AWS Contract Job Trends in Wakefield

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
West Yorkshire > Wakefield

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wakefield requiring AWS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing AWS 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Wakefield 16.67% - -
As % of the Cloud Services category 60.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
75th Percentile £444 - -
90th Percentile £470 - -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £450 £515
% change year-on-year +11.11% -12.62% -6.36%

All Cloud Skills
Wakefield

AWS falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in Wakefield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 5 2 7
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wakefield 27.78% 7.69% 7.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 5
10th Percentile £123 - £198
25th Percentile £135 - £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - £450
Median % change year-on-year - - +35.34%
75th Percentile - - £538
90th Percentile £453 - £545
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £463 £500
% change year-on-year +8.11% -7.50% -4.76%

AWS
Job Vacancy Trend in Wakefield

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing AWS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Wakefield.

AWS job vacancy trend in Wakefield

AWS
Daily Rate Trend in Wakefield

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wakefield citing AWS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wakefield citing AWS

AWS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wakefield 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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Power BI
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Linux Engineer
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Migration
2 2 (66.67%) Containerisation
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Budgeting
3 1 (33.33%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Cloud Operations
3 1 (33.33%) Cost Management
3 1 (33.33%) Cost Optimisation
3 1 (33.33%) FinOps