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 1 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 12 12
Rank change year-on-year -2 0 -3
Contract jobs citing AWS 290 274 262
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 11.79% 13.72% 10.71%
As % of the Cloud Services category 29.68% 31.90% 27.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 204 187 198
10th Percentile £371 £410 £417
25th Percentile £463 £463 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -12.00%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £675
90th Percentile £771 £708 £788
London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -5.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £65.73 - -
25th Percentile £66.81 - -
Median hourly rate £72.25 £100.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -27.75% - -
75th Percentile £76.31 - -
90th Percentile £76.58 - -
London median hourly rate £68.50 £55.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +23.42% +0.91% -26.67%

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 977 859 955
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 39.72% 43.01% 39.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 682 556 689
10th Percentile £350 £370 £350
25th Percentile £450 £458 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year - +2.33% -6.52%
75th Percentile £650 £663 £650
90th Percentile £749 £738 £750
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 12 8
10th Percentile £19.41 £24.66 £12.75
25th Percentile £22.58 £26.00 £17.39
Median hourly rate £39.00 £34.83 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +11.99% +54.78% -72.73%
75th Percentile £54.05 £45.00 £24.56
90th Percentile £73.47 £94.88 £33.98
London median hourly rate £35.50 £29.07 £25.00
% change year-on-year +22.12% +16.28% -37.50%

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 1 May 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 1 May 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 -3 273 £550 - 188
West End of London +1 6 £650 +25.00% 1
City of Westminster +1 5 £650 +12.07% 2
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 16 (5.52%) Apache Airflow
2 8 (2.76%) Apache Spark
3 6 (2.07%) Apache
3 6 (2.07%) Confluence
4 4 (1.38%) CICS
5 2 (0.69%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.69%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.34%) Camunda
6 1 (0.34%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.34%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.34%) nginx
6 1 (0.34%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (0.34%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.34%) MS Visio
1 1 (0.34%) Notion
1 1 (0.34%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (1.03%) Bloomberg AIM
1 3 (1.03%) Fidessa
1 3 (1.03%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.69%) Aladdin
2 2 (0.69%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.34%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 125 (43.10%) Azure
2 68 (23.45%) GCP
3 50 (17.24%) GitHub
4 48 (16.55%) Serverless
5 43 (14.83%) AWS Lambda
6 42 (14.48%) Amazon S3
7 28 (9.66%) GitHub Actions
8 23 (7.93%) Snowflake
9 21 (7.24%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 21 (7.24%) Power Platform
10 20 (6.90%) Amazon ECS
11 19 (6.55%) AWS CloudFormation
12 14 (4.83%) Amazon EKS
13 13 (4.48%) Amazon SageMaker
13 13 (4.48%) Azure DevOps
14 12 (4.14%) SaaS
15 10 (3.45%) Amazon EC2
15 10 (3.45%) Amazon Kinesis
15 10 (3.45%) AWS CodePipeline
16 9 (3.10%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.79%) Network Security
2 9 (3.10%) Firewall
3 6 (2.07%) DNS
4 3 (1.03%) VPN
5 2 (0.69%) NAS
5 2 (0.69%) SAN
5 2 (0.69%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.34%) BGP
6 1 (0.34%) DHCP
6 1 (0.34%) IPsec
6 1 (0.34%) LAN
6 1 (0.34%) OSPF
6 1 (0.34%) Reverse Proxy
6 1 (0.34%) SSL
6 1 (0.34%) VLAN
6 1 (0.34%) WAN
6 1 (0.34%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (7.59%) DynamoDB
2 21 (7.24%) PostgreSQL
3 18 (6.21%) NoSQL
4 16 (5.52%) Power BI
5 13 (4.48%) Tableau
6 12 (4.14%) Amazon Athena
6 12 (4.14%) Metadata
7 11 (3.79%) Amazon RDS
7 11 (3.79%) MongoDB
8 10 (3.45%) SQL Server
9 9 (3.10%) Amazon Redshift
9 9 (3.10%) Data Warehouse
9 9 (3.10%) Relational Database
10 8 (2.76%) Data Lake
10 8 (2.76%) DB2
11 6 (2.07%) Apache Cassandra
12 5 (1.72%) Big Data
12 5 (1.72%) MySQL
12 5 (1.72%) Snowflake Schema
13 4 (1.38%) CockroachDB
Development Applications
1 35 (12.07%) Git
2 25 (8.62%) GitLab
3 24 (8.28%) Jenkins
4 18 (6.21%) JIRA
5 8 (2.76%) JUnit
6 7 (2.41%) Mockito
7 5 (1.72%) Postman
8 4 (1.38%) Cucumber
8 4 (1.38%) Cypress.io
9 3 (1.03%) Gradle
9 3 (1.03%) Maven
10 2 (0.69%) Ant
10 2 (0.69%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.69%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.69%) CircleCI
10 2 (0.69%) Gatling
10 2 (0.69%) JMeter
10 2 (0.69%) Liquibase
10 2 (0.69%) Mocha
10 2 (0.69%) webpack
General
1 97 (33.45%) Finance
2 66 (22.76%) Social Skills
3 42 (14.48%) Banking
4 31 (10.69%) Public Sector
5 25 (8.62%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (4.48%) Financial Institution
7 11 (3.79%) Front Office
8 10 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
9 9 (3.10%) Documentation Skills
10 8 (2.76%) Influencing Skills
11 7 (2.41%) Investment Banking
12 6 (2.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (1.38%) Law
14 3 (1.03%) Back Office
14 3 (1.03%) Military
14 3 (1.03%) Police
15 2 (0.69%) Advertising
15 2 (0.69%) Organisational Skills
15 2 (0.69%) Retail
15 2 (0.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 63 (21.72%) Architect
2 46 (15.86%) Developer
3 35 (12.07%) Senior
4 26 (8.97%) Data Engineer
5 23 (7.93%) Lead
6 19 (6.55%) DevOps Engineer
7 18 (6.21%) AWS Engineer
8 15 (5.17%) Solutions Architect
9 14 (4.83%) Project Manager
10 13 (4.48%) Java Developer
11 12 (4.14%) Senior Developer
12 11 (3.79%) AWS Architect
12 11 (3.79%) Migration Manager
12 11 (3.79%) Migration Project Manager
13 10 (3.45%) Cloud Engineer
13 10 (3.45%) Data Scientist
13 10 (3.45%) Snowflake Data Engineer
13 10 (3.45%) Snowflake Engineer
14 9 (3.10%) Cloud Architect
14 9 (3.10%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (12.07%) Kafka
2 28 (9.66%) Spring
3 27 (9.31%) Spring Boot
4 23 (7.93%) React
4 23 (7.93%) REST
5 22 (7.59%) RESTful
6 15 (5.17%) Node.js
7 12 (4.14%) JSON
8 11 (3.79%) .NET
9 10 (3.45%) Pandas
9 10 (3.45%) PyTorch
10 9 (3.10%) NumPy
10 9 (3.10%) OpenTelemetry
10 9 (3.10%) PySpark
10 9 (3.10%) SOAP
11 8 (2.76%) scikit-learn
12 7 (2.41%) AngularJS
12 7 (2.41%) boto
12 7 (2.41%) RabbitMQ
12 7 (2.41%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 71 (24.48%) Cloud Native
2 26 (8.97%) Distributed Systems
3 15 (5.17%) Legacy Systems
4 12 (4.14%) Equities
5 10 (3.45%) Algorithms
6 9 (3.10%) Hybrid Cloud
7 8 (2.76%) Derivative
7 8 (2.76%) Security Posture
8 7 (2.41%) Onboarding
9 6 (2.07%) Clustering
9 6 (2.07%) Data Centre
10 5 (1.72%) Data Structures
10 5 (1.72%) Fixed Income
10 5 (1.72%) Mainframe
10 5 (1.72%) Product Ownership
11 4 (1.38%) AI Agents
11 4 (1.38%) LIMS
11 4 (1.38%) Management Information System
11 4 (1.38%) NHS
11 4 (1.38%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 16 (5.52%) Linux
2 12 (4.14%) Windows
3 4 (1.38%) Android
3 4 (1.38%) Apple iOS
3 4 (1.38%) zOS
4 3 (1.03%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.69%) Data ONTAP
5 2 (0.69%) Unix
6 1 (0.34%) AIX
6 1 (0.34%) CentOS
6 1 (0.34%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.34%) Solaris
6 1 (0.34%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.34%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (41.03%) CI/CD
2 82 (28.28%) DevOps
3 71 (24.48%) Infrastructure as Code
4 64 (22.07%) Agile
5 63 (21.72%) AI
6 53 (18.28%) Migration
7 47 (16.21%) Analytics
7 47 (16.21%) Microservices
8 45 (15.52%) Containerisation
9 42 (14.48%) Machine Learning
10 40 (13.79%) Observability
10 40 (13.79%) Stakeholder Management
11 37 (12.76%) Event-Driven
12 34 (11.72%) Data Engineering
12 34 (11.72%) Data Pipeline
13 32 (11.03%) Test Automation
14 31 (10.69%) Data Modelling
14 31 (10.69%) Software Engineering
15 30 (10.34%) Problem-Solving
16 27 (9.31%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 112 (38.62%) Python
2 68 (23.45%) SQL
3 60 (20.69%) Java
4 19 (6.55%) JavaScript
5 14 (4.83%) C#
5 14 (4.83%) TypeScript
6 11 (3.79%) Bash
7 8 (2.76%) PowerShell
8 7 (2.41%) Shell Script
9 5 (1.72%) Ruby
9 5 (1.72%) Scala
10 4 (1.38%) Bicep
10 4 (1.38%) C++
10 4 (1.38%) JCL
11 3 (1.03%) Go
11 3 (1.03%) Korn
11 3 (1.03%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.69%) R
13 1 (0.34%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 73 (25.17%) Security Cleared
2 69 (23.79%) SC Cleared
3 13 (4.48%) Degree
4 12 (4.14%) PMI Certification
4 12 (4.14%) PMP
5 11 (3.79%) AWS Certification
6 8 (2.76%) CISSP
7 7 (2.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 6 (2.07%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (2.07%) CISM
8 6 (2.07%) PhD
9 5 (1.72%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (1.38%) Azure Certification
10 4 (1.38%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (1.38%) Master's Degree
10 4 (1.38%) TOGAF Certification
11 3 (1.03%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 2 (0.69%) CCSP
12 2 (0.69%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.69%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (8.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 24 (8.28%) GDPR
3 23 (7.93%) Data Quality
4 22 (7.59%) NIST
5 8 (2.76%) QA
5 8 (2.76%) SLA
6 6 (2.07%) NCSC
6 6 (2.07%) PCI DSS
7 3 (1.03%) ISO 20022
7 3 (1.03%) NIST 800
7 3 (1.03%) SEPA
8 2 (0.69%) EMIR
8 2 (0.69%) GRC
8 2 (0.69%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.69%) ISO 8583
8 2 (0.69%) MiFID
8 2 (0.69%) PSD2
9 1 (0.34%) DICOM
9 1 (0.34%) HL7
9 1 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 56 (19.31%) Docker
2 4 (1.38%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.69%) NFS
3 2 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.34%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.34%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 62 (21.38%) Terraform
2 58 (20.00%) Kubernetes
3 21 (7.24%) Ansible
4 16 (5.52%) Grafana
5 14 (4.83%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.03%) Argo
6 3 (1.03%) Karpenter
6 3 (1.03%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.69%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.69%) Puppet
7 2 (0.69%) SnapMirror
8 1 (0.34%) Consul
8 1 (0.34%) Istio
8 1 (0.34%) Kibana
8 1 (0.34%) Opsgenie
8 1 (0.34%) PowerCLI
8 1 (0.34%) QRadar
8 1 (0.34%) Salt
8 1 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.34%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 25 (8.62%) Microsoft
2 15 (5.17%) Databricks
3 13 (4.48%) Google
4 12 (4.14%) CyberArk
4 12 (4.14%) Oracle
5 9 (3.10%) IBM
6 8 (2.76%) ServiceNow
7 7 (2.41%) Citrix
7 7 (2.41%) Salesforce
7 7 (2.41%) Splunk
8 5 (1.72%) MuleSoft
8 5 (1.72%) OpenAI
8 5 (1.72%) SAP
8 5 (1.72%) VMware
9 4 (1.38%) Fortinet
10 3 (1.03%) Bloomberg
10 3 (1.03%) Charles River
10 3 (1.03%) Cognos
10 3 (1.03%) Informatica
10 3 (1.03%) Sage