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

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 14 11
Rank change year-on-year +1 -3 0
Contract jobs citing AWS 256 215 280
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 12.49% 10.11% 10.74%
As % of the Cloud Services category 30.44% 25.06% 28.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 180 145 213
10th Percentile £363 £413 £400
25th Percentile £462 £463 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.36% - -12.84%
75th Percentile £665 £664 £667
90th Percentile £800 £725 £744
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 841 858 997
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 41.02% 40.36% 38.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 627 557 730
10th Percentile £343 £375 £363
25th Percentile £425 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £749 £738 £738
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 5 12
10th Percentile £18.83 £26.75 -
25th Percentile £21.98 - £17.00
Median hourly rate £25.47 £35.00 £20.75
Median % change year-on-year -27.23% +68.67% +1.22%
75th Percentile £40.19 - £27.31
90th Percentile £42.50 - £47.68
London median hourly rate £27.61 £31.35 £33.25
% change year-on-year -11.93% -5.73% +28.65%

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 21 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 21 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 +1 244 £539 -4.65% 187
City of Westminster -3 2 £475 -9.52% 9
West End of London -2 1 - - 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 16 (6.25%) Apache Airflow
2 9 (3.52%) Apache Spark
3 6 (2.34%) Confluence
4 5 (1.95%) Apache
5 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.78%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.39%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.39%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.39%) Mattermost
6 1 (0.39%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.39%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (1.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.39%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.39%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.39%) Notion
3 1 (0.39%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.39%) Bloomberg AIM
2 1 (0.39%) Exchequer
2 1 (0.39%) Fidessa
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
1 110 (42.97%) Azure
2 59 (23.05%) GCP
3 45 (17.58%) Serverless
4 43 (16.80%) AWS Lambda
5 39 (15.23%) Amazon S3
6 32 (12.50%) GitHub
7 23 (8.98%) Snowflake
8 21 (8.20%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 19 (7.42%) AWS CloudFormation
9 19 (7.42%) GitHub Actions
10 18 (7.03%) Amazon ECS
11 17 (6.64%) Amazon EKS
12 15 (5.86%) Power Platform
13 11 (4.30%) Azure DevOps
13 11 (4.30%) dbt
13 11 (4.30%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 10 (3.91%) Amazon EC2
15 9 (3.52%) Microsoft 365
16 8 (3.13%) Apigee
16 8 (3.13%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 15 (5.86%) Firewall
2 12 (4.69%) DNS
3 8 (3.13%) Network Security
4 4 (1.56%) SSL
4 4 (1.56%) TCP/IP
4 4 (1.56%) VPN
5 3 (1.17%) DHCP
5 3 (1.17%) LAN
5 3 (1.17%) WAN
5 3 (1.17%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.78%) 4G
6 2 (0.78%) 5G
6 2 (0.78%) BGP
6 2 (0.78%) OSPF
6 2 (0.78%) Radio Access Network
6 2 (0.78%) Wireshark
7 1 (0.39%) Cisco Wireless
7 1 (0.39%) DKIM
7 1 (0.39%) NetScaler
7 1 (0.39%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.25%) PostgreSQL
1 16 (6.25%) Relational Database
2 14 (5.47%) DynamoDB
3 13 (5.08%) Data Warehouse
3 13 (5.08%) Power BI
4 12 (4.69%) NoSQL
5 11 (4.30%) MySQL
6 10 (3.91%) SQL Server
7 9 (3.52%) Data Lake
7 9 (3.52%) Tableau
8 8 (3.13%) MongoDB
9 7 (2.73%) Amazon RDS
9 7 (2.73%) Amazon Redshift
9 7 (2.73%) Metadata
10 6 (2.34%) Amazon Athena
10 6 (2.34%) Big Data
11 4 (1.56%) Amazon Aurora
11 4 (1.56%) CockroachDB
11 4 (1.56%) Redis
12 3 (1.17%) Amazon QuickSight
Development Applications
1 33 (12.89%) Git
2 21 (8.20%) Jenkins
3 18 (7.03%) GitLab
4 12 (4.69%) JIRA
5 5 (1.95%) Bitbucket
6 4 (1.56%) Cucumber
6 4 (1.56%) JUnit
7 3 (1.17%) Cypress.io
7 3 (1.17%) Gatling
8 2 (0.78%) ERwin
8 2 (0.78%) MLflow
8 2 (0.78%) Mockito
8 2 (0.78%) Postman
8 2 (0.78%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.78%) Selenium
8 2 (0.78%) SoapUI
8 2 (0.78%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.39%) Hamcrest
9 1 (0.39%) Serenity BDD
9 1 (0.39%) TeamCity
General
1 90 (35.16%) Finance
2 53 (20.70%) Social Skills
3 38 (14.84%) Banking
4 22 (8.59%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (8.59%) Public Sector
5 12 (4.69%) Front Office
6 10 (3.91%) Presentation Skills
7 9 (3.52%) Financial Institution
8 6 (2.34%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (2.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (2.34%) Investment Banking
9 4 (1.56%) Marketing
10 3 (1.17%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.17%) Legal
10 3 (1.17%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.17%) Retail
11 2 (0.78%) Back Office
11 2 (0.78%) Law
11 2 (0.78%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.78%) Military
Job Titles
1 49 (19.14%) Architect
2 42 (16.41%) Senior
3 35 (13.67%) Developer
4 28 (10.94%) Lead
5 25 (9.77%) DevOps Engineer
6 24 (9.38%) Data Engineer
7 19 (7.42%) AWS Engineer
8 18 (7.03%) Solutions Architect
9 13 (5.08%) AWS Architect
10 12 (4.69%) Python Engineer
11 11 (4.30%) AWS DevOps
11 11 (4.30%) Project Manager
12 10 (3.91%) AWS DevOps Engineer
13 9 (3.52%) Consultant
13 9 (3.52%) Security Architect
14 8 (3.13%) Cloud Architect
14 8 (3.13%) Senior Architect
14 8 (3.13%) Senior Developer
15 6 (2.34%) Java Developer
15 6 (2.34%) Migration Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (6.64%) Node.js
2 16 (6.25%) React
3 14 (5.47%) Kafka
4 13 (5.08%) REST
5 12 (4.69%) Pandas
6 11 (4.30%) .NET
6 11 (4.30%) NumPy
6 11 (4.30%) RESTful
7 10 (3.91%) HTML
7 10 (3.91%) scikit-learn
7 10 (3.91%) Spring
8 9 (3.52%) CSS
8 9 (3.52%) OAuth
9 8 (3.13%) AngularJS
9 8 (3.13%) Spring Boot
10 7 (2.73%) PyTorch
11 6 (2.34%) boto
11 6 (2.34%) PySpark
11 6 (2.34%) TensorFlow
12 5 (1.95%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 48 (18.75%) Cloud Native
2 13 (5.08%) Distributed Systems
3 11 (4.30%) Algorithms
4 9 (3.52%) Data Centre
4 9 (3.52%) Derivative
4 9 (3.52%) Equities
4 9 (3.52%) Onboarding
5 8 (3.13%) Product Ownership
6 7 (2.73%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (2.73%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (2.73%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (2.73%) Virtual Team
7 5 (1.95%) Fixed Income
7 5 (1.95%) Security Posture
8 4 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (1.56%) Data Structures
8 4 (1.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 4 (1.56%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.17%) Equity Derivative
9 3 (1.17%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 14 (5.47%) Linux
2 12 (4.69%) Windows
3 4 (1.56%) Unix
3 4 (1.56%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.39%) Android
4 1 (0.39%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.39%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (36.33%) CI/CD
2 67 (26.17%) DevOps
3 55 (21.48%) Agile
4 52 (20.31%) Infrastructure as Code
5 44 (17.19%) Analytics
6 42 (16.41%) AI
7 38 (14.84%) Problem-Solving
7 38 (14.84%) Stakeholder Management
8 33 (12.89%) Microservices
9 32 (12.50%) Machine Learning
9 32 (12.50%) Migration
10 31 (12.11%) Containerisation
11 30 (11.72%) Software Engineering
12 27 (10.55%) ETL
12 27 (10.55%) Roadmaps
13 26 (10.16%) Data Pipeline
14 25 (9.77%) Data Modelling
15 24 (9.38%) Data Engineering
15 24 (9.38%) Observability
16 23 (8.98%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 107 (41.80%) Python
2 67 (26.17%) SQL
3 48 (18.75%) Java
4 17 (6.64%) JavaScript
5 9 (3.52%) Bash
6 7 (2.73%) C#
7 6 (2.34%) TypeScript
8 5 (1.95%) C++
8 5 (1.95%) PowerShell
9 4 (1.56%) PHP
9 4 (1.56%) PL/SQL
10 3 (1.17%) Go
10 3 (1.17%) Korn
10 3 (1.17%) Perl
10 3 (1.17%) Scala
11 2 (0.78%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.78%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.78%) Ruby
11 2 (0.78%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.39%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 58 (22.66%) Security Cleared
2 54 (21.09%) SC Cleared
3 15 (5.86%) AWS Certification
4 14 (5.47%) Degree
5 8 (3.13%) PMI Certification
5 8 (3.13%) PMP
6 7 (2.73%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (2.34%) Master's Degree
8 5 (1.95%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 5 (1.95%) DV Cleared
9 4 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.56%) CISSP
9 4 (1.56%) MCP
10 3 (1.17%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (1.17%) PhD
10 3 (1.17%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (0.78%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 2 (0.78%) AWS Certified Developer
11 2 (0.78%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.78%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (8.59%) Data Quality
1 22 (8.59%) GDPR
2 16 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (4.30%) NIST
4 9 (3.52%) QA
5 6 (2.34%) SLA
6 4 (1.56%) NCSC
6 4 (1.56%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.78%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.78%) EU AI Act
7 2 (0.78%) ISO 20022
7 2 (0.78%) ISO 8583
7 2 (0.78%) PSD2
7 2 (0.78%) SEPA
8 1 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.39%) DICOM
8 1 (0.39%) GRC
8 1 (0.39%) HL7
8 1 (0.39%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 52 (20.31%) Docker
2 5 (1.95%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.78%) VMware NSX
3 2 (0.78%) 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 60 (23.44%) Terraform
2 43 (16.80%) Kubernetes
3 18 (7.03%) Ansible
4 9 (3.52%) Grafana
5 8 (3.13%) Prometheus
6 5 (1.95%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (1.56%) Argo
7 4 (1.56%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (1.17%) Karpenter
9 2 (0.78%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.78%) Istio
9 2 (0.78%) SCCM
10 1 (0.39%) CASB
10 1 (0.39%) Kibana
10 1 (0.39%) Opsgenie
10 1 (0.39%) PowerCLI
10 1 (0.39%) Puppet
10 1 (0.39%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.39%) vRealize
10 1 (0.39%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 30 (11.72%) Microsoft
2 22 (8.59%) Databricks
3 18 (7.03%) Oracle
4 12 (4.69%) Google
5 8 (3.13%) IBM
5 8 (3.13%) ServiceNow
6 7 (2.73%) CyberArk
6 7 (2.73%) Salesforce
7 6 (2.34%) Splunk
8 5 (1.95%) F5
8 5 (1.95%) Palo Alto
9 4 (1.56%) CheckPoint
9 4 (1.56%) Fortinet
9 4 (1.56%) VMware
10 3 (1.17%) Citrix
10 3 (1.17%) Cognos
10 3 (1.17%) Dynatrace
10 3 (1.17%) Informatica
10 3 (1.17%) Sage
10 3 (1.17%) SAP