AWS Certification Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid work with a requirement for AWS Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 16 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 121 333 368
Rank change year-on-year +212 +35 -42
Permanent jobs citing AWS Certification 583 294 297
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.99% 0.82% 0.80%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.86% 2.99% 3.04%
Number of salaries quoted 75 144 238
10th Percentile £47,500 £50,750 £52,500
25th Percentile £56,745 £60,000 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £78,125 £78,750
Median % change year-on-year -16.80% -0.79% +5.00%
75th Percentile £85,000 £84,919 £94,375
90th Percentile £99,000 £98,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £75,669
% change year-on-year -6.67% -0.88% +0.89%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

AWS Certification 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 with remote or hybrid options requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 7,422 9,837 9,773
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.04% 27.57% 26.38%
Number of salaries quoted 3,039 5,897 5,950
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -4.17% +1.69%
75th Percentile £70,600 £72,500 £77,741
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,150 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.48% -11.42% +9.09%

AWS Certification
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing AWS Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

AWS Certification trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

AWS Certification
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing AWS Certification.

AWS Certification salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

AWS Certification
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing AWS Certification over the 6 months to 16 June 2025.

AWS Certification salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

AWS Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 5 (0.86%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.51%) Apache Spark
2 3 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.34%) Apache
4 1 (0.17%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 583 (100.00%) AWS
2 237 (40.65%) Azure
3 215 (36.88%) Pulumi
4 207 (35.51%) GCP
5 100 (17.15%) Serverless
6 99 (16.98%) AWS Lambda
7 82 (14.07%) Amazon S3
8 72 (12.35%) AWS Step Functions
9 16 (2.74%) AWS CloudFormation
10 13 (2.23%) Amazon EC2
11 11 (1.89%) AWS KMS
12 9 (1.54%) Entra ID
12 9 (1.54%) Microsoft 365
13 7 (1.20%) Cloud Computing
13 7 (1.20%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 6 (1.03%) Amazon ECS
14 6 (1.03%) Azure Sentinel
14 6 (1.03%) Snowflake
15 5 (0.86%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 5 (0.86%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 287 (49.23%) Broadband
2 10 (1.72%) Firewall
2 10 (1.72%) Network Security
2 10 (1.72%) VPN
3 8 (1.37%) DNS
4 6 (1.03%) VLAN
5 5 (0.86%) DHCP
5 5 (0.86%) IPv4
6 4 (0.69%) HTTPS
6 4 (0.69%) SD-WAN
6 4 (0.69%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.69%) WAN
7 2 (0.34%) OSPF
8 1 (0.17%) IPv6
8 1 (0.17%) SAN
8 1 (0.17%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 230 (39.45%) NoSQL
2 218 (37.39%) Relational Database
3 216 (37.05%) RDBMS
4 76 (13.04%) DynamoDB
5 72 (12.35%) Elasticsearch
6 9 (1.54%) Amazon RDS
6 9 (1.54%) Amazon Redshift
7 7 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (0.69%) BigQuery
8 4 (0.69%) Data Lake
8 4 (0.69%) Hadoop
8 4 (0.69%) MongoDB
8 4 (0.69%) MySQL
8 4 (0.69%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.17%) Big Data
9 1 (0.17%) DB2
9 1 (0.17%) Geospatial Data
9 1 (0.17%) Pentaho
9 1 (0.17%) SQL Server
9 1 (0.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 215 (36.88%) Jaeger
2 7 (1.20%) Jenkins
3 5 (0.86%) Git
4 4 (0.69%) Gradle
4 4 (0.69%) Maven
5 3 (0.51%) GitLab
6 2 (0.34%) Artifactory
6 2 (0.34%) JIRA
General
1 397 (68.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 35 (6.00%) Social Skills
3 14 (2.40%) Finance
4 10 (1.72%) Retail
5 7 (1.20%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (1.20%) Public Sector
6 5 (0.86%) Telecoms
7 4 (0.69%) Games
7 4 (0.69%) Humanities
8 3 (0.51%) Marketing
9 2 (0.34%) Advertising
10 1 (0.17%) Automotive
10 1 (0.17%) Avionics
10 1 (0.17%) Banking
10 1 (0.17%) Electronics
10 1 (0.17%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.17%) Law
10 1 (0.17%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.17%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 287 (49.23%) Senior
2 222 (38.08%) Lead
3 215 (36.88%) Team Leader
4 178 (30.53%) Senior Software Engineer
4 178 (30.53%) Software Engineer
5 77 (13.21%) Developer
6 76 (13.04%) Senior Developer
7 72 (12.35%) AWS Developer
8 44 (7.55%) Architect
9 26 (4.46%) AWS Architect
9 26 (4.46%) Solutions Architect
10 15 (2.57%) Senior DevOps
11 14 (2.40%) AWS DevOps
12 13 (2.23%) Cloud Engineer
13 12 (2.06%) AWS Solution Architect
14 11 (1.89%) Cloud Architect
14 11 (1.89%) DevOps Architect
14 11 (1.89%) Senior Architect
14 11 (1.89%) Senior Solutions Architect
14 11 (1.89%) TOGAF Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 232 (39.79%) Elastic Stack
2 215 (36.88%) OpenTelemetry
3 178 (30.53%) .NET
3 178 (30.53%) Node.js
4 76 (13.04%) React
5 72 (12.35%) GraphQL
5 72 (12.35%) Serverless Framework
6 21 (3.60%) Kafka
7 7 (1.20%) RESTful
8 5 (0.86%) Spring
9 4 (0.69%) RabbitMQ
10 2 (0.34%) AWS CDK
10 2 (0.34%) AWS SAM
10 2 (0.34%) HTML
10 2 (0.34%) REST
11 1 (0.17%) boto
11 1 (0.17%) OAuth
11 1 (0.17%) OAuth2
11 1 (0.17%) PySpark
11 1 (0.17%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 179 (30.70%) Self-Motivation
2 178 (30.53%) Cyberattack
2 178 (30.53%) Linux Command Line
3 31 (5.32%) Management Information System
4 23 (3.95%) Cloud Native
5 12 (2.06%) Data Centre
6 11 (1.89%) Public Cloud
7 6 (1.03%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (0.86%) Security Posture
9 4 (0.69%) Clustering
9 4 (0.69%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (0.69%) Mobile Games
10 3 (0.51%) Cloud Security Posture
10 3 (0.51%) Data Fabric
10 3 (0.51%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (0.51%) Virtual Team
11 1 (0.17%) Data Protection Act
11 1 (0.17%) Operational Technology
11 1 (0.17%) Private Cloud
11 1 (0.17%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 424 (72.73%) Linux
2 221 (37.91%) Unix
3 27 (4.63%) Windows
4 14 (2.40%) Windows Server
5 9 (1.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.51%) AIX
6 3 (0.51%) CentOS
6 3 (0.51%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.51%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 496 (85.08%) Agile
2 487 (83.53%) Mentoring
3 287 (49.23%) Continuous Integration
4 279 (47.86%) DevOps
5 262 (44.94%) Containerisation
6 245 (42.02%) Infrastructure as Code
7 233 (39.97%) Cost Optimisation
8 232 (39.79%) High Availability
8 232 (39.79%) Roadmaps
9 230 (39.45%) Product Management
10 226 (38.77%) Resource Management
11 222 (38.08%) Task Automation
12 221 (37.91%) Performance Optimisation
13 215 (36.88%) Budget Control
13 215 (36.88%) GitOps
14 214 (36.71%) Microservices
15 199 (34.13%) Cloud Security
16 197 (33.79%) Software Engineering
17 184 (31.56%) Scrum
18 183 (31.39%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 508 (87.14%) Python
2 468 (80.27%) JavaScript
3 427 (73.24%) Java
4 397 (68.10%) Go
5 228 (39.11%) Bash
6 178 (30.53%) C++
6 178 (30.53%) Rust
7 76 (13.04%) TypeScript
8 26 (4.46%) PowerShell
9 23 (3.95%) SQL
10 11 (1.89%) C#
11 6 (1.03%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.69%) R
13 3 (0.51%) Groovy
14 1 (0.17%) Scala
Qualifications
1 218 (37.39%) Security Cleared
2 217 (37.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 181 (31.05%) DV Cleared
4 179 (30.70%) AWS Certified Developer
5 46 (7.89%) Azure Certification
6 42 (7.20%) Degree
7 35 (6.00%) SC Cleared
8 21 (3.60%) Computer Science Degree
9 14 (2.40%) TOGAF Certification
10 12 (2.06%) Microsoft Certification
11 11 (1.89%) ITIL Certification
12 8 (1.37%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 8 (1.37%) CompTIA Security+
13 7 (1.20%) Cisco Certification
14 6 (1.03%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
15 5 (0.86%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 5 (0.86%) CISSP
16 4 (0.69%) CISM
16 4 (0.69%) Linux+ Certification
16 4 (0.69%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (4.97%) GDPR
2 26 (4.46%) HIPAA
3 14 (2.40%) NIST
4 8 (1.37%) QA
4 8 (1.37%) SLA
5 5 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.51%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.51%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.17%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 254 (43.57%) Docker
2 19 (3.26%) Active Directory
3 12 (2.06%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (1.54%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.69%) Veritas Cluster Server
5 4 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.51%) Dovecot
6 3 (0.51%) Postfix
7 1 (0.17%) KVM
7 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 264 (45.28%) Kubernetes
2 237 (40.65%) Terraform
3 235 (40.31%) Ansible
4 233 (39.97%) Prometheus
5 221 (37.91%) Argo
6 215 (36.88%) Kustomize
7 13 (2.23%) Grafana
8 8 (1.37%) SCCM
9 6 (1.03%) Microsoft Intune
10 5 (0.86%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 5 (0.86%) Puppet
10 5 (0.86%) SCOM
10 5 (0.86%) WSUS
11 2 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 233 (39.97%) Google
2 27 (4.63%) Microsoft
3 12 (2.06%) Red Hat
3 12 (2.06%) VMware
4 7 (1.20%) Oracle
5 5 (0.86%) Cisco
6 4 (0.69%) New Relic
6 4 (0.69%) SAP
6 4 (0.69%) Symantec
6 4 (0.69%) Veritas
7 3 (0.51%) Citrix
7 3 (0.51%) Databricks
7 3 (0.51%) Okta
7 3 (0.51%) Ping Identity
8 2 (0.34%) Dell
8 2 (0.34%) Informatica
8 2 (0.34%) Rapid7
9 1 (0.17%) Cloudera
9 1 (0.17%) Extreme Networks
9 1 (0.17%) NetApp