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

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 11 13
Rank change year-on-year -3 +2 -3
Contract jobs citing AWS 293 280 256
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 11.21% 14.51% 10.72%
As % of the Cloud Services category 29.04% 34.02% 26.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 197 196 179
10th Percentile £406 £400 £413
25th Percentile £465 £461 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -12.00%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £681
90th Percentile £763 £757 £850
London median daily rate £560 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -2.61% -4.17% -0.83%
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 £68.50 £49.25 £27.65
% change year-on-year +39.09% +78.12% -65.97%

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 1,009 823 981
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 38.61% 42.64% 41.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 692 526 696
10th Percentile £350 £363 £363
25th Percentile £456 £454 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year - +2.23% -6.84%
75th Percentile £650 £669 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
London median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 17 7
10th Percentile £23.16 £22.75 £12.75
25th Percentile £31.38 £24.66 £17.00
Median hourly rate £57.77 £34.65 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +66.71% +54.00% -57.14%
75th Percentile £70.00 £56.75 £27.00
90th Percentile £76.75 £93.25 £36.30
London median hourly rate £35.50 £32.00 £26.49
% change year-on-year +10.94% +20.82% -48.32%

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 25 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 25 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 -2 277 £550 - 63
West End of London -4 8 £650 +12.07% 6
City of Westminster -6 8 £650 +4.00% 9
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 (6.14%) Apache Airflow
2 7 (2.39%) Confluence
3 5 (1.71%) Apache Spark
4 4 (1.37%) Apache
4 4 (1.37%) CICS
4 4 (1.37%) 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 3 (1.02%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.34%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.37%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (1.02%) Bloomberg AIM
2 3 (1.02%) Fidessa
3 2 (0.68%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.34%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.34%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 122 (41.64%) Azure
2 67 (22.87%) GCP
3 47 (16.04%) Serverless
4 46 (15.70%) GitHub
5 40 (13.65%) AWS Lambda
6 37 (12.63%) Amazon S3
7 27 (9.22%) GitHub Actions
8 24 (8.19%) Snowflake
9 20 (6.83%) Power Platform
10 19 (6.48%) Amazon Bedrock
11 17 (5.80%) SaaS
12 16 (5.46%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 15 (5.12%) AWS CloudFormation
14 14 (4.78%) Amazon ECS
15 12 (4.10%) Amazon EKS
16 11 (3.75%) Amazon SageMaker
17 10 (3.41%) Amazon EC2
17 10 (3.41%) Amazon Kinesis
17 10 (3.41%) Azure DevOps
17 10 (3.41%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.10%) Firewall
2 10 (3.41%) Network Security
3 9 (3.07%) DNS
4 6 (2.05%) DHCP
5 5 (1.71%) 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 20 (6.83%) DynamoDB
2 17 (5.80%) NoSQL
3 16 (5.46%) Amazon Athena
3 16 (5.46%) Amazon RDS
4 15 (5.12%) PostgreSQL
4 15 (5.12%) Power BI
5 12 (4.10%) Amazon Redshift
5 12 (4.10%) Data Warehouse
6 11 (3.75%) Metadata
6 11 (3.75%) Tableau
7 10 (3.41%) SQL Server
8 8 (2.73%) Big Data
8 8 (2.73%) Data Lake
8 8 (2.73%) Db2
8 8 (2.73%) MongoDB
8 8 (2.73%) Snowflake Schema
9 6 (2.05%) Relational Database
10 5 (1.71%) BigQuery
10 5 (1.71%) Pinecone
11 4 (1.37%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 30 (10.24%) Git
2 29 (9.90%) GitLab
2 29 (9.90%) Jenkins
3 24 (8.19%) JIRA
4 11 (3.75%) JUnit
5 10 (3.41%) Mockito
6 9 (3.07%) Postman
7 5 (1.71%) Cucumber
8 4 (1.37%) Claude Code
8 4 (1.37%) JMeter
9 3 (1.02%) Cypress.io
9 3 (1.02%) Gradle
9 3 (1.02%) Maven
10 2 (0.68%) Ant
10 2 (0.68%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.68%) CircleCI
10 2 (0.68%) Liquibase
10 2 (0.68%) Mocha
10 2 (0.68%) webpack
11 1 (0.34%) ERwin
General
1 91 (31.06%) Finance
2 68 (23.21%) Social Skills
3 36 (12.29%) Banking
4 34 (11.60%) Public Sector
5 22 (7.51%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (4.10%) Financial Institution
7 11 (3.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (3.41%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (3.41%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (2.05%) Front Office
10 5 (1.71%) Investment Banking
10 5 (1.71%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (1.71%) Retail
11 4 (1.37%) Law
11 4 (1.37%) Military
11 4 (1.37%) Police
12 3 (1.02%) Marketing
13 2 (0.68%) Advertising
13 2 (0.68%) Back Office
13 2 (0.68%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 69 (23.55%) Architect
2 42 (14.33%) Senior
3 33 (11.26%) Developer
4 23 (7.85%) Data Engineer
4 23 (7.85%) Lead
5 19 (6.48%) AWS Engineer
5 19 (6.48%) Solutions Architect
6 14 (4.78%) DevOps Engineer
7 13 (4.44%) Java Developer
7 13 (4.44%) Senior Developer
8 11 (3.75%) Cloud Engineer
8 11 (3.75%) Snowflake Data Engineer
8 11 (3.75%) Snowflake Engineer
9 10 (3.41%) Cloud Architect
10 9 (3.07%) Consultant
10 9 (3.07%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 9 (3.07%) Migration Manager
10 9 (3.07%) Migration Project Manager
10 9 (3.07%) Project Manager
10 9 (3.07%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (12.29%) Kafka
2 30 (10.24%) Spring
2 30 (10.24%) Spring Boot
3 24 (8.19%) REST
4 21 (7.17%) RESTful
5 19 (6.48%) React
6 12 (4.10%) .NET
7 11 (3.75%) Node.js
7 11 (3.75%) SOAP
8 10 (3.41%) JSON
8 10 (3.41%) PySpark
8 10 (3.41%) PyTorch
9 8 (2.73%) RabbitMQ
10 7 (2.39%) OpenTelemetry
10 7 (2.39%) TensorFlow
11 6 (2.05%) GraphQL
11 6 (2.05%) Middleware
11 6 (2.05%) OAuth
11 6 (2.05%) Web Services
12 5 (1.71%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 70 (23.89%) Cloud Native
2 27 (9.22%) Distributed Systems
3 15 (5.12%) AI Agents
4 11 (3.75%) Legacy Systems
5 10 (3.41%) Hybrid Cloud
6 9 (3.07%) Clustering
6 9 (3.07%) Equities
7 8 (2.73%) Data Centre
7 8 (2.73%) Security Posture
8 7 (2.39%) Onboarding
9 6 (2.05%) Algorithms
10 5 (1.71%) Mainframe
10 5 (1.71%) Product Ownership
11 4 (1.37%) DataPower
11 4 (1.37%) LIMS
11 4 (1.37%) Online Banking
11 4 (1.37%) PKI
11 4 (1.37%) Public Cloud
12 3 (1.02%) Mobile App
12 3 (1.02%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 14 (4.78%) Windows
2 13 (4.44%) Linux
3 6 (2.05%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.37%) Android
4 4 (1.37%) Apple iOS
4 4 (1.37%) 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
1 117 (39.93%) CI/CD
2 77 (26.28%) DevOps
3 75 (25.60%) AI
4 70 (23.89%) Infrastructure as Code
5 65 (22.18%) Agile
6 49 (16.72%) Containerisation
7 48 (16.38%) Migration
8 46 (15.70%) Analytics
8 46 (15.70%) Machine Learning
9 43 (14.68%) Event-Driven
9 43 (14.68%) Microservices
10 39 (13.31%) Data Engineering
11 38 (12.97%) Stakeholder Management
12 36 (12.29%) Observability
12 36 (12.29%) Test Automation
13 34 (11.60%) Data Pipeline
14 33 (11.26%) Data Modelling
15 32 (10.92%) Problem-Solving
16 28 (9.56%) Generative AI
17 27 (9.22%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 101 (34.47%) Python
2 56 (19.11%) SQL
3 53 (18.09%) Java
4 17 (5.80%) C#
5 15 (5.12%) JavaScript
6 14 (4.78%) TypeScript
7 11 (3.75%) PowerShell
8 10 (3.41%) Bash
9 5 (1.71%) Ruby
9 5 (1.71%) Shell Script
10 4 (1.37%) Bicep
10 4 (1.37%) JCL
10 4 (1.37%) 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 (24.57%) Security Cleared
2 65 (22.18%) SC Cleared
3 14 (4.78%) Degree
4 10 (3.41%) PMI Certification
4 10 (3.41%) PMP
5 8 (2.73%) AWS Certification
6 6 (2.05%) CISSP
6 6 (2.05%) DV Cleared
7 5 (1.71%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (1.71%) CISM
8 4 (1.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 4 (1.37%) 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 20 (6.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (6.48%) GDPR
2 19 (6.48%) NIST
3 18 (6.14%) Data Quality
4 10 (3.41%) QA
5 7 (2.39%) EU AI Act
6 5 (1.71%) NCSC
6 5 (1.71%) PCI DSS
7 4 (1.37%) SLA
8 3 (1.02%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.68%) EMIR
9 2 (0.68%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.68%) ISO 20022
9 2 (0.68%) MiFID
9 2 (0.68%) SEPA
9 2 (0.68%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.34%) Government Security Classifications
10 1 (0.34%) GRC
10 1 (0.34%) ISO 8583
10 1 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 48 (16.38%) Docker
2 9 (3.07%) Active Directory
3 8 (2.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.37%) 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 60 (20.48%) Kubernetes
2 55 (18.77%) Terraform
3 24 (8.19%) Ansible
4 15 (5.12%) Grafana
5 13 (4.44%) Prometheus
6 5 (1.71%) Puppet
7 4 (1.37%) vCenter Server
8 3 (1.02%) Nagios
8 3 (1.02%) vMotion
9 2 (0.68%) Argo
9 2 (0.68%) SnapMirror
10 1 (0.34%) Consul
10 1 (0.34%) FortiGate
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
Vendors
1 27 (9.22%) Microsoft
2 15 (5.12%) Databricks
3 14 (4.78%) Google
4 12 (4.10%) CyberArk
5 11 (3.75%) Salesforce
6 10 (3.41%) Citrix
7 8 (2.73%) VMware
8 7 (2.39%) Oracle
8 7 (2.39%) Splunk
9 5 (1.71%) Fortinet
9 5 (1.71%) IBM
9 5 (1.71%) MuleSoft
9 5 (1.71%) ServiceNow
10 4 (1.37%) Informatica
10 4 (1.37%) OpenAI
10 4 (1.37%) Palo Alto
11 3 (1.02%) AppDynamics
11 3 (1.02%) Cisco
11 3 (1.02%) HP
11 3 (1.02%) SAP