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

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 14 22
Rank change year-on-year +7 +8 -8
Contract jobs citing AWS 383 180 194
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 10.47% 9.38% 7.10%
As % of the Cloud Services category 39.36% 31.52% 26.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 260 139 158
10th Percentile £413 £355 £425
25th Percentile £461 £454 £477
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.71%
75th Percentile £650 £641 £625
90th Percentile £766 £733 £749
England median daily rate £550 £525 £575
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% -2.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 2 1
10th Percentile £83.25 £73.12 -
25th Percentile £88.95 £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 £102.58 £78.58 -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £72.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year -3.45% +56.99% -37.59%

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 973 571 730
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 26.60% 29.74% 26.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 633 392 509
10th Percentile £325 £213 £250
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 £600
90th Percentile £730 £675 £675
England median daily rate £525 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +3.96% -3.81% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 38 46
10th Percentile £13.97 £18.13 £12.63
25th Percentile £15.24 £18.51 £30.75
Median hourly rate £18.50 £18.87 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -73.04% +76.99%
75th Percentile £45.26 £34.50 -
90th Percentile £98.82 £37.50 -
England median hourly rate £34.38 £26.30 £28.25
% change year-on-year +30.70% -6.90% -14.39%

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 28 August 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 28 August 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 28 August 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 -5 90 £550 +8.91% 146
Wiltshire +9 74 £500 -13.04% 24
Devon +4 65 £560 +7.69% 28
Somerset +1 60 £654 +34.05% 29
Gloucestershire +5 34 £575 -6.12% 147
Dorset +9 32 £428 -22.27% 42
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 16 (4.18%) Apache
1 16 (4.18%) Confluence
2 15 (3.92%) Apache Spark
3 8 (2.09%) IIS
4 5 (1.31%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (1.04%) Apache Superset
5 4 (1.04%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.78%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.52%) nginx
7 2 (0.52%) 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 1 (0.26%) ResourceLink
1 1 (0.26%) SAP EHS
1 1 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 188 (49.09%) Azure
2 76 (19.84%) GCP
3 36 (9.40%) Serverless
4 27 (7.05%) Amazon S3
5 25 (6.53%) AWS Lambda
6 21 (5.48%) AWS CloudFormation
7 20 (5.22%) GitHub
7 20 (5.22%) Power Platform
8 14 (3.66%) Entra ID
9 13 (3.39%) GitHub Actions
10 12 (3.13%) Snowflake
11 11 (2.87%) Amazon EKS
11 11 (2.87%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 10 (2.61%) dbt
13 9 (2.35%) OpenShift
14 8 (2.09%) Amazon Bedrock
14 8 (2.09%) Azure Monitor
15 7 (1.83%) Amazon Cognito
15 7 (1.83%) Amazon EC2
16 6 (1.57%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 30 (7.83%) Firewall
2 29 (7.57%) DNS
3 27 (7.05%) TCP/IP
4 22 (5.74%) DHCP
5 18 (4.70%) VSAN
6 8 (2.09%) VLAN
7 6 (1.57%) VPN
8 5 (1.31%) BGP
8 5 (1.31%) Network Security
8 5 (1.31%) OSPF
9 4 (1.04%) 3GPP
9 4 (1.04%) TETRA
10 3 (0.78%) Intrusion Detection
10 3 (0.78%) Software-Defined Networking
11 2 (0.52%) CTI
11 2 (0.52%) IPsec
11 2 (0.52%) Reverse Proxy
11 2 (0.52%) tcpdump
12 1 (0.26%) MPLS
12 1 (0.26%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (5.22%) PostgreSQL
1 20 (5.22%) Power BI
1 20 (5.22%) SQL Server
2 15 (3.92%) Data Warehouse
3 13 (3.39%) NoSQL
4 12 (3.13%) Oracle Database
4 12 (3.13%) Tableau
5 11 (2.87%) Elasticsearch
6 10 (2.61%) Amazon Athena
7 9 (2.35%) Data Lake
7 9 (2.35%) MySQL
8 8 (2.09%) Amazon RDS
8 8 (2.09%) DynamoDB
8 8 (2.09%) Relational Database
9 7 (1.83%) Big Data
9 7 (1.83%) Flink
9 7 (1.83%) Metadata
10 6 (1.57%) Amazon Redshift
11 5 (1.31%) RDBMS
12 4 (1.04%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 42 (10.97%) Git
2 30 (7.83%) Jenkins
3 29 (7.57%) GitLab
4 18 (4.70%) JIRA
5 6 (1.57%) JUnit
6 4 (1.04%) Liquibase
6 4 (1.04%) Selenium
7 3 (0.78%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.52%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.52%) Claude Code
8 2 (0.52%) 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 74 (19.32%) Social Skills
2 57 (14.88%) Public Sector
3 34 (8.88%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (8.36%) Finance
5 12 (3.13%) Military
6 8 (2.09%) Banking
7 4 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (1.04%) Local Government
8 3 (0.78%) Investment Banking
8 3 (0.78%) Police
9 2 (0.52%) Aerospace
9 2 (0.52%) Aviation
9 2 (0.52%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.52%) Retail
10 1 (0.26%) Advertising
10 1 (0.26%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.26%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.26%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 78 (20.37%) Developer
2 63 (16.45%) Architect
3 39 (10.18%) Lead
4 30 (7.83%) Data Engineer
5 29 (7.57%) Senior
6 28 (7.31%) Platform Engineer
7 27 (7.05%) Product Manager
8 24 (6.27%) Digital Product Manager
9 23 (6.01%) DevOps Engineer
9 23 (6.01%) Java Developer
9 23 (6.01%) Software Developer
10 22 (5.74%) Site Engineer
10 22 (5.74%) Site Reliability Engineer
11 21 (5.48%) Lead Architect
11 21 (5.48%) Technical Architect
12 19 (4.96%) AWS Engineer
13 18 (4.70%) AWS Architect
14 17 (4.44%) Software Engineer
15 15 (3.92%) Python Developer
16 13 (3.39%) Infrastructure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 105 (27.42%) Terraform
2 35 (9.14%) React
3 30 (7.83%) Spring Boot
4 28 (7.31%) Spring
5 23 (6.01%) AWS CDK
6 20 (5.22%) .NET
7 19 (4.96%) Node.js
8 17 (4.44%) Kafka
9 15 (3.92%) REST
10 14 (3.66%) HTML
11 13 (3.39%) CSS
12 11 (2.87%) .NET Framework
12 11 (2.87%) RESTful
13 9 (2.35%) React Native
14 8 (2.09%) HTML5
14 8 (2.09%) LDAP
14 8 (2.09%) Next.js
14 8 (2.09%) Redux
15 7 (1.83%) CSS3
15 7 (1.83%) Spring MVC
Miscellaneous
1 65 (16.97%) Cloud Native
2 35 (9.14%) Legacy Systems
3 17 (4.44%) Self-Motivation
4 16 (4.18%) PKI
5 14 (3.66%) Data Centre
6 10 (2.61%) Enterprise Software
6 10 (2.61%) Product Ownership
7 8 (2.09%) Security Operations Centre
8 7 (1.83%) Hybrid Cloud
8 7 (1.83%) Onboarding
8 7 (1.83%) Public Cloud
9 6 (1.57%) Cyber Threat
9 6 (1.57%) Distributed Systems
9 6 (1.57%) Legacy Code
9 6 (1.57%) Linux Command Line
9 6 (1.57%) Mobile App
9 6 (1.57%) Replication
10 5 (1.31%) Clustering
10 5 (1.31%) Data Structures
11 4 (1.04%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 57 (14.88%) Linux
2 37 (9.66%) Windows
3 14 (3.66%) Windows Server
4 11 (2.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (1.83%) Unix
6 4 (1.04%) Rocky
6 4 (1.04%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.78%) Debian
8 2 (0.52%) CentOS
9 1 (0.26%) Android
9 1 (0.26%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (31.59%) CI/CD
2 120 (31.33%) Agile
3 101 (26.37%) DevOps
4 93 (24.28%) Infrastructure as Code
5 68 (17.75%) Problem-Solving
6 65 (16.97%) Containerisation
7 64 (16.71%) Roadmaps
8 54 (14.10%) AI
9 53 (13.84%) Platform Engineering
10 51 (13.32%) Software Engineering
11 49 (12.79%) Microservices
12 48 (12.53%) Technical Leadership
13 46 (12.01%) Continuous Improvement
14 42 (10.97%) Data Pipeline
14 42 (10.97%) DevSecOps
15 38 (9.92%) Site Reliability Engineering
16 37 (9.66%) Stakeholder Management
17 36 (9.40%) Analytics
18 32 (8.36%) Migration
19 31 (8.09%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 126 (32.90%) Python
2 74 (19.32%) SQL
3 61 (15.93%) Java
4 34 (8.88%) JavaScript
5 33 (8.62%) Bash
6 31 (8.09%) PowerShell
7 20 (5.22%) TypeScript
8 18 (4.70%) C#
9 12 (3.13%) Go
10 10 (2.61%) PL/SQL
11 9 (2.35%) R
12 7 (1.83%) Shell Script
13 4 (1.04%) PHP
14 3 (0.78%) BeanShell
14 3 (0.78%) Bicep
14 3 (0.78%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.52%) C++
15 2 (0.52%) Groovy
15 2 (0.52%) Kotlin
15 2 (0.52%) Scala
Qualifications
1 185 (48.30%) Security Cleared
2 122 (31.85%) SC Cleared
3 71 (18.54%) DV Cleared
4 24 (6.27%) AWS Certification
5 19 (4.96%) Degree
6 14 (3.66%) CISSP
7 12 (3.13%) VCAP
8 10 (2.61%) CISM
9 9 (2.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 8 (2.09%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (1.83%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (1.31%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 4 (1.04%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 4 (1.04%) BPSS Clearance
13 4 (1.04%) TOGAF Certification
14 3 (0.78%) AWS Certified Developer
14 3 (0.78%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 2 (0.52%) CCNA
15 2 (0.52%) MCSE
15 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (5.22%) QA
2 17 (4.44%) Data Quality
3 10 (2.61%) NCSC
4 7 (1.83%) GDPR
4 7 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.57%) NIST
6 5 (1.31%) ISO 9000
6 5 (1.31%) NIST 800
6 5 (1.31%) PCI DSS
7 4 (1.04%) SLA
8 2 (0.52%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.52%) HL7
8 2 (0.52%) 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 (19.32%) Docker
2 29 (7.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (5.48%) Active Directory
4 20 (5.22%) vSphere
5 19 (4.96%) VMware NSX
6 16 (4.18%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.78%) VirtualBox
8 2 (0.52%) Corosync
8 2 (0.52%) 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
1 100 (26.11%) Kubernetes
2 47 (12.27%) Ansible
3 18 (4.70%) Grafana
4 14 (3.66%) Prometheus
4 14 (3.66%) VxRail
5 9 (2.35%) Argo
6 6 (1.57%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 5 (1.31%) Istio
8 3 (0.78%) Docker Swarm
8 3 (0.78%) Failover Clustering
8 3 (0.78%) Pacemaker
8 3 (0.78%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.52%) Cilium
9 2 (0.52%) Kustomize
9 2 (0.52%) linkerd
9 2 (0.52%) Nagios
9 2 (0.52%) Podman
9 2 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.26%) CASB
10 1 (0.26%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 30 (7.83%) Microsoft
2 29 (7.57%) VMware
3 28 (7.31%) Oracle
4 21 (5.48%) Google
5 15 (3.92%) Databricks
6 10 (2.61%) Red Hat
7 9 (2.35%) CyberArk
8 7 (1.83%) Cisco
9 6 (1.57%) Dynatrace
9 6 (1.57%) SAP
9 6 (1.57%) Splunk
10 5 (1.31%) OneLogin
11 3 (0.78%) F5
11 3 (0.78%) Thales
12 2 (0.52%) ArcSight
12 2 (0.52%) BiZZdesign
12 2 (0.52%) IBM
12 2 (0.52%) Palo Alto
12 2 (0.52%) Virgin Media
13 1 (0.26%) Okta