AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Contract Job Trends in the South West

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 7 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 137 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.069% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.13% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £760 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £770 - -
75th Percentile £780 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £610 £545 £478
% change year-on-year +11.93% +14.14% -13.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £87.75 - -
Median hourly rate £95.50 - -
75th Percentile £103.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £95.50 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South West

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the South West.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,493 959 1,801
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 51.47% 54.74% 55.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 903 625 1,161
10th Percentile £356 £250 £355
25th Percentile £450 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.91% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £643 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £732 £735
England median daily rate £520 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -0.95% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 212 78 189
10th Percentile £17.69 £31.00 £25.00
25th Percentile £20.00 £56.25 £40.00
Median hourly rate £33.50 £65.00 £57.29
Median % change year-on-year -48.46% +13.47% -11.87%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £74.59 £75.00 £81.68
England median hourly rate £25.77 £52.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -50.91% +31.25% -18.37%

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West.

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner job vacancy trend in the South West

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner within the South West region over the 6 months to 7 March 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
Bristol - 2 £770 - 15
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
England

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) 3GPP
1 2 (100.00%) TETRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Senior
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) ArchiMate
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 2 (100.00%) MODAF
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 2 (100.00%) Technology Roadmap
1 2 (100.00%) TOGAF
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Service Design
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (50.00%) Thought Leadership
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 1 (50.00%) TOGAF Certification