AWS Contracts in the South East

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 31 31 21
Rank change year-on-year 0 -10 -3
Contract jobs citing AWS 285 392 605
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 5.22% 7.00% 7.90%
As % of the Cloud Services category 21.84% 23.29% 25.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 210 282 425
10th Percentile £406 £413 £410
25th Percentile £463 £480 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £580 £575 £540
Median % change year-on-year +0.87% +6.48% +8.00%
75th Percentile £643 £674 £625
90th Percentile £688 £714 £688
England median daily rate £563 £600 £588
% change year-on-year -6.21% +2.13% +11.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 8 5
10th Percentile - £50.25 £45.50
25th Percentile - £68.13 £46.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £75.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -53.33% +57.89% -27.50%
75th Percentile £37.63 - £55.25
90th Percentile £39.20 - £61.42
England median hourly rate £55.00 £75.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -26.67% +7.14% +20.69%

All Cloud Skills
South East

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 East with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,305 1,683 2,412
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 23.92% 30.05% 31.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 895 1,228 1,786
10th Percentile £250 £250 £206
25th Percentile £406 £413 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £608 £631 £613
90th Percentile £675 £702 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 51 57
10th Percentile £16.25 £15.21 £13.03
25th Percentile £17.80 £18.25 £14.00
Median hourly rate £23.22 £24.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.27% +14.29% -2.44%
75th Percentile £54.75 £68.13 £24.25
90th Percentile £61.60 £75.00 £58.01
England median hourly rate £21.00 £34.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -38.24% +58.14% +2.14%

AWS
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing AWS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for AWS in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing AWS in the South East.

Daily rate trend for AWS in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing AWS in the South East over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for AWS in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing AWS in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for AWS in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 East region over the 6 months to 18 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
Thames Valley -1 128 £575 +4.55% 81
Hampshire +15 87 £600 +9.09% 49
Berkshire -11 83 £613 +11.36% 48
Buckinghamshire +9 32 £470 -14.55% 18
Surrey -25 27 £535 -10.83% 16
West Sussex +3 15 £450 -23.21% 12
Oxfordshire +8 13 £500 -16.67% 15
East Sussex -2 9 £534 -23.75% 12
Middlesex +7 8 £438 -2.78% 1
Kent +6 2 £500 +2.56% 19
Home Counties +4 1 £475 -26.92%
AWS
England

AWS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 16 (5.61%) Confluence
2 5 (1.75%) Apache Spark
2 5 (1.75%) OpenStack
3 4 (1.40%) Apache
4 3 (1.05%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.05%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.70%) GeoServer
5 2 (0.70%) nginx
6 1 (0.35%) CMS
6 1 (0.35%) JBoss
6 1 (0.35%) Red Hat Fuse
6 1 (0.35%) SAS
6 1 (0.35%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.35%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 147 (51.58%) Azure
2 24 (8.42%) Amazon S3
2 24 (8.42%) GCP
3 18 (6.32%) Serverless
4 15 (5.26%) SaaS
5 14 (4.91%) Amazon EC2
6 13 (4.56%) Amazon EKS
6 13 (4.56%) AWS Lambda
7 11 (3.86%) Snowflake
8 10 (3.51%) Entra ID
8 10 (3.51%) OpenShift
9 9 (3.16%) AWS CloudFormation
9 9 (3.16%) PaaS
10 8 (2.81%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 8 (2.81%) Datadog
10 8 (2.81%) GitHub
10 8 (2.81%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 7 (2.46%) Amazon EMR
11 7 (2.46%) IaaS
12 6 (2.11%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 43 (15.09%) SSL
2 17 (5.96%) Firewall
3 13 (4.56%) DNS
4 10 (3.51%) Network Security
5 9 (3.16%) VPN
6 7 (2.46%) SAN
7 5 (1.75%) TCP/IP
7 5 (1.75%) WAN
8 4 (1.40%) LAN
8 4 (1.40%) Wireless
9 3 (1.05%) OpenLDAP
10 2 (0.70%) DHCP
10 2 (0.70%) MPLS
10 2 (0.70%) NAS
10 2 (0.70%) VLAN
10 2 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
11 1 (0.35%) Fibre Channel
11 1 (0.35%) Intrusion Detection
11 1 (0.35%) PBX
11 1 (0.35%) VPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (10.18%) PostgreSQL
2 13 (4.56%) Oracle Database
2 13 (4.56%) Oracle Database 11g
3 12 (4.21%) Amazon Redshift
4 10 (3.51%) Big Data
5 9 (3.16%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (2.81%) Relational Database
7 7 (2.46%) Amazon RDS
8 6 (2.11%) NoSQL
9 5 (1.75%) Amazon Athena
10 4 (1.40%) DynamoDB
10 4 (1.40%) GIS
10 4 (1.40%) Hadoop
10 4 (1.40%) Impala
10 4 (1.40%) MariaDB
10 4 (1.40%) SQL Server
10 4 (1.40%) Tableau
11 3 (1.05%) MongoDB
11 3 (1.05%) MySQL
11 3 (1.05%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 30 (10.53%) Jenkins
2 29 (10.18%) JIRA
3 26 (9.12%) GitLab
4 18 (6.32%) Git
5 17 (5.96%) Selenium
6 13 (4.56%) Cucumber
6 13 (4.56%) SonarQube
7 12 (4.21%) REST Assured
8 4 (1.40%) Bitbucket
9 3 (1.05%) JMeter
9 3 (1.05%) JUnit
9 3 (1.05%) Subversion
9 3 (1.05%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.70%) ERwin
10 2 (0.70%) kappa
11 1 (0.35%) Appium
11 1 (0.35%) NUnit
11 1 (0.35%) Sonatype Nexus
11 1 (0.35%) Spinnaker
11 1 (0.35%) Travis CI
General
1 57 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 29 (10.18%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (7.37%) Finance
4 10 (3.51%) Public Sector
5 9 (3.16%) Law
5 9 (3.16%) Retail
6 8 (2.81%) Police
7 7 (2.46%) Banking
8 4 (1.40%) Corporate Banking
8 4 (1.40%) Digital Healthcare
8 4 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.05%) Automotive
9 3 (1.05%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.70%) Back Office
10 2 (0.70%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.70%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.35%) Legal
11 1 (0.35%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.35%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 67 (23.51%) Architect
2 56 (19.65%) Developer
3 33 (11.58%) Senior
4 28 (9.82%) DevOps Engineer
5 19 (6.67%) AWS Engineer
6 16 (5.61%) Analyst
7 15 (5.26%) Java Developer
8 14 (4.91%) Lead
9 13 (4.56%) PostgreSQL Developer
10 11 (3.86%) Linux Engineer
10 11 (3.86%) Network Engineer
10 11 (3.86%) Software Engineer
10 11 (3.86%) Solutions Architect
11 9 (3.16%) Applications Engineer
11 9 (3.16%) Cloud Engineer
11 9 (3.16%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 8 (2.81%) Platform Engineer
13 7 (2.46%) Java Engineer
13 7 (2.46%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
13 7 (2.46%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (17.19%) Web Services
2 23 (8.07%) REST
3 18 (6.32%) .NET
4 15 (5.26%) Node.js
5 14 (4.91%) AngularJS
5 14 (4.91%) React
6 13 (4.56%) ARM Templates
6 13 (4.56%) Java EE
7 12 (4.21%) CSS
8 10 (3.51%) HTML
9 9 (3.16%) .NET Core
9 9 (3.16%) Kafka
9 9 (3.16%) Spring Boot
10 8 (2.81%) ADO
10 8 (2.81%) Elastic Stack
10 8 (2.81%) RESTful
10 8 (2.81%) Spring
11 6 (2.11%) Laravel
11 6 (2.11%) RabbitMQ
11 6 (2.11%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 44 (15.44%) PKI
2 17 (5.96%) Public Cloud
3 11 (3.86%) Cloud Native
3 11 (3.86%) Data Centre
4 6 (2.11%) Data Protection Act
4 6 (2.11%) Distributed Systems
5 5 (1.75%) Management Information System
5 5 (1.75%) Private Cloud
5 5 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (1.40%) Credit Risk
6 4 (1.40%) Mainframe
6 4 (1.40%) Onboarding
7 2 (0.70%) Data Structures
7 2 (0.70%) Distributed Applications
7 2 (0.70%) IVR
7 2 (0.70%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (0.70%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.35%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.35%) Legacy Applications
8 1 (0.35%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 57 (20.00%) Linux
2 30 (10.53%) Windows
3 16 (5.61%) Windows Server
4 8 (2.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (2.81%) Ubuntu
4 8 (2.81%) Unix
5 6 (2.11%) Debian
6 3 (1.05%) Solaris
6 3 (1.05%) VMS
7 1 (0.35%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.35%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (30.88%) DevOps
2 46 (16.14%) Agile
3 45 (15.79%) Cryptography
4 44 (15.44%) Infrastructure as Code
5 42 (14.74%) Key Management
6 37 (12.98%) Problem-Solving
7 36 (12.63%) Containerisation
8 33 (11.58%) Software Engineering
9 29 (10.18%) Test Automation
10 27 (9.47%) Technical Leadership
11 26 (9.12%) CI/CD
11 26 (9.12%) Migration
12 24 (8.42%) Configuration Management
12 24 (8.42%) Decision-Making
13 19 (6.67%) Continuous Integration
13 19 (6.67%) Microservices
14 17 (5.96%) Data Migration
15 16 (5.61%) Analytics
15 16 (5.61%) Architectural Design
15 16 (5.61%) Full Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 46 (16.14%) SQL
2 43 (15.09%) Python
3 41 (14.39%) Java
4 24 (8.42%) PowerShell
5 21 (7.37%) Bash
6 18 (6.32%) PL/SQL
7 16 (5.61%) C#
8 14 (4.91%) JavaScript
9 9 (3.16%) C++
9 9 (3.16%) Ruby
9 9 (3.16%) TypeScript
10 8 (2.81%) Scala
11 7 (2.46%) C
11 7 (2.46%) Shell Script
12 5 (1.75%) Perl
12 5 (1.75%) PHP
13 4 (1.40%) Go
14 2 (0.70%) Groovy
15 1 (0.35%) VB.NET
15 1 (0.35%) VBA
Qualifications
1 102 (35.79%) Security Cleared
2 78 (27.37%) SC Cleared
3 63 (22.11%) Degree
4 31 (10.88%) DV Cleared
5 15 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (4.21%) Azure Certification
7 10 (3.51%) AWS Certification
8 7 (2.46%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (2.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 6 (2.11%) CCNP
9 6 (2.11%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (1.40%) CISSP
11 3 (1.05%) CEH
11 3 (1.05%) CISM
11 3 (1.05%) Master's Degree
11 3 (1.05%) MCSE
12 2 (0.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 2 (0.70%) CCSP
12 2 (0.70%) PhD
12 2 (0.70%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (1.75%) Data Quality
1 5 (1.75%) NIST
2 4 (1.40%) GDPR
2 4 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (1.40%) NCSC
3 2 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 2 (0.70%) PCI DSS
3 2 (0.70%) QA
3 2 (0.70%) SLA
System Software
1 70 (24.56%) Active Directory
2 49 (17.19%) Docker
3 23 (8.07%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (3.86%) vSphere
5 7 (2.46%) Hyper-V
6 6 (2.11%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (1.75%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (1.40%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.70%) HDFS
9 2 (0.70%) Varnish
9 2 (0.70%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.35%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 66 (23.16%) Kubernetes
2 53 (18.60%) Terraform
3 41 (14.39%) Ansible
4 12 (4.21%) Docker Swarm
4 12 (4.21%) Podman
5 10 (3.51%) Rancher
6 7 (2.46%) Istio
6 7 (2.46%) Progress Chef
6 7 (2.46%) Puppet
7 6 (2.11%) SCCM
8 5 (1.75%) Nagios
9 4 (1.40%) Grafana
9 4 (1.40%) Prometheus
9 4 (1.40%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (1.40%) WSUS
10 3 (1.05%) SELinux
11 2 (0.70%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.70%) HAProxy
11 2 (0.70%) Nessus
11 2 (0.70%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 37 (12.98%) VMware
2 24 (8.42%) Oracle
3 23 (8.07%) Microsoft
4 14 (4.91%) Cisco
4 14 (4.91%) Google
5 12 (4.21%) Red Hat
6 10 (3.51%) SolarWinds
7 9 (3.16%) Splunk
8 7 (2.46%) F5
9 4 (1.40%) CrowdStrike
9 4 (1.40%) Informatica
9 4 (1.40%) Palo Alto
9 4 (1.40%) SAP
9 4 (1.40%) Veritas
10 3 (1.05%) Cloudera
10 3 (1.05%) Dell
10 3 (1.05%) Fortinet
10 3 (1.05%) New Relic
10 3 (1.05%) ServiceNow
10 3 (1.05%) Virgin Media