AWS Contracts in Scotland

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring AWS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited AWS over the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 10 7
Rank change year-on-year -5 -3 +5
Contract jobs citing AWS 212 235 427
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 13.03% 10.84% 15.54%
As % of the Cloud Services category 34.25% 32.24% 43.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 151 174 316
10th Percentile £400 £400 £413
25th Percentile £425 £418 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £490
Median % change year-on-year - -3.06% -6.67%
75th Percentile £551 £538 £574
90th Percentile £600 £634 £668
UK median daily rate £548 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -0.45% -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - £43.00
25th Percentile - - £55.00
Median hourly rate - - £57.50
75th Percentile - - £76.00
90th Percentile - - £81.40
UK median hourly rate £72.50 £55.00 £74.00
% change year-on-year +31.82% -25.68% +12.91%

All Cloud Skills
Scotland

AWS falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 619 729 992
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 38.05% 33.63% 36.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 423 501 735
10th Percentile £308 £230 £250
25th Percentile £406 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £467 £460 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.52% -3.16% -
75th Percentile £538 £538 £550
90th Percentile £598 £638 £638
UK median daily rate £518 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.43% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 11
10th Percentile - £15.32 £18.25
25th Percentile £22.50 £16.23 £45.00
Median hourly rate £24.00 £17.00 £60.55
Median % change year-on-year +41.18% -71.92% +83.48%
75th Percentile £24.18 £18.54 £66.50
90th Percentile £26.70 £31.27 £76.00
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £21.37 £35.00
% change year-on-year +28.69% -38.94% +56.25%

AWS
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing AWS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for AWS in Scotland

AWS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing AWS in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for AWS in Scotland

AWS
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing AWS in Scotland over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for AWS in Scotland

AWS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing AWS in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for AWS in Scotland

AWS
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AWS within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 12 May 2025. 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
Edinburgh +4 96 £475 - 95
Glasgow -9 92 £500 +5.26% 101
Lanarkshire +5 6 £525 +18.64% 7
Aberdeen - 3 £475 - 11
Argyll and Bute - 1 £475 -
AWS
UK

AWS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 17 (8.02%) Confluence
2 6 (2.83%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.94%) Apache
3 2 (0.94%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.94%) Camunda
3 2 (0.94%) GeoServer
4 1 (0.47%) JBoss
4 1 (0.47%) nginx
4 1 (0.47%) SAS
4 1 (0.47%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.47%) WebLogic
4 1 (0.47%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (2.36%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.47%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.47%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 64 (30.19%) Amazon S3
1 64 (30.19%) Serverless
2 61 (28.77%) Azure
3 53 (25.00%) AWS Lambda
4 29 (13.68%) AWS CloudFormation
5 23 (10.85%) GitHub
6 22 (10.38%) OpenShift
7 21 (9.91%) AWS CodePipeline
8 16 (7.55%) GCP
8 16 (7.55%) GitHub Actions
8 16 (7.55%) Snowflake
9 15 (7.08%) Amazon EC2
10 13 (6.13%) Amazon Cognito
11 12 (5.66%) Cloud Computing
12 11 (5.19%) Amazon EKS
12 11 (5.19%) SaaS
13 10 (4.72%) PaaS
14 9 (4.25%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 9 (4.25%) Amazon ECS
14 9 (4.25%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.72%) Firewall
2 7 (3.30%) SAN
3 6 (2.83%) NAS
4 5 (2.36%) Network Security
5 4 (1.89%) BGP
5 4 (1.89%) Cisco ASA
5 4 (1.89%) Cisco Firepower
5 4 (1.89%) Cisco Nexus
5 4 (1.89%) EIGRP
5 4 (1.89%) OSPF
5 4 (1.89%) SD-WAN
5 4 (1.89%) VPN
5 4 (1.89%) WAN
5 4 (1.89%) Wireless
6 2 (0.94%) IPsec
7 1 (0.47%) DNS
7 1 (0.47%) Fibre Channel
7 1 (0.47%) iSCSI
7 1 (0.47%) Reverse Proxy
7 1 (0.47%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (14.62%) PostgreSQL
2 23 (10.85%) Data Warehouse
3 21 (9.91%) Amazon RDS
4 19 (8.96%) Amazon Aurora
5 15 (7.08%) MongoDB
6 14 (6.60%) MySQL
6 14 (6.60%) Oracle Database
7 13 (6.13%) Relational Database
8 12 (5.66%) NoSQL
9 11 (5.19%) Amazon Redshift
10 10 (4.72%) Amazon Athena
11 9 (4.25%) DynamoDB
12 7 (3.30%) Elasticsearch
13 6 (2.83%) DB2
13 6 (2.83%) MariaDB
14 5 (2.36%) Parquet
15 4 (1.89%) GIS
15 4 (1.89%) Hadoop
15 4 (1.89%) RDBMS
15 4 (1.89%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 35 (16.51%) Jenkins
2 26 (12.26%) Git
3 24 (11.32%) JIRA
4 21 (9.91%) GitLab
5 20 (9.43%) Bitbucket
6 12 (5.66%) Cypress.io
7 10 (4.72%) Storybook
8 7 (3.30%) JUnit
9 6 (2.83%) Artifactory
10 4 (1.89%) Gradle
10 4 (1.89%) Maven
11 3 (1.42%) Mockito
11 3 (1.42%) webpack
12 2 (0.94%) Ant
12 2 (0.94%) Bitbucket Server
12 2 (0.94%) IntelliJ
12 2 (0.94%) Newman
12 2 (0.94%) PyCharm
12 2 (0.94%) Visual Studio
12 2 (0.94%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 60 (28.30%) Social Skills
2 46 (21.70%) Finance
3 42 (19.81%) Public Sector
4 24 (11.32%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (8.96%) Banking
6 7 (3.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (2.36%) Investment Banking
8 4 (1.89%) Financial Institution
8 4 (1.89%) Law
8 4 (1.89%) Retail Banking
8 4 (1.89%) Tech for Good
9 2 (0.94%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (0.94%) Front Office
9 2 (0.94%) Legal
9 2 (0.94%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.47%) Automotive
10 1 (0.47%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.47%) Retail
Job Titles
1 67 (31.60%) Developer
2 28 (13.21%) Architect
3 27 (12.74%) Data Engineer
4 24 (11.32%) Java Developer
5 18 (8.49%) AWS Engineer
5 18 (8.49%) Senior
6 14 (6.60%) Solutions Architect
7 11 (5.19%) Cloud Engineer
7 11 (5.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 10 (4.72%) Analyst
8 10 (4.72%) AWS Developer
8 10 (4.72%) DevOps Engineer
9 9 (4.25%) Lead
9 9 (4.25%) React Developer
10 8 (3.77%) Python Developer
10 8 (3.77%) Senior Developer
10 8 (3.77%) Software Engineer
11 7 (3.30%) Software Developer
12 6 (2.83%) Python Engineer
13 5 (2.36%) Snowflake Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (21.23%) Spring
2 41 (19.34%) Spring Boot
3 36 (16.98%) AWS CDK
4 30 (14.15%) React
5 17 (8.02%) RESTful
6 16 (7.55%) CSS
7 13 (6.13%) REST
8 11 (5.19%) Jest
8 11 (5.19%) Node.js
9 9 (4.25%) JSON
9 9 (4.25%) Kafka
9 9 (4.25%) Tailwind CSS
10 6 (2.83%) HTML
10 6 (2.83%) PostGIS
10 6 (2.83%) PySpark
11 5 (2.36%) AngularJS
11 5 (2.36%) GraphQL
12 4 (1.89%) Hibernate
12 4 (1.89%) OAuth
12 4 (1.89%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 27 (12.74%) Cloud Native
2 11 (5.19%) Data Protection Act
3 9 (4.25%) Public Cloud
4 7 (3.30%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (3.30%) Enterprise Software
4 7 (3.30%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (2.36%) Data Centre
5 5 (2.36%) Management Information System
5 5 (2.36%) Product Ownership
6 4 (1.89%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (1.42%) Equity Derivative
7 3 (1.42%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.42%) Oracle Licensing
7 3 (1.42%) Replication
7 3 (1.42%) Virtual Team
8 2 (0.94%) Algorithms
8 2 (0.94%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.94%) Distributed Architecture
9 1 (0.47%) NVMe
9 1 (0.47%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 29 (13.68%) Linux
2 23 (10.85%) Windows
3 13 (6.13%) Unix
4 12 (5.66%) Windows Server
5 6 (2.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (2.36%) Amazon Linux
7 2 (0.94%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.94%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.47%) AIX
8 1 (0.47%) CentOS
8 1 (0.47%) Data ONTAP
8 1 (0.47%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (44.34%) CI/CD
2 61 (28.77%) Agile
3 52 (24.53%) DevOps
4 48 (22.64%) Problem-Solving
5 40 (18.87%) Infrastructure as Code
6 34 (16.04%) Microservices
7 31 (14.62%) Containerisation
8 30 (14.15%) Test Automation
9 28 (13.21%) Scrum
10 27 (12.74%) Computer Science
11 26 (12.26%) ETL
12 24 (11.32%) Migration
13 19 (8.96%) Data Protection
13 19 (8.96%) Full-Stack Development
13 19 (8.96%) SDLC
14 18 (8.49%) Continuous Delivery
14 18 (8.49%) Project Delivery
14 18 (8.49%) Software Engineering
15 17 (8.02%) TDD
16 16 (7.55%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 95 (44.81%) Python
2 64 (30.19%) Java
3 49 (23.11%) SQL
4 38 (17.92%) TypeScript
5 28 (13.21%) JavaScript
6 13 (6.13%) Bash
7 8 (3.77%) C#
8 6 (2.83%) Shell Script
9 4 (1.89%) Go
9 4 (1.89%) Groovy
10 3 (1.42%) Perl
10 3 (1.42%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.94%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.94%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.47%) C++
Qualifications
1 36 (16.98%) AWS Certification
2 28 (13.21%) Degree
3 23 (10.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 17 (8.02%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (4.72%) Azure Certification
6 8 (3.77%) AWS Certified Developer
7 4 (1.89%) CCNP
7 4 (1.89%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.89%) SC Cleared
7 4 (1.89%) Security Cleared
8 3 (1.42%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.42%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (1.42%) PMI Certification
8 3 (1.42%) PMP
9 2 (0.94%) CISSP
9 2 (0.94%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.47%) CEH
10 1 (0.47%) GCFA
10 1 (0.47%) GCIH
10 1 (0.47%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.66%) Data Quality
2 10 (4.72%) Disclosure Scotland
3 9 (4.25%) QA
4 8 (3.77%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.94%) GDPR
5 2 (0.94%) NIST
5 2 (0.94%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.94%) WCAG
6 1 (0.47%) GRC
6 1 (0.47%) NCSC
6 1 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.47%) SLA
System Software
1 34 (16.04%) Docker
2 3 (1.42%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.42%) Oracle RAC
3 2 (0.94%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.47%) Firmware
4 1 (0.47%) GPFS
4 1 (0.47%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.47%) NFS
Systems Management
1 49 (23.11%) Terraform
2 44 (20.75%) Kubernetes
3 16 (7.55%) Ansible
4 13 (6.13%) Grafana
5 9 (4.25%) Oracle RMAN
6 6 (2.83%) NetBackup
7 4 (1.89%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (1.42%) Kibana
8 3 (1.42%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.94%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.94%) Podman
9 2 (0.94%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.94%) Puppet
10 1 (0.47%) HAProxy
10 1 (0.47%) linkerd
10 1 (0.47%) Packer
10 1 (0.47%) RSA Archer
10 1 (0.47%) SCCM
10 1 (0.47%) Veritas Storage Foundation
Vendors
1 23 (10.85%) Oracle
2 7 (3.30%) IBM
2 7 (3.30%) Veritas
3 6 (2.83%) Google
3 6 (2.83%) Microsoft
3 6 (2.83%) Red Hat
3 6 (2.83%) VMware
4 5 (2.36%) Informatica
4 5 (2.36%) Sybase
5 4 (1.89%) Cisco
5 4 (1.89%) Dynatrace
5 4 (1.89%) Palo Alto
5 4 (1.89%) Splunk
6 3 (1.42%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.42%) Teradata
7 2 (0.94%) AppDynamics
7 2 (0.94%) CrowdStrike
7 2 (0.94%) CyberArk
7 2 (0.94%) Imperva
7 2 (0.94%) MuleSoft