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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 21 13 15
Rank change year-on-year -8 +2 -2
Contract jobs citing AWS 1,330 2,355 3,043
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.48% 10.02% 9.93%
As % of the Cloud Services category 25.19% 30.12% 30.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,010 1,830 2,278
10th Percentile £350 £413 £408
25th Percentile £425 £472 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £531
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.58% +8.92%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £625
90th Percentile £688 £700 £675
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £576
% change year-on-year -4.35% -0.17% +9.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 33 13
10th Percentile £29.20 £21.30 £42.40
25th Percentile £35.00 £35.00 £46.25
Median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £50.77
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +28.03% -13.95%
75th Percentile £71.87 £75.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £78.00 £65.53
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £75.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -26.67% +36.36% +27.91%

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 5,280 7,819 9,906
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 25.73% 33.27% 32.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,735 5,787 7,266
10th Percentile £213 £250 £207
25th Percentile £368 £406 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £588
90th Percentile £675 £688 £673
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 258 227 282
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.00 £13.25
25th Percentile £15.00 £16.50 £15.25
Median hourly rate £17.69 £25.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -29.24% +31.58% -3.80%
75th Percentile £26.50 £65.00 £25.19
90th Percentile £62.00 £75.00 £55.00
UK median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -40.00% +59.09% -2.22%

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 8 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 8 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 8 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 -3 431 £510 -7.27% 402
South East -4 287 £575 - 247
North West -1 283 £497 -9.59% 235
Scotland -3 237 £475 -3.06% 133
South West -11 188 £550 -4.35% 235
Yorkshire -9 129 £538 -2.27% 126
Midlands -12 124 £482 -10.74% 215
West Midlands -25 67 £550 +1.85% 128
East Midlands +12 57 £450 -24.21% 87
East of England -41 50 £550 -5.66% 127
North East -9 21 £575 -8.00% 41
Wales +1 20 £558 -3.04% 45
Northern Ireland 0 4 £675 +12.50% 74
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 (3.76%) Confluence
2 34 (2.56%) Apache Spark
3 30 (2.26%) Apache Airflow
4 29 (2.18%) Apache
5 11 (0.83%) CMS
6 9 (0.68%) SAS
6 9 (0.68%) SharePoint
7 8 (0.60%) OpenStack
8 7 (0.53%) JBoss
9 5 (0.38%) Cloud Foundry
9 5 (0.38%) GeoServer
9 5 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
9 5 (0.38%) nginx
9 5 (0.38%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 4 (0.30%) Mule
11 3 (0.23%) WordPress
12 2 (0.15%) Drupal
12 2 (0.15%) GemFire
12 2 (0.15%) Traefik
13 1 (0.075%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 5 (0.38%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.23%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.075%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.075%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (0.45%) Temenos T24
2 3 (0.23%) PeopleSoft HCM
2 3 (0.23%) Workday HCM
3 2 (0.15%) Avolution ABACUS
3 2 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.075%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.075%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.075%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.075%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.075%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.075%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 484 (36.39%) Azure
2 169 (12.71%) Serverless
3 161 (12.11%) Amazon S3
3 161 (12.11%) GCP
4 139 (10.45%) AWS Lambda
5 107 (8.05%) Amazon EC2
6 101 (7.59%) AWS CloudFormation
7 69 (5.19%) OpenShift
8 64 (4.81%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 56 (4.21%) Snowflake
10 55 (4.14%) GitHub
10 55 (4.14%) SaaS
11 52 (3.91%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 50 (3.76%) Amazon EKS
13 43 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
14 33 (2.48%) Power Platform
15 32 (2.41%) PaaS
16 30 (2.26%) Amazon SQS
17 29 (2.18%) Azure DevOps
18 26 (1.95%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 65 (4.89%) Firewall
2 52 (3.91%) SSL
3 51 (3.83%) VPN
4 42 (3.16%) DNS
5 37 (2.78%) Network Security
6 30 (2.26%) TCP/IP
7 23 (1.73%) WAN
8 22 (1.65%) LAN
9 16 (1.20%) SAN
10 14 (1.05%) OSPF
10 14 (1.05%) Wireless
11 11 (0.83%) DHCP
12 10 (0.75%) PBX
12 10 (0.75%) VoIP
13 9 (0.68%) HTTP
13 9 (0.68%) VLAN
14 7 (0.53%) AMQP
14 7 (0.53%) Cisco ASA
14 7 (0.53%) Ethernet
14 7 (0.53%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (8.35%) PostgreSQL
2 64 (4.81%) Amazon RDS
3 62 (4.66%) MongoDB
4 59 (4.44%) Relational Database
5 54 (4.06%) MySQL
6 47 (3.53%) SQL Server
7 42 (3.16%) Amazon Aurora
7 42 (3.16%) Data Warehouse
8 40 (3.01%) Oracle Database
9 39 (2.93%) Big Data
10 36 (2.71%) Elasticsearch
11 35 (2.63%) NoSQL
12 34 (2.56%) Amazon Redshift
13 27 (2.03%) Power BI
14 23 (1.73%) Data Lake
15 20 (1.50%) DynamoDB
16 19 (1.43%) Amazon Athena
17 18 (1.35%) RDBMS
18 17 (1.28%) Hadoop
19 16 (1.20%) Oracle Database 11g
Development Applications
1 146 (10.98%) Jenkins
2 120 (9.02%) GitLab
3 109 (8.20%) Git
4 106 (7.97%) JIRA
5 40 (3.01%) SonarQube
6 33 (2.48%) Selenium
7 28 (2.11%) Cucumber
8 26 (1.95%) Cypress.io
9 19 (1.43%) Maven
10 16 (1.20%) Bitbucket
11 15 (1.13%) webpack
12 13 (0.98%) JUnit
12 13 (0.98%) Sonatype Nexus
13 12 (0.90%) Artifactory
13 12 (0.90%) REST Assured
14 11 (0.83%) JMeter
15 9 (0.68%) Burp Suite
15 9 (0.68%) Gradle
15 9 (0.68%) Rational DOORS
15 9 (0.68%) TeamCity
General
1 232 (17.44%) Social Skills
2 139 (10.45%) Finance
3 116 (8.72%) Public Sector
4 102 (7.67%) Analytical Skills
5 56 (4.21%) Banking
6 37 (2.78%) Retail
7 23 (1.73%) Telecoms
8 21 (1.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 18 (1.35%) Legal
10 15 (1.13%) Manufacturing
11 13 (0.98%) Marketing
12 11 (0.83%) Back Office
12 11 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
13 10 (0.75%) Law
14 9 (0.68%) Pharmaceutical
15 8 (0.60%) Police
15 8 (0.60%) Tech for Good
16 7 (0.53%) Digital Economy
16 7 (0.53%) Documentation Skills
16 7 (0.53%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 360 (27.07%) Developer
2 205 (15.41%) Architect
3 128 (9.62%) DevOps Engineer
4 120 (9.02%) Senior
5 100 (7.52%) Java Developer
6 96 (7.22%) AWS Engineer
7 77 (5.79%) Lead
8 68 (5.11%) Data Engineer
9 67 (5.04%) Software Engineer
10 61 (4.59%) Solutions Architect
11 56 (4.21%) Cloud Engineer
12 47 (3.53%) Full Stack Developer
13 45 (3.38%) Analyst
13 45 (3.38%) AWS DevOps
14 42 (3.16%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 37 (2.78%) AWS DevOps Engineer
16 33 (2.48%) AWS Architect
16 33 (2.48%) Platform Engineer
17 32 (2.41%) Network Engineer
18 28 (2.11%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 151 (11.35%) React
2 122 (9.17%) Node.js
3 113 (8.50%) Spring
4 103 (7.74%) REST
5 100 (7.52%) Spring Boot
6 98 (7.37%) RESTful
7 84 (6.32%) Web Services
8 69 (5.19%) AngularJS
9 68 (5.11%) AWS CDK
10 61 (4.59%) Kafka
11 59 (4.44%) CSS
12 55 (4.14%) .NET
13 52 (3.91%) HTML
14 41 (3.08%) Elastic Stack
15 34 (2.56%) OAuth
16 27 (2.03%) RabbitMQ
17 26 (1.95%) JSON
18 25 (1.88%) GraphQL
19 24 (1.80%) SOAP
20 23 (1.73%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 82 (6.17%) Public Cloud
2 63 (4.74%) PKI
3 56 (4.21%) Cloud Native
4 38 (2.86%) Distributed Systems
5 30 (2.26%) Data Structures
6 28 (2.11%) Data Protection Act
6 28 (2.11%) Legacy Systems
7 21 (1.58%) Data Centre
7 21 (1.58%) Product Ownership
8 16 (1.20%) Security Posture
8 16 (1.20%) Virtual Team
9 15 (1.13%) Enterprise Software
9 15 (1.13%) Onboarding
9 15 (1.13%) Replication
10 14 (1.05%) Greenfield Project
11 13 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
12 12 (0.90%) Video Conferencing
13 9 (0.68%) Algorithms
13 9 (0.68%) Mobile App
13 9 (0.68%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 190 (14.29%) Linux
2 111 (8.35%) Windows
3 44 (3.31%) Unix
4 41 (3.08%) Windows Server
5 40 (3.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 23 (1.73%) Apple iOS
7 17 (1.28%) Ubuntu
8 13 (0.98%) Android
9 7 (0.53%) CentOS
9 7 (0.53%) Mac OS
10 6 (0.45%) Debian
11 5 (0.38%) Windows Server 2012
12 4 (0.30%) Data ONTAP
12 4 (0.30%) Solaris
12 4 (0.30%) Windows Server 2003
13 3 (0.23%) Kali Linux
13 3 (0.23%) VMS
13 3 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
14 2 (0.15%) Windows 10
14 2 (0.15%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 355 (26.69%) Agile
2 350 (26.32%) DevOps
3 320 (24.06%) CI/CD
4 167 (12.56%) Problem-Solving
5 164 (12.33%) Infrastructure as Code
6 160 (12.03%) Microservices
7 158 (11.88%) Software Engineering
8 130 (9.77%) Migration
9 124 (9.32%) Containerisation
10 114 (8.57%) Full Stack Development
11 113 (8.50%) Test Automation
12 111 (8.35%) Scrum
13 85 (6.39%) Continuous Integration
13 85 (6.39%) Roadmaps
14 84 (6.32%) SDLC
15 72 (5.41%) ETL
15 72 (5.41%) Stakeholder Management
16 69 (5.19%) Analytics
17 68 (5.11%) Decision-Making
18 65 (4.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 349 (26.24%) Python
2 319 (23.98%) Java
3 215 (16.17%) SQL
4 143 (10.75%) TypeScript
5 142 (10.68%) JavaScript
6 108 (8.12%) Bash
7 72 (5.41%) PowerShell
8 50 (3.76%) C#
9 47 (3.53%) Scala
10 41 (3.08%) Go
11 36 (2.71%) Shell Script
12 32 (2.41%) C
13 29 (2.18%) PHP
14 25 (1.88%) Ruby
15 24 (1.80%) Perl
16 23 (1.73%) PL/SQL
17 16 (1.20%) Groovy
18 12 (0.90%) Kotlin
19 8 (0.60%) Swift
20 7 (0.53%) C++
Qualifications
1 314 (23.61%) Security Cleared
2 211 (15.86%) SC Cleared
3 108 (8.12%) Degree
4 103 (7.74%) DV Cleared
5 53 (3.98%) AWS Certification
6 32 (2.41%) Computer Science Degree
7 31 (2.33%) Cisco Certification
8 23 (1.73%) Azure Certification
9 18 (1.35%) CCNP
10 15 (1.13%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 14 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
11 14 (1.05%) CCNA
12 13 (0.98%) Microsoft Certification
12 13 (0.98%) TOGAF Certification
13 12 (0.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 8 (0.60%) Master's Degree
15 7 (0.53%) CISSP
15 7 (0.53%) HND
16 6 (0.45%) CCIE
16 6 (0.45%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (4.36%) QA
2 42 (3.16%) Accessibility
3 27 (2.03%) Data Quality
4 25 (1.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 22 (1.65%) NIST
6 17 (1.28%) NCSC
7 16 (1.20%) Disclosure Scotland
8 13 (0.98%) PCI DSS
9 11 (0.83%) GDPR
10 8 (0.60%) SLA
11 7 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 4 (0.30%) Government Security Classifications
13 3 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
13 3 (0.23%) ISO 22301
13 3 (0.23%) WCAG
14 2 (0.15%) HIPAA
15 1 (0.075%) FATCA
15 1 (0.075%) ISO 20022
15 1 (0.075%) MiFID
15 1 (0.075%) SOC 2
System Software
1 232 (17.44%) Docker
2 108 (8.12%) Active Directory
3 53 (3.98%) VMware Infrastructure
4 26 (1.95%) Hyper-V
5 14 (1.05%) vSphere
6 10 (0.75%) VMware ESXi
7 8 (0.60%) VMware NSX
8 7 (0.53%) HDFS
9 6 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
10 5 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (0.30%) GPFS
11 4 (0.30%) NFS
12 3 (0.23%) Apache ZooKeeper
12 3 (0.23%) OpenAM
12 3 (0.23%) OpenIDM
13 2 (0.15%) Varnish
14 1 (0.075%) ACF2
14 1 (0.075%) IAG
14 1 (0.075%) KVM
14 1 (0.075%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 285 (21.43%) Kubernetes
2 282 (21.20%) Terraform
3 167 (12.56%) Ansible
4 89 (6.69%) Grafana
5 61 (4.59%) Prometheus
6 40 (3.01%) Progress Chef
7 32 (2.41%) Docker Swarm
8 31 (2.33%) Puppet
9 24 (1.80%) Kibana
10 15 (1.13%) Nagios
11 14 (1.05%) Podman
11 14 (1.05%) Rancher
12 12 (0.90%) Istio
12 12 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
13 11 (0.83%) Graylog
13 11 (0.83%) HP Fortify
13 11 (0.83%) Packer
14 10 (0.75%) Microsoft Intune
15 9 (0.68%) SCCM
16 8 (0.60%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 121 (9.10%) Microsoft
2 93 (6.99%) Oracle
3 83 (6.24%) VMware
4 70 (5.26%) Splunk
5 67 (5.04%) Google
6 45 (3.38%) Cisco
7 26 (1.95%) IBM
8 25 (1.88%) Red Hat
9 23 (1.73%) Databricks
9 23 (1.73%) Informatica
10 19 (1.43%) SAP
11 17 (1.28%) ServiceNow
12 16 (1.20%) F5
13 14 (1.05%) SolarWinds
14 13 (0.98%) Atlassian
14 13 (0.98%) Palo Alto
15 12 (0.90%) Salesforce
15 12 (0.90%) Talend
16 11 (0.83%) Avaya
16 11 (0.83%) Veritas