Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3)
South Wales > Cardiff
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cardiff requiring Amazon S3 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Amazon S3 over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 29 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 28 | 37 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +9 | +12 |
| Contract jobs citing Amazon S3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cardiff | - | 1.46% | 1.01% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | - | 2.97% | 2.83% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £580 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £622 | £588 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £645 | £600 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +7.42% | +20.00% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £678 | £688 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £685 | £740 |
| South Wales median daily rate | - | £645 | £600 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +7.42% | +20.00% |
All Cloud Skills
Cardiff
Amazon S3 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 Cardiff.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills | 69 | 101 | 106 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff | 41.07% | 49.27% | 35.69% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 58 | 84 | 86 |
| 10th Percentile | £194 | £156 | £201 |
| 25th Percentile | £250 | £367 | £338 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £400 | £500 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -20.00% | -9.09% | +22.22% |
| 75th Percentile | £480 | £550 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £586 | £588 | £663 |
| South Wales median daily rate | £400 | £500 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -20.00% | -4.76% | +7.79% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | £19.06 | - | £16.40 |
| 25th Percentile | £19.88 | £12.25 | £16.67 |
| Median hourly rate | £22.50 | £12.50 | £18.22 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +80.00% | -31.40% | +6.41% |
| 75th Percentile | £23.75 | £12.75 | £20.67 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £21.47 |
| South Wales median hourly rate | £22.50 | £12.50 | £15.35 |
| % change year-on-year | +80.00% | -18.55% | +24.73% |
Amazon S3
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff
Job postings citing Amazon S3 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.
Amazon S3
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Amazon S3 in Cardiff.
