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 6 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 13 17
Rank change year-on-year -7 +4 -4
Contract jobs citing AWS 197 200 267
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 7.35% 10.67% 8.54%
As % of the Cloud Services category 27.40% 34.42% 31.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 146 158 223
10th Percentile £375 £431 £333
25th Percentile £414 £513 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £539 £600 £563
Median % change year-on-year -10.21% +6.67% -2.17%
75th Percentile £642 £650 £675
90th Percentile £713 £715 £706
England median daily rate £525 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 4
10th Percentile £51.77 - £67.15
25th Percentile £52.61 - £74.13
Median hourly rate £54.00 - £78.00
75th Percentile £62.36 - -
90th Percentile £67.37 - -
England median hourly rate £75.00 £55.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year +35.14% +20.18% -28.95%

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 719 581 860
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 26.81% 30.99% 27.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 511 400 660
10th Percentile £227 £230 £212
25th Percentile £400 £425 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +2.44% -6.82%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £630
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 41 11 36
10th Percentile £18.87 £12.50 -
25th Percentile £31.25 £17.67 £14.25
Median hourly rate £57.50 £26.50 £16.95
Median % change year-on-year +116.98% +56.39% -70.53%
75th Percentile £58.75 £28.99 £33.00
90th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £78.00
England median hourly rate £35.00 £27.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year +27.27% +22.22% -10.00%

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

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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 6 February 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

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing AWS in the South West over the 6 months to 6 February 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 6 February 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 +4 71 £525 -4.55% 53
Gloucestershire -10 42 £550 -10.57% 85
Wiltshire -22 34 £537 -14.35% 28
Dorset +9 14 £409 -7.26% 13
Devon -8 14 £575 -4.17% 13
Somerset -1 10 £575 - 13
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 6 (3.05%) Apache Spark
2 5 (2.54%) Apache
2 5 (2.54%) Oracle Application Server
3 4 (2.03%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (2.03%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.52%) SharePoint
5 2 (1.02%) Documentum
6 1 (0.51%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.51%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 93 (47.21%) Azure
2 33 (16.75%) GCP
3 20 (10.15%) GitHub
4 14 (7.11%) Amazon EC2
4 14 (7.11%) Azure DevOps
5 13 (6.60%) Amazon S3
5 13 (6.60%) AWS CloudFormation
5 13 (6.60%) Serverless
6 11 (5.58%) AWS Lambda
6 11 (5.58%) Entra ID
6 11 (5.58%) Microsoft 365
6 11 (5.58%) OpenShift
7 10 (5.08%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 8 (4.06%) GitHub Actions
8 8 (4.06%) npm
8 8 (4.06%) Power Platform
9 7 (3.55%) Amazon ECS
9 7 (3.55%) Amazon EKS
10 5 (2.54%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (2.54%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.55%) Firewall
1 7 (3.55%) VPN
2 5 (2.54%) TCP/IP
3 4 (2.03%) DHCP
3 4 (2.03%) DNS
3 4 (2.03%) Network Security
3 4 (2.03%) WAN
4 3 (1.52%) HTTP
4 3 (1.52%) LAN
5 2 (1.02%) NAS
5 2 (1.02%) Reverse Proxy
5 2 (1.02%) SAN
5 2 (1.02%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.51%) 2G
6 1 (0.51%) BGP
6 1 (0.51%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (0.51%) OSPF
6 1 (0.51%) SSL
6 1 (0.51%) VLAN
6 1 (0.51%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (12.69%) PostgreSQL
2 18 (9.14%) MongoDB
3 12 (6.09%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (6.09%) NoSQL
4 10 (5.08%) MySQL
5 9 (4.57%) Amazon RDS
6 8 (4.06%) Power BI
7 7 (3.55%) DynamoDB
8 6 (3.05%) SQL Server
9 5 (2.54%) Amazon Aurora
9 5 (2.54%) Elasticsearch
9 5 (2.54%) Oracle ODI
9 5 (2.54%) Oracle Reports
9 5 (2.54%) Star Schema
10 3 (1.52%) Big Data
10 3 (1.52%) Geospatial Data
10 3 (1.52%) GIS
11 2 (1.02%) Apache Hive
11 2 (1.02%) Flink
11 2 (1.02%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 27 (13.71%) Jenkins
2 20 (10.15%) Git
3 18 (9.14%) GitLab
4 5 (2.54%) DBeaver
5 4 (2.03%) JIRA
5 4 (2.03%) Oracle APEX
6 3 (1.52%) SonarQube
7 2 (1.02%) Bitbucket
7 2 (1.02%) Cucumber
7 2 (1.02%) Cypress.io
7 2 (1.02%) Postman
7 2 (1.02%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.51%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.51%) JBehave
8 1 (0.51%) JUnit
8 1 (0.51%) Maven
8 1 (0.51%) Mocha
8 1 (0.51%) Mockito
8 1 (0.51%) Selenium
8 1 (0.51%) Snyk
General
1 47 (23.86%) Social Skills
2 40 (20.30%) Public Sector
3 17 (8.63%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (7.11%) Finance
5 10 (5.08%) Military
6 5 (2.54%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (2.03%) Aerospace
7 4 (2.03%) Tech for Good
7 4 (2.03%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.52%) Banking
8 3 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.02%) Electronics
9 2 (1.02%) Law
9 2 (1.02%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.02%) Marketing
10 1 (0.51%) Legal
10 1 (0.51%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 39 (19.80%) Developer
2 24 (12.18%) Senior
3 23 (11.68%) Analyst
4 19 (9.64%) Architect
5 15 (7.61%) DevOps Engineer
5 15 (7.61%) Software Engineer
6 13 (6.60%) Lead
7 11 (5.58%) Data Engineer
7 11 (5.58%) Java Developer
7 11 (5.58%) Security Analyst
8 9 (4.57%) Security Engineer
9 8 (4.06%) Senior Developer
10 7 (3.55%) AWS Engineer
10 7 (3.55%) Full-Stack Developer
10 7 (3.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 7 (3.55%) Solutions Architect
11 6 (3.05%) Linux Engineer
12 5 (2.54%) Infrastructure Manager
12 5 (2.54%) Python Developer
12 5 (2.54%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (13.71%) React
2 25 (12.69%) Node.js
3 13 (6.60%) REST
4 11 (5.58%) RESTful
4 11 (5.58%) Spring
5 10 (5.08%) AngularJS
6 8 (4.06%) CSS
6 8 (4.06%) HTML
6 8 (4.06%) Spring Boot
7 7 (3.55%) OAuth
7 7 (3.55%) OAuth2
7 7 (3.55%) SOAP
8 6 (3.05%) .NET
8 6 (3.05%) Kafka
8 6 (3.05%) OpenID
9 5 (2.54%) Express.js
9 5 (2.54%) Oracle GoldenGate
9 5 (2.54%) SAML
9 5 (2.54%) Vue
10 4 (2.03%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (10.15%) Cloud Native
2 10 (5.08%) Cyber Defence
3 9 (4.57%) Product Ownership
4 8 (4.06%) Data Centre
5 7 (3.55%) Onboarding
6 6 (3.05%) Replication
7 5 (2.54%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (2.03%) CMDB
9 3 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.52%) Enterprise Cloud
9 3 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.52%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.52%) Virtual Team
10 2 (1.02%) Distributed Computing
10 2 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (1.02%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (1.02%) Management Information System
10 2 (1.02%) Private Cloud
10 2 (1.02%) Public Cloud
11 1 (0.51%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 26 (13.20%) Linux
2 16 (8.12%) Windows
3 9 (4.57%) Unix
4 6 (3.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (2.54%) Windows Server
6 4 (2.03%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (1.02%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.51%) Debian
8 1 (0.51%) Rocky
8 1 (0.51%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (31.98%) Agile
2 59 (29.95%) CI/CD
3 56 (28.43%) DevOps
4 33 (16.75%) Infrastructure as Code
5 28 (14.21%) Problem-Solving
6 26 (13.20%) Containerisation
7 23 (11.68%) Analytics
8 21 (10.66%) Software Engineering
9 19 (9.64%) Microservices
10 18 (9.14%) Continuous Improvement
10 18 (9.14%) Full-Stack Development
10 18 (9.14%) Mentoring
11 15 (7.61%) ETL
11 15 (7.61%) Roadmaps
11 15 (7.61%) Stakeholder Management
11 15 (7.61%) Technical Leadership
11 15 (7.61%) Test Automation
12 14 (7.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 13 (6.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 12 (6.09%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 57 (28.93%) Python
2 35 (17.77%) JavaScript
3 32 (16.24%) Java
3 32 (16.24%) SQL
4 27 (13.71%) TypeScript
5 15 (7.61%) Bash
6 14 (7.11%) PowerShell
7 8 (4.06%) Shell Script
8 5 (2.54%) Ruby
9 4 (2.03%) PL/SQL
10 3 (1.52%) Bicep
10 3 (1.52%) C#
10 3 (1.52%) Go
11 2 (1.02%) C
12 1 (0.51%) C++
12 1 (0.51%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 95 (48.22%) Security Cleared
2 75 (38.07%) SC Cleared
3 23 (11.68%) DV Cleared
4 12 (6.09%) Degree
5 9 (4.57%) AWS Certification
6 8 (4.06%) CISSP
7 6 (3.05%) CompTIA CySA+
7 6 (3.05%) Network+ Certification
7 6 (3.05%) SANS
8 5 (2.54%) Azure Certification
9 4 (2.03%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 4 (2.03%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (2.03%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.02%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (1.02%) CISM
10 2 (1.02%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.51%) CSPO
11 1 (0.51%) GCIH
11 1 (0.51%) GIAC
11 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.58%) GDPR
2 8 (4.06%) Data Quality
3 7 (3.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (3.55%) QA
4 6 (3.05%) NCSC
5 4 (2.03%) NIST
6 3 (1.52%) PSD2
6 3 (1.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (1.02%) Government Security Classifications
7 2 (1.02%) GRC
7 2 (1.02%) PCI DSS
7 2 (1.02%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.51%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.51%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.51%) SLA
8 1 (0.51%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.51%) WCAG
System Software
1 43 (21.83%) Docker
2 15 (7.61%) Active Directory
3 6 (3.05%) Hyper-V
4 5 (2.54%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (2.03%) Oracle RAC
6 2 (1.02%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.51%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 50 (25.38%) Kubernetes
2 46 (23.35%) Terraform
3 22 (11.17%) Ansible
4 12 (6.09%) Grafana
4 12 (6.09%) Prometheus
5 7 (3.55%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (3.05%) Argo
7 5 (2.54%) Dell DRAC
7 5 (2.54%) Red Hat Satellite
8 4 (2.03%) Data Guard
8 4 (2.03%) Kibana
8 4 (2.03%) Puppet
9 3 (1.52%) Nagios
9 3 (1.52%) SCCM
10 2 (1.02%) PingFederate
10 2 (1.02%) Podman
10 2 (1.02%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.51%) Failover Clustering
11 1 (0.51%) logstash
11 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 33 (16.75%) Microsoft
2 15 (7.61%) Oracle
3 9 (4.57%) Red Hat
4 7 (3.55%) Google
4 7 (3.55%) ServiceNow
5 6 (3.05%) Dell
6 5 (2.54%) Cisco
6 5 (2.54%) Ping Identity
6 5 (2.54%) Splunk
7 4 (2.03%) Databricks
7 4 (2.03%) NetApp
7 4 (2.03%) Palo Alto
8 3 (1.52%) ESRI
8 3 (1.52%) F5
8 3 (1.52%) ForgeRock
8 3 (1.52%) Juniper
8 3 (1.52%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.52%) VMware
9 2 (1.02%) Broadcom
9 2 (1.02%) Virgin Media