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 12 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 11 12
Rank change year-on-year -3 +1 -2
Contract jobs citing AWS 285 278 273
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 11.02% 14.59% 11.30%
As % of the Cloud Services category 28.85% 33.90% 27.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 192 195 193
10th Percentile £378 £400 £413
25th Percentile £463 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -12.00%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £675
90th Percentile £774 £751 £814
London median daily rate £560 £575 £579
% change year-on-year -2.61% -0.65% -5.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £57.00 - -
25th Percentile £60.00 - -
Median hourly rate £70.00 £100.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% - -
75th Percentile £75.88 - -
90th Percentile £76.40 - -
London median hourly rate £68.50 £53.50 £23.80
% change year-on-year +28.04% +124.79% -68.27%

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 988 820 980
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 38.21% 43.04% 40.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 676 527 693
10th Percentile £350 £363 £363
25th Percentile £463 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year - +2.33% -8.90%
75th Percentile £650 £669 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
London median daily rate £525 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -6.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 14 6
10th Percentile £20.82 £22.00 £12.75
25th Percentile £28.46 £24.66 £14.88
Median hourly rate £57.77 £28.79 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +100.68% +27.93% -66.67%
75th Percentile £70.00 £47.50 £26.19
90th Percentile £76.75 £96.63 £38.63
London median hourly rate £35.50 £31.35 £26.00
% change year-on-year +13.26% +20.56% -50.48%

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 12 June 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 12 June 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 -2 270 £550 - 110
West End of London -6 8 £650 +18.18% 24
City of Westminster -7 7 £650 +6.12% 28
Lambeth - 1 £350 -
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 (5.96%) Apache Airflow
2 5 (1.75%) Apache Spark
2 5 (1.75%) Confluence
3 4 (1.40%) Apache
3 4 (1.40%) CICS
4 2 (0.70%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.70%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.70%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.35%) Camunda
5 1 (0.35%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.35%) nginx
5 1 (0.35%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (1.40%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.05%) Bloomberg AIM
1 3 (1.05%) Fidessa
1 3 (1.05%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.70%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.35%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 119 (41.75%) Azure
2 62 (21.75%) GCP
3 52 (18.25%) Serverless
4 46 (16.14%) GitHub
5 45 (15.79%) AWS Lambda
6 41 (14.39%) Amazon S3
7 27 (9.47%) GitHub Actions
8 22 (7.72%) Snowflake
9 20 (7.02%) Power Platform
10 17 (5.96%) SaaS
11 16 (5.61%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 16 (5.61%) AWS CloudFormation
12 15 (5.26%) Amazon Bedrock
13 12 (4.21%) Amazon ECS
13 12 (4.21%) Azure DevOps
14 11 (3.86%) Amazon EC2
14 11 (3.86%) Amazon SageMaker
15 10 (3.51%) Amazon EKS
15 10 (3.51%) Amazon Kinesis
16 9 (3.16%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.86%) Firewall
1 11 (3.86%) Network Security
2 8 (2.81%) DNS
3 5 (1.75%) DHCP
4 4 (1.40%) VPN
5 3 (1.05%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.70%) NGFW
6 2 (0.70%) SMTP
7 1 (0.35%) BGP
7 1 (0.35%) IPsec
7 1 (0.35%) NAS
7 1 (0.35%) OSPF
7 1 (0.35%) Reverse Proxy
7 1 (0.35%) SAN
7 1 (0.35%) Software-Defined Networking
7 1 (0.35%) SSL
7 1 (0.35%) VLAN
7 1 (0.35%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (7.72%) DynamoDB
2 17 (5.96%) NoSQL
2 17 (5.96%) PostgreSQL
3 15 (5.26%) Amazon Athena
3 15 (5.26%) Power BI
4 14 (4.91%) Amazon RDS
5 13 (4.56%) Amazon Redshift
6 12 (4.21%) Metadata
6 12 (4.21%) SQL Server
7 11 (3.86%) Data Warehouse
7 11 (3.86%) Tableau
8 8 (2.81%) Db2
8 8 (2.81%) Snowflake Schema
9 7 (2.46%) Data Lake
9 7 (2.46%) MongoDB
9 7 (2.46%) Relational Database
10 5 (1.75%) Apache Cassandra
10 5 (1.75%) Big Data
10 5 (1.75%) Pinecone
11 4 (1.40%) CockroachDB
Development Applications
1 28 (9.82%) Git
2 27 (9.47%) Jenkins
3 26 (9.12%) GitLab
4 21 (7.37%) JIRA
5 9 (3.16%) JUnit
6 8 (2.81%) Mockito
6 8 (2.81%) Postman
7 4 (1.40%) Claude Code
7 4 (1.40%) Cucumber
7 4 (1.40%) JMeter
8 3 (1.05%) Cypress.io
8 3 (1.05%) Gradle
8 3 (1.05%) Maven
9 2 (0.70%) Ant
9 2 (0.70%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.70%) CircleCI
9 2 (0.70%) Gatling
9 2 (0.70%) Liquibase
9 2 (0.70%) Mocha
9 2 (0.70%) webpack
General
1 89 (31.23%) Finance
2 63 (22.11%) Social Skills
3 34 (11.93%) Banking
3 34 (11.93%) Public Sector
4 19 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (4.21%) Financial Institution
6 11 (3.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (3.16%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (3.16%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (2.11%) Front Office
8 6 (2.11%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (1.75%) Investment Banking
9 5 (1.75%) Military
10 4 (1.40%) Law
10 4 (1.40%) Police
11 3 (1.05%) Marketing
11 3 (1.05%) Retail
12 2 (0.70%) Advertising
12 2 (0.70%) Back Office
12 2 (0.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 62 (21.75%) Architect
2 40 (14.04%) Senior
3 37 (12.98%) Developer
4 25 (8.77%) Data Engineer
5 22 (7.72%) Lead
6 20 (7.02%) AWS Engineer
7 16 (5.61%) Solutions Architect
8 15 (5.26%) DevOps Engineer
9 14 (4.91%) Senior Developer
10 13 (4.56%) Java Developer
11 11 (3.86%) Cloud Engineer
11 11 (3.86%) Snowflake Data Engineer
11 11 (3.86%) Snowflake Engineer
12 10 (3.51%) Cloud Architect
12 10 (3.51%) Migration Manager
12 10 (3.51%) Migration Project Manager
12 10 (3.51%) Project Manager
13 9 (3.16%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 8 (2.81%) AWS Architect
14 8 (2.81%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (12.63%) Kafka
2 30 (10.53%) Spring
2 30 (10.53%) Spring Boot
3 26 (9.12%) REST
4 21 (7.37%) React
5 20 (7.02%) RESTful
6 14 (4.91%) .NET
7 12 (4.21%) JSON
7 12 (4.21%) Node.js
8 11 (3.86%) PySpark
9 10 (3.51%) PyTorch
9 10 (3.51%) SOAP
10 9 (3.16%) OpenTelemetry
11 7 (2.46%) OAuth
11 7 (2.46%) RabbitMQ
11 7 (2.46%) TensorFlow
12 6 (2.11%) AngularJS
12 6 (2.11%) GraphQL
12 6 (2.11%) Middleware
12 6 (2.11%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 69 (24.21%) Cloud Native
2 26 (9.12%) Distributed Systems
3 11 (3.86%) Legacy Systems
4 10 (3.51%) AI Agents
5 9 (3.16%) Equities
5 9 (3.16%) Hybrid Cloud
6 8 (2.81%) Clustering
7 7 (2.46%) Data Centre
7 7 (2.46%) Onboarding
7 7 (2.46%) Security Posture
8 6 (2.11%) Algorithms
9 5 (1.75%) Mainframe
10 4 (1.40%) Data Structures
10 4 (1.40%) DataPower
10 4 (1.40%) LIMS
10 4 (1.40%) NHS
10 4 (1.40%) Online Banking
10 4 (1.40%) Product Ownership
11 3 (1.05%) Mobile App
11 3 (1.05%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 15 (5.26%) Linux
2 14 (4.91%) Windows
3 5 (1.75%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.40%) Android
4 4 (1.40%) Apple iOS
4 4 (1.40%) zOS
5 2 (0.70%) Data ONTAP
6 1 (0.35%) AIX
6 1 (0.35%) CentOS
6 1 (0.35%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.35%) Solaris
6 1 (0.35%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.35%) Unix
6 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (40.35%) CI/CD
2 78 (27.37%) DevOps
3 71 (24.91%) Infrastructure as Code
4 70 (24.56%) AI
5 62 (21.75%) Agile
6 50 (17.54%) Containerisation
7 49 (17.19%) Migration
8 44 (15.44%) Event-Driven
9 42 (14.74%) Analytics
9 42 (14.74%) Machine Learning
9 42 (14.74%) Microservices
10 40 (14.04%) Observability
11 36 (12.63%) Data Engineering
11 36 (12.63%) Stakeholder Management
12 35 (12.28%) Data Pipeline
13 33 (11.58%) Data Modelling
14 32 (11.23%) Test Automation
15 28 (9.82%) Roadmaps
16 27 (9.47%) Problem-Solving
17 26 (9.12%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 105 (36.84%) Python
2 61 (21.40%) SQL
3 55 (19.30%) Java
4 18 (6.32%) JavaScript
5 16 (5.61%) C#
6 15 (5.26%) TypeScript
7 10 (3.51%) Bash
8 9 (3.16%) PowerShell
9 5 (1.75%) Ruby
9 5 (1.75%) Shell Script
10 4 (1.40%) Bicep
10 4 (1.40%) JCL
10 4 (1.40%) Scala
11 3 (1.05%) Go
11 3 (1.05%) Korn
12 2 (0.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.35%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.35%) PHP
13 1 (0.35%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.35%) R
Qualifications
1 73 (25.61%) Security Cleared
2 68 (23.86%) SC Cleared
3 13 (4.56%) Degree
4 11 (3.86%) PMI Certification
4 11 (3.86%) PMP
5 9 (3.16%) AWS Certification
6 6 (2.11%) CISSP
7 5 (1.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 5 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (1.75%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (1.75%) CISM
7 5 (1.75%) DV Cleared
8 4 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.05%) CCNP
9 3 (1.05%) DBS Check
9 3 (1.05%) PhD
9 3 (1.05%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (0.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (0.70%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.70%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (7.02%) Data Quality
1 20 (7.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (6.67%) NIST
3 18 (6.32%) GDPR
4 9 (3.16%) QA
5 5 (1.75%) NCSC
5 5 (1.75%) PCI DSS
6 4 (1.40%) SLA
7 3 (1.05%) EU AI Act
7 3 (1.05%) ISO 20022
7 3 (1.05%) NIST 800
7 3 (1.05%) SEPA
8 2 (0.70%) EMIR
8 2 (0.70%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.70%) ISO 8583
8 2 (0.70%) MiFID
8 2 (0.70%) PSD2
9 1 (0.35%) Government Security Classifications
9 1 (0.35%) PMO
9 1 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 49 (17.19%) Docker
2 8 (2.81%) Active Directory
3 7 (2.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.05%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.70%) BitLocker
5 2 (0.70%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.70%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (0.70%) NFS
5 2 (0.70%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.35%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 58 (20.35%) Kubernetes
2 57 (20.00%) Terraform
3 23 (8.07%) Ansible
4 17 (5.96%) Grafana
5 14 (4.91%) Prometheus
6 4 (1.40%) Argo
6 4 (1.40%) Puppet
7 3 (1.05%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.70%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.70%) Karpenter
8 2 (0.70%) Nagios
8 2 (0.70%) SnapMirror
8 2 (0.70%) vMotion
9 1 (0.35%) Consul
9 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.35%) Packer
9 1 (0.35%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.35%) QRadar
9 1 (0.35%) Salt
9 1 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 25 (8.77%) Microsoft
2 13 (4.56%) CyberArk
2 13 (4.56%) Databricks
2 13 (4.56%) Google
3 10 (3.51%) Salesforce
4 9 (3.16%) Citrix
5 8 (2.81%) Oracle
5 8 (2.81%) Splunk
6 7 (2.46%) VMware
7 6 (2.11%) Fortinet
8 5 (1.75%) IBM
8 5 (1.75%) MuleSoft
8 5 (1.75%) SAP
9 4 (1.40%) Informatica
9 4 (1.40%) OpenAI
9 4 (1.40%) Palo Alto
9 4 (1.40%) ServiceNow
10 3 (1.05%) Bloomberg
10 3 (1.05%) Charles River
10 3 (1.05%) Cisco