AWS Contracts in the North of England

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 13 11 8
Rank change year-on-year -2 -3 -4
Contract jobs citing AWS 423 689 950
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 9.17% 12.24% 13.24%
As % of the Cloud Services category 30.99% 33.79% 37.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 326 541 718
10th Percentile £350 £415 £405
25th Percentile £418 £488 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £592 £638 £625
90th Percentile £675 £700 £675
England median daily rate £563 £600 £589
% change year-on-year -6.25% +1.91% +12.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 4 18
10th Percentile £55.97 £35.83 £62.38
25th Percentile £65.00 £37.06 £65.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £40.05 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.78% -46.60% +275.00%
75th Percentile £72.50 £48.88 £77.50
90th Percentile £73.30 £59.00 £81.00
England median hourly rate £55.00 £75.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -26.67% +7.14% +18.64%

All Cloud Skills
North of England

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 North of England with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,365 2,039 2,522
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 29.60% 36.23% 35.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 967 1,517 1,921
10th Percentile £263 £300 £188
25th Percentile £391 £413 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £575 £594 £588
90th Percentile £650 £685 £663
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 39 78
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.09 £15.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £18.00 £16.28
Median hourly rate £16.06 £32.50 £21.39
Median % change year-on-year -50.58% +51.94% +12.58%
75th Percentile £22.00 £60.70 £61.94
90th Percentile £44.24 £70.00 £77.50
England median hourly rate £21.37 £32.40 £21.50
% change year-on-year -34.04% +50.70% +2.14%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing AWS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for AWS in the North of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing AWS in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for AWS in the North of England

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing AWS in the North of England over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for AWS in the North of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing AWS in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for AWS in the North of England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing AWS in the North of England over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for AWS in the North of England

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Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AWS within the North of England region over the 6 months to 20 May 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
North West -2 260 £475 -13.64% 268
Yorkshire -5 144 £525 -4.55% 146
North East -10 21 £575 -11.54% 55
AWS
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 19 (4.49%) Apache
1 19 (4.49%) Apache Spark
2 18 (4.26%) Confluence
3 10 (2.36%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.42%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 5 (1.18%) SharePoint
6 4 (0.95%) CMS
6 4 (0.95%) Mule
7 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.71%) nginx
8 2 (0.47%) Traefik
9 1 (0.24%) Alfresco
9 1 (0.24%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.24%) Drupal
9 1 (0.24%) JBoss
9 1 (0.24%) SharePoint 2013
9 1 (0.24%) Tomcat
Applications
1 7 (1.65%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.24%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 8 (1.89%) Temenos T24
2 2 (0.47%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 149 (35.22%) Azure
2 81 (19.15%) GCP
3 58 (13.71%) Serverless
4 56 (13.24%) Amazon S3
5 48 (11.35%) Amazon EC2
6 40 (9.46%) AWS Lambda
7 32 (7.57%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 30 (7.09%) GitHub
9 28 (6.62%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 23 (5.44%) Snowflake
11 20 (4.73%) AWS CloudFormation
12 18 (4.26%) Cloud Computing
13 17 (4.02%) Amazon SQS
14 16 (3.78%) Amazon EKS
14 16 (3.78%) Apigee
14 16 (3.78%) Kong
14 16 (3.78%) Route 53
14 16 (3.78%) SaaS
15 15 (3.55%) Microsoft 365
16 12 (2.84%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 24 (5.67%) VPN
2 21 (4.96%) Firewall
3 19 (4.49%) DNS
4 18 (4.26%) TCP/IP
5 11 (2.60%) OSPF
6 10 (2.36%) HTTP
6 10 (2.36%) LAN
6 10 (2.36%) Network Security
6 10 (2.36%) WAN
7 8 (1.89%) SSL
7 8 (1.89%) Wireless
8 7 (1.65%) Ethernet
8 7 (1.65%) VLAN
8 7 (1.65%) Wireless Security
9 5 (1.18%) FTP
9 5 (1.18%) HTTPS
10 4 (0.95%) BGP
10 4 (0.95%) DHCP
10 4 (0.95%) MPLS
10 4 (0.95%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (6.15%) MongoDB
2 25 (5.91%) Amazon Redshift
3 23 (5.44%) Data Lake
4 22 (5.20%) Amazon RDS
4 22 (5.20%) Big Data
5 20 (4.73%) Elasticsearch
6 19 (4.49%) MySQL
7 17 (4.02%) Data Warehouse
8 14 (3.31%) Hadoop
9 13 (3.07%) PostgreSQL
9 13 (3.07%) SQL Server
10 12 (2.84%) Power BI
11 11 (2.60%) DynamoDB
11 11 (2.60%) NoSQL
11 11 (2.60%) Relational Database
12 10 (2.36%) Amazon Athena
13 9 (2.13%) BigQuery
14 7 (1.65%) Flink
14 7 (1.65%) OLAP
14 7 (1.65%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 74 (17.49%) Git
2 62 (14.66%) Jenkins
3 52 (12.29%) GitLab
4 36 (8.51%) JIRA
5 12 (2.84%) SonarQube
6 10 (2.36%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 10 (2.36%) Travis CI
7 9 (2.13%) CircleCI
7 9 (2.13%) Cypress.io
8 8 (1.89%) webpack
9 7 (1.65%) Burp Suite
10 6 (1.42%) Cucumber
10 6 (1.42%) Hudson
10 6 (1.42%) Maven
11 5 (1.18%) Liquibase
11 5 (1.18%) Selenium
12 4 (0.95%) AppScan
12 4 (0.95%) Bitbucket
12 4 (0.95%) Log4j
13 3 (0.71%) JMeter
General
1 80 (18.91%) Social Skills
2 41 (9.69%) Analytical Skills
3 33 (7.80%) Public Sector
4 26 (6.15%) Banking
4 26 (6.15%) Finance
5 13 (3.07%) Retail
6 9 (2.13%) Manufacturing
7 7 (1.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (1.42%) Pharmaceutical
9 4 (0.95%) Health Technology
10 3 (0.71%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.47%) Automotive
11 2 (0.47%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.47%) Games
11 2 (0.47%) Marketing
12 1 (0.24%) Advertising
12 1 (0.24%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.24%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.24%) Retail Finance
12 1 (0.24%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 104 (24.59%) Developer
2 59 (13.95%) Architect
3 52 (12.29%) DevOps Engineer
4 42 (9.93%) Lead
5 32 (7.57%) Senior
6 31 (7.33%) AWS Engineer
7 29 (6.86%) Software Engineer
8 28 (6.62%) Java Developer
9 27 (6.38%) Solutions Architect
10 26 (6.15%) AWS DevOps
11 18 (4.26%) AWS DevOps Engineer
12 17 (4.02%) Cloud Engineer
12 17 (4.02%) Data Engineer
12 17 (4.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 17 (4.02%) Network Engineer
13 16 (3.78%) AWS Architect
13 16 (3.78%) Site Reliability Engineer
14 15 (3.55%) Python Developer
15 13 (3.07%) Site Engineer
16 11 (2.60%) SC Cleared Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (10.64%) Node.js
2 44 (10.40%) React
3 35 (8.27%) Spring
4 33 (7.80%) Spring Boot
5 29 (6.86%) RESTful
6 27 (6.38%) Kafka
7 25 (5.91%) Web Services
8 18 (4.26%) OAuth
8 18 (4.26%) REST
9 17 (4.02%) JSON
10 16 (3.78%) XML
11 15 (3.55%) .NET
12 13 (3.07%) Elastic Stack
12 13 (3.07%) OpenID
13 12 (2.84%) Hibernate
13 12 (2.84%) SOAP
14 11 (2.60%) AngularJS
14 11 (2.60%) Redux
15 10 (2.36%) Express.js
15 10 (2.36%) Lambda Expressions
Miscellaneous
1 17 (4.02%) Public Cloud
2 15 (3.55%) Enterprise Software
3 10 (2.36%) Greenfield Project
4 9 (2.13%) Data Structures
5 7 (1.65%) DataPower
5 7 (1.65%) Virtual Team
6 6 (1.42%) Data Protection Act
6 6 (1.42%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (1.42%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (1.42%) NHS
6 6 (1.42%) Onboarding
6 6 (1.42%) Replication
7 5 (1.18%) PKI
7 5 (1.18%) Product Ownership
8 4 (0.95%) Cloud Native
8 4 (0.95%) Mainframe
8 4 (0.95%) Management Information System
9 3 (0.71%) Credit Risk
9 3 (0.71%) Cyber Defence
9 3 (0.71%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 52 (12.29%) Linux
2 25 (5.91%) Windows
3 18 (4.26%) Unix
4 10 (2.36%) Apple iOS
4 10 (2.36%) Windows Server
5 8 (1.89%) Android
5 8 (1.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (1.42%) CentOS
7 4 (0.95%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.71%) Kali Linux
9 2 (0.47%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.47%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.24%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.24%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.24%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (30.26%) CI/CD
2 123 (29.08%) DevOps
3 117 (27.66%) Agile
4 76 (17.97%) Containerisation
5 60 (14.18%) Problem-Solving
6 58 (13.71%) Infrastructure as Code
7 52 (12.29%) Software Engineering
8 49 (11.58%) Stakeholder Management
9 41 (9.69%) Scrum
10 40 (9.46%) Microservices
10 40 (9.46%) Test Automation
11 38 (8.98%) Data Modelling
12 36 (8.51%) ETL
13 32 (7.57%) Full Stack Development
14 30 (7.09%) Migration
15 29 (6.86%) Continuous Integration
16 25 (5.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 25 (5.91%) SDLC
17 24 (5.67%) TDD
18 22 (5.20%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 136 (32.15%) Python
2 114 (26.95%) Java
3 52 (12.29%) SQL
4 51 (12.06%) Bash
5 41 (9.69%) JavaScript
6 30 (7.09%) TypeScript
7 28 (6.62%) PowerShell
8 20 (4.73%) Go
9 12 (2.84%) PHP
10 11 (2.60%) Scala
11 10 (2.36%) C#
12 9 (2.13%) C
13 7 (1.65%) Ruby
14 3 (0.71%) ActionScript
15 2 (0.47%) Bicep
15 2 (0.47%) Perl
15 2 (0.47%) Shell Script
16 1 (0.24%) C++
16 1 (0.24%) Kotlin
16 1 (0.24%) Rust
Qualifications
1 83 (19.62%) Security Cleared
2 74 (17.49%) SC Cleared
3 15 (3.55%) AWS Certification
3 15 (3.55%) Cisco Certification
4 14 (3.31%) Degree
5 10 (2.36%) CCNA
6 9 (2.13%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 7 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (1.42%) CCNP
8 6 (1.42%) DV Cleared
8 6 (1.42%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (1.18%) CCIE
10 4 (0.95%) VCAP
11 3 (0.71%) CISM
11 3 (0.71%) CISSP
11 3 (0.71%) MCSE
11 3 (0.71%) OSCP
12 2 (0.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.47%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (8.04%) QA
2 13 (3.07%) Accessibility
3 9 (2.13%) Data Quality
3 9 (2.13%) PCI DSS
4 7 (1.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (1.65%) NIST
5 5 (1.18%) GDPR
5 5 (1.18%) HIPAA
6 4 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 4 (0.95%) SLA
7 3 (0.71%) ISO 22301
7 3 (0.71%) NCSC
8 2 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.24%) WCAG
System Software
1 79 (18.68%) Docker
2 14 (3.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (2.60%) Active Directory
4 9 (2.13%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.47%) HDFS
6 1 (0.24%) ACF2
6 1 (0.24%) IAG
6 1 (0.24%) RACF
6 1 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.24%) vSphere
6 1 (0.24%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 110 (26.00%) Kubernetes
2 95 (22.46%) Terraform
3 40 (9.46%) Ansible
4 27 (6.38%) Prometheus
5 26 (6.15%) Grafana
6 21 (4.96%) Progress Chef
6 21 (4.96%) Puppet
7 12 (2.84%) Docker Swarm
7 12 (2.84%) Kibana
8 10 (2.36%) HP Fortify
9 9 (2.13%) logstash
10 8 (1.89%) Single Sign-On
11 7 (1.65%) Microsoft Intune
11 7 (1.65%) Packer
12 4 (0.95%) Graylog
12 4 (0.95%) Nessus
12 4 (0.95%) Rancher
12 4 (0.95%) WebInspect
13 3 (0.71%) Istio
14 2 (0.47%) Consul
Vendors
1 33 (7.80%) Microsoft
2 31 (7.33%) Google
3 29 (6.86%) Splunk
4 20 (4.73%) VMware
5 13 (3.07%) Oracle
6 8 (1.89%) IBM
6 8 (1.89%) Informatica
7 7 (1.65%) Salesforce
7 7 (1.65%) ServiceNow
7 7 (1.65%) Sophos
7 7 (1.65%) TSYS
8 6 (1.42%) Cisco
8 6 (1.42%) PagerDuty
9 5 (1.18%) Brio
9 5 (1.18%) Databricks
9 5 (1.18%) Talend
10 4 (0.95%) Atlassian
10 4 (0.95%) F5
10 4 (0.95%) LogicMonitor
10 4 (0.95%) SolarWinds