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 2 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 322 351 418
Rank change year-on-year +29 +67 -11
Contract jobs citing Amazon CloudWatch 308 173 171
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.74% 0.57% 0.38%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.98% 1.52% 1.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 215 138 140
10th Percentile £375 £400 £405
25th Percentile £411 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £607 £600 £600
90th Percentile £700 £738 £678
UK excluding London median daily rate £523 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.48% -4.55% -8.33%
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 15,579 11,410 14,683
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 37.64% 37.80% 32.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,687 7,755 10,431
10th Percentile £313 £313 £281
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 £631 £634
90th Percentile £700 £734 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £495 £495
% change year-on-year -4.04% - -2.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 404 181 346
10th Percentile £15.30 £16.00 £14.06
25th Percentile £20.46 £21.25 £16.06
Median hourly rate £39.50 £27.13 £21.37
Median % change year-on-year +45.62% +26.93% -14.52%
75th Percentile £60.00 £43.75 £46.18
90th Percentile £80.14 £75.50 £65.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £24.18 £18.00
% change year-on-year +86.10% +34.33% -14.29%

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 2 March 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 2 March 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 -5 224 £525 - 82
London +9 132 £525 - 33
UK excluding London -22 114 £523 -0.48% 55
Work from Home +3 97 £525 - 34
North of England -40 41 £525 -11.02% 21
Midlands -44 26 £488 +9.06% 8
Scotland +19 24 £440 -12.00%
West Midlands -36 24 £500 - 7
Yorkshire -49 20 £518 -28.62% 8
North West -28 13 £525 +5.11% 11
South West -11 10 £700 +19.15% 6
South East -29 10 £390 -32.17% 14
North East -9 8 £575 -2.54% 2
Wales - 3 £500 - 2
East of England - 3 £600 - 4
East Midlands -34 2 £379 -5.38% 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 20 (6.49%) Confluence
2 11 (3.57%) Apache Airflow
3 8 (2.60%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.62%) Apache
5 4 (1.30%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.65%) Apache Pulsar
6 2 (0.65%) CICS
7 1 (0.32%) CMS
7 1 (0.32%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.32%) nginx
7 1 (0.32%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (1.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.32%) Mozilla Thunderbird
Business Applications
1 4 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.32%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 304 (98.70%) AWS
2 192 (62.34%) Serverless
3 189 (61.36%) Amazon S3
4 186 (60.39%) AWS Lambda
5 137 (44.48%) Amazon EC2
6 123 (39.94%) Amazon ECS
7 112 (36.36%) AWS CloudFormation
8 108 (35.06%) GitHub
9 102 (33.12%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 99 (32.14%) Amazon EKS
11 90 (29.22%) GitHub Actions
12 55 (17.86%) Azure
13 40 (12.99%) Route 53
14 37 (12.01%) Amazon SQS
15 30 (9.74%) AWS CodePipeline
16 28 (9.09%) Amazon ELB
16 28 (9.09%) AWS Fargate
17 26 (8.44%) Azure DevOps
18 25 (8.12%) AWS KMS
18 25 (8.12%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 37 (12.01%) DNS
2 31 (10.06%) Firewall
3 21 (6.82%) VPN
4 13 (4.22%) Network Security
4 13 (4.22%) SSL
4 13 (4.22%) TCP/IP
5 8 (2.60%) HTTP
6 3 (0.97%) WAN
7 2 (0.65%) BGP
7 2 (0.65%) FTP
7 2 (0.65%) OSPF
7 2 (0.65%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.65%) SMTP
7 2 (0.65%) SSH
8 1 (0.32%) DHCP
8 1 (0.32%) IMAP
8 1 (0.32%) LAN
8 1 (0.32%) OpenLDAP
8 1 (0.32%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 104 (33.77%) Amazon RDS
2 73 (23.70%) DynamoDB
3 34 (11.04%) PostgreSQL
4 28 (9.09%) Amazon Aurora
5 21 (6.82%) Amazon Athena
5 21 (6.82%) MySQL
6 14 (4.55%) Amazon Redshift
6 14 (4.55%) MongoDB
7 13 (4.22%) NoSQL
7 13 (4.22%) Relational Database
8 9 (2.92%) DB2
8 9 (2.92%) Redis
9 8 (2.60%) SQL Server
10 7 (2.27%) Power BI
10 7 (2.27%) Tableau
11 6 (1.95%) Big Data
12 5 (1.62%) DocumentDB
12 5 (1.62%) RDBMS
13 3 (0.97%) Amazon QuickSight
13 3 (0.97%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 119 (38.64%) Jenkins
2 113 (36.69%) GitLab
3 68 (22.08%) Git
4 24 (7.79%) JIRA
5 18 (5.84%) JUnit
6 16 (5.19%) SonarQube
7 13 (4.22%) Maven
8 11 (3.57%) Mockito
9 8 (2.60%) Bitbucket
10 7 (2.27%) DbUnit
10 7 (2.27%) jMock
11 5 (1.62%) Bitbucket Server
11 5 (1.62%) Mocha
11 5 (1.62%) Postman
12 4 (1.30%) Cucumber
12 4 (1.30%) NUnit
12 4 (1.30%) Terragrunt
13 3 (0.97%) Artifactory
13 3 (0.97%) Cypress.io
13 3 (0.97%) Snyk
General
1 83 (26.95%) Public Sector
2 62 (20.13%) Social Skills
3 33 (10.71%) Finance
4 23 (7.47%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (3.90%) Banking
5 12 (3.90%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (1.95%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (1.62%) Military
8 3 (0.97%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (0.97%) Police
9 2 (0.65%) Front Office
9 2 (0.65%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.32%) Games
10 1 (0.32%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.32%) Law
10 1 (0.32%) Retail
Job Titles
1 76 (24.68%) AWS Engineer
1 76 (24.68%) DevOps Engineer
2 47 (15.26%) Developer
3 45 (14.61%) Senior
4 41 (13.31%) Architect
5 40 (12.99%) AWS DevOps
6 37 (12.01%) AWS DevOps Engineer
7 21 (6.82%) Platform Engineer
8 19 (6.17%) AWS Architect
8 19 (6.17%) Cloud Platform Engineer
8 19 (6.17%) Java Developer
9 18 (5.84%) AWS Platform Engineer
9 18 (5.84%) Lead
9 18 (5.84%) Senior DevOps
9 18 (5.84%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 15 (4.87%) Data Engineer
11 13 (4.22%) Cloud Architect
11 13 (4.22%) Solutions Architect
12 12 (3.90%) Delivery Manager
13 11 (3.57%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (15.26%) Node.js
2 40 (12.99%) Kafka
2 40 (12.99%) REST
3 34 (11.04%) Elastic Stack
4 32 (10.39%) AWS CDK
5 31 (10.06%) OAuth
6 28 (9.09%) Spring
6 28 (9.09%) Spring Boot
7 22 (7.14%) JWT
7 22 (7.14%) RESTful
8 17 (5.52%) React
9 16 (5.19%) AngularJS
10 14 (4.55%) OAuth2
10 14 (4.55%) Web Services
11 13 (4.22%) Hibernate
11 13 (4.22%) JPA
11 13 (4.22%) SOAP
11 13 (4.22%) Spring Cloud
12 11 (3.57%) .NET
12 11 (3.57%) ActiveMQ
Miscellaneous
1 68 (22.08%) Cloud Native
2 42 (13.64%) Distributed Systems
3 10 (3.25%) Replication
4 9 (2.92%) Algorithms
4 9 (2.92%) Mainframe
4 9 (2.92%) NHS
4 9 (2.92%) Onboarding
5 7 (2.27%) DataPower
5 7 (2.27%) Product Ownership
6 6 (1.95%) Hybrid Cloud
6 6 (1.95%) IVR
7 5 (1.62%) Data Structures
7 5 (1.62%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (1.62%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.30%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (0.97%) Data Centre
9 3 (0.97%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (0.97%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.65%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 57 (18.51%) Linux
2 14 (4.55%) Windows
3 8 (2.60%) Unix
4 6 (1.95%) Amazon Linux
4 6 (1.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.30%) zOS
6 3 (0.97%) VMS
7 2 (0.65%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.32%) Android
8 1 (0.32%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.32%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 213 (69.16%) CI/CD
2 186 (60.39%) Infrastructure as Code
3 160 (51.95%) DevOps
4 101 (32.79%) Containerisation
5 94 (30.52%) Observability
6 92 (29.87%) Agile
7 81 (26.30%) Microservices
8 63 (20.45%) Continuous Improvement
9 53 (17.21%) Migration
10 47 (15.26%) Problem-Solving
11 45 (14.61%) Test Automation
12 44 (14.29%) Incident Response
13 43 (13.96%) Performance Tuning
14 42 (13.64%) High Availability
15 40 (12.99%) Platform Engineering
16 39 (12.66%) Analytics
17 38 (12.34%) Infrastructure Automation
18 37 (12.01%) Event-Driven
19 36 (11.69%) Cost Optimisation
20 33 (10.71%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 162 (52.60%) Python
2 65 (21.10%) Bash
3 60 (19.48%) Java
4 55 (17.86%) SQL
5 24 (7.79%) PowerShell
5 24 (7.79%) Shell Script
6 18 (5.84%) TypeScript
7 17 (5.52%) JavaScript
8 14 (4.55%) Go
9 9 (2.92%) C#
10 5 (1.62%) Bicep
10 5 (1.62%) Kotlin
11 4 (1.30%) Groovy
11 4 (1.30%) Scala
12 3 (0.97%) Korn
13 2 (0.65%) JCL
13 2 (0.65%) PHP
13 2 (0.65%) Search Processing Language
14 1 (0.32%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.32%) R
Qualifications
1 129 (41.88%) Security Cleared
2 104 (33.77%) SC Cleared
3 42 (13.64%) AWS Certification
4 16 (5.19%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 14 (4.55%) BPSS Clearance
6 11 (3.57%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 10 (3.25%) Degree
8 7 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (2.27%) DV Cleared
9 6 (1.95%) Azure Certification
10 4 (1.30%) AWS Certified Developer
10 4 (1.30%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.97%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.65%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
13 1 (0.32%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.32%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (6.49%) QA
2 18 (5.84%) GDPR
3 17 (5.52%) PCI DSS
4 16 (5.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (3.25%) Data Quality
6 9 (2.92%) NIST
7 8 (2.60%) Accessibility
8 6 (1.95%) PMO
8 6 (1.95%) SLA
9 5 (1.62%) HIPAA
10 3 (0.97%) Disclosure Scotland
10 3 (0.97%) GRC
10 3 (0.97%) NCSC
10 3 (0.97%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.65%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.65%) WCAG
12 1 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.32%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 145 (47.08%) Docker
2 7 (2.27%) Postfix
3 5 (1.62%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.65%) DFS Replication
5 1 (0.32%) Dovecot
5 1 (0.32%) Squid
Systems Management
1 201 (65.26%) Terraform
2 99 (32.14%) Kubernetes
3 92 (29.87%) Grafana
4 74 (24.03%) Prometheus
5 44 (14.29%) Ansible
6 9 (2.92%) Argo
7 8 (2.60%) Kibana
8 7 (2.27%) Puppet
9 6 (1.95%) Istio
9 6 (1.95%) Progress Chef
10 5 (1.62%) Dell DRAC
10 5 (1.62%) Red Hat Satellite
11 3 (0.97%) ITRS Geneos
11 3 (0.97%) Karpenter
11 3 (0.97%) Packer
12 2 (0.65%) linkerd
12 2 (0.65%) logstash
12 2 (0.65%) Nagios
12 2 (0.65%) Opsgenie
12 2 (0.65%) Rancher
Vendors
1 25 (8.12%) Splunk
2 17 (5.52%) ServiceNow
3 15 (4.87%) Microsoft
4 14 (4.55%) CheckPoint
4 14 (4.55%) F5
4 14 (4.55%) Palo Alto
5 11 (3.57%) Dynatrace
6 10 (3.25%) Databricks
6 10 (3.25%) Jaspersoft
7 8 (2.60%) Atlassian
8 7 (2.27%) IBM
9 6 (1.95%) AVEVA
9 6 (1.95%) New Relic
10 5 (1.62%) Avaya
10 5 (1.62%) Cisco
10 5 (1.62%) Dell
10 5 (1.62%) Genesys
10 5 (1.62%) Red Hat
10 5 (1.62%) Sybase
11 4 (1.30%) Salesforce