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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 5 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 12 | 10 | 6 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -2 | -4 | 0 |
| Contract jobs citing AWS | 4,285 | 7,358 | 12,939 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 9.93% | 12.46% | 14.58% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 30.75% | 33.84% | 37.78% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3,242 | 5,516 | 9,846 |
| 10th Percentile | £381 | £425 | £425 |
| 25th Percentile | £458 | £500 | £500 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £575 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.35% | - | +9.52% |
| 75th Percentile | £675 | £684 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £775 | £775 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £525 | £550 | £535 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.55% | +2.80% | +9.74% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 24 | 63 | 33 |
| 10th Percentile | £22.14 | £24.62 | £42.40 |
| 25th Percentile | £26.76 | £52.34 | £47.30 |
| Median hourly rate | £50.59 | £75.00 | £55.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -32.55% | +36.36% | +27.91% |
| 75th Percentile | £72.03 | £78.00 | £65.54 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £88.30 | £80.15 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £46.18 | £65.00 | £50.77 |
| % change year-on-year | -28.95% | +28.03% | -13.95% |
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 | 13,936 | 21,745 | 34,245 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 32.29% | 36.81% | 38.59% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,908 | 15,710 | 24,937 |
| 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 | £630 | £650 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £744 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | - | +11.11% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 342 | 351 | 421 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.00 | £15.25 | £13.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £15.92 | £18.25 | £15.33 |
| Median hourly rate | £21.00 | £35.00 | £21.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -40.00% | +62.79% | -4.72% |
| 75th Percentile | £34.69 | £66.00 | £49.52 |
| 90th Percentile | £62.00 | £78.00 | £66.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £17.69 | £24.62 | £19.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -28.15% | +29.58% | -5.00% |
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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 5 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 5 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 5 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 | 3,577 | £558 | -7.08% | 2,392 |
| London | 0 | 2,281 | £575 | -6.12% | 1,166 |
| Work from Home | -1 | 1,757 | £565 | -1.74% | 1,490 |
| UK excluding London | -9 | 1,350 | £525 | -4.55% | 1,391 |
| North of England | -3 | 439 | £500 | -9.09% | 383 |
| South East | -1 | 291 | £575 | - | 235 |
| North West | -1 | 289 | £492 | -10.50% | 224 |
| Scotland | -3 | 240 | £480 | -2.54% | 126 |
| South West | -8 | 190 | £550 | -4.35% | 233 |
| Yorkshire | -8 | 131 | £531 | -3.41% | 117 |
| Midlands | -5 | 127 | £500 | -7.41% | 200 |
| West Midlands | -27 | 69 | £550 | +1.85% | 117 |
| East Midlands | +12 | 58 | £450 | -24.21% | 83 |
| East of England | -40 | 50 | £550 | -5.66% | 112 |
| North East | -10 | 21 | £575 | -4.17% | 43 |
| Wales | -2 | 20 | £558 | -3.04% | 43 |
| Northern Ireland | 0 | 4 | £675 | +12.50% | 73 |
| 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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