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

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 12 22
Rank change year-on-year -8 +10 -8
Contract jobs citing AWS 236 184 210
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 7.44% 10.71% 6.59%
As % of the Cloud Services category 29.80% 35.05% 25.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 150 174
10th Percentile £400 £398 £325
25th Percentile £429 £477 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £638
90th Percentile £700 £689 £704
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 0
10th Percentile £52.88 - -
25th Percentile £55.13 - -
Median hourly rate £67.35 £78.70 -
Median % change year-on-year -14.43% - -
75th Percentile £100.63 - -
90th Percentile £102.80 - -
England median hourly rate £75.00 £73.75 £53.75
% change year-on-year +1.69% +37.21% -21.53%

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 792 525 825
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 24.98% 30.56% 25.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 538 397 633
10th Percentile £248 £233 £208
25th Percentile £401 £406 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £600
90th Percentile £688 £688 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 22 24
10th Percentile £14.65 £18.13 £12.50
25th Percentile £21.25 £18.22 £13.96
Median hourly rate £57.50 £21.76 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +164.31% +50.03% -74.78%
75th Percentile £58.75 £35.63 £14.96
90th Percentile - £65.63 £20.10
England median hourly rate £45.00 £26.50 £20.77
% change year-on-year +69.81% +27.59% -24.47%

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 16 April 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 16 April 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 16 April 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 -15 68 £550 +3.77% 48
Wiltshire -11 47 £525 -16.00% 18
Gloucestershire -2 34 £575 -6.50% 48
Dorset +10 26 £409 -10.70% 6
Somerset -3 24 £444 -26.04% 15
Devon 0 23 £613 +2.08% 10
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 11 (4.66%) Apache Spark
2 10 (4.24%) Apache
3 8 (3.39%) IIS
4 6 (2.54%) SharePoint
5 5 (2.12%) Apache Superset
6 4 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.85%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.85%) Confluence
7 2 (0.85%) Documentum
7 2 (0.85%) nginx
8 1 (0.42%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.42%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 102 (43.22%) Azure
2 44 (18.64%) GCP
3 26 (11.02%) Serverless
4 23 (9.75%) Amazon S3
5 20 (8.47%) GitHub
6 17 (7.20%) AWS Lambda
7 16 (6.78%) Power Platform
8 14 (5.93%) Amazon EC2
9 12 (5.08%) AWS CloudFormation
10 11 (4.66%) Amazon EKS
11 10 (4.24%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 10 (4.24%) Amazon ECS
11 10 (4.24%) GitHub Actions
12 9 (3.81%) Entra ID
13 8 (3.39%) Azure Monitor
14 7 (2.97%) Azure DevOps
14 7 (2.97%) Datadog
15 6 (2.54%) Microsoft 365
15 6 (2.54%) OpenShift
15 6 (2.54%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.12%) Firewall
1 5 (2.12%) Network Security
2 4 (1.69%) 3GPP
2 4 (1.69%) Reverse Proxy
2 4 (1.69%) TETRA
3 3 (1.27%) DHCP
3 3 (1.27%) DNS
3 3 (1.27%) HTTP
3 3 (1.27%) LAN
3 3 (1.27%) VPN
4 2 (0.85%) BGP
4 2 (0.85%) Cisco Nexus
4 2 (0.85%) OSPF
4 2 (0.85%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.85%) VLAN
4 2 (0.85%) WAN
4 2 (0.85%) Wireless
5 1 (0.42%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (0.42%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (0.42%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.78%) MySQL
1 16 (6.78%) Power BI
2 15 (6.36%) NoSQL
3 14 (5.93%) MongoDB
4 12 (5.08%) Tableau
5 11 (4.66%) Data Warehouse
5 11 (4.66%) SQL Server
6 10 (4.24%) Amazon RDS
7 7 (2.97%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (2.97%) Relational Database
8 6 (2.54%) Flink
9 5 (2.12%) DynamoDB
10 4 (1.69%) Amazon Aurora
10 4 (1.69%) Geospatial Data
10 4 (1.69%) GIS
11 3 (1.27%) Amazon Athena
11 3 (1.27%) Big Data
11 3 (1.27%) Elasticsearch
12 2 (0.85%) Amazon Redshift
12 2 (0.85%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 29 (12.29%) Git
2 25 (10.59%) GitLab
3 20 (8.47%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.69%) Oracle APEX
5 3 (1.27%) Cucumber
5 3 (1.27%) Selenium
5 3 (1.27%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.85%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.85%) JIRA
6 2 (0.85%) JUnit
6 2 (0.85%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.42%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.42%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.42%) DBeaver
7 1 (0.42%) JBehave
7 1 (0.42%) Maven
7 1 (0.42%) MLflow
7 1 (0.42%) Mocha
7 1 (0.42%) Mockito
7 1 (0.42%) NUnit
General
1 42 (17.80%) Social Skills
2 31 (13.14%) Public Sector
3 18 (7.63%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (4.66%) Military
5 8 (3.39%) Finance
6 5 (2.12%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (2.12%) Tech for Good
7 4 (1.69%) Aerospace
7 4 (1.69%) Marketing
8 3 (1.27%) Banking
8 3 (1.27%) Telecoms
9 2 (0.85%) Electronics
9 2 (0.85%) Legal
9 2 (0.85%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.85%) Retail
10 1 (0.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.42%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 55 (23.31%) Developer
2 38 (16.10%) Architect
3 30 (12.71%) Senior
4 25 (10.59%) Java Developer
5 23 (9.75%) DevOps Engineer
6 21 (8.90%) Software Engineer
7 16 (6.78%) Site Reliability Engineer
8 15 (6.36%) Python Developer
8 15 (6.36%) Site Engineer
9 11 (4.66%) AWS Architect
9 11 (4.66%) Consultant
9 11 (4.66%) Data Engineer
10 10 (4.24%) AWS Infrastructure Architect
10 10 (4.24%) Cloud Architect
10 10 (4.24%) Data Architect
10 10 (4.24%) Infrastructure Architect
10 10 (4.24%) Senior Developer
10 10 (4.24%) Technical Architect
11 9 (3.81%) AWS Engineer
11 9 (3.81%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (10.59%) React
1 25 (10.59%) Spring
1 25 (10.59%) Spring Boot
2 15 (6.36%) .NET
2 15 (6.36%) REST
3 13 (5.51%) Node.js
3 13 (5.51%) RESTful
4 11 (4.66%) CSS
4 11 (4.66%) HTML
4 11 (4.66%) Spring MVC
5 10 (4.24%) .NET Framework
5 10 (4.24%) CSS3
5 10 (4.24%) HTML5
5 10 (4.24%) Jest
5 10 (4.24%) Kafka
6 9 (3.81%) AWS CDK
6 9 (3.81%) Redux
7 7 (2.97%) AngularJS
8 5 (2.12%) Java Concurrency
8 5 (2.12%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 32 (13.56%) Cloud Native
2 15 (6.36%) Legacy Systems
3 9 (3.81%) Product Ownership
4 8 (3.39%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (2.97%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (2.54%) Legacy Code
7 4 (1.69%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (1.27%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.27%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.27%) Private Cloud
8 3 (1.27%) Replication
9 2 (0.85%) Clustering
9 2 (0.85%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (0.85%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.85%) Distributed Computing
9 2 (0.85%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (0.85%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.85%) NHS
9 2 (0.85%) Security Posture
10 1 (0.42%) Cloud Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 37 (15.68%) Linux
2 22 (9.32%) Windows
3 13 (5.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 11 (4.66%) Windows Server
5 7 (2.97%) Unix
6 3 (1.27%) Debian
6 3 (1.27%) Rocky
6 3 (1.27%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.85%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.85%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (30.93%) DevOps
2 70 (29.66%) Agile
3 68 (28.81%) CI/CD
4 43 (18.22%) Containerisation
5 42 (17.80%) Infrastructure as Code
6 38 (16.10%) Analytics
7 34 (14.41%) Problem-Solving
8 31 (13.14%) Continuous Improvement
9 29 (12.29%) Microservices
10 25 (10.59%) Data Engineering
10 25 (10.59%) Software Engineering
11 22 (9.32%) Site Reliability Engineering
12 21 (8.90%) ETL
12 21 (8.90%) Full-Stack Development
13 20 (8.47%) Business Intelligence
13 20 (8.47%) Roadmaps
14 19 (8.05%) AI
14 19 (8.05%) Code Quality
14 19 (8.05%) Data Pipeline
14 19 (8.05%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 76 (32.20%) Python
2 48 (20.34%) SQL
3 44 (18.64%) Java
4 30 (12.71%) JavaScript
5 17 (7.20%) Bash
6 15 (6.36%) PowerShell
7 14 (5.93%) TypeScript
8 7 (2.97%) Shell Script
9 6 (2.54%) R
10 5 (2.12%) C#
11 4 (1.69%) Go
11 4 (1.69%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.85%) Bicep
12 2 (0.85%) Ruby
13 1 (0.42%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.42%) Scala
13 1 (0.42%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 114 (48.31%) Security Cleared
2 91 (38.56%) SC Cleared
3 27 (11.44%) DV Cleared
4 9 (3.81%) AWS Certification
5 4 (1.69%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 4 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (1.69%) TOGAF Certification
6 3 (1.27%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 3 (1.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 3 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.27%) Degree
7 1 (0.42%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.42%) CSPO
7 1 (0.42%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.42%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.93%) QA
2 9 (3.81%) Data Quality
3 7 (2.97%) GDPR
3 7 (2.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (2.12%) PCI DSS
5 4 (1.69%) NCSC
6 2 (0.85%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.85%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (0.85%) HL7
6 2 (0.85%) JSP 440
6 2 (0.85%) NIST
6 2 (0.85%) SNOMED CT
7 1 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.42%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.42%) WCAG
System Software
1 55 (23.31%) Docker
2 9 (3.81%) Active Directory
3 6 (2.54%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.69%) Oracle RAC
5 3 (1.27%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (1.27%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.85%) Corosync
7 1 (0.42%) iptables
7 1 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.42%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.42%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 66 (27.97%) Kubernetes
2 42 (17.80%) Terraform
3 20 (8.47%) Ansible
3 20 (8.47%) Prometheus
4 16 (6.78%) Grafana
5 7 (2.97%) Argo
6 5 (2.12%) Dell DRAC
6 5 (2.12%) Red Hat Satellite
7 4 (1.69%) Data Guard
7 4 (1.69%) Nagios
8 3 (1.27%) Failover Clustering
8 3 (1.27%) Progress Chef
8 3 (1.27%) Puppet
8 3 (1.27%) SCCM
9 2 (0.85%) Cilium
9 2 (0.85%) Pacemaker
9 2 (0.85%) Podman
9 2 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.42%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.42%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 19 (8.05%) Microsoft
2 10 (4.24%) Databricks
2 10 (4.24%) Oracle
2 10 (4.24%) Red Hat
3 8 (3.39%) Google
3 8 (3.39%) SAP
4 5 (2.12%) Dell
4 5 (2.12%) Splunk
5 4 (1.69%) ESRI
5 4 (1.69%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.27%) Cisco
6 3 (1.27%) F5
6 3 (1.27%) VMware
7 2 (0.85%) Broadcom
7 2 (0.85%) CheckPoint
7 2 (0.85%) Citrix
7 2 (0.85%) CyberArk
7 2 (0.85%) NetApp
7 2 (0.85%) Palo Alto
7 2 (0.85%) Virgin Media