AWS Contracts in Scotland

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 9 6 12
Rank change year-on-year -3 +6 -1
Contract jobs citing AWS 242 450 372
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 11.05% 15.96% 10.53%
As % of the Cloud Services category 33.33% 43.90% 33.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 179 334 278
10th Percentile £400 £413 £413
25th Percentile £430 £450 £439
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £491 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.29% -6.43% +16.67%
75th Percentile £543 £575 £588
90th Percentile £634 £674 £655
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £580
% change year-on-year -4.35% -0.86% +10.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 2
10th Percentile - £43.00 £42.65
25th Percentile - £55.00 £44.01
Median hourly rate - £57.50 £47.64
Median % change year-on-year - +20.71% -
75th Percentile - £76.00 £49.89
90th Percentile - £81.40 £50.42
UK median hourly rate £50.59 £74.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -31.64% +34.55% +27.91%

All Cloud Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 726 1,025 1,104
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 33.15% 36.35% 31.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 491 768 800
10th Percentile £256 £250 £299
25th Percentile £374 £412 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% - +8.57%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £575
90th Percentile £644 £650 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 11 20
10th Percentile £15.39 £18.25 £17.50
25th Percentile £15.69 £45.00 £20.00
Median hourly rate £17.00 £60.55 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year -71.92% +65.89% -36.80%
75th Percentile £17.67 £66.50 £47.43
90th Percentile £24.85 £76.00 £48.83
UK median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -40.00% +62.79% -6.07%

AWS
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for AWS in Scotland

AWS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing AWS in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for AWS in Scotland

AWS
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

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

Daily rate histogram for AWS in Scotland

AWS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing AWS in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for AWS in Scotland

AWS
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AWS within the Scotland 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
Glasgow 0 116 £486 -15.48% 37
Edinburgh -2 96 £475 -3.06% 59
Renfrewshire 0 3 £563 +4.43%
Perthshire +11 2 £700 +3.70%
Lanarkshire 0 2 £443 -7.33% 13
Midlothian +1 1 - - 11
Aberdeenshire - 1 - - 2
Fife - 1 - - 1
South Lanarkshire - 1 £700 -
AWS
UK

AWS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 (7.44%) Apache Airflow
2 10 (4.13%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.65%) SAS
4 3 (1.24%) Cloud Foundry
4 3 (1.24%) GeoServer
5 2 (0.83%) Confluence
6 1 (0.41%) Apache
6 1 (0.41%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.41%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.41%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.41%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 69 (28.51%) Serverless
2 65 (26.86%) Amazon S3
3 63 (26.03%) AWS Lambda
4 60 (24.79%) AWS CloudFormation
5 56 (23.14%) Azure
6 45 (18.60%) OpenShift
7 20 (8.26%) Amazon EC2
8 17 (7.02%) AWS CodePipeline
9 15 (6.20%) GCP
10 13 (5.37%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 13 (5.37%) Amazon EKS
11 12 (4.96%) Snowflake
12 11 (4.55%) Amazon OpenSearch
13 10 (4.13%) Amazon GuardDuty
13 10 (4.13%) Amazon SageMaker
14 9 (3.72%) AWS CodeBuild
14 9 (3.72%) Azure Sentinel
15 8 (3.31%) Microsoft 365
16 7 (2.89%) Dynamics 365
17 6 (2.48%) AWS CodeDeploy
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.89%) Firewall
2 5 (2.07%) Fibre Channel
2 5 (2.07%) iSCSI
3 4 (1.65%) DNS
3 4 (1.65%) SAN
4 3 (1.24%) DHCP
4 3 (1.24%) SSL
4 3 (1.24%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.83%) Network Security
6 1 (0.41%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 1 (0.41%) HTTP
6 1 (0.41%) Internet
6 1 (0.41%) LAN
6 1 (0.41%) MPLS
6 1 (0.41%) NetScaler
6 1 (0.41%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.41%) VLAN
6 1 (0.41%) VSAN
6 1 (0.41%) WAN
6 1 (0.41%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (24.38%) PostgreSQL
2 37 (15.29%) Amazon Aurora
3 24 (9.92%) Amazon RDS
4 23 (9.50%) Oracle Database
5 18 (7.44%) MongoDB
6 14 (5.79%) Elasticsearch
7 9 (3.72%) Relational Database
8 7 (2.89%) Data Warehouse
9 6 (2.48%) InfluxDB
9 6 (2.48%) Informix
9 6 (2.48%) MySQL
10 5 (2.07%) Big Data
10 5 (2.07%) DB2
10 5 (2.07%) GIS
10 5 (2.07%) MariaDB
11 3 (1.24%) Amazon Athena
11 3 (1.24%) Hadoop
11 3 (1.24%) NoSQL
11 3 (1.24%) SQL Server
12 2 (0.83%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 32 (13.22%) Jenkins
2 21 (8.68%) Git
3 15 (6.20%) GitLab
4 10 (4.13%) Cypress.io
5 8 (3.31%) Maven
6 7 (2.89%) Gradle
6 7 (2.89%) JIRA
7 6 (2.48%) Artifactory
8 4 (1.65%) webpack
9 3 (1.24%) Burp Suite
9 3 (1.24%) Cucumber
9 3 (1.24%) JUnit
9 3 (1.24%) Selenium
9 3 (1.24%) WebDriver
10 2 (0.83%) Subversion
10 2 (0.83%) Terragrunt
11 1 (0.41%) Bitbucket Server
11 1 (0.41%) Gatling
11 1 (0.41%) JMeter
11 1 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 58 (23.97%) Public Sector
2 40 (16.53%) Social Skills
3 29 (11.98%) Finance
4 19 (7.85%) Banking
5 15 (6.20%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (4.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (3.31%) Back Office
7 8 (3.31%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (2.48%) Investment Banking
9 3 (1.24%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.41%) Automotive
10 1 (0.41%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.41%) Legal
10 1 (0.41%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.41%) Publishing
10 1 (0.41%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 94 (38.84%) Developer
2 40 (16.53%) Java Developer
3 26 (10.74%) AWS Engineer
4 20 (8.26%) Data Engineer
5 19 (7.85%) Senior
6 16 (6.61%) Architect
7 15 (6.20%) DevOps Engineer
7 15 (6.20%) Full Stack Developer
7 15 (6.20%) Lead
7 15 (6.20%) Platform Engineer
8 12 (4.96%) Cloud Engineer
8 12 (4.96%) Cloud Platform Engineer
9 11 (4.55%) Analyst
9 11 (4.55%) AWS Developer
9 11 (4.55%) Python Engineer
9 11 (4.55%) Software Developer
10 10 (4.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 10 (4.13%) Senior Developer
10 10 (4.13%) Senior Java Developer
10 10 (4.13%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (26.45%) AWS CDK
2 56 (23.14%) Spring
3 50 (20.66%) REST
4 48 (19.83%) Spring Boot
5 45 (18.60%) CSS
6 43 (17.77%) React
7 41 (16.94%) HTML
8 22 (9.09%) Kafka
9 20 (8.26%) AngularJS
9 20 (8.26%) RESTful
10 19 (7.85%) Node.js
11 11 (4.55%) JPA
12 9 (3.72%) OAuth
12 9 (3.72%) Spring Security
13 8 (3.31%) SOAP
14 7 (2.89%) Elastic Stack
14 7 (2.89%) PostGIS
15 6 (2.48%) OAuth2
15 6 (2.48%) PySpark
15 6 (2.48%) Spring Web Flow
Miscellaneous
1 23 (9.50%) Cloud Native
2 21 (8.68%) Legacy Systems
3 20 (8.26%) Distributed Systems
4 17 (7.02%) Public Cloud
5 10 (4.13%) Data Protection Act
6 9 (3.72%) Data Structures
7 8 (3.31%) Replication
8 6 (2.48%) Data Centre
8 6 (2.48%) Product Ownership
9 5 (2.07%) Client/Server
9 5 (2.07%) PKI
10 4 (1.65%) NVMe
10 4 (1.65%) Operational Technology
10 4 (1.65%) SCADA
10 4 (1.65%) Security Posture
11 3 (1.24%) Clustering
11 3 (1.24%) Cyber Defence
11 3 (1.24%) Greenfield Project
12 2 (0.83%) Algorithms
12 2 (0.83%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 41 (16.94%) Linux
2 20 (8.26%) Windows
3 19 (7.85%) Unix
4 18 (7.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (3.72%) Windows Server
6 7 (2.89%) Ubuntu
7 4 (1.65%) Data ONTAP
8 3 (1.24%) Kali Linux
9 2 (0.83%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.83%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (0.41%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (49.17%) Agile
2 81 (33.47%) CI/CD
3 69 (28.51%) Microservices
4 64 (26.45%) DevOps
4 64 (26.45%) Infrastructure as Code
5 38 (15.70%) Scrum
5 38 (15.70%) SDLC
6 35 (14.46%) Test Automation
7 33 (13.64%) Roadmaps
8 31 (12.81%) Full Stack Development
9 30 (12.40%) Software Engineering
10 28 (11.57%) Kanban
11 27 (11.16%) Machine Learning
12 26 (10.74%) Migration
13 25 (10.33%) Problem-Solving
13 25 (10.33%) TDD
14 24 (9.92%) Artificial Intelligence
14 24 (9.92%) Human-Centred Design
15 23 (9.50%) Inclusive Design
16 21 (8.68%) Community of Practice
Programming Languages
1 107 (44.21%) Java
2 97 (40.08%) Python
3 68 (28.10%) TypeScript
4 60 (24.79%) SQL
5 44 (18.18%) JavaScript
6 28 (11.57%) Bash
7 19 (7.85%) Shell Script
8 18 (7.44%) Scala
9 14 (5.79%) Groovy
10 10 (4.13%) Perl
11 8 (3.31%) PowerShell
11 8 (3.31%) Ruby
12 7 (2.89%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.41%) C
13 1 (0.41%) C#
13 1 (0.41%) Elixir
13 1 (0.41%) Go
13 1 (0.41%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.41%) Rust
Qualifications
1 11 (4.55%) Security Cleared
2 8 (3.31%) Degree
3 7 (2.89%) Azure Certification
4 6 (2.48%) AWS Certification
5 5 (2.07%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 5 (2.07%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.65%) SC Cleared
7 3 (1.24%) OSCP
8 2 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.83%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.41%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.41%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.41%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (13.64%) Accessibility
2 18 (7.44%) Disclosure Scotland
3 3 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.24%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.83%) NCSC
5 1 (0.41%) GDPR
5 1 (0.41%) ISO 20022
5 1 (0.41%) ISO 8583
5 1 (0.41%) PMO
5 1 (0.41%) SLA
5 1 (0.41%) WCAG
System Software
1 53 (21.90%) Docker
2 8 (3.31%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.65%) GPFS
3 4 (1.65%) NFS
3 4 (1.65%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (1.24%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.24%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.83%) vSphere
6 1 (0.41%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 1 (0.41%) HDFS
6 1 (0.41%) KVM
6 1 (0.41%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.41%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 55 (22.73%) Kubernetes
2 48 (19.83%) Terraform
3 37 (15.29%) Grafana
4 30 (12.40%) Ansible
5 9 (3.72%) Kibana
6 6 (2.48%) Prometheus
6 6 (2.48%) Zipkin
7 4 (1.65%) Veritas Storage Foundation
8 3 (1.24%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (1.24%) Packer
8 3 (1.24%) Puppet
8 3 (1.24%) SCCM
8 3 (1.24%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.83%) McAfee ePO
9 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Clustering
9 2 (0.83%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.83%) vRealize
10 1 (0.41%) Icinga
10 1 (0.41%) ITRS Geneos
10 1 (0.41%) Nagios
Vendors
1 42 (17.36%) Oracle
2 19 (7.85%) Microsoft
3 11 (4.55%) Databricks
4 7 (2.89%) Google
4 7 (2.89%) IBM
5 6 (2.48%) Splunk
5 6 (2.48%) Veritas
5 6 (2.48%) VMware
6 4 (1.65%) Brocade
6 4 (1.65%) Commvault
6 4 (1.65%) EMC
6 4 (1.65%) NetApp
6 4 (1.65%) Sybase
7 3 (1.24%) Red Hat
8 2 (0.83%) Citrix
8 2 (0.83%) HP
8 2 (0.83%) McAfee
8 2 (0.83%) Sage
8 2 (0.83%) Symantec
9 1 (0.41%) Cisco