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

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 359 350 386
Rank change year-on-year -9 +36 +13
Contract jobs citing Amazon CloudWatch 285 161 185
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.59% 0.55% 0.43%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.67% 1.47% 1.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 192 115 140
10th Percentile £355 £358 £405
25th Percentile £410 £419 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £484 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.25% -4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £658 £680 £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 17,053 10,966 13,869
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.50% 37.55% 32.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,507 7,533 9,862
10th Percentile £325 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.46% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £606 £623 £634
90th Percentile £703 £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 508 249 350
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.14 £14.00
25th Percentile £20.32 £18.50 £16.06
Median hourly rate £36.36 £27.50 £21.37
Median % change year-on-year +32.20% +28.69% -38.94%
75th Percentile £63.75 £47.50 £38.13
90th Percentile £77.81 £73.75 £65.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £20.89 £17.72
% change year-on-year +79.51% +17.89% -31.49%

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 19 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 19 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 -10 223 £500 - 59
London +16 145 £525 +5.00% 27
UK excluding London -60 100 £463 -7.50% 33
Work from Home -20 84 £469 -10.50% 86
West Midlands -32 38 £475 -5.00% 2
Midlands -41 38 £475 -8.39% 3
Scotland +2 19 £440 -12.00%
North of England -70 15 £450 +12.50% 16
South East -53 13 £392 -31.91% 7
East of England -21 8 £500 - 1
North West -43 8 £400 +2.30% 8
South West -23 5 £619 +5.32% 4
Yorkshire -52 4 £463 -22.92% 4
North East -20 3 £413 - 4
Northern Ireland - 2 £446 - 1
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 (12.63%) Confluence
2 20 (7.02%) Apache Airflow
3 9 (3.16%) Apache
3 9 (3.16%) Apache Spark
4 6 (2.11%) SAS
5 4 (1.40%) CICS
5 4 (1.40%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.70%) Apache Pulsar
7 1 (0.35%) CMS
7 1 (0.35%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.35%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.35%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (2.81%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.70%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.35%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.35%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 282 (98.95%) AWS
2 169 (59.30%) Amazon S3
3 164 (57.54%) Serverless
4 158 (55.44%) AWS Lambda
5 117 (41.05%) Amazon EC2
6 101 (35.44%) Amazon EKS
7 98 (34.39%) AWS CloudFormation
8 95 (33.33%) GitHub
9 91 (31.93%) Amazon ECS
10 87 (30.53%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 83 (29.12%) GitHub Actions
12 51 (17.89%) Azure
13 46 (16.14%) Amazon SQS
14 38 (13.33%) AWS CodePipeline
15 34 (11.93%) AWS KMS
16 28 (9.82%) Route 53
17 27 (9.47%) Amazon Kinesis
18 20 (7.02%) AWS Step Functions
19 18 (6.32%) Azure DevOps
19 18 (6.32%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 18 (6.32%) DNS
2 15 (5.26%) Firewall
3 7 (2.46%) HTTP
3 7 (2.46%) Network Security
4 6 (2.11%) TCP/IP
5 5 (1.75%) SNMP
5 5 (1.75%) VPN
6 3 (1.05%) WAN
7 2 (0.70%) BGP
7 2 (0.70%) CTI
7 2 (0.70%) OSPF
7 2 (0.70%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.70%) SSL
8 1 (0.35%) Internet
8 1 (0.35%) LAN
8 1 (0.35%) PSTN
8 1 (0.35%) RTP
8 1 (0.35%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (28.42%) Amazon RDS
2 62 (21.75%) DynamoDB
3 37 (12.98%) PostgreSQL
4 35 (12.28%) Amazon Athena
5 34 (11.93%) Amazon Aurora
6 29 (10.18%) Amazon Redshift
7 18 (6.32%) Tableau
8 16 (5.61%) Power BI
9 12 (4.21%) MongoDB
10 10 (3.51%) MySQL
10 10 (3.51%) NoSQL
10 10 (3.51%) Redis
11 9 (3.16%) Apache Iceberg
11 9 (3.16%) SQL Server
12 8 (2.81%) Data Warehouse
12 8 (2.81%) DB2
13 7 (2.46%) Data Lake
13 7 (2.46%) Relational Database
14 6 (2.11%) BusinessObjects
14 6 (2.11%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 96 (33.68%) GitLab
2 95 (33.33%) Jenkins
3 64 (22.46%) Git
4 44 (15.44%) JIRA
5 19 (6.67%) JUnit
6 18 (6.32%) Maven
7 17 (5.96%) Bitbucket
7 17 (5.96%) Mockito
8 16 (5.61%) SonarQube
9 11 (3.86%) DbUnit
9 11 (3.86%) jMock
10 9 (3.16%) Bitbucket Server
11 7 (2.46%) Artifactory
12 6 (2.11%) Postman
13 5 (1.75%) MLflow
14 4 (1.40%) Gradle
14 4 (1.40%) Jaeger
14 4 (1.40%) NUnit
14 4 (1.40%) Terragrunt
15 3 (1.05%) Cypress.io
General
1 74 (25.96%) Public Sector
2 73 (25.61%) Social Skills
3 27 (9.47%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (8.42%) Finance
5 12 (4.21%) Presentation Skills
6 9 (3.16%) Banking
7 7 (2.46%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.05%) Military
8 3 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.05%) Police
9 2 (0.70%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.70%) Legal
9 2 (0.70%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.70%) 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 70 (24.56%) AWS Engineer
2 49 (17.19%) DevOps Engineer
3 42 (14.74%) Developer
4 38 (13.33%) Senior
5 33 (11.58%) Architect
5 33 (11.58%) AWS DevOps
6 29 (10.18%) AWS DevOps Engineer
7 22 (7.72%) Data Engineer
8 21 (7.37%) Java Developer
9 16 (5.61%) AWS Architect
9 16 (5.61%) Platform Engineer
10 15 (5.26%) Lead
10 15 (5.26%) Site Reliability Engineer
11 14 (4.91%) Analyst
11 14 (4.91%) Cloud Engineer
11 14 (4.91%) Senior Developer
12 12 (4.21%) Cloud Architect
12 12 (4.21%) Delivery Manager
12 12 (4.21%) Site Engineer
12 12 (4.21%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (14.04%) Kafka
2 39 (13.68%) REST
3 38 (13.33%) AWS CDK
4 36 (12.63%) Node.js
5 32 (11.23%) Spring
5 32 (11.23%) Spring Boot
6 29 (10.18%) RESTful
7 22 (7.72%) OpenTelemetry
7 22 (7.72%) SOAP
8 21 (7.37%) Elastic Stack
8 21 (7.37%) OAuth
8 21 (7.37%) Web Services
9 18 (6.32%) Hibernate
9 18 (6.32%) JPA
9 18 (6.32%) Spring Cloud
10 16 (5.61%) AngularJS
11 14 (4.91%) ActiveMQ
11 14 (4.91%) Spring Batch
11 14 (4.91%) Spring Integration
12 13 (4.56%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 82 (28.77%) Cloud Native
2 40 (14.04%) Distributed Systems
3 21 (7.37%) Product Ownership
4 9 (3.16%) Algorithms
5 8 (2.81%) Mainframe
5 8 (2.81%) Onboarding
5 8 (2.81%) Replication
6 6 (2.11%) DataPower
7 5 (1.75%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.40%) Data Structures
8 4 (1.40%) Online Banking
8 4 (1.40%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.05%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (1.05%) PACS
9 3 (1.05%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 2 (0.70%) Data Centre
10 2 (0.70%) IVR
10 2 (0.70%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 55 (19.30%) Linux
2 12 (4.21%) Windows
3 6 (2.11%) zOS
4 5 (1.75%) Amazon Linux
4 5 (1.75%) Unix
5 2 (0.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.70%) 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
1 206 (72.28%) CI/CD
2 149 (52.28%) DevOps
3 148 (51.93%) Infrastructure as Code
4 105 (36.84%) Agile
5 103 (36.14%) Observability
6 93 (32.63%) Containerisation
7 66 (23.16%) Microservices
8 65 (22.81%) Continuous Improvement
9 54 (18.95%) Test Automation
10 52 (18.25%) Scrum
11 51 (17.89%) Platform Engineering
12 44 (15.44%) Performance Tuning
13 43 (15.09%) Migration
14 39 (13.68%) Problem-Solving
15 38 (13.33%) Event-Driven
16 36 (12.63%) ETL
17 35 (12.28%) Analytics
17 35 (12.28%) Site Reliability Engineering
18 34 (11.93%) Data Modelling
19 31 (10.88%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 130 (45.61%) Python
2 71 (24.91%) SQL
3 59 (20.70%) Java
4 54 (18.95%) Bash
5 23 (8.07%) PowerShell
6 20 (7.02%) Shell Script
6 20 (7.02%) TypeScript
7 16 (5.61%) JavaScript
8 11 (3.86%) Go
8 11 (3.86%) Scala
9 8 (2.81%) C#
10 6 (2.11%) Groovy
11 5 (1.75%) Kotlin
12 4 (1.40%) Bicep
12 4 (1.40%) JCL
12 4 (1.40%) Perl
13 2 (0.70%) Search Processing Language
14 1 (0.35%) C
14 1 (0.35%) Ladder Logic
14 1 (0.35%) PHP
Qualifications
1 135 (47.37%) Security Cleared
2 116 (40.70%) SC Cleared
3 29 (10.18%) AWS Certification
4 12 (4.21%) BPSS Clearance
5 10 (3.51%) SAFe Agilist
6 8 (2.81%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 7 (2.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 7 (2.46%) Azure Certification
7 7 (2.46%) Degree
8 6 (2.11%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 5 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (1.75%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (1.05%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.70%) AWS Certified Developer
11 2 (0.70%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.70%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.35%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
12 1 (0.35%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (7.72%) QA
2 16 (5.61%) Data Quality
3 12 (4.21%) PCI DSS
4 9 (3.16%) NIST
5 8 (2.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (2.46%) Accessibility
6 7 (2.46%) SLA
7 6 (2.11%) GDPR
7 6 (2.11%) PMO
8 5 (1.75%) GRC
9 4 (1.40%) ISO 20022
10 3 (1.05%) Disclosure Scotland
10 3 (1.05%) NCSC
11 2 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.70%) WCAG
12 1 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.35%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 120 (42.11%) Docker
2 10 (3.51%) Postfix
3 6 (2.11%) Squid
4 2 (0.70%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.35%) IAG
5 1 (0.35%) KVM
5 1 (0.35%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 178 (62.46%) Terraform
2 116 (40.70%) Grafana
3 88 (30.88%) Kubernetes
4 86 (30.18%) Prometheus
5 28 (9.82%) Ansible
6 8 (2.81%) Istio
6 8 (2.81%) Puppet
7 6 (2.11%) Argo
7 6 (2.11%) Kibana
8 4 (1.40%) Packer
8 4 (1.40%) Suricata
9 3 (1.05%) Karpenter
9 3 (1.05%) Progress Chef
9 3 (1.05%) Rancher
10 2 (0.70%) Dell DRAC
10 2 (0.70%) linkerd
10 2 (0.70%) logstash
10 2 (0.70%) Nagios
10 2 (0.70%) Opsgenie
11 1 (0.35%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 21 (7.37%) Splunk
2 16 (5.61%) Dynatrace
3 15 (5.26%) ServiceNow
4 14 (4.91%) Jaspersoft
5 12 (4.21%) Microsoft
6 11 (3.86%) Atlassian
7 7 (2.46%) Databricks
7 7 (2.46%) Informatica
8 6 (2.11%) AVEVA
8 6 (2.11%) Cribl.io
8 6 (2.11%) Denodo
8 6 (2.11%) New Relic
8 6 (2.11%) Oracle
9 4 (1.40%) Confluent
9 4 (1.40%) IBM
9 4 (1.40%) LogicMonitor
9 4 (1.40%) Tenable
10 3 (1.05%) Qualys
10 3 (1.05%) SAP
11 2 (0.70%) Sybase