AWS Contracts in the North of England

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring AWS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited AWS over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 13 11
Rank change year-on-year +4 -2 -1
Contract jobs citing AWS 367 453 748
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 11.14% 9.50% 12.83%
As % of the Cloud Services category 33.03% 32.17% 34.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 288 354 590
10th Percentile £358 £350 £419
25th Percentile £402 £420 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £510 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.86% -7.27% -
75th Percentile £575 £599 £638
90th Percentile £676 £671 £700
England median daily rate £550 £553 £593
% change year-on-year -0.50% -6.71% +0.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 3
10th Percentile £67.75 £54.71 £35.92
25th Percentile £68.13 £67.50 £37.30
Median hourly rate £72.50 £70.00 £39.60
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% +76.77% -31.13%
75th Percentile £82.50 £72.50 £52.68
90th Percentile £86.25 - £60.52
England median hourly rate £71.25 £53.75 £72.75
% change year-on-year +32.56% -26.12% +29.33%

All Cloud Skills
North of England

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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,111 1,408 2,141
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 33.72% 29.53% 36.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 838 999 1,595
10th Percentile £248 £263 £300
25th Percentile £385 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £638 £643 £688
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 79 37
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.00 £16.22
25th Percentile £26.72 £15.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.91 £16.06 £39.60
Median % change year-on-year +92.43% -59.44% +111.93%
75th Percentile £73.44 £20.77 £65.00
90th Percentile £97.98 £43.75 £70.00
England median hourly rate £25.50 £20.77 £32.30
% change year-on-year +22.77% -35.70% +53.81%

AWS
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing AWS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for AWS in the North of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing AWS in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for AWS in the North of England

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing AWS in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for AWS in the North of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing AWS in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for AWS in the North of England

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Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AWS within the North of England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
North West +2 225 £475 -5.00% 584
Yorkshire +4 105 £500 -6.98% 202
North East +11 46 £508 -11.74% 90
AWS
England

AWS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 15 (4.09%) Apache Airflow
1 15 (4.09%) nginx
2 10 (2.72%) Confluence
2 10 (2.72%) JBoss
3 8 (2.18%) Apache Spark
3 8 (2.18%) Tomcat
3 8 (2.18%) WebSphere
4 7 (1.91%) Apache
4 7 (1.91%) Traefik
5 4 (1.09%) CMS
5 4 (1.09%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.82%) SAS
7 2 (0.54%) IIS
7 2 (0.54%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.54%) WebSphere Application Server
8 1 (0.27%) Camunda
8 1 (0.27%) CICS
8 1 (0.27%) Documentum
8 1 (0.27%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (1.36%) Kondor
2 1 (0.27%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 101 (27.52%) Azure
2 69 (18.80%) GCP
3 54 (14.71%) Serverless
4 37 (10.08%) AWS Lambda
5 35 (9.54%) Amazon S3
5 35 (9.54%) GitHub
6 30 (8.17%) AWS CloudFormation
7 27 (7.36%) Amazon EC2
7 27 (7.36%) Amazon EKS
8 26 (7.08%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 23 (6.27%) Amazon ECS
10 21 (5.72%) GitHub Actions
11 12 (3.27%) Amazon SQS
11 12 (3.27%) dbt
11 12 (3.27%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 11 (3.00%) AWS Fargate
12 11 (3.00%) Entra ID
13 9 (2.45%) Kong
14 8 (2.18%) OpenShift
15 7 (1.91%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.63%) DNS
2 12 (3.27%) TCP/IP
3 8 (2.18%) Firewall
4 7 (1.91%) HTTP
5 6 (1.63%) Network Security
5 6 (1.63%) SSL
5 6 (1.63%) VPN
6 4 (1.09%) WAN
7 3 (0.82%) DHCP
7 3 (0.82%) MPLS
7 3 (0.82%) NAS
7 3 (0.82%) VLAN
8 2 (0.54%) BGP
8 2 (0.54%) Calico
8 2 (0.54%) HTTPS
8 2 (0.54%) Kerberos
8 2 (0.54%) LAN
8 2 (0.54%) OSPF
8 2 (0.54%) SAN
8 2 (0.54%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (8.17%) MongoDB
2 26 (7.08%) PostgreSQL
3 21 (5.72%) SQL Server
4 16 (4.36%) DynamoDB
4 16 (4.36%) Relational Database
5 14 (3.81%) MySQL
5 14 (3.81%) NoSQL
6 13 (3.54%) Data Warehouse
7 12 (3.27%) Amazon Redshift
7 12 (3.27%) Hadoop
8 11 (3.00%) Big Data
9 9 (2.45%) Data Lake
9 9 (2.45%) Elasticsearch
10 7 (1.91%) Amazon RDS
10 7 (1.91%) Power BI
11 6 (1.63%) DB2
12 5 (1.36%) Metadata
12 5 (1.36%) RDBMS
13 4 (1.09%) Airbyte
13 4 (1.09%) Metadata Repository
Development Applications
1 65 (17.71%) GitLab
2 55 (14.99%) Jenkins
3 44 (11.99%) Git
4 28 (7.63%) JIRA
5 12 (3.27%) Sonatype Nexus
6 11 (3.00%) Maven
6 11 (3.00%) Selenium
6 11 (3.00%) SonarQube
7 9 (2.45%) Postman
8 7 (1.91%) TeamCity
9 6 (1.63%) Cypress.io
10 5 (1.36%) Artifactory
10 5 (1.36%) Bitbucket
10 5 (1.36%) Bitbucket Server
10 5 (1.36%) CA Release Automation
10 5 (1.36%) gulp
10 5 (1.36%) ScriptRunner
11 4 (1.09%) Cucumber
11 4 (1.09%) REST Assured
11 4 (1.09%) SoapUI
General
1 62 (16.89%) Social Skills
2 50 (13.62%) Public Sector
3 39 (10.63%) Finance
4 31 (8.45%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (6.54%) Banking
6 14 (3.81%) Legal
7 10 (2.72%) Telecoms
8 7 (1.91%) Military
9 6 (1.63%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.09%) Marketing
10 4 (1.09%) Pharmaceutical
10 4 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (1.09%) Retail
11 2 (0.54%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.54%) Electronics
11 2 (0.54%) French Language
11 2 (0.54%) Retail Banking
12 1 (0.27%) Advertising
12 1 (0.27%) Billing
12 1 (0.27%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 76 (20.71%) Senior
2 75 (20.44%) Developer
3 62 (16.89%) DevOps Engineer
4 48 (13.08%) Architect
5 43 (11.72%) AWS Engineer
6 32 (8.72%) Data Engineer
7 27 (7.36%) Lead
8 26 (7.08%) AWS DevOps
9 23 (6.27%) Solutions Architect
10 22 (5.99%) AWS DevOps Engineer
10 22 (5.99%) Senior DevOps
10 22 (5.99%) Software Engineer
11 19 (5.18%) Senior Developer
12 18 (4.90%) Full-Stack Developer
13 16 (4.36%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 15 (4.09%) Senior Software Engineer
15 12 (3.27%) Python Engineer
15 12 (3.27%) Software Developer
16 10 (2.72%) AWS Architect
16 10 (2.72%) AWS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (13.90%) Kafka
2 48 (13.08%) Node.js
3 40 (10.90%) React
4 29 (7.90%) RESTful
5 24 (6.54%) Spring Boot
6 22 (5.99%) REST
7 18 (4.90%) AngularJS
8 17 (4.63%) .NET
8 17 (4.63%) cloud-init
8 17 (4.63%) Spring
9 13 (3.54%) SOAP
10 12 (3.27%) CSS
11 11 (3.00%) HTML
12 10 (2.72%) Elastic Stack
13 9 (2.45%) Keycloak
13 9 (2.45%) Web Services
14 8 (2.18%) Lambda Expressions
14 8 (2.18%) OAuth
15 7 (1.91%) Express.js
15 7 (1.91%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 15 (4.09%) Product Ownership
2 12 (3.27%) Greenfield Project
2 12 (3.27%) PKI
3 11 (3.00%) Cloud Native
4 9 (2.45%) Data Protection Act
4 9 (2.45%) Mobile App
4 9 (2.45%) Public Cloud
5 8 (2.18%) Onboarding
6 7 (1.91%) Mainframe
6 7 (1.91%) Private Cloud
7 6 (1.63%) Algorithms
7 6 (1.63%) Cyber Threat
8 5 (1.36%) Derivative
8 5 (1.36%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (1.36%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 4 (1.09%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (1.09%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (1.09%) Management Information System
10 3 (0.82%) Data Structures
10 3 (0.82%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 67 (18.26%) Linux
2 33 (8.99%) Unix
3 32 (8.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 23 (6.27%) CentOS
5 19 (5.18%) Windows
6 7 (1.91%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.82%) AIX
7 3 (0.82%) Solaris
7 3 (0.82%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.82%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.54%) Android
8 2 (0.54%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.54%) HPUX
9 1 (0.27%) Amazon Linux
9 1 (0.27%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (33.51%) CI/CD
2 114 (31.06%) DevOps
3 84 (22.89%) Agile
4 58 (15.80%) Problem-Solving
5 55 (14.99%) Infrastructure as Code
5 55 (14.99%) Microservices
6 50 (13.62%) Containerisation
7 48 (13.08%) Data Pipeline
8 46 (12.53%) Software Engineering
9 37 (10.08%) Migration
10 35 (9.54%) Continuous Integration
11 31 (8.45%) ETL
12 29 (7.90%) Full-Stack Development
13 28 (7.63%) SDLC
14 27 (7.36%) Analytics
14 27 (7.36%) Test Automation
15 23 (6.27%) Stakeholder Management
16 22 (5.99%) Cloud Security
17 21 (5.72%) Mentoring
18 20 (5.45%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 136 (37.06%) Python
2 67 (18.26%) SQL
3 60 (16.35%) Java
4 58 (15.80%) JavaScript
5 35 (9.54%) TypeScript
6 32 (8.72%) Bash
7 21 (5.72%) Go
8 9 (2.45%) Perl
9 8 (2.18%) PowerShell
10 7 (1.91%) Shell Script
11 6 (1.63%) C#
11 6 (1.63%) Groovy
11 6 (1.63%) PHP
11 6 (1.63%) Scala
11 6 (1.63%) SPARQL
12 4 (1.09%) Ruby
13 3 (0.82%) Clojure
13 3 (0.82%) Kotlin
14 2 (0.54%) ActionScript 2.0
14 2 (0.54%) R
Qualifications
1 124 (33.79%) Security Cleared
2 94 (25.61%) SC Cleared
3 24 (6.54%) AWS Certification
4 21 (5.72%) Degree
5 17 (4.63%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (2.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 9 (2.45%) Azure Certification
7 7 (1.91%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (1.63%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (1.36%) DV Cleared
10 4 (1.09%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (1.09%) CTC Cleared
11 3 (0.82%) CCIE
11 3 (0.82%) CCNP
11 3 (0.82%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.54%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 2 (0.54%) IBM Certification
12 2 (0.54%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.54%) JNCIE
13 1 (0.27%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (7.63%) QA
2 11 (3.00%) GDPR
2 11 (3.00%) NCSC
3 9 (2.45%) Data Quality
4 8 (2.18%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.36%) Basel III
5 5 (1.36%) MiFID
5 5 (1.36%) PCI DSS
6 4 (1.09%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 3 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (0.82%) SLA
8 2 (0.54%) NIST
9 1 (0.27%) COBIT
9 1 (0.27%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.27%) Government Security Classifications
9 1 (0.27%) Software Quality Assurance
9 1 (0.27%) WCAG
System Software
1 64 (17.44%) Docker
2 13 (3.54%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.91%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.63%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (1.09%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (1.09%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.54%) KVM
7 1 (0.27%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 1 (0.27%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 100 (27.25%) Terraform
2 94 (25.61%) Kubernetes
3 20 (5.45%) Packer
4 19 (5.18%) Ansible
4 19 (5.18%) Prometheus
5 17 (4.63%) Grafana
6 14 (3.81%) Istio
7 12 (3.27%) Kibana
7 12 (3.27%) Progress Chef
8 11 (3.00%) ZABBIX
9 9 (2.45%) Consul
9 9 (2.45%) Jamf Pro
9 9 (2.45%) linkerd
9 9 (2.45%) Rancher
10 7 (1.91%) HAProxy
11 5 (1.36%) Puppet
12 3 (0.82%) Kustomize
12 3 (0.82%) Nagios
12 3 (0.82%) Single Sign-On
13 1 (0.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 22 (5.99%) Google
2 20 (5.45%) Oracle
2 20 (5.45%) Splunk
3 18 (4.90%) Microsoft
4 17 (4.63%) IBM
5 15 (4.09%) Red Hat
6 14 (3.81%) Databricks
7 9 (2.45%) Okta
8 8 (2.18%) AppDynamics
8 8 (2.18%) Apple
8 8 (2.18%) VMware
9 7 (1.91%) Cisco
9 7 (1.91%) Cloudera
9 7 (1.91%) ESET
10 6 (1.63%) Atlassian
11 5 (1.36%) Sybase
12 4 (1.09%) ForgeRock
12 4 (1.09%) New Relic
13 3 (0.82%) SAP
13 3 (0.82%) ServiceNow