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

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 13 20
Rank change year-on-year -6 +7 -8
Contract jobs citing AWS 230 189 225
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 7.59% 11.14% 6.97%
As % of the Cloud Services category 30.22% 36.00% 26.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 157 153 185
10th Percentile £400 £406 £330
25th Percentile £413 £481 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -10.83% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £675
90th Percentile £700 £700 £700
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 1
10th Percentile £52.88 - -
25th Percentile £55.13 - -
Median hourly rate £67.35 £78.70 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.43% +25.92% -19.87%
75th Percentile £100.63 - -
90th Percentile £102.80 - -
England median hourly rate £75.00 £72.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +3.45% +31.82% -19.71%

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 761 525 842
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 25.12% 30.96% 26.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 516 397 643
10th Percentile £246 £250 £210
25th Percentile £400 £406 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £600
90th Percentile £688 £700 £700
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 17 27
10th Percentile £16.62 £18.13 £12.50
25th Percentile £32.27 £18.51 £14.00
Median hourly rate £57.50 £26.50 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +116.98% +82.76% -74.78%
75th Percentile £58.75 £37.50 £15.74
90th Percentile £59.13 £68.75 £21.26
England median hourly rate £40.78 £26.81 £21.00
% change year-on-year +52.09% +27.68% -18.32%

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 31 March 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 31 March 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 31 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 -13 63 £550 +2.80% 67
Wiltshire -12 50 £525 -16.00% 16
Gloucestershire -8 35 £575 -6.50% 62
Dorset +13 25 £409 -7.26% 7
Somerset -1 23 £494 -17.71% 25
Devon +1 21 £529 -11.88% 23
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 11 (4.78%) Apache Spark
2 10 (4.35%) Apache
3 7 (3.04%) IIS
4 5 (2.17%) Apache Superset
4 5 (2.17%) SharePoint
5 4 (1.74%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.87%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.87%) Confluence
6 2 (0.87%) Documentum
6 2 (0.87%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.43%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 100 (43.48%) Azure
2 36 (15.65%) GCP
3 23 (10.00%) GitHub
4 22 (9.57%) Amazon S3
4 22 (9.57%) Serverless
5 17 (7.39%) AWS Lambda
6 15 (6.52%) Amazon EC2
7 13 (5.65%) AWS CloudFormation
7 13 (5.65%) Power Platform
8 11 (4.78%) Amazon ECS
8 11 (4.78%) Amazon EKS
8 11 (4.78%) Azure DevOps
8 11 (4.78%) GitHub Actions
9 10 (4.35%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 7 (3.04%) Azure Monitor
10 7 (3.04%) Datadog
10 7 (3.04%) Entra ID
10 7 (3.04%) OpenShift
11 6 (2.61%) Microsoft 365
11 6 (2.61%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.61%) Firewall
2 5 (2.17%) Network Security
3 4 (1.74%) 3GPP
3 4 (1.74%) DHCP
3 4 (1.74%) DNS
3 4 (1.74%) TETRA
3 4 (1.74%) VPN
4 3 (1.30%) HTTP
4 3 (1.30%) LAN
4 3 (1.30%) TCP/IP
4 3 (1.30%) WAN
5 2 (0.87%) BGP
5 2 (0.87%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (0.87%) NAS
5 2 (0.87%) OSPF
5 2 (0.87%) Reverse Proxy
5 2 (0.87%) SAN
5 2 (0.87%) VLAN
5 2 (0.87%) Wireless
6 1 (0.43%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.52%) MySQL
2 14 (6.09%) MongoDB
3 13 (5.65%) Data Warehouse
3 13 (5.65%) Power BI
4 12 (5.22%) NoSQL
5 11 (4.78%) Amazon RDS
6 10 (4.35%) SQL Server
7 8 (3.48%) PostgreSQL
7 8 (3.48%) Tableau
8 7 (3.04%) Relational Database
9 6 (2.61%) Flink
10 5 (2.17%) DynamoDB
11 4 (1.74%) Amazon Aurora
11 4 (1.74%) Geospatial Data
11 4 (1.74%) GIS
12 3 (1.30%) Big Data
13 2 (0.87%) Elasticsearch
13 2 (0.87%) Hadoop
13 2 (0.87%) Oracle ODI
13 2 (0.87%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 29 (12.61%) Git
2 23 (10.00%) GitLab
2 23 (10.00%) Jenkins
3 6 (2.61%) JIRA
4 4 (1.74%) Oracle APEX
5 3 (1.30%) Cucumber
5 3 (1.30%) Selenium
5 3 (1.30%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.87%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.87%) DBeaver
6 2 (0.87%) JUnit
6 2 (0.87%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.43%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.43%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.43%) JBehave
7 1 (0.43%) Maven
7 1 (0.43%) Mocha
7 1 (0.43%) Mockito
7 1 (0.43%) NUnit
7 1 (0.43%) Snyk
General
1 39 (16.96%) Public Sector
1 39 (16.96%) Social Skills
2 21 (9.13%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (5.22%) Military
4 8 (3.48%) Finance
5 5 (2.17%) Tech for Good
6 4 (1.74%) Aerospace
6 4 (1.74%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (1.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (1.74%) Marketing
6 4 (1.74%) Telecoms
7 3 (1.30%) Banking
8 2 (0.87%) Electronics
8 2 (0.87%) Legal
8 2 (0.87%) Manufacturing
8 2 (0.87%) Retail
9 1 (0.43%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 51 (22.17%) Developer
2 36 (15.65%) Architect
3 28 (12.17%) Senior
4 23 (10.00%) Java Developer
5 20 (8.70%) Software Engineer
6 19 (8.26%) DevOps Engineer
7 18 (7.83%) Analyst
8 14 (6.09%) Python Developer
8 14 (6.09%) Site Reliability Engineer
9 13 (5.65%) Site Engineer
10 12 (5.22%) Data Engineer
11 11 (4.78%) Security Analyst
12 10 (4.35%) AWS Engineer
12 10 (4.35%) Data Architect
13 9 (3.91%) Security Engineer
13 9 (3.91%) Senior Developer
14 8 (3.48%) Infrastructure Architect
14 8 (3.48%) Senior Java Developer
14 8 (3.48%) Technical Architect
15 7 (3.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (10.00%) Spring
1 23 (10.00%) Spring Boot
2 18 (7.83%) React
3 14 (6.09%) REST
4 13 (5.65%) RESTful
5 12 (5.22%) .NET
5 12 (5.22%) CSS
5 12 (5.22%) HTML
6 10 (4.35%) Kafka
6 10 (4.35%) Spring MVC
7 9 (3.91%) CSS3
7 9 (3.91%) HTML5
7 9 (3.91%) Jest
8 8 (3.48%) Node.js
8 8 (3.48%) Redux
9 7 (3.04%) .NET Framework
9 7 (3.04%) AngularJS
9 7 (3.04%) AWS CDK
9 7 (3.04%) SOAP
10 5 (2.17%) Java Concurrency
Miscellaneous
1 27 (11.74%) Cloud Native
2 13 (5.65%) Legacy Systems
3 10 (4.35%) Product Ownership
4 6 (2.61%) Cyber Defence
4 6 (2.61%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (2.61%) Legacy Code
4 6 (2.61%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (1.74%) CMDB
6 3 (1.30%) Data Centre
6 3 (1.30%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.30%) Private Cloud
6 3 (1.30%) Virtual Team
7 2 (0.87%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (0.87%) Data Structures
7 2 (0.87%) Distributed Computing
7 2 (0.87%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (0.87%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (0.87%) Management Information System
7 2 (0.87%) NHS
7 2 (0.87%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 34 (14.78%) Linux
2 22 (9.57%) Windows
3 11 (4.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 10 (4.35%) Windows Server
5 7 (3.04%) Unix
6 4 (1.74%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (1.30%) Debian
7 3 (1.30%) Rocky
7 3 (1.30%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.87%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (34.35%) Agile
2 71 (30.87%) DevOps
3 68 (29.57%) CI/CD
4 42 (18.26%) Infrastructure as Code
5 38 (16.52%) Analytics
6 37 (16.09%) Containerisation
6 37 (16.09%) Problem-Solving
7 29 (12.61%) Continuous Improvement
8 24 (10.43%) Microservices
9 22 (9.57%) Data Engineering
10 21 (9.13%) ETL
10 21 (9.13%) Migration
10 21 (9.13%) Software Engineering
11 19 (8.26%) Roadmaps
11 19 (8.26%) Scrum
11 19 (8.26%) Site Reliability Engineering
12 18 (7.83%) Code Quality
12 18 (7.83%) Cybersecurity
12 18 (7.83%) Full-Stack Development
12 18 (7.83%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 76 (33.04%) Python
2 47 (20.43%) SQL
3 41 (17.83%) Java
4 28 (12.17%) JavaScript
5 17 (7.39%) PowerShell
6 15 (6.52%) Bash
7 9 (3.91%) TypeScript
8 8 (3.48%) Shell Script
9 4 (1.74%) Go
9 4 (1.74%) PL/SQL
9 4 (1.74%) R
10 2 (0.87%) Bicep
10 2 (0.87%) C#
10 2 (0.87%) Ruby
11 1 (0.43%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.43%) Scala
11 1 (0.43%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 116 (50.43%) Security Cleared
2 94 (40.87%) SC Cleared
3 27 (11.74%) DV Cleared
4 9 (3.91%) AWS Certification
4 9 (3.91%) Degree
5 6 (2.61%) CISSP
5 6 (2.61%) CompTIA CySA+
5 6 (2.61%) Network+ Certification
5 6 (2.61%) SANS
6 5 (2.17%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.74%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 4 (1.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 4 (1.74%) TOGAF Certification
8 3 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.87%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 2 (0.87%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.87%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.43%) CSPO
10 1 (0.43%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (6.52%) QA
2 10 (4.35%) Data Quality
3 8 (3.48%) GDPR
3 8 (3.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.61%) NCSC
5 5 (2.17%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.30%) NIST
7 2 (0.87%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.87%) Government Security Classifications
7 2 (0.87%) HL7
7 2 (0.87%) JSP 440
7 2 (0.87%) SNOMED CT
8 1 (0.43%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.43%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.43%) WCAG
System Software
1 53 (23.04%) Docker
2 10 (4.35%) Active Directory
3 7 (3.04%) Hyper-V
4 5 (2.17%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (1.74%) Oracle RAC
6 3 (1.30%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (1.30%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.43%) iptables
7 1 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.43%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 60 (26.09%) Kubernetes
2 41 (17.83%) Terraform
3 20 (8.70%) Ansible
4 18 (7.83%) Prometheus
5 14 (6.09%) Grafana
6 6 (2.61%) Argo
7 5 (2.17%) Dell DRAC
7 5 (2.17%) Red Hat Satellite
8 4 (1.74%) Data Guard
8 4 (1.74%) Progress Chef
9 3 (1.30%) Nagios
9 3 (1.30%) Puppet
9 3 (1.30%) SCCM
9 3 (1.30%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.43%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.43%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.43%) Kibana
10 1 (0.43%) Kubeflow
10 1 (0.43%) logstash
10 1 (0.43%) Rancher
Vendors
1 23 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 14 (6.09%) Oracle
3 10 (4.35%) Databricks
4 8 (3.48%) Red Hat
5 7 (3.04%) ServiceNow
6 6 (2.61%) SAP
7 5 (2.17%) Cisco
7 5 (2.17%) Dell
7 5 (2.17%) Palo Alto
7 5 (2.17%) Splunk
8 4 (1.74%) ESRI
8 4 (1.74%) F5
8 4 (1.74%) Google
8 4 (1.74%) NetApp
8 4 (1.74%) VMware
9 3 (1.30%) Fortinet
10 2 (0.87%) Broadcom
10 2 (0.87%) OpenText
10 2 (0.87%) Tenable
10 2 (0.87%) Virgin Media