AWS Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring AWS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 7 10
Rank change year-on-year -5 +3 -2
Contract jobs citing AWS 272 262 217
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 11.50% 16.42% 11.68%
As % of the Cloud Services category 33.09% 45.33% 37.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 177 142
10th Percentile £358 £400 £376
25th Percentile £409 £425 £421
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £538 £560 £537
90th Percentile £650 £638 £629
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £563
% change year-on-year +4.76% -6.67% -2.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £18.50
Median hourly rate - - £19.00
75th Percentile - - £19.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £73.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year -4.76% +59.16% -34.03%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 822 578 578
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 34.76% 36.22% 31.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 483 367 366
10th Percentile £290 £350 £213
25th Percentile £402 £425 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £543 £561 £534
90th Percentile £638 £625 £597
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 2 8
10th Percentile £13.97 £19.58 £16.69
25th Percentile - £26.32 £18.42
Median hourly rate £15.81 £37.55 £21.14
Median % change year-on-year -57.89% +77.58% +19.31%
75th Percentile £18.75 £48.77 £24.18
90th Percentile - £55.51 -
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £25.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +19.28% -28.14% +6.06%

AWS
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

AWS job vacancy trend in Scotland

AWS
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing AWS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing AWS

AWS
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing AWS in Scotland over the 6 months to 8 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for AWS in Scotland

AWS
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing AWS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing AWS

AWS
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AWS within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 8 October 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
Glasgow +1 141 £425 -12.19% 235
Edinburgh -2 110 £475 -5.00% 114
Dumfries and Galloway - 7 - - 1
West Lothian - 4 - - 6
South Lanarkshire -4 3 - -
Aberdeen - 3 £475 - 10
AWS
UK

AWS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 18 (6.62%) Apache
2 13 (4.78%) Apache Airflow
3 12 (4.41%) Confluence
4 9 (3.31%) Apache Spark
5 4 (1.47%) JBoss
6 2 (0.74%) nginx
6 2 (0.74%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.37%) IIS
7 1 (0.37%) Red Hat Fuse
7 1 (0.37%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.37%) Traefik
Applications
1 3 (1.10%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.74%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.37%) Payment Gateway
1 1 (0.37%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 98 (36.03%) Azure
2 90 (33.09%) GCP
3 52 (19.12%) Serverless
4 45 (16.54%) AWS Lambda
5 39 (14.34%) Amazon S3
6 31 (11.40%) GitHub
7 26 (9.56%) Amazon EKS
7 26 (9.56%) AWS CloudFormation
8 23 (8.46%) Amazon ECS
9 17 (6.25%) Snowflake
10 16 (5.88%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 15 (5.51%) Kong
12 14 (5.15%) OpenShift
13 13 (4.78%) Amazon MSK
13 13 (4.78%) Azure DevOps
14 12 (4.41%) GitHub Actions
15 11 (4.04%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 10 (3.68%) Amazon SageMaker
16 10 (3.68%) Amazon SQS
16 10 (3.68%) Apigee
Communications & Networking
1 13 (4.78%) DNS
2 10 (3.68%) Firewall
3 7 (2.57%) HTTP
4 6 (2.21%) SSL
5 4 (1.47%) Broadband
5 4 (1.47%) Network Security
6 3 (1.10%) HTTPS
6 3 (1.10%) iSCSI
6 3 (1.10%) LAN
6 3 (1.10%) SD-WAN
6 3 (1.10%) SSH
6 3 (1.10%) WAN
7 2 (0.74%) CTI
7 2 (0.74%) IPv4
7 2 (0.74%) IPv6
7 2 (0.74%) OSPF
7 2 (0.74%) SAN
7 2 (0.74%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.74%) VPN
7 2 (0.74%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (10.66%) PostgreSQL
2 14 (5.15%) MongoDB
3 13 (4.78%) Amazon Aurora
4 11 (4.04%) Amazon RDS
4 11 (4.04%) MySQL
5 10 (3.68%) Amazon Athena
5 10 (3.68%) Data Lake
6 8 (2.94%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (2.57%) DynamoDB
8 6 (2.21%) MariaDB
8 6 (2.21%) Metadata
8 6 (2.21%) Power BI
9 5 (1.84%) NoSQL
9 5 (1.84%) SQL Server
10 4 (1.47%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (1.47%) Relational Database
11 3 (1.10%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (1.10%) Apache Iceberg
11 3 (1.10%) Flink
11 3 (1.10%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 46 (16.91%) Git
2 40 (14.71%) Jenkins
3 20 (7.35%) JIRA
4 18 (6.62%) GitLab
5 14 (5.15%) Maven
6 13 (4.78%) Gradle
7 11 (4.04%) Claude Code
7 11 (4.04%) Cypress.io
7 11 (4.04%) JUnit
8 10 (3.68%) Bitbucket
9 8 (2.94%) GoCD
9 8 (2.94%) Selenium
10 7 (2.57%) JProfiler
11 6 (2.21%) REST Assured
12 5 (1.84%) Cucumber
12 5 (1.84%) Postman
13 4 (1.47%) Subversion
14 3 (1.10%) Sonatype Nexus
14 3 (1.10%) SpecFlow
14 3 (1.10%) webpack
General
1 77 (28.31%) Finance
2 61 (22.43%) Social Skills
3 51 (18.75%) Public Sector
4 45 (16.54%) Banking
5 23 (8.46%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (4.04%) Investment Banking
7 8 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (2.57%) Retail Banking
9 4 (1.47%) Corporate Banking
9 4 (1.47%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.47%) Legal
9 4 (1.47%) Retail
10 3 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.10%) Marketing
11 2 (0.74%) Front Office
11 2 (0.74%) Law
12 1 (0.37%) Back Office
12 1 (0.37%) Military
12 1 (0.37%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 67 (24.63%) Developer
2 41 (15.07%) Architect
3 22 (8.09%) Java Developer
4 21 (7.72%) Senior
5 19 (6.99%) Cloud Engineer
5 19 (6.99%) Lead
6 17 (6.25%) Analyst
6 17 (6.25%) Data Engineer
6 17 (6.25%) Platform Engineer
6 17 (6.25%) Solutions Architect
7 16 (5.88%) AWS Engineer
8 12 (4.41%) DevOps Engineer
9 11 (4.04%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 11 (4.04%) Full-Stack Developer
9 11 (4.04%) Software Engineer
10 9 (3.31%) GCP Engineer
10 9 (3.31%) Python Developer
11 8 (2.94%) Lead Developer
12 7 (2.57%) AWS DevOps
12 7 (2.57%) AWS DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (19.85%) Terraform
2 44 (16.18%) REST
3 40 (14.71%) Spring
4 37 (13.60%) Spring Boot
5 34 (12.50%) React
6 30 (11.03%) Kafka
7 25 (9.19%) RESTful
8 21 (7.72%) Node.js
9 17 (6.25%) OAuth
10 15 (5.51%) OAuth2
11 14 (5.15%) AngularJS
12 12 (4.41%) AWS CDK
13 11 (4.04%) OpenID
13 11 (4.04%) Swagger
14 10 (3.68%) FastAPI
14 10 (3.68%) OpenAPI
15 9 (3.31%) JSON
15 9 (3.31%) JWT
15 9 (3.31%) SOAP
16 8 (2.94%) FreeMarker
Miscellaneous
1 69 (25.37%) Cloud Native
2 18 (6.62%) Distributed Systems
3 14 (5.15%) Data Protection Act
3 14 (5.15%) Product Ownership
4 13 (4.78%) Enterprise Software
5 11 (4.04%) Linux Command Line
6 10 (3.68%) Data Structures
6 10 (3.68%) Enterprise Cloud
7 9 (3.31%) AI Agents
7 9 (3.31%) Public Cloud
8 8 (2.94%) Data Centre
9 6 (2.21%) Algorithms
9 6 (2.21%) Onboarding
10 4 (1.47%) IVR
10 4 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (1.47%) Market Risk
10 4 (1.47%) Private Cloud
10 4 (1.47%) Replication
10 4 (1.47%) Social Media
11 3 (1.10%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 26 (9.56%) Linux
2 11 (4.04%) Windows
3 10 (3.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (1.10%) Unix
5 2 (0.74%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.37%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (45.22%) CI/CD
2 83 (30.51%) Agile
2 83 (30.51%) DevOps
3 72 (26.47%) AI
4 66 (24.26%) Infrastructure as Code
5 52 (19.12%) Microservices
6 49 (18.01%) Containerisation
7 37 (13.60%) Event-Driven
7 37 (13.60%) Software Engineering
8 35 (12.87%) Migration
8 35 (12.87%) Observability
9 34 (12.50%) Platform Engineering
10 32 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
11 31 (11.40%) Problem-Solving
12 30 (11.03%) Machine Learning
12 30 (11.03%) Scrum
12 30 (11.03%) Stakeholder Management
13 29 (10.66%) Test Automation
14 27 (9.93%) LLM
15 26 (9.56%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 99 (36.40%) Python
2 63 (23.16%) Java
3 49 (18.01%) SQL
4 36 (13.24%) TypeScript
5 34 (12.50%) JavaScript
6 24 (8.82%) Bash
7 21 (7.72%) Shell Script
8 16 (5.88%) Go
9 7 (2.57%) Lua
10 6 (2.21%) C#
10 6 (2.21%) PowerShell
11 4 (1.47%) Groovy
11 4 (1.47%) Ruby
12 3 (1.10%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.74%) Cypher
13 2 (0.74%) Scala
13 2 (0.74%) Search Processing Language
13 2 (0.74%) SPARQL
14 1 (0.37%) Dart
14 1 (0.37%) R
Qualifications
1 33 (12.13%) Security Cleared
2 21 (7.72%) SC Cleared
3 11 (4.04%) AWS Certification
3 11 (4.04%) Degree
4 10 (3.68%) DV Cleared
5 8 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (1.84%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 4 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.47%) ISTQB
8 3 (1.10%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 2 (0.74%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
9 2 (0.74%) CBAP
9 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.74%) RHCE
9 2 (0.74%) RHCSA
9 2 (0.74%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.37%) CISM
10 1 (0.37%) CISSP
10 1 (0.37%) CRISC
10 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (8.09%) Data Quality
2 12 (4.41%) Accessibility
2 12 (4.41%) Disclosure Scotland
3 10 (3.68%) QA
4 5 (1.84%) GDPR
5 2 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.37%) GRC
6 1 (0.37%) HL7
6 1 (0.37%) MiFID
6 1 (0.37%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.37%) PSD2
6 1 (0.37%) SEPA
6 1 (0.37%) SLA
6 1 (0.37%) Solvency II
6 1 (0.37%) WCAG
System Software
1 47 (17.28%) Docker
2 6 (2.21%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.21%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (2.21%) zsh
3 3 (1.10%) Ceph
3 3 (1.10%) GPFS
3 3 (1.10%) Hyper-V
3 3 (1.10%) NFS
4 2 (0.74%) Squid
5 1 (0.37%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 90 (33.09%) Kubernetes
2 25 (9.19%) Ansible
3 9 (3.31%) Argo
3 9 (3.31%) Grafana
4 3 (1.10%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.74%) HAProxy
5 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.74%) Netcool
5 2 (0.74%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.37%) Istio
6 1 (0.37%) Kibana
6 1 (0.37%) linkerd
6 1 (0.37%) logstash
6 1 (0.37%) Podman
6 1 (0.37%) Puppet
6 1 (0.37%) yum
Vendors
1 36 (13.24%) Google
2 21 (7.72%) Microsoft
3 19 (6.99%) Oracle
4 16 (5.88%) Splunk
5 11 (4.04%) Informatica
5 11 (4.04%) MuleSoft
6 9 (3.31%) Dynatrace
7 8 (2.94%) Databricks
8 7 (2.57%) Cisco
8 7 (2.57%) ServiceNow
8 7 (2.57%) VMware
9 6 (2.21%) Dell
9 6 (2.21%) ForgeRock
10 5 (1.84%) Red Hat
10 5 (1.84%) Salesforce
11 4 (1.47%) IBM
12 3 (1.10%) Foundry
12 3 (1.10%) Greenplum
12 3 (1.10%) Okta
12 3 (1.10%) Talend