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

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 352 316 396
Rank change year-on-year -36 +80 +10
Contract jobs citing Amazon CloudWatch 372 260 161
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.69% 0.79% 0.42%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.97% 2.12% 1.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 257 185 102
10th Percentile £381 £358 £413
25th Percentile £430 £440 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -0.94%
75th Percentile £584 £556 £600
90th Percentile £680 £638 £686
UK excluding London median daily rate £470 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -1.16% - -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £72.66 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £72.66 - -

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 18,840 12,272 13,102
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 34.95% 37.25% 34.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,482 8,174 9,031
10th Percentile £325 £313 £313
25th Percentile £425 £410 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £625 £613 £638
90th Percentile £713 £725 £740
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 606 314 224
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.50 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.50 £18.87 £18.50
Median hourly rate £33.99 £28.75 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.23% -4.17% -14.29%
75th Percentile £68.75 £52.42 £55.63
90th Percentile £81.75 £70.13 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.50 £19.00 £24.18
% change year-on-year +71.05% -21.42% -10.44%

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 29 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 29 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 -33 296 £500 - 174
London -8 176 £534 +2.94% 107
UK excluding London -61 140 £470 -1.16% 88
Work from Home -18 139 £484 -3.25% 70
Midlands -46 41 £463 -2.63% 15
West Midlands -37 38 £466 -1.95% 10
North of England -65 38 £475 +18.75% 25
South East -43 26 £500 - 13
North East -20 19 £444 - 6
Scotland -18 17 £485 -3.00% 9
North West -65 12 £600 +50.00% 13
East of England -27 10 £500 -4.76% 12
Yorkshire -50 7 £638 +34.21% 6
South West -39 5 £350 -32.69% 6
Northern Ireland - 3 £446 - 7
East Midlands -15 2 £392 -27.09% 5
Wales - 1 £550 - 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 46 (12.37%) Confluence
2 23 (6.18%) Apache Airflow
3 16 (4.30%) Apache
4 13 (3.49%) Apache Spark
5 8 (2.15%) SAS
6 7 (1.88%) Jupyter
7 4 (1.08%) CICS
8 3 (0.81%) nginx
9 1 (0.27%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.27%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (1.08%) Trello
2 3 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.54%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.27%) Mozilla Thunderbird
Business Applications
1 1 (0.27%) Aladdin
1 1 (0.27%) Payment Gateway
1 1 (0.27%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 371 (99.73%) AWS
2 221 (59.41%) Amazon S3
2 221 (59.41%) Serverless
3 218 (58.60%) AWS Lambda
4 143 (38.44%) Amazon EC2
5 126 (33.87%) Amazon EKS
6 114 (30.65%) GitHub
7 109 (29.30%) AWS CloudFormation
7 109 (29.30%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 88 (23.66%) Amazon ECS
9 82 (22.04%) GitHub Actions
10 76 (20.43%) Azure
11 49 (13.17%) AWS KMS
12 43 (11.56%) Amazon SQS
13 39 (10.48%) Datadog
14 36 (9.68%) Amazon Kinesis
14 36 (9.68%) AWS Step Functions
15 35 (9.41%) Amazon EMR
15 35 (9.41%) AWS CloudTrail
16 33 (8.87%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 26 (6.99%) Firewall
2 14 (3.76%) Network Security
3 13 (3.49%) DNS
4 7 (1.88%) HTTP
4 7 (1.88%) TCP/IP
5 6 (1.61%) SNMP
5 6 (1.61%) SSL
6 5 (1.34%) CTI
6 5 (1.34%) WAN
7 3 (0.81%) SMS
7 3 (0.81%) VPN
8 2 (0.54%) FTP
8 2 (0.54%) HTTPS
8 2 (0.54%) IMAP
8 2 (0.54%) OpenLDAP
8 2 (0.54%) SMTP
8 2 (0.54%) SSH
9 1 (0.27%) BGP
9 1 (0.27%) Internet
9 1 (0.27%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 108 (29.03%) Amazon RDS
2 76 (20.43%) DynamoDB
3 61 (16.40%) PostgreSQL
4 51 (13.71%) Amazon Athena
5 43 (11.56%) Amazon Aurora
6 34 (9.14%) Amazon Redshift
7 31 (8.33%) MongoDB
8 22 (5.91%) Data Warehouse
8 22 (5.91%) Power BI
9 20 (5.38%) Redis
10 14 (3.76%) SQL Server
11 12 (3.23%) MySQL
11 12 (3.23%) Tableau
12 11 (2.96%) Data Lake
13 10 (2.69%) DocumentDB
14 9 (2.42%) Apache Iceberg
14 9 (2.42%) NoSQL
15 8 (2.15%) Db2
16 6 (1.61%) BusinessObjects
16 6 (1.61%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 130 (34.95%) Jenkins
2 125 (33.60%) GitLab
3 84 (22.58%) Git
4 63 (16.94%) JIRA
5 22 (5.91%) Bitbucket
6 18 (4.84%) JUnit
7 17 (4.57%) Mockito
8 13 (3.49%) Maven
9 10 (2.69%) SonarQube
10 9 (2.42%) Cucumber
11 8 (2.15%) REST Assured
12 7 (1.88%) Artifactory
12 7 (1.88%) DbUnit
12 7 (1.88%) Postman
13 6 (1.61%) Bitbucket Server
13 6 (1.61%) Cypress.io
13 6 (1.61%) jMock
14 5 (1.34%) Gatling
15 4 (1.08%) JMeter
15 4 (1.08%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 105 (28.23%) Social Skills
2 93 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 39 (10.48%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (9.14%) Finance
5 22 (5.91%) Banking
6 17 (4.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (2.15%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (1.61%) Back Office
8 6 (1.61%) Law
9 5 (1.34%) Military
10 4 (1.08%) Front Office
11 3 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (0.81%) Legal
11 3 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (0.81%) Publishing
12 2 (0.54%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.54%) Retail
13 1 (0.27%) Billing
13 1 (0.27%) Games
13 1 (0.27%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 84 (22.58%) AWS Engineer
2 65 (17.47%) DevOps Engineer
3 59 (15.86%) Senior
4 46 (12.37%) Developer
5 42 (11.29%) AWS DevOps
6 40 (10.75%) Architect
7 37 (9.95%) Data Engineer
8 34 (9.14%) AWS DevOps Engineer
9 33 (8.87%) Lead
10 32 (8.60%) Cloud Engineer
11 22 (5.91%) AWS Architect
12 21 (5.65%) Scrum Master
13 18 (4.84%) Java Developer
13 18 (4.84%) Lead DevOps
13 18 (4.84%) Platform Engineer
13 18 (4.84%) Senior Data Engineer
14 17 (4.57%) Site Reliability Engineer
15 15 (4.03%) AWS Data Engineer
15 15 (4.03%) DBA
16 14 (3.76%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 234 (62.90%) Terraform
2 46 (12.37%) RESTful
3 43 (11.56%) Node.js
3 43 (11.56%) REST
3 43 (11.56%) Spring
4 41 (11.02%) Kafka
5 39 (10.48%) Spring Boot
6 34 (9.14%) AWS CDK
7 23 (6.18%) PySpark
8 19 (5.11%) SOAP
9 14 (3.76%) AngularJS
10 13 (3.49%) ActiveMQ
10 13 (3.49%) OpenTelemetry
10 13 (3.49%) React
10 13 (3.49%) Web Services
11 11 (2.96%) GraphQL
12 10 (2.69%) Playwright
13 9 (2.42%) FastAPI
13 9 (2.42%) Jest
13 9 (2.42%) Spring Batch
Miscellaneous
1 119 (31.99%) Cloud Native
2 35 (9.41%) Distributed Systems
2 35 (9.41%) Product Ownership
3 19 (5.11%) Replication
4 13 (3.49%) IVR
5 11 (2.96%) CMDB
5 11 (2.96%) Data Structures
6 10 (2.69%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (2.15%) Onboarding
7 8 (2.15%) Security Posture
8 7 (1.88%) Linux Command Line
9 6 (1.61%) Hybrid Cloud
9 6 (1.61%) Mainframe
10 4 (1.08%) AI Agents
10 4 (1.08%) DataPower
10 4 (1.08%) Fixed Income
10 4 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
10 4 (1.08%) Online Banking
11 3 (0.81%) Distributed Architecture
11 3 (0.81%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 56 (15.05%) Linux
2 20 (5.38%) Windows
3 16 (4.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 10 (2.69%) Amazon Linux
5 9 (2.42%) Windows Server
6 7 (1.88%) Unix
7 6 (1.61%) Ubuntu
8 5 (1.34%) zOS
9 4 (1.08%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.27%) Android
10 1 (0.27%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.27%) CentOS
10 1 (0.27%) Debian
10 1 (0.27%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 290 (77.96%) CI/CD
2 226 (60.75%) DevOps
3 223 (59.95%) Infrastructure as Code
4 162 (43.55%) Agile
5 125 (33.60%) Observability
6 106 (28.49%) Containerisation
7 90 (24.19%) Continuous Improvement
8 80 (21.51%) Test Automation
9 77 (20.70%) Platform Engineering
10 72 (19.35%) Microservices
11 63 (16.94%) AI
12 61 (16.40%) Root Cause Analysis
13 58 (15.59%) Scrum
14 56 (15.05%) Data Modelling
15 52 (13.98%) Event-Driven
15 52 (13.98%) Problem-Solving
16 50 (13.44%) Performance Tuning
17 48 (12.90%) Migration
17 48 (12.90%) Stakeholder Management
18 46 (12.37%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 189 (50.81%) Python
2 89 (23.92%) SQL
3 76 (20.43%) Java
4 75 (20.16%) Bash
5 38 (10.22%) PowerShell
6 30 (8.06%) TypeScript
7 26 (6.99%) JavaScript
8 16 (4.30%) Scala
9 14 (3.76%) Groovy
10 10 (2.69%) Shell Script
11 9 (2.42%) C#
12 7 (1.88%) Perl
13 4 (1.08%) Bicep
13 4 (1.08%) Go
13 4 (1.08%) JCL
13 4 (1.08%) Kotlin
14 2 (0.54%) C
14 2 (0.54%) Korn
15 1 (0.27%) Ladder Logic
15 1 (0.27%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 166 (44.62%) Security Cleared
2 147 (39.52%) SC Cleared
3 68 (18.28%) AWS Certification
4 29 (7.80%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 23 (6.18%) BPSS Clearance
6 18 (4.84%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 16 (4.30%) Azure Certification
8 12 (3.23%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 11 (2.96%) SAFe Agilist
10 10 (2.69%) ITIL Certification
11 7 (1.88%) Degree
12 4 (1.08%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (1.08%) DV Cleared
13 3 (0.81%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
14 2 (0.54%) AWS Certified Developer
14 2 (0.54%) CISSP
14 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Certification
15 1 (0.27%) ISTQB
15 1 (0.27%) PMI Certification
15 1 (0.27%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (11.02%) QA
2 36 (9.68%) Data Quality
3 8 (2.15%) Accessibility
3 8 (2.15%) SLA
4 6 (1.61%) PCI DSS
5 5 (1.34%) WCAG
6 4 (1.08%) Disclosure Scotland
6 4 (1.08%) GDPR
6 4 (1.08%) ISO 20022
7 3 (0.81%) NCSC
7 3 (0.81%) PMO
8 2 (0.54%) GRC
8 2 (0.54%) HL7
9 1 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.27%) Government Security Classifications
9 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.27%) NIST
9 1 (0.27%) SEPA
9 1 (0.27%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 143 (38.44%) Docker
2 12 (3.23%) Active Directory
3 11 (2.96%) IAG
4 10 (2.69%) Squid
5 7 (1.88%) Postfix
6 2 (0.54%) DFS Replication
6 2 (0.54%) Dovecot
6 2 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.27%) KVM
7 1 (0.27%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 128 (34.41%) Kubernetes
2 122 (32.80%) Grafana
3 97 (26.08%) Prometheus
4 64 (17.20%) Ansible
5 10 (2.69%) Packer
5 10 (2.69%) Puppet
6 8 (2.15%) Progress Chef
7 6 (1.61%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (1.34%) Argo
8 5 (1.34%) Istio
9 4 (1.08%) Suricata
10 3 (0.81%) ITRS Geneos
10 3 (0.81%) Kibana
11 2 (0.54%) Consul
11 2 (0.54%) Nessus
11 2 (0.54%) Proxmox
11 2 (0.54%) ZABBIX
12 1 (0.27%) systemd
12 1 (0.27%) WSUS
12 1 (0.27%) yum
Vendors
1 36 (9.68%) Dynatrace
2 27 (7.26%) ServiceNow
3 23 (6.18%) Splunk
4 19 (5.11%) Informatica
5 14 (3.76%) Microsoft
6 11 (2.96%) Nexthink
6 11 (2.96%) Red Hat
7 10 (2.69%) Jaspersoft
7 10 (2.69%) Oracle
8 8 (2.15%) Salesforce
9 7 (1.88%) Atlassian
9 7 (1.88%) Confluent
10 6 (1.61%) Cribl.io
10 6 (1.61%) Denodo
10 6 (1.61%) Google
11 5 (1.34%) PagerDuty
12 4 (1.08%) AppDynamics
12 4 (1.08%) New Relic
12 4 (1.08%) Trend Micro
13 3 (0.81%) Databricks