AWS Contracts in the South West

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 8 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 26 14 17
Rank change year-on-year -12 +3 -9
Contract jobs citing AWS 193 359 334
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 5.89% 10.63% 9.04%
As % of the Cloud Services category 23.77% 32.61% 29.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 155 293 284
10th Percentile £330 £413 £430
25th Percentile £450 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £656 £644
90th Percentile £688 £725 £688
England median daily rate £563 £600 £590
% change year-on-year -6.25% +1.69% +12.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 12 1
10th Percentile - £59.89 -
25th Percentile - £68.05 £47.02
Median hourly rate £35.00 £78.00 £48.27
Median % change year-on-year -55.13% +61.59% -19.55%
75th Percentile - - £49.52
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £50.59 £72.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year -30.22% +3.57% +13.82%

All Cloud Skills
South West

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 South West with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 812 1,101 1,125
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 24.80% 32.60% 30.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 600 878 870
10th Percentile £213 £288 £250
25th Percentile £388 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £513
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +7.32% +7.89%
75th Percentile £600 £655 £613
90th Percentile £675 £725 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 61 21
10th Percentile £13.08 £15.90 £11.17
25th Percentile £14.25 £28.50 £17.50
Median hourly rate £67.50 £55.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +22.73% +155.81% -54.68%
75th Percentile £70.00 £75.50 £42.00
90th Percentile - £78.00 £54.25
England median hourly rate £21.46 £35.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -38.69% +62.79% +2.14%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing AWS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for AWS in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing AWS in the South West.

Daily rate trend for AWS in the South West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing AWS in the South West over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for AWS in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing AWS in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for AWS in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AWS within the South West region over the 6 months to 8 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
Bristol +5 81 £494 -10.23% 85
Gloucestershire -3 52 £550 -6.38% 55
Wiltshire -50 31 £600 +0.42% 11
Devon -12 12 £500 -16.67% 20
Dorset 0 4 £400 -39.62% 8
Somerset -9 4 £475 +7.34% 18
Cornwall - 4 £388 -
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 12 (6.22%) Confluence
2 6 (3.11%) Apache
3 3 (1.55%) CMS
4 2 (1.04%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (1.04%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.52%) Cloud Foundry
5 1 (0.52%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.52%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 68 (35.23%) Azure
2 24 (12.44%) OpenShift
3 22 (11.40%) GCP
4 18 (9.33%) PaaS
5 16 (8.29%) Serverless
6 13 (6.74%) GitHub
7 12 (6.22%) Amazon S3
8 11 (5.70%) Amazon EC2
8 11 (5.70%) AWS Lambda
9 9 (4.66%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (4.66%) SaaS
10 5 (2.59%) Amazon Cognito
11 4 (2.07%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 4 (2.07%) AWS CloudFormation
11 4 (2.07%) AWS CloudTrail
11 4 (2.07%) Azure Monitor
11 4 (2.07%) npm
12 3 (1.55%) Cloud Computing
12 3 (1.55%) Entra ID
12 3 (1.55%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.66%) PBX
1 9 (4.66%) VoIP
2 8 (4.15%) AMQP
2 8 (4.15%) Network Security
2 8 (4.15%) VPN
3 5 (2.59%) DNS
3 5 (2.59%) HTTP
4 3 (1.55%) Firewall
5 2 (1.04%) DHCP
5 2 (1.04%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (1.04%) LAN
5 2 (1.04%) Remote Desktop
5 2 (1.04%) SD-WAN
5 2 (1.04%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.04%) WAN
6 1 (0.52%) 5G
6 1 (0.52%) LTE
6 1 (0.52%) Radio Access Network
6 1 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.52%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.70%) Amazon RDS
1 11 (5.70%) Relational Database
2 10 (5.18%) InfluxDB
3 6 (3.11%) NoSQL
4 5 (2.59%) SQL Server
4 5 (2.59%) Triplestore
5 3 (1.55%) MongoDB
5 3 (1.55%) Power BI
5 3 (1.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (1.04%) Data Mining
6 2 (1.04%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.04%) Flink
6 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 2 (1.04%) MySQL
6 2 (1.04%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 2 (1.04%) Tableau
7 1 (0.52%) InterSystems Cache
7 1 (0.52%) OLTP
7 1 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.52%) Redis
Development Applications
1 31 (16.06%) Jenkins
2 14 (7.25%) JIRA
3 12 (6.22%) GitLab
4 9 (4.66%) Rational DOORS
5 8 (4.15%) SonarQube
6 7 (3.63%) Bitbucket
6 7 (3.63%) Selenium
7 6 (3.11%) Artifactory
7 6 (3.11%) Git
8 5 (2.59%) Cypress.io
9 3 (1.55%) Burp Suite
9 3 (1.55%) JUnit
10 2 (1.04%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 2 (1.04%) Snyk
11 1 (0.52%) Cucumber
11 1 (0.52%) Gradle
11 1 (0.52%) JMeter
11 1 (0.52%) Maven
11 1 (0.52%) Robot Framework
11 1 (0.52%) webpack
General
1 24 (12.44%) Social Skills
2 21 (10.88%) Public Sector
3 12 (6.22%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (5.70%) Telecoms
5 7 (3.63%) Digital Economy
5 7 (3.63%) Finance
5 7 (3.63%) Legal
6 5 (2.59%) Tech for Good
7 3 (1.55%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.52%) Electronics
8 1 (0.52%) Health Technology
8 1 (0.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.52%) Law
8 1 (0.52%) Marketing
8 1 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.52%) Retail
Job Titles
1 44 (22.80%) Developer
2 39 (20.21%) DevOps Engineer
3 33 (17.10%) Architect
4 16 (8.29%) Software Engineer
5 14 (7.25%) Senior
6 11 (5.70%) AWS Engineer
6 11 (5.70%) Full Stack Developer
7 10 (5.18%) Solutions Architect
8 9 (4.66%) Data Engineer
8 9 (4.66%) Security Engineer
9 8 (4.15%) Angular Developer
9 8 (4.15%) AWS Architect
9 8 (4.15%) Site Reliability Engineer
9 8 (4.15%) SOC Engineer
10 7 (3.63%) Cloud Engineer
10 7 (3.63%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
10 7 (3.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 5 (2.59%) Security Architect
12 4 (2.07%) PHP Developer
12 4 (2.07%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (15.03%) React
2 15 (7.77%) AngularJS
3 14 (7.25%) Node.js
4 9 (4.66%) .NET
4 9 (4.66%) CSS
4 9 (4.66%) GraphQL
4 9 (4.66%) REST
5 8 (4.15%) HTML
5 8 (4.15%) RabbitMQ
5 8 (4.15%) Spring
5 8 (4.15%) Vue
6 7 (3.63%) Spring Boot
7 6 (3.11%) ModSecurity
7 6 (3.11%) Next.js
7 6 (3.11%) React Native
7 6 (3.11%) YAML
8 5 (2.59%) .NET Framework
8 5 (2.59%) Kafka
8 5 (2.59%) Laravel
8 5 (2.59%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 16 (8.29%) Public Cloud
2 14 (7.25%) Security Posture
3 9 (4.66%) Blackberry
3 9 (4.66%) Video Conferencing
4 8 (4.15%) PKI
5 7 (3.63%) Linux Command Line
6 5 (2.59%) Cloud Native
6 5 (2.59%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (2.07%) Cyber Defence
7 4 (2.07%) Hackathon
7 4 (2.07%) Product Ownership
7 4 (2.07%) Renewable Energy
7 4 (2.07%) Security Operations Centre
8 3 (1.55%) Algorithms
8 3 (1.55%) Data Structures
9 2 (1.04%) Data Centre
9 2 (1.04%) Mobile App
10 1 (0.52%) Cyber Threat
10 1 (0.52%) Cyberattack
10 1 (0.52%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 36 (18.65%) Linux
2 10 (5.18%) Windows
3 3 (1.55%) Kali Linux
3 3 (1.55%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.04%) Android
4 2 (1.04%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.04%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (0.52%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.52%) Solaris
5 1 (0.52%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (31.61%) DevOps
2 57 (29.53%) CI/CD
3 29 (15.03%) Software Engineering
4 28 (14.51%) Agile
5 22 (11.40%) Infrastructure as Code
6 21 (10.88%) Full Stack Development
7 20 (10.36%) ArchiMate
8 18 (9.33%) Problem-Solving
9 15 (7.77%) Cybersecurity
9 15 (7.77%) TOGAF
10 14 (7.25%) Containerisation
11 13 (6.74%) Continuous Improvement
11 13 (6.74%) Site Reliability Engineering
12 12 (6.22%) Cloud Security
12 12 (6.22%) Computer Science
13 11 (5.70%) Configuration Management
13 11 (5.70%) Digital Strategy
13 11 (5.70%) ITIL
13 11 (5.70%) SDLC
14 10 (5.18%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 61 (31.61%) Python
2 35 (18.13%) Java
3 29 (15.03%) JavaScript
4 22 (11.40%) TypeScript
5 21 (10.88%) PowerShell
6 20 (10.36%) SQL
7 17 (8.81%) Go
8 12 (6.22%) C
9 11 (5.70%) Bash
10 7 (3.63%) C#
11 6 (3.11%) Shell Script
12 5 (2.59%) PHP
12 5 (2.59%) SPARQL
13 3 (1.55%) R
14 2 (1.04%) Bicep
14 2 (1.04%) Kotlin
14 2 (1.04%) Rust
14 2 (1.04%) Scala
14 2 (1.04%) T-SQL
15 1 (0.52%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 115 (59.59%) Security Cleared
2 70 (36.27%) DV Cleared
3 52 (26.94%) SC Cleared
4 16 (8.29%) Degree
5 8 (4.15%) TOGAF Certification
6 7 (3.63%) HND
7 5 (2.59%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (2.59%) Master's Degree
8 4 (2.07%) AWS Certification
8 4 (2.07%) CCNP
8 4 (2.07%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.55%) OSCP
9 3 (1.55%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 2 (1.04%) CEH
10 2 (1.04%) CISSP
10 2 (1.04%) CREST Certified
10 2 (1.04%) IBM Certification
10 2 (1.04%) ISTQB
10 2 (1.04%) Numerate Degree
10 2 (1.04%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.15%) NCSC
1 8 (4.15%) NIST
2 6 (3.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (3.11%) PCI DSS
2 6 (3.11%) QA
3 4 (2.07%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.07%) Government Security Classifications
4 2 (1.04%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.52%) GDPR
5 1 (0.52%) GRC
5 1 (0.52%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.52%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.52%) WCAG
System Software
1 58 (30.05%) Docker
2 13 (6.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (4.15%) Hyper-V
4 6 (3.11%) Active Directory
4 6 (3.11%) VMware NSX
5 3 (1.55%) vSphere
6 2 (1.04%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (1.04%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.52%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 58 (30.05%) Terraform
2 54 (27.98%) Kubernetes
3 36 (18.65%) Ansible
4 21 (10.88%) Grafana
4 21 (10.88%) Prometheus
5 12 (6.22%) Docker Swarm
6 9 (4.66%) Progress Chef
7 6 (3.11%) OPNET
8 5 (2.59%) PowerCLI
9 4 (2.07%) Argo
9 4 (2.07%) Trend Micro Deep Security
10 3 (1.55%) vCenter Server
11 2 (1.04%) Kustomize
12 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Clustering
12 1 (0.52%) SCCM
12 1 (0.52%) SELinux
12 1 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.52%) vRealize
Vendors
1 23 (11.92%) Microsoft
2 20 (10.36%) VMware
3 18 (9.33%) Google
4 15 (7.77%) Cisco
5 11 (5.70%) IBM
6 9 (4.66%) Atlassian
6 9 (4.66%) Avaya
6 9 (4.66%) Ericsson
6 9 (4.66%) Juniper
6 9 (4.66%) Nokia
6 9 (4.66%) Ribbon
7 8 (4.15%) Splunk
8 4 (2.07%) Databricks
9 3 (1.55%) SAP
10 2 (1.04%) Citrix
10 2 (1.04%) Palo Alto
10 2 (1.04%) Red Hat
11 1 (0.52%) Oracle
11 1 (0.52%) Salesforce
11 1 (0.52%) Veritas