AWS Jobs in the South West

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for AWS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited AWS over the 6 months to 18 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 13 8 8
Rank change year-on-year -5 0 -1
Permanent jobs citing AWS 955 1,162 1,426
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 10.57% 16.09% 18.08%
As % of the Cloud Services category 34.64% 42.56% 42.94%
Number of salaries quoted 621 686 1,025
10th Percentile £38,750 £37,500 £38,488
25th Percentile £47,500 £43,813 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,526 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.80% -4.76% +25.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £91,875 £90,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +3.45% +11.54%

All Cloud Skills
South West

AWS is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 2,757 2,730 3,321
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 30.52% 37.80% 42.11%
Number of salaries quoted 2,139 1,731 2,448
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £50,369
Median % change year-on-year - +4.23% +6.04%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +4.17%

AWS
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing AWS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for AWS in the South West

AWS
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing AWS in the South West.

Salary trend for AWS in the South West

AWS
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing AWS in the South West over the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

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 18 April 2024. 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 -2 405 £65,000 -3.70% 106
Gloucestershire -3 331 £60,000 -14.29% 57
Dorset -6 77 £50,000 +11.11% 11
Wiltshire -21 53 £68,750 +37.50% 11
Somerset -19 36 £47,500 -9.52% 15
Devon -32 33 £55,000 +29.41% 23
Cornwall -7 8 £47,500 +18.75%
AWS
England

AWS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Application Platforms
1 30 (3.14%) ArcGIS
1 30 (3.14%) GeoServer
2 27 (2.83%) Microsoft Exchange
3 23 (2.41%) Apache Spark
4 15 (1.57%) Apache
4 15 (1.57%) SharePoint
5 9 (0.94%) Confluence
6 5 (0.52%) CMS
7 4 (0.42%) nginx
7 4 (0.42%) WebLogic
7 4 (0.42%) WordPress
8 3 (0.31%) CloudStack
8 3 (0.31%) SharePoint 2010
8 3 (0.31%) SharePoint 2013
9 2 (0.21%) Apache Solr
9 2 (0.21%) IIS
9 2 (0.21%) JBoss
9 2 (0.21%) Mule
10 1 (0.10%) SAS
10 1 (0.10%) Tomcat
Applications
1 10 (1.05%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.63%) Trello
3 5 (0.52%) OrCAD
3 5 (0.52%) SOLIDWORKS
4 4 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.42%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Excel
6 2 (0.21%) S-PLUS
7 1 (0.10%) 1Password
7 1 (0.10%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.52%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 4 (0.42%) Unit4 Business World
3 2 (0.21%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.21%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 544 (56.96%) Azure
2 187 (19.58%) GCP
3 93 (9.74%) SaaS
4 87 (9.11%) OpenShift
5 69 (7.23%) Microsoft 365
6 62 (6.49%) Azure DevOps
6 62 (6.49%) Serverless
7 50 (5.24%) AWS CloudFormation
8 39 (4.08%) PaaS
9 36 (3.77%) AWS Lambda
10 35 (3.66%) IaaS
11 24 (2.51%) Amazon EC2
12 23 (2.41%) Amazon S3
13 20 (2.09%) Amazon EKS
14 17 (1.78%) Entra ID
15 15 (1.57%) GitHub
15 15 (1.57%) OCI
16 13 (1.36%) Datadog
17 12 (1.26%) Power Platform
18 10 (1.05%) Amazon EMR
Communications & Networking
1 87 (9.11%) DNS
2 83 (8.69%) TCP/IP
3 77 (8.06%) DHCP
4 68 (7.12%) HTTP
5 39 (4.08%) Firewall
6 22 (2.30%) LAN
6 22 (2.30%) WAN
7 18 (1.88%) AMQP
8 12 (1.26%) Internet
8 12 (1.26%) VPN
8 12 (1.26%) VSAN
9 11 (1.15%) Ethernet
9 11 (1.15%) Network Security
9 11 (1.15%) RS-232
9 11 (1.15%) Wi-Fi
10 10 (1.05%) SAN
11 8 (0.84%) VLAN
12 6 (0.63%) IPv4
12 6 (0.63%) Software-Defined Networking
12 6 (0.63%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (7.75%) Data Warehouse
2 70 (7.33%) SQL Server
3 64 (6.70%) MySQL
4 60 (6.28%) PostgreSQL
5 54 (5.65%) Big Data
6 44 (4.61%) BigQuery
6 44 (4.61%) NoSQL
7 41 (4.29%) Relational Database
8 40 (4.19%) Looker
9 38 (3.98%) MongoDB
10 36 (3.77%) GIS
11 27 (2.83%) Amazon RDS
11 27 (2.83%) QGIS
12 23 (2.41%) Hadoop
13 21 (2.20%) Elasticsearch
14 15 (1.57%) Data Lake
14 15 (1.57%) Oracle Database
15 12 (1.26%) Cloudera CDH
16 11 (1.15%) Oracle Database 11g
17 10 (1.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 90 (9.42%) Git
2 50 (5.24%) JIRA
3 47 (4.92%) GitLab
4 33 (3.46%) Jenkins
5 15 (1.57%) Selenium
6 14 (1.47%) Visual Studio
7 10 (1.05%) Cypress.io
8 9 (0.94%) Cucumber
9 8 (0.84%) Maven
10 5 (0.52%) LabVIEW
11 4 (0.42%) Bitbucket
11 4 (0.42%) Oracle Forms
11 4 (0.42%) TeamCity
11 4 (0.42%) Zephyr
12 3 (0.31%) Android Studio
12 3 (0.31%) webpack
13 2 (0.21%) Octopus Deploy
13 2 (0.21%) Rational DOORS
13 2 (0.21%) SpecFlow
13 2 (0.21%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 132 (13.82%) Social Skills
2 124 (12.98%) Finance
3 88 (9.21%) Aerospace
4 79 (8.27%) Analytical Skills
5 42 (4.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 32 (3.35%) Billing
7 30 (3.14%) Retail
8 27 (2.83%) Banking
9 26 (2.72%) Tech for Good
10 25 (2.62%) Public Sector
11 19 (1.99%) Presentation Skills
12 14 (1.47%) Telecoms
13 11 (1.15%) Electronics
13 11 (1.15%) Manufacturing
14 8 (0.84%) Games
15 7 (0.73%) Aviation
15 7 (0.73%) Marketing
16 6 (0.63%) Law
16 6 (0.63%) Organisational Skills
17 5 (0.52%) Legal
Job Titles
1 217 (22.72%) Developer
2 195 (20.42%) Senior
3 166 (17.38%) Software Engineer
4 126 (13.19%) Architect
5 100 (10.47%) DevOps Engineer
6 84 (8.80%) Lead
7 59 (6.18%) Senior Developer
8 54 (5.65%) Cloud Architect
9 49 (5.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 42 (4.40%) Senior Software Engineer
10 42 (4.40%) Software Developer
11 41 (4.29%) Java Developer
12 40 (4.19%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
13 35 (3.66%) Consultant
14 34 (3.56%) AWS Engineer
14 34 (3.56%) Data Manager
14 34 (3.56%) Engineering Manager
14 34 (3.56%) Java Engineer
14 34 (3.56%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 33 (3.46%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 193 (20.21%) React
2 95 (9.95%) AngularJS
3 88 (9.21%) .NET
4 83 (8.69%) HTML
5 80 (8.38%) CSS
6 78 (8.17%) Node.js
7 75 (7.85%) Spring
8 64 (6.70%) Spring Boot
9 59 (6.18%) Vue
10 50 (5.24%) .NET Core
11 48 (5.03%) Laravel
12 40 (4.19%) ASP.NET
13 35 (3.66%) OpenID
14 33 (3.46%) Kafka
15 31 (3.25%) .NET Framework
15 31 (3.25%) RESTful
16 29 (3.04%) SAML
17 27 (2.83%) Leaflet
17 27 (2.83%) OpenLayers
17 27 (2.83%) PostGIS
Miscellaneous
1 77 (8.06%) Cloud Native
2 70 (7.33%) Public Cloud
3 49 (5.13%) Product Ownership
4 43 (4.50%) Private Cloud
5 34 (3.56%) Self-Motivation
6 32 (3.35%) Cyberattack
7 26 (2.72%) Linux Command Line
8 20 (2.09%) Hybrid Cloud
9 19 (1.99%) Enterprise Cloud
9 19 (1.99%) Onboarding
10 18 (1.88%) Mobile App
11 17 (1.78%) Greenfield Project
12 13 (1.36%) Data Centre
13 12 (1.26%) Management Information System
14 11 (1.15%) Analogue Electronics
14 11 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
14 11 (1.15%) Taxonomies
15 10 (1.05%) IoT
16 9 (0.94%) PKI
17 8 (0.84%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 247 (25.86%) Linux
2 123 (12.88%) Windows
3 90 (9.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 34 (3.56%) Windows Server
5 32 (3.35%) CentOS
5 32 (3.35%) Unix
6 21 (2.20%) Ubuntu
7 20 (2.09%) CoreOS
7 20 (2.09%) Debian
7 20 (2.09%) Windows Server 2016
8 13 (1.36%) Windows Server 2019
9 11 (1.15%) Android
10 10 (1.05%) Apple iOS
11 9 (0.94%) Windows 10
12 7 (0.73%) Windows 7
12 7 (0.73%) Windows Server 2008
13 5 (0.52%) Mac OS
14 4 (0.42%) Solaris
15 3 (0.31%) SUSE
15 3 (0.31%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 428 (44.82%) Agile
2 372 (38.95%) DevOps
3 235 (24.61%) Software Engineering
4 194 (20.31%) Actionable Insight
5 192 (20.10%) CI/CD
6 179 (18.74%) Scrum
7 140 (14.66%) Problem-Solving
8 130 (13.61%) Microservices
9 129 (13.51%) Infrastructure as Code
10 126 (13.19%) Full Stack Development
11 95 (9.95%) SDLC
12 93 (9.74%) Continuous Integration
13 91 (9.53%) Containerisation
14 90 (9.42%) Collaborative Working
15 88 (9.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 87 (9.11%) Project Management
17 86 (9.01%) Kanban
18 80 (8.38%) Mentoring
19 73 (7.64%) Line Management
20 68 (7.12%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 321 (33.61%) Python
2 265 (27.75%) Java
3 226 (23.66%) JavaScript
4 112 (11.73%) SQL
5 106 (11.10%) TypeScript
6 95 (9.95%) Bash
7 80 (8.38%) C#
8 75 (7.85%) PowerShell
9 63 (6.60%) PHP
10 27 (2.83%) Go
11 19 (1.99%) C++
12 18 (1.88%) Shell Script
13 16 (1.68%) Scala
14 14 (1.47%) C
15 13 (1.36%) PL/SQL
15 13 (1.36%) Ruby
15 13 (1.36%) Rust
16 9 (0.94%) T-SQL
17 8 (0.84%) Kotlin
17 8 (0.84%) R
Qualifications
1 380 (39.79%) Security Cleared
2 195 (20.42%) DV Cleared
3 147 (15.39%) SC Cleared
4 80 (8.38%) Degree
5 69 (7.23%) AWS Certification
6 44 (4.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 25 (2.62%) CISSP
8 15 (1.57%) Computer Science Degree
9 13 (1.36%) Cisco Certification
10 12 (1.26%) Azure Certification
10 12 (1.26%) BPSS Clearance
11 9 (0.94%) CISM
11 9 (0.94%) Master's Degree
12 8 (0.84%) CCSP
12 8 (0.84%) CEH
13 7 (0.73%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 7 (0.73%) Network+ Certification
14 6 (0.63%) CCSK
14 6 (0.63%) CompTIA Security+
14 6 (0.63%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (7.64%) QA
2 37 (3.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (1.88%) NIST
3 18 (1.88%) PCI DSS
4 10 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials
5 9 (0.94%) Data Quality
5 9 (0.94%) GDPR
6 8 (0.84%) Accessibility
7 6 (0.63%) GRC
8 4 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 4 (0.42%) SLA
8 4 (0.42%) WCAG
9 3 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.31%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.21%) NCSC
10 2 (0.21%) SEPA
11 1 (0.10%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.10%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 216 (22.62%) Docker
2 93 (9.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 73 (7.64%) Hyper-V
4 49 (5.13%) Active Directory
5 12 (1.26%) vSphere
5 12 (1.26%) XenApp
6 7 (0.73%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (0.73%) XenDesktop
7 6 (0.63%) Firmware
7 6 (0.63%) KVM
8 4 (0.42%) VMware Workstation
9 3 (0.31%) Ceph
9 3 (0.31%) Gluster
9 3 (0.31%) oVirt
9 3 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
10 2 (0.21%) Apache Flume
10 2 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 251 (26.28%) Kubernetes
2 175 (18.32%) Ansible
3 170 (17.80%) Terraform
4 107 (11.20%) Puppet
5 23 (2.41%) Prometheus
6 15 (1.57%) Grafana
6 15 (1.57%) Progress Chef
7 14 (1.47%) Nagios
8 13 (1.36%) Microsoft Intune
9 12 (1.26%) SCCM
10 11 (1.15%) vCenter Server
11 8 (0.84%) McAfee ePO
11 8 (0.84%) SCVMM
12 7 (0.73%) EMC VPLEX
13 5 (0.52%) Docker Swarm
13 5 (0.52%) EMC NetWorker
13 5 (0.52%) Podman
14 4 (0.42%) Istio
15 3 (0.31%) Observium
15 3 (0.31%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 136 (14.24%) Google
2 135 (14.14%) Microsoft
3 108 (11.31%) VMware
4 87 (9.11%) Red Hat
5 61 (6.39%) Oracle
6 28 (2.93%) ESRI
7 17 (1.78%) Cisco
7 17 (1.78%) Salesforce
8 14 (1.47%) Citrix
9 13 (1.36%) EMC
10 12 (1.26%) SaltStack
10 12 (1.26%) Veeam
11 8 (0.84%) Dell
11 8 (0.84%) McAfee
12 7 (0.73%) Centreon
12 7 (0.73%) HP
12 7 (0.73%) Sybase
12 7 (0.73%) Symantec
13 6 (0.63%) PagerDuty
14 5 (0.52%) Atlassian