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 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 302 375 422
Rank change year-on-year +73 +47 +5
Contract jobs citing Amazon CloudWatch 323 168 175
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.87% 0.51% 0.41%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.28% 1.40% 1.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 234 126 141
10th Percentile £378 £410 £425
25th Percentile £418 £457 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £524 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.19% -4.73% -12.00%
75th Percentile £613 £590 £600
90th Percentile £699 £738 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -10.20%

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 14,157 12,014 14,861
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 38.16% 36.22% 34.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,708 8,004 10,646
10th Percentile £306 £313 £300
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 £638 £638
90th Percentile £700 £731 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £495 £500
% change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% -0.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 312 176 265
10th Percentile £14.75 £17.44 £14.42
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.46 £17.72
Median hourly rate £27.36 £27.50 £25.38
Median % change year-on-year -0.53% +8.35% +12.80%
75th Percentile £56.69 £44.53 £57.50
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.38 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.21 £24.18 £21.00
% change year-on-year +12.53% +15.14% +8.64%

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 1 January 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 1 January 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 +55 237 £525 -0.19% 119
London +37 132 £525 -0.19% 60
UK excluding London +17 124 £525 +5.00% 65
Work from Home +25 98 £555 +7.25% 44
North of England -31 52 £518 -12.29% 22
Midlands -14 29 £475 +11.76% 12
West Midlands -7 26 £475 +11.76% 11
Yorkshire -37 23 £518 -28.62% 12
North West -20 21 £430 -12.24% 9
Scotland +12 17 £525 +6.28% 2
South West +1 11 £700 +40.00% 10
East of England - 9 £550 - 8
North East -5 8 £575 -2.54% 1
South East -5 7 £650 - 8
East Midlands -19 3 £375 -11.14% 1
Wales 0 2 - - 4

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 32 (9.91%) Confluence
2 10 (3.10%) nginx
3 7 (2.17%) Apache Airflow
3 7 (2.17%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.55%) Apache
5 1 (0.31%) Cloud Foundry
5 1 (0.31%) CMS
5 1 (0.31%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.31%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (3.10%) Mozilla Thunderbird
Business Applications
1 4 (1.24%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 318 (98.45%) AWS
2 208 (64.40%) Amazon S3
3 195 (60.37%) Serverless
4 191 (59.13%) AWS Lambda
5 148 (45.82%) Amazon EC2
6 118 (36.53%) Amazon ECS
7 115 (35.60%) GitHub
8 110 (34.06%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 97 (30.03%) AWS CloudFormation
10 95 (29.41%) GitHub Actions
11 87 (26.93%) Amazon EKS
12 59 (18.27%) Azure
13 43 (13.31%) Amazon ELB
14 40 (12.38%) Route 53
15 35 (10.84%) AWS Fargate
15 35 (10.84%) Datadog
16 30 (9.29%) Amazon SQS
17 25 (7.74%) AWS CloudTrail
18 23 (7.12%) AWS Step Functions
19 22 (6.81%) AWS KMS
Communications & Networking
1 59 (18.27%) DNS
2 54 (16.72%) Firewall
3 28 (8.67%) VPN
4 22 (6.81%) SSL
4 22 (6.81%) TCP/IP
5 21 (6.50%) HTTP
6 17 (5.26%) FTP
6 17 (5.26%) SMTP
6 17 (5.26%) SSH
7 16 (4.95%) Network Security
8 15 (4.64%) OpenLDAP
9 10 (3.10%) IMAP
10 4 (1.24%) DHCP
11 1 (0.31%) LAN
11 1 (0.31%) Remote Desktop
11 1 (0.31%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 108 (33.44%) Amazon RDS
2 63 (19.50%) DynamoDB
3 37 (11.46%) PostgreSQL
4 32 (9.91%) Amazon Aurora
5 29 (8.98%) MySQL
6 20 (6.19%) Amazon Athena
7 18 (5.57%) Relational Database
8 16 (4.95%) NoSQL
9 12 (3.72%) MongoDB
10 11 (3.41%) Amazon Redshift
10 11 (3.41%) RDBMS
10 11 (3.41%) Redis
11 5 (1.55%) BigQuery
11 5 (1.55%) Elasticsearch
11 5 (1.55%) SQL Server
12 4 (1.24%) Big Data
12 4 (1.24%) DB2
12 4 (1.24%) Oracle Database
13 3 (0.93%) Amazon QuickSight
13 3 (0.93%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 143 (44.27%) Jenkins
2 127 (39.32%) GitLab
3 92 (28.48%) Git
4 34 (10.53%) JIRA
5 17 (5.26%) Vagrant
6 12 (3.72%) SonarQube
7 8 (2.48%) Maven
8 5 (1.55%) Bitbucket
8 5 (1.55%) Gradle
8 5 (1.55%) JUnit
8 5 (1.55%) SonarLint
9 4 (1.24%) Cypress.io
9 4 (1.24%) NUnit
9 4 (1.24%) Postman
9 4 (1.24%) Terragrunt
10 3 (0.93%) Mocha
11 2 (0.62%) Artifactory
11 2 (0.62%) Cucumber
11 2 (0.62%) Hamcrest
11 2 (0.62%) REST Assured
General
1 78 (24.15%) Public Sector
2 64 (19.81%) Social Skills
3 23 (7.12%) Finance
4 14 (4.33%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (3.72%) Presentation Skills
6 10 (3.10%) Banking
7 6 (1.86%) Military
8 3 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (0.93%) Front Office
8 3 (0.93%) Investment Banking
9 2 (0.62%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.62%) Legal
10 1 (0.31%) Games
10 1 (0.31%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.31%) Police
Job Titles
1 112 (34.67%) DevOps Engineer
2 88 (27.24%) AWS Engineer
3 60 (18.58%) AWS DevOps
4 56 (17.34%) AWS DevOps Engineer
5 51 (15.79%) Senior
6 41 (12.69%) Architect
7 34 (10.53%) Platform Engineer
8 31 (9.60%) Developer
9 30 (9.29%) Cloud Platform Engineer
10 23 (7.12%) AWS Platform Engineer
11 20 (6.19%) Senior DevOps
12 19 (5.88%) Lead
12 19 (5.88%) Senior DevOps Engineer
13 15 (4.64%) AWS Architect
14 14 (4.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 13 (4.02%) Cloud Architect
16 12 (3.72%) Python Engineer
17 11 (3.41%) Consultant
17 11 (3.41%) Solutions Architect
18 10 (3.10%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (12.07%) Kafka
1 39 (12.07%) Node.js
2 35 (10.84%) Elastic Stack
3 31 (9.60%) REST
4 24 (7.43%) AWS CDK
5 23 (7.12%) React
6 22 (6.81%) JWT
7 21 (6.50%) OAuth
8 18 (5.57%) Spring Boot
9 17 (5.26%) LDAP
9 17 (5.26%) RESTful
10 14 (4.33%) boto
11 13 (4.02%) Spring
12 11 (3.41%) pytest
13 10 (3.10%) .NET
13 10 (3.10%) FastAPI
14 9 (2.79%) AngularJS
14 9 (2.79%) Lambda Expressions
15 8 (2.48%) OAuth2
16 7 (2.17%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 51 (15.79%) Cloud Native
2 28 (8.67%) Distributed Systems
3 23 (7.12%) Replication
4 10 (3.10%) Product Ownership
5 9 (2.79%) NHS
6 8 (2.48%) Onboarding
7 6 (1.86%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (1.86%) IVR
7 6 (1.86%) Mainframe
8 5 (1.55%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (1.55%) DataPower
8 5 (1.55%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (1.55%) N-Tier
8 5 (1.55%) Virtual Team
9 4 (1.24%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.24%) Data Structures
9 4 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.24%) Linux Command Line
9 4 (1.24%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.62%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 66 (20.43%) Linux
2 24 (7.43%) Windows
3 20 (6.19%) Amazon Linux
4 18 (5.57%) VMS
5 11 (3.41%) Unix
6 10 (3.10%) Ubuntu
7 7 (2.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.62%) Windows Server
9 1 (0.31%) Android
9 1 (0.31%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.31%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.31%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 223 (69.04%) CI/CD
2 202 (62.54%) DevOps
3 188 (58.20%) Infrastructure as Code
4 100 (30.96%) Containerisation
5 89 (27.55%) Observability
6 78 (24.15%) Agile
7 76 (23.53%) Microservices
8 50 (15.48%) Migration
9 48 (14.86%) Platform Engineering
10 47 (14.55%) High Availability
10 47 (14.55%) Problem-Solving
11 46 (14.24%) Infrastructure Automation
12 45 (13.93%) Event-Driven
12 45 (13.93%) Incident Response
12 45 (13.93%) Performance Tuning
13 39 (12.07%) Cloud Security
13 39 (12.07%) Configuration Management
14 37 (11.46%) Continuous Improvement
14 37 (11.46%) Cost Optimisation
15 36 (11.15%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 188 (58.20%) Python
2 78 (24.15%) Bash
3 52 (16.10%) Java
4 43 (13.31%) SQL
5 35 (10.84%) PowerShell
6 23 (7.12%) TypeScript
7 22 (6.81%) Shell Script
8 19 (5.88%) Groovy
9 17 (5.26%) Go
9 17 (5.26%) JavaScript
10 9 (2.79%) Perl
11 7 (2.17%) C#
12 3 (0.93%) Korn
12 3 (0.93%) PHP
13 2 (0.62%) Bicep
13 2 (0.62%) Scala
14 1 (0.31%) Kotlin
14 1 (0.31%) PromQL
14 1 (0.31%) R
14 1 (0.31%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 123 (38.08%) Security Cleared
2 101 (31.27%) SC Cleared
3 42 (13.00%) AWS Certification
4 17 (5.26%) Degree
5 16 (4.95%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 15 (4.64%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (3.72%) Azure Certification
8 8 (2.48%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 7 (2.17%) DV Cleared
10 5 (1.55%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (0.93%) AWS Certified Developer
12 2 (0.62%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
12 2 (0.62%) Master's Degree
13 1 (0.31%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (8.36%) QA
2 17 (5.26%) GDPR
2 17 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (4.64%) PCI DSS
4 7 (2.17%) Data Quality
4 7 (2.17%) HIPAA
5 6 (1.86%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.86%) NIST
6 4 (1.24%) SOC 2
7 3 (0.93%) NCSC
7 3 (0.93%) PMO
8 2 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.62%) Disclosure Scotland
8 2 (0.62%) SLA
8 2 (0.62%) WCAG
9 1 (0.31%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 166 (51.39%) Docker
2 19 (5.88%) Active Directory
3 17 (5.26%) DFS Replication
4 10 (3.10%) Dovecot
4 10 (3.10%) Postfix
4 10 (3.10%) Squid
5 2 (0.62%) Snort
6 1 (0.31%) KVM
Systems Management
1 238 (73.68%) Terraform
2 129 (39.94%) Kubernetes
3 100 (30.96%) Grafana
4 91 (28.17%) Prometheus
5 61 (18.89%) Ansible
6 11 (3.41%) Progress Chef
7 10 (3.10%) Nessus
7 10 (3.10%) Proxmox
8 9 (2.79%) Puppet
9 8 (2.48%) Argo
9 8 (2.48%) Kibana
10 7 (2.17%) Red Hat Satellite
11 5 (1.55%) Dell DRAC
12 4 (1.24%) Packer
13 3 (0.93%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 3 (0.93%) ITRS Geneos
13 3 (0.93%) Karpenter
14 2 (0.62%) logstash
14 2 (0.62%) Opsgenie
14 2 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 25 (7.74%) F5
1 25 (7.74%) Splunk
2 24 (7.43%) Dynatrace
3 23 (7.12%) CheckPoint
3 23 (7.12%) Palo Alto
4 22 (6.81%) ServiceNow
5 18 (5.57%) Microsoft
6 10 (3.10%) Jaspersoft
7 7 (2.17%) Cisco
7 7 (2.17%) Red Hat
8 6 (1.86%) Atlassian
8 6 (1.86%) IBM
9 5 (1.55%) Avaya
9 5 (1.55%) Dell
9 5 (1.55%) Genesys
9 5 (1.55%) Gigya
9 5 (1.55%) Zscaler
10 4 (1.24%) CloudEndure
10 4 (1.24%) Confluent
10 4 (1.24%) Databricks