The first table below looks at the demand for Amazon AWS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Amazon AWS over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Platforms category for the Edinburgh region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Amazon Web Services (Amazon AWS)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Amazon AWS 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh - - -
As % of the Application Platforms category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £280 £375
% change year-on-year
-1.78% -25.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.00 - -
All Application Platforms
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
148 151 151
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 18.07% 13.76% 11.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 61 53
Average daily rate £343 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.38% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £134 £200 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £430 £454
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 4
Average hourly rate £20.00 £13.50 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+48.14% -22.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.70 £11.50 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.30 £13.90 £18.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -
Amazon AWS
Scotland