Upskilling and Training

In 2014, Amazon launched its innovative Career Choice programme in the UK providing its operations employees with funding for adult education, offering to pre-pay 95% of tuition and reimbursement for eligible fees for nationally recognised courses – up to £8,000 over four years. 

As of 2024, Amazon has invested more than £55 million to give its UK employees access to more than 20 different programmes to help them maximise their potential within the company or further afield. As of 2024, more than 18,500 Amazon employees in the UK have participated in Career Choice since the programme launched.

AWS Training and Certification equips learners with cloud computing education to build and validate in-demand cloud computing skills. Learners of various skill levels, roles, and backgrounds can build knowledge and practical skills using an extensive library of live classroom training and more than 600 free online courses. Since 2020, we've helped more than 21 million people get cloud skills training for free. We also help cultivate the next generation of cloud professionals through our Education Programmes, including AWS Academy, AWS Cloud Institute, AWS Educate, and AWS re/Start, providing cloud skills training and AWS Certification opportunities to individuals of diverse backgrounds who want to learn cloud or seek a career change.

Amazon’s fully-funded apprenticeship programme, from entry-level through to degree-level, provides an exciting path for future team leaders, engineers, and innovation drivers. Amazon has onboarded thousands of apprentices across a diverse range of skillsets and ambitions—from automation engineering to broadcast production, robotics to safety. We also support the creation of apprenticeships outside of Amazon in small and medium-sized organisations across England through the Amazon Apprenticeship Fund.

Our digital learning centre offers 600+ free digital courses to meet a wide variety of skill levels and learning goals. Each programme offers something different. Learn more and get started.

AWS re/Start is a free, cohort-based workforce development training programme that helps individuals build cloud computing skills and connects participants with employment opportunities at local employers. The programme is free to the learner and focused on helping unemployed or underemployed individuals launching a new career. AWS re/Start’s collaborating organisations support underrepresented groups, minorities, displaced individuals, young people, and more.

We offer hundreds of hours of free, self-paced training for new-to-cloud learners on AWS Educate. Learners can explore employment opportunities on the AWS Educate Job Board and earn digital badges to score an invite to the AWS Emerging Talent Community, where they can connect with other early career cloud talent.

AWS Academy provides higher education institutions with free, ready-to-teach cloud computing curricula that prepare students to pursue industry-recognised AWS Certifications and in-demand jobs.

We’ve expanded our commitment to building a diverse pipeline of talent into the cloud workforce with the launch of AWS Cloud Institute, a virtual, structured 12-course programme that trains people to become entry-level cloud developers in as little as one year.