AWS Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring AWS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 25 34
Rank change year-on-year +1 +9 +10
Contract jobs citing AWS 124 60 77
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 6.34% 6.08% 5.11%
As % of the Cloud Services category 30.54% 28.44% 31.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 52 66
10th Percentile £484 £415 £426
25th Percentile £519 £463 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £625
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £640 £603 £645
90th Percentile £735 £681 £730
South East median daily rate £550 £513 £560
% change year-on-year +7.32% -8.48% -4.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £35.00
South East median hourly rate £35.22 - £35.00
% change year-on-year - - -53.33%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 406 211 248
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 20.75% 21.38% 16.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 262 156 181
10th Percentile £300 £363 £360
25th Percentile £484 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £515 £575
Median % change year-on-year +6.80% -10.43% +4.55%
75th Percentile £650 £600 £638
90th Percentile £735 £672 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £515
% change year-on-year - -2.91% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 4 4
10th Percentile £16.09 £55.88 -
25th Percentile £25.00 £60.94 -
Median hourly rate £37.24 £70.00 £17.69
Median % change year-on-year -46.80% +295.70% -18.67%
75th Percentile £38.25 £74.06 £22.02
90th Percentile - £74.63 £29.81
South East median hourly rate £66.00 £18.82 £30.00
% change year-on-year +250.69% -37.27% +9.09%

AWS
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing AWS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

AWS job vacancy trend in Hampshire

AWS
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing AWS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing AWS

AWS
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing AWS in Hampshire over the 6 months to 19 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for AWS in Hampshire

AWS
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing AWS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing AWS

AWS
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AWS within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 19 August 2026. 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
Portsmouth +16 30 £563 -23.47% 3
Southampton +9 27 £563 +12.50% 14
Farnborough +1 17 £538 +2.38% 15
Basingstoke -20 14 £700 +21.74% 9
Andover - 12 £750 - 2
Havant +5 9 £600 -
Romsey - 4 £690 - 2
Eastleigh -7 3 £550 +10.00%
Aldershot - 1 £775 - 6
AWS
South East

AWS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (7.26%) Confluence
2 8 (6.45%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (3.23%) Apache
4 3 (2.42%) Apache Spark
4 3 (2.42%) IIS
4 3 (2.42%) nginx
4 3 (2.42%) Palantir Foundry
4 3 (2.42%) Tomcat
5 2 (1.61%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.81%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 76 (61.29%) Azure
2 18 (14.52%) GCP
3 12 (9.68%) Serverless
4 9 (7.26%) Amazon EKS
5 8 (6.45%) AWS Lambda
6 7 (5.65%) Amazon S3
6 7 (5.65%) OpenShift
7 6 (4.84%) GitHub
8 5 (4.03%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (4.03%) Cloudflare
9 4 (3.23%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 4 (3.23%) Entra ID
9 4 (3.23%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 3 (2.42%) Amazon ECR
10 3 (2.42%) Amazon ECS
10 3 (2.42%) AWS CloudFormation
10 3 (2.42%) GitHub Actions
10 3 (2.42%) Power Platform
10 3 (2.42%) Route 53
10 3 (2.42%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 12 (9.68%) Network Security
2 6 (4.84%) HTTP
2 6 (4.84%) SAN
3 4 (3.23%) DNS
3 4 (3.23%) Firewall
3 4 (3.23%) MQTT
3 4 (3.23%) NAS
4 2 (1.61%) BIG-IP
4 2 (1.61%) VLAN
5 1 (0.81%) DHCP
5 1 (0.81%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (0.81%) Software-Defined Networking
5 1 (0.81%) SONET
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (12.10%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (4.84%) Relational Database
3 5 (4.03%) Elasticsearch
4 4 (3.23%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (3.23%) Big Data
4 4 (3.23%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (2.42%) DynamoDB
5 3 (2.42%) MySQL
5 3 (2.42%) NoSQL
5 3 (2.42%) SQL Server
6 2 (1.61%) Amazon Aurora
6 2 (1.61%) Metadata
6 2 (1.61%) Redis
7 1 (0.81%) Amazon Athena
7 1 (0.81%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.81%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.81%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 18 (14.52%) GitLab
2 9 (7.26%) JIRA
3 7 (5.65%) Git
4 6 (4.84%) Jenkins
4 6 (4.84%) MLflow
5 4 (3.23%) SonarQube
6 2 (1.61%) JUnit
6 2 (1.61%) Postman
7 1 (0.81%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.81%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.81%) Mockito
7 1 (0.81%) NUnit
7 1 (0.81%) Selenium
General
1 37 (29.84%) Social Skills
2 21 (16.94%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (6.45%) Finance
3 8 (6.45%) Public Sector
4 7 (5.65%) Automotive
4 7 (5.65%) Documentation Skills
5 6 (4.84%) Legal
6 2 (1.61%) Back Office
7 1 (0.81%) Aerospace
7 1 (0.81%) Military
Job Titles
1 33 (26.61%) Architect
2 14 (11.29%) Developer
3 13 (10.48%) Cloud Engineer
4 12 (9.68%) Platform Engineer
5 10 (8.06%) Analyst
5 10 (8.06%) Cloud Architect
6 8 (6.45%) Business Analyst
6 8 (6.45%) Consultant
7 7 (5.65%) DevSecOps Engineer
7 7 (5.65%) Principal Architect
7 7 (5.65%) Solutions Architect
8 6 (4.84%) AWS Architect
8 6 (4.84%) Security Architect
8 6 (4.84%) Technical Architect
9 5 (4.03%) Salesforce Developer
9 5 (4.03%) Security Consultant
10 4 (3.23%) Data Architect
10 4 (3.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 4 (3.23%) Operations Engineer
10 4 (3.23%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (20.16%) Kafka
2 9 (7.26%) RESTful
2 9 (7.26%) YAML
3 7 (5.65%) .NET
3 7 (5.65%) OAuth
3 7 (5.65%) SAML
4 6 (4.84%) Keycloak
4 6 (4.84%) OpenID
4 6 (4.84%) REST
5 5 (4.03%) LDAP
5 5 (4.03%) React
6 4 (3.23%) gRPC
6 4 (3.23%) JSON
6 4 (3.23%) OAuth2
6 4 (3.23%) Protocol Buffers
6 4 (3.23%) Spring
6 4 (3.23%) Spring Boot
7 3 (2.42%) LAMP
7 3 (2.42%) LEMP Stack
7 3 (2.42%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 18 (14.52%) Cloud Native
2 14 (11.29%) Product Ownership
3 9 (7.26%) Hybrid Cloud
4 6 (4.84%) BYOD
4 6 (4.84%) Management Information System
5 5 (4.03%) Distributed Systems
5 5 (4.03%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (2.42%) Data Centre
6 3 (2.42%) Replication
7 2 (1.61%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.61%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (1.61%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 2 (1.61%) Enterprise Cloud
7 2 (1.61%) Enterprise Storage
7 2 (1.61%) Insider Threat
7 2 (1.61%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.61%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.61%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.81%) Distributed Applications
8 1 (0.81%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 31 (25.00%) Linux
2 15 (12.10%) Windows
3 4 (3.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (2.42%) CentOS
4 3 (2.42%) Ubuntu
4 3 (2.42%) Windows Server
4 3 (2.42%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (1.61%) AIX
5 2 (1.61%) HPUX
5 2 (1.61%) Solaris
5 2 (1.61%) Unix
5 2 (1.61%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (40.32%) CI/CD
2 36 (29.03%) Agile
3 31 (25.00%) DevOps
3 31 (25.00%) DevSecOps
4 29 (23.39%) Containerisation
5 28 (22.58%) Continuous Improvement
6 26 (20.97%) Migration
6 26 (20.97%) Platform Engineering
7 25 (20.16%) Cybersecurity
7 25 (20.16%) Infrastructure as Code
8 20 (16.13%) Machine Learning
9 19 (15.32%) AI
9 19 (15.32%) Technical Leadership
10 17 (13.71%) Cloud Security
10 17 (13.71%) Microservices
10 17 (13.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 15 (12.10%) Problem-Solving
12 13 (10.48%) Architectural Patterns
13 12 (9.68%) Risk Management
14 11 (8.87%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 45 (36.29%) Python
2 25 (20.16%) Bash
3 21 (16.94%) PowerShell
4 17 (13.71%) Java
5 11 (8.87%) SQL
6 6 (4.84%) JavaScript
6 6 (4.84%) Shell Script
7 5 (4.03%) C#
8 4 (3.23%) PL/SQL
8 4 (3.23%) Rust
9 3 (2.42%) C++
10 2 (1.61%) Groovy
10 2 (1.61%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.81%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 59 (47.58%) Security Cleared
2 48 (38.71%) SC Cleared
3 13 (10.48%) Degree
3 13 (10.48%) DV Cleared
4 12 (9.68%) AWS Certification
4 12 (9.68%) CISSP
5 10 (8.06%) CISM
6 3 (2.42%) Azure Certification
6 3 (2.42%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.61%) GCFA
7 2 (1.61%) GCIH
8 1 (0.81%) CEH
8 1 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.81%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.81%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.81%) PMP
8 1 (0.81%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (11.29%) GDPR
2 8 (6.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (5.65%) NCSC
3 7 (5.65%) NIST
4 6 (4.84%) PCI DSS
4 6 (4.84%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (1.61%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (1.61%) GRC
6 1 (0.81%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.81%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (0.81%) JSP 440
6 1 (0.81%) QA
System Software
1 33 (26.61%) Docker
2 10 (8.06%) Active Directory
3 8 (6.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (3.23%) vSphere
5 3 (2.42%) Dovecot
5 3 (2.42%) Postfix
5 3 (2.42%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (1.61%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.81%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 42 (33.87%) Kubernetes
2 32 (25.81%) Terraform
3 20 (16.13%) Ansible
4 12 (9.68%) Puppet
5 10 (8.06%) Grafana
5 10 (8.06%) Prometheus
6 8 (6.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 8 (6.45%) Progress Chef
7 5 (4.03%) Podman
8 3 (2.42%) Argo
8 3 (2.42%) HAProxy
9 2 (1.61%) Kubeflow
9 2 (1.61%) NetBackup
9 2 (1.61%) Rancher
10 1 (0.81%) McAfee ePO
10 1 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 15 (12.10%) Microsoft
2 11 (8.87%) Google
3 8 (6.45%) Oracle
3 8 (6.45%) VMware
4 6 (4.84%) Red Hat
4 6 (4.84%) Salesforce
5 5 (4.03%) Siebel
6 4 (3.23%) NVIDIA
6 4 (3.23%) Tenable
7 3 (2.42%) Ab Initio
7 3 (2.42%) Cisco
7 3 (2.42%) Dynatrace
7 3 (2.42%) F5
7 3 (2.42%) Foundry
7 3 (2.42%) Juniper
7 3 (2.42%) Palantir
7 3 (2.42%) Zerto
8 2 (1.61%) Broadcom
8 2 (1.61%) Rackspace
8 2 (1.61%) Splunk