Amazon Web Services Engineer
UK
The median Amazon Web Services Engineer daily rate in the UK is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 July 2025.
The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 4 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 194 | 214 | 199 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +20 | -15 | -28 |
| Contract jobs requiring an AWS Engineer | 447 | 491 | 758 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 1.41% | 1.13% | 1.35% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 1.54% | 1.22% | 1.43% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 342 | 407 | 600 |
| 10th Percentile | £406 | £400 | £452 |
| 25th Percentile | £463 | £455 | £500 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £563 | £600 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.22% | -6.25% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £825 | £788 | £688 |
| 90th Percentile | £875 | £850 | £800 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £475 | £575 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.26% | -17.39% | +4.55% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | £36.50 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £38.75 | - | - |
| Median hourly rate | £45.00 | - | £35.00 |
| 75th Percentile | £55.00 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £59.50 | - | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | - | - |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.
| Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title | 29,079 | 40,388 | 53,054 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.02% | 92.98% | 94.47% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 18,553 | 25,970 | 36,860 |
| 10th Percentile | £288 | £286 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £401 | £410 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £525 | £538 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.76% | -2.33% | +1.42% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £494 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.85% | -1.20% | +4.17% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,311 | 2,837 | 1,549 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.78 | £12.87 | £14.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.44 | £16.65 | £19.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £26.50 | £37.75 | £43.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -29.80% | -12.21% | +68.63% |
| 75th Percentile | £55.25 | £62.50 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £73.25 | £74.00 | £76.05 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £25.15 | £40.00 | £39.60 |
| % change year-on-year | -37.13% | +1.01% | +94.88% |
AWS Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured AWS Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
AWS Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing AWS Engineer.
AWS Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing AWS Engineer over the 6 months to 4 July 2025.
AWS Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing AWS Engineer.
AWS Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing AWS Engineer over the 6 months to 4 July 2025.
AWS Engineer
Top 15 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AWS Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 4 July 2025. 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 |
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| England | +40 | 396 | £575 | - | 565 |
| London | +12 | 299 | £675 | +12.50% | 281 |
| Work from Home | +16 | 229 | £675 | +8.00% | 402 |
| UK excluding London | +20 | 95 | £500 | +5.26% | 342 |
| North of England | +4 | 38 | £463 | +15.63% | 91 |
| North West | +5 | 22 | £402 | -13.08% | 70 |
| South East | +41 | 19 | £500 | -16.67% | 97 |
| Scotland | -6 | 19 | £513 | +11.41% | 39 |
| Midlands | +13 | 12 | £488 | +8.33% | 40 |
| Yorkshire | -5 | 11 | £513 | +28.13% | 19 |
| South West | +31 | 8 | £625 | +28.21% | 30 |
| West Midlands | +13 | 7 | £463 | -5.13% | 23 |
| East Midlands | +7 | 5 | £500 | +11.11% | 17 |
| North East | - | 5 | £400 | - | 2 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | - | - | 8 |
AWS Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 4 July 2025, AWS Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring AWS Engineer in the job title.
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AWS Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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