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 21 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 352 344 398
Rank change year-on-year -8 +54 +13
Contract jobs citing Amazon CloudWatch 344 216 174
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.65% 0.66% 0.42%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.85% 1.77% 1.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 231 155 122
10th Percentile £355 £358 £405
25th Percentile £413 £419 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £477 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.60% -4.76% -5.62%
75th Percentile £569 £540 £612
90th Percentile £644 £633 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £455 £475 £494
% change year-on-year -4.21% -3.85% -14.09%
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 18,592 12,186 13,848
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.27% 37.39% 33.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,293 8,155 9,692
10th Percentile £326 £313 £313
25th Percentile £418 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £501 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% -4.67% -2.78%
75th Percentile £619 £619 £638
90th Percentile £713 £725 £748
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.13% -1.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 609 314 319
10th Percentile £16.62 £15.11 £14.16
25th Percentile £20.75 £18.22 £16.06
Median hourly rate £36.71 £27.50 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +33.49% +25.00% -37.14%
75th Percentile £70.00 £47.50 £50.13
90th Percentile £83.35 £67.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £18.87 £20.00
% change year-on-year +98.73% -5.65% -25.93%

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 21 July 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 21 July 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 +5 273 £482 -3.55% 55
London +19 167 £513 +0.99% 23
UK excluding London -53 136 £455 -4.21% 41
Work from Home -20 130 £463 -7.50% 35
Midlands -28 50 £469 -1.26% 5
West Midlands -34 48 £472 -0.63% 5
Scotland -2 25 £440 -12.00% 3
North of England -72 25 £425 +6.25% 15
South East -58 17 £393 -31.65% 9
North East -33 11 £413 - 6
East of England -20 10 £500 -9.09% 2
North West -52 7 £470 +20.20% 6
Yorkshire -56 7 £550 +25.71% 3
South West -34 6 £444 -14.66% 7
Northern Ireland - 3 £446 -
East Midlands -13 1 £425 -20.86%
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 49 (14.24%) Confluence
2 24 (6.98%) Apache Airflow
3 14 (4.07%) Apache
4 11 (3.20%) Apache Spark
5 7 (2.03%) SAS
6 6 (1.74%) CICS
7 5 (1.45%) Jupyter
8 4 (1.16%) SharePoint
9 2 (0.58%) Apache Pulsar
10 1 (0.29%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.29%) Tomcat
Applications
1 8 (2.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.58%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.58%) Trello
3 1 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.58%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.29%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.29%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 343 (99.71%) AWS
2 219 (63.66%) Amazon S3
3 202 (58.72%) Serverless
4 198 (57.56%) AWS Lambda
5 153 (44.48%) Amazon EC2
6 108 (31.40%) Amazon EKS
7 107 (31.10%) GitHub
7 107 (31.10%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 104 (30.23%) AWS CloudFormation
9 87 (25.29%) Amazon ECS
10 79 (22.97%) GitHub Actions
11 66 (19.19%) Azure
12 51 (14.83%) AWS KMS
13 47 (13.66%) Amazon SQS
14 36 (10.47%) Route 53
15 33 (9.59%) Datadog
16 32 (9.30%) Amazon EMR
16 32 (9.30%) AWS CloudTrail
17 29 (8.43%) Amazon Kinesis
18 28 (8.14%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 19 (5.52%) Firewall
2 12 (3.49%) Network Security
3 10 (2.91%) DNS
4 7 (2.03%) HTTP
5 6 (1.74%) SNMP
5 6 (1.74%) TCP/IP
6 5 (1.45%) CTI
6 5 (1.45%) WAN
7 4 (1.16%) SSL
8 3 (0.87%) VPN
9 1 (0.29%) BGP
9 1 (0.29%) Internet
9 1 (0.29%) PSTN
9 1 (0.29%) RTP
9 1 (0.29%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 96 (27.91%) Amazon RDS
2 79 (22.97%) DynamoDB
3 50 (14.53%) Amazon Athena
4 48 (13.95%) PostgreSQL
5 38 (11.05%) Amazon Aurora
6 34 (9.88%) Amazon Redshift
7 25 (7.27%) Power BI
8 19 (5.52%) Data Warehouse
9 18 (5.23%) MongoDB
10 17 (4.94%) Tableau
11 11 (3.20%) Redis
12 10 (2.91%) Db2
12 10 (2.91%) SQL Server
13 9 (2.62%) Apache Iceberg
14 8 (2.33%) Data Lake
15 7 (2.03%) Metadata
16 6 (1.74%) BusinessObjects
16 6 (1.74%) Pentaho
17 4 (1.16%) NoSQL
17 4 (1.16%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 122 (35.47%) Jenkins
2 108 (31.40%) GitLab
3 85 (24.71%) Git
4 65 (18.90%) JIRA
5 24 (6.98%) Bitbucket
6 23 (6.69%) JUnit
7 22 (6.40%) Maven
7 22 (6.40%) Mockito
8 20 (5.81%) SonarQube
9 14 (4.07%) DbUnit
10 13 (3.78%) jMock
11 11 (3.20%) Bitbucket Server
12 8 (2.33%) Artifactory
12 8 (2.33%) Cucumber
13 7 (2.03%) Postman
14 6 (1.74%) Gatling
14 6 (1.74%) REST Assured
15 5 (1.45%) MLflow
16 4 (1.16%) Gradle
16 4 (1.16%) Jaeger
General
1 95 (27.62%) Social Skills
2 85 (24.71%) Public Sector
3 42 (12.21%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (10.17%) Finance
5 19 (5.52%) Banking
6 11 (3.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (2.91%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (2.03%) Law
10 3 (0.87%) Back Office
10 3 (0.87%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (0.87%) Legal
10 3 (0.87%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.58%) Front Office
11 2 (0.58%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.58%) Military
11 2 (0.58%) Police
11 2 (0.58%) Publishing
11 2 (0.58%) Retail
12 1 (0.29%) Games
Job Titles
1 81 (23.55%) AWS Engineer
2 52 (15.12%) Developer
2 52 (15.12%) Senior
3 48 (13.95%) DevOps Engineer
4 35 (10.17%) Data Engineer
5 34 (9.88%) Architect
5 34 (9.88%) AWS DevOps
6 30 (8.72%) Cloud Engineer
7 28 (8.14%) AWS DevOps Engineer
8 27 (7.85%) Lead
9 24 (6.98%) Java Developer
10 20 (5.81%) Site Reliability Engineer
11 19 (5.52%) Platform Engineer
12 18 (5.23%) Scrum Master
13 17 (4.94%) AWS Architect
13 17 (4.94%) Site Engineer
14 16 (4.65%) Senior Data Engineer
14 16 (4.65%) Senior Developer
15 14 (4.07%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 14 (4.07%) Lead DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (13.37%) RESTful
2 43 (12.50%) REST
3 41 (11.92%) Node.js
4 39 (11.34%) Kafka
5 37 (10.76%) Spring
6 36 (10.47%) AWS CDK
7 35 (10.17%) Spring Boot
8 31 (9.01%) SOAP
9 27 (7.85%) Web Services
10 23 (6.69%) PySpark
11 20 (5.81%) ActiveMQ
11 20 (5.81%) AngularJS
12 18 (5.23%) Hibernate
12 18 (5.23%) JPA
12 18 (5.23%) Spring Batch
12 18 (5.23%) Spring Integration
13 16 (4.65%) OpenTelemetry
13 16 (4.65%) Spring Cloud
14 14 (4.07%) OAuth
15 13 (3.78%) PowerMock
Miscellaneous
1 102 (29.65%) Cloud Native
2 43 (12.50%) Distributed Systems
3 31 (9.01%) Product Ownership
4 12 (3.49%) Onboarding
5 10 (2.91%) Data Structures
6 9 (2.62%) Replication
6 9 (2.62%) Security Posture
7 8 (2.33%) Algorithms
8 7 (2.03%) CMDB
8 7 (2.03%) IVR
8 7 (2.03%) Mainframe
9 6 (1.74%) DataPower
9 6 (1.74%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (1.74%) Linux Command Line
9 6 (1.74%) Online Banking
10 5 (1.45%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (0.87%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (0.87%) Distributed Architecture
11 3 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
11 3 (0.87%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 61 (17.73%) Linux
2 23 (6.69%) Windows
3 15 (4.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (2.33%) Windows Server
4 8 (2.33%) zOS
5 6 (1.74%) Amazon Linux
6 5 (1.45%) Unix
7 4 (1.16%) Ubuntu
7 4 (1.16%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.29%) Android
8 1 (0.29%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.29%) CentOS
8 1 (0.29%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 256 (74.42%) CI/CD
2 194 (56.40%) DevOps
3 180 (52.33%) Infrastructure as Code
4 151 (43.90%) Agile
5 108 (31.40%) Containerisation
5 108 (31.40%) Observability
6 80 (23.26%) Continuous Improvement
7 75 (21.80%) Microservices
8 71 (20.64%) Platform Engineering
9 66 (19.19%) Test Automation
10 61 (17.73%) Scrum
11 55 (15.99%) AI
12 51 (14.83%) Migration
13 48 (13.95%) Problem-Solving
14 44 (12.79%) Analytics
15 43 (12.50%) Data Pipeline
15 43 (12.50%) Machine Learning
16 42 (12.21%) Performance Tuning
17 41 (11.92%) Event-Driven
17 41 (11.92%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 178 (51.74%) Python
2 86 (25.00%) SQL
3 74 (21.51%) Bash
4 64 (18.60%) Java
5 37 (10.76%) PowerShell
6 25 (7.27%) TypeScript
7 22 (6.40%) JavaScript
8 12 (3.49%) Scala
8 12 (3.49%) Shell Script
9 9 (2.62%) Groovy
10 7 (2.03%) Go
11 6 (1.74%) JCL
11 6 (1.74%) Kotlin
12 5 (1.45%) Bicep
12 5 (1.45%) Perl
13 4 (1.16%) C#
14 2 (0.58%) C
14 2 (0.58%) Korn
14 2 (0.58%) Search Processing Language
15 1 (0.29%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 155 (45.06%) Security Cleared
2 140 (40.70%) SC Cleared
3 45 (13.08%) AWS Certification
4 21 (6.10%) BPSS Clearance
5 17 (4.94%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 15 (4.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 11 (3.20%) Azure Certification
7 11 (3.20%) SAFe Agilist
8 10 (2.91%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 7 (2.03%) Degree
9 7 (2.03%) ITIL Certification
10 6 (1.74%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (0.87%) AWS Certified Developer
11 3 (0.87%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
12 2 (0.58%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.58%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.58%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.29%) CISSP
13 1 (0.29%) PMP
13 1 (0.29%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (8.43%) Data Quality
2 26 (7.56%) QA
3 8 (2.33%) SLA
4 7 (2.03%) Accessibility
4 7 (2.03%) PCI DSS
5 6 (1.74%) PMO
6 5 (1.45%) GDPR
6 5 (1.45%) GRC
7 4 (1.16%) Disclosure Scotland
8 3 (0.87%) ISO 20022
9 2 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.58%) NCSC
9 2 (0.58%) NIST
10 1 (0.29%) HL7
10 1 (0.29%) ISO 8583
10 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.29%) SNOMED CT
10 1 (0.29%) WCAG
System Software
1 129 (37.50%) Docker
2 11 (3.20%) Postfix
3 8 (2.33%) Active Directory
3 8 (2.33%) Squid
4 7 (2.03%) IAG
5 1 (0.29%) KVM
5 1 (0.29%) QEMU
5 1 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 203 (59.01%) Terraform
2 122 (35.47%) Grafana
3 110 (31.98%) Kubernetes
4 92 (26.74%) Prometheus
5 46 (13.37%) Ansible
6 10 (2.91%) Puppet
7 9 (2.62%) Istio
8 8 (2.33%) Packer
9 4 (1.16%) Argo
9 4 (1.16%) Progress Chef
9 4 (1.16%) Suricata
10 3 (0.87%) Rancher
11 2 (0.58%) ITRS Geneos
11 2 (0.58%) linkerd
11 2 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.29%) Control-M
12 1 (0.29%) Dell DRAC
12 1 (0.29%) Podman
12 1 (0.29%) yum
12 1 (0.29%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 26 (7.56%) Dynatrace
1 26 (7.56%) ServiceNow
2 21 (6.10%) Splunk
3 17 (4.94%) Informatica
3 17 (4.94%) Jaspersoft
4 14 (4.07%) Atlassian
5 10 (2.91%) Microsoft
6 9 (2.62%) Red Hat
7 7 (2.03%) Cribl.io
7 7 (2.03%) Nexthink
7 7 (2.03%) Oracle
8 6 (1.74%) Confluent
8 6 (1.74%) Databricks
8 6 (1.74%) Denodo
8 6 (1.74%) New Relic
9 5 (1.45%) PagerDuty
10 4 (1.16%) Trend Micro
11 3 (0.87%) Sybase
12 2 (0.58%) Google
12 2 (0.58%) Salesforce