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 26 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 362 355 397
Rank change year-on-year -7 +42 +11
Contract jobs citing Amazon CloudWatch 297 171 180
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.61% 0.60% 0.42%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.72% 1.59% 1.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 197 120 136
10th Percentile £350 £358 £405
25th Percentile £406 £425 £449
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% -4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £660 £700 £658
UK excluding London median daily rate £457 £500 £543
% change year-on-year -8.60% -7.92% -5.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £67.50
Median hourly rate - - £70.94
75th Percentile - - £72.50
90th Percentile - - -
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 17,224 10,782 13,871
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.48% 37.70% 32.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,578 7,386 9,881
10th Percentile £325 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.17% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £608 £619 £634
90th Percentile £705 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +3.16% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 538 241 345
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.09 £14.00
25th Percentile £20.37 £18.50 £16.06
Median hourly rate £35.96 £27.76 £21.37
Median % change year-on-year +29.52% +29.90% -40.64%
75th Percentile £66.25 £47.50 £40.00
90th Percentile £81.08 £72.50 £66.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £20.24 £17.72
% change year-on-year +85.32% +14.19% -33.08%

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 26 May 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 26 May 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 -22 235 £500 - 59
London +19 152 £525 +2.69% 29
UK excluding London -76 106 £457 -8.60% 29
Work from Home -16 94 £475 -9.35% 33
Midlands -40 42 £475 -5.00% 5
West Midlands -37 41 £475 -5.00% 3
Scotland +2 19 £440 -12.00%
North of England -76 16 £419 -4.29% 15
South East -54 13 £392 -31.91% 6
East of England -35 9 £450 -18.18%
North West -41 7 £395 +1.02% 9
North East -19 5 £413 - 4
South West -28 5 £619 +5.32% 2
Yorkshire -57 4 £463 -7.50% 2
Northern Ireland - 2 £446 -
Wales - 1 £500 - 1

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 36 (12.12%) Confluence
2 23 (7.74%) Apache Airflow
3 11 (3.70%) Apache
3 11 (3.70%) Apache Spark
4 6 (2.02%) CICS
4 6 (2.02%) SAS
5 4 (1.35%) SharePoint
6 3 (1.01%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.67%) Apache Pulsar
8 1 (0.34%) CMS
8 1 (0.34%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.34%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (2.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.67%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (0.67%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.34%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.34%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 294 (98.99%) AWS
2 176 (59.26%) Amazon S3
3 170 (57.24%) Serverless
4 165 (55.56%) AWS Lambda
5 126 (42.42%) Amazon EC2
6 103 (34.68%) Amazon EKS
7 100 (33.67%) GitHub
8 97 (32.66%) AWS CloudFormation
9 96 (32.32%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 86 (28.96%) Amazon ECS
11 80 (26.94%) GitHub Actions
12 49 (16.50%) Azure
13 47 (15.82%) Amazon SQS
14 39 (13.13%) AWS KMS
15 38 (12.79%) Route 53
16 34 (11.45%) AWS CodePipeline
17 27 (9.09%) Amazon Kinesis
18 20 (6.73%) AWS CloudTrail
19 19 (6.40%) Amazon EMR
20 18 (6.06%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 19 (6.40%) DNS
2 16 (5.39%) Firewall
3 7 (2.36%) HTTP
3 7 (2.36%) Network Security
4 6 (2.02%) TCP/IP
5 5 (1.68%) SNMP
5 5 (1.68%) VPN
6 4 (1.35%) WAN
7 3 (1.01%) SSL
8 2 (0.67%) BGP
8 2 (0.67%) CTI
8 2 (0.67%) OSPF
8 2 (0.67%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.34%) Internet
9 1 (0.34%) LAN
9 1 (0.34%) PSTN
9 1 (0.34%) RTP
9 1 (0.34%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (30.30%) Amazon RDS
2 71 (23.91%) DynamoDB
3 48 (16.16%) PostgreSQL
4 41 (13.80%) Amazon Aurora
5 36 (12.12%) Amazon Athena
6 27 (9.09%) Amazon Redshift
7 18 (6.06%) Tableau
8 16 (5.39%) Power BI
9 13 (4.38%) MongoDB
10 11 (3.70%) Redis
11 10 (3.37%) DB2
11 10 (3.37%) NoSQL
12 9 (3.03%) Apache Iceberg
12 9 (3.03%) SQL Server
13 8 (2.69%) Data Warehouse
14 7 (2.36%) Data Lake
14 7 (2.36%) MySQL
15 6 (2.02%) BusinessObjects
15 6 (2.02%) Metadata
15 6 (2.02%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 112 (37.71%) Jenkins
2 97 (32.66%) GitLab
3 67 (22.56%) Git
4 46 (15.49%) JIRA
5 24 (8.08%) JUnit
6 22 (7.41%) Maven
6 22 (7.41%) Mockito
7 20 (6.73%) SonarQube
8 17 (5.72%) Bitbucket
9 14 (4.71%) DbUnit
10 13 (4.38%) jMock
11 11 (3.70%) Bitbucket Server
12 7 (2.36%) Artifactory
12 7 (2.36%) Cucumber
12 7 (2.36%) Postman
13 5 (1.68%) Gatling
13 5 (1.68%) MLflow
13 5 (1.68%) REST Assured
14 4 (1.35%) Jaeger
14 4 (1.35%) Terragrunt
General
1 78 (26.26%) Social Skills
2 76 (25.59%) Public Sector
3 30 (10.10%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (8.75%) Finance
5 13 (4.38%) Banking
5 13 (4.38%) Presentation Skills
6 7 (2.36%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.01%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (1.01%) Military
8 3 (1.01%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.01%) Police
9 2 (0.67%) Law
9 2 (0.67%) Legal
9 2 (0.67%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.67%) Retail
10 1 (0.34%) Billing
10 1 (0.34%) Games
10 1 (0.34%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.34%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 70 (23.57%) AWS Engineer
2 46 (15.49%) DevOps Engineer
3 45 (15.15%) Developer
4 39 (13.13%) Architect
5 38 (12.79%) Senior
6 31 (10.44%) AWS DevOps
7 27 (9.09%) AWS DevOps Engineer
8 25 (8.42%) Java Developer
9 23 (7.74%) AWS Architect
9 23 (7.74%) Data Engineer
10 18 (6.06%) Lead
11 17 (5.72%) Site Reliability Engineer
12 16 (5.39%) Platform Engineer
12 16 (5.39%) Senior Developer
13 15 (5.05%) Cloud Engineer
14 14 (4.71%) Analyst
14 14 (4.71%) Site Engineer
15 12 (4.04%) Delivery Manager
15 12 (4.04%) Senior Java Developer
15 12 (4.04%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (14.48%) RESTful
2 42 (14.14%) Kafka
3 40 (13.47%) Node.js
3 40 (13.47%) REST
4 37 (12.46%) Spring
4 37 (12.46%) Spring Boot
5 34 (11.45%) AWS CDK
6 29 (9.76%) SOAP
7 27 (9.09%) Web Services
8 22 (7.41%) Hibernate
8 22 (7.41%) JPA
9 21 (7.07%) OpenTelemetry
10 20 (6.73%) Spring Cloud
11 19 (6.40%) AngularJS
12 18 (6.06%) ActiveMQ
12 18 (6.06%) Elastic Stack
12 18 (6.06%) OAuth
12 18 (6.06%) Spring Batch
12 18 (6.06%) Spring Integration
13 13 (4.38%) PowerMock
Miscellaneous
1 78 (26.26%) Cloud Native
2 40 (13.47%) Distributed Systems
3 22 (7.41%) Product Ownership
4 9 (3.03%) Algorithms
4 9 (3.03%) Onboarding
5 8 (2.69%) Mainframe
5 8 (2.69%) Replication
6 6 (2.02%) Data Structures
6 6 (2.02%) DataPower
6 6 (2.02%) Online Banking
7 5 (1.68%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (1.68%) Security Posture
8 4 (1.35%) IVR
8 4 (1.35%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (1.01%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.01%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.01%) PACS
9 3 (1.01%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 2 (0.67%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.67%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 58 (19.53%) Linux
2 14 (4.71%) Windows
3 8 (2.69%) zOS
4 5 (1.68%) Amazon Linux
4 5 (1.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.35%) Unix
6 3 (1.01%) Ubuntu
6 3 (1.01%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.34%) Android
7 1 (0.34%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.34%) CentOS
7 1 (0.34%) Debian
7 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 216 (72.73%) CI/CD
2 149 (50.17%) DevOps
3 147 (49.49%) Infrastructure as Code
4 113 (38.05%) Agile
5 99 (33.33%) Observability
6 90 (30.30%) Containerisation
7 71 (23.91%) Microservices
8 62 (20.88%) Continuous Improvement
9 55 (18.52%) Scrum
9 55 (18.52%) Test Automation
10 51 (17.17%) Platform Engineering
11 45 (15.15%) Migration
12 44 (14.81%) Performance Tuning
13 37 (12.46%) Analytics
14 36 (12.12%) Site Reliability Engineering
15 34 (11.45%) ETL
15 34 (11.45%) Event-Driven
16 33 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
16 33 (11.11%) Root Cause Analysis
17 32 (10.77%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 132 (44.44%) Python
2 77 (25.93%) SQL
3 67 (22.56%) Java
4 55 (18.52%) Bash
5 25 (8.42%) TypeScript
6 24 (8.08%) PowerShell
7 19 (6.40%) JavaScript
8 18 (6.06%) Shell Script
9 14 (4.71%) Scala
10 11 (3.70%) Go
11 7 (2.36%) Groovy
12 6 (2.02%) C#
12 6 (2.02%) JCL
13 5 (1.68%) Kotlin
14 4 (1.35%) Bicep
14 4 (1.35%) Perl
15 2 (0.67%) Search Processing Language
16 1 (0.34%) Ladder Logic
16 1 (0.34%) PHP
16 1 (0.34%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 140 (47.14%) Security Cleared
2 124 (41.75%) SC Cleared
3 30 (10.10%) AWS Certification
4 12 (4.04%) BPSS Clearance
5 10 (3.37%) SAFe Agilist
6 8 (2.69%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 8 (2.69%) Azure Certification
7 7 (2.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 7 (2.36%) Degree
8 6 (2.02%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 5 (1.68%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (1.68%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (1.01%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.67%) AWS Certified Developer
11 2 (0.67%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.34%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
12 1 (0.34%) DV Cleared
12 1 (0.34%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (7.41%) QA
2 15 (5.05%) Data Quality
3 12 (4.04%) PCI DSS
4 9 (3.03%) NIST
5 8 (2.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (2.36%) Accessibility
6 7 (2.36%) SLA
7 6 (2.02%) GDPR
7 6 (2.02%) PMO
8 5 (1.68%) GRC
9 4 (1.35%) ISO 20022
10 3 (1.01%) Disclosure Scotland
10 3 (1.01%) NCSC
11 2 (0.67%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.67%) WCAG
12 1 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.34%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 120 (40.40%) Docker
2 11 (3.70%) Postfix
3 7 (2.36%) Squid
4 3 (1.01%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.34%) IAG
5 1 (0.34%) KVM
5 1 (0.34%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 178 (59.93%) Terraform
2 121 (40.74%) Grafana
3 95 (31.99%) Kubernetes
4 91 (30.64%) Prometheus
5 30 (10.10%) Ansible
6 9 (3.03%) Puppet
7 8 (2.69%) Istio
8 6 (2.02%) Argo
9 5 (1.68%) Kibana
9 5 (1.68%) Packer
10 4 (1.35%) Suricata
11 3 (1.01%) Karpenter
11 3 (1.01%) Rancher
12 2 (0.67%) Dell DRAC
12 2 (0.67%) linkerd
12 2 (0.67%) Nagios
12 2 (0.67%) Opsgenie
12 2 (0.67%) Progress Chef
13 1 (0.34%) Control-M
13 1 (0.34%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 21 (7.07%) Splunk
2 17 (5.72%) Jaspersoft
3 16 (5.39%) Dynatrace
4 15 (5.05%) ServiceNow
5 14 (4.71%) Atlassian
6 11 (3.70%) Microsoft
7 7 (2.36%) Databricks
7 7 (2.36%) Informatica
8 6 (2.02%) AVEVA
8 6 (2.02%) Cribl.io
8 6 (2.02%) Denodo
8 6 (2.02%) New Relic
8 6 (2.02%) Oracle
9 4 (1.35%) Confluent
9 4 (1.35%) LogicMonitor
9 4 (1.35%) Tenable
10 3 (1.01%) Qualys
10 3 (1.01%) SAP
10 3 (1.01%) Sybase
10 3 (1.01%) Trend Micro