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 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 28 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 12 | 10 | 6 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -2 | -4 | 0 |
| Contract jobs citing AWS | 4,306 | 7,514 | 12,893 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 9.94% | 12.59% | 14.52% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 30.79% | 34.11% | 37.64% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3,262 | 5,634 | 9,821 |
| 10th Percentile | £381 | £425 | £425 |
| 25th Percentile | £456 | £500 | £500 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £575 | £580 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.35% | -0.86% | +10.48% |
| 75th Percentile | £675 | £682 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £763 | £775 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £525 | £550 | £538 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.55% | +2.33% | +10.82% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 26 | 61 | 30 |
| 10th Percentile | £22.19 | £24.62 | £44.68 |
| 25th Percentile | £28.38 | £49.68 | £48.17 |
| Median hourly rate | £53.75 | £73.00 | £55.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -26.37% | +32.73% | +32.53% |
| 75th Percentile | £71.87 | £78.00 | £65.54 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £85.00 | £80.70 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £49.34 | £65.00 | £52.14 |
| % change year-on-year | -24.09% | +24.68% | -10.11% |
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 | 13,985 | 22,031 | 34,253 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 32.29% | 36.91% | 38.58% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,926 | 15,923 | 24,891 |
| 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 | £631 | £650 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £743 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.00% | - | +11.11% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 346 | 350 | 426 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.00 | £15.25 | £13.41 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.02 | £18.50 | £15.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £20.99 | £35.00 | £21.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -40.04% | +62.79% | -6.30% |
| 75th Percentile | £34.69 | £66.00 | £48.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £61.60 | £78.00 | £66.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £17.71 | £24.62 | £18.75 |
| % change year-on-year | -28.09% | +31.31% | -6.25% |
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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 April 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 April 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 April 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 | 3,587 | £550 | -7.17% | 2,398 |
| London | 0 | 2,256 | £575 | -5.66% | 1,170 |
| Work from Home | -1 | 1,781 | £550 | -4.35% | 1,451 |
| UK excluding London | -8 | 1,398 | £525 | -4.55% | 1,395 |
| North of England | -3 | 453 | £510 | -7.27% | 385 |
| North West | -1 | 305 | £500 | -9.09% | 223 |
| South East | -5 | 291 | £578 | +0.43% | 243 |
| Scotland | -3 | 254 | £484 | -1.83% | 129 |
| South West | -10 | 196 | £540 | -6.09% | 226 |
| Midlands | -6 | 131 | £500 | -7.41% | 198 |
| Yorkshire | -9 | 129 | £525 | -4.55% | 112 |
| West Midlands | -20 | 73 | £538 | -0.46% | 121 |
| East Midlands | +16 | 58 | £475 | -22.45% | 76 |
| East of England | -37 | 57 | £525 | -10.18% | 122 |
| North East | -8 | 21 | £575 | -4.17% | 52 |
| Wales | -2 | 20 | £558 | -3.04% | 42 |
| Northern Ireland | +2 | 4 | £675 | +12.50% | 70 |
| Isle of Man | - | 3 | - | - | 2 |
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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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