AWS Contracts in the North of England

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 15 11 8
Rank change year-on-year -4 -3 -4
Contract jobs citing AWS 429 712 922
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 9.21% 12.47% 12.92%
As % of the Cloud Services category 31.47% 34.28% 37.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 333 561 703
10th Percentile £350 £418 £407
25th Percentile £419 £488 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% - +15.79%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £630
90th Percentile £673 £700 £675
England median daily rate £563 £600 £590
% change year-on-year -6.25% +1.69% +12.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 2
10th Percentile £56.84 £35.92 £24.98
25th Percentile £67.50 £37.30 £30.19
Median hourly rate £70.94 £39.60 £40.25
Median % change year-on-year +79.13% -1.61% +61.00%
75th Percentile £72.50 £52.68 £50.19
90th Percentile £73.50 £60.52 £55.33
England median hourly rate £50.59 £75.00 £56.25
% change year-on-year -32.55% +33.33% -3.02%

All Cloud Skills
North of England

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 advertised in the North of England with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,363 2,077 2,491
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 29.25% 36.39% 34.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 968 1,552 1,901
10th Percentile £263 £300 £195
25th Percentile £375 £414 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £588
90th Percentile £638 £687 £663
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 36 61
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.22 £15.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £19.44 £16.25
Median hourly rate £16.06 £39.80 £18.75
Median % change year-on-year -59.65% +112.27% -1.32%
75th Percentile £21.69 £65.00 £23.75
90th Percentile £43.75 £70.00 £56.25
England median hourly rate £20.97 £32.30 £21.31
% change year-on-year -35.08% +51.55% +0.95%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing AWS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for AWS in the North of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing AWS in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for AWS in the North of England

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing AWS in the North of England over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for AWS in the North of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing AWS in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for AWS in the North of England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing AWS in the North of England over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for AWS in the North of England

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Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AWS within the North of England region over the 6 months to 7 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
North West -2 282 £497 -9.59% 248
Yorkshire -9 128 £538 -2.27% 135
North East -10 21 £575 -8.00% 47
AWS
England

AWS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 18 (4.20%) Apache
2 13 (3.03%) Confluence
3 10 (2.33%) Apache Airflow
3 10 (2.33%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 5 (1.17%) SharePoint
5 4 (0.93%) CMS
5 4 (0.93%) Mule
6 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.70%) nginx
7 2 (0.47%) Traefik
8 1 (0.23%) Alfresco
8 1 (0.23%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.23%) Drupal
8 1 (0.23%) JBoss
8 1 (0.23%) SharePoint 2013
8 1 (0.23%) Tomcat
Applications
1 5 (1.17%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.23%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 6 (1.40%) Temenos T24
2 2 (0.47%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 135 (31.47%) Azure
2 64 (14.92%) GCP
3 53 (12.35%) Serverless
4 50 (11.66%) Amazon EC2
4 50 (11.66%) Amazon S3
5 42 (9.79%) AWS Lambda
6 34 (7.93%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 29 (6.76%) GitHub
8 28 (6.53%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 24 (5.59%) Snowflake
10 18 (4.20%) Amazon SQS
10 18 (4.20%) AWS CloudFormation
11 16 (3.73%) Amazon EKS
11 16 (3.73%) Route 53
12 15 (3.50%) Microsoft 365
12 15 (3.50%) SaaS
13 14 (3.26%) Apigee
14 13 (3.03%) Power Platform
15 12 (2.80%) IaaS
16 11 (2.56%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 22 (5.13%) VPN
2 17 (3.96%) DNS
2 17 (3.96%) Firewall
3 15 (3.50%) TCP/IP
4 11 (2.56%) LAN
4 11 (2.56%) OSPF
4 11 (2.56%) WAN
5 10 (2.33%) Network Security
6 8 (1.86%) Wireless
7 7 (1.63%) Ethernet
7 7 (1.63%) HTTP
7 7 (1.63%) VLAN
7 7 (1.63%) Wireless Security
8 5 (1.17%) DHCP
8 5 (1.17%) FTP
8 5 (1.17%) HTTPS
8 5 (1.17%) SSL
9 4 (0.93%) BGP
9 4 (0.93%) MPLS
9 4 (0.93%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (9.09%) MongoDB
2 20 (4.66%) MySQL
3 17 (3.96%) Amazon Redshift
4 16 (3.73%) Amazon RDS
4 16 (3.73%) Data Warehouse
4 16 (3.73%) Elasticsearch
5 13 (3.03%) Big Data
5 13 (3.03%) PostgreSQL
5 13 (3.03%) Power BI
5 13 (3.03%) SQL Server
6 12 (2.80%) Data Lake
6 12 (2.80%) NoSQL
7 11 (2.56%) DynamoDB
7 11 (2.56%) Relational Database
8 6 (1.40%) Flink
8 6 (1.40%) Hadoop
9 5 (1.17%) OLAP
9 5 (1.17%) OLTP
9 5 (1.17%) Oracle OLAP
10 4 (0.93%) DB2
Development Applications
1 65 (15.15%) GitLab
2 55 (12.82%) Git
3 51 (11.89%) Jenkins
4 29 (6.76%) JIRA
5 12 (2.80%) SonarQube
6 10 (2.33%) Cucumber
7 9 (2.10%) Cypress.io
8 8 (1.86%) webpack
9 7 (1.63%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 7 (1.63%) Burp Suite
9 7 (1.63%) Maven
9 7 (1.63%) Travis CI
10 6 (1.40%) CircleCI
10 6 (1.40%) Hudson
11 5 (1.17%) Liquibase
11 5 (1.17%) Selenium
12 4 (0.93%) AppScan
12 4 (0.93%) Bitbucket
12 4 (0.93%) Log4j
12 4 (0.93%) Mockito
General
1 84 (19.58%) Social Skills
2 40 (9.32%) Public Sector
3 36 (8.39%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (6.53%) Finance
5 17 (3.96%) Banking
6 14 (3.26%) Retail
7 11 (2.56%) Manufacturing
8 7 (1.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (1.63%) Pharmaceutical
9 5 (1.17%) Marketing
9 5 (1.17%) Telecoms
10 4 (0.93%) Health Technology
11 2 (0.47%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.47%) Electronics
11 2 (0.47%) Games
11 2 (0.47%) Tech for Good
12 1 (0.23%) Advertising
12 1 (0.23%) Automotive
12 1 (0.23%) Back Office
12 1 (0.23%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 115 (26.81%) Developer
2 51 (11.89%) DevOps Engineer
3 46 (10.72%) Architect
4 45 (10.49%) Lead
5 40 (9.32%) Senior
6 34 (7.93%) Java Developer
6 34 (7.93%) Software Engineer
7 32 (7.46%) AWS Engineer
8 26 (6.06%) AWS DevOps
9 18 (4.20%) AWS DevOps Engineer
9 18 (4.20%) Cloud Engineer
10 17 (3.96%) Data Engineer
10 17 (3.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 17 (3.96%) Network Engineer
11 16 (3.73%) Python Developer
12 15 (3.50%) Site Reliability Engineer
13 14 (3.26%) AWS Architect
14 13 (3.03%) Solutions Architect
15 12 (2.80%) Site Engineer
16 11 (2.56%) SC Cleared Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (13.75%) Node.js
2 46 (10.72%) RESTful
3 45 (10.49%) React
4 32 (7.46%) Spring Boot
5 31 (7.23%) Spring
6 26 (6.06%) Web Services
7 19 (4.43%) REST
8 17 (3.96%) Kafka
8 17 (3.96%) OAuth
9 16 (3.73%) OpenID
10 14 (3.26%) JSON
11 13 (3.03%) .NET
12 12 (2.80%) Hibernate
12 12 (2.80%) XML
13 11 (2.56%) AngularJS
13 11 (2.56%) Redux
14 10 (2.33%) Elastic Stack
14 10 (2.33%) Express.js
14 10 (2.33%) Lambda Expressions
14 10 (2.33%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 18 (4.20%) Public Cloud
2 13 (3.03%) Enterprise Software
3 10 (2.33%) Greenfield Project
4 8 (1.86%) Virtual Team
5 7 (1.63%) NHS
6 6 (1.40%) Data Structures
6 6 (1.40%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (1.40%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (1.40%) Product Ownership
6 6 (1.40%) Replication
7 5 (1.17%) DataPower
7 5 (1.17%) Onboarding
7 5 (1.17%) PKI
8 4 (0.93%) Cloud Native
8 4 (0.93%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (0.93%) Mainframe
8 4 (0.93%) Management Information System
9 3 (0.70%) Cyber Defence
9 3 (0.70%) Mobile App
9 3 (0.70%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 55 (12.82%) Linux
2 28 (6.53%) Windows
3 18 (4.20%) Unix
4 11 (2.56%) Windows Server
5 10 (2.33%) Apple iOS
6 8 (1.86%) Android
6 8 (1.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (1.40%) CentOS
8 4 (0.93%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.70%) Kali Linux
10 2 (0.47%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.47%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.23%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.23%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.23%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (31.93%) CI/CD
2 127 (29.60%) Agile
3 108 (25.17%) DevOps
4 61 (14.22%) Containerisation
5 59 (13.75%) Software Engineering
6 56 (13.05%) Problem-Solving
7 54 (12.59%) Microservices
8 47 (10.96%) Infrastructure as Code
9 44 (10.26%) Stakeholder Management
10 41 (9.56%) Scrum
10 41 (9.56%) Test Automation
11 35 (8.16%) Design Patterns
12 33 (7.69%) Full Stack Development
13 31 (7.23%) Migration
14 30 (6.99%) Continuous Integration
15 28 (6.53%) ETL
16 25 (5.83%) Roadmaps
17 24 (5.59%) Data Modelling
17 24 (5.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 24 (5.59%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 121 (28.21%) Python
2 108 (25.17%) Java
3 48 (11.19%) Bash
4 46 (10.72%) SQL
5 39 (9.09%) JavaScript
6 31 (7.23%) TypeScript
7 25 (5.83%) PowerShell
8 20 (4.66%) Go
9 12 (2.80%) PHP
10 11 (2.56%) Scala
11 9 (2.10%) C#
12 8 (1.86%) C
12 8 (1.86%) Ruby
13 2 (0.47%) Bicep
13 2 (0.47%) Perl
13 2 (0.47%) R
13 2 (0.47%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.23%) Julia
14 1 (0.23%) Kotlin
14 1 (0.23%) Rust
Qualifications
1 90 (20.98%) Security Cleared
2 76 (17.72%) SC Cleared
3 15 (3.50%) AWS Certification
3 15 (3.50%) Cisco Certification
3 15 (3.50%) Degree
4 10 (2.33%) BPSS Clearance
4 10 (2.33%) CCNA
5 9 (2.10%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 7 (1.63%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (1.63%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (1.40%) CCNP
8 5 (1.17%) CCIE
8 5 (1.17%) DV Cleared
9 4 (0.93%) VCAP
10 3 (0.70%) CISM
10 3 (0.70%) CISSP
10 3 (0.70%) MCSE
10 3 (0.70%) OSCP
11 2 (0.47%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.47%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (7.23%) QA
2 13 (3.03%) Accessibility
3 9 (2.10%) Data Quality
3 9 (2.10%) PCI DSS
4 7 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (1.63%) NIST
5 4 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 4 (0.93%) SLA
6 3 (0.70%) ISO 22301
6 3 (0.70%) NCSC
7 2 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.23%) GDPR
8 1 (0.23%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.23%) WCAG
System Software
1 68 (15.85%) Docker
2 15 (3.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (2.80%) Active Directory
4 10 (2.33%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.47%) HDFS
6 1 (0.23%) ACF2
6 1 (0.23%) IAG
6 1 (0.23%) RACF
6 1 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.23%) vSphere
6 1 (0.23%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 101 (23.54%) Kubernetes
2 99 (23.08%) Terraform
3 38 (8.86%) Ansible
4 24 (5.59%) Prometheus
5 23 (5.36%) Grafana
6 19 (4.43%) Puppet
7 15 (3.50%) Progress Chef
8 10 (2.33%) HP Fortify
9 9 (2.10%) Docker Swarm
9 9 (2.10%) Kibana
10 7 (1.63%) Microsoft Intune
10 7 (1.63%) Packer
10 7 (1.63%) Single Sign-On
11 6 (1.40%) logstash
12 4 (0.93%) Graylog
12 4 (0.93%) Nessus
12 4 (0.93%) Rancher
12 4 (0.93%) WebInspect
13 3 (0.70%) Istio
14 2 (0.47%) Consul
Vendors
1 28 (6.53%) Microsoft
2 26 (6.06%) Splunk
3 22 (5.13%) Google
4 21 (4.90%) VMware
5 12 (2.80%) Oracle
6 8 (1.86%) Informatica
7 7 (1.63%) Databricks
7 7 (1.63%) Salesforce
7 7 (1.63%) ServiceNow
7 7 (1.63%) Sophos
8 6 (1.40%) Cisco
8 6 (1.40%) IBM
8 6 (1.40%) PagerDuty
8 6 (1.40%) SAP
9 5 (1.17%) Atlassian
9 5 (1.17%) Brio
9 5 (1.17%) Talend
9 5 (1.17%) TSYS
10 4 (0.93%) SolarWinds
10 4 (0.93%) Veracode