The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Chester requiring AWS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
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 Chester.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills
23
7
8
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester
23.00%
9.72%
10.67%
Number of daily rates quoted
12
5
4
10th Percentile
£190
£360
£204
25th Percentile
£291
£525
£209
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£625
£550
£375
Median % change year-on-year
+13.64%
+46.67%
-6.25%
75th Percentile
£688
£588
£547
90th Percentile
£744
£595
£564
Cheshire median daily rate
£428
£455
£450
% change year-on-year
-6.04%
+1.11%
+5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted
1
0
3
10th Percentile
-
-
£25.49
25th Percentile
-
-
£28.31
Median hourly rate
£19.00
-
£33.00
Median % change year-on-year
-
-
+51.52%
75th Percentile
-
-
£36.50
90th Percentile
-
-
£38.60
Cheshire median hourly rate
£16.00
£24.18
£23.61
% change year-on-year
-33.83%
+2.41%
+8.40%
AWS Job Vacancy Trend in Chester
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing AWS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester.
AWS Daily Rate Trend in Chester
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing AWS.
AWS Hourly Rate Trend in Chester
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing AWS.
AWS Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chester
For the 6 months to 6 October 2025, contractor job vacancies citing AWS also mentioned 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 Chester region with a requirement for AWS.
AWS Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chester 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: