AWS Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring AWS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 8 10
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 +2
Contract jobs citing AWS 927 506 445
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 12.44% 12.61% 10.77%
As % of the Cloud Services category 36.64% 37.40% 34.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 659 385 306
10th Percentile £375 £358 £354
25th Percentile £425 £400 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £485
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -2.06% -11.82%
75th Percentile £625 £545 £568
90th Percentile £700 £650 £641
England median daily rate £550 £525 £575
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 4 8
10th Percentile - £67.88 -
25th Percentile £62.50 £68.44 £46.18
Median hourly rate £75.00 £77.50 £52.09
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +48.78% +12.80%
75th Percentile £76.50 £90.31 £71.59
90th Percentile £90.00 £93.13 £72.66
England median hourly rate £70.00 £72.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year -3.45% +56.99% -37.59%

All Cloud Computing 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 2,530 1,353 1,287
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 33.95% 33.72% 31.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,639 970 873
10th Percentile £300 £300 £300
25th Percentile £400 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £469 £485
Median % change year-on-year +6.61% -3.30% -3.00%
75th Percentile £588 £538 £575
90th Percentile £675 £625 £650
England median daily rate £525 £512 £525
% change year-on-year +2.49% -2.43% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 136 32 41
10th Percentile £17.50 £12.53 £13.25
25th Percentile £25.38 £12.82 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £38.30 £16.06
Median % change year-on-year +69.73% +138.45% -41.28%
75th Percentile £70.00 £67.25 £32.50
90th Percentile £77.00 £87.50 £58.00
England median hourly rate £35.36 £26.15 £25.00
% change year-on-year +35.22% +4.60% -22.62%

AWS
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

AWS job vacancy trend in the North of England

AWS
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing AWS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing AWS

AWS
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 17 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for AWS in the North of England

AWS
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing AWS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing AWS

AWS
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing AWS in the North of England over the 6 months to 17 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for AWS in the North of England

AWS
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 17 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
North West +1 469 £570 +20.63% 208
Yorkshire -1 326 £513 +2.65% 111
North East +1 154 £450 -13.46% 87
AWS
England

AWS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 51 (5.50%) Apache Spark
2 43 (4.64%) Apache
3 41 (4.42%) Confluence
4 36 (3.88%) Apache Airflow
5 24 (2.59%) Jupyter
6 8 (0.86%) SharePoint
7 7 (0.76%) Palantir Foundry
8 6 (0.65%) CMS
8 6 (0.65%) WebLogic
9 4 (0.43%) Apache Superset
9 4 (0.43%) WordPress
10 2 (0.22%) Camunda
10 2 (0.22%) nginx
10 2 (0.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.22%) SAS
10 2 (0.22%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.22%) WebSphere
11 1 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Exchange
11 1 (0.11%) OpenStack
Applications
1 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (1.40%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.65%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.32%) Adobe Campaign
4 2 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.11%) Cloudability
5 1 (0.11%) SAP ECC
5 1 (0.11%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 449 (48.44%) Azure
2 257 (27.72%) GCP
3 119 (12.84%) GitHub
4 108 (11.65%) Serverless
5 85 (9.17%) GitHub Actions
6 72 (7.77%) AWS Lambda
7 59 (6.36%) Amazon S3
8 57 (6.15%) OCI
9 40 (4.31%) Amazon EKS
9 40 (4.31%) Power Platform
10 37 (3.99%) AWS CloudFormation
11 36 (3.88%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 34 (3.67%) Amazon ECS
13 32 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
13 32 (3.45%) Google Kubernetes Engine
14 29 (3.13%) SaaS
15 27 (2.91%) Amazon SQS
16 26 (2.80%) Amazon EC2
16 26 (2.80%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 24 (2.59%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 75 (8.09%) Firewall
2 46 (4.96%) Network Security
3 32 (3.45%) DNS
4 31 (3.34%) BGP
5 29 (3.13%) OSPF
6 25 (2.70%) WAN
7 23 (2.48%) VXLAN
8 22 (2.37%) Ethernet VPN
8 22 (2.37%) SD-WAN
9 21 (2.27%) BIG-IP
10 20 (2.16%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 20 (2.16%) VPN
11 14 (1.51%) WLAN
12 13 (1.40%) Wi-Fi
13 10 (1.08%) SAN
14 8 (0.86%) HTTP
15 7 (0.76%) NAS
15 7 (0.76%) TCP/IP
16 6 (0.65%) SSL
16 6 (0.65%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (6.15%) SQL Server
2 54 (5.83%) PostgreSQL
3 42 (4.53%) DynamoDB
4 37 (3.99%) Relational Database
5 35 (3.78%) MongoDB
6 29 (3.13%) NoSQL
7 28 (3.02%) Power BI
8 25 (2.70%) Oracle Database
9 23 (2.48%) Amazon RDS
10 21 (2.27%) Data Warehouse
11 18 (1.94%) RDBMS
12 17 (1.83%) Data Lake
13 15 (1.62%) Oracle Exadata
14 14 (1.51%) Metadata
15 13 (1.40%) Amazon Redshift
15 13 (1.40%) Big Data
15 13 (1.40%) BigQuery
15 13 (1.40%) MySQL
16 12 (1.29%) Amazon Athena
17 10 (1.08%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 150 (16.18%) GitLab
2 101 (10.90%) Jenkins
3 71 (7.66%) Git
4 63 (6.80%) JIRA
5 21 (2.27%) Selenium
6 17 (1.83%) Maven
7 16 (1.73%) Gatling
8 13 (1.40%) Cucumber
9 12 (1.29%) REST Assured
10 11 (1.19%) Claude Code
10 11 (1.19%) SonarQube
11 9 (0.97%) Sonatype Nexus
12 7 (0.76%) JMeter
12 7 (0.76%) JUnit
12 7 (0.76%) Serenity BDD
13 6 (0.65%) Artifactory
13 6 (0.65%) Bitbucket
13 6 (0.65%) Mockito
13 6 (0.65%) WebDriver
14 5 (0.54%) LoadRunner
General
1 230 (24.81%) Social Skills
2 180 (19.42%) Public Sector
3 178 (19.20%) Finance
4 66 (7.12%) Analytical Skills
5 60 (6.47%) Banking
6 40 (4.31%) Retail
7 24 (2.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 19 (2.05%) Military
9 17 (1.83%) Documentation Skills
10 13 (1.40%) Publishing
11 12 (1.29%) Games
11 12 (1.29%) Influencing Skills
12 11 (1.19%) Manufacturing
13 9 (0.97%) Financial Institution
13 9 (0.97%) Telecoms
14 8 (0.86%) Legal
15 5 (0.54%) Marketing
16 4 (0.43%) Billing
16 4 (0.43%) Investment Banking
16 4 (0.43%) Law
Job Titles
1 172 (18.55%) Senior
2 131 (14.13%) Developer
3 117 (12.62%) Architect
4 116 (12.51%) Lead
5 110 (11.87%) DevOps Engineer
6 83 (8.95%) AWS Engineer
7 72 (7.77%) Software Engineer
8 69 (7.44%) Security Engineer
9 55 (5.93%) Data Engineer
10 44 (4.75%) Cloud Engineer
10 44 (4.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 42 (4.53%) Analyst
12 41 (4.42%) Solutions Architect
13 36 (3.88%) Java Developer
14 32 (3.45%) Platform Engineer
14 32 (3.45%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 31 (3.34%) Java Engineer
16 30 (3.24%) Consultant
16 30 (3.24%) Python Developer
16 30 (3.24%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 92 (9.92%) Spring
2 81 (8.74%) Kafka
3 80 (8.63%) Node.js
4 76 (8.20%) Spring Boot
5 74 (7.98%) REST
6 59 (6.36%) React
7 31 (3.34%) .NET
8 30 (3.24%) OAuth
9 28 (3.02%) PySpark
10 27 (2.91%) Playwright
11 25 (2.70%) OpenID
12 22 (2.37%) AngularJS
12 22 (2.37%) AWS CDK
13 21 (2.27%) JSON
13 21 (2.27%) RESTful
14 20 (2.16%) HTML
15 18 (1.94%) Middleware
16 16 (1.73%) Next.js
16 16 (1.73%) Vue
17 15 (1.62%) Oracle GoldenGate
Miscellaneous
1 202 (21.79%) Cloud Native
2 48 (5.18%) Product Ownership
3 45 (4.85%) Data Centre
3 45 (4.85%) Distributed Systems
3 45 (4.85%) Security Posture
4 37 (3.99%) Hybrid Cloud
4 37 (3.99%) Public Cloud
5 29 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
5 29 (3.13%) NHS
6 25 (2.70%) Data Protection Act
7 24 (2.59%) Legacy Systems
8 23 (2.48%) Enterprise Cloud
9 22 (2.37%) Management Information System
9 22 (2.37%) Replication
10 21 (2.27%) Onboarding
11 15 (1.62%) AI Agents
12 11 (1.19%) Data Structures
12 11 (1.19%) Linux Command Line
13 9 (0.97%) Cloud Security Posture
14 8 (0.86%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 110 (11.87%) Linux
2 54 (5.83%) Windows
3 28 (3.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 23 (2.48%) Unix
5 21 (2.27%) AIX
6 14 (1.51%) Windows Server
7 10 (1.08%) Apple iOS
8 9 (0.97%) Mac OS
9 6 (0.65%) VMS
10 5 (0.54%) Android
10 5 (0.54%) Ubuntu
11 4 (0.43%) CoreOS
12 3 (0.32%) Data ONTAP
13 2 (0.22%) CentOS
14 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
14 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 472 (50.92%) CI/CD
2 358 (38.62%) DevOps
3 290 (31.28%) Infrastructure as Code
4 288 (31.07%) Agile
5 155 (16.72%) Microservices
6 150 (16.18%) Software Engineering
7 143 (15.43%) Observability
8 131 (14.13%) Containerisation
8 131 (14.13%) Stakeholder Management
9 126 (13.59%) Migration
10 123 (13.27%) Test Automation
11 122 (13.16%) Continuous Improvement
12 120 (12.94%) Roadmaps
13 116 (12.51%) Cloud Security
14 108 (11.65%) AI
15 95 (10.25%) Technical Leadership
16 94 (10.14%) Problem-Solving
17 91 (9.82%) Event-Driven
18 86 (9.28%) Analytics
19 84 (9.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 335 (36.14%) Python
2 210 (22.65%) Java
3 128 (13.81%) SQL
4 79 (8.52%) TypeScript
5 74 (7.98%) PowerShell
6 73 (7.87%) Bash
7 68 (7.34%) JavaScript
8 25 (2.70%) Bicep
8 25 (2.70%) Scala
9 18 (1.94%) Kotlin
10 17 (1.83%) Groovy
11 16 (1.73%) C#
12 12 (1.29%) Shell Script
13 9 (0.97%) Go
14 7 (0.76%) Search Processing Language
15 5 (0.54%) Kusto Query Language
15 5 (0.54%) Rust
16 4 (0.43%) ABAP
16 4 (0.43%) PHP
17 2 (0.22%) BeanShell
Qualifications
1 240 (25.89%) Security Cleared
2 198 (21.36%) SC Cleared
3 63 (6.80%) CISSP
4 60 (6.47%) AWS Certification
5 53 (5.72%) BPSS Clearance
6 46 (4.96%) Degree
7 45 (4.85%) Cisco Certification
8 34 (3.67%) Azure Certification
9 26 (2.80%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 23 (2.48%) CISM
11 21 (2.27%) CCSP
12 20 (2.16%) DV Cleared
13 14 (1.51%) CCNA
14 13 (1.40%) CCNP
15 10 (1.08%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 7 (0.76%) GCIH
16 7 (0.76%) PMI Certification
17 6 (0.65%) Computer Science Degree
17 6 (0.65%) GIAC
17 6 (0.65%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (6.26%) QA
2 51 (5.50%) Data Quality
3 41 (4.42%) Accessibility
4 32 (3.45%) GDPR
5 27 (2.91%) NIST
6 21 (2.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 18 (1.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 16 (1.73%) WCAG
9 15 (1.62%) PCI DSS
10 10 (1.08%) HIPAA
11 7 (0.76%) HL7
12 6 (0.65%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 6 (0.65%) GRC
13 3 (0.32%) GxP
14 2 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
14 2 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 2 (0.22%) NCSC
14 2 (0.22%) SLA
15 1 (0.11%) Disclosure Scotland
15 1 (0.11%) PMO
System Software
1 225 (24.27%) Docker
2 37 (3.99%) Active Directory
3 17 (1.83%) Oracle RAC
3 17 (1.83%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (1.19%) vSphere
5 10 (1.08%) NFS
6 8 (0.86%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (0.76%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (0.65%) Hyper-V
9 5 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
10 4 (0.43%) GPFS
11 3 (0.32%) Veritas Volume Manager
11 3 (0.32%) VMware NSX
12 2 (0.22%) Apache ZooKeeper
12 2 (0.22%) Firmware
13 1 (0.11%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
13 1 (0.11%) Ceph
13 1 (0.11%) KVM
13 1 (0.11%) Slurm Workload Manager
13 1 (0.11%) zsh
Systems Management
1 347 (37.43%) Terraform
2 251 (27.08%) Kubernetes
3 107 (11.54%) Ansible
4 57 (6.15%) Grafana
5 42 (4.53%) Prometheus
6 27 (2.91%) Progress Chef
7 22 (2.37%) Oracle RMAN
8 18 (1.94%) Data Guard
9 12 (1.29%) Argo
10 10 (1.08%) HAProxy
10 10 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
11 9 (0.97%) Microsoft Intune
12 6 (0.65%) Kustomize
12 6 (0.65%) Packer
13 5 (0.54%) CASB
13 5 (0.54%) Istio
13 5 (0.54%) Jamf Pro
13 5 (0.54%) vRealize
14 4 (0.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 3 (0.32%) VxRail
Vendors
1 106 (11.43%) Microsoft
2 66 (7.12%) Google
3 52 (5.61%) ServiceNow
4 47 (5.07%) Splunk
5 45 (4.85%) Oracle
6 39 (4.21%) Databricks
7 37 (3.99%) Palo Alto
8 24 (2.59%) Aruba
9 23 (2.48%) F5
9 23 (2.48%) Red Hat
10 22 (2.37%) Arista
11 21 (2.27%) Dynatrace
12 19 (2.05%) SAP
12 19 (2.05%) VMware
13 18 (1.94%) Cisco
13 18 (1.94%) IBM
14 17 (1.83%) CyberArk
15 15 (1.62%) Infoblox
16 14 (1.51%) Trend Micro
17 10 (1.08%) BeyondTrust