Skillsoft wins AWS EMEA Training Partner of the Year

Skillsoft Global Knowledge has been named Amazon Web Services' EMEA Training Partner of the Year for 2025, in recognition of its role in developing cloud and artificial intelligence-related skills across the region.

The award forms part of the 2025 Global AWS Partner Awards, which highlight partners that work with customers that build and run services on AWS infrastructure. Skillsoft Global Knowledge secured the EMEA training category after a year in which it expanded large-scale workforce initiatives and collaborations with public bodies.

AWS announced the winners during its Partner Awards Gala at the AWS re:Invent 2025 event in Las Vegas. The awards cover both geographic and global categories and span a range of consulting, technology and training partners that focus on the AWS ecosystem.

Skillsoft Global Knowledge is the technology and training arm of Skillsoft that concentrates on technical skills for cloud, data and security roles. It works with employers and government-linked organisations in EMEA that seek structured pathways into technology jobs.

Training focus

The company delivers a blended training model. It uses instructor-led courses and virtual classrooms. It also runs hands-on labs and intensive bootcamps. The programmes focus on areas such as cloud architecture, machine learning, cybersecurity, DevOps and data analytics.

Its courses aim at technical professionals who work with AWS environments. The training content spans both foundational certifications and more advanced specialisms, including engineering roles that support AI deployments.

Skillsoft Global Knowledge also runs workforce development programmes across EMEA in partnership with public agencies and local authorities. These initiatives target individuals seeking to move into high-demand technology roles and employees who need to update their skills as organisations expand cloud usage.

The company said these programmes give organisations a technical base for cloud adoption and use of AI services. Employers use the courses that align with AWS technologies when they scale secure infrastructure and modernise applications.

"We're honoured to be recognised by AWS for our work advancing cloud and technical skills across EMEA," said Darren Bance, GM of Skillsoft Global Knowledge. "As cloud and AI adoption accelerates, organisations need deep, job-ready expertise to architect, secure, and optimise their environments. Our teams are proud to support the workforce capabilities that make that innovation possible. This award reflects the dedication of our instructors, partners, and learners across the region."

Awards process

The Geography and Global AWS Partner Awards use a self-nomination process in several categories at both regional and worldwide level. AWS invites all partners in its network to submit entries. A third-party firm, Canalys, reviews the submissions.

Judges place emphasis on documented customer success cases. These include examples in which partners demonstrate measurable outcomes from projects that use AWS services.

AWS also includes data-led award categories. These rely on performance metrics across the past year. The programme uses a defined dataset, which Canalys audits, and it applies a scoring process that ranks partners.

Finalists represent the three highest-scoring partners in each category. AWS uses the results to select the winners that it announces at its annual event.

Cloud skills demand

The recognition for Skillsoft Global Knowledge comes amid sustained demand for cloud and AI skills in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Organisations continue to move workloads into public cloud platforms. This has created demand for engineers and architects who can design, secure and monitor AWS-based systems.

Public sector bodies and cities across the region have also pursued digital skills projects with training providers and cloud vendors. These projects focus on reskilling workers whose industries are changing and on giving younger jobseekers access to technical training that aligns with local labour market needs.

Skillsoft Global Knowledge positions its AWS-related courses as part of these broader initiatives. It works on public-private partnerships that seek to open entry-level routes into cloud roles. It also engages with existing technology teams that require training on new AWS services and AI tools.

The AWS Partner Network is the structure that supports these collaborations. It brings together independent software vendors, consulting firms, training organisations and other partners that work with AWS on customer projects.

Members of the network use AWS training and certification frameworks. They also align commercial offerings with the AWS platform and its roadmap for services in areas such as data lakes, AI, security and observability.

Skillsoft said it plans to continue investing in AWS-focused content and delivery models across EMEA as organisations expand their use of cloud and AI services.