Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Somerset > Taunton
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Taunton requiring AWS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 29 Nov 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 6 | 8 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | +2 | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing AWS | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Taunton | 21.74% | 5.26% | - |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 45.45% | 25.00% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £582 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £630 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £710 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £721 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £728 | - | - |
| Somerset median daily rate | £625 | £575 | £413 |
| % change year-on-year | +8.70% | +39.39% | -37.74% |
All Cloud Skills
Taunton
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 Taunton.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills | 11 | 4 | 11 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Taunton | 47.83% | 21.05% | 44.00% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| 10th Percentile | £316 | - | £550 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £550 | £575 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £575 | £650 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.35% | -11.54% | +10.17% |
| 75th Percentile | £710 | £600 | £739 |
| 90th Percentile | £723 | - | £753 |
| Somerset median daily rate | £345 | £520 | £413 |
| % change year-on-year | -33.65% | +26.06% | -25.31% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Taunton
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing AWS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Taunton.
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Daily Rate Trend in Taunton
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Taunton citing AWS.
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Daily Rate Histogram in Taunton
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing AWS in Taunton over the 6 months to 29 November 2025.
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Taunton 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: