 7,281 17,244
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 £53,924
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +2.00% -10.13%
75th Percentile £78,500 £72,500 £70,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £51,422 £50,000
% change year-on-year +6.96% +2.84% -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 12 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 12 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 -23 515 £37,500 -46.43% 360
UK excluding London -16 347 £37,500 -38.52% 271
Work from Home -53 192 £62,500 -3.85% 179
London -15 183 £57,500 -28.13% 153
North of England -44 164 £37,500 -42.31% 82
Yorkshire +27 75 £37,500 -44.44% 29
North West -58 71 £37,500 -33.33% 46
Midlands +12 59 £37,500 -30.15% 49
West Midlands +3 53 £37,500 -30.15% 34
South West -58 38 £50,000 -11.89% 40
South East -5 35 £62,500 -26.47% 56
North East -23 18 £37,500 -21.05% 7
Scotland +25 17 £31,000 -40.95% 14
East of England -9 14 £37,500 -55.88% 21
Northern Ireland -23 11 £39,000 - 3
Wales - 9 £51,619 - 9
East Midlands - 6 £34,500 - 15

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 (9.46%) Jupyter
2 44 (7.71%) WordPress
3 16 (2.80%) Confluence
4 9 (1.58%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (1.23%) Apache Spark
6 6 (1.05%) Apache
7 4 (0.70%) Documentum
8 3 (0.53%) JBoss
9 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.18%) Drupal
10 1 (0.18%) IIS
10 1 (0.18%) nginx
10 1 (0.18%) SharePoint
Applications
1 64 (11.21%) Microsoft Office
2 55 (9.63%) Chatbot
3 12 (2.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (2.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.18%) Maya
Business Applications
1 24 (4.20%) Cloudability
2 2 (0.35%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.18%) Magento
3 1 (0.18%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 571 (100.00%) AWS
2 274 (47.99%) Azure
3 153 (26.80%) GitHub
4 92 (16.11%) GCP
5 87 (15.24%) Serverless
6 83 (14.54%) AWS CloudFormation
7 79 (13.84%) Microsoft 365
8 70 (12.26%) AWS Lambda
9 68 (11.91%) Amazon S3
10 61 (10.68%) Cloud Computing
11 50 (8.76%) Amazon ECS
12 40 (7.01%) Amazon EKS
13 34 (5.95%) AWS Step Functions
13 34 (5.95%) GitHub Actions
14 31 (5.43%) Amazon ECR
15 27 (4.73%) Apigee
16 26 (4.55%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 25 (4.38%) Amazon SQS
18 23 (4.03%) Amazon EC2
19 18 (3.15%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 116 (20.32%) Internet
2 33 (5.78%) Firewall
2 33 (5.78%) Network Security
3 20 (3.50%) VPN
4 18 (3.15%) Broadband
5 15 (2.63%) Software-Defined Networking
6 14 (2.45%) WAN
7 12 (2.10%) SD-WAN
8 11 (1.93%) LAN
9 9 (1.58%) DNS
10 8 (1.40%) DHCP
10 8 (1.40%) IPv4
10 8 (1.40%) Wireless
11 7 (1.23%) TCP/IP
12 4 (0.70%) VLAN
13 3 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
14 2 (0.35%) Cisco IPT
14 2 (0.35%) Wireshark
15 1 (0.18%) DMZ
15 1 (0.18%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (8.06%) NoSQL
2 39 (6.83%) DynamoDB
3 29 (5.08%) Amazon RDS
4 20 (3.50%) Metadata
5 18 (3.15%) RDBMS
5 18 (3.15%) Relational Database
6 17 (2.98%) Data Lake
7 8 (1.40%) Amazon Redshift
8 6 (1.05%) Electronic Patient Records
9 5 (0.88%) Amazon Athena
9 5 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (0.88%) Power BI
10 4 (0.70%) SQL Server
11 3 (0.53%) Big Data
11 3 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
11 3 (0.53%) Snowflake Schema
12 2 (0.35%) GIS
12 2 (0.35%) Hadoop
12 2 (0.35%) Spark SQL
13 1 (0.18%) Adabas
Development Applications
1 132 (23.12%) Git
2 67 (11.73%) GitLab
3 55 (9.63%) Jenkins
4 54 (9.46%) Visual Studio Code
5 28 (4.90%) Cypress.io
5 28 (4.90%) Maven
6 27 (4.73%) SonarQube
7 24 (4.20%) Cucumber
8 19 (3.33%) TeamCity
9 18 (3.15%) Jaeger
9 18 (3.15%) JIRA
10 14 (2.45%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.53%) MLflow
11 3 (0.53%) Selenium
12 2 (0.35%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 1 (0.18%) Gatling
13 1 (0.18%) JMeter
13 1 (0.18%) Octopus Deploy
13 1 (0.18%) Vagrant
General
1 158 (27.67%) Social Skills
2 121 (21.19%) Finance
3 116 (20.32%) Multimedia
4 75 (13.13%) Retail
5 66 (11.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 59 (10.33%) Manufacturing
7 44 (7.71%) French Language
8 40 (7.01%) Analytical Skills
9 35 (6.13%) Banking
10 23 (4.03%) Financial Institution
11 20 (3.50%) Swedish Language
12 16 (2.80%) Public Sector
13 10 (1.75%) Aerospace
13 10 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
14 8 (1.40%) Advertising
15 7 (1.23%) Legal
15 7 (1.23%) Retail Banking
16 4 (0.70%) Automotive
16 4 (0.70%) Billing
16 4 (0.70%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 167 (29.25%) Trainee
2 103 (18.04%) Analyst
3 85 (14.89%) Developer
4 84 (14.71%) Architect
5 76 (13.31%) Senior
6 64 (11.21%) Service Analyst
6 64 (11.21%) Service Desk Analyst
7 51 (8.93%) Administrator
7 51 (8.93%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
7 51 (8.93%) Programmer
7 51 (8.93%) Trainee Programmer
8 47 (8.23%) Cloud Engineer
9 43 (7.53%) Trainee Administrator
9 43 (7.53%) Web Administrator
10 41 (7.18%) Trainee Developer
11 37 (6.48%) Software Developer
12 36 (6.30%) Trainee Software Developer
13 33 (5.78%) Lead
14 26 (4.55%) Java Developer
14 26 (4.55%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 118 (20.67%) CSS
1 118 (20.67%) HTML
2 58 (10.16%) Spring Boot
3 54 (9.46%) Hugging Face
3 54 (9.46%) Matplotlib
3 54 (9.46%) NumPy
3 54 (9.46%) Pandas
3 54 (9.46%) scikit-learn
3 54 (9.46%) Streamlit
4 31 (5.43%) AngularJS
5 29 (5.08%) Spring
6 28 (4.90%) Jest
7 27 (4.73%) Gherkin
8 26 (4.55%) Kafka
9 19 (3.33%) Elastic Stack
9 19 (3.33%) React
10 18 (3.15%) OpenTelemetry
11 13 (2.28%) Node.js
12 10 (1.75%) .NET
12 10 (1.75%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 67 (11.73%) Cloud Native
2 63 (11.03%) Algorithms
3 42 (7.36%) Public Cloud
4 29 (5.08%) Enterprise Software
4 29 (5.08%) PKI
5 28 (4.90%) e-Learning
5 28 (4.90%) Hybrid Cloud
6 24 (4.20%) Distributed Systems
7 15 (2.63%) Data Centre
8 14 (2.45%) Onboarding
9 8 (1.40%) Private Cloud
10 6 (1.05%) Greenfield Project
10 6 (1.05%) Management Information System
10 6 (1.05%) Renewable Energy
11 5 (0.88%) Data Structures
11 5 (0.88%) PACS
11 5 (0.88%) Product Ownership
12 4 (0.70%) Self-Motivation
13 3 (0.53%) Legacy Systems
13 3 (0.53%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 59 (10.33%) Linux
2 36 (6.30%) Windows
3 21 (3.68%) Unix
4 18 (3.15%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.18%) AIX
6 1 (0.18%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 160 (28.02%) Mentoring
2 154 (26.97%) Agile
3 152 (26.62%) CI/CD
4 142 (24.87%) Infrastructure as Code
5 132 (23.12%) Cybersecurity
6 123 (21.54%) AI
7 121 (21.19%) Customer Service
8 117 (20.49%) ITIL
9 99 (17.34%) DevOps
10 67 (11.73%) ITSM
10 67 (11.73%) Machine Learning
11 64 (11.21%) Performance Metrics
12 63 (11.03%) Data Privacy
13 61 (10.68%) Cloud Security
14 60 (10.51%) LLM
14 60 (10.51%) Microservices
15 59 (10.33%) Visualisation
16 58 (10.16%) Cost Optimisation
16 58 (10.16%) OO
17 57 (9.98%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 277 (48.51%) Python
2 156 (27.32%) JavaScript
3 103 (18.04%) Java
4 75 (13.13%) R
5 74 (12.96%) Bash
6 46 (8.06%) TypeScript
7 39 (6.83%) SQL
8 38 (6.65%) Go
9 28 (4.90%) Groovy
10 26 (4.55%) PowerShell
11 22 (3.85%) C#
12 11 (1.93%) Kotlin
13 8 (1.40%) C++
14 6 (1.05%) Google Apps Script
14 6 (1.05%) Ruby
15 4 (0.70%) Bicep
16 2 (0.35%) COBOL
17 1 (0.18%) C
17 1 (0.18%) Natural
17 1 (0.18%) PHP
Qualifications
1 214 (37.48%) Azure Certification
2 202 (35.38%) Microsoft Certification
3 186 (32.57%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 123 (21.54%) Degree
5 100 (17.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 64 (11.21%) MCSE
7 63 (11.03%) Security Cleared
8 41 (7.18%) SC Cleared
9 28 (4.90%) Cisco Certification
10 27 (4.73%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 25 (4.38%) TOGAF Certification
12 22 (3.85%) ITIL Certification
13 20 (3.50%) Computer Science Degree
14 17 (2.98%) CISSP
15 14 (2.45%) AWS Certified Developer
15 14 (2.45%) CISM
16 13 (2.28%) CCNA
17 11 (1.93%) CCNP
17 11 (1.93%) Master's Degree
18 9 (1.58%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (11.56%) QA
2 35 (6.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (3.33%) NIST
4 16 (2.80%) SOC 2
5 13 (2.28%) GRC
6 12 (2.10%) PCI DSS
7 11 (1.93%) GDPR
7 11 (1.93%) NCSC
8 8 (1.40%) Data Quality
8 8 (1.40%) ISO 9001
9 5 (0.88%) Accessibility
9 5 (0.88%) DICOM
10 4 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.35%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 2 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.35%) EU AI Act
11 2 (0.35%) Government Security Classifications
12 1 (0.18%) COBIT
12 1 (0.18%) SLA
System Software
1 96 (16.81%) Docker
2 20 (3.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (2.45%) Active Directory
4 8 (1.40%) Squid
4 8 (1.40%) VMware NSX
4 8 (1.40%) vSphere
5 6 (1.05%) KVM
6 4 (0.70%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.70%) iptables
7 2 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 123 (21.54%) Terraform
2 86 (15.06%) Kubernetes
3 56 (9.81%) Ansible
4 39 (6.83%) Prometheus
5 31 (5.43%) HP Fortify
6 27 (4.73%) Grafana
7 21 (3.68%) Argo
8 18 (3.15%) Kustomize
9 13 (2.28%) Cilium
10 10 (1.75%) Microsoft Intune
11 9 (1.58%) Packer
12 8 (1.40%) Proxmox
12 8 (1.40%) 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%) Consul
16 1 (0.18%) Jamf Pro
16 1 (0.18%) Kibana
Vendors
1 319 (55.87%) Microsoft
2 93 (16.29%) ServiceNow
3 36 (6.30%) Google
4 35 (6.13%) Apple
5 34 (5.95%) Adobe
6 30 (5.25%) VMware
7 17 (2.98%) Splunk
8 15 (2.63%) Databricks
9 13 (2.28%) Cisco
9 13 (2.28%) Oracle
10 10 (1.75%) Palo Alto
11 9 (1.58%) Fortinet
11 9 (1.58%) Red Hat
12 8 (1.40%) CheckPoint
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