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 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 18 10
Rank change year-on-year +5 -8 0
Contract jobs citing AWS 253 211 297
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 12.52% 9.31% 11.13%
As % of the Cloud Services category 30.12% 23.50% 28.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 177 137 231
10th Percentile £363 £413 £400
25th Percentile £463 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -12.00%
75th Percentile £675 £664 £675
90th Percentile £793 £730 £734
London median daily rate £550 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -6.12%

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 840 898 1,057
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 41.56% 39.63% 39.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 622 587 773
10th Percentile £340 £383 £350
25th Percentile £426 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £652 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £745
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -7.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 6 10
10th Percentile £18.83 £28.13 £17.00
25th Percentile £21.98 - £17.48
Median hourly rate £25.47 £35.00 £20.75
Median % change year-on-year -27.23% +68.67% +1.22%
75th Percentile £40.19 - £34.44
90th Percentile £42.50 £63.75 £51.25
London median hourly rate £26.30 £31.17 £35.63
% change year-on-year -15.63% -12.51% +30.75%

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 2 January 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 2 January 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 +4 240 £550 -3.51% 191
City of Westminster +1 4 £475 -9.52%
West End of London +2 2 £475 -8.65% 2
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 16 (6.32%) Apache Airflow
2 9 (3.56%) Apache Spark
2 9 (3.56%) Confluence
3 6 (2.37%) Apache
4 2 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.79%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.40%) CICS
5 1 (0.40%) Cloud Foundry
5 1 (0.40%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.40%) Mattermost
5 1 (0.40%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.40%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (1.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.40%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.40%) Notion
3 1 (0.40%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.40%) Exchequer
2 1 (0.40%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.40%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 113 (44.66%) Azure
2 60 (23.72%) GCP
3 41 (16.21%) Amazon S3
3 41 (16.21%) AWS Lambda
3 41 (16.21%) Serverless
4 32 (12.65%) GitHub
5 23 (9.09%) Snowflake
6 21 (8.30%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 20 (7.91%) GitHub Actions
8 18 (7.11%) Amazon ECS
9 16 (6.32%) Amazon EKS
10 15 (5.93%) AWS CloudFormation
11 14 (5.53%) Power Platform
12 12 (4.74%) dbt
13 11 (4.35%) Amazon EC2
13 11 (4.35%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 10 (3.95%) Azure DevOps
14 10 (3.95%) Microsoft 365
15 8 (3.16%) Apigee
15 8 (3.16%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 17 (6.72%) Firewall
2 13 (5.14%) DNS
3 8 (3.16%) Network Security
4 4 (1.58%) SSL
4 4 (1.58%) TCP/IP
4 4 (1.58%) VPN
5 3 (1.19%) DHCP
5 3 (1.19%) LAN
5 3 (1.19%) WAN
5 3 (1.19%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.79%) 4G
6 2 (0.79%) 5G
6 2 (0.79%) BGP
6 2 (0.79%) NAS
6 2 (0.79%) OSPF
6 2 (0.79%) Radio Access Network
6 2 (0.79%) Wireshark
7 1 (0.40%) DKIM
7 1 (0.40%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.40%) OpenLDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (9.09%) Relational Database
2 16 (6.32%) PostgreSQL
3 15 (5.93%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (4.74%) DynamoDB
4 12 (4.74%) NoSQL
4 12 (4.74%) Power BI
5 10 (3.95%) MySQL
5 10 (3.95%) SQL Server
6 9 (3.56%) Data Lake
6 9 (3.56%) MongoDB
7 8 (3.16%) Amazon Redshift
7 8 (3.16%) Tableau
8 7 (2.77%) Amazon RDS
9 6 (2.37%) Big Data
9 6 (2.37%) Metadata
10 5 (1.98%) Amazon Athena
10 5 (1.98%) Amazon QuickSight
11 4 (1.58%) Amazon Aurora
11 4 (1.58%) Redis
12 3 (1.19%) CockroachDB
Development Applications
1 31 (12.25%) Git
2 21 (8.30%) Jenkins
3 14 (5.53%) GitLab
3 14 (5.53%) JIRA
4 6 (2.37%) Bitbucket
5 4 (1.58%) JUnit
6 3 (1.19%) Cucumber
6 3 (1.19%) Cypress.io
6 3 (1.19%) Gatling
7 2 (0.79%) MLflow
7 2 (0.79%) Mockito
7 2 (0.79%) Postman
7 2 (0.79%) REST Assured
7 2 (0.79%) Selenium
7 2 (0.79%) SoapUI
7 2 (0.79%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.79%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.40%) Hamcrest
8 1 (0.40%) Serenity BDD
8 1 (0.40%) Vite
General
1 87 (34.39%) Finance
2 52 (20.55%) Social Skills
3 40 (15.81%) Banking
4 25 (9.88%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (8.30%) Public Sector
6 11 (4.35%) Front Office
7 9 (3.56%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (3.16%) Financial Institution
9 7 (2.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (2.37%) Investment Banking
11 4 (1.58%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.19%) Back Office
12 3 (1.19%) Legal
12 3 (1.19%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.79%) Law
13 2 (0.79%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.79%) Marketing
13 2 (0.79%) Military
13 2 (0.79%) Retail
14 1 (0.40%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 51 (20.16%) Architect
2 42 (16.60%) Senior
3 39 (15.42%) Developer
4 27 (10.67%) Data Engineer
4 27 (10.67%) Lead
5 20 (7.91%) DevOps Engineer
6 18 (7.11%) AWS Engineer
7 17 (6.72%) Solutions Architect
8 13 (5.14%) AWS Architect
8 13 (5.14%) Python Engineer
9 9 (3.56%) Consultant
9 9 (3.56%) Java Developer
9 9 (3.56%) Project Manager
10 8 (3.16%) AWS DevOps
10 8 (3.16%) Security Architect
10 8 (3.16%) Senior Architect
10 8 (3.16%) Senior Developer
11 7 (2.77%) AWS DevOps Engineer
12 6 (2.37%) Machine Learning Engineer
12 6 (2.37%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (6.72%) Node.js
2 16 (6.32%) React
3 14 (5.53%) Spring
4 13 (5.14%) Kafka
4 13 (5.14%) RESTful
5 12 (4.74%) REST
5 12 (4.74%) Spring Boot
6 11 (4.35%) .NET
6 11 (4.35%) OAuth
6 11 (4.35%) Pandas
7 10 (3.95%) HTML
7 10 (3.95%) NumPy
8 9 (3.56%) AngularJS
8 9 (3.56%) CSS
8 9 (3.56%) scikit-learn
9 7 (2.77%) PyTorch
10 6 (2.37%) JWT
10 6 (2.37%) PySpark
10 6 (2.37%) TensorFlow
10 6 (2.37%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 43 (17.00%) Cloud Native
2 11 (4.35%) Distributed Systems
3 10 (3.95%) Data Centre
4 9 (3.56%) Algorithms
4 9 (3.56%) Derivative
4 9 (3.56%) Onboarding
5 8 (3.16%) Product Ownership
6 7 (2.77%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (2.77%) Equities
6 7 (2.77%) Virtual Team
7 6 (2.37%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (1.98%) Security Posture
9 4 (1.58%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.58%) Data Structures
9 4 (1.58%) Fixed Income
9 4 (1.58%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 4 (1.58%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (1.58%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.19%) IoT
10 3 (1.19%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 15 (5.93%) Linux
2 14 (5.53%) Windows
3 5 (1.98%) Unix
3 5 (1.98%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.79%) Android
4 2 (0.79%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.40%) AIX
5 1 (0.40%) Solaris
5 1 (0.40%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (35.18%) CI/CD
2 62 (24.51%) DevOps
3 50 (19.76%) Agile
4 47 (18.58%) Analytics
5 46 (18.18%) Infrastructure as Code
6 37 (14.62%) Microservices
6 37 (14.62%) Problem-Solving
7 36 (14.23%) AI
7 36 (14.23%) Stakeholder Management
8 32 (12.65%) Containerisation
8 32 (12.65%) Roadmaps
9 31 (12.25%) Migration
10 30 (11.86%) Software Engineering
11 28 (11.07%) Machine Learning
12 27 (10.67%) Data Pipeline
12 27 (10.67%) ETL
13 24 (9.49%) Data Modelling
14 23 (9.09%) Data Engineering
15 21 (8.30%) Observability
15 21 (8.30%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 106 (41.90%) Python
2 72 (28.46%) SQL
3 53 (20.95%) Java
4 18 (7.11%) JavaScript
5 10 (3.95%) Bash
6 8 (3.16%) TypeScript
7 7 (2.77%) PowerShell
8 6 (2.37%) C#
9 5 (1.98%) C++
10 4 (1.58%) Go
10 4 (1.58%) PHP
10 4 (1.58%) PL/SQL
11 3 (1.19%) Korn
11 3 (1.19%) Kotlin
11 3 (1.19%) Perl
11 3 (1.19%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.79%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.79%) Ruby
12 2 (0.79%) Scala
13 1 (0.40%) R
Qualifications
1 54 (21.34%) Security Cleared
2 49 (19.37%) SC Cleared
3 16 (6.32%) AWS Certification
4 14 (5.53%) Degree
5 6 (2.37%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (2.37%) Master's Degree
6 5 (1.98%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 5 (1.98%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (1.98%) CISSP
6 5 (1.98%) DV Cleared
6 5 (1.98%) PMI Certification
6 5 (1.98%) PMP
7 4 (1.58%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.19%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 3 (1.19%) PhD
8 3 (1.19%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.79%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 2 (0.79%) AWS Certified Developer
9 2 (0.79%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.79%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (9.09%) Data Quality
2 19 (7.51%) GDPR
3 14 (5.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (3.95%) QA
5 9 (3.56%) NIST
6 5 (1.98%) SLA
7 4 (1.58%) PCI DSS
8 3 (1.19%) NCSC
9 2 (0.79%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.79%) EU AI Act
9 2 (0.79%) ISO 20022
9 2 (0.79%) ISO 8583
9 2 (0.79%) PSD2
9 2 (0.79%) SEPA
10 1 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.40%) DICOM
10 1 (0.40%) GRC
10 1 (0.40%) HL7
10 1 (0.40%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.40%) SOC 2
System Software
1 50 (19.76%) Docker
2 8 (3.16%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.79%) VMware NSX
3 2 (0.79%) vSphere
4 1 (0.40%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.40%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 55 (21.74%) Terraform
2 40 (15.81%) Kubernetes
3 17 (6.72%) Ansible
4 9 (3.56%) Grafana
5 7 (2.77%) Prometheus
6 5 (1.98%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (1.58%) Argo
7 4 (1.58%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.79%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.79%) Istio
8 2 (0.79%) Karpenter
8 2 (0.79%) SCCM
9 1 (0.40%) CASB
9 1 (0.40%) Kibana
9 1 (0.40%) Opsgenie
9 1 (0.40%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.40%) Puppet
9 1 (0.40%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.40%) vRealize
9 1 (0.40%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 31 (12.25%) Microsoft
2 22 (8.70%) Databricks
3 17 (6.72%) Oracle
4 10 (3.95%) Google
5 8 (3.16%) IBM
5 8 (3.16%) Salesforce
5 8 (3.16%) ServiceNow
6 5 (1.98%) F5
6 5 (1.98%) Palo Alto
6 5 (1.98%) Splunk
7 4 (1.58%) CheckPoint
7 4 (1.58%) CyberArk
7 4 (1.58%) Fortinet
7 4 (1.58%) VMware
8 3 (1.19%) Citrix
8 3 (1.19%) Confluent
8 3 (1.19%) Dynatrace
8 3 (1.19%) Informatica
8 3 (1.19%) OpenAI
8 3 (1.19%) SAP