AWS Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
East of England > Hertfordshire
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hertfordshire requiring AWS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 21 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 48 | 40 | 30 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -8 | -10 | -11 |
| Contract jobs citing AWS | 26 | 16 | 19 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire | 2.80% | 3.18% | 3.69% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 14.44% | 12.12% | 25.33% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 15 | 9 | 12 |
| 10th Percentile | £410 | £360 | £403 |
| 25th Percentile | £418 | £400 | £481 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £500 | £538 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -6.98% | -10.42% |
| 75th Percentile | £551 | £525 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £581 | £595 | £648 |
| East of England median daily rate | £525 | £500 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -9.09% | +4.76% |
All Cloud Computing Skills
Hertfordshire
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 Hertfordshire.
| 6 months to 21 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills | 180 | 132 | 75 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire | 19.38% | 26.24% | 14.56% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 120 | 81 | 45 |
| 10th Percentile | £193 | £263 | £212 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £425 | £325 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £513 | £550 | £438 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -6.82% | +25.71% | -12.94% |
| 75th Percentile | £628 | £575 | £575 |
| 90th Percentile | £801 | £675 | £680 |
| East of England median daily rate | £480 | £500 | £420 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.00% | +19.05% | -10.64% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 5 | 9 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £18.05 | £19.62 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £20.75 | £22.56 | - |
| Median hourly rate | £65.00 | £66.00 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.52% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £67.50 | £67.00 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £69.00 | - | - |
| East of England median hourly rate | £18.00 | £25.00 | £20.69 |
| % change year-on-year | -28.00% | +20.86% | +3.43% |
AWS Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing AWS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.
AWS Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing AWS.
AWS Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing AWS in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 21 October 2026.
AWS Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing AWS.
AWS Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AWS within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 21 October 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hatfield | - | 7 | £550 | - | 1 |
| Watford | +2 | 6 | £600 | - | 8 |
| Stevenage | -10 | 6 | £519 | +2.72% | 1 |
| Hemel Hempstead | -11 | 1 | £500 | - | 7 |
| Welwyn Garden City | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| AWS East of England |
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AWS Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Cloud Services
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Azure | 73.1% | 19 |
| 2 | SaaS | 26.9% | 7 |
| 3 | Azure Monitor | 19.2% | 5 |
| 4 | Amazon CloudWatch | 15.4% | 4 |
| 4 | Microsoft 365 | 15.4% | 4 |
| 6 | Azure DevOps | 7.7% | 2 |
| 6 | Entra ID | 7.7% | 2 |
| 6 | Serverless | 7.7% | 2 |
| 9 | Amazon Bedrock | 3.8% | 1 |
| 9 | Amazon ECS | 3.8% | 1 |
| 9 | Amazon EKS | 3.8% | 1 |
| 9 | Azure Logic Apps | 3.8% | 1 |
| 9 | Cloud Computing | 3.8% | 1 |
| 9 | Copilot Studio | 3.8% | 1 |
| 9 | Figma | 3.8% | 1 |
| 9 | GCP | 3.8% | 1 |
| 9 | Google Gemini | 3.8% | 1 |
| 9 | iPaaS | 3.8% | 1 |
| 9 | Microsoft Copilot | 3.8% | 1 |
| 9 | OpenShift | 3.8% | 1 |