AWS Certified Solutions Architect Jobs

AWS Certified Solutions Architect
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for AWS Certified Solutions Architect qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 697 903 891
Rank change year-on-year +206 -12 -94
Permanent jobs citing AWS Certified Solutions Architect 209 90 344
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.21% 0.087% 0.22%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.76% 0.27% 0.82%
Number of salaries quoted 83 50 135
10th Percentile £59,000 £47,100 £55,500
25th Percentile £63,125 £55,313 £71,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £70,000 £87,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -20.00% +12.90%
75th Percentile £98,750 £87,500 £114,375
90th Percentile £114,000 £100,000 £120,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £62,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +8.00% -13.79% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

AWS Certified Solutions Architect is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,433 33,803 42,122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.82% 32.57% 26.91%
Number of salaries quoted 17,326 15,201 19,033
10th Percentile £28,290 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £59,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.24% +8.18% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% -

AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing AWS Certified Solutions Architect as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for AWS Certified Solutions Architect in the UK

AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing AWS Certified Solutions Architect.

Salary trend for AWS Certified Solutions Architect in the UK

AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing AWS Certified Solutions Architect over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

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 3 May 2024. 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 +188 171 £82,500 +21.32% 45
UK excluding London +127 149 £67,500 +8.00% 13
Work from Home +167 108 £70,000 -17.65% 23
London +138 51 £90,000 +20.00% 31
South West +17 42 £62,500 -11.35% 4
South East +30 36 £67,500 +17.39% 2
North of England +66 23 £65,000 - 6
Midlands +29 19 £105,000 +23.53%
North West +21 18 £65,000 +13.04% 2
Northern Ireland - 13 £60,000 - 1
Scotland -53 12 - -
West Midlands +24 11 £105,000 +23.53%
East Midlands - 8 £87,500 -
Yorkshire +80 5 - - 4
Wales - 4 - -

AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 46 (22.01%) WebLogic
2 6 (2.87%) OpenStack
3 1 (0.48%) Apache
3 1 (0.48%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.48%) IIS
3 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.48%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (0.48%) AutoCAD
1 1 (0.48%) PTC Creo
1 1 (0.48%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 48 (22.97%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 209 (100.00%) AWS
2 108 (51.67%) Azure
3 65 (31.10%) AWS CloudFormation
4 55 (26.32%) Amazon EKS
5 50 (23.92%) GCP
6 47 (22.49%) Amazon SQS
7 46 (22.01%) Amazon S3
8 40 (19.14%) Serverless
9 39 (18.66%) Amazon EC2
10 32 (15.31%) AWS Lambda
11 19 (9.09%) IaaS
11 19 (9.09%) PaaS
12 17 (8.13%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 16 (7.66%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 16 (7.66%) SaaS
14 15 (7.18%) Route 53
15 14 (6.70%) CloudFront
16 10 (4.78%) Cloud Computing
17 8 (3.83%) Amazon ECS
18 6 (2.87%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 79 (37.80%) DNS
2 76 (36.36%) TCP/IP
3 46 (22.01%) BGP
3 46 (22.01%) SSL
4 30 (14.35%) DHCP
5 29 (13.88%) HTTP
6 16 (7.66%) Firewall
7 12 (5.74%) Unified Communications
8 3 (1.44%) VPN
9 1 (0.48%) Internet
9 1 (0.48%) Network Security
9 1 (0.48%) Wireless
9 1 (0.48%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (33.97%) Amazon RDS
2 46 (22.01%) Oracle Database
2 46 (22.01%) RDBMS
2 46 (22.01%) Relational Database
3 10 (4.78%) Big Data
4 5 (2.39%) DynamoDB
5 3 (1.44%) Amazon Athena
5 3 (1.44%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (1.44%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.96%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.96%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.96%) Redis
7 1 (0.48%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.48%) Apache Hive
7 1 (0.48%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.48%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.48%) Impala
7 1 (0.48%) MySQL
7 1 (0.48%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.48%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 9 (4.31%) Git
2 7 (3.35%) Jenkins
3 5 (2.39%) GitLab
4 3 (1.44%) TeamCity
5 2 (0.96%) PowerDesigner
6 1 (0.48%) Chocolatey
General
1 131 (62.68%) Social Skills
2 51 (24.40%) Finance
3 39 (18.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 11 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (5.26%) Retail
5 8 (3.83%) Law
5 8 (3.83%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (1.44%) Banking
6 3 (1.44%) Public Sector
7 2 (0.96%) Legal
7 2 (0.96%) Police
8 1 (0.48%) Marketing
8 1 (0.48%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.48%) Tech for Good
8 1 (0.48%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 123 (58.85%) Architect
2 93 (44.50%) Solutions Architect
3 63 (30.14%) Lead
4 48 (22.97%) Lead Architect
5 47 (22.49%) Lead Solutions Architect
6 42 (20.10%) Senior
7 33 (15.79%) Cloud Architect
8 25 (11.96%) Senior Architect
9 24 (11.48%) AWS Architect
9 24 (11.48%) AWS Engineer
9 24 (11.48%) Cloud Engineer
10 21 (10.05%) AWS Solution Architect
11 20 (9.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 20 (9.57%) Senior Solutions Architect
12 16 (7.66%) Consultant
13 15 (7.18%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
13 15 (7.18%) Cloud Solutions Architect
13 15 (7.18%) Senior Cloud Architect
14 14 (6.70%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
14 14 (6.70%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (23.92%) Spring Boot
2 46 (22.01%) RabbitMQ
3 29 (13.88%) HTML
3 29 (13.88%) OpenID
3 29 (13.88%) SAML
4 7 (3.35%) Elastic Stack
4 7 (3.35%) Middleware
5 6 (2.87%) .NET
5 6 (2.87%) .NET Core
6 5 (2.39%) AWS CDK
6 5 (2.39%) Kafka
6 5 (2.39%) Node.js
6 5 (2.39%) Spring
7 4 (1.91%) RESTful
8 2 (0.96%) .NET Framework
8 2 (0.96%) AngularJS
8 2 (0.96%) ASP.NET
8 2 (0.96%) React
9 1 (0.48%) XML
9 1 (0.48%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 67 (32.06%) Public Cloud
2 62 (29.67%) Cloud Native
3 47 (22.49%) Enterprise Software
4 29 (13.88%) Cyberattack
5 21 (10.05%) Data Centre
6 13 (6.22%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (3.35%) Management Information System
8 5 (2.39%) Onboarding
8 5 (2.39%) PKI
9 4 (1.91%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (1.91%) Product Ownership
10 3 (1.44%) Distributed Computing
10 3 (1.44%) Fixed Income
10 3 (1.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 3 (1.44%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (1.44%) IoT
10 3 (1.44%) Linux Command Line
10 3 (1.44%) Security Posture
11 1 (0.48%) Blockchain
11 1 (0.48%) Digital Currency
Operating Systems
1 82 (39.23%) Linux
2 46 (22.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 28 (13.40%) Windows
4 16 (7.66%) Unix
5 7 (3.35%) Solaris
5 7 (3.35%) Ubuntu
6 6 (2.87%) Mesosphere
7 3 (1.44%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.48%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (55.98%) Agile
2 79 (37.80%) Infrastructure as Code
3 78 (37.32%) SDLC
4 68 (32.54%) Migration
5 66 (31.58%) DevOps
6 64 (30.62%) Problem-Solving
7 54 (25.84%) Cloud Security
8 53 (25.36%) Kanban
8 53 (25.36%) Scrum
9 52 (24.88%) Actionable Insight
10 50 (23.92%) Cloud Operations
10 50 (23.92%) Containerisation
10 50 (23.92%) Data Migration
10 50 (23.92%) Technical Leadership
10 50 (23.92%) TOGAF
11 49 (23.44%) Project Management
12 48 (22.97%) ArchiMate
12 48 (22.97%) Load Balancing
12 48 (22.97%) Open Source
13 47 (22.49%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 37 (17.70%) Python
2 28 (13.40%) Java
3 17 (8.13%) Bash
4 16 (7.66%) C#
5 12 (5.74%) JavaScript
6 6 (2.87%) PowerShell
7 4 (1.91%) Bicep
8 3 (1.44%) Go
8 3 (1.44%) SQL
9 2 (0.96%) Kotlin
9 2 (0.96%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.48%) Groovy
10 1 (0.48%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 209 (100.00%) AWS Certification
2 102 (48.80%) Security Cleared
3 70 (33.49%) SC Cleared
4 65 (31.10%) Azure Certification
5 47 (22.49%) Degree
6 40 (19.14%) Computer Science Degree
7 31 (14.83%) DV Cleared
8 23 (11.00%) AWS Certified Developer
9 22 (10.53%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 15 (7.18%) Master's Degree
11 11 (5.26%) Microsoft Certification
12 9 (4.31%) Cisco Certification
13 8 (3.83%) CISSP
14 6 (2.87%) CEH
14 6 (2.87%) OSCP
15 5 (2.39%) CCNA
16 4 (1.91%) CISM
16 4 (1.91%) GSEC
17 3 (1.44%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 3 (1.44%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.31%) QA
2 7 (3.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (2.87%) NIST
4 4 (1.91%) GDPR
5 3 (1.44%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.96%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.96%) Solvency II
7 1 (0.48%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.48%) ISO 31000
7 1 (0.48%) SEPA
7 1 (0.48%) SOC 2
System Software
1 49 (23.44%) Docker
2 12 (5.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (5.26%) KVM
4 10 (4.78%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.48%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.48%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 75 (35.89%) Terraform
2 51 (24.40%) Kubernetes
3 10 (4.78%) Grafana
4 9 (4.31%) Ansible
4 9 (4.31%) Prometheus
5 7 (3.35%) Progress Chef
5 7 (3.35%) Puppet
6 6 (2.87%) Docker Swarm
7 1 (0.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.48%) SCCM
7 1 (0.48%) SCOM
Vendors
1 48 (22.97%) Oracle
1 48 (22.97%) Sparx
2 33 (15.79%) Google
3 30 (14.35%) Microsoft
4 18 (8.61%) VMware
5 13 (6.22%) Cisco
6 12 (5.74%) Adobe
6 12 (5.74%) Apple
7 3 (1.44%) AppDynamics
7 3 (1.44%) SAP
7 3 (1.44%) Splunk
8 2 (0.96%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.48%) Cloudera
9 1 (0.48%) Databricks
9 1 (0.48%) IBM
9 1 (0.48%) Informatica
9 1 (0.48%) MathWorks
9 1 (0.48%) PTC
9 1 (0.48%) TOWER Software