AWS Certified Solutions Architect Job Trends

AWS Certified Solutions Architect
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for AWS Certified Solutions Architect qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 13 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 541 639 614
Rank change year-on-year +98 -25 +329
Permanent jobs citing AWS Certified Solutions Architect 118 113 101
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.22% 0.17% 0.19%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.67% 0.57% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 63 46 47
10th Percentile £63,750 £49,775 £45,000
25th Percentile £72,500 £57,813 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £81,500 £75,000 £74,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.67% +1.35% -1.33%
75th Percentile £100,000 £86,875 £86,250
90th Percentile £105,000 £100,625 £113,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £64,600 £65,000
% change year-on-year +16.10% -0.62% +6.12%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

AWS Certified Solutions Architect 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 17,640 19,781 16,286
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.50% 29.27% 31.10%
Number of salaries quoted 7,871 8,055 11,083
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £44,500 £42,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +0.87% +2.68%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,520 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.60% +4.76% +5.00%

AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing AWS Certified Solutions Architect relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

AWS Certified Solutions Architect job vacancy trend in the UK

AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing AWS Certified Solutions Architect.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing AWS Certified Solutions Architect

AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing AWS Certified Solutions Architect over the 6 months to 13 November 2025.

Salary histogram for AWS Certified Solutions Architect in the UK

AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AWS Certified Solutions Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 13 November 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 +110 109 £81,500 +8.67% 55
UK excluding London +64 56 £75,000 +16.10% 29
London +62 52 £93,750 +10.29% 27
Work from Home +74 50 £79,250 +5.67% 29
North of England +55 27 £75,000 +27.66% 4
Yorkshire +21 15 £75,000 - 2
East of England +18 11 £97,500 - 4
North West +52 10 £62,500 +6.38% 1
South East +34 9 £100,000 +88.50% 10
Midlands +49 5 £61,250 -15.28% 7
West Midlands +38 5 £61,250 -5.19% 5
South West +33 4 £72,500 - 3
North East - 2 £105,000 - 1

AWS Certified Solutions Architect
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 4 (3.39%) Apache
1 4 (3.39%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.54%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.85%) CMS
3 1 (0.85%) Headless CMS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.85%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 118 (100.00%) AWS
2 69 (58.47%) Azure
3 41 (34.75%) Serverless
4 30 (25.42%) GCP
5 28 (23.73%) AWS Lambda
6 25 (21.19%) Amazon S3
7 19 (16.10%) AWS CloudFormation
8 15 (12.71%) Amazon EC2
9 13 (11.02%) Cloud Computing
10 12 (10.17%) SaaS
10 12 (10.17%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 9 (7.63%) Microsoft 365
12 8 (6.78%) Amazon ECS
12 8 (6.78%) CloudFront
13 7 (5.93%) GitHub
14 6 (5.08%) Amazon EKS
14 6 (5.08%) Entra ID
14 6 (5.08%) IaaS
14 6 (5.08%) PaaS
15 5 (4.24%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 12 (10.17%) VPN
2 8 (6.78%) LAN
2 8 (6.78%) SD-WAN
2 8 (6.78%) WAN
2 8 (6.78%) Wi-Fi
3 7 (5.93%) Firewall
3 7 (5.93%) Unified Communications
3 7 (5.93%) VoIP
4 4 (3.39%) VLAN
5 3 (2.54%) Network Security
6 2 (1.69%) DNS
6 2 (1.69%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.85%) MPLS
7 1 (0.85%) NAS
7 1 (0.85%) SAN
7 1 (0.85%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (13.56%) NoSQL
2 12 (10.17%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (5.93%) Amazon Athena
3 7 (5.93%) DynamoDB
4 6 (5.08%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (4.24%) Amazon Redshift
5 5 (4.24%) Data Lake
6 4 (3.39%) Apache Iceberg
6 4 (3.39%) Big Data
7 1 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 11 (9.32%) Git
2 9 (7.63%) GitLab
2 9 (7.63%) Jenkins
3 6 (5.08%) Bitbucket
4 5 (4.24%) Cypress.io
4 5 (4.24%) JIRA
4 5 (4.24%) Vite
5 4 (3.39%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.85%) TeamCity
General
1 56 (47.46%) Social Skills
2 42 (35.59%) Finance
3 16 (13.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 16 (13.56%) Law
4 14 (11.86%) Financial Institution
5 12 (10.17%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (10.17%) Presentation Skills
6 9 (7.63%) Marketing
7 8 (6.78%) Public Sector
8 7 (5.93%) Banking
8 7 (5.93%) Publishing
8 7 (5.93%) Telecoms
9 4 (3.39%) Legal
10 2 (1.69%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.85%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.85%) Games
11 1 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 51 (43.22%) Architect
2 29 (24.58%) Senior
3 20 (16.95%) AWS Architect
3 20 (16.95%) Solutions Architect
4 16 (13.56%) Lead
5 11 (9.32%) AWS Solution Architect
5 11 (9.32%) Senior DevOps
6 9 (7.63%) Head of IT
6 9 (7.63%) Senior Architect
6 9 (7.63%) Senior Solutions Architect
7 8 (6.78%) AWS DevOps
7 8 (6.78%) Cloud Engineer
7 8 (6.78%) DevOps Architect
7 8 (6.78%) Infrastructure Architect
7 8 (6.78%) TOGAF Architect
8 7 (5.93%) Applications Architect
8 7 (5.93%) Developer
8 7 (5.93%) Head of Infrastructure
8 7 (5.93%) Head of IT Operations
8 7 (5.93%) Head of Operations
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (10.17%) Spring
1 12 (10.17%) Spring Boot
2 9 (7.63%) React
3 7 (5.93%) Kafka
4 5 (4.24%) Jest
4 5 (4.24%) Next.js
5 4 (3.39%) AngularJS
5 4 (3.39%) Bootstrap
5 4 (3.39%) CSS
5 4 (3.39%) CSS3
5 4 (3.39%) GraphQL
5 4 (3.39%) HTML
5 4 (3.39%) HTML5
5 4 (3.39%) Material-UI
5 4 (3.39%) REST
5 4 (3.39%) RESTful
5 4 (3.39%) Tailwind CSS
5 4 (3.39%) Vue
6 2 (1.69%) AWS CDK
6 2 (1.69%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 33 (27.97%) Cloud Native
2 19 (16.10%) Enterprise Software
3 12 (10.17%) Management Information System
4 7 (5.93%) Operational Technology
4 7 (5.93%) Public Cloud
5 6 (5.08%) Data Centre
6 5 (4.24%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (4.24%) Greenfield Project
6 5 (4.24%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (4.24%) Virtual Team
7 4 (3.39%) PKI
7 4 (3.39%) Video Conferencing
8 3 (2.54%) Enterprise Cloud
8 3 (2.54%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (1.69%) CMDB
9 2 (1.69%) e-Learning
9 2 (1.69%) NHS
9 2 (1.69%) Onboarding
9 2 (1.69%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 12 (10.17%) Windows
2 8 (6.78%) Linux
3 4 (3.39%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.85%) Unix
4 1 (0.85%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (40.68%) DevOps
2 45 (38.14%) Agile
3 44 (37.29%) CI/CD
4 43 (36.44%) Infrastructure as Code
5 39 (33.05%) TOGAF
6 35 (29.66%) Computer Science
7 32 (27.12%) Microservices
8 31 (26.27%) Disaster Recovery
9 30 (25.42%) Containerisation
9 30 (25.42%) Roadmaps
10 28 (23.73%) Enterprise Architecture
10 28 (23.73%) Mentoring
11 25 (21.19%) High Availability
11 25 (21.19%) Problem-Solving
11 25 (21.19%) Stakeholder Management
12 23 (19.49%) ITIL
12 23 (19.49%) Technology Roadmap
13 22 (18.64%) Collaborative Culture
13 22 (18.64%) Software Engineering
14 21 (17.80%) Architectural Design
Programming Languages
1 45 (38.14%) Python
2 44 (37.29%) Java
3 24 (20.34%) SQL
4 23 (19.49%) C#
5 22 (18.64%) JavaScript
6 20 (16.95%) TypeScript
7 11 (9.32%) Bash
8 6 (5.08%) PowerShell
9 5 (4.24%) Kotlin
10 4 (3.39%) Go
11 2 (1.69%) Scala
12 1 (0.85%) C++
12 1 (0.85%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 118 (100.00%) AWS Certification
2 47 (39.83%) Azure Certification
2 47 (39.83%) Degree
3 26 (22.03%) Computer Science Degree
4 22 (18.64%) Microsoft Certification
4 22 (18.64%) TOGAF Certification
5 15 (12.71%) Security Cleared
6 12 (10.17%) AWS Certified Developer
6 12 (10.17%) SC Cleared
7 11 (9.32%) Master's Degree
7 11 (9.32%) PMI Certification
7 11 (9.32%) PMP
8 10 (8.47%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (6.78%) CCNP
10 5 (4.24%) CISSP
11 4 (3.39%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 4 (3.39%) ISSAP
12 3 (2.54%) CISA
12 3 (2.54%) MCP
12 3 (2.54%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (16.95%) NIST
2 18 (15.25%) GDPR
3 9 (7.63%) HIPAA
3 9 (7.63%) QA
4 8 (6.78%) Accessibility
5 6 (5.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (2.54%) SOC 2
7 2 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (1.69%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.85%) Basel III
8 1 (0.85%) GAAP
8 1 (0.85%) MiFID
8 1 (0.85%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.85%) WCAG
System Software
1 31 (26.27%) Docker
2 6 (5.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (3.39%) Active Directory
4 3 (2.54%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (1.69%) KVM
5 2 (1.69%) vSphere
6 1 (0.85%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.85%) iptables
6 1 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 37 (31.36%) Kubernetes
2 32 (27.12%) Terraform
3 8 (6.78%) Ansible
4 4 (3.39%) Grafana
4 4 (3.39%) Prometheus
5 3 (2.54%) Nessus
5 3 (2.54%) Proxmox
6 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.85%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.85%) Puppet
Vendors
1 36 (30.51%) Microsoft
2 20 (16.95%) Google
3 8 (6.78%) Cisco
4 7 (5.93%) VMware
5 6 (5.08%) SAP
5 6 (5.08%) Workday
6 5 (4.24%) Splunk
7 3 (2.54%) IBM
8 1 (0.85%) Bloomberg
8 1 (0.85%) Databricks
8 1 (0.85%) Extreme Networks
8 1 (0.85%) Oracle
8 1 (0.85%) Pure Storage
8 1 (0.85%) Refinitiv