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

6 months to
29 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 632 437 786
Rank change year-on-year -195 +349 +34
Permanent jobs citing AWS Certified Solutions Architect 118 263 120
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.57% 0.11%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.63% 1.50% 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 41 36 77
10th Percentile £51,250 £40,625 £55,750
25th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £79,669 £63,750 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +24.97% -20.31% +14.29%
75th Percentile £90,000 £77,813 £98,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £97,500 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £68,525 £70,000
% change year-on-year +9.45% -2.11% +12.00%

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 18,692 17,493 26,983
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 19.48% 37.83% 25.53%
Number of salaries quoted 9,843 7,487 17,002
10th Percentile £31,000 £29,750 £28,699
25th Percentile £42,745 £38,750 £38,603
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +3.77% -11.67%
75th Percentile £79,270 £72,500 £70,250
90th Percentile £93,750 £90,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,055 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.88% +0.11% -4.76%

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 29 June 2026.

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 29 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 -202 111 £78,584 +25.73% 14
London -3 58 £92,500 +54.17% 7
UK excluding London -213 54 £75,000 +9.45% 8
Work from Home -144 37 £90,000 +50.00% 6
North of England -195 18 £75,000 +15.38% 2
Midlands -22 16 £62,500 +56.25% 2
West Midlands -9 15 £50,000 +25.00% 2
North West -127 13 - -
South West -70 8 £52,500 -23.39%
Yorkshire -25 5 £75,000 - 2
Wales - 5 £80,000 -
South East -26 4 £65,000 -12.46% 4
East of England -15 3 £97,500 -
East Midlands - 1 £75,000 -

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 6 (5.08%) Confluence
2 4 (3.39%) Apache
2 4 (3.39%) Apache Spark
2 4 (3.39%) Documentum
3 3 (2.54%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (2.54%) JBoss
4 2 (1.69%) SAS
5 1 (0.85%) Camunda
5 1 (0.85%) Drupal
5 1 (0.85%) IIS
5 1 (0.85%) nginx
5 1 (0.85%) WordPress
Business Applications
1 24 (20.34%) Cloudability
2 4 (3.39%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.85%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 118 (100.00%) AWS
2 55 (46.61%) AWS CloudFormation
3 42 (35.59%) Azure
4 35 (29.66%) GCP
5 32 (27.12%) Serverless
6 29 (24.58%) AWS Lambda
7 22 (18.64%) Amazon ECS
7 22 (18.64%) Amazon S3
8 18 (15.25%) Amazon EKS
8 18 (15.25%) Cloud Computing
9 10 (8.47%) GitHub
10 9 (7.63%) Amazon EC2
10 9 (7.63%) Amazon EventBridge
10 9 (7.63%) CloudFront
10 9 (7.63%) GitHub Actions
11 8 (6.78%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 8 (6.78%) PaaS
11 8 (6.78%) SaaS
12 7 (5.93%) Amazon ECR
12 7 (5.93%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 14 (11.86%) Network Security
2 2 (1.69%) Internet
3 1 (0.85%) DNS
3 1 (0.85%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (0.85%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (21.19%) NoSQL
2 20 (16.95%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (5.93%) Amazon Redshift
3 7 (5.93%) DynamoDB
4 5 (4.24%) Data Lake
5 4 (3.39%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (2.54%) Big Data
6 3 (2.54%) SQL Server
7 2 (1.69%) Snowflake Schema
8 1 (0.85%) Adabas
8 1 (0.85%) Amazon Athena
8 1 (0.85%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.85%) InterSystems Cache
8 1 (0.85%) Metadata
8 1 (0.85%) Power BI
8 1 (0.85%) Redis
8 1 (0.85%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 27 (22.88%) GitLab
2 25 (21.19%) Cucumber
3 19 (16.10%) Jenkins
4 7 (5.93%) JIRA
5 5 (4.24%) TeamCity
6 4 (3.39%) Bitbucket
6 4 (3.39%) Git
7 3 (2.54%) Cypress.io
7 3 (2.54%) Maven
7 3 (2.54%) Selenium
7 3 (2.54%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.85%) Gatling
8 1 (0.85%) JMeter
8 1 (0.85%) Vagrant
General
1 38 (32.20%) Finance
2 25 (21.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 20 (16.95%) Social Skills
4 19 (16.10%) Public Sector
5 8 (6.78%) Banking
6 6 (5.08%) Financial Institution
7 5 (4.24%) Advertising
8 3 (2.54%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (2.54%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (2.54%) Retail
9 2 (1.69%) Billing
9 2 (1.69%) Games
9 2 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.69%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.69%) Law
10 1 (0.85%) iGaming
10 1 (0.85%) Public Speaking
10 1 (0.85%) Publishing
10 1 (0.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 45 (38.14%) Senior
2 37 (31.36%) Architect
3 24 (20.34%) Analyst
3 24 (20.34%) Senior Analyst
4 22 (18.64%) Java Engineer
5 18 (15.25%) Solutions Architect
6 16 (13.56%) Principal Engineer
6 16 (13.56%) Principal Java Engineer
7 12 (10.17%) AWS Architect
8 9 (7.63%) Consultant
8 9 (7.63%) Security Consultant
9 8 (6.78%) DevOps Engineer
10 7 (5.93%) Lead
11 6 (5.08%) AWS Engineer
11 6 (5.08%) Lead Architect
11 6 (5.08%) Senior Consultant
11 6 (5.08%) Senior Java Engineer
11 6 (5.08%) Senior Security Consultant
12 5 (4.24%) Cloud Engineer
12 5 (4.24%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (26.27%) Spring Boot
2 25 (21.19%) Kafka
3 24 (20.34%) Spring
4 12 (10.17%) AWS CDK
5 11 (9.32%) Node.js
6 5 (4.24%) .NET
6 5 (4.24%) Ruby on Rails
7 4 (3.39%) AngularJS
7 4 (3.39%) GraphQL
7 4 (3.39%) Middleware
7 4 (3.39%) REST
8 3 (2.54%) .NET Framework
8 3 (2.54%) Drools
8 3 (2.54%) Gherkin
8 3 (2.54%) Jest
8 3 (2.54%) XML
9 2 (1.69%) ARM Templates
9 2 (1.69%) JWT
9 2 (1.69%) MediatR
9 2 (1.69%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 40 (33.90%) Cloud Native
2 23 (19.49%) Distributed Systems
3 22 (18.64%) e-Learning
3 22 (18.64%) Enterprise Software
3 22 (18.64%) Public Cloud
4 15 (12.71%) Onboarding
5 11 (9.32%) Hybrid Cloud
6 10 (8.47%) Enterprise Cloud
7 9 (7.63%) Data Centre
8 5 (4.24%) Mainframe
8 5 (4.24%) PKI
9 4 (3.39%) Digital Wallet
9 4 (3.39%) Product Ownership
9 4 (3.39%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (2.54%) Management Information System
11 2 (1.69%) Blog
11 2 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (1.69%) Low-Code
12 1 (0.85%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 17 (14.41%) Windows
2 14 (11.86%) Linux
3 2 (1.69%) Unix
3 2 (1.69%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.85%) AIX
4 1 (0.85%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (54.24%) Mentoring
2 61 (51.69%) Infrastructure as Code
3 50 (42.37%) Agile
4 48 (40.68%) CI/CD
5 44 (37.29%) AI
6 35 (29.66%) Microservices
7 34 (28.81%) Architectural Patterns
8 31 (26.27%) Event-Driven
9 29 (24.58%) Cybersecurity
10 27 (22.88%) Cost Management
10 27 (22.88%) Cost Optimisation
11 25 (21.19%) BDD
11 25 (21.19%) DevOps
12 24 (20.34%) CQRS
12 24 (20.34%) FinOps
12 24 (20.34%) Software Licensing
13 23 (19.49%) Performance Testing
13 23 (19.49%) Test Automation
14 22 (18.64%) Migration
14 22 (18.64%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 48 (40.68%) Java
2 29 (24.58%) Python
3 27 (22.88%) SQL
4 16 (13.56%) Bash
5 11 (9.32%) JavaScript
5 11 (9.32%) Ruby
6 10 (8.47%) C#
7 8 (6.78%) Kotlin
8 7 (5.93%) PHP
9 6 (5.08%) Perl
9 6 (5.08%) TypeScript
10 5 (4.24%) C++
10 5 (4.24%) Google Apps Script
10 5 (4.24%) PowerShell
11 4 (3.39%) COBOL
12 3 (2.54%) Go
12 3 (2.54%) Groovy
13 2 (1.69%) Bicep
14 1 (0.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 1 (0.85%) Natural
Qualifications
1 117 (99.15%) AWS Certification
2 22 (18.64%) Security Cleared
3 14 (11.86%) TOGAF Certification
4 12 (10.17%) Degree
5 10 (8.47%) AWS Certified Developer
5 10 (8.47%) Azure Certification
6 7 (5.93%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (5.93%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (5.93%) SC Cleared
7 4 (3.39%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 4 (3.39%) CITP
8 3 (2.54%) CISSP
8 3 (2.54%) ISSAP
8 3 (2.54%) ISSEP
9 2 (1.69%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
9 2 (1.69%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.85%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 1 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.85%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.85%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.24%) NCSC
2 4 (3.39%) GDPR
2 4 (3.39%) Government Security Classifications
3 3 (2.54%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 3 (2.54%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.85%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.85%) GxP
4 1 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.85%) QA
4 1 (0.85%) SOC 2
System Software
1 17 (14.41%) Docker
2 6 (5.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (4.24%) KVM
4 4 (3.39%) iptables
5 1 (0.85%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 41 (34.75%) Terraform
2 12 (10.17%) Kubernetes
3 11 (9.32%) Ansible
3 11 (9.32%) Grafana
4 6 (5.08%) Prometheus
5 5 (4.24%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (4.24%) Progress Chef
5 5 (4.24%) Puppet
6 3 (2.54%) HP Fortify
7 1 (0.85%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.85%) Consul
7 1 (0.85%) Kibana
7 1 (0.85%) Nagios
7 1 (0.85%) Packer
Vendors
1 37 (31.36%) Microsoft
2 29 (24.58%) ServiceNow
3 24 (20.34%) Adobe
3 24 (20.34%) Apple
4 7 (5.93%) VMware
5 6 (5.08%) Google
6 5 (4.24%) Pega
6 5 (4.24%) SAP
7 4 (3.39%) OpenText
7 4 (3.39%) Oracle
7 4 (3.39%) YouTube
8 3 (2.54%) Epicor
8 3 (2.54%) IFS
8 3 (2.54%) Infor
9 2 (1.69%) Splunk
9 2 (1.69%) Zerto
10 1 (0.85%) Databricks
10 1 (0.85%) LogicMonitor
10 1 (0.85%) OneLogin
10 1 (0.85%) Workday