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 20 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 313 361 425
Rank change year-on-year +48 +64 -9
Contract jobs citing Amazon CloudWatch 314 173 168
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.77% 0.56% 0.38%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.03% 1.50% 1.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 220 135 143
10th Percentile £375 £405 £405
25th Percentile £418 £452 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -12.00%
75th Percentile £600 £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 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £67.50
Median hourly rate - - £70.00
75th Percentile - - £72.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £70.94

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 15,468 11,568 14,768
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 37.88% 37.50% 33.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,602 7,781 10,526
10th Percentile £311 £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 £633 £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 396 178 332
10th Percentile £15.00 £16.93 £14.14
25th Percentile £19.14 £21.46 £16.12
Median hourly rate £37.25 £27.50 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +35.45% +25.00% -12.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £44.58 £50.58
90th Percentile £80.10 £76.01 £72.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.44 £24.42 £20.00
% change year-on-year +65.58% +22.10% -3.94%

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 20 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 20 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 -3 230 £525 -0.19% 79
London +14 137 £525 - 35
UK excluding London -22 115 £525 - 52
Work from Home -3 92 £536 +2.10% 39
North of England -45 42 £525 -15.32% 22
Midlands -36 28 £475 +6.26% 10
West Midlands -29 25 £500 - 10
Scotland +5 22 £483 -3.50% 1
Yorkshire -50 21 £521 -28.10% 13
North West -22 13 £525 +5.05% 9
South West -7 10 £700 +19.15% 3
North East -13 8 £575 -2.54%
South East -26 8 £358 -37.74% 14
East of England - 5 £575 - 2
East Midlands -27 3 £375 -6.25%
Wales - 3 £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 23 (7.32%) Confluence
2 11 (3.50%) Apache Airflow
3 9 (2.87%) Apache Spark
4 6 (1.91%) Apache
5 4 (1.27%) nginx
6 2 (0.64%) Apache Pulsar
7 1 (0.32%) CMS
7 1 (0.32%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.32%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.27%) Mozilla Thunderbird
Business Applications
1 4 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.32%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 309 (98.41%) AWS
2 200 (63.69%) Serverless
3 197 (62.74%) Amazon S3
4 194 (61.78%) AWS Lambda
5 133 (42.36%) Amazon EC2
6 128 (40.76%) Amazon ECS
7 109 (34.71%) GitHub
8 108 (34.39%) AWS CloudFormation
9 107 (34.08%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 102 (32.48%) Amazon EKS
11 92 (29.30%) GitHub Actions
12 54 (17.20%) Azure
13 37 (11.78%) Route 53
14 35 (11.15%) Amazon SQS
15 32 (10.19%) Amazon ELB
16 28 (8.92%) AWS CodePipeline
16 28 (8.92%) AWS Fargate
17 26 (8.28%) AWS KMS
17 26 (8.28%) Datadog
18 24 (7.64%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 37 (11.78%) DNS
2 36 (11.46%) Firewall
3 21 (6.69%) VPN
4 13 (4.14%) Network Security
4 13 (4.14%) SSL
4 13 (4.14%) TCP/IP
5 12 (3.82%) HTTP
6 6 (1.91%) FTP
6 6 (1.91%) SMTP
6 6 (1.91%) SSH
7 4 (1.27%) IMAP
7 4 (1.27%) OpenLDAP
8 3 (0.96%) WAN
9 2 (0.64%) BGP
9 2 (0.64%) OSPF
9 2 (0.64%) SD-WAN
10 1 (0.32%) DHCP
10 1 (0.32%) LAN
10 1 (0.32%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (34.71%) Amazon RDS
2 69 (21.97%) DynamoDB
3 34 (10.83%) PostgreSQL
4 28 (8.92%) Amazon Aurora
5 24 (7.64%) Amazon Athena
6 21 (6.69%) MySQL
7 15 (4.78%) Amazon Redshift
8 14 (4.46%) MongoDB
9 13 (4.14%) NoSQL
9 13 (4.14%) Relational Database
10 9 (2.87%) Redis
11 7 (2.23%) DB2
11 7 (2.23%) Power BI
11 7 (2.23%) Tableau
12 6 (1.91%) Big Data
13 5 (1.59%) DocumentDB
13 5 (1.59%) RDBMS
14 4 (1.27%) SQL Server
15 3 (0.96%) Amazon QuickSight
15 3 (0.96%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 125 (39.81%) Jenkins
2 116 (36.94%) GitLab
3 70 (22.29%) Git
4 27 (8.60%) JIRA
5 14 (4.46%) JUnit
6 13 (4.14%) SonarQube
7 10 (3.18%) Maven
8 7 (2.23%) Mockito
9 6 (1.91%) Bitbucket
9 6 (1.91%) Vagrant
10 5 (1.59%) DbUnit
10 5 (1.59%) jMock
10 5 (1.59%) Mocha
11 4 (1.27%) NUnit
11 4 (1.27%) Postman
11 4 (1.27%) Terragrunt
12 3 (0.96%) Artifactory
12 3 (0.96%) Bitbucket Server
12 3 (0.96%) MLflow
12 3 (0.96%) Snyk
General
1 85 (27.07%) Public Sector
2 66 (21.02%) Social Skills
3 28 (8.92%) Finance
4 21 (6.69%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (4.78%) Presentation Skills
6 10 (3.18%) Banking
7 6 (1.91%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (1.59%) Military
9 3 (0.96%) Front Office
9 3 (0.96%) Investment Banking
9 3 (0.96%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (0.96%) Police
10 2 (0.64%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.32%) Games
11 1 (0.32%) Law
11 1 (0.32%) Legal
Job Titles
1 86 (27.39%) DevOps Engineer
2 79 (25.16%) AWS Engineer
3 44 (14.01%) AWS DevOps
3 44 (14.01%) Developer
3 44 (14.01%) Senior
4 42 (13.38%) Architect
5 41 (13.06%) AWS DevOps Engineer
6 27 (8.60%) Platform Engineer
7 23 (7.32%) Cloud Platform Engineer
8 21 (6.69%) AWS Platform Engineer
9 20 (6.37%) AWS Architect
10 19 (6.05%) Lead
11 18 (5.73%) Senior DevOps
11 18 (5.73%) Senior DevOps Engineer
12 17 (5.41%) Cloud Architect
13 16 (5.10%) Java Developer
14 15 (4.78%) Data Engineer
15 13 (4.14%) Solutions Architect
16 12 (3.82%) Delivery Manager
17 11 (3.50%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (15.61%) Kafka
2 46 (14.65%) Node.js
3 37 (11.78%) REST
4 35 (11.15%) Elastic Stack
5 31 (9.87%) OAuth
6 30 (9.55%) AWS CDK
7 24 (7.64%) Spring
7 24 (7.64%) Spring Boot
8 22 (7.01%) JWT
9 20 (6.37%) React
10 19 (6.05%) RESTful
11 14 (4.46%) AngularJS
11 14 (4.46%) OAuth2
12 12 (3.82%) ActiveMQ
13 11 (3.50%) FastAPI
13 11 (3.50%) PySpark
14 10 (3.18%) .NET
14 10 (3.18%) Hibernate
14 10 (3.18%) JPA
14 10 (3.18%) Spring Cloud
Miscellaneous
1 66 (21.02%) Cloud Native
2 37 (11.78%) Distributed Systems
3 10 (3.18%) Replication
4 9 (2.87%) Algorithms
4 9 (2.87%) NHS
4 9 (2.87%) Onboarding
5 7 (2.23%) Mainframe
6 6 (1.91%) IVR
6 6 (1.91%) Product Ownership
7 5 (1.59%) Data Structures
7 5 (1.59%) DataPower
7 5 (1.59%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.27%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (0.96%) Data Centre
9 3 (0.96%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (0.96%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.64%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 58 (18.47%) Linux
2 15 (4.78%) Windows
3 10 (3.18%) Amazon Linux
3 10 (3.18%) Unix
4 7 (2.23%) VMS
5 6 (1.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (1.59%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.64%) zOS
8 1 (0.32%) Android
8 1 (0.32%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.32%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 220 (70.06%) CI/CD
2 189 (60.19%) Infrastructure as Code
3 170 (54.14%) DevOps
4 105 (33.44%) Containerisation
5 92 (29.30%) Agile
6 90 (28.66%) Observability
7 81 (25.80%) Microservices
8 60 (19.11%) Continuous Improvement
9 55 (17.52%) Migration
10 46 (14.65%) Platform Engineering
10 46 (14.65%) Problem-Solving
11 42 (13.38%) Event-Driven
12 41 (13.06%) High Availability
12 41 (13.06%) Incident Response
12 41 (13.06%) Performance Tuning
12 41 (13.06%) Test Automation
13 38 (12.10%) Cost Optimisation
14 37 (11.78%) Infrastructure Automation
15 36 (11.46%) Analytics
16 33 (10.51%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 164 (52.23%) Python
2 62 (19.75%) Bash
3 61 (19.43%) Java
4 51 (16.24%) SQL
5 24 (7.64%) Shell Script
6 21 (6.69%) PowerShell
7 18 (5.73%) JavaScript
7 18 (5.73%) TypeScript
8 12 (3.82%) Go
9 8 (2.55%) C#
9 8 (2.55%) Groovy
10 5 (1.59%) Bicep
10 5 (1.59%) Kotlin
11 4 (1.27%) Scala
12 3 (0.96%) Korn
13 2 (0.64%) Perl
13 2 (0.64%) PHP
14 1 (0.32%) C
14 1 (0.32%) COBOL
14 1 (0.32%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 131 (41.72%) Security Cleared
2 107 (34.08%) SC Cleared
3 42 (13.38%) AWS Certification
4 16 (5.10%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 14 (4.46%) BPSS Clearance
6 13 (4.14%) Degree
7 9 (2.87%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 8 (2.55%) Azure Certification
9 7 (2.23%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (2.23%) DV Cleared
10 4 (1.27%) AWS Certified Developer
10 4 (1.27%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.96%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.64%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
13 1 (0.32%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.32%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (6.37%) QA
2 17 (5.41%) GDPR
3 16 (5.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (4.78%) PCI DSS
5 10 (3.18%) Data Quality
6 9 (2.87%) NIST
7 8 (2.55%) Accessibility
8 6 (1.91%) HIPAA
8 6 (1.91%) PMO
9 4 (1.27%) SLA
10 3 (0.96%) Disclosure Scotland
10 3 (0.96%) NCSC
10 3 (0.96%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.64%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.64%) WCAG
12 1 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.32%) GRC
12 1 (0.32%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 152 (48.41%) Docker
2 8 (2.55%) Postfix
3 6 (1.91%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.91%) DFS Replication
4 4 (1.27%) Dovecot
4 4 (1.27%) Squid
5 1 (0.32%) Snort
Systems Management
1 208 (66.24%) Terraform
2 109 (34.71%) Kubernetes
3 92 (29.30%) Grafana
4 78 (24.84%) Prometheus
5 44 (14.01%) Ansible
6 9 (2.87%) Argo
7 8 (2.55%) Kibana
8 7 (2.23%) Puppet
9 6 (1.91%) Progress Chef
10 5 (1.59%) Dell DRAC
10 5 (1.59%) Red Hat Satellite
11 4 (1.27%) Istio
11 4 (1.27%) Nessus
11 4 (1.27%) Proxmox
12 3 (0.96%) ITRS Geneos
12 3 (0.96%) Karpenter
12 3 (0.96%) Packer
13 2 (0.64%) linkerd
13 2 (0.64%) logstash
13 2 (0.64%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 27 (8.60%) Splunk
2 21 (6.69%) ServiceNow
3 15 (4.78%) F5
3 15 (4.78%) Microsoft
4 14 (4.46%) CheckPoint
4 14 (4.46%) Palo Alto
5 13 (4.14%) Dynatrace
6 10 (3.18%) Jaspersoft
7 8 (2.55%) Databricks
8 7 (2.23%) IBM
9 6 (1.91%) Atlassian
9 6 (1.91%) AVEVA
9 6 (1.91%) Cisco
10 5 (1.59%) Avaya
10 5 (1.59%) Dell
10 5 (1.59%) Genesys
10 5 (1.59%) New Relic
10 5 (1.59%) Red Hat
10 5 (1.59%) Sybase
11 4 (1.27%) Salesforce