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

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 12 19
Rank change year-on-year +3 +7 -5
Contract jobs citing AWS 382 183 199
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 10.50% 9.61% 7.14%
As % of the Cloud Services category 38.62% 32.68% 26.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 257 142 162
10th Percentile £413 £355 £425
25th Percentile £450 £451 £477
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £642 £625
90th Percentile £765 £724 £771
England median daily rate £550 £525 £575
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 2 1
10th Percentile £83.25 £73.12 -
25th Percentile £88.95 £74.05 -
Median hourly rate £98.82 £76.85 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.59% +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% -37.59%

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 989 560 740
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 27.19% 29.41% 26.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 631 388 526
10th Percentile £325 £213 £250
25th Percentile £421 £350 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £588 £613
90th Percentile £725 £683 £675
England median daily rate £525 £512 £525
% change year-on-year +2.64% -2.57% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 40 45
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.13 £12.60
25th Percentile £16.62 £18.51 £33.00
Median hourly rate £23.00 £18.87 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.89% -73.04% +100.00%
75th Percentile £58.75 £34.50 -
90th Percentile £98.76 £37.50 -
England median hourly rate £35.50 £26.15 £23.98
% change year-on-year +35.76% +9.07% -25.80%

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 16 August 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 16 August 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 16 August 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 -7 92 £550 +8.91% 129
Wiltshire +7 73 £500 -13.04% 12
Devon +4 63 £547 +5.26% 26
Somerset 0 61 £652 +33.74% 18
Gloucestershire +5 33 £575 -8.00% 81
Dorset +9 32 £418 -24.09% 27
Cornwall - 1 £750 -
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 17 (4.45%) Apache
2 15 (3.93%) Apache Spark
3 11 (2.88%) Confluence
4 8 (2.09%) IIS
5 4 (1.05%) Apache Superset
5 4 (1.05%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.79%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.52%) nginx
7 2 (0.52%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.26%) JBoss
8 1 (0.26%) Oracle Coherence
8 1 (0.26%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.26%) ResourceLink
1 1 (0.26%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 191 (50.00%) Azure
2 76 (19.90%) GCP
3 35 (9.16%) Serverless
4 28 (7.33%) Amazon S3
5 25 (6.54%) AWS Lambda
6 22 (5.76%) GitHub
7 21 (5.50%) AWS CloudFormation
8 20 (5.24%) Power Platform
9 14 (3.66%) GitHub Actions
10 13 (3.40%) Snowflake
11 11 (2.88%) Amazon EKS
12 10 (2.62%) dbt
12 10 (2.62%) Google Kubernetes Engine
13 9 (2.36%) Entra ID
13 9 (2.36%) OpenShift
14 8 (2.09%) Amazon Bedrock
14 8 (2.09%) Azure Monitor
15 7 (1.83%) Amazon EC2
16 6 (1.57%) SaaS
17 5 (1.31%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (7.59%) Firewall
2 28 (7.33%) DNS
3 26 (6.81%) TCP/IP
4 22 (5.76%) DHCP
5 18 (4.71%) VSAN
6 8 (2.09%) VLAN
7 5 (1.31%) BGP
7 5 (1.31%) Network Security
7 5 (1.31%) OSPF
7 5 (1.31%) VPN
8 4 (1.05%) 3GPP
8 4 (1.05%) TETRA
9 3 (0.79%) Intrusion Detection
9 3 (0.79%) Software-Defined Networking
10 2 (0.52%) CTI
10 2 (0.52%) IPsec
10 2 (0.52%) Reverse Proxy
11 1 (0.26%) EIGRP
11 1 (0.26%) MPLS
11 1 (0.26%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (5.24%) PostgreSQL
1 20 (5.24%) Power BI
1 20 (5.24%) SQL Server
2 15 (3.93%) Data Warehouse
3 13 (3.40%) NoSQL
4 12 (3.14%) Oracle Database
4 12 (3.14%) Tableau
5 10 (2.62%) Amazon Athena
6 9 (2.36%) Data Lake
6 9 (2.36%) MySQL
6 9 (2.36%) Relational Database
7 8 (2.09%) Amazon RDS
7 8 (2.09%) DynamoDB
8 7 (1.83%) Big Data
8 7 (1.83%) Flink
8 7 (1.83%) Metadata
9 6 (1.57%) Amazon Redshift
9 6 (1.57%) Elasticsearch
10 5 (1.31%) RDBMS
11 4 (1.05%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 39 (10.21%) Git
2 29 (7.59%) GitLab
2 29 (7.59%) Jenkins
3 13 (3.40%) JIRA
4 6 (1.57%) JUnit
5 5 (1.31%) Selenium
6 4 (1.05%) Liquibase
7 3 (0.79%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.52%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.52%) Claude Code
8 2 (0.52%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.52%) Spinnaker
9 1 (0.26%) Codeception
9 1 (0.26%) GoCD
9 1 (0.26%) Gradle
9 1 (0.26%) Maven
9 1 (0.26%) MLflow
9 1 (0.26%) NUnit
General
1 72 (18.85%) Social Skills
2 51 (13.35%) Public Sector
3 35 (9.16%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (8.12%) Finance
5 12 (3.14%) Military
6 7 (1.83%) Banking
7 4 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (1.05%) Local Government
7 4 (1.05%) Retail
8 3 (0.79%) Investment Banking
8 3 (0.79%) Police
9 2 (0.52%) Aerospace
9 2 (0.52%) Aviation
9 2 (0.52%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.52%) Marketing
9 2 (0.52%) Tech for Good
10 1 (0.26%) Advertising
10 1 (0.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.26%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.26%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 73 (19.11%) Developer
2 61 (15.97%) Architect
3 36 (9.42%) Lead
4 31 (8.12%) Data Engineer
5 29 (7.59%) Senior
6 28 (7.33%) Platform Engineer
7 27 (7.07%) Product Manager
8 24 (6.28%) Digital Product Manager
9 23 (6.02%) DevOps Engineer
9 23 (6.02%) Java Developer
10 22 (5.76%) Site Engineer
10 22 (5.76%) Site Reliability Engineer
11 21 (5.50%) Software Developer
12 19 (4.97%) AWS Engineer
13 18 (4.71%) AWS Architect
13 18 (4.71%) Software Engineer
14 17 (4.45%) Lead Architect
14 17 (4.45%) Python Developer
14 17 (4.45%) Technical Architect
15 15 (3.93%) Infrastructure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (7.85%) React
1 30 (7.85%) Spring Boot
2 28 (7.33%) Spring
3 24 (6.28%) AWS CDK
4 20 (5.24%) .NET
5 19 (4.97%) Node.js
6 17 (4.45%) Kafka
7 15 (3.93%) REST
8 12 (3.14%) RESTful
9 11 (2.88%) .NET Framework
10 9 (2.36%) HTML
10 9 (2.36%) React Native
11 8 (2.09%) CSS
11 8 (2.09%) HTML5
11 8 (2.09%) LDAP
11 8 (2.09%) Redux
12 7 (1.83%) CSS3
12 7 (1.83%) Jest
12 7 (1.83%) Spring MVC
13 6 (1.57%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 61 (15.97%) Cloud Native
2 34 (8.90%) Legacy Systems
3 18 (4.71%) Self-Motivation
4 16 (4.19%) PKI
5 15 (3.93%) Data Centre
6 11 (2.88%) Enterprise Software
6 11 (2.88%) Product Ownership
7 8 (2.09%) Hybrid Cloud
8 7 (1.83%) Onboarding
8 7 (1.83%) Public Cloud
8 7 (1.83%) Security Operations Centre
9 6 (1.57%) Distributed Systems
9 6 (1.57%) Legacy Code
9 6 (1.57%) Linux Command Line
9 6 (1.57%) Mobile App
10 5 (1.31%) Clustering
10 5 (1.31%) Cyber Threat
10 5 (1.31%) Data Structures
10 5 (1.31%) Replication
11 4 (1.05%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 59 (15.45%) Linux
2 38 (9.95%) Windows
3 14 (3.66%) Windows Server
4 12 (3.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (1.57%) Unix
6 5 (1.31%) Rocky
6 5 (1.31%) Ubuntu
7 4 (1.05%) Debian
8 2 (0.52%) CentOS
9 1 (0.26%) Android
9 1 (0.26%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (31.15%) Agile
2 115 (30.10%) CI/CD
3 99 (25.92%) DevOps
4 90 (23.56%) Infrastructure as Code
5 69 (18.06%) Problem-Solving
6 64 (16.75%) Containerisation
7 58 (15.18%) Roadmaps
8 55 (14.40%) AI
9 51 (13.35%) Microservices
10 50 (13.09%) Platform Engineering
11 47 (12.30%) Continuous Improvement
12 46 (12.04%) Software Engineering
12 46 (12.04%) Technical Leadership
13 43 (11.26%) Data Pipeline
14 40 (10.47%) DevSecOps
15 38 (9.95%) Analytics
15 38 (9.95%) Stakeholder Management
16 35 (9.16%) ETL
16 35 (9.16%) Site Reliability Engineering
17 31 (8.12%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 127 (33.25%) Python
2 71 (18.59%) SQL
3 60 (15.71%) Java
4 33 (8.64%) Bash
5 32 (8.38%) PowerShell
6 30 (7.85%) JavaScript
7 16 (4.19%) C#
8 15 (3.93%) TypeScript
9 13 (3.40%) Go
10 10 (2.62%) PL/SQL
11 9 (2.36%) R
12 6 (1.57%) Shell Script
13 4 (1.05%) PHP
14 3 (0.79%) BeanShell
14 3 (0.79%) Bicep
14 3 (0.79%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.52%) C++
15 2 (0.52%) Groovy
15 2 (0.52%) Kotlin
15 2 (0.52%) Scala
Qualifications
1 186 (48.69%) Security Cleared
2 124 (32.46%) SC Cleared
3 70 (18.32%) DV Cleared
4 21 (5.50%) AWS Certification
5 16 (4.19%) Degree
6 13 (3.40%) CISSP
7 12 (3.14%) VCAP
8 9 (2.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 9 (2.36%) CISM
9 8 (2.09%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (1.31%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (1.05%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 4 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (1.05%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (1.05%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (0.79%) AWS Certified Developer
12 3 (0.79%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 2 (0.52%) Azure Certification
13 2 (0.52%) CCNA
13 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (5.50%) QA
2 15 (3.93%) Data Quality
3 9 (2.36%) GDPR
3 9 (2.36%) NCSC
4 6 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.31%) ISO 9000
5 5 (1.31%) NIST
6 4 (1.05%) NIST 800
6 4 (1.05%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.79%) SLA
8 2 (0.52%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.52%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (0.52%) HL7
8 2 (0.52%) SNOMED CT
9 1 (0.26%) Government Security Classifications
9 1 (0.26%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.26%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.26%) JSP 440
System Software
1 74 (19.37%) Docker
2 30 (7.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (5.76%) Active Directory
4 21 (5.50%) vSphere
5 19 (4.97%) VMware NSX
6 17 (4.45%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.79%) VirtualBox
8 2 (0.52%) Corosync
8 2 (0.52%) KVM
9 1 (0.26%) iptables
9 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.26%) NFS
9 1 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.26%) zsh
Systems Management
1 102 (26.70%) Terraform
2 98 (25.65%) Kubernetes
3 46 (12.04%) Ansible
4 18 (4.71%) Grafana
5 14 (3.66%) Prometheus
5 14 (3.66%) VxRail
6 9 (2.36%) Argo
7 6 (1.57%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 4 (1.05%) Istio
9 3 (0.79%) Docker Swarm
9 3 (0.79%) Failover Clustering
9 3 (0.79%) Pacemaker
9 3 (0.79%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.52%) Cilium
10 2 (0.52%) Kustomize
10 2 (0.52%) linkerd
10 2 (0.52%) Nagios
10 2 (0.52%) Podman
10 2 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.26%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 30 (7.85%) Microsoft
1 30 (7.85%) Oracle
1 30 (7.85%) VMware
2 19 (4.97%) Google
3 16 (4.19%) Databricks
4 10 (2.62%) Red Hat
5 9 (2.36%) CyberArk
6 7 (1.83%) Cisco
6 7 (1.83%) SAP
7 6 (1.57%) Splunk
8 5 (1.31%) Dynatrace
9 3 (0.79%) F5
9 3 (0.79%) Thales
10 2 (0.52%) ArcSight
10 2 (0.52%) BiZZdesign
10 2 (0.52%) IBM
10 2 (0.52%) OneLogin
10 2 (0.52%) Palo Alto
10 2 (0.52%) Virgin Media
11 1 (0.26%) Okta