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 8 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 334 331 401
Rank change year-on-year -3 +70 +3
Contract jobs citing Amazon CloudWatch 371 239 170
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.69% 0.73% 0.44%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.96% 1.95% 1.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 253 169 112
10th Percentile £375 £358 £413
25th Percentile £415 £438 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £575 £555 £610
90th Percentile £650 £639 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £463 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -2.63% - -16.04%
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 - - £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 18,899 12,233 13,147
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.26% 37.19% 33.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,480 8,192 9,158
10th Percentile £325 £313 £313
25th Percentile £420 £410 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -2.86%
75th Percentile £623 £615 £638
90th Percentile £713 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 627 312 274
10th Percentile £15.81 £15.16 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.50 £18.51 £16.30
Median hourly rate £35.00 £27.63 £24.17
Median % change year-on-year +26.67% +14.34% -30.96%
75th Percentile £68.75 £47.50 £52.73
90th Percentile £82.30 £67.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £34.38 £18.87 £21.37
% change year-on-year +82.17% -11.70% -20.11%

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 8 August 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 17 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 8 August 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 -15 298 £495 -1.00% 105
London +12 178 £519 +1.72% 56
UK excluding London -47 147 £463 -2.63% 54
Work from Home -19 142 £469 -6.20% 47
Midlands -34 50 £472 -0.63% 6
West Midlands -36 48 £475 - 5
North of England -76 35 £463 +12.12% 17
Scotland -1 22 £433 -13.50% 3
South East -46 21 £459 -14.60% 16
North East -28 17 £425 - 7
East of England -17 10 £500 - 6
North West -52 10 £495 +23.75% 5
Yorkshire -44 8 £500 +5.26% 5
South West -42 6 £444 -14.66% 7
Northern Ireland - 3 £446 -
East Midlands -11 1 £425 -20.86% 1
Wales - 1 £550 -

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 48 (12.94%) Confluence
2 21 (5.66%) Apache Airflow
3 15 (4.04%) Apache
4 12 (3.23%) Apache Spark
5 7 (1.89%) SAS
6 6 (1.62%) CICS
6 6 (1.62%) Jupyter
7 4 (1.08%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.27%) nginx
8 1 (0.27%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.27%) Tomcat
Applications
1 8 (2.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.08%) Trello
3 2 (0.54%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.27%) Aladdin
1 1 (0.27%) Payment Gateway
1 1 (0.27%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 371 (100.00%) AWS
2 234 (63.07%) Amazon S3
3 216 (58.22%) Serverless
4 213 (57.41%) AWS Lambda
5 163 (43.94%) Amazon EC2
6 119 (32.08%) Amazon EKS
7 115 (31.00%) GitHub
8 112 (30.19%) AWS CloudFormation
9 111 (29.92%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 92 (24.80%) Amazon ECS
11 86 (23.18%) GitHub Actions
12 70 (18.87%) Azure
13 54 (14.56%) AWS KMS
14 45 (12.13%) Amazon SQS
15 37 (9.97%) Datadog
16 35 (9.43%) Amazon Kinesis
16 35 (9.43%) Route 53
17 34 (9.16%) Amazon EMR
18 33 (8.89%) AWS CloudTrail
19 32 (8.63%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 19 (5.12%) Firewall
2 14 (3.77%) DNS
3 13 (3.50%) Network Security
4 7 (1.89%) TCP/IP
5 6 (1.62%) SNMP
5 6 (1.62%) SSL
6 5 (1.35%) CTI
6 5 (1.35%) HTTP
6 5 (1.35%) WAN
7 3 (0.81%) VPN
8 2 (0.54%) SMS
9 1 (0.27%) BGP
9 1 (0.27%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.27%) Internet
9 1 (0.27%) PSTN
9 1 (0.27%) Reverse Proxy
9 1 (0.27%) RTP
9 1 (0.27%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (29.38%) Amazon RDS
2 84 (22.64%) DynamoDB
3 56 (15.09%) PostgreSQL
4 52 (14.02%) Amazon Athena
5 40 (10.78%) Amazon Aurora
6 33 (8.89%) Amazon Redshift
7 26 (7.01%) Power BI
8 25 (6.74%) MongoDB
9 21 (5.66%) Data Warehouse
10 17 (4.58%) Tableau
11 16 (4.31%) Redis
12 12 (3.23%) SQL Server
13 11 (2.96%) Db2
14 10 (2.70%) Data Lake
15 9 (2.43%) Apache Iceberg
16 8 (2.16%) DocumentDB
16 8 (2.16%) NoSQL
17 7 (1.89%) Metadata
18 6 (1.62%) BusinessObjects
18 6 (1.62%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 132 (35.58%) Jenkins
2 118 (31.81%) GitLab
3 91 (24.53%) Git
4 65 (17.52%) JIRA
5 27 (7.28%) Bitbucket
6 26 (7.01%) JUnit
7 25 (6.74%) Mockito
8 20 (5.39%) Maven
9 17 (4.58%) SonarQube
10 12 (3.23%) DbUnit
11 11 (2.96%) Bitbucket Server
11 11 (2.96%) jMock
12 8 (2.16%) Cucumber
13 7 (1.89%) Artifactory
13 7 (1.89%) Postman
14 6 (1.62%) REST Assured
15 5 (1.35%) Cypress.io
15 5 (1.35%) Gatling
16 4 (1.08%) Jaeger
16 4 (1.08%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 102 (27.49%) Social Skills
2 92 (24.80%) Public Sector
3 42 (11.32%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (10.78%) Finance
5 24 (6.47%) Banking
6 15 (4.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (1.62%) Law
10 5 (1.35%) Back Office
11 3 (0.81%) Front Office
11 3 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (0.81%) Legal
11 3 (0.81%) Military
11 3 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (0.81%) Publishing
12 2 (0.54%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.54%) Retail
13 1 (0.27%) Games
13 1 (0.27%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 86 (23.18%) AWS Engineer
2 54 (14.56%) DevOps Engineer
2 54 (14.56%) Senior
3 53 (14.29%) Developer
4 39 (10.51%) Architect
5 38 (10.24%) AWS DevOps
6 35 (9.43%) Data Engineer
7 31 (8.36%) AWS DevOps Engineer
7 31 (8.36%) Cloud Engineer
7 31 (8.36%) Lead
8 25 (6.74%) Java Developer
9 21 (5.66%) Scrum Master
10 19 (5.12%) AWS Architect
10 19 (5.12%) Platform Engineer
10 19 (5.12%) Site Reliability Engineer
11 17 (4.58%) Lead DevOps
11 17 (4.58%) Senior Data Engineer
12 16 (4.31%) Site Engineer
13 15 (4.04%) AWS Data Engineer
14 14 (3.77%) Cloud Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (14.29%) RESTful
2 49 (13.21%) REST
2 49 (13.21%) Spring
3 45 (12.13%) Spring Boot
4 44 (11.86%) Node.js
5 42 (11.32%) Kafka
6 36 (9.70%) AWS CDK
7 29 (7.82%) SOAP
8 23 (6.20%) PySpark
8 23 (6.20%) Web Services
9 21 (5.66%) AngularJS
10 19 (5.12%) ActiveMQ
11 16 (4.31%) Hibernate
11 16 (4.31%) JPA
11 16 (4.31%) Spring Batch
11 16 (4.31%) Spring Integration
12 15 (4.04%) OpenTelemetry
13 14 (3.77%) Spring Cloud
14 12 (3.23%) GraphQL
14 12 (3.23%) React
Miscellaneous
1 115 (31.00%) Cloud Native
2 43 (11.59%) Distributed Systems
3 34 (9.16%) Product Ownership
4 14 (3.77%) Replication
5 11 (2.96%) IVR
6 10 (2.70%) Data Structures
7 9 (2.43%) Security Posture
8 8 (2.16%) CMDB
8 8 (2.16%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (2.16%) Mainframe
8 8 (2.16%) Onboarding
9 6 (1.62%) DataPower
9 6 (1.62%) Linux Command Line
9 6 (1.62%) Online Banking
10 5 (1.35%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
12 3 (0.81%) Distributed Architecture
12 3 (0.81%) Legacy Applications
12 3 (0.81%) NHS
12 3 (0.81%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 58 (15.63%) Linux
2 20 (5.39%) Windows
3 16 (4.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (2.16%) Windows Server
5 7 (1.89%) Amazon Linux
5 7 (1.89%) zOS
6 6 (1.62%) Unix
7 5 (1.35%) Ubuntu
8 4 (1.08%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.27%) Android
9 1 (0.27%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.27%) CentOS
9 1 (0.27%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 278 (74.93%) CI/CD
2 211 (56.87%) DevOps
3 200 (53.91%) Infrastructure as Code
4 164 (44.20%) Agile
5 121 (32.61%) Observability
6 105 (28.30%) Containerisation
7 89 (23.99%) Continuous Improvement
8 81 (21.83%) Microservices
9 78 (21.02%) Platform Engineering
10 76 (20.49%) Test Automation
11 63 (16.98%) Scrum
12 58 (15.63%) AI
13 54 (14.56%) Migration
14 53 (14.29%) Data Modelling
14 53 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
14 53 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
15 47 (12.67%) Data Pipeline
15 47 (12.67%) Performance Tuning
16 46 (12.40%) Analytics
16 46 (12.40%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 186 (50.13%) Python
2 94 (25.34%) SQL
3 78 (21.02%) Bash
4 76 (20.49%) Java
5 39 (10.51%) PowerShell
6 27 (7.28%) TypeScript
7 23 (6.20%) JavaScript
8 14 (3.77%) Scala
9 13 (3.50%) Shell Script
10 10 (2.70%) Groovy
11 7 (1.89%) C#
11 7 (1.89%) Go
12 6 (1.62%) JCL
13 5 (1.35%) Kotlin
13 5 (1.35%) Perl
14 3 (0.81%) Bicep
15 2 (0.54%) C
15 2 (0.54%) Korn
15 2 (0.54%) Search Processing Language
16 1 (0.27%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 171 (46.09%) Security Cleared
2 151 (40.70%) SC Cleared
3 56 (15.09%) AWS Certification
4 23 (6.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 22 (5.93%) BPSS Clearance
6 17 (4.58%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 13 (3.50%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 11 (2.96%) Azure Certification
8 11 (2.96%) SAFe Agilist
9 7 (1.89%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (1.35%) Degree
11 4 (1.08%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (0.81%) AWS Certified Developer
12 3 (0.81%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
12 3 (0.81%) DV Cleared
13 1 (0.27%) CISSP
13 1 (0.27%) Master's Degree
13 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.27%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.27%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (9.43%) QA
2 32 (8.63%) Data Quality
3 9 (2.43%) SLA
4 8 (2.16%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.89%) PCI DSS
6 6 (1.62%) GDPR
6 6 (1.62%) PMO
7 5 (1.35%) WCAG
8 4 (1.08%) GRC
8 4 (1.08%) ISO 20022
9 3 (0.81%) Disclosure Scotland
9 3 (0.81%) NCSC
10 2 (0.54%) HL7
10 2 (0.54%) NIST
11 1 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.27%) Government Security Classifications
11 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 1 (0.27%) SEPA
11 1 (0.27%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 139 (37.47%) Docker
2 9 (2.43%) Active Directory
2 9 (2.43%) Postfix
3 8 (2.16%) IAG
3 8 (2.16%) Squid
4 1 (0.27%) KVM
4 1 (0.27%) QEMU
4 1 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 220 (59.30%) Terraform
2 125 (33.69%) Grafana
3 119 (32.08%) Kubernetes
4 97 (26.15%) Prometheus
5 54 (14.56%) Ansible
6 10 (2.70%) Puppet
7 9 (2.43%) Istio
7 9 (2.43%) Packer
8 6 (1.62%) Progress Chef
9 5 (1.35%) Argo
9 5 (1.35%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (1.08%) Suricata
11 3 (0.81%) Kibana
11 3 (0.81%) Rancher
12 2 (0.54%) Consul
12 2 (0.54%) ITRS Geneos
12 2 (0.54%) ZABBIX
13 1 (0.27%) Dell DRAC
13 1 (0.27%) systemd
13 1 (0.27%) yum
Vendors
1 33 (8.89%) Dynatrace
2 29 (7.82%) ServiceNow
3 22 (5.93%) Splunk
4 18 (4.85%) Informatica
5 15 (4.04%) Jaspersoft
6 13 (3.50%) Microsoft
7 12 (3.23%) Atlassian
8 10 (2.70%) Red Hat
9 8 (2.16%) Nexthink
10 7 (1.89%) Confluent
10 7 (1.89%) Cribl.io
10 7 (1.89%) Oracle
10 7 (1.89%) Salesforce
11 6 (1.62%) Databricks
11 6 (1.62%) Denodo
11 6 (1.62%) New Relic
12 5 (1.35%) PagerDuty
13 4 (1.08%) AppDynamics
13 4 (1.08%) Google
13 4 (1.08%) Trend Micro