AWS Contracts in Central London

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London requiring AWS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited AWS over the 6 months leading up to 2 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 10 10
Rank change year-on-year -1 0 -6
Contract jobs citing AWS 259 270 538
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 13.15% 10.61% 13.08%
As % of the Cloud Services category 30.47% 27.38% 34.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 181 199 364
10th Percentile £413 £411 £455
25th Percentile £463 £463 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £625
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -12.00% -
75th Percentile £638 £671 £750
90th Percentile £700 £775 £863
London median daily rate £583 £575 £613
% change year-on-year +1.36% -6.12% +2.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - £57.44
25th Percentile - - £79.89
Median hourly rate - - £84.09
75th Percentile - - £88.30
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £55.50 £57.50 £75.00
% change year-on-year -3.48% -23.33% -2.60%

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 850 986 1,538
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 43.15% 38.76% 37.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 555 695 1,066
10th Percentile £375 £346 £334
25th Percentile £463 £425 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £575
Median % change year-on-year +2.23% -6.43% -
75th Percentile £664 £650 £700
90th Percentile £728 £750 £800
London median daily rate £550 £550 £588
% change year-on-year - -6.38% +2.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 11 11
10th Percentile £24.32 £12.75 £16.54
25th Percentile £25.11 £17.97 £23.00
Median hourly rate £31.86 £22.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +41.60% -57.14% +204.92%
75th Percentile £35.00 £36.25 £88.30
90th Percentile £62.63 £50.25 -
London median hourly rate £29.07 £26.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +11.81% -25.71% -

AWS
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing AWS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for AWS in Central London

AWS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing AWS in Central London.

Daily rate trend for AWS in Central London

AWS
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing AWS in Central London over the 6 months to 2 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for AWS in Central London

AWS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing AWS in Central London.

Hourly rate trend for AWS in Central London

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 2 April 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 +3 236 £540 -1.82% 96
West End of London 0 11 £523 +4.50% 9
City of Westminster +2 8 £525 -30.00% 4
Camden -1 1 £580 +22.11%
AWS
London

AWS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 15 (5.79%) Confluence
2 7 (2.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (2.70%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.54%) nginx
4 3 (1.16%) Apache
4 3 (1.16%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.77%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.39%) Alfresco
6 1 (0.39%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.39%) Camunda
6 1 (0.39%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.39%) SAS
6 1 (0.39%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (1.16%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.77%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.39%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.39%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.39%) Sketch
3 1 (0.39%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (2.32%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.77%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.39%) Endur
3 1 (0.39%) Magento
3 1 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.39%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 91 (35.14%) Azure
2 40 (15.44%) GCP
3 33 (12.74%) Amazon S3
4 29 (11.20%) Serverless
5 24 (9.27%) AWS Lambda
6 18 (6.95%) Amazon EKS
7 17 (6.56%) Amazon EC2
8 16 (6.18%) GitHub
9 14 (5.41%) Microsoft 365
10 12 (4.63%) Entra ID
11 10 (3.86%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 10 (3.86%) AWS CloudFormation
12 9 (3.47%) Cloud Computing
12 9 (3.47%) Route 53
13 7 (2.70%) Amazon ElastiCache
13 7 (2.70%) Amazon SQS
13 7 (2.70%) CloudFront
13 7 (2.70%) OpenShift
13 7 (2.70%) Power Platform
13 7 (2.70%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (5.79%) Firewall
2 8 (3.09%) DNS
2 8 (3.09%) Modbus
2 8 (3.09%) MQTT
3 7 (2.70%) VPN
4 4 (1.54%) DHCP
4 4 (1.54%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.77%) HTTP
5 2 (0.77%) Kerberos
5 2 (0.77%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.39%) BGP
6 1 (0.39%) BIG-IP
6 1 (0.39%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.39%) Internet
6 1 (0.39%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.39%) MPLS
6 1 (0.39%) SAN
6 1 (0.39%) WAN
6 1 (0.39%) Wireless
6 1 (0.39%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (15.06%) PostgreSQL
2 26 (10.04%) NoSQL
3 21 (8.11%) MongoDB
4 20 (7.72%) SQL Server
5 14 (5.41%) Amazon RDS
6 11 (4.25%) Redis
7 10 (3.86%) Amazon Athena
8 9 (3.47%) Amazon Aurora
8 9 (3.47%) DocumentDB
8 9 (3.47%) Relational Database
9 8 (3.09%) DynamoDB
10 7 (2.70%) Power BI
11 6 (2.32%) Data Lake
11 6 (2.32%) MySQL
11 6 (2.32%) Oracle Database
12 5 (1.93%) Data Warehouse
12 5 (1.93%) Tableau
13 4 (1.54%) Amazon Redshift
14 3 (1.16%) Big Data
14 3 (1.16%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 27 (10.42%) Git
1 27 (10.42%) Jenkins
2 26 (10.04%) JIRA
3 19 (7.34%) GitLab
4 13 (5.02%) SonarQube
5 10 (3.86%) Maven
5 10 (3.86%) Postman
5 10 (3.86%) Selenium
6 8 (3.09%) MSI
6 8 (3.09%) REST Assured
7 7 (2.70%) JUnit
8 5 (1.93%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 5 (1.93%) Cypress.io
9 4 (1.54%) Bitbucket
9 4 (1.54%) Bitbucket Server
9 4 (1.54%) Cucumber
9 4 (1.54%) Gradle
9 4 (1.54%) IntelliJ
10 3 (1.16%) TeamCity
11 2 (0.77%) Hamcrest
General
1 73 (28.19%) Finance
2 57 (22.01%) Social Skills
3 39 (15.06%) Public Sector
4 38 (14.67%) Banking
5 26 (10.04%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (4.63%) Retail
7 11 (4.25%) Retail Banking
8 9 (3.47%) Investment Banking
9 5 (1.93%) Front Office
10 4 (1.54%) Corporate Banking
11 3 (1.16%) Financial Institution
11 3 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.16%) Military
12 2 (0.77%) Back Office
13 1 (0.39%) Billing
13 1 (0.39%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.39%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.39%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.39%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.39%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 75 (28.96%) Developer
2 43 (16.60%) Architect
3 37 (14.29%) Senior
4 25 (9.65%) Java Developer
5 24 (9.27%) DevOps Engineer
6 21 (8.11%) Lead
7 20 (7.72%) Solutions Architect
8 17 (6.56%) Data Engineer
9 16 (6.18%) Full-Stack Developer
10 15 (5.79%) SC Cleared Java Developer
11 14 (5.41%) AWS Engineer
12 12 (4.63%) Software Engineer
13 10 (3.86%) Python Engineer
14 9 (3.47%) C# Developer
14 9 (3.47%) Test Engineer
15 8 (3.09%) Senior Developer
15 8 (3.09%) Technical Architect
16 7 (2.70%) Senior Test Engineer
17 6 (2.32%) .NET Developer
17 6 (2.32%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (13.90%) React
2 30 (11.58%) Spring
3 27 (10.42%) Kafka
4 23 (8.88%) Spring Boot
5 21 (8.11%) .NET
6 20 (7.72%) Node.js
7 17 (6.56%) REST
7 17 (6.56%) RESTful
8 16 (6.18%) GraphQL
9 12 (4.63%) HTML
10 10 (3.86%) pytest
11 9 (3.47%) CSS
12 8 (3.09%) JSON
13 7 (2.70%) Web Services
14 6 (2.32%) Elastic Stack
14 6 (2.32%) JPA
15 5 (1.93%) AngularJS
15 5 (1.93%) Next.js
16 4 (1.54%) NumPy
16 4 (1.54%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 11 (4.25%) Legacy Systems
1 11 (4.25%) Public Cloud
2 8 (3.09%) Cloud Native
2 8 (3.09%) Data Centre
2 8 (3.09%) Derivative
2 8 (3.09%) IoT
3 6 (2.32%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (1.93%) Hedge funds
4 5 (1.93%) Mobile App
5 4 (1.54%) Greenfield Project
5 4 (1.54%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (1.54%) Linux Command Line
5 4 (1.54%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (1.16%) CMDB
6 3 (1.16%) Distributed Systems
6 3 (1.16%) Enterprise Cloud
6 3 (1.16%) Equities
6 3 (1.16%) Renewable Energy
6 3 (1.16%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 30 (11.58%) Linux
2 24 (9.27%) Windows
3 6 (2.32%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.93%) Unix
5 4 (1.54%) Android
6 3 (1.16%) Rocky
7 2 (0.77%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.77%) Solaris
8 1 (0.39%) CentOS
8 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (35.91%) DevOps
2 84 (32.43%) CI/CD
3 68 (26.25%) Agile
4 45 (17.37%) Microservices
5 43 (16.60%) Problem-Solving
6 36 (13.90%) Software Engineering
7 28 (10.81%) Infrastructure as Code
8 27 (10.42%) Containerisation
8 27 (10.42%) SOLID
9 25 (9.65%) Full-Stack Development
10 21 (8.11%) Migration
10 21 (8.11%) Test Automation
11 19 (7.34%) Clean Code
11 19 (7.34%) Cloud Security
11 19 (7.34%) Scrum
12 18 (6.95%) API Development
13 16 (6.18%) Artificial Intelligence
14 14 (5.41%) TDD
14 14 (5.41%) Test Strategy
15 13 (5.02%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 81 (31.27%) Python
2 51 (19.69%) Java
2 51 (19.69%) SQL
3 40 (15.44%) JavaScript
4 20 (7.72%) C#
5 18 (6.95%) PowerShell
6 16 (6.18%) TypeScript
7 12 (4.63%) Bash
8 5 (1.93%) C++
8 5 (1.93%) Perl
8 5 (1.93%) PL/SQL
8 5 (1.93%) Ruby
8 5 (1.93%) Shell Script
9 4 (1.54%) Bicep
9 4 (1.54%) Go
9 4 (1.54%) Kotlin
9 4 (1.54%) T-SQL
10 3 (1.16%) C
11 2 (0.77%) Scala
11 2 (0.77%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 70 (27.03%) Security Cleared
2 66 (25.48%) SC Cleared
3 17 (6.56%) AWS Certified Developer
3 17 (6.56%) Degree
4 15 (5.79%) AWS Certification
5 9 (3.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 8 (3.09%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (1.93%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (1.93%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (1.54%) CCNP
9 3 (1.16%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 3 (1.16%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.77%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
10 2 (0.77%) CCIE
10 2 (0.77%) CCNA
10 2 (0.77%) CISM
10 2 (0.77%) CISSP
10 2 (0.77%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.77%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.77%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.47%) GDPR
2 5 (1.93%) QA
3 4 (1.54%) Accessibility
3 4 (1.54%) Data Quality
3 4 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.54%) NIST
4 3 (1.16%) SOC 2
5 2 (0.77%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.77%) Government Security Classifications
6 1 (0.39%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.39%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.39%) PMO
6 1 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.39%) SLA
6 1 (0.39%) WCAG
System Software
1 45 (17.37%) Docker
2 11 (4.25%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.93%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.54%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (1.16%) Lustre
5 3 (1.16%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.39%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 1 (0.39%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.39%) NFS
6 1 (0.39%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.39%) Platform Symphony
6 1 (0.39%) Veritas File System
6 1 (0.39%) Veritas Volume Manager
Systems Management
1 74 (28.57%) Kubernetes
2 57 (22.01%) Terraform
3 26 (10.04%) Ansible
4 11 (4.25%) Grafana
5 9 (3.47%) Prometheus
6 6 (2.32%) Progress Chef
7 5 (1.93%) Consul
7 5 (1.93%) Puppet
8 4 (1.54%) Istio
8 4 (1.54%) Kibana
8 4 (1.54%) Podman
8 4 (1.54%) SCCM
9 3 (1.16%) Argo
9 3 (1.16%) Control-M
9 3 (1.16%) Karpenter
10 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (0.77%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 2 (0.77%) Packer
10 2 (0.77%) QRadar
10 2 (0.77%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 23 (8.88%) Microsoft
2 14 (5.41%) Oracle
2 14 (5.41%) Splunk
3 9 (3.47%) Google
4 8 (3.09%) VMware
5 7 (2.70%) Red Hat
6 6 (2.32%) Cisco
6 6 (2.32%) ServiceNow
7 5 (1.93%) CyberArk
7 5 (1.93%) IBM
8 4 (1.54%) BMC
8 4 (1.54%) CheckPoint
8 4 (1.54%) F5
9 3 (1.16%) Bloomberg
9 3 (1.16%) Databricks
9 3 (1.16%) Fortinet
9 3 (1.16%) Palo Alto
10 2 (0.77%) Arista
10 2 (0.77%) MuleSoft
10 2 (0.77%) Okta