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

6 months to
17 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 11 16
Rank change year-on-year -8 +5 -4
Contract jobs citing AWS 200 201 262
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 7.33% 10.98% 8.41%
As % of the Cloud Services category 27.21% 34.84% 31.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 144 160 217
10th Percentile £375 £433 £348
25th Percentile £413 £513 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £600 £563
Median % change year-on-year -10.46% +6.67% -2.17%
75th Percentile £632 £668 £675
90th Percentile £709 £709 £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 £65.25 £51.06
% change year-on-year +14.94% +27.80% -20.23%

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 735 577 842
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 26.92% 31.51% 27.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 512 403 635
10th Percentile £227 £225 £213
25th Percentile £400 £416 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
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 51 9 31
10th Percentile £18.87 £18.36 -
25th Percentile £41.40 £25.00 £14.25
Median hourly rate £57.50 £27.13 £15.59
Median % change year-on-year +111.98% +73.99% -72.89%
75th Percentile £58.75 £28.99 £33.00
90th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £78.00
England median hourly rate £37.00 £27.50 £22.08
% change year-on-year +34.55% +24.58% -11.70%

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 17 February 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 17 February 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 17 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 +1 67 £530 -3.64% 47
Gloucestershire -9 43 £550 -10.57% 69
Wiltshire -11 36 £531 -16.84% 24
Dorset +11 18 £388 -12.13% 12
Devon -10 14 £575 -4.17% 20
Somerset -3 11 £588 - 18
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 9 (4.50%) Apache Spark
2 6 (3.00%) Apache
3 4 (2.00%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (2.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (2.00%) Oracle Application Server
4 3 (1.50%) SharePoint
5 2 (1.00%) Documentum
6 1 (0.50%) Apache Superset
6 1 (0.50%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.50%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 92 (46.00%) Azure
2 33 (16.50%) GCP
3 22 (11.00%) GitHub
4 17 (8.50%) Amazon S3
4 17 (8.50%) Serverless
5 14 (7.00%) Amazon EC2
5 14 (7.00%) AWS Lambda
6 13 (6.50%) AWS CloudFormation
7 12 (6.00%) Azure DevOps
8 11 (5.50%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 11 (5.50%) Amazon EKS
8 11 (5.50%) Microsoft 365
8 11 (5.50%) OpenShift
9 10 (5.00%) Amazon ECS
9 10 (5.00%) Entra ID
9 10 (5.00%) GitHub Actions
10 8 (4.00%) npm
10 8 (4.00%) Power Platform
11 6 (3.00%) Datadog
12 5 (2.50%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.50%) Firewall
2 6 (3.00%) VPN
3 5 (2.50%) TCP/IP
4 4 (2.00%) DHCP
4 4 (2.00%) DNS
4 4 (2.00%) Network Security
5 3 (1.50%) HTTP
5 3 (1.50%) LAN
5 3 (1.50%) WAN
6 2 (1.00%) NAS
6 2 (1.00%) Reverse Proxy
6 2 (1.00%) SAN
7 1 (0.50%) 2G
7 1 (0.50%) BGP
7 1 (0.50%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (0.50%) OSPF
7 1 (0.50%) SSL
7 1 (0.50%) VLAN
7 1 (0.50%) Wireless
7 1 (0.50%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (12.00%) PostgreSQL
2 18 (9.00%) MongoDB
3 14 (7.00%) NoSQL
4 12 (6.00%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (5.00%) Amazon RDS
6 9 (4.50%) MySQL
7 8 (4.00%) Power BI
8 6 (3.00%) DynamoDB
8 6 (3.00%) SQL Server
9 5 (2.50%) Amazon Aurora
9 5 (2.50%) Flink
9 5 (2.50%) Relational Database
10 4 (2.00%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (2.00%) Oracle ODI
10 4 (2.00%) Oracle Reports
10 4 (2.00%) Star Schema
11 3 (1.50%) Big Data
11 3 (1.50%) Geospatial Data
11 3 (1.50%) GIS
12 2 (1.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 28 (14.00%) Jenkins
2 21 (10.50%) Git
3 19 (9.50%) GitLab
4 4 (2.00%) DBeaver
4 4 (2.00%) JIRA
4 4 (2.00%) Oracle APEX
5 3 (1.50%) SonarQube
6 2 (1.00%) Bitbucket
6 2 (1.00%) Cucumber
6 2 (1.00%) Cypress.io
6 2 (1.00%) Postman
6 2 (1.00%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.50%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.50%) JBehave
7 1 (0.50%) JUnit
7 1 (0.50%) Maven
7 1 (0.50%) Mocha
7 1 (0.50%) Mockito
7 1 (0.50%) Selenium
7 1 (0.50%) Snyk
General
1 43 (21.50%) Social Skills
2 40 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 16 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (6.00%) Finance
5 10 (5.00%) Military
6 5 (2.50%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (2.00%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.50%) Aerospace
8 3 (1.50%) Banking
8 3 (1.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.50%) Tech for Good
9 2 (1.00%) Electronics
9 2 (1.00%) Legal
9 2 (1.00%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.00%) Marketing
10 1 (0.50%) Law
10 1 (0.50%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 43 (21.50%) Developer
2 23 (11.50%) Analyst
2 23 (11.50%) Senior
3 22 (11.00%) Architect
4 16 (8.00%) DevOps Engineer
5 15 (7.50%) Java Developer
6 14 (7.00%) Software Engineer
7 13 (6.50%) Lead
8 11 (5.50%) Security Analyst
9 9 (4.50%) Data Engineer
9 9 (4.50%) Security Engineer
10 8 (4.00%) Senior Developer
11 7 (3.50%) AWS Engineer
11 7 (3.50%) Full-Stack Developer
11 7 (3.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 7 (3.50%) Solutions Architect
12 6 (3.00%) Data Architect
12 6 (3.00%) Linux Engineer
12 6 (3.00%) Platform Engineer
12 6 (3.00%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (13.50%) React
2 24 (12.00%) Node.js
3 15 (7.50%) Spring
4 13 (6.50%) REST
4 13 (6.50%) RESTful
5 12 (6.00%) Spring Boot
6 10 (5.00%) AngularJS
7 9 (4.50%) CSS
7 9 (4.50%) HTML
7 9 (4.50%) Kafka
8 7 (3.50%) OAuth
8 7 (3.50%) OAuth2
8 7 (3.50%) SOAP
9 6 (3.00%) .NET
9 6 (3.00%) OpenID
10 5 (2.50%) SAML
10 5 (2.50%) Vue
11 4 (2.00%) Express.js
11 4 (2.00%) Java Concurrency
11 4 (2.00%) Oracle GoldenGate
Miscellaneous
1 22 (11.00%) Cloud Native
2 10 (5.00%) Cyber Defence
3 9 (4.50%) Product Ownership
4 7 (3.50%) Data Centre
4 7 (3.50%) Onboarding
5 5 (2.50%) Replication
6 4 (2.00%) CMDB
6 4 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.50%) Enterprise Cloud
7 3 (1.50%) Virtual Team
8 2 (1.00%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.00%) Distributed Computing
8 2 (1.00%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.00%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.00%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.00%) Private Cloud
8 2 (1.00%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.50%) Cloud Security Posture
9 1 (0.50%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (0.50%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 28 (14.00%) Linux
2 16 (8.00%) Windows
3 10 (5.00%) Unix
4 6 (3.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (2.00%) Windows Server
5 4 (2.00%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (1.00%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.50%) Debian
7 1 (0.50%) Rocky
7 1 (0.50%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (30.50%) CI/CD
2 60 (30.00%) Agile
3 59 (29.50%) DevOps
4 33 (16.50%) Infrastructure as Code
5 30 (15.00%) Containerisation
6 25 (12.50%) Analytics
6 25 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
7 20 (10.00%) Microservices
8 19 (9.50%) Software Engineering
9 18 (9.00%) Continuous Improvement
9 18 (9.00%) Mentoring
10 17 (8.50%) Full-Stack Development
11 16 (8.00%) Roadmaps
12 15 (7.50%) ETL
12 15 (7.50%) Stakeholder Management
13 14 (7.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 14 (7.00%) Technical Leadership
14 13 (6.50%) Data Pipeline
14 13 (6.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 13 (6.50%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 60 (30.00%) Python
2 36 (18.00%) Java
3 35 (17.50%) JavaScript
3 35 (17.50%) SQL
4 24 (12.00%) TypeScript
5 17 (8.50%) Bash
6 13 (6.50%) PowerShell
7 8 (4.00%) Shell Script
8 5 (2.50%) Ruby
9 4 (2.00%) PL/SQL
10 3 (1.50%) C#
10 3 (1.50%) Go
11 2 (1.00%) Bicep
11 2 (1.00%) C
12 1 (0.50%) C++
12 1 (0.50%) R
12 1 (0.50%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 99 (49.50%) Security Cleared
2 79 (39.50%) SC Cleared
3 23 (11.50%) DV Cleared
4 12 (6.00%) Degree
5 9 (4.50%) AWS Certification
6 8 (4.00%) CISSP
7 6 (3.00%) CompTIA CySA+
7 6 (3.00%) Network+ Certification
7 6 (3.00%) SANS
8 4 (2.00%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.50%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 3 (1.50%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.50%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (1.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (1.00%) CISM
10 2 (1.00%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.50%) CSPO
11 1 (0.50%) GCIH
11 1 (0.50%) GIAC
11 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.50%) GDPR
2 9 (4.50%) Data Quality
3 8 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (4.00%) QA
4 6 (3.00%) NCSC
5 4 (2.00%) NIST
6 3 (1.50%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.50%) PSD2
6 3 (1.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (1.00%) Government Security Classifications
7 2 (1.00%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.50%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.50%) GRC
8 1 (0.50%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.50%) SLA
8 1 (0.50%) WCAG
System Software
1 45 (22.50%) Docker
2 14 (7.00%) Active Directory
3 6 (3.00%) Hyper-V
4 5 (2.50%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (2.00%) Oracle RAC
6 2 (1.00%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.50%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 54 (27.00%) Kubernetes
2 47 (23.50%) Terraform
3 20 (10.00%) Ansible
4 15 (7.50%) Prometheus
5 12 (6.00%) Grafana
6 7 (3.50%) Argo
6 7 (3.50%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (2.50%) Dell DRAC
7 5 (2.50%) Red Hat Satellite
8 4 (2.00%) Data Guard
9 3 (1.50%) Kibana
9 3 (1.50%) Nagios
9 3 (1.50%) SCCM
10 2 (1.00%) PingFederate
10 2 (1.00%) Podman
10 2 (1.00%) Progress Chef
10 2 (1.00%) Puppet
11 1 (0.50%) Failover Clustering
11 1 (0.50%) logstash
11 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 31 (15.50%) Microsoft
2 14 (7.00%) Oracle
3 9 (4.50%) Red Hat
4 7 (3.50%) Google
4 7 (3.50%) ServiceNow
5 6 (3.00%) Databricks
5 6 (3.00%) Dell
6 5 (2.50%) Ping Identity
6 5 (2.50%) Splunk
7 4 (2.00%) Cisco
7 4 (2.00%) NetApp
7 4 (2.00%) Palo Alto
8 3 (1.50%) ESRI
8 3 (1.50%) F5
8 3 (1.50%) ForgeRock
8 3 (1.50%) Juniper
8 3 (1.50%) Salesforce
9 2 (1.00%) Broadcom
9 2 (1.00%) OpenText
9 2 (1.00%) Virgin Media