Amazon Web Services Engineer
UK
The median Amazon Web Services Engineer daily rate in the UK is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 April 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 30 Apr 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 179 | 252 | 194 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +73 | -58 | -40 |
| Contract jobs requiring an AWS Engineer | 459 | 418 | 816 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 1.57% | 0.96% | 1.37% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 1.70% | 1.03% | 1.44% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 379 | 354 | 640 |
| 10th Percentile | £406 | £413 | £456 |
| 25th Percentile | £475 | £461 | £506 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £575 | £550 | £600 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.55% | -8.33% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £825 | £650 | £688 |
| 90th Percentile | £875 | £800 | £788 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £513 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.44% | -6.82% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Median hourly rate | £35.00 | - | £35.00 |
| 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 | 27,050 | 40,453 | 56,471 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.52% | 92.79% | 94.61% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 17,687 | 26,352 | 39,474 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £275 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £406 | £409 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £515 | £525 | £540 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.90% | -2.78% | +2.86% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £493 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.55% | -1.50% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,031 | 2,658 | 1,569 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.20 | £12.86 | £14.29 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.51 | £16.30 | £19.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £29.07 | £36.00 | £45.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -19.25% | -20.00% | +91.86% |
| 75th Percentile | £62.50 | £60.75 | £65.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £72.50 | £75.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £28.75 | £38.50 | £42.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -25.32% | -9.41% | +117.95% |
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 30 April 2025.
AWS Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing AWS Engineer.
AWS Engineer
Top 16 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 30 April 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 | +83 | 394 | £600 | +9.09% | 163 |
| London | +59 | 308 | £675 | +17.39% | 93 |
| Work from Home | +50 | 230 | £675 | +17.39% | 101 |
| UK excluding London | +40 | 86 | £500 | -2.44% | 74 |
| North of England | +39 | 45 | £475 | +2.70% | 48 |
| North West | +7 | 23 | £414 | -10.59% | 39 |
| Scotland | 0 | 17 | £525 | +9.38% | 5 |
| South East | +42 | 15 | £500 | -12.09% | 13 |
| Yorkshire | +20 | 12 | £525 | +2.44% | 6 |
| North East | - | 10 | £565 | - | 3 |
| Midlands | +24 | 5 | £500 | +11.11% | 4 |
| East Midlands | +11 | 4 | £500 | +11.11% | 4 |
| East of England | +34 | 2 | £438 | -32.69% | |
| South West | +31 | 2 | £625 | +19.05% | 4 |
| Wales | +5 | 2 | £493 | -26.00% | |
| West Midlands | +15 | 1 | £550 | +12.82% |
AWS Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 30 April 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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