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

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 14 11
Rank change year-on-year 0 -3 0
Contract jobs citing AWS 257 217 280
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 12.51% 10.12% 10.78%
As % of the Cloud Services category 30.45% 24.97% 28.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 181 147 213
10th Percentile £363 £413 £400
25th Percentile £461 £463 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - -12.84%
75th Percentile £664 £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 844 869 994
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 41.07% 40.51% 38.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 630 568 730
10th Percentile £343 £371 £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 £30.80 £32.50
% change year-on-year -10.36% -5.25% +25.75%

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 22 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 22 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 +2 245 £535 -2.73% 176
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 17 (6.61%) Apache Airflow
2 9 (3.50%) Apache Spark
3 5 (1.95%) Apache
3 5 (1.95%) Confluence
4 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.78%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.39%) Cloud Foundry
5 1 (0.39%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.39%) Mattermost
5 1 (0.39%) OpenStack
5 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
1 111 (43.19%) Azure
2 60 (23.35%) GCP
3 45 (17.51%) Serverless
4 43 (16.73%) AWS Lambda
5 39 (15.18%) Amazon S3
6 32 (12.45%) GitHub
7 24 (9.34%) Snowflake
8 21 (8.17%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 19 (7.39%) AWS CloudFormation
9 19 (7.39%) GitHub Actions
10 18 (7.00%) Amazon ECS
11 17 (6.61%) Amazon EKS
12 16 (6.23%) Power Platform
13 12 (4.67%) dbt
14 11 (4.28%) Azure DevOps
14 11 (4.28%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 10 (3.89%) Amazon EC2
16 9 (3.50%) Microsoft 365
17 8 (3.11%) Apigee
17 8 (3.11%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 15 (5.84%) Firewall
2 12 (4.67%) DNS
3 8 (3.11%) 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 (6.23%) PostgreSQL
1 16 (6.23%) Relational Database
2 14 (5.45%) DynamoDB
2 14 (5.45%) Power BI
3 13 (5.06%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (4.67%) NoSQL
5 11 (4.28%) MySQL
6 10 (3.89%) SQL Server
6 10 (3.89%) Tableau
7 9 (3.50%) Data Lake
8 8 (3.11%) Metadata
8 8 (3.11%) MongoDB
9 7 (2.72%) Amazon RDS
9 7 (2.72%) Amazon Redshift
10 6 (2.33%) Amazon Athena
10 6 (2.33%) 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 34 (13.23%) Git
2 21 (8.17%) Jenkins
3 18 (7.00%) GitLab
4 11 (4.28%) 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 (35.02%) Finance
2 53 (20.62%) Social Skills
3 38 (14.79%) Banking
4 22 (8.56%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (8.56%) Public Sector
5 12 (4.67%) Front Office
6 10 (3.89%) Presentation Skills
7 9 (3.50%) Financial Institution
8 6 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (2.33%) Investment Banking
9 4 (1.56%) Marketing
10 3 (1.17%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.17%) Legal
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
11 2 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 50 (19.46%) Architect
2 43 (16.73%) Senior
3 35 (13.62%) Developer
4 28 (10.89%) Lead
5 25 (9.73%) Data Engineer
5 25 (9.73%) DevOps Engineer
6 19 (7.39%) AWS Engineer
7 18 (7.00%) Solutions Architect
8 13 (5.06%) AWS Architect
9 12 (4.67%) Python Engineer
10 11 (4.28%) AWS DevOps
10 11 (4.28%) Project Manager
11 10 (3.89%) AWS DevOps Engineer
12 9 (3.50%) Consultant
12 9 (3.50%) Security Architect
12 9 (3.50%) Senior Architect
13 8 (3.11%) Cloud Architect
13 8 (3.11%) Senior Developer
14 6 (2.33%) Java Developer
14 6 (2.33%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (6.61%) Node.js
2 16 (6.23%) React
3 14 (5.45%) Kafka
4 13 (5.06%) REST
5 12 (4.67%) Pandas
6 11 (4.28%) .NET
6 11 (4.28%) NumPy
6 11 (4.28%) RESTful
7 10 (3.89%) HTML
7 10 (3.89%) scikit-learn
7 10 (3.89%) Spring
8 9 (3.50%) CSS
8 9 (3.50%) OAuth
9 8 (3.11%) AngularJS
9 8 (3.11%) Spring Boot
10 7 (2.72%) PyTorch
11 6 (2.33%) boto
11 6 (2.33%) PySpark
11 6 (2.33%) TensorFlow
12 5 (1.95%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 49 (19.07%) Cloud Native
2 13 (5.06%) Distributed Systems
3 11 (4.28%) Algorithms
4 9 (3.50%) Data Centre
4 9 (3.50%) Derivative
4 9 (3.50%) Equities
4 9 (3.50%) Onboarding
5 8 (3.11%) Product Ownership
6 7 (2.72%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (2.72%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (2.72%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (2.72%) 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 (5.45%) Linux
2 12 (4.67%) 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 94 (36.58%) CI/CD
2 66 (25.68%) DevOps
3 55 (21.40%) Agile
4 52 (20.23%) Infrastructure as Code
5 45 (17.51%) Analytics
6 43 (16.73%) AI
7 39 (15.18%) Problem-Solving
8 37 (14.40%) Stakeholder Management
9 34 (13.23%) Microservices
10 32 (12.45%) Machine Learning
10 32 (12.45%) Migration
11 31 (12.06%) Containerisation
12 30 (11.67%) Software Engineering
13 27 (10.51%) Data Pipeline
13 27 (10.51%) ETL
13 27 (10.51%) Roadmaps
14 26 (10.12%) Data Modelling
15 24 (9.34%) Data Engineering
15 24 (9.34%) Observability
16 23 (8.95%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 109 (42.41%) Python
2 68 (26.46%) SQL
3 49 (19.07%) Java
4 17 (6.61%) JavaScript
5 9 (3.50%) Bash
6 7 (2.72%) C#
7 6 (2.33%) 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%) Ruby
10 3 (1.17%) Scala
11 2 (0.78%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.78%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.78%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.39%) ProC
Qualifications
1 58 (22.57%) Security Cleared
2 54 (21.01%) SC Cleared
3 15 (5.84%) AWS Certification
4 14 (5.45%) Degree
5 8 (3.11%) PMI Certification
5 8 (3.11%) PMP
6 7 (2.72%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (2.33%) 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 23 (8.95%) Data Quality
2 22 (8.56%) GDPR
3 16 (6.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (4.28%) NIST
5 9 (3.50%) QA
6 6 (2.33%) SLA
7 4 (1.56%) NCSC
7 4 (1.56%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.78%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.78%) EU AI Act
8 2 (0.78%) ISO 20022
8 2 (0.78%) ISO 8583
8 2 (0.78%) PSD2
8 2 (0.78%) SEPA
9 1 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.39%) DICOM
9 1 (0.39%) GRC
9 1 (0.39%) HL7
9 1 (0.39%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 52 (20.23%) 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 (23.35%) Terraform
2 43 (16.73%) Kubernetes
3 18 (7.00%) Ansible
4 9 (3.50%) Grafana
5 8 (3.11%) 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 (11.67%) Microsoft
2 22 (8.56%) Databricks
3 18 (7.00%) Oracle
4 12 (4.67%) Google
5 8 (3.11%) IBM
5 8 (3.11%) ServiceNow
6 7 (2.72%) CyberArk
7 6 (2.33%) Salesforce
7 6 (2.33%) 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