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 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 | 12 | 10 | 6 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -2 | -4 | 0 |
| Contract jobs citing AWS | 4,337 | 7,044 | 12,706 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 10.19% | 12.37% | 14.51% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 31.29% | 33.68% | 37.70% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3,280 | 5,293 | 9,653 |
| 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 | £775 | £775 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £515 | £550 | £530 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.36% | +3.77% | +8.72% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 27 | 59 | 46 |
| 10th Percentile | £22.21 | £35.00 | £45.63 |
| 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% | +52.42% |
| 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% | +18.64% |
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 | 13,862 | 20,912 | 33,706 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 32.56% | 36.72% | 38.50% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,858 | 15,137 | 24,583 |
| 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 | £746 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | - | +11.11% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 348 | 333 | 406 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.00 | £15.25 | £13.88 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.05 | £18.50 | £15.34 |
| Median hourly rate | £21.37 | £35.00 | £22.19 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -38.94% | +57.73% | -1.38% |
| 75th Percentile | £36.16 | £66.00 | £54.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £65.75 | £78.00 | £67.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £17.72 | £25.87 | £19.25 |
| % change year-on-year | -31.49% | +34.38% | -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 18 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 18 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 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 |
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| England | -3 | 3,616 | £563 | -6.21% | 2,698 |
| London | +1 | 2,331 | £575 | -8.00% | 1,442 |
| Work from Home | 0 | 1,772 | £573 | -0.43% | 1,721 |
| UK excluding London | -8 | 1,339 | £515 | -6.36% | 1,713 |
| North of England | -2 | 441 | £507 | -7.82% | 423 |
| South East | 0 | 285 | £580 | +0.87% | 496 |
| North West | -2 | 277 | £489 | -11.09% | 245 |
| Scotland | -2 | 243 | £475 | -3.55% | 126 |
| South West | -12 | 190 | £538 | -6.52% | 214 |
| Yorkshire | -6 | 145 | £525 | -4.55% | 132 |
| Midlands | -7 | 131 | £450 | -16.67% | 220 |
| West Midlands | -23 | 69 | £525 | -2.78% | 146 |
| East Midlands | +9 | 64 | £450 | -24.21% | 74 |
| East of England | -49 | 42 | £550 | -5.90% | 121 |
| North East | -10 | 21 | £575 | -11.54% | 46 |
| Wales | 0 | 18 | £515 | -10.43% | 52 |
| Northern Ireland | -3 | 4 | £675 | +12.50% | 79 |
| 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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