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

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 528 594 563
Rank change year-on-year +66 -31 +341
Permanent jobs citing AWS Certified Solutions Architect 119 120 142
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.20% 0.21% 0.28%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.61% 0.61% 0.93%
Number of salaries quoted 78 45 49
10th Percentile £63,375 £49,775 £44,750
25th Percentile £75,000 £62,500 £54,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,750 £77,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.19% +3.33% -
75th Percentile £99,688 £87,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £103,500 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £77,500 £64,600 £67,500
% change year-on-year +19.97% -4.30% +10.20%

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 19,531 19,649 15,302
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.73% 35.02% 30.51%
Number of salaries quoted 7,849 7,967 10,500
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,750 £30,500
25th Percentile £35,854 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,430 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.45% +3.36% -
75th Percentile £75,900 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £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 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 25 December 2025.

Salary histogram for AWS Certified Solutions Architect in the UK

AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Top 14 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 25 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 +85 108 £81,500 +7.95% 30
UK excluding London +64 65 £77,500 +19.97% 21
Work from Home +74 57 £75,000 -5.06% 12
London +47 41 £87,500 +2.94% 13
North of England +43 33 £75,000 +15.38% 7
Yorkshire +15 25 £75,000 - 2
East of England +41 15 £97,500 -
South East +33 9 £100,000 +88.50% 5
West Midlands +26 5 £57,468 -11.04% 3
Midlands +13 5 £57,468 -11.04% 4
North West +19 4 - - 3
North East - 4 £105,000 - 2
South West +11 2 £62,500 - 1
Scotland -5 1 - - 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 (3.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.52%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.84%) Apache
3 1 (0.84%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.84%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.84%) SAS
Business Applications
1 2 (1.68%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 119 (100.00%) AWS
2 79 (66.39%) Azure
3 48 (40.34%) Serverless
4 25 (21.01%) AWS Lambda
5 23 (19.33%) Amazon S3
6 22 (18.49%) GCP
7 21 (17.65%) AWS CloudFormation
8 13 (10.92%) Amazon EC2
8 13 (10.92%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 11 (9.24%) Microsoft 365
10 9 (7.56%) SaaS
11 8 (6.72%) CloudFront
12 7 (5.88%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 7 (5.88%) Amazon ECS
12 7 (5.88%) IaaS
12 7 (5.88%) PaaS
13 6 (5.04%) Entra ID
14 5 (4.20%) Cloud Computing
14 5 (4.20%) Figma
15 3 (2.52%) AWS CodePipeline
Communications & Networking
1 12 (10.08%) VPN
2 9 (7.56%) WAN
3 8 (6.72%) LAN
3 8 (6.72%) SD-WAN
3 8 (6.72%) Wi-Fi
4 7 (5.88%) Unified Communications
4 7 (5.88%) VoIP
5 6 (5.04%) Firewall
6 4 (3.36%) VLAN
7 3 (2.52%) Network Security
8 2 (1.68%) DNS
8 2 (1.68%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.84%) MPLS
9 1 (0.84%) NAS
9 1 (0.84%) SAN
9 1 (0.84%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (9.24%) Amazon RDS
2 8 (6.72%) NoSQL
3 7 (5.88%) Amazon Redshift
3 7 (5.88%) Data Lake
4 4 (3.36%) Amazon Athena
4 4 (3.36%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (3.36%) DynamoDB
5 2 (1.68%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.84%) Big Data
6 1 (0.84%) MySQL
6 1 (0.84%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.84%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.84%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 10 (8.40%) Git
2 9 (7.56%) Jenkins
3 8 (6.72%) GitLab
4 7 (5.88%) Bitbucket
5 5 (4.20%) Cypress.io
5 5 (4.20%) JIRA
5 5 (4.20%) Vite
6 3 (2.52%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.84%) TeamCity
General
1 63 (52.94%) Social Skills
2 34 (28.57%) Finance
3 11 (9.24%) Financial Institution
3 11 (9.24%) Presentation Skills
3 11 (9.24%) Public Sector
4 10 (8.40%) Publishing
5 8 (6.72%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (6.72%) Telecoms
6 7 (5.88%) Banking
7 6 (5.04%) Law
8 3 (2.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.68%) Marketing
10 1 (0.84%) Advertising
10 1 (0.84%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.84%) Electronics
10 1 (0.84%) Games
10 1 (0.84%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.84%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.84%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 63 (52.94%) Architect
2 23 (19.33%) Senior
3 17 (14.29%) Solutions Architect
4 16 (13.45%) AWS Architect
5 12 (10.08%) Applications Architect
5 12 (10.08%) Enterprise Architect
6 11 (9.24%) Head of IT
7 10 (8.40%) Software Architect
8 8 (6.72%) ERP Architect
8 8 (6.72%) Lead
8 8 (6.72%) SAP Architect
8 8 (6.72%) SAP Enterprise Architect
9 7 (5.88%) Head of Infrastructure
9 7 (5.88%) Head of IT Operations
9 7 (5.88%) Head of Operations
9 7 (5.88%) Infrastructure Architect
9 7 (5.88%) Technical Leader
10 6 (5.04%) Cloud Architect
10 6 (5.04%) Senior DevOps
11 5 (4.20%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (8.40%) Spring
1 10 (8.40%) Spring Boot
2 5 (4.20%) Jest
2 5 (4.20%) Next.js
2 5 (4.20%) React
3 4 (3.36%) AWS CDK
3 4 (3.36%) Kafka
3 4 (3.36%) RESTful
4 2 (1.68%) .NET
4 2 (1.68%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (1.68%) Node.js
5 1 (0.84%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.84%) EDI
5 1 (0.84%) PySpark
5 1 (0.84%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 30 (25.21%) Enterprise Software
2 21 (17.65%) Cloud Native
3 9 (7.56%) Management Information System
4 7 (5.88%) Operational Technology
5 6 (5.04%) Data Centre
6 5 (4.20%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (4.20%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (4.20%) Public Cloud
6 5 (4.20%) Virtual Team
7 4 (3.36%) Onboarding
7 4 (3.36%) PKI
8 3 (2.52%) e-Learning
8 3 (2.52%) Enterprise Cloud
9 2 (1.68%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (1.68%) CMDB
9 2 (1.68%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (1.68%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (1.68%) Low-Code
9 2 (1.68%) NHS
10 1 (0.84%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 11 (9.24%) Windows
2 6 (5.04%) Linux
3 4 (3.36%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.84%) Unix
4 1 (0.84%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (40.34%) TOGAF
2 46 (38.66%) Computer Science
3 41 (34.45%) DevOps
4 39 (32.77%) Enterprise Architecture
5 36 (30.25%) Microservices
6 35 (29.41%) Infrastructure as Code
6 35 (29.41%) Mentoring
7 34 (28.57%) Agile
7 34 (28.57%) Migration
8 32 (26.89%) Roadmaps
8 32 (26.89%) Stakeholder Management
9 31 (26.05%) CI/CD
9 31 (26.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 28 (23.53%) Application Security
10 28 (23.53%) Disaster Recovery
11 27 (22.69%) High Availability
12 26 (21.85%) ITIL
13 25 (21.01%) Technology Roadmap
14 24 (20.17%) Collaborative Culture
14 24 (20.17%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 44 (36.97%) Python
2 43 (36.13%) Java
3 31 (26.05%) TypeScript
4 29 (24.37%) JavaScript
5 28 (23.53%) C#
6 10 (8.40%) Bash
6 10 (8.40%) SQL
7 6 (5.04%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.84%) C++
8 1 (0.84%) Google Apps Script
8 1 (0.84%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 119 (100.00%) AWS Certification
2 59 (49.58%) Degree
3 54 (45.38%) Azure Certification
4 36 (30.25%) Computer Science Degree
4 36 (30.25%) TOGAF Certification
5 32 (26.89%) Microsoft Certification
6 15 (12.61%) Security Cleared
7 12 (10.08%) Master's Degree
7 12 (10.08%) SC Cleared
8 10 (8.40%) AWS Certified Developer
8 10 (8.40%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (6.72%) CCNP
10 7 (5.88%) PMI Certification
10 7 (5.88%) PMP
11 5 (4.20%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 5 (4.20%) CISSP
12 4 (3.36%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 3 (2.52%) CISA
13 3 (2.52%) ISSAP
13 3 (2.52%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (12.61%) NIST
2 12 (10.08%) GDPR
3 10 (8.40%) QA
4 8 (6.72%) Accessibility
5 5 (4.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (3.36%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (3.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (2.52%) HIPAA
8 2 (1.68%) Data Quality
8 2 (1.68%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.84%) Basel III
9 1 (0.84%) GAAP
9 1 (0.84%) MiFID
9 1 (0.84%) WCAG
System Software
1 25 (21.01%) Docker
2 6 (5.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (3.36%) Active Directory
4 3 (2.52%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (1.68%) KVM
5 2 (1.68%) vSphere
6 1 (0.84%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.84%) iptables
6 1 (0.84%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 25 (21.01%) Kubernetes
2 24 (20.17%) Terraform
3 9 (7.56%) Ansible
4 4 (3.36%) Grafana
4 4 (3.36%) Prometheus
5 3 (2.52%) Nessus
5 3 (2.52%) Proxmox
6 1 (0.84%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.84%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.84%) Puppet
Vendors
1 43 (36.13%) Microsoft
2 11 (9.24%) SAP
3 10 (8.40%) Workday
4 8 (6.72%) Cisco
5 7 (5.88%) Google
5 7 (5.88%) VMware
6 3 (2.52%) IBM
7 2 (1.68%) Databricks
7 2 (1.68%) Oracle
8 1 (0.84%) Bloomberg
8 1 (0.84%) Palantir
8 1 (0.84%) Pure Storage
8 1 (0.84%) Refinitiv