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

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 343 312 414
Rank change year-on-year -31 +102 +8
Contract jobs citing Amazon CloudWatch 367 256 158
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.68% 0.78% 0.41%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.96% 2.10% 1.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 252 182 100
10th Percentile £381 £358 £412
25th Percentile £425 £447 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -2.33%
75th Percentile £577 £559 £602
90th Percentile £674 £638 £689
UK excluding London median daily rate £469 £475 £463
% change year-on-year -1.26% +2.70% -13.55%
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 18,730 12,170 13,109
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 34.88% 37.16% 33.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,406 8,107 9,047
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 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 600 321 228
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.28 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.50 £18.51 £17.80
Median hourly rate £33.99 £28.00 £27.86
Median % change year-on-year +21.39% +0.50% -20.40%
75th Percentile £68.75 £47.50 £55.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £67.25 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.50 £18.87 £22.00
% change year-on-year +72.23% -14.23% -18.52%

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 27 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 27 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 -24 290 £500 - 110
London -7 171 £534 +2.94% 62
UK excluding London -63 140 £469 -1.26% 59
Work from Home -21 136 £488 -2.50% 44
Midlands -50 40 £463 -2.63% 10
West Midlands -47 37 £466 -1.95% 7
North of England -66 37 £488 +21.88% 23
South East -33 26 £500 - 11
Scotland -10 19 £450 -10.00% 2
North East -25 18 £425 - 6
North West -51 12 £600 +50.00% 11
East of England -25 10 £500 -4.76% 2
Yorkshire -56 7 £638 +34.21% 6
South West -42 5 £350 -32.69% 5
Northern Ireland - 3 £446 - 5
East Midlands -15 2 £392 -27.09% 3
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 (12.53%) Confluence
2 23 (6.27%) Apache Airflow
3 16 (4.36%) Apache
4 13 (3.54%) Apache Spark
5 8 (2.18%) SAS
6 7 (1.91%) Jupyter
7 4 (1.09%) CICS
8 3 (0.82%) nginx
9 1 (0.27%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.27%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (1.09%) Trello
2 3 (0.82%) 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
1 366 (99.73%) AWS
2 218 (59.40%) Amazon S3
3 216 (58.86%) Serverless
4 213 (58.04%) AWS Lambda
5 143 (38.96%) Amazon EC2
6 123 (33.51%) Amazon EKS
7 113 (30.79%) GitHub
8 109 (29.70%) AWS CloudFormation
8 109 (29.70%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 85 (23.16%) Amazon ECS
10 81 (22.07%) GitHub Actions
11 75 (20.44%) Azure
12 49 (13.35%) AWS KMS
13 42 (11.44%) Amazon SQS
14 39 (10.63%) Datadog
15 36 (9.81%) Amazon Kinesis
16 34 (9.26%) Amazon EMR
16 34 (9.26%) AWS CloudTrail
16 34 (9.26%) AWS Step Functions
17 32 (8.72%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 25 (6.81%) Firewall
2 14 (3.81%) Network Security
3 13 (3.54%) DNS
4 7 (1.91%) HTTP
4 7 (1.91%) TCP/IP
5 6 (1.63%) SNMP
5 6 (1.63%) SSL
6 5 (1.36%) CTI
6 5 (1.36%) WAN
7 3 (0.82%) SMS
7 3 (0.82%) 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
1 105 (28.61%) Amazon RDS
2 75 (20.44%) DynamoDB
3 61 (16.62%) PostgreSQL
4 50 (13.62%) Amazon Athena
5 43 (11.72%) Amazon Aurora
6 34 (9.26%) Amazon Redshift
7 31 (8.45%) MongoDB
8 22 (5.99%) Data Warehouse
8 22 (5.99%) Power BI
9 20 (5.45%) Redis
10 14 (3.81%) SQL Server
11 12 (3.27%) MySQL
11 12 (3.27%) Tableau
12 11 (3.00%) Data Lake
13 10 (2.72%) DocumentDB
14 9 (2.45%) Apache Iceberg
15 8 (2.18%) Db2
15 8 (2.18%) NoSQL
16 6 (1.63%) BusinessObjects
16 6 (1.63%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 129 (35.15%) Jenkins
2 123 (33.51%) GitLab
3 83 (22.62%) Git
4 63 (17.17%) JIRA
5 22 (5.99%) Bitbucket
6 18 (4.90%) JUnit
7 17 (4.63%) Mockito
8 13 (3.54%) Maven
9 10 (2.72%) SonarQube
10 9 (2.45%) Cucumber
11 8 (2.18%) REST Assured
12 7 (1.91%) Artifactory
12 7 (1.91%) DbUnit
12 7 (1.91%) Postman
13 6 (1.63%) Bitbucket Server
13 6 (1.63%) Cypress.io
13 6 (1.63%) jMock
14 5 (1.36%) Gatling
15 4 (1.09%) JMeter
15 4 (1.09%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 105 (28.61%) Social Skills
2 91 (24.80%) Public Sector
3 38 (10.35%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (8.99%) Finance
5 21 (5.72%) Banking
6 16 (4.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (2.18%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (1.63%) Law
9 5 (1.36%) Back Office
9 5 (1.36%) Military
10 3 (0.82%) Front Office
10 3 (0.82%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (0.82%) Legal
10 3 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (0.82%) Publishing
11 2 (0.54%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.54%) Retail
12 1 (0.27%) Billing
12 1 (0.27%) Games
12 1 (0.27%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 83 (22.62%) AWS Engineer
2 63 (17.17%) DevOps Engineer
3 58 (15.80%) Senior
4 46 (12.53%) Developer
5 41 (11.17%) AWS DevOps
6 40 (10.90%) Architect
7 35 (9.54%) Data Engineer
8 33 (8.99%) AWS DevOps Engineer
9 32 (8.72%) Cloud Engineer
10 31 (8.45%) Lead
11 22 (5.99%) AWS Architect
12 20 (5.45%) Scrum Master
13 19 (5.18%) Site Reliability Engineer
14 18 (4.90%) Java Developer
14 18 (4.90%) Lead DevOps
14 18 (4.90%) Platform Engineer
15 17 (4.63%) Senior Data Engineer
16 16 (4.36%) Site Engineer
17 15 (4.09%) DBA
18 14 (3.81%) AWS Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 232 (63.22%) Terraform
2 45 (12.26%) RESTful
3 43 (11.72%) REST
4 42 (11.44%) Node.js
4 42 (11.44%) Spring
5 41 (11.17%) Kafka
6 38 (10.35%) Spring Boot
7 35 (9.54%) AWS CDK
8 23 (6.27%) PySpark
9 19 (5.18%) SOAP
10 14 (3.81%) AngularJS
11 13 (3.54%) ActiveMQ
11 13 (3.54%) OpenTelemetry
11 13 (3.54%) React
11 13 (3.54%) Web Services
12 11 (3.00%) GraphQL
13 10 (2.72%) Playwright
14 9 (2.45%) Jest
14 9 (2.45%) Spring Batch
14 9 (2.45%) Spring Integration
Miscellaneous
1 117 (31.88%) Cloud Native
2 35 (9.54%) Distributed Systems
3 34 (9.26%) Product Ownership
4 19 (5.18%) Replication
5 13 (3.54%) IVR
6 11 (3.00%) CMDB
6 11 (3.00%) Data Structures
7 9 (2.45%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (2.18%) Onboarding
8 8 (2.18%) Security Posture
9 7 (1.91%) Linux Command Line
10 6 (1.63%) Hybrid Cloud
10 6 (1.63%) Mainframe
11 4 (1.09%) AI Agents
11 4 (1.09%) DataPower
11 4 (1.09%) Fixed Income
11 4 (1.09%) Greenfield Project
11 4 (1.09%) Online Banking
12 3 (0.82%) Distributed Architecture
12 3 (0.82%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 55 (14.99%) Linux
2 20 (5.45%) Windows
3 16 (4.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 10 (2.72%) Amazon Linux
5 9 (2.45%) Windows Server
6 6 (1.63%) Ubuntu
6 6 (1.63%) Unix
7 5 (1.36%) zOS
8 4 (1.09%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.27%) Android
9 1 (0.27%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.27%) CentOS
9 1 (0.27%) Debian
9 1 (0.27%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 285 (77.66%) CI/CD
2 221 (60.22%) DevOps
3 218 (59.40%) Infrastructure as Code
4 158 (43.05%) Agile
5 124 (33.79%) Observability
6 103 (28.07%) Containerisation
7 89 (24.25%) Continuous Improvement
8 81 (22.07%) Test Automation
9 76 (20.71%) Platform Engineering
10 71 (19.35%) Microservices
11 63 (17.17%) AI
12 61 (16.62%) Root Cause Analysis
13 56 (15.26%) Scrum
14 54 (14.71%) Data Modelling
15 52 (14.17%) Problem-Solving
16 49 (13.35%) Event-Driven
16 49 (13.35%) Performance Tuning
17 48 (13.08%) Migration
18 47 (12.81%) Stakeholder Management
19 46 (12.53%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 186 (50.68%) Python
2 88 (23.98%) SQL
3 76 (20.71%) Bash
4 74 (20.16%) Java
5 37 (10.08%) PowerShell
6 29 (7.90%) TypeScript
7 26 (7.08%) JavaScript
8 16 (4.36%) Scala
9 14 (3.81%) Groovy
10 10 (2.72%) Shell Script
11 9 (2.45%) C#
12 7 (1.91%) Perl
13 4 (1.09%) Bicep
13 4 (1.09%) Go
13 4 (1.09%) JCL
13 4 (1.09%) Kotlin
14 2 (0.54%) C
14 2 (0.54%) Korn
15 1 (0.27%) Ladder Logic
15 1 (0.27%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 162 (44.14%) Security Cleared
2 144 (39.24%) SC Cleared
3 66 (17.98%) AWS Certification
4 29 (7.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 22 (5.99%) BPSS Clearance
6 18 (4.90%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 16 (4.36%) Azure Certification
8 12 (3.27%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 11 (3.00%) SAFe Agilist
10 10 (2.72%) ITIL Certification
11 7 (1.91%) Degree
12 4 (1.09%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (1.09%) DV Cleared
13 3 (0.82%) 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 40 (10.90%) QA
2 34 (9.26%) Data Quality
3 10 (2.72%) SLA
4 8 (2.18%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.63%) PCI DSS
6 5 (1.36%) WCAG
7 4 (1.09%) Disclosure Scotland
7 4 (1.09%) GDPR
7 4 (1.09%) ISO 20022
8 3 (0.82%) NCSC
8 3 (0.82%) PMO
9 2 (0.54%) GRC
9 2 (0.54%) HL7
10 1 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.27%) Government Security Classifications
10 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.27%) NIST
10 1 (0.27%) SEPA
10 1 (0.27%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 139 (37.87%) Docker
2 12 (3.27%) Active Directory
3 11 (3.00%) IAG
4 10 (2.72%) Squid
5 7 (1.91%) 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
1 126 (34.33%) Kubernetes
2 120 (32.70%) Grafana
3 95 (25.89%) Prometheus
4 62 (16.89%) Ansible
5 10 (2.72%) Packer
5 10 (2.72%) Puppet
6 8 (2.18%) Progress Chef
7 6 (1.63%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (1.36%) Argo
8 5 (1.36%) Istio
9 4 (1.09%) Suricata
10 3 (0.82%) ITRS Geneos
10 3 (0.82%) 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 (9.81%) Dynatrace
2 27 (7.36%) ServiceNow
3 23 (6.27%) Splunk
4 19 (5.18%) Informatica
5 14 (3.81%) Microsoft
6 11 (3.00%) Nexthink
6 11 (3.00%) Red Hat
7 10 (2.72%) Jaspersoft
7 10 (2.72%) Oracle
8 8 (2.18%) Salesforce
9 7 (1.91%) Atlassian
9 7 (1.91%) Confluent
10 6 (1.63%) Cribl.io
10 6 (1.63%) Denodo
11 5 (1.36%) Databricks
11 5 (1.36%) Google
11 5 (1.36%) PagerDuty
12 4 (1.09%) AppDynamics
12 4 (1.09%) New Relic
12 4 (1.09%) Trend Micro