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 19 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 11 13
Rank change year-on-year -2 +2 -3
Contract jobs citing AWS 294 279 258
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 11.26% 14.52% 10.64%
As % of the Cloud Services category 29.25% 33.98% 26.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 197 196 181
10th Percentile £406 £400 £413
25th Percentile £463 £461 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -12.00%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £763 £769 £850
London median daily rate £560 £575 £588
% change year-on-year -2.61% -2.13% -3.69%
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 £67.00 £53.50 £27.65
% change year-on-year +25.23% +93.49% -65.44%

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 1,005 821 985
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 38.49% 42.72% 40.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 685 527 695
10th Percentile £350 £363 £363
25th Percentile £460 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year - +2.33% -7.33%
75th Percentile £650 £669 £650
90th Percentile £750 £751 £758
London median daily rate £525 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -5.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 16 7
10th Percentile £21.06 £22.50 £12.75
25th Percentile £27.54 £24.66 £17.00
Median hourly rate £54.60 £31.86 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +71.38% +41.60% -66.67%
75th Percentile £67.50 £55.51 £27.00
90th Percentile £76.58 £94.38 £36.30
London median hourly rate £35.50 £32.25 £26.49
% change year-on-year +10.08% +21.77% -49.55%

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 19 June 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 19 June 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 0 277 £550 - 86
West End of London -4 8 £650 +12.07%
City of Westminster -5 8 £650 +4.00% 4
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 18 (6.12%) Apache Airflow
2 7 (2.38%) Confluence
3 5 (1.70%) Apache Spark
4 4 (1.36%) Apache
4 4 (1.36%) CICS
4 4 (1.36%) SharePoint
5 3 (1.02%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.68%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.34%) Camunda
7 1 (0.34%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.34%) nginx
7 1 (0.34%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (1.36%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.34%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.02%) Bloomberg AIM
1 3 (1.02%) Fidessa
1 3 (1.02%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.68%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.34%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.34%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 122 (41.50%) Azure
2 67 (22.79%) GCP
3 51 (17.35%) Serverless
4 44 (14.97%) AWS Lambda
4 44 (14.97%) GitHub
5 41 (13.95%) Amazon S3
6 27 (9.18%) GitHub Actions
7 23 (7.82%) Snowflake
8 20 (6.80%) Power Platform
9 19 (6.46%) Amazon Bedrock
10 17 (5.78%) SaaS
11 15 (5.10%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 15 (5.10%) AWS CloudFormation
12 12 (4.08%) Amazon ECS
13 11 (3.74%) Amazon SageMaker
14 10 (3.40%) Amazon EC2
14 10 (3.40%) Amazon Kinesis
14 10 (3.40%) Azure DevOps
14 10 (3.40%) dbt
15 9 (3.06%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.08%) Firewall
2 10 (3.40%) Network Security
3 9 (3.06%) DNS
4 6 (2.04%) DHCP
5 5 (1.70%) VPN
6 3 (1.02%) SMTP
6 3 (1.02%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.68%) NGFW
7 2 (0.68%) X.509
8 1 (0.34%) BGP
8 1 (0.34%) IPsec
8 1 (0.34%) NAS
8 1 (0.34%) OSPF
8 1 (0.34%) Reverse Proxy
8 1 (0.34%) SAN
8 1 (0.34%) Software-Defined Networking
8 1 (0.34%) SSL
8 1 (0.34%) VLAN
8 1 (0.34%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (7.14%) DynamoDB
2 18 (6.12%) NoSQL
3 16 (5.44%) Amazon RDS
4 15 (5.10%) Amazon Athena
4 15 (5.10%) PostgreSQL
4 15 (5.10%) Power BI
5 14 (4.76%) Amazon Redshift
6 13 (4.42%) Metadata
7 12 (4.08%) Data Warehouse
8 11 (3.74%) Tableau
9 10 (3.40%) SQL Server
10 9 (3.06%) Data Lake
11 8 (2.72%) Db2
11 8 (2.72%) MongoDB
11 8 (2.72%) Snowflake Schema
12 7 (2.38%) Big Data
13 6 (2.04%) Relational Database
14 5 (1.70%) BigQuery
14 5 (1.70%) Pinecone
15 4 (1.36%) CockroachDB
Development Applications
1 28 (9.52%) Git
1 28 (9.52%) GitLab
1 28 (9.52%) Jenkins
2 23 (7.82%) JIRA
3 10 (3.40%) JUnit
4 9 (3.06%) Mockito
5 8 (2.72%) Postman
6 4 (1.36%) Claude Code
6 4 (1.36%) Cucumber
6 4 (1.36%) JMeter
7 3 (1.02%) Cypress.io
7 3 (1.02%) Gradle
7 3 (1.02%) Maven
8 2 (0.68%) Ant
8 2 (0.68%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.68%) CircleCI
8 2 (0.68%) Gatling
8 2 (0.68%) Liquibase
8 2 (0.68%) Mocha
8 2 (0.68%) webpack
General
1 92 (31.29%) Finance
2 68 (23.13%) Social Skills
3 36 (12.24%) Banking
4 35 (11.90%) Public Sector
5 21 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (4.08%) Financial Institution
7 11 (3.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (3.06%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (3.06%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (2.04%) Front Office
9 6 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (1.70%) Investment Banking
10 5 (1.70%) Military
11 4 (1.36%) Law
11 4 (1.36%) Police
11 4 (1.36%) Retail
12 3 (1.02%) Marketing
13 2 (0.68%) Advertising
13 2 (0.68%) Back Office
13 2 (0.68%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 65 (22.11%) Architect
2 41 (13.95%) Senior
3 35 (11.90%) Developer
4 26 (8.84%) Data Engineer
5 23 (7.82%) Lead
6 21 (7.14%) AWS Engineer
7 18 (6.12%) Solutions Architect
8 15 (5.10%) DevOps Engineer
9 14 (4.76%) Java Developer
10 13 (4.42%) Senior Developer
11 11 (3.74%) Cloud Engineer
11 11 (3.74%) Snowflake Data Engineer
11 11 (3.74%) Snowflake Engineer
12 10 (3.40%) Cloud Architect
12 10 (3.40%) Migration Manager
12 10 (3.40%) Migration Project Manager
12 10 (3.40%) Project Manager
13 9 (3.06%) Consultant
13 9 (3.06%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 8 (2.72%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (12.59%) Kafka
2 31 (10.54%) Spring
2 31 (10.54%) Spring Boot
3 27 (9.18%) REST
4 21 (7.14%) React
4 21 (7.14%) RESTful
5 12 (4.08%) .NET
5 12 (4.08%) JSON
6 11 (3.74%) Node.js
6 11 (3.74%) PySpark
7 10 (3.40%) PyTorch
7 10 (3.40%) SOAP
8 8 (2.72%) OAuth
8 8 (2.72%) OpenTelemetry
8 8 (2.72%) RabbitMQ
9 7 (2.38%) TensorFlow
10 6 (2.04%) AngularJS
10 6 (2.04%) boto
10 6 (2.04%) GraphQL
10 6 (2.04%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 69 (23.47%) Cloud Native
2 26 (8.84%) Distributed Systems
3 14 (4.76%) AI Agents
4 11 (3.74%) Legacy Systems
5 10 (3.40%) Hybrid Cloud
6 9 (3.06%) Clustering
6 9 (3.06%) Equities
7 8 (2.72%) Data Centre
7 8 (2.72%) Security Posture
8 7 (2.38%) Onboarding
9 6 (2.04%) Algorithms
10 5 (1.70%) Mainframe
10 5 (1.70%) Product Ownership
11 4 (1.36%) Data Structures
11 4 (1.36%) DataPower
11 4 (1.36%) LIMS
11 4 (1.36%) Online Banking
11 4 (1.36%) PKI
12 3 (1.02%) Mobile App
12 3 (1.02%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 14 (4.76%) Windows
2 13 (4.42%) Linux
3 6 (2.04%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.36%) Android
4 4 (1.36%) Apple iOS
4 4 (1.36%) zOS
5 2 (0.68%) Data ONTAP
5 2 (0.68%) Unix
6 1 (0.34%) AIX
6 1 (0.34%) CentOS
6 1 (0.34%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.34%) Solaris
6 1 (0.34%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (39.12%) CI/CD
2 79 (26.87%) DevOps
3 75 (25.51%) AI
4 72 (24.49%) Infrastructure as Code
5 66 (22.45%) Agile
6 49 (16.67%) Containerisation
7 48 (16.33%) Migration
8 46 (15.65%) Analytics
8 46 (15.65%) Event-Driven
8 46 (15.65%) Machine Learning
9 41 (13.95%) Microservices
10 39 (13.27%) Stakeholder Management
11 38 (12.93%) Data Engineering
12 37 (12.59%) Data Pipeline
12 37 (12.59%) Observability
13 34 (11.56%) Data Modelling
14 33 (11.22%) Test Automation
15 32 (10.88%) Problem-Solving
16 27 (9.18%) Generative AI
16 27 (9.18%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 103 (35.03%) Python
2 61 (20.75%) SQL
3 53 (18.03%) Java
4 17 (5.78%) JavaScript
5 16 (5.44%) C#
6 15 (5.10%) TypeScript
7 11 (3.74%) PowerShell
8 10 (3.40%) Bash
9 5 (1.70%) Shell Script
10 4 (1.36%) Bicep
10 4 (1.36%) JCL
10 4 (1.36%) Ruby
10 4 (1.36%) Scala
11 3 (1.02%) Korn
12 2 (0.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.68%) Go
13 1 (0.34%) Google Apps Script
13 1 (0.34%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.34%) R
Qualifications
1 72 (24.49%) Security Cleared
2 65 (22.11%) SC Cleared
3 14 (4.76%) Degree
4 11 (3.74%) PMI Certification
4 11 (3.74%) PMP
5 9 (3.06%) AWS Certification
6 6 (2.04%) CISSP
6 6 (2.04%) DV Cleared
7 5 (1.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 5 (1.70%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (1.70%) CISM
8 4 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (1.02%) CCNP
9 3 (1.02%) DBS Check
9 3 (1.02%) PhD
9 3 (1.02%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (0.68%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (0.68%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.68%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (7.14%) Data Quality
1 21 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (6.80%) GDPR
2 20 (6.80%) NIST
3 10 (3.40%) QA
4 6 (2.04%) EU AI Act
5 5 (1.70%) NCSC
5 5 (1.70%) PCI DSS
6 4 (1.36%) SLA
7 3 (1.02%) ISO 20022
7 3 (1.02%) NIST 800
7 3 (1.02%) SEPA
8 2 (0.68%) EMIR
8 2 (0.68%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.68%) ISO 8583
8 2 (0.68%) MiFID
8 2 (0.68%) PSD2
8 2 (0.68%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.34%) GRC
9 1 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 48 (16.33%) Docker
2 9 (3.06%) Active Directory
3 8 (2.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.36%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (1.02%) BitLocker
5 3 (1.02%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.02%) Microsoft App-V
5 3 (1.02%) Terminal Services
6 2 (0.68%) NFS
7 1 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.34%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.34%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 58 (19.73%) Kubernetes
2 57 (19.39%) Terraform
3 25 (8.50%) Ansible
4 16 (5.44%) Grafana
5 14 (4.76%) Prometheus
6 5 (1.70%) Puppet
7 4 (1.36%) vCenter Server
8 3 (1.02%) Argo
8 3 (1.02%) Nagios
8 3 (1.02%) vMotion
9 2 (0.68%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.68%) SnapMirror
10 1 (0.34%) Consul
10 1 (0.34%) Karpenter
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%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 28 (9.52%) Microsoft
2 14 (4.76%) Databricks
2 14 (4.76%) Google
3 13 (4.42%) CyberArk
4 11 (3.74%) Salesforce
5 10 (3.40%) Citrix
6 8 (2.72%) VMware
7 7 (2.38%) Splunk
8 6 (2.04%) Fortinet
8 6 (2.04%) Oracle
9 5 (1.70%) IBM
9 5 (1.70%) MuleSoft
9 5 (1.70%) SAP
9 5 (1.70%) ServiceNow
10 4 (1.36%) Informatica
10 4 (1.36%) OpenAI
10 4 (1.36%) Palo Alto
11 3 (1.02%) Bloomberg
11 3 (1.02%) Cisco
11 3 (1.02%) HP