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 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 13 8 8
Rank change year-on-year -5 0 -1
Permanent jobs citing AWS 977 1,107 1,466
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 10.60% 16.22% 18.17%
As % of the Cloud Services category 35.60% 42.32% 43.41%
Number of salaries quoted 622 654 1,031
10th Percentile £37,775 £37,125 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £45,419
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £90,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% - +15.38%

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 2,744 2,616 3,377
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 29.76% 38.33% 41.85%
Number of salaries quoted 2,110 1,645 2,443
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £54,590 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.83% +3.98% +11.70%
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%

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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

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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

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Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing AWS in the South West over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Salary histogram for AWS in the South West

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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 May 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 -3 407 £65,000 -3.70% 118
Gloucestershire 0 342 £60,000 -11.11% 55
Dorset -8 85 £50,000 +11.11% 11
Wiltshire -32 52 £67,500 +35.00% 14
Somerset -16 36 £50,000 -9.09% 19
Devon -33 35 £57,500 +30.68% 28
Cornwall -18 7 £40,000 -
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England

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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 32 (3.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 30 (3.07%) ArcGIS
2 30 (3.07%) GeoServer
3 26 (2.66%) Apache Spark
4 18 (1.84%) Apache
5 16 (1.64%) SharePoint
6 9 (0.92%) Confluence
7 6 (0.61%) SharePoint 2010
7 6 (0.61%) SharePoint 2013
8 4 (0.41%) CMS
8 4 (0.41%) nginx
8 4 (0.41%) WebLogic
8 4 (0.41%) WordPress
9 3 (0.31%) CloudStack
10 2 (0.20%) Apache Solr
10 2 (0.20%) JBoss
10 2 (0.20%) Mule
11 1 (0.10%) IIS
11 1 (0.10%) SAS
11 1 (0.10%) Tomcat
Applications
1 8 (0.82%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.61%) Trello
3 5 (0.51%) OrCAD
3 5 (0.51%) SOLIDWORKS
4 4 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.41%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.20%) S-PLUS
6 1 (0.10%) 1Password
6 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (0.51%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 4 (0.41%) Unit4 Business World
3 1 (0.10%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.10%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 556 (56.91%) Azure
2 193 (19.75%) GCP
3 98 (10.03%) OpenShift
4 97 (9.93%) SaaS
5 77 (7.88%) Microsoft 365
6 66 (6.76%) Serverless
7 64 (6.55%) Azure DevOps
8 52 (5.32%) AWS CloudFormation
9 39 (3.99%) AWS Lambda
9 39 (3.99%) PaaS
10 35 (3.58%) IaaS
11 25 (2.56%) Amazon EKS
12 23 (2.35%) Amazon S3
13 20 (2.05%) Amazon EC2
14 19 (1.94%) OCI
15 18 (1.84%) GitHub
16 16 (1.64%) Entra ID
17 14 (1.43%) Datadog
17 14 (1.43%) Power Platform
18 9 (0.92%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 87 (8.90%) DNS
2 82 (8.39%) TCP/IP
3 77 (7.88%) DHCP
4 69 (7.06%) HTTP
5 45 (4.61%) Firewall
6 26 (2.66%) WAN
7 25 (2.56%) LAN
8 21 (2.15%) AMQP
9 17 (1.74%) Network Security
10 14 (1.43%) Internet
11 12 (1.23%) VPN
11 12 (1.23%) VSAN
12 11 (1.13%) Ethernet
12 11 (1.13%) RS-232
12 11 (1.13%) Wi-Fi
13 10 (1.02%) SAN
14 8 (0.82%) VLAN
15 6 (0.61%) IPv4
15 6 (0.61%) Software-Defined Networking
15 6 (0.61%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (7.47%) Data Warehouse
2 68 (6.96%) SQL Server
3 62 (6.35%) MySQL
4 60 (6.14%) PostgreSQL
5 50 (5.12%) Big Data
6 44 (4.50%) BigQuery
7 42 (4.30%) Relational Database
8 40 (4.09%) Looker
8 40 (4.09%) MongoDB
9 39 (3.99%) NoSQL
10 36 (3.68%) GIS
11 27 (2.76%) Amazon RDS
11 27 (2.76%) QGIS
12 26 (2.66%) Hadoop
13 23 (2.35%) Elasticsearch
14 15 (1.54%) Cloudera CDH
14 15 (1.54%) Data Lake
14 15 (1.54%) Oracle Database
15 11 (1.13%) Oracle Database 11g
15 11 (1.13%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 91 (9.31%) Git
2 53 (5.42%) JIRA
3 45 (4.61%) GitLab
4 36 (3.68%) Jenkins
5 15 (1.54%) Selenium
6 14 (1.43%) Visual Studio
7 11 (1.13%) Cypress.io
8 10 (1.02%) Cucumber
9 5 (0.51%) LabVIEW
10 4 (0.41%) Bitbucket
10 4 (0.41%) Oracle Forms
10 4 (0.41%) TeamCity
10 4 (0.41%) Zephyr
11 3 (0.31%) Android Studio
11 3 (0.31%) Maven
11 3 (0.31%) webpack
12 2 (0.20%) JMeter
12 2 (0.20%) JUnit
12 2 (0.20%) SpecFlow
12 2 (0.20%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 141 (14.43%) Social Skills
2 124 (12.69%) Finance
3 96 (9.83%) Aerospace
4 86 (8.80%) Analytical Skills
5 52 (5.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 32 (3.28%) Billing
7 29 (2.97%) Tech for Good
8 27 (2.76%) Public Sector
8 27 (2.76%) Retail
9 22 (2.25%) Banking
10 21 (2.15%) Presentation Skills
11 14 (1.43%) Telecoms
12 12 (1.23%) Law
12 12 (1.23%) Marketing
13 11 (1.13%) Electronics
13 11 (1.13%) Manufacturing
14 9 (0.92%) Games
15 6 (0.61%) Aviation
15 6 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
16 5 (0.51%) Military
Job Titles
1 221 (22.62%) Developer
2 205 (20.98%) Senior
3 167 (17.09%) Software Engineer
4 137 (14.02%) Architect
5 104 (10.64%) DevOps Engineer
6 90 (9.21%) Lead
7 59 (6.04%) Senior Developer
8 58 (5.94%) Cloud Architect
9 51 (5.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 46 (4.71%) Senior Software Engineer
11 44 (4.50%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
12 43 (4.40%) Software Developer
13 41 (4.20%) Java Developer
14 38 (3.89%) AWS Engineer
15 35 (3.58%) Consultant
15 35 (3.58%) Engineering Manager
15 35 (3.58%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 34 (3.48%) Administrator
16 34 (3.48%) Data Manager
16 34 (3.48%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 202 (20.68%) React
2 101 (10.34%) AngularJS
3 96 (9.83%) .NET
4 86 (8.80%) Node.js
5 80 (8.19%) HTML
6 78 (7.98%) CSS
7 76 (7.78%) Spring
8 62 (6.35%) Spring Boot
8 62 (6.35%) Vue
9 53 (5.42%) .NET Core
9 53 (5.42%) Laravel
10 42 (4.30%) ASP.NET
11 36 (3.68%) OpenID
12 34 (3.48%) .NET Framework
13 32 (3.28%) Kafka
14 30 (3.07%) SAML
15 28 (2.87%) REST
16 27 (2.76%) Leaflet
16 27 (2.76%) OpenLayers
16 27 (2.76%) PostGIS
Miscellaneous
1 88 (9.01%) Cloud Native
2 72 (7.37%) Public Cloud
3 48 (4.91%) Product Ownership
4 42 (4.30%) Private Cloud
5 32 (3.28%) Cyberattack
5 32 (3.28%) Self-Motivation
6 26 (2.66%) Linux Command Line
7 23 (2.35%) Hybrid Cloud
8 20 (2.05%) Greenfield Project
9 19 (1.94%) Enterprise Cloud
9 19 (1.94%) Onboarding
10 18 (1.84%) Mobile App
11 14 (1.43%) Data Centre
12 11 (1.13%) Analogue Electronics
12 11 (1.13%) Analytical Mindset
12 11 (1.13%) Management Information System
12 11 (1.13%) Taxonomies
13 10 (1.02%) IoT
14 9 (0.92%) PKI
15 7 (0.72%) VAX
Operating Systems
1 247 (25.28%) Linux
2 128 (13.10%) Windows
3 94 (9.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 41 (4.20%) Windows Server
5 35 (3.58%) CentOS
6 34 (3.48%) Unix
7 24 (2.46%) Ubuntu
8 23 (2.35%) Debian
9 21 (2.15%) CoreOS
10 20 (2.05%) Windows Server 2016
11 13 (1.33%) Windows Server 2019
12 12 (1.23%) Windows 10
13 7 (0.72%) Android
13 7 (0.72%) Windows 7
13 7 (0.72%) Windows Server 2008
14 6 (0.61%) Apple iOS
15 5 (0.51%) Mac OS
16 4 (0.41%) Solaris
17 3 (0.31%) SUSE
17 3 (0.31%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 441 (45.14%) Agile
2 382 (39.10%) DevOps
3 236 (24.16%) Software Engineering
4 205 (20.98%) CI/CD
5 195 (19.96%) Actionable Insight
6 188 (19.24%) Scrum
7 146 (14.94%) Problem-Solving
8 137 (14.02%) Infrastructure as Code
9 130 (13.31%) Microservices
10 127 (13.00%) Full Stack Development
11 103 (10.54%) SDLC
12 98 (10.03%) Collaborative Working
13 95 (9.72%) Continuous Integration
13 95 (9.72%) Kanban
14 92 (9.42%) Containerisation
15 91 (9.31%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 87 (8.90%) Project Management
17 83 (8.50%) Mentoring
18 72 (7.37%) Line Management
19 68 (6.96%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 319 (32.65%) Python
2 268 (27.43%) Java
3 232 (23.75%) JavaScript
4 112 (11.46%) SQL
5 105 (10.75%) TypeScript
6 93 (9.52%) Bash
7 84 (8.60%) C#
8 76 (7.78%) PowerShell
9 65 (6.65%) PHP
10 22 (2.25%) Go
10 22 (2.25%) Scala
11 19 (1.94%) C
12 18 (1.84%) Shell Script
13 16 (1.64%) C++
14 14 (1.43%) R
15 13 (1.33%) Ruby
16 12 (1.23%) PL/SQL
17 10 (1.02%) T-SQL
18 9 (0.92%) Rust
19 6 (0.61%) Ada
Qualifications
1 394 (40.33%) Security Cleared
2 203 (20.78%) DV Cleared
3 158 (16.17%) SC Cleared
4 87 (8.90%) Degree
5 67 (6.86%) AWS Certification
6 42 (4.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 30 (3.07%) CISSP
8 23 (2.35%) Computer Science Degree
9 15 (1.54%) Cisco Certification
9 15 (1.54%) CISM
10 12 (1.23%) Azure Certification
10 12 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
11 10 (1.02%) CISA
12 9 (0.92%) CEH
12 9 (0.92%) Master's Degree
13 8 (0.82%) CCSP
14 7 (0.72%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 7 (0.72%) CRISC
14 7 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
14 7 (0.72%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (7.47%) QA
2 36 (3.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (2.46%) NIST
4 17 (1.74%) PCI DSS
5 11 (1.13%) Cyber Essentials
6 10 (1.02%) GDPR
7 9 (0.92%) Accessibility
7 9 (0.92%) Data Quality
8 6 (0.61%) GRC
9 5 (0.51%) SLA
10 4 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 4 (0.41%) SOC 2
10 4 (0.41%) WCAG
11 3 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.20%) SEPA
13 1 (0.10%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.10%) ISO 9001
13 1 (0.10%) NCSC
System Software
1 215 (22.01%) Docker
2 98 (10.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 79 (8.09%) Hyper-V
4 54 (5.53%) Active Directory
5 14 (1.43%) XenApp
6 12 (1.23%) vSphere
7 10 (1.02%) XenDesktop
8 7 (0.72%) VMware ESXi
9 6 (0.61%) KVM
10 5 (0.51%) Firmware
11 4 (0.41%) VMware Workstation
12 3 (0.31%) Ceph
12 3 (0.31%) Gluster
12 3 (0.31%) oVirt
12 3 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
13 2 (0.20%) Apache Flume
13 2 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 253 (25.90%) Kubernetes
2 183 (18.73%) Terraform
3 182 (18.63%) Ansible
4 112 (11.46%) Puppet
5 28 (2.87%) Prometheus
6 17 (1.74%) Grafana
6 17 (1.74%) Microsoft Intune
7 15 (1.54%) Progress Chef
7 15 (1.54%) SCCM
8 14 (1.43%) Nagios
9 11 (1.13%) vCenter Server
10 8 (0.82%) McAfee ePO
10 8 (0.82%) SCVMM
11 7 (0.72%) EMC VPLEX
12 5 (0.51%) Docker Swarm
12 5 (0.51%) EMC NetWorker
13 4 (0.41%) Istio
13 4 (0.41%) Podman
14 3 (0.31%) Graylog
14 3 (0.31%) Observium
Vendors
1 140 (14.33%) Google
2 136 (13.92%) Microsoft
3 115 (11.77%) VMware
4 95 (9.72%) Red Hat
5 59 (6.04%) Oracle
6 28 (2.87%) ESRI
7 20 (2.05%) Cisco
8 17 (1.74%) Citrix
9 16 (1.64%) Salesforce
10 15 (1.54%) SaltStack
11 13 (1.33%) EMC
12 12 (1.23%) Veeam
13 11 (1.13%) Dell
14 10 (1.02%) HP
14 10 (1.02%) Symantec
15 9 (0.92%) Sybase
16 8 (0.82%) McAfee
17 7 (0.72%) Centreon
18 6 (0.61%) Databricks
18 6 (0.61%) PagerDuty