AWS Certification Jobs

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification
UK

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

6 months to
6 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 418 170 368
Rank change year-on-year -248 +198 +31
Permanent jobs citing AWS Certification 610 2,074 1,749
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.57% 2.21% 1.02%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.16% 6.52% 3.75%
Number of salaries quoted 325 456 653
10th Percentile £48,500 £52,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £86,000 £95,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £100,750 £115,000 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +16.67% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

AWS Certification 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 28,187 31,834 46,687
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.34% 33.91% 27.28%
Number of salaries quoted 17,276 14,419 19,396
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,000 £30,843
25th Percentile £38,603 £42,500 £40,620
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.83% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -

AWS Certification
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing AWS Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for AWS Certification in the UK

AWS Certification
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing AWS Certification.

Salary trend for AWS Certification in the UK

AWS Certification
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing AWS Certification over the 6 months to 6 June 2024.

Salary histogram for AWS Certification in the UK

AWS Certification
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AWS Certification within the UK over the 6 months to 6 June 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 -273 498 £77,500 -3.13% 331
UK excluding London -296 386 £70,000 - 254
Work from Home +19 298 £77,500 -3.13% 90
London -118 182 £85,000 +3.03% 133
North of England -214 112 £67,500 -10.00% 74
South East -8 90 £70,000 -5.08% 25
North West -176 82 £65,000 -10.03% 46
Midlands -184 60 £72,500 +11.54% 56
Scotland -118 46 £69,000 +6.15% 30
South West -84 41 £65,000 -3.70% 21
West Midlands -166 41 £72,500 +8.70% 42
Yorkshire -83 23 £79,842 -0.20% 15
East Midlands -87 19 £87,500 +34.62% 14
Northern Ireland +38 18 £60,000 - 25
East of England -110 10 £70,000 -17.65% 18
Wales +18 9 - - 8
North East -11 7 £79,842 - 13

AWS Certification
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 (7.54%) WebLogic
2 15 (2.46%) OpenStack
3 12 (1.97%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (1.80%) SharePoint
5 4 (0.66%) Confluence
6 3 (0.49%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.49%) GeoServer
7 2 (0.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.16%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 10 (1.64%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.82%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 50 (8.20%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 2 (0.33%) Temenos T24
3 1 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 610 (100.00%) AWS
2 363 (59.51%) Azure
3 124 (20.33%) GCP
4 97 (15.90%) Serverless
5 83 (13.61%) Amazon S3
5 83 (13.61%) AWS CloudFormation
6 78 (12.79%) Amazon EKS
7 77 (12.62%) Amazon EC2
8 67 (10.98%) AWS Lambda
9 51 (8.36%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 49 (8.03%) Amazon SQS
11 43 (7.05%) Amazon ECS
12 36 (5.90%) SaaS
12 36 (5.90%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 34 (5.57%) IaaS
13 34 (5.57%) PaaS
14 32 (5.25%) Cloud Computing
15 31 (5.08%) Microsoft 365
16 21 (3.44%) Entra ID
16 21 (3.44%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 73 (11.97%) DNS
2 59 (9.67%) Firewall
3 55 (9.02%) TCP/IP
4 48 (7.87%) BGP
5 47 (7.70%) SSL
6 43 (7.05%) WAN
7 41 (6.72%) SD-WAN
8 25 (4.10%) LAN
9 18 (2.95%) Network Security
9 18 (2.95%) VPN
10 17 (2.79%) Wireless
11 14 (2.30%) DHCP
12 12 (1.97%) Unified Communications
13 11 (1.80%) VLAN
14 10 (1.64%) Internet
15 9 (1.48%) Structured Cabling
16 8 (1.31%) Wi-Fi
17 7 (1.15%) Intrusion Detection
18 5 (0.82%) 5G
18 5 (0.82%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 108 (17.70%) Amazon RDS
2 67 (10.98%) Data Lake
3 59 (9.67%) Relational Database
4 50 (8.20%) Data Warehouse
5 47 (7.70%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 47 (7.70%) RDBMS
6 46 (7.54%) Oracle Database
7 34 (5.57%) NoSQL
8 18 (2.95%) SQL Server
9 17 (2.79%) Metadata
10 16 (2.62%) DynamoDB
10 16 (2.62%) MySQL
11 14 (2.30%) Big Data
12 13 (2.13%) PostgreSQL
13 6 (0.98%) MongoDB
14 4 (0.66%) Amazon Athena
14 4 (0.66%) Azure SQL Database
14 4 (0.66%) GIS
15 2 (0.33%) Amazon Redshift
15 2 (0.33%) Oracle OLAP
Development Applications
1 62 (10.16%) Jenkins
2 40 (6.56%) Git
3 29 (4.75%) JIRA
4 24 (3.93%) GitLab
5 12 (1.97%) SonarQube
5 12 (1.97%) Terragrunt
6 4 (0.66%) CircleCI
7 3 (0.49%) Burp Suite
7 3 (0.49%) Metasploit
7 3 (0.49%) sqlmap
7 3 (0.49%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.33%) PowerDesigner
General
1 211 (34.59%) Social Skills
2 165 (27.05%) Finance
3 84 (13.77%) Presentation Skills
4 79 (12.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 47 (7.70%) Analytical Skills
6 44 (7.21%) Law
7 43 (7.05%) Public Sector
8 36 (5.90%) Banking
9 24 (3.93%) Retail
9 24 (3.93%) Retail Banking
10 19 (3.11%) Financial Institution
10 19 (3.11%) Marketing
11 7 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (1.15%) Telecoms
12 6 (0.98%) Legal
13 5 (0.82%) Back Office
14 4 (0.66%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.49%) Police
16 2 (0.33%) Games
16 2 (0.33%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 232 (38.03%) Architect
2 145 (23.77%) Lead
3 139 (22.79%) Senior
4 98 (16.07%) Solutions Architect
5 82 (13.44%) AWS Engineer
6 81 (13.28%) Cloud Engineer
7 78 (12.79%) Lead Architect
8 73 (11.97%) Consultant
9 70 (11.48%) DevOps Engineer
9 70 (11.48%) Security Architect
10 51 (8.36%) Senior Consultant
11 47 (7.70%) Data Consultant
11 47 (7.70%) Senior Architect
11 47 (7.70%) Senior Technology Consultant
11 47 (7.70%) Technology Consultant
12 46 (7.54%) Developer
12 46 (7.54%) Lead Solutions Architect
13 45 (7.38%) Cloud Architect
14 32 (5.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 31 (5.08%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (10.66%) Spring Boot
2 51 (8.36%) RabbitMQ
3 38 (6.23%) Node.js
4 34 (5.57%) .NET
5 29 (4.75%) Web Services
6 24 (3.93%) Kafka
6 24 (3.93%) Spring
7 18 (2.95%) Elastic Stack
8 15 (2.46%) AngularJS
9 13 (2.13%) ARM Templates
10 12 (1.97%) Apache Camel
10 12 (1.97%) RESTful
11 11 (1.80%) .NET Core
12 10 (1.64%) JSON
12 10 (1.64%) REST
13 9 (1.48%) .NET Framework
13 9 (1.48%) Middleware
13 9 (1.48%) XML
14 7 (1.15%) AWS CDK
15 4 (0.66%) React
Miscellaneous
1 98 (16.07%) Public Cloud
2 97 (15.90%) Cloud Native
3 81 (13.28%) Management Information System
4 65 (10.66%) Data Centre
5 48 (7.87%) Enterprise Software
6 39 (6.39%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 30 (4.92%) Product Ownership
8 25 (4.10%) Onboarding
9 20 (3.28%) Hybrid Cloud
10 18 (2.95%) Self-Motivation
11 16 (2.62%) Cyberattack
12 14 (2.30%) Distributed Systems
13 13 (2.13%) Security Posture
14 11 (1.80%) PropTech
15 10 (1.64%) iPhone
16 9 (1.48%) Driving Licence
17 8 (1.31%) Greenfield Project
17 8 (1.31%) Mobile App
17 8 (1.31%) Video\Live Streaming
18 7 (1.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 143 (23.44%) Linux
2 81 (13.28%) Windows
3 49 (8.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 39 (6.39%) Windows Server
5 27 (4.43%) Unix
6 10 (1.64%) Apple iOS
7 9 (1.48%) Solaris
7 9 (1.48%) Ubuntu
7 9 (1.48%) Windows Server 2019
8 6 (0.98%) Mesosphere
9 5 (0.82%) Kali Linux
10 2 (0.33%) VMS
10 2 (0.33%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.16%) Android
11 1 (0.16%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.16%) tvOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 231 (37.87%) Agile
2 196 (32.13%) DevOps
3 171 (28.03%) CI/CD
4 152 (24.92%) Infrastructure as Code
5 146 (23.93%) Problem-Solving
6 127 (20.82%) Migration
7 110 (18.03%) Roadmaps
8 96 (15.74%) Containerisation
9 95 (15.57%) Scrum
10 92 (15.08%) Information Security
11 88 (14.43%) Computer Science
12 86 (14.10%) Mentoring
13 78 (12.79%) Cybersecurity
14 77 (12.62%) Actionable Insight
15 76 (12.46%) Microservices
16 74 (12.13%) Artificial Intelligence
17 71 (11.64%) Presales
18 70 (11.48%) Data Migration
19 69 (11.31%) Data Architecture
20 68 (11.15%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 150 (24.59%) Python
2 84 (13.77%) Java
3 45 (7.38%) JavaScript
4 43 (7.05%) PowerShell
5 36 (5.90%) SQL
6 32 (5.25%) C#
7 30 (4.92%) Bash
8 16 (2.62%) Go
8 16 (2.62%) Groovy
9 11 (1.80%) TypeScript
10 8 (1.31%) Perl
10 8 (1.31%) Ruby
10 8 (1.31%) Shell Script
11 6 (0.98%) Kotlin
12 4 (0.66%) Bicep
12 4 (0.66%) C++
Qualifications
1 263 (43.11%) Azure Certification
2 189 (30.98%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 166 (27.21%) Security Cleared
4 161 (26.39%) SC Cleared
5 115 (18.85%) Degree
6 84 (13.77%) CISSP
7 81 (13.28%) Cisco Certification
8 78 (12.79%) Computer Science Degree
9 62 (10.16%) CISM
10 53 (8.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 44 (7.21%) CCSP
12 42 (6.89%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 33 (5.41%) CCSK
14 28 (4.59%) AWS Certified Developer
15 25 (4.10%) Microsoft Certification
16 24 (3.93%) CCNA
17 21 (3.44%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
17 21 (3.44%) Master's Degree
18 16 (2.62%) OSCP
19 12 (1.97%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (13.11%) NIST
2 55 (9.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 29 (4.75%) PCI DSS
4 23 (3.77%) QA
5 15 (2.46%) Cyber Essentials
6 14 (2.30%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 12 (1.97%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 9 (1.48%) GDPR
9 8 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 6 (0.98%) Accessibility
10 6 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 6 (0.98%) IASME
11 5 (0.82%) GRC
11 5 (0.82%) HIPAA
11 5 (0.82%) SOC 2
12 4 (0.66%) SLA
13 2 (0.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 2 (0.33%) NCSC
13 2 (0.33%) Solvency II
14 1 (0.16%) Data Quality
System Software
1 175 (28.69%) Docker
2 39 (6.39%) Active Directory
3 28 (4.59%) Hyper-V
4 21 (3.44%) VMware Infrastructure
5 11 (1.80%) KVM
6 10 (1.64%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.33%) vSphere
8 1 (0.16%) HDFS
8 1 (0.16%) OpenAM
8 1 (0.16%) OpenDJ
8 1 (0.16%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 172 (28.20%) Kubernetes
2 161 (26.39%) Terraform
3 41 (6.72%) Ansible
4 36 (5.90%) Single Sign-On
5 23 (3.77%) Puppet
6 13 (2.13%) Consul
7 12 (1.97%) Microsoft Intune
8 11 (1.80%) Grafana
8 11 (1.80%) Progress Chef
9 10 (1.64%) Prometheus
10 6 (0.98%) Docker Swarm
11 5 (0.82%) Karpenter
11 5 (0.82%) Suricata
12 3 (0.49%) FortiGate
13 2 (0.33%) Argo
13 2 (0.33%) Host Intrusion Detection System
13 2 (0.33%) ZABBIX
14 1 (0.16%) CASB
14 1 (0.16%) Opsgenie
14 1 (0.16%) SCCM
Vendors
1 114 (18.69%) Microsoft
2 53 (8.69%) Oracle
3 50 (8.20%) Sparx
4 45 (7.38%) Google
5 34 (5.57%) VMware
6 31 (5.08%) Cisco
7 21 (3.44%) Adobe
8 14 (2.30%) ServiceNow
9 13 (2.13%) Citrix
10 12 (1.97%) Apple
10 12 (1.97%) Black Duck
11 9 (1.48%) Avaya
11 9 (1.48%) CheckPoint
11 9 (1.48%) Splunk
11 9 (1.48%) WSO2
12 8 (1.31%) Facebook
13 7 (1.15%) Meraki
13 7 (1.15%) Palo Alto
14 6 (0.98%) SAP
15 5 (0.82%) Juniper