Platform Engineer - Amazon Web Services
UK
The median Platform Engineer - Amazon Web Services daily rate in the UK is £538 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 April 2024.
The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 28 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
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| Rank | 563 | 678 | 766 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +115 | +88 | -151 |
| Contract jobs requiring an AWS Platform Engineer | 31 | 38 | 89 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.072% | 0.064% | 0.10% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.077% | 0.067% | 0.10% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 27 | 35 | 79 |
| 10th Percentile | £440 | £485 | £440 |
| 25th Percentile | £457 | £531 | £522 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £538 | £600 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -10.42% | +4.35% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £572 | £650 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £625 | £713 | - |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £525 | £575 | £425 |
| % change year-on-year | -8.70% | +35.29% | -19.05% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 | 40,181 | 56,479 | 84,762 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.77% | 94.61% | 95.48% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 26,164 | 39,476 | 59,482 |
| 10th Percentile | £275 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £409 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £540 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.78% | +2.86% | +10.53% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £731 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £491 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.87% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,646 | 1,570 | 2,098 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.29 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.49 | £15.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £35.96 | £45.00 | £23.03 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -20.10% | +95.42% | +0.12% |
| 75th Percentile | £60.00 | £65.75 | £48.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £75.75 | £63.16 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £37.75 | £42.50 | £19.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -11.18% | +117.95% | +2.55% |
AWS Platform Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured AWS Platform Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
AWS Platform Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing AWS Platform Engineer.
AWS Platform Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing AWS Platform Engineer over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.
AWS Platform Engineer
Top 9 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AWS Platform Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. 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 | +105 | 20 | £538 | -10.42% | 7 |
| UK excluding London | +70 | 15 | £525 | -8.70% | 7 |
| Work from Home | +115 | 13 | £503 | -16.25% | 8 |
| London | +98 | 11 | £556 | -14.42% | 4 |
| Scotland | - | 7 | £453 | - | 3 |
| North of England | +32 | 5 | £550 | +1.15% | 1 |
| North West | +24 | 3 | £550 | -5.38% | |
| South East | +20 | 3 | £538 | -17.31% | 1 |
| Yorkshire | +22 | 2 | £525 | +3.70% |
AWS Platform Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 28 April 2024, AWS Platform 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 Platform Engineer in the job title.
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AWS Platform 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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