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 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 26 13 15
Rank change year-on-year -13 +2 -7
Contract jobs citing AWS 194 368 337
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 5.97% 10.88% 9.17%
As % of the Cloud Services category 24.16% 33.06% 29.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 160 305 290
10th Percentile £325 £421 £430
25th Percentile £450 £506 £499
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £669 £638
90th Percentile £688 £725 £688
England median daily rate £560 £600 £590
% change year-on-year -6.67% +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 £75.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -32.55% +7.14% +16.67%

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 803 1,113 1,125
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 24.70% 32.90% 30.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 606 893 870
10th Percentile £213 £288 £250
25th Percentile £388 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £509
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +8.11% +7.11%
75th Percentile £600 £653 £611
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 39 61 21
10th Percentile £12.70 £16.54 £11.17
25th Percentile £14.25 £29.00 £17.50
Median hourly rate £35.00 £55.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -36.36% +155.81% -55.87%
75th Percentile £70.00 £75.50 £42.00
90th Percentile - £78.00 £54.25
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 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 1 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 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
Bristol +2 78 £500 -9.09% 83
Gloucestershire -1 57 £560 -1.54% 62
Wiltshire -48 32 £600 - 12
Devon -16 10 £500 -16.67% 21
Somerset -3 5 £475 +3.26% 16
Cornwall - 4 £388 -
Dorset -2 3 £350 -44.00% 7
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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 (6.19%) Confluence
2 6 (3.09%) Apache
3 3 (1.55%) CMS
4 2 (1.03%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.52%) Apache Airflow
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 72 (37.11%) Azure
2 24 (12.37%) OpenShift
3 22 (11.34%) GCP
4 18 (9.28%) PaaS
5 15 (7.73%) Serverless
6 13 (6.70%) GitHub
7 12 (6.19%) Amazon S3
8 11 (5.67%) Amazon EC2
8 11 (5.67%) AWS Lambda
9 9 (4.64%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (4.64%) SaaS
10 5 (2.58%) Amazon Cognito
11 4 (2.06%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 4 (2.06%) AWS CloudFormation
11 4 (2.06%) AWS CloudTrail
11 4 (2.06%) Azure Monitor
11 4 (2.06%) Pulumi
12 3 (1.55%) Entra ID
12 3 (1.55%) npm
12 3 (1.55%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.64%) PBX
1 9 (4.64%) VoIP
2 8 (4.12%) AMQP
2 8 (4.12%) Network Security
2 8 (4.12%) VPN
3 5 (2.58%) DNS
3 5 (2.58%) HTTP
4 3 (1.55%) Firewall
5 2 (1.03%) DHCP
5 2 (1.03%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (1.03%) LAN
5 2 (1.03%) Remote Desktop
5 2 (1.03%) SD-WAN
5 2 (1.03%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.03%) 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 (5.67%) Amazon RDS
1 11 (5.67%) Relational Database
2 10 (5.15%) InfluxDB
3 7 (3.61%) NoSQL
4 5 (2.58%) SQL Server
4 5 (2.58%) Triplestore
5 3 (1.55%) Power BI
5 3 (1.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (1.03%) Data Mining
6 2 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.03%) Flink
6 2 (1.03%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 2 (1.03%) MongoDB
6 2 (1.03%) MySQL
6 2 (1.03%) OLAP
6 2 (1.03%) OLTP
6 2 (1.03%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 2 (1.03%) Tableau
7 1 (0.52%) Amazon Athena
7 1 (0.52%) Amazon QuickSight
Development Applications
1 30 (15.46%) Jenkins
2 14 (7.22%) JIRA
3 12 (6.19%) GitLab
4 9 (4.64%) Rational DOORS
5 8 (4.12%) SonarQube
6 7 (3.61%) Bitbucket
6 7 (3.61%) Selenium
7 6 (3.09%) Artifactory
8 5 (2.58%) Cypress.io
8 5 (2.58%) Git
9 3 (1.55%) Burp Suite
10 2 (1.03%) JUnit
10 2 (1.03%) Snyk
11 1 (0.52%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 1 (0.52%) Babel
11 1 (0.52%) Cucumber
11 1 (0.52%) ESLint
11 1 (0.52%) JMeter
11 1 (0.52%) Robot Framework
11 1 (0.52%) webpack
General
1 24 (12.37%) Social Skills
2 21 (10.82%) Public Sector
3 12 (6.19%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (5.67%) Telecoms
5 8 (4.12%) Finance
6 7 (3.61%) Digital Economy
6 7 (3.61%) Legal
7 5 (2.58%) Tech for Good
8 3 (1.55%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.52%) Electronics
9 1 (0.52%) Health Technology
9 1 (0.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.52%) Law
9 1 (0.52%) Marketing
9 1 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.52%) Retail
Job Titles
1 48 (24.74%) Developer
2 37 (19.07%) DevOps Engineer
3 34 (17.53%) Architect
4 16 (8.25%) Full Stack Developer
5 15 (7.73%) Software Engineer
6 14 (7.22%) Senior
7 10 (5.15%) Solutions Architect
8 9 (4.64%) Data Engineer
8 9 (4.64%) Site Reliability Engineer
9 8 (4.12%) AWS Architect
9 8 (4.12%) AWS Engineer
9 8 (4.12%) Security Engineer
9 8 (4.12%) SOC Engineer
10 7 (3.61%) Angular Developer
10 7 (3.61%) Cloud Engineer
10 7 (3.61%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
11 5 (2.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 5 (2.58%) Security Architect
11 5 (2.58%) Site Engineer
12 4 (2.06%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (17.53%) React
2 19 (9.79%) AngularJS
3 14 (7.22%) Node.js
4 13 (6.70%) Spring
5 10 (5.15%) .NET
6 9 (4.64%) CSS
6 9 (4.64%) REST
7 8 (4.12%) GraphQL
7 8 (4.12%) HTML
7 8 (4.12%) RabbitMQ
7 8 (4.12%) Vue
8 7 (3.61%) Spring Boot
9 6 (3.09%) ModSecurity
9 6 (3.09%) Next.js
9 6 (3.09%) React Native
9 6 (3.09%) YAML
10 5 (2.58%) .NET Framework
10 5 (2.58%) Laravel
10 5 (2.58%) RESTful
10 5 (2.58%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 16 (8.25%) Public Cloud
2 14 (7.22%) Security Posture
3 9 (4.64%) Blackberry
3 9 (4.64%) Video Conferencing
4 8 (4.12%) PKI
5 7 (3.61%) Linux Command Line
6 5 (2.58%) Cloud Native
6 5 (2.58%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (2.58%) Renewable Energy
7 4 (2.06%) Cyber Defence
7 4 (2.06%) Product Ownership
7 4 (2.06%) Security Operations Centre
8 3 (1.55%) Algorithms
8 3 (1.55%) Data Structures
9 2 (1.03%) Data Centre
9 2 (1.03%) Hackathon
9 2 (1.03%) Mobile App
10 1 (0.52%) CSOC
10 1 (0.52%) Cyber Security Posture
10 1 (0.52%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 34 (17.53%) Linux
2 9 (4.64%) Windows
3 3 (1.55%) Kali Linux
3 3 (1.55%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.03%) Android
4 2 (1.03%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.03%) 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 65 (33.51%) DevOps
2 58 (29.90%) CI/CD
3 31 (15.98%) Agile
4 27 (13.92%) Software Engineering
5 26 (13.40%) Full Stack Development
6 22 (11.34%) Problem-Solving
7 20 (10.31%) ArchiMate
7 20 (10.31%) Infrastructure as Code
8 15 (7.73%) Cybersecurity
8 15 (7.73%) Project Management
8 15 (7.73%) SDLC
8 15 (7.73%) TOGAF
9 14 (7.22%) Containerisation
9 14 (7.22%) Site Reliability Engineering
10 13 (6.70%) Continuous Improvement
11 12 (6.19%) Computer Science
12 11 (5.67%) Cloud Security
12 11 (5.67%) Configuration Management
12 11 (5.67%) Digital Strategy
12 11 (5.67%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 66 (34.02%) Python
2 39 (20.10%) Java
3 35 (18.04%) JavaScript
4 21 (10.82%) PowerShell
4 21 (10.82%) TypeScript
5 20 (10.31%) SQL
6 17 (8.76%) C
6 17 (8.76%) Go
7 11 (5.67%) Bash
8 7 (3.61%) C#
9 6 (3.09%) Shell Script
10 5 (2.58%) PHP
10 5 (2.58%) SPARQL
11 3 (1.55%) R
12 2 (1.03%) Bicep
12 2 (1.03%) Kotlin
12 2 (1.03%) Scala
12 2 (1.03%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.52%) Dart
13 1 (0.52%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 118 (60.82%) Security Cleared
2 71 (36.60%) DV Cleared
3 54 (27.84%) SC Cleared
4 16 (8.25%) Degree
5 8 (4.12%) TOGAF Certification
6 7 (3.61%) HND
7 5 (2.58%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (2.58%) Master's Degree
8 4 (2.06%) AWS Certification
8 4 (2.06%) CCNP
8 4 (2.06%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.55%) OSCP
9 3 (1.55%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 2 (1.03%) CEH
10 2 (1.03%) CISSP
10 2 (1.03%) CREST Certified
10 2 (1.03%) IBM Certification
10 2 (1.03%) ISTQB
10 2 (1.03%) Numerate Degree
10 2 (1.03%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.67%) QA
2 8 (4.12%) NCSC
2 8 (4.12%) NIST
3 6 (3.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (3.09%) PCI DSS
4 4 (2.06%) Data Quality
4 4 (2.06%) Government Security Classifications
5 2 (1.03%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.52%) GDPR
6 1 (0.52%) GRC
6 1 (0.52%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.52%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.52%) WCAG
System Software
1 56 (28.87%) Docker
2 13 (6.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (4.12%) Hyper-V
4 6 (3.09%) Active Directory
4 6 (3.09%) VMware NSX
5 3 (1.55%) vSphere
6 2 (1.03%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (1.03%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.52%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 58 (29.90%) Terraform
2 53 (27.32%) Kubernetes
3 36 (18.56%) Ansible
4 22 (11.34%) Grafana
4 22 (11.34%) Prometheus
5 12 (6.19%) Docker Swarm
6 9 (4.64%) Progress Chef
7 6 (3.09%) OPNET
8 5 (2.58%) PowerCLI
9 4 (2.06%) Argo
9 4 (2.06%) Trend Micro Deep Security
10 3 (1.55%) vCenter Server
11 2 (1.03%) 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 (11.86%) Microsoft
2 20 (10.31%) VMware
3 18 (9.28%) Google
4 15 (7.73%) Cisco
5 11 (5.67%) IBM
6 9 (4.64%) Avaya
6 9 (4.64%) Ericsson
6 9 (4.64%) Juniper
6 9 (4.64%) Nokia
6 9 (4.64%) Ribbon
7 8 (4.12%) Atlassian
7 8 (4.12%) Splunk
8 4 (2.06%) Databricks
9 3 (1.55%) SAP
10 2 (1.03%) Citrix
10 2 (1.03%) Palo Alto
11 1 (0.52%) Oracle
11 1 (0.52%) Red Hat
11 1 (0.52%) Salesforce
11 1 (0.52%) Veritas