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

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 14 23
Rank change year-on-year +6 +9 -10
Contract jobs citing AWS 392 181 193
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 10.53% 9.40% 7.26%
As % of the Cloud Services category 40.00% 31.42% 27.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 269 140 152
10th Percentile £413 £378 £425
25th Percentile £456 £457 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £557
Median % change year-on-year - -1.21% -7.21%
75th Percentile £650 £664 £656
90th Percentile £767 £741 £775
England median daily rate £550 £525 £575
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% -2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 2 1
10th Percentile £80.25 £73.12 -
25th Percentile £92.53 £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 £100.50 £78.58 -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £73.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year -4.11% +58.08% -38.43%

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 980 576 699
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 26.33% 29.91% 26.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 638 393 461
10th Percentile £325 £213 £241
25th Percentile £425 £350 £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 £692 £685
England median daily rate £525 £501 £525
% change year-on-year +4.90% -4.67% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 37 44
10th Percentile £13.90 £18.13 £14.35
25th Percentile £15.24 £18.51 £33.00
Median hourly rate £18.50 £18.87 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -73.04% +87.79%
75th Percentile £43.07 £34.50 -
90th Percentile £98.77 £37.50 -
England median hourly rate £34.06 £26.38 £30.59
% change year-on-year +29.13% -13.78% -7.30%

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

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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 9 September 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 9 September 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 9 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 -7 91 £550 +4.76% 121
Wiltshire +12 77 £503 -8.64% 29
Devon +5 66 £560 +7.69% 29
Somerset +3 62 £652 +33.74% 30
Gloucestershire +7 35 £563 -9.09% 146
Dorset +9 33 £419 -23.86% 36
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 (4.85%) Apache
2 16 (4.08%) Apache Spark
2 16 (4.08%) Confluence
3 8 (2.04%) IIS
4 6 (1.53%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.53%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (1.28%) SharePoint
6 4 (1.02%) Apache Superset
7 2 (0.51%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.51%) nginx
7 2 (0.51%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.26%) JBoss
8 1 (0.26%) Oracle Coherence
8 1 (0.26%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (0.77%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.26%) ResourceLink
2 1 (0.26%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 194 (49.49%) Azure
2 80 (20.41%) GCP
3 35 (8.93%) Serverless
4 28 (7.14%) Amazon S3
5 25 (6.38%) GitHub
6 24 (6.12%) AWS Lambda
7 22 (5.61%) AWS CloudFormation
8 20 (5.10%) Power Platform
9 17 (4.34%) GitHub Actions
10 14 (3.57%) Entra ID
11 12 (3.06%) Snowflake
12 11 (2.81%) Amazon EKS
12 11 (2.81%) Google Kubernetes Engine
13 10 (2.55%) dbt
14 9 (2.30%) OpenShift
15 8 (2.04%) Amazon Bedrock
15 8 (2.04%) Azure Monitor
16 7 (1.79%) Amazon Cognito
17 6 (1.53%) Amazon EC2
17 6 (1.53%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 32 (8.16%) Firewall
2 31 (7.91%) DNS
3 28 (7.14%) TCP/IP
4 24 (6.12%) DHCP
5 18 (4.59%) VSAN
6 9 (2.30%) VLAN
7 6 (1.53%) Network Security
7 6 (1.53%) VPN
8 5 (1.28%) BGP
8 5 (1.28%) OSPF
9 3 (0.77%) Intrusion Detection
9 3 (0.77%) Software-Defined Networking
10 2 (0.51%) 3GPP
10 2 (0.51%) CTI
10 2 (0.51%) IPsec
10 2 (0.51%) Reverse Proxy
10 2 (0.51%) tcpdump
10 2 (0.51%) TETRA
10 2 (0.51%) Wireless
11 1 (0.26%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (5.61%) SQL Server
2 21 (5.36%) PostgreSQL
3 20 (5.10%) Power BI
4 17 (4.34%) Data Warehouse
5 14 (3.57%) Tableau
6 13 (3.32%) NoSQL
7 12 (3.06%) Elasticsearch
7 12 (3.06%) Oracle Database
8 10 (2.55%) Amazon Athena
8 10 (2.55%) Data Lake
9 9 (2.30%) Amazon RDS
9 9 (2.30%) MySQL
10 8 (2.04%) Big Data
10 8 (2.04%) DynamoDB
10 8 (2.04%) Metadata
10 8 (2.04%) Relational Database
11 7 (1.79%) Flink
12 6 (1.53%) Amazon Redshift
12 6 (1.53%) SAP HANA
13 5 (1.28%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 45 (11.48%) Git
2 32 (8.16%) Jenkins
3 31 (7.91%) GitLab
4 18 (4.59%) JIRA
5 6 (1.53%) JUnit
6 4 (1.02%) Liquibase
6 4 (1.02%) Selenium
7 3 (0.77%) Claude Code
7 3 (0.77%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.51%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.51%) RStudio
8 2 (0.51%) 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%) Maven
9 1 (0.26%) MLflow
9 1 (0.26%) NUnit
General
1 75 (19.13%) Social Skills
2 61 (15.56%) Public Sector
3 35 (8.93%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (8.42%) Finance
5 11 (2.81%) Military
6 8 (2.04%) Banking
7 4 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (1.02%) Local Government
8 3 (0.77%) Investment Banking
8 3 (0.77%) Police
9 2 (0.51%) Aerospace
9 2 (0.51%) Aviation
9 2 (0.51%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.51%) Retail
10 1 (0.26%) Advertising
10 1 (0.26%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.26%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 79 (20.15%) Developer
2 62 (15.82%) Architect
3 39 (9.95%) Lead
4 33 (8.42%) Data Engineer
5 31 (7.91%) Senior
6 30 (7.65%) Platform Engineer
7 27 (6.89%) Product Manager
8 24 (6.12%) DevOps Engineer
8 24 (6.12%) Digital Product Manager
8 24 (6.12%) Software Developer
9 22 (5.61%) Site Engineer
9 22 (5.61%) Site Reliability Engineer
10 21 (5.36%) AWS Engineer
10 21 (5.36%) Java Developer
10 21 (5.36%) Lead Architect
11 19 (4.85%) Technical Architect
12 17 (4.34%) AWS Architect
12 17 (4.34%) Software Engineer
13 15 (3.83%) Consultant
13 15 (3.83%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 108 (27.55%) Terraform
2 35 (8.93%) React
3 28 (7.14%) Spring Boot
4 27 (6.89%) AWS CDK
5 26 (6.63%) Spring
6 21 (5.36%) .NET
7 19 (4.85%) Node.js
8 18 (4.59%) Kafka
9 16 (4.08%) REST
10 14 (3.57%) HTML
11 13 (3.32%) CSS
12 11 (2.81%) .NET Framework
12 11 (2.81%) RESTful
13 9 (2.30%) React Native
14 8 (2.04%) HTML5
14 8 (2.04%) LDAP
14 8 (2.04%) Next.js
14 8 (2.04%) Redux
15 7 (1.79%) CSS3
15 7 (1.79%) Spring MVC
Miscellaneous
1 65 (16.58%) Cloud Native
2 35 (8.93%) Legacy Systems
3 18 (4.59%) Self-Motivation
4 16 (4.08%) PKI
5 14 (3.57%) Data Centre
6 10 (2.55%) Enterprise Software
6 10 (2.55%) Product Ownership
7 9 (2.30%) Cyber Threat
7 9 (2.30%) Security Operations Centre
8 7 (1.79%) Hybrid Cloud
8 7 (1.79%) Linux Command Line
8 7 (1.79%) Onboarding
8 7 (1.79%) Public Cloud
9 6 (1.53%) Distributed Systems
9 6 (1.53%) Legacy Code
9 6 (1.53%) Mobile App
9 6 (1.53%) Replication
10 5 (1.28%) Clustering
10 5 (1.28%) Data Structures
10 5 (1.28%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 61 (15.56%) Linux
2 39 (9.95%) Windows
3 15 (3.83%) Windows Server
4 11 (2.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 10 (2.55%) Unix
6 4 (1.02%) Rocky
6 4 (1.02%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.77%) Debian
8 2 (0.51%) CentOS
9 1 (0.26%) Android
9 1 (0.26%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (32.65%) CI/CD
2 122 (31.12%) Agile
3 104 (26.53%) DevOps
4 100 (25.51%) Infrastructure as Code
5 67 (17.09%) Containerisation
5 67 (17.09%) Problem-Solving
6 63 (16.07%) Roadmaps
7 56 (14.29%) AI
7 56 (14.29%) Platform Engineering
8 52 (13.27%) Software Engineering
9 49 (12.50%) Microservices
9 49 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
10 46 (11.73%) Continuous Improvement
11 44 (11.22%) Data Pipeline
12 42 (10.71%) DevSecOps
13 39 (9.95%) Site Reliability Engineering
13 39 (9.95%) Stakeholder Management
14 37 (9.44%) Analytics
15 32 (8.16%) Cybersecurity
15 32 (8.16%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 132 (33.67%) Python
2 76 (19.39%) SQL
3 60 (15.31%) Java
4 35 (8.93%) JavaScript
5 34 (8.67%) Bash
6 31 (7.91%) PowerShell
7 20 (5.10%) TypeScript
8 19 (4.85%) C#
9 12 (3.06%) Go
10 10 (2.55%) PL/SQL
10 10 (2.55%) R
11 9 (2.30%) Shell Script
12 4 (1.02%) PHP
13 3 (0.77%) BeanShell
13 3 (0.77%) Bicep
13 3 (0.77%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.51%) C++
14 2 (0.51%) Groovy
14 2 (0.51%) Kotlin
15 1 (0.26%) Scala
Qualifications
1 195 (49.74%) Security Cleared
2 128 (32.65%) SC Cleared
3 76 (19.39%) DV Cleared
4 24 (6.12%) AWS Certification
5 19 (4.85%) Degree
6 15 (3.83%) CISSP
7 12 (3.06%) VCAP
8 11 (2.81%) CISM
9 8 (2.04%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 8 (2.04%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (1.28%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 4 (1.02%) TOGAF Certification
13 3 (0.77%) AWS Certified Developer
13 3 (0.77%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (0.77%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 2 (0.51%) Azure Certification
14 2 (0.51%) CCNA
14 2 (0.51%) MCSE
14 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (5.61%) QA
2 19 (4.85%) Data Quality
3 11 (2.81%) NCSC
4 7 (1.79%) GDPR
4 7 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.53%) NIST
6 5 (1.28%) ISO 9000
6 5 (1.28%) NIST 800
6 5 (1.28%) PCI DSS
7 4 (1.02%) SLA
8 2 (0.51%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.51%) HL7
8 2 (0.51%) SNOMED CT
9 1 (0.26%) Government Security Classifications
9 1 (0.26%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.26%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 74 (18.88%) Docker
2 30 (7.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (5.61%) Active Directory
4 20 (5.10%) vSphere
5 19 (4.85%) VMware NSX
6 16 (4.08%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.77%) VirtualBox
8 2 (0.51%) Corosync
8 2 (0.51%) 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
1 102 (26.02%) Kubernetes
2 49 (12.50%) Ansible
3 18 (4.59%) Grafana
4 14 (3.57%) Prometheus
4 14 (3.57%) VxRail
5 9 (2.30%) Argo
6 6 (1.53%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 5 (1.28%) Istio
8 3 (0.77%) Docker Swarm
8 3 (0.77%) Failover Clustering
8 3 (0.77%) Pacemaker
8 3 (0.77%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.51%) Cilium
9 2 (0.51%) Kustomize
9 2 (0.51%) linkerd
9 2 (0.51%) Nagios
9 2 (0.51%) Podman
9 2 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.26%) CASB
10 1 (0.26%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 32 (8.16%) Microsoft
2 30 (7.65%) VMware
3 27 (6.89%) Oracle
4 24 (6.12%) Google
5 15 (3.83%) Databricks
6 10 (2.55%) Red Hat
7 9 (2.30%) CyberArk
8 8 (2.04%) Cisco
8 8 (2.04%) SAP
9 6 (1.53%) Dynatrace
9 6 (1.53%) Splunk
10 5 (1.28%) OneLogin
11 3 (0.77%) F5
11 3 (0.77%) Thales
12 2 (0.51%) ArcSight
12 2 (0.51%) BiZZdesign
12 2 (0.51%) IBM
12 2 (0.51%) Palo Alto
12 2 (0.51%) Virgin Media
13 1 (0.26%) Okta