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 18 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 13 15
Rank change year-on-year -6 +2 -5
Contract jobs citing AWS 281 266 225
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 11.05% 12.99% 9.81%
As % of the Cloud Services category 27.58% 32.05% 24.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 198 183 144
10th Percentile £425 £403 £450
25th Percentile £471 £475 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £754 £785 £823
London median daily rate £564 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -1.88% -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 £58.75 £30.65
% change year-on-year +19.15% +91.68% -63.07%

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 1,019 830 933
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 40.06% 40.55% 40.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 706 547 660
10th Percentile £363 £353 £383
25th Percentile £460 £431 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.44%
75th Percentile £656 £660 £669
90th Percentile £750 £758 £750
London median daily rate £540 £536 £550
% change year-on-year +0.75% -2.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 16 3
10th Percentile £19.80 £21.31 -
25th Percentile £23.00 £24.66 -
Median hourly rate £36.25 £31.54 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.95% +16.80% -28.95%
75th Percentile £67.50 £53.31 £59.75
90th Percentile £76.58 £77.16 £79.40
London median hourly rate £35.50 £29.04 £27.00
% change year-on-year +22.27% +7.54% -50.91%

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 18 August 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 18 August 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 -3 265 £550 -4.35% 67
City of Westminster -11 10 £525 -12.50% 7
West End of London -7 9 £525 -9.48% 6
Southwark -2 2 £600 -
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 (6.41%) Apache Airflow
2 6 (2.14%) Confluence
2 6 (2.14%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.78%) Apache
4 4 (1.42%) Apache Spark
4 4 (1.42%) CICS
5 3 (1.07%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.71%) nginx
7 1 (0.36%) Camunda
7 1 (0.36%) Ethereum
7 1 (0.36%) Hyperledger
7 1 (0.36%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.36%) SAS
7 1 (0.36%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.36%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (1.07%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (1.78%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.71%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.71%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.36%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.36%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.36%) R3 Corda
3 1 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.36%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 118 (41.99%) Azure
2 63 (22.42%) GCP
3 45 (16.01%) Serverless
4 43 (15.30%) GitHub
5 39 (13.88%) AWS Lambda
6 37 (13.17%) Amazon S3
7 26 (9.25%) GitHub Actions
7 26 (9.25%) Snowflake
8 18 (6.41%) Power Platform
9 17 (6.05%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 16 (5.69%) Amazon Bedrock
10 16 (5.69%) SaaS
11 15 (5.34%) Amazon EKS
12 14 (4.98%) dbt
13 13 (4.63%) Amazon EC2
13 13 (4.63%) Amazon Kinesis
14 12 (4.27%) AWS CloudFormation
14 12 (4.27%) Azure DevOps
15 11 (3.91%) Amazon ECS
15 11 (3.91%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (4.63%) DNS
1 13 (4.63%) Firewall
2 7 (2.49%) DHCP
3 6 (2.14%) VPN
4 5 (1.78%) Network Security
5 4 (1.42%) TCP/IP
6 3 (1.07%) SMTP
7 2 (0.71%) NGFW
7 2 (0.71%) Reverse Proxy
7 2 (0.71%) SSH
7 2 (0.71%) VLAN
7 2 (0.71%) X.509
8 1 (0.36%) BGP
8 1 (0.36%) Multicast
8 1 (0.36%) NAS
8 1 (0.36%) OpenVPN
8 1 (0.36%) SAN
8 1 (0.36%) Software-Defined Networking
8 1 (0.36%) VSAN
8 1 (0.36%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (6.41%) DynamoDB
2 17 (6.05%) Amazon RDS
3 16 (5.69%) Amazon Athena
4 15 (5.34%) Power BI
5 14 (4.98%) Data Warehouse
6 13 (4.63%) NoSQL
7 11 (3.91%) Amazon Redshift
8 10 (3.56%) PostgreSQL
9 9 (3.20%) MongoDB
10 8 (2.85%) SQL Server
11 7 (2.49%) Data Lake
11 7 (2.49%) Metadata
11 7 (2.49%) Snowflake Schema
11 7 (2.49%) Tableau
12 6 (2.14%) Big Data
13 5 (1.78%) Db2
13 5 (1.78%) Delta Lake
13 5 (1.78%) Pinecone
14 4 (1.42%) Apache Cassandra
14 4 (1.42%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 35 (12.46%) GitLab
2 31 (11.03%) Jenkins
3 25 (8.90%) Git
4 20 (7.12%) JIRA
5 11 (3.91%) JUnit
6 10 (3.56%) Postman
7 9 (3.20%) Mockito
8 6 (2.14%) JMeter
9 4 (1.42%) Bitbucket
9 4 (1.42%) Claude Code
9 4 (1.42%) Cucumber
9 4 (1.42%) Cypress.io
9 4 (1.42%) Maven
9 4 (1.42%) Selenium
10 3 (1.07%) Gradle
11 2 (0.71%) Appium
11 2 (0.71%) Gatling
11 2 (0.71%) REST Assured
12 1 (0.36%) CircleCI
12 1 (0.36%) webpack
General
1 88 (31.32%) Finance
2 64 (22.78%) Social Skills
3 35 (12.46%) Banking
4 33 (11.74%) Public Sector
5 29 (10.32%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (4.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (3.20%) Financial Institution
8 7 (2.49%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (1.78%) Investment Banking
9 5 (1.78%) Law
9 5 (1.78%) Retail
10 4 (1.42%) Back Office
10 4 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (1.42%) Front Office
10 4 (1.42%) Military
10 4 (1.42%) Police
10 4 (1.42%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.07%) General Ledger
11 3 (1.07%) Marketing
12 2 (0.71%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 62 (22.06%) Architect
2 50 (17.79%) Senior
3 35 (12.46%) Developer
4 25 (8.90%) Data Engineer
5 20 (7.12%) Lead
6 19 (6.76%) AWS Engineer
7 16 (5.69%) Solutions Architect
8 15 (5.34%) Senior Developer
9 13 (4.63%) Java Developer
10 12 (4.27%) Analyst
11 10 (3.56%) Senior Java Developer
12 9 (3.20%) AWS Architect
12 9 (3.20%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 9 (3.20%) Snowflake Data Engineer
12 9 (3.20%) Snowflake Engineer
12 9 (3.20%) Technical Architect
13 8 (2.85%) Consultant
13 8 (2.85%) Data Architect
13 8 (2.85%) Full-Stack Developer
13 8 (2.85%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (11.74%) Kafka
2 31 (11.03%) Spring
3 30 (10.68%) Spring Boot
4 23 (8.19%) REST
4 23 (8.19%) RESTful
5 18 (6.41%) React
6 13 (4.63%) .NET
7 12 (4.27%) PySpark
7 12 (4.27%) RabbitMQ
7 12 (4.27%) SOAP
8 11 (3.91%) Node.js
9 10 (3.56%) JSON
10 6 (2.14%) OAuth
10 6 (2.14%) OpenTelemetry
10 6 (2.14%) Web Services
11 5 (1.78%) .NET Core
11 5 (1.78%) AngularJS
11 5 (1.78%) Django
11 5 (1.78%) LangChain
11 5 (1.78%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 70 (24.91%) Cloud Native
2 29 (10.32%) Distributed Systems
3 20 (7.12%) AI Agents
4 13 (4.63%) Onboarding
5 9 (3.20%) Legacy Systems
5 9 (3.20%) Product Ownership
6 8 (2.85%) Clustering
6 8 (2.85%) Data Centre
7 6 (2.14%) CMDB
7 6 (2.14%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (1.78%) Mainframe
9 4 (1.42%) Data Structures
9 4 (1.42%) DataPower
9 4 (1.42%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.42%) Online Banking
9 4 (1.42%) PKI
9 4 (1.42%) Public Cloud
10 3 (1.07%) Equities
10 3 (1.07%) Fixed Income
10 3 (1.07%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 13 (4.63%) Linux
1 13 (4.63%) Windows
2 8 (2.85%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.42%) Unix
3 4 (1.42%) zOS
4 2 (0.71%) Data ONTAP
5 1 (0.36%) AIX
5 1 (0.36%) Android
5 1 (0.36%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.36%) CentOS
5 1 (0.36%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.36%) Solaris
5 1 (0.36%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.36%) VMS
5 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (42.35%) CI/CD
2 80 (28.47%) DevOps
3 66 (23.49%) AI
4 63 (22.42%) Agile
5 58 (20.64%) Infrastructure as Code
6 51 (18.15%) Microservices
7 50 (17.79%) Containerisation
8 45 (16.01%) Migration
9 43 (15.30%) Event-Driven
10 39 (13.88%) Data Modelling
11 38 (13.52%) Analytics
11 38 (13.52%) Stakeholder Management
11 38 (13.52%) Test Automation
12 35 (12.46%) Data Engineering
13 34 (12.10%) Problem-Solving
14 33 (11.74%) Machine Learning
14 33 (11.74%) Observability
15 31 (11.03%) Data Pipeline
16 30 (10.68%) Software Engineering
17 25 (8.90%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 103 (36.65%) Python
2 57 (20.28%) SQL
3 56 (19.93%) Java
4 21 (7.47%) C#
5 20 (7.12%) JavaScript
6 17 (6.05%) TypeScript
7 16 (5.69%) PowerShell
8 11 (3.91%) Bash
9 6 (2.14%) Shell Script
10 5 (1.78%) Ruby
11 4 (1.42%) Bicep
11 4 (1.42%) JCL
11 4 (1.42%) Korn
12 2 (0.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.71%) Go
12 2 (0.71%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.71%) Scala
13 1 (0.36%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.36%) Google Apps Script
13 1 (0.36%) R
Qualifications
1 65 (23.13%) Security Cleared
2 54 (19.22%) SC Cleared
3 10 (3.56%) DV Cleared
4 8 (2.85%) Degree
5 6 (2.14%) AWS Certification
5 6 (2.14%) PMI Certification
5 6 (2.14%) PMP
6 3 (1.07%) CCNP
6 3 (1.07%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (1.07%) CISM
6 3 (1.07%) CISSP
6 3 (1.07%) DBS Check
6 3 (1.07%) TOGAF Certification
7 2 (0.71%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (0.71%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.71%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.71%) CREST Certified
7 2 (0.71%) OSCP
7 2 (0.71%) SnowPro
8 1 (0.36%) GPEN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (6.41%) Data Quality
2 17 (6.05%) QA
3 16 (5.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (4.63%) GDPR
4 13 (4.63%) NIST
5 8 (2.85%) EU AI Act
6 5 (1.78%) PCI DSS
7 4 (1.42%) NCSC
8 3 (1.07%) Accessibility
8 3 (1.07%) SLA
9 2 (0.71%) EMIR
9 2 (0.71%) MiFID
9 2 (0.71%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.71%) PMO
9 2 (0.71%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.36%) Government Security Classifications
10 1 (0.36%) GRC
10 1 (0.36%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 19770
10 1 (0.36%) SEPA
System Software
1 50 (17.79%) Docker
2 10 (3.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (2.85%) Active Directory
4 4 (1.42%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (1.07%) BitLocker
5 3 (1.07%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.07%) Microsoft App-V
5 3 (1.07%) Terminal Services
6 2 (0.71%) NFS
7 1 (0.36%) Firmware
7 1 (0.36%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.36%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 61 (21.71%) Kubernetes
2 51 (18.15%) Terraform
3 23 (8.19%) Ansible
4 14 (4.98%) Grafana
4 14 (4.98%) Prometheus
5 5 (1.78%) Puppet
6 4 (1.42%) vCenter Server
7 3 (1.07%) Nagios
7 3 (1.07%) vMotion
8 2 (0.71%) SnapMirror
9 1 (0.36%) Argo
9 1 (0.36%) Bosun
9 1 (0.36%) Consul
9 1 (0.36%) Packer
9 1 (0.36%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.36%) Salt
9 1 (0.36%) SELinux
9 1 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 30 (10.68%) Microsoft
2 19 (6.76%) Google
3 17 (6.05%) Databricks
4 14 (4.98%) Oracle
5 12 (4.27%) ServiceNow
6 11 (3.91%) VMware
7 10 (3.56%) Citrix
7 10 (3.56%) Salesforce
8 9 (3.20%) CyberArk
9 7 (2.49%) SAP
10 5 (1.78%) Fortinet
10 5 (1.78%) OpenAI
11 4 (1.42%) Cisco
11 4 (1.42%) Palo Alto
11 4 (1.42%) Splunk
12 3 (1.07%) Dynatrace
12 3 (1.07%) HP
12 3 (1.07%) IBM
12 3 (1.07%) Informatica
12 3 (1.07%) Symantec