Amazon Web Services (AWS)
UK > Wales
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales requiring AWS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited AWS over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 31 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 10 | 26 | 28 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +16 | +2 | +5 |
| Contract jobs citing AWS | 31 | 16 | 33 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales | 10.65% | 4.18% | 5.63% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 27.43% | 12.40% | 21.43% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 26 | 14 | 31 |
| 10th Percentile | £243 | £288 | £240 |
| 25th Percentile | £274 | £370 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £440 | £558 | £570 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -21.12% | -2.19% | +3.64% |
| 75th Percentile | £519 | £667 | £663 |
| 90th Percentile | £594 | £690 | £675 |
| UK median daily rate | £530 | £550 | £576 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.64% | -4.56% | +0.22% |
All Cloud Skills
Wales
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 Wales.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills | 113 | 129 | 154 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales | 38.83% | 33.68% | 26.28% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 86 | 105 | 127 |
| 10th Percentile | £190 | £143 | £161 |
| 25th Percentile | £263 | £313 | £251 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £400 | £490 | £470 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.37% | +4.26% | -1.05% |
| 75th Percentile | £480 | £531 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £588 | £583 | £663 |
| UK median daily rate | £508 | £525 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.33% | -4.55% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 11 | 2 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | £16.00 | £12.94 | £12.55 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.26 | £13.98 | £12.63 |
| Median hourly rate | £22.50 | £15.84 | £15.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +42.09% | +5.57% | +7.14% |
| 75th Percentile | £35.25 | £17.57 | £16.67 |
| 90th Percentile | £41.25 | £18.53 | £19.87 |
| UK median hourly rate | £28.00 | £21.37 | £37.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +31.02% | -42.24% | +65.18% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Wales
Job postings citing AWS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.
AWS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing AWS in Wales.
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Daily Rate Histogram in Wales
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing AWS in Wales over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.
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Contract Job Locations in Wales
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AWS within the Wales region over the 6 months to 31 May 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Wales | +13 | 27 | £434 | -22.24% | 55 |
| West Wales | - | 2 | £538 | - | 3 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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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