Amazon Web Services (AWS)
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for AWS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited AWS over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 28 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 12 | 10 | 6 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -2 | -4 | 0 |
| Contract jobs citing AWS | 4,339 | 6,901 | 12,708 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 10.13% | 12.26% | 14.40% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 31.15% | 33.66% | 37.45% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3,284 | 5,164 | 9,647 |
| 10th Percentile | £377 | £425 | £425 |
| 25th Percentile | £456 | £500 | £500 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £579 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.97% | +0.65% | +9.52% |
| 75th Percentile | £675 | £688 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £788 | £775 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £507 | £550 | £530 |
| % change year-on-year | -7.82% | +3.77% | +6.64% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 26 | 63 | 48 |
| 10th Percentile | £22.19 | £35.00 | £44.03 |
| 25th Percentile | £31.44 | £48.59 | £51.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £55.00 | £75.00 | £65.54 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -26.67% | +14.43% | +31.08% |
| 75th Percentile | £72.50 | £79.00 | £77.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £73.50 | £88.30 | £81.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £55.00 | £65.50 | £70.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -16.03% | -6.43% | +12.00% |
All Cloud Skills
UK
AWS is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills | 13,929 | 20,504 | 33,931 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 32.52% | 36.44% | 38.46% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,911 | 14,827 | 24,764 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £325 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £450 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £635 | £650 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £748 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | - | +11.11% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 345 | 328 | 402 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.00 | £15.25 | £13.88 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.06 | £18.50 | £15.37 |
| Median hourly rate | £21.37 | £36.50 | £22.20 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -41.45% | +64.41% | -0.22% |
| 75th Percentile | £40.00 | £67.81 | £53.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £68.05 | £79.19 | £67.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £17.72 | £26.48 | £19.63 |
| % change year-on-year | -33.08% | +34.93% | -1.88% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing AWS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing AWS.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing AWS over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing AWS.
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Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing AWS over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.
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Top 18 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AWS within the UK over the 6 months to 28 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 Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
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| England | -3 | 3,627 | £563 | -6.25% | 2,525 |
| London | +1 | 2,360 | £575 | -7.26% | 1,225 |
| Work from Home | 0 | 1,759 | £575 | - | 1,522 |
| UK excluding London | -9 | 1,332 | £507 | -7.82% | 1,473 |
| North of England | -2 | 432 | £500 | -9.09% | 448 |
| South East | 0 | 292 | £575 | - | 261 |
| North West | -1 | 264 | £475 | -12.04% | 288 |
| Scotland | -3 | 241 | £475 | -4.04% | 121 |
| South West | -11 | 194 | £538 | -6.52% | 209 |
| Yorkshire | -5 | 146 | £525 | -4.55% | 120 |
| Midlands | -10 | 127 | £450 | -16.67% | 229 |
| West Midlands | -29 | 65 | £450 | -18.18% | 144 |
| East Midlands | +10 | 64 | £445 | -20.89% | 85 |
| East of England | -53 | 40 | £550 | -6.14% | 107 |
| North East | -9 | 24 | £575 | -8.00% | 40 |
| Wales | -2 | 16 | £558 | -2.19% | 49 |
| Northern Ireland | +2 | 5 | £675 | +12.50% | 73 |
| Isle of Man | - | 3 | - | - | 1 |
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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:
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