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 8 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 12 12
Rank change year-on-year +3 0 -5
Contract jobs citing AWS 459 471 622
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 12.22% 9.88% 11.05%
As % of the Cloud Services category 36.40% 32.04% 31.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 358 339 474
10th Percentile £358 £350 £413
25th Percentile £400 £403 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £489 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -11.09% -
75th Percentile £550 £575 £638
90th Percentile £664 £646 £700
England median daily rate £538 £563 £600
% change year-on-year -4.57% -6.13% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 8 9
10th Percentile £67.88 £46.18 £31.85
25th Percentile £68.44 £58.42 £35.00
Median hourly rate £77.50 £70.00 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.71% +72.84% -46.00%
75th Percentile £90.31 £72.50 £46.18
90th Percentile £93.13 £73.10 £50.09
England median hourly rate £71.25 £46.18 £73.00
% change year-on-year +54.29% -36.74% +11.38%

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 1,261 1,470 1,986
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 33.58% 30.85% 35.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 918 1,024 1,465
10th Percentile £299 £263 £283
25th Percentile £390 £388 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £475 £513
Median % change year-on-year -1.05% -7.32% +2.50%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £590
90th Percentile £638 £645 £678
England median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 76 51
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.13 £15.75
25th Percentile £12.82 £15.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate £28.75 £16.06 £22.41
Median % change year-on-year +79.02% -28.34% +4.23%
75th Percentile £46.19 £26.50 £41.63
90th Percentile £82.50 £46.18 £56.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £22.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year +14.32% -33.33% +53.49%

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 8 July 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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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 8 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram 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 8 July 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 +4 265 £475 -2.86% 428
Yorkshire -1 147 £500 +3.09% 253
North East +5 58 £500 -2.44% 82
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 22 (4.79%) JBoss
2 19 (4.14%) Confluence
3 16 (3.49%) Tomcat
4 15 (3.27%) Apache Airflow
5 11 (2.40%) WebSphere
6 8 (1.74%) Apache Spark
7 6 (1.31%) Apache
8 5 (1.09%) WebLogic
9 4 (0.87%) CMS
9 4 (0.87%) nginx
9 4 (0.87%) OpenStack
9 4 (0.87%) WebSphere Application Server
10 3 (0.65%) CICS
10 3 (0.65%) Documentum
10 3 (0.65%) FileNet
10 3 (0.65%) SAS
11 2 (0.44%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.44%) IIS
11 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
12 1 (0.22%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (0.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.22%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (1.09%) Kondor
2 1 (0.22%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (0.22%) Magento
2 1 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.22%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 141 (30.72%) Azure
2 103 (22.44%) GCP
3 71 (15.47%) Serverless
4 47 (10.24%) AWS Lambda
5 44 (9.59%) Amazon S3
6 40 (8.71%) GitHub
7 35 (7.63%) Amazon EC2
8 32 (6.97%) Amazon EKS
9 29 (6.32%) AWS CloudFormation
10 22 (4.79%) Amazon ECS
10 22 (4.79%) GitHub Actions
11 21 (4.58%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 20 (4.36%) SaaS
13 19 (4.14%) OpenShift
14 15 (3.27%) Amazon SQS
14 15 (3.27%) Microsoft 365
15 13 (2.83%) Entra ID
16 9 (1.96%) Azure DevOps
16 9 (1.96%) dbt
16 9 (1.96%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 21 (4.58%) Firewall
2 13 (2.83%) DNS
3 10 (2.18%) Network Security
3 10 (2.18%) VPN
4 9 (1.96%) DHCP
4 9 (1.96%) MPLS
4 9 (1.96%) VLAN
5 8 (1.74%) BGP
5 8 (1.74%) HTTP
5 8 (1.74%) OSPF
6 7 (1.53%) TCP/IP
7 5 (1.09%) 4G
7 5 (1.09%) SSL
8 4 (0.87%) 3GPP
8 4 (0.87%) 5G
8 4 (0.87%) Calico
8 4 (0.87%) IPsec
8 4 (0.87%) Radio Access Network
8 4 (0.87%) WAN
8 4 (0.87%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (10.24%) PostgreSQL
2 46 (10.02%) MongoDB
3 31 (6.75%) NoSQL
4 23 (5.01%) MySQL
4 23 (5.01%) SQL Server
5 21 (4.58%) DynamoDB
6 19 (4.14%) Amazon Redshift
6 19 (4.14%) Relational Database
7 13 (2.83%) Big Data
8 12 (2.61%) Amazon RDS
8 12 (2.61%) Data Warehouse
9 11 (2.40%) Hadoop
10 10 (2.18%) Elasticsearch
11 9 (1.96%) DB2
11 9 (1.96%) RDBMS
12 7 (1.53%) Power BI
13 6 (1.31%) Amazon Athena
13 6 (1.31%) Data Lake
14 5 (1.09%) BigQuery
15 4 (0.87%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 79 (17.21%) Jenkins
2 73 (15.90%) Git
3 66 (14.38%) GitLab
4 57 (12.42%) JIRA
5 25 (5.45%) Sonatype Nexus
6 20 (4.36%) Maven
6 20 (4.36%) SonarQube
7 14 (3.05%) Postman
8 11 (2.40%) TeamCity
9 9 (1.96%) Artifactory
9 9 (1.96%) JUnit
9 9 (1.96%) Selenium
9 9 (1.96%) SoapUI
10 8 (1.74%) Bitbucket Server
10 8 (1.74%) CA Release Automation
11 7 (1.53%) Bitbucket
11 7 (1.53%) Gradle
12 5 (1.09%) Cucumber
12 5 (1.09%) REST Assured
12 5 (1.09%) ScriptRunner
General
1 95 (20.70%) Social Skills
2 59 (12.85%) Public Sector
3 55 (11.98%) Finance
4 40 (8.71%) Banking
5 39 (8.50%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (2.18%) Retail
7 9 (1.96%) Legal
8 6 (1.31%) Military
9 5 (1.09%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (1.09%) Pharmaceutical
9 5 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (0.87%) Manufacturing
11 3 (0.65%) Japanese Language
11 3 (0.65%) Marketing
12 2 (0.44%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.44%) Health Technology
12 2 (0.44%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.44%) Retail Banking
12 2 (0.44%) Tech for Good
12 2 (0.44%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 97 (21.13%) Developer
2 72 (15.69%) Architect
3 66 (14.38%) Senior
4 52 (11.33%) DevOps Engineer
5 40 (8.71%) AWS Engineer
6 34 (7.41%) Lead
7 27 (5.88%) Full-Stack Developer
8 26 (5.66%) AWS DevOps
8 26 (5.66%) Data Engineer
8 26 (5.66%) Software Engineer
9 23 (5.01%) Solutions Architect
10 22 (4.79%) Analyst
11 21 (4.58%) AWS DevOps Engineer
12 18 (3.92%) AWS Developer
12 18 (3.92%) Java Developer
13 17 (3.70%) Security Architect
14 16 (3.49%) AWS Architect
14 16 (3.49%) Software Developer
15 15 (3.27%) Senior Developer
15 15 (3.27%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (13.94%) Node.js
2 44 (9.59%) React
3 41 (8.93%) RESTful
3 41 (8.93%) Spring Boot
4 37 (8.06%) Kafka
5 36 (7.84%) REST
6 30 (6.54%) Spring
7 20 (4.36%) AngularJS
8 18 (3.92%) SOAP
8 18 (3.92%) Web Services
9 16 (3.49%) .NET
9 16 (3.49%) Elastic Stack
9 16 (3.49%) HTML
10 15 (3.27%) CSS
11 14 (3.05%) OAuth
11 14 (3.05%) SAML
12 12 (2.61%) JSON
13 10 (2.18%) AWS CDK
13 10 (2.18%) Express.js
13 10 (2.18%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 37 (8.06%) Cloud Native
2 20 (4.36%) Product Ownership
3 17 (3.70%) Data Protection Act
4 14 (3.05%) Onboarding
4 14 (3.05%) Public Cloud
5 12 (2.61%) Greenfield Project
6 9 (1.96%) Mobile App
7 8 (1.74%) Hybrid Cloud
7 8 (1.74%) NHS
7 8 (1.74%) Private Cloud
8 6 (1.31%) Algorithms
8 6 (1.31%) Cyber Threat
8 6 (1.31%) Distributed Systems
8 6 (1.31%) Mainframe
8 6 (1.31%) Operational Technology
9 5 (1.09%) Data Structures
9 5 (1.09%) Derivative
9 5 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (1.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 4 (0.87%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 70 (15.25%) Linux
2 24 (5.23%) Windows
3 22 (4.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 21 (4.58%) Unix
5 11 (2.40%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.87%) Android
6 4 (0.87%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.65%) CentOS
7 3 (0.65%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.22%) AIX
8 1 (0.22%) Amazon Linux
8 1 (0.22%) Solaris
8 1 (0.22%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (30.50%) CI/CD
2 132 (28.76%) DevOps
3 119 (25.93%) Agile
4 92 (20.04%) Microservices
5 79 (17.21%) Problem-Solving
6 66 (14.38%) Infrastructure as Code
7 56 (12.20%) Containerisation
8 51 (11.11%) Migration
9 48 (10.46%) Full-Stack Development
9 48 (10.46%) Software Engineering
10 44 (9.59%) Stakeholder Management
11 35 (7.63%) Data Pipeline
11 35 (7.63%) Test Automation
12 32 (6.97%) SDLC
13 31 (6.75%) Mentoring
14 29 (6.32%) Cloud Security
14 29 (6.32%) Machine Learning
15 28 (6.10%) Scrum
16 26 (5.66%) Artificial Intelligence
17 25 (5.45%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 133 (28.98%) Python
2 98 (21.35%) Java
3 85 (18.52%) SQL
4 67 (14.60%) JavaScript
5 45 (9.80%) TypeScript
6 17 (3.70%) Bash
6 17 (3.70%) Shell Script
7 13 (2.83%) Perl
8 9 (1.96%) PowerShell
9 7 (1.53%) Groovy
10 6 (1.31%) Go
10 6 (1.31%) PHP
10 6 (1.31%) Scala
11 5 (1.09%) C#
11 5 (1.09%) Kotlin
12 4 (0.87%) COBOL
13 3 (0.65%) Clojure
13 3 (0.65%) JCL
13 3 (0.65%) Ruby
13 3 (0.65%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 109 (23.75%) Security Cleared
2 94 (20.48%) SC Cleared
3 26 (5.66%) Degree
4 22 (4.79%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (3.70%) AWS Certification
6 16 (3.49%) CISSP
7 10 (2.18%) CISM
8 9 (1.96%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 8 (1.74%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (1.74%) Master's Degree
10 7 (1.53%) Azure Certification
10 7 (1.53%) ISTQB
11 6 (1.31%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (1.09%) CCIE
12 5 (1.09%) CCNP
12 5 (1.09%) DV Cleared
13 4 (0.87%) JNCIE
14 3 (0.65%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
15 2 (0.44%) ITIL Certification
15 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (7.63%) QA
2 21 (4.58%) GDPR
3 13 (2.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (2.61%) NIST
5 10 (2.18%) Data Quality
5 10 (2.18%) PCI DSS
6 9 (1.96%) Accessibility
7 5 (1.09%) Basel III
7 5 (1.09%) MiFID
8 4 (0.87%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 4 (0.87%) NCSC
8 4 (0.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.65%) SEPA
9 3 (0.65%) SLA
9 3 (0.65%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.44%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.22%) Government Security Classifications
11 1 (0.22%) GRC
11 1 (0.22%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 87 (18.95%) Docker
2 27 (5.88%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.09%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (0.87%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.22%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 1 (0.22%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.22%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 112 (24.40%) Terraform
2 100 (21.79%) Kubernetes
3 33 (7.19%) Ansible
4 15 (3.27%) Progress Chef
5 14 (3.05%) Kibana
6 13 (2.83%) Grafana
7 12 (2.61%) Prometheus
7 12 (2.61%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (1.09%) Puppet
9 4 (0.87%) Istio
9 4 (0.87%) Packer
10 3 (0.65%) Nagios
11 2 (0.44%) Kustomize
11 2 (0.44%) NetBackup
11 2 (0.44%) vCenter Server
11 2 (0.44%) ZABBIX
12 1 (0.22%) Graylog
12 1 (0.22%) NetApp OnCommand
12 1 (0.22%) SCOM
12 1 (0.22%) vRealize
Vendors
1 40 (8.71%) Microsoft
2 33 (7.19%) Google
3 30 (6.54%) Oracle
4 23 (5.01%) Splunk
5 20 (4.36%) IBM
6 18 (3.92%) Red Hat
7 13 (2.83%) AppDynamics
8 12 (2.61%) Databricks
9 11 (2.40%) Cloudera
10 10 (2.18%) Cisco
10 10 (2.18%) CyberArk
10 10 (2.18%) Thycotic
11 8 (1.74%) Alibaba
12 7 (1.53%) Atlassian
12 7 (1.53%) BeyondTrust
12 7 (1.53%) Dell
12 7 (1.53%) VMware
13 5 (1.09%) SAP
13 5 (1.09%) Sybase
14 4 (0.87%) Fortinet