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 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 26 16 17
Rank change year-on-year -10 +1 -9
Permanent jobs citing AWS 444 300 795
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 5.37% 9.13% 8.12%
As % of the Cloud Services category 21.31% 30.96% 30.98%
Number of salaries quoted 323 234 570
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,750 £48,165 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £61,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.20% +2.08% -
75th Percentile £80,625 £77,188 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,750 £87,500
England median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year - +3.57% -6.67%

All Cloud Computing 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 2,084 969 2,566
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 25.18% 29.48% 26.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,278 760 2,045
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,588 £28,600
25th Percentile £36,750 £35,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £81,500
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 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 11 July 2026.

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 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
Gloucestershire +17 177 £70,000 +7.69% 55
Bristol -19 133 £75,000 +20.00% 42
Devon -17 33 £52,500 -4.55% 11
Somerset -20 30 £50,000 -25.93% 24
Wiltshire -21 28 £75,000 +25.00% 14
Dorset -26 16 £62,500 +28.21% 9
Cornwall +7 11 £45,000 -10.00% 2
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 19 (4.28%) Apache
2 11 (2.48%) Apache Spark
3 9 (2.03%) Confluence
4 8 (1.80%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (1.35%) Jupyter
6 5 (1.13%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (1.13%) CMS
6 5 (1.13%) WordPress
7 4 (0.90%) IIS
8 3 (0.68%) nginx
8 3 (0.68%) Oracle Application Server
9 2 (0.45%) Headless CMS
9 2 (0.45%) SharePoint
10 1 (0.23%) Drupal
10 1 (0.23%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.23%) Site Server
Applications
1 16 (3.60%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.58%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (0.68%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.23%) Magento
2 1 (0.23%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 199 (44.82%) Azure
2 108 (24.32%) GCP
3 45 (10.14%) Serverless
4 37 (8.33%) AWS Lambda
4 37 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
5 35 (7.88%) Amazon S3
6 28 (6.31%) Amazon EC2
7 25 (5.63%) GitHub
8 18 (4.05%) Power Platform
9 17 (3.83%) Amazon EKS
10 16 (3.60%) Entra ID
10 16 (3.60%) SaaS
11 15 (3.38%) OpenShift
12 12 (2.70%) AWS CloudFormation
13 10 (2.25%) Azure DevOps
13 10 (2.25%) GitHub Actions
14 9 (2.03%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 7 (1.58%) Cloud Computing
16 6 (1.35%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 6 (1.35%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 46 (10.36%) Firewall
2 20 (4.50%) WAN
3 19 (4.28%) LAN
4 16 (3.60%) VLAN
5 14 (3.15%) VPN
6 13 (2.93%) Network Security
7 11 (2.48%) Cisco ASA
7 11 (2.48%) DNS
8 10 (2.25%) DHCP
8 10 (2.25%) Unified Communications
8 10 (2.25%) WebEx
9 9 (2.03%) Broadband
9 9 (2.03%) Cisco Firepower
10 8 (1.80%) Software-Defined Networking
11 6 (1.35%) Internet
11 6 (1.35%) TCP/IP
12 5 (1.13%) Wi-Fi
12 5 (1.13%) Wireshark
13 4 (0.90%) DMZ
13 4 (0.90%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (6.76%) MongoDB
2 26 (5.86%) Elasticsearch
3 22 (4.95%) Amazon RDS
4 18 (4.05%) Power BI
5 16 (3.60%) NoSQL
6 13 (2.93%) Data Lake
6 13 (2.93%) MySQL
7 12 (2.70%) Big Data
7 12 (2.70%) Data Warehouse
7 12 (2.70%) PostgreSQL
8 8 (1.80%) InfluxDB
8 8 (1.80%) SQL Server
9 7 (1.58%) Azure SQL Database
9 7 (1.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 6 (1.35%) Data Vault
10 6 (1.35%) Relational Database
10 6 (1.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 6 (1.35%) Tableau
11 4 (0.90%) BigQuery
11 4 (0.90%) Redis
Development Applications
1 49 (11.04%) Jenkins
2 46 (10.36%) Git
3 42 (9.46%) GitLab
4 15 (3.38%) Cypress.io
5 13 (2.93%) Cucumber
6 10 (2.25%) Bitbucket
6 10 (2.25%) Selenium
6 10 (2.25%) SonarQube
7 9 (2.03%) JIRA
8 8 (1.80%) Eclipse
8 8 (1.80%) Robot Framework
8 8 (1.80%) Subversion
8 8 (1.80%) TestRail
9 7 (1.58%) CircleCI
10 6 (1.35%) Visual Studio Code
11 4 (0.90%) JMeter
12 3 (0.68%) JUnit
12 3 (0.68%) MLflow
12 3 (0.68%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 2 (0.45%) Postman
General
1 101 (22.75%) Social Skills
2 64 (14.41%) Finance
3 54 (12.16%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (10.14%) Public Sector
5 25 (5.63%) Retail
6 15 (3.38%) Marketing
7 13 (2.93%) Banking
7 13 (2.93%) Influencing Skills
8 11 (2.48%) Aerospace
8 11 (2.48%) Local Government
8 11 (2.48%) Telecoms
9 10 (2.25%) Manufacturing
10 9 (2.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 8 (1.80%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (1.80%) Swedish Language
12 4 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (0.90%) Multimedia
13 3 (0.68%) Automotive
13 3 (0.68%) Billing
13 3 (0.68%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 80 (18.02%) Developer
2 63 (14.19%) Cloud Engineer
3 59 (13.29%) AWS Engineer
4 52 (11.71%) Senior
5 41 (9.23%) Architect
6 33 (7.43%) Software Engineer
7 29 (6.53%) Security Engineer
8 28 (6.31%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 27 (6.08%) Data Engineer
9 27 (6.08%) DevOps Engineer
9 27 (6.08%) Lead
10 20 (4.50%) Cloud Architect
10 20 (4.50%) Full-Stack Developer
11 19 (4.28%) Senior Developer
12 18 (4.05%) Software Developer
13 17 (3.83%) Java Developer
14 15 (3.38%) Support Engineer
15 14 (3.15%) Analyst
16 13 (2.93%) IT Support Engineer
16 13 (2.93%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (10.36%) React
2 38 (8.56%) Node.js
3 28 (6.31%) Elastic Stack
4 25 (5.63%) .NET
5 23 (5.18%) Spring
6 21 (4.73%) RESTful
7 19 (4.28%) Spring Boot
7 19 (4.28%) Vue
8 17 (3.83%) AngularJS
9 12 (2.70%) .NET Framework
9 12 (2.70%) Blazor
10 11 (2.48%) .NET Core
10 11 (2.48%) ASP.NET
11 10 (2.25%) Apache NiFi
11 10 (2.25%) ASP.NET Core
11 10 (2.25%) Playwright
11 10 (2.25%) XMPP
12 8 (1.80%) CSS
12 8 (1.80%) pytest
12 8 (1.80%) Struts
Miscellaneous
1 97 (21.85%) Cloud Native
2 22 (4.95%) Hybrid Cloud
3 14 (3.15%) Product Ownership
3 14 (3.15%) Video Conferencing
4 13 (2.93%) Onboarding
5 12 (2.70%) Algorithms
6 11 (2.48%) Distributed Systems
6 11 (2.48%) NHS
7 10 (2.25%) FlexPod
7 10 (2.25%) Public Cloud
7 10 (2.25%) Video\Live Streaming
8 9 (2.03%) IoT
8 9 (2.03%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (1.80%) Management Information System
9 8 (1.80%) Replication
10 7 (1.58%) Data Centre
10 7 (1.58%) Legacy Systems
11 6 (1.35%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 6 (1.35%) PKI
11 6 (1.35%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 90 (20.27%) Linux
2 66 (14.86%) Windows
3 31 (6.98%) Windows Server
4 18 (4.05%) Unix
5 13 (2.93%) CentOS
6 11 (2.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 9 (2.03%) Windows Server 2016
8 7 (1.58%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (1.13%) Windows 10
10 4 (0.90%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (0.68%) Debian
11 3 (0.68%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.45%) CoreOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 144 (32.43%) CI/CD
2 123 (27.70%) DevOps
3 117 (26.35%) Agile
4 98 (22.07%) Problem-Solving
5 87 (19.59%) Infrastructure as Code
6 81 (18.24%) Containerisation
7 73 (16.44%) Software Engineering
8 66 (14.86%) Continuous Improvement
9 60 (13.51%) Cybersecurity
9 60 (13.51%) Full-Stack Development
10 59 (13.29%) Mentoring
11 53 (11.94%) Test Automation
12 50 (11.26%) AI
12 50 (11.26%) Microservices
13 49 (11.04%) Cloud Security
14 45 (10.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 40 (9.01%) Collaborative Culture
16 35 (7.88%) Analytics
17 33 (7.43%) Business Intelligence
18 31 (6.98%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 149 (33.56%) Python
2 70 (15.77%) JavaScript
3 61 (13.74%) Java
4 50 (11.26%) Bash
5 46 (10.36%) SQL
6 31 (6.98%) TypeScript
7 30 (6.76%) C++
7 30 (6.76%) PowerShell
8 27 (6.08%) C#
9 16 (3.60%) Go
9 16 (3.60%) PHP
10 10 (2.25%) Rust
11 9 (2.03%) R
11 9 (2.03%) Scala
12 6 (1.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 6 (1.35%) Perl
13 5 (1.13%) C
14 4 (0.90%) T-SQL
15 3 (0.68%) PL/SQL
15 3 (0.68%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 134 (30.18%) Security Cleared
2 75 (16.89%) DV Cleared
3 51 (11.49%) SC Cleared
4 42 (9.46%) AWS Certification
5 29 (6.53%) Microsoft Certification
6 28 (6.31%) Degree
7 22 (4.95%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 19 (4.28%) Azure Certification
9 18 (4.05%) Cisco Certification
10 12 (2.70%) CISSP
11 11 (2.48%) CISM
11 11 (2.48%) Computer Science Degree
12 9 (2.03%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 8 (1.80%) CCNA
13 8 (1.80%) MCSE
14 7 (1.58%) CREST Certified
14 7 (1.58%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 6 (1.35%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 6 (1.35%) OSCP
15 6 (1.35%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (7.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (4.50%) NIST
2 20 (4.50%) QA
3 19 (4.28%) GDPR
4 18 (4.05%) PCI DSS
5 12 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials
6 10 (2.25%) Accessibility
7 6 (1.35%) Data Quality
7 6 (1.35%) GRC
7 6 (1.35%) JSP 440
7 6 (1.35%) NCSC
8 4 (0.90%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 4 (0.90%) Def Stans
8 4 (0.90%) ISO 9001
8 4 (0.90%) NIST 800
9 3 (0.68%) SLA
9 3 (0.68%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.68%) WCAG
10 1 (0.23%) COBIT
10 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 94 (21.17%) Docker
2 35 (7.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 31 (6.98%) Active Directory
4 12 (2.70%) Hyper-V
4 12 (2.70%) vSphere
5 8 (1.80%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (1.80%) VMware NSX
6 6 (1.35%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 6 (1.35%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (0.90%) Firmware
7 4 (0.90%) iptables
7 4 (0.90%) Squid
8 2 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 107 (24.10%) Terraform
2 86 (19.37%) Ansible
2 86 (19.37%) Kubernetes
3 52 (11.71%) Grafana
4 20 (4.50%) Prometheus
4 20 (4.50%) Puppet
5 19 (4.28%) Kibana
5 19 (4.28%) logstash
6 14 (3.15%) Microsoft Intune
7 10 (2.25%) Cisco CUCM
8 8 (1.80%) vCenter Server
9 7 (1.58%) Packer
10 5 (1.13%) Progress Chef
11 4 (0.90%) Iperf
11 4 (0.90%) Podman
11 4 (0.90%) ZABBIX
12 3 (0.68%) Kubeflow
13 2 (0.45%) McAfee ePO
13 2 (0.45%) Rancher
13 2 (0.45%) vRealize
Vendors
1 92 (20.72%) Microsoft
2 41 (9.23%) VMware
3 25 (5.63%) Splunk
4 24 (5.41%) Cisco
4 24 (5.41%) Red Hat
5 16 (3.60%) Fortinet
6 15 (3.38%) Google
6 15 (3.38%) Oracle
7 12 (2.70%) Palo Alto
8 11 (2.48%) Atlassian
9 8 (1.80%) ServiceNow
10 7 (1.58%) Databricks
10 7 (1.58%) NetApp
11 6 (1.35%) Cognos
11 6 (1.35%) MicroStrategy
12 5 (1.13%) Veeam
13 4 (0.90%) Infor
13 4 (0.90%) Ruckus Wireless
13 4 (0.90%) SAP
13 4 (0.90%) SonicWALL