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 21 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 12 13
Rank change year-on-year -4 +1 -4
Contract jobs citing AWS 294 283 244
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 11.26% 13.80% 10.35%
As % of the Cloud Services category 28.57% 33.33% 24.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 202 196 161
10th Percentile £426 £400 £418
25th Percentile £475 £475 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £560 £565
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% -0.88% -6.61%
75th Percentile £675 £676 £688
90th Percentile £750 £775 £818
London median daily rate £563 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -2.17% -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 £27.65
% change year-on-year +29.03% +96.20% -66.61%

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 1,029 849 984
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 39.43% 41.41% 41.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 710 549 694
10th Percentile £337 £359 £363
25th Percentile £463 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.35%
75th Percentile £652 £663 £650
90th Percentile £750 £757 £750
London median daily rate £535 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -0.93% -1.82% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 17 5
10th Percentile £20.10 £24.30 £18.45
25th Percentile £23.16 £26.45 -
Median hourly rate £51.44 £34.65 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +48.46% +28.33% -48.57%
75th Percentile £65.00 £56.75 £50.25
90th Percentile £76.40 £93.25 £75.60
London median hourly rate £35.50 £29.07 £26.99
% change year-on-year +22.12% +7.73% -49.80%

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 21 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 21 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 -2 275 £550 -0.45% 104
West End of London -4 10 £650 +12.07% 2
City of Westminster -11 9 £650 +6.12% 13
Southwark 0 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 18 (6.12%) Apache Airflow
2 8 (2.72%) Confluence
3 6 (2.04%) SharePoint
4 5 (1.70%) Apache
5 4 (1.36%) Apache Spark
5 4 (1.36%) CICS
6 3 (1.02%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.68%) nginx
7 2 (0.68%) 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 (1.02%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (1.70%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.68%) Aladdin
2 2 (0.68%) Bloomberg AIM
2 2 (0.68%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.34%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.34%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.34%) R3 Corda
3 1 (0.34%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 119 (40.48%) Azure
2 68 (23.13%) GCP
3 46 (15.65%) GitHub
4 44 (14.97%) Serverless
5 39 (13.27%) AWS Lambda
6 38 (12.93%) Amazon S3
7 27 (9.18%) GitHub Actions
8 26 (8.84%) Snowflake
9 21 (7.14%) Power Platform
10 18 (6.12%) Amazon Bedrock
11 16 (5.44%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 16 (5.44%) SaaS
12 15 (5.10%) Amazon ECS
12 15 (5.10%) Amazon EKS
13 12 (4.08%) Amazon EC2
13 12 (4.08%) Amazon Kinesis
13 12 (4.08%) AWS CloudFormation
13 12 (4.08%) dbt
14 11 (3.74%) PaaS
15 10 (3.40%) Amazon SageMaker
Communications & Networking
1 13 (4.42%) Firewall
2 11 (3.74%) DNS
3 10 (3.40%) Network Security
4 7 (2.38%) DHCP
4 7 (2.38%) VPN
5 5 (1.70%) TCP/IP
6 3 (1.02%) SMTP
7 2 (0.68%) BGP
7 2 (0.68%) NGFW
7 2 (0.68%) OSPF
7 2 (0.68%) Reverse Proxy
7 2 (0.68%) SSH
7 2 (0.68%) VLAN
7 2 (0.68%) X.509
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%) VSAN
8 1 (0.34%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (6.46%) DynamoDB
2 18 (6.12%) NoSQL
3 17 (5.78%) Amazon Athena
3 17 (5.78%) Amazon RDS
4 16 (5.44%) Power BI
5 15 (5.10%) PostgreSQL
6 12 (4.08%) Amazon Redshift
6 12 (4.08%) Data Warehouse
7 10 (3.40%) MongoDB
7 10 (3.40%) SQL Server
8 9 (3.06%) Metadata
8 9 (3.06%) Tableau
9 8 (2.72%) Big Data
9 8 (2.72%) Data Lake
9 8 (2.72%) Db2
9 8 (2.72%) Snowflake Schema
10 6 (2.04%) Relational Database
11 5 (1.70%) BigQuery
12 4 (1.36%) Apache Cassandra
12 4 (1.36%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 30 (10.20%) GitLab
2 29 (9.86%) Git
3 28 (9.52%) Jenkins
4 22 (7.48%) JIRA
5 11 (3.74%) JUnit
6 9 (3.06%) Mockito
6 9 (3.06%) Postman
7 5 (1.70%) JMeter
8 4 (1.36%) Claude Code
8 4 (1.36%) Cucumber
8 4 (1.36%) Cypress.io
8 4 (1.36%) Maven
9 3 (1.02%) Bitbucket
9 3 (1.02%) Gradle
10 2 (0.68%) Ant
10 2 (0.68%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.68%) Liquibase
10 2 (0.68%) Mocha
10 2 (0.68%) REST Assured
10 2 (0.68%) Selenium
General
1 88 (29.93%) Finance
2 68 (23.13%) Social Skills
3 37 (12.59%) Banking
4 32 (10.88%) Public Sector
5 28 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (3.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (3.40%) Financial Institution
8 9 (3.06%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (2.72%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (2.38%) Front Office
10 7 (2.38%) Investment Banking
11 5 (1.70%) Law
12 4 (1.36%) Back Office
12 4 (1.36%) Military
12 4 (1.36%) Police
12 4 (1.36%) Retail
12 4 (1.36%) Telecoms
13 3 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.68%) Advertising
14 2 (0.68%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 68 (23.13%) Architect
2 50 (17.01%) Senior
3 34 (11.56%) Developer
4 27 (9.18%) Data Engineer
5 20 (6.80%) Lead
6 19 (6.46%) AWS Engineer
7 16 (5.44%) Solutions Architect
8 14 (4.76%) Senior Developer
9 13 (4.42%) Java Developer
10 11 (3.74%) Cloud Engineer
10 11 (3.74%) Snowflake Data Engineer
10 11 (3.74%) Snowflake Engineer
11 10 (3.40%) DevOps Engineer
11 10 (3.40%) Technical Architect
12 9 (3.06%) Consultant
12 9 (3.06%) Data Architect
12 9 (3.06%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 9 (3.06%) Senior Architect
12 9 (3.06%) Senior Java Developer
13 8 (2.72%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (12.93%) Kafka
2 31 (10.54%) Spring
3 30 (10.20%) Spring Boot
4 25 (8.50%) REST
5 22 (7.48%) RESTful
6 21 (7.14%) React
7 13 (4.42%) .NET
8 12 (4.08%) Node.js
9 11 (3.74%) PySpark
9 11 (3.74%) RabbitMQ
9 11 (3.74%) SOAP
10 10 (3.40%) PyTorch
11 9 (3.06%) JSON
12 8 (2.72%) TensorFlow
13 6 (2.04%) AngularJS
13 6 (2.04%) OpenTelemetry
13 6 (2.04%) Web Services
14 5 (1.70%) GraphQL
14 5 (1.70%) Middleware
14 5 (1.70%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 69 (23.47%) Cloud Native
2 29 (9.86%) Distributed Systems
3 17 (5.78%) AI Agents
4 12 (4.08%) Legacy Systems
5 10 (3.40%) Onboarding
6 9 (3.06%) Clustering
7 8 (2.72%) Data Centre
7 8 (2.72%) Security Posture
8 7 (2.38%) Hybrid Cloud
9 6 (2.04%) Equities
9 6 (2.04%) Product Ownership
10 5 (1.70%) Mainframe
10 5 (1.70%) Public Cloud
11 4 (1.36%) Algorithms
11 4 (1.36%) CMDB
11 4 (1.36%) DataPower
11 4 (1.36%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 4 (1.36%) LIMS
11 4 (1.36%) Online Banking
11 4 (1.36%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 14 (4.76%) Linux
2 13 (4.42%) Windows
3 6 (2.04%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.36%) Android
4 4 (1.36%) Apple iOS
4 4 (1.36%) zOS
5 3 (1.02%) Unix
6 2 (0.68%) 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 (39.12%) CI/CD
2 71 (24.15%) DevOps
3 70 (23.81%) AI
4 62 (21.09%) Infrastructure as Code
5 59 (20.07%) Agile
6 50 (17.01%) Containerisation
7 49 (16.67%) Microservices
8 47 (15.99%) Event-Driven
9 44 (14.97%) Analytics
10 42 (14.29%) Machine Learning
11 41 (13.95%) Migration
12 39 (13.27%) Data Engineering
13 38 (12.93%) Data Modelling
13 38 (12.93%) Test Automation
14 35 (11.90%) Data Pipeline
15 34 (11.56%) Observability
15 34 (11.56%) Problem-Solving
15 34 (11.56%) Stakeholder Management
16 31 (10.54%) Software Engineering
17 27 (9.18%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 109 (37.07%) Python
2 60 (20.41%) SQL
3 59 (20.07%) Java
4 19 (6.46%) JavaScript
5 17 (5.78%) C#
6 16 (5.44%) TypeScript
7 13 (4.42%) PowerShell
8 10 (3.40%) Bash
9 6 (2.04%) Ruby
9 6 (2.04%) Shell Script
10 4 (1.36%) Bicep
10 4 (1.36%) Go
10 4 (1.36%) JCL
11 3 (1.02%) Scala
12 2 (0.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.68%) Korn
13 1 (0.34%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.34%) Google Apps Script
13 1 (0.34%) R
13 1 (0.34%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 70 (23.81%) Security Cleared
2 62 (21.09%) SC Cleared
3 13 (4.42%) Degree
4 9 (3.06%) DV Cleared
5 7 (2.38%) AWS Certification
5 7 (2.38%) CISSP
6 6 (2.04%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (2.04%) CISM
6 6 (2.04%) PMI Certification
6 6 (2.04%) PMP
7 4 (1.36%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.36%) CCNP
8 3 (1.02%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 3 (1.02%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.02%) DBS Check
8 3 (1.02%) PhD
8 3 (1.02%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.68%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 2 (0.68%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.68%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.46%) Data Quality
2 16 (5.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (5.44%) NIST
3 14 (4.76%) GDPR
4 12 (4.08%) QA
5 8 (2.72%) EU AI Act
6 5 (1.70%) PCI DSS
7 4 (1.36%) NCSC
8 3 (1.02%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.68%) EMIR
9 2 (0.68%) GRC
9 2 (0.68%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.68%) MiFID
9 2 (0.68%) SLA
9 2 (0.68%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.34%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.34%) Government Security Classifications
10 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.34%) PMO
10 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%) Firmware
7 1 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.34%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.34%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 60 (20.41%) Kubernetes
2 52 (17.69%) Terraform
3 24 (8.16%) Ansible
4 15 (5.10%) Grafana
5 13 (4.42%) Prometheus
6 5 (1.70%) Puppet
7 4 (1.36%) vCenter Server
8 3 (1.02%) Nagios
8 3 (1.02%) vMotion
9 2 (0.68%) SnapMirror
10 1 (0.34%) Argo
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 29 (9.86%) Microsoft
2 14 (4.76%) Databricks
3 12 (4.08%) Google
4 10 (3.40%) Citrix
4 10 (3.40%) Salesforce
5 9 (3.06%) CyberArk
5 9 (3.06%) Oracle
5 9 (3.06%) ServiceNow
6 8 (2.72%) VMware
7 7 (2.38%) Splunk
8 5 (1.70%) Fortinet
8 5 (1.70%) MuleSoft
8 5 (1.70%) Palo Alto
9 4 (1.36%) Cisco
9 4 (1.36%) IBM
9 4 (1.36%) Informatica
9 4 (1.36%) OpenAI
10 3 (1.02%) Bloomberg
10 3 (1.02%) HP
10 3 (1.02%) Symantec