AWS Contract Job Trends in the South West

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring AWS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 12 22
Rank change year-on-year +3 +10 -8
Contract jobs citing AWS 368 186 208
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 10.39% 9.77% 7.07%
As % of the Cloud Services category 37.51% 33.04% 26.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 244 145 170
10th Percentile £409 £355 £425
25th Percentile £450 £454 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £625
90th Percentile £750 £700 £741
England median daily rate £550 £534 £575
% change year-on-year +3.00% -7.13% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 2 1
10th Percentile £56.03 £73.12 -
25th Percentile £86.63 £74.05 -
Median hourly rate £97.16 £76.85 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.43% +119.57% -55.13%
75th Percentile £100.00 £78.40 -
90th Percentile £102.58 £78.58 -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £72.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year -3.45% +56.99% -35.19%

All Cloud Computing Skills
South West

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 the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 981 563 773
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 27.70% 29.58% 26.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 613 397 557
10th Percentile £319 £223 £246
25th Percentile £413 £355 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -9.52% -2.33%
75th Percentile £613 £588 £608
90th Percentile £700 £675 £675
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 85 39 46
10th Percentile £14.14 £18.13 £13.30
25th Percentile £17.25 £18.51 £30.75
Median hourly rate £47.50 £18.87 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +151.72% -73.04% +33.33%
75th Percentile £58.75 £29.13 -
90th Percentile £74.50 £37.50 -
England median hourly rate £37.50 £25.58 £22.00
% change year-on-year +46.63% +16.25% -33.33%

AWS
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

AWS job vacancy trend in the South West

AWS
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

AWS
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing AWS in the South West over the 6 months to 28 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for AWS in the South West

AWS
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing AWS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing AWS

AWS
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing AWS in the South West over the 6 months to 28 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for AWS in the South West

AWS
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 within the South West region over the 6 months to 28 July 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 -3 94 £550 +6.80% 63
Wiltshire +8 70 £500 -14.89% 11
Devon +6 59 £538 +3.46% 12
Somerset 0 56 £630 +32.63% 26
Dorset +10 34 £409 -25.64% 12
Gloucestershire +1 30 £575 -7.07% 51
Cornwall - 1 £750 - 1
AWS
England

AWS
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:

Application Platforms
1 18 (4.89%) Apache Spark
2 16 (4.35%) Apache
3 11 (2.99%) Confluence
4 8 (2.17%) IIS
5 5 (1.36%) Apache Superset
6 4 (1.09%) SharePoint
7 3 (0.82%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.54%) nginx
8 2 (0.54%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.27%) JBoss
9 1 (0.27%) Oracle Coherence
9 1 (0.27%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.27%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 178 (48.37%) Azure
2 68 (18.48%) GCP
3 34 (9.24%) Serverless
4 32 (8.70%) Amazon S3
5 24 (6.52%) AWS Lambda
6 21 (5.71%) Power Platform
7 19 (5.16%) AWS CloudFormation
7 19 (5.16%) GitHub
8 17 (4.62%) Amazon EKS
9 14 (3.80%) GitHub Actions
10 13 (3.53%) Snowflake
11 10 (2.72%) dbt
12 9 (2.45%) Datadog
12 9 (2.45%) Entra ID
12 9 (2.45%) Google Kubernetes Engine
13 8 (2.17%) Amazon EC2
13 8 (2.17%) Azure Monitor
13 8 (2.17%) OpenShift
14 7 (1.90%) Amazon Bedrock
14 7 (1.90%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (5.43%) Firewall
2 19 (5.16%) DNS
3 17 (4.62%) TCP/IP
4 14 (3.80%) DHCP
5 12 (3.26%) VSAN
6 6 (1.63%) VLAN
7 5 (1.36%) BGP
7 5 (1.36%) OSPF
8 4 (1.09%) 3GPP
8 4 (1.09%) Network Security
8 4 (1.09%) TETRA
8 4 (1.09%) VPN
9 3 (0.82%) Software-Defined Networking
10 2 (0.54%) CTI
10 2 (0.54%) IPsec
10 2 (0.54%) Reverse Proxy
11 1 (0.27%) EIGRP
11 1 (0.27%) MPLS
11 1 (0.27%) SAN
11 1 (0.27%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (5.71%) Power BI
2 20 (5.43%) SQL Server
3 18 (4.89%) PostgreSQL
4 17 (4.62%) Data Warehouse
5 15 (4.08%) NoSQL
6 13 (3.53%) Relational Database
6 13 (3.53%) Tableau
7 12 (3.26%) Oracle Database
8 10 (2.72%) Flink
9 9 (2.45%) Amazon Athena
9 9 (2.45%) MySQL
10 8 (2.17%) Amazon RDS
10 8 (2.17%) Data Lake
11 7 (1.90%) Big Data
11 7 (1.90%) Elasticsearch
12 6 (1.63%) Amazon Redshift
12 6 (1.63%) Metadata
13 5 (1.36%) DynamoDB
13 5 (1.36%) RDBMS
14 3 (0.82%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 37 (10.05%) Git
2 24 (6.52%) GitLab
2 24 (6.52%) Jenkins
3 12 (3.26%) JIRA
4 6 (1.63%) JUnit
5 5 (1.36%) Selenium
6 4 (1.09%) Liquibase
7 3 (0.82%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.54%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.54%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.54%) Spinnaker
9 1 (0.27%) Codeception
9 1 (0.27%) GoCD
9 1 (0.27%) Gradle
9 1 (0.27%) Maven
9 1 (0.27%) MLflow
9 1 (0.27%) NUnit
General
1 66 (17.93%) Social Skills
2 47 (12.77%) Public Sector
3 34 (9.24%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (7.07%) Finance
5 12 (3.26%) Military
6 6 (1.63%) Banking
7 4 (1.09%) Local Government
7 4 (1.09%) Retail
8 3 (0.82%) Aerospace
8 3 (0.82%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (0.82%) Investment Banking
8 3 (0.82%) Police
8 3 (0.82%) Tech for Good
9 2 (0.54%) Marketing
10 1 (0.27%) Aviation
10 1 (0.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.27%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.27%) Legal
10 1 (0.27%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.27%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 75 (20.38%) Developer
2 63 (17.12%) Architect
3 36 (9.78%) Lead
4 30 (8.15%) Data Engineer
5 28 (7.61%) Senior
6 27 (7.34%) Java Developer
6 27 (7.34%) Product Manager
7 26 (7.07%) DevOps Engineer
8 24 (6.52%) Digital Product Manager
8 24 (6.52%) Platform Engineer
9 21 (5.71%) Site Engineer
9 21 (5.71%) Site Reliability Engineer
10 19 (5.16%) AWS Engineer
10 19 (5.16%) Python Developer
10 19 (5.16%) Software Developer
11 18 (4.89%) AWS Architect
11 18 (4.89%) Software Engineer
12 17 (4.62%) Lead Architect
12 17 (4.62%) Technical Architect
13 16 (4.35%) Infrastructure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (9.24%) Spring Boot
2 32 (8.70%) Spring
3 31 (8.42%) React
4 24 (6.52%) AWS CDK
5 20 (5.43%) .NET
6 19 (5.16%) Kafka
6 19 (5.16%) Node.js
7 16 (4.35%) REST
8 15 (4.08%) RESTful
9 11 (2.99%) .NET Framework
10 10 (2.72%) HTML
11 9 (2.45%) CSS
11 9 (2.45%) HTML5
11 9 (2.45%) Redux
12 8 (2.17%) CSS3
12 8 (2.17%) Jest
12 8 (2.17%) LDAP
12 8 (2.17%) Spring MVC
13 6 (1.63%) SailPoint
14 5 (1.36%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 56 (15.22%) Cloud Native
2 34 (9.24%) Legacy Systems
3 18 (4.89%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (2.99%) Enterprise Software
5 10 (2.72%) PKI
6 9 (2.45%) Data Centre
6 9 (2.45%) Product Ownership
7 7 (1.90%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (1.90%) Onboarding
8 6 (1.63%) Distributed Systems
8 6 (1.63%) Legacy Code
8 6 (1.63%) Mobile App
9 5 (1.36%) Clustering
9 5 (1.36%) Data Structures
9 5 (1.36%) Replication
10 4 (1.09%) IVR
10 4 (1.09%) Public Cloud
11 3 (0.82%) AI Agents
11 3 (0.82%) Linux Command Line
12 2 (0.54%) Autonomous Agent
Operating Systems
1 51 (13.86%) Linux
2 32 (8.70%) Windows
3 13 (3.53%) Windows Server
4 11 (2.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (1.36%) Unix
6 4 (1.09%) Rocky
6 4 (1.09%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.82%) Debian
8 2 (0.54%) CentOS
9 1 (0.27%) Android
9 1 (0.27%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (31.25%) Agile
2 109 (29.62%) CI/CD
3 103 (27.99%) DevOps
4 78 (21.20%) Infrastructure as Code
5 62 (16.85%) Containerisation
5 62 (16.85%) Problem-Solving
6 55 (14.95%) Roadmaps
7 53 (14.40%) Microservices
8 50 (13.59%) AI
8 50 (13.59%) Analytics
9 47 (12.77%) Data Pipeline
10 46 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
11 41 (11.14%) Platform Engineering
11 41 (11.14%) Software Engineering
12 39 (10.60%) Technical Leadership
13 37 (10.05%) ETL
14 35 (9.51%) Data Engineering
15 33 (8.97%) Site Reliability Engineering
16 32 (8.70%) Stakeholder Management
17 31 (8.42%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 122 (33.15%) Python
2 74 (20.11%) SQL
3 61 (16.58%) Java
4 32 (8.70%) JavaScript
5 27 (7.34%) Bash
6 25 (6.79%) PowerShell
7 13 (3.53%) C#
7 13 (3.53%) TypeScript
8 11 (2.99%) Go
9 10 (2.72%) R
10 9 (2.45%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.82%) BeanShell
11 3 (0.82%) Bicep
11 3 (0.82%) PHP
11 3 (0.82%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.54%) C++
12 2 (0.54%) Groovy
12 2 (0.54%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.54%) Scala
12 2 (0.54%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 168 (45.65%) Security Cleared
2 116 (31.52%) SC Cleared
3 60 (16.30%) DV Cleared
4 15 (4.08%) AWS Certification
4 15 (4.08%) Degree
5 8 (2.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 8 (2.17%) CISSP
6 7 (1.90%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (1.90%) VCAP
7 5 (1.36%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 4 (1.09%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 4 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.09%) CISM
8 4 (1.09%) TOGAF Certification
9 3 (0.82%) AWS Certified Developer
9 3 (0.82%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 3 (0.82%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.54%) CCSK
10 2 (0.54%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 1 (0.27%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (5.16%) QA
2 17 (4.62%) Data Quality
3 8 (2.17%) GDPR
4 7 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (1.90%) NCSC
5 5 (1.36%) ISO 9000
5 5 (1.36%) NIST
5 5 (1.36%) PCI DSS
6 4 (1.09%) NIST 800
7 2 (0.54%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.54%) HL7
7 2 (0.54%) SNOMED CT
8 1 (0.27%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.27%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (0.27%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.27%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.27%) SLA
System Software
1 74 (20.11%) Docker
2 21 (5.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (4.35%) Active Directory
4 14 (3.80%) vSphere
5 13 (3.53%) Hyper-V
5 13 (3.53%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.54%) Corosync
6 2 (0.54%) KVM
6 2 (0.54%) VirtualBox
7 1 (0.27%) iptables
7 1 (0.27%) NFS
7 1 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 87 (23.64%) Kubernetes
2 86 (23.37%) Terraform
3 35 (9.51%) Ansible
4 20 (5.43%) Prometheus
5 19 (5.16%) Grafana
6 11 (2.99%) Argo
7 8 (2.17%) VxRail
8 6 (1.63%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 3 (0.82%) Docker Swarm
9 3 (0.82%) Failover Clustering
9 3 (0.82%) Istio
9 3 (0.82%) Nagios
9 3 (0.82%) Pacemaker
9 3 (0.82%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.54%) Cilium
10 2 (0.54%) Kustomize
10 2 (0.54%) linkerd
10 2 (0.54%) Podman
10 2 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.27%) CASB
Vendors
1 28 (7.61%) Microsoft
2 27 (7.34%) Oracle
3 21 (5.71%) VMware
4 20 (5.43%) Databricks
5 13 (3.53%) Google
6 9 (2.45%) Red Hat
7 8 (2.17%) CyberArk
8 7 (1.90%) SAP
9 6 (1.63%) Cisco
10 5 (1.36%) Splunk
11 4 (1.09%) Dynatrace
12 3 (0.82%) F5
13 2 (0.54%) BiZZdesign
13 2 (0.54%) ESRI
13 2 (0.54%) IBM
13 2 (0.54%) OneLogin
13 2 (0.54%) Palo Alto
13 2 (0.54%) Thales
13 2 (0.54%) Virgin Media
14 1 (0.27%) InterSystems