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 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 14 11
Rank change year-on-year -4 -3 +3
Contract jobs citing AWS 195 190 281
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 7.97% 9.73% 9.71%
As % of the Cloud Services category 28.68% 33.39% 33.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 147 150 233
10th Percentile £375 £425 £363
25th Percentile £432 £513 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +6.19%
75th Percentile £646 £650 £688
90th Percentile £713 £734 £738
England median daily rate £525 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile £52.49 - £67.15
25th Percentile £54.40 - £74.13
Median hourly rate £59.28 - £78.00
75th Percentile £65.84 - -
90th Percentile £68.76 - -
England median hourly rate £78.34 £46.18 £48.62
% change year-on-year +69.63% -5.01% -22.21%

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 680 569 850
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 27.79% 29.15% 29.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 491 385 655
10th Percentile £225 £225 £213
25th Percentile £406 £420 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.37%
75th Percentile £606 £630 £638
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 19 10 33
10th Percentile £18.42 £12.50 £14.25
25th Percentile £19.85 £16.58 £14.50
Median hourly rate £32.50 £27.13 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.82% +35.63% -65.37%
75th Percentile £55.61 £29.75 £33.00
90th Percentile £75.32 £68.75 £78.00
England median hourly rate £27.71 £28.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year -2.77% +26.67% -0.32%

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

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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 14 January 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 14 January 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 14 January 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 +9 70 £525 -4.11% 61
Wiltshire -12 38 £537 -12.33% 34
Gloucestershire -9 36 £575 -4.17% 70
Somerset +1 14 £600 +6.67% 35
Devon -10 13 £575 -4.17% 42
Dorset +9 12 £355 -19.61% 41
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 5 (2.56%) Oracle Application Server
2 4 (2.05%) Apache
2 4 (2.05%) Apache Airflow
2 4 (2.05%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.54%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.54%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.03%) Documentum
5 1 (0.51%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.51%) Confluence
5 1 (0.51%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.51%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 97 (49.74%) Azure
2 35 (17.95%) GCP
3 20 (10.26%) GitHub
4 18 (9.23%) Amazon EC2
4 18 (9.23%) Amazon S3
4 18 (9.23%) Serverless
5 14 (7.18%) AWS Lambda
5 14 (7.18%) Azure DevOps
6 12 (6.15%) AWS CloudFormation
7 11 (5.64%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 11 (5.64%) Microsoft 365
7 11 (5.64%) OpenShift
8 10 (5.13%) Entra ID
9 8 (4.10%) GitHub Actions
9 8 (4.10%) npm
9 8 (4.10%) Power Platform
10 6 (3.08%) Amazon ECS
11 5 (2.56%) Azure Sentinel
11 5 (2.56%) Snowflake
12 4 (2.05%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.62%) Firewall
2 8 (4.10%) VPN
3 7 (3.59%) Network Security
4 5 (2.56%) DNS
4 5 (2.56%) TCP/IP
4 5 (2.56%) WAN
5 4 (2.05%) DHCP
5 4 (2.05%) SD-WAN
6 3 (1.54%) HTTP
7 2 (1.03%) LAN
7 2 (1.03%) Reverse Proxy
7 2 (1.03%) SSL
8 1 (0.51%) 2G
8 1 (0.51%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (0.51%) NAS
8 1 (0.51%) OSPF
8 1 (0.51%) SAN
8 1 (0.51%) VLAN
8 1 (0.51%) Wireless
8 1 (0.51%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (12.31%) PostgreSQL
2 16 (8.21%) MongoDB
3 11 (5.64%) Amazon RDS
4 9 (4.62%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (4.62%) MySQL
4 9 (4.62%) NoSQL
5 8 (4.10%) Power BI
6 6 (3.08%) DynamoDB
7 5 (2.56%) Oracle ODI
7 5 (2.56%) Oracle Reports
7 5 (2.56%) SQL Server
7 5 (2.56%) Star Schema
8 4 (2.05%) Amazon Aurora
8 4 (2.05%) Big Data
9 3 (1.54%) ClickHouse
9 3 (1.54%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (1.54%) Geospatial Data
9 3 (1.54%) Oracle Database
10 2 (1.03%) Apache Hive
10 2 (1.03%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 28 (14.36%) Jenkins
2 21 (10.77%) Git
3 18 (9.23%) GitLab
4 5 (2.56%) DBeaver
4 5 (2.56%) JIRA
5 3 (1.54%) Oracle APEX
5 3 (1.54%) SonarQube
6 2 (1.03%) Cypress.io
6 2 (1.03%) Postman
6 2 (1.03%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.51%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.51%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.51%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.51%) Maven
7 1 (0.51%) Mocha
7 1 (0.51%) Snyk
General
1 51 (26.15%) Social Skills
2 41 (21.03%) Public Sector
3 17 (8.72%) Finance
4 15 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (5.13%) Military
6 6 (3.08%) Telecoms
7 5 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (2.05%) Manufacturing
8 4 (2.05%) Tech for Good
9 3 (1.54%) Aerospace
9 3 (1.54%) Banking
9 3 (1.54%) Electronics
9 3 (1.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.54%) Marketing
10 2 (1.03%) Law
11 1 (0.51%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.51%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 37 (18.97%) Developer
2 25 (12.82%) Senior
3 24 (12.31%) Analyst
4 23 (11.79%) Architect
5 14 (7.18%) Software Engineer
6 13 (6.67%) Data Engineer
6 13 (6.67%) Lead
7 11 (5.64%) DevOps Engineer
7 11 (5.64%) Security Analyst
8 9 (4.62%) Java Developer
8 9 (4.62%) Security Engineer
9 8 (4.10%) Solutions Architect
10 7 (3.59%) Full-Stack Developer
10 7 (3.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 7 (3.59%) Senior Developer
11 6 (3.08%) AWS Engineer
11 6 (3.08%) DBA
11 6 (3.08%) Network Architect
12 5 (2.56%) Infrastructure Manager
12 5 (2.56%) Oracle DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (13.85%) Node.js
2 25 (12.82%) React
3 14 (7.18%) REST
4 9 (4.62%) AngularJS
4 9 (4.62%) RESTful
5 8 (4.10%) Spring
6 7 (3.59%) CSS
6 7 (3.59%) HTML
6 7 (3.59%) OAuth
6 7 (3.59%) OAuth2
7 6 (3.08%) .NET
7 6 (3.08%) OpenID
7 6 (3.08%) SOAP
7 6 (3.08%) Spring Boot
8 5 (2.56%) Express.js
8 5 (2.56%) Oracle GoldenGate
8 5 (2.56%) SAML
9 4 (2.05%) Next.js
9 4 (2.05%) Vue
9 4 (2.05%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (12.31%) Cloud Native
2 11 (5.64%) Data Centre
3 10 (5.13%) Cyber Defence
4 9 (4.62%) Product Ownership
5 8 (4.10%) Hybrid Cloud
5 8 (4.10%) Onboarding
6 6 (3.08%) Replication
7 4 (2.05%) CMDB
8 3 (1.54%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.54%) Enterprise Cloud
8 3 (1.54%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.54%) IoT
8 3 (1.54%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.54%) Security Posture
8 3 (1.54%) Virtual Team
9 2 (1.03%) Cloud Security Posture
9 2 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.03%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (1.03%) Private Cloud
9 2 (1.03%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 24 (12.31%) Linux
2 14 (7.18%) Windows
3 9 (4.62%) Unix
4 6 (3.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (2.56%) Windows Server
6 4 (2.05%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (1.03%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.51%) Debian
8 1 (0.51%) Rocky
8 1 (0.51%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (34.87%) Agile
2 66 (33.85%) CI/CD
3 54 (27.69%) DevOps
4 30 (15.38%) Infrastructure as Code
5 29 (14.87%) Problem-Solving
6 24 (12.31%) Microservices
7 23 (11.79%) Containerisation
7 23 (11.79%) Software Engineering
8 18 (9.23%) Mentoring
8 18 (9.23%) Stakeholder Management
9 16 (8.21%) Analytics
9 16 (8.21%) Full-Stack Development
10 14 (7.18%) Continuous Improvement
10 14 (7.18%) ETL
10 14 (7.18%) Roadmaps
10 14 (7.18%) Test Automation
11 13 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 13 (6.67%) Technical Leadership
12 12 (6.15%) Cybersecurity
12 12 (6.15%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 52 (26.67%) Python
2 31 (15.90%) JavaScript
3 30 (15.38%) Java
4 29 (14.87%) SQL
4 29 (14.87%) TypeScript
5 15 (7.69%) Bash
6 14 (7.18%) PowerShell
7 8 (4.10%) Shell Script
8 5 (2.56%) PL/SQL
8 5 (2.56%) Ruby
9 4 (2.05%) Bicep
9 4 (2.05%) C
10 3 (1.54%) C#
10 3 (1.54%) Go
11 1 (0.51%) C++
11 1 (0.51%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 100 (51.28%) Security Cleared
2 77 (39.49%) SC Cleared
3 25 (12.82%) DV Cleared
4 12 (6.15%) Degree
5 9 (4.62%) CISSP
6 8 (4.10%) AWS Certification
7 6 (3.08%) CompTIA CySA+
7 6 (3.08%) Network+ Certification
7 6 (3.08%) SANS
8 5 (2.56%) Azure Certification
9 4 (2.05%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (2.05%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.54%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 3 (1.54%) CISM
11 2 (1.03%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (1.03%) DBS Check
11 2 (1.03%) OCA
11 2 (1.03%) OCP
11 2 (1.03%) Oracle Certification
12 1 (0.51%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.13%) GDPR
2 8 (4.10%) QA
3 7 (3.59%) Data Quality
3 7 (3.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (3.59%) NCSC
4 5 (2.56%) NIST
5 3 (1.54%) PSD2
5 3 (1.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (1.03%) Government Security Classifications
6 2 (1.03%) GRC
6 2 (1.03%) JSP 440
6 2 (1.03%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.03%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.51%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.51%) SLA
7 1 (0.51%) Software Quality Assurance
7 1 (0.51%) WCAG
System Software
1 38 (19.49%) Docker
2 14 (7.18%) Active Directory
3 6 (3.08%) Hyper-V
3 6 (3.08%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (2.56%) Oracle RAC
5 2 (1.03%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 46 (23.59%) Terraform
2 41 (21.03%) Kubernetes
3 21 (10.77%) Ansible
4 9 (4.62%) Grafana
5 8 (4.10%) Prometheus
6 7 (3.59%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (2.56%) Data Guard
7 5 (2.56%) Dell DRAC
7 5 (2.56%) Red Hat Satellite
8 4 (2.05%) Argo
9 3 (1.54%) Kibana
9 3 (1.54%) Puppet
9 3 (1.54%) SCCM
10 2 (1.03%) Oracle RMAN
10 2 (1.03%) PingFederate
10 2 (1.03%) Podman
10 2 (1.03%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Intune
11 1 (0.51%) Nagios
11 1 (0.51%) Rancher
Vendors
1 34 (17.44%) Microsoft
2 16 (8.21%) Oracle
3 9 (4.62%) Red Hat
4 7 (3.59%) Google
5 6 (3.08%) Dell
5 6 (3.08%) ServiceNow
6 5 (2.56%) Palo Alto
6 5 (2.56%) Ping Identity
6 5 (2.56%) Splunk
7 4 (2.05%) Cisco
7 4 (2.05%) F5
7 4 (2.05%) NetApp
7 4 (2.05%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.54%) CheckPoint
8 3 (1.54%) Databricks
8 3 (1.54%) ForgeRock
8 3 (1.54%) Juniper
8 3 (1.54%) SAP
9 2 (1.03%) MuleSoft
9 2 (1.03%) Virgin Media