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 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 18 11
Rank change year-on-year +6 -7 -1
Contract jobs citing AWS 254 215 306
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 12.65% 9.20% 11.23%
As % of the Cloud Services category 30.86% 23.24% 27.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 182 138 238
10th Percentile £410 £413 £400
25th Percentile £476 £488 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £558 £551
Median % change year-on-year -1.35% +1.27% -11.92%
75th Percentile £669 £664 £675
90th Percentile £788 £732 £728
London median daily rate £550 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -6.05%

All Cloud 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 823 925 1,101
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 40.99% 39.56% 40.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 616 603 806
10th Percentile £329 £389 £350
25th Percentile £425 £464 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £653 £675 £675
90th Percentile £749 £750 £748
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -7.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 5 10
10th Percentile £19.07 - £17.00
25th Percentile £24.31 - £17.48
Median hourly rate £29.74 £35.00 £20.75
Median % change year-on-year -15.04% +68.67% +1.22%
75th Percentile £41.80 - £34.44
90th Percentile £46.94 £69.50 £51.25
London median hourly rate £26.30 £31.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -16.51% -16.00% +22.95%

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 December 2025.

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 December 2025. 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 +5 242 £550 -4.35% 97
City of Westminster +1 5 £475 -9.52% 1
West End of London +1 2 £475 -9.09% 3
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 15 (5.91%) Apache Airflow
2 9 (3.54%) Confluence
3 8 (3.15%) Apache Spark
4 6 (2.36%) Apache
5 4 (1.57%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.39%) CICS
7 1 (0.39%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.39%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.39%) Mattermost
7 1 (0.39%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.39%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.39%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.39%) Notion
2 1 (0.39%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.39%) Exchequer
2 1 (0.39%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.39%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 111 (43.70%) Azure
2 58 (22.83%) GCP
3 39 (15.35%) Amazon S3
3 39 (15.35%) AWS Lambda
3 39 (15.35%) Serverless
4 34 (13.39%) GitHub
5 25 (9.84%) Snowflake
6 22 (8.66%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 21 (8.27%) GitHub Actions
8 18 (7.09%) Amazon ECS
9 17 (6.69%) AWS CloudFormation
10 15 (5.91%) Amazon EKS
11 14 (5.51%) Power Platform
11 14 (5.51%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 12 (4.72%) Amazon EC2
12 12 (4.72%) dbt
13 11 (4.33%) Microsoft 365
14 9 (3.54%) Azure DevOps
15 8 (3.15%) Apigee
15 8 (3.15%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (7.09%) Firewall
2 13 (5.12%) DNS
3 8 (3.15%) Network Security
4 5 (1.97%) VPN
5 4 (1.57%) SSL
5 4 (1.57%) TCP/IP
6 3 (1.18%) DHCP
6 3 (1.18%) LAN
6 3 (1.18%) WAN
6 3 (1.18%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.79%) 4G
7 2 (0.79%) 5G
7 2 (0.79%) BGP
7 2 (0.79%) NAS
7 2 (0.79%) OSPF
7 2 (0.79%) Radio Access Network
7 2 (0.79%) Wireshark
8 1 (0.39%) DKIM
8 1 (0.39%) NetScaler
8 1 (0.39%) OpenLDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (9.06%) Relational Database
2 16 (6.30%) PostgreSQL
3 15 (5.91%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (4.72%) Power BI
5 10 (3.94%) DynamoDB
5 10 (3.94%) MySQL
5 10 (3.94%) NoSQL
5 10 (3.94%) SQL Server
6 9 (3.54%) MongoDB
7 8 (3.15%) Amazon RDS
7 8 (3.15%) Data Lake
7 8 (3.15%) Tableau
8 6 (2.36%) Amazon Redshift
8 6 (2.36%) Big Data
9 5 (1.97%) Amazon Athena
9 5 (1.97%) Amazon QuickSight
9 5 (1.97%) Metadata
10 4 (1.57%) Amazon Aurora
11 3 (1.18%) Apache Cassandra
11 3 (1.18%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 32 (12.60%) Git
2 19 (7.48%) Jenkins
3 15 (5.91%) GitLab
4 14 (5.51%) JIRA
5 6 (2.36%) Bitbucket
6 4 (1.57%) JUnit
7 3 (1.18%) Cucumber
7 3 (1.18%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.79%) MLflow
8 2 (0.79%) Mockito
8 2 (0.79%) Postman
8 2 (0.79%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.79%) Selenium
8 2 (0.79%) SoapUI
8 2 (0.79%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.79%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.39%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.39%) Gatling
9 1 (0.39%) Terragrunt
9 1 (0.39%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 88 (34.65%) Finance
2 52 (20.47%) Social Skills
3 36 (14.17%) Banking
4 27 (10.63%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (7.87%) Public Sector
6 11 (4.33%) Front Office
7 7 (2.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (2.76%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (2.36%) Financial Institution
8 6 (2.36%) Investment Banking
9 5 (1.97%) Legal
10 4 (1.57%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.18%) Back Office
12 2 (0.79%) Japanese Language
12 2 (0.79%) Law
12 2 (0.79%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.79%) Marketing
12 2 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.79%) Retail
12 2 (0.79%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 53 (20.87%) Architect
2 45 (17.72%) Senior
3 37 (14.57%) Developer
4 26 (10.24%) Data Engineer
4 26 (10.24%) Lead
5 20 (7.87%) DevOps Engineer
6 18 (7.09%) AWS Engineer
7 16 (6.30%) AWS Architect
7 16 (6.30%) Solutions Architect
8 13 (5.12%) Python Engineer
9 10 (3.94%) Security Architect
10 9 (3.54%) Consultant
11 8 (3.15%) Senior Architect
11 8 (3.15%) Senior Developer
12 7 (2.76%) AWS DevOps
12 7 (2.76%) AWS Security Architect
12 7 (2.76%) Data Architect
12 7 (2.76%) Java Developer
12 7 (2.76%) Security Engineer
12 7 (2.76%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (6.69%) Node.js
2 16 (6.30%) React
3 15 (5.91%) RESTful
4 12 (4.72%) Spring
5 11 (4.33%) .NET
5 11 (4.33%) Kafka
6 10 (3.94%) REST
6 10 (3.94%) Spring Boot
7 8 (3.15%) AngularJS
7 8 (3.15%) CSS
7 8 (3.15%) HTML
7 8 (3.15%) OAuth
7 8 (3.15%) Pandas
7 8 (3.15%) scikit-learn
8 7 (2.76%) NumPy
9 6 (2.36%) JWT
9 6 (2.36%) PyTorch
9 6 (2.36%) TensorFlow
9 6 (2.36%) XML
10 5 (1.97%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 38 (14.96%) Cloud Native
2 10 (3.94%) Data Centre
2 10 (3.94%) Onboarding
3 9 (3.54%) Algorithms
3 9 (3.54%) Derivative
3 9 (3.54%) Distributed Systems
3 9 (3.54%) Product Ownership
4 7 (2.76%) Enterprise Software
4 7 (2.76%) Equities
4 7 (2.76%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (2.76%) Virtual Team
5 5 (1.97%) Security Posture
6 4 (1.57%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (1.57%) Fixed Income
6 4 (1.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 4 (1.57%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.18%) Equity Derivative
7 3 (1.18%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.18%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.18%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 15 (5.91%) Linux
1 15 (5.91%) Windows
2 6 (2.36%) Windows Server
3 5 (1.97%) Unix
4 2 (0.79%) Android
4 2 (0.79%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.39%) AIX
5 1 (0.39%) Solaris
5 1 (0.39%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (34.25%) CI/CD
2 64 (25.20%) DevOps
3 49 (19.29%) Agile
4 47 (18.50%) Analytics
5 41 (16.14%) Infrastructure as Code
6 39 (15.35%) Problem-Solving
7 35 (13.78%) Microservices
8 33 (12.99%) AI
9 32 (12.60%) Containerisation
9 32 (12.60%) Roadmaps
9 32 (12.60%) Stakeholder Management
10 30 (11.81%) Migration
10 30 (11.81%) Software Engineering
11 28 (11.02%) Machine Learning
12 24 (9.45%) ETL
13 23 (9.06%) Data Modelling
14 22 (8.66%) Cloud Security
14 22 (8.66%) Data Engineering
14 22 (8.66%) Data Pipeline
15 21 (8.27%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 104 (40.94%) Python
2 68 (26.77%) SQL
3 50 (19.69%) Java
4 19 (7.48%) JavaScript
5 12 (4.72%) Bash
6 9 (3.54%) TypeScript
7 7 (2.76%) PowerShell
8 6 (2.36%) C#
8 6 (2.36%) Go
9 5 (1.97%) C++
10 4 (1.57%) PHP
10 4 (1.57%) PL/SQL
11 3 (1.18%) Kotlin
11 3 (1.18%) Perl
11 3 (1.18%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.79%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.79%) PromQL
12 2 (0.79%) Ruby
12 2 (0.79%) Scala
13 1 (0.39%) Korn
Qualifications
1 52 (20.47%) Security Cleared
2 46 (18.11%) SC Cleared
3 16 (6.30%) Degree
4 14 (5.51%) AWS Certification
5 7 (2.76%) Master's Degree
6 6 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (1.97%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (1.97%) CISSP
7 5 (1.97%) DV Cleared
8 4 (1.57%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.18%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 3 (1.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (1.18%) PhD
9 3 (1.18%) PMI Certification
9 3 (1.18%) PMP
9 3 (1.18%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (0.79%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 2 (0.79%) AWS Certified Developer
10 2 (0.79%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.79%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (8.27%) Data Quality
2 17 (6.69%) GDPR
3 15 (5.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (4.33%) NIST
5 8 (3.15%) QA
6 6 (2.36%) PCI DSS
7 5 (1.97%) SLA
8 3 (1.18%) NCSC
9 2 (0.79%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.79%) EU AI Act
10 1 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.39%) DICOM
10 1 (0.39%) GRC
10 1 (0.39%) HL7
10 1 (0.39%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.39%) PMO
10 1 (0.39%) SOC 2
System Software
1 48 (18.90%) Docker
2 9 (3.54%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.79%) VMware NSX
3 2 (0.79%) vSphere
4 1 (0.39%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.39%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 55 (21.65%) Terraform
2 40 (15.75%) Kubernetes
3 16 (6.30%) Ansible
4 9 (3.54%) Grafana
5 7 (2.76%) Prometheus
6 4 (1.57%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (1.57%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.79%) Argo
7 2 (0.79%) Istio
7 2 (0.79%) Karpenter
7 2 (0.79%) SCCM
8 1 (0.39%) CASB
8 1 (0.39%) Kibana
8 1 (0.39%) Opsgenie
8 1 (0.39%) PowerCLI
8 1 (0.39%) Puppet
8 1 (0.39%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.39%) vRealize
8 1 (0.39%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 33 (12.99%) Microsoft
2 20 (7.87%) Databricks
3 18 (7.09%) Oracle
4 12 (4.72%) Google
5 8 (3.15%) IBM
5 8 (3.15%) Salesforce
5 8 (3.15%) ServiceNow
6 7 (2.76%) Splunk
7 5 (1.97%) F5
7 5 (1.97%) Palo Alto
8 4 (1.57%) CheckPoint
8 4 (1.57%) Informatica
8 4 (1.57%) VMware
9 3 (1.18%) Citrix
9 3 (1.18%) Dynatrace
9 3 (1.18%) OpenAI
10 2 (0.79%) Adobe
10 2 (0.79%) CyberArk
10 2 (0.79%) Dell
10 2 (0.79%) Tenable