AWS Contracts with Work from Home Options

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring AWS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited AWS 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 7 7 6
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 -1
Contract jobs citing AWS 1,806 3,369 7,017
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 12.24% 14.11% 16.00%
As % of the Cloud Services category 33.43% 35.78% 38.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,368 2,636 5,428
10th Percentile £400 £425 £425
25th Percentile £472 £481 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £574 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.22% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £669
90th Percentile £850 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 35 35
10th Percentile £64.25 £31.55 £45.50
25th Percentile £67.50 £39.60 £51.25
Median hourly rate £70.94 £70.00 £65.54
Median % change year-on-year +1.34% +6.81% +10.15%
75th Percentile £74.00 £75.00 £77.41
90th Percentile £75.38 £86.98 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £50.59 £72.50 £65.54
% change year-on-year -30.22% +10.62% +10.15%

All Cloud Skills
Work from Home

AWS falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 5,402 9,416 18,029
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 36.61% 39.44% 41.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,898 7,013 13,524
10th Percentile £350 £363 £375
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 131 149
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.25 £15.03
25th Percentile £16.90 £21.28 £20.75
Median hourly rate £26.00 £50.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -48.00% +25.00% +41.02%
75th Percentile £50.19 £70.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £72.19 £75.00 £75.17
UK median hourly rate £21.50 £36.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -40.28% +63.64% +2.33%

AWS
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing AWS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

AWS trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing AWS.

AWS daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing AWS over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

AWS daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing AWS.

AWS hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing AWS over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

AWS hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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
1 192 (10.63%) Apache Airflow
2 170 (9.41%) Apache
3 56 (3.10%) Confluence
4 29 (1.61%) Apache Spark
5 24 (1.33%) nginx
6 12 (0.66%) Cloud Foundry
7 10 (0.55%) CMS
7 10 (0.55%) OpenStack
8 8 (0.44%) SharePoint
8 8 (0.44%) WordPress
9 7 (0.39%) Drupal
9 7 (0.39%) JBoss
9 7 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
10 6 (0.33%) Tomcat
11 5 (0.28%) IIS
11 5 (0.28%) Oracle Self-Service HR
11 5 (0.28%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 5 (0.28%) WebLogic
11 5 (0.28%) WebSphere
12 3 (0.17%) GeoServer
Applications
1 9 (0.50%) Chatbot
1 9 (0.50%) MS Visio
2 7 (0.39%) Trello
3 4 (0.22%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.055%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 9 (0.50%) Oracle EBS
2 8 (0.44%) Temenos T24
3 7 (0.39%) Payment Gateway
4 5 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
5 4 (0.22%) Endur
6 3 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.17%) PeopleSoft HCM
6 3 (0.17%) Shopify
6 3 (0.17%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 2 (0.11%) Cloudability
7 2 (0.11%) Magento
7 2 (0.11%) OpenLink RightAngle
7 2 (0.11%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 1 (0.055%) Dynamics CRM
8 1 (0.055%) NEC Housing
8 1 (0.055%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.055%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 585 (32.39%) Azure
2 346 (19.16%) GCP
3 184 (10.19%) dbt
4 180 (9.97%) Snowflake
5 174 (9.63%) Serverless
6 155 (8.58%) Amazon S3
7 146 (8.08%) AWS Lambda
8 111 (6.15%) AWS CloudFormation
9 104 (5.76%) GitHub
10 103 (5.70%) Amazon EC2
11 80 (4.43%) SaaS
12 75 (4.15%) Amazon EKS
13 72 (3.99%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 56 (3.10%) Amazon ECS
15 49 (2.71%) GitHub Actions
15 49 (2.71%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 48 (2.66%) PaaS
17 47 (2.60%) OpenShift
18 45 (2.49%) Microsoft 365
19 42 (2.33%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 74 (4.10%) Firewall
2 50 (2.77%) Network Security
3 43 (2.38%) DNS
4 39 (2.16%) SSL
5 30 (1.66%) VPN
6 26 (1.44%) TCP/IP
7 20 (1.11%) HTTP
8 18 (1.00%) DHCP
8 18 (1.00%) WAN
9 17 (0.94%) LAN
10 14 (0.78%) Wireless
11 13 (0.72%) BGP
11 13 (0.72%) SD-WAN
12 11 (0.61%) Cisco ASA
13 9 (0.50%) Internet
13 9 (0.50%) OSPF
13 9 (0.50%) VLAN
14 8 (0.44%) Cisco Nexus
14 8 (0.44%) Kerberos
14 8 (0.44%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 182 (10.08%) Amazon Athena
2 161 (8.91%) Dremio
3 160 (8.86%) Data Lake
4 157 (8.69%) Apache Arrow
5 138 (7.64%) Apache Ignite
6 119 (6.59%) PostgreSQL
7 99 (5.48%) Amazon RDS
8 66 (3.65%) Data Warehouse
9 64 (3.54%) SQL Server
10 63 (3.49%) Amazon Redshift
11 60 (3.32%) Big Data
11 60 (3.32%) Relational Database
12 55 (3.05%) MySQL
13 47 (2.60%) NoSQL
14 41 (2.27%) MongoDB
15 37 (2.05%) Apache Cassandra
15 37 (2.05%) DynamoDB
16 34 (1.88%) Tableau
17 33 (1.83%) Amazon Aurora
18 32 (1.77%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 155 (8.58%) Jenkins
2 133 (7.36%) Git
3 112 (6.20%) JIRA
4 82 (4.54%) GitLab
5 38 (2.10%) Selenium
6 30 (1.66%) SonarQube
7 29 (1.61%) Cypress.io
8 23 (1.27%) Cucumber
9 18 (1.00%) JUnit
10 17 (0.94%) Bitbucket
11 14 (0.78%) JMeter
11 14 (0.78%) Maven
11 14 (0.78%) TeamCity
12 13 (0.72%) CircleCI
13 12 (0.66%) Sonatype Nexus
14 11 (0.61%) Artifactory
14 11 (0.61%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 11 (0.61%) REST Assured
15 8 (0.44%) Postman
15 8 (0.44%) webpack
General
1 412 (22.81%) Finance
2 276 (15.28%) Social Skills
3 213 (11.79%) Banking
4 199 (11.02%) Front Office
5 144 (7.97%) Public Sector
6 134 (7.42%) Investment Banking
7 92 (5.09%) Analytical Skills
8 40 (2.21%) Retail
9 26 (1.44%) Telecoms
10 21 (1.16%) Marketing
11 20 (1.11%) Law
11 20 (1.11%) Manufacturing
12 18 (1.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 17 (0.94%) Retail Banking
14 14 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
15 12 (0.66%) Documentation Skills
15 12 (0.66%) Pharmaceutical
15 12 (0.66%) Presentation Skills
16 9 (0.50%) Health Technology
16 9 (0.50%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 488 (27.02%) Developer
2 290 (16.06%) Architect
3 250 (13.84%) Senior
4 233 (12.90%) AWS Engineer
5 201 (11.13%) Software Engineer
6 195 (10.80%) DevOps Engineer
7 140 (7.75%) Lead
8 103 (5.70%) Solutions Architect
9 98 (5.43%) Java Developer
10 89 (4.93%) AWS DevOps
11 87 (4.82%) Python Engineer
12 83 (4.60%) AWS DevOps Engineer
13 82 (4.54%) Python Developer
14 81 (4.49%) Full Stack Developer
15 80 (4.43%) Data Engineer
16 79 (4.37%) Senior Software Engineer
17 74 (4.10%) Java Engineer
18 73 (4.04%) Python Software Engineer
19 72 (3.99%) Software Developer
20 71 (3.93%) Developer/Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 192 (10.63%) React
2 169 (9.36%) gRPC
3 165 (9.14%) Protocol Buffers
4 142 (7.86%) Pandas
5 137 (7.59%) NumPy
6 134 (7.42%) SciPy
7 130 (7.20%) Node.js
8 109 (6.04%) Kafka
9 86 (4.76%) Spring Boot
10 83 (4.60%) AngularJS
11 82 (4.54%) REST
12 77 (4.26%) .NET
12 77 (4.26%) RESTful
13 75 (4.15%) Spring
14 69 (3.82%) Web Services
15 66 (3.65%) HTML
16 65 (3.60%) CSS
17 55 (3.05%) AWS CDK
18 54 (2.99%) GraphQL
19 39 (2.16%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 188 (10.41%) Fixed Income
2 186 (10.30%) Hedge funds
3 169 (9.36%) Derivative
4 161 (8.91%) Equities
5 153 (8.47%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 56 (3.10%) Public Cloud
7 54 (2.99%) Greenfield Project
8 51 (2.82%) Cloud Native
9 50 (2.77%) Product Ownership
10 43 (2.38%) PKI
11 41 (2.27%) Data Centre
12 36 (1.99%) Management Information System
13 35 (1.94%) Clustering
14 34 (1.88%) Onboarding
15 26 (1.44%) Distributed Systems
16 25 (1.38%) Enterprise Software
16 25 (1.38%) Replication
17 23 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
18 22 (1.22%) Algorithms
19 19 (1.05%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 172 (9.52%) Linux
2 92 (5.09%) Windows
3 52 (2.88%) Unix
4 31 (1.72%) Windows Server
5 30 (1.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 15 (0.83%) Ubuntu
7 14 (0.78%) Apple iOS
8 13 (0.72%) Android
9 9 (0.50%) Windows 10
10 7 (0.39%) Solaris
11 5 (0.28%) Oracle Linux
12 3 (0.17%) CentOS
12 3 (0.17%) Mac OS
13 2 (0.11%) Amazon Linux
13 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
13 2 (0.11%) zOS
14 1 (0.055%) Windows Server 2012
14 1 (0.055%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 577 (31.95%) Agile
2 491 (27.19%) DevOps
3 363 (20.10%) Software Engineering
4 308 (17.05%) CI/CD
5 214 (11.85%) Asset Management
6 179 (9.91%) Infrastructure as Code
6 179 (9.91%) Problem-Solving
7 178 (9.86%) Analytics
8 168 (9.30%) Investment Management
9 163 (9.03%) Microservices
10 161 (8.91%) Full Stack Development
10 161 (8.91%) Test Automation
11 149 (8.25%) Containerisation
12 133 (7.36%) Migration
13 89 (4.93%) Scrum
14 83 (4.60%) Computer Science
14 83 (4.60%) Continuous Integration
15 82 (4.54%) Fintech
15 82 (4.54%) Mentoring
15 82 (4.54%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 607 (33.61%) Python
2 425 (23.53%) Java
3 368 (20.38%) JavaScript
4 309 (17.11%) TypeScript
5 274 (15.17%) SQL
6 118 (6.53%) Go
7 99 (5.48%) Bash
8 72 (3.99%) C#
9 64 (3.54%) PowerShell
10 62 (3.43%) PHP
11 49 (2.71%) Scala
12 45 (2.49%) Ruby
13 33 (1.83%) C++
14 29 (1.61%) C
15 24 (1.33%) PL/SQL
16 22 (1.22%) Perl
17 17 (0.94%) R
18 16 (0.89%) Kotlin
18 16 (0.89%) Shell Script
19 9 (0.50%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 360 (19.93%) Security Cleared
2 306 (16.94%) SC Cleared
3 132 (7.31%) Degree
4 80 (4.43%) AWS Certification
5 60 (3.32%) Computer Science Degree
6 49 (2.71%) DV Cleared
7 34 (1.88%) Azure Certification
8 22 (1.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 22 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
9 21 (1.16%) CISSP
10 18 (1.00%) Master's Degree
11 17 (0.94%) CISM
12 16 (0.89%) Cisco Certification
13 14 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
14 13 (0.72%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
15 11 (0.61%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 10 (0.55%) TOGAF Certification
17 9 (0.50%) CCNP
17 9 (0.50%) CISA
17 9 (0.50%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (4.32%) Data Quality
2 59 (3.27%) QA
3 39 (2.16%) Accessibility
4 37 (2.05%) NCSC
5 36 (1.99%) NIST
6 33 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 24 (1.33%) PCI DSS
8 18 (1.00%) GDPR
9 14 (0.78%) SLA
10 7 (0.39%) HIPAA
11 6 (0.33%) Disclosure Scotland
11 6 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (0.22%) Government Security Classifications
12 4 (0.22%) SOC 2
12 4 (0.22%) WCAG
13 3 (0.17%) GPG13
13 3 (0.17%) GxP
13 3 (0.17%) MiFID
14 2 (0.11%) COBIT
14 2 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 298 (16.50%) Docker
2 104 (5.76%) Active Directory
3 36 (1.99%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (0.55%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.22%) VMware NSX
7 4 (0.22%) vSphere
8 3 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.11%) BitLocker
9 2 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
9 2 (0.11%) Snort
9 2 (0.11%) Squid
9 2 (0.11%) XenApp
9 2 (0.11%) XenDesktop
10 1 (0.055%) FreeRADIUS
10 1 (0.055%) HDFS
10 1 (0.055%) IAG
10 1 (0.055%) UAG
10 1 (0.055%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 370 (20.49%) Kubernetes
2 320 (17.72%) Terraform
3 134 (7.42%) Ansible
4 62 (3.43%) Grafana
5 61 (3.38%) Prometheus
6 35 (1.94%) Progress Chef
7 33 (1.83%) Puppet
8 19 (1.05%) Kibana
9 17 (0.94%) Docker Swarm
10 14 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
11 12 (0.66%) Packer
12 10 (0.55%) SCCM
13 8 (0.44%) logstash
13 8 (0.44%) Nagios
13 8 (0.44%) Podman
14 6 (0.33%) Argo
14 6 (0.33%) Consul
15 5 (0.28%) Salt
15 5 (0.28%) Tivoli
15 5 (0.28%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 134 (7.42%) Microsoft
2 114 (6.31%) Oracle
3 72 (3.99%) Google
4 55 (3.05%) Splunk
5 54 (2.99%) VMware
6 41 (2.27%) ServiceNow
7 38 (2.10%) Cisco
8 33 (1.83%) Salesforce
9 30 (1.66%) CyberArk
10 28 (1.55%) Databricks
11 25 (1.38%) IBM
11 25 (1.38%) Red Hat
12 22 (1.22%) Palo Alto
13 19 (1.05%) Dynatrace
13 19 (1.05%) SAP
14 18 (1.00%) Bloomberg
15 17 (0.94%) OpenAI
16 16 (0.89%) BeyondTrust
17 14 (0.78%) Zscaler
18 13 (0.72%) F5