AWS Jobs in Wales

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 13 23 10
Rank change year-on-year +10 -13 +8
Permanent jobs citing AWS 169 181 257
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 8.76% 10.58% 13.12%
As % of the Cloud Services category 32.44% 30.47% 30.89%
Number of salaries quoted 106 98 166
10th Percentile £37,101 £41,898 £35,625
25th Percentile £40,919 £42,819 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,104 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.16% -7.08% +22.22%
75th Percentile £64,688 £69,800 £63,750
90th Percentile £79,413 £79,750 £77,625
UK median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +3.45% +7.41%

All Cloud Skills
Wales

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 Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 521 594 832
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 27.01% 34.74% 42.47%
Number of salaries quoted 398 365 576
10th Percentile £28,290 £26,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £39,700
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £46,750 £50,119
Median % change year-on-year +6.95% -6.72% +11.38%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,769 £62,500
90th Percentile £71,250 £75,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - +4.17%

AWS
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Job postings citing AWS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Job vacancy trend for AWS in Wales

AWS
Salary Trend in Wales

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing AWS in Wales.

Salary trend for AWS in Wales

AWS
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing AWS in Wales over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for AWS in Wales

AWS
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AWS within the Wales region over the 6 months to 26 July 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
South Wales +12 145 £52,500 -11.76% 10
North Wales +1 14 £45,000 - 2
West Wales -5 7 £48,500 +4.96%
Mid Wales -4 2 - -
AWS
UK

AWS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 17 (10.06%) ArcGIS
1 17 (10.06%) GeoServer
2 5 (2.96%) Confluence
3 4 (2.37%) WebLogic
4 3 (1.78%) nginx
5 1 (0.59%) CMS
5 1 (0.59%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (2.37%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (2.96%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 102 (60.36%) Azure
2 39 (23.08%) GCP
3 16 (9.47%) SaaS
4 11 (6.51%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (6.51%) Serverless
5 10 (5.92%) Cloud Computing
5 10 (5.92%) GitHub
6 7 (4.14%) BrowserStack
6 7 (4.14%) dbt
6 7 (4.14%) Slack
7 6 (3.55%) Firebase
7 6 (3.55%) Power Platform
7 6 (3.55%) Sentry
8 4 (2.37%) Amazon EKS
8 4 (2.37%) Amazon SQS
8 4 (2.37%) AWS CloudFormation
8 4 (2.37%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (1.78%) Stripe
10 2 (1.18%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 2 (1.18%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.73%) DNS
1 8 (4.73%) SAN
2 6 (3.55%) BGP
2 6 (3.55%) MQTT
3 5 (2.96%) Firewall
3 5 (2.96%) Network Security
4 4 (2.37%) SSL
4 4 (2.37%) TCP/IP
4 4 (2.37%) VPN
4 4 (2.37%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (1.78%) SMS
6 2 (1.18%) EIGRP
6 2 (1.18%) IP Telephony
6 2 (1.18%) IPsec
6 2 (1.18%) LAN
6 2 (1.18%) MPLS
6 2 (1.18%) VoIP
6 2 (1.18%) WAN
6 2 (1.18%) Wireless
7 1 (0.59%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (18.34%) PostgreSQL
2 17 (10.06%) GIS
2 17 (10.06%) QGIS
3 14 (8.28%) SQL Server
4 13 (7.69%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (5.92%) MongoDB
5 10 (5.92%) Relational Database
6 7 (4.14%) Geospatial Data
6 7 (4.14%) MySQL
6 7 (4.14%) RDBMS
6 7 (4.14%) Redis
7 6 (3.55%) Amazon RDS
7 6 (3.55%) Data Lake
7 6 (3.55%) Oracle Database
7 6 (3.55%) Power BI
8 4 (2.37%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 4 (2.37%) NoSQL
8 4 (2.37%) Tableau
9 3 (1.78%) Data Vault
9 3 (1.78%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 23 (13.61%) Git
2 15 (8.88%) Jenkins
3 12 (7.10%) Selenium
4 7 (4.14%) GitLab
5 6 (3.55%) JIRA
5 6 (3.55%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (1.18%) Cypress.io
6 2 (1.18%) JMeter
7 1 (0.59%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.59%) Grunt
7 1 (0.59%) IntelliJ
7 1 (0.59%) JUnit
7 1 (0.59%) Postman
7 1 (0.59%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.59%) Serenity BDD
7 1 (0.59%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.59%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.59%) Terragrunt
7 1 (0.59%) TestNG
7 1 (0.59%) webpack
General
1 43 (25.44%) Social Skills
2 22 (13.02%) Finance
3 14 (8.28%) Presentation Skills
4 10 (5.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 9 (5.33%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (5.33%) Games
6 6 (3.55%) Agriculture
7 3 (1.78%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.18%) Advertising
8 2 (1.18%) Health Technology
8 2 (1.18%) Law
8 2 (1.18%) Marketing
8 2 (1.18%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 44 (26.04%) Developer
2 36 (21.30%) Architect
2 36 (21.30%) Senior
3 24 (14.20%) Software Engineer
4 21 (12.43%) Lead
5 14 (8.28%) Java Developer
6 12 (7.10%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 10 (5.92%) Cloud Architect
7 10 (5.92%) Solutions Architect
8 9 (5.33%) Senior Developer
8 9 (5.33%) Software Architect
9 8 (4.73%) DevOps Engineer
9 8 (4.73%) Lead Developer
9 8 (4.73%) Senior Software Engineer
10 7 (4.14%) Geospatial Architect
10 7 (4.14%) Linux Engineer
10 7 (4.14%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
10 7 (4.14%) Senior Linux Engineer
10 7 (4.14%) Senior Storage Engineer
10 7 (4.14%) Storage Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (26.04%) React
2 30 (17.75%) .NET
3 23 (13.61%) CSS
4 21 (12.43%) Node.js
5 18 (10.65%) .NET Core
5 18 (10.65%) Spring Boot
6 17 (10.06%) Leaflet
6 17 (10.06%) OpenLayers
6 17 (10.06%) PostGIS
7 16 (9.47%) REST
8 14 (8.28%) AngularJS
8 14 (8.28%) Spring
9 12 (7.10%) HTML
10 10 (5.92%) Vue
11 9 (5.33%) ASP.NET
11 9 (5.33%) HTML5
12 7 (4.14%) Django
12 7 (4.14%) RabbitMQ
13 6 (3.55%) Express.js
13 6 (3.55%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 15 (8.88%) Public Cloud
2 11 (6.51%) IoT
3 7 (4.14%) Cloud Native
3 7 (4.14%) CMDB
3 7 (4.14%) Legacy Systems
3 7 (4.14%) PKI
3 7 (4.14%) Private Cloud
4 5 (2.96%) Product Ownership
5 4 (2.37%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (2.37%) EPoS
5 4 (2.37%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.78%) NHS
6 3 (1.78%) Security Operations Centre
6 3 (1.78%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.18%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.18%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 2 (1.18%) Driving Licence
7 2 (1.18%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.18%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.18%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 18 (10.65%) Linux
2 12 (7.10%) Windows
3 9 (5.33%) Android
4 5 (2.96%) Windows Server
5 4 (2.37%) Mac OS
5 4 (2.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (1.78%) Apple iOS
7 2 (1.18%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (40.24%) Agile
2 56 (33.14%) DevOps
3 35 (20.71%) Problem-Solving
4 33 (19.53%) Actionable Insight
5 32 (18.93%) Software Engineering
6 31 (18.34%) Migration
7 25 (14.79%) Full Stack Development
8 23 (13.61%) Continuous Integration
9 21 (12.43%) Roadmaps
9 21 (12.43%) Web Development
10 19 (11.24%) CI/CD
11 18 (10.65%) Scrum
12 17 (10.06%) Containerisation
12 17 (10.06%) Test Automation
12 17 (10.06%) TOGAF
13 15 (8.88%) Fintech
14 14 (8.28%) Open Source
14 14 (8.28%) Presales
15 13 (7.69%) Line Management
15 13 (7.69%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 45 (26.63%) JavaScript
2 41 (24.26%) Python
3 32 (18.93%) Java
4 30 (17.75%) C#
5 24 (14.20%) SQL
6 20 (11.83%) TypeScript
7 7 (4.14%) PHP
8 4 (2.37%) PowerShell
8 4 (2.37%) Ruby
9 2 (1.18%) Go
9 2 (1.18%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (1.18%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.59%) Bash
10 1 (0.59%) Groovy
10 1 (0.59%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.59%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 50 (29.59%) Security Cleared
2 43 (25.44%) SC Cleared
3 10 (5.92%) Azure Certification
4 9 (5.33%) AWS Certification
5 5 (2.96%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (2.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 4 (2.37%) Degree
7 3 (1.78%) CCNA
7 3 (1.78%) CCNP
7 3 (1.78%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.78%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.78%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (0.59%) CISMP
8 1 (0.59%) CISSP
8 1 (0.59%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.59%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.96%) GDPR
1 5 (2.96%) QA
2 2 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (1.18%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.59%) Data Quality
System Software
1 30 (17.75%) Docker
2 1 (0.59%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.59%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 20 (11.83%) Terraform
2 11 (6.51%) Kubernetes
3 10 (5.92%) Ansible
4 3 (1.78%) Galera Cluster
5 2 (1.18%) Cisco Prime
5 2 (1.18%) Grafana
5 2 (1.18%) WhatsUp Gold
6 1 (0.59%) CSIRT
6 1 (0.59%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.59%) Puppet
Vendors
1 25 (14.79%) Microsoft
2 21 (12.43%) Google
3 20 (11.83%) Oracle
4 17 (10.06%) ESRI
5 5 (2.96%) Cisco
5 5 (2.96%) Sparx
6 4 (2.37%) Apple
6 4 (2.37%) Atlassian
7 3 (1.78%) AppDynamics
7 3 (1.78%) OpenAI
8 2 (1.18%) Splunk
9 1 (0.59%) Black Duck
9 1 (0.59%) MuleSoft
9 1 (0.59%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.59%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.59%) Talend
9 1 (0.59%) Veeam
9 1 (0.59%) VMware