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 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 29 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 12 | 10 | 6 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -2 | -4 | 0 |
| Contract jobs citing AWS | 4,340 | 6,893 | 12,598 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 10.11% | 12.28% | 14.38% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 31.15% | 33.72% | 37.44% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3,282 | 5,160 | 9,566 |
| 10th Percentile | £375 | £425 | £425 |
| 25th Percentile | £456 | £500 | £500 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £576 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.56% | +0.22% | +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% | +6.53% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 26 | 66 | 48 |
| 10th Percentile | £22.19 | £35.00 | £44.03 |
| 25th Percentile | £31.44 | £48.04 | £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 | £78.00 | £77.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £73.50 | £88.30 | £81.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £55.00 | £71.25 | £70.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -22.81% | +1.79% | +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 | 13,931 | 20,440 | 33,652 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 32.46% | 36.40% | 38.42% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,905 | 14,783 | 24,556 |
| 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 | £634 | £650 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £745 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | - | +10.86% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 346 | 334 | 399 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.00 | £15.25 | £13.88 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.06 | £18.61 | £15.44 |
| Median hourly rate | £21.37 | £37.25 | £22.40 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -42.63% | +66.29% | +0.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £40.63 | £68.75 | £53.88 |
| 90th Percentile | £69.13 | £78.83 | £67.88 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £17.72 | £27.35 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -35.21% | +36.75% | - |
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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 29 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 29 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 29 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 | £561 | -6.46% | 2,504 |
| London | +1 | 2,353 | £575 | -7.26% | 1,224 |
| Work from Home | 0 | 1,749 | £568 | -1.30% | 1,536 |
| UK excluding London | -9 | 1,342 | £507 | -7.82% | 1,457 |
| North of England | -2 | 437 | £500 | -9.09% | 447 |
| South East | -4 | 296 | £575 | - | 255 |
| North West | -4 | 267 | £475 | -13.64% | 284 |
| Scotland | -3 | 240 | £475 | -4.04% | 124 |
| South West | -12 | 195 | £538 | -6.52% | 198 |
| Yorkshire | -4 | 148 | £535 | -2.73% | 122 |
| Midlands | -9 | 128 | £450 | -16.67% | 224 |
| East Midlands | +5 | 65 | £445 | -19.09% | 82 |
| West Midlands | -26 | 65 | £450 | -18.18% | 142 |
| East of England | -53 | 40 | £550 | -6.14% | 109 |
| North East | -9 | 24 | £575 | -8.00% | 41 |
| Wales | +2 | 16 | £558 | -2.19% | 50 |
| Northern Ireland | 0 | 5 | £675 | +12.50% | 74 |
| 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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