AWS Architect Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Amazon Web Services Architect
South West > Bristol

The median Amazon Web Services Architect daily rate in Bristol is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
13 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 64 77
Rank change year-on-year -2 +13 +24
Contract jobs requiring an AWS Architect 2 3 2
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.25% 0.40% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.42% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 2
10th Percentile - £455 £589
25th Percentile - £463 £628
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £475 £700
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% -32.14% +27.27%
75th Percentile - £631 £766
90th Percentile - £725 £801
South West median daily rate £600 £625 £563
% change year-on-year -4.00% +11.11% -6.25%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bristol. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Bristol with a recognized job title 751 715 987
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.41% 95.72% 95.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 382 398 616
10th Percentile £233 £212 £275
25th Percentile £400 £375 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £638
90th Percentile £725 £729 £700
South West median daily rate £525 £520 £538
% change year-on-year +0.96% -3.26% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 94 124
10th Percentile £15.00 £35.00 £35.00
25th Percentile £21.06 £60.75 £58.13
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.58% +0.77% -
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.25 £76.44
90th Percentile £67.84 £75.00 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £33.50 £65.00 £56.91
% change year-on-year -48.46% +14.22% -12.45%

AWS Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'AWS Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

AWS Architect job vacancy trend in Bristol

AWS Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for AWS Architect job vacancies in Bristol.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for AWS Architect job vacancies in Bristol

AWS Architect Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 13 December 2025, AWS Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Bristol region featuring AWS Architect in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Domain-Driven Design
1 2 (100.00%) Microservices
1 2 (100.00%) Node.js
1 2 (100.00%) React
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Software Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) TDD
1 2 (100.00%) Terraform
1 2 (100.00%) TypeScript

AWS Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Node.js
1 2 (100.00%) React
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Domain-Driven Design
1 2 (100.00%) Microservices
1 2 (100.00%) Software Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Terraform
AWS Architect jobs