AWS Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring AWS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 28 35
Rank change year-on-year +8 +7 -20
Permanent jobs citing AWS 351 292 324
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 5.60% 8.07% 5.40%
As % of the Cloud Services category 23.32% 29.08% 19.38%
Number of salaries quoted 259 119 193
10th Percentile £47,500 £39,750 £37,626
25th Percentile £54,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -14.29%
75th Percentile £80,000 £74,375 £83,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £89,500
South East median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -11.11%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,505 1,004 1,672
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 24.00% 27.76% 27.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1,049 483 1,190
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% +5.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £80,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £51,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +6.80% +3.00% -13.04%

AWS
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

AWS job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

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Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing AWS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing AWS

AWS
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing AWS in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 21 July 2026.

Salary histogram for AWS in the Thames Valley

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Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AWS within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 21 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
Berkshire -2 139 £65,000 +0.78% 33
Buckinghamshire +25 109 £65,000 -7.14% 19
Oxfordshire +2 103 £63,750 +15.91% 31
AWS
South East

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 10 (2.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (1.71%) Confluence
3 3 (0.85%) SAS
4 2 (0.57%) Apache
4 2 (0.57%) ArcGIS
4 2 (0.57%) OpenStack
4 2 (0.57%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.57%) WordPress
5 1 (0.28%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.28%) Camunda
5 1 (0.28%) IIS
5 1 (0.28%) JBoss
5 1 (0.28%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.28%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 3 (0.85%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.57%) Lightworks
3 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 163 (46.44%) Azure
2 53 (15.10%) GCP
3 52 (14.81%) SaaS
4 31 (8.83%) Serverless
5 25 (7.12%) Microsoft 365
6 22 (6.27%) Amazon EKS
7 18 (5.13%) AWS Lambda
7 18 (5.13%) GitHub
8 16 (4.56%) Amazon EC2
8 16 (4.56%) Amazon ECS
9 15 (4.27%) Amazon S3
9 15 (4.27%) Azure Sentinel
10 12 (3.42%) Azure DevOps
11 8 (2.28%) Cloudflare
12 7 (1.99%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 7 (1.99%) Apigee
13 6 (1.71%) dbt
13 6 (1.71%) Fivetran
13 6 (1.71%) GitHub Actions
13 6 (1.71%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 56 (15.95%) Firewall
2 35 (9.97%) VPN
3 26 (7.41%) DNS
4 21 (5.98%) LAN
4 21 (5.98%) Network Security
4 21 (5.98%) WAN
5 11 (3.13%) TCP/IP
6 10 (2.85%) DHCP
6 10 (2.85%) SD-WAN
6 10 (2.85%) Wi-Fi
7 8 (2.28%) iSCSI
7 8 (2.28%) Remote Desktop
7 8 (2.28%) SAN
8 6 (1.71%) Cisco ASA
8 6 (1.71%) Cisco Firepower
8 6 (1.71%) Cisco Nexus
8 6 (1.71%) Internet
9 5 (1.42%) NGFW
9 5 (1.42%) VLAN
9 5 (1.42%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (10.54%) PostgreSQL
2 22 (6.27%) MySQL
3 16 (4.56%) Relational Database
4 15 (4.27%) SQL Server
5 14 (3.99%) MongoDB
6 11 (3.13%) Azure SQL Database
6 11 (3.13%) Elasticsearch
7 6 (1.71%) Airbyte
7 6 (1.71%) NoSQL
7 6 (1.71%) Power BI
8 5 (1.42%) RDBMS
9 3 (0.85%) DynamoDB
9 3 (0.85%) Metadata
10 2 (0.57%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.57%) Geospatial Data
10 2 (0.57%) GIS
10 2 (0.57%) QGIS
10 2 (0.57%) Redis
10 2 (0.57%) Spotfire
11 1 (0.28%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 34 (9.69%) Git
2 28 (7.98%) Jenkins
3 22 (6.27%) GitLab
4 16 (4.56%) JIRA
5 11 (3.13%) JUnit
6 8 (2.28%) SonarQube
6 8 (2.28%) Yeoman
7 7 (1.99%) JMeter
7 7 (1.99%) Mockito
8 5 (1.42%) Cucumber
9 4 (1.14%) Artifactory
9 4 (1.14%) Postman
9 4 (1.14%) SpecFlow
10 3 (0.85%) Eclipse
10 3 (0.85%) Eclipse RCP
11 2 (0.57%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.57%) Maven
11 2 (0.57%) Mocha
11 2 (0.57%) Selenium
11 2 (0.57%) VectorCAST
General
1 84 (23.93%) Social Skills
2 27 (7.69%) Manufacturing
3 22 (6.27%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (4.84%) Public Sector
5 15 (4.27%) Finance
6 11 (3.13%) Games
6 11 (3.13%) Telecoms
7 9 (2.56%) Digital Health
7 9 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
7 9 (2.56%) Retail
8 8 (2.28%) Local Government
9 6 (1.71%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (1.71%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (1.42%) Aerospace
11 4 (1.14%) Automotive
11 4 (1.14%) Health Technology
11 4 (1.14%) Law
11 4 (1.14%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 79 (22.51%) Senior
2 77 (21.94%) Software Engineer
3 70 (19.94%) Developer
4 39 (11.11%) AWS Engineer
5 35 (9.97%) DevOps Engineer
6 33 (9.40%) Python Engineer
7 32 (9.12%) Architect
8 30 (8.55%) Python Software Engineer
9 28 (7.98%) Lead
10 24 (6.84%) C# Software Engineer
10 24 (6.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 23 (6.55%) Full-Stack Developer
11 23 (6.55%) Senior Software Engineer
12 22 (6.27%) C++ Software Engineer
12 22 (6.27%) Senior Developer
13 21 (5.98%) AWS Software Engineer
13 21 (5.98%) Linux Engineer
14 17 (4.84%) Java Developer
15 15 (4.27%) .NET Developer
15 15 (4.27%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (16.81%) React
2 55 (15.67%) Node.js
3 39 (11.11%) REST
4 38 (10.83%) .NET
5 24 (6.84%) JSON
6 23 (6.55%) AngularJS
7 19 (5.41%) HTML
8 17 (4.84%) Spring Boot
8 17 (4.84%) XML
9 16 (4.56%) ASP.NET
9 16 (4.56%) Web Services
10 15 (4.27%) Spring
11 14 (3.99%) .NET Core
11 14 (3.99%) Vue
12 13 (3.70%) ASP.NET Web API
12 13 (3.70%) Blazor
12 13 (3.70%) CSS
12 13 (3.70%) RabbitMQ
12 13 (3.70%) RESTful
13 12 (3.42%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 41 (11.68%) Cloud Native
2 39 (11.11%) Distributed Systems
3 22 (6.27%) Self-Motivation
4 17 (4.84%) Distributed Computing
5 15 (4.27%) Product Ownership
6 14 (3.99%) Data Centre
6 14 (3.99%) Life Science
7 13 (3.70%) Onboarding
8 11 (3.13%) Management Information System
9 10 (2.85%) Client/Server
10 9 (2.56%) Legacy Systems
10 9 (2.56%) Renewable Energy
11 8 (2.28%) Hybrid Cloud
11 8 (2.28%) NHS
11 8 (2.28%) PKI
11 8 (2.28%) Private Cloud
11 8 (2.28%) Video Conferencing
12 6 (1.71%) Public Cloud
12 6 (1.71%) Security Posture
13 4 (1.14%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 93 (26.50%) Linux
2 43 (12.25%) Windows
3 18 (5.13%) Ubuntu
4 13 (3.70%) Windows Server
5 8 (2.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (1.71%) Unix
7 2 (0.57%) CentOS
7 2 (0.57%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.28%) Android
8 1 (0.28%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.28%) Debian
8 1 (0.28%) FreeBSD
8 1 (0.28%) OpenBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (30.77%) Agile
2 99 (28.21%) CI/CD
3 95 (27.07%) Software Engineering
4 83 (23.65%) DevOps
5 69 (19.66%) Problem-Solving
6 59 (16.81%) AI
6 59 (16.81%) Microservices
7 58 (16.52%) Containerisation
8 57 (16.24%) Full-Stack Development
9 52 (14.81%) Test Automation
10 49 (13.96%) Mentoring
11 46 (13.11%) Infrastructure as Code
12 41 (11.68%) Continuous Improvement
13 38 (10.83%) Scrum
14 34 (9.69%) Computer Science
14 34 (9.69%) TDD
15 32 (9.12%) Machine Learning
16 28 (7.98%) Code Quality
16 28 (7.98%) Event-Driven
16 28 (7.98%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 116 (33.05%) Python
2 78 (22.22%) C#
3 47 (13.39%) Bash
3 47 (13.39%) JavaScript
4 46 (13.11%) SQL
5 45 (12.82%) C++
5 45 (12.82%) TypeScript
6 40 (11.40%) Java
7 34 (9.69%) PowerShell
8 18 (5.13%) C
9 11 (3.13%) Rust
10 10 (2.85%) Shell Script
11 9 (2.56%) Ruby
12 8 (2.28%) Groovy
13 6 (1.71%) Korn
13 6 (1.71%) PHP
14 5 (1.42%) Kusto Query Language
15 4 (1.14%) Perl
15 4 (1.14%) PL/SQL
16 3 (0.85%) Go
Qualifications
1 71 (20.23%) Degree
2 49 (13.96%) Computer Science Degree
3 39 (11.11%) Security Cleared
4 29 (8.26%) SC Cleared
5 14 (3.99%) Master's Degree
6 11 (3.13%) CCNP
6 11 (3.13%) Cisco Certification
7 10 (2.85%) AWS Certification
8 8 (2.28%) DV Cleared
9 7 (1.99%) PhD
9 7 (1.99%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 5 (1.42%) CCNA
10 5 (1.42%) CompTIA CySA+
10 5 (1.42%) CompTIA Security+
10 5 (1.42%) GCIA
10 5 (1.42%) GIAC
11 4 (1.14%) Azure Certification
11 4 (1.14%) CCNA CyberOps
11 4 (1.14%) CEH
11 4 (1.14%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (9.97%) QA
2 8 (2.28%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.42%) NCSC
3 5 (1.42%) SLA
3 5 (1.42%) SOC 2
4 3 (0.85%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.57%) Def Stans
5 2 (0.57%) IEC 61508
5 2 (0.57%) ISO 26262
5 2 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.28%) GDPR
6 1 (0.28%) NIST
6 1 (0.28%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 74 (21.08%) Docker
2 30 (8.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 27 (7.69%) Hyper-V
4 22 (6.27%) Active Directory
5 20 (5.70%) KVM
6 8 (2.28%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 6 (1.71%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (1.71%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.57%) Samba
9 1 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 61 (17.38%) Kubernetes
2 53 (15.10%) Terraform
3 35 (9.97%) Ansible
4 12 (3.42%) Kibana
5 9 (2.56%) Proxmox
6 8 (2.28%) Graylog
6 8 (2.28%) ZABBIX
7 4 (1.14%) Packer
8 3 (0.85%) Grafana
8 3 (0.85%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.57%) Argo
9 2 (0.57%) HP Fortify
10 1 (0.28%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.28%) Functional Safety
10 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.28%) Podman
10 1 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 79 (22.51%) Microsoft
2 45 (12.82%) VMware
3 31 (8.83%) Red Hat
4 30 (8.55%) Cisco
5 20 (5.70%) Palo Alto
6 15 (4.27%) Fortinet
7 12 (3.42%) Dell
7 12 (3.42%) IBM
8 11 (3.13%) Google
8 11 (3.13%) Juniper
9 9 (2.56%) AppDynamics
9 9 (2.56%) Aruba
10 8 (2.28%) Oracle
10 8 (2.28%) Splunk
10 8 (2.28%) Veeam
11 7 (1.99%) Dynatrace
12 5 (1.42%) F5
12 5 (1.42%) ServiceNow
13 4 (1.14%) New Relic
13 4 (1.14%) OpenAI