AWS DevOps Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Amazon Web Services DevOps
South West > Bristol

The median Amazon Web Services DevOps daily rate in Bristol is £638, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 October 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 71 73 75
Rank change year-on-year +2 +2 +16
Contract jobs requiring an AWS DevOps 2 4 4
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.26% 0.47% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% 0.49% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 4
10th Percentile £614 £453 £486
25th Percentile £616 £456 £511
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 £500 £600
Median % change year-on-year +27.50% -16.67% +2.13%
75th Percentile £666 £613 £684
90th Percentile £671 £650 £701
South West median daily rate £625 £575 £650
% change year-on-year +8.70% -11.54% +11.83%

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 719 816 1,005
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 95.66% 95.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 357 425 655
10th Percentile £244 £213 £304
25th Percentile £385 £381 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.21% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £638
90th Percentile £747 £700 £700
South West median daily rate £513 £505 £538
% change year-on-year +1.49% -6.05% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 152 147 129
10th Percentile £12.88 £17.50 £30.65
25th Percentile £18.87 £52.50 £50.00
Median hourly rate £33.50 £67.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.37% +3.85% -
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £76.25
90th Percentile £68.00 £74.66 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £57.66
% change year-on-year -62.74% +17.07% -3.90%

AWS DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

AWS DevOps job vacancy trend in Bristol

AWS DevOps
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

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

AWS DevOps Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 18 October 2025, AWS DevOps 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 DevOps in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) GitLab
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Terraform
2 1 (50.00%) AWS Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Fintech
2 1 (50.00%) GitHub
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Puppet
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Debt
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (50.00%) Windows

AWS DevOps 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
2 1 (50.00%) GitHub
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) GitLab
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Fintech
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Debt
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) AWS Certification
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Terraform
2 1 (50.00%) Puppet