AWS Direct Connect Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

AWS Direct Connect
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring AWS Direct Connect skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited AWS Direct Connect over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 333 453
Rank change year-on-year - +120 +127
Contract jobs citing AWS Direct Connect 0 11 18
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option - 0.072% 0.070%
As % of the Cloud Services category - 0.20% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 8 8
10th Percentile - £505 -
25th Percentile - £506 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £586 £431
Median % change year-on-year - +35.94% -20.14%
75th Percentile - £602 £560
90th Percentile - £623 £650
UK median daily rate £400 £575 £431
% change year-on-year -30.43% +33.33% -20.14%

All Cloud Skills
Work from Home

AWS Direct Connect falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 3,946 5,521 10,172
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 39.87% 36.19% 39.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,894 3,959 7,476
10th Percentile £351 £350 £370
25th Percentile £425 £429 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.48% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £750 £738 £743
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 87 126
10th Percentile £16.00 £15.50 £16.44
25th Percentile £25.25 £16.82 £21.52
Median hourly rate £35.00 £26.00 £54.50
Median % change year-on-year +34.62% -52.29% +98.18%
75th Percentile £70.63 £46.88 £70.00
90th Percentile £92.50 £66.25 £75.50
UK median hourly rate £27.43 £20.97 £35.00
% change year-on-year +30.78% -40.09% +62.79%

AWS Direct Connect
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing AWS Direct Connect as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

AWS Direct Connect trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

AWS Direct Connect
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing AWS Direct Connect.

AWS Direct Connect daily rate for jobs with a WFH option