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 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 13 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 12 | 10 | 6 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -2 | -4 | 0 |
| Contract jobs citing AWS | 4,311 | 7,199 | 12,829 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 10.08% | 12.38% | 14.55% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 31.13% | 33.66% | 37.77% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3,256 | 5,396 | 9,769 |
| 10th Percentile | £381 | £425 | £425 |
| 25th Percentile | £459 | £500 | £500 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £575 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.35% | - | +9.52% |
| 75th Percentile | £675 | £688 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £775 | £775 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £525 | £550 | £530 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.55% | +3.77% | +8.72% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 27 | 64 | 46 |
| 10th Percentile | £22.21 | £24.62 | £45.63 |
| 25th Percentile | £29.00 | £48.51 | £51.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £55.00 | £74.00 | £65.54 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -25.68% | +12.91% | +48.95% |
| 75th Percentile | £72.50 | £78.00 | £77.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £73.30 | £88.30 | £81.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £55.00 | £62.85 | £70.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -12.49% | -10.21% | +16.67% |
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 | 13,850 | 21,390 | 33,962 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 32.39% | 36.77% | 38.52% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,844 | 15,472 | 24,768 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £325 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £450 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £635 | £650 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £745 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | - | +11.11% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 344 | 346 | 426 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.00 | £15.25 | £13.88 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.00 | £18.25 | £15.37 |
| Median hourly rate | £21.37 | £35.00 | £22.40 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -38.94% | +56.25% | -0.44% |
| 75th Percentile | £35.13 | £66.00 | £54.81 |
| 90th Percentile | £64.78 | £78.00 | £67.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £17.72 | £24.81 | £19.63 |
| % change year-on-year | -28.58% | +26.42% | -1.88% |
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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 13 May 2024.
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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 13 May 2024.
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Top 18 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 13 May 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 | -3 | 3,597 | £563 | -6.25% | 2,594 |
| London | +1 | 2,322 | £575 | -6.50% | 1,272 |
| Work from Home | 0 | 1,772 | £568 | -1.30% | 1,582 |
| UK excluding London | -7 | 1,322 | £525 | -4.55% | 1,502 |
| North of England | -2 | 429 | £510 | -7.27% | 413 |
| South East | -3 | 292 | £575 | - | 251 |
| North West | -1 | 279 | £490 | -10.91% | 247 |
| Scotland | -3 | 236 | £475 | -3.06% | 127 |
| South West | -10 | 188 | £538 | -6.52% | 239 |
| Yorkshire | -9 | 131 | £550 | - | 124 |
| Midlands | -12 | 121 | £475 | -12.04% | 240 |
| West Midlands | -25 | 66 | £550 | +1.85% | 147 |
| East Midlands | +10 | 55 | £450 | -26.53% | 93 |
| East of England | -47 | 43 | £550 | -5.66% | 115 |
| North East | -10 | 21 | £575 | -11.54% | 42 |
| Wales | +3 | 20 | £558 | -3.04% | 47 |
| Northern Ireland | -1 | 4 | £675 | +12.50% | 82 |
| Isle of Man | - | 3 | - | - | 1 |
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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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