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 citing AWS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 25 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| Rank change year-on-year | 0 | +1 | -3 |
| Contract jobs citing AWS | 141 | 70 | 30 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne | 22.35% | 27.89% | 17.44% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 55.51% | 55.12% | 50.85% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 109 | 50 | 10 |
| 10th Percentile | £363 | £400 | £408 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £431 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £425 | £550 | £447 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -22.73% | +23.04% | +5.18% |
| 75th Percentile | £525 | £600 | £604 |
| 90th Percentile | £625 | £739 | £659 |
| Tyne and Wear median daily rate | £425 | £550 | £454 |
| % change year-on-year | -22.73% | +21.15% | +11.00% |
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 citing cloud computing skills in Newcastle upon Tyne.
| 6 months to 25 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies citing cloud computing skills | 254 | 127 | 59 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne | 40.25% | 50.60% | 34.30% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 171 | 80 | 23 |
| 10th Percentile | £313 | £290 | £212 |
| 25th Percentile | £363 | £400 | £333 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £425 | £500 | £425 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -15.00% | +17.65% | +4.94% |
| 75th Percentile | £523 | £575 | £543 |
| 90th Percentile | £600 | £700 | £625 |
| Tyne and Wear median daily rate | £425 | £500 | £440 |
| % change year-on-year | -15.00% | +13.64% | +10.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 26 | 2 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £61.25 | £36.85 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £64.19 | £38.13 | - |
| Median hourly rate | £70.00 | £42.00 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | +66.67% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | £47.63 | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | £49.95 | - |
| Tyne and Wear median hourly rate | £70.00 | £42.00 | - |
| % change year-on-year | +66.67% | - | - |
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 Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne
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 25 October 2026.
AWS Hourly Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne
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 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 | 36.9% | 52 |
| 2 | OCI | 17.0% | 24 |
| 3 | Amazon CloudWatch | 16.3% | 23 |
| 3 | Amazon S3 | 16.3% | 23 |
| 5 | GCP | 14.2% | 20 |
| 6 | Amazon EKS | 13.5% | 19 |
| 6 | AWS Lambda | 13.5% | 19 |
| 6 | Serverless | 13.5% | 19 |
| 9 | GitHub | 12.1% | 17 |
| 10 | GitHub Actions | 8.5% | 12 |
| 11 | Kong | 7.8% | 11 |
| 12 | Amazon ECR | 7.1% | 10 |
| 13 | Amazon EMR | 6.4% | 9 |
| 13 | Amazon SQS | 6.4% | 9 |
| 15 | Amazon EC2 | 5.0% | 7 |
| 15 | Amazon ECS | 5.0% | 7 |
| 15 | SaaS | 5.0% | 7 |
| 18 | AWS KMS | 4.3% | 6 |
| 19 | AWS Fargate | 3.5% | 5 |
| 20 | AWS CloudFormation | 2.8% | 4 |