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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 429 177 376
Rank change year-on-year -252 +199 +27
Permanent jobs citing AWS Certification 579 2,129 1,598
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.58% 2.15% 0.99%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.11% 6.50% 3.68%
Number of salaries quoted 316 478 664
10th Percentile £48,750 £52,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £77,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +7.14%
75th Percentile £86,563 £91,250 £92,500
90th Percentile £103,125 £115,000 £112,500
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 27,486 32,730 43,417
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.51% 33.01% 27.01%
Number of salaries quoted 17,243 14,736 18,996
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,483 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,000 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,350 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.49% +4.70% +1.01%

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 18 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 18 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 -255 470 £79,842 +3.02% 241
UK excluding London -282 377 £70,000 - 204
Work from Home +21 285 £78,750 +5.00% 153
London -114 165 £88,000 +6.67% 104
North of England -202 109 £67,500 -11.48% 57
South East +6 96 £71,250 -5.00% 30
North West -169 80 £65,000 -10.34% 30
Midlands -192 52 £75,000 +15.38% 42
Scotland -112 46 £69,788 +7.37% 26
South West -80 39 £65,000 -3.70% 13
West Midlands -146 35 £73,750 +13.46% 38
Yorkshire -86 22 £79,842 -0.20% 11
Northern Ireland +36 17 £60,000 - 29
East Midlands -75 17 £87,500 +34.62% 4
East of England -89 10 £70,000 -17.65% 6
Wales +14 8 - - 3
North East -1 7 £79,842 +121.78% 16

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 (7.94%) WebLogic
2 16 (2.76%) OpenStack
3 10 (1.73%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (1.38%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.52%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.52%) GeoServer
6 2 (0.35%) Confluence
7 1 (0.17%) Apache
7 1 (0.17%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.17%) IIS
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.17%) WebSphere
Applications
1 10 (1.73%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.52%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.17%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.17%) PTC Creo
5 1 (0.17%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 50 (8.64%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.17%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 579 (100.00%) AWS
2 340 (58.72%) Azure
3 104 (17.96%) GCP
4 96 (16.58%) Serverless
5 83 (14.34%) Amazon EKS
6 79 (13.64%) Amazon S3
7 72 (12.44%) Amazon EC2
8 65 (11.23%) AWS CloudFormation
9 64 (11.05%) AWS Lambda
10 52 (8.98%) Amazon ECS
11 48 (8.29%) Amazon SQS
12 45 (7.77%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 34 (5.87%) IaaS
13 34 (5.87%) PaaS
13 34 (5.87%) SaaS
14 30 (5.18%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 28 (4.84%) Microsoft 365
16 21 (3.63%) Route 53
17 20 (3.45%) Cloud Computing
18 19 (3.28%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 73 (12.61%) DNS
2 58 (10.02%) Firewall
3 55 (9.50%) TCP/IP
4 47 (8.12%) BGP
4 47 (8.12%) SSL
5 42 (7.25%) WAN
6 41 (7.08%) SD-WAN
7 24 (4.15%) LAN
8 19 (3.28%) VPN
9 17 (2.94%) Network Security
9 17 (2.94%) Wireless
10 14 (2.42%) DHCP
11 12 (2.07%) Unified Communications
12 10 (1.73%) Internet
12 10 (1.73%) VLAN
13 9 (1.55%) Structured Cabling
14 8 (1.38%) Wi-Fi
15 7 (1.21%) Intrusion Detection
16 4 (0.69%) Remote Desktop
17 3 (0.52%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 104 (17.96%) Amazon RDS
2 66 (11.40%) Data Lake
3 63 (10.88%) Relational Database
4 50 (8.64%) Data Warehouse
5 47 (8.12%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 47 (8.12%) RDBMS
6 46 (7.94%) Oracle Database
7 38 (6.56%) NoSQL
8 20 (3.45%) DynamoDB
9 19 (3.28%) SQL Server
10 17 (2.94%) PostgreSQL
11 16 (2.76%) MySQL
12 15 (2.59%) Big Data
12 15 (2.59%) Metadata
13 5 (0.86%) MongoDB
14 4 (0.69%) Azure SQL Database
14 4 (0.69%) GIS
15 3 (0.52%) Amazon Athena
15 3 (0.52%) Amazon Redshift
16 2 (0.35%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 55 (9.50%) Jenkins
2 48 (8.29%) Git
3 28 (4.84%) GitLab
4 14 (2.42%) JIRA
5 4 (0.69%) CircleCI
6 3 (0.52%) Burp Suite
6 3 (0.52%) Metasploit
6 3 (0.52%) sqlmap
6 3 (0.52%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.35%) PowerDesigner
7 2 (0.35%) Spinnaker
8 1 (0.17%) Chocolatey
General
1 193 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 163 (28.15%) Finance
3 85 (14.68%) Presentation Skills
4 74 (12.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 48 (8.29%) Law
6 41 (7.08%) Analytical Skills
6 41 (7.08%) Public Sector
7 31 (5.35%) Banking
8 25 (4.32%) Retail
9 22 (3.80%) Marketing
10 19 (3.28%) Retail Banking
11 17 (2.94%) Financial Institution
12 8 (1.38%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (1.21%) Telecoms
14 4 (0.69%) Legal
15 3 (0.52%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.52%) Games
15 3 (0.52%) Police
16 2 (0.35%) Military
16 2 (0.35%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 216 (37.31%) Architect
2 144 (24.87%) Lead
3 132 (22.80%) Senior
4 94 (16.23%) Solutions Architect
5 85 (14.68%) Cloud Engineer
6 75 (12.95%) AWS Engineer
7 74 (12.78%) Lead Architect
8 73 (12.61%) Consultant
9 70 (12.09%) Security Architect
10 63 (10.88%) DevOps Engineer
11 51 (8.81%) Senior Consultant
12 50 (8.64%) Developer
13 47 (8.12%) Data Consultant
13 47 (8.12%) Senior Technology Consultant
13 47 (8.12%) Technology Consultant
14 46 (7.94%) Lead Solutions Architect
15 44 (7.60%) Senior Architect
16 36 (6.22%) Cloud Architect
17 32 (5.53%) Software Engineer
18 30 (5.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (11.74%) Spring Boot
2 50 (8.64%) RabbitMQ
3 35 (6.04%) .NET
4 30 (5.18%) Node.js
5 29 (5.01%) Web Services
6 27 (4.66%) Kafka
6 27 (4.66%) Spring
7 20 (3.45%) Elastic Stack
8 19 (3.28%) AngularJS
9 14 (2.42%) JSON
9 14 (2.42%) REST
9 14 (2.42%) XML
10 12 (2.07%) Apache Camel
10 12 (2.07%) RESTful
11 10 (1.73%) .NET Core
12 9 (1.55%) .NET Framework
12 9 (1.55%) AWS CDK
13 8 (1.38%) Middleware
14 4 (0.69%) React
15 3 (0.52%) AWS SAM
Miscellaneous
1 99 (17.10%) Public Cloud
2 82 (14.16%) Management Information System
3 78 (13.47%) Cloud Native
4 64 (11.05%) Data Centre
5 48 (8.29%) Enterprise Software
6 39 (6.74%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 26 (4.49%) Onboarding
8 20 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
9 17 (2.94%) Product Ownership
10 16 (2.76%) Cyberattack
11 15 (2.59%) Hybrid Cloud
12 14 (2.42%) Distributed Systems
13 13 (2.25%) Security Posture
14 11 (1.90%) iPhone
15 8 (1.38%) Driving Licence
15 8 (1.38%) Greenfield Project
16 7 (1.21%) Cloud Security Posture
16 7 (1.21%) Legacy Systems
16 7 (1.21%) Mobile App
16 7 (1.21%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 137 (23.66%) Linux
2 77 (13.30%) Windows
3 49 (8.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 40 (6.91%) Windows Server
5 26 (4.49%) Unix
6 9 (1.55%) Apple iOS
6 9 (1.55%) Windows Server 2019
7 8 (1.38%) Solaris
7 8 (1.38%) Ubuntu
8 6 (1.04%) Mesosphere
9 5 (0.86%) Kali Linux
10 2 (0.35%) VMS
11 1 (0.17%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 214 (36.96%) Agile
2 182 (31.43%) DevOps
3 161 (27.81%) CI/CD
4 148 (25.56%) Problem-Solving
5 127 (21.93%) Infrastructure as Code
6 119 (20.55%) Migration
7 108 (18.65%) Roadmaps
8 91 (15.72%) Containerisation
8 91 (15.72%) Information Security
9 87 (15.03%) Computer Science
10 84 (14.51%) Scrum
11 78 (13.47%) Microservices
12 77 (13.30%) Actionable Insight
13 76 (13.13%) Cybersecurity
14 74 (12.78%) Artificial Intelligence
15 71 (12.26%) Mentoring
15 71 (12.26%) Presales
16 69 (11.92%) Kanban
17 68 (11.74%) Data Migration
18 67 (11.57%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 137 (23.66%) Python
2 88 (15.20%) Java
3 42 (7.25%) SQL
4 41 (7.08%) PowerShell
5 37 (6.39%) JavaScript
6 32 (5.53%) Bash
7 31 (5.35%) C#
8 17 (2.94%) Go
9 16 (2.76%) Groovy
10 11 (1.90%) TypeScript
11 8 (1.38%) Perl
11 8 (1.38%) Ruby
11 8 (1.38%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.69%) Bicep
12 4 (0.69%) C++
12 4 (0.69%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.17%) MATLAB
13 1 (0.17%) PHP
Qualifications
1 250 (43.18%) Azure Certification
2 179 (30.92%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 148 (25.56%) Security Cleared
4 141 (24.35%) SC Cleared
5 113 (19.52%) Degree
6 84 (14.51%) CISSP
7 80 (13.82%) Cisco Certification
8 77 (13.30%) Computer Science Degree
9 62 (10.71%) CISM
10 53 (9.15%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 44 (7.60%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 44 (7.60%) CCSP
12 33 (5.70%) CCSK
13 28 (4.84%) AWS Certified Developer
14 25 (4.32%) CCNA
14 25 (4.32%) Microsoft Certification
15 20 (3.45%) Master's Degree
16 18 (3.11%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
17 17 (2.94%) OSCP
18 13 (2.25%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (12.44%) NIST
2 50 (8.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 28 (4.84%) PCI DSS
4 15 (2.59%) QA
5 14 (2.42%) Cyber Essentials
5 14 (2.42%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 12 (2.07%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 9 (1.55%) GDPR
8 8 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 5 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 5 (0.86%) GRC
9 5 (0.86%) HIPAA
9 5 (0.86%) IASME
9 5 (0.86%) SOC 2
10 4 (0.69%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.35%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 2 (0.35%) NCSC
11 2 (0.35%) SLA
11 2 (0.35%) Solvency II
12 1 (0.17%) Data Quality
System Software
1 156 (26.94%) Docker
2 37 (6.39%) Active Directory
3 31 (5.35%) Hyper-V
4 21 (3.63%) VMware Infrastructure
5 11 (1.90%) KVM
6 10 (1.73%) 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
1 156 (26.94%) Kubernetes
2 149 (25.73%) Terraform
3 35 (6.04%) Single Sign-On
4 31 (5.35%) Ansible
5 26 (4.49%) Puppet
6 16 (2.76%) Consul
7 11 (1.90%) Grafana
7 11 (1.90%) Progress Chef
8 10 (1.73%) Prometheus
9 9 (1.55%) Microsoft Intune
10 6 (1.04%) Docker Swarm
11 5 (0.86%) 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
1 108 (18.65%) Microsoft
2 52 (8.98%) Oracle
3 50 (8.64%) Sparx
4 42 (7.25%) Google
5 34 (5.87%) VMware
6 30 (5.18%) Cisco
7 21 (3.63%) Adobe
8 13 (2.25%) Citrix
9 12 (2.07%) Apple
10 10 (1.73%) WSO2
11 9 (1.55%) Avaya
11 9 (1.55%) Splunk
12 8 (1.38%) CheckPoint
12 8 (1.38%) Facebook
13 7 (1.21%) SAP
14 6 (1.04%) Meraki
14 6 (1.04%) Palo Alto
15 5 (0.86%) Juniper
15 5 (0.86%) Red Hat
16 4 (0.69%) Databricks