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 5 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 16 11
Rank change year-on-year +2 -5 +4
Contract jobs citing AWS 205 225 343
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 9.62% 9.37% 11.00%
As % of the Cloud Services category 30.24% 32.37% 36.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 158 171 280
10th Percentile £375 £425 £406
25th Percentile £457 £504 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £716 £775 £750
England median daily rate £525 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -8.70% - -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 8
10th Percentile - - £73.35
25th Percentile £72.50 - -
Median hourly rate £75.00 £35.00 £78.00
Median % change year-on-year +114.29% -55.13% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77.50 - -
90th Percentile - - £78.60
England median hourly rate £80.00 £46.18 £52.50
% change year-on-year +73.24% -12.04% -18.60%

All Cloud 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 678 695 937
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 31.83% 28.93% 30.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 474 437 723
10th Percentile £220 £250 £278
25th Percentile £363 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £672
90th Percentile £700 £700 £725
England median daily rate £500 £535 £530
% change year-on-year -6.54% +0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 33 48
10th Percentile - £20.92 £13.25
25th Percentile - £30.00 £14.58
Median hourly rate £18.87 £70.00 £25.75
Median % change year-on-year -73.04% +171.84% -55.41%
75th Percentile £35.67 - £66.38
90th Percentile £67.70 - £78.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £29.72
% change year-on-year -28.14% +17.77% +32.09%

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 5 November 2025.

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
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 5 November 2025. 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 +12 82 £525 -2.78% 94
Wiltshire +11 39 £550 -8.33% 37
Gloucestershire -9 29 £550 -8.33% 140
Devon -7 19 £523 -12.92% 29
Somerset +2 12 £588 +2.17% 30
Dorset +5 8 £550 +19.57% 20
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 7 (3.41%) Oracle Application Server
2 4 (1.95%) Apache
2 4 (1.95%) Confluence
3 3 (1.46%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (1.46%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.46%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.98%) Alfresco
4 2 (0.98%) Camunda
4 2 (0.98%) Documentum
4 2 (0.98%) nginx
5 1 (0.49%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.49%) Jupyter
Applications
1 2 (0.98%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 104 (50.73%) Azure
2 39 (19.02%) GCP
3 27 (13.17%) GitHub
4 23 (11.22%) Serverless
5 18 (8.78%) Amazon EC2
5 18 (8.78%) Amazon S3
6 15 (7.32%) AWS CloudFormation
6 15 (7.32%) Azure DevOps
7 11 (5.37%) AWS Lambda
7 11 (5.37%) Power Platform
8 9 (4.39%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 9 (4.39%) OpenShift
8 9 (4.39%) Snowflake
9 8 (3.90%) npm
10 7 (3.41%) Microsoft 365
11 6 (2.93%) Entra ID
12 5 (2.44%) Amazon ECS
12 5 (2.44%) Azure Sentinel
12 5 (2.44%) GitHub Actions
13 4 (1.95%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.88%) Firewall
2 9 (4.39%) VPN
3 5 (2.44%) Network Security
3 5 (2.44%) SD-WAN
3 5 (2.44%) WAN
4 4 (1.95%) TCP/IP
5 3 (1.46%) DNS
6 2 (0.98%) SSL
7 1 (0.49%) 2G
7 1 (0.49%) 5G
7 1 (0.49%) BGP
7 1 (0.49%) DHCP
7 1 (0.49%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.49%) MPLS
7 1 (0.49%) NAS
7 1 (0.49%) OSPF
7 1 (0.49%) Radio Access Network
7 1 (0.49%) SAN
7 1 (0.49%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (14.15%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (5.85%) Data Warehouse
2 12 (5.85%) MongoDB
3 11 (5.37%) Power BI
4 9 (4.39%) Amazon RDS
4 9 (4.39%) NoSQL
4 9 (4.39%) SQL Server
5 8 (3.90%) MySQL
6 7 (3.41%) Oracle ODI
6 7 (3.41%) Oracle Reports
6 7 (3.41%) Star Schema
7 5 (2.44%) Big Data
7 5 (2.44%) Oracle Database
7 5 (2.44%) Relational Database
8 4 (1.95%) DynamoDB
8 4 (1.95%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (1.46%) ClickHouse
9 3 (1.46%) Hadoop
10 2 (0.98%) Apache Hive
10 2 (0.98%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 28 (13.66%) Jenkins
2 24 (11.71%) GitLab
3 17 (8.29%) Git
4 16 (7.80%) JIRA
5 10 (4.88%) Cypress.io
6 7 (3.41%) DBeaver
7 5 (2.44%) SonarQube
8 3 (1.46%) JUnit
9 2 (0.98%) Maven
9 2 (0.98%) Postman
9 2 (0.98%) Selenium
10 1 (0.49%) Appium
10 1 (0.49%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.49%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.49%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.49%) Code Climate
10 1 (0.49%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.49%) Snyk
10 1 (0.49%) WebDriver
General
1 59 (28.78%) Social Skills
2 44 (21.46%) Public Sector
3 29 (14.15%) Finance
4 18 (8.78%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (3.90%) Military
5 8 (3.90%) Telecoms
6 5 (2.44%) Aerospace
6 5 (2.44%) Manufacturing
7 4 (1.95%) Electronics
7 4 (1.95%) Financial Institution
7 4 (1.95%) Marketing
8 3 (1.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (0.98%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.98%) Law
9 2 (0.98%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (0.98%) Tech for Good
10 1 (0.49%) Banking
10 1 (0.49%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.49%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 39 (19.02%) Developer
2 30 (14.63%) Architect
3 26 (12.68%) Analyst
4 18 (8.78%) Senior
5 17 (8.29%) Data Engineer
6 15 (7.32%) Lead
7 10 (4.88%) AWS Engineer
7 10 (4.88%) Security Engineer
7 10 (4.88%) Solutions Architect
8 9 (4.39%) Full-Stack Developer
8 9 (4.39%) Security Analyst
9 8 (3.90%) Network Architect
9 8 (3.90%) Software Engineer
10 7 (3.41%) DevOps Engineer
10 7 (3.41%) Java Developer
10 7 (3.41%) Quality Engineer
10 7 (3.41%) Senior Developer
11 6 (2.93%) AWS Architect
11 6 (2.93%) DBA
11 6 (2.93%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (14.15%) Node.js
1 29 (14.15%) React
2 19 (9.27%) AngularJS
3 12 (5.85%) HTML
4 11 (5.37%) REST
4 11 (5.37%) Spring
5 10 (4.88%) AWS CDK
5 10 (4.88%) CSS
6 8 (3.90%) RESTful
7 7 (3.41%) Oracle GoldenGate
7 7 (3.41%) XML
8 6 (2.93%) OAuth
8 6 (2.93%) OAuth2
8 6 (2.93%) OpenID
8 6 (2.93%) Spring Boot
9 5 (2.44%) Elastic Stack
9 5 (2.44%) Next.js
9 5 (2.44%) SAML
9 5 (2.44%) Vue
10 4 (1.95%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 26 (12.68%) Cloud Native
2 13 (6.34%) Data Centre
3 10 (4.88%) Cyber Defence
3 10 (4.88%) Hybrid Cloud
3 10 (4.88%) Replication
4 6 (2.93%) Onboarding
5 4 (1.95%) IoT
5 4 (1.95%) Management Information System
5 4 (1.95%) PKI
5 4 (1.95%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.46%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (1.46%) CMDB
6 3 (1.46%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (1.46%) Enterprise Cloud
6 3 (1.46%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.46%) Public Cloud
6 3 (1.46%) Virtual Team
7 2 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (0.98%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 21 (10.24%) Linux
2 17 (8.29%) Windows
3 14 (6.83%) Unix
4 4 (1.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.46%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.98%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (37.07%) Agile
2 67 (32.68%) CI/CD
3 58 (28.29%) DevOps
4 36 (17.56%) Infrastructure as Code
5 34 (16.59%) Problem-Solving
6 26 (12.68%) Containerisation
6 26 (12.68%) Migration
7 24 (11.71%) Mentoring
7 24 (11.71%) Test Automation
8 23 (11.22%) Full-Stack Development
8 23 (11.22%) Microservices
8 23 (11.22%) Stakeholder Management
9 22 (10.73%) Software Engineering
10 20 (9.76%) Analytics
11 18 (8.78%) ETL
12 17 (8.29%) Business Intelligence
13 16 (7.80%) Technical Leadership
14 15 (7.32%) Cybersecurity
15 13 (6.34%) DevSecOps
15 13 (6.34%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 51 (24.88%) Python
2 37 (18.05%) JavaScript
3 36 (17.56%) TypeScript
4 30 (14.63%) SQL
5 28 (13.66%) Java
6 21 (10.24%) Bash
7 18 (8.78%) PowerShell
8 7 (3.41%) Shell Script
9 5 (2.44%) C
10 4 (1.95%) Bicep
11 3 (1.46%) Ruby
12 2 (0.98%) C#
12 2 (0.98%) C++
12 2 (0.98%) Go
12 2 (0.98%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.98%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.49%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 104 (50.73%) Security Cleared
2 74 (36.10%) SC Cleared
3 30 (14.63%) DV Cleared
4 16 (7.80%) AWS Certification
5 12 (5.85%) CISSP
5 12 (5.85%) Degree
6 10 (4.88%) Azure Certification
7 6 (2.93%) CompTIA CySA+
7 6 (2.93%) Network+ Certification
7 6 (2.93%) SANS
8 4 (1.95%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 4 (1.95%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 4 (1.95%) CISM
8 4 (1.95%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.46%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.98%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.98%) MCSE
10 2 (0.98%) OCA
10 2 (0.98%) OCP
10 2 (0.98%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.85%) GDPR
2 11 (5.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (4.88%) Data Quality
3 10 (4.88%) NIST
3 10 (4.88%) QA
4 8 (3.90%) NCSC
5 5 (2.44%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.46%) PSD2
6 3 (1.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.98%) Government Security Classifications
7 2 (0.98%) GRC
7 2 (0.98%) JSP 440
7 2 (0.98%) SOC 2
7 2 (0.98%) WCAG
8 1 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.49%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.49%) SLA
8 1 (0.49%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 38 (18.54%) Docker
2 10 (4.88%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.46%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.98%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.98%) Oracle RAC
4 2 (0.98%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.49%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 60 (29.27%) Terraform
2 37 (18.05%) Kubernetes
3 22 (10.73%) Ansible
4 10 (4.88%) Grafana
5 9 (4.39%) Prometheus
5 9 (4.39%) Puppet
6 7 (3.41%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (1.95%) Argo
7 4 (1.95%) Data Guard
7 4 (1.95%) Dell DRAC
7 4 (1.95%) Kibana
7 4 (1.95%) Oracle RMAN
7 4 (1.95%) Red Hat Satellite
8 3 (1.46%) Podman
9 2 (0.98%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 2 (0.98%) PingFederate
9 2 (0.98%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.49%) logstash
10 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.49%) Nagios
Vendors
1 34 (16.59%) Microsoft
2 17 (8.29%) Oracle
3 8 (3.90%) Red Hat
3 8 (3.90%) Splunk
4 6 (2.93%) Palo Alto
5 5 (2.44%) Dell
5 5 (2.44%) Google
5 5 (2.44%) Ping Identity
5 5 (2.44%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.95%) Cisco
6 4 (1.95%) Juniper
6 4 (1.95%) SAP
6 4 (1.95%) ServiceNow
7 3 (1.46%) Databricks
7 3 (1.46%) F5
7 3 (1.46%) ForgeRock
8 2 (0.98%) CheckPoint
8 2 (0.98%) MuleSoft
8 2 (0.98%) NetApp
8 2 (0.98%) OpenText