Amazon Web Services (AWS)
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 26 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 26 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 12 | 10 | 6 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -2 | -4 | 0 |
| Contract jobs citing AWS | 4,308 | 6,965 | 12,621 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 10.10% | 12.27% | 14.40% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 31.07% | 33.69% | 37.43% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3,262 | 5,213 | 9,583 |
| 10th Percentile | £377 | £425 | £425 |
| 25th Percentile | £456 | £500 | £500 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £580 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.17% | +0.87% | +9.52% |
| 75th Percentile | £675 | £688 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £788 | £775 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £507 | £550 | £530 |
| % change year-on-year | -7.82% | +3.77% | +6.64% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 25 | 63 | 46 |
| 10th Percentile | £22.17 | £35.00 | £45.63 |
| 25th Percentile | £30.25 | £48.59 | £51.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £55.00 | £75.00 | £65.54 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -26.67% | +14.43% | +37.98% |
| 75th Percentile | £72.50 | £79.00 | £77.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £73.70 | £88.30 | £81.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £61.00 | £65.50 | £70.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.87% | -6.43% | +14.29% |
All Cloud Skills
UK
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 with a requirement for cloud computing skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills | 13,864 | 20,673 | 33,722 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 32.49% | 36.43% | 38.47% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,879 | 14,948 | 24,606 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £325 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £450 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £634 | £650 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £748 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | - | +10.86% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 341 | 331 | 393 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.00 | £15.25 | £13.88 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.00 | £18.50 | £15.37 |
| Median hourly rate | £21.37 | £36.00 | £22.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -40.64% | +63.64% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £40.00 | £66.75 | £53.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £67.00 | £79.19 | £67.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £17.72 | £26.48 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -33.08% | +32.40% | +2.56% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing AWS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing AWS.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing AWS over the 6 months to 26 May 2024.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing AWS.
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Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing AWS over the 6 months to 26 May 2024.
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Top 18 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AWS within the UK over the 6 months to 26 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 |
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| England | -3 | 3,596 | £563 | -6.25% | 3,231 |
| London | +1 | 2,339 | £575 | -7.26% | 1,889 |
| Work from Home | 0 | 1,748 | £568 | -1.30% | 1,804 |
| UK excluding London | -9 | 1,318 | £507 | -7.82% | 2,193 |
| North of England | -3 | 424 | £500 | -9.09% | 454 |
| South East | -3 | 288 | £575 | - | 936 |
| North West | -2 | 258 | £475 | -13.24% | 296 |
| Scotland | -3 | 241 | £475 | -4.04% | 118 |
| South West | -12 | 193 | £538 | -6.52% | 226 |
| Yorkshire | -4 | 145 | £525 | -4.55% | 115 |
| Midlands | -8 | 126 | £450 | -16.67% | 211 |
| East Midlands | +12 | 64 | £445 | -20.89% | 79 |
| West Midlands | -30 | 64 | £450 | -18.18% | 131 |
| East of England | -47 | 41 | £550 | -7.25% | 139 |
| North East | -11 | 23 | £575 | -8.00% | 43 |
| Wales | -3 | 16 | £558 | -2.19% | 47 |
| Northern Ireland | -4 | 4 | £675 | +12.50% | 86 |
| Isle of Man | - | 3 | - | - | 1 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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