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

6 months to
9 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 12 20
Rank change year-on-year +4 +8 -6
Contract jobs citing AWS 377 185 200
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 10.50% 9.71% 7.15%
As % of the Cloud Services category 38.16% 32.51% 27.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 251 144 161
10th Percentile £413 £355 £425
25th Percentile £450 £453 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £546 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.69% -0.68% -8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £639 £625
90th Percentile £765 £707 £775
England median daily rate £550 £530 £575
% change year-on-year +3.77% -7.83% -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% -35.19%

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 988 569 736
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 27.51% 29.87% 26.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 622 398 524
10th Percentile £331 £213 £250
25th Percentile £423 £351 £422
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 £677 £675
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 40 43
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.13 £12.97
25th Percentile £16.62 £18.51 £33.00
Median hourly rate £35.00 £18.87 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +85.48% -73.04% +87.79%
75th Percentile £58.75 £34.50 -
90th Percentile £96.26 £37.50 -
England median hourly rate £35.50 £26.00 £24.17
% change year-on-year +36.54% +7.59% -26.77%

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 9 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 9 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 9 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 93 £550 +8.91% 126
Wiltshire +7 73 £500 -13.04% 10
Devon +4 61 £538 +3.46% 17
Somerset 0 61 £640 +31.28% 26
Dorset +10 32 £410 -25.45% 25
Gloucestershire +3 31 £575 -8.00% 77
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 (4.51%) Apache
2 16 (4.24%) Apache Spark
3 11 (2.92%) Confluence
4 8 (2.12%) IIS
5 5 (1.33%) Apache Superset
6 4 (1.06%) SharePoint
7 3 (0.80%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.53%) nginx
8 2 (0.53%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.27%) JBoss
9 1 (0.27%) Oracle Coherence
9 1 (0.27%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.27%) ResourceLink
1 1 (0.27%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 187 (49.60%) Azure
2 72 (19.10%) GCP
3 37 (9.81%) Serverless
4 30 (7.96%) Amazon S3
5 26 (6.90%) AWS Lambda
6 22 (5.84%) GitHub
7 21 (5.57%) Power Platform
8 19 (5.04%) AWS CloudFormation
9 15 (3.98%) GitHub Actions
10 14 (3.71%) Snowflake
11 13 (3.45%) Amazon EKS
12 10 (2.65%) dbt
13 9 (2.39%) Entra ID
13 9 (2.39%) Google Kubernetes Engine
13 9 (2.39%) OpenShift
14 8 (2.12%) Amazon Bedrock
14 8 (2.12%) Amazon EC2
14 8 (2.12%) Azure Monitor
15 7 (1.86%) Datadog
16 6 (1.59%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 26 (6.90%) Firewall
2 25 (6.63%) DNS
3 23 (6.10%) TCP/IP
4 20 (5.31%) DHCP
5 17 (4.51%) VSAN
6 7 (1.86%) VLAN
7 5 (1.33%) BGP
7 5 (1.33%) OSPF
8 4 (1.06%) 3GPP
8 4 (1.06%) Network Security
8 4 (1.06%) TETRA
8 4 (1.06%) VPN
9 3 (0.80%) Software-Defined Networking
10 2 (0.53%) CTI
10 2 (0.53%) Intrusion Detection
10 2 (0.53%) IPsec
10 2 (0.53%) Reverse Proxy
11 1 (0.27%) EIGRP
11 1 (0.27%) SAN
11 1 (0.27%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (5.57%) Power BI
2 20 (5.31%) SQL Server
3 18 (4.77%) PostgreSQL
4 15 (3.98%) Data Warehouse
5 14 (3.71%) NoSQL
6 13 (3.45%) Tableau
7 12 (3.18%) Oracle Database
8 11 (2.92%) Relational Database
9 9 (2.39%) Amazon Athena
10 8 (2.12%) Amazon RDS
10 8 (2.12%) Data Lake
10 8 (2.12%) DynamoDB
10 8 (2.12%) Flink
10 8 (2.12%) MySQL
11 7 (1.86%) Big Data
12 6 (1.59%) Amazon Redshift
12 6 (1.59%) Elasticsearch
12 6 (1.59%) Metadata
13 5 (1.33%) RDBMS
14 4 (1.06%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 39 (10.34%) Git
2 28 (7.43%) GitLab
2 28 (7.43%) Jenkins
3 13 (3.45%) JIRA
4 6 (1.59%) JUnit
5 5 (1.33%) Selenium
6 4 (1.06%) Liquibase
7 3 (0.80%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.53%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.53%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.53%) Spinnaker
9 1 (0.27%) Claude Code
9 1 (0.27%) Codeception
9 1 (0.27%) GoCD
9 1 (0.27%) Gradle
9 1 (0.27%) Maven
9 1 (0.27%) MLflow
9 1 (0.27%) NUnit
General
1 70 (18.57%) Social Skills
2 49 (13.00%) Public Sector
3 34 (9.02%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (7.43%) Finance
5 13 (3.45%) Military
6 6 (1.59%) Banking
7 4 (1.06%) Local Government
7 4 (1.06%) Retail
8 3 (0.80%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (0.80%) Investment Banking
8 3 (0.80%) Police
9 2 (0.53%) Aerospace
9 2 (0.53%) Aviation
9 2 (0.53%) Marketing
9 2 (0.53%) Tech for Good
10 1 (0.27%) Advertising
10 1 (0.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.27%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.27%) Legal
10 1 (0.27%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 74 (19.63%) Developer
2 65 (17.24%) Architect
3 36 (9.55%) Lead
4 30 (7.96%) Data Engineer
5 27 (7.16%) Platform Engineer
5 27 (7.16%) Product Manager
5 27 (7.16%) Senior
6 24 (6.37%) DevOps Engineer
6 24 (6.37%) Digital Product Manager
6 24 (6.37%) Java Developer
7 21 (5.57%) Site Engineer
7 21 (5.57%) Site Reliability Engineer
7 21 (5.57%) Software Developer
8 20 (5.31%) AWS Engineer
9 19 (5.04%) AWS Architect
10 18 (4.77%) Python Developer
10 18 (4.77%) Software Engineer
11 17 (4.51%) Lead Architect
11 17 (4.51%) Technical Architect
12 16 (4.24%) Infrastructure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (8.22%) Spring Boot
2 29 (7.69%) React
2 29 (7.69%) Spring
3 24 (6.37%) AWS CDK
4 20 (5.31%) .NET
5 19 (5.04%) Node.js
6 18 (4.77%) Kafka
7 15 (3.98%) REST
8 13 (3.45%) RESTful
9 11 (2.92%) .NET Framework
10 9 (2.39%) HTML
10 9 (2.39%) React Native
11 8 (2.12%) CSS
11 8 (2.12%) HTML5
11 8 (2.12%) LDAP
11 8 (2.12%) Redux
12 7 (1.86%) CSS3
12 7 (1.86%) Jest
12 7 (1.86%) Spring MVC
13 6 (1.59%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 59 (15.65%) Cloud Native
2 34 (9.02%) Legacy Systems
3 18 (4.77%) Self-Motivation
4 15 (3.98%) PKI
5 14 (3.71%) Data Centre
6 11 (2.92%) Enterprise Software
6 11 (2.92%) Product Ownership
7 8 (2.12%) Hybrid Cloud
8 7 (1.86%) Onboarding
9 6 (1.59%) Distributed Systems
9 6 (1.59%) Legacy Code
9 6 (1.59%) Mobile App
9 6 (1.59%) Public Cloud
10 5 (1.33%) Clustering
10 5 (1.33%) Data Structures
10 5 (1.33%) Linux Command Line
10 5 (1.33%) Replication
11 4 (1.06%) AI Agents
11 4 (1.06%) IVR
12 3 (0.80%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 58 (15.38%) Linux
2 37 (9.81%) Windows
3 13 (3.45%) Windows Server
4 12 (3.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (1.59%) Unix
6 5 (1.33%) Rocky
6 5 (1.33%) Ubuntu
7 4 (1.06%) Debian
8 2 (0.53%) CentOS
9 1 (0.27%) Android
9 1 (0.27%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (30.77%) Agile
2 114 (30.24%) CI/CD
3 103 (27.32%) DevOps
4 88 (23.34%) Infrastructure as Code
5 66 (17.51%) Containerisation
6 65 (17.24%) Problem-Solving
7 56 (14.85%) Roadmaps
8 52 (13.79%) AI
8 52 (13.79%) Microservices
9 48 (12.73%) Platform Engineering
10 45 (11.94%) Continuous Improvement
11 44 (11.67%) Data Pipeline
11 44 (11.67%) Technical Leadership
12 43 (11.41%) Analytics
12 43 (11.41%) Software Engineering
13 37 (9.81%) DevSecOps
14 36 (9.55%) ETL
14 36 (9.55%) Stakeholder Management
15 34 (9.02%) Site Reliability Engineering
16 33 (8.75%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 125 (33.16%) Python
2 72 (19.10%) SQL
3 59 (15.65%) Java
4 33 (8.75%) Bash
5 30 (7.96%) JavaScript
5 30 (7.96%) PowerShell
6 15 (3.98%) C#
7 14 (3.71%) TypeScript
8 12 (3.18%) Go
9 10 (2.65%) R
10 9 (2.39%) PL/SQL
11 4 (1.06%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.80%) BeanShell
12 3 (0.80%) Bicep
12 3 (0.80%) PHP
12 3 (0.80%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.53%) C++
13 2 (0.53%) Groovy
13 2 (0.53%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.53%) Scala
Qualifications
1 181 (48.01%) Security Cleared
2 123 (32.63%) SC Cleared
3 68 (18.04%) DV Cleared
4 19 (5.04%) AWS Certification
5 16 (4.24%) Degree
6 11 (2.92%) VCAP
7 9 (2.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 9 (2.39%) CISSP
8 8 (2.12%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (1.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 5 (1.33%) CISM
10 4 (1.06%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 4 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.06%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (1.06%) TOGAF Certification
11 3 (0.80%) AWS Certified Developer
11 3 (0.80%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 3 (0.80%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 2 (0.53%) CCNA
12 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (5.57%) QA
2 16 (4.24%) Data Quality
3 8 (2.12%) GDPR
4 7 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (1.86%) NCSC
5 5 (1.33%) ISO 9000
5 5 (1.33%) NIST
5 5 (1.33%) PCI DSS
6 4 (1.06%) NIST 800
7 2 (0.53%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.53%) HL7
7 2 (0.53%) SNOMED CT
8 1 (0.27%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.27%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (0.27%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.27%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.27%) SLA
System Software
1 76 (20.16%) Docker
2 27 (7.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (5.57%) Active Directory
4 19 (5.04%) vSphere
5 18 (4.77%) VMware NSX
6 16 (4.24%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.80%) VirtualBox
8 2 (0.53%) Corosync
8 2 (0.53%) KVM
9 1 (0.27%) iptables
9 1 (0.27%) NFS
9 1 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.27%) zsh
Systems Management
1 97 (25.73%) Terraform
2 96 (25.46%) Kubernetes
3 43 (11.41%) Ansible
4 18 (4.77%) Grafana
5 17 (4.51%) Prometheus
6 13 (3.45%) VxRail
7 10 (2.65%) Argo
8 6 (1.59%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 3 (0.80%) Docker Swarm
9 3 (0.80%) Failover Clustering
9 3 (0.80%) Istio
9 3 (0.80%) Pacemaker
9 3 (0.80%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.53%) Cilium
10 2 (0.53%) Kustomize
10 2 (0.53%) linkerd
10 2 (0.53%) Nagios
10 2 (0.53%) Podman
10 2 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.27%) OPNET
Vendors
1 29 (7.69%) Microsoft
2 28 (7.43%) Oracle
3 27 (7.16%) VMware
4 18 (4.77%) Databricks
5 17 (4.51%) Google
6 10 (2.65%) Red Hat
7 9 (2.39%) CyberArk
8 7 (1.86%) Cisco
8 7 (1.86%) SAP
9 5 (1.33%) Splunk
10 4 (1.06%) Dynatrace
11 3 (0.80%) F5
11 3 (0.80%) Thales
12 2 (0.53%) BiZZdesign
12 2 (0.53%) IBM
12 2 (0.53%) OneLogin
12 2 (0.53%) Palo Alto
12 2 (0.53%) Virgin Media
13 1 (0.27%) Denodo
13 1 (0.27%) Okta