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

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 12 11
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 -2
Contract jobs citing AWS 293 274 266
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 12.10% 13.57% 10.80%
As % of the Cloud Services category 30.14% 31.75% 27.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 206 187 201
10th Percentile £366 £413 £413
25th Percentile £463 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -12.00%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £675
90th Percentile £769 £708 £775
London median daily rate £550 £578 £575
% change year-on-year -4.76% +0.43% -6.12%
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 £70.00 £55.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year +26.13% -3.48% -23.33%

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 972 863 958
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 40.15% 42.74% 38.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 682 560 687
10th Percentile £350 £365 £350
25th Percentile £450 £462 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +2.80% -6.96%
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 13 12 10
10th Percentile £19.56 £24.66 £12.75
25th Percentile £25.47 £26.00 £18.93
Median hourly rate £40.50 £34.83 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +16.30% +54.78% -66.67%
75th Percentile £52.16 £45.00 £26.19
90th Percentile £71.94 £94.88 £52.60
London median hourly rate £35.50 £29.07 £26.00
% change year-on-year +22.12% +11.81% -28.77%

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 April 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 April 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 -1 277 £538 -2.27% 166
West End of London +1 5 £650 +25.00%
City of Westminster +1 4 £650 +12.07% 8
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 19 (6.48%) Apache Airflow
2 7 (2.39%) Apache
2 7 (2.39%) Apache Spark
3 6 (2.05%) Confluence
4 4 (1.37%) CICS
5 2 (0.68%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.68%) 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 (1.02%) Bloomberg AIM
1 3 (1.02%) Fidessa
1 3 (1.02%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.68%) Aladdin
2 2 (0.68%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.34%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 128 (43.69%) Azure
2 69 (23.55%) GCP
3 51 (17.41%) Serverless
4 49 (16.72%) GitHub
5 46 (15.70%) Amazon S3
5 46 (15.70%) AWS Lambda
6 26 (8.87%) GitHub Actions
7 25 (8.53%) Snowflake
8 23 (7.85%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 22 (7.51%) Amazon ECS
10 21 (7.17%) Power Platform
11 20 (6.83%) AWS CloudFormation
12 14 (4.78%) Amazon EKS
13 13 (4.44%) Amazon SageMaker
13 13 (4.44%) Azure DevOps
13 13 (4.44%) SaaS
14 11 (3.75%) dbt
15 10 (3.41%) Amazon EC2
15 10 (3.41%) Amazon Kinesis
15 10 (3.41%) AWS CodePipeline
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.75%) Network Security
2 9 (3.07%) Firewall
3 6 (2.05%) DNS
4 3 (1.02%) VPN
5 2 (0.68%) NAS
5 2 (0.68%) SAN
5 2 (0.68%) 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 24 (8.19%) DynamoDB
2 23 (7.85%) PostgreSQL
3 18 (6.14%) NoSQL
4 16 (5.46%) Power BI
5 14 (4.78%) Tableau
6 13 (4.44%) Amazon Athena
7 12 (4.10%) Metadata
8 11 (3.75%) Amazon RDS
8 11 (3.75%) Data Warehouse
8 11 (3.75%) MongoDB
8 11 (3.75%) SQL Server
9 10 (3.41%) Amazon Redshift
9 10 (3.41%) Relational Database
10 9 (3.07%) Data Lake
11 8 (2.73%) DB2
12 6 (2.05%) Apache Cassandra
12 6 (2.05%) MySQL
13 5 (1.71%) Big Data
13 5 (1.71%) Snowflake Schema
14 4 (1.37%) CockroachDB
Development Applications
1 36 (12.29%) Git
2 24 (8.19%) GitLab
3 22 (7.51%) Jenkins
4 18 (6.14%) JIRA
5 7 (2.39%) JUnit
6 6 (2.05%) Mockito
7 4 (1.37%) Cucumber
7 4 (1.37%) Cypress.io
7 4 (1.37%) Postman
8 3 (1.02%) Gradle
8 3 (1.02%) Maven
9 2 (0.68%) Ant
9 2 (0.68%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.68%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.68%) CircleCI
9 2 (0.68%) Claude Code
9 2 (0.68%) Gatling
9 2 (0.68%) Liquibase
9 2 (0.68%) Mocha
9 2 (0.68%) webpack
General
1 94 (32.08%) Finance
2 67 (22.87%) Social Skills
3 39 (13.31%) Banking
4 30 (10.24%) Public Sector
5 24 (8.19%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (4.10%) Financial Institution
7 11 (3.75%) Front Office
8 10 (3.41%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (3.41%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (2.73%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (2.39%) Investment Banking
11 6 (2.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (1.37%) Law
13 3 (1.02%) Back Office
13 3 (1.02%) Military
13 3 (1.02%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (0.68%) Advertising
14 2 (0.68%) Marketing
14 2 (0.68%) Retail
14 2 (0.68%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 63 (21.50%) Architect
2 44 (15.02%) Developer
3 34 (11.60%) Senior
4 29 (9.90%) Data Engineer
5 23 (7.85%) Lead
6 21 (7.17%) DevOps Engineer
7 19 (6.48%) AWS Engineer
8 15 (5.12%) Solutions Architect
9 14 (4.78%) Project Manager
10 12 (4.10%) Java Developer
11 11 (3.75%) AWS Architect
11 11 (3.75%) Migration Manager
11 11 (3.75%) Migration Project Manager
11 11 (3.75%) Snowflake Data Engineer
11 11 (3.75%) Snowflake Engineer
12 10 (3.41%) Cloud Engineer
12 10 (3.41%) Data Scientist
12 10 (3.41%) Senior Developer
13 9 (3.07%) Cloud Architect
13 9 (3.07%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (10.24%) Kafka
2 25 (8.53%) Spring
3 24 (8.19%) Spring Boot
4 23 (7.85%) React
5 21 (7.17%) REST
6 19 (6.48%) RESTful
7 17 (5.80%) Node.js
8 12 (4.10%) JSON
9 10 (3.41%) Pandas
9 10 (3.41%) PyTorch
10 9 (3.07%) .NET
10 9 (3.07%) NumPy
10 9 (3.07%) OAuth
10 9 (3.07%) OpenTelemetry
10 9 (3.07%) SOAP
11 8 (2.73%) scikit-learn
12 7 (2.39%) AngularJS
12 7 (2.39%) boto
12 7 (2.39%) PySpark
12 7 (2.39%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 66 (22.53%) Cloud Native
2 25 (8.53%) Distributed Systems
3 15 (5.12%) Legacy Systems
4 12 (4.10%) Equities
5 10 (3.41%) Algorithms
6 9 (3.07%) Hybrid Cloud
7 8 (2.73%) Derivative
7 8 (2.73%) Security Posture
8 7 (2.39%) Onboarding
9 6 (2.05%) Clustering
9 6 (2.05%) Data Centre
9 6 (2.05%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (1.71%) Data Structures
10 5 (1.71%) Fixed Income
10 5 (1.71%) Mainframe
10 5 (1.71%) Product Ownership
11 4 (1.37%) LIMS
11 4 (1.37%) Management Information System
11 4 (1.37%) NHS
11 4 (1.37%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 16 (5.46%) Linux
2 12 (4.10%) Windows
3 4 (1.37%) Android
3 4 (1.37%) Apple iOS
3 4 (1.37%) zOS
4 3 (1.02%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.68%) Data ONTAP
5 2 (0.68%) 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 (40.61%) CI/CD
2 79 (26.96%) DevOps
3 72 (24.57%) Infrastructure as Code
4 63 (21.50%) AI
5 62 (21.16%) Agile
6 50 (17.06%) Migration
7 49 (16.72%) Analytics
8 45 (15.36%) Microservices
9 44 (15.02%) Containerisation
10 42 (14.33%) Machine Learning
11 40 (13.65%) Stakeholder Management
12 37 (12.63%) Observability
13 35 (11.95%) Data Pipeline
13 35 (11.95%) Event-Driven
14 33 (11.26%) Data Engineering
15 32 (10.92%) Data Modelling
16 31 (10.58%) Problem-Solving
16 31 (10.58%) Software Engineering
17 29 (9.90%) Test Automation
18 27 (9.22%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 114 (38.91%) Python
2 73 (24.91%) SQL
3 57 (19.45%) Java
4 17 (5.80%) JavaScript
5 12 (4.10%) C#
5 12 (4.10%) TypeScript
6 10 (3.41%) Bash
7 7 (2.39%) PowerShell
7 7 (2.39%) Shell Script
8 5 (1.71%) Ruby
8 5 (1.71%) Scala
9 4 (1.37%) Bicep
9 4 (1.37%) C++
9 4 (1.37%) JCL
10 3 (1.02%) Go
10 3 (1.02%) Korn
10 3 (1.02%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.68%) PHP
11 2 (0.68%) R
12 1 (0.34%) C
Qualifications
1 73 (24.91%) Security Cleared
2 69 (23.55%) SC Cleared
3 14 (4.78%) Degree
4 12 (4.10%) PMI Certification
4 12 (4.10%) PMP
5 11 (3.75%) AWS Certification
6 8 (2.73%) CISSP
7 7 (2.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 6 (2.05%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (2.05%) CISM
8 6 (2.05%) PhD
9 5 (1.71%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (1.37%) Azure Certification
10 4 (1.37%) Master's Degree
10 4 (1.37%) TOGAF Certification
11 3 (1.02%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 3 (1.02%) SnowPro
12 2 (0.68%) CCSP
12 2 (0.68%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (8.53%) Data Quality
1 25 (8.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 24 (8.19%) GDPR
3 22 (7.51%) NIST
4 8 (2.73%) QA
4 8 (2.73%) SLA
5 6 (2.05%) NCSC
5 6 (2.05%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.02%) NIST 800
7 2 (0.68%) GRC
7 2 (0.68%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.68%) ISO 20022
7 2 (0.68%) ISO 8583
7 2 (0.68%) PSD2
7 2 (0.68%) SEPA
8 1 (0.34%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.34%) DICOM
8 1 (0.34%) HL7
8 1 (0.34%) MiFID
8 1 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 56 (19.11%) Docker
2 4 (1.37%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.68%) NFS
3 2 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.34%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.34%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 66 (22.53%) Terraform
2 55 (18.77%) Kubernetes
3 21 (7.17%) Ansible
4 15 (5.12%) Grafana
5 13 (4.44%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.02%) Argo
6 3 (1.02%) Karpenter
6 3 (1.02%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.68%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.68%) Puppet
7 2 (0.68%) 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 27 (9.22%) Microsoft
2 16 (5.46%) Databricks
3 14 (4.78%) Google
4 12 (4.10%) CyberArk
4 12 (4.10%) Oracle
5 9 (3.07%) IBM
6 8 (2.73%) ServiceNow
7 7 (2.39%) Salesforce
7 7 (2.39%) Splunk
8 6 (2.05%) Citrix
9 5 (1.71%) MuleSoft
9 5 (1.71%) OpenAI
9 5 (1.71%) SAP
9 5 (1.71%) VMware
10 4 (1.37%) Fortinet
11 3 (1.02%) Bloomberg
11 3 (1.02%) Charles River
11 3 (1.02%) Cognos
11 3 (1.02%) Informatica
11 3 (1.02%) Sage