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 24 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 11 10
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 +1
Contract jobs citing AWS 270 241 283
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 12.59% 11.78% 10.95%
As % of the Cloud Services category 30.44% 28.22% 28.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 186 169 209
10th Percentile £363 £413 £400
25th Percentile £463 £463 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £546 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.68% - -14.46%
75th Percentile £653 £670 £675
90th Percentile £800 £740 £775
London median daily rate £550 £588 £573
% change year-on-year -6.38% +2.62% -5.53%

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 887 854 984
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 41.37% 41.74% 38.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 649 557 705
10th Percentile £336 £375 £350
25th Percentile £433 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £749 £738 £745
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 8 13
10th Percentile £20.59 £26.72 £13.60
25th Percentile £25.47 £33.52 £17.00
Median hourly rate £32.99 £35.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.76% +84.21% -45.71%
75th Percentile £46.11 £38.44 £23.75
90th Percentile £52.92 £90.38 £49.95
London median hourly rate £33.75 £34.00 £29.72
% change year-on-year -0.74% +14.40% -7.84%

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 24 February 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 24 February 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 0 254 £536 -2.50% 203
West End of London +4 4 £650 +25.00% 1
City of Westminster -1 3 £650 +23.81% 3
Lambeth - 1 £350 - 2
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 (6.30%) Apache Airflow
2 10 (3.70%) Apache Spark
3 6 (2.22%) Confluence
4 5 (1.85%) Apache
5 2 (0.74%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.37%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.37%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.37%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.37%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.37%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.37%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.37%) Notion
2 1 (0.37%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (1.11%) Bloomberg AIM
1 3 (1.11%) Fidessa
2 2 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.37%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.37%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 118 (43.70%) Azure
2 68 (25.19%) GCP
3 42 (15.56%) Serverless
4 40 (14.81%) AWS Lambda
5 39 (14.44%) GitHub
6 38 (14.07%) Amazon S3
7 24 (8.89%) Snowflake
8 22 (8.15%) Amazon ECS
8 22 (8.15%) GitHub Actions
9 19 (7.04%) AWS CloudFormation
10 18 (6.67%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 18 (6.67%) Power Platform
11 17 (6.30%) Amazon EKS
12 11 (4.07%) dbt
13 10 (3.70%) Amazon SageMaker
13 10 (3.70%) Azure DevOps
14 9 (3.33%) Amazon EC2
14 9 (3.33%) SaaS
15 8 (2.96%) AWS Fargate
15 8 (2.96%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 13 (4.81%) Network Security
2 11 (4.07%) Firewall
3 10 (3.70%) DNS
4 3 (1.11%) BGP
4 3 (1.11%) DHCP
4 3 (1.11%) OSPF
4 3 (1.11%) SSL
4 3 (1.11%) TCP/IP
4 3 (1.11%) VPN
5 2 (0.74%) 4G
5 2 (0.74%) 5G
5 2 (0.74%) IPsec
5 2 (0.74%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (0.74%) Wireshark
6 1 (0.37%) 2G
6 1 (0.37%) DKIM
6 1 (0.37%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.37%) NAS
6 1 (0.37%) VLAN
6 1 (0.37%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (7.41%) PostgreSQL
2 17 (6.30%) Relational Database
3 15 (5.56%) NoSQL
4 14 (5.19%) Data Warehouse
4 14 (5.19%) DynamoDB
4 14 (5.19%) Power BI
5 11 (4.07%) MySQL
5 11 (4.07%) SQL Server
5 11 (4.07%) Tableau
6 10 (3.70%) Data Lake
6 10 (3.70%) Metadata
7 9 (3.33%) Amazon Athena
7 9 (3.33%) MongoDB
8 8 (2.96%) Amazon RDS
9 7 (2.59%) Amazon Redshift
9 7 (2.59%) Big Data
10 5 (1.85%) DB2
11 4 (1.48%) Amazon Aurora
11 4 (1.48%) CockroachDB
11 4 (1.48%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 33 (12.22%) Git
2 20 (7.41%) Jenkins
3 17 (6.30%) GitLab
4 12 (4.44%) JIRA
5 4 (1.48%) Bitbucket
5 4 (1.48%) Cucumber
5 4 (1.48%) JUnit
6 3 (1.11%) Cypress.io
6 3 (1.11%) Gatling
7 2 (0.74%) Ant
7 2 (0.74%) ERwin
7 2 (0.74%) Liquibase
7 2 (0.74%) MLflow
7 2 (0.74%) Mockito
7 2 (0.74%) Postman
7 2 (0.74%) REST Assured
7 2 (0.74%) SoapUI
7 2 (0.74%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.37%) Hamcrest
8 1 (0.37%) Mocha
General
1 91 (33.70%) Finance
2 61 (22.59%) Social Skills
3 40 (14.81%) Banking
4 25 (9.26%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (7.41%) Public Sector
6 13 (4.81%) Front Office
7 11 (4.07%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (3.70%) Financial Institution
9 7 (2.59%) Investment Banking
10 6 (2.22%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (1.48%) Retail
13 2 (0.74%) Back Office
13 2 (0.74%) Law
13 2 (0.74%) Legal
13 2 (0.74%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.74%) Military
13 2 (0.74%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.74%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 58 (21.48%) Architect
2 37 (13.70%) Senior
3 35 (12.96%) Developer
4 27 (10.00%) Data Engineer
5 26 (9.63%) Lead
6 24 (8.89%) DevOps Engineer
7 21 (7.78%) Solutions Architect
8 19 (7.04%) AWS Engineer
9 11 (4.07%) AWS Architect
9 11 (4.07%) AWS DevOps
9 11 (4.07%) Project Manager
9 11 (4.07%) Python Engineer
10 10 (3.70%) AWS DevOps Engineer
11 8 (2.96%) Cloud Architect
11 8 (2.96%) Cloud Engineer
11 8 (2.96%) Consultant
11 8 (2.96%) Data Scientist
11 8 (2.96%) Security Architect
11 8 (2.96%) Senior Architect
12 7 (2.59%) Migration Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (7.78%) Kafka
2 17 (6.30%) React
3 16 (5.93%) REST
4 15 (5.56%) Node.js
5 13 (4.81%) PyTorch
6 12 (4.44%) .NET
6 12 (4.44%) Pandas
7 11 (4.07%) NumPy
7 11 (4.07%) RESTful
7 11 (4.07%) scikit-learn
7 11 (4.07%) TensorFlow
8 9 (3.33%) AngularJS
8 9 (3.33%) Spring
9 8 (2.96%) HTML
9 8 (2.96%) Spring Boot
10 7 (2.59%) CSS
10 7 (2.59%) OAuth
11 6 (2.22%) boto
11 6 (2.22%) OpenTelemetry
11 6 (2.22%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 53 (19.63%) Cloud Native
2 15 (5.56%) Distributed Systems
3 14 (5.19%) Algorithms
4 11 (4.07%) Equities
4 11 (4.07%) Legacy Systems
4 11 (4.07%) Security Posture
5 9 (3.33%) Derivative
6 8 (2.96%) Data Centre
6 8 (2.96%) Hybrid Cloud
6 8 (2.96%) Onboarding
7 7 (2.59%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (2.59%) Product Ownership
8 6 (2.22%) Virtual Team
9 5 (1.85%) Data Structures
9 5 (1.85%) Fixed Income
9 5 (1.85%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.48%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (1.48%) Greenfield Project
11 3 (1.11%) Cloud Security Posture
11 3 (1.11%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 15 (5.56%) Linux
2 11 (4.07%) Windows
3 3 (1.11%) Android
3 3 (1.11%) Apple iOS
3 3 (1.11%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.74%) Unix
5 1 (0.37%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (36.30%) CI/CD
2 61 (22.59%) Infrastructure as Code
3 59 (21.85%) DevOps
4 56 (20.74%) AI
5 53 (19.63%) Agile
6 49 (18.15%) Analytics
7 42 (15.56%) Machine Learning
8 38 (14.07%) Problem-Solving
9 37 (13.70%) Microservices
10 36 (13.33%) Migration
10 36 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
11 33 (12.22%) Containerisation
12 32 (11.85%) Data Pipeline
13 31 (11.48%) Data Engineering
14 30 (11.11%) Software Engineering
15 29 (10.74%) Data Modelling
15 29 (10.74%) ETL
16 28 (10.37%) Generative AI
16 28 (10.37%) Observability
16 28 (10.37%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 109 (40.37%) Python
2 77 (28.52%) SQL
3 47 (17.41%) Java
4 16 (5.93%) JavaScript
5 8 (2.96%) C#
6 7 (2.59%) Bash
7 6 (2.22%) TypeScript
8 5 (1.85%) C++
8 5 (1.85%) PowerShell
9 4 (1.48%) Go
9 4 (1.48%) PHP
10 3 (1.11%) Korn
10 3 (1.11%) PL/SQL
10 3 (1.11%) Ruby
10 3 (1.11%) Scala
11 2 (0.74%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.74%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.37%) Bicep
12 1 (0.37%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.37%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 61 (22.59%) Security Cleared
2 58 (21.48%) SC Cleared
3 19 (7.04%) Degree
4 15 (5.56%) AWS Certification
5 9 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (3.33%) PMI Certification
5 9 (3.33%) PMP
6 8 (2.96%) CISSP
7 7 (2.59%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 6 (2.22%) Master's Degree
8 6 (2.22%) PhD
9 5 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (1.85%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (1.85%) CISM
10 4 (1.48%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 4 (1.48%) TOGAF Certification
11 3 (1.11%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.74%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 2 (0.74%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.74%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (10.00%) Data Quality
2 22 (8.15%) GDPR
3 19 (7.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 16 (5.93%) NIST
5 7 (2.59%) QA
6 6 (2.22%) SLA
7 5 (1.85%) PCI DSS
8 4 (1.48%) NCSC
9 2 (0.74%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.74%) EU AI Act
9 2 (0.74%) GRC
9 2 (0.74%) ISO 20022
9 2 (0.74%) ISO 8583
9 2 (0.74%) PSD2
9 2 (0.74%) SEPA
10 1 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.37%) DICOM
10 1 (0.37%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.37%) HL7
10 1 (0.37%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 52 (19.26%) Docker
2 3 (1.11%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.74%) VMware NSX
3 2 (0.74%) vSphere
4 1 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.37%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 64 (23.70%) Terraform
2 47 (17.41%) Kubernetes
3 19 (7.04%) Ansible
4 9 (3.33%) Grafana
5 6 (2.22%) Prometheus
6 4 (1.48%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (1.48%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (1.11%) Argo
7 3 (1.11%) Karpenter
8 2 (0.74%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.37%) CASB
9 1 (0.37%) Istio
9 1 (0.37%) Kibana
9 1 (0.37%) Opsgenie
9 1 (0.37%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.37%) QRadar
9 1 (0.37%) SCCM
9 1 (0.37%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.37%) vRealize
9 1 (0.37%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 27 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 19 (7.04%) Databricks
3 16 (5.93%) Oracle
4 12 (4.44%) Google
5 11 (4.07%) IBM
6 8 (2.96%) CyberArk
6 8 (2.96%) ServiceNow
7 7 (2.59%) Splunk
8 5 (1.85%) Salesforce
9 4 (1.48%) AppDynamics
9 4 (1.48%) Fortinet
9 4 (1.48%) Informatica
9 4 (1.48%) OpenAI
9 4 (1.48%) SAP
10 3 (1.11%) Bloomberg
10 3 (1.11%) Cognos
10 3 (1.11%) Confluent
10 3 (1.11%) Dynatrace
10 3 (1.11%) Palo Alto
10 3 (1.11%) Sage