AWS Contract Job Trends in Central London

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring AWS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 11 13
Rank change year-on-year -6 +2 -4
Contract jobs citing AWS 291 274 237
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 11.22% 13.39% 10.28%
As % of the Cloud Services category 28.28% 32.66% 24.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 200 190 154
10th Percentile £425 £400 £425
25th Percentile £475 £475 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £565
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +1.77% -6.61%
75th Percentile £688 £686 £688
90th Percentile £751 £776 £796
London median daily rate £573 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -0.43% -4.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £57.00 - -
25th Percentile £60.00 - -
Median hourly rate £70.00 £100.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% - -
75th Percentile £75.88 - -
90th Percentile £76.40 - -
London median hourly rate £70.00 £54.25 £34.50
% change year-on-year +29.03% +57.25% -58.18%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Central London

AWS falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,029 839 952
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 39.67% 40.99% 41.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 709 541 671
10th Percentile £338 £359 £375
25th Percentile £463 £450 £451
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.35%
75th Percentile £653 £669 £651
90th Percentile £750 £760 £750
London median daily rate £535 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -0.47% -2.27% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 17 4
10th Percentile £20.10 £24.30 £17.03
25th Percentile £23.16 £26.45 £23.44
Median hourly rate £37.50 £34.65 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.23% +28.33% -22.86%
75th Percentile £65.00 £56.75 £43.38
90th Percentile £76.40 £93.25 £72.85
London median hourly rate £35.50 £29.07 £27.75
% change year-on-year +22.12% +4.76% -45.85%

AWS
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing AWS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

AWS job vacancy trend in Central London

AWS
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing AWS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing AWS

AWS
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing AWS in Central London over the 6 months to 28 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for AWS in Central London

AWS
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing AWS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing AWS

AWS
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AWS within the Central London region over the 6 months to 28 July 2026. 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
City of London -3 272 £550 -4.35% 120
West End of London -3 10 £650 +12.07% 4
City of Westminster -11 9 £650 +6.12% 13
Southwark -2 2 £600 -
Lambeth - 1 £350 - 1
AWS
London

AWS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 16 (5.50%) Apache Airflow
2 8 (2.75%) Confluence
3 6 (2.06%) SharePoint
4 5 (1.72%) Apache
5 4 (1.37%) Apache Spark
5 4 (1.37%) CICS
6 3 (1.03%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.69%) nginx
7 2 (0.69%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.34%) Camunda
8 1 (0.34%) Ethereum
8 1 (0.34%) Hyperledger
8 1 (0.34%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.34%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (1.03%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (1.72%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.69%) Aladdin
2 2 (0.69%) Bloomberg AIM
2 2 (0.69%) Fidessa
2 2 (0.69%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.34%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.34%) R3 Corda
3 1 (0.34%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 118 (40.55%) Azure
2 67 (23.02%) GCP
3 47 (16.15%) GitHub
4 44 (15.12%) Serverless
5 39 (13.40%) AWS Lambda
6 38 (13.06%) Amazon S3
7 26 (8.93%) GitHub Actions
8 25 (8.59%) Snowflake
9 20 (6.87%) Power Platform
10 18 (6.19%) Amazon Bedrock
11 16 (5.50%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 15 (5.15%) Amazon ECS
12 15 (5.15%) Amazon EKS
12 15 (5.15%) SaaS
13 12 (4.12%) Amazon EC2
13 12 (4.12%) Amazon Kinesis
13 12 (4.12%) AWS CloudFormation
13 12 (4.12%) dbt
14 11 (3.78%) PaaS
15 10 (3.44%) Amazon SageMaker
Communications & Networking
1 13 (4.47%) Firewall
2 11 (3.78%) DNS
3 10 (3.44%) Network Security
4 7 (2.41%) DHCP
4 7 (2.41%) VPN
5 5 (1.72%) TCP/IP
6 3 (1.03%) SMTP
7 2 (0.69%) BGP
7 2 (0.69%) NGFW
7 2 (0.69%) OSPF
7 2 (0.69%) Reverse Proxy
7 2 (0.69%) SSH
7 2 (0.69%) VLAN
7 2 (0.69%) X.509
8 1 (0.34%) IPsec
8 1 (0.34%) Multicast
8 1 (0.34%) NAS
8 1 (0.34%) OpenVPN
8 1 (0.34%) Software-Defined Networking
8 1 (0.34%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (6.53%) DynamoDB
2 18 (6.19%) Amazon Athena
2 18 (6.19%) NoSQL
3 17 (5.84%) Amazon RDS
4 16 (5.50%) PostgreSQL
4 16 (5.50%) Power BI
5 12 (4.12%) Amazon Redshift
5 12 (4.12%) Data Warehouse
6 11 (3.78%) MongoDB
7 10 (3.44%) SQL Server
8 9 (3.09%) Tableau
9 8 (2.75%) Big Data
9 8 (2.75%) Data Lake
9 8 (2.75%) Db2
9 8 (2.75%) Metadata
10 7 (2.41%) Snowflake Schema
11 6 (2.06%) Relational Database
12 5 (1.72%) BigQuery
13 4 (1.37%) Apache Cassandra
13 4 (1.37%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 30 (10.31%) GitLab
2 28 (9.62%) Jenkins
3 27 (9.28%) Git
4 22 (7.56%) JIRA
5 11 (3.78%) JUnit
6 9 (3.09%) Mockito
6 9 (3.09%) Postman
7 6 (2.06%) JMeter
8 4 (1.37%) Claude Code
8 4 (1.37%) Cucumber
8 4 (1.37%) Cypress.io
8 4 (1.37%) Maven
9 3 (1.03%) Bitbucket
9 3 (1.03%) Gradle
10 2 (0.69%) CircleCI
10 2 (0.69%) Gatling
10 2 (0.69%) Liquibase
10 2 (0.69%) Mocha
10 2 (0.69%) REST Assured
10 2 (0.69%) webpack
General
1 89 (30.58%) Finance
2 69 (23.71%) Social Skills
3 36 (12.37%) Banking
4 31 (10.65%) Public Sector
5 30 (10.31%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (4.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (3.44%) Financial Institution
8 8 (2.75%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (2.41%) Front Office
9 7 (2.41%) Influencing Skills
9 7 (2.41%) Investment Banking
10 6 (2.06%) Retail
11 5 (1.72%) Law
12 4 (1.37%) Back Office
12 4 (1.37%) Military
12 4 (1.37%) Police
12 4 (1.37%) Telecoms
13 3 (1.03%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.69%) Marketing
14 2 (0.69%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 65 (22.34%) Architect
2 51 (17.53%) Senior
3 35 (12.03%) Developer
4 25 (8.59%) Data Engineer
5 20 (6.87%) Lead
6 18 (6.19%) AWS Engineer
7 17 (5.84%) Solutions Architect
8 15 (5.15%) Senior Developer
9 14 (4.81%) Java Developer
10 11 (3.78%) Cloud Engineer
11 10 (3.44%) Analyst
11 10 (3.44%) DevOps Engineer
11 10 (3.44%) Senior Java Developer
12 9 (3.09%) Consultant
12 9 (3.09%) Data Architect
12 9 (3.09%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 9 (3.09%) Snowflake Data Engineer
12 9 (3.09%) Snowflake Engineer
12 9 (3.09%) Technical Architect
13 8 (2.75%) Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (13.06%) Kafka
2 32 (11.00%) Spring
3 31 (10.65%) Spring Boot
4 27 (9.28%) REST
5 23 (7.90%) RESTful
6 21 (7.22%) React
7 13 (4.47%) .NET
8 12 (4.12%) Node.js
8 12 (4.12%) SOAP
9 11 (3.78%) PySpark
9 11 (3.78%) RabbitMQ
10 10 (3.44%) JSON
10 10 (3.44%) PyTorch
11 8 (2.75%) TensorFlow
12 6 (2.06%) AngularJS
12 6 (2.06%) GraphQL
12 6 (2.06%) Middleware
12 6 (2.06%) OAuth
12 6 (2.06%) OpenTelemetry
12 6 (2.06%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 68 (23.37%) Cloud Native
2 31 (10.65%) Distributed Systems
3 17 (5.84%) AI Agents
4 11 (3.78%) Legacy Systems
5 10 (3.44%) Onboarding
6 8 (2.75%) Clustering
6 8 (2.75%) Data Centre
6 8 (2.75%) Security Posture
7 7 (2.41%) Hybrid Cloud
8 6 (2.06%) Equities
8 6 (2.06%) Product Ownership
9 5 (1.72%) Mainframe
10 4 (1.37%) Algorithms
10 4 (1.37%) CMDB
10 4 (1.37%) DataPower
10 4 (1.37%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 4 (1.37%) LIMS
10 4 (1.37%) Online Banking
10 4 (1.37%) PKI
10 4 (1.37%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 14 (4.81%) Linux
2 13 (4.47%) Windows
3 6 (2.06%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.37%) Android
4 4 (1.37%) Apple iOS
4 4 (1.37%) zOS
5 3 (1.03%) Unix
6 2 (0.69%) Data ONTAP
7 1 (0.34%) AIX
7 1 (0.34%) CentOS
7 1 (0.34%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.34%) Solaris
7 1 (0.34%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.34%) VMS
7 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (39.52%) CI/CD
2 74 (25.43%) DevOps
3 68 (23.37%) AI
4 62 (21.31%) Infrastructure as Code
5 58 (19.93%) Agile
6 51 (17.53%) Containerisation
6 51 (17.53%) Microservices
7 45 (15.46%) Event-Driven
8 44 (15.12%) Analytics
9 39 (13.40%) Machine Learning
9 39 (13.40%) Migration
10 38 (13.06%) Data Engineering
10 38 (13.06%) Test Automation
11 36 (12.37%) Data Modelling
11 36 (12.37%) Stakeholder Management
12 35 (12.03%) Observability
13 34 (11.68%) Problem-Solving
14 31 (10.65%) Data Pipeline
14 31 (10.65%) Software Engineering
15 25 (8.59%) Event-Driven Architecture
Programming Languages
1 105 (36.08%) Python
2 60 (20.62%) SQL
3 59 (20.27%) Java
4 19 (6.53%) JavaScript
5 17 (5.84%) C#
6 16 (5.50%) TypeScript
7 13 (4.47%) PowerShell
8 10 (3.44%) Bash
9 6 (2.06%) Shell Script
10 5 (1.72%) Ruby
11 4 (1.37%) Bicep
11 4 (1.37%) Go
11 4 (1.37%) JCL
12 3 (1.03%) Korn
12 3 (1.03%) Scala
13 2 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 1 (0.34%) Google Apps Script
14 1 (0.34%) Kotlin
14 1 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
14 1 (0.34%) Rust
Qualifications
1 67 (23.02%) Security Cleared
2 59 (20.27%) SC Cleared
3 13 (4.47%) Degree
4 9 (3.09%) DV Cleared
5 7 (2.41%) AWS Certification
5 7 (2.41%) CISSP
6 6 (2.06%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (2.06%) CISM
6 6 (2.06%) PMI Certification
6 6 (2.06%) PMP
7 4 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.37%) CCNP
8 3 (1.03%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 3 (1.03%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.03%) DBS Check
8 3 (1.03%) PhD
8 3 (1.03%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.69%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.69%) CREST Certified
9 2 (0.69%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (6.19%) Data Quality
2 16 (5.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (5.50%) NIST
3 14 (4.81%) GDPR
4 13 (4.47%) QA
5 8 (2.75%) EU AI Act
6 5 (1.72%) PCI DSS
7 4 (1.37%) NCSC
8 3 (1.03%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.69%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.69%) EMIR
9 2 (0.69%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.69%) MiFID
9 2 (0.69%) SLA
9 2 (0.69%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.34%) Government Security Classifications
10 1 (0.34%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.34%) SEPA
System Software
1 49 (16.84%) Docker
2 9 (3.09%) Active Directory
3 8 (2.75%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.37%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (1.03%) BitLocker
5 3 (1.03%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.03%) Microsoft App-V
5 3 (1.03%) Terminal Services
6 2 (0.69%) NFS
7 1 (0.34%) Firmware
7 1 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.34%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.34%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 60 (20.62%) Kubernetes
2 51 (17.53%) Terraform
3 23 (7.90%) Ansible
4 16 (5.50%) Grafana
5 14 (4.81%) Prometheus
6 5 (1.72%) Puppet
7 4 (1.37%) vCenter Server
8 3 (1.03%) Nagios
8 3 (1.03%) vMotion
9 2 (0.69%) SnapMirror
10 1 (0.34%) Argo
10 1 (0.34%) Bosun
10 1 (0.34%) Consul
10 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.34%) Packer
10 1 (0.34%) PowerCLI
10 1 (0.34%) QRadar
10 1 (0.34%) Salt
10 1 (0.34%) SELinux
10 1 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 28 (9.62%) Microsoft
2 14 (4.81%) Databricks
2 14 (4.81%) Google
3 10 (3.44%) Citrix
3 10 (3.44%) Oracle
4 9 (3.09%) CyberArk
4 9 (3.09%) Salesforce
4 9 (3.09%) ServiceNow
5 8 (2.75%) VMware
6 7 (2.41%) Splunk
7 5 (1.72%) Fortinet
7 5 (1.72%) Palo Alto
8 4 (1.37%) Cisco
8 4 (1.37%) IBM
8 4 (1.37%) Informatica
8 4 (1.37%) OpenAI
8 4 (1.37%) SAP
9 3 (1.03%) Bloomberg
9 3 (1.03%) HP
9 3 (1.03%) Symantec