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 4 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 9 13
Rank change year-on-year +1 +4 -6
Contract jobs citing AWS 242 204 265
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 16.27% 12.75% 11.26%
As % of the Cloud Services category 42.23% 36.36% 36.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 155 148 196
10th Percentile £358 £356 £381
25th Percentile £413 £416 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £476 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.04% -4.80% -
75th Percentile £575 £538 £573
90th Percentile £628 £625 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £551 £550
% change year-on-year -4.68% +0.14% -6.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £50.00 £19.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +163.16% - -
UK median hourly rate £80.00 £46.18 £57.50
% change year-on-year +73.24% -19.69% -

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 573 561 717
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 38.53% 35.06% 30.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 357 355 485
10th Percentile £313 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £376 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £480
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -6.25% +1.05%
75th Percentile £588 £525 £575
90th Percentile £651 £600 £683
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 13 3
10th Percentile £11.84 £19.77 -
25th Percentile £12.71 £21.00 -
Median hourly rate £31.95 £24.00 £15.42
Median % change year-on-year +33.14% +55.64% -12.98%
75th Percentile £52.50 £24.18 £16.57
90th Percentile £57.00 £27.04 £17.26
UK median hourly rate £27.21 £27.50 £23.11
% change year-on-year -1.05% +19.01% +2.70%

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 4 January 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 4 January 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 +12 140 £450 +2.45% 49
Edinburgh -2 94 £524 +6.23% 56
South Lanarkshire - 1 - -
South Ayrshire - 1 £325 -
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 12 (4.96%) Apache
2 11 (4.55%) Apache Airflow
3 10 (4.13%) Apache Spark
4 9 (3.72%) WebLogic
5 7 (2.89%) Confluence
6 2 (0.83%) nginx
6 2 (0.83%) Oracle Coherence
6 2 (0.83%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.41%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.41%) FileNet
7 1 (0.41%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (0.83%) Chatbot
1 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (1.65%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 102 (42.15%) Azure
2 61 (25.21%) Serverless
3 46 (19.01%) AWS CloudFormation
3 46 (19.01%) AWS Lambda
4 39 (16.12%) Amazon S3
5 38 (15.70%) GCP
6 27 (11.16%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 26 (10.74%) Snowflake
8 22 (9.09%) Amazon EKS
9 21 (8.68%) Amazon EC2
10 20 (8.26%) Amazon ECS
11 19 (7.85%) GitHub
12 18 (7.44%) OpenShift
13 17 (7.02%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 11 (4.55%) Amazon SageMaker
14 11 (4.55%) Amazon SQS
14 11 (4.55%) GitHub Actions
15 8 (3.31%) AWS Step Functions
15 8 (3.31%) SaaS
16 7 (2.89%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (9.92%) Firewall
2 7 (2.89%) Network Security
3 5 (2.07%) VPN
4 3 (1.24%) Cisco Nexus
4 3 (1.24%) HTTP
4 3 (1.24%) SD-WAN
4 3 (1.24%) WAN
5 2 (0.83%) BGP
5 2 (0.83%) Cisco ASA
5 2 (0.83%) Cisco Firepower
5 2 (0.83%) Cisco ISE
5 2 (0.83%) Cisco Wireless
5 2 (0.83%) EIGRP
5 2 (0.83%) Internet
5 2 (0.83%) LAN
5 2 (0.83%) Software-Defined Networking
5 2 (0.83%) Wireless
6 1 (0.41%) DHCP
6 1 (0.41%) OSPF
6 1 (0.41%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (12.40%) PostgreSQL
2 21 (8.68%) Data Warehouse
3 16 (6.61%) NoSQL
4 13 (5.37%) Amazon Athena
4 13 (5.37%) Relational Database
5 12 (4.96%) Amazon Aurora
5 12 (4.96%) Amazon RDS
5 12 (4.96%) SQL Server
6 11 (4.55%) Data Lake
7 10 (4.13%) MongoDB
8 8 (3.31%) Oracle Database
9 7 (2.89%) DynamoDB
9 7 (2.89%) Elasticsearch
10 6 (2.48%) Delta Lake
10 6 (2.48%) MySQL
11 4 (1.65%) Amazon Redshift
11 4 (1.65%) Apache Cassandra
11 4 (1.65%) Metadata
11 4 (1.65%) RDBMS
11 4 (1.65%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 33 (13.64%) Jenkins
2 29 (11.98%) GitLab
3 27 (11.16%) Git
4 26 (10.74%) JIRA
5 18 (7.44%) Bitbucket
6 11 (4.55%) MLflow
7 10 (4.13%) Cypress.io
8 9 (3.72%) CircleCI
8 9 (3.72%) JUnit
9 8 (3.31%) Sonatype Nexus
10 7 (2.89%) Oracle Forms
11 4 (1.65%) IntelliJ
11 4 (1.65%) Liquibase
11 4 (1.65%) PyCharm
11 4 (1.65%) Visual Studio
11 4 (1.65%) Visual Studio Code
12 3 (1.24%) Cucumber
12 3 (1.24%) Vite
13 2 (0.83%) Mockito
13 2 (0.83%) SonarQube
General
1 83 (34.30%) Finance
2 59 (24.38%) Social Skills
3 53 (21.90%) Banking
4 52 (21.49%) Public Sector
5 16 (6.61%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (4.96%) Retail Banking
7 8 (3.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (2.89%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (2.89%) Investment Banking
9 6 (2.48%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (2.48%) Legal
9 6 (2.48%) Retail
10 3 (1.24%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.41%) Corporate Banking
12 1 (0.41%) Digital Healthcare
12 1 (0.41%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.41%) Marketing
12 1 (0.41%) Military
Job Titles
1 43 (17.77%) Architect
2 40 (16.53%) Developer
3 34 (14.05%) Senior
4 24 (9.92%) AWS Engineer
5 19 (7.85%) Lead
6 18 (7.44%) DevOps Engineer
7 14 (5.79%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 14 (5.79%) Data Engineer
7 14 (5.79%) Java Developer
7 14 (5.79%) Python Engineer
8 12 (4.96%) Cloud Engineer
8 12 (4.96%) Site Reliability Engineer
9 11 (4.55%) Solutions Architect
9 11 (4.55%) Technical Leader
10 10 (4.13%) Technical Architect
11 9 (3.72%) Security Engineer
11 9 (3.72%) Site Engineer
12 8 (3.31%) AWS Architect
12 8 (3.31%) Full-Stack Developer
12 8 (3.31%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (10.74%) React
2 25 (10.33%) Node.js
3 24 (9.92%) Spring
4 22 (9.09%) Spring Boot
5 18 (7.44%) AWS CDK
6 16 (6.61%) PySpark
6 16 (6.61%) PyTorch
7 15 (6.20%) Pandas
7 15 (6.20%) REST
7 15 (6.20%) RESTful
8 14 (5.79%) AngularJS
8 14 (5.79%) NumPy
9 12 (4.96%) Hugging Face
10 11 (4.55%) OAuth
10 11 (4.55%) SQLAlchemy
11 10 (4.13%) OpenCV
12 9 (3.72%) FastAPI
13 8 (3.31%) boto
13 8 (3.31%) Next.js
14 7 (2.89%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 34 (14.05%) Cloud Native
2 17 (7.02%) Distributed Systems
3 16 (6.61%) Legacy Systems
4 14 (5.79%) Algorithms
4 14 (5.79%) Data Protection Act
5 12 (4.96%) Public Cloud
6 11 (4.55%) Data Structures
7 9 (3.72%) Data Centre
7 9 (3.72%) Hybrid Cloud
8 8 (3.31%) IVR
9 7 (2.89%) NHS
9 7 (2.89%) Onboarding
10 5 (2.07%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (2.07%) Product Ownership
10 5 (2.07%) Replication
11 4 (1.65%) Clustering
11 4 (1.65%) PKI
12 3 (1.24%) Analytical Mindset
12 3 (1.24%) CMDB
12 3 (1.24%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 37 (15.29%) Linux
2 22 (9.09%) Unix
3 18 (7.44%) Windows
4 7 (2.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.65%) Windows Server
6 3 (1.24%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.83%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (49.17%) CI/CD
2 95 (39.26%) Agile
3 91 (37.60%) Infrastructure as Code
4 81 (33.47%) DevOps
5 56 (23.14%) Migration
6 53 (21.90%) Containerisation
7 44 (18.18%) AI
8 42 (17.36%) Microservices
9 41 (16.94%) Machine Learning
10 38 (15.70%) Problem-Solving
11 34 (14.05%) Disaster Recovery
12 28 (11.57%) Observability
13 27 (11.16%) Analytics
13 27 (11.16%) Performance Tuning
13 27 (11.16%) Roadmaps
14 26 (10.74%) Continuous Improvement
15 25 (10.33%) Software Engineering
16 23 (9.50%) High Availability
16 23 (9.50%) TDD
17 22 (9.09%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 120 (49.59%) Python
2 53 (21.90%) Java
3 31 (12.81%) SQL
4 30 (12.40%) TypeScript
5 24 (9.92%) PowerShell
6 14 (5.79%) Bash
6 14 (5.79%) Perl
7 11 (4.55%) JavaScript
8 8 (3.31%) Shell Script
9 7 (2.89%) Go
9 7 (2.89%) Ruby
10 5 (2.07%) PL/SQL
11 4 (1.65%) C#
12 3 (1.24%) PromQL
13 2 (0.83%) Korn
14 1 (0.41%) Bicep
14 1 (0.41%) Groovy
14 1 (0.41%) Kusto Query Language
14 1 (0.41%) SAS Macro
Qualifications
1 29 (11.98%) AWS Certification
2 23 (9.50%) Security Cleared
3 19 (7.85%) Degree
4 14 (5.79%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (5.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 12 (4.96%) SC Cleared
7 7 (2.89%) Master's Degree
8 6 (2.48%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (2.07%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 5 (2.07%) CISSP
10 4 (1.65%) CCNP
10 4 (1.65%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (1.24%) Azure Certification
11 3 (1.24%) PMI Certification
11 3 (1.24%) PMP
11 3 (1.24%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 2 (0.83%) CISM
12 2 (0.83%) FFIEC
12 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.41%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.02%) Accessibility
1 17 (7.02%) QA
2 15 (6.20%) Data Quality
3 9 (3.72%) GDPR
3 9 (3.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (3.31%) PCI DSS
5 6 (2.48%) Disclosure Scotland
6 4 (1.65%) COBIT
6 4 (1.65%) NIST
7 3 (1.24%) HIPAA
7 3 (1.24%) PMO
8 2 (0.83%) NCSC
8 2 (0.83%) SLA
9 1 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.41%) IFRS
9 1 (0.41%) IFRS 9
9 1 (0.41%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.41%) PSD2
9 1 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.41%) WCAG
System Software
1 52 (21.49%) Docker
2 4 (1.65%) KVM
2 4 (1.65%) Virtual Servers
3 2 (0.83%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.83%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 79 (32.64%) Terraform
2 66 (27.27%) Kubernetes
3 49 (20.25%) Ansible
4 35 (14.46%) Grafana
5 22 (9.09%) Prometheus
6 4 (1.65%) Fluentd
6 4 (1.65%) Kibana
6 4 (1.65%) Red Hat Satellite
7 3 (1.24%) logstash
7 3 (1.24%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (1.24%) SCCM
7 3 (1.24%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.83%) HAProxy
8 2 (0.83%) Nagios
8 2 (0.83%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.41%) Argo
9 1 (0.41%) Karpenter
9 1 (0.41%) linkerd
9 1 (0.41%) vRealize
9 1 (0.41%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 30 (12.40%) Oracle
2 21 (8.68%) Microsoft
3 16 (6.61%) Splunk
4 14 (5.79%) Greenplum
5 12 (4.96%) Cisco
5 12 (4.96%) Databricks
6 11 (4.55%) Google
7 10 (4.13%) F5
8 8 (3.31%) Pega
8 8 (3.31%) Salesforce
9 7 (2.89%) IBM
9 7 (2.89%) ServiceNow
10 6 (2.48%) Avaya
10 6 (2.48%) Red Hat
11 5 (2.07%) CheckPoint
11 5 (2.07%) Dynatrace
11 5 (2.07%) Genesys
11 5 (2.07%) Informatica
11 5 (2.07%) OpenAI
11 5 (2.07%) Talend