Amazon CloudWatch Contract Job Trends

Amazon CloudWatch
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Amazon CloudWatch skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 325 357 427
Rank change year-on-year +32 +70 +17
Contract jobs citing Amazon CloudWatch 308 174 167
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.77% 0.57% 0.37%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.04% 1.52% 1.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 214 135 144
10th Percentile £375 £405 £405
25th Percentile £417 £452 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £609 £600 £600
90th Percentile £700 £738 £678
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £67.94
25th Percentile - - £68.59
Median hourly rate - - £70.94
75th Percentile - - £72.34
90th Percentile - - £72.44
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £71.87

All Cloud Computing Skills
UK

Amazon CloudWatch 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 15,133 11,470 14,915
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 37.94% 37.39% 33.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,388 7,693 10,645
10th Percentile £310 £313 £288
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £636 £631
90th Percentile £700 £725 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 387 171 321
10th Percentile £14.80 £17.00 £14.00
25th Percentile £19.00 £21.46 £16.25
Median hourly rate £36.00 £27.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +30.91% +22.22% -10.00%
75th Percentile £59.86 £44.56 £53.00
90th Percentile £79.05 £75.50 £72.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £39.43 £24.66 £20.77
% change year-on-year +59.89% +18.73% +3.85%

Amazon CloudWatch
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Amazon CloudWatch relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Amazon CloudWatch job vacancy trend in the UK

Amazon CloudWatch
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Amazon CloudWatch.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Amazon CloudWatch

Amazon CloudWatch
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Amazon CloudWatch over the 6 months to 16 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Amazon CloudWatch in the UK

Amazon CloudWatch
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Amazon CloudWatch.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Amazon CloudWatch

Amazon CloudWatch
Top 16 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Amazon CloudWatch within the UK over the 6 months to 16 February 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
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +21 223 £525 -0.19% 79
London +19 132 £525 - 33
UK excluding London -18 114 £525 - 56
Work from Home -4 87 £550 +4.76% 34
North of England -42 42 £525 -15.32% 24
Midlands -38 25 £475 +6.26% 10
Scotland +11 22 £483 -3.50% 2
West Midlands -32 22 £500 - 10
Yorkshire -45 20 £525 -27.59% 17
North West -25 14 £480 -3.95% 7
South West -13 11 £700 +19.15% 3
North East -10 8 £575 -2.54%
South East -26 8 £358 -37.74% 10
East of England - 6 £550 - 5
East Midlands -22 3 £375 -6.25%
Wales - 3 £500 - 2

Amazon CloudWatch
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 23 (7.47%) Confluence
2 11 (3.57%) Apache Airflow
3 9 (2.92%) Apache Spark
4 6 (1.95%) Apache
5 4 (1.30%) nginx
6 2 (0.65%) Apache Pulsar
7 1 (0.32%) CMS
7 1 (0.32%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.32%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (1.30%) Mozilla Thunderbird
2 3 (0.97%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.32%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 302 (98.05%) AWS
2 196 (63.64%) Serverless
3 191 (62.01%) Amazon S3
4 190 (61.69%) AWS Lambda
5 127 (41.23%) Amazon EC2
6 124 (40.26%) Amazon ECS
7 108 (35.06%) GitHub
8 107 (34.74%) AWS CloudFormation
9 102 (33.12%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 100 (32.47%) Amazon EKS
11 91 (29.55%) GitHub Actions
12 53 (17.21%) Azure
13 35 (11.36%) Route 53
14 33 (10.71%) Amazon SQS
15 31 (10.06%) Amazon ELB
16 27 (8.77%) AWS CodePipeline
16 27 (8.77%) AWS Fargate
17 25 (8.12%) Datadog
18 23 (7.47%) AWS KMS
18 23 (7.47%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 38 (12.34%) DNS
2 37 (12.01%) Firewall
3 22 (7.14%) VPN
4 14 (4.55%) Network Security
4 14 (4.55%) SSL
4 14 (4.55%) TCP/IP
5 12 (3.90%) HTTP
6 6 (1.95%) FTP
6 6 (1.95%) SMTP
6 6 (1.95%) SSH
7 4 (1.30%) IMAP
7 4 (1.30%) OpenLDAP
8 3 (0.97%) WAN
9 2 (0.65%) BGP
9 2 (0.65%) OSPF
9 2 (0.65%) SD-WAN
10 1 (0.32%) DHCP
10 1 (0.32%) LAN
10 1 (0.32%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 102 (33.12%) Amazon RDS
2 66 (21.43%) DynamoDB
3 32 (10.39%) PostgreSQL
4 26 (8.44%) Amazon Aurora
5 23 (7.47%) Amazon Athena
6 21 (6.82%) MySQL
7 14 (4.55%) Amazon Redshift
7 14 (4.55%) MongoDB
8 13 (4.22%) Relational Database
9 12 (3.90%) NoSQL
10 9 (2.92%) Redis
11 6 (1.95%) Big Data
11 6 (1.95%) DB2
12 5 (1.62%) DocumentDB
12 5 (1.62%) Power BI
12 5 (1.62%) RDBMS
12 5 (1.62%) Tableau
13 4 (1.30%) SQL Server
14 3 (0.97%) Amazon QuickSight
14 3 (0.97%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 123 (39.94%) Jenkins
2 117 (37.99%) GitLab
3 69 (22.40%) Git
4 27 (8.77%) JIRA
5 11 (3.57%) JUnit
5 11 (3.57%) SonarQube
6 8 (2.60%) Maven
7 6 (1.95%) Vagrant
8 5 (1.62%) Bitbucket
8 5 (1.62%) Mocha
8 5 (1.62%) Mockito
9 4 (1.30%) NUnit
9 4 (1.30%) Postman
9 4 (1.30%) Terragrunt
10 3 (0.97%) Artifactory
10 3 (0.97%) Cypress.io
10 3 (0.97%) DbUnit
10 3 (0.97%) jMock
10 3 (0.97%) MLflow
10 3 (0.97%) Vite
General
1 79 (25.65%) Public Sector
2 62 (20.13%) Social Skills
3 26 (8.44%) Finance
4 19 (6.17%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
6 11 (3.57%) Banking
7 6 (1.95%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (1.62%) Military
9 3 (0.97%) Front Office
9 3 (0.97%) Investment Banking
9 3 (0.97%) Police
10 2 (0.65%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.65%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.32%) Games
11 1 (0.32%) Law
11 1 (0.32%) Legal
Job Titles
1 88 (28.57%) DevOps Engineer
2 78 (25.32%) AWS Engineer
3 46 (14.94%) AWS DevOps
4 43 (13.96%) AWS DevOps Engineer
4 43 (13.96%) Senior
5 42 (13.64%) Architect
6 40 (12.99%) Developer
7 25 (8.12%) Platform Engineer
8 21 (6.82%) Cloud Platform Engineer
9 20 (6.49%) AWS Architect
10 19 (6.17%) AWS Platform Engineer
10 19 (6.17%) Lead
11 18 (5.84%) Senior DevOps
11 18 (5.84%) Senior DevOps Engineer
12 17 (5.52%) Cloud Architect
13 15 (4.87%) Data Engineer
14 13 (4.22%) Java Developer
14 13 (4.22%) Solutions Architect
15 12 (3.90%) Python Engineer
16 10 (3.25%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (15.58%) Kafka
2 44 (14.29%) Node.js
3 35 (11.36%) Elastic Stack
4 34 (11.04%) REST
5 31 (10.06%) OAuth
6 29 (9.42%) AWS CDK
7 22 (7.14%) JWT
8 21 (6.82%) React
8 21 (6.82%) Spring
8 21 (6.82%) Spring Boot
9 16 (5.19%) RESTful
10 14 (4.55%) OAuth2
11 12 (3.90%) AngularJS
12 11 (3.57%) FastAPI
12 11 (3.57%) PySpark
13 10 (3.25%) .NET
13 10 (3.25%) ActiveMQ
14 9 (2.92%) boto
14 9 (2.92%) OpenTelemetry
15 8 (2.60%) Hugging Face
Miscellaneous
1 64 (20.78%) Cloud Native
2 35 (11.36%) Distributed Systems
3 10 (3.25%) Replication
4 9 (2.92%) Algorithms
4 9 (2.92%) NHS
4 9 (2.92%) Onboarding
5 7 (2.27%) Mainframe
6 6 (1.95%) IVR
6 6 (1.95%) Product Ownership
7 5 (1.62%) Data Structures
7 5 (1.62%) DataPower
7 5 (1.62%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (1.62%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (1.62%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.30%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (0.97%) Data Centre
9 3 (0.97%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (0.97%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.65%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 55 (17.86%) Linux
2 15 (4.87%) Windows
3 10 (3.25%) Amazon Linux
4 9 (2.92%) Unix
5 7 (2.27%) VMS
6 5 (1.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (1.30%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.65%) zOS
9 1 (0.32%) Android
9 1 (0.32%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.32%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 216 (70.13%) CI/CD
2 188 (61.04%) Infrastructure as Code
3 172 (55.84%) DevOps
4 100 (32.47%) Containerisation
5 88 (28.57%) Observability
6 86 (27.92%) Agile
7 80 (25.97%) Microservices
8 58 (18.83%) Continuous Improvement
9 54 (17.53%) Migration
10 45 (14.61%) Problem-Solving
11 43 (13.96%) Platform Engineering
12 42 (13.64%) High Availability
12 42 (13.64%) Incident Response
13 41 (13.31%) Event-Driven
13 41 (13.31%) Test Automation
14 39 (12.66%) Infrastructure Automation
14 39 (12.66%) Performance Tuning
15 38 (12.34%) Cost Optimisation
16 35 (11.36%) Analytics
17 33 (10.71%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 164 (53.25%) Python
2 63 (20.45%) Bash
3 57 (18.51%) Java
4 46 (14.94%) SQL
5 23 (7.47%) Shell Script
6 21 (6.82%) PowerShell
7 18 (5.84%) JavaScript
7 18 (5.84%) TypeScript
8 13 (4.22%) Go
9 8 (2.60%) C#
9 8 (2.60%) Groovy
10 5 (1.62%) Bicep
10 5 (1.62%) Kotlin
11 4 (1.30%) Scala
12 3 (0.97%) Korn
13 2 (0.65%) Perl
13 2 (0.65%) PHP
14 1 (0.32%) C
14 1 (0.32%) COBOL
14 1 (0.32%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 125 (40.58%) Security Cleared
2 102 (33.12%) SC Cleared
3 41 (13.31%) AWS Certification
4 15 (4.87%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 14 (4.55%) BPSS Clearance
6 13 (4.22%) Degree
7 9 (2.92%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 8 (2.60%) Azure Certification
9 7 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (2.27%) DV Cleared
10 4 (1.30%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.97%) AWS Certified Developer
11 3 (0.97%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.65%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
13 1 (0.32%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.32%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (6.49%) QA
2 17 (5.52%) GDPR
3 16 (5.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (4.87%) PCI DSS
5 10 (3.25%) Data Quality
6 8 (2.60%) Accessibility
6 8 (2.60%) NIST
7 6 (1.95%) HIPAA
8 5 (1.62%) PMO
9 4 (1.30%) SLA
10 3 (0.97%) Disclosure Scotland
10 3 (0.97%) NCSC
10 3 (0.97%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.65%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.65%) WCAG
12 1 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.32%) GRC
12 1 (0.32%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 148 (48.05%) Docker
2 7 (2.27%) Postfix
3 6 (1.95%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.95%) DFS Replication
4 4 (1.30%) Dovecot
4 4 (1.30%) Squid
5 1 (0.32%) Snort
Systems Management
1 207 (67.21%) Terraform
2 112 (36.36%) Kubernetes
3 91 (29.55%) Grafana
4 78 (25.32%) Prometheus
5 45 (14.61%) Ansible
6 9 (2.92%) Argo
7 8 (2.60%) Kibana
8 7 (2.27%) Puppet
9 6 (1.95%) Progress Chef
10 5 (1.62%) Dell DRAC
10 5 (1.62%) Red Hat Satellite
11 4 (1.30%) Nessus
11 4 (1.30%) Proxmox
12 3 (0.97%) ITRS Geneos
12 3 (0.97%) Karpenter
12 3 (0.97%) Packer
13 2 (0.65%) Istio
13 2 (0.65%) linkerd
13 2 (0.65%) Opsgenie
13 2 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 26 (8.44%) Splunk
2 18 (5.84%) ServiceNow
3 16 (5.19%) F5
4 15 (4.87%) CheckPoint
4 15 (4.87%) Microsoft
4 15 (4.87%) Palo Alto
5 14 (4.55%) Dynatrace
6 8 (2.60%) Databricks
6 8 (2.60%) Jaspersoft
7 7 (2.27%) IBM
8 6 (1.95%) AVEVA
8 6 (1.95%) Cisco
9 5 (1.62%) Avaya
9 5 (1.62%) Dell
9 5 (1.62%) Genesys
9 5 (1.62%) Red Hat
10 4 (1.30%) Atlassian
10 4 (1.30%) New Relic
10 4 (1.30%) Salesforce
10 4 (1.30%) Sybase