AWS Contracts in Manchester

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester requiring AWS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited AWS over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 6 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 -3 0
Contract jobs citing AWS 192 258 473
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 13.14% 14.71% 18.04%
As % of the Cloud Services category 36.57% 35.73% 47.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 200 366
10th Percentile £350 £410 £413
25th Percentile £413 £463 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% +11.39%
75th Percentile £575 £632 £625
90th Percentile £689 £688 £675
North West median daily rate £489 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -11.09% - +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 10
10th Percentile £65.00 £35.46 -
25th Percentile £67.50 £36.15 £65.00
Median hourly rate £70.94 £37.30 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year +90.17% -50.27% -
75th Percentile £72.50 £38.45 £81.00
90th Percentile £73.50 £39.14 -
North West median hourly rate £70.94 £40.50 £75.00
% change year-on-year +75.15% -46.00% +275.00%

All Cloud Skills
Manchester

AWS falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 525 722 1,003
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 35.93% 41.16% 38.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 410 556 806
10th Percentile £306 £325 £266
25th Percentile £408 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +13.51%
75th Percentile £575 £584 £613
90th Percentile £650 £659 £675
North West median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 13 26
10th Percentile £22.90 £15.78 £14.25
25th Percentile £25.50 £16.62 £15.50
Median hourly rate £67.00 £20.00 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year +235.00% -23.81% +54.41%
75th Percentile £72.50 £39.60 £75.00
90th Percentile £74.10 £70.00 £81.00
North West median hourly rate £16.06 £22.41 £26.40
% change year-on-year -28.34% -15.10% +38.92%

AWS
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for AWS in Manchester

AWS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for AWS in Manchester

AWS
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing AWS in Manchester over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for AWS in Manchester

AWS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for AWS in Manchester

AWS
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AWS within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 12 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
Wigan - 6 £400 - 3
Salford -3 2 £425 -35.85% 5
Stockport 0 1 £550 - 9
Oldham - 1 £275 - 1
AWS
North West

AWS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 4 (2.08%) Confluence
1 4 (2.08%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.56%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.04%) CMS
3 2 (1.04%) nginx
4 1 (0.52%) Alfresco
4 1 (0.52%) Apache
4 1 (0.52%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.52%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.52%) Traefik
Cloud Services
1 56 (29.17%) Azure
2 26 (13.54%) Amazon S3
3 25 (13.02%) Serverless
4 24 (12.50%) Amazon EC2
5 22 (11.46%) AWS Lambda
6 21 (10.94%) GCP
7 15 (7.81%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 14 (7.29%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 14 (7.29%) Microsoft 365
9 13 (6.77%) AWS CloudFormation
10 11 (5.73%) Amazon EKS
10 11 (5.73%) Amazon SQS
11 9 (4.69%) Snowflake
12 8 (4.17%) Amazon ECR
12 8 (4.17%) Power Platform
12 8 (4.17%) Route 53
13 6 (3.13%) Amazon ELB
13 6 (3.13%) IaaS
13 6 (3.13%) Mimecast
13 6 (3.13%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.17%) Network Security
2 7 (3.65%) Ethernet
2 7 (3.65%) LAN
2 7 (3.65%) OSPF
2 7 (3.65%) VPN
2 7 (3.65%) WAN
2 7 (3.65%) Wireless
2 7 (3.65%) Wireless Security
3 3 (1.56%) DNS
3 3 (1.56%) Firewall
4 2 (1.04%) MQTT
4 2 (1.04%) SAN
4 2 (1.04%) SSL
4 2 (1.04%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.04%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.52%) DAB
5 1 (0.52%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (6.77%) Amazon Redshift
2 10 (5.21%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (4.69%) Data Lake
3 9 (4.69%) Elasticsearch
4 8 (4.17%) DynamoDB
4 8 (4.17%) Power BI
5 7 (3.65%) NoSQL
6 6 (3.13%) MongoDB
6 6 (3.13%) MySQL
7 5 (2.60%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (2.60%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (2.08%) Amazon Athena
9 3 (1.56%) Relational Database
10 2 (1.04%) SQL Server
10 2 (1.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.52%) DataStage
11 1 (0.52%) Hadoop
11 1 (0.52%) InterSystems Cache
11 1 (0.52%) Snowflake Schema
11 1 (0.52%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 26 (13.54%) Git
1 26 (13.54%) GitLab
2 15 (7.81%) Jenkins
3 8 (4.17%) SonarQube
3 8 (4.17%) webpack
4 6 (3.13%) Hudson
5 5 (2.60%) Cypress.io
6 4 (2.08%) Cucumber
7 3 (1.56%) JIRA
7 3 (1.56%) Mocha
7 3 (1.56%) Mockito
8 2 (1.04%) Bitbucket
8 2 (1.04%) GoCD
8 2 (1.04%) JUnit
8 2 (1.04%) Maven
8 2 (1.04%) Postman
9 1 (0.52%) Pa11y
9 1 (0.52%) PyCharm
9 1 (0.52%) Terragrunt
9 1 (0.52%) TestCafe
General
1 32 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 11 (5.73%) Finance
3 9 (4.69%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (4.17%) Public Sector
4 8 (4.17%) Retail
5 4 (2.08%) Banking
5 4 (2.08%) Manufacturing
6 3 (1.56%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.52%) Advertising
7 1 (0.52%) Automotive
7 1 (0.52%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.52%) Marketing
7 1 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (0.52%) Retail Finance
Job Titles
1 47 (24.48%) Developer
2 24 (12.50%) Senior
3 22 (11.46%) DevOps Engineer
3 22 (11.46%) Software Engineer
4 19 (9.90%) AWS DevOps
4 19 (9.90%) AWS Engineer
5 17 (8.85%) Architect
5 17 (8.85%) Lead
6 15 (7.81%) Java Developer
7 13 (6.77%) AWS DevOps Engineer
8 10 (5.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 10 (5.21%) Network Engineer
8 10 (5.21%) SC Cleared Java Developer
9 9 (4.69%) Consultant
10 8 (4.17%) AWS Architect
10 8 (4.17%) Senior DevOps
10 8 (4.17%) Site Reliability Engineer
11 6 (3.13%) Data Engineer
11 6 (3.13%) Platform Engineer
11 6 (3.13%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (16.15%) React
2 30 (15.63%) Node.js
3 20 (10.42%) Spring
4 19 (9.90%) Spring Boot
5 12 (6.25%) REST
6 11 (5.73%) Redux
7 9 (4.69%) Express.js
8 8 (4.17%) Hibernate
8 8 (4.17%) JPA
8 8 (4.17%) RESTful
8 8 (4.17%) Spring Security
9 7 (3.65%) Jest
10 6 (3.13%) AngularJS
10 6 (3.13%) AWS CDK
10 6 (3.13%) HTML
11 5 (2.60%) .NET
11 5 (2.60%) CSS
11 5 (2.60%) Django
12 4 (2.08%) Kafka
12 4 (2.08%) Lambda Expressions
Miscellaneous
1 8 (4.17%) Enterprise Software
2 6 (3.13%) Public Cloud
3 5 (2.60%) Greenfield Project
4 4 (2.08%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (2.08%) Product Ownership
5 3 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (1.56%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.56%) PKI
5 3 (1.56%) Security Posture
6 2 (1.04%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (1.04%) Low-Code
6 2 (1.04%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (0.52%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.52%) Blockchain
7 1 (0.52%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.52%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 1 (0.52%) Cyberattack
7 1 (0.52%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.52%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.52%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 20 (10.42%) Linux
2 13 (6.77%) Windows
3 4 (2.08%) Apple iOS
3 4 (2.08%) Mac OS
3 4 (2.08%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (1.04%) Unix
6 1 (0.52%) Android
6 1 (0.52%) CentOS
6 1 (0.52%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.52%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.52%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.52%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (30.73%) CI/CD
2 45 (23.44%) Agile
3 42 (21.88%) DevOps
4 32 (16.67%) Containerisation
5 29 (15.10%) Test Automation
6 28 (14.58%) Infrastructure as Code
7 26 (13.54%) Software Engineering
8 25 (13.02%) Problem-Solving
9 21 (10.94%) Front End Development
10 20 (10.42%) Full Stack Development
11 18 (9.38%) ETL
11 18 (9.38%) Microservices
12 17 (8.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 15 (7.81%) Migration
14 12 (6.25%) Customer Service
15 11 (5.73%) Stakeholder Management
16 10 (5.21%) E-Commerce
16 10 (5.21%) Observability
17 9 (4.69%) Design Patterns
17 9 (4.69%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 45 (23.44%) Java
2 43 (22.40%) Python
3 21 (10.94%) SQL
4 19 (9.90%) JavaScript
5 17 (8.85%) Bash
6 15 (7.81%) TypeScript
7 14 (7.29%) Go
8 13 (6.77%) PowerShell
9 7 (3.65%) PHP
10 4 (2.08%) Ruby
11 3 (1.56%) C
11 3 (1.56%) C#
11 3 (1.56%) Scala
12 1 (0.52%) Bicep
12 1 (0.52%) Perl
12 1 (0.52%) R
12 1 (0.52%) Rust
Qualifications
1 42 (21.88%) Security Cleared
2 41 (21.35%) SC Cleared
3 10 (5.21%) AWS Certification
3 10 (5.21%) Cisco Certification
4 9 (4.69%) CCNA
5 7 (3.65%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 6 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (2.08%) CISSP
7 4 (2.08%) Degree
8 3 (1.56%) CISM
8 3 (1.56%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.56%) MCSE
9 2 (1.04%) CCNP
9 2 (1.04%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.04%) MCITP
10 1 (0.52%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 1 (0.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.52%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.52%) RHCE
10 1 (0.52%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (8.33%) QA
2 6 (3.13%) Accessibility
2 6 (3.13%) Data Quality
2 6 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (3.13%) NIST
3 4 (2.08%) PCI DSS
3 4 (2.08%) SLA
4 3 (1.56%) ISO 22301
5 2 (1.04%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 2 (1.04%) NCSC
5 2 (1.04%) WCAG
6 1 (0.52%) GDPR
6 1 (0.52%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 36 (18.75%) Docker
2 10 (5.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (4.17%) Hyper-V
4 6 (3.13%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 46 (23.96%) Kubernetes
2 40 (20.83%) Terraform
3 19 (9.90%) Ansible
4 7 (3.65%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (3.13%) HP Fortify
6 3 (1.56%) Grafana
7 2 (1.04%) Istio
7 2 (1.04%) Kibana
7 2 (1.04%) Podman
7 2 (1.04%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.52%) Consul
8 1 (0.52%) Docker Swarm
8 1 (0.52%) Graphite
8 1 (0.52%) HAProxy
8 1 (0.52%) linkerd
8 1 (0.52%) Nessus
8 1 (0.52%) Packer
8 1 (0.52%) Puppet
8 1 (0.52%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 15 (7.81%) VMware
2 14 (7.29%) Microsoft
3 9 (4.69%) Splunk
4 6 (3.13%) Salesforce
4 6 (3.13%) Sophos
5 4 (2.08%) Google
5 4 (2.08%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.56%) Atlassian
6 3 (1.56%) Cisco
6 3 (1.56%) MuleSoft
7 2 (1.04%) Brocade
7 2 (1.04%) Databricks
7 2 (1.04%) Facebook
7 2 (1.04%) Imperva
7 2 (1.04%) PagerDuty
7 2 (1.04%) Sage
7 2 (1.04%) Tufin
7 2 (1.04%) Verint
7 2 (1.04%) Zscaler
8 1 (0.52%) Instagram