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 24 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 23 13 15
Rank change year-on-year -10 +2 -7
Contract jobs citing AWS 193 396 339
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 6.04% 11.59% 9.25%
As % of the Cloud Services category 23.83% 34.32% 30.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 160 333 289
10th Percentile £325 £425 £430
25th Percentile £450 £506 £490
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 £563 £600 £590
% change year-on-year -6.25% +1.69% +12.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 9 1
10th Percentile - £57.78 -
25th Percentile - £60.70 £47.02
Median hourly rate - £78.00 £48.27
Median % change year-on-year - +61.59% -19.55%
75th Percentile - - £49.52
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £55.00 £75.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -26.67% +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 810 1,154 1,119
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 25.35% 33.77% 30.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 618 930 856
10th Percentile £213 £299 £255
25th Percentile £383 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £513
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +7.32% +7.89%
75th Percentile £600 £659 £600
90th Percentile £675 £723 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 57 21
10th Percentile £12.60 £16.89 £11.17
25th Percentile £14.25 £28.50 £17.50
Median hourly rate £21.00 £53.35 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -60.64% +148.14% -52.22%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £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%

AWS
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 24 May 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 24 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
Bristol -2 76 £494 -10.23% 99
Gloucestershire 0 56 £555 +0.91% 48
Wiltshire -44 30 £600 +4.35% 13
Devon -12 13 £600 - 29
Somerset -6 5 £475 -24.00% 19
Cornwall - 4 £388 -
Dorset 0 3 £350 -44.00% 8
AWS
England

AWS
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 10 (5.18%) Confluence
2 6 (3.11%) Apache
3 3 (1.55%) CMS
4 2 (1.04%) 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 71 (36.79%) Azure
2 21 (10.88%) OpenShift
3 19 (9.84%) GCP
4 16 (8.29%) PaaS
5 15 (7.77%) Serverless
6 12 (6.22%) GitHub
7 11 (5.70%) AWS Lambda
8 10 (5.18%) Amazon S3
8 10 (5.18%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (4.66%) SaaS
10 8 (4.15%) Amazon EC2
11 5 (2.59%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 5 (2.59%) Amazon Cognito
11 5 (2.59%) AWS CloudFormation
12 4 (2.07%) AWS CloudTrail
12 4 (2.07%) Azure Monitor
12 4 (2.07%) Pulumi
13 3 (1.55%) Entra ID
13 3 (1.55%) npm
13 3 (1.55%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.66%) PBX
1 9 (4.66%) VoIP
2 7 (3.63%) AMQP
2 7 (3.63%) Network Security
3 6 (3.11%) VPN
4 5 (2.59%) DNS
4 5 (2.59%) HTTP
5 3 (1.55%) Firewall
6 2 (1.04%) DHCP
6 2 (1.04%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (1.04%) LAN
6 2 (1.04%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (1.04%) SD-WAN
6 2 (1.04%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.04%) WAN
7 1 (0.52%) 5G
7 1 (0.52%) LTE
7 1 (0.52%) Radio Access Network
7 1 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.52%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.66%) InfluxDB
1 9 (4.66%) Relational Database
2 8 (4.15%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (3.63%) NoSQL
4 6 (3.11%) SQL Server
5 5 (2.59%) Triplestore
6 3 (1.55%) Power BI
6 3 (1.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (1.04%) Data Mining
7 2 (1.04%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (1.04%) Flink
7 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 2 (1.04%) MongoDB
7 2 (1.04%) MySQL
7 2 (1.04%) OLAP
7 2 (1.04%) OLTP
7 2 (1.04%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (1.04%) Tableau
8 1 (0.52%) Big Data
8 1 (0.52%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 30 (15.54%) Jenkins
2 14 (7.25%) JIRA
3 12 (6.22%) GitLab
4 9 (4.66%) Rational DOORS
5 8 (4.15%) SonarQube
6 7 (3.63%) Cypress.io
6 7 (3.63%) Selenium
7 6 (3.11%) Artifactory
8 5 (2.59%) Bitbucket
8 5 (2.59%) Git
9 3 (1.55%) Burp Suite
10 2 (1.04%) JUnit
10 2 (1.04%) 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 (12.44%) Social Skills
2 22 (11.40%) Public Sector
3 12 (6.22%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (5.70%) Telecoms
5 7 (3.63%) Digital Economy
5 7 (3.63%) Legal
6 6 (3.11%) Finance
7 5 (2.59%) Tech for Good
8 3 (1.55%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.52%) Electronics
9 1 (0.52%) German Language
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 47 (24.35%) Developer
2 37 (19.17%) DevOps Engineer
3 30 (15.54%) Architect
4 17 (8.81%) Senior
5 16 (8.29%) Full Stack Developer
6 15 (7.77%) Software Engineer
7 10 (5.18%) Solutions Architect
8 9 (4.66%) Data Engineer
9 8 (4.15%) AWS Engineer
9 8 (4.15%) Security Engineer
9 8 (4.15%) Site Reliability Engineer
9 8 (4.15%) SOC Engineer
10 7 (3.63%) Angular Developer
10 7 (3.63%) Cloud Engineer
10 7 (3.63%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
11 6 (3.11%) AWS Architect
11 6 (3.11%) Test Engineer
12 5 (2.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 5 (2.59%) Senior Test Engineer
13 4 (2.07%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (17.62%) React
2 19 (9.84%) AngularJS
3 14 (7.25%) Node.js
4 13 (6.74%) Spring
5 9 (4.66%) CSS
5 9 (4.66%) REST
6 8 (4.15%) .NET
6 8 (4.15%) GraphQL
6 8 (4.15%) HTML
6 8 (4.15%) Vue
7 7 (3.63%) RabbitMQ
7 7 (3.63%) Spring Boot
8 6 (3.11%) Next.js
8 6 (3.11%) React Native
8 6 (3.11%) YAML
9 5 (2.59%) Apache Jena
9 5 (2.59%) Apache NiFi
9 5 (2.59%) Flask
9 5 (2.59%) Kafka
9 5 (2.59%) PostGIS
Miscellaneous
1 14 (7.25%) Public Cloud
2 10 (5.18%) Security Posture
3 9 (4.66%) Blackberry
3 9 (4.66%) Video Conferencing
4 6 (3.11%) Cloud Native
4 6 (3.11%) Linux Command Line
4 6 (3.11%) PKI
5 5 (2.59%) Hybrid Cloud
5 5 (2.59%) Renewable Energy
6 4 (2.07%) Cyber Defence
6 4 (2.07%) Security Operations Centre
7 3 (1.55%) Algorithms
7 3 (1.55%) Data Structures
8 2 (1.04%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.04%) Hackathon
8 2 (1.04%) Mobile App
8 2 (1.04%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.52%) CSOC
9 1 (0.52%) Cyber Security Posture
9 1 (0.52%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 31 (16.06%) Linux
2 9 (4.66%) Windows
3 3 (1.55%) Kali Linux
3 3 (1.55%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.04%) Android
4 2 (1.04%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.04%) 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 66 (34.20%) DevOps
2 55 (28.50%) CI/CD
3 30 (15.54%) Agile
4 27 (13.99%) Software Engineering
5 26 (13.47%) Full Stack Development
6 22 (11.40%) Problem-Solving
7 19 (9.84%) Infrastructure as Code
8 18 (9.33%) ArchiMate
9 15 (7.77%) Cybersecurity
10 14 (7.25%) SDLC
11 13 (6.74%) Containerisation
11 13 (6.74%) Project Management
11 13 (6.74%) Site Reliability Engineering
11 13 (6.74%) TOGAF
12 11 (5.70%) Cloud Security
12 11 (5.70%) Continuous Improvement
12 11 (5.70%) Digital Strategy
12 11 (5.70%) ITIL
13 10 (5.18%) BDD
13 10 (5.18%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 65 (33.68%) Python
2 40 (20.73%) Java
3 37 (19.17%) JavaScript
4 21 (10.88%) TypeScript
5 20 (10.36%) SQL
6 19 (9.84%) PowerShell
7 17 (8.81%) C
8 16 (8.29%) Go
9 11 (5.70%) Bash
10 7 (3.63%) C#
11 5 (2.59%) PHP
11 5 (2.59%) Shell Script
11 5 (2.59%) SPARQL
12 3 (1.55%) R
13 2 (1.04%) Bicep
13 2 (1.04%) Kotlin
13 2 (1.04%) Scala
13 2 (1.04%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.52%) Rust
14 1 (0.52%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 117 (60.62%) Security Cleared
2 70 (36.27%) DV Cleared
3 53 (27.46%) SC Cleared
4 14 (7.25%) Degree
5 8 (4.15%) TOGAF Certification
6 7 (3.63%) HND
7 5 (2.59%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (2.07%) CCNP
8 4 (2.07%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.55%) Master's Degree
9 3 (1.55%) OSCP
9 3 (1.55%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 2 (1.04%) AWS Certification
10 2 (1.04%) CEH
10 2 (1.04%) CISSP
10 2 (1.04%) CREST Certified
10 2 (1.04%) IBM Certification
10 2 (1.04%) ISTQB
10 2 (1.04%) Numerate Degree
10 2 (1.04%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.70%) QA
2 8 (4.15%) NCSC
2 8 (4.15%) NIST
3 6 (3.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.07%) Accessibility
4 4 (2.07%) Data Quality
4 4 (2.07%) Government Security Classifications
4 4 (2.07%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.52%) GDPR
5 1 (0.52%) GRC
5 1 (0.52%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.52%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.52%) WCAG
System Software
1 52 (26.94%) Docker
2 11 (5.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (4.15%) Hyper-V
4 6 (3.11%) Active Directory
5 4 (2.07%) VMware NSX
6 3 (1.55%) vSphere
7 2 (1.04%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (1.04%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.52%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 56 (29.02%) Terraform
2 50 (25.91%) Kubernetes
3 34 (17.62%) Ansible
4 21 (10.88%) Grafana
4 21 (10.88%) Prometheus
5 11 (5.70%) Docker Swarm
6 8 (4.15%) Progress Chef
7 4 (2.07%) Argo
7 4 (2.07%) OPNET
7 4 (2.07%) Trend Micro Deep Security
8 3 (1.55%) PowerCLI
8 3 (1.55%) vCenter Server
9 2 (1.04%) Kustomize
10 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Clustering
10 1 (0.52%) SCCM
10 1 (0.52%) SELinux
10 1 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.52%) vRealize
Vendors
1 22 (11.40%) Microsoft
2 18 (9.33%) VMware
3 15 (7.77%) Google
4 13 (6.74%) Cisco
5 11 (5.70%) IBM
6 9 (4.66%) Avaya
6 9 (4.66%) Ericsson
6 9 (4.66%) Juniper
6 9 (4.66%) Nokia
6 9 (4.66%) Ribbon
7 8 (4.15%) Splunk
8 6 (3.11%) Atlassian
9 4 (2.07%) Databricks
10 3 (1.55%) SAP
11 2 (1.04%) Citrix
11 2 (1.04%) Palo Alto
12 1 (0.52%) Oracle
12 1 (0.52%) Red Hat
12 1 (0.52%) Salesforce
12 1 (0.52%) Veritas