AWS Contract Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Yorkshire requiring AWS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 14 21
Rank change year-on-year -6 +7 -13
Contract jobs citing AWS 123 82 44
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 11.00% 12.85% 9.82%
As % of the Cloud Services category 29.50% 40.80% 30.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 57 29
10th Percentile £406 £330 £482
25th Percentile £475 £403 £507
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year +12.23% -13.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £669 £550 £622
90th Percentile £688 £665 £646
Yorkshire median daily rate £515 £500 £498
% change year-on-year +2.93% +0.50% -13.48%

All Cloud Computing Skills
South Yorkshire

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 South Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 417 201 145
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 37.30% 31.50% 32.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 283 150 95
10th Percentile £353 £280 £270
25th Percentile £445 £358 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £473 £515
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -8.25% -13.15%
75th Percentile £600 £538 £589
90th Percentile £675 £601 £642
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £475 £495
% change year-on-year +5.26% -4.04% -5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £20.50
Median hourly rate £16.00 - £21.50
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.26%
75th Percentile - - £22.00
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median hourly rate £19.00 £200.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -90.50% +830.23% +1.15%

AWS
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing AWS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire.

AWS job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

AWS
Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing AWS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing AWS

AWS
Daily Rate Histogram in South Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing AWS in South Yorkshire over the 6 months to 16 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for AWS in South Yorkshire

AWS
Contract Job Locations in South Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 16 September 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
Sheffield -1 121 £544 +14.55% 38
AWS
Yorkshire

AWS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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 (14.63%) Confluence
2 5 (4.07%) Apache Spark
3 4 (3.25%) Apache
3 4 (3.25%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (3.25%) Apache Superset
4 2 (1.63%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 93 (75.61%) GCP
2 81 (65.85%) Azure
3 22 (17.89%) GitHub
4 10 (8.13%) GitHub Actions
5 7 (5.69%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 6 (4.88%) Entra ID
6 6 (4.88%) OCI
6 6 (4.88%) Serverless
7 5 (4.07%) AWS CloudFormation
8 4 (3.25%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (3.25%) LangSmith
9 3 (2.44%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (2.44%) Kong
9 3 (2.44%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (2.44%) Stackdriver
10 2 (1.63%) AWS CodeBuild
10 2 (1.63%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 2 (1.63%) Power Platform
10 2 (1.63%) PowerApps
10 2 (1.63%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 25 (20.33%) Network Security
2 3 (2.44%) DNS
2 3 (2.44%) Kerberos
3 2 (1.63%) BGP
3 2 (1.63%) LAN
3 2 (1.63%) Multicast
3 2 (1.63%) WAN
4 1 (0.81%) Calico
4 1 (0.81%) Ethernet VPN
4 1 (0.81%) HTTP
4 1 (0.81%) Internet
4 1 (0.81%) NaaS
4 1 (0.81%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (8.13%) SQL Server
2 8 (6.50%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (5.69%) Metadata
4 6 (4.88%) Relational Database
5 5 (4.07%) Redis
6 4 (3.25%) Big Data
6 4 (3.25%) Data Lake
6 4 (3.25%) Neo4j
6 4 (3.25%) Trino
7 2 (1.63%) Flink
8 1 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.81%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.81%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 30 (24.39%) Jenkins
2 22 (17.89%) JIRA
3 7 (5.69%) Git
3 7 (5.69%) GitLab
3 7 (5.69%) Maven
3 7 (5.69%) Sonatype Nexus
4 6 (4.88%) SonarQube
5 3 (2.44%) Bitbucket
6 2 (1.63%) Claude Code
6 2 (1.63%) Terragrunt
7 1 (0.81%) Gatling
7 1 (0.81%) JMeter
7 1 (0.81%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.81%) MSBuild
7 1 (0.81%) NeoLoad
7 1 (0.81%) Visual Studio
General
1 61 (49.59%) Social Skills
2 57 (46.34%) Finance
3 20 (16.26%) Banking
4 9 (7.32%) Financial Institution
5 8 (6.50%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (4.88%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (4.88%) Influencing Skills
6 6 (4.88%) Publishing
7 5 (4.07%) Public Sector
8 4 (3.25%) Law
9 2 (1.63%) Billing
10 1 (0.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.81%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.81%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 27 (21.95%) DevOps Engineer
2 21 (17.07%) Consultant
3 18 (14.63%) Developer
4 17 (13.82%) DevSecOps Consultant
5 16 (13.01%) Lead
6 10 (8.13%) Java Developer
6 10 (8.13%) Platform Engineer
7 9 (7.32%) Architect
7 9 (7.32%) Senior
8 7 (5.69%) Lead DevOps
8 7 (5.69%) Lead DevOps Engineer
9 6 (4.88%) .NET Developer
9 6 (4.88%) Software Engineer
10 5 (4.07%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 5 (4.07%) Python Engineer
10 5 (4.07%) Security Consultant
10 5 (4.07%) Security Engineer
11 4 (3.25%) Site Reliability Engineer
11 4 (3.25%) Solutions Architect
12 3 (2.44%) Java Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (33.33%) Terraform
2 18 (14.63%) REST
3 12 (9.76%) JSON
4 11 (8.94%) Kafka
4 11 (8.94%) SLSA
5 10 (8.13%) .NET
5 10 (8.13%) Spring
6 8 (6.50%) AngularJS
6 8 (6.50%) React
7 7 (5.69%) .NET Core
7 7 (5.69%) ASP.NET
7 7 (5.69%) Node.js
7 7 (5.69%) OAuth
7 7 (5.69%) SailPoint
7 7 (5.69%) Spring Boot
7 7 (5.69%) Web Services
8 6 (4.88%) OpenID
8 6 (4.88%) YAML
9 5 (4.07%) SAML
10 4 (3.25%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 27 (21.95%) Cloud Native
2 15 (12.20%) Data Protection Act
3 13 (10.57%) Enterprise Software
4 11 (8.94%) Security Posture
5 9 (7.32%) AI Agents
5 9 (7.32%) Data Centre
6 8 (6.50%) Onboarding
7 7 (5.69%) Product Ownership
8 5 (4.07%) Public Cloud
9 4 (3.25%) Autonomous Agent
9 4 (3.25%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (3.25%) PKI
9 4 (3.25%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (2.44%) Cyber Security Posture
11 2 (1.63%) Clustering
11 2 (1.63%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (1.63%) Hybrid Cloud
11 2 (1.63%) Private Cloud
11 2 (1.63%) Replication
12 1 (0.81%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 14 (11.38%) Linux
2 3 (2.44%) AIX
2 3 (2.44%) Windows
3 1 (0.81%) CoreOS
3 1 (0.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.81%) Unix
3 1 (0.81%) VMS
3 1 (0.81%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (69.92%) CI/CD
2 60 (48.78%) DevOps
3 49 (39.84%) DevSecOps
4 37 (30.08%) Observability
4 37 (30.08%) Stakeholder Management
5 34 (27.64%) Infrastructure as Code
6 31 (25.20%) Cloud Security
6 31 (25.20%) Cybersecurity
7 27 (21.95%) Roadmaps
7 27 (21.95%) Software Engineering
8 26 (21.14%) AI
9 25 (20.33%) SBOM
10 24 (19.51%) Microservices
10 24 (19.51%) Vulnerability Management
11 23 (18.70%) Threat Modelling
12 22 (17.89%) Application Security
12 22 (17.89%) Platform Engineering
13 20 (16.26%) Agile
14 19 (15.45%) Secrets Management
14 19 (15.45%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 40 (32.52%) Java
2 39 (31.71%) Python
3 19 (15.45%) SQL
4 8 (6.50%) Groovy
5 7 (5.69%) Kotlin
6 6 (4.88%) Bash
7 5 (4.07%) PowerShell
8 4 (3.25%) C#
8 4 (3.25%) JavaScript
8 4 (3.25%) Shell Script
9 3 (2.44%) Go
10 2 (1.63%) Bicep
11 1 (0.81%) Cypher
11 1 (0.81%) Scala
11 1 (0.81%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 22 (17.89%) CISSP
2 20 (16.26%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 20 (16.26%) CCSP
2 20 (16.26%) Cisco Certification
2 20 (16.26%) CISM
3 10 (8.13%) AWS Certification
4 6 (4.88%) CCSK
5 5 (4.07%) Security Cleared
6 4 (3.25%) Degree
6 4 (3.25%) SC Cleared
7 3 (2.44%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.63%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.81%) CEH
9 1 (0.81%) CompTIA CySA+
9 1 (0.81%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.81%) GSEC
9 1 (0.81%) RHCA
9 1 (0.81%) SANS
9 1 (0.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.69%) QA
2 6 (4.88%) NIST
2 6 (4.88%) PCI DSS
3 2 (1.63%) GRC
3 2 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.81%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.81%) GDPR
4 1 (0.81%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.81%) SOC 2
System Software
1 28 (22.76%) Docker
2 14 (11.38%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.63%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (1.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.81%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
4 1 (0.81%) Ceph
4 1 (0.81%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.81%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.81%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 67 (54.47%) Kubernetes
2 20 (16.26%) Ansible
3 10 (8.13%) Prometheus
4 8 (6.50%) Grafana
5 7 (5.69%) Kustomize
6 4 (3.25%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (2.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.81%) Argo
8 1 (0.81%) Cilium
8 1 (0.81%) IBM Guardium
8 1 (0.81%) Packer
8 1 (0.81%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.81%) QRadar
8 1 (0.81%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 23 (18.70%) Microsoft
2 11 (8.94%) Google
3 8 (6.50%) ServiceNow
4 6 (4.88%) Centrify
4 6 (4.88%) CyberArk
4 6 (4.88%) Sonatype
5 4 (3.25%) OpenAI
5 4 (3.25%) Splunk
6 3 (2.44%) Oracle
7 2 (1.63%) Atlassian
7 2 (1.63%) Databricks
7 2 (1.63%) IBM
7 2 (1.63%) Okta
7 2 (1.63%) VMware
8 1 (0.81%) Arista
8 1 (0.81%) BiZZdesign
8 1 (0.81%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (0.81%) Dynatrace
8 1 (0.81%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.81%) Veeam