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

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 14 18
Rank change year-on-year +4 +4 -5
Contract jobs citing AWS 362 192 204
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 9.71% 9.73% 8.00%
As % of the Cloud Services category 37.63% 30.72% 29.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 254 150 159
10th Percentile £416 £375 £425
25th Percentile £488 £457 £493
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £558 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year +1.52% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £675
90th Percentile £800 £738 £775
England median daily rate £550 £525 £575
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 1
10th Percentile £60.25 - -
25th Percentile £85.02 £72.50 -
Median hourly rate £98.82 £75.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +31.76% +114.29% -55.13%
75th Percentile £99.12 £77.50 -
90th Percentile £100.00 - -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £73.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year -4.76% +59.16% -25.82%

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 962 625 692
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 25.79% 31.66% 27.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 619 430 437
10th Percentile £348 £213 £236
25th Percentile £443 £361 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £480 £525
Median % change year-on-year +12.62% -8.67% -4.55%
75th Percentile £650 £600 £625
90th Percentile £738 £700 £700
England median daily rate £525 £505 £530
% change year-on-year +3.96% -4.72% -2.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 33 43
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.20 £25.26
25th Percentile £16.00 - £33.00
Median hourly rate £19.50 £18.87 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.34% -73.04% +112.12%
75th Percentile £54.40 £34.50 -
90th Percentile £82.00 £55.20 -
England median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +29.22% -28.14% +6.06%

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 3 October 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

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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 3 October 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 3 October 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 -6 95 £565 +3.67% 133
Wiltshire +9 67 £528 -4.09% 81
Devon +3 59 £560 +7.18% 101
Somerset +6 53 £670 +30.73% 109
Gloucestershire +5 33 £550 -3.30% 271
Dorset +8 29 £430 -21.82% 88
Cornwall - 1 £750 - 54
Avon - 1 - - 51
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 18 (4.97%) Apache
2 16 (4.42%) Apache Spark
2 16 (4.42%) Confluence
3 7 (1.93%) Apache Airflow
3 7 (1.93%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (1.10%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.55%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.55%) nginx
5 2 (0.55%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.28%) IIS
6 1 (0.28%) JBoss
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle Coherence
6 1 (0.28%) Palantir Foundry
6 1 (0.28%) Traefik
6 1 (0.28%) WebSphere
Business Applications
1 3 (0.83%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.28%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 178 (49.17%) Azure
2 78 (21.55%) GCP
3 37 (10.22%) Serverless
4 28 (7.73%) Amazon S3
5 27 (7.46%) AWS Lambda
6 24 (6.63%) GitHub
7 20 (5.52%) AWS CloudFormation
7 20 (5.52%) Snowflake
8 19 (5.25%) dbt
9 18 (4.97%) GitHub Actions
10 13 (3.59%) Amazon EKS
11 12 (3.31%) Entra ID
12 11 (3.04%) Amazon Bedrock
12 11 (3.04%) Power Platform
13 10 (2.76%) Google Kubernetes Engine
13 10 (2.76%) OpenShift
14 7 (1.93%) Amazon Cognito
14 7 (1.93%) Amazon EC2
14 7 (1.93%) Amazon SQS
15 6 (1.66%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 32 (8.84%) DNS
1 32 (8.84%) Firewall
2 29 (8.01%) TCP/IP
3 26 (7.18%) DHCP
4 18 (4.97%) VSAN
5 9 (2.49%) VLAN
6 6 (1.66%) Network Security
7 5 (1.38%) VPN
8 4 (1.10%) BGP
8 4 (1.10%) OSPF
9 3 (0.83%) Intrusion Detection
9 3 (0.83%) Software-Defined Networking
10 2 (0.55%) Asterisk PBX
10 2 (0.55%) Cisco ASA
10 2 (0.55%) Cisco IOS
10 2 (0.55%) CTI
10 2 (0.55%) NX-OS
10 2 (0.55%) PABX
10 2 (0.55%) Reverse Proxy
10 2 (0.55%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (5.80%) PostgreSQL
2 17 (4.70%) SQL Server
3 14 (3.87%) Data Warehouse
4 13 (3.59%) NoSQL
5 12 (3.31%) Elasticsearch
5 12 (3.31%) Oracle Database
6 11 (3.04%) Power BI
7 10 (2.76%) Amazon RDS
7 10 (2.76%) Data Lake
7 10 (2.76%) DynamoDB
7 10 (2.76%) Flink
8 9 (2.49%) Amazon Athena
8 9 (2.49%) Relational Database
9 8 (2.21%) Big Data
9 8 (2.21%) Tableau
10 7 (1.93%) Amazon Redshift
11 6 (1.66%) Metadata
11 6 (1.66%) SAP HANA
12 5 (1.38%) RDBMS
13 4 (1.10%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 38 (10.50%) Git
1 38 (10.50%) Jenkins
2 32 (8.84%) GitLab
3 19 (5.25%) JIRA
4 5 (1.38%) JUnit
4 5 (1.38%) Liquibase
5 3 (0.83%) Claude Code
5 3 (0.83%) Selenium
5 3 (0.83%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.55%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.55%) Maven
6 2 (0.55%) RStudio
6 2 (0.55%) Spinnaker
7 1 (0.28%) Ant
7 1 (0.28%) Codeception
7 1 (0.28%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.28%) GoCD
7 1 (0.28%) Gradle
7 1 (0.28%) SonarQube
General
1 71 (19.61%) Social Skills
2 55 (15.19%) Public Sector
3 36 (9.94%) Finance
4 27 (7.46%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (3.59%) Banking
6 10 (2.76%) Military
7 4 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (1.10%) Local Government
8 3 (0.83%) Investment Banking
8 3 (0.83%) Police
9 2 (0.55%) Aviation
9 2 (0.55%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.55%) Retail
10 1 (0.28%) Advertising
10 1 (0.28%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.28%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.28%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 72 (19.89%) Developer
2 55 (15.19%) Architect
3 37 (10.22%) Data Engineer
3 37 (10.22%) Lead
4 32 (8.84%) Senior
5 29 (8.01%) Platform Engineer
6 27 (7.46%) Software Developer
7 26 (7.18%) Product Manager
8 24 (6.63%) Digital Product Manager
9 23 (6.35%) AWS Engineer
10 20 (5.52%) Lead Architect
11 19 (5.25%) DevOps Engineer
12 17 (4.70%) AWS Architect
12 17 (4.70%) Technical Architect
13 16 (4.42%) Java Developer
14 13 (3.59%) Site Engineer
14 13 (3.59%) Site Reliability Engineer
15 12 (3.31%) DBA
15 12 (3.31%) Technical Leader
16 11 (3.04%) Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 108 (29.83%) Terraform
2 29 (8.01%) React
3 22 (6.08%) Spring Boot
4 21 (5.80%) AWS CDK
5 20 (5.52%) Kafka
5 20 (5.52%) Spring
6 17 (4.70%) Node.js
7 16 (4.42%) REST
8 14 (3.87%) .NET
9 12 (3.31%) RESTful
10 9 (2.49%) HTML
10 9 (2.49%) React Native
11 8 (2.21%) CSS
11 8 (2.21%) LDAP
11 8 (2.21%) Next.js
12 7 (1.93%) Apache NiFi
13 6 (1.66%) AngularJS
13 6 (1.66%) Elastic Stack
13 6 (1.66%) OAuth
13 6 (1.66%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 66 (18.23%) Cloud Native
2 28 (7.73%) Legacy Systems
3 17 (4.70%) PKI
4 14 (3.87%) Data Centre
5 13 (3.59%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (2.76%) Product Ownership
7 9 (2.49%) Cyber Threat
7 9 (2.49%) Onboarding
7 9 (2.49%) Security Operations Centre
8 8 (2.21%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (2.21%) Hybrid Cloud
8 8 (2.21%) Linux Command Line
9 7 (1.93%) AI Agents
9 7 (1.93%) Public Cloud
10 6 (1.66%) Enterprise Cloud
10 6 (1.66%) Replication
11 5 (1.38%) Clustering
11 5 (1.38%) Distributed Systems
11 5 (1.38%) Mobile App
12 4 (1.10%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 54 (14.92%) Linux
2 33 (9.12%) Windows
3 12 (3.31%) Unix
4 9 (2.49%) Windows Server
5 7 (1.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.83%) Rocky
6 3 (0.83%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.55%) CentOS
7 2 (0.55%) Debian
8 1 (0.28%) Android
8 1 (0.28%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (35.36%) CI/CD
2 108 (29.83%) Agile
3 100 (27.62%) Infrastructure as Code
4 97 (26.80%) DevOps
5 65 (17.96%) Containerisation
6 61 (16.85%) Roadmaps
7 59 (16.30%) Problem-Solving
8 57 (15.75%) Platform Engineering
9 54 (14.92%) AI
10 50 (13.81%) Technical Leadership
11 49 (13.54%) Data Pipeline
12 46 (12.71%) Microservices
12 46 (12.71%) Software Engineering
13 44 (12.15%) DevSecOps
14 40 (11.05%) Stakeholder Management
15 36 (9.94%) Analytics
16 35 (9.67%) Continuous Improvement
17 33 (9.12%) ETL
17 33 (9.12%) Observability
18 32 (8.84%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 118 (32.60%) Python
2 77 (21.27%) SQL
3 56 (15.47%) Java
4 35 (9.67%) Bash
5 28 (7.73%) JavaScript
6 26 (7.18%) PowerShell
7 23 (6.35%) C#
8 21 (5.80%) TypeScript
9 12 (3.31%) Go
10 10 (2.76%) PL/SQL
10 10 (2.76%) Shell Script
11 7 (1.93%) R
12 4 (1.10%) PHP
13 3 (0.83%) BeanShell
13 3 (0.83%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.55%) Bicep
14 2 (0.55%) C++
14 2 (0.55%) Groovy
15 1 (0.28%) Kotlin
15 1 (0.28%) Scala
Qualifications
1 179 (49.45%) Security Cleared
2 106 (29.28%) SC Cleared
3 82 (22.65%) DV Cleared
4 24 (6.63%) AWS Certification
5 19 (5.25%) Degree
6 15 (4.14%) CISSP
7 12 (3.31%) VCAP
8 11 (3.04%) CISM
9 8 (2.21%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (1.93%) Computer Science Degree
11 6 (1.66%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 5 (1.38%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 3 (0.83%) AWS Certified Developer
13 3 (0.83%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 2 (0.55%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 2 (0.55%) Azure Certification
14 2 (0.55%) BPSS Clearance
14 2 (0.55%) CCNA
14 2 (0.55%) MCSE
14 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (5.80%) Data Quality
2 20 (5.52%) QA
3 11 (3.04%) NCSC
4 6 (1.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.66%) NIST
5 5 (1.38%) GDPR
5 5 (1.38%) ISO 9000
5 5 (1.38%) NIST 800
5 5 (1.38%) PCI DSS
6 4 (1.10%) SLA
7 2 (0.55%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.28%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (0.28%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.28%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 75 (20.72%) Docker
2 31 (8.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (6.35%) Active Directory
4 21 (5.80%) vSphere
5 19 (5.25%) VMware NSX
6 16 (4.42%) Hyper-V
7 4 (1.10%) VirtualBox
8 2 (0.55%) Corosync
8 2 (0.55%) KVM
9 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.28%) NFS
9 1 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.28%) zsh
Systems Management
1 101 (27.90%) Kubernetes
2 54 (14.92%) Ansible
3 15 (4.14%) Grafana
4 14 (3.87%) VxRail
5 12 (3.31%) Prometheus
6 6 (1.66%) Argo
6 6 (1.66%) Istio
6 6 (1.66%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 3 (0.83%) Docker Swarm
7 3 (0.83%) Failover Clustering
7 3 (0.83%) Pacemaker
8 2 (0.55%) Cilium
8 2 (0.55%) Kustomize
8 2 (0.55%) linkerd
8 2 (0.55%) Podman
8 2 (0.55%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.28%) Data Guard
9 1 (0.28%) Kibana
9 1 (0.28%) OPNET
9 1 (0.28%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 31 (8.56%) VMware
2 30 (8.29%) Google
2 30 (8.29%) Microsoft
3 29 (8.01%) Oracle
4 14 (3.87%) Databricks
5 9 (2.49%) CyberArk
6 8 (2.21%) Cisco
6 8 (2.21%) Red Hat
7 7 (1.93%) Splunk
8 6 (1.66%) Dynatrace
8 6 (1.66%) SAP
9 5 (1.38%) OneLogin
9 5 (1.38%) webMethods
10 3 (0.83%) IBM
10 3 (0.83%) Thales
11 2 (0.55%) ArcSight
11 2 (0.55%) BiZZdesign
11 2 (0.55%) Virgin Media
12 1 (0.28%) Cribl.io
12 1 (0.28%) Denodo