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 13 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 12 22
Rank change year-on-year -7 +10 -8
Contract jobs citing AWS 237 186 210
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 7.48% 10.85% 6.58%
As % of the Cloud Services category 29.96% 35.70% 25.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 164 152 174
10th Percentile £400 £401 £325
25th Percentile £427 £472 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -10.46% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £626 £650 £638
90th Percentile £700 £699 £700
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 0
10th Percentile £52.88 - -
25th Percentile £55.13 - -
Median hourly rate £67.35 £78.70 -
Median % change year-on-year -14.43% - -
75th Percentile £100.63 - -
90th Percentile £102.80 - -
England median hourly rate £75.00 £73.75 £53.75
% change year-on-year +1.69% +37.21% -21.53%

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 791 521 828
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 24.95% 30.40% 25.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 541 396 635
10th Percentile £263 £230 £209
25th Percentile £402 £406 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £600
90th Percentile £688 £688 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 20 25
10th Percentile £16.62 £18.13 £12.50
25th Percentile £21.25 £18.41 £14.00
Median hourly rate £57.50 £25.75 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +123.30% +77.59% -74.78%
75th Percentile £58.75 £36.38 £14.75
90th Percentile - £68.75 £19.80
England median hourly rate £42.69 £26.50 £20.39
% change year-on-year +61.08% +30.00% -27.61%

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 13 April 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 13 April 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 13 April 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 68 £550 +3.77% 55
Wiltshire -14 49 £525 -16.00% 19
Gloucestershire -8 34 £575 -6.50% 55
Dorset +12 26 £409 -7.26% 6
Somerset -3 24 £444 -24.47% 17
Devon -3 23 £613 +2.08% 15
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 (4.64%) Apache Spark
2 10 (4.22%) Apache
3 8 (3.38%) IIS
4 6 (2.53%) SharePoint
5 5 (2.11%) Apache Superset
6 4 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.84%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.84%) Confluence
7 2 (0.84%) Documentum
8 1 (0.42%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.42%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 99 (41.77%) Azure
2 41 (17.30%) GCP
3 23 (9.70%) Amazon S3
3 23 (9.70%) Serverless
4 20 (8.44%) GitHub
5 17 (7.17%) AWS Lambda
6 15 (6.33%) Amazon EC2
6 15 (6.33%) Power Platform
7 13 (5.49%) AWS CloudFormation
8 11 (4.64%) Amazon EKS
9 10 (4.22%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 10 (4.22%) Amazon ECS
9 10 (4.22%) GitHub Actions
10 9 (3.80%) Entra ID
11 8 (3.38%) Azure Monitor
12 7 (2.95%) Azure DevOps
12 7 (2.95%) Datadog
12 7 (2.95%) OpenShift
13 6 (2.53%) Microsoft 365
13 6 (2.53%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.11%) Firewall
1 5 (2.11%) Network Security
2 4 (1.69%) 3GPP
2 4 (1.69%) TETRA
3 3 (1.27%) DHCP
3 3 (1.27%) DNS
3 3 (1.27%) HTTP
3 3 (1.27%) LAN
3 3 (1.27%) VPN
4 2 (0.84%) BGP
4 2 (0.84%) Cisco Nexus
4 2 (0.84%) OSPF
4 2 (0.84%) Reverse Proxy
4 2 (0.84%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.84%) VLAN
4 2 (0.84%) WAN
4 2 (0.84%) Wireless
5 1 (0.42%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (0.42%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (0.42%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.75%) MySQL
2 15 (6.33%) Power BI
3 14 (5.91%) MongoDB
4 13 (5.49%) NoSQL
5 11 (4.64%) Amazon RDS
5 11 (4.64%) Data Warehouse
5 11 (4.64%) SQL Server
5 11 (4.64%) Tableau
6 7 (2.95%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (2.95%) Relational Database
7 6 (2.53%) Flink
8 5 (2.11%) DynamoDB
9 4 (1.69%) Amazon Aurora
9 4 (1.69%) Geospatial Data
9 4 (1.69%) GIS
10 3 (1.27%) Big Data
10 3 (1.27%) Elasticsearch
11 2 (0.84%) Amazon Redshift
11 2 (0.84%) Hadoop
11 2 (0.84%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 29 (12.24%) Git
2 25 (10.55%) GitLab
3 22 (9.28%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.69%) Oracle APEX
5 3 (1.27%) Cucumber
5 3 (1.27%) Selenium
5 3 (1.27%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.84%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.84%) JIRA
6 2 (0.84%) JUnit
6 2 (0.84%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.42%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.42%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.42%) DBeaver
7 1 (0.42%) JBehave
7 1 (0.42%) Maven
7 1 (0.42%) MLflow
7 1 (0.42%) Mocha
7 1 (0.42%) Mockito
7 1 (0.42%) NUnit
General
1 41 (17.30%) Social Skills
2 34 (14.35%) Public Sector
3 19 (8.02%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (5.06%) Military
5 8 (3.38%) Finance
6 5 (2.11%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (2.11%) Tech for Good
7 4 (1.69%) Aerospace
7 4 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (1.69%) Marketing
8 3 (1.27%) Banking
8 3 (1.27%) Telecoms
9 2 (0.84%) Electronics
9 2 (0.84%) Legal
9 2 (0.84%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.84%) Retail
10 1 (0.42%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 53 (22.36%) Developer
2 34 (14.35%) Architect
3 30 (12.66%) Senior
4 25 (10.55%) Java Developer
5 23 (9.70%) DevOps Engineer
6 21 (8.86%) Software Engineer
7 17 (7.17%) Site Reliability Engineer
8 16 (6.75%) Analyst
8 16 (6.75%) Site Engineer
9 15 (6.33%) Python Developer
10 11 (4.64%) Data Engineer
10 11 (4.64%) Security Analyst
11 10 (4.22%) Consultant
11 10 (4.22%) Data Architect
11 10 (4.22%) Senior Developer
11 10 (4.22%) Technical Architect
12 9 (3.80%) AWS Engineer
12 9 (3.80%) Senior Java Developer
13 8 (3.38%) Azure Engineer
13 8 (3.38%) Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (10.55%) Spring
1 25 (10.55%) Spring Boot
2 22 (9.28%) React
3 15 (6.33%) .NET
4 14 (5.91%) REST
5 13 (5.49%) RESTful
6 11 (4.64%) CSS
6 11 (4.64%) HTML
6 11 (4.64%) Spring MVC
7 10 (4.22%) .NET Framework
7 10 (4.22%) CSS3
7 10 (4.22%) HTML5
7 10 (4.22%) Jest
7 10 (4.22%) Kafka
7 10 (4.22%) Node.js
8 9 (3.80%) AWS CDK
8 9 (3.80%) Redux
9 5 (2.11%) AngularJS
9 5 (2.11%) Java Concurrency
9 5 (2.11%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 31 (13.08%) Cloud Native
2 15 (6.33%) Legacy Systems
3 9 (3.80%) Product Ownership
4 8 (3.38%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (2.95%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (2.53%) Cyber Defence
6 6 (2.53%) Legacy Code
7 4 (1.69%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (1.27%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.27%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.27%) Private Cloud
8 3 (1.27%) Replication
9 2 (0.84%) Clustering
9 2 (0.84%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (0.84%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.84%) Distributed Computing
9 2 (0.84%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (0.84%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.84%) NHS
9 2 (0.84%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 38 (16.03%) Linux
2 22 (9.28%) Windows
3 13 (5.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 11 (4.64%) Windows Server
5 7 (2.95%) Unix
6 3 (1.27%) Debian
6 3 (1.27%) Rocky
6 3 (1.27%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.84%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.84%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (32.07%) Agile
2 73 (30.80%) DevOps
3 68 (28.69%) CI/CD
4 44 (18.57%) Infrastructure as Code
5 41 (17.30%) Containerisation
6 38 (16.03%) Analytics
7 34 (14.35%) Problem-Solving
8 31 (13.08%) Continuous Improvement
9 27 (11.39%) Microservices
10 24 (10.13%) Data Engineering
10 24 (10.13%) Software Engineering
11 23 (9.70%) Site Reliability Engineering
12 20 (8.44%) ETL
12 20 (8.44%) Roadmaps
13 19 (8.02%) AI
13 19 (8.02%) Business Intelligence
13 19 (8.02%) Code Quality
13 19 (8.02%) Full-Stack Development
13 19 (8.02%) Migration
14 18 (7.59%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 75 (31.65%) Python
2 48 (20.25%) SQL
3 44 (18.57%) Java
4 28 (11.81%) JavaScript
5 15 (6.33%) Bash
6 13 (5.49%) PowerShell
7 11 (4.64%) TypeScript
8 8 (3.38%) Shell Script
9 5 (2.11%) C#
9 5 (2.11%) R
10 4 (1.69%) Go
10 4 (1.69%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.84%) Bicep
11 2 (0.84%) Ruby
12 1 (0.42%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.42%) Scala
12 1 (0.42%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 117 (49.37%) Security Cleared
2 93 (39.24%) SC Cleared
3 28 (11.81%) DV Cleared
4 9 (3.80%) AWS Certification
4 9 (3.80%) Degree
5 6 (2.53%) CISSP
5 6 (2.53%) CompTIA CySA+
5 6 (2.53%) Network+ Certification
5 6 (2.53%) SANS
6 4 (1.69%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 4 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.69%) TOGAF Certification
7 3 (1.27%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 3 (1.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 3 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.84%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.42%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.42%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.42%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.91%) QA
2 9 (3.80%) Data Quality
3 8 (3.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (2.95%) GDPR
5 5 (2.11%) PCI DSS
6 4 (1.69%) NCSC
7 3 (1.27%) NIST
8 2 (0.84%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (0.84%) HL7
8 2 (0.84%) JSP 440
8 2 (0.84%) SNOMED CT
9 1 (0.42%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.42%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.42%) WCAG
System Software
1 54 (22.78%) Docker
2 9 (3.80%) Active Directory
3 6 (2.53%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.69%) Oracle RAC
5 3 (1.27%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (1.27%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.84%) Corosync
7 1 (0.42%) iptables
7 1 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.42%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.42%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 65 (27.43%) Kubernetes
2 44 (18.57%) Terraform
3 22 (9.28%) Ansible
4 21 (8.86%) Prometheus
5 17 (7.17%) Grafana
6 7 (2.95%) Argo
7 5 (2.11%) Dell DRAC
7 5 (2.11%) Red Hat Satellite
8 4 (1.69%) Data Guard
8 4 (1.69%) Nagios
8 4 (1.69%) Progress Chef
9 3 (1.27%) Failover Clustering
9 3 (1.27%) Puppet
9 3 (1.27%) SCCM
10 2 (0.84%) Cilium
10 2 (0.84%) Pacemaker
10 2 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.42%) Docker Swarm
11 1 (0.42%) Kibana
11 1 (0.42%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 19 (8.02%) Microsoft
2 10 (4.22%) Databricks
2 10 (4.22%) Oracle
2 10 (4.22%) Red Hat
3 8 (3.38%) SAP
4 6 (2.53%) Google
5 5 (2.11%) Dell
5 5 (2.11%) Splunk
6 4 (1.69%) ESRI
6 4 (1.69%) ServiceNow
7 3 (1.27%) Cisco
7 3 (1.27%) F5
7 3 (1.27%) VMware
8 2 (0.84%) Broadcom
8 2 (0.84%) CheckPoint
8 2 (0.84%) Citrix
8 2 (0.84%) CyberArk
8 2 (0.84%) NetApp
8 2 (0.84%) Palo Alto
8 2 (0.84%) Virgin Media