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 9 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 13 17
Rank change year-on-year -6 +4 -4
Contract jobs citing AWS 194 200 264
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 7.26% 10.70% 8.38%
As % of the Cloud Services category 27.36% 34.48% 30.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 145 159 220
10th Percentile £375 £431 £359
25th Percentile £419 £513 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -10.42% +4.35% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £683
90th Percentile £713 £712 £706
England median daily rate £525 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 4
10th Percentile £51.77 - £67.15
25th Percentile £52.61 - £74.13
Median hourly rate £54.00 - £78.00
75th Percentile £62.36 - -
90th Percentile £67.37 - -
England median hourly rate £75.00 £55.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year +35.14% +20.18% -28.95%

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 709 580 871
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 26.54% 31.03% 27.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 505 400 664
10th Percentile £227 £225 £211
25th Percentile £400 £425 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £511
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +2.69% -7.05%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £630
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 43 11 36
10th Percentile £18.87 £12.50 -
25th Percentile £31.38 £17.67 £14.25
Median hourly rate £57.50 £26.50 £16.95
Median % change year-on-year +116.98% +56.39% -70.53%
75th Percentile £58.75 £28.99 £33.00
90th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £78.00
England median hourly rate £35.81 £27.50 £22.23
% change year-on-year +30.22% +23.73% -11.10%

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 9 February 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 9 February 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 9 February 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 +4 68 £530 -3.64% 47
Gloucestershire -8 42 £550 -10.57% 63
Wiltshire -15 35 £531 -16.84% 28
Dorset +9 15 £398 -9.69% 12
Devon -11 13 £575 -4.17% 15
Somerset -5 10 £575 - 13
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 6 (3.09%) Apache Spark
2 5 (2.58%) Apache
2 5 (2.58%) Oracle Application Server
3 4 (2.06%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (2.06%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.55%) SharePoint
5 2 (1.03%) Documentum
6 1 (0.52%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.52%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 91 (46.91%) Azure
2 33 (17.01%) GCP
3 20 (10.31%) GitHub
4 13 (6.70%) Amazon EC2
4 13 (6.70%) Amazon S3
4 13 (6.70%) AWS CloudFormation
4 13 (6.70%) Azure DevOps
4 13 (6.70%) Serverless
5 11 (5.67%) AWS Lambda
5 11 (5.67%) Entra ID
5 11 (5.67%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (5.67%) OpenShift
6 10 (5.15%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 8 (4.12%) GitHub Actions
7 8 (4.12%) npm
7 8 (4.12%) Power Platform
8 7 (3.61%) Amazon ECS
8 7 (3.61%) Amazon EKS
9 5 (2.58%) Azure Sentinel
9 5 (2.58%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.61%) Firewall
1 7 (3.61%) VPN
2 5 (2.58%) TCP/IP
3 4 (2.06%) DHCP
3 4 (2.06%) DNS
3 4 (2.06%) Network Security
3 4 (2.06%) WAN
4 3 (1.55%) HTTP
4 3 (1.55%) LAN
5 2 (1.03%) NAS
5 2 (1.03%) Reverse Proxy
5 2 (1.03%) SAN
5 2 (1.03%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.52%) 2G
6 1 (0.52%) BGP
6 1 (0.52%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (0.52%) OSPF
6 1 (0.52%) SSL
6 1 (0.52%) VLAN
6 1 (0.52%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (12.89%) PostgreSQL
2 18 (9.28%) MongoDB
3 12 (6.19%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (6.19%) NoSQL
4 9 (4.64%) Amazon RDS
4 9 (4.64%) MySQL
5 8 (4.12%) Power BI
6 6 (3.09%) DynamoDB
6 6 (3.09%) SQL Server
7 5 (2.58%) Amazon Aurora
7 5 (2.58%) Elasticsearch
7 5 (2.58%) Oracle ODI
7 5 (2.58%) Oracle Reports
7 5 (2.58%) Star Schema
8 3 (1.55%) Big Data
8 3 (1.55%) Geospatial Data
8 3 (1.55%) GIS
9 2 (1.03%) Apache Hive
9 2 (1.03%) Flink
9 2 (1.03%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 27 (13.92%) Jenkins
2 20 (10.31%) Git
3 18 (9.28%) GitLab
4 5 (2.58%) DBeaver
5 4 (2.06%) JIRA
5 4 (2.06%) Oracle APEX
6 3 (1.55%) SonarQube
7 2 (1.03%) Bitbucket
7 2 (1.03%) Cucumber
7 2 (1.03%) Cypress.io
7 2 (1.03%) Postman
7 2 (1.03%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.52%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.52%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.52%) JBehave
8 1 (0.52%) Maven
8 1 (0.52%) Mocha
8 1 (0.52%) Mockito
8 1 (0.52%) Selenium
8 1 (0.52%) Snyk
General
1 45 (23.20%) Social Skills
2 39 (20.10%) Public Sector
3 17 (8.76%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (7.22%) Finance
5 9 (4.64%) Military
6 5 (2.58%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (2.06%) Aerospace
7 4 (2.06%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.55%) Banking
8 3 (1.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.55%) Tech for Good
9 2 (1.03%) Electronics
9 2 (1.03%) Law
9 2 (1.03%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.03%) Marketing
10 1 (0.52%) Legal
10 1 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 39 (20.10%) Developer
2 24 (12.37%) Senior
3 23 (11.86%) Analyst
4 19 (9.79%) Architect
5 15 (7.73%) DevOps Engineer
5 15 (7.73%) Software Engineer
6 13 (6.70%) Lead
7 12 (6.19%) Java Developer
8 11 (5.67%) Security Analyst
9 9 (4.64%) Data Engineer
9 9 (4.64%) Security Engineer
10 8 (4.12%) Senior Developer
11 7 (3.61%) Full-Stack Developer
11 7 (3.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 7 (3.61%) Solutions Architect
12 6 (3.09%) AWS Engineer
12 6 (3.09%) Linux Engineer
12 6 (3.09%) Senior Java Developer
13 5 (2.58%) Administrator
13 5 (2.58%) Quality Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (14.43%) React
2 25 (12.89%) Node.js
3 13 (6.70%) REST
4 12 (6.19%) Spring
5 10 (5.15%) AngularJS
5 10 (5.15%) RESTful
6 9 (4.64%) CSS
6 9 (4.64%) HTML
6 9 (4.64%) Spring Boot
7 7 (3.61%) OAuth
7 7 (3.61%) OAuth2
7 7 (3.61%) SOAP
8 6 (3.09%) .NET
8 6 (3.09%) Kafka
8 6 (3.09%) OpenID
9 5 (2.58%) Express.js
9 5 (2.58%) Oracle GoldenGate
9 5 (2.58%) SAML
9 5 (2.58%) Vue
10 4 (2.06%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (10.82%) Cloud Native
2 10 (5.15%) Cyber Defence
3 9 (4.64%) Product Ownership
4 8 (4.12%) Data Centre
5 7 (3.61%) Onboarding
6 6 (3.09%) Replication
7 4 (2.06%) CMDB
7 4 (2.06%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.55%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.55%) Enterprise Cloud
8 3 (1.55%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.55%) Security Posture
8 3 (1.55%) Virtual Team
9 2 (1.03%) Distributed Computing
9 2 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.03%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.03%) Private Cloud
9 2 (1.03%) Public Cloud
10 1 (0.52%) Algorithms
10 1 (0.52%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 26 (13.40%) Linux
2 16 (8.25%) Windows
3 9 (4.64%) Unix
4 6 (3.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (2.58%) Windows Server
6 4 (2.06%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (1.03%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.52%) Debian
8 1 (0.52%) Rocky
8 1 (0.52%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (31.96%) Agile
2 58 (29.90%) CI/CD
3 55 (28.35%) DevOps
4 33 (17.01%) Infrastructure as Code
5 26 (13.40%) Problem-Solving
6 25 (12.89%) Containerisation
7 22 (11.34%) Analytics
8 20 (10.31%) Software Engineering
9 18 (9.28%) Continuous Improvement
9 18 (9.28%) Full-Stack Development
9 18 (9.28%) Mentoring
9 18 (9.28%) Microservices
10 15 (7.73%) Roadmaps
11 14 (7.22%) ETL
11 14 (7.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 14 (7.22%) Stakeholder Management
11 14 (7.22%) Technical Leadership
11 14 (7.22%) Test Automation
12 13 (6.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 12 (6.19%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 55 (28.35%) Python
2 35 (18.04%) JavaScript
3 33 (17.01%) Java
4 31 (15.98%) SQL
5 25 (12.89%) TypeScript
6 15 (7.73%) Bash
7 14 (7.22%) PowerShell
8 8 (4.12%) Shell Script
9 5 (2.58%) Ruby
10 4 (2.06%) PL/SQL
11 3 (1.55%) Bicep
11 3 (1.55%) C#
11 3 (1.55%) Go
12 2 (1.03%) C
13 1 (0.52%) C++
13 1 (0.52%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 95 (48.97%) Security Cleared
2 75 (38.66%) SC Cleared
3 23 (11.86%) DV Cleared
4 12 (6.19%) Degree
5 8 (4.12%) AWS Certification
5 8 (4.12%) CISSP
6 6 (3.09%) CompTIA CySA+
6 6 (3.09%) Network+ Certification
6 6 (3.09%) SANS
7 4 (2.06%) Azure Certification
7 4 (2.06%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (2.06%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.55%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 2 (1.03%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (1.03%) CISM
9 2 (1.03%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.52%) CSPO
10 1 (0.52%) GCIH
10 1 (0.52%) GIAC
10 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.67%) GDPR
2 8 (4.12%) Data Quality
3 7 (3.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (3.61%) QA
4 6 (3.09%) NCSC
5 4 (2.06%) NIST
6 3 (1.55%) PSD2
6 3 (1.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (1.03%) Government Security Classifications
7 2 (1.03%) GRC
7 2 (1.03%) PCI DSS
7 2 (1.03%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.52%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.52%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.52%) SLA
8 1 (0.52%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.52%) WCAG
System Software
1 42 (21.65%) Docker
2 15 (7.73%) Active Directory
3 6 (3.09%) Hyper-V
4 5 (2.58%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (2.06%) Oracle RAC
6 2 (1.03%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (1.03%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.52%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 50 (25.77%) Kubernetes
2 46 (23.71%) Terraform
3 21 (10.82%) Ansible
4 12 (6.19%) Grafana
4 12 (6.19%) Prometheus
5 7 (3.61%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (3.09%) Argo
7 5 (2.58%) Dell DRAC
7 5 (2.58%) Red Hat Satellite
8 4 (2.06%) Data Guard
8 4 (2.06%) Kibana
9 3 (1.55%) Nagios
9 3 (1.55%) Puppet
9 3 (1.55%) SCCM
10 2 (1.03%) PingFederate
10 2 (1.03%) Podman
10 2 (1.03%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.52%) logstash
11 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
11 1 (0.52%) Rancher
Vendors
1 34 (17.53%) Microsoft
2 15 (7.73%) Oracle
3 9 (4.64%) Red Hat
4 7 (3.61%) Google
4 7 (3.61%) ServiceNow
5 6 (3.09%) Dell
6 5 (2.58%) Cisco
6 5 (2.58%) Ping Identity
6 5 (2.58%) Splunk
7 4 (2.06%) NetApp
7 4 (2.06%) Palo Alto
8 3 (1.55%) ESRI
8 3 (1.55%) F5
8 3 (1.55%) ForgeRock
8 3 (1.55%) Juniper
8 3 (1.55%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.55%) VMware
9 2 (1.03%) Broadcom
9 2 (1.03%) Databricks
9 2 (1.03%) Virgin Media