AWS Contracts in the City of London

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Central London > City of London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 13 9 4
Rank change year-on-year -4 -5 +3
Contract jobs citing AWS 234 485 836
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 10.70% 13.69% 20.04%
As % of the Cloud Services category 27.24% 36.01% 46.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 168 321 700
10th Percentile £413 £458 £463
25th Percentile £483 £525 £524
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £625 £620
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +0.81% +12.73%
75th Percentile £688 £750 £713
90th Percentile £791 £860 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £625 £625
% change year-on-year -12.00% - +13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 0
Median hourly rate - £84.09 -
Central London median hourly rate - £84.09 -

All Cloud Skills
City of London

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 City of London with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 859 1,347 1,793
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 39.30% 38.03% 42.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 603 901 1,428
10th Percentile £363 £313 £400
25th Percentile £444 £463 £485
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £593 £575
Median % change year-on-year -7.17% +3.04% +9.52%
75th Percentile £668 £700 £688
90th Percentile £763 £800 £775
Central London median daily rate £530 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -7.83% - +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 12
10th Percentile £12.75 £44.75 -
25th Percentile £14.88 £65.57 £13.88
Median hourly rate £22.50 £84.09 £17.22
Median % change year-on-year -73.24% +388.40% -7.43%
75th Percentile £26.19 £88.30 £25.50
90th Percentile £38.63 - £47.78
Central London median hourly rate £22.50 £83.30 £20.19
% change year-on-year -72.99% +312.66% -13.92%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing AWS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for AWS in the City of London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing AWS in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for AWS in the City of London

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Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing AWS in the City of London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for AWS in the City of London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing AWS in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for AWS in the City of London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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 7 (2.99%) BizTalk Server
2 6 (2.56%) nginx
3 5 (2.14%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.14%) Site Server
3 5 (2.14%) Tomcat
4 4 (1.71%) Apache
4 4 (1.71%) Apache Spark
4 4 (1.71%) WebSphere
5 3 (1.28%) Confluence
5 3 (1.28%) WebLogic
6 2 (0.85%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.85%) JBoss
6 2 (0.85%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.43%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.43%) CICS
7 1 (0.43%) IIS
7 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.43%) Oracle Self-Service HR
Applications
1 3 (1.28%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.85%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.43%) Weka
Business Applications
1 2 (0.85%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (0.85%) Temenos T24
2 1 (0.43%) R3 Corda
2 1 (0.43%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 88 (37.61%) Azure
2 38 (16.24%) Serverless
3 36 (15.38%) AWS Lambda
4 35 (14.96%) Amazon S3
5 33 (14.10%) GCP
6 23 (9.83%) Amazon EC2
7 20 (8.55%) GitHub
8 15 (6.41%) Amazon EKS
9 12 (5.13%) AWS CloudFormation
10 11 (4.70%) Amazon SQS
10 11 (4.70%) Azure DevOps
11 10 (4.27%) GitHub Actions
12 9 (3.85%) IaaS
13 8 (3.42%) AWS Step Functions
13 8 (3.42%) Cloud Computing
14 7 (2.99%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 7 (2.99%) Amazon MSK
14 7 (2.99%) Azure Functions
14 7 (2.99%) SaaS
14 7 (2.99%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.56%) Firewall
2 4 (1.71%) DNS
3 3 (1.28%) SSL
4 2 (0.85%) CTI
4 2 (0.85%) DHCP
4 2 (0.85%) Kerberos
4 2 (0.85%) Network Security
4 2 (0.85%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.85%) VoIP
4 2 (0.85%) VPN
4 2 (0.85%) Wireless
5 1 (0.43%) HTTP
5 1 (0.43%) Internet
5 1 (0.43%) IPv4
5 1 (0.43%) MPLS
5 1 (0.43%) MQTT
5 1 (0.43%) Multicast
5 1 (0.43%) SSH
5 1 (0.43%) VLAN
5 1 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (10.68%) NoSQL
2 24 (10.26%) Amazon RDS
2 24 (10.26%) PostgreSQL
3 14 (5.98%) Amazon Redshift
3 14 (5.98%) MySQL
3 14 (5.98%) Relational Database
4 13 (5.56%) DynamoDB
5 12 (5.13%) Data Warehouse
5 12 (5.13%) MongoDB
6 11 (4.70%) SQL Server
7 9 (3.85%) Parquet
8 8 (3.42%) RDBMS
9 7 (2.99%) Amazon Athena
9 7 (2.99%) Azure SQL Database
10 6 (2.56%) Amazon Aurora
10 6 (2.56%) Big Data
10 6 (2.56%) GIS
11 5 (2.14%) Elasticsearch
12 4 (1.71%) Data Lake
12 4 (1.71%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 21 (8.97%) Jenkins
2 17 (7.26%) Git
3 12 (5.13%) GitLab
4 9 (3.85%) Selenium
5 7 (2.99%) Maven
6 6 (2.56%) CircleCI
6 6 (2.56%) Cucumber
6 6 (2.56%) SonarQube
7 5 (2.14%) JIRA
8 4 (1.71%) Bitbucket
8 4 (1.71%) JUnit
8 4 (1.71%) Mercurial
8 4 (1.71%) Postman
8 4 (1.71%) REST Assured
8 4 (1.71%) TestNG
9 3 (1.28%) Cypress.io
9 3 (1.28%) Gradle
9 3 (1.28%) JMeter
9 3 (1.28%) Mockito
9 3 (1.28%) PHPUnit
General
1 55 (23.50%) Finance
2 36 (15.38%) Social Skills
3 30 (12.82%) Public Sector
4 23 (9.83%) Banking
5 10 (4.27%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (3.85%) Retail
6 9 (3.85%) Telecoms
7 8 (3.42%) Investment Banking
8 6 (2.56%) Front Office
9 4 (1.71%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.28%) Corporate Banking
10 3 (1.28%) Retail Banking
11 2 (0.85%) Back Office
11 2 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.43%) Games
12 1 (0.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.43%) Law
12 1 (0.43%) Marketing
12 1 (0.43%) Music Industry
12 1 (0.43%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 63 (26.92%) Developer
2 34 (14.53%) Senior
3 32 (13.68%) Architect
4 22 (9.40%) AWS Engineer
5 19 (8.12%) Data Engineer
5 19 (8.12%) DevOps Engineer
6 15 (6.41%) Full Stack Developer
7 13 (5.56%) Lead
8 11 (4.70%) Software Engineer
9 10 (4.27%) Analyst
9 10 (4.27%) Java Developer
9 10 (4.27%) Software Developer
10 9 (3.85%) AWS Architect
10 9 (3.85%) Consultant
10 9 (3.85%) Platform Engineer
11 8 (3.42%) AWS Developer
11 8 (3.42%) Cloud Engineer
11 8 (3.42%) Technical Architect
12 7 (2.99%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 7 (2.99%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (11.97%) Kafka
2 16 (6.84%) REST
3 14 (5.98%) RESTful
4 13 (5.56%) .NET
5 12 (5.13%) AngularJS
5 12 (5.13%) Spring
6 11 (4.70%) React
6 11 (4.70%) Spring Boot
7 9 (3.85%) GraphQL
7 9 (3.85%) JSON
8 8 (3.42%) .NET Core
8 8 (3.42%) Apache Avro
8 8 (3.42%) Elastic Stack
8 8 (3.42%) Web Services
9 7 (2.99%) Middleware
10 6 (2.56%) Blazor
10 6 (2.56%) CSS
10 6 (2.56%) HTML
10 6 (2.56%) Laravel
11 5 (2.14%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 15 (6.41%) Cloud Native
2 11 (4.70%) Public Cloud
3 8 (3.42%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (2.99%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (2.56%) Greenfield Project
6 5 (2.14%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.71%) Cyber Threat
7 4 (1.71%) Derivative
7 4 (1.71%) PKI
8 3 (1.28%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.28%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.28%) IVR
8 3 (1.28%) Product Ownership
9 2 (0.85%) Clustering
9 2 (0.85%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.85%) Enterprise Cloud
9 2 (0.85%) Hedge funds
9 2 (0.85%) Mainframe
9 2 (0.85%) Video on Demand
9 2 (0.85%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 25 (10.68%) Linux
2 22 (9.40%) Windows
3 6 (2.56%) Windows Server
4 5 (2.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.71%) Unix
6 1 (0.43%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.43%) Oracle Linux
6 1 (0.43%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.43%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (29.06%) DevOps
2 46 (19.66%) Agile
3 43 (18.38%) CI/CD
4 34 (14.53%) Microservices
5 26 (11.11%) ETL
5 26 (11.11%) Full Stack Development
6 25 (10.68%) Infrastructure as Code
7 24 (10.26%) Test Automation
8 21 (8.97%) Data Pipeline
8 21 (8.97%) Problem-Solving
8 21 (8.97%) Software Engineering
9 18 (7.69%) SDLC
10 16 (6.84%) Data Modelling
10 16 (6.84%) Migration
11 15 (6.41%) Containerisation
12 13 (5.56%) Computer Science
12 13 (5.56%) Front End Development
13 12 (5.13%) Continuous Integration
14 11 (4.70%) Stakeholder Management
14 11 (4.70%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 92 (39.32%) Python
2 59 (25.21%) SQL
3 46 (19.66%) Java
4 24 (10.26%) JavaScript
5 16 (6.84%) PowerShell
6 14 (5.98%) C++
6 14 (5.98%) Go
6 14 (5.98%) TypeScript
7 10 (4.27%) Bash
7 10 (4.27%) C#
8 7 (2.99%) PHP
8 7 (2.99%) T-SQL
9 6 (2.56%) PL/SQL
9 6 (2.56%) Shell Script
10 5 (2.14%) Korn
11 4 (1.71%) C
11 4 (1.71%) Rust
12 3 (1.28%) Scala
13 2 (0.85%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.85%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 50 (21.37%) Security Cleared
2 45 (19.23%) SC Cleared
3 15 (6.41%) AWS Certification
3 15 (6.41%) Degree
4 11 (4.70%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (2.99%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 4 (1.71%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.71%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.28%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 3 (1.28%) CISM
7 3 (1.28%) CISSP
7 3 (1.28%) CRISC
7 3 (1.28%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.85%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.85%) SANS
9 1 (0.43%) AWS Certified Developer
9 1 (0.43%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
9 1 (0.43%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.43%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.56%) Data Quality
1 6 (2.56%) PCI DSS
2 5 (2.14%) NIST
2 5 (2.14%) QA
3 3 (1.28%) ISO 31000
3 3 (1.28%) NIST 800
4 2 (0.85%) GDPR
4 2 (0.85%) HIPAA
4 2 (0.85%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.43%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.43%) ISO 20022
5 1 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.43%) NCSC
5 1 (0.43%) SLA
System Software
1 40 (17.09%) Docker
2 9 (3.85%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.71%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.85%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.43%) Ceph
5 1 (0.43%) Lustre
5 1 (0.43%) NFS
5 1 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 56 (23.93%) Kubernetes
2 47 (20.09%) Terraform
3 19 (8.12%) Ansible
4 8 (3.42%) Prometheus
4 8 (3.42%) Puppet
5 7 (2.99%) Grafana
6 6 (2.56%) Progress Chef
7 5 (2.14%) Consul
7 5 (2.14%) Packer
8 3 (1.28%) Nagios
8 3 (1.28%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.85%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.85%) Graylog
9 2 (0.85%) Kustomize
9 2 (0.85%) SCCM
10 1 (0.43%) Argo
10 1 (0.43%) HP Fortify
10 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Clustering
10 1 (0.43%) Opsgenie
10 1 (0.43%) PingFederate
Vendors
1 28 (11.97%) Oracle
2 18 (7.69%) Microsoft
3 11 (4.70%) Google
4 9 (3.85%) IBM
4 9 (3.85%) Red Hat
5 6 (2.56%) ESRI
5 6 (2.56%) MuleSoft
5 6 (2.56%) Splunk
6 4 (1.71%) Cisco
6 4 (1.71%) VMware
7 3 (1.28%) Dynatrace
7 3 (1.28%) Genesys
7 3 (1.28%) New Relic
7 3 (1.28%) SAP
8 2 (0.85%) AppDynamics
8 2 (0.85%) CyberArk
8 2 (0.85%) Databricks
8 2 (0.85%) eFront
8 2 (0.85%) Okta
8 2 (0.85%) ServiceNow