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 18 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 635 441 700
Rank change year-on-year -194 +259 +34
Permanent jobs citing AWS Certified Solutions Architect 152 263 91
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.53% 0.11%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.77% 1.51% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 37 41 63
10th Percentile £54,750 £55,860 £49,775
25th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £59,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £70,000 £75,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -7.28% -2.58%
75th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £105,000 £97,500 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% +3.70% +3.85%

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 19,832 17,370 21,486
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.46% 34.77% 25.94%
Number of salaries quoted 10,654 7,840 11,623
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,225 £31,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,000 £50,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year +12.00% -2.91% -1.90%

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 18 August 2026.

Salary histogram for AWS Certified Solutions Architect in the UK

AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Top 15 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 18 August 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 -194 134 £85,000 +22.72% 76
London +9 88 £100,000 +48.15% 52
UK excluding London -239 56 £75,000 +7.14% 33
Work from Home -180 38 £90,000 +31.34% 49
Midlands -24 15 £85,000 +38.78% 6
North of England -181 15 £55,000 -21.43% 13
West Midlands -17 13 £85,000 +38.78% 6
North West -132 13 £55,000 -13.73% 8
South East -26 7 £65,000 -31.58% 1
South West -66 7 £90,000 +31.34% 6
Wales - 7 £80,000 - 1
Scotland - 3 - - 4
Yorkshire -30 2 - - 3
East of England -32 2 £87,500 -
East Midlands - 2 - -

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 (2.63%) Apache Airflow
1 4 (2.63%) Apache Spark
1 4 (2.63%) SAS
2 2 (1.32%) Apache
2 2 (1.32%) JBoss
3 1 (0.66%) Confluence
3 1 (0.66%) Drupal
3 1 (0.66%) IIS
3 1 (0.66%) nginx
3 1 (0.66%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (2.63%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 24 (15.79%) Cloudability
2 6 (3.95%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.66%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 152 (100.00%) AWS
2 81 (53.29%) AWS CloudFormation
3 52 (34.21%) Serverless
4 49 (32.24%) AWS Lambda
5 47 (30.92%) Azure
6 40 (26.32%) GCP
7 35 (23.03%) Amazon ECS
8 33 (21.71%) Amazon S3
9 32 (21.05%) Cloud Computing
10 26 (17.11%) Amazon EKS
11 20 (13.16%) Amazon EC2
12 19 (12.50%) GitHub
13 18 (11.84%) GitHub Actions
14 15 (9.87%) Amazon EventBridge
14 15 (9.87%) AWS Control Tower
15 13 (8.55%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 10 (6.58%) AWS CodePipeline
17 9 (5.92%) AWS Step Functions
18 8 (5.26%) CloudFront
19 7 (4.61%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (19.08%) Network Security
2 5 (3.29%) Internet
3 4 (2.63%) Firewall
4 3 (1.97%) VPN
5 1 (0.66%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (0.66%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (0.66%) DHCP
5 1 (0.66%) DNS
5 1 (0.66%) LAN
5 1 (0.66%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.66%) WAN
5 1 (0.66%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (28.95%) NoSQL
2 30 (19.74%) Amazon RDS
3 10 (6.58%) DynamoDB
4 8 (5.26%) SQL Server
5 7 (4.61%) Amazon Redshift
5 7 (4.61%) Data Lake
6 4 (2.63%) Amazon Athena
6 4 (2.63%) Big Data
6 4 (2.63%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (1.97%) Metadata
8 1 (0.66%) Adabas
8 1 (0.66%) Amazon QuickSight
8 1 (0.66%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.66%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.66%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.66%) InterSystems Cache
8 1 (0.66%) Oracle Exadata
8 1 (0.66%) Power BI
8 1 (0.66%) Redis
8 1 (0.66%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 39 (25.66%) GitLab
2 34 (22.37%) Cucumber
3 17 (11.18%) Jenkins
4 5 (3.29%) TeamCity
5 2 (1.32%) Cypress.io
5 2 (1.32%) JIRA
5 2 (1.32%) Maven
5 2 (1.32%) Selenium
5 2 (1.32%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.66%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.66%) Gatling
6 1 (0.66%) JMeter
6 1 (0.66%) Vagrant
General
1 61 (40.13%) Finance
2 28 (18.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 25 (16.45%) Public Sector
4 15 (9.87%) Banking
5 14 (9.21%) Social Skills
6 13 (8.55%) Financial Institution
7 5 (3.29%) Law
7 5 (3.29%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (2.63%) Billing
8 4 (2.63%) Military
8 4 (2.63%) Retail
9 3 (1.97%) Advertising
9 3 (1.97%) Marketing
9 3 (1.97%) Public Speaking
10 2 (1.32%) Analytical Skills
10 2 (1.32%) Corporate Banking
10 2 (1.32%) Games
10 2 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.32%) Legal
10 2 (1.32%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 71 (46.71%) Senior
2 44 (28.95%) Architect
3 32 (21.05%) Java Engineer
4 27 (17.76%) Solutions Architect
5 25 (16.45%) Consultant
6 24 (15.79%) Analyst
6 24 (15.79%) Senior Analyst
7 21 (13.82%) Security Consultant
8 19 (12.50%) Principal Engineer
8 19 (12.50%) Principal Java Engineer
9 18 (11.84%) Senior Consultant
10 15 (9.87%) AWS Architect
11 14 (9.21%) Senior Security Consultant
12 13 (8.55%) Senior Java Engineer
13 8 (5.26%) Developer
14 7 (4.61%) AWS Solution Architect
14 7 (4.61%) Lead
14 7 (4.61%) Senior Architect
14 7 (4.61%) Senior Developer
15 6 (3.95%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (28.95%) Spring Boot
2 36 (23.68%) Spring
3 35 (23.03%) Kafka
4 22 (14.47%) AWS CDK
5 14 (9.21%) .NET
6 13 (8.55%) Node.js
7 10 (6.58%) REST
8 8 (5.26%) .NET Framework
9 7 (4.61%) ASP.NET
9 7 (4.61%) ASP.NET Core
9 7 (4.61%) ASP.NET Web API
9 7 (4.61%) Entity Framework
9 7 (4.61%) JWT
9 7 (4.61%) MediatR
9 7 (4.61%) OAuth
9 7 (4.61%) OAuth2
9 7 (4.61%) OpenAPI
9 7 (4.61%) Ruby on Rails
9 7 (4.61%) Swagger
10 6 (3.95%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 59 (38.82%) Cloud Native
2 34 (22.37%) Onboarding
3 33 (21.71%) Public Cloud
4 32 (21.05%) Distributed Systems
4 32 (21.05%) e-Learning
5 23 (15.13%) Enterprise Cloud
6 19 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (6.58%) Data Centre
8 8 (5.26%) Hybrid Cloud
9 7 (4.61%) Data Structures
9 7 (4.61%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 7 (4.61%) Mainframe
10 6 (3.95%) Cloud Security Posture
10 6 (3.95%) Digital Wallet
10 6 (3.95%) Security Posture
11 5 (3.29%) PKI
12 4 (2.63%) Blog
12 4 (2.63%) IVR
12 4 (2.63%) Management Information System
12 4 (2.63%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 18 (11.84%) Windows
2 13 (8.55%) Linux
3 3 (1.97%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.32%) Unix
5 1 (0.66%) AIX
5 1 (0.66%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (57.89%) Infrastructure as Code
2 76 (50.00%) Mentoring
3 67 (44.08%) AI
4 65 (42.76%) Agile
5 62 (40.79%) CI/CD
6 47 (30.92%) Microservices
7 46 (30.26%) Event-Driven
8 43 (28.29%) Architectural Patterns
9 39 (25.66%) CQRS
10 38 (25.00%) Cloud Security
11 35 (23.03%) Cybersecurity
12 34 (22.37%) BDD
13 33 (21.71%) Test Automation
13 33 (21.71%) Threat Modelling
14 32 (21.05%) Data Protection
14 32 (21.05%) Performance Testing
15 31 (20.39%) Cost Optimisation
16 28 (18.42%) DevOps
17 27 (17.76%) Cost Management
17 27 (17.76%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 69 (45.39%) Java
2 44 (28.95%) Python
3 40 (26.32%) SQL
4 21 (13.82%) Ruby
5 19 (12.50%) Bash
6 15 (9.87%) PHP
7 14 (9.21%) Perl
8 12 (7.89%) C#
9 10 (6.58%) JavaScript
10 8 (5.26%) Kotlin
11 6 (3.95%) COBOL
11 6 (3.95%) Go
12 5 (3.29%) C++
12 5 (3.29%) Google Apps Script
13 3 (1.97%) TypeScript
14 2 (1.32%) Groovy
15 1 (0.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 1 (0.66%) Natural
15 1 (0.66%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 152 (100.00%) AWS Certification
2 28 (18.42%) Security Cleared
3 15 (9.87%) Degree
4 14 (9.21%) AWS Certified Developer
5 13 (8.55%) TOGAF Certification
6 8 (5.26%) Azure Certification
6 8 (5.26%) CISSP
6 8 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (4.61%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (3.95%) SC Cleared
9 4 (2.63%) ISSAP
9 4 (2.63%) ISSEP
10 3 (1.97%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 2 (1.32%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 2 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.66%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
12 1 (0.66%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.66%) DV Cleared
12 1 (0.66%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.66%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (9.87%) GDPR
2 10 (6.58%) HIPAA
3 7 (4.61%) NCSC
4 6 (3.95%) Government Security Classifications
5 4 (2.63%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 3 (1.97%) Accessibility
7 2 (1.32%) GRC
7 2 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.66%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.66%) GxP
8 1 (0.66%) NIST
8 1 (0.66%) SOC 2
System Software
1 15 (9.87%) Docker
2 9 (5.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (3.29%) KVM
4 2 (1.32%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.66%) iptables
5 1 (0.66%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 59 (38.82%) Terraform
2 15 (9.87%) Kubernetes
3 10 (6.58%) Grafana
4 9 (5.92%) Ansible
5 5 (3.29%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (3.29%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.97%) Argo
7 2 (1.32%) HP Fortify
7 2 (1.32%) Progress Chef
7 2 (1.32%) Puppet
8 1 (0.66%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.66%) Consul
8 1 (0.66%) Kibana
8 1 (0.66%) Nagios
8 1 (0.66%) Packer
Vendors
1 44 (28.95%) Microsoft
2 24 (15.79%) Adobe
2 24 (15.79%) Apple
2 24 (15.79%) ServiceNow
3 10 (6.58%) VMware
4 9 (5.92%) Google
4 9 (5.92%) Oracle
5 8 (5.26%) Cisco
6 7 (4.61%) Avaya
6 7 (4.61%) Genesys
6 7 (4.61%) SAP
7 5 (3.29%) Splunk
8 4 (2.63%) Epicor
8 4 (2.63%) IFS
8 4 (2.63%) Infor
8 4 (2.63%) Salesforce
9 3 (1.97%) Databricks
9 3 (1.97%) Dynatrace
9 3 (1.97%) OutSystems
9 3 (1.97%) Red Hat