AWS Jobs in the Thames Valley

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring AWS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited AWS over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 30 11
Rank change year-on-year -6 -19 +2
Permanent jobs citing AWS 227 452 760
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 6.68% 6.44% 12.99%
As % of the Cloud Services category 27.25% 22.65% 33.85%
Number of salaries quoted 102 261 364
10th Percentile £38,750 £38,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £48,000 £46,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - -14.29% +3.70%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £100,000
South East median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% -7.69% -7.14%

All Cloud 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 833 1,996 2,245
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 24.51% 28.43% 38.38%
Number of salaries quoted 425 1,485 1,438
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,425 £30,500
25th Percentile £39,750 £38,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -13.04% -
75th Percentile £71,500 £62,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £76,250 £92,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -12.28% +3.64%

AWS
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing AWS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for AWS in the Thames Valley

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Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing AWS in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for AWS in the Thames Valley

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Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing AWS in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

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 30 May 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
Berkshire -3 133 £64,500 -7.86% 1,232
Oxfordshire -3 62 £55,000 -8.33% 272
Buckinghamshire -9 32 £67,500 +22.73% 442
AWS
South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 14 (6.17%) Confluence
1 14 (6.17%) JBoss
1 14 (6.17%) Red Hat Fuse
2 10 (4.41%) Apache Spark
2 10 (4.41%) IIS
3 8 (3.52%) OpenStack
4 7 (3.08%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (2.20%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.44%) CMS
6 1 (0.44%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.44%) Strapi
Applications
1 7 (3.08%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.76%) Mozilla Thunderbird
Business Applications
1 1 (0.44%) Eloqua
Cloud Services
1 112 (49.34%) Azure
2 85 (37.44%) GCP
3 59 (25.99%) Serverless
4 38 (16.74%) Amazon EKS
5 37 (16.30%) Amazon ECS
6 30 (13.22%) Amazon EC2
7 25 (11.01%) Snowflake
8 24 (10.57%) Amazon S3
9 20 (8.81%) AWS Lambda
10 14 (6.17%) Azure Monitor
10 14 (6.17%) Microsoft 365
11 13 (5.73%) Amazon SQS
12 12 (5.29%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 10 (4.41%) AWS KMS
13 10 (4.41%) Cloudflare
14 9 (3.96%) AWS CloudFormation
15 7 (3.08%) Azure DevOps
15 7 (3.08%) GitHub
16 6 (2.64%) SaaS
17 5 (2.20%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (10.13%) Firewall
2 18 (7.93%) DNS
3 13 (5.73%) DHCP
4 10 (4.41%) VPN
5 9 (3.96%) TCP/IP
5 9 (3.96%) WAN
6 7 (3.08%) LAN
6 7 (3.08%) SAN
7 6 (2.64%) VLAN
8 5 (2.20%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (1.76%) Intrusion Detection
9 4 (1.76%) Network Security
9 4 (1.76%) SSL
10 3 (1.32%) Internet
10 3 (1.32%) iSCSI
11 2 (0.88%) Remote Desktop
11 2 (0.88%) SD-WAN
12 1 (0.44%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (24.67%) PostgreSQL
2 40 (17.62%) Data Warehouse
3 36 (15.86%) Data Lake
3 36 (15.86%) Relational Database
4 27 (11.89%) MySQL
4 27 (11.89%) SQL Server
5 24 (10.57%) Metadata
6 17 (7.49%) DynamoDB
6 17 (7.49%) NoSQL
7 14 (6.17%) Elasticsearch
8 13 (5.73%) RDBMS
9 12 (5.29%) Amazon RDS
9 12 (5.29%) MongoDB
10 10 (4.41%) Big Data
10 10 (4.41%) Hadoop
11 8 (3.52%) Amazon Aurora
12 3 (1.32%) Power BI
13 2 (0.88%) Redis
14 1 (0.44%) Delta Lake
14 1 (0.44%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 56 (24.67%) Jenkins
2 53 (23.35%) Git
3 41 (18.06%) JUnit
4 23 (10.13%) Mockito
5 19 (8.37%) JIRA
6 15 (6.61%) GitLab
7 14 (6.17%) Maven
7 14 (6.17%) SonarQube
8 13 (5.73%) JMeter
9 10 (4.41%) NUnit
9 10 (4.41%) TeamCity
10 9 (3.96%) Bitbucket Server
10 9 (3.96%) Jasmine
11 8 (3.52%) Selenium
12 7 (3.08%) Cucumber
13 6 (2.64%) Bitbucket
13 6 (2.64%) DbUnit
13 6 (2.64%) jMock
13 6 (2.64%) Sonatype Nexus
14 3 (1.32%) Visual Studio
General
1 79 (34.80%) Social Skills
2 47 (20.70%) Law
3 37 (16.30%) Public Sector
4 24 (10.57%) Finance
5 18 (7.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (5.29%) Legal
7 11 (4.85%) Analytical Skills
7 11 (4.85%) Retail
8 8 (3.52%) Banking
8 8 (3.52%) Manufacturing
9 7 (3.08%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (2.64%) Marketing
11 5 (2.20%) Games
11 5 (2.20%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.88%) Electronics
13 1 (0.44%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.44%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.44%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 80 (35.24%) Senior
2 77 (33.92%) Developer
3 46 (20.26%) Java Developer
4 38 (16.74%) Lead
5 26 (11.45%) Senior Developer
6 21 (9.25%) Full-Stack Developer
7 14 (6.17%) Software Developer
8 13 (5.73%) Software Engineer
9 11 (4.85%) DevOps Engineer
9 11 (4.85%) Platform Engineer
9 11 (4.85%) Senior Manager
9 11 (4.85%) Senior Software Developer
10 10 (4.41%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
11 9 (3.96%) Data Analytics Director
11 9 (3.96%) Full-Stack Java Developer
11 9 (3.96%) IT Support
11 9 (3.96%) Support Engineer
12 8 (3.52%) AWS Engineer
13 7 (3.08%) IT Engineer
13 7 (3.08%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (23.35%) Spring
1 53 (23.35%) Spring Boot
2 49 (21.59%) React
3 45 (19.82%) Web Services
4 44 (19.38%) REST
5 36 (15.86%) HTML
6 33 (14.54%) RESTful
7 30 (13.22%) Kafka
8 29 (12.78%) Hibernate
9 27 (11.89%) Apache Camel
10 25 (11.01%) AngularJS
10 25 (11.01%) Node.js
11 24 (10.57%) CSS
12 23 (10.13%) ActiveMQ
13 22 (9.69%) SOAP
14 18 (7.93%) .NET
15 16 (7.05%) Vue
16 14 (6.17%) J2EE
16 14 (6.17%) JPA
17 13 (5.73%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 39 (17.18%) Distributed Systems
2 24 (10.57%) Cloud Native
3 15 (6.61%) Management Information System
4 9 (3.96%) Product Ownership
5 8 (3.52%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (2.64%) Public Cloud
6 6 (2.64%) Replication
7 5 (2.20%) Greenfield Project
7 5 (2.20%) IoT
7 5 (2.20%) Mobile App
8 4 (1.76%) Hackathon
8 4 (1.76%) Online Games
8 4 (1.76%) Operational Technology
8 4 (1.76%) PKI
8 4 (1.76%) Security Posture
8 4 (1.76%) Virtual Team
9 3 (1.32%) Algorithms
9 3 (1.32%) Data Centre
9 3 (1.32%) Private Cloud
9 3 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 30 (13.22%) Linux
2 26 (11.45%) Windows
3 14 (6.17%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.76%) Ubuntu
5 3 (1.32%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.88%) Android
6 2 (0.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.88%) Unix
6 2 (0.88%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (45.37%) Agile
2 84 (37.00%) CI/CD
3 69 (30.40%) Microservices
4 67 (29.52%) DevOps
5 54 (23.79%) Full-Stack Development
6 49 (21.59%) Analytics
7 48 (21.15%) TDD
8 42 (18.50%) Scrum
9 40 (17.62%) Kanban
10 39 (17.18%) Stakeholder Management
11 38 (16.74%) Data Engineering
12 36 (15.86%) Problem-Solving
12 36 (15.86%) Software Engineering
13 35 (15.42%) BDD
13 35 (15.42%) Data Governance
14 34 (14.98%) Data Modelling
14 34 (14.98%) ETL
15 33 (14.54%) Data Architecture
15 33 (14.54%) High Availability
16 31 (13.66%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 75 (33.04%) Python
2 66 (29.07%) Java
3 65 (28.63%) SQL
4 53 (23.35%) JavaScript
5 28 (12.33%) TypeScript
6 20 (8.81%) C#
7 19 (8.37%) Shell Script
8 15 (6.61%) PowerShell
9 10 (4.41%) Go
10 7 (3.08%) Bash
10 7 (3.08%) PHP
11 4 (1.76%) C++
12 2 (0.88%) Bicep
12 2 (0.88%) Korn
12 2 (0.88%) Rust
13 1 (0.44%) Groovy
13 1 (0.44%) Perl
13 1 (0.44%) R
13 1 (0.44%) Scala
13 1 (0.44%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 61 (26.87%) Degree
2 51 (22.47%) Security Cleared
3 45 (19.82%) SC Cleared
4 24 (10.57%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (9.69%) Master's Degree
6 13 (5.73%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (5.29%) Azure Certification
8 10 (4.41%) AWS Certification
8 10 (4.41%) MCP
9 7 (3.08%) A+ Certification
10 5 (2.20%) MCSE
11 3 (1.32%) DV Cleared
11 3 (1.32%) MCSA
12 2 (0.88%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.88%) Numerate Degree
12 2 (0.88%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 1 (0.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 1 (0.44%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (14.54%) QA
2 26 (11.45%) Accessibility
2 26 (11.45%) Data Quality
3 14 (6.17%) SLA
4 10 (4.41%) GDPR
5 9 (3.96%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 9 (3.96%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (2.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (2.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.44%) GMP
8 1 (0.44%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.44%) SOC 2
System Software
1 75 (33.04%) Docker
2 21 (9.25%) Active Directory
3 20 (8.81%) Hyper-V
4 17 (7.49%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (3.08%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (3.08%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (2.20%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.88%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 2 (0.88%) Postfix
7 2 (0.88%) VMware Workstation
8 1 (0.44%) HDFS
8 1 (0.44%) NFS
8 1 (0.44%) vCloud
8 1 (0.44%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 70 (30.84%) Kubernetes
2 37 (16.30%) Terraform
3 32 (14.10%) Ansible
4 22 (9.69%) Grafana
4 22 (9.69%) Prometheus
5 13 (5.73%) Kibana
6 8 (3.52%) SCCM
7 5 (2.20%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (1.76%) FortiGate
8 4 (1.76%) Nessus
8 4 (1.76%) Proxmox
9 3 (1.32%) PaperCut
9 3 (1.32%) Puppet
10 2 (0.88%) Kustomize
10 2 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.44%) Argo
11 1 (0.44%) Failover Clustering
11 1 (0.44%) Packer
11 1 (0.44%) PowerCLI
11 1 (0.44%) vRealize
Vendors
1 50 (22.03%) Microsoft
2 20 (8.81%) Google
2 20 (8.81%) VMware
3 15 (6.61%) Splunk
4 13 (5.73%) Dynatrace
5 11 (4.85%) OpenAI
6 10 (4.41%) Rollbar
7 8 (3.52%) Dell
8 7 (3.08%) Cisco
9 6 (2.64%) Atlassian
9 6 (2.64%) Solace
10 5 (2.20%) arcserve
11 4 (1.76%) Fortinet
11 4 (1.76%) Juniper
12 3 (1.32%) Citrix
12 3 (1.32%) Databricks
12 3 (1.32%) IBM
12 3 (1.32%) Jaspersoft
12 3 (1.32%) SolarWinds
13 2 (0.88%) Meraki