AWS Jobs in the South West

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for AWS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited AWS over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 13 8 8
Rank change year-on-year -5 0 -1
Permanent jobs citing AWS 970 1,113 1,461
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 10.46% 16.34% 18.17%
As % of the Cloud Services category 35.35% 42.66% 43.46%
Number of salaries quoted 623 661 1,025
10th Percentile £37,550 £37,418 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £90,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% - +15.38%

All Cloud Skills
South West

AWS is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 2,744 2,609 3,362
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 29.59% 38.30% 41.81%
Number of salaries quoted 2,122 1,641 2,431
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +11.70%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +4.17%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing AWS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for AWS in the South West

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Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing AWS in the South West.

Salary trend for AWS in the South West

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Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing AWS in the South West over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for AWS in the South West

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Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AWS within the South West region over the 6 months to 9 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bristol -4 405 £65,000 -3.70% 112
Gloucestershire 0 337 £60,000 -10.11% 52
Dorset -7 86 £47,500 +5.56% 11
Wiltshire -31 49 £62,500 +25.00% 13
Somerset -19 38 £50,000 -9.09% 11
Devon -34 35 £57,500 +30.68% 24
Cornwall -17 7 £40,000 -
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 33 (3.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 30 (3.09%) ArcGIS
2 30 (3.09%) GeoServer
3 26 (2.68%) Apache Spark
4 18 (1.86%) Apache
4 18 (1.86%) SharePoint
5 9 (0.93%) Confluence
6 7 (0.72%) SharePoint 2010
6 7 (0.72%) SharePoint 2013
7 4 (0.41%) CMS
7 4 (0.41%) nginx
7 4 (0.41%) WebLogic
7 4 (0.41%) WordPress
8 3 (0.31%) CloudStack
9 2 (0.21%) Apache Solr
9 2 (0.21%) JBoss
9 2 (0.21%) Mule
10 1 (0.10%) IIS
10 1 (0.10%) SAS
10 1 (0.10%) Tomcat
Applications
1 9 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.62%) Trello
3 5 (0.52%) OrCAD
3 5 (0.52%) SOLIDWORKS
4 4 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.41%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.21%) S-PLUS
6 1 (0.10%) 1Password
Business Applications
1 5 (0.52%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 4 (0.41%) Unit4 Business World
3 1 (0.10%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.10%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 554 (57.11%) Azure
2 194 (20.00%) GCP
3 97 (10.00%) OpenShift
4 96 (9.90%) SaaS
5 80 (8.25%) Microsoft 365
6 65 (6.70%) Serverless
7 64 (6.60%) Azure DevOps
8 53 (5.46%) AWS CloudFormation
9 39 (4.02%) AWS Lambda
10 38 (3.92%) PaaS
11 34 (3.51%) IaaS
12 25 (2.58%) Amazon EKS
13 23 (2.37%) Amazon S3
14 20 (2.06%) Amazon EC2
14 20 (2.06%) GitHub
15 19 (1.96%) OCI
16 17 (1.75%) Entra ID
17 15 (1.55%) Power Platform
18 14 (1.44%) Datadog
19 10 (1.03%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 86 (8.87%) DNS
2 81 (8.35%) TCP/IP
3 76 (7.84%) DHCP
4 67 (6.91%) HTTP
5 46 (4.74%) Firewall
6 28 (2.89%) WAN
7 27 (2.78%) LAN
8 21 (2.16%) AMQP
9 17 (1.75%) Network Security
10 14 (1.44%) Internet
11 13 (1.34%) VPN
12 12 (1.24%) VSAN
13 11 (1.13%) Ethernet
13 11 (1.13%) RS-232
13 11 (1.13%) Wi-Fi
14 10 (1.03%) SAN
15 8 (0.82%) VLAN
16 6 (0.62%) IPv4
16 6 (0.62%) Software-Defined Networking
16 6 (0.62%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (7.63%) Data Warehouse
2 67 (6.91%) SQL Server
3 64 (6.60%) MySQL
4 58 (5.98%) PostgreSQL
5 50 (5.15%) Big Data
6 44 (4.54%) BigQuery
7 41 (4.23%) MongoDB
7 41 (4.23%) Relational Database
8 40 (4.12%) Looker
9 37 (3.81%) NoSQL
10 36 (3.71%) GIS
11 27 (2.78%) Amazon RDS
11 27 (2.78%) QGIS
12 26 (2.68%) Hadoop
13 23 (2.37%) Elasticsearch
14 16 (1.65%) Data Lake
15 15 (1.55%) Cloudera CDH
16 13 (1.34%) Oracle Database
17 12 (1.24%) Power BI
18 9 (0.93%) Redis
Development Applications
1 91 (9.38%) Git
2 52 (5.36%) JIRA
3 45 (4.64%) GitLab
4 38 (3.92%) Jenkins
5 15 (1.55%) Selenium
6 14 (1.44%) Visual Studio
7 11 (1.13%) Cypress.io
8 10 (1.03%) Cucumber
9 5 (0.52%) Bitbucket
9 5 (0.52%) LabVIEW
10 4 (0.41%) Oracle Forms
10 4 (0.41%) TeamCity
10 4 (0.41%) Zephyr
11 3 (0.31%) Android Studio
11 3 (0.31%) JMeter
11 3 (0.31%) Maven
11 3 (0.31%) webpack
12 2 (0.21%) Rational DOORS
12 2 (0.21%) Robot Framework
12 2 (0.21%) SpecFlow
General
1 142 (14.64%) Social Skills
2 124 (12.78%) Finance
3 99 (10.21%) Aerospace
4 87 (8.97%) Analytical Skills
5 52 (5.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 32 (3.30%) Billing
7 29 (2.99%) Tech for Good
8 27 (2.78%) Public Sector
8 27 (2.78%) Retail
9 22 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
10 21 (2.16%) Banking
11 14 (1.44%) Telecoms
12 12 (1.24%) Law
12 12 (1.24%) Marketing
13 11 (1.13%) Electronics
13 11 (1.13%) Manufacturing
14 9 (0.93%) Games
15 6 (0.62%) Aviation
15 6 (0.62%) Organisational Skills
16 5 (0.52%) Military
Job Titles
1 217 (22.37%) Developer
2 200 (20.62%) Senior
3 164 (16.91%) Software Engineer
4 135 (13.92%) Architect
5 103 (10.62%) DevOps Engineer
6 88 (9.07%) Lead
7 56 (5.77%) Cloud Architect
8 55 (5.67%) Senior Developer
9 49 (5.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 46 (4.74%) Senior Software Engineer
11 43 (4.43%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
11 43 (4.43%) Software Developer
12 41 (4.23%) Java Developer
13 38 (3.92%) AWS Engineer
14 36 (3.71%) Consultant
15 35 (3.61%) Engineering Manager
16 34 (3.51%) Administrator
16 34 (3.51%) Java Engineer
16 34 (3.51%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 34 (3.51%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 198 (20.41%) React
2 99 (10.21%) AngularJS
3 95 (9.79%) .NET
4 86 (8.87%) Node.js
5 80 (8.25%) HTML
6 78 (8.04%) CSS
7 73 (7.53%) Spring
8 62 (6.39%) Spring Boot
8 62 (6.39%) Vue
9 53 (5.46%) .NET Core
10 52 (5.36%) Laravel
11 42 (4.33%) ASP.NET
12 36 (3.71%) OpenID
13 34 (3.51%) .NET Framework
14 32 (3.30%) Kafka
15 30 (3.09%) SAML
16 28 (2.89%) REST
17 27 (2.78%) Leaflet
17 27 (2.78%) OpenLayers
17 27 (2.78%) PostGIS
Miscellaneous
1 88 (9.07%) Cloud Native
2 72 (7.42%) Public Cloud
3 48 (4.95%) Product Ownership
4 42 (4.33%) Private Cloud
5 32 (3.30%) Cyberattack
5 32 (3.30%) Self-Motivation
6 26 (2.68%) Linux Command Line
7 22 (2.27%) Hybrid Cloud
8 20 (2.06%) Greenfield Project
9 19 (1.96%) Enterprise Cloud
9 19 (1.96%) Onboarding
10 18 (1.86%) Mobile App
11 14 (1.44%) Data Centre
12 11 (1.13%) Analogue Electronics
12 11 (1.13%) Analytical Mindset
12 11 (1.13%) IoT
12 11 (1.13%) Management Information System
13 10 (1.03%) Taxonomies
14 9 (0.93%) PKI
15 8 (0.82%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 244 (25.15%) Linux
2 127 (13.09%) Windows
3 92 (9.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 42 (4.33%) Windows Server
5 35 (3.61%) CentOS
6 33 (3.40%) Unix
7 24 (2.47%) Ubuntu
8 23 (2.37%) Debian
9 20 (2.06%) CoreOS
9 20 (2.06%) Windows Server 2016
10 13 (1.34%) Windows Server 2019
11 12 (1.24%) Windows 10
12 7 (0.72%) Android
12 7 (0.72%) Windows 7
12 7 (0.72%) Windows Server 2008
13 6 (0.62%) Apple iOS
13 6 (0.62%) Mac OS
14 4 (0.41%) Solaris
15 3 (0.31%) SUSE
15 3 (0.31%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 439 (45.26%) Agile
2 377 (38.87%) DevOps
3 232 (23.92%) Software Engineering
4 205 (21.13%) CI/CD
5 185 (19.07%) Scrum
6 182 (18.76%) Actionable Insight
7 144 (14.85%) Problem-Solving
8 138 (14.23%) Infrastructure as Code
9 129 (13.30%) Microservices
10 123 (12.68%) Full Stack Development
11 100 (10.31%) Collaborative Working
12 99 (10.21%) SDLC
13 94 (9.69%) Kanban
14 92 (9.48%) Containerisation
14 92 (9.48%) Continuous Integration
15 88 (9.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 85 (8.76%) Project Management
17 83 (8.56%) Mentoring
18 71 (7.32%) Line Management
19 67 (6.91%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 313 (32.27%) Python
2 262 (27.01%) Java
3 228 (23.51%) JavaScript
4 108 (11.13%) SQL
5 103 (10.62%) TypeScript
6 92 (9.48%) Bash
7 84 (8.66%) C#
8 75 (7.73%) PowerShell
9 65 (6.70%) PHP
10 22 (2.27%) Go
10 22 (2.27%) Scala
11 19 (1.96%) C
12 18 (1.86%) Shell Script
13 16 (1.65%) C++
14 14 (1.44%) R
15 13 (1.34%) Ruby
16 10 (1.03%) PL/SQL
16 10 (1.03%) T-SQL
17 9 (0.93%) Rust
18 6 (0.62%) Ada
Qualifications
1 386 (39.79%) Security Cleared
2 196 (20.21%) DV Cleared
3 160 (16.49%) SC Cleared
4 88 (9.07%) Degree
5 68 (7.01%) AWS Certification
6 42 (4.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 29 (2.99%) CISSP
8 23 (2.37%) Computer Science Degree
9 15 (1.55%) Cisco Certification
9 15 (1.55%) CISM
10 13 (1.34%) Azure Certification
11 12 (1.24%) BPSS Clearance
12 10 (1.03%) CISA
13 9 (0.93%) CEH
13 9 (0.93%) Master's Degree
14 8 (0.82%) CCSP
14 8 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
15 7 (0.72%) MCITP
15 7 (0.72%) MCSE
15 7 (0.72%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (7.32%) QA
2 36 (3.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (2.47%) NIST
4 17 (1.75%) PCI DSS
5 11 (1.13%) Cyber Essentials
6 10 (1.03%) GDPR
7 9 (0.93%) Accessibility
7 9 (0.93%) Data Quality
8 6 (0.62%) GRC
9 5 (0.52%) SLA
10 4 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 4 (0.41%) SOC 2
10 4 (0.41%) WCAG
11 3 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.21%) SEPA
13 1 (0.10%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.10%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 212 (21.86%) Docker
2 97 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 78 (8.04%) Hyper-V
4 57 (5.88%) Active Directory
5 15 (1.55%) XenApp
6 12 (1.24%) vSphere
7 11 (1.13%) XenDesktop
8 7 (0.72%) VMware ESXi
9 6 (0.62%) KVM
10 5 (0.52%) Firmware
11 4 (0.41%) VMware Workstation
12 3 (0.31%) Ceph
12 3 (0.31%) Gluster
12 3 (0.31%) oVirt
12 3 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
13 2 (0.21%) Apache Flume
13 2 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 250 (25.77%) Kubernetes
2 183 (18.87%) Terraform
3 180 (18.56%) Ansible
4 109 (11.24%) Puppet
5 28 (2.89%) Prometheus
6 18 (1.86%) Microsoft Intune
7 17 (1.75%) Grafana
8 16 (1.65%) SCCM
9 15 (1.55%) Progress Chef
10 14 (1.44%) Nagios
11 11 (1.13%) vCenter Server
12 8 (0.82%) McAfee ePO
12 8 (0.82%) SCVMM
13 7 (0.72%) EMC VPLEX
14 5 (0.52%) Docker Swarm
14 5 (0.52%) EMC NetWorker
15 4 (0.41%) Istio
15 4 (0.41%) Podman
16 3 (0.31%) Graylog
16 3 (0.31%) Observium
Vendors
1 139 (14.33%) Google
1 139 (14.33%) Microsoft
2 115 (11.86%) VMware
3 93 (9.59%) Red Hat
4 58 (5.98%) Oracle
5 28 (2.89%) ESRI
6 21 (2.16%) Cisco
7 18 (1.86%) Citrix
8 16 (1.65%) Salesforce
9 15 (1.55%) SaltStack
10 13 (1.34%) EMC
11 12 (1.24%) Dell
11 12 (1.24%) Veeam
12 11 (1.13%) HP
12 11 (1.13%) Symantec
13 9 (0.93%) Sybase
14 8 (0.82%) McAfee
15 7 (0.72%) Centreon
16 6 (0.62%) Databricks
16 6 (0.62%) PagerDuty