Amazon EC2 Contracts

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Amazon EC2 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Amazon EC2 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 304 359 320
Rank change year-on-year +55 -39 +53
Contract jobs citing Amazon EC2 297 378 713
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.68% 0.68% 0.82%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.10% 1.87% 2.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 222 282 475
10th Percentile £381 £463 £438
25th Percentile £431 £513 £485
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £613 £675 £653
90th Percentile £738 £738 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £511 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -7.05% +4.76% +5.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 7
10th Percentile - - £64.00
25th Percentile - £47.50 £68.75
Median hourly rate - £50.00 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year - -33.33% -
75th Percentile - £52.50 £83.00
90th Percentile - - £85.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £75.00

All Cloud Skills
UK

Amazon EC2 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 14,152 20,251 33,472
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 32.40% 36.46% 38.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,986 14,657 24,479
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 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.00% - +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 356 327 381
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.25 £13.89
25th Percentile £16.06 £20.00 £15.33
Median hourly rate £21.50 £36.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.28% +63.64% +2.33%
75th Percentile £43.75 £69.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £78.48 £69.38
UK excluding London median hourly rate £20.00 £27.35 £19.09
% change year-on-year -26.87% +43.27% -4.55%

Amazon EC2
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Amazon EC2 in the UK

Amazon EC2
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Amazon EC2 in the UK

Amazon EC2
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Amazon EC2 over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Amazon EC2 in the UK

Amazon EC2
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Amazon EC2 in the UK

Amazon EC2
Top 15 Contract Locations

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 UK 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
England +23 236 £525 -13.76% 95
London +26 154 £525 -16.00% 53
UK excluding London +20 107 £511 -7.05% 46
Work from Home +52 104 £520 -13.33% 58
North of England +9 45 £510 -7.27% 12
North West +27 35 £510 -14.11% 6
Scotland +45 27 £463 -8.78% 6
South East +8 13 £595 +2.59% 11
South West +6 11 £575 -23.97% 8
Yorkshire -6 10 £463 -15.91% 6
Midlands - 5 £425 - 6
East of England +3 3 £625 +6.38%
Wales - 3 £645 - 1
West Midlands - 3 £425 - 5
East Midlands - 2 - - 1

Amazon EC2
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:

Application Platforms
1 25 (8.42%) Apache Airflow
2 20 (6.73%) Apache
3 13 (4.38%) Apache Spark
4 7 (2.36%) Confluence
5 4 (1.35%) nginx
6 2 (0.67%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.34%) SAS
7 1 (0.34%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.34%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.34%) Traefik
Applications
1 1 (0.34%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (2.36%) NEC Housing
2 3 (1.01%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.34%) Aareon QL
3 1 (0.34%) MIS ActiveH
3 1 (0.34%) OPENHousing
Cloud Services
1 292 (98.32%) AWS
2 219 (73.74%) Amazon S3
3 145 (48.82%) Serverless
4 138 (46.46%) AWS Lambda
5 90 (30.30%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 81 (27.27%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 65 (21.89%) Amazon EKS
8 60 (20.20%) AWS CloudFormation
9 51 (17.17%) Route 53
10 49 (16.50%) Amazon ECS
11 40 (13.47%) Amazon SQS
12 33 (11.11%) Snowflake
13 25 (8.42%) OpenShift
14 22 (7.41%) GitHub
15 19 (6.40%) Amazon EMR
16 18 (6.06%) AWS Fargate
16 18 (6.06%) Azure
17 17 (5.72%) Amazon ECR
17 17 (5.72%) Amazon ELB
18 15 (5.05%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 22 (7.41%) Network Security
2 16 (5.39%) Firewall
3 12 (4.04%) DNS
4 9 (3.03%) TCP/IP
4 9 (3.03%) VPN
5 6 (2.02%) AMQP
5 6 (2.02%) DHCP
5 6 (2.02%) Remote Desktop
6 5 (1.68%) FTP
6 5 (1.68%) Kerberos
6 5 (1.68%) SSL
6 5 (1.68%) Wireless
7 4 (1.35%) OpenLDAP
8 3 (1.01%) HTTP
8 3 (1.01%) LAN
8 3 (1.01%) Reverse Proxy
8 3 (1.01%) WLAN
9 1 (0.34%) Internet
9 1 (0.34%) MQTT
9 1 (0.34%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 105 (35.35%) Amazon RDS
2 27 (9.09%) Amazon Redshift
2 27 (9.09%) PostgreSQL
3 25 (8.42%) Amazon Athena
3 25 (8.42%) Relational Database
4 22 (7.41%) DynamoDB
4 22 (7.41%) MongoDB
5 19 (6.40%) Elasticsearch
6 18 (6.06%) Data Lake
7 17 (5.72%) Data Warehouse
7 17 (5.72%) MySQL
8 15 (5.05%) InfluxDB
9 12 (4.04%) NoSQL
10 9 (3.03%) Informix
11 8 (2.69%) Amazon Aurora
11 8 (2.69%) Apache Arrow
11 8 (2.69%) Apache Ignite
11 8 (2.69%) Dremio
12 7 (2.36%) Big Data
12 7 (2.36%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 69 (23.23%) Git
2 62 (20.88%) Jenkins
3 52 (17.51%) GitLab
4 21 (7.07%) JIRA
5 9 (3.03%) webpack
6 8 (2.69%) JUnit
6 8 (2.69%) SonarQube
7 7 (2.36%) Bitbucket
8 6 (2.02%) Artifactory
9 5 (1.68%) Gradle
9 5 (1.68%) JMeter
9 5 (1.68%) Maven
9 5 (1.68%) Selenium
10 4 (1.35%) Cucumber
10 4 (1.35%) Mockito
10 4 (1.35%) Sourcetree
10 4 (1.35%) TeamCity
11 3 (1.01%) LoadRunner
11 3 (1.01%) NeoLoad
11 3 (1.01%) REST Assured
General
1 46 (15.49%) Social Skills
2 41 (13.80%) Finance
3 22 (7.41%) Public Sector
4 19 (6.40%) Banking
5 14 (4.71%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (3.70%) Front Office
7 9 (3.03%) Investment Banking
8 5 (1.68%) Manufacturing
8 5 (1.68%) Pharmaceutical
8 5 (1.68%) Retail
9 2 (0.67%) Marketing
10 1 (0.34%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.34%) Health Technology
10 1 (0.34%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.34%) Law
10 1 (0.34%) Legal
10 1 (0.34%) Local Government
10 1 (0.34%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 79 (26.60%) AWS Engineer
2 78 (26.26%) DevOps Engineer
3 58 (19.53%) Developer
4 40 (13.47%) AWS DevOps
5 36 (12.12%) AWS DevOps Engineer
5 36 (12.12%) Senior
6 29 (9.76%) Lead
7 27 (9.09%) Architect
7 27 (9.09%) Data Engineer
8 21 (7.07%) Java Developer
9 18 (6.06%) Platform Engineer
9 18 (6.06%) Software Engineer
10 17 (5.72%) Cloud Engineer
11 16 (5.39%) AWS Architect
11 16 (5.39%) Cloud Platform Engineer
12 15 (5.05%) Python Developer
12 15 (5.05%) Site Reliability Engineer
13 14 (4.71%) AWS Developer
14 13 (4.38%) Senior Developer
14 13 (4.38%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (8.08%) Kafka
1 24 (8.08%) React
2 22 (7.41%) AWS CDK
3 21 (7.07%) Node.js
4 20 (6.73%) Spring
5 14 (4.71%) RabbitMQ
6 13 (4.38%) RESTful
7 10 (3.37%) .NET
7 10 (3.37%) Express.js
7 10 (3.37%) Lambda Expressions
7 10 (3.37%) OAuth
7 10 (3.37%) PySpark
8 9 (3.03%) gRPC
8 9 (3.03%) Redux
9 8 (2.69%) NumPy
9 8 (2.69%) Pandas
9 8 (2.69%) Protocol Buffers
9 8 (2.69%) SciPy
9 8 (2.69%) Spring Boot
10 7 (2.36%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 13 (4.38%) Public Cloud
2 12 (4.04%) Data Protection Act
2 12 (4.04%) Replication
3 11 (3.70%) Derivative
3 11 (3.70%) Distributed Systems
3 11 (3.70%) Fixed Income
4 10 (3.37%) Data Structures
4 10 (3.37%) Linux Command Line
5 9 (3.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 8 (2.69%) Algorithms
6 8 (2.69%) Equities
6 8 (2.69%) Hedge funds
7 7 (2.36%) Cloud Native
7 7 (2.36%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (2.02%) Data Centre
9 5 (1.68%) PKI
10 4 (1.35%) Credit Risk
10 4 (1.35%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 4 (1.35%) Market Risk
10 4 (1.35%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 65 (21.89%) Linux
2 26 (8.75%) Windows
3 25 (8.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 15 (5.05%) Unix
4 15 (5.05%) Windows Server
5 9 (3.03%) CentOS
6 7 (2.36%) Ubuntu
7 5 (1.68%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.67%) Amazon Linux
8 2 (0.67%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.34%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.34%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 138 (46.46%) DevOps
2 128 (43.10%) CI/CD
3 79 (26.60%) Agile
4 75 (25.25%) Infrastructure as Code
5 63 (21.21%) Containerisation
6 52 (17.51%) Migration
7 37 (12.46%) Software Engineering
8 36 (12.12%) Scrum
9 35 (11.78%) Problem-Solving
10 32 (10.77%) ETL
11 31 (10.44%) Test Automation
12 25 (8.42%) Kanban
12 25 (8.42%) Microservices
13 22 (7.41%) Data Pipeline
14 21 (7.07%) Site Reliability Engineering
15 20 (6.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 19 (6.40%) Computer Science
16 19 (6.40%) Configuration Management
16 19 (6.40%) Performance Tuning
17 17 (5.72%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 160 (53.87%) Python
2 85 (28.62%) Java
2 85 (28.62%) SQL
3 40 (13.47%) Bash
4 39 (13.13%) TypeScript
5 27 (9.09%) JavaScript
6 15 (5.05%) Go
6 15 (5.05%) Shell Script
7 14 (4.71%) Groovy
8 9 (3.03%) PowerShell
9 8 (2.69%) C
10 7 (2.36%) C#
11 6 (2.02%) Perl
12 5 (1.68%) Ruby
13 3 (1.01%) C++
14 2 (0.67%) PHP
15 1 (0.34%) MATLAB
15 1 (0.34%) PL/SQL
15 1 (0.34%) R
15 1 (0.34%) Scala
Qualifications
1 74 (24.92%) Security Cleared
2 59 (19.87%) SC Cleared
3 28 (9.43%) AWS Certification
4 21 (7.07%) Degree
5 16 (5.39%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (3.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 11 (3.70%) DV Cleared
7 8 (2.69%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 2 (0.67%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.67%) Oracle Certification
9 1 (0.34%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 1 (0.34%) AWS Certified Developer
9 1 (0.34%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
9 1 (0.34%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.34%) CCNA
9 1 (0.34%) CCNP
9 1 (0.34%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.34%) CTC Cleared
9 1 (0.34%) MCSA
9 1 (0.34%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (7.41%) QA
2 7 (2.36%) PCI DSS
3 4 (1.35%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.01%) ISO 22301
4 3 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.67%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.67%) NCSC
5 2 (0.67%) SLA
6 1 (0.34%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.34%) GDPR
6 1 (0.34%) IFRS
6 1 (0.34%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 86 (28.96%) Docker
2 22 (7.41%) Active Directory
3 8 (2.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (2.02%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.34%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 117 (39.39%) Kubernetes
2 114 (38.38%) Terraform
3 72 (24.24%) Ansible
4 57 (19.19%) Grafana
5 39 (13.13%) Prometheus
6 12 (4.04%) Progress Chef
7 11 (3.70%) Packer
8 9 (3.03%) Docker Swarm
8 9 (3.03%) Kibana
9 8 (2.69%) Puppet
10 6 (2.02%) HP Fortify
10 6 (2.02%) SCCM
11 5 (1.68%) WSUS
12 4 (1.35%) Graylog
12 4 (1.35%) Nagios
12 4 (1.35%) Rancher
13 2 (0.67%) AirWatch
13 2 (0.67%) Argo
13 2 (0.67%) Salt
13 2 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 32 (10.77%) Oracle
2 21 (7.07%) Splunk
3 17 (5.72%) Microsoft
4 15 (5.05%) Red Hat
5 14 (4.71%) Databricks
6 12 (4.04%) VMware
7 11 (3.70%) Informatica
8 8 (2.69%) Bloomberg
8 8 (2.69%) Confluent
8 8 (2.69%) Reuters
9 7 (2.36%) NEC
10 6 (2.02%) SAP
10 6 (2.02%) Talend
10 6 (2.02%) UiPath
11 5 (1.68%) Apple
11 5 (1.68%) Commvault
12 4 (1.35%) Palo Alto
12 4 (1.35%) Salesforce
12 4 (1.35%) Solace
13 3 (1.01%) AppDynamics