AWS Contracts in the UK excluding London

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for AWS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited AWS over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 21 13 15
Rank change year-on-year -8 +2 -2
Contract jobs citing AWS 1,350 2,415 3,056
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.57% 10.11% 9.89%
As % of the Cloud Services category 25.36% 30.42% 30.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,033 1,875 2,283
10th Percentile £350 £413 £408
25th Percentile £425 £475 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.74%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £625
90th Percentile £688 £700 £675
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £580
% change year-on-year -4.35% -0.86% +10.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 33 13
10th Percentile £27.75 £21.30 £42.40
25th Percentile £35.00 £35.00 £46.25
Median hourly rate £46.18 £65.00 £50.77
Median % change year-on-year -28.95% +28.03% -12.47%
75th Percentile £71.87 £75.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £78.00 £65.53
UK median hourly rate £50.59 £75.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -32.55% +36.36% +32.53%

All Cloud Skills
UK excluding London

AWS is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 5,324 7,938 9,970
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 25.90% 33.22% 32.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,773 5,882 7,298
10th Percentile £213 £250 £206
25th Percentile £370 £409 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £588
90th Percentile £675 £688 £669
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 259 230 288
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.00 £13.25
25th Percentile £15.00 £16.31 £15.20
Median hourly rate £17.69 £24.62 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.15% +29.58% -5.00%
75th Percentile £26.50 £64.88 £25.00
90th Percentile £61.60 £75.00 £55.00
UK median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -40.00% +62.79% -6.52%

AWS
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing AWS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for AWS in the UK excluding London

AWS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing AWS in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for AWS in the UK excluding London

AWS
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing AWS in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for AWS in the UK excluding London

AWS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing AWS in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for AWS in the UK excluding London

AWS
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing AWS in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for AWS in the UK excluding London

AWS
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 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 4 May 2024. 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
North of England -3 439 £500 -9.09% 368
South East -3 291 £575 - 227
North West -1 289 £492 -10.50% 218
Scotland -3 240 £480 -2.04% 124
South West -10 190 £550 -4.35% 227
Yorkshire -8 131 £531 -3.41% 109
Midlands -5 127 £500 -7.41% 199
West Midlands -27 69 £550 +1.85% 120
East Midlands +15 58 £450 -24.21% 78
East of England -41 50 £550 -5.66% 117
North East -10 21 £575 -4.17% 42
Wales -2 20 £558 -3.04% 39
Northern Ireland -1 4 £675 +12.50% 65
Isle of Man - 3 - - 1
AWS
UK

AWS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 50 (3.70%) Confluence
2 32 (2.37%) Apache Spark
3 31 (2.30%) Apache Airflow
4 30 (2.22%) Apache
5 11 (0.81%) CMS
6 10 (0.74%) OpenStack
6 10 (0.74%) SharePoint
7 9 (0.67%) SAS
8 7 (0.52%) JBoss
9 5 (0.37%) Cloud Foundry
9 5 (0.37%) GeoServer
9 5 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
9 5 (0.37%) nginx
9 5 (0.37%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 4 (0.30%) Mule
11 3 (0.22%) WordPress
12 2 (0.15%) Drupal
12 2 (0.15%) GemFire
12 2 (0.15%) Traefik
13 1 (0.074%) Luigi
Applications
1 5 (0.37%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.22%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.074%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (0.44%) Temenos T24
2 3 (0.22%) PeopleSoft HCM
2 3 (0.22%) Workday HCM
3 2 (0.15%) Avolution ABACUS
3 2 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.15%) SAP ERP
3 2 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.074%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.074%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.074%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.074%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 486 (36.00%) Azure
2 176 (13.04%) Serverless
3 166 (12.30%) Amazon S3
4 158 (11.70%) GCP
5 143 (10.59%) AWS Lambda
6 107 (7.93%) Amazon EC2
6 107 (7.93%) AWS CloudFormation
7 74 (5.48%) OpenShift
8 64 (4.74%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 57 (4.22%) GitHub
9 57 (4.22%) Snowflake
10 55 (4.07%) SaaS
11 53 (3.93%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 50 (3.70%) Amazon EKS
13 44 (3.26%) Microsoft 365
14 33 (2.44%) Power Platform
15 32 (2.37%) PaaS
16 30 (2.22%) Amazon SQS
17 28 (2.07%) Azure DevOps
18 27 (2.00%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 68 (5.04%) Firewall
2 55 (4.07%) VPN
3 51 (3.78%) SSL
4 45 (3.33%) DNS
5 39 (2.89%) Network Security
6 31 (2.30%) TCP/IP
7 25 (1.85%) WAN
8 24 (1.78%) LAN
9 16 (1.19%) SAN
10 14 (1.04%) DHCP
10 14 (1.04%) OSPF
10 14 (1.04%) Wireless
11 10 (0.74%) PBX
11 10 (0.74%) VoIP
12 9 (0.67%) HTTP
12 9 (0.67%) VLAN
13 7 (0.52%) BGP
13 7 (0.52%) Ethernet
13 7 (0.52%) MPLS
13 7 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 123 (9.11%) PostgreSQL
2 64 (4.74%) Amazon RDS
3 62 (4.59%) MongoDB
4 59 (4.37%) Relational Database
5 55 (4.07%) MySQL
6 48 (3.56%) Amazon Aurora
7 46 (3.41%) SQL Server
8 42 (3.11%) Data Warehouse
8 42 (3.11%) Oracle Database
9 38 (2.81%) Big Data
10 37 (2.74%) NoSQL
11 36 (2.67%) Elasticsearch
12 34 (2.52%) Amazon Redshift
13 26 (1.93%) Power BI
14 22 (1.63%) Data Lake
15 20 (1.48%) DynamoDB
16 19 (1.41%) Amazon Athena
17 18 (1.33%) Hadoop
17 18 (1.33%) Oracle Database 11g
17 18 (1.33%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 157 (11.63%) Jenkins
2 120 (8.89%) GitLab
3 111 (8.22%) Git
4 103 (7.63%) JIRA
5 40 (2.96%) SonarQube
6 33 (2.44%) Selenium
7 32 (2.37%) Cypress.io
8 30 (2.22%) Cucumber
9 19 (1.41%) Maven
10 15 (1.11%) Bitbucket
10 15 (1.11%) JUnit
10 15 (1.11%) webpack
11 13 (0.96%) Sonatype Nexus
12 12 (0.89%) Artifactory
12 12 (0.89%) REST Assured
13 11 (0.81%) JMeter
14 9 (0.67%) Burp Suite
14 9 (0.67%) Gradle
14 9 (0.67%) Rational DOORS
14 9 (0.67%) TeamCity
General
1 239 (17.70%) Social Skills
2 139 (10.30%) Finance
3 128 (9.48%) Public Sector
4 104 (7.70%) Analytical Skills
5 53 (3.93%) Banking
6 37 (2.74%) Retail
7 24 (1.78%) Telecoms
8 21 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 18 (1.33%) Legal
10 16 (1.19%) Manufacturing
11 14 (1.04%) Marketing
12 11 (0.81%) Back Office
12 11 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
13 10 (0.74%) Law
14 9 (0.67%) Pharmaceutical
15 8 (0.59%) Police
15 8 (0.59%) Tech for Good
16 7 (0.52%) Automotive
16 7 (0.52%) Digital Economy
16 7 (0.52%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 366 (27.11%) Developer
2 207 (15.33%) Architect
3 128 (9.48%) DevOps Engineer
4 119 (8.81%) Senior
5 95 (7.04%) AWS Engineer
5 95 (7.04%) Java Developer
6 83 (6.15%) Lead
7 68 (5.04%) Data Engineer
8 63 (4.67%) Software Engineer
8 63 (4.67%) Solutions Architect
9 57 (4.22%) Cloud Engineer
9 57 (4.22%) Full Stack Developer
10 46 (3.41%) Analyst
11 45 (3.33%) AWS DevOps
12 42 (3.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 37 (2.74%) AWS DevOps Engineer
14 34 (2.52%) AWS Architect
14 34 (2.52%) Network Engineer
15 33 (2.44%) Platform Engineer
16 28 (2.07%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 158 (11.70%) React
2 121 (8.96%) Node.js
3 111 (8.22%) Spring
4 109 (8.07%) REST
5 99 (7.33%) RESTful
6 98 (7.26%) Spring Boot
7 84 (6.22%) Web Services
8 72 (5.33%) AngularJS
8 72 (5.33%) AWS CDK
9 67 (4.96%) CSS
10 61 (4.52%) HTML
11 55 (4.07%) Kafka
12 52 (3.85%) .NET
13 41 (3.04%) Elastic Stack
14 39 (2.89%) OAuth
15 27 (2.00%) RabbitMQ
16 26 (1.93%) JSON
17 25 (1.85%) GraphQL
17 25 (1.85%) SOAP
18 24 (1.78%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 82 (6.07%) Public Cloud
2 63 (4.67%) PKI
3 56 (4.15%) Cloud Native
4 38 (2.81%) Distributed Systems
5 30 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
6 27 (2.00%) Data Protection Act
7 24 (1.78%) Data Structures
8 21 (1.56%) Data Centre
9 20 (1.48%) Product Ownership
10 16 (1.19%) Virtual Team
11 15 (1.11%) Enterprise Software
11 15 (1.11%) Onboarding
11 15 (1.11%) Replication
11 15 (1.11%) Security Posture
12 14 (1.04%) Greenfield Project
13 13 (0.96%) Self-Motivation
14 12 (0.89%) Video Conferencing
15 10 (0.74%) Mobile App
16 9 (0.67%) Blackberry
16 9 (0.67%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 191 (14.15%) Linux
2 114 (8.44%) Windows
3 45 (3.33%) Unix
4 44 (3.26%) Windows Server
5 40 (2.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 23 (1.70%) Apple iOS
7 17 (1.26%) Ubuntu
8 13 (0.96%) Android
9 7 (0.52%) CentOS
9 7 (0.52%) Mac OS
10 6 (0.44%) Debian
11 5 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
12 4 (0.30%) Data ONTAP
12 4 (0.30%) Solaris
12 4 (0.30%) Windows Server 2003
13 3 (0.22%) Kali Linux
13 3 (0.22%) VMS
13 3 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
14 2 (0.15%) Windows 10
14 2 (0.15%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 365 (27.04%) Agile
2 360 (26.67%) DevOps
3 321 (23.78%) CI/CD
4 172 (12.74%) Problem-Solving
5 169 (12.52%) Infrastructure as Code
6 162 (12.00%) Microservices
7 157 (11.63%) Software Engineering
8 134 (9.93%) Migration
9 126 (9.33%) Containerisation
10 124 (9.19%) Full Stack Development
11 115 (8.52%) Test Automation
12 111 (8.22%) Scrum
13 91 (6.74%) Roadmaps
14 86 (6.37%) Continuous Integration
15 84 (6.22%) SDLC
16 73 (5.41%) Stakeholder Management
17 72 (5.33%) Analytics
17 72 (5.33%) ETL
18 70 (5.19%) Decision-Making
18 70 (5.19%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 355 (26.30%) Python
2 320 (23.70%) Java
3 223 (16.52%) SQL
4 151 (11.19%) JavaScript
5 147 (10.89%) TypeScript
6 108 (8.00%) Bash
7 71 (5.26%) PowerShell
8 49 (3.63%) C#
9 46 (3.41%) Scala
10 41 (3.04%) Go
11 35 (2.59%) Shell Script
12 33 (2.44%) C
12 33 (2.44%) PHP
13 26 (1.93%) Ruby
14 25 (1.85%) PL/SQL
15 23 (1.70%) Perl
16 16 (1.19%) Groovy
17 10 (0.74%) Kotlin
18 8 (0.59%) Swift
19 7 (0.52%) C++
Qualifications
1 324 (24.00%) Security Cleared
2 220 (16.30%) SC Cleared
3 107 (7.93%) Degree
4 105 (7.78%) DV Cleared
5 54 (4.00%) AWS Certification
6 33 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
7 31 (2.30%) Cisco Certification
8 24 (1.78%) Azure Certification
9 18 (1.33%) CCNP
10 16 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
11 14 (1.04%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 14 (1.04%) BPSS Clearance
11 14 (1.04%) CCNA
12 13 (0.96%) TOGAF Certification
13 11 (0.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 8 (0.59%) CISSP
15 7 (0.52%) HND
15 7 (0.52%) Master's Degree
16 6 (0.44%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 6 (0.44%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (4.37%) QA
2 51 (3.78%) Accessibility
3 28 (2.07%) Data Quality
4 25 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 22 (1.63%) NIST
6 18 (1.33%) Disclosure Scotland
7 17 (1.26%) NCSC
8 13 (0.96%) PCI DSS
9 11 (0.81%) GDPR
10 8 (0.59%) SLA
11 7 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 4 (0.30%) Government Security Classifications
13 3 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
13 3 (0.22%) ISO 22301
13 3 (0.22%) WCAG
14 2 (0.15%) HIPAA
15 1 (0.074%) FATCA
15 1 (0.074%) ISO 20022
15 1 (0.074%) ISO 8583
15 1 (0.074%) MiFID
System Software
1 233 (17.26%) Docker
2 110 (8.15%) Active Directory
3 54 (4.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 28 (2.07%) Hyper-V
5 14 (1.04%) vSphere
6 10 (0.74%) VMware ESXi
7 7 (0.52%) HDFS
7 7 (0.52%) VMware NSX
8 6 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
9 5 (0.37%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (0.30%) GPFS
10 4 (0.30%) NFS
11 3 (0.22%) Apache ZooKeeper
11 3 (0.22%) OpenAM
11 3 (0.22%) OpenIDM
12 2 (0.15%) Varnish
13 1 (0.074%) ACF2
13 1 (0.074%) IAG
13 1 (0.074%) KVM
13 1 (0.074%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 284 (21.04%) Terraform
2 281 (20.81%) Kubernetes
3 172 (12.74%) Ansible
4 90 (6.67%) Grafana
5 59 (4.37%) Prometheus
6 41 (3.04%) Progress Chef
7 32 (2.37%) Docker Swarm
7 32 (2.37%) Puppet
8 24 (1.78%) Kibana
9 15 (1.11%) Nagios
10 14 (1.04%) Podman
10 14 (1.04%) Rancher
11 12 (0.89%) Istio
11 12 (0.89%) Single Sign-On
12 11 (0.81%) Graylog
12 11 (0.81%) HP Fortify
12 11 (0.81%) Packer
13 10 (0.74%) Microsoft Intune
14 9 (0.67%) SCCM
15 7 (0.52%) Nessus
Vendors
1 123 (9.11%) Microsoft
2 93 (6.89%) Oracle
3 84 (6.22%) VMware
4 67 (4.96%) Google
4 67 (4.96%) Splunk
5 44 (3.26%) Cisco
6 26 (1.93%) IBM
7 25 (1.85%) Informatica
7 25 (1.85%) Red Hat
8 23 (1.70%) Databricks
9 21 (1.56%) SAP
10 18 (1.33%) F5
11 17 (1.26%) ServiceNow
12 15 (1.11%) Palo Alto
13 14 (1.04%) SolarWinds
14 13 (0.96%) Atlassian
15 12 (0.89%) Salesforce
15 12 (0.89%) Talend
16 11 (0.81%) Avaya
16 11 (0.81%) Veritas