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 18 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 18 12
Rank change year-on-year +4 -6 +4
Contract jobs citing AWS 209 211 354
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 10.38% 8.49% 11.06%
As % of the Cloud Services category 31.71% 30.49% 36.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 161 162 286
10th Percentile £375 £425 £413
25th Percentile £456 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £644 £675 £688
90th Percentile £725 £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% -20.00%
75th Percentile £77.50 - -
90th Percentile - - £78.60
England median hourly rate £74.25 £46.18 £58.00
% change year-on-year +60.78% -20.38% -17.14%

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 659 692 963
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 32.72% 27.86% 30.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 452 428 743
10th Percentile £225 £246 £313
25th Percentile £363 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £534 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.37% -2.91% +4.76%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £675
90th Percentile £700 £702 £725
England median daily rate £501 £530 £540
% change year-on-year -5.57% -1.85% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 43 51
10th Percentile - £25.26 £13.25
25th Percentile - £33.00 £14.77
Median hourly rate £18.87 £70.00 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -73.04% +112.12% -30.20%
75th Percentile £35.19 - £78.00
90th Percentile £65.30 - £80.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £32.30
% change year-on-year -28.14% +8.36% +43.56%

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 18 October 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 18 October 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 +13 84 £531 -1.62% 89
Wiltshire +15 42 £539 -10.25% 25
Gloucestershire -3 28 £550 -4.35% 86
Devon -6 19 £523 -13.03% 21
Somerset +8 14 £531 -7.61% 26
Dorset +1 8 £550 +19.57% 15
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 8 (3.83%) Oracle Application Server
2 5 (2.39%) Confluence
3 4 (1.91%) Apache
4 3 (1.44%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (1.44%) Camunda
5 2 (0.96%) Alfresco
5 2 (0.96%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.96%) nginx
5 2 (0.96%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.48%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.48%) Jupyter
Applications
1 2 (0.96%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.44%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 109 (52.15%) Azure
2 43 (20.57%) GCP
3 26 (12.44%) GitHub
4 23 (11.00%) Serverless
5 16 (7.66%) Azure DevOps
6 15 (7.18%) AWS CloudFormation
7 14 (6.70%) Amazon S3
8 13 (6.22%) Amazon EC2
9 12 (5.74%) AWS Lambda
10 11 (5.26%) Power Platform
11 10 (4.78%) Snowflake
12 9 (4.31%) OpenShift
13 8 (3.83%) npm
14 7 (3.35%) Microsoft 365
15 6 (2.87%) Azure Sentinel
15 6 (2.87%) Entra ID
16 5 (2.39%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 5 (2.39%) Amazon ECS
16 5 (2.39%) GitHub Actions
17 4 (1.91%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (5.26%) Firewall
2 9 (4.31%) VPN
3 5 (2.39%) Network Security
3 5 (2.39%) SD-WAN
3 5 (2.39%) WAN
4 4 (1.91%) TCP/IP
5 3 (1.44%) DNS
6 2 (0.96%) SSL
7 1 (0.48%) 2G
7 1 (0.48%) 5G
7 1 (0.48%) BGP
7 1 (0.48%) DHCP
7 1 (0.48%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.48%) MPLS
7 1 (0.48%) NAS
7 1 (0.48%) OSPF
7 1 (0.48%) Radio Access Network
7 1 (0.48%) SAN
7 1 (0.48%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (13.88%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (5.74%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (5.26%) Power BI
4 10 (4.78%) MongoDB
5 9 (4.31%) SQL Server
6 8 (3.83%) Amazon RDS
6 8 (3.83%) MySQL
6 8 (3.83%) Oracle ODI
7 7 (3.35%) NoSQL
7 7 (3.35%) Oracle Reports
7 7 (3.35%) Star Schema
8 6 (2.87%) Oracle Database
8 6 (2.87%) Relational Database
9 4 (1.91%) DynamoDB
9 4 (1.91%) Elasticsearch
10 3 (1.44%) Big Data
10 3 (1.44%) ClickHouse
10 3 (1.44%) SAP BW
10 3 (1.44%) SAP HANA
10 3 (1.44%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 25 (11.96%) Jenkins
2 24 (11.48%) GitLab
3 17 (8.13%) JIRA
4 16 (7.66%) Git
5 9 (4.31%) Cypress.io
6 7 (3.35%) DBeaver
7 5 (2.39%) SonarQube
8 3 (1.44%) JUnit
9 2 (0.96%) Maven
9 2 (0.96%) Selenium
10 1 (0.48%) Appium
10 1 (0.48%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.48%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.48%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.48%) Code Climate
10 1 (0.48%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.48%) Postman
10 1 (0.48%) Snyk
10 1 (0.48%) WebDriver
General
1 59 (28.23%) Social Skills
2 42 (20.10%) Public Sector
3 35 (16.75%) Finance
4 23 (11.00%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (3.83%) Telecoms
6 7 (3.35%) Military
7 5 (2.39%) Aerospace
7 5 (2.39%) Manufacturing
8 4 (1.91%) Banking
8 4 (1.91%) Electronics
8 4 (1.91%) Financial Institution
8 4 (1.91%) Marketing
9 3 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.96%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.96%) Law
10 2 (0.96%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.96%) Tech for Good
11 1 (0.48%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.48%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 40 (19.14%) Developer
2 30 (14.35%) Architect
3 25 (11.96%) Analyst
4 18 (8.61%) Data Engineer
5 17 (8.13%) Senior
6 16 (7.66%) Lead
7 12 (5.74%) Security Engineer
8 11 (5.26%) AWS Engineer
9 10 (4.78%) Software Engineer
9 10 (4.78%) Solutions Architect
10 8 (3.83%) Consultant
10 8 (3.83%) Full-Stack Developer
10 8 (3.83%) Network Architect
10 8 (3.83%) Security Analyst
11 7 (3.35%) AWS Architect
11 7 (3.35%) DevOps Engineer
11 7 (3.35%) Java Developer
11 7 (3.35%) Quality Engineer
11 7 (3.35%) Senior Developer
12 6 (2.87%) DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (14.83%) Node.js
2 29 (13.88%) React
3 18 (8.61%) AngularJS
4 12 (5.74%) HTML
4 12 (5.74%) Spring
5 10 (4.78%) AWS CDK
5 10 (4.78%) CSS
6 9 (4.31%) REST
7 8 (3.83%) RESTful
8 7 (3.35%) Oracle GoldenGate
8 7 (3.35%) Spring Boot
9 6 (2.87%) Elastic Stack
9 6 (2.87%) OAuth
9 6 (2.87%) OAuth2
9 6 (2.87%) OpenID
10 5 (2.39%) Next.js
10 5 (2.39%) SAML
10 5 (2.39%) Vue
10 5 (2.39%) XML
11 4 (1.91%) Apache NiFi
Miscellaneous
1 25 (11.96%) Cloud Native
2 16 (7.66%) Data Centre
3 11 (5.26%) Cyber Defence
4 10 (4.78%) Hybrid Cloud
4 10 (4.78%) Replication
5 6 (2.87%) Onboarding
6 5 (2.39%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.91%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.91%) IoT
7 4 (1.91%) PKI
7 4 (1.91%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.44%) CMDB
8 3 (1.44%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.44%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (1.44%) Enterprise Cloud
8 3 (1.44%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.44%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.44%) Security Posture
8 3 (1.44%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 18 (8.61%) Linux
1 18 (8.61%) Windows
2 11 (5.26%) Unix
3 3 (1.44%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.96%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (35.41%) Agile
2 65 (31.10%) CI/CD
3 58 (27.75%) DevOps
4 34 (16.27%) Problem-Solving
5 33 (15.79%) Infrastructure as Code
6 30 (14.35%) Containerisation
7 29 (13.88%) Migration
8 26 (12.44%) Software Engineering
9 25 (11.96%) Test Automation
10 24 (11.48%) Analytics
10 24 (11.48%) Microservices
11 23 (11.00%) Mentoring
12 22 (10.53%) Full-Stack Development
12 22 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
13 21 (10.05%) ETL
14 18 (8.61%) Business Intelligence
15 16 (7.66%) Cybersecurity
15 16 (7.66%) Technical Leadership
16 13 (6.22%) DevSecOps
16 13 (6.22%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 56 (26.79%) Python
2 37 (17.70%) JavaScript
3 35 (16.75%) TypeScript
4 32 (15.31%) SQL
5 27 (12.92%) Java
6 22 (10.53%) PowerShell
7 17 (8.13%) Bash
8 5 (2.39%) C
9 4 (1.91%) Bicep
10 3 (1.44%) PL/SQL
10 3 (1.44%) Ruby
10 3 (1.44%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.96%) C#
11 2 (0.96%) C++
11 2 (0.96%) Go
11 2 (0.96%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.48%) Groovy
12 1 (0.48%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 98 (46.89%) Security Cleared
2 72 (34.45%) SC Cleared
3 27 (12.92%) DV Cleared
4 15 (7.18%) AWS Certification
5 13 (6.22%) Degree
6 12 (5.74%) CISSP
7 9 (4.31%) Azure Certification
8 6 (2.87%) CompTIA CySA+
8 6 (2.87%) Network+ Certification
8 6 (2.87%) SANS
9 4 (1.91%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 4 (1.91%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (1.91%) CISM
9 4 (1.91%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.96%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.96%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.96%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.96%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.96%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (6.22%) GDPR
1 13 (6.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (5.74%) NIST
3 10 (4.78%) QA
4 9 (4.31%) Data Quality
5 8 (3.83%) NCSC
6 5 (2.39%) Accessibility
7 4 (1.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (1.44%) Basel III
8 3 (1.44%) IFRS
8 3 (1.44%) IFRS 17
8 3 (1.44%) IFRS 9
8 3 (1.44%) PSD2
9 2 (0.96%) Government Security Classifications
9 2 (0.96%) GRC
9 2 (0.96%) JSP 440
9 2 (0.96%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.96%) WCAG
10 1 (0.48%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.48%) SLA
System Software
1 35 (16.75%) Docker
2 10 (4.78%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.44%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.96%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.96%) Oracle RAC
4 2 (0.96%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 57 (27.27%) Terraform
2 33 (15.79%) Kubernetes
3 21 (10.05%) Ansible
4 10 (4.78%) Grafana
5 9 (4.31%) Puppet
6 7 (3.35%) Prometheus
7 6 (2.87%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (1.91%) Data Guard
8 4 (1.91%) Kibana
8 4 (1.91%) Oracle RMAN
9 3 (1.44%) Argo
9 3 (1.44%) Podman
10 2 (0.96%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (0.96%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 2 (0.96%) PingFederate
11 1 (0.48%) Dell DRAC
11 1 (0.48%) logstash
11 1 (0.48%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.48%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 34 (16.27%) Microsoft
2 19 (9.09%) Oracle
3 7 (3.35%) SAP
4 6 (2.87%) Palo Alto
4 6 (2.87%) Splunk
5 5 (2.39%) Google
5 5 (2.39%) Ping Identity
5 5 (2.39%) Red Hat
5 5 (2.39%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.91%) Cisco
6 4 (1.91%) Juniper
6 4 (1.91%) ServiceNow
7 3 (1.44%) Databricks
7 3 (1.44%) F5
7 3 (1.44%) ForgeRock
8 2 (0.96%) Dell
8 2 (0.96%) Fortinet
8 2 (0.96%) MuleSoft
8 2 (0.96%) NetApp
8 2 (0.96%) VMware