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Lead Data Engineers - Outside IR35 - Remote - UK

Posted 1 day ago by Sanderson Recruitment


The OpportunityWe're supporting a a major household brand supporting their loyalty and rewards arm of the organisation.T...

  • Rate £800 per day
  • Category Outside
  • Work type Remote
  • Location UK; London; Birmingham; Manchester; Glasgow; Liverpool; Leeds; Edinburgh; Bristol; Cardiff; Nottingham

Senior Data Warehouse Developer - UK

Posted 5 days ago by Gbs (Uk) Ltd


ROLE PURPOSEResponsible for design, development, and maintenance of cloud-based data warehousing and integration solutio...

  • Rate £58,000 per year
  • Category Undetermined
  • Work type Undetermined
  • Location UK; London; Birmingham; Manchester; Glasgow; Liverpool; Leeds; Edinburgh; Bristol; Cardiff; Nottingham

Senior Developer - Edinburgh/Remote - £500.00 Per Day Outside IR35

Posted 1 week ago by Click


The role of Senior Software Developer involves joining an Agile team to develop scalable web applications and REST APIs,...

  • Rate £500 per day
  • Category Outside
  • Work type Hybrid
  • Location Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Senior Dev Ops Engineer

Posted 1 week ago by Morson Edge


The Senior DevOps Engineer will lead the design, build, and deployment of cloud-based environments while promoting DevOp...

  • Rate Negotiable
  • Category Inside
  • Work type Hybrid
  • Location UK; London; Birmingham; Manchester; Glasgow; Liverpool; Leeds; Edinburgh; Bristol; Cardiff; Nottingham

AWS Data Architect

Posted 1 week ago by eTeam Workforce Limited


The AWS Data Architect role involves designing scalable and secure AWS data architectures and leading data migration ini...

  • Rate £409 per day
  • Category Inside
  • Work type Hybrid
  • Location London or Edinburgh , UK

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Information Security Consultant (ciso, Divestment)

Posted 1 week ago by Head Resourcing


The role of Information Security Consultant (CISO, Divestment) involves providing expert guidance on IT divestments and...

  • Rate £900 per day
  • Category Inside
  • Work type Hybrid
  • Location Edinburgh

Site Reliability Engineer

Posted 1 week ago by Lorien


The Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) role involves supporting and enhancing the reliability, availability, and performanc...

  • Rate Negotiable
  • Category Inside
  • Work type Hybrid
  • Location Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Lead Cloud Platform Engineer

Posted 1 week ago by CreateFuture


The Lead Cloud Platform Engineer at CreateFuture is responsible for overseeing the reliability and scalability of Kubern...

  • Rate Negotiable
  • Category Undetermined
  • Work type Hybrid
  • Location Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Senior Cloud Platform Engineer

Posted 1 week ago by CreateFuture


The Senior Cloud Platform Engineer at CreateFuture is a hands-on role focused on the reliability and scalability of Kube...

  • Rate Negotiable
  • Category Undetermined
  • Work type Hybrid
  • Location Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Lead Test Engineer

Posted 2 weeks ago by HM Revenue & Customs


The Lead Test Engineer at HMRC will provide strategic test leadership across multiple products and platforms, influencin...

  • Rate £58,541 per year
  • Category Inside
  • Work type Hybrid
  • Location Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

CyberArk Engineer

Posted 2 weeks ago by ECS


The CyberArk Engineer role involves designing, implementing, and supporting CyberArk Privileged Access Management soluti...

  • Rate £475 per day
  • Category Outside
  • Work type Undetermined
  • Location UK; London; Birmingham; Manchester; Glasgow; Liverpool; Leeds; Edinburgh; Bristol; Cardiff; Nottingham

Lead Developer (Java)

Posted 2 weeks ago by HM Revenue & Customs


The Lead Developer at HMRC is responsible for setting the technical strategy and direction for high-quality, scalable, a...

  • Rate £58,541 per year
  • Category Undetermined
  • Work type Hybrid
  • Location Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Redhat Administrator

Posted 2 weeks ago by Harvey Nash Plc


The RHEL AWS Platform Engineer will collaborate with the IT Infrastructure and Cyber Team to build, maintain, and optimi...

  • Rate £450 per day
  • Category Outside
  • Work type Hybrid
  • Location Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Technical Solutions Architect

Posted 2 weeks ago by Stealth IT Consulting Limited


The Technical Solutions Architect role involves supporting the delivery of large-scale digital services within the publi...

  • Rate £600 per day
  • Category Inside
  • Work type Remote
  • Location UK; London; Birmingham; Manchester; Glasgow; Liverpool; Leeds; Edinburgh; Bristol; Cardiff; Nottingham

About Our AWS Contract Roles in Edinburgh

What does a aws contractor do?

Organisations bring in AWS contractors to design, build, migrate, and manage cloud infrastructure and services on the AWS platform. Contract engagements span a wide range of activities including cloud architecture design, infrastructure-as-code implementation, application migration from on-premise to AWS, cost optimisation, security hardening, and the ongoing management and automation of AWS environments. AWS contractors are in demand across virtually every sector, with financial services, retail, media, technology, and the public sector being particularly active users of AWS expertise on a contract basis.

AWS contractors are expected to have deep, practical knowledge of the core AWS service portfolio, including compute services such as EC2 and Lambda, storage including S3 and EBS, networking including VPC and Route 53, and managed database services. Infrastructure-as-code skills using Terraform or AWS CloudFormation are widely expected, as is experience with containerisation and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes or AWS ECS and EKS. For security-focused roles, knowledge of AWS IAM, security groups, and compliance frameworks is essential. AWS certifications, particularly Solutions Architect Associate or Professional, are widely held in the contractor market and are frequently listed as requirements in job specifications. DevOps experience and familiarity with CI/CD pipelines are expected across most senior engagements.

What is the market like for aws contractors?

The AWS contract market is one of the largest and most consistently active segments of the UK technology contracting market. AWS remains the leading cloud platform by market share in the UK, and the volume of cloud migration, modernisation, and optimisation work continues to generate strong contractor demand. Cost optimisation and cloud governance work has become an increasingly important source of contract engagements as organisations that moved quickly to AWS seek to bring their cloud spending under control. Rates for experienced AWS contractors have been broadly stable, with specialisms in serverless architecture, Kubernetes, and cloud security commanding premiums above the market rate.

What is the contracting market like in Edinburgh?

As the UK's second largest financial centre by assets under management, Edinburgh generates deep and recurring demand for technology, change, risk, actuarial, and regulatory contractors from its concentration of asset managers, insurers, banks, and investment firms. Scottish Government departments and agencies headquartered in the city add a public sector dimension covering digital delivery, policy implementation, and programme management. A growing fintech community draws on Edinburgh's strong university talent pipeline to feed both permanent and contract hiring. Financial services roles requiring niche expertise can command rates that match or exceed those seen elsewhere in the UK, and the city's quality of life continues to attract contractors willing to relocate from London for comparable earnings in a more manageable environment.

How much do aws contractors usually earn in Edinburgh?

Contract rates for aws roles in Edinburgh typically range from £550 to £950 per day, depending on the scope of the role, required expertise, and the delivery expectations of the engagement.

How many aws vacancies in Edinburgh are there on Quality Contracts?

Over the past twelve months, we have tracked over 400 aws contract roles across the site, with Edinburgh maintaining steady volume. Data reviewed up to June 2026.