AWS Contract Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne requiring AWS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 4 20
Rank change year-on-year -2 +16 -11
Contract jobs citing AWS 73 44 9
As % of all contract jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 17.59% 19.73% 4.39%
As % of the Cloud Services category 53.28% 50.57% 26.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 32 8
10th Percentile £350 £358 £400
25th Percentile £400 £413 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £488 £455
Median % change year-on-year -4.41% +7.26% -24.25%
75th Percentile £575 £590 £556
90th Percentile £625 £624 £650
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £466 £475 £455
% change year-on-year -1.89% +4.51% -24.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £69.44 - -
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £69.44 - -

All Cloud Computing Skills
Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 137 87 34
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 33.01% 39.01% 16.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 63 23
10th Percentile £232 £325 £163
25th Percentile £356 £371 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £488 £413
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +18.18% -28.26%
75th Percentile £547 £600 £549
90th Percentile £620 £625 £650
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £450 £475 £407
% change year-on-year -5.26% +16.71% -28.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 0 1
10th Percentile £51.25 - -
25th Percentile £55.00 - £15.50
Median hourly rate £60.00 - £16.00
75th Percentile £68.47 - £16.50
90th Percentile £70.00 - -
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £60.00 £13.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year +361.54% -18.75% -

AWS
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

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

AWS job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

AWS
Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing AWS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing AWS

AWS
Daily Rate Histogram in Newcastle upon Tyne

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing AWS in Newcastle upon Tyne over the 6 months to 22 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for AWS in Newcastle upon Tyne

AWS
Hourly Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing AWS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing AWS

AWS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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 7 (9.59%) Apache Airflow
1 7 (9.59%) Apache Spark
2 6 (8.22%) Apache
3 2 (2.74%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 26 (35.62%) Azure
2 14 (19.18%) Serverless
3 13 (17.81%) AWS Lambda
4 12 (16.44%) GCP
5 8 (10.96%) Amazon EKS
5 8 (10.96%) Amazon S3
5 8 (10.96%) Power Platform
6 7 (9.59%) GitHub
7 6 (8.22%) Amazon EC2
7 6 (8.22%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 5 (6.85%) AWS CloudFormation
8 5 (6.85%) GitHub Actions
9 4 (5.48%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 4 (5.48%) Amazon ECS
9 4 (5.48%) AWS KMS
9 4 (5.48%) Azure Data Factory
10 3 (4.11%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (4.11%) Google Gemini
10 3 (4.11%) Vertex AI
11 2 (2.74%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.74%) VPN
2 1 (1.37%) DNS
2 1 (1.37%) IPsec
2 1 (1.37%) Kerberos
2 1 (1.37%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (12.33%) NoSQL
2 7 (9.59%) MongoDB
2 7 (9.59%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (6.85%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (6.85%) Big Data
3 5 (6.85%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (6.85%) Redis
3 5 (6.85%) Relational Database
4 4 (5.48%) Delta Lake
4 4 (5.48%) Power BI
5 3 (4.11%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (2.74%) Amazon Aurora
6 2 (2.74%) Data Lake
6 2 (2.74%) Metadata
6 2 (2.74%) MySQL
7 1 (1.37%) Amazon Athena
7 1 (1.37%) DynamoDB
7 1 (1.37%) Hadoop
7 1 (1.37%) SQL Server
7 1 (1.37%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 20 (27.40%) GitLab
2 14 (19.18%) Jenkins
3 13 (17.81%) Git
4 6 (8.22%) REST Assured
5 4 (5.48%) Cucumber
5 4 (5.48%) Selenium
6 3 (4.11%) JIRA
6 3 (4.11%) Mocha
6 3 (4.11%) Postman
7 2 (2.74%) Gatling
7 2 (2.74%) SoapUI
8 1 (1.37%) JMeter
8 1 (1.37%) Serenity BDD
General
1 30 (41.10%) Public Sector
2 9 (12.33%) Social Skills
3 3 (4.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (2.74%) Finance
5 1 (1.37%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.37%) Banking
5 1 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (1.37%) Military
Job Titles
1 15 (20.55%) Developer
2 14 (19.18%) DevOps Engineer
3 13 (17.81%) Lead
4 11 (15.07%) Senior
5 8 (10.96%) AWS Engineer
6 7 (9.59%) Test Engineer
7 6 (8.22%) Architect
7 6 (8.22%) AWS DevOps
7 6 (8.22%) AWS DevOps Engineer
8 5 (6.85%) Data Engineer
8 5 (6.85%) Java Developer
9 4 (5.48%) Node.js Developer
9 4 (5.48%) Penetration Tester
9 4 (5.48%) Senior Developer
9 4 (5.48%) Tester
10 3 (4.11%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 3 (4.11%) Python Developer
10 3 (4.11%) Senior Architect
10 3 (4.11%) Senior Front-End Developer
10 3 (4.11%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (16.44%) Kafka
1 12 (16.44%) Node.js
2 11 (15.07%) Spring
3 6 (8.22%) REST
4 5 (6.85%) Elastic Stack
4 5 (6.85%) HTML
4 5 (6.85%) React
4 5 (6.85%) Spring Boot
5 4 (5.48%) Express.js
5 4 (5.48%) Next.js
6 3 (4.11%) CSS
6 3 (4.11%) Jest
6 3 (4.11%) LangChain
6 3 (4.11%) Playwright
6 3 (4.11%) PyTorch
6 3 (4.11%) RESTful
6 3 (4.11%) TensorFlow
7 2 (2.74%) Keycloak
7 2 (2.74%) OpenAPI
7 2 (2.74%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 2 (2.74%) Cloud Native
1 2 (2.74%) Data Centre
1 2 (2.74%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
1 2 (2.74%) Product Ownership
1 2 (2.74%) Public Cloud
1 2 (2.74%) Replication
2 1 (1.37%) AI Agents
2 1 (1.37%) Algorithms
2 1 (1.37%) Data Structures
2 1 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (1.37%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.37%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.48%) Linux
2 2 (2.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (1.37%) Android
3 1 (1.37%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (46.58%) CI/CD
2 29 (39.73%) DevOps
3 19 (26.03%) Agile
3 19 (26.03%) Microservices
4 17 (23.29%) Containerisation
4 17 (23.29%) Infrastructure as Code
5 15 (20.55%) Coaching
6 13 (17.81%) AI
6 13 (17.81%) Data Engineering
6 13 (17.81%) Mentoring
7 12 (16.44%) Machine Learning
7 12 (16.44%) TDD
7 12 (16.44%) Test Automation
8 11 (15.07%) Software Engineering
9 10 (13.70%) Analytics
10 9 (12.33%) Data Pipeline
10 9 (12.33%) ETL
11 8 (10.96%) Continuous Improvement
11 8 (10.96%) Roadmaps
12 7 (9.59%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 28 (38.36%) Python
2 25 (34.25%) Java
3 13 (17.81%) SQL
4 9 (12.33%) JavaScript
4 9 (12.33%) TypeScript
5 6 (8.22%) Bash
6 4 (5.48%) Kotlin
7 3 (4.11%) Groovy
7 3 (4.11%) Scala
8 2 (2.74%) Ruby
9 1 (1.37%) Bicep
9 1 (1.37%) Go
9 1 (1.37%) PowerShell
9 1 (1.37%) Swift
Qualifications
1 42 (57.53%) Security Cleared
2 35 (47.95%) SC Cleared
3 8 (10.96%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (6.85%) AWS Certification
5 3 (4.11%) Azure Certification
5 3 (4.11%) CHECK Team Member
5 3 (4.11%) CREST Certified
5 3 (4.11%) Degree
6 2 (2.74%) CHECK Team Leader
6 2 (2.74%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.37%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 1 (1.37%) CISA
7 1 (1.37%) CISSP
7 1 (1.37%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.37%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.37%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (12.33%) Data Quality
2 6 (8.22%) Accessibility
3 4 (5.48%) GDPR
3 4 (5.48%) WCAG
4 2 (2.74%) HIPAA
4 2 (2.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (2.74%) SLA
4 2 (2.74%) SOC 2
5 1 (1.37%) COBIT
5 1 (1.37%) ISO 22301
5 1 (1.37%) NCSC
5 1 (1.37%) QA
System Software
1 24 (32.88%) Docker
2 1 (1.37%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.37%) RACF
Systems Management
1 31 (42.47%) Terraform
2 26 (35.62%) Kubernetes
3 6 (8.22%) Ansible
4 5 (6.85%) Grafana
4 5 (6.85%) Prometheus
5 2 (2.74%) Packer
5 2 (2.74%) Rancher
6 1 (1.37%) Argo
6 1 (1.37%) Kubeflow
6 1 (1.37%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 7 (9.59%) Databricks
2 4 (5.48%) Dynatrace
2 4 (5.48%) Google
3 3 (4.11%) ServiceNow
4 2 (2.74%) CyberArk
4 2 (2.74%) Microsoft
4 2 (2.74%) Oracle
4 2 (2.74%) Zscaler
5 1 (1.37%) Blue Prism
5 1 (1.37%) Checkmarx
5 1 (1.37%) Informatica
5 1 (1.37%) Splunk
5 1 (1.37%) Talend
5 1 (1.37%) UiPath