AWS Job Trends in the South West

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring AWS skills. It covers permanent 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 25 16 8
Rank change year-on-year -9 -8 +6
Permanent jobs citing AWS 250 539 675
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 6.22% 8.79% 14.98%
As % of the Cloud Services category 23.65% 31.78% 35.66%
Number of salaries quoted 188 340 518
10th Percentile £32,500 £42,375 £37,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £59,013
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +5.91% -1.65%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £87,625 £82,586
England median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year - +3.45% -3.33%

All Cloud Skills
South West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,057 1,696 1,893
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 26.30% 27.66% 42.01%
Number of salaries quoted 760 969 1,568
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,000 £30,877
25th Percentile £32,000 £42,500 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% - +8.27%
75th Percentile £67,756 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £82,548
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% -3.10%

AWS
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

AWS job vacancy trend in the South West

AWS
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing AWS

AWS
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing AWS in the South West over the 6 months to 7 November 2025.

Salary histogram for AWS in the South West

AWS
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AWS within the South West region over the 6 months to 7 November 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bristol -5 102 £60,000 -11.11% 108
Gloucestershire 0 52 £65,000 +8.33% 138
Dorset -2 37 £57,000 +14.00% 19
Devon -11 16 £46,750 -22.08% 25
Somerset -9 13 £70,000 +21.74% 37
Wiltshire -25 12 £60,000 -11.11% 43
Cornwall -9 5 £62,500 - 3
Avon - 1 £52,500 - 32
AWS
England

AWS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 9 (3.60%) Apache
2 8 (3.20%) Confluence
3 5 (2.00%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (1.60%) SharePoint
5 3 (1.20%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.40%) Apache Superset
6 1 (0.40%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.40%) JBoss
Applications
1 3 (1.20%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (1.20%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 121 (48.40%) Azure
2 41 (16.40%) Serverless
3 35 (14.00%) Amazon S3
4 28 (11.20%) AWS Lambda
5 22 (8.80%) GitHub
6 21 (8.40%) GCP
7 16 (6.40%) SaaS
8 15 (6.00%) Amazon ECS
9 14 (5.60%) Amazon EKS
10 13 (5.20%) Amazon EC2
10 13 (5.20%) Entra ID
10 13 (5.20%) OpenShift
11 12 (4.80%) Microsoft 365
11 12 (4.80%) Power Platform
11 12 (4.80%) Snowflake
12 10 (4.00%) Amazon SageMaker
13 9 (3.60%) Azure DevOps
14 8 (3.20%) PaaS
15 7 (2.80%) IaaS
16 5 (2.00%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 19 (7.60%) Firewall
2 18 (7.20%) Internet
3 8 (3.20%) DNS
4 7 (2.80%) TCP/IP
5 6 (2.40%) DHCP
6 5 (2.00%) AMQP
6 5 (2.00%) WAN
7 4 (1.60%) LAN
7 4 (1.60%) Network Security
7 4 (1.60%) VPN
7 4 (1.60%) VSAN
8 3 (1.20%) DKIM
8 3 (1.20%) DMARC
8 3 (1.20%) VLAN
9 2 (0.80%) SAN
10 1 (0.40%) Broadband
10 1 (0.40%) DMZ
10 1 (0.40%) Intrusion Detection
10 1 (0.40%) IPv4
10 1 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (12.00%) PostgreSQL
2 28 (11.20%) MySQL
3 17 (6.80%) SQL Server
4 13 (5.20%) Relational Database
5 12 (4.80%) Amazon RDS
5 12 (4.80%) Power BI
6 11 (4.40%) MongoDB
6 11 (4.40%) NoSQL
7 8 (3.20%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (2.80%) Amazon Aurora
8 7 (2.80%) Elasticsearch
9 5 (2.00%) Big Data
9 5 (2.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (1.60%) ClickHouse
10 4 (1.60%) CockroachDB
10 4 (1.60%) DynamoDB
10 4 (1.60%) InfluxDB
10 4 (1.60%) Oracle Database
11 3 (1.20%) Oracle ODI
11 3 (1.20%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 38 (15.20%) Git
2 24 (9.60%) Jenkins
3 11 (4.40%) JUnit
4 10 (4.00%) Selenium
5 9 (3.60%) JIRA
6 8 (3.20%) Cypress.io
6 8 (3.20%) GitLab
7 6 (2.40%) Locust
8 4 (1.60%) Bitbucket
9 3 (1.20%) Balsamiq
9 3 (1.20%) Maven
9 3 (1.20%) Mockito
9 3 (1.20%) TestRail
10 2 (0.80%) CircleCI
10 2 (0.80%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.80%) Gatling
10 2 (0.80%) LoadRunner
10 2 (0.80%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.80%) Zephyr
11 1 (0.40%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 68 (27.20%) Social Skills
2 56 (22.40%) Finance
3 31 (12.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 30 (12.00%) Law
5 23 (9.20%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (6.80%) Marketing
7 16 (6.40%) Public Sector
8 15 (6.00%) Banking
9 10 (4.00%) Multimedia
10 6 (2.40%) Manufacturing
10 6 (2.40%) Military
11 5 (2.00%) Retail
11 5 (2.00%) Tech for Good
12 4 (1.60%) Electronics
12 4 (1.60%) Games
12 4 (1.60%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (1.20%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.80%) Back Office
14 2 (0.80%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 53 (21.20%) Developer
2 41 (16.40%) Software Engineer
3 28 (11.20%) Senior
4 21 (8.40%) Architect
5 18 (7.20%) Software Developer
6 15 (6.00%) Analyst
6 15 (6.00%) DevOps Engineer
6 15 (6.00%) Full-Stack Developer
7 13 (5.20%) Data Engineer
7 13 (5.20%) Java Engineer
7 13 (5.20%) Lead
8 11 (4.40%) Cloud Engineer
8 11 (4.40%) Senior Developer
9 10 (4.00%) Support Analyst
9 10 (4.00%) Support Engineer
9 10 (4.00%) Trainee
10 9 (3.60%) Java Software Engineer
10 9 (3.60%) Python Engineer
10 9 (3.60%) Security Engineer
10 9 (3.60%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (20.40%) React
2 36 (14.40%) Spring
3 27 (10.80%) Spring Boot
4 22 (8.80%) Kafka
5 19 (7.60%) AngularJS
6 18 (7.20%) .NET
6 18 (7.20%) CSS
6 18 (7.20%) HTML
7 16 (6.40%) Node.js
8 13 (5.20%) RESTful
9 11 (4.40%) .NET Core
10 10 (4.00%) REST
11 8 (3.20%) Vue
12 7 (2.80%) .NET Framework
12 7 (2.80%) Hibernate
13 5 (2.00%) Apache NiFi
13 5 (2.00%) Blazor
13 5 (2.00%) Laravel
13 5 (2.00%) RabbitMQ
14 4 (1.60%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 32 (12.80%) Cloud Native
2 19 (7.60%) Public Cloud
3 10 (4.00%) Algorithms
4 9 (3.60%) IoT
5 8 (3.20%) Linux Command Line
5 8 (3.20%) Management Information System
6 7 (2.80%) Data Structures
6 7 (2.80%) Private Cloud
7 6 (2.40%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (2.40%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (2.40%) Security Posture
8 5 (2.00%) Greenfield Project
8 5 (2.00%) Product Ownership
9 4 (1.60%) Cloud Security Posture
9 4 (1.60%) Driving Licence
9 4 (1.60%) Reference Data
9 4 (1.60%) Replication
10 3 (1.20%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (1.20%) Legacy Applications
10 3 (1.20%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 47 (18.80%) Linux
2 35 (14.00%) Windows
3 25 (10.00%) Windows Server
4 7 (2.80%) CentOS
4 7 (2.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (2.40%) Ubuntu
6 5 (2.00%) Debian
7 3 (1.20%) CoreOS
7 3 (1.20%) Unix
7 3 (1.20%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (1.20%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.40%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.40%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (32.80%) CI/CD
2 78 (31.20%) Agile
3 73 (29.20%) DevOps
4 65 (26.00%) Software Engineering
5 51 (20.40%) Problem-Solving
6 47 (18.80%) Microservices
7 46 (18.40%) AI
8 43 (17.20%) Containerisation
9 36 (14.40%) Infrastructure as Code
10 33 (13.20%) Mentoring
11 32 (12.80%) Analytics
11 32 (12.80%) Full-Stack Development
11 32 (12.80%) Machine Learning
12 30 (12.00%) Continuous Improvement
13 27 (10.80%) SDLC
13 27 (10.80%) User Experience
14 24 (9.60%) Cybersecurity
14 24 (9.60%) Test Automation
15 21 (8.40%) Scrum
16 19 (7.60%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 95 (38.00%) Python
2 64 (25.60%) Java
3 61 (24.40%) JavaScript
4 57 (22.80%) SQL
5 32 (12.80%) TypeScript
6 28 (11.20%) PowerShell
7 20 (8.00%) Bash
8 15 (6.00%) C#
9 10 (4.00%) PHP
10 9 (3.60%) Go
11 5 (2.00%) Bicep
11 5 (2.00%) R
12 4 (1.60%) Shell Script
13 3 (1.20%) C
13 3 (1.20%) T-SQL
13 3 (1.20%) VBScript
14 2 (0.80%) C++
14 2 (0.80%) VB.NET
14 2 (0.80%) XAML
15 1 (0.40%) VB
Qualifications
1 61 (24.40%) Security Cleared
2 43 (17.20%) SC Cleared
3 33 (13.20%) AWS Certification
4 29 (11.60%) DV Cleared
5 26 (10.40%) Degree
6 20 (8.00%) Azure Certification
7 12 (4.80%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 11 (4.40%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (2.40%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (2.40%) CompTIA Security+
9 6 (2.40%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 5 (2.00%) CISSP
10 5 (2.00%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (1.60%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (1.60%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 4 (1.60%) CREST Certified
12 3 (1.20%) CISM
12 3 (1.20%) CITP
12 3 (1.20%) ISTQB
12 3 (1.20%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.00%) GDPR
2 9 (3.60%) QA
3 7 (2.80%) SLA
4 6 (2.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.40%) NIST
5 5 (2.00%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.20%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (1.20%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.80%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.80%) NCSC
8 1 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.40%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.40%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.40%) SOC 2
System Software
1 56 (22.40%) Docker
2 12 (4.80%) Active Directory
3 6 (2.40%) Hyper-V
4 5 (2.00%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (2.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (2.00%) vSphere
5 3 (1.20%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.80%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.40%) iptables
7 1 (0.40%) KVM
Systems Management
1 68 (27.20%) Kubernetes
2 39 (15.60%) Terraform
3 26 (10.40%) Ansible
4 7 (2.80%) Kibana
5 5 (2.00%) Grafana
5 5 (2.00%) Prometheus
5 5 (2.00%) Puppet
6 4 (1.60%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (1.60%) Progress Chef
7 3 (1.20%) Docker Swarm
7 3 (1.20%) McAfee ePO
7 3 (1.20%) SCVMM
8 2 (0.80%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.80%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.40%) Argo
9 1 (0.40%) Data Guard
9 1 (0.40%) Kubeflow
9 1 (0.40%) Kustomize
9 1 (0.40%) Nagios
9 1 (0.40%) VxRail
Vendors
1 30 (12.00%) Oracle
2 29 (11.60%) Microsoft
3 12 (4.80%) Databricks
3 12 (4.80%) Red Hat
4 9 (3.60%) Cisco
5 8 (3.20%) Veeam
6 7 (2.80%) Google
6 7 (2.80%) VMware
7 6 (2.40%) arcserve
8 4 (1.60%) Atlassian
8 4 (1.60%) Fortinet
8 4 (1.60%) Palo Alto
9 3 (1.20%) CrowdStrike
9 3 (1.20%) IFS
9 3 (1.20%) McAfee
9 3 (1.20%) SAP
9 3 (1.20%) Sybase
10 2 (0.80%) Splunk
11 1 (0.40%) Talend
11 1 (0.40%) Zoho