Amazon S3 Contracts in England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Amazon S3 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Amazon S3 over the 3 months to 23 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) UK / England
Location	3 months to 23 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	445	480	554
Rank change year-on-year	+35	+74
Contract jobs citing Amazon S3	143	141	72
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England	0.33%	0.29%	0.14%
As % of the Cloud Services category	2.39%	2.84%	2.24%
Number of daily rates quoted	101	109	47
Median daily rate	£500	£475	£415
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+5.26%	+14.45%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£400	£389	£383
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£600	£575	£500
UK excluding London median daily rate	£425	£450	£415
% change year-on-year	-5.55%	+8.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted	0	0	0
Median hourly rate	-	-	-
UK excluding London median hourly rate	-	-	-

Amazon S3 is in the cloud computing skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract Cloud Computing Skills England
Contract job vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills	5985	4961	3217
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England	13.92%	10.04%	6.30%
Number of daily rates quoted	4079	3524	2113
Median daily rate	£475	£470	£413
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+1.06%	+13.93%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£306	£320	£275
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£600	£600	£563
UK excluding London median daily rate	£450	£450	£400
% change year-on-year	-	+12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted	96	64	67
Median hourly rate	£29.00	£18.44	£35.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+57.24%	-47.30%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£12.50	£12.50	£12.77
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£65.00	£40.00	£40.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£29.00	£16.14	£26.75
% change year-on-year	+79.64%	-39.65%

Amazon S3
Job Vacancy Trend in England

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in England citing Amazon S3 as a proportion of all contract or permanent IT jobs with a match in the Cloud Services category.

Job vacancy trend for Amazon S3 in England

Amazon S3
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing Amazon S3 in England.

Contractor daily rate trend for Amazon S3 in England

Amazon S3
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in England

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Amazon S3 in England over the 3 months to 23 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for Amazon S3 in England

Amazon S3
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Amazon S3 within the England region over the 3 months to 23 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Median Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
London	+15	90	£538	+7.50%	14
South East	+6	17	£425	-5.55%	3
South West	+10	13	£450	+12.50%	3
North West	+15	12	£500	+4.71%	3
East of England	0	8	£438	-4.10%	7
East Midlands	-4	3	£450	+9.75%	1
Yorkshire	+19	2	£550	+10.00%
West Midlands	+14	1	£500	+21.21%	3
North East	-	1	£450	-
Amazon S3 UK

Amazon S3
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in England

For the 6 months to 23 June 2017, IT contractor jobs citing Amazon S3 also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads across the England region with a requirement for Amazon S3.

1	285 (98.62%)	Amazon AWS
2	199 (68.86%)	Amazon EC2
3	167 (57.79%)	DevOps
3	167 (57.79%)	Linux
4	117 (40.48%)	Agile Software Development
4	117 (40.48%)	Puppet
5	110 (38.06%)	AWS CloudFormation
6	108 (37.37%)	Python
7	98 (33.91%)	Jenkins
8	94 (32.53%)	Virtual Private Cloud
9	91 (31.49%)	Ansible
10	90 (31.14%)	Docker
10	90 (31.14%)	Amazon RDS
11	81 (28.03%)	Git (software)
12	77 (26.64%)	Java

13	70 (24.22%)	Continuous Integration
14	69 (23.88%)	Amazon ELB
14	69 (23.88%)	Terraform
15	68 (23.53%)	AWS Lambda
16	64 (22.15%)	Configuration Management
17	63 (21.80%)	Amazon CloudWatch
18	62 (21.45%)	Web Services
19	61 (21.11%)	Opscode Chef
20	59 (20.42%)	Route 53
21	57 (19.72%)	Bash Shell
22	55 (19.03%)	Microservices
23	53 (18.34%)	Ruby
24	51 (17.65%)	Windows
25	49 (16.96%)	Big Data
25	49 (16.96%)	Amazon DynamoDB

Amazon S3
Co-occurring IT Skills in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	33 (11.42%)	Confluence
2	32 (11.07%)	Elasticsearch
3	31 (10.73%)	nginx
4	29 (10.03%)	Apache Spark
5	27 (9.34%)	Apache
6	13 (4.50%)	Tomcat
7	12 (4.15%)	IIS
8	9 (3.11%)	Apache Pig
9	8 (2.77%)	SAS
10	6 (2.08%)	Apache Solr
11	5 (1.73%)	Apache Airflow
11	5 (1.73%)	Cloud Foundry
12	4 (1.38%)	Adobe Experience Manager
12	4 (1.38%)	Luigi
12	4 (1.38%)	OpenStack
13	3 (1.04%)	WordPress
14	2 (0.69%)	CMS
14	2 (0.69%)	MS Exchange
14	2 (0.69%)	SharePoint
14	2 (0.69%)	WebSphere

Applications
1	2 (0.69%)	Adobe Illustrator
1	2 (0.69%)	Photoshop
2	1 (0.35%)	HipChat
2	1 (0.35%)	Microsoft Excel
2	1 (0.35%)	MS Visio

Business Applications
1	1 (0.35%)	Dynamics CRM
1	1 (0.35%)	SAP ERP
1	1 (0.35%)	SDL Web 8

Cloud Services
1	285 (98.62%)	Amazon AWS
2	199 (68.86%)	Amazon EC2
3	110 (38.06%)	AWS CloudFormation
4	94 (32.53%)	Virtual Private Cloud
5	69 (23.88%)	Amazon ELB
6	68 (23.53%)	AWS Lambda
7	63 (21.80%)	Amazon CloudWatch
8	59 (20.42%)	Route 53
9	48 (16.61%)	Amazon SQS
10	36 (12.46%)	CloudFront
11	35 (12.11%)	AWS Elastic Beanstalk
12	33 (11.42%)	Microsoft Azure
13	29 (10.03%)	Amazon EMR
14	26 (9.00%)	GitHub
15	21 (7.27%)	Amazon ElastiCache
15	21 (7.27%)	PaaS
16	16 (5.54%)	Amazon Kinesis
16	16 (5.54%)	AWS CloudTrail
17	10 (3.46%)	Google Cloud Platform
18	9 (3.11%)	SaaS

Communications & Networking
1	24 (8.30%)	HTTP
2	19 (6.57%)	VPN
3	18 (6.23%)	DNS
4	13 (4.50%)	OpenLDAP
5	11 (3.81%)	SSH
6	10 (3.46%)	OpenVPN
7	7 (2.42%)	SMTP
8	6 (2.08%)	Network Security
8	6 (2.08%)	SSL
9	5 (1.73%)	Firewall
9	5 (1.73%)	Intrusion Detection
10	4 (1.38%)	Internet
10	4 (1.38%)	TCP/IP
10	4 (1.38%)	WAN
11	3 (1.04%)	LAN
12	2 (0.69%)	IPsec
13	1 (0.35%)	BIG-IP
13	1 (0.35%)	DHCP
13	1 (0.35%)	SMS
13	1 (0.35%)	VLAN

Database & Business Intelligence
1	90 (31.14%)	Amazon RDS
2	49 (16.96%)	Amazon DynamoDB
2	49 (16.96%)	Big Data
3	43 (14.88%)	Hadoop
4	32 (11.07%)	MySQL
5	31 (10.73%)	Amazon Redshift
6	26 (9.00%)	Apache Hive
6	26 (9.00%)	NoSQL
7	23 (7.96%)	SQL Server
8	22 (7.61%)	PostgreSQL
9	21 (7.27%)	Data Warehouse
10	19 (6.57%)	MongoDB
11	18 (6.23%)	Apache Cassandra
12	17 (5.88%)	HBase
13	12 (4.15%)	RDBMS
13	12 (4.15%)	Relational Database
14	11 (3.81%)	Neo4j
15	7 (2.42%)	Sqoop
16	6 (2.08%)	Impala
17	5 (1.73%)	Oracle ODI

Development Applications
1	98 (33.91%)	Jenkins
2	81 (28.03%)	Git (software)
3	44 (15.22%)	JIRA
4	28 (9.69%)	Maven
5	20 (6.92%)	Sonatype Nexus
6	19 (6.57%)	JUnit
7	17 (5.88%)	Bitbucket
7	17 (5.88%)	TeamCity
8	16 (5.54%)	Atlassian Bamboo
9	15 (5.19%)	Ant
10	14 (4.84%)	SonarQube
10	14 (4.84%)	Vagrant
11	13 (4.50%)	Octopus Deploy
12	11 (3.81%)	Eclipse
13	10 (3.46%)	Liquibase
14	9 (3.11%)	git-flow
15	8 (2.77%)	GitLab
15	8 (2.77%)	Gradle
15	8 (2.77%)	IntelliJ
16	6 (2.08%)	Mercurial

General
1	16 (5.54%)	Finance
2	10 (3.46%)	Marketing
3	5 (1.73%)	Games
4	4 (1.38%)	Banking
5	1 (0.35%)	Advertising
5	1 (0.35%)	Back Office
5	1 (0.35%)	Legal
5	1 (0.35%)	Multimedia
5	1 (0.35%)	Publishing

Job Titles
1	106 (36.68%)	DevOps Engineer
2	74 (25.61%)	AWS Engineer
3	62 (21.45%)	Developer
4	58 (20.07%)	AWS DevOps
5	56 (19.38%)	AWS DevOps Engineer
6	28 (9.69%)	Architect
7	26 (9.00%)	Cloud Engineer
8	18 (6.23%)	Java Developer
9	17 (5.88%)	Data Engineer
10	16 (5.54%)	AWS Developer
11	15 (5.19%)	AWS Architect
12	12 (4.15%)	Big Data Engineer
13	11 (3.81%)	Solutions Architect
14	10 (3.46%)	Administrator
14	10 (3.46%)	Linux Engineer
14	10 (3.46%)	Node.js Developer
14	10 (3.46%)	WebOps Engineer
15	9 (3.11%)	Cloud Architect
15	9 (3.11%)	Linux/Unix DevOps
16	8 (2.77%)	Linux DevOps Engineer

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	62 (21.45%)	Web Services
2	43 (14.88%)	Node.js
3	37 (12.80%)	REST
4	24 (8.30%)	Elastic Stack
5	20 (6.92%)	Kafka
6	19 (6.57%)	AngularJS
6	19 (6.57%)	JSON
7	18 (6.23%)	HTML
8	17 (5.88%)	CSS
9	15 (5.19%)	.NET
9	15 (5.19%)	Spring
10	10 (3.46%)	MCollective
11	8 (2.77%)	RESTful
12	7 (2.42%)	ASP.NET
12	7 (2.42%)	LAMP
12	7 (2.42%)	React
12	7 (2.42%)	Serverless Framework
13	6 (2.08%)	boto
13	6 (2.08%)	Hibernate
13	6 (2.08%)	Struts

Miscellaneous
1	21 (7.27%)	Linux Command Line
2	14 (4.84%)	Algorithms
3	13 (4.50%)	Public Cloud
4	11 (3.81%)	Greenfield Project
5	8 (2.77%)	PKI
6	6 (2.08%)	Data Centre
6	6 (2.08%)	User Experience
7	5 (1.73%)	Data Structures
8	4 (1.38%)	Computer Science
9	3 (1.04%)	Management Information System
9	3 (1.04%)	Mobile App
10	2 (0.69%)	Analytical Skills
10	2 (0.69%)	Clustering
10	2 (0.69%)	Embedded Systems
10	2 (0.69%)	iSeries
10	2 (0.69%)	Private Cloud
11	1 (0.35%)	Fintech
11	1 (0.35%)	Hybrid Cloud
11	1 (0.35%)	Virtual Team
11	1 (0.35%)	VxBlock/Vblock

Operating Systems
1	167 (57.79%)	Linux
2	51 (17.65%)	Windows
3	32 (11.07%)	Unix
4	29 (10.03%)	CentOS
5	27 (9.34%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6	24 (8.30%)	Ubuntu
7	5 (1.73%)	Windows Server
8	3 (1.04%)	Android
8	3 (1.04%)	Apple iOS
8	3 (1.04%)	CoreOS
9	2 (0.69%)	Amazon Linux
9	2 (0.69%)	Debian
9	2 (0.69%)	Embedded Linux
9	2 (0.69%)	Mac OS X
9	2 (0.69%)	Windows Server 2012
10	1 (0.35%)	AIX

Processes & Methodologies
1	167 (57.79%)	DevOps
2	117 (40.48%)	Agile Software Development
3	70 (24.22%)	Continuous Integration
4	64 (22.15%)	Configuration Management
5	55 (19.03%)	Microservices
6	41 (14.19%)	Continuous Delivery
7	40 (13.84%)	Scrum
8	31 (10.73%)	Auto-Scaling
9	28 (9.69%)	TDD
10	25 (8.65%)	BDD
11	21 (7.27%)	Analytics
11	21 (7.27%)	E-Commerce
12	20 (6.92%)	Migration
13	19 (6.57%)	Software Engineering
14	18 (6.23%)	ETL
14	18 (6.23%)	Load Balancing
15	17 (5.88%)	Coaching
16	16 (5.54%)	Kanban
16	16 (5.54%)	Machine Learning
16	16 (5.54%)	SOA

Programming Languages
1	108 (37.37%)	Python
2	77 (26.64%)	Java
3	57 (19.72%)	Bash Shell
4	53 (18.34%)	Ruby
5	37 (12.80%)	JavaScript
6	32 (11.07%)	SQL
7	31 (10.73%)	Scala
8	19 (6.57%)	PowerShell
8	19 (6.57%)	Shell Script
9	18 (6.23%)	PHP
10	15 (5.19%)	C#
10	15 (5.19%)	Perl
11	14 (4.84%)	Groovy
12	10 (3.46%)	Go
13	9 (3.11%)	R
14	7 (2.42%)	C
15	6 (2.08%)	C++
16	5 (1.73%)	Clojure
16	5 (1.73%)	Korn
17	3 (1.04%)	T-SQL

Qualifications
1	24 (8.30%)	Security Cleared
2	20 (6.92%)	AWS Certification
3	18 (6.23%)	SC Cleared
4	9 (3.11%)	DV Cleared
5	8 (2.77%)	Degree
6	4 (1.38%)	BPSS Clearance
6	4 (1.38%)	Cisco Certification
7	2 (0.69%)	(ISC)2 CCSP
7	2 (0.69%)	CCNA
7	2 (0.69%)	CISA
7	2 (0.69%)	CISM
8	1 (0.35%)	CCNP
8	1 (0.35%)	CISSP
8	1 (0.35%)	ISEB
8	1 (0.35%)	ISTQB
8	1 (0.35%)	MCSE
8	1 (0.35%)	Microsoft Certification
8	1 (0.35%)	PhD
8	1 (0.35%)	PMI Certification
8	1 (0.35%)	PMP

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	13 (4.50%)	QA
2	1 (0.35%)	Disclosure Scotland
2	1 (0.35%)	GCP
2	1 (0.35%)	ISO/IEC 27001
2	1 (0.35%)	PCI DSS
2	1 (0.35%)	SLA

System Software
1	90 (31.14%)	Docker
2	24 (8.30%)	HDFS
3	13 (4.50%)	Squid
4	12 (4.15%)	Active Directory
5	10 (3.46%)	Postfix
5	10 (3.46%)	vCloud
5	10 (3.46%)	Virtual Machines
6	7 (2.42%)	VMware Infrastructure
7	3 (1.04%)	Apache Flume
7	3 (1.04%)	LXC
7	3 (1.04%)	VirtualBox
8	1 (0.35%)	Virtual Servers
8	1 (0.35%)	VMware ESXi
8	1 (0.35%)	Xen

Systems Management
1	117 (40.48%)	Puppet
2	91 (31.49%)	Ansible
3	69 (23.88%)	Terraform
4	61 (21.11%)	Opscode Chef
5	35 (12.11%)	Kubernetes
6	27 (9.34%)	logstash
7	26 (9.00%)	Kibana
8	17 (5.88%)	Hadoop YARN
9	15 (5.19%)	Graphite
9	15 (5.19%)	Rsyslog
10	13 (4.50%)	Sysdig
10	13 (4.50%)	ZABBIX
11	12 (4.15%)	Mesos
12	10 (3.46%)	Docker Swarm
12	10 (3.46%)	Nagios
12	10 (3.46%)	Rancher
13	8 (2.77%)	HAProxy
13	8 (2.77%)	Packer
14	5 (1.73%)	Prometheus
15	4 (1.38%)	Consul

Vendors
1	32 (11.07%)	Red Hat
2	29 (10.03%)	VMware
3	26 (9.00%)	Oracle
4	17 (5.88%)	Microsoft
5	12 (4.15%)	New Relic
6	10 (3.46%)	Google
6	10 (3.46%)	Sonatype
7	9 (3.11%)	Atlassian
7	9 (3.11%)	Cloudera
8	8 (2.77%)	ServiceNow
9	7 (2.42%)	Hortonworks
9	7 (2.42%)	Splunk
10	5 (1.73%)	AppDynamics
11	4 (1.38%)	Adobe
11	4 (1.38%)	SaltStack
11	4 (1.38%)	Tableau
12	3 (1.04%)	ForgeRock
12	3 (1.04%)	IBM
12	3 (1.04%)	Salesforce.com
12	3 (1.04%)	SAP