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

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 13 15
Rank change year-on-year -5 +2 -5
Contract jobs citing AWS 282 268 222
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 11.13% 13.18% 9.68%
As % of the Cloud Services category 27.65% 32.64% 23.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 201 183 141
10th Percentile £425 £413 £450
25th Percentile £475 £475 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £580 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +0.87% -4.17%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £695
90th Percentile £750 £788 £825
London median daily rate £565 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -1.74% -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 1,020 821 929
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 40.25% 40.38% 40.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 709 538 653
10th Percentile £363 £354 £383
25th Percentile £463 £427 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.08%
75th Percentile £656 £659 £669
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
London median daily rate £544 £536 £550
% change year-on-year +1.63% -2.64% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 17 3
10th Percentile £19.80 £21.80 -
25th Percentile £23.00 £24.66 -
Median hourly rate £36.25 £34.00 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.62% +25.93% -28.95%
75th Percentile £67.50 £52.16 £59.75
90th Percentile £76.58 £74.84 £79.40
London median hourly rate £35.50 £29.04 £27.75
% change year-on-year +22.27% +4.63% -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 20 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 20 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 -2 266 £550 -5.17% 115
City of Westminster -11 10 £525 -12.50% 10
West End of London -7 9 £525 -9.48% 10
Southwark -3 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 21 (7.45%) Apache Airflow
2 7 (2.48%) Confluence
3 6 (2.13%) Apache Spark
3 6 (2.13%) SharePoint
4 5 (1.77%) Apache
5 4 (1.42%) CICS
6 3 (1.06%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.71%) nginx
8 1 (0.35%) Camunda
8 1 (0.35%) Ethereum
8 1 (0.35%) Hyperledger
8 1 (0.35%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.35%) SAS
8 1 (0.35%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.35%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (1.06%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (1.77%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.71%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.71%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.35%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.35%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.35%) R3 Corda
3 1 (0.35%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 119 (42.20%) Azure
2 65 (23.05%) GCP
3 45 (15.96%) Serverless
4 42 (14.89%) GitHub
5 39 (13.83%) AWS Lambda
6 37 (13.12%) Amazon S3
7 28 (9.93%) Snowflake
8 25 (8.87%) GitHub Actions
9 18 (6.38%) Power Platform
10 17 (6.03%) dbt
11 16 (5.67%) Amazon Bedrock
11 16 (5.67%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 16 (5.67%) SaaS
12 15 (5.32%) Amazon EKS
13 12 (4.26%) Amazon EC2
13 12 (4.26%) Amazon Kinesis
13 12 (4.26%) AWS CloudFormation
13 12 (4.26%) Azure DevOps
14 11 (3.90%) OpenShift
14 11 (3.90%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (4.61%) DNS
1 13 (4.61%) Firewall
2 7 (2.48%) DHCP
3 6 (2.13%) VPN
4 5 (1.77%) Network Security
5 4 (1.42%) TCP/IP
6 3 (1.06%) 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 (0.35%) BGP
8 1 (0.35%) Multicast
8 1 (0.35%) NAS
8 1 (0.35%) OpenVPN
8 1 (0.35%) OSPF
8 1 (0.35%) Software-Defined Networking
8 1 (0.35%) VSAN
8 1 (0.35%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (6.03%) Amazon RDS
1 17 (6.03%) DynamoDB
2 16 (5.67%) Amazon Athena
2 16 (5.67%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (5.32%) Power BI
4 12 (4.26%) Amazon Redshift
4 12 (4.26%) NoSQL
5 10 (3.55%) PostgreSQL
6 9 (3.19%) MongoDB
7 8 (2.84%) SQL Server
8 7 (2.48%) Data Lake
8 7 (2.48%) Metadata
8 7 (2.48%) Snowflake Schema
8 7 (2.48%) Tableau
9 6 (2.13%) Big Data
10 5 (1.77%) Delta Lake
10 5 (1.77%) Pinecone
11 4 (1.42%) Apache Cassandra
11 4 (1.42%) BigQuery
11 4 (1.42%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 35 (12.41%) GitLab
2 30 (10.64%) Jenkins
3 26 (9.22%) Git
4 21 (7.45%) JIRA
5 10 (3.55%) JUnit
5 10 (3.55%) Postman
6 9 (3.19%) Mockito
7 6 (2.13%) JMeter
8 5 (1.77%) 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 (1.06%) Gradle
11 2 (0.71%) Appium
11 2 (0.71%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 2 (0.71%) Gatling
11 2 (0.71%) REST Assured
12 1 (0.35%) webpack
General
1 88 (31.21%) Finance
2 64 (22.70%) Social Skills
3 35 (12.41%) Banking
4 32 (11.35%) Public Sector
5 29 (10.28%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (4.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (3.19%) Financial Institution
8 7 (2.48%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (1.77%) Investment Banking
9 5 (1.77%) Law
9 5 (1.77%) 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 (1.06%) General Ledger
11 3 (1.06%) Marketing
12 2 (0.71%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 62 (21.99%) Architect
2 51 (18.09%) Senior
3 34 (12.06%) Developer
4 28 (9.93%) Data Engineer
5 21 (7.45%) Lead
6 20 (7.09%) AWS Engineer
7 15 (5.32%) Solutions Architect
8 14 (4.96%) Senior Developer
9 12 (4.26%) Analyst
9 12 (4.26%) Java Developer
10 10 (3.55%) Technical Architect
11 9 (3.19%) AWS Architect
11 9 (3.19%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 9 (3.19%) Senior Data Engineer
11 9 (3.19%) Senior Java Developer
11 9 (3.19%) Snowflake Data Engineer
11 9 (3.19%) Snowflake Engineer
12 8 (2.84%) AWS Data Engineer
12 8 (2.84%) Data Analyst
12 8 (2.84%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (18.44%) Terraform
2 34 (12.06%) Kafka
3 30 (10.64%) Spring
4 29 (10.28%) Spring Boot
5 23 (8.16%) REST
6 22 (7.80%) RESTful
7 18 (6.38%) React
8 13 (4.61%) .NET
9 12 (4.26%) PySpark
9 12 (4.26%) RabbitMQ
9 12 (4.26%) SOAP
10 11 (3.90%) Node.js
11 10 (3.55%) JSON
12 7 (2.48%) OAuth
13 6 (2.13%) OpenTelemetry
13 6 (2.13%) Web Services
14 5 (1.77%) .NET Core
14 5 (1.77%) AngularJS
14 5 (1.77%) Django
14 5 (1.77%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 71 (25.18%) Cloud Native
2 29 (10.28%) Distributed Systems
3 20 (7.09%) AI Agents
4 13 (4.61%) Onboarding
5 10 (3.55%) Product Ownership
6 9 (3.19%) Legacy Systems
7 8 (2.84%) Clustering
8 7 (2.48%) Data Centre
9 6 (2.13%) CMDB
9 6 (2.13%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (1.77%) Mainframe
11 4 (1.42%) Data Structures
11 4 (1.42%) DataPower
11 4 (1.42%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (1.42%) Online Banking
11 4 (1.42%) PKI
11 4 (1.42%) Public Cloud
12 3 (1.06%) Fixed Income
12 3 (1.06%) Reinsurance
12 3 (1.06%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 13 (4.61%) Linux
1 13 (4.61%) Windows
2 8 (2.84%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.42%) Unix
3 4 (1.42%) zOS
4 2 (0.71%) Data ONTAP
5 1 (0.35%) AIX
5 1 (0.35%) Android
5 1 (0.35%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.35%) CentOS
5 1 (0.35%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.35%) Solaris
5 1 (0.35%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.35%) VMS
5 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (42.55%) CI/CD
2 81 (28.72%) DevOps
3 67 (23.76%) AI
4 63 (22.34%) Agile
5 60 (21.28%) Infrastructure as Code
6 50 (17.73%) Microservices
7 48 (17.02%) Containerisation
8 44 (15.60%) Migration
9 42 (14.89%) Event-Driven
10 40 (14.18%) Analytics
10 40 (14.18%) Data Modelling
10 40 (14.18%) Stakeholder Management
11 39 (13.83%) Test Automation
12 38 (13.48%) Data Engineering
13 35 (12.41%) Problem-Solving
14 33 (11.70%) Machine Learning
14 33 (11.70%) Observability
15 32 (11.35%) Data Pipeline
15 32 (11.35%) Software Engineering
16 25 (8.87%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 105 (37.23%) Python
2 58 (20.57%) SQL
3 56 (19.86%) Java
4 21 (7.45%) C#
5 20 (7.09%) JavaScript
6 17 (6.03%) TypeScript
7 16 (5.67%) PowerShell
8 11 (3.90%) Bash
9 6 (2.13%) Shell Script
10 5 (1.77%) Ruby
11 4 (1.42%) Bicep
11 4 (1.42%) JCL
11 4 (1.42%) Korn
12 3 (1.06%) Scala
13 2 (0.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.71%) Go
13 2 (0.71%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.35%) Apex Code
14 1 (0.35%) Google Apps Script
14 1 (0.35%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 65 (23.05%) Security Cleared
2 54 (19.15%) SC Cleared
3 10 (3.55%) DV Cleared
4 8 (2.84%) Degree
5 6 (2.13%) PMI Certification
5 6 (2.13%) PMP
6 5 (1.77%) AWS Certification
7 3 (1.06%) CCNP
7 3 (1.06%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.06%) CISM
7 3 (1.06%) CISSP
7 3 (1.06%) DBS Check
7 3 (1.06%) SnowPro
7 3 (1.06%) TOGAF Certification
8 2 (0.71%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.71%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.71%) CREST Certified
8 2 (0.71%) OSCP
9 1 (0.35%) GPEN
9 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (7.09%) Data Quality
2 17 (6.03%) QA
3 16 (5.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (4.61%) GDPR
4 13 (4.61%) NIST
5 8 (2.84%) EU AI Act
6 5 (1.77%) PCI DSS
7 4 (1.42%) NCSC
8 3 (1.06%) Accessibility
8 3 (1.06%) 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 (0.35%) Government Security Classifications
10 1 (0.35%) GRC
10 1 (0.35%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 19770
10 1 (0.35%) SEPA
System Software
1 48 (17.02%) Docker
2 10 (3.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (2.84%) Active Directory
4 4 (1.42%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (1.06%) BitLocker
5 3 (1.06%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.06%) Microsoft App-V
5 3 (1.06%) Terminal Services
6 2 (0.71%) NFS
7 1 (0.35%) Firmware
7 1 (0.35%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 59 (20.92%) Kubernetes
2 23 (8.16%) Ansible
3 14 (4.96%) Grafana
3 14 (4.96%) Prometheus
4 5 (1.77%) Puppet
5 4 (1.42%) vCenter Server
6 3 (1.06%) Nagios
6 3 (1.06%) vMotion
7 2 (0.71%) SnapMirror
8 1 (0.35%) Argo
8 1 (0.35%) Bosun
8 1 (0.35%) Consul
8 1 (0.35%) Packer
8 1 (0.35%) PowerCLI
8 1 (0.35%) Salt
8 1 (0.35%) SELinux
8 1 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 31 (10.99%) Microsoft
2 19 (6.74%) Databricks
2 19 (6.74%) Google
3 14 (4.96%) Oracle
4 11 (3.90%) ServiceNow
4 11 (3.90%) VMware
5 10 (3.55%) Citrix
6 9 (3.19%) CyberArk
6 9 (3.19%) Salesforce
7 6 (2.13%) SAP
8 5 (1.77%) Fortinet
8 5 (1.77%) OpenAI
9 4 (1.42%) Cisco
9 4 (1.42%) Palo Alto
9 4 (1.42%) Splunk
10 3 (1.06%) Dynatrace
10 3 (1.06%) HP
10 3 (1.06%) IBM
10 3 (1.06%) Informatica
10 3 (1.06%) Symantec