Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for AWS Certification qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 10 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 400 254 374
Rank change year-on-year -146 +120 -38
Permanent jobs citing AWS Certification 367 1,787 1,167
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.70% 1.46% 0.92%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.15% 4.97% 3.72%
Number of salaries quoted 224 686 725
10th Percentile £46,267 £42,500 £49,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £56,219 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +10.71% +7.69%
75th Percentile £86,000 £93,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £103,750 £103,750 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £72,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.90% +20.83% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

AWS Certification is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 17,067 35,981 31,364
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.65% 29.44% 24.68%
Number of salaries quoted 10,705 16,977 17,903
10th Percentile £31,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,670 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +2.04%

AWS Certification
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing AWS Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for AWS Certification in the UK

AWS Certification
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing AWS Certification.

Salary trend for AWS Certification in the UK

AWS Certification
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing AWS Certification over the 6 months to 10 December 2023.

Salary histogram for AWS Certification in the UK

AWS Certification
Top 16 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 10 December 2023. 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 -149 305 £75,669 -5.41% 156
UK excluding London -151 204 £67,500 -6.90% 99
Work from Home -36 149 £65,000 -7.14% 84
London -24 117 £85,000 +3.66% 56
South West +8 74 £58,000 +0.87% 8
North of England -120 57 £65,000 -18.75% 39
North West -63 48 £61,250 -23.44% 27
South East +128 40 £80,000 +6.67% 31
Scotland -58 20 £55,000 +27.91% 4
Midlands -53 12 £80,000 +3.23% 14
Yorkshire -73 8 £56,279 -29.65% 8
West Midlands +5 6 £95,000 +22.58% 7
East Midlands -21 6 £70,000 +7.69% 6
Wales +17 3 £33,426 -44.29% 1
East of England +63 2 £72,500 +26.09% 1
North East +37 1 £67,500 +22.73% 4

AWS Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 9 (2.45%) Apache
1 9 (2.45%) WebSphere
2 8 (2.18%) IIS
2 8 (2.18%) MS Exchange
3 6 (1.63%) OpenStack
4 3 (0.82%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.27%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.27%) Confluence
5 1 (0.27%) Drupal
5 1 (0.27%) GeoServer
5 1 (0.27%) nginx
5 1 (0.27%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.27%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (1.91%) AutoCAD
1 7 (1.91%) PTC Creo
1 7 (1.91%) SOLIDWORKS
2 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.27%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (2.72%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.27%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 367 (100.00%) AWS
2 198 (53.95%) Azure
3 90 (24.52%) GCP
4 71 (19.35%) AWS CloudFormation
5 67 (18.26%) Serverless
6 43 (11.72%) PaaS
7 41 (11.17%) GitHub
8 40 (10.90%) Azure DevOps
9 35 (9.54%) AWS Lambda
10 28 (7.63%) IaaS
11 26 (7.08%) Amazon EC2
12 24 (6.54%) Amazon S3
12 24 (6.54%) Entra ID
13 22 (5.99%) Amazon ECS
14 21 (5.72%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 19 (5.18%) AWS CodePipeline
16 18 (4.90%) Amazon EKS
17 17 (4.63%) Cloud Computing
18 16 (4.36%) Datadog
19 15 (4.09%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 49 (13.35%) DNS
2 35 (9.54%) HTTP
3 34 (9.26%) TCP/IP
4 31 (8.45%) DHCP
5 24 (6.54%) VPN
6 23 (6.27%) LAN
7 15 (4.09%) Firewall
8 12 (3.27%) IPv4
9 11 (3.00%) VLAN
10 10 (2.72%) OSPF
11 7 (1.91%) WAN
12 6 (1.63%) SMTP
13 5 (1.36%) Internet
13 5 (1.36%) PBX
14 4 (1.09%) 5G
14 4 (1.09%) Network Security
14 4 (1.09%) SD-WAN
15 3 (0.82%) IPv6
15 3 (0.82%) SAN
15 3 (0.82%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (7.36%) Amazon RDS
2 22 (5.99%) Amazon Redshift
3 19 (5.18%) NoSQL
3 19 (5.18%) SQL Server
4 16 (4.36%) DynamoDB
4 16 (4.36%) PostgreSQL
5 15 (4.09%) Data Lake
6 14 (3.81%) MongoDB
7 10 (2.72%) Elasticsearch
7 10 (2.72%) Relational Database
8 9 (2.45%) Hadoop
9 8 (2.18%) Big Data
9 8 (2.18%) SAP HANA
10 7 (1.91%) MySQL
11 5 (1.36%) Azure SQL Database
12 3 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
13 2 (0.54%) Metadata
13 2 (0.54%) Tableau
14 1 (0.27%) Amazon Athena
14 1 (0.27%) Amazon QuickSight
Development Applications
1 74 (20.16%) Jenkins
2 31 (8.45%) GitLab
3 26 (7.08%) Git
4 12 (3.27%) CircleCI
5 11 (3.00%) Spinnaker
6 8 (2.18%) Artifactory
6 8 (2.18%) Chocolatey
7 7 (1.91%) Gradle
7 7 (1.91%) Maven
7 7 (1.91%) Sonatype Nexus
8 6 (1.63%) JIRA
9 3 (0.82%) Team Foundation Server
10 2 (0.54%) JUnit
10 2 (0.54%) Octopus Deploy
10 2 (0.54%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.54%) Subversion
10 2 (0.54%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.54%) TestNG
10 2 (0.54%) Travis CI
10 2 (0.54%) Vagrant
General
1 163 (44.41%) Social Skills
2 143 (38.96%) Finance
3 75 (20.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 35 (9.54%) Banking
5 34 (9.26%) Public Sector
6 33 (8.99%) Presentation Skills
7 26 (7.08%) Retail
8 22 (5.99%) Analytical Skills
9 16 (4.36%) Telecoms
10 12 (3.27%) Automotive
11 11 (3.00%) Pharmaceutical
12 9 (2.45%) Aerospace
13 8 (2.18%) Financial Institution
13 8 (2.18%) Law
13 8 (2.18%) Marketing
14 6 (1.63%) Aviation
14 6 (1.63%) Local Government
15 4 (1.09%) Influencing Skills
15 4 (1.09%) Legal
15 4 (1.09%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 106 (28.88%) Architect
2 88 (23.98%) Senior
3 69 (18.80%) Cloud Engineer
4 64 (17.44%) DevOps Engineer
5 46 (12.53%) Cloud Architect
6 36 (9.81%) Solutions Architect
7 35 (9.54%) Technical Architect
8 34 (9.26%) AWS Engineer
9 30 (8.17%) Lead
10 26 (7.08%) Software Engineer
11 24 (6.54%) Cloud Solutions Architect
11 24 (6.54%) Developer
12 23 (6.27%) AWS DevOps
12 23 (6.27%) Senior Architect
13 22 (5.99%) AWS DevOps Engineer
14 21 (5.72%) Security Architect
15 20 (5.45%) AWS Architect
16 19 (5.18%) Senior DevOps
16 19 (5.18%) Senior DevOps Engineer
17 17 (4.63%) Cloud Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (15.26%) Node.js
2 39 (10.63%) .NET
3 31 (8.45%) OpenID
3 31 (8.45%) SAML
4 29 (7.90%) HTML
5 23 (6.27%) Kafka
6 22 (5.99%) JSON
6 22 (5.99%) XML
7 20 (5.45%) YAML
8 17 (4.63%) Elastic Stack
9 15 (4.09%) REST
10 14 (3.81%) AWS CDK
10 14 (3.81%) Spring
10 14 (3.81%) Spring Boot
11 12 (3.27%) AngularJS
11 12 (3.27%) RESTful
12 9 (2.45%) .NET Framework
13 8 (2.18%) Web Services
14 7 (1.91%) React
15 6 (1.63%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 65 (17.71%) Cyberattack
2 64 (17.44%) Public Cloud
3 60 (16.35%) Cloud Native
4 44 (11.99%) Self-Motivation
5 34 (9.26%) Data Centre
6 33 (8.99%) Management Information System
7 27 (7.36%) Onboarding
8 26 (7.08%) Linux Command Line
9 18 (4.90%) Product Ownership
10 14 (3.81%) Virtual Team
11 11 (3.00%) Hybrid Cloud
12 10 (2.72%) IoT
13 8 (2.18%) Enterprise Software
13 8 (2.18%) iPhone
13 8 (2.18%) Legacy Applications
14 7 (1.91%) Hackathon
14 7 (1.91%) Operational Technology
15 6 (1.63%) Hedge funds
16 5 (1.36%) Legacy Systems
16 5 (1.36%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 84 (22.89%) Linux
2 56 (15.26%) Windows
3 17 (4.63%) Windows Server
4 8 (2.18%) Unix
4 8 (2.18%) Windows Server 2012
5 6 (1.63%) Mac OS
5 6 (1.63%) Ubuntu
6 4 (1.09%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.54%) CentOS
8 2 (0.54%) VMS
8 2 (0.54%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.27%) Android
9 1 (0.27%) Debian
9 1 (0.27%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 169 (46.05%) Agile
2 151 (41.14%) DevOps
3 144 (39.24%) Infrastructure as Code
4 124 (33.79%) CI/CD
5 83 (22.62%) Problem-Solving
6 75 (20.44%) Microservices
7 73 (19.89%) Mentoring
8 69 (18.80%) Cloud Security
9 67 (18.26%) Roadmaps
10 62 (16.89%) Software Engineering
11 55 (14.99%) DevSecOps
12 53 (14.44%) Computer Science
12 53 (14.44%) Scrum
13 49 (13.35%) Containerisation
13 49 (13.35%) Technical Leadership
14 47 (12.81%) Identity Management
15 45 (12.26%) Machine Learning
16 42 (11.44%) Cybersecurity
16 42 (11.44%) Line Management
17 36 (9.81%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 128 (34.88%) Python
2 85 (23.16%) Java
3 54 (14.71%) JavaScript
4 52 (14.17%) Bash
5 51 (13.90%) SQL
6 46 (12.53%) PowerShell
7 41 (11.17%) Go
8 23 (6.27%) Rust
9 22 (5.99%) C#
10 15 (4.09%) Groovy
11 11 (3.00%) Ruby
12 10 (2.72%) PL/SQL
13 8 (2.18%) Bicep
13 8 (2.18%) Shell Script
14 7 (1.91%) MATLAB
15 6 (1.63%) C++
16 5 (1.36%) TypeScript
17 4 (1.09%) C
17 4 (1.09%) PHP
18 2 (0.54%) Perl
Qualifications
1 133 (36.24%) Security Cleared
2 123 (33.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 95 (25.89%) Azure Certification
4 81 (22.07%) Degree
5 68 (18.53%) DV Cleared
6 44 (11.99%) SC Cleared
7 39 (10.63%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 37 (10.08%) Computer Science Degree
9 35 (9.54%) Microsoft Certification
10 31 (8.45%) Master's Degree
11 30 (8.17%) AWS Certified Developer
12 28 (7.63%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 26 (7.08%) CISSP
14 24 (6.54%) CISM
15 20 (5.45%) OSCP
16 17 (4.63%) Cisco Certification
17 14 (3.81%) BPSS Clearance
18 13 (3.54%) MCSE
19 12 (3.27%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
19 12 (3.27%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (9.26%) QA
2 12 (3.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (2.18%) Accessibility
4 7 (1.91%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (1.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 6 (1.63%) IASME
5 6 (1.63%) PCI DSS
6 5 (1.36%) NIST
7 4 (1.09%) GDPR
8 3 (0.82%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.82%) NCSC
9 2 (0.54%) JSP 440
9 2 (0.54%) WCAG
10 1 (0.27%) GxP
10 1 (0.27%) ISO 31000
10 1 (0.27%) SLA
10 1 (0.27%) SOC 2
System Software
1 97 (26.43%) Docker
2 46 (12.53%) Active Directory
3 8 (2.18%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.82%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.54%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.27%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 154 (41.96%) Terraform
2 111 (30.25%) Kubernetes
3 56 (15.26%) Ansible
4 18 (4.90%) Puppet
5 14 (3.81%) Grafana
6 13 (3.54%) Prometheus
7 11 (3.00%) Istio
7 11 (3.00%) Kibana
8 10 (2.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 10 (2.72%) Packer
9 9 (2.45%) Progress Chef
10 8 (2.18%) Microsoft Intune
10 8 (2.18%) SCCM
10 8 (2.18%) SCOM
11 7 (1.91%) Argo
12 4 (1.09%) Consul
13 2 (0.54%) Nagios
13 2 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
14 1 (0.27%) DatAdvantage
14 1 (0.27%) logstash
Vendors
1 71 (19.35%) Microsoft
2 31 (8.45%) Oracle
3 22 (5.99%) Google
4 12 (3.27%) Splunk
5 11 (3.00%) Red Hat
6 9 (2.45%) IBM
6 9 (2.45%) TOWER Software
7 8 (2.18%) SAP
8 7 (1.91%) Databricks
8 7 (1.91%) MathWorks
8 7 (1.91%) PTC
9 6 (1.63%) Cisco
9 6 (1.63%) ServiceNow
9 6 (1.63%) VMware
10 5 (1.36%) Palo Alto
11 4 (1.09%) Rackspace
12 3 (0.82%) Okta
13 2 (0.54%) Extreme Networks
13 2 (0.54%) Snow
13 2 (0.54%) WSO2