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

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 17 11
Rank change year-on-year +4 -6 -1
Contract jobs citing AWS 253 213 321
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 12.82% 8.92% 10.98%
As % of the Cloud Services category 30.89% 22.81% 27.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 183 129 238
10th Percentile £398 £450 £400
25th Percentile £475 £501 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £569
Median % change year-on-year - +1.05% -8.56%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £798 £804 £775
London median daily rate £550 £600 £580
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.45% -4.92%
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 £43.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year +78.49% -28.33% +23.08%

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 819 934 1,183
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 41.49% 39.13% 40.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 602 607 837
10th Percentile £343 £400 £350
25th Percentile £430 £475 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £659 £675 £675
90th Percentile £749 £750 £775
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 4 10
10th Percentile £18.69 £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 £48.67 £49.38 £46.06
90th Percentile £61.16 £75.25 £54.63
London median hourly rate £25.74 £35.00 £39.63
% change year-on-year -26.47% -11.67% +48.56%

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 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 22 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 +6 242 £575 - 865
City of Westminster +3 7 £475 -9.52% 2
West End of London +3 3 £563 +7.14% 20
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 (5.93%) Apache Airflow
2 11 (4.35%) Apache Spark
3 9 (3.56%) Confluence
4 7 (2.77%) Apache
5 4 (1.58%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.79%) 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 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.79%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.79%) Endur
2 1 (0.40%) Exchequer
2 1 (0.40%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 116 (45.85%) Azure
2 55 (21.74%) GCP
3 42 (16.60%) Amazon S3
4 33 (13.04%) AWS Lambda
4 33 (13.04%) Serverless
5 29 (11.46%) GitHub
6 24 (9.49%) Snowflake
7 21 (8.30%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 18 (7.11%) GitHub Actions
9 15 (5.93%) Amazon ECS
10 12 (4.74%) Amazon EKS
10 12 (4.74%) AWS CloudFormation
10 12 (4.74%) dbt
10 12 (4.74%) Microsoft 365
10 12 (4.74%) Power Platform
11 11 (4.35%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 10 (3.95%) Amazon EC2
13 9 (3.56%) SaaS
14 8 (3.16%) Azure DevOps
15 7 (2.77%) Apigee
Communications & Networking
1 21 (8.30%) Firewall
2 12 (4.74%) DNS
3 7 (2.77%) Network Security
4 5 (1.98%) LAN
4 5 (1.98%) TCP/IP
4 5 (1.98%) VPN
4 5 (1.98%) WAN
5 4 (1.58%) SSL
6 3 (1.19%) BGP
6 3 (1.19%) DHCP
6 3 (1.19%) NAS
6 3 (1.19%) OSPF
6 3 (1.19%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.79%) 4G
7 2 (0.79%) 5G
7 2 (0.79%) Radio Access Network
7 2 (0.79%) SAN
7 2 (0.79%) SSH
7 2 (0.79%) VLAN
7 2 (0.79%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (8.70%) Relational Database
2 19 (7.51%) PostgreSQL
3 18 (7.11%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (4.35%) DynamoDB
4 11 (4.35%) MongoDB
4 11 (4.35%) Power BI
5 10 (3.95%) Data Lake
5 10 (3.95%) MySQL
5 10 (3.95%) NoSQL
6 7 (2.77%) Amazon RDS
6 7 (2.77%) Big Data
6 7 (2.77%) Hadoop
6 7 (2.77%) SQL Server
7 6 (2.37%) Amazon Redshift
7 6 (2.37%) Metadata
7 6 (2.37%) Tableau
8 5 (1.98%) Amazon QuickSight
9 4 (1.58%) Amazon Athena
9 4 (1.58%) Apache Hive
9 4 (1.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 30 (11.86%) Git
2 17 (6.72%) Jenkins
3 13 (5.14%) JIRA
4 12 (4.74%) GitLab
5 5 (1.98%) Bitbucket
6 4 (1.58%) JUnit
7 3 (1.19%) Cucumber
7 3 (1.19%) Cypress.io
7 3 (1.19%) 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 (0.40%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.40%) ERwin
9 1 (0.40%) Maven
9 1 (0.40%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 89 (35.18%) Finance
2 62 (24.51%) Social Skills
3 31 (12.25%) Banking
4 25 (9.88%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (6.32%) Public Sector
6 14 (5.53%) Front Office
7 8 (3.16%) Legal
8 7 (2.77%) Financial Institution
9 6 (2.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (2.37%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (1.98%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.58%) Investment Banking
12 3 (1.19%) Japanese Language
13 2 (0.79%) Back Office
13 2 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.79%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.79%) Marketing
13 2 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.79%) Retail
13 2 (0.79%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 51 (20.16%) Architect
2 47 (18.58%) Senior
3 35 (13.83%) Developer
4 30 (11.86%) Data Engineer
5 23 (9.09%) Lead
6 19 (7.51%) AWS Engineer
7 17 (6.72%) DevOps Engineer
8 16 (6.32%) Solutions Architect
9 15 (5.93%) AWS Architect
10 12 (4.74%) Python Engineer
11 11 (4.35%) Security Architect
12 10 (3.95%) Senior Architect
13 9 (3.56%) Consultant
14 8 (3.16%) Senior Data Engineer
14 8 (3.16%) Software Engineer
15 7 (2.77%) AWS DevOps
15 7 (2.77%) AWS Security Architect
15 7 (2.77%) Java Developer
15 7 (2.77%) Project Manager
15 7 (2.77%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (7.11%) React
2 17 (6.72%) Kafka
3 16 (6.32%) Node.js
3 16 (6.32%) RESTful
4 13 (5.14%) REST
5 11 (4.35%) Spring
6 10 (3.95%) .NET
6 10 (3.95%) AngularJS
6 10 (3.95%) CSS
6 10 (3.95%) HTML
6 10 (3.95%) OAuth
7 9 (3.56%) Spring Boot
8 8 (3.16%) GraphQL
9 6 (2.37%) JWT
9 6 (2.37%) PySpark
9 6 (2.37%) scikit-learn
9 6 (2.37%) XML
10 5 (1.98%) Pandas
10 5 (1.98%) PyTorch
10 5 (1.98%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 39 (15.42%) Cloud Native
2 11 (4.35%) Product Ownership
3 10 (3.95%) Data Centre
4 9 (3.56%) Legacy Systems
4 9 (3.56%) Virtual Team
5 8 (3.16%) Distributed Systems
5 8 (3.16%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (2.77%) Algorithms
7 5 (1.98%) Derivative
7 5 (1.98%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (1.98%) Mobile App
7 5 (1.98%) Public Cloud
7 5 (1.98%) Security Posture
8 4 (1.58%) Distributed Computing
8 4 (1.58%) Equities
8 4 (1.58%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.19%) Fixed Income
9 3 (1.19%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.19%) IoT
9 3 (1.19%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 15 (5.93%) Windows
2 14 (5.53%) Linux
3 6 (2.37%) Unix
3 6 (2.37%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.79%) Android
4 2 (0.79%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.79%) VMS
5 1 (0.40%) AIX
5 1 (0.40%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (33.99%) CI/CD
2 62 (24.51%) Agile
3 60 (23.72%) DevOps
4 48 (18.97%) Analytics
5 44 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
6 42 (16.60%) Infrastructure as Code
7 35 (13.83%) Microservices
8 32 (12.65%) Migration
8 32 (12.65%) Software Engineering
9 31 (12.25%) AI
10 28 (11.07%) Machine Learning
10 28 (11.07%) Roadmaps
11 27 (10.67%) Data Modelling
11 27 (10.67%) Stakeholder Management
12 26 (10.28%) Containerisation
13 25 (9.88%) Data Pipeline
13 25 (9.88%) ETL
14 23 (9.09%) Data Engineering
15 21 (8.30%) Cloud Security
16 19 (7.51%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 105 (41.50%) Python
2 61 (24.11%) SQL
3 47 (18.58%) Java
4 20 (7.91%) JavaScript
5 13 (5.14%) Bash
6 12 (4.74%) TypeScript
7 7 (2.77%) PowerShell
8 6 (2.37%) Go
9 5 (1.98%) C#
10 3 (1.19%) C++
10 3 (1.19%) Kotlin
10 3 (1.19%) Perl
10 3 (1.19%) PHP
10 3 (1.19%) Scala
11 2 (0.79%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.79%) COBOL
11 2 (0.79%) PromQL
11 2 (0.79%) R
11 2 (0.79%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.40%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 44 (17.39%) Security Cleared
2 38 (15.02%) SC Cleared
3 19 (7.51%) Degree
4 15 (5.93%) AWS Certification
5 7 (2.77%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (2.37%) CISSP
6 6 (2.37%) DV Cleared
7 5 (1.98%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (1.98%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.58%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 3 (1.19%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.19%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (1.19%) PMI Certification
9 3 (1.19%) PMP
9 3 (1.19%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (0.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.79%) CCSP
10 2 (0.79%) CISM
10 2 (0.79%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.79%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (8.30%) Data Quality
2 17 (6.72%) GDPR
3 15 (5.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (4.35%) NIST
5 10 (3.95%) QA
6 6 (2.37%) PCI DSS
7 3 (1.19%) NCSC
8 2 (0.79%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.79%) EU AI Act
8 2 (0.79%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.40%) GRC
9 1 (0.40%) PMO
9 1 (0.40%) SLA
9 1 (0.40%) SOC 2
System Software
1 39 (15.42%) Docker
2 12 (4.74%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.79%) VMware NSX
3 2 (0.79%) 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 50 (19.76%) Terraform
2 35 (13.83%) Kubernetes
3 17 (6.72%) Ansible
4 7 (2.77%) Grafana
4 7 (2.77%) Prometheus
5 6 (2.37%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (1.58%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.79%) Argo
7 2 (0.79%) Istio
7 2 (0.79%) ITRS Geneos
7 2 (0.79%) Packer
7 2 (0.79%) Puppet
7 2 (0.79%) SCCM
8 1 (0.40%) CASB
8 1 (0.40%) Icinga
8 1 (0.40%) Nagios
8 1 (0.40%) Observium
8 1 (0.40%) SELinux
8 1 (0.40%) vRealize Orchestrator
8 1 (0.40%) yum
Vendors
1 36 (14.23%) Microsoft
2 21 (8.30%) Databricks
3 12 (4.74%) Oracle
4 10 (3.95%) Google
5 8 (3.16%) Salesforce
6 7 (2.77%) IBM
7 6 (2.37%) Palo Alto
7 6 (2.37%) Splunk
8 5 (1.98%) F5
9 4 (1.58%) CheckPoint
9 4 (1.58%) Informatica
9 4 (1.58%) ServiceNow
10 3 (1.19%) Cisco
10 3 (1.19%) OpenAI
10 3 (1.19%) Tenable
10 3 (1.19%) VMware
11 2 (0.79%) CyberArk
11 2 (0.79%) Dynatrace
11 2 (0.79%) Okta
11 2 (0.79%) Sparx