AWS Fargate Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London
AWS Fargate
UK > UK excluding London
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London citing AWS Fargate skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 11 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 476 | 381 | 333 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -95 | -48 | +66 |
| Contract jobs citing AWS Fargate | 15 | 19 | 22 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London | 0.052% | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 0.18% | 0.34% | 0.45% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 10 | 10 | 13 |
| 10th Percentile | £345 | £400 | £488 |
| 25th Percentile | £372 | £472 | £506 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £400 | £523 | £522 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -23.44% | +0.10% | -0.57% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £586 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £484 | £600 | £620 |
| UK median daily rate | £425 | £508 | £524 |
| % change year-on-year | -16.26% | -3.06% | -12.75% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £72.20 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £74.00 | - | - |
| Median hourly rate | £76.00 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £77.44 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £78.23 | - | - |
| UK median hourly rate | £73.50 | - | - |
All Cloud Computing Skills
UK excluding London
AWS Fargate falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies citing cloud computing skills in the UK excluding London.
| 6 months to 11 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies citing cloud computing skills | 8,387 | 5,611 | 4,896 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London | 29.15% | 32.93% | 29.74% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 5,354 | 3,836 | 3,140 |
| 10th Percentile | £275 | £225 | £256 |
| 25th Percentile | £403 | £375 | £397 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £475 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.26% | -5.00% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £575 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £650 | £675 |
| UK median daily rate | £525 | £500 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -4.76% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 540 | 183 | 117 |
| 10th Percentile | £15.50 | £12.90 | £18.18 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.95 | £15.78 | £21.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £33.99 | £21.00 | £33.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +61.86% | -36.36% | +46.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £41.05 | £60.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £80.46 | £67.25 | £70.00 |
| UK median hourly rate | £35.00 | £25.15 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +39.17% | -28.14% | +9.38% |
AWS Fargate Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing AWS Fargate relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.
AWS Fargate Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing AWS Fargate.
AWS Fargate Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing AWS Fargate in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 11 November 2026.
AWS Fargate Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing AWS Fargate.
AWS Fargate Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AWS Fargate within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 November 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North of England | -66 | 10 | £400 | -23.81% | 6 |
| North West | -49 | 5 | - | - | 5 |
| North East | - | 5 | £400 | - | 1 |
| East of England | -27 | 2 | £345 | -35.81% | 4 |
| South West | -28 | 1 | £463 | - | 2 |
| South East | -66 | 1 | £375 | - | 2 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | £600 | - | 7 |
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AWS Fargate Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Cloud Services
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AWS | 100.0% | 15 |
| 2 | AWS Lambda | 93.3% | 14 |
| 2 | Serverless | 93.3% | 14 |
| 4 | Amazon ECS | 66.7% | 10 |
| 4 | Amazon SQS | 66.7% | 10 |
| 6 | Amazon S3 | 60.0% | 9 |
| 7 | Amazon EKS | 53.3% | 8 |
| 8 | Amazon CloudWatch | 46.7% | 7 |
| 9 | Amazon ECR | 33.3% | 5 |
| 9 | AWS KMS | 33.3% | 5 |
| 9 | Kong | 33.3% | 5 |
| 12 | Virtual Private Cloud | 26.7% | 4 |
| 13 | Amazon EventBridge | 20.0% | 3 |
| 13 | Amazon Kinesis | 20.0% | 3 |
| 13 | AWS CloudFormation | 20.0% | 3 |
| 16 | AWS Control Tower | 13.3% | 2 |
| 16 | CloudFront | 13.3% | 2 |
| 18 | Amazon Bedrock | 6.7% | 1 |
| 18 | Amazon EC2 | 6.7% | 1 |
| 18 | Amazon SageMaker | 6.7% | 1 |