AWS Job Trends in the South East

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring AWS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 30 29
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 -16
Permanent jobs citing AWS 704 542 1,057
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 4.50% 6.34% 6.21%
As % of the Cloud Services category 18.64% 24.26% 21.21%
Number of salaries quoted 553 325 841
10th Percentile £42,500 £34,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,750 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -10.58%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £90,000
England median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year - +3.57% -6.67%

All Cloud Computing Skills
South East

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 3,776 2,234 4,983
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 24.12% 26.15% 29.25%
Number of salaries quoted 2,614 1,393 3,812
10th Percentile £29,825 £28,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -11.54%

AWS
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing AWS relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

AWS job vacancy trend in the South East

AWS
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing AWS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing AWS

AWS
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing AWS in the South East over the 6 months to 11 July 2026.

Salary histogram for AWS in the South East

AWS
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AWS within the South East region over the 6 months to 11 July 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley +9 345 £65,000 +8.33% 81
Hampshire -8 166 £62,500 +8.70% 48
Berkshire 0 139 £65,000 +0.78% 36
Buckinghamshire +22 106 £67,000 -4.29% 17
Oxfordshire +3 100 £63,750 +15.91% 29
Surrey +12 93 £62,500 -7.41% 32
Kent -18 39 £33,500 -21.18% 8
East Sussex +1 37 £50,000 - 9
West Sussex -23 18 £68,750 +129.17% 13
Middlesex +33 1 £97,500 +8.33% 12
AWS
England

AWS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 18 (2.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (1.99%) Confluence
3 12 (1.70%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (0.71%) WordPress
5 4 (0.57%) Apache
5 4 (0.57%) SAS
5 4 (0.57%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.43%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.43%) IIS
7 2 (0.28%) Apache Qpid
7 2 (0.28%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.14%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.14%) Camunda
8 1 (0.14%) JBoss
8 1 (0.14%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Fuse
8 1 (0.14%) Tomcat
Applications
1 19 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.43%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.28%) Lightworks
3 2 (0.28%) SOLIDWORKS
4 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.28%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.14%) Infor SunSystems
2 1 (0.14%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.14%) SAP HR
2 1 (0.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 357 (50.71%) Azure
2 127 (18.04%) GCP
3 96 (13.64%) SaaS
4 71 (10.09%) GitHub
5 61 (8.66%) Microsoft 365
6 58 (8.24%) Serverless
7 37 (5.26%) Amazon EKS
8 33 (4.69%) Amazon ECS
9 31 (4.40%) Amazon S3
9 31 (4.40%) AWS Lambda
10 30 (4.26%) Snowflake
11 29 (4.12%) Amazon EC2
11 29 (4.12%) GitHub Actions
12 27 (3.84%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 25 (3.55%) GitHub Copilot
14 23 (3.27%) Azure DevOps
15 20 (2.84%) Entra ID
16 14 (1.99%) Cloudflare
16 14 (1.99%) Datadog
16 14 (1.99%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 86 (12.22%) Firewall
2 62 (8.81%) VPN
3 42 (5.97%) DNS
4 33 (4.69%) WAN
5 27 (3.84%) LAN
5 27 (3.84%) Network Security
6 25 (3.55%) DHCP
7 19 (2.70%) TCP/IP
8 14 (1.99%) MQTT
9 13 (1.85%) Remote Desktop
10 12 (1.70%) Internet
10 12 (1.70%) SAN
10 12 (1.70%) SD-WAN
11 11 (1.56%) VLAN
11 11 (1.56%) Wi-Fi
12 8 (1.14%) iSCSI
13 7 (0.99%) Broadband
14 6 (0.85%) BGP
14 6 (0.85%) Cisco ASA
15 5 (0.71%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (10.09%) PostgreSQL
2 67 (9.52%) MongoDB
3 66 (9.38%) SQL Server
4 55 (7.81%) MySQL
5 38 (5.40%) Elasticsearch
6 37 (5.26%) NoSQL
7 35 (4.97%) Azure SQL Database
8 29 (4.12%) Relational Database
9 21 (2.98%) Redis
10 12 (1.70%) Amazon RDS
11 10 (1.42%) DynamoDB
11 10 (1.42%) RDBMS
12 8 (1.14%) Apache Cassandra
12 8 (1.14%) Data Warehouse
13 7 (0.99%) Power BI
14 6 (0.85%) Airbyte
14 6 (0.85%) Metadata
15 5 (0.71%) Amazon Redshift
15 5 (0.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 4 (0.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 91 (12.93%) Git
2 44 (6.25%) GitLab
3 34 (4.83%) Jenkins
4 31 (4.40%) JIRA
5 14 (1.99%) JUnit
6 13 (1.85%) SonarQube
7 10 (1.42%) Mockito
8 8 (1.14%) JMeter
8 8 (1.14%) Yeoman
9 7 (0.99%) Selenium
10 5 (0.71%) Artifactory
10 5 (0.71%) Cucumber
10 5 (0.71%) Postman
11 4 (0.57%) Octopus Deploy
11 4 (0.57%) PHPUnit
11 4 (0.57%) SpecFlow
11 4 (0.57%) Visual Studio Code
12 3 (0.43%) Cypress.io
12 3 (0.43%) Metasploit
12 3 (0.43%) Visual Studio
General
1 186 (26.42%) Social Skills
2 63 (8.95%) Finance
3 49 (6.96%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (3.98%) Manufacturing
5 25 (3.55%) Public Sector
5 25 (3.55%) Retail
6 16 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 15 (2.13%) Games
8 13 (1.85%) Local Government
9 12 (1.70%) Legal
10 11 (1.56%) Telecoms
11 10 (1.42%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (1.14%) Automotive
12 8 (1.14%) Digital Health
12 8 (1.14%) Presentation Skills
13 7 (0.99%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (0.85%) Aerospace
14 6 (0.85%) French Language
14 6 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (0.71%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 198 (28.13%) Developer
2 122 (17.33%) Senior
3 110 (15.63%) Software Engineer
4 67 (9.52%) Lead
5 63 (8.95%) AWS Engineer
6 57 (8.10%) Full-Stack Developer
7 54 (7.67%) .NET Developer
7 54 (7.67%) Cloud Engineer
8 46 (6.53%) Senior Developer
9 42 (5.97%) Architect
9 42 (5.97%) DevOps Engineer
9 42 (5.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 37 (5.26%) C# Software Engineer
11 36 (5.11%) Python Engineer
12 30 (4.26%) Python Software Engineer
12 30 (4.26%) Software Developer
13 29 (4.12%) Analyst
13 29 (4.12%) Support Engineer
14 27 (3.84%) Data Engineer
15 25 (3.55%) Backend Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 106 (15.06%) Node.js
2 103 (14.63%) React
3 101 (14.35%) .NET
4 81 (11.51%) REST
5 76 (10.80%) Vue
6 62 (8.81%) ASP.NET
7 54 (7.67%) AngularJS
8 52 (7.39%) ASP.NET Core
9 48 (6.82%) HTML
10 47 (6.68%) CSS
11 37 (5.26%) Kafka
11 37 (5.26%) RESTful
12 36 (5.11%) .NET Core
13 31 (4.40%) .NET Framework
14 28 (3.98%) ASP.NET Web API
15 27 (3.84%) JSON
16 24 (3.41%) Spring Boot
17 23 (3.27%) Spring
18 22 (3.13%) SOAP
19 20 (2.84%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 60 (8.52%) Cloud Native
2 58 (8.24%) Distributed Systems
3 35 (4.97%) Product Ownership
4 26 (3.69%) Self-Motivation
5 25 (3.55%) Hybrid Cloud
5 25 (3.55%) Onboarding
6 21 (2.98%) Management Information System
7 17 (2.41%) Distributed Computing
8 16 (2.27%) Data Centre
8 16 (2.27%) Public Cloud
9 15 (2.13%) Private Cloud
10 13 (1.85%) Algorithms
10 13 (1.85%) Client/Server
10 13 (1.85%) Greenfield Project
10 13 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
10 13 (1.85%) Life Science
10 13 (1.85%) PKI
10 13 (1.85%) Security Posture
11 10 (1.42%) Data Structures
12 9 (1.28%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 141 (20.03%) Linux
2 85 (12.07%) Windows
3 42 (5.97%) Windows Server
4 23 (3.27%) Ubuntu
5 8 (1.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.85%) Unix
7 5 (0.71%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.43%) AIX
9 2 (0.28%) CentOS
9 2 (0.28%) Debian
9 2 (0.28%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.14%) Android
10 1 (0.14%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.14%) FreeBSD
10 1 (0.14%) OpenBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 223 (31.68%) Agile
1 223 (31.68%) CI/CD
2 164 (23.30%) DevOps
3 158 (22.44%) AI
4 155 (22.02%) Software Engineering
5 154 (21.88%) Microservices
6 143 (20.31%) Problem-Solving
7 138 (19.60%) Full-Stack Development
8 111 (15.77%) Containerisation
9 106 (15.06%) Continuous Improvement
10 101 (14.35%) Infrastructure as Code
11 86 (12.22%) Scrum
12 83 (11.79%) Test Automation
13 79 (11.22%) Mentoring
14 77 (10.94%) TDD
15 73 (10.37%) Computer Science
16 72 (10.23%) Machine Learning
17 66 (9.38%) Kanban
18 58 (8.24%) Cybersecurity
19 55 (7.81%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 227 (32.24%) Python
2 146 (20.74%) C#
3 144 (20.45%) SQL
4 130 (18.47%) JavaScript
5 110 (15.63%) TypeScript
6 82 (11.65%) Java
7 67 (9.52%) Bash
8 59 (8.38%) C++
9 51 (7.24%) PowerShell
10 37 (5.26%) PHP
11 34 (4.83%) Rust
12 25 (3.55%) Go
13 21 (2.98%) Ruby
14 19 (2.70%) C
15 13 (1.85%) Shell Script
16 8 (1.14%) Groovy
17 6 (0.85%) Korn
17 6 (0.85%) Perl
17 6 (0.85%) Scala
18 5 (0.71%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 142 (20.17%) Degree
2 84 (11.93%) Computer Science Degree
3 82 (11.65%) Security Cleared
4 57 (8.10%) SC Cleared
5 42 (5.97%) AWS Certification
6 18 (2.56%) Cisco Certification
7 17 (2.41%) Master's Degree
8 16 (2.27%) Microsoft Certification
9 13 (1.85%) Azure Certification
9 13 (1.85%) DV Cleared
10 11 (1.56%) CCNA
11 10 (1.42%) CCNP
11 10 (1.42%) MCSE
12 8 (1.14%) CISSP
13 7 (0.99%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 7 (0.99%) CEH
13 7 (0.99%) PhD
14 6 (0.85%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 6 (0.85%) CISM
14 6 (0.85%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (9.23%) QA
2 17 (2.41%) Data Quality
2 17 (2.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (1.99%) SLA
4 12 (1.70%) NIST
5 10 (1.42%) Accessibility
6 9 (1.28%) PCI DSS
7 8 (1.14%) SOC 2
8 7 (0.99%) GDPR
9 5 (0.71%) NCSC
10 3 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.28%) Def Stans
11 2 (0.28%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.28%) IEC 61508
11 2 (0.28%) ISO 26262
12 1 (0.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.14%) GRC
12 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 1 (0.14%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.14%) WCAG
System Software
1 167 (23.72%) Docker
2 46 (6.53%) Hyper-V
3 44 (6.25%) Active Directory
3 44 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (3.13%) KVM
5 8 (1.14%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 7 (0.99%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.57%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.28%) Samba
10 1 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 156 (22.16%) Kubernetes
2 126 (17.90%) Terraform
3 72 (10.23%) Ansible
4 27 (3.84%) Grafana
5 26 (3.69%) Prometheus
6 20 (2.84%) Kibana
7 17 (2.41%) Proxmox
8 9 (1.28%) Puppet
9 8 (1.14%) Graylog
9 8 (1.14%) ZABBIX
10 6 (0.85%) Microsoft Intune
11 5 (0.71%) Packer
12 4 (0.57%) Podman
13 3 (0.43%) Argo
13 3 (0.43%) Nagios
13 3 (0.43%) Netcool
13 3 (0.43%) Scalr
14 2 (0.28%) Failover Clustering
14 2 (0.28%) HP Fortify
14 2 (0.28%) MIIS
Vendors
1 151 (21.45%) Microsoft
2 75 (10.65%) VMware
3 39 (5.54%) Google
4 34 (4.83%) Red Hat
5 30 (4.26%) Cisco
6 18 (2.56%) Palo Alto
7 17 (2.41%) Dell
8 16 (2.27%) Oracle
8 16 (2.27%) ServiceNow
9 14 (1.99%) Salesforce
10 13 (1.85%) Fortinet
10 13 (1.85%) Splunk
11 12 (1.70%) Dynatrace
11 12 (1.70%) IBM
12 11 (1.56%) Juniper
13 9 (1.28%) AppDynamics
13 9 (1.28%) Aruba
13 9 (1.28%) Veeam
14 8 (1.14%) OpenAI
15 7 (0.99%) New Relic