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 23 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 15 13
Rank change year-on-year -2 -2 +1
Contract jobs citing AWS 195 200 300
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 8.32% 9.62% 10.21%
As % of the Cloud Services category 29.02% 32.68% 34.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 158 245
10th Percentile £375 £421 £385
25th Percentile £454 £500 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £662 £685 £681
90th Percentile £713 £775 £738
England median daily rate £525 £575 £553
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.03% -7.88%
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 £84.50 £46.18 £46.18
% change year-on-year +82.98% - -19.69%

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 672 612 867
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 28.66% 29.42% 29.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 487 409 673
10th Percentile £250 £247 £217
25th Percentile £406 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +2.38%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £638
90th Percentile £700 £734 £700
England median daily rate £500 £530 £525
% change year-on-year -5.66% +0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 13 34
10th Percentile - £13.10 £14.28
25th Percentile £18.87 £19.83 £15.09
Median hourly rate £22.50 £27.13 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.05% +29.17% -63.64%
75th Percentile £47.41 £68.75 £33.00
90th Percentile £70.09 £70.00 £78.00
England median hourly rate £26.50 £29.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -8.62% +16.00% +11.11%

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 23 December 2025.

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 23 December 2025.

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 23 December 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 +12 74 £525 -2.78% 104
Wiltshire -3 42 £550 -10.20% 53
Gloucestershire -8 32 £550 -8.33% 149
Somerset -2 14 £600 +4.35% 62
Devon -10 12 £575 -7.13% 95
Dorset +7 9 £285 -35.37% 58
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 (3.08%) Oracle Application Server
2 4 (2.05%) Apache
2 4 (2.05%) Apache Airflow
2 4 (2.05%) Apache Spark
2 4 (2.05%) Microsoft Exchange
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
1 104 (53.33%) Azure
2 43 (22.05%) GCP
3 19 (9.74%) GitHub
4 17 (8.72%) Amazon EC2
4 17 (8.72%) Amazon S3
4 17 (8.72%) Azure DevOps
4 17 (8.72%) Serverless
5 13 (6.67%) AWS CloudFormation
5 13 (6.67%) AWS Lambda
6 11 (5.64%) Microsoft 365
7 10 (5.13%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 10 (5.13%) Entra ID
7 10 (5.13%) OpenShift
8 9 (4.62%) Power Platform
9 8 (4.10%) GitHub Actions
9 8 (4.10%) npm
10 6 (3.08%) Amazon ECS
10 6 (3.08%) Snowflake
11 5 (2.56%) Azure Sentinel
12 4 (2.05%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (5.13%) Firewall
2 9 (4.62%) 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%) BGP
8 1 (0.51%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (0.51%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.51%) SAN
8 1 (0.51%) VLAN
8 1 (0.51%) Wireless
8 1 (0.51%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (11.28%) PostgreSQL
2 13 (6.67%) MongoDB
3 10 (5.13%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (4.62%) NoSQL
4 9 (4.62%) Power BI
5 8 (4.10%) Amazon RDS
6 6 (3.08%) Oracle ODI
6 6 (3.08%) Oracle Reports
6 6 (3.08%) Star Schema
7 5 (2.56%) Big Data
7 5 (2.56%) SQL Server
8 4 (2.05%) Elasticsearch
8 4 (2.05%) MySQL
9 3 (1.54%) ClickHouse
9 3 (1.54%) DynamoDB
9 3 (1.54%) Geospatial Data
9 3 (1.54%) Hadoop
9 3 (1.54%) Oracle Database
10 2 (1.03%) Apache Hive
10 2 (1.03%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 30 (15.38%) Jenkins
2 21 (10.77%) Git
3 18 (9.23%) GitLab
4 6 (3.08%) DBeaver
5 5 (2.56%) JIRA
5 5 (2.56%) SonarQube
6 2 (1.03%) Bitbucket
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%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.51%) Maven
7 1 (0.51%) Mocha
7 1 (0.51%) Snyk
General
1 56 (28.72%) Social Skills
2 42 (21.54%) Public Sector
3 22 (11.28%) Finance
4 16 (8.21%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (4.62%) Military
5 9 (4.62%) Telecoms
6 6 (3.08%) Aerospace
7 5 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (2.56%) Manufacturing
8 4 (2.05%) Electronics
8 4 (2.05%) Marketing
8 4 (2.05%) Tech for Good
9 3 (1.54%) Banking
9 3 (1.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.03%) Law
11 1 (0.51%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.51%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.51%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 33 (16.92%) Developer
2 28 (14.36%) Architect
3 24 (12.31%) Analyst
3 24 (12.31%) Senior
4 15 (7.69%) Data Engineer
5 12 (6.15%) Lead
6 11 (5.64%) Security Analyst
6 11 (5.64%) Solutions Architect
7 10 (5.13%) Security Engineer
8 9 (4.62%) DevOps Engineer
8 9 (4.62%) Software Engineer
9 7 (3.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 6 (3.08%) AWS Engineer
10 6 (3.08%) Full-Stack Developer
10 6 (3.08%) Java Developer
10 6 (3.08%) Network Architect
10 6 (3.08%) Quality Engineer
11 5 (2.56%) Linux Engineer
11 5 (2.56%) Security Architect
11 5 (2.56%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (13.85%) Node.js
2 24 (12.31%) React
3 14 (7.18%) REST
4 9 (4.62%) RESTful
5 8 (4.10%) AngularJS
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%) Oracle GoldenGate
7 6 (3.08%) SOAP
7 6 (3.08%) Spring
8 5 (2.56%) Elastic Stack
8 5 (2.56%) Express.js
8 5 (2.56%) Next.js
8 5 (2.56%) SAML
9 4 (2.05%) Vue
9 4 (2.05%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 26 (13.33%) Cloud Native
2 13 (6.67%) Data Centre
3 10 (5.13%) Cyber Defence
4 9 (4.62%) Hybrid Cloud
5 8 (4.10%) Product Ownership
6 7 (3.59%) Replication
7 6 (3.08%) Onboarding
8 4 (2.05%) CMDB
8 4 (2.05%) IoT
9 3 (1.54%) Enterprise Cloud
9 3 (1.54%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.54%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.54%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.54%) Virtual Team
10 2 (1.03%) Cloud Security Posture
10 2 (1.03%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (1.03%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (1.03%) PKI
10 2 (1.03%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 24 (12.31%) Linux
2 15 (7.69%) Windows
3 9 (4.62%) Unix
4 5 (2.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (2.56%) Windows Server
5 4 (2.05%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (1.03%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (35.90%) Agile
2 69 (35.38%) CI/CD
3 58 (29.74%) DevOps
4 34 (17.44%) Infrastructure as Code
5 29 (14.87%) Problem-Solving
6 27 (13.85%) Containerisation
7 25 (12.82%) Microservices
8 20 (10.26%) Stakeholder Management
9 19 (9.74%) Analytics
9 19 (9.74%) Mentoring
10 18 (9.23%) Software Engineering
11 15 (7.69%) ETL
11 15 (7.69%) Test Automation
12 14 (7.18%) Business Intelligence
12 14 (7.18%) Cybersecurity
12 14 (7.18%) DevSecOps
12 14 (7.18%) Full-Stack Development
12 14 (7.18%) Incident Response
12 14 (7.18%) Roadmaps
12 14 (7.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 55 (28.21%) Python
2 29 (14.87%) TypeScript
3 27 (13.85%) Java
4 26 (13.33%) JavaScript
5 25 (12.82%) SQL
6 20 (10.26%) Bash
7 18 (9.23%) PowerShell
8 8 (4.10%) Shell Script
9 5 (2.56%) Ruby
10 4 (2.05%) Bicep
10 4 (2.05%) C
11 3 (1.54%) C#
12 2 (1.03%) Go
12 2 (1.03%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.51%) C++
13 1 (0.51%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 103 (52.82%) Security Cleared
2 77 (39.49%) SC Cleared
3 28 (14.36%) DV Cleared
4 12 (6.15%) AWS Certification
4 12 (6.15%) CISSP
5 11 (5.64%) Degree
6 7 (3.59%) Azure Certification
7 6 (3.08%) CompTIA CySA+
7 6 (3.08%) Network+ Certification
7 6 (3.08%) SANS
8 4 (2.05%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 4 (2.05%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (2.05%) CISM
9 3 (1.54%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.03%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (1.03%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (1.03%) OCA
10 2 (1.03%) OCP
10 2 (1.03%) Oracle Certification
10 2 (1.03%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (5.13%) GDPR
3 9 (4.62%) NCSC
3 9 (4.62%) NIST
4 8 (4.10%) Data Quality
4 8 (4.10%) QA
5 3 (1.54%) JSP 440
5 3 (1.54%) PSD2
5 3 (1.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (1.03%) Government Security Classifications
6 2 (1.03%) GRC
6 2 (1.03%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.03%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.51%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.51%) SLA
7 1 (0.51%) Software Quality Assurance
7 1 (0.51%) WCAG
System Software
1 41 (21.03%) Docker
2 14 (7.18%) Active Directory
3 6 (3.08%) Hyper-V
3 6 (3.08%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (1.03%) Oracle RAC
4 2 (1.03%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 50 (25.64%) Terraform
2 41 (21.03%) Kubernetes
3 24 (12.31%) Ansible
4 13 (6.67%) Grafana
5 12 (6.15%) Prometheus
6 7 (3.59%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (2.56%) Dell DRAC
7 5 (2.56%) Red Hat Satellite
8 4 (2.05%) Argo
8 4 (2.05%) Kibana
8 4 (2.05%) Puppet
9 3 (1.54%) SCCM
10 2 (1.03%) Data Guard
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%) logstash
11 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Intune
11 1 (0.51%) Rancher
Vendors
1 35 (17.95%) Microsoft
2 14 (7.18%) Oracle
3 9 (4.62%) Red Hat
4 8 (4.10%) Splunk
5 7 (3.59%) Google
6 6 (3.08%) Dell
6 6 (3.08%) ServiceNow
7 5 (2.56%) Palo Alto
7 5 (2.56%) Ping Identity
7 5 (2.56%) Salesforce
8 4 (2.05%) Cisco
8 4 (2.05%) F5
8 4 (2.05%) NetApp
8 4 (2.05%) SAP
9 3 (1.54%) CheckPoint
9 3 (1.54%) Databricks
9 3 (1.54%) ForgeRock
9 3 (1.54%) Juniper
10 2 (1.03%) ESRI
10 2 (1.03%) OpenText