Amazon Web Services (AWS)
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for AWS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited AWS over the 6 months to 7 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 7 Dec 2023 |
Same period 2022 | Same period 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 10 | 6 | 6 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -4 | 0 | +1 |
| Contract jobs citing AWS | 5,011 | 10,841 | 13,454 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 11.16% | 14.12% | 15.02% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 32.29% | 37.63% | 38.69% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3,816 | 8,054 | 10,348 |
| 10th Percentile | £400 | £438 | £419 |
| 25th Percentile | £463 | £500 | £475 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £590 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -6.78% | +7.27% | +4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £675 | £688 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £763 | £713 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £525 | £540 | £520 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.78% | +3.85% | +9.47% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 53 | 28 | 35 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £23.50 | £26.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.18 | £35.00 | £36.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £57.50 | £53.75 | £60.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.98% | -10.42% | +50.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £78.00 | £65.63 | £70.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £86.25 | £75.00 | £79.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £46.18 | £55.00 | £60.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -16.04% | -8.33% | +28.55% |
All Cloud Skills
UK
AWS is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills | 15,521 | 28,806 | 34,770 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 34.58% | 37.52% | 38.81% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 11,184 | 20,583 | 25,292 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £338 | £345 |
| 25th Percentile | £419 | £450 | £430 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | +4.76% | +5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £737 | £744 | £700 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +5.26% | +5.56% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 286 | 409 | 496 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.31 | £14.25 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.56 | £15.75 | £15.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £25.00 | £22.16 | £21.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +12.82% | +5.52% | -10.26% |
| 75th Percentile | £53.75 | £43.63 | £46.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.00 | £70.00 | £65.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £21.00 | £19.21 | £18.17 |
| % change year-on-year | +9.35% | +5.73% | -9.18% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing AWS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing AWS.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing AWS over the 6 months to 7 December 2023.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing AWS.
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Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing AWS over the 6 months to 7 December 2023.
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Top 17 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AWS within the UK over the 6 months to 7 December 2023. 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 | -4 | 4,249 | £563 | -6.25% | 3,166 |
| London | -2 | 2,502 | £575 | -5.74% | 1,644 |
| Work from Home | -1 | 2,223 | £550 | -4.35% | 1,950 |
| UK excluding London | -1 | 1,797 | £525 | -2.78% | 1,856 |
| North of England | -5 | 498 | £510 | -7.27% | 560 |
| South East | -2 | 323 | £570 | +3.64% | 554 |
| South West | +5 | 318 | £600 | +4.35% | 232 |
| North West | -7 | 311 | £500 | -9.09% | 326 |
| Scotland | -2 | 284 | £500 | - | 105 |
| Midlands | +1 | 247 | £500 | -7.41% | 204 |
| Yorkshire | -2 | 163 | £550 | - | 166 |
| West Midlands | -12 | 143 | £500 | -7.41% | 116 |
| East of England | -5 | 127 | £519 | -9.78% | 133 |
| East Midlands | +16 | 104 | £500 | -11.11% | 87 |
| North East | +1 | 28 | £417 | -30.50% | 73 |
| Wales | +4 | 21 | £388 | -35.42% | 60 |
| Northern Ireland | -9 | 1 | £575 | - | 31 |
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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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