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

6 months to
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 18 11
Rank change year-on-year +5 -7 -1
Contract jobs citing AWS 251 212 318
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 12.85% 9.04% 10.95%
As % of the Cloud Services category 31.18% 23.02% 26.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 183 131 234
10th Percentile £398 £426 £400
25th Percentile £475 £501 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £572
Median % change year-on-year - +0.52% -8.48%
75th Percentile £681 £688 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
London median daily rate £550 £600 £583
% change year-on-year -8.33% +2.96% -4.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £47.50
Median hourly rate - - £50.00
75th Percentile - - £52.50
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £76.75 £40.25 £59.00
% change year-on-year +90.68% -31.78% +21.03%

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 805 921 1,181
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 41.20% 39.29% 40.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 597 601 832
10th Percentile £342 £400 £350
25th Percentile £425 £469 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £660 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £775
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 4 10
10th Percentile £18.65 £29.40 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.47 £33.00 £17.48
Median hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £20.75
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +68.67% +1.22%
75th Percentile £49.83 £49.38 £46.06
90th Percentile £62.04 £75.25 £54.63
London median hourly rate £26.00 £35.00 £38.75
% change year-on-year -25.71% -9.68% +49.93%

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 19 November 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 19 November 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 +4 241 £575 - 912
City of Westminster +5 8 £563 +7.14% 3
West End of London +3 4 £650 +23.81% 17
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 (5.98%) Apache Airflow
2 11 (4.38%) Apache Spark
3 9 (3.59%) Confluence
4 7 (2.79%) Apache
5 4 (1.59%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.80%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.40%) CICS
7 1 (0.40%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.40%) CMS
7 1 (0.40%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.40%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.40%) Luigi
7 1 (0.40%) Mattermost
7 1 (0.40%) nginx
7 1 (0.40%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.40%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (0.80%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.80%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (1.20%) Endur
2 2 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.40%) Exchequer
3 1 (0.40%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 115 (45.82%) Azure
2 56 (22.31%) GCP
3 42 (16.73%) Amazon S3
4 31 (12.35%) AWS Lambda
4 31 (12.35%) Serverless
5 29 (11.55%) GitHub
6 23 (9.16%) Snowflake
7 22 (8.76%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 18 (7.17%) GitHub Actions
9 14 (5.58%) Amazon ECS
10 12 (4.78%) Amazon EKS
10 12 (4.78%) AWS CloudFormation
10 12 (4.78%) dbt
10 12 (4.78%) Microsoft 365
10 12 (4.78%) Power Platform
11 11 (4.38%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 10 (3.98%) Amazon EC2
13 9 (3.59%) Azure DevOps
13 9 (3.59%) SaaS
14 7 (2.79%) Apigee
Communications & Networking
1 21 (8.37%) Firewall
2 12 (4.78%) DNS
3 7 (2.79%) Network Security
4 5 (1.99%) LAN
4 5 (1.99%) TCP/IP
4 5 (1.99%) VPN
4 5 (1.99%) WAN
5 4 (1.59%) SSL
6 3 (1.20%) BGP
6 3 (1.20%) DHCP
6 3 (1.20%) NAS
6 3 (1.20%) OSPF
6 3 (1.20%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.80%) 4G
7 2 (0.80%) 5G
7 2 (0.80%) Radio Access Network
7 2 (0.80%) SAN
7 2 (0.80%) SSH
7 2 (0.80%) VLAN
7 2 (0.80%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (8.76%) Relational Database
2 20 (7.97%) PostgreSQL
3 18 (7.17%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (4.78%) DynamoDB
4 12 (4.78%) MySQL
5 11 (4.38%) MongoDB
5 11 (4.38%) Power BI
6 10 (3.98%) Data Lake
6 10 (3.98%) NoSQL
7 7 (2.79%) Amazon RDS
7 7 (2.79%) Big Data
7 7 (2.79%) Hadoop
7 7 (2.79%) SQL Server
8 6 (2.39%) Amazon Redshift
8 6 (2.39%) Metadata
8 6 (2.39%) Tableau
9 5 (1.99%) Amazon QuickSight
10 4 (1.59%) Apache Hive
10 4 (1.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (1.20%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 29 (11.55%) Git
2 16 (6.37%) Jenkins
3 13 (5.18%) JIRA
4 12 (4.78%) GitLab
5 5 (1.99%) Bitbucket
6 4 (1.59%) JUnit
7 3 (1.20%) Cucumber
7 3 (1.20%) Cypress.io
7 3 (1.20%) MLflow
8 2 (0.80%) Mockito
8 2 (0.80%) Postman
8 2 (0.80%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.80%) Selenium
8 2 (0.80%) SoapUI
8 2 (0.80%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.80%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.40%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.40%) ERwin
9 1 (0.40%) Hamcrest
9 1 (0.40%) Maven
General
1 88 (35.06%) Finance
2 63 (25.10%) Social Skills
3 30 (11.95%) Banking
4 24 (9.56%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (5.98%) Public Sector
6 14 (5.58%) Front Office
7 8 (3.19%) Legal
8 6 (2.39%) Financial Institution
8 6 (2.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (1.99%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (1.99%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (1.59%) Investment Banking
11 3 (1.20%) Japanese Language
12 2 (0.80%) Back Office
12 2 (0.80%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.80%) Law
12 2 (0.80%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.80%) Marketing
12 2 (0.80%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.80%) Retail
Job Titles
1 49 (19.52%) Architect
2 46 (18.33%) Senior
3 35 (13.94%) Developer
4 29 (11.55%) Data Engineer
5 23 (9.16%) Lead
6 17 (6.77%) AWS Engineer
6 17 (6.77%) DevOps Engineer
7 15 (5.98%) Solutions Architect
8 13 (5.18%) AWS Architect
9 12 (4.78%) Python Engineer
9 12 (4.78%) Security Architect
10 10 (3.98%) Senior Architect
10 10 (3.98%) Software Engineer
11 9 (3.59%) Consultant
12 7 (2.79%) AWS DevOps
12 7 (2.79%) AWS Security Architect
12 7 (2.79%) Java Developer
12 7 (2.79%) Security Engineer
12 7 (2.79%) Senior Data Engineer
13 6 (2.39%) AWS DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (8.37%) React
2 17 (6.77%) Kafka
3 16 (6.37%) REST
3 16 (6.37%) RESTful
4 15 (5.98%) Node.js
5 13 (5.18%) AngularJS
5 13 (5.18%) Spring
6 11 (4.38%) Spring Boot
7 10 (3.98%) .NET
7 10 (3.98%) CSS
7 10 (3.98%) GraphQL
7 10 (3.98%) HTML
7 10 (3.98%) OAuth
8 6 (2.39%) JWT
8 6 (2.39%) PySpark
8 6 (2.39%) scikit-learn
8 6 (2.39%) XML
9 5 (1.99%) PyTorch
9 5 (1.99%) TensorFlow
10 4 (1.59%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 39 (15.54%) Cloud Native
2 11 (4.38%) Product Ownership
3 10 (3.98%) Data Centre
4 9 (3.59%) Virtual Team
5 8 (3.19%) Distributed Systems
5 8 (3.19%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (3.19%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (2.79%) Algorithms
7 5 (1.99%) Mobile App
7 5 (1.99%) Public Cloud
7 5 (1.99%) Security Posture
8 4 (1.59%) Derivative
8 4 (1.59%) Distributed Computing
8 4 (1.59%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (1.59%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (1.20%) Cloud Security Posture
9 3 (1.20%) Equities
9 3 (1.20%) Fixed Income
9 3 (1.20%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 15 (5.98%) Linux
1 15 (5.98%) Windows
2 6 (2.39%) Unix
2 6 (2.39%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.80%) Android
3 2 (0.80%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.80%) VMS
4 1 (0.40%) AIX
4 1 (0.40%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (34.26%) CI/CD
2 61 (24.30%) Agile
3 59 (23.51%) DevOps
4 47 (18.73%) Analytics
5 44 (17.53%) Problem-Solving
6 42 (16.73%) Infrastructure as Code
7 37 (14.74%) Microservices
8 33 (13.15%) Software Engineering
9 32 (12.75%) Migration
10 30 (11.95%) AI
11 27 (10.76%) Data Modelling
11 27 (10.76%) Machine Learning
11 27 (10.76%) Roadmaps
12 26 (10.36%) Containerisation
13 25 (9.96%) Data Pipeline
13 25 (9.96%) ETL
14 24 (9.56%) Stakeholder Management
15 23 (9.16%) Data Engineering
16 21 (8.37%) Cloud Security
17 20 (7.97%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 105 (41.83%) Python
2 60 (23.90%) SQL
3 49 (19.52%) Java
4 20 (7.97%) JavaScript
5 15 (5.98%) TypeScript
6 13 (5.18%) Bash
7 7 (2.79%) PowerShell
8 6 (2.39%) Go
9 4 (1.59%) C#
10 3 (1.20%) Kotlin
10 3 (1.20%) Perl
10 3 (1.20%) PHP
10 3 (1.20%) Scala
11 2 (0.80%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.80%) C++
11 2 (0.80%) COBOL
11 2 (0.80%) PromQL
11 2 (0.80%) R
11 2 (0.80%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.40%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 40 (15.94%) Security Cleared
2 34 (13.55%) SC Cleared
3 18 (7.17%) Degree
4 14 (5.58%) AWS Certification
5 7 (2.79%) CISSP
5 7 (2.79%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (2.39%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (2.39%) DV Cleared
7 5 (1.99%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 4 (1.59%) Master's Degree
9 3 (1.20%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (1.20%) CCSP
10 2 (0.80%) CASP
10 2 (0.80%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.80%) CREST Certified
10 2 (0.80%) CSSLP
10 2 (0.80%) PMP
10 2 (0.80%) SnowPro
10 2 (0.80%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (8.37%) Data Quality
2 16 (6.37%) GDPR
3 15 (5.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (4.78%) QA
5 11 (4.38%) NIST
6 6 (2.39%) PCI DSS
7 4 (1.59%) NCSC
8 3 (1.20%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 2 (0.80%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.80%) EU AI Act
10 1 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.40%) GRC
10 1 (0.40%) PMO
10 1 (0.40%) SLA
10 1 (0.40%) SOC 2
System Software
1 38 (15.14%) Docker
2 13 (5.18%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.80%) VMware NSX
3 2 (0.80%) vSphere
4 1 (0.40%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.40%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 48 (19.12%) Terraform
2 33 (13.15%) Kubernetes
3 17 (6.77%) Ansible
4 8 (3.19%) Prometheus
5 7 (2.79%) Grafana
6 6 (2.39%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (1.59%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (1.20%) ITRS Geneos
9 2 (0.80%) Argo
9 2 (0.80%) Istio
9 2 (0.80%) Packer
9 2 (0.80%) Puppet
9 2 (0.80%) SCCM
9 2 (0.80%) SELinux
10 1 (0.40%) CASB
10 1 (0.40%) Icinga
10 1 (0.40%) Nagios
10 1 (0.40%) Observium
10 1 (0.40%) vRealize Orchestrator
10 1 (0.40%) yum
Vendors
1 36 (14.34%) Microsoft
2 19 (7.57%) Databricks
3 12 (4.78%) Oracle
4 10 (3.98%) Google
5 8 (3.19%) Salesforce
6 7 (2.79%) IBM
7 6 (2.39%) Palo Alto
7 6 (2.39%) Splunk
8 5 (1.99%) F5
9 4 (1.59%) CheckPoint
9 4 (1.59%) Informatica
9 4 (1.59%) ServiceNow
10 3 (1.20%) Cisco
10 3 (1.20%) Tenable
10 3 (1.20%) VMware
11 2 (0.80%) Dynatrace
11 2 (0.80%) Foundry
11 2 (0.80%) Okta
11 2 (0.80%) OpenAI
11 2 (0.80%) Sparx