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

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 13 18
Rank change year-on-year -7 +5 -5
Contract jobs citing AWS 214 189 233
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 7.32% 11.35% 7.25%
As % of the Cloud Services category 28.65% 35.53% 28.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 143 153 191
10th Percentile £400 £406 £325
25th Percentile £424 £500 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -10.50% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £700 £700 £706
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 1
10th Percentile £52.61 - -
25th Percentile £56.49 - -
Median hourly rate £79.92 £78.70 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +1.55% +25.92% -3.85%
75th Percentile £101.56 - -
90th Percentile £102.88 - -
England median hourly rate £75.50 £72.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year +4.14% +38.10% -19.23%

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 747 532 830
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 25.56% 31.95% 25.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 499 399 629
10th Percentile £255 £250 £210
25th Percentile £404 £409 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £629 £625
90th Percentile £700 £700 £700
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 14 28
10th Percentile £17.75 £16.05 £12.68
25th Percentile £51.91 £18.51 £14.19
Median hourly rate £57.50 £25.75 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +123.30% +77.59% -72.82%
75th Percentile £58.75 £33.12 £16.42
90th Percentile £62.25 £68.75 £29.77
England median hourly rate £37.50 £26.50 £21.37
% change year-on-year +41.51% +24.01% -14.52%

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

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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 19 March 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

AWS
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing AWS in the South West over the 6 months to 19 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 19 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 -7 68 £550 +1.85% 66
Wiltshire -17 42 £525 -17.78% 18
Gloucestershire -8 35 £550 -10.57% 54
Somerset 0 23 £494 -17.71% 19
Dorset +14 20 £384 -13.04% 8
Devon -3 19 £560 -6.67% 19
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 10 (4.67%) Apache Spark
2 8 (3.74%) Apache
3 7 (3.27%) IIS
4 4 (1.87%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (1.40%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (1.40%) Apache Superset
5 3 (1.40%) Oracle Application Server
5 3 (1.40%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.93%) Documentum
7 1 (0.47%) Jupyter
Applications
1 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 98 (45.79%) Azure
2 34 (15.89%) GCP
3 26 (12.15%) GitHub
4 20 (9.35%) Serverless
5 18 (8.41%) Amazon S3
6 15 (7.01%) AWS CloudFormation
6 15 (7.01%) AWS Lambda
7 14 (6.54%) Amazon EC2
8 12 (5.61%) Amazon EKS
8 12 (5.61%) Azure DevOps
8 12 (5.61%) GitHub Actions
9 11 (5.14%) Amazon ECS
9 11 (5.14%) Entra ID
10 10 (4.67%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 10 (4.67%) Power Platform
11 9 (4.21%) OpenShift
12 7 (3.27%) Azure Monitor
12 7 (3.27%) Datadog
12 7 (3.27%) Microsoft 365
12 7 (3.27%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.34%) Firewall
2 4 (1.87%) 3GPP
2 4 (1.87%) DHCP
2 4 (1.87%) Network Security
2 4 (1.87%) TCP/IP
2 4 (1.87%) TETRA
3 3 (1.40%) DNS
3 3 (1.40%) HTTP
3 3 (1.40%) LAN
3 3 (1.40%) VPN
3 3 (1.40%) WAN
4 2 (0.93%) NAS
4 2 (0.93%) Reverse Proxy
4 2 (0.93%) SAN
5 1 (0.47%) 2G
5 1 (0.47%) BGP
5 1 (0.47%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (0.47%) OSPF
5 1 (0.47%) VLAN
5 1 (0.47%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (7.01%) MongoDB
2 13 (6.07%) Data Warehouse
2 13 (6.07%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (5.61%) NoSQL
4 11 (5.14%) SQL Server
5 10 (4.67%) Amazon RDS
5 10 (4.67%) Power BI
6 9 (4.21%) MySQL
7 6 (2.80%) DynamoDB
7 6 (2.80%) Flink
7 6 (2.80%) Relational Database
8 5 (2.34%) Amazon Aurora
8 5 (2.34%) Tableau
9 4 (1.87%) Geospatial Data
9 4 (1.87%) GIS
10 3 (1.40%) Big Data
10 3 (1.40%) Elasticsearch
10 3 (1.40%) Oracle ODI
10 3 (1.40%) Oracle Reports
10 3 (1.40%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 23 (10.75%) Git
2 22 (10.28%) Jenkins
3 21 (9.81%) GitLab
4 5 (2.34%) JIRA
5 4 (1.87%) Oracle APEX
6 3 (1.40%) Cucumber
6 3 (1.40%) DBeaver
6 3 (1.40%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.93%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.93%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.93%) Postman
7 2 (0.93%) Selenium
7 2 (0.93%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.47%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.47%) JBehave
8 1 (0.47%) JUnit
8 1 (0.47%) Maven
8 1 (0.47%) Mocha
8 1 (0.47%) Mockito
8 1 (0.47%) Snyk
General
1 41 (19.16%) Social Skills
2 40 (18.69%) Public Sector
3 15 (7.01%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (6.07%) Military
5 12 (5.61%) Finance
6 5 (2.34%) Tech for Good
7 4 (1.87%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (1.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (1.87%) Marketing
7 4 (1.87%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.40%) Aerospace
8 3 (1.40%) Banking
9 2 (0.93%) Electronics
9 2 (0.93%) Legal
9 2 (0.93%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.93%) Retail
10 1 (0.47%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 46 (21.50%) Developer
2 35 (16.36%) Architect
3 25 (11.68%) Senior
4 19 (8.88%) DevOps Engineer
5 18 (8.41%) Analyst
5 18 (8.41%) Java Developer
6 13 (6.07%) Software Engineer
7 12 (5.61%) Data Engineer
7 12 (5.61%) Site Reliability Engineer
8 11 (5.14%) Data Architect
8 11 (5.14%) Security Analyst
8 11 (5.14%) Site Engineer
9 10 (4.67%) Python Developer
9 10 (4.67%) Security Engineer
10 8 (3.74%) AWS Engineer
10 8 (3.74%) Full-Stack Developer
10 8 (3.74%) Infrastructure Architect
10 8 (3.74%) Lead
10 8 (3.74%) Senior Developer
10 8 (3.74%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (8.41%) Spring
2 16 (7.48%) React
3 15 (7.01%) Spring Boot
4 14 (6.54%) RESTful
5 12 (5.61%) REST
6 11 (5.14%) .NET
6 11 (5.14%) Node.js
7 10 (4.67%) Kafka
8 9 (4.21%) AngularJS
8 9 (4.21%) CSS
8 9 (4.21%) HTML
9 7 (3.27%) .NET Framework
9 7 (3.27%) SOAP
10 5 (2.34%) Java Concurrency
11 4 (1.87%) OAuth
11 4 (1.87%) OAuth2
11 4 (1.87%) PostGIS
11 4 (1.87%) Spring MVC
11 4 (1.87%) Vue
11 4 (1.87%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 31 (14.49%) Cloud Native
2 12 (5.61%) Legacy Systems
3 10 (4.67%) Product Ownership
4 7 (3.27%) Onboarding
5 6 (2.80%) Cyber Defence
5 6 (2.80%) Legacy Code
6 4 (1.87%) CMDB
6 4 (1.87%) Data Centre
6 4 (1.87%) Replication
6 4 (1.87%) Virtual Team
7 3 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.40%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (0.93%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (0.93%) Distributed Computing
8 2 (0.93%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.93%) NHS
8 2 (0.93%) Private Cloud
8 2 (0.93%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.47%) Cloud Security Posture
9 1 (0.47%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 31 (14.49%) Linux
2 21 (9.81%) Windows
3 10 (4.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 10 (4.67%) Windows Server
4 7 (3.27%) Unix
5 4 (1.87%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (1.40%) Debian
6 3 (1.40%) Rocky
6 3 (1.40%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.93%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (32.71%) DevOps
2 69 (32.24%) Agile
3 67 (31.31%) CI/CD
4 40 (18.69%) Infrastructure as Code
5 36 (16.82%) Containerisation
6 34 (15.89%) Analytics
7 32 (14.95%) Problem-Solving
8 23 (10.75%) Microservices
8 23 (10.75%) Migration
9 22 (10.28%) ETL
10 21 (9.81%) Roadmaps
11 19 (8.88%) Continuous Improvement
12 18 (8.41%) Data Engineering
12 18 (8.41%) Mentoring
13 17 (7.94%) Cybersecurity
13 17 (7.94%) Scrum
13 17 (7.94%) Site Reliability Engineering
14 16 (7.48%) Technical Leadership
15 15 (7.01%) Full-Stack Development
15 15 (7.01%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 68 (31.78%) Python
2 37 (17.29%) Java
2 37 (17.29%) SQL
3 28 (13.08%) JavaScript
4 20 (9.35%) PowerShell
5 16 (7.48%) Bash
6 13 (6.07%) TypeScript
7 7 (3.27%) Shell Script
8 5 (2.34%) Ruby
9 4 (1.87%) Go
9 4 (1.87%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.93%) Bicep
10 2 (0.93%) R
11 1 (0.47%) C#
11 1 (0.47%) Scala
11 1 (0.47%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 106 (49.53%) Security Cleared
2 88 (41.12%) SC Cleared
3 24 (11.21%) DV Cleared
4 14 (6.54%) Degree
5 12 (5.61%) AWS Certification
6 6 (2.80%) CISSP
6 6 (2.80%) CompTIA CySA+
6 6 (2.80%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (2.80%) Network+ Certification
6 6 (2.80%) SANS
7 5 (2.34%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.87%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 4 (1.87%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 4 (1.87%) TOGAF Certification
9 3 (1.40%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 2 (0.93%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.93%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.47%) CSPO
11 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (6.54%) QA
2 12 (5.61%) GDPR
3 9 (4.21%) Data Quality
4 7 (3.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (2.80%) NCSC
6 5 (2.34%) PCI DSS
7 4 (1.87%) NIST
8 3 (1.40%) PSD2
8 3 (1.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.93%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 2 (0.93%) Government Security Classifications
9 2 (0.93%) HL7
9 2 (0.93%) JSP 440
9 2 (0.93%) SNOMED CT
10 1 (0.47%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.47%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.47%) SLA
10 1 (0.47%) WCAG
System Software
1 49 (22.90%) Docker
2 11 (5.14%) Active Directory
3 6 (2.80%) Hyper-V
4 5 (2.34%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (1.87%) Oracle RAC
6 3 (1.40%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.93%) VMware Infrastructure
8 1 (0.47%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.47%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 57 (26.64%) Kubernetes
2 41 (19.16%) Terraform
3 20 (9.35%) Ansible
4 16 (7.48%) Prometheus
5 12 (5.61%) Grafana
6 8 (3.74%) Argo
7 6 (2.80%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (2.34%) Dell DRAC
8 5 (2.34%) Red Hat Satellite
9 4 (1.87%) Data Guard
10 3 (1.40%) Nagios
10 3 (1.40%) Progress Chef
10 3 (1.40%) Puppet
10 3 (1.40%) SCCM
11 2 (0.93%) Kibana
12 1 (0.47%) Failover Clustering
12 1 (0.47%) logstash
12 1 (0.47%) Rancher
Vendors
1 24 (11.21%) Microsoft
2 16 (7.48%) Oracle
3 10 (4.67%) Red Hat
4 8 (3.74%) Databricks
5 7 (3.27%) Google
5 7 (3.27%) ServiceNow
6 5 (2.34%) Dell
6 5 (2.34%) Splunk
7 4 (1.87%) Cisco
7 4 (1.87%) ESRI
7 4 (1.87%) NetApp
7 4 (1.87%) Palo Alto
7 4 (1.87%) SAP
8 3 (1.40%) F5
8 3 (1.40%) ForgeRock
8 3 (1.40%) Fortinet
8 3 (1.40%) Ping Identity
8 3 (1.40%) VMware
9 2 (0.93%) OpenText
9 2 (0.93%) Tenable