AWS Contracts in the South West

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring AWS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited AWS over the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 26 14
Rank change year-on-year +14 -12 +1
Contract jobs citing AWS 191 204 357
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 10.72% 6.20% 10.30%
As % of the Cloud Services category 35.17% 24.40% 32.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 153 161 283
10th Percentile £357 £381 £413
25th Percentile £463 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £587
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -8.43% +6.73%
75th Percentile £650 £600 £675
90th Percentile £698 £700 £738
England median daily rate £538 £565 £600
% change year-on-year -4.87% -5.83% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 13
10th Percentile £73.12 - £59.98
25th Percentile £74.05 - £70.50
Median hourly rate £76.85 £35.00 £78.00
Median % change year-on-year +119.57% -55.13% +61.59%
75th Percentile £78.40 - -
90th Percentile £78.58 - -
England median hourly rate £71.25 £46.18 £73.00
% change year-on-year +54.29% -36.74% +4.29%

All Cloud 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 543 836 1,092
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 30.47% 25.39% 31.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 386 596 855
10th Percentile £223 £220 £313
25th Percentile £355 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.65% -5.45% +7.32%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £669
90th Percentile £675 £675 £725
England median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 50 63
10th Percentile £18.13 £13.74 £13.52
25th Percentile £18.51 £14.25 £21.21
Median hourly rate £18.87 £70.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -73.04% +33.33% +153.01%
75th Percentile £32.69 - £75.50
90th Percentile £37.50 - £78.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £22.00 £32.30
% change year-on-year +14.32% -31.89% +50.23%

AWS
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing AWS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for AWS in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing AWS in the South West.

Daily rate trend for AWS in the South West

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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 2 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for AWS in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing AWS in the South West.

Hourly rate trend 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 2 July 2025. 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 +12 75 £528 +0.48% 308
Wiltshire +38 38 £600 - 82
Gloucestershire +3 22 £615 +11.82% 310
Somerset +15 17 £500 -16.67% 160
Devon +8 15 £520 -13.33% 136
Dorset +4 7 £550 +22.22% 86
Cornwall +4 1 £650 +67.74% 2
AWS
England

AWS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 6 (3.14%) Confluence
2 3 (1.57%) Apache
2 3 (1.57%) Camunda
2 3 (1.57%) Oracle Application Server
3 2 (1.05%) Alfresco
3 2 (1.05%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.52%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.52%) nginx
4 1 (0.52%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.57%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 87 (45.55%) Azure
2 37 (19.37%) GCP
3 23 (12.04%) GitHub
3 23 (12.04%) Serverless
4 13 (6.81%) AWS Lambda
5 12 (6.28%) OpenShift
6 11 (5.76%) Amazon S3
7 10 (5.24%) Snowflake
8 8 (4.19%) AWS CloudFormation
9 7 (3.66%) Amazon EC2
9 7 (3.66%) Power Platform
10 5 (2.62%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 5 (2.62%) SaaS
11 4 (2.09%) GitHub Actions
11 4 (2.09%) Microsoft 365
12 3 (1.57%) Azure DevOps
12 3 (1.57%) Cloud Computing
12 3 (1.57%) dbt
13 2 (1.05%) Amazon SQS
13 2 (1.05%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 14 (7.33%) DNS
2 10 (5.24%) DHCP
2 10 (5.24%) Firewall
2 10 (5.24%) TCP/IP
3 9 (4.71%) HTTP
4 5 (2.62%) VPN
5 3 (1.57%) Network Security
6 2 (1.05%) BGP
6 2 (1.05%) MPLS
6 2 (1.05%) OSPF
6 2 (1.05%) SD-WAN
6 2 (1.05%) VLAN
6 2 (1.05%) WAN
7 1 (0.52%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (7.85%) PostgreSQL
2 14 (7.33%) MongoDB
3 11 (5.76%) Amazon RDS
4 10 (5.24%) Relational Database
5 9 (4.71%) NoSQL
6 7 (3.66%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (3.66%) MySQL
6 7 (3.66%) Power BI
7 6 (3.14%) Amazon Athena
8 5 (2.62%) DynamoDB
8 5 (2.62%) RDBMS
8 5 (2.62%) SQL Server
9 3 (1.57%) Geospatial Data
9 3 (1.57%) GIS
9 3 (1.57%) Oracle Database
9 3 (1.57%) Oracle ODI
9 3 (1.57%) SAP BW
9 3 (1.57%) SAP HANA
10 2 (1.05%) Oracle Reports
10 2 (1.05%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 23 (12.04%) GitLab
2 18 (9.42%) JIRA
3 14 (7.33%) Jenkins
4 8 (4.19%) Cypress.io
5 7 (3.66%) Bitbucket
5 7 (3.66%) Git
6 3 (1.57%) JUnit
7 2 (1.05%) DBeaver
7 2 (1.05%) Selenium
7 2 (1.05%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.52%) Appium
8 1 (0.52%) Code Climate
8 1 (0.52%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.52%) Maven
8 1 (0.52%) Snyk
8 1 (0.52%) WebDriver
General
1 50 (26.18%) Social Skills
2 37 (19.37%) Finance
3 30 (15.71%) Public Sector
4 15 (7.85%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (7.33%) Marketing
6 11 (5.76%) Electronics
6 11 (5.76%) Manufacturing
6 11 (5.76%) Telecoms
7 5 (2.62%) Banking
8 4 (2.09%) Financial Institution
8 4 (2.09%) Military
9 3 (1.57%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.05%) Aviation
10 2 (1.05%) Retail
10 2 (1.05%) Tech for Good
11 1 (0.52%) Advertising
11 1 (0.52%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.52%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.52%) Legal
11 1 (0.52%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 38 (19.90%) Developer
2 28 (14.66%) Architect
3 21 (10.99%) Lead
4 18 (9.42%) Senior
5 14 (7.33%) DevOps Engineer
6 13 (6.81%) Cloud Architect
6 13 (6.81%) Security Architect
7 9 (4.71%) Analyst
7 9 (4.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 8 (4.19%) Applications Support
8 8 (4.19%) AWS Engineer
8 8 (4.19%) Consultant
8 8 (4.19%) Data Engineer
8 8 (4.19%) Support Engineer
9 7 (3.66%) Administrator
9 7 (3.66%) Applications Developer
9 7 (3.66%) Applications Engineer
9 7 (3.66%) AWS Architect
9 7 (3.66%) Senior Developer
9 7 (3.66%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (8.38%) HTML
2 15 (7.85%) CSS
3 14 (7.33%) Node.js
4 13 (6.81%) AngularJS
5 12 (6.28%) React
6 9 (4.71%) .NET
7 8 (4.19%) AWS CDK
8 7 (3.66%) Spring
9 6 (3.14%) Elastic Stack
10 5 (2.62%) Spring Boot
11 4 (2.09%) Kafka
11 4 (2.09%) RESTful
12 3 (1.57%) Django
12 3 (1.57%) JPA
12 3 (1.57%) NumPy
12 3 (1.57%) OAuth
12 3 (1.57%) PostGIS
12 3 (1.57%) REST
12 3 (1.57%) SAP Fiori
12 3 (1.57%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (6.28%) Management Information System
2 9 (4.71%) Cloud Native
2 9 (4.71%) Data Centre
3 6 (3.14%) Product Ownership
4 5 (2.62%) Replication
5 4 (2.09%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (2.09%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (2.09%) PKI
6 3 (1.57%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (1.57%) Distributed Systems
6 3 (1.57%) Linux Command Line
6 3 (1.57%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.05%) Algorithms
7 2 (1.05%) Clustering
7 2 (1.05%) Cyber Defence
7 2 (1.05%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.05%) Marketing Technology
7 2 (1.05%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.52%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.52%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 36 (18.85%) Linux
2 26 (13.61%) Windows
3 14 (7.33%) Windows Server
4 8 (4.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (3.66%) Unix
6 1 (0.52%) Android
6 1 (0.52%) CentOS
6 1 (0.52%) Solaris
6 1 (0.52%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (0.52%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (29.84%) CI/CD
2 47 (24.61%) Agile
3 45 (23.56%) DevOps
4 36 (18.85%) Containerisation
5 34 (17.80%) Problem-Solving
6 30 (15.71%) Migration
7 25 (13.09%) Infrastructure as Code
8 24 (12.57%) Test Automation
9 23 (12.04%) ETL
10 21 (10.99%) Software Engineering
11 19 (9.95%) Business Intelligence
12 17 (8.90%) Cybersecurity
12 17 (8.90%) Service Management
13 16 (8.38%) Cloud Security
14 15 (7.85%) Analytics
14 15 (7.85%) Disaster Recovery
14 15 (7.85%) Full-Stack Development
15 14 (7.33%) High Availability
15 14 (7.33%) Mentoring
15 14 (7.33%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 64 (33.51%) Python
2 35 (18.32%) SQL
3 30 (15.71%) JavaScript
4 23 (12.04%) Java
5 22 (11.52%) Bash
6 19 (9.95%) PowerShell
7 15 (7.85%) TypeScript
8 8 (4.19%) C#
9 4 (2.09%) Perl
10 3 (1.57%) Go
10 3 (1.57%) PL/SQL
11 2 (1.05%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (1.05%) Shell Script
11 2 (1.05%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.52%) C
12 1 (0.52%) C++
12 1 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.52%) Groovy
12 1 (0.52%) PHP
12 1 (0.52%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 79 (41.36%) Security Cleared
2 48 (25.13%) DV Cleared
3 46 (24.08%) SC Cleared
4 15 (7.85%) AWS Certification
5 14 (7.33%) Azure Certification
6 12 (6.28%) Degree
7 11 (5.76%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (4.71%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (1.05%) CCIE
9 2 (1.05%) CCNP
9 2 (1.05%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (1.05%) JNCIE
9 2 (1.05%) JNCIP
9 2 (1.05%) MCSE
9 2 (1.05%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.52%) CISSP
10 1 (0.52%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.52%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.52%) Linux+ Certification
10 1 (0.52%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.19%) Data Quality
2 7 (3.66%) GDPR
3 6 (3.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (2.62%) Accessibility
4 5 (2.62%) NIST
5 4 (2.09%) QA
6 3 (1.57%) Basel III
6 3 (1.57%) IFRS
6 3 (1.57%) IFRS 17
6 3 (1.57%) IFRS 9
7 1 (0.52%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.52%) NCSC
7 1 (0.52%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.52%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.52%) WCAG
System Software
1 46 (24.08%) Docker
2 10 (5.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (4.71%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.05%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.52%) NFS
5 1 (0.52%) Samba
5 1 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.52%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.52%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 59 (30.89%) Terraform
2 42 (21.99%) Kubernetes
3 31 (16.23%) Ansible
4 24 (12.57%) Puppet
5 13 (6.81%) Grafana
6 9 (4.71%) Prometheus
7 3 (1.57%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (1.05%) Automic
8 2 (1.05%) Data Guard
8 2 (1.05%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 2 (1.05%) Oracle RMAN
8 2 (1.05%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.52%) Kibana
9 1 (0.52%) logstash
9 1 (0.52%) Nagios
9 1 (0.52%) Podman
9 1 (0.52%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.52%) SCCM
9 1 (0.52%) SELinux
9 1 (0.52%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 15 (7.85%) VMware
2 14 (7.33%) SAP
3 13 (6.81%) Google
3 13 (6.81%) Oracle
4 12 (6.28%) Microsoft
5 10 (5.24%) Red Hat
6 7 (3.66%) MuleSoft
7 4 (2.09%) Cisco
7 4 (2.09%) SnapLogic
8 3 (1.57%) ESRI
8 3 (1.57%) Fortinet
8 3 (1.57%) Palo Alto
8 3 (1.57%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.57%) Splunk
9 2 (1.05%) Atlassian
9 2 (1.05%) Juniper
9 2 (1.05%) NVIDIA
9 2 (1.05%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.52%) IBM
10 1 (0.52%) Veritas