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

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 12 18
Rank change year-on-year +4 +6 -5
Contract jobs citing AWS 385 188 205
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 10.36% 9.67% 7.75%
As % of the Cloud Services category 39.33% 31.65% 29.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 268 145 164
10th Percentile £413 £377 £425
25th Percentile £461 £456 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £551
Median % change year-on-year - -0.18% -8.17%
75th Percentile £655 £650 £652
90th Percentile £765 £738 £764
England median daily rate £550 £525 £575
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% -1.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 1
10th Percentile £78.02 - -
25th Percentile £95.68 £72.50 -
Median hourly rate £98.82 £75.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +31.76% +114.29% -55.13%
75th Percentile £99.41 £77.50 -
90th Percentile £100.00 - -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £73.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year -4.76% +59.16% -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 979 594 700
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 26.33% 30.54% 26.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 642 405 463
10th Percentile £326 £213 £240
25th Percentile £425 £355 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £588 £613
90th Percentile £730 £694 £685
England median daily rate £525 £501 £525
% change year-on-year +4.90% -4.67% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 36 42
10th Percentile £13.86 £18.13 £20.85
25th Percentile £15.24 £18.51 £33.50
Median hourly rate £18.50 £18.87 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -73.04% +87.79%
75th Percentile £44.09 £34.50 -
90th Percentile £88.01 £36.75 -
England median hourly rate £33.99 £26.30 £31.75
% change year-on-year +29.24% -17.17% -3.79%

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 15 September 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 15 September 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 15 September 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 -5 92 £550 +2.09% 151
Wiltshire +11 75 £508 -7.73% 33
Devon +4 65 £560 +7.69% 35
Somerset -1 55 £663 +35.90% 42
Gloucestershire +7 35 £550 -7.37% 220
Dorset +8 34 £413 -25.00% 52
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 19 (4.94%) Apache
2 16 (4.16%) Apache Spark
2 16 (4.16%) Confluence
3 6 (1.56%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (1.56%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.30%) SharePoint
5 4 (1.04%) IIS
6 2 (0.52%) Apache Superset
6 2 (0.52%) Jupyter
6 2 (0.52%) nginx
6 2 (0.52%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.26%) JBoss
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle Coherence
7 1 (0.26%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.26%) ResourceLink
2 1 (0.26%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 185 (48.05%) Azure
2 78 (20.26%) GCP
3 36 (9.35%) Serverless
4 29 (7.53%) Amazon S3
5 25 (6.49%) AWS Lambda
5 25 (6.49%) GitHub
6 22 (5.71%) AWS CloudFormation
7 18 (4.68%) Power Platform
8 17 (4.42%) GitHub Actions
9 15 (3.90%) Snowflake
10 14 (3.64%) dbt
11 12 (3.12%) Amazon EKS
11 12 (3.12%) Entra ID
12 11 (2.86%) Google Kubernetes Engine
13 9 (2.34%) Amazon Bedrock
13 9 (2.34%) OpenShift
14 7 (1.82%) Amazon Cognito
14 7 (1.82%) Amazon EC2
15 6 (1.56%) Amazon SQS
15 6 (1.56%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 32 (8.31%) Firewall
2 31 (8.05%) DNS
3 28 (7.27%) TCP/IP
4 24 (6.23%) DHCP
5 18 (4.68%) VSAN
6 9 (2.34%) VLAN
7 6 (1.56%) Network Security
7 6 (1.56%) VPN
8 5 (1.30%) BGP
8 5 (1.30%) OSPF
9 3 (0.78%) Intrusion Detection
9 3 (0.78%) Software-Defined Networking
10 2 (0.52%) CTI
10 2 (0.52%) IPsec
10 2 (0.52%) Reverse Proxy
10 2 (0.52%) tcpdump
10 2 (0.52%) Wireless
11 1 (0.26%) HTTP
11 1 (0.26%) Kerberos
11 1 (0.26%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (5.71%) PostgreSQL
2 19 (4.94%) SQL Server
3 18 (4.68%) Power BI
4 16 (4.16%) Data Warehouse
5 14 (3.64%) Tableau
6 13 (3.38%) NoSQL
7 12 (3.12%) Elasticsearch
7 12 (3.12%) Oracle Database
8 10 (2.60%) Amazon Athena
8 10 (2.60%) Amazon RDS
8 10 (2.60%) Data Lake
8 10 (2.60%) MySQL
9 9 (2.34%) Relational Database
10 8 (2.08%) Big Data
10 8 (2.08%) DynamoDB
10 8 (2.08%) Flink
11 7 (1.82%) Metadata
12 6 (1.56%) Amazon Redshift
12 6 (1.56%) SAP HANA
13 5 (1.30%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 45 (11.69%) Git
2 33 (8.57%) Jenkins
3 32 (8.31%) GitLab
4 19 (4.94%) JIRA
5 6 (1.56%) JUnit
6 4 (1.04%) Liquibase
6 4 (1.04%) Selenium
7 3 (0.78%) Claude Code
7 3 (0.78%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.52%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.52%) Maven
8 2 (0.52%) RStudio
8 2 (0.52%) Spinnaker
9 1 (0.26%) Codeception
9 1 (0.26%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.26%) GoCD
9 1 (0.26%) Gradle
9 1 (0.26%) MLflow
9 1 (0.26%) NUnit
9 1 (0.26%) SonarQube
General
1 78 (20.26%) Social Skills
2 60 (15.58%) Public Sector
3 36 (9.35%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (8.57%) Finance
5 10 (2.60%) Military
6 9 (2.34%) Banking
7 4 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (1.04%) Local Government
8 3 (0.78%) Investment Banking
8 3 (0.78%) Police
9 2 (0.52%) Aerospace
9 2 (0.52%) Aviation
9 2 (0.52%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.52%) Retail
10 1 (0.26%) Advertising
10 1 (0.26%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.26%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 82 (21.30%) Developer
2 57 (14.81%) Architect
3 37 (9.61%) Lead
4 35 (9.09%) Data Engineer
5 32 (8.31%) Senior
6 29 (7.53%) Platform Engineer
7 27 (7.01%) Product Manager
8 25 (6.49%) Software Developer
9 24 (6.23%) Digital Product Manager
10 23 (5.97%) DevOps Engineer
11 22 (5.71%) AWS Engineer
11 22 (5.71%) Java Developer
12 20 (5.19%) Lead Architect
13 18 (4.68%) Site Engineer
13 18 (4.68%) Site Reliability Engineer
14 17 (4.42%) AWS Architect
14 17 (4.42%) Technical Architect
15 16 (4.16%) Python Developer
15 16 (4.16%) Software Engineer
16 14 (3.64%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 107 (27.79%) Terraform
2 36 (9.35%) React
3 29 (7.53%) Spring Boot
4 28 (7.27%) AWS CDK
5 27 (7.01%) Spring
6 19 (4.94%) Node.js
7 18 (4.68%) .NET
7 18 (4.68%) Kafka
8 17 (4.42%) REST
9 15 (3.90%) HTML
10 14 (3.64%) CSS
11 12 (3.12%) RESTful
12 9 (2.34%) HTML5
12 9 (2.34%) React Native
13 8 (2.08%) CSS3
13 8 (2.08%) LDAP
13 8 (2.08%) Next.js
13 8 (2.08%) Redux
13 8 (2.08%) Spring MVC
14 7 (1.82%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 63 (16.36%) Cloud Native
2 32 (8.31%) Legacy Systems
3 19 (4.94%) Self-Motivation
4 16 (4.16%) PKI
5 14 (3.64%) Data Centre
6 11 (2.86%) Enterprise Software
6 11 (2.86%) Product Ownership
7 9 (2.34%) Cyber Threat
7 9 (2.34%) Security Operations Centre
8 7 (1.82%) Hybrid Cloud
8 7 (1.82%) Linux Command Line
8 7 (1.82%) Onboarding
8 7 (1.82%) Public Cloud
9 6 (1.56%) Distributed Systems
9 6 (1.56%) Mobile App
9 6 (1.56%) Replication
10 5 (1.30%) AI Agents
10 5 (1.30%) Clustering
10 5 (1.30%) Enterprise Cloud
11 4 (1.04%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 60 (15.58%) Linux
2 35 (9.09%) Windows
3 11 (2.86%) Windows Server
4 10 (2.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 10 (2.60%) Unix
5 4 (1.04%) Rocky
5 4 (1.04%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.78%) Debian
7 2 (0.52%) CentOS
8 1 (0.26%) Android
8 1 (0.26%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (32.73%) CI/CD
2 121 (31.43%) Agile
3 100 (25.97%) DevOps
4 97 (25.19%) Infrastructure as Code
5 70 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
6 67 (17.40%) Containerisation
7 61 (15.84%) Roadmaps
8 60 (15.58%) AI
9 56 (14.55%) Platform Engineering
10 52 (13.51%) Software Engineering
11 49 (12.73%) Data Pipeline
11 49 (12.73%) Microservices
12 47 (12.21%) Technical Leadership
13 45 (11.69%) Continuous Improvement
14 41 (10.65%) DevSecOps
15 40 (10.39%) Stakeholder Management
16 36 (9.35%) Analytics
17 35 (9.09%) Site Reliability Engineering
18 32 (8.31%) ETL
18 32 (8.31%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 131 (34.03%) Python
2 79 (20.52%) SQL
3 62 (16.10%) Java
4 36 (9.35%) JavaScript
5 34 (8.83%) Bash
6 28 (7.27%) PowerShell
7 21 (5.45%) C#
7 21 (5.45%) TypeScript
8 12 (3.12%) Go
9 10 (2.60%) PL/SQL
10 9 (2.34%) R
10 9 (2.34%) Shell Script
11 4 (1.04%) PHP
12 3 (0.78%) BeanShell
12 3 (0.78%) Bicep
12 3 (0.78%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.52%) C++
13 2 (0.52%) Groovy
13 2 (0.52%) Kotlin
14 1 (0.26%) Scala
Qualifications
1 187 (48.57%) Security Cleared
2 119 (30.91%) SC Cleared
3 76 (19.74%) DV Cleared
4 23 (5.97%) AWS Certification
5 20 (5.19%) Degree
6 15 (3.90%) CISSP
7 12 (3.12%) VCAP
8 11 (2.86%) CISM
9 8 (2.08%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (1.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 5 (1.30%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 3 (0.78%) AWS Certified Developer
12 3 (0.78%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 2 (0.52%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 2 (0.52%) Azure Certification
13 2 (0.52%) CCNA
13 2 (0.52%) CCSK
13 2 (0.52%) MCSE
13 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (5.71%) Data Quality
2 21 (5.45%) QA
3 10 (2.60%) NCSC
4 7 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.56%) NIST
6 5 (1.30%) GDPR
6 5 (1.30%) ISO 9000
6 5 (1.30%) NIST 800
6 5 (1.30%) PCI DSS
7 4 (1.04%) SLA
8 2 (0.52%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.26%) Government Security Classifications
9 1 (0.26%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.26%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 74 (19.22%) Docker
2 30 (7.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (5.71%) Active Directory
4 20 (5.19%) vSphere
5 19 (4.94%) VMware NSX
6 16 (4.16%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.78%) 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 Servers
9 1 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.26%) zsh
Systems Management
1 101 (26.23%) Kubernetes
2 49 (12.73%) Ansible
3 18 (4.68%) Grafana
4 14 (3.64%) Prometheus
4 14 (3.64%) VxRail
5 9 (2.34%) Argo
6 6 (1.56%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 5 (1.30%) Istio
8 3 (0.78%) Docker Swarm
8 3 (0.78%) Failover Clustering
8 3 (0.78%) Pacemaker
8 3 (0.78%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.52%) Cilium
9 2 (0.52%) Kustomize
9 2 (0.52%) linkerd
9 2 (0.52%) Nagios
9 2 (0.52%) Podman
10 1 (0.26%) CASB
10 1 (0.26%) Kubeflow
10 1 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 31 (8.05%) Microsoft
2 30 (7.79%) VMware
3 28 (7.27%) Oracle
4 25 (6.49%) Google
5 15 (3.90%) Databricks
6 9 (2.34%) CyberArk
6 9 (2.34%) Red Hat
7 8 (2.08%) Cisco
7 8 (2.08%) SAP
8 6 (1.56%) Dynatrace
8 6 (1.56%) Splunk
9 5 (1.30%) OneLogin
10 3 (0.78%) F5
10 3 (0.78%) Thales
11 2 (0.52%) ArcSight
11 2 (0.52%) BiZZdesign
11 2 (0.52%) IBM
11 2 (0.52%) Palo Alto
11 2 (0.52%) Virgin Media
11 2 (0.52%) webMethods