AWS Engineer Contract Job Trends

Amazon Web Services Engineer
UK

The median Amazon Web Services Engineer daily rate in the UK is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 223 194 221
Rank change year-on-year -29 +27 -29
Contract jobs requiring an AWS Engineer 574 415 465
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.15% 1.41% 1.06%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.24% 1.52% 1.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 419 328 386
10th Percentile £400 £412 £406
25th Percentile £440 £475 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £600 £825 £700
90th Percentile £675 £875 £850
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -15.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £65.00 - -
Median hourly rate £76.00 £35.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +117.14% - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £76.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 46,221 27,241 40,562
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.39% 92.30% 92.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,120 17,531 26,073
10th Percentile £325 £290 £280
25th Percentile £413 £402 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -4.76% -2.42%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +5.26% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,085 1,148 2,936
10th Percentile £15.24 £14.00 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.75 £17.79 £16.30
Median hourly rate £42.69 £27.70 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +54.10% -26.13% -16.67%
75th Percentile £67.50 £57.50 £61.81
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £44.50 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +76.94% -37.13% -4.94%

AWS Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'AWS Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

AWS Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

AWS Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for AWS Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for AWS Engineer job vacancies in the UK

AWS Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing AWS Engineer over the 6 months to 13 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for AWS Engineer in the UK

AWS Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for AWS Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for AWS Engineer job vacancies in the UK

AWS Engineer
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 AWS Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 13 June 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 -69 423 £523 -9.13% 63
London -50 279 £525 -22.22% 30
Work from Home -51 220 £525 -22.22% 50
UK excluding London -44 159 £475 -5.00% 40
North of England -43 56 £520 +9.47% 18
Midlands -35 31 £469 -6.20% 8
Scotland -4 27 £425 -15.00% 1
West Midlands -30 27 £472 -5.60% 4
North West -33 25 £550 +29.41% 12
Yorkshire -43 20 £525 +1.20% 4
South West -9 18 £488 -22.00% 3
East of England -13 15 £510 +16.57%
South East -68 13 £505 +0.90% 8
North East -30 11 £431 -12.44% 2
East Midlands -20 4 £413 -17.50% 4
Wales -13 1 £250 -57.34%
Northern Ireland - 1 £430 - 2

AWS Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 13 June 2026, AWS Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring AWS Engineer in the job title.

1 574 (100.00%) AWS
2 318 (55.40%) CI/CD
3 296 (51.57%) Terraform
4 263 (45.82%) DevOps
5 249 (43.38%) Python
6 218 (37.98%) Infrastructure as Code
7 200 (34.84%) Security Cleared
8 188 (32.75%) SC Cleared
9 168 (29.27%) Serverless
10 150 (26.13%) AWS Lambda
11 136 (23.69%) Kubernetes
12 133 (23.17%) Amazon S3
13 116 (20.21%) Docker
14 115 (20.03%) GitLab
15 108 (18.82%) AWS CloudFormation
16 107 (18.64%) Containerisation
16 107 (18.64%) GitHub
17 103 (17.94%) Platform Engineering
18 101 (17.60%) Agile
19 98 (17.07%) Amazon EKS
20 91 (15.85%) Observability
21 83 (14.46%) SQL
22 80 (13.94%) Amazon CloudWatch
23 78 (13.59%) GitHub Actions
23 78 (13.59%) Grafana
24 74 (12.89%) Amazon EC2
25 73 (12.72%) Data Engineering
25 73 (12.72%) Data Pipeline
26 71 (12.37%) Bash
27 70 (12.20%) Azure

AWS Engineer Skill Set
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 33 (5.75%) Apache Airflow
2 19 (3.31%) Confluence
3 12 (2.09%) Apache
3 12 (2.09%) SAS
4 10 (1.74%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.87%) nginx
5 5 (0.87%) Palantir Foundry
6 3 (0.52%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.35%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.17%) Apache Superset
8 1 (0.17%) Appian
8 1 (0.17%) IIS
8 1 (0.17%) JBoss
8 1 (0.17%) Traefik
8 1 (0.17%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.35%) Remedy ITSM
1 2 (0.35%) SAP BPC
2 1 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.17%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 574 (100.00%) AWS
2 168 (29.27%) Serverless
3 150 (26.13%) AWS Lambda
4 133 (23.17%) Amazon S3
5 108 (18.82%) AWS CloudFormation
6 107 (18.64%) GitHub
7 98 (17.07%) Amazon EKS
8 80 (13.94%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 78 (13.59%) GitHub Actions
10 74 (12.89%) Amazon EC2
11 70 (12.20%) Azure
12 61 (10.63%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 57 (9.93%) Amazon ECS
14 41 (7.14%) AWS Step Functions
15 39 (6.79%) Snowflake
16 29 (5.05%) Amazon SQS
17 25 (4.36%) Amazon EMR
18 23 (4.01%) Amazon EventBridge
18 23 (4.01%) GCP
19 22 (3.83%) AWS CodePipeline
Communications & Networking
1 23 (4.01%) Firewall
2 12 (2.09%) DNS
3 9 (1.57%) Network Security
4 6 (1.05%) TCP/IP
5 5 (0.87%) VPN
5 5 (0.87%) WAN
6 4 (0.70%) Reverse Proxy
6 4 (0.70%) SSL
7 3 (0.52%) HTTP
8 2 (0.35%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 2 (0.35%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 2 (0.35%) Internet
8 2 (0.35%) LAN
9 1 (0.17%) 5G
9 1 (0.17%) AMQP
9 1 (0.17%) BGP
9 1 (0.17%) BIG-IP
9 1 (0.17%) Cisco Firepower
9 1 (0.17%) DHCP
9 1 (0.17%) ICMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (9.41%) Amazon RDS
2 49 (8.54%) Amazon Redshift
3 45 (7.84%) Amazon Athena
4 44 (7.67%) DynamoDB
5 31 (5.40%) Data Warehouse
6 23 (4.01%) PostgreSQL
7 21 (3.66%) Data Lake
8 20 (3.48%) MySQL
9 19 (3.31%) Amazon Aurora
10 17 (2.96%) SQL Server
11 15 (2.61%) Power BI
12 12 (2.09%) Metadata
13 11 (1.92%) NoSQL
14 9 (1.57%) Pentaho
15 8 (1.39%) MongoDB
16 7 (1.22%) Apache Iceberg
17 6 (1.05%) BusinessObjects
17 6 (1.05%) Delta Lake
18 5 (0.87%) Big Data
18 5 (0.87%) Redis
Development Applications
1 115 (20.03%) GitLab
2 67 (11.67%) Jenkins
3 56 (9.76%) Git
4 28 (4.88%) JIRA
5 12 (2.09%) Artifactory
6 10 (1.74%) Claude Code
7 9 (1.57%) SonarQube
8 8 (1.39%) Gatling
8 8 (1.39%) Snyk
9 6 (1.05%) JMeter
10 5 (0.87%) Bitbucket
10 5 (0.87%) CircleCI
10 5 (0.87%) Cucumber
11 4 (0.70%) Sonatype Nexus
11 4 (0.70%) TeamCity
12 2 (0.35%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 2 (0.35%) Cypress.io
12 2 (0.35%) Maven
12 2 (0.35%) Mocha
12 2 (0.35%) MSTest
General
1 87 (15.16%) Public Sector
2 82 (14.29%) Social Skills
3 50 (8.71%) Finance
4 26 (4.53%) Banking
5 19 (3.31%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
6 8 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (1.39%) Pharmaceutical
7 5 (0.87%) Law
8 4 (0.70%) Legal
9 3 (0.52%) Billing
9 3 (0.52%) Investment Banking
9 3 (0.52%) Military
9 3 (0.52%) Retail
10 2 (0.35%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.35%) Local Government
10 2 (0.35%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.35%) Police
11 1 (0.17%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.17%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (6.27%) AWS CDK
2 27 (4.70%) .NET
2 27 (4.70%) Kafka
3 25 (4.36%) PySpark
4 24 (4.18%) REST
5 22 (3.83%) React
6 19 (3.31%) Flask
7 17 (2.96%) Elastic Stack
8 15 (2.61%) Node.js
9 10 (1.74%) Next.js
10 9 (1.57%) AngularJS
10 9 (1.57%) OpenTelemetry
10 9 (1.57%) Spring
10 9 (1.57%) Spring Boot
11 8 (1.39%) JSON
11 8 (1.39%) Model Context Protocol
11 8 (1.39%) OAuth
11 8 (1.39%) OAuth2
11 8 (1.39%) RESTful
12 7 (1.22%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 114 (19.86%) Cloud Native
2 27 (4.70%) Distributed Systems
3 19 (3.31%) AI Agents
4 11 (1.92%) Product Ownership
5 9 (1.57%) Management Information System
6 8 (1.39%) Hybrid Cloud
6 8 (1.39%) Public Cloud
7 7 (1.22%) Data Centre
7 7 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (1.22%) NHS
8 6 (1.05%) Clustering
8 6 (1.05%) Data Structures
8 6 (1.05%) Enterprise Cloud
9 5 (0.87%) Onboarding
10 4 (0.70%) Distributed Architecture
10 4 (0.70%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (0.70%) Linux Command Line
10 4 (0.70%) PKI
10 4 (0.70%) Replication
10 4 (0.70%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 70 (12.20%) Linux
2 18 (3.14%) Windows
3 10 (1.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 9 (1.57%) Windows Server
5 7 (1.22%) Unix
6 5 (0.87%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.52%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.35%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.35%) CentOS
8 2 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.17%) Amazon Linux
9 1 (0.17%) VMS
9 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 318 (55.40%) CI/CD
2 263 (45.82%) DevOps
3 218 (37.98%) Infrastructure as Code
4 107 (18.64%) Containerisation
5 103 (17.94%) Platform Engineering
6 101 (17.60%) Agile
7 91 (15.85%) Observability
8 73 (12.72%) Data Engineering
8 73 (12.72%) Data Pipeline
9 69 (12.02%) Software Engineering
10 66 (11.50%) Analytics
11 63 (10.98%) AI
11 63 (10.98%) Migration
12 56 (9.76%) Microservices
13 51 (8.89%) Cloud Security
14 50 (8.71%) Continuous Improvement
14 50 (8.71%) ETL
15 48 (8.36%) Data Modelling
16 43 (7.49%) Event-Driven
17 40 (6.97%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 249 (43.38%) Python
2 83 (14.46%) SQL
3 71 (12.37%) Bash
4 44 (7.67%) Java
5 30 (5.23%) TypeScript
6 27 (4.70%) C#
7 20 (3.48%) PowerShell
8 15 (2.61%) JavaScript
9 10 (1.74%) Go
9 10 (1.74%) Groovy
10 9 (1.57%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.70%) Scala
12 3 (0.52%) Ruby
13 2 (0.35%) Bicep
13 2 (0.35%) C
13 2 (0.35%) Perl
13 2 (0.35%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.17%) R
14 1 (0.17%) Rust
14 1 (0.17%) SAS Macro
Qualifications
1 200 (34.84%) Security Cleared
2 188 (32.75%) SC Cleared
3 39 (6.79%) AWS Certification
4 18 (3.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 16 (2.79%) DV Cleared
6 14 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (1.92%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 7 (1.22%) Degree
9 6 (1.05%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (0.70%) AWS Certified Developer
11 3 (0.52%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.52%) CISSP
12 2 (0.35%) CCNP
12 2 (0.35%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.35%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.17%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
13 1 (0.17%) CEH
13 1 (0.17%) CompTIA Security+
13 1 (0.17%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (6.27%) Data Quality
2 12 (2.09%) SLA
3 11 (1.92%) QA
4 6 (1.05%) GDPR
4 6 (1.05%) NIST
5 3 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.17%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.17%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.17%) WCAG
System Software
1 116 (20.21%) Docker
2 9 (1.57%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.57%) Squid
3 7 (1.22%) VMware NSX
4 5 (0.87%) vSphere
5 4 (0.70%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.17%) Dovecot
7 1 (0.17%) Postfix
7 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 296 (51.57%) Terraform
2 136 (23.69%) Kubernetes
3 78 (13.59%) Grafana
4 68 (11.85%) Prometheus
5 59 (10.28%) Ansible
6 19 (3.31%) Argo
7 17 (2.96%) Puppet
8 7 (1.22%) Istio
8 7 (1.22%) Packer
9 5 (0.87%) HAProxy
9 5 (0.87%) Kibana
10 4 (0.70%) Cilium
10 4 (0.70%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.70%) Rancher
10 4 (0.70%) Suricata
11 3 (0.52%) Consul
11 3 (0.52%) Salt
11 3 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.35%) linkerd
12 2 (0.35%) Podman
Vendors
1 34 (5.92%) Databricks
2 20 (3.48%) Microsoft
3 19 (3.31%) Splunk
4 15 (2.61%) Dynatrace
5 14 (2.44%) Informatica
6 13 (2.26%) Oracle
7 10 (1.74%) Denodo
7 10 (1.74%) VMware
8 9 (1.57%) Google
9 8 (1.39%) Foundry
10 7 (1.22%) Fortinet
10 7 (1.22%) ServiceNow
10 7 (1.22%) Talend
11 6 (1.05%) SAP
12 5 (0.87%) Citrix
12 5 (0.87%) Palantir
13 4 (0.70%) Cisco
13 4 (0.70%) Palo Alto
13 4 (0.70%) Tenable
13 4 (0.70%) Trend Micro