AWS Contracts in the UK excluding London

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring AWS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited AWS over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 21 13
Rank change year-on-year +5 -8 +2
Contract jobs citing AWS 1,212 1,387 2,438
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 9.47% 6.68% 10.16%
As % of the Cloud Services category 29.57% 25.57% 30.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 916 1,060 1,899
10th Percentile £360 £355 £413
25th Percentile £433 £425 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +2.80%
75th Percentile £600 £623 £638
90th Percentile £681 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -0.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 12 33
10th Percentile £68.13 £28.48 £21.30
25th Percentile £70.63 £35.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £80.60 £49.34 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +63.36% -24.09% +24.68%
75th Percentile £172.19 £71.87 £75.00
90th Percentile £200.00 £72.44 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £75.60 £55.00 £73.00
% change year-on-year +37.45% -24.66% +32.73%

All Cloud Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 4,099 5,425 7,981
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 32.04% 26.14% 33.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,902 3,831 5,919
10th Percentile £240 £213 £240
25th Percentile £388 £375 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £489 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -2.20% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 159 260 226
10th Percentile £14.99 £14.00 £15.00
25th Percentile £16.95 £15.00 £16.62
Median hourly rate £21.46 £17.71 £24.62
Median % change year-on-year +21.21% -28.09% +31.31%
75th Percentile £33.45 £26.50 £64.88
90th Percentile £69.25 £61.51 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £27.35 £21.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +30.24% -40.00% +62.79%

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 2 May 2025.

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 2 May 2025.

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 2 May 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
North of England +5 371 £475 -6.86% 1,173
South East +11 237 £550 -4.35% 1,285
North West +1 227 £475 -5.00% 759
Scotland -4 217 £487 +1.46% 229
South West +8 173 £575 +5.26% 483
Midlands +10 131 £500 - 587
Yorkshire +3 106 £500 -6.98% 304
West Midlands +16 79 £525 -4.55% 301
East of England +27 63 £550 +4.76% 426
East Midlands +6 51 £481 +6.94% 234
North East +9 47 £515 -10.43% 116
Wales +16 33 £461 -17.40% 102
Northern Ireland -6 6 £475 -29.63% 86
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 55 (4.54%) Confluence
2 33 (2.72%) Apache Spark
3 22 (1.82%) Apache Airflow
4 19 (1.57%) Apache
5 17 (1.40%) nginx
6 16 (1.32%) JBoss
7 13 (1.07%) Tomcat
8 12 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
9 10 (0.83%) WebSphere
10 8 (0.66%) Anypoint
10 8 (0.66%) Mule
10 8 (0.66%) WebLogic
11 7 (0.58%) SAS
11 7 (0.58%) Traefik
12 6 (0.50%) IIS
13 5 (0.41%) Camunda
14 4 (0.33%) CMS
14 4 (0.33%) Mule ESB
14 4 (0.33%) SharePoint
15 3 (0.25%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 5 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (0.41%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.083%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.083%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.083%) Sketch
3 1 (0.083%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (0.41%) Kondor
2 4 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.17%) Avolution ABACUS
3 2 (0.17%) Exstream
3 2 (0.17%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.17%) Oracle BPM
3 2 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.17%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.083%) Distributed Ledger
4 1 (0.083%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.083%) NEC Housing
4 1 (0.083%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.083%) SAP IS-U
4 1 (0.083%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 472 (38.94%) Azure
2 231 (19.06%) GCP
3 174 (14.36%) Serverless
4 143 (11.80%) Amazon S3
5 132 (10.89%) AWS Lambda
6 94 (7.76%) GitHub
7 79 (6.52%) AWS CloudFormation
8 71 (5.86%) Amazon EC2
9 62 (5.12%) OpenShift
10 59 (4.87%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 52 (4.29%) Snowflake
12 49 (4.04%) Amazon EKS
13 46 (3.80%) SaaS
14 44 (3.63%) GitHub Actions
15 41 (3.38%) Amazon ECS
16 33 (2.72%) PaaS
17 30 (2.48%) Amazon SQS
17 30 (2.48%) AWS CodePipeline
17 30 (2.48%) Azure DevOps
17 30 (2.48%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 65 (5.36%) DNS
2 64 (5.28%) Firewall
3 47 (3.88%) TCP/IP
4 45 (3.71%) VPN
5 35 (2.89%) DHCP
6 33 (2.72%) Network Security
7 31 (2.56%) HTTP
8 30 (2.48%) WAN
9 27 (2.23%) BGP
10 24 (1.98%) MPLS
10 24 (1.98%) SD-WAN
11 21 (1.73%) OSPF
12 20 (1.65%) SSL
13 17 (1.40%) VLAN
14 16 (1.32%) LAN
15 15 (1.24%) Wireless
16 12 (0.99%) SAN
17 10 (0.83%) Cisco Firepower
17 10 (0.83%) Cisco IOS
17 10 (0.83%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (9.16%) PostgreSQL
2 70 (5.78%) Relational Database
3 67 (5.53%) Amazon RDS
4 66 (5.45%) MongoDB
5 62 (5.12%) Data Warehouse
6 58 (4.79%) Big Data
7 56 (4.62%) MySQL
8 47 (3.88%) SQL Server
9 46 (3.80%) DynamoDB
10 39 (3.22%) Hadoop
11 38 (3.14%) NoSQL
12 36 (2.97%) Elasticsearch
13 32 (2.64%) Amazon Aurora
14 30 (2.48%) Amazon Redshift
15 29 (2.39%) Data Lake
16 28 (2.31%) RDBMS
17 27 (2.23%) Oracle Database
18 26 (2.15%) Power BI
19 25 (2.06%) Tableau
20 19 (1.57%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 162 (13.37%) Jenkins
2 134 (11.06%) GitLab
3 121 (9.98%) Git
4 120 (9.90%) JIRA
5 46 (3.80%) Bitbucket
6 31 (2.56%) SonarQube
7 25 (2.06%) Maven
7 25 (2.06%) Selenium
8 20 (1.65%) Cucumber
8 20 (1.65%) JUnit
9 19 (1.57%) Sonatype Nexus
10 17 (1.40%) Cypress.io
10 17 (1.40%) REST Assured
11 15 (1.24%) Artifactory
11 15 (1.24%) Bitbucket Server
12 14 (1.16%) Mockito
13 11 (0.91%) TeamCity
14 10 (0.83%) Postman
14 10 (0.83%) Storybook
15 9 (0.74%) CA Release Automation
General
1 307 (25.33%) Social Skills
2 168 (13.86%) Public Sector
3 166 (13.70%) Finance
4 150 (12.38%) Analytical Skills
5 66 (5.45%) Banking
6 39 (3.22%) Telecoms
7 24 (1.98%) Legal
8 23 (1.90%) Manufacturing
9 20 (1.65%) Marketing
10 17 (1.40%) Retail
11 16 (1.32%) Electronics
12 15 (1.24%) Law
13 11 (0.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 11 (0.91%) Presentation Skills
14 10 (0.83%) Pharmaceutical
15 9 (0.74%) Investment Banking
16 8 (0.66%) Military
16 8 (0.66%) Tech for Good
17 7 (0.58%) Financial Institution
18 5 (0.41%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 264 (21.78%) Developer
2 210 (17.33%) Architect
3 152 (12.54%) Senior
4 105 (8.66%) DevOps Engineer
5 87 (7.18%) Solutions Architect
6 85 (7.01%) Data Engineer
7 83 (6.85%) AWS Engineer
8 75 (6.19%) Lead
9 68 (5.61%) Software Engineer
10 58 (4.79%) Java Developer
11 48 (3.96%) Senior Developer
12 46 (3.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 39 (3.22%) Cloud Engineer
14 37 (3.05%) Security Architect
15 34 (2.81%) Analyst
15 34 (2.81%) AWS DevOps
16 33 (2.72%) Full-Stack Developer
17 31 (2.56%) AWS Developer
17 31 (2.56%) Python Developer
18 28 (2.31%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 97 (8.00%) Spring Boot
2 93 (7.67%) React
3 89 (7.34%) Spring
4 81 (6.68%) REST
5 79 (6.52%) Node.js
6 78 (6.44%) Kafka
7 69 (5.69%) RESTful
8 60 (4.95%) .NET
9 52 (4.29%) CSS
10 48 (3.96%) AWS CDK
11 44 (3.63%) HTML
12 41 (3.38%) AngularJS
13 35 (2.89%) Web Services
14 34 (2.81%) JSON
15 33 (2.72%) SOAP
16 25 (2.06%) Elastic Stack
17 24 (1.98%) Hibernate
18 23 (1.90%) OAuth
18 23 (1.90%) PyTorch
19 22 (1.82%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 70 (5.78%) Cloud Native
2 52 (4.29%) Public Cloud
3 37 (3.05%) Product Ownership
4 36 (2.97%) Algorithms
5 33 (2.72%) PKI
6 31 (2.56%) Data Centre
7 27 (2.23%) Management Information System
8 25 (2.06%) Data Protection Act
8 25 (2.06%) Hybrid Cloud
9 24 (1.98%) Distributed Systems
10 22 (1.82%) Legacy Systems
11 21 (1.73%) Enterprise Software
12 20 (1.65%) Onboarding
13 17 (1.40%) Greenfield Project
14 16 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
15 14 (1.16%) Mobile App
15 14 (1.16%) Security Posture
16 13 (1.07%) Cyber Threat
17 12 (0.99%) Clustering
17 12 (0.99%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 208 (17.16%) Linux
2 115 (9.49%) Windows
3 65 (5.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 64 (5.28%) Unix
5 63 (5.20%) Windows Server
6 27 (2.23%) CentOS
7 12 (0.99%) Ubuntu
8 10 (0.83%) AIX
9 6 (0.50%) Amazon Linux
9 6 (0.50%) Solaris
10 4 (0.33%) Android
10 4 (0.33%) Mac OS
10 4 (0.33%) Windows Server 2003
11 3 (0.25%) Apple iOS
11 3 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.17%) Debian
12 2 (0.17%) HPUX
12 2 (0.17%) VMS
12 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.083%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 390 (32.18%) CI/CD
2 324 (26.73%) DevOps
3 292 (24.09%) Agile
4 245 (20.21%) Problem-Solving
5 173 (14.27%) Containerisation
6 167 (13.78%) Microservices
7 155 (12.79%) Infrastructure as Code
8 153 (12.62%) Migration
9 142 (11.72%) Software Engineering
10 108 (8.91%) Continuous Integration
11 107 (8.83%) Computer Science
12 104 (8.58%) Analytics
12 104 (8.58%) ETL
12 104 (8.58%) Test Automation
13 81 (6.68%) Decision-Making
14 80 (6.60%) Scrum
15 78 (6.44%) Data Pipeline
16 77 (6.35%) Full-Stack Development
17 74 (6.11%) Stakeholder Management
18 70 (5.78%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 444 (36.63%) Python
2 243 (20.05%) SQL
3 228 (18.81%) Java
4 140 (11.55%) JavaScript
5 95 (7.84%) TypeScript
6 93 (7.67%) Bash
7 65 (5.36%) PowerShell
8 48 (3.96%) C#
9 31 (2.56%) Go
10 29 (2.39%) Shell Script
11 27 (2.23%) Perl
12 20 (1.65%) R
13 17 (1.40%) PL/SQL
14 15 (1.24%) PHP
15 12 (0.99%) Scala
16 11 (0.91%) Groovy
17 10 (0.83%) C
18 8 (0.66%) DataWeave
18 8 (0.66%) Ruby
19 6 (0.50%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 320 (26.40%) Security Cleared
2 221 (18.23%) SC Cleared
3 131 (10.81%) Degree
4 108 (8.91%) AWS Certification
5 86 (7.10%) DV Cleared
6 79 (6.52%) Computer Science Degree
7 57 (4.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 49 (4.04%) Azure Certification
9 34 (2.81%) Cisco Certification
10 32 (2.64%) Master's Degree
11 27 (2.23%) Microsoft Certification
12 25 (2.06%) CCNP
13 13 (1.07%) CISSP
14 12 (0.99%) PhD
15 11 (0.91%) AWS Certified Developer
15 11 (0.91%) TOGAF Certification
16 10 (0.83%) CCIE
17 8 (0.66%) MCSE
17 8 (0.66%) PMI Certification
17 8 (0.66%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (5.03%) QA
2 53 (4.37%) Data Quality
3 37 (3.05%) GDPR
4 30 (2.48%) NIST
5 23 (1.90%) NCSC
6 20 (1.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 17 (1.40%) Accessibility
7 17 (1.40%) PCI DSS
8 12 (0.99%) Disclosure Scotland
9 11 (0.91%) SLA
10 9 (0.74%) HIPAA
11 8 (0.66%) Basel III
12 6 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 5 (0.41%) MiFID
14 4 (0.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 4 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
15 3 (0.25%) IFRS
15 3 (0.25%) IFRS 9
15 3 (0.25%) NIST 800
15 3 (0.25%) WCAG
System Software
1 239 (19.72%) Docker
2 60 (4.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 49 (4.04%) Active Directory
4 38 (3.14%) Hyper-V
5 16 (1.32%) VMware ESXi
6 11 (0.91%) Virtual Machines
6 11 (0.91%) VMware NSX
7 8 (0.66%) BitLocker
7 8 (0.66%) Microsoft App-V
7 8 (0.66%) Terminal Services
8 7 (0.58%) Firmware
8 7 (0.58%) vSphere
9 5 (0.41%) Postfix
10 3 (0.25%) Oracle RAC
11 2 (0.17%) Apache ZooKeeper
11 2 (0.17%) KVM
11 2 (0.17%) NFS
11 2 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (0.083%) GPFS
12 1 (0.083%) Samba
Systems Management
1 271 (22.36%) Terraform
2 266 (21.95%) Kubernetes
3 136 (11.22%) Ansible
4 52 (4.29%) Puppet
5 50 (4.13%) Grafana
6 42 (3.47%) Prometheus
7 26 (2.15%) Progress Chef
8 23 (1.90%) Kibana
9 21 (1.73%) Packer
10 14 (1.16%) Istio
11 13 (1.07%) Nagios
12 12 (0.99%) ZABBIX
13 11 (0.91%) Podman
13 11 (0.91%) SCCM
14 10 (0.83%) Docker Swarm
14 10 (0.83%) linkerd
14 10 (0.83%) Rancher
14 10 (0.83%) vCenter Server
15 9 (0.74%) Consul
15 9 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 111 (9.16%) Microsoft
2 95 (7.84%) Google
3 88 (7.26%) Oracle
4 83 (6.85%) VMware
5 49 (4.04%) Red Hat
6 47 (3.88%) Cisco
7 43 (3.55%) Splunk
8 36 (2.97%) Databricks
8 36 (2.97%) IBM
9 23 (1.90%) Citrix
9 23 (1.90%) SAP
10 22 (1.82%) MuleSoft
11 21 (1.73%) Atlassian
12 20 (1.65%) Palo Alto
13 17 (1.40%) F5
13 17 (1.40%) ServiceNow
14 15 (1.24%) AppDynamics
15 12 (0.99%) Fortinet
16 11 (0.91%) Cloudera
16 11 (0.91%) Veritas