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 10 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 15 10
Rank change year-on-year +4 -5 -3
Contract jobs citing AWS 231 207 244
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 11.44% 12.99% 11.44%
As % of the Cloud Services category 29.24% 34.50% 33.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 145 178
10th Percentile £314 £400 £400
25th Percentile £412 £433 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £480 £472
Median % change year-on-year -1.04% +1.64% -4.60%
75th Percentile £558 £541 £535
90th Percentile £650 £595 £613
UK median daily rate £537 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +2.29% -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £40.80 - -
25th Percentile £49.50 - -
Median hourly rate £64.00 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £75.60 £55.00
% change year-on-year -7.41% +37.45% -24.14%

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 790 600 723
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 39.13% 37.64% 33.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 442 407 499
10th Percentile £313 £295 £213
25th Percentile £400 £410 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £595 £538 £538
90th Percentile £675 £589 £623
UK median daily rate £510 £503 £525
% change year-on-year +1.49% -4.29% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 9
10th Percentile £13.65 £16.21 £16.22
25th Percentile £13.97 £17.90 £16.50
Median hourly rate £24.72 £21.22 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.49% +24.82% -71.92%
75th Percentile £59.13 £25.06 £21.64
90th Percentile £64.00 £27.05 £30.09
UK median hourly rate £35.96 £28.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year +28.41% +30.23% -41.89%

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 10 June 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 10 June 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 10 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
Glasgow +9 116 £450 -10.00% 27
Edinburgh -2 104 £495 +4.26% 22
South Lanarkshire - 5 £800 - 1
Dundee - 2 - -
Aberdeen -4 1 £475 - 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 14 (6.06%) Apache
1 14 (6.06%) Apache Airflow
2 10 (4.33%) Confluence
3 6 (2.60%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.87%) JBoss
4 2 (0.87%) nginx
5 1 (0.43%) Apache Superset
5 1 (0.43%) CMS
5 1 (0.43%) Red Hat Fuse
5 1 (0.43%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.43%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (0.87%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.43%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 82 (35.50%) Azure
2 57 (24.68%) GCP
3 42 (18.18%) Serverless
4 36 (15.58%) Amazon S3
5 34 (14.72%) AWS Lambda
6 28 (12.12%) AWS CloudFormation
7 21 (9.09%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 20 (8.66%) GitHub
9 19 (8.23%) Amazon EKS
10 17 (7.36%) Amazon EC2
10 17 (7.36%) GitHub Actions
11 15 (6.49%) Snowflake
12 13 (5.63%) Amazon ECS
13 9 (3.90%) Azure DevOps
13 9 (3.90%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 8 (3.46%) Amazon SQS
14 8 (3.46%) AWS Step Functions
15 7 (3.03%) Cloud Computing
16 6 (2.60%) Amazon EMR
16 6 (2.60%) AWS KMS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.90%) DNS
2 5 (2.16%) HTTP
3 4 (1.73%) HTTPS
3 4 (1.73%) SSH
3 4 (1.73%) SSL
4 3 (1.30%) DHCP
5 2 (0.87%) DSL
5 2 (0.87%) Ethernet VPN
5 2 (0.87%) Fibre Channel
5 2 (0.87%) Firewall
5 2 (0.87%) Network Security
5 2 (0.87%) SAN
5 2 (0.87%) VXLAN
6 1 (0.43%) BIG-IP
6 1 (0.43%) CTI
6 1 (0.43%) LAN
6 1 (0.43%) NGFW
6 1 (0.43%) PSTN
6 1 (0.43%) RTP
6 1 (0.43%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (10.39%) MySQL
2 21 (9.09%) PostgreSQL
3 18 (7.79%) MongoDB
4 17 (7.36%) DynamoDB
5 13 (5.63%) Relational Database
6 12 (5.19%) NoSQL
7 11 (4.76%) Amazon Athena
8 10 (4.33%) Data Lake
9 9 (3.90%) MariaDB
10 8 (3.46%) Amazon Aurora
11 6 (2.60%) Data Warehouse
11 6 (2.60%) Metadata
12 5 (2.16%) SQL Server
13 4 (1.73%) Elasticsearch
14 3 (1.30%) Amazon RDS
14 3 (1.30%) Big Data
14 3 (1.30%) Hadoop
14 3 (1.30%) Oracle Database
14 3 (1.30%) Snowflake Schema
15 2 (0.87%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 24 (10.39%) Jenkins
2 21 (9.09%) Git
3 16 (6.93%) JIRA
4 15 (6.49%) GitLab
5 11 (4.76%) Cypress.io
6 10 (4.33%) Selenium
7 7 (3.03%) Bitbucket
7 7 (3.03%) Cucumber
7 7 (3.03%) REST Assured
8 6 (2.60%) Postman
9 4 (1.73%) MLflow
10 3 (1.30%) Appium
10 3 (1.30%) Sonatype Nexus
10 3 (1.30%) SpecFlow
10 3 (1.30%) WebDriver
11 2 (0.87%) JUnit
11 2 (0.87%) Maven
11 2 (0.87%) Terragrunt
12 1 (0.43%) Ant
12 1 (0.43%) Subversion
General
1 60 (25.97%) Social Skills
2 49 (21.21%) Finance
3 47 (20.35%) Public Sector
4 25 (10.82%) Banking
5 24 (10.39%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (2.16%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (2.16%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (2.16%) Retail Banking
7 4 (1.73%) Corporate Banking
7 4 (1.73%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (1.73%) Financial Institution
7 4 (1.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (1.73%) Investment Banking
7 4 (1.73%) Retail
8 3 (1.30%) Marketing
9 2 (0.87%) Law
9 2 (0.87%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.43%) Back Office
10 1 (0.43%) Front Office
10 1 (0.43%) Legal
Job Titles
1 43 (18.61%) Developer
2 34 (14.72%) Architect
3 27 (11.69%) AWS Engineer
4 22 (9.52%) DevOps Engineer
5 20 (8.66%) Cloud Engineer
6 18 (7.79%) Senior
7 15 (6.49%) Java Developer
8 14 (6.06%) Analyst
8 14 (6.06%) Data Engineer
9 12 (5.19%) Python Engineer
10 11 (4.76%) Site Reliability Engineer
11 9 (3.90%) AWS DevOps
11 9 (3.90%) AWS DevOps Engineer
11 9 (3.90%) Platform Engineer
11 9 (3.90%) Security Engineer
12 8 (3.46%) Data Architect
12 8 (3.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 8 (3.46%) Python Developer
12 8 (3.46%) Solutions Architect
12 8 (3.46%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (10.82%) React
2 20 (8.66%) Spring
3 19 (8.23%) AWS CDK
4 18 (7.79%) REST
5 17 (7.36%) Spring Boot
6 15 (6.49%) FastAPI
6 15 (6.49%) Kafka
6 15 (6.49%) RESTful
7 14 (6.06%) Node.js
8 11 (4.76%) OAuth
8 11 (4.76%) Redux
9 10 (4.33%) JWT
9 10 (4.33%) PyTorch
10 9 (3.90%) CSS
10 9 (3.90%) HTML
10 9 (3.90%) Jest
10 9 (3.90%) OpenCV
10 9 (3.90%) Pandas
11 8 (3.46%) Express.js
12 7 (3.03%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 39 (16.88%) Cloud Native
2 16 (6.93%) Product Ownership
3 13 (5.63%) Data Protection Act
4 10 (4.33%) Distributed Systems
5 9 (3.90%) Data Centre
6 6 (2.60%) Algorithms
6 6 (2.60%) Clustering
6 6 (2.60%) Data Structures
6 6 (2.60%) Management Information System
7 5 (2.16%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.73%) Market Risk
9 3 (1.30%) Enterprise Cloud
9 3 (1.30%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.30%) IVR
9 3 (1.30%) Public Cloud
9 3 (1.30%) Replication
9 3 (1.30%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.87%) Legacy Applications
10 2 (0.87%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 23 (9.96%) Linux
2 14 (6.06%) Windows
3 7 (3.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (1.30%) Unix
4 3 (1.30%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.87%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (35.06%) CI/CD
2 74 (32.03%) Agile
3 63 (27.27%) DevOps
4 46 (19.91%) Infrastructure as Code
5 45 (19.48%) AI
6 39 (16.88%) Problem-Solving
7 37 (16.02%) Microservices
8 36 (15.58%) Continuous Improvement
9 31 (13.42%) Machine Learning
10 29 (12.55%) Migration
11 27 (11.69%) Containerisation
12 23 (9.96%) Mentoring
13 22 (9.52%) Analytics
14 21 (9.09%) ETL
14 21 (9.09%) LLM
14 21 (9.09%) Test Automation
15 20 (8.66%) Data Pipeline
15 20 (8.66%) Data Protection
15 20 (8.66%) Platform Engineering
15 20 (8.66%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 103 (44.59%) Python
2 49 (21.21%) Java
3 39 (16.88%) SQL
4 37 (16.02%) JavaScript
5 27 (11.69%) TypeScript
6 23 (9.96%) Bash
7 18 (7.79%) PowerShell
8 4 (1.73%) C#
9 3 (1.30%) Perl
10 2 (0.87%) Go
10 2 (0.87%) Search Processing Language
10 2 (0.87%) SPARQL
11 1 (0.43%) C++
11 1 (0.43%) Groovy
11 1 (0.43%) Korn
11 1 (0.43%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.43%) PHP
11 1 (0.43%) Ruby
11 1 (0.43%) Scala
11 1 (0.43%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 31 (13.42%) Security Cleared
2 20 (8.66%) SC Cleared
3 11 (4.76%) Degree
4 10 (4.33%) DV Cleared
5 9 (3.90%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.73%) AWS Certification
7 4 (1.73%) ISTQB
8 3 (1.30%) CISSP
8 3 (1.30%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.87%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 2 (0.87%) CBAP
9 2 (0.87%) CCNP
9 2 (0.87%) CCSK
9 2 (0.87%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.87%) CISM
9 2 (0.87%) FFIEC
9 2 (0.87%) NCDA
9 2 (0.87%) VCP6
9 2 (0.87%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (8.66%) QA
2 17 (7.36%) Data Quality
3 7 (3.03%) Disclosure Scotland
3 7 (3.03%) SLA
4 6 (2.60%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.73%) GDPR
6 2 (0.87%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.43%) GRC
7 1 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.43%) NIST
7 1 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.43%) SOC 2
System Software
1 29 (12.55%) Docker
2 7 (3.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (2.16%) Active Directory
4 4 (1.73%) Ceph
4 4 (1.73%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.73%) VMware NSX
5 3 (1.30%) Squid
6 2 (0.87%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 54 (23.38%) Kubernetes
2 34 (14.72%) Terraform
3 23 (9.96%) Ansible
4 14 (6.06%) Grafana
5 8 (3.46%) Prometheus
6 5 (2.16%) Istio
7 4 (1.73%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.87%) Argo
8 2 (0.87%) linkerd
8 2 (0.87%) vMotion
8 2 (0.87%) vRealize
9 1 (0.43%) HAProxy
9 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.43%) Podman
9 1 (0.43%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.43%) Puppet
9 1 (0.43%) SCCM
Vendors
1 20 (8.66%) Oracle
2 17 (7.36%) Google
3 15 (6.49%) Microsoft
4 9 (3.90%) VMware
5 7 (3.03%) Cisco
6 6 (2.60%) Databricks
7 5 (2.16%) Informatica
7 5 (2.16%) OpenAI
7 5 (2.16%) Splunk
7 5 (2.16%) Talend
8 4 (1.73%) Dell
9 3 (1.30%) Confluent
9 3 (1.30%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.87%) Barracuda Networks
10 2 (0.87%) Brocade
10 2 (0.87%) Commvault
10 2 (0.87%) Greenplum
10 2 (0.87%) Mitel
10 2 (0.87%) NetApp
10 2 (0.87%) Red Hat