AWS Contracts in Berkshire

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 38 34
Rank change year-on-year +20 -4 -13
Contract jobs citing AWS 110 93 102
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 9.38% 4.69% 5.64%
As % of the Cloud Services category 27.78% 16.88% 20.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 60 72
10th Percentile £478 £461 £410
25th Percentile £500 £522 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £625 £525
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +19.05% -
75th Percentile £647 £688 £641
90th Percentile £675 - £688
South East median daily rate £550 £578 £575
% change year-on-year -4.76% +0.43% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £21.65
Median hourly rate - - £23.30
75th Percentile - - £24.95
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate - £35.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year - -50.00% +38.61%

All Cloud Skills
Berkshire

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 Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 396 551 508
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 33.76% 27.77% 28.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 248 369 367
10th Percentile £350 £329 £383
25th Percentile £450 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £618 £625 £638
90th Percentile £663 £688 £713
South East median daily rate £501 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +0.10% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 21 15
10th Percentile £24.04 £20.49 £18.03
25th Percentile £29.31 £41.25 £20.50
Median hourly rate £32.05 £58.30 £33.50
Median % change year-on-year -45.03% +74.03% +53.85%
75th Percentile £68.63 £61.60 £70.13
90th Percentile £79.02 - £79.19
South East median hourly rate £28.50 £22.36 £24.50
% change year-on-year +27.47% -8.74% +16.39%

AWS
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for AWS in Berkshire

AWS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for AWS in Berkshire

AWS
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing AWS in Berkshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for AWS in Berkshire

AWS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for AWS in Berkshire

AWS
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AWS within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 1 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
Reading +15 54 £600 -7.69% 119
Windsor +6 21 £500 -16.67% 4
Bracknell +14 10 £529 +5.70% 4
Wokingham -3 8 £500 +11.11% 2
Slough - 4 £588 - 99
AWS
South East

AWS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 4 (3.64%) Apache Spark
2 3 (2.73%) Apache
3 1 (0.91%) Confluence
3 1 (0.91%) IIS
3 1 (0.91%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.91%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.91%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.82%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.91%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 58 (52.73%) Azure
2 26 (23.64%) GCP
3 16 (14.55%) Serverless
4 14 (12.73%) GitHub
5 11 (10.00%) AWS Lambda
6 9 (8.18%) SaaS
7 8 (7.27%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (5.45%) Amazon EKS
9 5 (4.55%) Amazon S3
10 4 (3.64%) Amazon EC2
10 4 (3.64%) Amazon ECS
10 4 (3.64%) PaaS
10 4 (3.64%) Power Platform
10 4 (3.64%) Snowflake
11 3 (2.73%) AWS Data Pipeline
12 2 (1.82%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 2 (1.82%) AWS CloudFormation
12 2 (1.82%) Azure Sentinel
12 2 (1.82%) Entra ID
12 2 (1.82%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (7.27%) Network Security
1 8 (7.27%) TCP/IP
2 7 (6.36%) Firewall
2 7 (6.36%) MPLS
3 6 (5.45%) BGP
4 5 (4.55%) VLAN
5 4 (3.64%) SSL
6 3 (2.73%) NGFW
7 2 (1.82%) DNS
7 2 (1.82%) HTTP
7 2 (1.82%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (1.82%) LAN
7 2 (1.82%) MQTT
7 2 (1.82%) SD-WAN
7 2 (1.82%) VPN
7 2 (1.82%) WAN
8 1 (0.91%) Cisco ISE
8 1 (0.91%) Diameter Protocol
8 1 (0.91%) VoLTE
8 1 (0.91%) VoWiFi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (14.55%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (10.91%) Big Data
3 8 (7.27%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (7.27%) Oracle Database
3 8 (7.27%) Relational Database
4 6 (5.45%) Oracle Database 11g
5 5 (4.55%) DynamoDB
5 5 (4.55%) MySQL
6 4 (3.64%) Hadoop
6 4 (3.64%) Power BI
6 4 (3.64%) RDBMS
7 3 (2.73%) Data Lake
7 3 (2.73%) SQL Server
7 3 (2.73%) Tableau
8 2 (1.82%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (1.82%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (1.82%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.91%) Apache Cassandra
9 1 (0.91%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.91%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 23 (20.91%) Jenkins
2 16 (14.55%) JIRA
3 14 (12.73%) GitLab
4 13 (11.82%) Cucumber
4 13 (11.82%) REST Assured
4 13 (11.82%) Selenium
5 10 (9.09%) SonarQube
6 8 (7.27%) Git
7 5 (4.55%) Robot Framework
8 3 (2.73%) ERwin
8 3 (2.73%) JUnit
8 3 (2.73%) Mockito
9 2 (1.82%) JMeter
10 1 (0.91%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.91%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.91%) DBeaver
10 1 (0.91%) DbUnit
10 1 (0.91%) jMock
10 1 (0.91%) Maven
10 1 (0.91%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 43 (39.09%) Social Skills
2 31 (28.18%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (10.91%) Finance
4 8 (7.27%) Law
4 8 (7.27%) Telecoms
5 6 (5.45%) Public Sector
6 4 (3.64%) Police
7 2 (1.82%) Automotive
7 2 (1.82%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.91%) Billing
8 1 (0.91%) Electronics
8 1 (0.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.91%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.91%) Marketing
8 1 (0.91%) Retail
Job Titles
1 26 (23.64%) Architect
2 13 (11.82%) Software Engineer
3 12 (10.91%) AWS Engineer
4 11 (10.00%) Developer
5 10 (9.09%) Java Developer
5 10 (9.09%) Solutions Architect
6 9 (8.18%) Java Engineer
6 9 (8.18%) Java Software Engineer
7 8 (7.27%) Resilience Manager
7 8 (7.27%) Senior
8 6 (5.45%) Security Architect
9 5 (4.55%) Automation Tester
9 5 (4.55%) AWS Architect
9 5 (4.55%) Cloud Platform Engineer
9 5 (4.55%) Data Architect
9 5 (4.55%) Platform Engineer
9 5 (4.55%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
9 5 (4.55%) Telecoms Tester
9 5 (4.55%) Tester
10 4 (3.64%) AWS Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (19.09%) REST
2 13 (11.82%) Java EE
3 10 (9.09%) ARM Templates
4 9 (8.18%) JSON
5 5 (4.55%) AngularJS
6 4 (3.64%) .NET
6 4 (3.64%) Node.js
6 4 (3.64%) Spring Boot
6 4 (3.64%) Web Services
6 4 (3.64%) XML
7 3 (2.73%) .NET Framework
7 3 (2.73%) ActiveMQ
7 3 (2.73%) ASP.NET Web API
7 3 (2.73%) Hibernate
7 3 (2.73%) HTML
7 3 (2.73%) React
7 3 (2.73%) SAML
7 3 (2.73%) SOAP
7 3 (2.73%) Spring
8 2 (1.82%) Apache Camel
Miscellaneous
1 9 (8.18%) Cloud Native
1 9 (8.18%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (3.64%) Distributed Systems
2 4 (3.64%) Hybrid Cloud
2 4 (3.64%) Security Posture
3 3 (2.73%) Algorithms
3 3 (2.73%) Data Centre
3 3 (2.73%) Mobile App
3 3 (2.73%) Onboarding
3 3 (2.73%) Product Ownership
4 2 (1.82%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (1.82%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (1.82%) Distributed Computing
4 2 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (1.82%) Infotainment
4 2 (1.82%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (1.82%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.82%) Operational Technology
4 2 (1.82%) PKI
5 1 (0.91%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 15 (13.64%) Linux
1 15 (13.64%) Windows
2 9 (8.18%) Windows Server
3 6 (5.45%) Unix
4 5 (4.55%) Ubuntu
5 2 (1.82%) AIX
6 1 (0.91%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (37.27%) DevOps
2 31 (28.18%) Problem-Solving
3 25 (22.73%) Migration
4 22 (20.00%) Configuration Management
5 21 (19.09%) Software Engineering
6 19 (17.27%) CI/CD
6 19 (17.27%) Test Automation
7 18 (16.36%) Containerisation
7 18 (16.36%) Continuous Integration
7 18 (16.36%) Data Migration
8 15 (13.64%) Agile
8 15 (13.64%) Technical Leadership
9 13 (11.82%) Decision-Making
9 13 (11.82%) Infrastructure as Code
9 13 (11.82%) Performance Tuning
9 13 (11.82%) Software Architecture
10 11 (10.00%) High Availability
11 10 (9.09%) Microservices
12 9 (8.18%) Analytics
12 9 (8.18%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 34 (30.91%) Python
2 24 (21.82%) SQL
3 20 (18.18%) Java
4 9 (8.18%) PowerShell
5 7 (6.36%) PL/SQL
6 5 (4.55%) C#
7 3 (2.73%) Bash
7 3 (2.73%) JavaScript
7 3 (2.73%) Shell Script
8 2 (1.82%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.91%) Bicep
9 1 (0.91%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.91%) Perl
9 1 (0.91%) Scala
9 1 (0.91%) VB
Qualifications
1 27 (24.55%) Security Cleared
2 24 (21.82%) SC Cleared
3 7 (6.36%) CISSP
4 5 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (4.55%) CISM
5 4 (3.64%) CCNP
6 3 (2.73%) Azure Certification
6 3 (2.73%) Degree
6 3 (2.73%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.82%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 2 (1.82%) AWS Certification
7 2 (1.82%) CCSP
7 2 (1.82%) CEH
7 2 (1.82%) SANS
8 1 (0.91%) CISA
8 1 (0.91%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.91%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.91%) GIAC
8 1 (0.91%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.91%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.27%) QA
2 4 (3.64%) NIST
3 3 (2.73%) GDPR
3 3 (2.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.82%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.91%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.91%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 28 (25.45%) Docker
2 5 (4.55%) Active Directory
2 5 (4.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.73%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.91%) Apache Flume
4 1 (0.91%) Postfix
4 1 (0.91%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.91%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 27 (24.55%) Ansible
2 22 (20.00%) Kubernetes
2 22 (20.00%) Terraform
3 9 (8.18%) Docker Swarm
3 9 (8.18%) Podman
4 5 (4.55%) Puppet
5 4 (3.64%) Progress Chef
6 3 (2.73%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (1.82%) Kibana
7 2 (1.82%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (1.82%) SCCM
8 1 (0.91%) CASB
8 1 (0.91%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.91%) Grafana
8 1 (0.91%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.91%) QRadar
8 1 (0.91%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 17 (15.45%) Microsoft
2 11 (10.00%) Oracle
3 7 (6.36%) Databricks
3 7 (6.36%) Google
4 6 (5.45%) VMware
5 5 (4.55%) Splunk
6 3 (2.73%) Cisco
6 3 (2.73%) SAP
6 3 (2.73%) Virgin Media
7 2 (1.82%) CyberArk
7 2 (1.82%) Dynatrace
7 2 (1.82%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.82%) Sparx
7 2 (1.82%) Workday
8 1 (0.91%) Jaspersoft
8 1 (0.91%) New Relic
8 1 (0.91%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.91%) Rapid7
8 1 (0.91%) StreamSets
8 1 (0.91%) Zscaler