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 15 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 12 16
Rank change year-on-year -6 +4 -6
Contract jobs citing AWS 272 243 223
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 11.33% 12.74% 9.46%
As % of the Cloud Services category 26.85% 31.60% 23.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 194 174 138
10th Percentile £425 £378 £423
25th Percentile £494 £476 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% -1.71%
75th Percentile £715 £688 £723
90th Percentile £775 £800 £838
London median daily rate £565 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -1.74% -4.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £55.00 - -
Median hourly rate £60.00 - -
75th Percentile £65.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £68.75 £73.50 £30.65
% change year-on-year -6.46% +139.80% -63.94%

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 1,013 769 938
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 42.19% 40.33% 39.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 709 559 623
10th Percentile £332 £338 £389
25th Percentile £456 £439 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year - -2.22% +2.27%
75th Percentile £660 £666 £675
90th Percentile £763 £765 £757
London median daily rate £550 £529 £550
% change year-on-year +3.97% -3.82% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 10 5
10th Percentile £19.28 £18.63 -
25th Percentile £21.75 £24.50 £27.00
Median hourly rate £27.00 £34.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.59% -2.86% +55.56%
75th Percentile £46.88 £55.60 -
90th Percentile £64.88 £67.89 £69.50
London median hourly rate £30.00 £26.40 £31.50
% change year-on-year +13.64% -16.19% -28.41%

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 15 October 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 15 October 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 -4 251 £575 -4.17% 245
West End of London -5 9 £553 -7.92% 12
City of Westminster -10 8 £525 -12.50% 52
Southwark - 2 £600 - 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 20 (7.35%) Apache Airflow
2 9 (3.31%) Apache Spark
2 9 (3.31%) Confluence
3 7 (2.57%) Apache
4 4 (1.47%) SharePoint
5 3 (1.10%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.74%) nginx
6 2 (0.74%) SAS
7 1 (0.37%) CICS
7 1 (0.37%) Ethereum
7 1 (0.37%) Hyperledger
7 1 (0.37%) MQSeries
7 1 (0.37%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.37%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (1.10%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.37%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.10%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.74%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.74%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.37%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.37%) Exchequer
3 1 (0.37%) R3 Corda
3 1 (0.37%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 124 (45.59%) Azure
2 66 (24.26%) GCP
3 45 (16.54%) Serverless
4 42 (15.44%) GitHub
5 38 (13.97%) AWS Lambda
6 30 (11.03%) Amazon S3
7 26 (9.56%) GitHub Actions
7 26 (9.56%) Snowflake
8 21 (7.72%) Amazon EKS
9 20 (7.35%) dbt
10 17 (6.25%) Amazon Bedrock
11 16 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
12 14 (5.15%) Amazon ECS
12 14 (5.15%) AWS CloudFormation
13 13 (4.78%) Power Platform
13 13 (4.78%) SaaS
14 12 (4.41%) Amazon EC2
14 12 (4.41%) OpenShift
15 11 (4.04%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 11 (4.04%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (6.62%) DNS
2 16 (5.88%) Firewall
3 12 (4.41%) VPN
4 9 (3.31%) DHCP
5 6 (2.21%) BGP
6 5 (1.84%) Network Security
6 5 (1.84%) OSPF
6 5 (1.84%) TCP/IP
7 4 (1.47%) VLAN
8 3 (1.10%) MPLS
8 3 (1.10%) Multicast
8 3 (1.10%) NGFW
8 3 (1.10%) SD-WAN
8 3 (1.10%) SMTP
8 3 (1.10%) WAN
8 3 (1.10%) Wireless
9 2 (0.74%) Internet
9 2 (0.74%) IPsec
9 2 (0.74%) Software-Defined Networking
9 2 (0.74%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (6.62%) Amazon RDS
2 17 (6.25%) Data Warehouse
3 14 (5.15%) Amazon Athena
3 14 (5.15%) PostgreSQL
4 12 (4.41%) Power BI
5 10 (3.68%) Amazon Redshift
5 10 (3.68%) SQL Server
6 9 (3.31%) Data Lake
6 9 (3.31%) Metadata
6 9 (3.31%) NoSQL
7 8 (2.94%) MongoDB
7 8 (2.94%) Relational Database
8 7 (2.57%) Big Data
8 7 (2.57%) Delta Lake
8 7 (2.57%) DynamoDB
9 5 (1.84%) Elasticsearch
9 5 (1.84%) Pinecone
10 4 (1.47%) Amazon QuickSight
10 4 (1.47%) BigQuery
11 3 (1.10%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 32 (11.76%) GitLab
1 32 (11.76%) Jenkins
2 20 (7.35%) Git
3 17 (6.25%) JIRA
4 9 (3.31%) Bitbucket
5 8 (2.94%) JUnit
5 8 (2.94%) Postman
6 7 (2.57%) JMeter
6 7 (2.57%) Mockito
7 4 (1.47%) Claude Code
7 4 (1.47%) Maven
7 4 (1.47%) Selenium
8 3 (1.10%) Gatling
9 2 (0.74%) Appium
9 2 (0.74%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 2 (0.74%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.74%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.74%) LoadRunner
9 2 (0.74%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.74%) SonarQube
General
1 94 (34.56%) Finance
2 63 (23.16%) Social Skills
3 44 (16.18%) Banking
4 35 (12.87%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (9.56%) Public Sector
6 10 (3.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (3.31%) Back Office
7 9 (3.31%) Investment Banking
8 7 (2.57%) Retail
9 6 (2.21%) Financial Institution
9 6 (2.21%) Front Office
10 5 (1.84%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.47%) Marketing
11 4 (1.47%) Military
12 3 (1.10%) Billing
12 3 (1.10%) General Ledger
12 3 (1.10%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.10%) Police
12 3 (1.10%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 72 (26.47%) Architect
2 57 (20.96%) Senior
3 27 (9.93%) Data Engineer
4 25 (9.19%) AWS Engineer
4 25 (9.19%) Developer
5 24 (8.82%) Lead
6 21 (7.72%) Solutions Architect
7 15 (5.51%) Senior Data Engineer
8 12 (4.41%) Analyst
8 12 (4.41%) Cloud Architect
9 11 (4.04%) AWS Architect
9 11 (4.04%) Data Architect
9 11 (4.04%) Senior Developer
10 9 (3.31%) AWS Data Engineer
10 9 (3.31%) Java Developer
11 8 (2.94%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 8 (2.94%) Data Analyst
11 8 (2.94%) DevOps Engineer
11 8 (2.94%) Senior Architect
12 7 (2.57%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (24.26%) Terraform
2 30 (11.03%) Kafka
3 27 (9.93%) REST
4 23 (8.46%) Spring
5 22 (8.09%) Spring Boot
6 16 (5.88%) .NET
7 14 (5.15%) PySpark
7 14 (5.15%) RESTful
8 11 (4.04%) React
8 11 (4.04%) SOAP
9 10 (3.68%) RabbitMQ
10 9 (3.31%) ActiveMQ
10 9 (3.31%) Node.js
11 8 (2.94%) .NET Core
11 8 (2.94%) AngularJS
11 8 (2.94%) OAuth
11 8 (2.94%) Web Services
12 7 (2.57%) JSON
13 6 (2.21%) LangChain
13 6 (2.21%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 72 (26.47%) Cloud Native
2 30 (11.03%) AI Agents
3 26 (9.56%) Distributed Systems
4 16 (5.88%) Onboarding
5 15 (5.51%) Product Ownership
6 9 (3.31%) Data Centre
7 8 (2.94%) Hybrid Cloud
8 6 (2.21%) CMDB
8 6 (2.21%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (1.84%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (1.47%) Data Structures
10 4 (1.47%) PKI
10 4 (1.47%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.47%) Reference Data
10 4 (1.47%) Reinsurance
10 4 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.47%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 3 (1.10%) Clustering
11 3 (1.10%) Distributed Computing
11 3 (1.10%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 15 (5.51%) Linux
1 15 (5.51%) Windows
2 10 (3.68%) Windows Server
3 6 (2.21%) Unix
4 2 (0.74%) CentOS
5 1 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.37%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.37%) VMS
5 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.37%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (44.12%) CI/CD
2 79 (29.04%) DevOps
3 71 (26.10%) AI
4 66 (24.26%) Infrastructure as Code
5 56 (20.59%) Agile
6 49 (18.01%) Migration
7 47 (17.28%) Stakeholder Management
8 44 (16.18%) Microservices
9 43 (15.81%) Containerisation
10 42 (15.44%) Event-Driven
11 40 (14.71%) Data Engineering
12 38 (13.97%) Data Modelling
13 37 (13.60%) Observability
14 36 (13.24%) Test Automation
15 35 (12.87%) Analytics
15 35 (12.87%) Roadmaps
16 34 (12.50%) Software Engineering
17 32 (11.76%) Data Pipeline
18 31 (11.40%) Machine Learning
19 30 (11.03%) Event-Driven Architecture
Programming Languages
1 97 (35.66%) Python
2 63 (23.16%) SQL
3 47 (17.28%) Java
4 22 (8.09%) PowerShell
5 20 (7.35%) JavaScript
6 18 (6.62%) C#
6 18 (6.62%) TypeScript
7 11 (4.04%) Bash
8 5 (1.84%) Korn
9 3 (1.10%) Bicep
9 3 (1.10%) Ruby
9 3 (1.10%) Scala
9 3 (1.10%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.74%) Go
10 2 (0.74%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.37%) Google Apps Script
11 1 (0.37%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.37%) Rust
11 1 (0.37%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 56 (20.59%) Security Cleared
2 43 (15.81%) SC Cleared
3 12 (4.41%) AWS Certification
3 12 (4.41%) DV Cleared
4 9 (3.31%) Degree
5 5 (1.84%) CISSP
5 5 (1.84%) TOGAF Certification
6 4 (1.47%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (1.47%) CISM
6 4 (1.47%) PMI Certification
6 4 (1.47%) PMP
7 3 (1.10%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 3 (1.10%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.10%) CCNP
7 3 (1.10%) DBS Check
7 3 (1.10%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.74%) CCIE
8 2 (0.74%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (10.29%) Data Quality
2 12 (4.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (4.41%) QA
3 8 (2.94%) EU AI Act
4 6 (2.21%) GDPR
4 6 (2.21%) NIST
5 5 (1.84%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.10%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.10%) ISO 20022
6 3 (1.10%) SEPA
7 2 (0.74%) EMIR
7 2 (0.74%) MiFID
7 2 (0.74%) NCSC
7 2 (0.74%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.37%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (0.37%) GRC
8 1 (0.37%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 19770
8 1 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.37%) SLA
System Software
1 43 (15.81%) Docker
2 9 (3.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (2.94%) Active Directory
4 4 (1.47%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.47%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (1.10%) BitLocker
5 3 (1.10%) Microsoft App-V
5 3 (1.10%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.37%) Firmware
6 1 (0.37%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.37%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 57 (20.96%) Kubernetes
2 26 (9.56%) Ansible
3 14 (5.15%) Grafana
4 11 (4.04%) Prometheus
5 4 (1.47%) Puppet
5 4 (1.47%) vCenter Server
6 3 (1.10%) Nagios
6 3 (1.10%) vMotion
7 2 (0.74%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.37%) Cisco CUCM
8 1 (0.37%) Kibana
8 1 (0.37%) Netcool
8 1 (0.37%) Netcool/OMNIbus
8 1 (0.37%) Red Hat Satellite
8 1 (0.37%) SCCM
8 1 (0.37%) SELinux
8 1 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.37%) Tivoli
8 1 (0.37%) Tivoli Monitoring
8 1 (0.37%) WSUS
Vendors
1 38 (13.97%) Microsoft
2 29 (10.66%) Databricks
3 19 (6.99%) Google
4 17 (6.25%) Oracle
5 11 (4.04%) ServiceNow
6 10 (3.68%) Cisco
6 10 (3.68%) VMware
7 8 (2.94%) SAP
8 7 (2.57%) Palo Alto
9 6 (2.21%) Citrix
9 6 (2.21%) Fortinet
9 6 (2.21%) IBM
9 6 (2.21%) Salesforce
10 5 (1.84%) CyberArk
10 5 (1.84%) Dynatrace
10 5 (1.84%) OpenAI
11 4 (1.47%) Splunk
12 3 (1.10%) HP
12 3 (1.10%) Informatica
12 3 (1.10%) Symantec