Amazon EC2 Contracts in England

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Amazon EC2 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Amazon EC2 over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 317 339 332
Rank change year-on-year +22 -7 +22
Contract jobs citing Amazon EC2 228 336 584
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.62% 0.70% 0.83%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.93% 1.94% 2.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 173 253 398
10th Percentile £365 £463 £438
25th Percentile £450 £513 £485
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £605 £589
Median % change year-on-year -13.22% +2.76% +12.14%
75th Percentile £613 £675 £668
90th Percentile £705 £764 £708
UK median daily rate £520 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -13.33% +4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 6
10th Percentile - - £68.75
25th Percentile - £47.50 £72.50
Median hourly rate - £50.00 £77.00
Median % change year-on-year - -35.06% -
75th Percentile - £52.50 £84.00
90th Percentile - - £85.00
UK median hourly rate - £50.00 £75.00
% change year-on-year - -33.33% -

All Cloud Skills
England

Amazon EC2 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 England with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 11,813 17,321 27,066
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.99% 36.28% 38.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,512 12,705 20,077
10th Percentile £300 £325 £330
25th Percentile £415 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £650
90th Percentile £745 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 321 285 323
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.25 £14.00
25th Percentile £15.98 £18.50 £15.25
Median hourly rate £21.37 £35.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -38.94% +62.79% +2.14%
75th Percentile £38.75 £70.00 £45.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £79.19 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £21.46 £37.75 £22.00
% change year-on-year -43.15% +71.59% +0.32%

Amazon EC2
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Amazon EC2 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Amazon EC2 in England

Amazon EC2
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Amazon EC2 in England.

Daily rate trend for Amazon EC2 in England

Amazon EC2
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Amazon EC2 in England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Amazon EC2 in England

Amazon EC2
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Amazon EC2 in England.

Hourly rate trend for Amazon EC2 in England

Amazon EC2
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Amazon EC2 within the England region over the 6 months to 2 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
London +27 146 £523 -16.40% 73
North of England +22 47 £510 -7.27% 14
North West +30 36 £510 -18.40% 8
South East -2 14 £593 +4.87% 9
South West +13 11 £575 -17.86% 7
Yorkshire 0 11 £463 -15.91% 6
East of England +7 3 £625 +8.70% 2
Midlands - 3 £425 - 9
West Midlands - 3 £425 - 7
Amazon EC2
UK

Amazon EC2
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 15 (6.58%) Apache Airflow
2 13 (5.70%) Apache
3 12 (5.26%) Apache Spark
4 6 (2.63%) nginx
5 5 (2.19%) Confluence
6 2 (0.88%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.88%) Traefik
7 1 (0.44%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.44%) SAS
7 1 (0.44%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.44%) Tomcat
Business Applications
1 6 (2.63%) NEC Housing
2 3 (1.32%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.44%) Aareon QL
3 1 (0.44%) MIS ActiveH
3 1 (0.44%) OPENHousing
Cloud Services
1 225 (98.68%) AWS
2 170 (74.56%) Amazon S3
3 117 (51.32%) Serverless
4 113 (49.56%) AWS Lambda
5 79 (34.65%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 63 (27.63%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 45 (19.74%) Route 53
8 37 (16.23%) Amazon EKS
9 34 (14.91%) Amazon SQS
10 32 (14.04%) Amazon ECS
11 31 (13.60%) AWS CloudFormation
12 24 (10.53%) Snowflake
13 17 (7.46%) Amazon EMR
14 16 (7.02%) Amazon ECR
14 16 (7.02%) Amazon ELB
14 16 (7.02%) GitHub
15 11 (4.82%) AWS KMS
15 11 (4.82%) AWS Step Functions
15 11 (4.82%) Azure
15 11 (4.82%) CloudFront
Communications & Networking
1 15 (6.58%) DNS
1 15 (6.58%) Network Security
2 12 (5.26%) Firewall
3 7 (3.07%) TCP/IP
4 6 (2.63%) AMQP
4 6 (2.63%) DHCP
4 6 (2.63%) Remote Desktop
5 5 (2.19%) FTP
5 5 (2.19%) VPN
6 4 (1.75%) Kerberos
6 4 (1.75%) OpenLDAP
6 4 (1.75%) SSL
6 4 (1.75%) Wireless
7 3 (1.32%) HTTP
7 3 (1.32%) LAN
7 3 (1.32%) Reverse Proxy
7 3 (1.32%) WLAN
8 1 (0.44%) Internet
8 1 (0.44%) MQTT
8 1 (0.44%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (35.09%) Amazon RDS
2 23 (10.09%) Amazon Redshift
3 22 (9.65%) DynamoDB
3 22 (9.65%) Relational Database
4 17 (7.46%) Data Warehouse
5 15 (6.58%) MySQL
6 12 (5.26%) NoSQL
7 11 (4.82%) Elasticsearch
8 10 (4.39%) Amazon Athena
8 10 (4.39%) Data Lake
9 9 (3.95%) MongoDB
9 9 (3.95%) PostgreSQL
10 7 (3.07%) Big Data
10 7 (3.07%) InfluxDB
10 7 (3.07%) RDBMS
10 7 (3.07%) SQL Server
11 4 (1.75%) Oracle Database
11 4 (1.75%) Oracle Reports
12 2 (0.88%) Data Mining
12 2 (0.88%) DB2
Development Applications
1 60 (26.32%) Git
2 45 (19.74%) GitLab
2 45 (19.74%) Jenkins
3 16 (7.02%) JIRA
4 9 (3.95%) webpack
5 8 (3.51%) SonarQube
6 7 (3.07%) Bitbucket
7 5 (2.19%) JUnit
7 5 (2.19%) Mockito
8 4 (1.75%) Cucumber
8 4 (1.75%) JMeter
8 4 (1.75%) Selenium
8 4 (1.75%) Sourcetree
9 3 (1.32%) LoadRunner
9 3 (1.32%) NeoLoad
9 3 (1.32%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.88%) REST Assured
10 2 (0.88%) Snyk
11 1 (0.44%) Gradle
11 1 (0.44%) Maven
General
1 33 (14.47%) Social Skills
2 31 (13.60%) Finance
3 13 (5.70%) Public Sector
4 8 (3.51%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (3.07%) Banking
6 5 (2.19%) Manufacturing
6 5 (2.19%) Pharmaceutical
6 5 (2.19%) Retail
7 2 (0.88%) Front Office
7 2 (0.88%) Marketing
8 1 (0.44%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.44%) Health Technology
8 1 (0.44%) Investment Banking
8 1 (0.44%) Law
8 1 (0.44%) Legal
8 1 (0.44%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 65 (28.51%) DevOps Engineer
2 62 (27.19%) AWS Engineer
3 43 (18.86%) Developer
4 34 (14.91%) AWS DevOps
5 30 (13.16%) AWS DevOps Engineer
6 29 (12.72%) Senior
7 23 (10.09%) Lead
8 19 (8.33%) Cloud Engineer
9 18 (7.89%) Architect
9 18 (7.89%) Data Engineer
10 15 (6.58%) Java Developer
10 15 (6.58%) Platform Engineer
10 15 (6.58%) Site Reliability Engineer
11 13 (5.70%) AWS Architect
11 13 (5.70%) Cloud Platform Engineer
11 13 (5.70%) Senior Developer
12 12 (5.26%) Software Engineer
13 11 (4.82%) Python Developer
14 9 (3.95%) AWS Developer
14 9 (3.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (8.77%) React
2 18 (7.89%) Node.js
3 17 (7.46%) Kafka
4 12 (5.26%) RabbitMQ
5 11 (4.82%) RESTful
5 11 (4.82%) Spring
6 9 (3.95%) .NET
6 9 (3.95%) Express.js
6 9 (3.95%) Lambda Expressions
6 9 (3.95%) Redux
7 8 (3.51%) OAuth
8 6 (2.63%) .NET Core
8 6 (2.63%) JSON
8 6 (2.63%) LDAP
8 6 (2.63%) OAuth2
9 5 (2.19%) REST
9 5 (2.19%) Spring Boot
9 5 (2.19%) XML
10 4 (1.75%) Elastic Stack
10 4 (1.75%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 12 (5.26%) Data Protection Act
2 10 (4.39%) Linux Command Line
2 10 (4.39%) Public Cloud
3 9 (3.95%) Distributed Systems
4 8 (3.51%) Data Structures
5 7 (3.07%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (2.63%) Algorithms
6 6 (2.63%) Data Centre
6 6 (2.63%) PKI
7 5 (2.19%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.75%) Credit Derivative
8 4 (1.75%) Credit Risk
8 4 (1.75%) Derivative
8 4 (1.75%) Fixed Income
8 4 (1.75%) Market Risk
8 4 (1.75%) Product Ownership
9 3 (1.32%) Clustering
9 3 (1.32%) Private Cloud
9 3 (1.32%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.88%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 50 (21.93%) Linux
2 18 (7.89%) Windows
3 17 (7.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 11 (4.82%) Unix
5 9 (3.95%) Windows Server
6 8 (3.51%) CentOS
7 4 (1.75%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.88%) Debian
8 2 (0.88%) VMS
9 1 (0.44%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.44%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (50.00%) DevOps
2 102 (44.74%) CI/CD
3 51 (22.37%) Infrastructure as Code
4 49 (21.49%) Agile
4 49 (21.49%) Containerisation
5 33 (14.47%) Problem-Solving
6 29 (12.72%) ETL
7 25 (10.96%) Software Engineering
8 24 (10.53%) Migration
9 22 (9.65%) Data Pipeline
9 22 (9.65%) Microservices
9 22 (9.65%) Test Automation
10 21 (9.21%) Site Reliability Engineering
11 20 (8.77%) Configuration Management
11 20 (8.77%) Performance Tuning
11 20 (8.77%) Scrum
12 17 (7.46%) Computer Science
12 17 (7.46%) Technical Leadership
13 16 (7.02%) Data Engineering
13 16 (7.02%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 133 (58.33%) Python
2 59 (25.88%) SQL
3 57 (25.00%) Java
4 36 (15.79%) Bash
5 16 (7.02%) Go
5 16 (7.02%) TypeScript
6 15 (6.58%) Shell Script
7 14 (6.14%) JavaScript
8 8 (3.51%) PowerShell
9 7 (3.07%) C
9 7 (3.07%) C#
10 6 (2.63%) Ruby
11 4 (1.75%) Groovy
11 4 (1.75%) Perl
12 3 (1.32%) C++
13 1 (0.44%) MATLAB
13 1 (0.44%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.44%) R
13 1 (0.44%) Scala
Qualifications
1 71 (31.14%) Security Cleared
2 58 (25.44%) SC Cleared
3 21 (9.21%) AWS Certification
4 18 (7.89%) Degree
5 14 (6.14%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (4.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 11 (4.82%) DV Cleared
7 8 (3.51%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 2 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.44%) AWS Certified Developer
9 1 (0.44%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
9 1 (0.44%) CCNA
9 1 (0.44%) CCNP
9 1 (0.44%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.44%) CTC Cleared
9 1 (0.44%) MCSA
9 1 (0.44%) MCSE
9 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.44%) OCP
9 1 (0.44%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.46%) QA
2 6 (2.63%) PCI DSS
3 4 (1.75%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.32%) ISO 22301
4 3 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.32%) NCSC
5 2 (0.88%) SLA
6 1 (0.44%) GDPR
6 1 (0.44%) IFRS
6 1 (0.44%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 71 (31.14%) Docker
2 20 (8.77%) Active Directory
3 8 (3.51%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (2.63%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.88%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.44%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.44%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 98 (42.98%) Kubernetes
2 93 (40.79%) Terraform
3 49 (21.49%) Ansible
4 30 (13.16%) Grafana
4 30 (13.16%) Prometheus
5 12 (5.26%) Progress Chef
6 10 (4.39%) Docker Swarm
6 10 (4.39%) Packer
7 9 (3.95%) Puppet
8 6 (2.63%) HP Fortify
9 4 (1.75%) Kibana
9 4 (1.75%) Rancher
9 4 (1.75%) SCCM
9 4 (1.75%) WSUS
10 3 (1.32%) HAProxy
11 2 (0.88%) Consul
11 2 (0.88%) Graphite
11 2 (0.88%) linkerd
11 2 (0.88%) Salt
11 2 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 21 (9.21%) Oracle
2 19 (8.33%) Splunk
3 12 (5.26%) Microsoft
3 12 (5.26%) VMware
4 10 (4.39%) Databricks
4 10 (4.39%) Informatica
4 10 (4.39%) Red Hat
5 6 (2.63%) Confluent
5 6 (2.63%) NEC
5 6 (2.63%) Talend
6 5 (2.19%) SAP
7 4 (1.75%) Apple
7 4 (1.75%) Palo Alto
8 3 (1.32%) AppDynamics
8 3 (1.32%) Okta
8 3 (1.32%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.32%) Solace
9 2 (0.88%) Cisco
9 2 (0.88%) PagerDuty
9 2 (0.88%) Qualys