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

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 11 13
Rank change year-on-year -3 +2 -3
Contract jobs citing AWS 290 279 262
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 11.11% 14.53% 10.85%
As % of the Cloud Services category 28.91% 34.02% 26.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 196 198 186
10th Percentile £406 £400 £413
25th Percentile £463 £458 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -12.00%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £763 £751 £838
London median daily rate £560 £575 £588
% change year-on-year -2.61% -2.13% -3.53%
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 £53.50 £27.65
% change year-on-year +28.04% +93.49% -65.44%

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 1,003 820 975
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 38.41% 42.71% 40.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 683 531 691
10th Percentile £350 £363 £363
25th Percentile £458 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year - +2.33% -7.33%
75th Percentile £650 £669 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
London median daily rate £525 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -5.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 16 7
10th Percentile £21.06 £22.50 £12.75
25th Percentile £27.54 £24.66 £17.00
Median hourly rate £54.60 £31.86 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +71.38% +41.60% -66.67%
75th Percentile £67.50 £55.51 £27.00
90th Percentile £76.58 £94.38 £36.30
London median hourly rate £35.50 £30.54 £26.49
% change year-on-year +16.26% +15.29% -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 18 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 18 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 -1 274 £550 - 100
West End of London -4 8 £650 +15.04%
City of Westminster -4 8 £650 +4.00% 7
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 (6.21%) Apache Airflow
2 7 (2.41%) Confluence
3 5 (1.72%) Apache Spark
4 4 (1.38%) Apache
4 4 (1.38%) CICS
4 4 (1.38%) SharePoint
5 3 (1.03%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.69%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.34%) Camunda
7 1 (0.34%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.34%) nginx
7 1 (0.34%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (1.38%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.34%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.03%) Bloomberg AIM
1 3 (1.03%) Fidessa
1 3 (1.03%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.69%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.34%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.34%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 119 (41.03%) Azure
2 64 (22.07%) GCP
3 51 (17.59%) Serverless
4 44 (15.17%) AWS Lambda
4 44 (15.17%) GitHub
5 41 (14.14%) Amazon S3
6 27 (9.31%) GitHub Actions
7 22 (7.59%) Snowflake
8 20 (6.90%) Power Platform
9 18 (6.21%) Amazon Bedrock
10 17 (5.86%) SaaS
11 15 (5.17%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 15 (5.17%) AWS CloudFormation
12 12 (4.14%) Amazon ECS
13 11 (3.79%) Amazon SageMaker
14 10 (3.45%) Amazon EC2
14 10 (3.45%) Amazon Kinesis
14 10 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
14 10 (3.45%) dbt
15 9 (3.10%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.14%) Firewall
2 10 (3.45%) Network Security
3 9 (3.10%) DNS
4 6 (2.07%) DHCP
5 5 (1.72%) VPN
6 3 (1.03%) SMTP
6 3 (1.03%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.69%) NGFW
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
8 1 (0.34%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (7.24%) DynamoDB
2 18 (6.21%) NoSQL
3 16 (5.52%) Amazon RDS
4 15 (5.17%) Amazon Athena
4 15 (5.17%) PostgreSQL
4 15 (5.17%) Power BI
5 14 (4.83%) Amazon Redshift
6 12 (4.14%) Data Warehouse
6 12 (4.14%) Metadata
7 11 (3.79%) Tableau
8 10 (3.45%) SQL Server
9 8 (2.76%) Db2
9 8 (2.76%) MongoDB
9 8 (2.76%) Snowflake Schema
10 7 (2.41%) Data Lake
11 6 (2.07%) Big Data
11 6 (2.07%) Relational Database
12 5 (1.72%) BigQuery
12 5 (1.72%) Pinecone
13 4 (1.38%) CockroachDB
Development Applications
1 28 (9.66%) Git
1 28 (9.66%) GitLab
1 28 (9.66%) Jenkins
2 23 (7.93%) JIRA
3 10 (3.45%) JUnit
4 9 (3.10%) Mockito
5 8 (2.76%) Postman
6 4 (1.38%) Claude Code
6 4 (1.38%) Cucumber
6 4 (1.38%) JMeter
7 3 (1.03%) Cypress.io
7 3 (1.03%) Gradle
7 3 (1.03%) Maven
8 2 (0.69%) Ant
8 2 (0.69%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.69%) CircleCI
8 2 (0.69%) Gatling
8 2 (0.69%) Liquibase
8 2 (0.69%) Mocha
8 2 (0.69%) webpack
General
1 91 (31.38%) Finance
2 68 (23.45%) Social Skills
3 35 (12.07%) Banking
3 35 (12.07%) Public Sector
4 21 (7.24%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (4.14%) Financial Institution
6 11 (3.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (3.10%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (3.10%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (2.07%) Front Office
8 6 (2.07%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (1.72%) Investment Banking
9 5 (1.72%) Military
10 4 (1.38%) Law
10 4 (1.38%) Police
10 4 (1.38%) Retail
11 3 (1.03%) Marketing
12 2 (0.69%) Advertising
12 2 (0.69%) Back Office
12 2 (0.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 63 (21.72%) Architect
2 39 (13.45%) Senior
3 35 (12.07%) Developer
4 26 (8.97%) Data Engineer
5 22 (7.59%) Lead
6 21 (7.24%) AWS Engineer
7 16 (5.52%) Solutions Architect
8 15 (5.17%) DevOps Engineer
9 14 (4.83%) Java Developer
10 13 (4.48%) Senior Developer
11 11 (3.79%) Cloud Engineer
11 11 (3.79%) Snowflake Data Engineer
11 11 (3.79%) Snowflake Engineer
12 10 (3.45%) Cloud Architect
12 10 (3.45%) Migration Manager
12 10 (3.45%) Migration Project Manager
12 10 (3.45%) Project Manager
13 9 (3.10%) Consultant
13 9 (3.10%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 8 (2.76%) AWS Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (12.76%) Kafka
2 31 (10.69%) Spring
2 31 (10.69%) Spring Boot
3 27 (9.31%) REST
4 21 (7.24%) React
4 21 (7.24%) RESTful
5 12 (4.14%) .NET
5 12 (4.14%) JSON
6 11 (3.79%) Node.js
6 11 (3.79%) PySpark
7 10 (3.45%) PyTorch
7 10 (3.45%) SOAP
8 8 (2.76%) OAuth
8 8 (2.76%) OpenTelemetry
8 8 (2.76%) RabbitMQ
9 7 (2.41%) TensorFlow
10 6 (2.07%) AngularJS
10 6 (2.07%) boto
10 6 (2.07%) GraphQL
10 6 (2.07%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 68 (23.45%) Cloud Native
2 25 (8.62%) Distributed Systems
3 13 (4.48%) AI Agents
4 11 (3.79%) Legacy Systems
5 10 (3.45%) Hybrid Cloud
6 9 (3.10%) Clustering
6 9 (3.10%) Equities
7 8 (2.76%) Data Centre
7 8 (2.76%) Security Posture
8 7 (2.41%) Onboarding
9 6 (2.07%) Algorithms
10 5 (1.72%) Mainframe
10 5 (1.72%) Product Ownership
11 4 (1.38%) Data Structures
11 4 (1.38%) DataPower
11 4 (1.38%) LIMS
11 4 (1.38%) Online Banking
11 4 (1.38%) PKI
12 3 (1.03%) Mobile App
12 3 (1.03%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 14 (4.83%) Windows
2 13 (4.48%) Linux
3 6 (2.07%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.38%) Android
4 4 (1.38%) Apple iOS
4 4 (1.38%) zOS
5 2 (0.69%) Data ONTAP
5 2 (0.69%) 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
1 114 (39.31%) CI/CD
2 79 (27.24%) DevOps
3 73 (25.17%) AI
4 71 (24.48%) Infrastructure as Code
5 66 (22.76%) Agile
6 49 (16.90%) Containerisation
7 48 (16.55%) Migration
8 45 (15.52%) Analytics
8 45 (15.52%) Event-Driven
9 44 (15.17%) Machine Learning
10 41 (14.14%) Microservices
11 39 (13.45%) Stakeholder Management
12 37 (12.76%) Data Engineering
12 37 (12.76%) Observability
13 36 (12.41%) Data Pipeline
14 34 (11.72%) Data Modelling
15 33 (11.38%) Test Automation
16 32 (11.03%) Problem-Solving
17 27 (9.31%) Performance Tuning
18 26 (8.97%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 103 (35.52%) Python
2 61 (21.03%) SQL
3 53 (18.28%) Java
4 17 (5.86%) JavaScript
5 16 (5.52%) C#
6 15 (5.17%) TypeScript
7 11 (3.79%) PowerShell
8 10 (3.45%) Bash
9 5 (1.72%) Shell Script
10 4 (1.38%) Bicep
10 4 (1.38%) JCL
10 4 (1.38%) Ruby
10 4 (1.38%) Scala
11 3 (1.03%) Korn
12 2 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.69%) Go
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 72 (24.83%) Security Cleared
2 65 (22.41%) SC Cleared
3 14 (4.83%) Degree
4 11 (3.79%) PMI Certification
4 11 (3.79%) PMP
5 9 (3.10%) AWS Certification
6 6 (2.07%) CISSP
6 6 (2.07%) DV Cleared
7 5 (1.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 5 (1.72%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (1.72%) CISM
8 4 (1.38%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.03%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (1.03%) CCNP
9 3 (1.03%) DBS Check
9 3 (1.03%) PhD
9 3 (1.03%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (0.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (0.69%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.69%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (7.24%) Data Quality
2 20 (6.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (6.55%) GDPR
3 19 (6.55%) NIST
4 10 (3.45%) QA
5 5 (1.72%) EU AI Act
5 5 (1.72%) NCSC
5 5 (1.72%) PCI DSS
6 4 (1.38%) SLA
7 3 (1.03%) ISO 20022
7 3 (1.03%) NIST 800
7 3 (1.03%) SEPA
8 2 (0.69%) EMIR
8 2 (0.69%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.69%) ISO 8583
8 2 (0.69%) MiFID
8 2 (0.69%) PSD2
9 1 (0.34%) Government Security Classifications
9 1 (0.34%) PMO
9 1 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 48 (16.55%) Docker
2 9 (3.10%) Active Directory
3 8 (2.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.38%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (1.03%) BitLocker
5 3 (1.03%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.03%) Microsoft App-V
5 3 (1.03%) Terminal Services
6 2 (0.69%) NFS
7 1 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.34%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.34%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 58 (20.00%) Kubernetes
2 57 (19.66%) Terraform
3 25 (8.62%) Ansible
4 16 (5.52%) Grafana
5 14 (4.83%) Prometheus
6 5 (1.72%) Puppet
7 4 (1.38%) vCenter Server
8 3 (1.03%) Argo
8 3 (1.03%) Nagios
8 3 (1.03%) vMotion
9 2 (0.69%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.69%) SnapMirror
10 1 (0.34%) Consul
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
10 1 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 28 (9.66%) Microsoft
2 14 (4.83%) Google
3 13 (4.48%) CyberArk
3 13 (4.48%) Databricks
4 11 (3.79%) Salesforce
5 10 (3.45%) Citrix
6 8 (2.76%) VMware
7 7 (2.41%) Splunk
8 6 (2.07%) Fortinet
8 6 (2.07%) Oracle
9 5 (1.72%) IBM
9 5 (1.72%) MuleSoft
9 5 (1.72%) SAP
9 5 (1.72%) ServiceNow
10 4 (1.38%) Informatica
10 4 (1.38%) OpenAI
10 4 (1.38%) Palo Alto
11 3 (1.03%) Bloomberg
11 3 (1.03%) HP
11 3 (1.03%) Symantec