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

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 353 359 401
Rank change year-on-year +6 +42 -1
Contract jobs citing Amazon CloudWatch 288 158 184
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.61% 0.55% 0.43%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.70% 1.45% 1.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 192 114 140
10th Percentile £351 £358 £405
25th Percentile £410 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £484 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.21% -3.81% -8.70%
75th Percentile £575 £589 £600
90th Percentile £665 £685 £660
UK excluding London median daily rate £463 £500 £547
% change year-on-year -7.50% -8.51% -4.96%
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 16,950 10,887 13,856
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.63% 37.57% 32.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,444 7,495 9,847
10th Percentile £325 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.82% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £602 £625 £635
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +2.63% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 511 245 346
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.23 £14.00
25th Percentile £20.86 £18.50 £16.02
Median hourly rate £37.58 £27.50 £21.37
Median % change year-on-year +36.65% +28.69% -38.94%
75th Percentile £67.50 £47.50 £35.50
90th Percentile £81.00 £73.25 £64.13
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.69 £21.39 £17.72
% change year-on-year +99.56% +20.71% -28.58%

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 14 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 15 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 14 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 -6 228 £500 - 55
London +25 151 £525 +3.96% 27
UK excluding London -56 97 £463 -7.50% 29
Work from Home -11 86 £466 -10.95% 26
West Midlands -32 37 £472 -5.60% 2
Midlands -39 37 £472 -8.97% 3
Scotland +15 19 £440 -16.19%
North of England -68 15 £450 +2.86% 11
South East -49 13 £392 -31.91% 9
East of England -27 8 £500 - 2
North West -40 8 £400 +2.30% 6
South West -30 5 £619 +5.32% 3
Yorkshire -52 4 £463 -22.92% 3
North East -17 3 £413 -30.08% 2
Wales - 1 £500 -

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 35 (12.15%) Confluence
2 20 (6.94%) Apache Airflow
3 10 (3.47%) Apache Spark
4 9 (3.13%) Apache
5 6 (2.08%) SAS
6 4 (1.39%) CICS
6 4 (1.39%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.69%) Apache Pulsar
8 1 (0.35%) CMS
8 1 (0.35%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.35%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.35%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (2.78%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.35%) Aladdin
1 1 (0.35%) Payment Gateway
1 1 (0.35%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 285 (98.96%) AWS
2 172 (59.72%) Amazon S3
3 169 (58.68%) Serverless
4 163 (56.60%) AWS Lambda
5 119 (41.32%) Amazon EC2
6 102 (35.42%) Amazon EKS
7 97 (33.68%) GitHub
8 96 (33.33%) Amazon ECS
8 96 (33.33%) AWS CloudFormation
9 87 (30.21%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 84 (29.17%) GitHub Actions
11 52 (18.06%) Azure
12 46 (15.97%) Amazon SQS
13 37 (12.85%) AWS CodePipeline
14 34 (11.81%) AWS KMS
15 28 (9.72%) Route 53
16 27 (9.38%) Amazon Kinesis
17 21 (7.29%) AWS Step Functions
18 20 (6.94%) Datadog
19 19 (6.60%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 18 (6.25%) DNS
2 15 (5.21%) Firewall
3 7 (2.43%) HTTP
3 7 (2.43%) Network Security
4 6 (2.08%) TCP/IP
5 5 (1.74%) SNMP
5 5 (1.74%) VPN
6 3 (1.04%) WAN
7 2 (0.69%) BGP
7 2 (0.69%) OSPF
7 2 (0.69%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.69%) SSL
8 1 (0.35%) CTI
8 1 (0.35%) Internet
8 1 (0.35%) LAN
8 1 (0.35%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (29.17%) Amazon RDS
2 65 (22.57%) DynamoDB
3 37 (12.85%) PostgreSQL
4 35 (12.15%) Amazon Athena
5 34 (11.81%) Amazon Aurora
6 29 (10.07%) Amazon Redshift
7 18 (6.25%) Tableau
8 16 (5.56%) Power BI
9 12 (4.17%) MongoDB
10 10 (3.47%) MySQL
10 10 (3.47%) NoSQL
10 10 (3.47%) Redis
11 9 (3.13%) Apache Iceberg
11 9 (3.13%) SQL Server
12 8 (2.78%) Data Warehouse
12 8 (2.78%) DB2
13 7 (2.43%) Data Lake
13 7 (2.43%) Relational Database
14 6 (2.08%) Big Data
14 6 (2.08%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 99 (34.38%) GitLab
1 99 (34.38%) Jenkins
2 64 (22.22%) Git
3 43 (14.93%) JIRA
4 19 (6.60%) JUnit
5 18 (6.25%) Maven
6 17 (5.90%) Mockito
7 16 (5.56%) Bitbucket
7 16 (5.56%) SonarQube
8 11 (3.82%) DbUnit
8 11 (3.82%) jMock
9 9 (3.13%) Bitbucket Server
10 7 (2.43%) Artifactory
11 6 (2.08%) Postman
12 5 (1.74%) MLflow
13 4 (1.39%) Gradle
13 4 (1.39%) Jaeger
13 4 (1.39%) NUnit
13 4 (1.39%) Terragrunt
14 3 (1.04%) Cypress.io
General
1 74 (25.69%) Public Sector
2 73 (25.35%) Social Skills
3 28 (9.72%) Finance
4 27 (9.38%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
6 10 (3.47%) Banking
7 7 (2.43%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.04%) Military
8 3 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.04%) Police
9 2 (0.69%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.69%) Legal
9 2 (0.69%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.69%) Retail
10 1 (0.35%) Billing
10 1 (0.35%) Front Office
10 1 (0.35%) Games
10 1 (0.35%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.35%) Law
Job Titles
1 71 (24.65%) AWS Engineer
2 50 (17.36%) DevOps Engineer
3 43 (14.93%) Developer
4 38 (13.19%) Senior
5 35 (12.15%) AWS DevOps
6 34 (11.81%) Architect
7 30 (10.42%) AWS DevOps Engineer
8 22 (7.64%) Data Engineer
9 21 (7.29%) Java Developer
10 18 (6.25%) Lead
11 17 (5.90%) AWS Architect
12 16 (5.56%) Platform Engineer
13 15 (5.21%) Site Reliability Engineer
14 14 (4.86%) Analyst
14 14 (4.86%) Cloud Engineer
14 14 (4.86%) Senior Developer
15 12 (4.17%) Delivery Manager
15 12 (4.17%) Site Engineer
15 12 (4.17%) Technical Manager
16 11 (3.82%) Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (14.24%) Kafka
2 38 (13.19%) Node.js
2 38 (13.19%) REST
3 37 (12.85%) AWS CDK
4 32 (11.11%) Spring
4 32 (11.11%) Spring Boot
5 29 (10.07%) RESTful
6 22 (7.64%) OpenTelemetry
7 21 (7.29%) Elastic Stack
7 21 (7.29%) OAuth
7 21 (7.29%) SOAP
7 21 (7.29%) Web Services
8 18 (6.25%) Hibernate
8 18 (6.25%) JPA
8 18 (6.25%) Spring Cloud
9 16 (5.56%) AngularJS
10 14 (4.86%) ActiveMQ
10 14 (4.86%) Spring Batch
10 14 (4.86%) Spring Integration
11 13 (4.51%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 81 (28.13%) Cloud Native
2 45 (15.63%) Distributed Systems
3 20 (6.94%) Product Ownership
4 9 (3.13%) Algorithms
4 9 (3.13%) Mainframe
5 8 (2.78%) Hybrid Cloud
5 8 (2.78%) Onboarding
5 8 (2.78%) Replication
6 7 (2.43%) DataPower
7 5 (1.74%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.39%) Data Structures
8 4 (1.39%) Online Banking
8 4 (1.39%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.04%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.04%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (1.04%) PACS
9 3 (1.04%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 2 (0.69%) Data Centre
10 2 (0.69%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.69%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 58 (20.14%) Linux
2 12 (4.17%) Windows
3 6 (2.08%) zOS
4 5 (1.74%) Amazon Linux
4 5 (1.74%) Unix
5 2 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.69%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.35%) Android
6 1 (0.35%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.35%) Debian
6 1 (0.35%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 208 (72.22%) CI/CD
2 153 (53.13%) DevOps
3 150 (52.08%) Infrastructure as Code
4 107 (37.15%) Observability
5 104 (36.11%) Agile
6 93 (32.29%) Containerisation
7 70 (24.31%) Microservices
8 67 (23.26%) Continuous Improvement
9 54 (18.75%) Test Automation
10 52 (18.06%) Platform Engineering
11 51 (17.71%) Scrum
12 46 (15.97%) Performance Tuning
13 44 (15.28%) Migration
14 43 (14.93%) Problem-Solving
15 38 (13.19%) Event-Driven
15 38 (13.19%) Site Reliability Engineering
16 36 (12.50%) Analytics
16 36 (12.50%) ETL
17 34 (11.81%) Data Modelling
17 34 (11.81%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 137 (47.57%) Python
2 71 (24.65%) SQL
3 62 (21.53%) Java
4 57 (19.79%) Bash
5 23 (7.99%) PowerShell
6 21 (7.29%) Shell Script
7 20 (6.94%) TypeScript
8 16 (5.56%) JavaScript
9 11 (3.82%) Go
9 11 (3.82%) Scala
10 8 (2.78%) C#
11 6 (2.08%) Groovy
12 5 (1.74%) Kotlin
13 4 (1.39%) Bicep
13 4 (1.39%) JCL
13 4 (1.39%) Perl
14 2 (0.69%) Search Processing Language
15 1 (0.35%) C
15 1 (0.35%) Ladder Logic
15 1 (0.35%) PHP
Qualifications
1 135 (46.88%) Security Cleared
2 116 (40.28%) SC Cleared
3 32 (11.11%) AWS Certification
4 12 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
5 10 (3.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 9 (3.13%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 9 (3.13%) SAFe Agilist
7 8 (2.78%) Degree
8 7 (2.43%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 7 (2.43%) Azure Certification
9 6 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (1.74%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (1.39%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.69%) AWS Certified Developer
12 2 (0.69%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.69%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.35%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
13 1 (0.35%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (7.64%) QA
2 16 (5.56%) Data Quality
3 13 (4.51%) PCI DSS
4 9 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (3.13%) NIST
5 7 (2.43%) Accessibility
5 7 (2.43%) GDPR
5 7 (2.43%) SLA
6 6 (2.08%) PMO
7 5 (1.74%) GRC
8 4 (1.39%) ISO 20022
9 3 (1.04%) Disclosure Scotland
9 3 (1.04%) NCSC
10 2 (0.69%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.69%) WCAG
11 1 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.35%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 123 (42.71%) Docker
2 10 (3.47%) Postfix
3 6 (2.08%) Squid
4 2 (0.69%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.35%) IAG
5 1 (0.35%) KVM
5 1 (0.35%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 180 (62.50%) Terraform
2 113 (39.24%) Grafana
3 88 (30.56%) Kubernetes
4 83 (28.82%) Prometheus
5 28 (9.72%) Ansible
6 8 (2.78%) Istio
6 8 (2.78%) Puppet
7 6 (2.08%) Argo
7 6 (2.08%) Kibana
8 4 (1.39%) Packer
8 4 (1.39%) Suricata
9 3 (1.04%) ITRS Geneos
9 3 (1.04%) Karpenter
9 3 (1.04%) Progress Chef
9 3 (1.04%) Rancher
10 2 (0.69%) Dell DRAC
10 2 (0.69%) linkerd
10 2 (0.69%) logstash
10 2 (0.69%) Nagios
10 2 (0.69%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 21 (7.29%) Splunk
2 16 (5.56%) Dynatrace
3 15 (5.21%) ServiceNow
4 14 (4.86%) Jaspersoft
5 12 (4.17%) Microsoft
6 11 (3.82%) Atlassian
7 8 (2.78%) Databricks
8 7 (2.43%) Informatica
9 6 (2.08%) AVEVA
9 6 (2.08%) Cribl.io
9 6 (2.08%) Denodo
9 6 (2.08%) New Relic
9 6 (2.08%) Oracle
10 5 (1.74%) IBM
11 4 (1.39%) Confluent
11 4 (1.39%) LogicMonitor
11 4 (1.39%) Tenable
12 3 (1.04%) Qualys
12 3 (1.04%) SAP
13 2 (0.69%) Cisco