Amazon EC2 Contracts in England

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Amazon EC2 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Amazon EC2 over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 311 315 340
Rank change year-on-year +4 +25 +26
Contract jobs citing Amazon EC2 243 386 563
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.66% 0.77% 0.79%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.05% 2.11% 2.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 182 291 388
10th Percentile £387 £450 £438
25th Percentile £451 £513 £485
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £613 £575
Median % change year-on-year -13.47% +6.52% +9.52%
75th Percentile £625 £694 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £85.00
UK median hourly rate - - £85.00
% change year-on-year - - +112.50%

All Cloud Skills
England

Amazon EC2 is in the Cloud Services category. The following 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 vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 11,829 18,252 27,350
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.91% 36.54% 38.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,558 13,349 20,158
10th Percentile £300 £325 £335
25th Percentile £413 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £669 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 320 309 345
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.25 £13.88
25th Percentile £15.85 £18.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £20.77 £30.50 £21.05
Median % change year-on-year -31.90% +44.89% -2.09%
75th Percentile £32.50 £65.75 £43.75
90th Percentile £61.64 £78.00 £65.25
UK median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -40.00% +62.79% -4.44%

Amazon EC2
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Amazon EC2 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Amazon EC2 in England

Amazon EC2
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Amazon EC2 in England.

Daily rate trend for Amazon EC2 in England

Amazon EC2
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Amazon EC2 in England over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Amazon EC2 in England

Amazon EC2
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Amazon EC2 in England.

Hourly rate trend for Amazon EC2 in England

Amazon EC2
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 EC2 within the England region over the 6 months to 6 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +29 151 £525 -16.00% 45
North of England +10 51 £510 -7.27% 15
North West +37 41 £550 -15.38% 11
South East +1 16 £530 -8.62% 7
Yorkshire -7 10 £463 -15.91% 4
South West +26 9 £550 -27.27% 8
East of England +13 7 £625 +8.70% 4
Midlands - 3 £425 - 10
West Midlands - 3 £425 - 9
Amazon EC2
UK

Amazon EC2
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 20 (8.23%) Apache
2 17 (7.00%) Apache Spark
3 13 (5.35%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (3.29%) nginx
5 5 (2.06%) Confluence
6 2 (0.82%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.82%) Traefik
7 1 (0.41%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.41%) Drupal
7 1 (0.41%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.41%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (2.47%) NEC Housing
2 3 (1.23%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.41%) Aareon QL
3 1 (0.41%) MIS ActiveH
3 1 (0.41%) OPENHousing
Cloud Services
1 240 (98.77%) AWS
2 175 (72.02%) Amazon S3
3 130 (53.50%) Serverless
4 126 (51.85%) AWS Lambda
5 93 (38.27%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 65 (26.75%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 53 (21.81%) Route 53
8 40 (16.46%) Amazon EKS
9 37 (15.23%) Amazon SQS
10 35 (14.40%) Amazon ECS
11 34 (13.99%) AWS CloudFormation
12 23 (9.47%) Snowflake
13 22 (9.05%) Amazon EMR
14 17 (7.00%) Azure
15 16 (6.58%) Amazon ECR
15 16 (6.58%) Amazon ELB
15 16 (6.58%) GitHub
16 15 (6.17%) AWS Step Functions
17 14 (5.76%) AWS CodePipeline
18 13 (5.35%) CloudFront
Communications & Networking
1 17 (7.00%) DNS
2 15 (6.17%) Network Security
3 13 (5.35%) Firewall
4 8 (3.29%) TCP/IP
5 7 (2.88%) DHCP
6 6 (2.47%) VPN
7 5 (2.06%) AMQP
7 5 (2.06%) FTP
7 5 (2.06%) LAN
7 5 (2.06%) WLAN
8 4 (1.65%) HTTP
8 4 (1.65%) OpenLDAP
8 4 (1.65%) Wireless
9 3 (1.23%) Remote Desktop
9 3 (1.23%) Reverse Proxy
10 2 (0.82%) Cisco ASA
10 2 (0.82%) WAN
11 1 (0.41%) Kerberos
11 1 (0.41%) SMTP
11 1 (0.41%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (37.04%) Amazon RDS
2 22 (9.05%) Amazon Redshift
2 22 (9.05%) DynamoDB
3 21 (8.64%) Relational Database
4 19 (7.82%) MySQL
5 14 (5.76%) Data Warehouse
5 14 (5.76%) Elasticsearch
6 13 (5.35%) Amazon Athena
6 13 (5.35%) Big Data
7 12 (4.94%) Data Lake
7 12 (4.94%) NoSQL
8 9 (3.70%) PostgreSQL
9 8 (3.29%) MongoDB
9 8 (3.29%) RDBMS
9 8 (3.29%) SQL Server
10 6 (2.47%) InfluxDB
11 4 (1.65%) Apache Hive
11 4 (1.65%) Hadoop
11 4 (1.65%) Oracle Database
11 4 (1.65%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 64 (26.34%) Git
2 50 (20.58%) Jenkins
3 42 (17.28%) GitLab
4 18 (7.41%) JIRA
5 11 (4.53%) Bitbucket
6 9 (3.70%) webpack
7 8 (3.29%) Maven
7 8 (3.29%) SonarQube
8 6 (2.47%) JUnit
9 5 (2.06%) Cucumber
9 5 (2.06%) JMeter
9 5 (2.06%) Mockito
9 5 (2.06%) Selenium
10 4 (1.65%) Sourcetree
11 3 (1.23%) LoadRunner
11 3 (1.23%) NeoLoad
11 3 (1.23%) REST Assured
12 2 (0.82%) Gradle
12 2 (0.82%) Snyk
13 1 (0.41%) Terragrunt
General
1 40 (16.46%) Social Skills
2 33 (13.58%) Finance
3 18 (7.41%) Public Sector
4 11 (4.53%) Manufacturing
5 7 (2.88%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (2.88%) Marketing
5 7 (2.88%) Retail
6 6 (2.47%) Electronics
6 6 (2.47%) Telecoms
7 5 (2.06%) Banking
7 5 (2.06%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (1.23%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.41%) Health Technology
9 1 (0.41%) Law
9 1 (0.41%) Legal
9 1 (0.41%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 69 (28.40%) DevOps Engineer
2 65 (26.75%) AWS Engineer
3 39 (16.05%) Developer
4 36 (14.81%) AWS DevOps
5 32 (13.17%) AWS DevOps Engineer
6 29 (11.93%) Senior
7 28 (11.52%) Architect
8 27 (11.11%) Lead
9 23 (9.47%) Cloud Engineer
10 22 (9.05%) Data Engineer
11 21 (8.64%) AWS Architect
12 16 (6.58%) Java Developer
13 14 (5.76%) Platform Engineer
13 14 (5.76%) Site Reliability Engineer
14 12 (4.94%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 12 (4.94%) Software Engineer
15 11 (4.53%) AWS Developer
15 11 (4.53%) Senior Developer
16 10 (4.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 8 (3.29%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (8.23%) React
2 19 (7.82%) Node.js
3 15 (6.17%) Kafka
4 13 (5.35%) RESTful
5 11 (4.53%) Lambda Expressions
5 11 (4.53%) Spring
6 9 (3.70%) .NET
6 9 (3.70%) Elastic Stack
6 9 (3.70%) Express.js
6 9 (3.70%) RabbitMQ
6 9 (3.70%) Redux
6 9 (3.70%) REST
7 8 (3.29%) OAuth
8 7 (2.88%) JSON
9 6 (2.47%) .NET Core
9 6 (2.47%) LDAP
9 6 (2.47%) OAuth2
9 6 (2.47%) Spring Boot
10 5 (2.06%) AWS CDK
10 5 (2.06%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (5.35%) Data Protection Act
2 11 (4.53%) Public Cloud
3 9 (3.70%) Linux Command Line
4 8 (3.29%) Data Structures
5 7 (2.88%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (2.88%) PKI
6 6 (2.47%) Data Centre
6 6 (2.47%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (2.06%) Algorithms
7 5 (2.06%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.65%) Credit Derivative
8 4 (1.65%) Credit Risk
8 4 (1.65%) Derivative
8 4 (1.65%) Fixed Income
8 4 (1.65%) Market Risk
8 4 (1.65%) Product Ownership
9 3 (1.23%) Clustering
9 3 (1.23%) Private Cloud
10 2 (0.82%) Cloud Native
10 2 (0.82%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 55 (22.63%) Linux
2 22 (9.05%) Windows
3 15 (6.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 11 (4.53%) Windows Server
5 10 (4.12%) CentOS
5 10 (4.12%) Unix
6 3 (1.23%) Debian
6 3 (1.23%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.82%) VMS
7 2 (0.82%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.82%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (48.15%) DevOps
2 112 (46.09%) CI/CD
3 61 (25.10%) Infrastructure as Code
4 52 (21.40%) Agile
5 51 (20.99%) Containerisation
6 32 (13.17%) Problem-Solving
7 27 (11.11%) ETL
7 27 (11.11%) Software Engineering
8 25 (10.29%) Microservices
8 25 (10.29%) Migration
9 23 (9.47%) Scrum
10 22 (9.05%) Data Pipeline
10 22 (9.05%) Test Automation
11 20 (8.23%) Configuration Management
11 20 (8.23%) Site Reliability Engineering
11 20 (8.23%) Technical Leadership
12 16 (6.58%) Computer Science
12 16 (6.58%) Data Protection
12 16 (6.58%) Performance Tuning
13 15 (6.17%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 129 (53.09%) Python
2 62 (25.51%) Java
3 53 (21.81%) SQL
4 38 (15.64%) Bash
5 19 (7.82%) Go
6 18 (7.41%) TypeScript
7 14 (5.76%) JavaScript
8 12 (4.94%) Shell Script
9 8 (3.29%) C#
10 7 (2.88%) C
11 6 (2.47%) Ruby
12 5 (2.06%) PowerShell
13 4 (1.65%) Perl
14 3 (1.23%) C++
14 3 (1.23%) Scala
15 2 (0.82%) Groovy
15 2 (0.82%) Kotlin
16 1 (0.41%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 78 (32.10%) Security Cleared
2 67 (27.57%) SC Cleared
3 28 (11.52%) AWS Certification
4 17 (7.00%) Degree
5 13 (5.35%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (4.94%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 10 (4.12%) DV Cleared
8 8 (3.29%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 2 (0.82%) AWS Certified Developer
9 2 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.41%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
10 1 (0.41%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.41%) CTC Cleared
10 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.41%) OCP
10 1 (0.41%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.00%) QA
2 5 (2.06%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.23%) ISO 22301
3 3 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.23%) NCSC
4 2 (0.82%) SLA
5 1 (0.41%) GDPR
5 1 (0.41%) IFRS
5 1 (0.41%) IFRS 17
5 1 (0.41%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 74 (30.45%) Docker
2 19 (7.82%) Active Directory
3 6 (2.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (2.06%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (1.23%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.82%) Varnish
7 1 (0.41%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 1 (0.41%) HDFS
7 1 (0.41%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 112 (46.09%) Terraform
2 99 (40.74%) Kubernetes
3 49 (20.16%) Ansible
4 29 (11.93%) Prometheus
5 27 (11.11%) Grafana
6 16 (6.58%) Progress Chef
7 15 (6.17%) Puppet
8 10 (4.12%) Packer
9 9 (3.70%) Docker Swarm
10 8 (3.29%) Consul
11 6 (2.47%) HP Fortify
12 4 (1.65%) HAProxy
12 4 (1.65%) Kibana
12 4 (1.65%) Rancher
13 3 (1.23%) Podman
14 2 (0.82%) Graylog
14 2 (0.82%) Istio
14 2 (0.82%) linkerd
14 2 (0.82%) Salt
14 2 (0.82%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 19 (7.82%) Oracle
2 17 (7.00%) Splunk
3 12 (4.94%) Informatica
3 12 (4.94%) Microsoft
3 12 (4.94%) SAP
4 10 (4.12%) VMware
5 9 (3.70%) Databricks
5 9 (3.70%) Red Hat
6 8 (3.29%) Talend
7 6 (2.47%) NEC
7 6 (2.47%) Palo Alto
8 5 (2.06%) Cisco
9 3 (1.23%) AppDynamics
9 3 (1.23%) Confluent
9 3 (1.23%) MKS
9 3 (1.23%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.82%) Apple
10 2 (0.82%) Okta
10 2 (0.82%) PagerDuty
10 2 (0.82%) SaltStack