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 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 | 12 | 10 | 6 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -2 | -4 | 0 |
| Contract jobs citing AWS | 4,308 | 7,088 | 12,810 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 10.13% | 12.38% | 14.51% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 31.12% | 33.69% | 37.67% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3,258 | 5,326 | 9,737 |
| 10th Percentile | £381 | £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 | £510 | £550 | £530 |
| % change year-on-year | -7.27% | +3.77% | +7.07% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 27 | 59 | 47 |
| 10th Percentile | £22.21 | £35.00 | £45.75 |
| 25th Percentile | £29.00 | £52.96 | £51.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £55.00 | £75.00 | £65.54 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -26.67% | +14.43% | +48.95% |
| 75th Percentile | £72.50 | £78.00 | £77.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £73.30 | £88.30 | £81.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £55.00 | £67.75 | £70.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -18.82% | -3.21% | +16.67% |
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 | 13,842 | 21,041 | 34,006 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 32.54% | 36.74% | 38.51% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,846 | 15,232 | 24,816 |
| 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% | - | +11.11% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 347 | 332 | 411 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.00 | £15.25 | £13.88 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.06 | £18.50 | £15.35 |
| Median hourly rate | £21.37 | £35.00 | £22.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -38.94% | +59.09% | -2.22% |
| 75th Percentile | £38.13 | £66.00 | £53.88 |
| 90th Percentile | £65.75 | £78.00 | £67.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £17.72 | £25.00 | £19.25 |
| % change year-on-year | -29.12% | +29.89% | -3.76% |
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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 20 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 20 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 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 |
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| England | -3 | 3,596 | £563 | -6.25% | 2,969 |
| London | +1 | 2,334 | £575 | -8.00% | 1,576 |
| Work from Home | 0 | 1,761 | £573 | -0.43% | 1,727 |
| UK excluding London | -9 | 1,313 | £510 | -7.27% | 1,888 |
| North of England | -2 | 423 | £500 | -9.09% | 467 |
| South East | -4 | 285 | £575 | - | 551 |
| North West | -2 | 260 | £475 | -13.64% | 267 |
| Scotland | -4 | 238 | £475 | -3.70% | 135 |
| South West | -12 | 193 | £538 | -6.52% | 231 |
| Yorkshire | -5 | 144 | £525 | -4.55% | 146 |
| Midlands | -11 | 127 | £450 | -16.67% | 247 |
| West Midlands | -25 | 67 | £500 | -7.41% | 163 |
| East Midlands | +11 | 62 | £445 | -25.05% | 84 |
| East of England | -52 | 41 | £550 | -5.90% | 132 |
| North East | -10 | 21 | £575 | -11.54% | 54 |
| Wales | +1 | 17 | £540 | -6.09% | 59 |
| Northern Ireland | -4 | 4 | £675 | +12.50% | 85 |
| 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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