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 2 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 15 12
Rank change year-on-year +6 -3 -6
Contract jobs citing AWS 205 209 251
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 12.32% 12.70% 10.91%
As % of the Cloud Services category 31.11% 31.71% 33.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 157 184
10th Percentile £313 £386 £400
25th Percentile £400 £419 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £482
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -1.35% -1.53%
75th Percentile £564 £563 £581
90th Percentile £601 £600 £684
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £39.50 - -
25th Percentile £46.25 - -
Median hourly rate £57.00 - -
75th Percentile £64.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £75.00 £53.75
% change year-on-year - +39.53% -21.53%

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 659 659 758
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 39.60% 40.04% 32.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 382 458 508
10th Percentile £307 £270 £300
25th Percentile £396 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £460 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -3.16% -
75th Percentile £596 £537 £575
90th Percentile £675 £600 £666
UK median daily rate £500 £523 £525
% change year-on-year -4.40% -0.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 9 10
10th Percentile £12.41 £22.06 £15.39
25th Percentile £13.13 £22.50 £15.69
Median hourly rate £24.72 £24.18 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.23% +42.24% -69.09%
75th Percentile £53.50 £27.75 £17.67
90th Percentile £64.00 £28.38 £24.85
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £26.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year +50.94% +26.19% -23.64%

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 2 April 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in Scotland

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing AWS in Scotland over the 6 months to 2 April 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for AWS in Scotland

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 2 April 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 +12 135 £440 -6.38% 26
Edinburgh -10 61 £525 +10.01% 14
South Lanarkshire - 4 £800 - 4
South Ayrshire - 1 £325 -
Dundee - 1 - -
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 15 (7.32%) Apache
2 10 (4.88%) Apache Spark
3 9 (4.39%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (3.90%) Confluence
5 1 (0.49%) Apache Superset
5 1 (0.49%) CMS
5 1 (0.49%) JBoss
5 1 (0.49%) Red Hat Fuse
5 1 (0.49%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (0.98%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (1.95%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 76 (37.07%) Azure
2 43 (20.98%) Serverless
3 40 (19.51%) AWS CloudFormation
4 39 (19.02%) GCP
5 36 (17.56%) AWS Lambda
6 29 (14.15%) Amazon S3
7 26 (12.68%) Amazon EC2
8 25 (12.20%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 23 (11.22%) Snowflake
10 22 (10.73%) Amazon EKS
11 21 (10.24%) Amazon ECS
12 20 (9.76%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 14 (6.83%) AWS Step Functions
14 12 (5.85%) GitHub
15 9 (4.39%) Amazon EventBridge
15 9 (4.39%) GitHub Actions
16 8 (3.90%) Amazon SageMaker
16 8 (3.90%) AWS KMS
16 8 (3.90%) OpenShift
17 7 (3.41%) Amazon MSK
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.88%) Firewall
2 7 (3.41%) DNS
3 4 (1.95%) DHCP
3 4 (1.95%) HTTP
4 3 (1.46%) HTTPS
4 3 (1.46%) SSH
4 3 (1.46%) SSL
5 2 (0.98%) DSL
5 2 (0.98%) Fibre Channel
5 2 (0.98%) Network Security
5 2 (0.98%) SAN
6 1 (0.49%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.49%) Internet
6 1 (0.49%) LAN
6 1 (0.49%) Modbus
6 1 (0.49%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.49%) VLAN
6 1 (0.49%) VPN
6 1 (0.49%) VXLAN
6 1 (0.49%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (15.12%) PostgreSQL
2 25 (12.20%) MySQL
3 18 (8.78%) DynamoDB
4 16 (7.80%) Relational Database
5 15 (7.32%) Amazon Athena
5 15 (7.32%) MongoDB
6 13 (6.34%) Data Lake
6 13 (6.34%) Data Warehouse
7 12 (5.85%) Amazon RDS
7 12 (5.85%) NoSQL
8 8 (3.90%) Metadata
9 7 (3.41%) MariaDB
10 6 (2.93%) Delta Lake
10 6 (2.93%) SQL Server
11 4 (1.95%) Amazon Aurora
11 4 (1.95%) Elasticsearch
11 4 (1.95%) Snowflake Schema
12 3 (1.46%) Big Data
12 3 (1.46%) Hadoop
13 2 (0.98%) Redis
Development Applications
1 29 (14.15%) GitLab
2 20 (9.76%) JIRA
3 19 (9.27%) Git
3 19 (9.27%) Jenkins
4 11 (5.37%) Bitbucket
5 9 (4.39%) MLflow
5 9 (4.39%) Sonatype Nexus
6 3 (1.46%) Cypress.io
6 3 (1.46%) JUnit
7 2 (0.98%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.98%) Postman
7 2 (0.98%) Selenium
7 2 (0.98%) Terragrunt
7 2 (0.98%) WebDriver
8 1 (0.49%) git-flow
8 1 (0.49%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.49%) SonarQube
General
1 58 (28.29%) Finance
2 46 (22.44%) Social Skills
3 40 (19.51%) Public Sector
4 28 (13.66%) Banking
5 16 (7.80%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (3.41%) Retail Banking
7 5 (2.44%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (1.95%) Financial Institution
8 4 (1.95%) Investment Banking
8 4 (1.95%) Retail
9 3 (1.46%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (0.49%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.49%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.49%) Marketing
10 1 (0.49%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 31 (15.12%) Architect
2 29 (14.15%) Senior
3 26 (12.68%) AWS Engineer
4 23 (11.22%) Developer
5 21 (10.24%) DevOps Engineer
6 16 (7.80%) Cloud Engineer
7 14 (6.83%) Platform Engineer
7 14 (6.83%) Site Reliability Engineer
8 13 (6.34%) Data Engineer
8 13 (6.34%) Java Developer
9 10 (4.88%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 10 (4.88%) Python Engineer
10 9 (4.39%) Cloud Platform Engineer
10 9 (4.39%) Data Architect
10 9 (4.39%) Database Engineer
10 9 (4.39%) Senior Developer
10 9 (4.39%) Solutions Architect
11 8 (3.90%) Analyst
11 8 (3.90%) Security Engineer
11 8 (3.90%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (13.66%) React
2 21 (10.24%) Node.js
3 18 (8.78%) Spring
4 17 (8.29%) Spring Boot
5 15 (7.32%) REST
6 14 (6.83%) PySpark
7 12 (5.85%) AWS CDK
7 12 (5.85%) Kafka
7 12 (5.85%) RESTful
8 11 (5.37%) Redux
9 10 (4.88%) FastAPI
9 10 (4.88%) Jest
10 9 (4.39%) OAuth
11 8 (3.90%) CSS
11 8 (3.90%) HTML
12 7 (3.41%) AngularJS
12 7 (3.41%) JWT
13 6 (2.93%) CSS3
13 6 (2.93%) HTML5
13 6 (2.93%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 30 (14.63%) Cloud Native
2 15 (7.32%) Product Ownership
3 14 (6.83%) Distributed Systems
4 11 (5.37%) Data Protection Act
5 8 (3.90%) Clustering
5 8 (3.90%) Data Centre
6 7 (3.41%) Algorithms
6 7 (3.41%) IVR
7 6 (2.93%) Data Structures
7 6 (2.93%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (2.93%) NHS
8 5 (2.44%) Management Information System
8 5 (2.44%) Replication
9 4 (1.95%) Public Cloud
10 3 (1.46%) CMDB
10 3 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (1.46%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (1.46%) Onboarding
10 3 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 29 (14.15%) Linux
2 14 (6.83%) Windows
3 7 (3.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 7 (3.41%) Unix
4 4 (1.95%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.49%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (43.41%) CI/CD
2 65 (31.71%) DevOps
3 58 (28.29%) Agile
3 58 (28.29%) Infrastructure as Code
4 47 (22.93%) Migration
5 39 (19.02%) Problem-Solving
6 38 (18.54%) Microservices
7 37 (18.05%) AI
8 31 (15.12%) Continuous Improvement
9 29 (14.15%) Containerisation
9 29 (14.15%) Machine Learning
10 28 (13.66%) Analytics
11 27 (13.17%) Data Pipeline
12 26 (12.68%) Disaster Recovery
13 25 (12.20%) Data Engineering
13 25 (12.20%) Observability
14 22 (10.73%) Platform Engineering
15 21 (10.24%) ETL
15 21 (10.24%) Performance Tuning
15 21 (10.24%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 109 (53.17%) Python
2 48 (23.41%) Java
3 41 (20.00%) SQL
4 27 (13.17%) PowerShell
5 21 (10.24%) JavaScript
6 20 (9.76%) Bash
7 15 (7.32%) TypeScript
8 9 (4.39%) Perl
9 7 (3.41%) Ruby
10 4 (1.95%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.98%) Korn
11 2 (0.98%) SPARQL
12 1 (0.49%) C++
12 1 (0.49%) Go
12 1 (0.49%) Groovy
12 1 (0.49%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.49%) PHP
12 1 (0.49%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.49%) Scala
Qualifications
1 24 (11.71%) Security Cleared
2 13 (6.34%) SC Cleared
3 12 (5.85%) AWS Certification
4 10 (4.88%) Degree
5 9 (4.39%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (2.93%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (2.44%) DV Cleared
7 5 (2.44%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.95%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (1.46%) PMI Certification
9 3 (1.46%) PMP
9 3 (1.46%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 2 (0.98%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 2 (0.98%) CCNP
10 2 (0.98%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.98%) FFIEC
10 2 (0.98%) NCDA
10 2 (0.98%) VCP6
10 2 (0.98%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 1 (0.49%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (10.73%) QA
2 21 (10.24%) Data Quality
3 10 (4.88%) GDPR
4 9 (4.39%) Accessibility
5 8 (3.90%) PCI DSS
6 7 (3.41%) Disclosure Scotland
6 7 (3.41%) SLA
7 6 (2.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (1.46%) HIPAA
8 3 (1.46%) PMO
9 1 (0.49%) GRC
9 1 (0.49%) NIST
9 1 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.49%) SOC 2
System Software
1 32 (15.61%) Docker
2 5 (2.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.95%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.95%) Virtual Servers
4 3 (1.46%) Ceph
4 3 (1.46%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.46%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.98%) Firmware
5 2 (0.98%) Squid
Systems Management
1 50 (24.39%) Kubernetes
2 44 (21.46%) Terraform
3 30 (14.63%) Ansible
4 14 (6.83%) Grafana
5 6 (2.93%) Prometheus
6 4 (1.95%) Istio
7 3 (1.46%) Argo
7 3 (1.46%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (1.46%) vRealize
8 2 (0.98%) Kibana
8 2 (0.98%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.98%) vMotion
9 1 (0.49%) Fluentd
9 1 (0.49%) Karpenter
9 1 (0.49%) logstash
9 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.49%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.49%) SCCM
9 1 (0.49%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 19 (9.27%) Oracle
2 15 (7.32%) Microsoft
3 14 (6.83%) Google
4 13 (6.34%) Databricks
5 10 (4.88%) Greenplum
6 9 (4.39%) Cisco
7 7 (3.41%) Informatica
7 7 (3.41%) ServiceNow
7 7 (3.41%) Talend
7 7 (3.41%) VMware
8 6 (2.93%) IBM
8 6 (2.93%) Salesforce
9 5 (2.44%) Avaya
9 5 (2.44%) Genesys
9 5 (2.44%) OpenAI
9 5 (2.44%) Splunk
10 4 (1.95%) Confluent
10 4 (1.95%) Pega
11 3 (1.46%) Red Hat
12 2 (0.98%) NetApp