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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 30 10
Rank change year-on-year -12 -20 +3
Permanent jobs citing AWS 214 450 769
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 6.36% 6.46% 13.14%
As % of the Cloud Services category 26.29% 22.64% 34.13%
Number of salaries quoted 96 261 371
10th Percentile £38,750 £38,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,438 £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 £86,250 £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 814 1,988 2,253
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 24.20% 28.53% 38.49%
Number of salaries quoted 413 1,486 1,447
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,188 £30,500
25th Percentile £39,750 £37,500 £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 £56,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -10.71% +1.82%

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 29 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 29 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 0 126 £65,000 -7.14% 1,175
Oxfordshire -2 58 £55,000 -8.33% 300
Buckinghamshire -6 30 £63,750 +15.91% 443
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 (6.54%) Confluence
2 13 (6.07%) JBoss
2 13 (6.07%) Red Hat Fuse
3 10 (4.67%) Apache Spark
4 9 (4.21%) IIS
5 8 (3.74%) OpenStack
6 6 (2.80%) Microsoft Exchange
7 5 (2.34%) Exchange Server 2013
8 1 (0.47%) CMS
8 1 (0.47%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.47%) Strapi
Applications
1 7 (3.27%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.87%) Mozilla Thunderbird
Business Applications
1 1 (0.47%) Eloqua
Cloud Services
1 105 (49.07%) Azure
2 78 (36.45%) GCP
3 58 (27.10%) Serverless
4 37 (17.29%) Amazon EKS
5 36 (16.82%) Amazon ECS
6 30 (14.02%) Amazon EC2
7 25 (11.68%) Snowflake
8 24 (11.21%) Amazon S3
9 20 (9.35%) AWS Lambda
10 13 (6.07%) Amazon SQS
10 13 (6.07%) Microsoft 365
11 12 (5.61%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 10 (4.67%) AWS KMS
13 9 (4.21%) AWS CloudFormation
13 9 (4.21%) Azure Monitor
14 8 (3.74%) GitHub
15 7 (3.27%) Azure DevOps
15 7 (3.27%) Cloudflare
16 6 (2.80%) SaaS
17 5 (2.34%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (10.75%) Firewall
2 19 (8.88%) DNS
3 14 (6.54%) DHCP
4 11 (5.14%) VPN
5 10 (4.67%) TCP/IP
6 8 (3.74%) WAN
7 6 (2.80%) LAN
7 6 (2.80%) SAN
7 6 (2.80%) VLAN
8 5 (2.34%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (1.87%) Intrusion Detection
9 4 (1.87%) Network Security
9 4 (1.87%) SSL
10 3 (1.40%) Internet
11 2 (0.93%) iSCSI
11 2 (0.93%) SD-WAN
12 1 (0.47%) Broadband
12 1 (0.47%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (24.77%) PostgreSQL
2 40 (18.69%) Data Warehouse
3 36 (16.82%) Data Lake
4 35 (16.36%) Relational Database
5 24 (11.21%) Metadata
5 24 (11.21%) SQL Server
6 23 (10.75%) MySQL
7 17 (7.94%) DynamoDB
8 15 (7.01%) NoSQL
9 13 (6.07%) RDBMS
10 12 (5.61%) Amazon RDS
11 11 (5.14%) Elasticsearch
12 10 (4.67%) Big Data
12 10 (4.67%) Hadoop
12 10 (4.67%) MongoDB
13 8 (3.74%) Amazon Aurora
14 3 (1.40%) Power BI
15 2 (0.93%) Redis
16 1 (0.47%) Amazon Redshift
16 1 (0.47%) Impala
Development Applications
1 55 (25.70%) Jenkins
2 49 (22.90%) Git
3 40 (18.69%) JUnit
4 23 (10.75%) Mockito
5 19 (8.88%) JIRA
6 15 (7.01%) GitLab
7 14 (6.54%) Maven
7 14 (6.54%) SonarQube
8 13 (6.07%) JMeter
9 9 (4.21%) Bitbucket Server
10 8 (3.74%) Selenium
11 7 (3.27%) Cucumber
11 7 (3.27%) Jasmine
11 7 (3.27%) NUnit
11 7 (3.27%) TeamCity
12 6 (2.80%) Bitbucket
12 6 (2.80%) DbUnit
12 6 (2.80%) jMock
12 6 (2.80%) Sonatype Nexus
13 3 (1.40%) Visual Studio
General
1 70 (32.71%) Social Skills
2 42 (19.63%) Law
3 37 (17.29%) Public Sector
4 19 (8.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 18 (8.41%) Finance
6 11 (5.14%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (4.67%) Retail
8 8 (3.74%) Manufacturing
9 7 (3.27%) Banking
9 7 (3.27%) Legal
9 7 (3.27%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (2.80%) Marketing
11 4 (1.87%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.93%) Electronics
12 2 (0.93%) Games
13 1 (0.47%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.47%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.47%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 70 (32.71%) Developer
1 70 (32.71%) Senior
2 44 (20.56%) Java Developer
3 38 (17.76%) Lead
4 23 (10.75%) Senior Developer
5 18 (8.41%) Full-Stack Developer
6 14 (6.54%) Software Developer
7 12 (5.61%) Software Engineer
8 11 (5.14%) DevOps Engineer
8 11 (5.14%) Platform Engineer
8 11 (5.14%) Senior Software Developer
9 9 (4.21%) Data Analytics Director
9 9 (4.21%) Full-Stack Java Developer
9 9 (4.21%) IT Support
9 9 (4.21%) Support Engineer
10 8 (3.74%) AWS Engineer
10 8 (3.74%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
11 7 (3.27%) IT Engineer
11 7 (3.27%) IT Support Engineer
11 7 (3.27%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (23.83%) Spring
1 51 (23.83%) Spring Boot
2 45 (21.03%) React
3 44 (20.56%) Web Services
4 43 (20.09%) REST
5 33 (15.42%) HTML
6 30 (14.02%) RESTful
7 29 (13.55%) Hibernate
7 29 (13.55%) Kafka
8 26 (12.15%) Apache Camel
9 24 (11.21%) Node.js
10 23 (10.75%) ActiveMQ
11 21 (9.81%) AngularJS
11 21 (9.81%) CSS
11 21 (9.81%) SOAP
12 14 (6.54%) JPA
13 13 (6.07%) .NET
13 13 (6.07%) J2EE
13 13 (6.07%) jQuery
13 13 (6.07%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 38 (17.76%) Distributed Systems
2 22 (10.28%) Cloud Native
3 14 (6.54%) Management Information System
4 9 (4.21%) Product Ownership
5 8 (3.74%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (3.27%) Replication
7 6 (2.80%) Public Cloud
8 5 (2.34%) Greenfield Project
8 5 (2.34%) Mobile App
9 4 (1.87%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.87%) Hackathon
9 4 (1.87%) IoT
9 4 (1.87%) Operational Technology
9 4 (1.87%) PKI
9 4 (1.87%) Security Posture
9 4 (1.87%) Virtual Team
10 3 (1.40%) Algorithms
10 3 (1.40%) Clustering
10 3 (1.40%) Private Cloud
10 3 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 31 (14.49%) Linux
2 26 (12.15%) Windows
3 15 (7.01%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.87%) Ubuntu
5 3 (1.40%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.93%) Android
6 2 (0.93%) Unix
7 1 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (45.79%) Agile
2 79 (36.92%) CI/CD
3 68 (31.78%) Microservices
4 63 (29.44%) DevOps
5 50 (23.36%) Full-Stack Development
6 49 (22.90%) Analytics
7 47 (21.96%) TDD
8 39 (18.22%) Kanban
8 39 (18.22%) Stakeholder Management
9 38 (17.76%) Data Engineering
9 38 (17.76%) Scrum
10 35 (16.36%) Data Governance
11 34 (15.89%) BDD
11 34 (15.89%) Data Modelling
11 34 (15.89%) ETL
11 34 (15.89%) Software Engineering
12 33 (15.42%) Data Architecture
12 33 (15.42%) Problem-Solving
13 29 (13.55%) Containerisation
14 28 (13.08%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 72 (33.64%) Python
2 63 (29.44%) Java
3 61 (28.50%) SQL
4 49 (22.90%) JavaScript
5 25 (11.68%) TypeScript
6 19 (8.88%) Shell Script
7 16 (7.48%) C#
8 15 (7.01%) PowerShell
9 10 (4.67%) Go
10 7 (3.27%) PHP
11 6 (2.80%) Bash
12 4 (1.87%) C++
13 2 (0.93%) Bicep
13 2 (0.93%) Rust
14 1 (0.47%) C
14 1 (0.47%) Groovy
14 1 (0.47%) Korn
14 1 (0.47%) Perl
14 1 (0.47%) R
14 1 (0.47%) Scala
Qualifications
1 54 (25.23%) Degree
2 51 (23.83%) Security Cleared
3 45 (21.03%) SC Cleared
4 19 (8.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (7.94%) Master's Degree
6 12 (5.61%) Azure Certification
6 12 (5.61%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (5.14%) AWS Certification
8 10 (4.67%) MCP
9 7 (3.27%) A+ Certification
10 4 (1.87%) MCSE
11 3 (1.40%) DV Cleared
11 3 (1.40%) MCSA
12 2 (0.93%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.93%) Numerate Degree
13 1 (0.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 1 (0.47%) VCAP
13 1 (0.47%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (14.95%) QA
2 27 (12.62%) Data Quality
3 26 (12.15%) Accessibility
4 14 (6.54%) SLA
5 10 (4.67%) GDPR
6 9 (4.21%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 9 (4.21%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (2.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (2.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.47%) GMP
9 1 (0.47%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.47%) SOC 2
System Software
1 73 (34.11%) Docker
2 21 (9.81%) Active Directory
2 21 (9.81%) Hyper-V
3 17 (7.94%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (3.27%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (3.27%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (2.34%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.93%) Postfix
6 2 (0.93%) VMware Workstation
7 1 (0.47%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 1 (0.47%) HDFS
7 1 (0.47%) NFS
7 1 (0.47%) vCloud
7 1 (0.47%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 67 (31.31%) Kubernetes
2 34 (15.89%) Terraform
3 31 (14.49%) Ansible
4 17 (7.94%) Grafana
4 17 (7.94%) Prometheus
5 13 (6.07%) Kibana
6 8 (3.74%) SCCM
7 5 (2.34%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (1.87%) FortiGate
8 4 (1.87%) Nessus
8 4 (1.87%) Proxmox
9 3 (1.40%) PaperCut
9 3 (1.40%) Puppet
10 2 (0.93%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (0.93%) Kustomize
10 2 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.47%) Argo
11 1 (0.47%) PowerCLI
11 1 (0.47%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.47%) vRealize
Vendors
1 47 (21.96%) Microsoft
2 20 (9.35%) Google
3 19 (8.88%) VMware
4 14 (6.54%) Splunk
5 13 (6.07%) Dynatrace
6 8 (3.74%) Cisco
7 7 (3.27%) Dell
7 7 (3.27%) Rollbar
8 6 (2.80%) Atlassian
8 6 (2.80%) OpenAI
8 6 (2.80%) Solace
9 5 (2.34%) arcserve
10 4 (1.87%) Fortinet
10 4 (1.87%) Juniper
11 3 (1.40%) Citrix
11 3 (1.40%) Databricks
11 3 (1.40%) IBM
11 3 (1.40%) Jaspersoft
11 3 (1.40%) SolarWinds
12 2 (0.93%) Meraki