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

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 11 10
Rank change year-on-year -2 -1 +2
Contract jobs citing AWS 279 259 281
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 12.56% 12.39% 10.79%
As % of the Cloud Services category 30.23% 29.23% 27.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 192 179 206
10th Percentile £363 £413 £400
25th Percentile £463 £463 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -12.00%
75th Percentile £653 £658 £675
90th Percentile £799 £728 £775
London median daily rate £550 £585 £575
% change year-on-year -5.98% +1.74% -5.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £72.25 - -
Median hourly rate £74.50 - -
75th Percentile £76.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £74.50 £54.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year +36.70% -5.22% -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 923 886 1,005
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 41.54% 42.39% 38.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 665 576 719
10th Percentile £341 £375 £344
25th Percentile £436 £463 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £557 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.92% +1.35% -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £671 £675
90th Percentile £750 £738 £750
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 8 13
10th Percentile £20.82 £23.64 £13.60
25th Percentile £25.47 £27.97 £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.50 £35.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.71% +84.21% -45.71%
75th Percentile £49.83 £38.44 £23.75
90th Percentile £59.72 £90.38 £49.95
London median hourly rate £35.00 £29.07 £30.50
% change year-on-year +20.40% -4.69% -10.29%

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 7 March 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 7 March 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 0 264 £538 -2.27% 234
West End of London +5 4 £650 +24.40% 10
City of Westminster +1 3 £650 +23.81% 35
Lambeth - 1 £350 - 8
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 (6.81%) Apache Airflow
2 10 (3.58%) Apache Spark
3 5 (1.79%) Apache
3 5 (1.79%) Confluence
4 2 (0.72%) CICS
4 2 (0.72%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.72%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.36%) Cloud Foundry
5 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.36%) OpenStack
Applications
1 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.36%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.36%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.36%) Notion
2 1 (0.36%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (1.08%) Bloomberg AIM
1 3 (1.08%) Fidessa
2 2 (0.72%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.36%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.36%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 123 (44.09%) Azure
2 72 (25.81%) GCP
3 46 (16.49%) Serverless
4 42 (15.05%) AWS Lambda
5 41 (14.70%) GitHub
6 39 (13.98%) Amazon S3
7 26 (9.32%) Snowflake
8 23 (8.24%) GitHub Actions
9 21 (7.53%) Amazon ECS
9 21 (7.53%) Power Platform
10 19 (6.81%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 19 (6.81%) AWS CloudFormation
11 16 (5.73%) Amazon EKS
12 12 (4.30%) dbt
13 11 (3.94%) Azure DevOps
14 10 (3.58%) Amazon EC2
14 10 (3.58%) SaaS
15 9 (3.23%) Amazon SageMaker
15 9 (3.23%) AWS CodePipeline
15 9 (3.23%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 13 (4.66%) Network Security
2 10 (3.58%) Firewall
3 9 (3.23%) DNS
4 3 (1.08%) BGP
4 3 (1.08%) DHCP
4 3 (1.08%) OSPF
4 3 (1.08%) SSL
4 3 (1.08%) TCP/IP
4 3 (1.08%) VPN
5 2 (0.72%) 4G
5 2 (0.72%) 5G
5 2 (0.72%) IPsec
5 2 (0.72%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (0.72%) Wireshark
6 1 (0.36%) 2G
6 1 (0.36%) DKIM
6 1 (0.36%) NAS
6 1 (0.36%) SAN
6 1 (0.36%) VLAN
6 1 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (7.53%) PostgreSQL
2 17 (6.09%) Relational Database
3 16 (5.73%) Data Warehouse
3 16 (5.73%) DynamoDB
3 16 (5.73%) Power BI
4 14 (5.02%) NoSQL
5 12 (4.30%) SQL Server
5 12 (4.30%) Tableau
6 11 (3.94%) MySQL
7 10 (3.58%) Amazon Athena
7 10 (3.58%) Metadata
7 10 (3.58%) MongoDB
8 9 (3.23%) Amazon Redshift
9 8 (2.87%) Amazon RDS
9 8 (2.87%) Data Lake
10 7 (2.51%) Big Data
10 7 (2.51%) DB2
11 5 (1.79%) Snowflake Schema
12 4 (1.43%) Amazon Aurora
12 4 (1.43%) CockroachDB
Development Applications
1 34 (12.19%) Git
2 22 (7.89%) GitLab
2 22 (7.89%) Jenkins
3 12 (4.30%) JIRA
4 6 (2.15%) JUnit
5 5 (1.79%) Cucumber
6 4 (1.43%) Bitbucket
6 4 (1.43%) Mockito
7 3 (1.08%) Cypress.io
7 3 (1.08%) Gatling
7 3 (1.08%) Postman
8 2 (0.72%) Ant
8 2 (0.72%) Liquibase
8 2 (0.72%) MLflow
8 2 (0.72%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.72%) SoapUI
8 2 (0.72%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.36%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.36%) Hamcrest
9 1 (0.36%) Mocha
General
1 93 (33.33%) Finance
2 64 (22.94%) Social Skills
3 42 (15.05%) Banking
4 25 (8.96%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (7.89%) Public Sector
6 12 (4.30%) Financial Institution
6 12 (4.30%) Front Office
6 12 (4.30%) Presentation Skills
7 10 (3.58%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (2.15%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (2.15%) Investment Banking
9 4 (1.43%) Retail
10 3 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.72%) Back Office
11 2 (0.72%) Law
11 2 (0.72%) Legal
11 2 (0.72%) Marketing
11 2 (0.72%) Military
11 2 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.72%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 60 (21.51%) Architect
2 38 (13.62%) Developer
2 38 (13.62%) Senior
3 28 (10.04%) Lead
4 27 (9.68%) Data Engineer
5 23 (8.24%) DevOps Engineer
6 20 (7.17%) Solutions Architect
7 18 (6.45%) AWS Engineer
8 12 (4.30%) AWS Architect
9 11 (3.94%) Project Manager
9 11 (3.94%) Python Engineer
10 10 (3.58%) AWS DevOps
11 9 (3.23%) AWS DevOps Engineer
11 9 (3.23%) Cloud Architect
12 8 (2.87%) Cloud Engineer
12 8 (2.87%) Consultant
12 8 (2.87%) Data Scientist
12 8 (2.87%) Migration Manager
12 8 (2.87%) Migration Project Manager
12 8 (2.87%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (8.96%) Kafka
2 19 (6.81%) REST
3 17 (6.09%) React
4 15 (5.38%) RESTful
5 14 (5.02%) Node.js
6 12 (4.30%) PyTorch
6 12 (4.30%) Spring
7 11 (3.94%) .NET
7 11 (3.94%) Pandas
7 11 (3.94%) Spring Boot
8 10 (3.58%) NumPy
8 10 (3.58%) scikit-learn
8 10 (3.58%) TensorFlow
9 9 (3.23%) AngularJS
10 8 (2.87%) HTML
10 8 (2.87%) OAuth
11 7 (2.51%) boto
11 7 (2.51%) CSS
11 7 (2.51%) JSON
11 7 (2.51%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 53 (19.00%) Cloud Native
2 16 (5.73%) Distributed Systems
3 15 (5.38%) Legacy Systems
4 13 (4.66%) Algorithms
5 11 (3.94%) Equities
5 11 (3.94%) Security Posture
6 9 (3.23%) Derivative
7 8 (2.87%) Data Centre
7 8 (2.87%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (2.87%) Hybrid Cloud
8 7 (2.51%) Onboarding
8 7 (2.51%) Product Ownership
8 7 (2.51%) Virtual Team
9 5 (1.79%) Data Structures
9 5 (1.79%) Fixed Income
9 5 (1.79%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.43%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (1.43%) Greenfield Project
10 4 (1.43%) LIMS
11 3 (1.08%) Cloud Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 15 (5.38%) Linux
2 13 (4.66%) Windows
3 3 (1.08%) Android
3 3 (1.08%) Apple iOS
3 3 (1.08%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.72%) Unix
4 2 (0.72%) zOS
5 1 (0.36%) Data ONTAP
5 1 (0.36%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (36.20%) CI/CD
2 66 (23.66%) DevOps
3 64 (22.94%) Infrastructure as Code
4 56 (20.07%) AI
5 55 (19.71%) Agile
6 45 (16.13%) Analytics
7 42 (15.05%) Migration
8 41 (14.70%) Machine Learning
9 39 (13.98%) Problem-Solving
10 38 (13.62%) Stakeholder Management
11 36 (12.90%) Microservices
12 35 (12.54%) Containerisation
13 34 (12.19%) Roadmaps
14 32 (11.47%) Data Pipeline
15 31 (11.11%) Data Engineering
15 31 (11.11%) Data Modelling
16 30 (10.75%) ETL
16 30 (10.75%) Software Engineering
17 29 (10.39%) Observability
18 28 (10.04%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 108 (38.71%) Python
2 80 (28.67%) SQL
3 46 (16.49%) Java
4 16 (5.73%) JavaScript
5 9 (3.23%) C#
6 8 (2.87%) TypeScript
7 7 (2.51%) Bash
8 6 (2.15%) PowerShell
9 5 (1.79%) C++
10 4 (1.43%) Go
10 4 (1.43%) PHP
10 4 (1.43%) Shell Script
11 3 (1.08%) Korn
11 3 (1.08%) PL/SQL
11 3 (1.08%) Ruby
11 3 (1.08%) Scala
12 2 (0.72%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.72%) JCL
12 2 (0.72%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.36%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 63 (22.58%) Security Cleared
2 60 (21.51%) SC Cleared
3 18 (6.45%) Degree
4 14 (5.02%) AWS Certification
5 9 (3.23%) PMI Certification
5 9 (3.23%) PMP
6 8 (2.87%) CISSP
6 8 (2.87%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (2.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 6 (2.15%) Master's Degree
8 6 (2.15%) PhD
9 5 (1.79%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (1.79%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (1.79%) CISM
10 4 (1.43%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 4 (1.43%) TOGAF Certification
11 3 (1.08%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.72%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.72%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.72%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (9.32%) Data Quality
2 22 (7.89%) GDPR
3 21 (7.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 17 (6.09%) NIST
5 8 (2.87%) SLA
6 7 (2.51%) PCI DSS
6 7 (2.51%) QA
7 3 (1.08%) NCSC
8 2 (0.72%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.72%) EU AI Act
8 2 (0.72%) GRC
8 2 (0.72%) ISO 20022
8 2 (0.72%) ISO 8583
8 2 (0.72%) PSD2
8 2 (0.72%) SEPA
9 1 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.36%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.36%) HL7
9 1 (0.36%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.36%) NIST 800
System Software
1 55 (19.71%) Docker
2 3 (1.08%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.72%) VMware NSX
3 2 (0.72%) vSphere
4 1 (0.36%) NFS
4 1 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 65 (23.30%) Terraform
2 49 (17.56%) Kubernetes
3 19 (6.81%) Ansible
4 10 (3.58%) Grafana
5 7 (2.51%) Prometheus
6 4 (1.43%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (1.08%) Argo
7 3 (1.08%) Karpenter
7 3 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.72%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.36%) CASB
9 1 (0.36%) Istio
9 1 (0.36%) Kibana
9 1 (0.36%) Opsgenie
9 1 (0.36%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.36%) QRadar
9 1 (0.36%) SnapMirror
9 1 (0.36%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.36%) vRealize
9 1 (0.36%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 27 (9.68%) Microsoft
2 17 (6.09%) Databricks
3 16 (5.73%) Oracle
4 11 (3.94%) Google
4 11 (3.94%) IBM
5 9 (3.23%) CyberArk
5 9 (3.23%) ServiceNow
6 8 (2.87%) Salesforce
6 8 (2.87%) Splunk
7 4 (1.43%) Informatica
7 4 (1.43%) MuleSoft
7 4 (1.43%) SAP
7 4 (1.43%) VMware
8 3 (1.08%) AppDynamics
8 3 (1.08%) Bloomberg
8 3 (1.08%) Charles River
8 3 (1.08%) Cognos
8 3 (1.08%) Confluent
8 3 (1.08%) OpenAI
8 3 (1.08%) Sage