AWS Contracts in the North of England

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for AWS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited AWS over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 14 11 9
Rank change year-on-year -3 -2 -5
Contract jobs citing AWS 443 751 900
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 9.38% 12.95% 12.53%
As % of the Cloud Services category 31.87% 35.53% 36.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 347 592 680
10th Percentile £350 £419 £408
25th Percentile £418 £488 £468
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +15.79%
75th Percentile £598 £638 £631
90th Percentile £675 £700 £676
England median daily rate £556 £600 £590
% change year-on-year -7.29% +1.69% +12.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 2
10th Percentile £54.71 £35.92 £24.98
25th Percentile £67.50 £37.30 £30.19
Median hourly rate £70.00 £39.60 £40.25
Median % change year-on-year +76.77% -1.61% -13.77%
75th Percentile £72.50 £52.68 £50.19
90th Percentile - £60.52 £55.33
England median hourly rate £46.18 £74.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -37.59% +34.55% -5.17%

All Cloud Skills
North of England

AWS is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,390 2,114 2,489
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 29.44% 36.46% 34.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 989 1,584 1,894
10th Percentile £263 £300 £186
25th Percentile £375 £419 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £588
90th Percentile £638 £683 £663
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 36 61
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.22 £15.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £19.44 £16.25
Median hourly rate £16.06 £37.30 £18.75
Median % change year-on-year -56.94% +98.93% -1.32%
75th Percentile £20.77 £65.00 £23.75
90th Percentile £43.75 £70.00 £56.25
England median hourly rate £20.77 £32.30 £21.02
% change year-on-year -35.70% +53.66% -2.23%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing AWS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for AWS in the North of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing AWS in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for AWS in the North of England

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing AWS in the North of England over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for AWS in the North of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing AWS in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for AWS in the North of England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing AWS in the North of England over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for AWS in the North of England

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Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AWS within the North of England region over the 6 months to 3 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West -1 292 £492 -10.50% 219
Yorkshire -8 132 £525 -4.55% 108
North East -10 21 £575 -4.17% 45
AWS
England

AWS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 18 (4.06%) Apache
2 13 (2.93%) Confluence
3 10 (2.26%) Apache Airflow
3 10 (2.26%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 5 (1.13%) SharePoint
5 4 (0.90%) CMS
5 4 (0.90%) Mule
6 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.68%) nginx
7 2 (0.45%) Traefik
8 1 (0.23%) Alfresco
8 1 (0.23%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.23%) Drupal
8 1 (0.23%) JBoss
8 1 (0.23%) SharePoint 2013
8 1 (0.23%) Tomcat
Applications
1 5 (1.13%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.23%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 6 (1.35%) Temenos T24
2 2 (0.45%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 140 (31.60%) Azure
2 66 (14.90%) GCP
3 53 (11.96%) Serverless
4 51 (11.51%) Amazon EC2
5 50 (11.29%) Amazon S3
6 42 (9.48%) AWS Lambda
7 35 (7.90%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 31 (7.00%) GitHub
9 28 (6.32%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 24 (5.42%) Snowflake
11 18 (4.06%) Amazon SQS
11 18 (4.06%) AWS CloudFormation
12 16 (3.61%) Amazon EKS
12 16 (3.61%) Route 53
13 15 (3.39%) Microsoft 365
13 15 (3.39%) SaaS
14 14 (3.16%) Apigee
15 13 (2.93%) IaaS
15 13 (2.93%) Power Platform
16 11 (2.48%) Kong
Communications & Networking
1 25 (5.64%) VPN
2 19 (4.29%) Firewall
3 18 (4.06%) DNS
4 15 (3.39%) TCP/IP
5 12 (2.71%) LAN
5 12 (2.71%) WAN
6 11 (2.48%) OSPF
7 10 (2.26%) Network Security
8 8 (1.81%) Wireless
9 7 (1.58%) Ethernet
9 7 (1.58%) HTTP
9 7 (1.58%) VLAN
9 7 (1.58%) Wireless Security
10 6 (1.35%) DHCP
11 5 (1.13%) FTP
11 5 (1.13%) HTTPS
11 5 (1.13%) SSL
12 4 (0.90%) BGP
12 4 (0.90%) MPLS
12 4 (0.90%) Value-Added Service
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (8.80%) MongoDB
2 22 (4.97%) MySQL
3 17 (3.84%) Amazon RDS
3 17 (3.84%) Amazon Redshift
4 16 (3.61%) Data Warehouse
4 16 (3.61%) Elasticsearch
5 14 (3.16%) PostgreSQL
5 14 (3.16%) SQL Server
6 13 (2.93%) Big Data
6 13 (2.93%) Power BI
7 12 (2.71%) Data Lake
7 12 (2.71%) NoSQL
8 11 (2.48%) DynamoDB
8 11 (2.48%) Relational Database
9 6 (1.35%) Flink
9 6 (1.35%) Hadoop
10 5 (1.13%) OLAP
10 5 (1.13%) OLTP
10 5 (1.13%) Oracle OLAP
11 4 (0.90%) DB2
Development Applications
1 65 (14.67%) GitLab
2 57 (12.87%) Jenkins
3 56 (12.64%) Git
4 33 (7.45%) JIRA
5 12 (2.71%) Cucumber
5 12 (2.71%) SonarQube
6 9 (2.03%) Cypress.io
7 8 (1.81%) Maven
7 8 (1.81%) webpack
8 7 (1.58%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 7 (1.58%) Burp Suite
8 7 (1.58%) Travis CI
9 6 (1.35%) CircleCI
9 6 (1.35%) Hudson
10 5 (1.13%) Liquibase
10 5 (1.13%) Selenium
11 4 (0.90%) Bitbucket
11 4 (0.90%) JUnit
11 4 (0.90%) Log4j
11 4 (0.90%) Mockito
General
1 89 (20.09%) Social Skills
2 45 (10.16%) Public Sector
3 39 (8.80%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (6.77%) Finance
5 17 (3.84%) Banking
6 14 (3.16%) Retail
7 12 (2.71%) Manufacturing
8 7 (1.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (1.58%) Pharmaceutical
9 6 (1.35%) Marketing
9 6 (1.35%) Telecoms
10 4 (0.90%) Health Technology
11 3 (0.68%) Electronics
12 2 (0.45%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.45%) Games
12 2 (0.45%) Tech for Good
13 1 (0.23%) Advertising
13 1 (0.23%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.23%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.23%) Retail Finance
Job Titles
1 123 (27.77%) Developer
2 51 (11.51%) DevOps Engineer
3 48 (10.84%) Architect
4 47 (10.61%) Lead
5 41 (9.26%) Senior
6 35 (7.90%) Java Developer
7 32 (7.22%) AWS Engineer
8 31 (7.00%) Software Engineer
9 26 (5.87%) AWS DevOps
10 19 (4.29%) Cloud Engineer
11 18 (4.06%) AWS DevOps Engineer
12 17 (3.84%) Data Engineer
12 17 (3.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 17 (3.84%) Network Engineer
13 16 (3.61%) Python Developer
14 15 (3.39%) AWS Architect
14 15 (3.39%) Site Reliability Engineer
15 13 (2.93%) Solutions Architect
16 12 (2.71%) Full Stack Developer
16 12 (2.71%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (13.54%) Node.js
2 50 (11.29%) RESTful
3 44 (9.93%) React
4 30 (6.77%) Spring Boot
5 29 (6.55%) Spring
5 29 (6.55%) Web Services
6 21 (4.74%) OAuth
7 20 (4.51%) OpenID
8 19 (4.29%) REST
9 17 (3.84%) Kafka
10 14 (3.16%) JSON
11 13 (2.93%) .NET
12 12 (2.71%) Hibernate
12 12 (2.71%) XML
13 11 (2.48%) AngularJS
13 11 (2.48%) Redux
14 10 (2.26%) Elastic Stack
14 10 (2.26%) Express.js
14 10 (2.26%) Lambda Expressions
14 10 (2.26%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 19 (4.29%) Public Cloud
2 13 (2.93%) Enterprise Software
3 10 (2.26%) Greenfield Project
4 9 (2.03%) Virtual Team
5 7 (1.58%) NHS
6 6 (1.35%) Data Structures
6 6 (1.35%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (1.35%) Product Ownership
6 6 (1.35%) Replication
7 5 (1.13%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (1.13%) DataPower
7 5 (1.13%) Onboarding
7 5 (1.13%) PKI
8 4 (0.90%) Blockchain
8 4 (0.90%) Cloud Native
8 4 (0.90%) Mainframe
8 4 (0.90%) Management Information System
9 3 (0.68%) Mobile App
9 3 (0.68%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 56 (12.64%) Linux
2 32 (7.22%) Windows
3 19 (4.29%) Unix
4 12 (2.71%) Windows Server
5 10 (2.26%) Apple iOS
6 8 (1.81%) Android
6 8 (1.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (1.35%) CentOS
8 4 (0.90%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.68%) Kali Linux
10 2 (0.45%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.45%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.23%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.23%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.23%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (30.93%) CI/CD
2 130 (29.35%) Agile
3 110 (24.83%) DevOps
4 62 (14.00%) Containerisation
5 59 (13.32%) Problem-Solving
6 57 (12.87%) Software Engineering
7 53 (11.96%) Microservices
8 44 (9.93%) Infrastructure as Code
8 44 (9.93%) Scrum
8 44 (9.93%) Stakeholder Management
9 39 (8.80%) Test Automation
10 35 (7.90%) Design Patterns
10 35 (7.90%) Full Stack Development
11 33 (7.45%) Continuous Integration
12 31 (7.00%) Migration
13 28 (6.32%) ETL
14 27 (6.09%) Roadmaps
15 24 (5.42%) Data Modelling
15 24 (5.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 24 (5.42%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 122 (27.54%) Python
2 110 (24.83%) Java
3 48 (10.84%) Bash
4 47 (10.61%) SQL
5 39 (8.80%) JavaScript
6 30 (6.77%) TypeScript
7 25 (5.64%) PowerShell
8 20 (4.51%) Go
9 15 (3.39%) PHP
10 12 (2.71%) Scala
11 9 (2.03%) C#
11 9 (2.03%) Ruby
12 8 (1.81%) C
13 2 (0.45%) Bicep
13 2 (0.45%) Perl
13 2 (0.45%) R
13 2 (0.45%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 1 (0.23%) Kotlin
14 1 (0.23%) Rust
Qualifications
1 94 (21.22%) Security Cleared
2 80 (18.06%) SC Cleared
3 16 (3.61%) AWS Certification
4 15 (3.39%) Cisco Certification
5 14 (3.16%) Degree
6 10 (2.26%) BPSS Clearance
6 10 (2.26%) CCNA
7 9 (2.03%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 8 (1.81%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (1.35%) CCNP
9 6 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (1.13%) CCIE
10 5 (1.13%) DV Cleared
11 4 (0.90%) CISM
11 4 (0.90%) CISSP
11 4 (0.90%) VCAP
12 3 (0.68%) MCSE
12 3 (0.68%) OSCP
13 2 (0.45%) Azure Certification
13 2 (0.45%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (7.00%) QA
2 13 (2.93%) Accessibility
3 9 (2.03%) Data Quality
3 9 (2.03%) PCI DSS
4 7 (1.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (1.58%) NIST
5 4 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 4 (0.90%) SLA
6 3 (0.68%) ISO 22301
6 3 (0.68%) NCSC
7 2 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.23%) GDPR
8 1 (0.23%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.23%) WCAG
System Software
1 68 (15.35%) Docker
2 16 (3.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (2.93%) Active Directory
4 11 (2.48%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.45%) HDFS
6 1 (0.23%) ACF2
6 1 (0.23%) IAG
6 1 (0.23%) RACF
6 1 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.23%) vSphere
6 1 (0.23%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 100 (22.57%) Terraform
2 99 (22.35%) Kubernetes
3 39 (8.80%) Ansible
4 24 (5.42%) Prometheus
5 23 (5.19%) Grafana
6 20 (4.51%) Puppet
7 16 (3.61%) Progress Chef
8 10 (2.26%) HP Fortify
9 9 (2.03%) Docker Swarm
9 9 (2.03%) Kibana
10 7 (1.58%) Microsoft Intune
10 7 (1.58%) Packer
10 7 (1.58%) Single Sign-On
11 6 (1.35%) logstash
12 4 (0.90%) Graylog
12 4 (0.90%) Nessus
12 4 (0.90%) Rancher
12 4 (0.90%) WebInspect
13 3 (0.68%) CFEngine
13 3 (0.68%) Istio
Vendors
1 32 (7.22%) Microsoft
2 26 (5.87%) Splunk
3 22 (4.97%) Google
3 22 (4.97%) VMware
4 12 (2.71%) Oracle
5 8 (1.81%) Informatica
6 7 (1.58%) Databricks
6 7 (1.58%) Salesforce
6 7 (1.58%) SAP
6 7 (1.58%) ServiceNow
6 7 (1.58%) Sophos
7 6 (1.35%) Atlassian
7 6 (1.35%) Cisco
7 6 (1.35%) IBM
7 6 (1.35%) PagerDuty
8 5 (1.13%) Brio
8 5 (1.13%) Talend
8 5 (1.13%) TSYS
9 4 (0.90%) SolarWinds
9 4 (0.90%) Veracode