Amazon Web Services (AWS)
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 23 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 12 | 10 | 6 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -2 | -4 | 0 |
| Contract jobs citing AWS | 4,363 | 7,641 | 13,046 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 9.99% | 12.67% | 14.61% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 30.96% | 34.31% | 37.83% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3,314 | 5,719 | 9,958 |
| 10th Percentile | £380 | £425 | £425 |
| 25th Percentile | £456 | £500 | £500 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £575 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.35% | - | +9.52% |
| 75th Percentile | £675 | £688 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £763 | £775 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £515 | £550 | £533 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.36% | +3.29% | +9.79% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 27 | 63 | 30 |
| 10th Percentile | £22.21 | £24.62 | £44.68 |
| 25th Percentile | £29.00 | £47.34 | £48.17 |
| Median hourly rate | £55.00 | £72.50 | £55.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -24.14% | +31.82% | +37.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £71.87 | £78.00 | £65.54 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £85.00 | £80.70 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £49.34 | £65.00 | £52.14 |
| % change year-on-year | -24.09% | +24.68% | -10.11% |
All Cloud Skills
UK
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 with a requirement for cloud computing skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills | 14,094 | 22,273 | 34,488 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 32.29% | 36.93% | 38.64% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 10,003 | 16,076 | 25,045 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £325 | £355 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £450 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £632 | £650 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £743 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £495 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.00% | +1.01% | +10.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 348 | 360 | 431 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.00 | £15.25 | £13.41 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.06 | £18.25 | £15.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £21.00 | £33.75 | £21.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -37.78% | +56.98% | -4.44% |
| 75th Percentile | £35.00 | £65.75 | £48.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £61.60 | £76.20 | £66.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £17.72 | £24.00 | £18.75 |
| % change year-on-year | -26.19% | +28.00% | -3.85% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing AWS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing AWS.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing AWS over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing AWS.
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Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing AWS over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.
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Top 18 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AWS within the UK over the 6 months to 23 April 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 |
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| England | -2 | 3,640 | £550 | -7.56% | 2,468 |
| London | 0 | 2,289 | £575 | -6.12% | 1,204 |
| Work from Home | -1 | 1,821 | £550 | -4.35% | 1,489 |
| UK excluding London | -8 | 1,416 | £515 | -6.36% | 1,460 |
| North of England | -2 | 453 | £510 | -7.27% | 403 |
| North West | -1 | 305 | £500 | -9.09% | 236 |
| South East | -1 | 290 | £580 | +1.86% | 236 |
| Scotland | -3 | 255 | £475 | -3.55% | 149 |
| South West | -11 | 201 | £546 | -5.00% | 245 |
| Midlands | -5 | 137 | £500 | -7.41% | 202 |
| Yorkshire | -9 | 131 | £525 | -4.55% | 113 |
| West Midlands | -25 | 73 | £538 | -0.46% | 124 |
| East Midlands | +14 | 64 | £481 | -21.31% | 77 |
| East of England | -27 | 63 | £525 | -12.50% | 130 |
| Wales | -1 | 21 | £540 | -6.09% | 47 |
| North East | -10 | 19 | £575 | -4.17% | 56 |
| Northern Ireland | +2 | 4 | £675 | +12.50% | 68 |
| Isle of Man | - | 3 | - | - | 2 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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