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 16 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 15 18
Rank change year-on-year +4 +3 -6
Contract jobs citing AWS 349 205 209
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 9.38% 10.27% 8.31%
As % of the Cloud Services category 37.29% 31.59% 30.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 245 158 161
10th Percentile £417 £375 £425
25th Percentile £488 £456 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £600
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £675 £642 £675
90th Percentile £775 £727 £775
England median daily rate £550 £525 £575
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 1
10th Percentile £60.25 - -
25th Percentile £85.02 £72.50 -
Median hourly rate £98.82 £75.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +31.76% +114.29% -55.13%
75th Percentile £99.12 £77.50 -
90th Percentile £100.00 - -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £73.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year -4.76% +59.16% -21.73%

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 936 649 693
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 25.15% 32.52% 27.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 604 445 430
10th Percentile £363 £222 £249
25th Percentile £456 £363 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £536
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -6.76% -2.50%
75th Percentile £650 £613 £638
90th Percentile £738 £700 £700
England median daily rate £525 £503 £525
% change year-on-year +4.48% -4.29% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 31 43
10th Percentile £14.36 - £25.26
25th Percentile £16.62 - £33.00
Median hourly rate £24.98 £18.87 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +32.35% -73.04% +112.12%
75th Percentile £55.00 £35.05 -
90th Percentile £85.75 £64.50 -
England median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +29.22% -28.14% +8.36%

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

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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

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing AWS in the South West over the 6 months to 16 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for AWS in the South West

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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

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing AWS in the South West over the 6 months to 16 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for AWS in the South West

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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 16 October 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 -9 89 £575 +8.24% 51
Wiltshire +1 60 £530 -1.58% 6
Devon +3 58 £560 +7.18% 7
Somerset +5 50 £683 +28.61% 14
Gloucestershire +3 36 £550 - 42
Dorset +6 29 £430 -21.82% 4
Cornwall - 1 £750 -
Avon - 1 - - 30
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 (5.16%) Apache
2 16 (4.58%) Apache Spark
2 16 (4.58%) Confluence
3 7 (2.01%) Apache Airflow
3 7 (2.01%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.86%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.57%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.57%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.29%) JBoss
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle Coherence
6 1 (0.29%) Palantir Foundry
6 1 (0.29%) Traefik
6 1 (0.29%) WebSphere
Business Applications
1 4 (1.15%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.29%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 169 (48.42%) Azure
2 74 (21.20%) GCP
3 35 (10.03%) Serverless
4 28 (8.02%) AWS Lambda
5 27 (7.74%) Amazon S3
6 24 (6.88%) GitHub
7 20 (5.73%) dbt
7 20 (5.73%) Snowflake
8 18 (5.16%) AWS CloudFormation
8 18 (5.16%) GitHub Actions
9 12 (3.44%) Amazon EKS
10 11 (3.15%) Amazon Bedrock
10 11 (3.15%) OpenShift
11 10 (2.87%) Entra ID
12 8 (2.29%) Amazon EC2
12 8 (2.29%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 8 (2.29%) Power Platform
13 7 (2.01%) Amazon Cognito
13 7 (2.01%) Amazon SQS
14 6 (1.72%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 32 (9.17%) DNS
1 32 (9.17%) Firewall
2 29 (8.31%) TCP/IP
3 26 (7.45%) DHCP
4 18 (5.16%) VSAN
5 9 (2.58%) VLAN
6 7 (2.01%) Network Security
7 5 (1.43%) VPN
8 4 (1.15%) BGP
8 4 (1.15%) OSPF
9 3 (0.86%) Intrusion Detection
9 3 (0.86%) Software-Defined Networking
10 2 (0.57%) AMQP
10 2 (0.57%) Asterisk PBX
10 2 (0.57%) Cisco ASA
10 2 (0.57%) Cisco IOS
10 2 (0.57%) CTI
10 2 (0.57%) NX-OS
10 2 (0.57%) PABX
10 2 (0.57%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (6.02%) PostgreSQL
2 16 (4.58%) SQL Server
3 14 (4.01%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (3.44%) Elasticsearch
4 12 (3.44%) Oracle Database
5 11 (3.15%) Amazon RDS
6 10 (2.87%) Data Lake
6 10 (2.87%) DynamoDB
6 10 (2.87%) Flink
6 10 (2.87%) NoSQL
6 10 (2.87%) Relational Database
7 8 (2.29%) Big Data
7 8 (2.29%) Power BI
8 7 (2.01%) Amazon Athena
8 7 (2.01%) Amazon Redshift
9 6 (1.72%) Metadata
10 5 (1.43%) RDBMS
10 5 (1.43%) SAP HANA
10 5 (1.43%) Tableau
11 4 (1.15%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 39 (11.17%) Jenkins
2 37 (10.60%) Git
3 32 (9.17%) GitLab
4 19 (5.44%) JIRA
5 5 (1.43%) JUnit
5 5 (1.43%) Liquibase
6 3 (0.86%) Claude Code
6 3 (0.86%) Selenium
6 3 (0.86%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.57%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.57%) Maven
7 2 (0.57%) RStudio
7 2 (0.57%) Spinnaker
8 1 (0.29%) Ant
8 1 (0.29%) Codeception
8 1 (0.29%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.29%) GoCD
8 1 (0.29%) Gradle
8 1 (0.29%) SonarQube
General
1 67 (19.20%) Social Skills
2 55 (15.76%) Public Sector
3 34 (9.74%) Finance
4 26 (7.45%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (3.72%) Banking
6 10 (2.87%) Military
7 4 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (1.15%) Local Government
8 3 (0.86%) Investment Banking
8 3 (0.86%) Police
9 2 (0.57%) Aviation
9 2 (0.57%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.57%) Retail
10 1 (0.29%) Advertising
10 1 (0.29%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.29%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.29%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 71 (20.34%) Developer
2 53 (15.19%) Architect
3 38 (10.89%) Data Engineer
4 35 (10.03%) Lead
5 32 (9.17%) Senior
6 30 (8.60%) Platform Engineer
7 29 (8.31%) Software Developer
8 26 (7.45%) Product Manager
9 25 (7.16%) AWS Engineer
10 24 (6.88%) Digital Product Manager
11 18 (5.16%) Lead Architect
12 17 (4.87%) DevOps Engineer
13 15 (4.30%) AWS Architect
13 15 (4.30%) Java Developer
13 15 (4.30%) Technical Architect
14 12 (3.44%) DBA
14 12 (3.44%) Site Engineer
14 12 (3.44%) Site Reliability Engineer
14 12 (3.44%) Technical Leader
15 11 (3.15%) Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 108 (30.95%) Terraform
2 25 (7.16%) React
3 21 (6.02%) Kafka
3 21 (6.02%) Spring Boot
4 20 (5.73%) AWS CDK
5 19 (5.44%) Spring
6 14 (4.01%) REST
7 13 (3.72%) Node.js
8 11 (3.15%) .NET
8 11 (3.15%) RESTful
9 9 (2.58%) HTML
10 8 (2.29%) CSS
10 8 (2.29%) Next.js
10 8 (2.29%) React Native
11 7 (2.01%) Apache NiFi
11 7 (2.01%) JSON
11 7 (2.01%) Swagger
12 6 (1.72%) Elastic Stack
12 6 (1.72%) LDAP
13 5 (1.43%) Pulumi
Miscellaneous
1 67 (19.20%) Cloud Native
2 26 (7.45%) Legacy Systems
3 17 (4.87%) PKI
4 14 (4.01%) Data Centre
5 12 (3.44%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (2.87%) Product Ownership
7 9 (2.58%) Cyber Threat
7 9 (2.58%) Linux Command Line
7 9 (2.58%) Onboarding
7 9 (2.58%) Security Operations Centre
8 7 (2.01%) AI Agents
8 7 (2.01%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (2.01%) Hybrid Cloud
8 7 (2.01%) Public Cloud
9 6 (1.72%) Enterprise Cloud
10 5 (1.43%) Mobile App
11 4 (1.15%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (1.15%) IVR
11 4 (1.15%) Replication
11 4 (1.15%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 51 (14.61%) Linux
2 31 (8.88%) Windows
3 13 (3.72%) Unix
4 8 (2.29%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.86%) Rocky
6 3 (0.86%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.57%) CentOS
7 2 (0.57%) Debian
8 1 (0.29%) Android
8 1 (0.29%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (36.10%) CI/CD
2 105 (30.09%) Agile
3 101 (28.94%) Infrastructure as Code
4 94 (26.93%) DevOps
5 62 (17.77%) Containerisation
6 60 (17.19%) Platform Engineering
6 60 (17.19%) Roadmaps
7 58 (16.62%) Problem-Solving
8 53 (15.19%) AI
9 49 (14.04%) Technical Leadership
10 48 (13.75%) Data Pipeline
11 45 (12.89%) Software Engineering
12 43 (12.32%) DevSecOps
13 42 (12.03%) Microservices
14 38 (10.89%) Stakeholder Management
15 35 (10.03%) Analytics
15 35 (10.03%) Site Reliability Engineering
16 34 (9.74%) Continuous Improvement
17 33 (9.46%) Data Modelling
18 32 (9.17%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 120 (34.38%) Python
2 76 (21.78%) SQL
3 59 (16.91%) Java
4 33 (9.46%) Bash
5 28 (8.02%) JavaScript
6 23 (6.59%) PowerShell
7 22 (6.30%) C#
8 17 (4.87%) TypeScript
9 14 (4.01%) Go
10 13 (3.72%) Shell Script
11 10 (2.87%) PL/SQL
12 5 (1.43%) R
13 4 (1.15%) PHP
14 3 (0.86%) BeanShell
14 3 (0.86%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.57%) C++
15 2 (0.57%) Groovy
16 1 (0.29%) Kotlin
16 1 (0.29%) Rust
16 1 (0.29%) Scala
Qualifications
1 172 (49.28%) Security Cleared
2 96 (27.51%) SC Cleared
3 84 (24.07%) DV Cleared
4 23 (6.59%) AWS Certification
5 19 (5.44%) Degree
6 15 (4.30%) CISSP
7 12 (3.44%) VCAP
8 11 (3.15%) CISM
9 8 (2.29%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (2.01%) Computer Science Degree
11 6 (1.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 5 (1.43%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 3 (0.86%) AWS Certified Developer
13 3 (0.86%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 2 (0.57%) Azure Certification
14 2 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
14 2 (0.57%) CCNA
14 2 (0.57%) Master's Degree
14 2 (0.57%) MCSE
14 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (6.02%) Data Quality
2 20 (5.73%) QA
3 11 (3.15%) NCSC
4 7 (2.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.72%) NIST
5 6 (1.72%) PCI DSS
6 5 (1.43%) GDPR
6 5 (1.43%) ISO 9000
6 5 (1.43%) NIST 800
7 4 (1.15%) SLA
8 1 (0.29%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.29%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (0.29%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.29%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 74 (21.20%) Docker
2 31 (8.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (6.59%) Active Directory
4 21 (6.02%) vSphere
5 19 (5.44%) VMware NSX
6 16 (4.58%) Hyper-V
7 4 (1.15%) VirtualBox
8 2 (0.57%) KVM
9 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.29%) NFS
9 1 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.29%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.29%) zsh
Systems Management
1 100 (28.65%) Kubernetes
2 56 (16.05%) Ansible
3 14 (4.01%) Grafana
3 14 (4.01%) VxRail
4 11 (3.15%) Prometheus
5 6 (1.72%) Argo
5 6 (1.72%) Istio
5 6 (1.72%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 4 (1.15%) Docker Swarm
7 3 (0.86%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.57%) Kustomize
8 2 (0.57%) linkerd
9 1 (0.29%) CASB
9 1 (0.29%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
9 1 (0.29%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.29%) Kibana
9 1 (0.29%) Pacemaker
9 1 (0.29%) QRadar
9 1 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.29%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 31 (8.88%) VMware
2 29 (8.31%) Microsoft
2 29 (8.31%) Oracle
3 28 (8.02%) Google
4 14 (4.01%) Databricks
5 8 (2.29%) Cisco
6 7 (2.01%) CyberArk
6 7 (2.01%) Splunk
7 6 (1.72%) Dynatrace
7 6 (1.72%) Red Hat
8 5 (1.43%) OneLogin
8 5 (1.43%) SAP
8 5 (1.43%) webMethods
9 3 (0.86%) IBM
9 3 (0.86%) Thales
10 2 (0.57%) ArcSight
10 2 (0.57%) BiZZdesign
10 2 (0.57%) Virgin Media
11 1 (0.29%) Cribl.io
11 1 (0.29%) Denodo