AWS Software Engineer Contract Job Trends in the North West

Software Engineer - Amazon Web Services
England > North West

The median Software Engineer - Amazon Web Services daily rate in the North West is £530, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 June 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 159 123 128
Rank change year-on-year -36 +5 +23
Contract jobs requiring an AWS Software Engineer 8 5 2
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.23% 0.25% 0.071%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.27% 0.076%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £515 £400 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £425 -
Median % change year-on-year +24.71% - -
75th Percentile £545 £450 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £566 £750 £800
% change year-on-year -24.50% -6.25% +18.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Median hourly rate £76.00 - -
England median hourly rate £76.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North West. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the North West with a recognized job title 3,210 1,857 2,649
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.14% 92.80% 94.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,781 1,249 1,635
10th Percentile £306 £275 £268
25th Percentile £400 £375 £382
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £588 £550 £575
90th Percentile £675 £660 £666
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 344 124 307
10th Percentile £18.00 £13.00 £11.51
25th Percentile £25.38 £13.97 £15.00
Median hourly rate £45.56 £29.01 £32.90
Median % change year-on-year +57.03% -11.81% +18.75%
75th Percentile £73.75 £60.00 £47.75
90th Percentile £84.63 £80.33 £71.87
England median hourly rate £45.00 £28.75 £39.50
% change year-on-year +56.52% -27.22% -9.47%

AWS Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'AWS Software Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West.

AWS Software Engineer job vacancy trend in the North West

AWS Software Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for AWS Software Engineer job vacancies in the North West.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for AWS Software Engineer job vacancies in the North West

AWS Software Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for AWS Software Engineer job vacancies in the North West.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for AWS Software Engineer job vacancies in the North West

AWS Software Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AWS Software Engineer within the North West region over the 6 months to 25 June 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
Manchester -30 8 £530 +24.71% 1
AWS Software Engineer
England

AWS Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 25 June 2026, AWS Software Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the North West region featuring AWS Software Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) AWS
1 8 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 6 (75.00%) Java
3 5 (62.50%) CI/CD
3 5 (62.50%) Infrastructure as Code
4 4 (50.00%) AI
4 4 (50.00%) Data Migration
4 4 (50.00%) Migration
4 4 (50.00%) Spring
4 4 (50.00%) Spring Boot
4 4 (50.00%) Validation
5 3 (37.50%) Deployment Automation
5 3 (37.50%) Incident Response
5 3 (37.50%) Node.js
5 3 (37.50%) TypeScript
6 2 (25.00%) AWS CDK
6 2 (25.00%) DevOps
6 2 (25.00%) Event-Driven
6 2 (25.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
6 2 (25.00%) GDPR
6 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (25.00%) Python
6 2 (25.00%) SAP
6 2 (25.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (25.00%) SQL
7 1 (12.50%) Apache
7 1 (12.50%) Apache Spark
7 1 (12.50%) AWS Certification
7 1 (12.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (12.50%) Claude Code

AWS Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 1 (12.50%) Apache
1 1 (12.50%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 8 (100.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (12.50%) NoSQL
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Claude Code
1 1 (12.50%) Git
General
1 6 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (50.00%) Spring
1 4 (50.00%) Spring Boot
2 3 (37.50%) Node.js
3 2 (25.00%) AWS CDK
4 1 (12.50%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (12.50%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (12.50%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 5 (62.50%) CI/CD
2 5 (62.50%) Infrastructure as Code
3 4 (50.00%) AI
3 4 (50.00%) Data Migration
3 4 (50.00%) Migration
3 4 (50.00%) Validation
4 3 (37.50%) Deployment Automation
4 3 (37.50%) Incident Response
5 2 (25.00%) DevOps
5 2 (25.00%) Event-Driven
5 2 (25.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
5 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (12.50%) Clean Code
6 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Engineering
6 1 (12.50%) Critical Thinking
6 1 (12.50%) Data Pipeline
6 1 (12.50%) Microservices
6 1 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
6 1 (12.50%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 6 (75.00%) Java
2 3 (37.50%) TypeScript
3 2 (25.00%) Python
3 2 (25.00%) SQL
4 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
4 1 (12.50%) Rust
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) AWS Certification
1 1 (12.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
1 1 (12.50%) DV Cleared
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) GDPR
1 2 (25.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Kubernetes
1 1 (12.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) SAP
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft