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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 14 10 8
Rank change year-on-year -4 -2 -4
Contract jobs citing AWS 438 652 960
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 9.24% 11.83% 13.46%
As % of the Cloud Services category 30.85% 32.80% 37.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 326 509 730
10th Percentile £350 £413 £405
25th Percentile £417 £494 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £629
90th Percentile £675 £700 £688
England median daily rate £560 £600 £590
% change year-on-year -6.67% +1.69% +12.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 18
10th Percentile £55.97 £36.10 £62.38
25th Percentile £65.00 £37.75 £65.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £40.50 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year +72.84% -46.00% +275.00%
75th Percentile £72.50 £46.18 £77.50
90th Percentile £73.30 £57.92 £81.00
England median hourly rate £50.59 £75.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -32.55% +7.14% +16.67%

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 1,420 1,988 2,537
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 29.95% 36.08% 35.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 998 1,476 1,943
10th Percentile £263 £288 £186
25th Percentile £395 £413 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.85% +2.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £650 £688 £672
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 45 79
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.07 £15.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £18.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate £16.06 £27.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.60% +37.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £22.38 £56.40 £60.88
90th Percentile £45.21 £70.00 £77.50
England median hourly rate £21.37 £35.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -38.94% +62.79% +2.14%

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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 1 June 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 1 June 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 1 June 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 -1 266 £475 -13.64% 274
Yorkshire -4 150 £530 -3.64% 111
North East -8 24 £575 -11.54% 36
AWS
England

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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 21 (4.79%) Apache
1 21 (4.79%) Apache Spark
2 18 (4.11%) Confluence
3 11 (2.51%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.37%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 6 (1.37%) SharePoint
5 4 (0.91%) CMS
5 4 (0.91%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.91%) Mule
6 3 (0.68%) nginx
7 2 (0.46%) 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 7 (1.60%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.23%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 8 (1.83%) Temenos T24
2 1 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 159 (36.30%) Azure
2 87 (19.86%) GCP
3 60 (13.70%) Serverless
4 58 (13.24%) Amazon S3
5 47 (10.73%) Amazon EC2
6 41 (9.36%) AWS Lambda
7 30 (6.85%) GitHub
7 30 (6.85%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 28 (6.39%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 24 (5.48%) Snowflake
10 22 (5.02%) Cloud Computing
11 20 (4.57%) AWS CloudFormation
12 17 (3.88%) Amazon SQS
13 16 (3.65%) Apigee
13 16 (3.65%) Kong
13 16 (3.65%) Microsoft 365
13 16 (3.65%) SaaS
14 15 (3.42%) Amazon EKS
14 15 (3.42%) Route 53
15 11 (2.51%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (5.25%) VPN
2 21 (4.79%) Firewall
3 18 (4.11%) DNS
3 18 (4.11%) TCP/IP
4 11 (2.51%) OSPF
5 10 (2.28%) HTTP
5 10 (2.28%) LAN
5 10 (2.28%) WAN
6 9 (2.05%) Network Security
7 8 (1.83%) SSL
7 8 (1.83%) Wireless
8 7 (1.60%) Ethernet
8 7 (1.60%) Wireless Security
9 6 (1.37%) VLAN
10 5 (1.14%) FTP
10 5 (1.14%) HTTPS
11 4 (0.91%) BGP
11 4 (0.91%) MPLS
11 4 (0.91%) Value-Added Service
11 4 (0.91%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (6.16%) Amazon Redshift
2 26 (5.94%) MongoDB
3 24 (5.48%) Big Data
3 24 (5.48%) Data Lake
4 22 (5.02%) Amazon RDS
5 20 (4.57%) Elasticsearch
6 19 (4.34%) Data Warehouse
6 19 (4.34%) MySQL
7 15 (3.42%) Hadoop
8 13 (2.97%) PostgreSQL
8 13 (2.97%) SQL Server
9 12 (2.74%) Amazon Athena
9 12 (2.74%) NoSQL
9 12 (2.74%) Relational Database
10 11 (2.51%) DynamoDB
10 11 (2.51%) Power BI
11 10 (2.28%) BigQuery
12 8 (1.83%) Flink
13 7 (1.60%) OLAP
13 7 (1.60%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 77 (17.58%) Git
2 62 (14.16%) Jenkins
3 55 (12.56%) GitLab
4 34 (7.76%) JIRA
5 12 (2.74%) SonarQube
6 10 (2.28%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 10 (2.28%) Cypress.io
6 10 (2.28%) Travis CI
7 9 (2.05%) CircleCI
8 8 (1.83%) webpack
9 7 (1.60%) Burp Suite
10 6 (1.37%) Cucumber
10 6 (1.37%) Hudson
10 6 (1.37%) Maven
11 5 (1.14%) Liquibase
12 4 (0.91%) AppScan
12 4 (0.91%) Bitbucket
12 4 (0.91%) Log4j
12 4 (0.91%) Mockito
12 4 (0.91%) Selenium
General
1 82 (18.72%) Social Skills
2 42 (9.59%) Analytical Skills
3 31 (7.08%) Finance
3 31 (7.08%) Public Sector
4 27 (6.16%) Banking
5 13 (2.97%) Retail
6 10 (2.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (2.05%) Manufacturing
8 6 (1.37%) Pharmaceutical
9 4 (0.91%) Health Technology
10 3 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (0.68%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.46%) Automotive
11 2 (0.46%) Games
11 2 (0.46%) Marketing
12 1 (0.23%) Advertising
12 1 (0.23%) Back Office
12 1 (0.23%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.23%) Law
12 1 (0.23%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 101 (23.06%) Developer
2 67 (15.30%) Architect
3 58 (13.24%) DevOps Engineer
4 44 (10.05%) Lead
5 32 (7.31%) Senior
6 31 (7.08%) AWS Engineer
7 30 (6.85%) Software Engineer
7 30 (6.85%) Solutions Architect
8 29 (6.62%) Java Developer
9 26 (5.94%) AWS DevOps
10 23 (5.25%) AWS Architect
11 19 (4.34%) AWS DevOps Engineer
12 18 (4.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 17 (3.88%) Cloud Engineer
13 17 (3.88%) Data Engineer
14 16 (3.65%) Network Engineer
14 16 (3.65%) Python Developer
14 16 (3.65%) Site Reliability Engineer
15 13 (2.97%) Site Engineer
16 11 (2.51%) SC Cleared Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (10.50%) React
2 43 (9.82%) Node.js
3 33 (7.53%) Spring
4 31 (7.08%) Spring Boot
5 30 (6.85%) Kafka
6 24 (5.48%) RESTful
7 21 (4.79%) Web Services
8 18 (4.11%) JSON
8 18 (4.11%) REST
9 17 (3.88%) XML
10 15 (3.42%) .NET
10 15 (3.42%) OAuth
11 13 (2.97%) Elastic Stack
12 12 (2.74%) Hibernate
12 12 (2.74%) SOAP
13 11 (2.51%) Redux
14 10 (2.28%) AngularJS
14 10 (2.28%) Express.js
14 10 (2.28%) Lambda Expressions
14 10 (2.28%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 15 (3.42%) Enterprise Software
1 15 (3.42%) Public Cloud
2 10 (2.28%) Greenfield Project
3 9 (2.05%) Data Structures
4 7 (1.60%) DataPower
4 7 (1.60%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (1.60%) NHS
4 7 (1.60%) Virtual Team
5 6 (1.37%) Data Protection Act
5 6 (1.37%) Distributed Systems
5 6 (1.37%) Replication
6 5 (1.14%) Management Information System
6 5 (1.14%) Onboarding
6 5 (1.14%) PKI
6 5 (1.14%) Product Ownership
7 4 (0.91%) Cloud Native
7 4 (0.91%) Mainframe
7 4 (0.91%) Mobile App
7 4 (0.91%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (0.68%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 52 (11.87%) Linux
2 23 (5.25%) Windows
3 19 (4.34%) Unix
4 11 (2.51%) Apple iOS
5 10 (2.28%) Windows Server
6 8 (1.83%) Android
6 8 (1.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (1.37%) CentOS
8 4 (0.91%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.68%) Kali Linux
10 2 (0.46%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.46%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.23%) Mac OS X
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
1 132 (30.14%) CI/CD
2 131 (29.91%) DevOps
3 119 (27.17%) Agile
4 81 (18.49%) Containerisation
5 62 (14.16%) Infrastructure as Code
5 62 (14.16%) Problem-Solving
6 56 (12.79%) Software Engineering
6 56 (12.79%) Stakeholder Management
7 41 (9.36%) Data Modelling
7 41 (9.36%) Microservices
8 40 (9.13%) Scrum
8 40 (9.13%) Test Automation
9 38 (8.68%) ETL
10 33 (7.53%) Migration
11 32 (7.31%) Full Stack Development
12 31 (7.08%) Continuous Integration
13 27 (6.16%) TDD
14 26 (5.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 26 (5.94%) SDLC
15 24 (5.48%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 141 (32.19%) Python
2 114 (26.03%) Java
3 56 (12.79%) Bash
3 56 (12.79%) SQL
4 44 (10.05%) JavaScript
5 31 (7.08%) PowerShell
6 30 (6.85%) TypeScript
7 19 (4.34%) Go
8 13 (2.97%) Scala
9 12 (2.74%) PHP
10 11 (2.51%) C#
11 10 (2.28%) C
12 5 (1.14%) Ruby
13 3 (0.68%) ActionScript
14 2 (0.46%) Bicep
14 2 (0.46%) Perl
14 2 (0.46%) Shell Script
15 1 (0.23%) C++
15 1 (0.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 1 (0.23%) Rust
Qualifications
1 86 (19.63%) Security Cleared
2 78 (17.81%) SC Cleared
3 18 (4.11%) AWS Certification
4 15 (3.42%) Cisco Certification
4 15 (3.42%) Degree
5 10 (2.28%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
5 10 (2.28%) CCNA
6 8 (1.83%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (1.37%) CCNP
7 6 (1.37%) DV Cleared
7 6 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (1.14%) CCIE
8 5 (1.14%) CISSP
9 4 (0.91%) VCAP
10 3 (0.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.68%) CISM
10 3 (0.68%) MCSE
10 3 (0.68%) OSCP
11 2 (0.46%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (7.76%) QA
2 13 (2.97%) Accessibility
3 9 (2.05%) Data Quality
3 9 (2.05%) PCI DSS
4 8 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.60%) NIST
6 6 (1.37%) GDPR
6 6 (1.37%) HIPAA
7 4 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 4 (0.91%) SLA
8 3 (0.68%) ISO 22301
8 3 (0.68%) NCSC
9 2 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.46%) WCAG
10 1 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 84 (19.18%) Docker
2 14 (3.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (2.74%) Active Directory
4 9 (2.05%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.46%) 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
1 115 (26.26%) Kubernetes
2 100 (22.83%) Terraform
3 41 (9.36%) Ansible
4 29 (6.62%) Prometheus
5 28 (6.39%) Grafana
6 20 (4.57%) Progress Chef
6 20 (4.57%) Puppet
7 12 (2.74%) Docker Swarm
7 12 (2.74%) Kibana
8 10 (2.28%) HP Fortify
9 9 (2.05%) logstash
10 8 (1.83%) Single Sign-On
11 7 (1.60%) Microsoft Intune
11 7 (1.60%) Packer
12 5 (1.14%) Nessus
13 4 (0.91%) Graylog
13 4 (0.91%) Rancher
13 4 (0.91%) WebInspect
14 3 (0.68%) Istio
15 2 (0.46%) linkerd
Vendors
1 38 (8.68%) Microsoft
2 33 (7.53%) Google
3 31 (7.08%) Splunk
4 21 (4.79%) VMware
5 13 (2.97%) Oracle
6 8 (1.83%) IBM
6 8 (1.83%) Informatica
6 8 (1.83%) ServiceNow
7 7 (1.60%) PagerDuty
7 7 (1.60%) Salesforce
7 7 (1.60%) Sophos
7 7 (1.60%) TSYS
8 6 (1.37%) Brio
8 6 (1.37%) Cisco
9 5 (1.14%) Databricks
9 5 (1.14%) Talend
10 4 (0.91%) Checkmarx
10 4 (0.91%) Dynatrace
10 4 (0.91%) LogicMonitor
10 4 (0.91%) Veracode