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 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 | 12 | 10 | 6 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -2 | -4 | 0 |
| Contract jobs citing AWS | 4,352 | 6,849 | 12,564 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 10.11% | 12.22% | 14.34% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 31.15% | 33.54% | 37.31% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3,282 | 5,139 | 9,524 |
| 10th Percentile | £375 | £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 | £788 | £775 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £508 | £550 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -7.73% | +4.76% | +5.95% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 27 | 65 | 49 |
| 10th Percentile | £22.21 | £35.00 | £41.45 |
| 25th Percentile | £27.03 | £47.50 | £51.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £55.00 | £75.00 | £65.54 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -26.67% | +14.43% | +13.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £72.50 | £78.00 | £77.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £73.30 | £88.30 | £81.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £55.00 | £71.25 | £70.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -22.81% | +1.79% | +11.11% |
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 | 13,969 | 20,420 | 33,677 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 32.44% | 36.43% | 38.45% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,924 | 14,777 | 24,579 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £325 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £450 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £634 | £650 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £746 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | - | +9.89% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 345 | 332 | 392 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.00 | £15.25 | £13.88 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.06 | £19.00 | £15.47 |
| Median hourly rate | £21.46 | £38.78 | £22.40 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -44.66% | +73.10% | +2.47% |
| 75th Percentile | £42.50 | £68.94 | £54.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £69.80 | £78.00 | £69.19 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £17.80 | £27.83 | £19.25 |
| % change year-on-year | -36.04% | +44.57% | -3.75% |
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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 1 June 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 1 June 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 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 |
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| England | -3 | 3,636 | £560 | -6.67% | 2,412 |
| London | +1 | 2,363 | £575 | -6.12% | 1,234 |
| Work from Home | 0 | 1,757 | £568 | -1.30% | 1,394 |
| UK excluding London | -8 | 1,347 | £508 | -7.73% | 1,298 |
| North of England | -4 | 438 | £500 | -9.09% | 418 |
| South East | -4 | 294 | £575 | - | 234 |
| North West | -1 | 266 | £475 | -13.64% | 272 |
| Scotland | -3 | 244 | £475 | -4.04% | 101 |
| South West | -13 | 194 | £538 | -6.52% | 198 |
| Yorkshire | -4 | 150 | £530 | -3.64% | 110 |
| Midlands | -7 | 131 | £450 | -14.29% | 197 |
| West Midlands | -26 | 67 | £450 | -16.67% | 121 |
| East Midlands | +6 | 66 | £445 | -19.09% | 76 |
| East of England | -53 | 40 | £550 | -7.25% | 78 |
| North East | -8 | 24 | £575 | -11.54% | 36 |
| Wales | +2 | 16 | £558 | -2.19% | 39 |
| Northern Ireland | -2 | 5 | £675 | +8.00% | 53 |
| Isle of Man | - | 3 | - | - | 1 |
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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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