Jefferson Frank

Salary Survey 2018/19

An independent study of salaries, market trends, and
developments across the worldwide AWS community
 Contents
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Introduction 5
Jefferson Frank 6
In numbers 7
Key findings 10
Survey demographics 11
Products 13
Languages and third-party tools 17
Certifications 19
Education and technical skills 21
Employee benefits 23
Sentiments 24
Diversity 25
Contractor focus 27
End user focus 31
Partner focus 33
Salary tables 35
Candidate Search 41

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 Introduction Jefferson Frank

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I am delighted to introduce the debut edition of Jefferson Frank’s We work with organizations
annual salary survey report, an independent study of salaries, worldwide to find and deliver
At Jefferson Frank,
benefits and compensation, market trends, and developments the best AWS professionals our mission is
across the worldwide Amazon Web Services (AWS) community. on the planet, with teams
specializing in DevOps, Big simple: we want
AWS is an ever-evolving technology with unbelievable business potential. Data, IaaS/PaaS and security.
AWS reports more than one million active users per month, and, with happy customers.
90% of businesses migrating to the cloud, it comes as no surprise that Jefferson Frank is part of the award-
we’ve experienced such an incredible boom in demand for skilled cloud winning Frank Recruitment Group Whether you’re a professional
professionals, particularly in big data, AI and DevOps. that has worked with over 30,000 working with AWS, an AWS customer
organizations globally, and has hiring a seasoned freelance
Our report aims to get under the hood of what it takes a proven track record servicing consultant for your cloud migration
to succeed in the global AWS community and help you the AWS permanent and contract project, a System Integrator,
achieve your professional goals. I believe that collectively recruitment market. Consultancy or ISV looking to recruit
we can drive exceptional talent into the environment through a permanent AWS consultant—in
education, cross-training initiatives, and diversity programs. fact any AWS Partner Network (APN)
Consulting or Technology partner
To ensure the accuracy of this report, we consulted with —our goal is to deliver an unrivaled
global research and advisory firm Gartner on the key customer experience. Work with
messaging and findings provided by our respondents. us and you’ll get the personalized
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I would personally like to thank all of you who took the
time to participate in our debut survey. It’s crucial that we
continue to report on the industry as it evolves, and your
feedback and responses are vital to the creation and
success of next year’s report. Let us know your
thoughts and comments by emailing What our customers say
survey@jeffersonfrank.com.
“It’s nice to be represented by an
Whether you’re bringing new staff
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experienced and knowledgeable
next step in your career, we hope consultancy with real people.
you find this report beneficial. Jefferson Frank has protected my
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 In numbers
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160+
AWS recruitment
consultants working across
technology-specific teams
We’re AWS recruitment specialists
–it’s all we do
We’ve built our business around listening to
our customers. Whatever your vertical, our
consultants will build an in-depth understanding
of your employment needs, your technology
requirements and culture. We then tailor our
service accordingly, offering seamless support
In 90% of cases, we connect organizations with
qualified candidates within 24 hours.
Irrespective of whether we’re simply finding the best AWS talent, or leveraging
our other brands to help with other recruitment challenges, we appoint a
dedicated account manager who is available whenever you need them, as a
single point of contact. Our account managers understand the intricacies of

13 and expert advice on the availability of permanent

and contract talent across the AWS environment.
both business and professional needs, expertly filtering shortlisted resumes to
ensure we find the best person for the job.

Unrivaled AWS expertise

offices spanning the USA, TYPICAL ROLES WE RECRUIT FOR
We’re trusted by the people we work with
EMEA, ANZ and APAC
because we know the AWS ecosystem inside
and out. We sponsor major events like AWS
re:Invent and AWS Summit to make sure we stay
at the forefront of developments in the industry—
that’s why 96% of job seekers would recommend
6,000+ us to a friend.
DevOps Big Data/BI IaaS/PaaS Security
AWS professionals on time
interviews arranged and on budget
AWS DevOps Big Data AWS Cloud AWS Security
annually If the AWS professional or employer of your
Engineer Consultant Architect Consultant
dreams exists, we’ll find them. With a rich
database of 20,000+ qualified professionals,
we’re perfectly placed to help AWS customers AWS DevOps Big Data AWS Enterprise AWS Security
Consultant Engineer Architect Architect
and partners find only the best talent for their
business. Whether it’s a permanent or contract
4,000+ role, our consultants will deliver on time, on AWS DevOps Big Data AWS AWS Security
budget and to specification, and are fully Architect Developer Infrastructure Engineer
Engineer
equipped to advise you on what type of talent is
candidates added to our needed to make your project a success. AWS Site Big Data AWS IAM
database annually Reliability Project Manager AWS Cloud Consultant
Engineer Administrator
World-class service at all levels:
Data Architect AWS
from start-up to Fortune 500 AWS Software DevSecOps
We service businesses of all sizes, and over 70% Engineer Engineer
Data Scientist
of them come back to us for their staffing needs.
48hr Customer satisfaction is at the heart of everything AWS Cloud
that we do, and we are proud to be able to Developer
say that our customer loyalty score is higher
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shortlists, plus dedicated praised for our technical and market knowledge, Solutions Architect
account management communication and professionalism.

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 What our customers say Key findings

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“Our experience with Jefferson
Frank has been nothing short of
stellar. Their experts possess a From EC2 to SNS
deep knowledge of the IT industry Get the lowdown on the leading products in AWS. Page 12
and have consistently provided
us with top-tier engineering and
managerial professionals in the
AWS communities.
The excellent communication,
integrity and access to their network
of well-qualified cloud specialists Certified success
have been vital during our recruiting Your views on AWS certifications, and the 10 that will help
process. Their real value, however, is you land your dream job. Page 23
the due diligence put forth into finding
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strengthening our relationship.” The most-common employee benefits—and the five that
professionals want most in their next role. Page 27
William Chin
Director of Cloud Services
CDI LLC

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The key factors to increasing earning potential, according to
our respondents. Page 32

Salaries in AWS
Find out what your colleagues and peers are earning or
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 Survey demographics
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Geographical split of survey results Employer type

AWS Partner / solution provider / consultancy 39%

AWS customer (end user) 42%
ISV (Independent Software Vendor) 3%
Other software business or AWS competitor 6%
Other 10%

Industry sector breakdown

1 2 3

United States 59% Employment status

United Kingdom 12%

IT Services Financial Services Software / Internet
India 8%

Nordics 4%
32% 14% 12%
Germany 4%

Canada 2% 4 Consultancy / Agency 10% 10 Manufacturing 2%

Ireland 2% 5 Health / Life Sciences 4% 11 Media and Publishing 2%

Spain 2% Permanent - full time 81%
6 Carriers / Telecomms 4% 12 Online / Gaming 2%
Brazil 1% Permanent - part time 1%
7 Education 4% 13 Professional Services 2%
Australia 1% Freelance / contract 11%
8 Retail 3% 14 Advertising / Digital 1%
Rest of the world 5% Not currently working 7%
9 Entertainment 3% Other 5%

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 Products
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Overall work experience Experience working with Core skill set
AWS products
Asked about their experience As part of their core skill set, the majority of respondents have the most experience
working in the technology industry, working with Amazon EC2. At least one in five AWS professionals reported that they
65% of professionals interviewed work with or have worked with a total of 43 AWS products, including:
had over 10 years of experience,
while 16% had 8 to 10 years’
experience under their belt. 13% of
respondents said they had 4-7 years
of experience, and just 10% reported
89% 72% 71%
having between 0 and 3 years of
relevant work experience. 0 - 3 years 63%
Amazon Elastic Amazon EC2 Amazon Elastic
4 - 7 years 31%
Compute Cloud (EC2) Auto Scaling Block Store (EBS)
8 - 10 years 5%
More than 10 years 2%
Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) 70% Amazon Elastic Container
32%
Registry
Amazon CloudWatch 62%
Amazon ElastiCache 32%
Amazon RDS 62%
AWS Config 32%
AWS Lambda 61%
AWS Cost Explorer 32%
Amazon Simple Notification
58%
Service (SNS) AWS Elastic Beanstalk 31%

AWS CloudFormation 56% AWS Certificate Manager 30%

Elastic Load Balancing 54% AWS CodeDeploy 29%

Amazon DynamoDB 53% Amazon Aurora 29%

Amazon Simple AWS CodePipeline 28%

52%
Queue Service (SQS) AWS CodeCommit 27%
Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) 46% Amazon Kinesis 27%
Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) 44% AWS Cost and Usage Report 26%
AWS Auto Scaling 44% Amazon EMR 25%
AWS CloudTrail 44% AWS Key Management
24%
Amazon Glacier 42% Service

AWS Command Line Interface 42% AWS Trusted Advisor 23%

AWS Identity and Access Amazon Elasticsearch Service 22%

39%
Management (IAM) AWS Marketplace 21%
Amazon Elastic Container Service 37% Amazon Elastic Container
21%
AWS Management Console 37% Service for Kubernetes

Amazon API Gateway 35% AWS CodeBuild 21%

Amazon Redshift 34% AWS Storage Gateway 20%

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 Products
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A closer look at Amazon EC2 - YOUR VIEWS

The overwhelming majority of respondents “Amazing. There’s always stuff to learn about even when it doesn't apply to
my current position; I love finding new ways to implement [the products].”
identified EC2 as part of their core skill set, with AWS Certified Solutions Architect Phoenix, Arizona
EC2 Auto Scaling named as a close second.
“For me, AWS provides a nice compromise between being able to tweak
every little thing, and actually getting things done.”
A central offering in AWS’s ever-growing range of products, EC2 provides its
users with scalable compute capacity via the AWS cloud. Beyond the free tier, AWS professional Dallas, Texas
users can pay for on-demand, reserved, and spot instances by the second.
“Sometimes I think a little bit more evolution rather than revolution would
As one of AWS’s most popular products, what do our respondents have to say be a good idea—making great services more affordable, usable and better
about EC2?
in favor of releasing brand new services.”
Cloud Architect Munich, Germany
Benefits Considerations
• Allows you to run any application • Costs can climb if not managed “Very diverse and covers about 90% of needs.”
of your choice and you have correctly.
complete control on the AWS Developer Richmond, Virginia
• Becoming complex with all the
application.
features/options.
• Ease of use—easy to back up
• Image replication between
and duplicate.
regions.
• Quick deployment of one or
• Unmanaged.
many virtual servers.
• Not as granular as ECD/EKS.
• Launch a VM in the cloud from
within seconds to a few minutes, • Lack of flexibility in cross-region/
pay per second. zone networking.
• On-demand servers. • Can create a non-elastic world.
• The scale and speed of adding
capacity is the best on the
market.
• The ability to spin up VMs in
minutes is amazing.
• Pay as you go is excellent.

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 Languages and third-party tools
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Third-party tools Demand for languages

Among respondents who use According to respondents,

58% of respondents third-party tools, the most the top three programming
frequently used are: languages that are expected to
reported using third- be most in demand in the coming
1 Jenkins 21% 12 months are:
party DevOps/Big
2 Terraform 13%
Data tools in their
1
3 Ansible 10%
current role.
4 Chef 4% Python
5 Spark 4%

Other tools mentioned include:

Hadoop, Kubernetes, and Docker.

Java
A spotlight on Jenkins - YOUR VIEWS

Benefits
• Development community has
some exposure to Jenkins versus
the AWS DevOps tooling.
• Simplicity in continuous delivery
configuration.
• Open source.
• Awesome tool for CI/CD set up.
• Can deploy code on the fly.
• Extensive plugin landscape.
• Easy to delegate jobs.
• Very good scheduler.
• Scalability of slaves.
• Perfect integration with all app
stacks.
Considerations
• It’s not serverless.
• The documentation for freestyle
and pipeline projects is not for 3
beginners.
• Additional infrastructure and JavaScript
maintenance required.
• Dependency chain from plugins.
• Tricky UI.
These are followed by C#, Go,
Golang, Scala, Node, Ruby and
Terraform.

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 Certifications
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Top AWS certifications Impact of certifications

Respondents identified the following certifications as the main drivers behind a

AWS Certified Two-thirds of recent pay increase or career move
Solutions Architect
respondents hold
AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Professional)
73% an AWS AWS Certified DevOps Engineer—Operations (Professional)

certification. AWS Certified Big Data—Specialty

AWS Certified AWS Certified DevOps Engineer—Developer (Professional)

Developer Popular non-AWS qualifications
included accreditations in
programming languages such as
38% Java and PHP.
Over half of our participants
weren’t certified at all before
AWS Certified
landing a role working with AWS.
SysOps Administrator
AWS Certified Security—Specialty
AWS Certified Advanced Networking—Specialty
AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Associate)
AWS Certified SysOps Administrator (Associate)
AWS Certified Developer (Associate)
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner—Architect (Foundation)

32% 22% of professionals How much should your salary

increase by?
reported a direct
increase in
Employer contributions
their salary after
Does your employer contribute towards the cost of your certifications? 49% of
our respondents reported that their employer paid for their certifications in full. passing their
certification.
Employer paid for certification in full 49%
0% - 10% 47%
Employer paid for certification in part 11%
11% - 20% 23%
Employer did not contribute
40%
towards certification 21% - 30% 17%

31% - 40% 3%
1 in 10 said receiving certification exam vouchers 41% - 50% 7%
would positively impact their decision to accept a
new role. More than 51% 3%

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 Education and technical skills
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Education level Online resources

85% of professionals who participated in our survey hold at least a degree or There’s a wealth of learning material available online for AWS professionals.
equivalent, but 62% said they didn’t feel it was an important factor when finding Here’s a list of leading resources to help you become better at your job—as
a role in AWS. recommended by our respondents:

Up to secondary education 8% A Cloud Guru acloud.guru

The New Stack thenewstack.io
Post-secondary non-tertiary education 3%
The AWS Blog aws.amazon.com/blogs
Short-cycle tertiary education 4%
Screaming In The Cloud screaminginthecloud.com
Bachelor or equivalent 45%
Last Week In AWS lastweekinaws.com
Master or equivalent 37%
The Hacker News thehackernews.com
Doctorate or equivalent 3%
Via Reddit

Instead, respondents highlighted the technical skills and product knowledge • r/aws • r/python • r/kubernetes
they feel are most important for successful cloud computing professionals: • r/devops • r/ansible • r/sysadmin

1 Amazon EC2 4 Scripting 55%

5 Python 54%
76% 6 Docker/Jenkins/Kubernetes 52%

7 Continuous Integration/Delivery 51%

Want to learn more
about AWS? Browse the
8 Containers 49%
2 DevOps Jefferson Frank blog.
9 RDS 48%

75% 10 Cloud migration 47%

Browse our blog
11 Ansible/Chef/Terraform/Puppet 39%

12 DynamoDB 35%

3 Amazon S3 13 Microservices 33%

14 API 30%
74% 15 MySQL 27%

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 Employee benefits Sentiments
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Respondents were asked to name the benefits that would affect their Average time Average YOUR VIEWS
likelihood of accepting a new job. Employee bonus was the most frequently spent working for amount of work
mentioned benefit (45%), followed by health and medical insurance. current employer experience
"Always appreciated for
Interestingly, flexible working (38%) and remote working (35%) were more the work done and lots of
popular amongst participants than a favorable retirement savings plan (30%). opportunities to learn and grow."

Most common employee benefits

3 yrs 15 yrs “Senior leadership does not
understand what DevOps is.
Tech decisions are driven by
non-tech people and almost
1 2 3 always decided on the basis
of cost. No training or career
28% of respondents progression.”

don’t expect to be “Full skill set is not put to use.”

working for their “Business does not trust its

employees to make decisions
Work From Home Laptop Health Insurance
current employer and does not empower them.”

in 12 months’ time. “The field of action is limited

62% 61% 56% because it is intended to fit
all customers in the same
framework. The solutions are
Changing employer
often rejected because they
4 Flexible Working Hours 52% 8 Vision Plan 40% are expensive and the most
Top reasons for changing employer
within the next 12 months: economical option is chosen.”
5 Bonus 48% 9 Life Insurance 38%
“I am undeniably the top
6 10 Lack of career and person in my area but am
Dental Plan 48% Education Allowance 37% 1 54%
promotional prospects given no means of progression
7 401k Match 44% 11 Certification Vouchers 31% Lack of salary increase/ and am paid less than others.”
2 53%
earnings increase

3 Need new challenges 47%

Do you feel valued at work?
Lack of exposure to latest
4 44%
AWS products
Unusual benefits No
On average, 5 Lack of leadership/ vision 44% 19%
Several unusual employee perks Working environment/
respondents work were also highlighted by respondents.
6
company culture
35% Yes
These include a cycle to work 81%
from home at least scheme, ping pong tables, paid 7 Lack of training 28%
time off during festive holidays, free
two days a week. snacks, and a ‘write a will’ service.
8 Office location 23%

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Does your current employer have a clear and visible diversity statement? Equal pay

When it came to the question of Does your company have a clear

Yes 53% equal pay for equal work, regardless maternity/paternity leave policy?
No 16% of gender, 56% of respondents
agreed or strongly agreed that they Agree/strongly agree 63%
Not applicable 5% had a fair employer in this regard.
No nor disagree
Neither agree 8%
Not sure 26% 19%
Significantly, female respondents
Disagree/strongly disagree 7%
were more likely to disagree, while
40% of male respondents said they Not sure Yes 22%
Significantly, more than a quarter of professionals did not know or were unsure 81%
did not know.
about their employer’s diversity statement, perhaps indicating a lack of clarity or
lack of internal marketing strategy to support it.
Respondents also cited a lack of diversity and short-term contracts as reasons
for changing their employer.
Inclusion

Gender equality
The majority of respondents (79%) agreed or strongly
An impressive 70% felt that there Is gender inequality a significant issue agreed that they work for an equal rights employer.
is fair gender representation at in the computer technology field?
work. However, when asked about
male and female representation Agree/ Neither agree Disagree/
at senior executive level, just 48% Agree/strongly agree 56% strongly agree nor disagree strongly disagree
of respondents agreed or strongly Neither agree nor disagree 17%
agreed that it was balanced. 22%
disagreed or strongly disagreed Disagree/strongly disagree 16%
My employer has
with the sentiment. Not sure 11% plans in place to retain 29% 20% 16%
mature-aged staff

EXPERT INSIGHT
My employer has a
“While more women are entering and workforce of various 75% 8% 8%
thriving in the tech industry, there cultural backgrounds
is still a great deal of work to do to
ensure true equality in the workplace.
There are clear policies
in place to support
We need to raise children in the
knowledge that they can not only people of different 52% 13% 6%
compete, but succeed in the tech industry Sunny Ackerman gender identities
regardless of their gender. That’s how we President of Americas
encourage a real shift in perspective.” Jefferson Frank Figures exclude ‘Not sure’ responses.

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 Contractor focus
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How do contractors typically What would make you
Average Average number find out about new projects? consider moving from
11 contract length
(in months)
43 of hours worked
(per week)
contract to permanent?

1
Lucrative
benefits
package

1.6 Average number

of clients 2.2 Average number
of projects

2
Improved
Job boards 31% salary
Recruiters 23%

LinkedIn 19%
What our customers say Networking 8% 3

“Anthony from Jefferson Frank registered me when Word of mouth 8% Stability

my previous contract job was about to expire. Within
one phone call, he understood my experience, Other 11%
offered me opportunities, and helped me to prepare
for the interviews.
4
After the call, I was relaxed and had no worries going
Positive
into my interview. Without assistance from Anthony I 92% of contract working
wouldn’t have been able to have the job that I now environment
enjoy. It’s been a pleasure and a privilege working respondents would
with such a fine group of professional people. I would
highly recommend Jefferson Frank to my network if consider becoming
they want a recruitment agency that really cares.”
a permanent 5
Anne Zhang Working with
AWS Big Data Software Developer
employee if the right new products
position came along.

Respondents were able to select more

than one answer for the purposes of
this question.

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 Relocation Earning potential
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10 ways to increase your earning potential—according to our respondents:
61% of respondents said they would consider
relocating to another city or country for work. 1
More, and relevant, certifications—
6
Understanding of Agile
specifically in DevOps and big data methodologies

Reasons for relocating Knowledge of the CI and CD core set Ability to speak multiple
2 7
of tools languages

3 Enthusiasm and personality 8 Switching jobs

1 2 3 4
4 More hands-on experience and practice 9 Networking

Willingness to become a people Develop skills in AI and

5 10
manager machine learning
More job Lifestyle Better pay Family
opportunities change

73% of participants reported a salary increase

29% 21% 17% 15% when they last changed jobs.

5 6 7 8

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7% of respondents listed
job relocation as a reason
for switching roles in the
next 12 months.

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 The most important factors to consider when
End user focus
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choosing a cloud provider

Cost 30% When asked what other factors

Migrating to the cloud: benefits and considerations
Scalability 19% organizations considered
when choosing a cloud service
With every year that passes, it becomes ever more apparent that migrating to Reliability 18% provider, participants cited the
the cloud is the only way for companies to remain relevant in the long term and
physical hosting location, the
establish themselves as key competitors in their respective markets. Security 13%
quality of written documentation,
Flexibility/customization 8% buy-in from C Suite, and the
From brand-new startups to Fortune 500 titans, the number of companies
willingness of the vendor to
moving their business to the cloud is continuing to grow at a rapid pace, but Certifications and standards 5%
commercially sponsor part or all
what are the main benefits and considerations when it comes to adopting AWS? Other 7% of the migration work.

Benefits Considerations
User adoption: how did you integrate AWS?

Lack of product
Cost reduction
knowledge
Using internal resources 66%
By employing contractors 14%
Using a partner 12%
Ease of Resistance from Not sure 8%
implementation stakeholders

According to respondents, the average time

taken to migrate to the cloud is 10 months.
Functionality of
Managing data
the products
migration
and services
Why work for end users

1 Career growth 20% 4 Stable workload 15%

Ease of user Integration with
adoption legacy software 2 Job satisfaction 18% 5 Better working conditions 15%

3 Salary 15% 6 Job stability 8%

Integration of third- Lack of internal

party vendors resources

“While I do enjoy working for multiple clients/projects concurrently, there

is some appeal with focusing on addressing long-term business issues &
Other benefits cited by respondents included increased security, elasticity,
challenges for a single entity.”
post-implementation support, and the consolidation of legacy products.
Project Manager Connecticut, United States

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Trends in AWS: products and skills Project workload EXPERT INSIGHT

According to our data, AWS partners expect the demand for skill sets covering Among professionals directly “The sustained demand for
the following products to increase over the next 12 months: involved with AWS projects, an skilled AWS professionals we've
impressive 80% experienced a experienced is set to increase
1 2 3 marked increase in the amount of substantially over the next year.
work involving AWS over the last
12 months. 6% noted that projects The sheer number of AWS
had decreased, while a further 12% projects undertaken over the last
believe that the AWS workload has 12 months suggests that finding—
stayed the same. and more importantly, retaining—
Amazon EC2 AWS Lambda Amazon EKS
the best talent in the market is
more important than ever before.
40% 30% 18% 79% of respondents An employee with skills in cutting-
edge technologies like DevOps,
expect the amount big data, and AI, for instance, is
4 Amazon S3 13% 7 Amazon API Gateway 11% absolutely invaluable.”
of AWS work they
5 Amazon DynamoDB 12% 8 Amazon RDS 11%
are involved in to
6 Amazon ECS 12% 9 AWS CloudFormation 11%
increase in the
Respondents were able to select more than one answer for the purposes of this question.
coming 12 months.

Demand for third-party tools

Only 3% think the workload will
The third-party DevOps and big data tools that respondents expect will see the decrease, while 10% believe the Patrick Navarro
biggest demand from clients in the next 12 months are Jenkins (15%), Terraform amount of AWS work will stay the Executive Vice President
(11%) and Git (7%). Other tools mentioned include Ansible and Hadoop. same in the coming year. Jefferson Frank

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 Salaries in AWS Salary survey methodology
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If you’re an employer or hiring manager, you can use our
salary tables to benchmark your team’s remuneration
and set budgets for the next financial year. If you’re a
professional working with AWS products, we’ll tell you
how much you should be earning.
Salary survey methodology 33
Salaries in the United States
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The Jefferson Frank Salary Survey report is based on thousands of
data points including survey responses, internal placement data,
and jobs registered with Jefferson Frank in the last 12 months.
Each response has been validated using robust statistical analysis and
automated data validation rules in order to be included in the results set. Any
data profiles that do not pass our validation rules and statistical analysis, or that
are deemed questionable, incomplete, or duplicate were removed in order to
provide meaningful results.
This data has been winsorized to produce a tighter mean salary; however, no
adjustments have been made to industry, location or employer type which may
have an impact on the figures quoted.

Salaries in the United Kingdom 35 The level of seniority for permanent salaries is split into junior, medium, and senior,
and is based on years of experience in working with AWS.
Salaries in France 36

Salaries in Germany 37

BREAKDOWN OF DATA POINTS

504 43,667

Self-reported TOTAL
survey responses DATA POINTS

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Permanent ($) Contract ($) Permanent (£) Contract (£)

Job title Junior Mid Senior Hourly Job title Junior Mid Senior Daily

Cloud Application Architect 140,000 175,000 200,000 150 Cloud Application Architect - 70,000 82,500 700

Cloud Application Developer 98,500 122,000 143,500 120 Cloud Application Developer 40,000 53,000 - 550

Big Data Engineer 100,000 120,000 150,000 130 Big Data Engineer 40,000 65,000 95,000 600

Big Data Solutions Architect 150,000 172,000 200,000 150 Big Data Solutions Architect - 80,000 100,000 800

Cloud Engineer 115,000 136,000 163,000 100 Cloud Engineer 31,500 42,500 57,500 500

Cloud Infrastructure Architect 138,500 156,000 187,000 150 Cloud Infrastructure Architect 45,000 57,500 80,000 600

Cloud Systems Administrator 95,000 115,000 130,000 85 Cloud Systems Administrator 32,500 40,000 50,000 450

Data Engineer 90,000 111,750 160,000 120 Data Engineer 75,000 80,000 85,000 500

Data Scientist 100,000 141,000 210,000 150 Data Scientist 38,500 54,300 96,000 650

DevOps Architect - - 182,000 150 DevOps Architect - 96,600 750

DevOps Engineer 110,000 132,000 180,000 120 DevOps Engineer 40,000 65,000 80,000 600

Pre-Sales Architect - 154,000 185,000 150 Pre-Sales Architect - 105,000 -

Site Reliability Engineer 107,500 134,000 168,000 125 Site Reliability Engineer 38,333 53,500 75,000 475

Certain markets will exhibit 10-15% variance due to differences in costs of living. Certain markets will exhibit 10-15% variance due to differences in costs of living.

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Job title Junior Mid Senior Daily Job title Junior Mid Senior Daily

Cloud Application Architect 42,000 48,000 68,000 620 Cloud Application Architect 48,000 72,000 88,000 960

Cloud Application Developer 30,000 42000 51000 540 Cloud Application Developer 51,600 70,000 81,000 780

Big Data Engineer 42,000 44,000 50,000 600 Big Data Engineer 56,000 62,500 83,000 740

Big Data Solutions Architect 39000 55,000 65000 650 Big Data Solutions Architect 69,000 85,000 94,000 1100

Cloud Engineer 32000 40000 48000 - Cloud Engineer 46,600 61,000 78,000 650

Cloud Infrastructure Architect 44000 52000 63000 750 Cloud Infrastructure Architect 60,000 73,000 88,000 750

Cloud Systems Administrator 28000 40,500 58000 510 Cloud Systems Administrator 40,000 58,000 71,250 580

Data Engineer 37,000 44,500 54,000 650 Data Engineer 48,000 58,000 76,000 650

Data Scientist 40,000 45,000 56,000 700 Data Scientist 50,000 65,000 96,000 800

DevOps Architect 62,000 680 DevOps Architect - - 87,000 900

DevOps Engineer 38,000 45,000 60,000 550 DevOps Engineer 45,000 53,750 67,000 750

Pre-Sales Architect - - - - Pre-Sales Architect - - 90,000 -

Site Reliability Engineer - - - - Site Reliability Engineer - - 87,000 550

Certain markets will exhibit 10-15% variance due to differences in costs of living. Certain markets will exhibit 10-15% variance due to differences in costs of living.

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