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 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 428 177 375
Rank change year-on-year -251 +198 +25
Permanent jobs citing AWS Certification 573 2,157 1,543
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.58% 2.08% 0.99%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.09% 6.38% 3.66%
Number of salaries quoted 311 506 696
10th Percentile £47,500 £51,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £61,563 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £76,250 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.64% +1.67% +7.72%
75th Percentile £87,500 £91,250 £91,438
90th Percentile £103,750 £110,625 £115,000
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 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 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 3 May 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 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 -250 471 £79,842 +3.02% 323
UK excluding London -283 378 £70,000 - 222
Work from Home +11 253 £76,375 +1.83% 89
London -108 156 £89,750 +8.79% 154
North of England -211 102 £67,500 -14.29% 59
South East +10 93 £70,000 -11.11% 23
North West -168 74 £63,750 -15.00% 31
South West -54 67 £66,250 -1.85% 23
Midlands -183 43 £79,842 +22.83% 50
Scotland -119 42 £69,788 +7.37% 24
West Midlands -155 28 £79,842 +19.70% 37
Yorkshire -93 20 £79,842 -0.20% 14
Northern Ireland +42 15 £60,000 - 24
East Midlands -77 15 £87,500 +34.62% 13
East of England -83 10 £70,000 -17.65% 14
North East +2 8 £79,842 +121.78% 15
Wales +12 6 - - 6

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 (8.03%) WebLogic
2 16 (2.79%) OpenStack
3 10 (1.75%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (1.40%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.52%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.52%) GeoServer
6 2 (0.35%) Apache
7 1 (0.17%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.17%) Drupal
7 1 (0.17%) IIS
7 1 (0.17%) nginx
7 1 (0.17%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.17%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.35%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.17%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.17%) PTC Creo
4 1 (0.17%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 50 (8.73%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.17%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 573 (100.00%) AWS
2 312 (54.45%) Azure
3 99 (17.28%) Serverless
4 96 (16.75%) GCP
5 94 (16.40%) AWS CloudFormation
6 84 (14.66%) Amazon EKS
7 80 (13.96%) Amazon S3
8 71 (12.39%) Amazon EC2
9 64 (11.17%) AWS Lambda
10 51 (8.90%) Amazon ECS
11 48 (8.38%) Amazon SQS
12 41 (7.16%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 33 (5.76%) SaaS
14 31 (5.41%) IaaS
14 31 (5.41%) PaaS
15 28 (4.89%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 27 (4.71%) Microsoft 365
17 21 (3.66%) Route 53
18 19 (3.32%) Cloud Computing
19 18 (3.14%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 101 (17.63%) DNS
2 84 (14.66%) TCP/IP
3 57 (9.95%) Firewall
4 47 (8.20%) BGP
4 47 (8.20%) SSL
5 43 (7.50%) DHCP
6 42 (7.33%) WAN
7 41 (7.16%) SD-WAN
8 31 (5.41%) HTTP
9 26 (4.54%) LAN
10 18 (3.14%) VPN
11 17 (2.97%) Wireless
12 16 (2.79%) Network Security
13 12 (2.09%) Unified Communications
14 10 (1.75%) Internet
14 10 (1.75%) VLAN
15 9 (1.57%) Structured Cabling
16 8 (1.40%) Wi-Fi
17 6 (1.05%) Intrusion Detection
18 4 (0.70%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 102 (17.80%) Amazon RDS
2 63 (10.99%) Relational Database
3 47 (8.20%) RDBMS
4 46 (8.03%) Oracle Database
5 40 (6.98%) Data Lake
6 36 (6.28%) NoSQL
7 26 (4.54%) Data Warehouse
8 23 (4.01%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 20 (3.49%) DynamoDB
10 19 (3.32%) SQL Server
11 17 (2.97%) PostgreSQL
12 16 (2.79%) MySQL
13 15 (2.62%) Big Data
14 13 (2.27%) Metadata
15 5 (0.87%) Amazon Redshift
16 4 (0.70%) GIS
16 4 (0.70%) MongoDB
17 3 (0.52%) Amazon Athena
17 3 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
18 2 (0.35%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 50 (8.73%) Jenkins
2 48 (8.38%) Git
3 27 (4.71%) GitLab
4 12 (2.09%) JIRA
5 3 (0.52%) CircleCI
5 3 (0.52%) TeamCity
6 2 (0.35%) Burp Suite
6 2 (0.35%) Metasploit
6 2 (0.35%) PowerDesigner
6 2 (0.35%) Spinnaker
6 2 (0.35%) sqlmap
7 1 (0.17%) Chocolatey
7 1 (0.17%) JMeter
General
1 223 (38.92%) Social Skills
2 165 (28.80%) Finance
3 96 (16.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 63 (10.99%) Presentation Skills
5 46 (8.03%) Law
6 41 (7.16%) Public Sector
7 39 (6.81%) Analytical Skills
8 26 (4.54%) Banking
9 24 (4.19%) Retail
10 23 (4.01%) Marketing
11 15 (2.62%) Financial Institution
11 15 (2.62%) Retail Banking
12 9 (1.57%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (1.22%) Telecoms
14 3 (0.52%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.52%) Games
14 3 (0.52%) Police
15 2 (0.35%) Investment Banking
15 2 (0.35%) Military
15 2 (0.35%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 226 (39.44%) Architect
2 142 (24.78%) Lead
3 127 (22.16%) Senior
4 102 (17.80%) Solutions Architect
5 86 (15.01%) Cloud Engineer
6 75 (13.09%) Lead Architect
7 72 (12.57%) Security Architect
8 67 (11.69%) AWS Engineer
9 61 (10.65%) DevOps Engineer
10 52 (9.08%) Developer
11 50 (8.73%) Consultant
11 50 (8.73%) Senior Architect
12 48 (8.38%) Cloud Architect
13 47 (8.20%) Lead Solutions Architect
14 30 (5.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 30 (5.24%) Software Engineer
15 28 (4.89%) Java Developer
15 28 (4.89%) Senior Consultant
16 27 (4.71%) AWS Architect
16 27 (4.71%) Lead Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (11.87%) Spring Boot
2 49 (8.55%) RabbitMQ
3 34 (5.93%) .NET
4 32 (5.58%) HTML
5 30 (5.24%) Node.js
5 30 (5.24%) OpenID
5 30 (5.24%) SAML
6 27 (4.71%) Kafka
6 27 (4.71%) Web Services
7 26 (4.54%) Spring
8 20 (3.49%) Elastic Stack
9 19 (3.32%) AngularJS
10 14 (2.44%) REST
10 14 (2.44%) XML
11 13 (2.27%) JSON
11 13 (2.27%) RESTful
12 11 (1.92%) Apache Camel
13 10 (1.75%) .NET Core
14 9 (1.57%) .NET Framework
14 9 (1.57%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 101 (17.63%) Cloud Native
2 97 (16.93%) Public Cloud
3 83 (14.49%) Management Information System
4 65 (11.34%) Data Centre
5 47 (8.20%) Cyberattack
5 47 (8.20%) Enterprise Software
6 39 (6.81%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 28 (4.89%) Onboarding
8 20 (3.49%) Self-Motivation
9 14 (2.44%) Distributed Systems
9 14 (2.44%) Product Ownership
10 13 (2.27%) Hybrid Cloud
10 13 (2.27%) iPhone
10 13 (2.27%) Security Posture
11 8 (1.40%) Cloud Security Posture
11 8 (1.40%) Driving Licence
11 8 (1.40%) Greenfield Project
12 7 (1.22%) Mobile App
12 7 (1.22%) PKI
12 7 (1.22%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 133 (23.21%) Linux
2 76 (13.26%) Windows
3 48 (8.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 40 (6.98%) Windows Server
5 25 (4.36%) Unix
6 9 (1.57%) Apple iOS
6 9 (1.57%) Windows Server 2019
7 7 (1.22%) Solaris
7 7 (1.22%) Ubuntu
8 6 (1.05%) Mesosphere
9 4 (0.70%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.17%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.17%) VMS
10 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 230 (40.14%) Agile
2 175 (30.54%) DevOps
3 156 (27.23%) CI/CD
4 152 (26.53%) Problem-Solving
5 147 (25.65%) Infrastructure as Code
6 112 (19.55%) Roadmaps
7 111 (19.37%) Migration
8 94 (16.40%) SDLC
9 93 (16.23%) Information Security
10 91 (15.88%) Computer Science
10 91 (15.88%) Containerisation
11 82 (14.31%) Scrum
12 80 (13.96%) Cloud Security
12 80 (13.96%) Identity Management
13 78 (13.61%) Microservices
14 76 (13.26%) Cybersecurity
15 75 (13.09%) Actionable Insight
16 73 (12.74%) Mentoring
17 68 (11.87%) Kanban
18 67 (11.69%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 137 (23.91%) Python
2 88 (15.36%) Java
3 41 (7.16%) SQL
4 39 (6.81%) PowerShell
5 37 (6.46%) JavaScript
6 31 (5.41%) C#
7 30 (5.24%) Bash
8 15 (2.62%) Go
9 13 (2.27%) Groovy
10 11 (1.92%) TypeScript
11 8 (1.40%) Perl
11 8 (1.40%) Ruby
11 8 (1.40%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.70%) Bicep
12 4 (0.70%) C++
13 2 (0.35%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.35%) PHP
14 1 (0.17%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 226 (39.44%) Azure Certification
2 209 (36.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 176 (30.72%) Security Cleared
4 138 (24.08%) SC Cleared
5 118 (20.59%) Degree
6 86 (15.01%) CISSP
7 81 (14.14%) Cisco Certification
8 80 (13.96%) Computer Science Degree
9 64 (11.17%) CISM
10 54 (9.42%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 44 (7.68%) CCSP
12 42 (7.33%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 33 (5.76%) CCSK
14 32 (5.58%) DV Cleared
15 29 (5.06%) AWS Certified Developer
16 25 (4.36%) CCNA
16 25 (4.36%) Microsoft Certification
17 21 (3.66%) Master's Degree
18 19 (3.32%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
18 19 (3.32%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (11.52%) NIST
2 46 (8.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 28 (4.89%) PCI DSS
4 16 (2.79%) QA
5 14 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials
6 13 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 12 (2.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 8 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 7 (1.22%) GDPR
10 5 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 5 (0.87%) GRC
10 5 (0.87%) HIPAA
10 5 (0.87%) IASME
10 5 (0.87%) SOC 2
11 4 (0.70%) Accessibility
12 3 (0.52%) NCSC
13 2 (0.35%) Solvency II
14 1 (0.17%) Data Quality
14 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 1 (0.17%) SEPA
System Software
1 152 (26.53%) Docker
2 38 (6.63%) Active Directory
3 31 (5.41%) Hyper-V
4 21 (3.66%) VMware Infrastructure
5 11 (1.92%) KVM
6 10 (1.75%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.35%) vSphere
8 1 (0.17%) HDFS
8 1 (0.17%) OpenAM
8 1 (0.17%) OpenDJ
8 1 (0.17%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 171 (29.84%) Terraform
2 152 (26.53%) Kubernetes
3 34 (5.93%) Single Sign-On
4 29 (5.06%) Ansible
5 24 (4.19%) Puppet
6 15 (2.62%) Consul
7 11 (1.92%) Grafana
8 10 (1.75%) Progress Chef
8 10 (1.75%) Prometheus
9 9 (1.57%) Microsoft Intune
10 6 (1.05%) Docker Swarm
11 4 (0.70%) Suricata
12 3 (0.52%) FortiGate
13 2 (0.35%) Argo
13 2 (0.35%) Host Intrusion Detection System
13 2 (0.35%) Istio
13 2 (0.35%) SCCM
13 2 (0.35%) ZABBIX
14 1 (0.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 1 (0.17%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 103 (17.98%) Microsoft
2 51 (8.90%) Oracle
3 50 (8.73%) Sparx
4 42 (7.33%) Google
5 34 (5.93%) VMware
6 30 (5.24%) Cisco
7 21 (3.66%) Adobe
8 13 (2.27%) Citrix
9 12 (2.09%) Apple
10 10 (1.75%) WSO2
11 9 (1.57%) Avaya
12 8 (1.40%) CheckPoint
12 8 (1.40%) Facebook
12 8 (1.40%) Splunk
13 7 (1.22%) SAP
14 6 (1.05%) Meraki
15 5 (0.87%) Palo Alto
16 4 (0.70%) Databricks
16 4 (0.70%) Juniper
16 4 (0.70%) Red Hat