AWS Contract Job Trends in Watford

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Hertfordshire > Watford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Watford requiring AWS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 - 14
Rank change year-on-year - - -2
Contract jobs citing AWS 5 0 6
As % of all contract jobs in Watford 4.90% - 5.94%
As % of the Cloud Services category 16.67% - 24.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 5
10th Percentile £521 - £433
25th Percentile £534 - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 - £675
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.85%
75th Percentile £584 - £775
90th Percentile £594 - £843
Hertfordshire median daily rate £552 £650 £588
% change year-on-year -15.08% +10.64% -16.07%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Watford

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 Watford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 30 5 25
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Watford 29.41% 11.90% 24.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 3 21
10th Percentile - £383 £240
25th Percentile £406 £394 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £425 £410
Median % change year-on-year +14.71% +3.66% -6.29%
75th Percentile £550 £456 £488
90th Percentile £588 £468 £713
Hertfordshire median daily rate £540 £550 £450
% change year-on-year -1.82% +22.22% +3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £16.94 - -
25th Percentile £17.27 - -
Median hourly rate £17.93 - -
75th Percentile £18.47 - -
90th Percentile £18.73 - -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £18.90 £21.28 £14.41
% change year-on-year -11.18% +47.68% -43.38%

AWS
Job Vacancy Trend in Watford

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

AWS job vacancy trend in Watford

AWS
Daily Rate Trend in Watford

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Watford citing AWS

AWS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Watford 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) Azure
1 4 (80.00%) SaaS
2 1 (20.00%) Amazon Bedrock
2 1 (20.00%) Copilot Studio
2 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (20.00%) Google Gemini
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Copilot
2 1 (20.00%) Serverless
2 1 (20.00%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) Firewall
2 1 (20.00%) LAN
2 1 (20.00%) Network Security
2 1 (20.00%) WAN
2 1 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Electronics
3 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Lead
2 2 (40.00%) Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Consultant
2 2 (40.00%) Lead Architect
2 2 (40.00%) SailPoint Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Technical Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Technical Leader
3 1 (20.00%) Embedded Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Embedded Linux Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Lead Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Linux Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) SailPoint Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Security Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Security Technical Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Software Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (80.00%) SailPoint
2 1 (20.00%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Virtual Team
2 1 (20.00%) Device Driver
2 1 (20.00%) e-Learning
2 1 (20.00%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (20.00%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Linux
2 1 (20.00%) Android
2 1 (20.00%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (60.00%) Architecture Governance
2 3 (60.00%) Identity Access Management
2 3 (60.00%) Migration
2 3 (60.00%) RBAC
2 3 (60.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (40.00%) Technical Architecture
3 2 (40.00%) Technical Leadership
3 2 (40.00%) Translating Business Requirements
4 1 (20.00%) Agile
4 1 (20.00%) AI
4 1 (20.00%) Customer Engagement
4 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (20.00%) Risk Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) Security Architecture
4 1 (20.00%) Security Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
4 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
4 1 (20.00%) Video Processing
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) C
1 1 (20.00%) C++
1 1 (20.00%) Python
1 1 (20.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 1 (20.00%) CCSP
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (20.00%) CISSP
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) GDPR
1 3 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (60.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (20.00%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Apple
2 1 (20.00%) CyberArk
2 1 (20.00%) Google
2 1 (20.00%) NVIDIA
2 1 (20.00%) OpenAI
2 1 (20.00%) SAP
2 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow