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 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 12 9
Rank change year-on-year +1 -3 -5
Contract jobs citing AWS 277 266 516
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 13.84% 10.96% 13.39%
As % of the Cloud Services category 31.91% 27.71% 34.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 189 198 343
10th Percentile £407 £418 £459
25th Percentile £463 £475 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £625
Median % change year-on-year - -12.00% +0.40%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £750
90th Percentile £720 £791 £825
London median daily rate £575 £575 £613
% change year-on-year - -6.12% +2.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 6
10th Percentile - - £57.44
25th Percentile - - £79.89
Median hourly rate £100.00 - £84.09
75th Percentile - - £88.30
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £48.25 £31.50 £75.00
% change year-on-year +53.17% -58.00% -3.69%

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 868 960 1,481
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 43.38% 39.57% 38.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 562 693 1,007
10th Percentile £363 £350 £313
25th Percentile £458 £430 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £554 £535 £575
Median % change year-on-year +3.49% -6.96% -
75th Percentile £664 £650 £700
90th Percentile £738 £750 £800
London median daily rate £550 £550 £588
% change year-on-year - -6.38% +2.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 8 9
10th Percentile £24.66 £12.75 £24.20
25th Percentile £26.00 £17.39 £35.00
Median hourly rate £34.83 £22.50 £82.50
Median % change year-on-year +54.78% -72.73% +379.16%
75th Percentile £45.00 £24.56 £88.30
90th Percentile £94.88 £33.98 -
London median hourly rate £30.21 £25.00 £40.25
% change year-on-year +20.83% -37.89% +8.05%

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 4 May 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 4 May 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 0 254 £550 -2.65% 174
West End of London +2 9 £520 +4.00% 63
City of Westminster -1 6 £590 -15.71% 4
Camden 0 2 £565 +25.56% 7
Southwark - 1 - - 2
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 16 (5.78%) Confluence
2 9 (3.25%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (1.81%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.81%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.44%) Apache Spark
5 3 (1.08%) Apache
6 2 (0.72%) Luigi
6 2 (0.72%) nginx
7 1 (0.36%) Alfresco
7 1 (0.36%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.36%) Camunda
7 1 (0.36%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.36%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.36%) SAS
7 1 (0.36%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.72%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.36%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.36%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.36%) Sketch
3 1 (0.36%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (2.17%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.36%) Endur
3 1 (0.36%) Magento
3 1 (0.36%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.36%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.36%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 96 (34.66%) Azure
2 46 (16.61%) GCP
3 35 (12.64%) Serverless
4 30 (10.83%) Amazon S3
5 28 (10.11%) AWS Lambda
6 21 (7.58%) GitHub
7 17 (6.14%) Amazon EKS
8 14 (5.05%) Amazon EC2
9 12 (4.33%) Microsoft 365
10 10 (3.61%) Amazon SQS
10 10 (3.61%) AWS CloudFormation
10 10 (3.61%) Entra ID
11 9 (3.25%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 9 (3.25%) GitHub Actions
12 8 (2.89%) Cloud Computing
12 8 (2.89%) Route 53
12 8 (2.89%) SaaS
13 7 (2.53%) Power Platform
13 7 (2.53%) Snowflake
14 6 (2.17%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 15 (5.42%) Firewall
2 10 (3.61%) VPN
3 8 (2.89%) DNS
4 4 (1.44%) DHCP
4 4 (1.44%) Modbus
4 4 (1.44%) MQTT
5 3 (1.08%) BGP
5 3 (1.08%) HTTP
5 3 (1.08%) Network Security
5 3 (1.08%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.72%) Internet
6 2 (0.72%) Kerberos
6 2 (0.72%) SSL
6 2 (0.72%) WAN
6 2 (0.72%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.36%) BIG-IP
7 1 (0.36%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.36%) SAN
7 1 (0.36%) Wireless
7 1 (0.36%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (15.16%) PostgreSQL
2 30 (10.83%) NoSQL
3 22 (7.94%) MongoDB
4 17 (6.14%) SQL Server
5 15 (5.42%) Amazon RDS
6 13 (4.69%) Redis
7 11 (3.97%) DocumentDB
8 9 (3.25%) DynamoDB
8 9 (3.25%) Relational Database
9 8 (2.89%) Amazon Athena
9 8 (2.89%) Amazon Aurora
9 8 (2.89%) Data Warehouse
10 7 (2.53%) Oracle Database
11 6 (2.17%) MySQL
11 6 (2.17%) Power BI
11 6 (2.17%) Tableau
12 5 (1.81%) Data Lake
13 4 (1.44%) Amazon Redshift
13 4 (1.44%) Big Data
13 4 (1.44%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 28 (10.11%) JIRA
2 27 (9.75%) Git
2 27 (9.75%) Jenkins
3 17 (6.14%) GitLab
4 15 (5.42%) SonarQube
5 8 (2.89%) Maven
5 8 (2.89%) Postman
5 8 (2.89%) Selenium
6 7 (2.53%) REST Assured
7 6 (2.17%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 6 (2.17%) JUnit
8 5 (1.81%) Bitbucket
9 4 (1.44%) Bitbucket Server
9 4 (1.44%) Gradle
9 4 (1.44%) IntelliJ
9 4 (1.44%) MSI
10 3 (1.08%) Cypress.io
10 3 (1.08%) ScriptRunner
10 3 (1.08%) TeamCity
10 3 (1.08%) Terragrunt
General
1 77 (27.80%) Finance
2 62 (22.38%) Social Skills
3 43 (15.52%) Banking
4 42 (15.16%) Public Sector
5 32 (11.55%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (4.69%) Retail
7 11 (3.97%) Investment Banking
8 10 (3.61%) Retail Banking
9 5 (1.81%) Front Office
10 4 (1.44%) Corporate Banking
10 4 (1.44%) Financial Institution
11 3 (1.08%) Back Office
11 3 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.08%) Police
12 2 (0.72%) Military
12 2 (0.72%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.36%) Billing
13 1 (0.36%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.36%) Marketing
13 1 (0.36%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 69 (24.91%) Developer
2 46 (16.61%) Architect
3 42 (15.16%) Senior
4 25 (9.03%) Java Developer
5 23 (8.30%) Data Engineer
6 22 (7.94%) DevOps Engineer
7 21 (7.58%) Lead
8 19 (6.86%) Solutions Architect
9 17 (6.14%) AWS Engineer
10 16 (5.78%) SC Cleared Java Developer
11 13 (4.69%) Full-Stack Developer
12 12 (4.33%) Software Engineer
13 10 (3.61%) Python Engineer
14 9 (3.25%) Senior Developer
14 9 (3.25%) Technical Architect
15 8 (2.89%) Project Manager
16 7 (2.53%) AWS Architect
16 7 (2.53%) Test Engineer
17 6 (2.17%) AWS DevOps
17 6 (2.17%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (14.08%) React
2 32 (11.55%) Kafka
3 30 (10.83%) Spring
4 23 (8.30%) Spring Boot
5 20 (7.22%) Node.js
6 19 (6.86%) .NET
7 18 (6.50%) GraphQL
8 16 (5.78%) REST
9 15 (5.42%) RESTful
10 13 (4.69%) HTML
11 10 (3.61%) CSS
11 10 (3.61%) pytest
12 6 (2.17%) AngularJS
12 6 (2.17%) JPA
12 6 (2.17%) Web Services
13 5 (1.81%) Elastic Stack
14 4 (1.44%) Jest
14 4 (1.44%) JSON
14 4 (1.44%) NumPy
14 4 (1.44%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 13 (4.69%) Cloud Native
2 10 (3.61%) Legacy Systems
3 8 (2.89%) Public Cloud
4 7 (2.53%) Data Centre
4 7 (2.53%) Derivative
4 7 (2.53%) Hedge funds
5 6 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (1.81%) Equities
6 5 (1.81%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (1.81%) Mobile App
6 5 (1.81%) Product Ownership
6 5 (1.81%) Renewable Energy
7 4 (1.44%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.44%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (1.44%) Greenfield Project
7 4 (1.44%) IoT
7 4 (1.44%) Mainframe
7 4 (1.44%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.08%) Algorithms
8 3 (1.08%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 25 (9.03%) Linux
2 23 (8.30%) Windows
3 6 (2.17%) Unix
3 6 (2.17%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.44%) Android
5 3 (1.08%) Rocky
6 2 (0.72%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.72%) Solaris
7 1 (0.36%) CentOS
7 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (33.21%) DevOps
2 82 (29.60%) CI/CD
3 69 (24.91%) Agile
4 50 (18.05%) Microservices
4 50 (18.05%) Problem-Solving
5 36 (13.00%) Software Engineering
6 34 (12.27%) Infrastructure as Code
7 27 (9.75%) Containerisation
8 26 (9.39%) Migration
8 26 (9.39%) SOLID
9 23 (8.30%) Clean Code
10 22 (7.94%) Full-Stack Development
11 21 (7.58%) Cloud Security
12 19 (6.86%) API Development
12 19 (6.86%) Artificial Intelligence
12 19 (6.86%) Test Automation
13 16 (5.78%) Analytics
13 16 (5.78%) Data Pipeline
14 15 (5.42%) Decision-Making
14 15 (5.42%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 100 (36.10%) Python
2 57 (20.58%) SQL
3 52 (18.77%) Java
4 44 (15.88%) JavaScript
5 18 (6.50%) C#
6 16 (5.78%) PowerShell
7 13 (4.69%) Bash
7 13 (4.69%) TypeScript
8 6 (2.17%) Ruby
8 6 (2.17%) Shell Script
9 5 (1.81%) Bicep
9 5 (1.81%) Go
9 5 (1.81%) Perl
9 5 (1.81%) PL/SQL
10 4 (1.44%) C++
10 4 (1.44%) Groovy
10 4 (1.44%) Kotlin
10 4 (1.44%) T-SQL
11 3 (1.08%) DAML
11 3 (1.08%) Scala
Qualifications
1 76 (27.44%) Security Cleared
2 72 (25.99%) SC Cleared
3 17 (6.14%) AWS Certified Developer
3 17 (6.14%) Degree
4 16 (5.78%) AWS Certification
5 11 (3.97%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 8 (2.89%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (1.81%) CISM
7 5 (1.81%) CISSP
8 4 (1.44%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 4 (1.44%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.44%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.44%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (1.44%) PMI Certification
8 4 (1.44%) PMP
9 3 (1.08%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
9 3 (1.08%) CCNP
9 3 (1.08%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.72%) CCIE
11 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.33%) GDPR
2 8 (2.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (2.53%) Data Quality
4 6 (2.17%) NIST
5 5 (1.81%) QA
6 4 (1.44%) SOC 2
7 3 (1.08%) Accessibility
7 3 (1.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.72%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (0.72%) Government Security Classifications
8 2 (0.72%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.36%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.36%) PMO
9 1 (0.36%) SLA
9 1 (0.36%) WCAG
System Software
1 39 (14.08%) Docker
2 12 (4.33%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.44%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (1.44%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.08%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.72%) Lustre
6 1 (0.36%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 1 (0.36%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.36%) NFS
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.36%) Platform Symphony
6 1 (0.36%) Veritas File System
6 1 (0.36%) Veritas Volume Manager
Systems Management
1 74 (26.71%) Kubernetes
2 58 (20.94%) Terraform
3 27 (9.75%) Ansible
4 10 (3.61%) Prometheus
5 9 (3.25%) Grafana
6 6 (2.17%) Progress Chef
7 5 (1.81%) Puppet
8 4 (1.44%) Kibana
8 4 (1.44%) SCCM
9 3 (1.08%) Argo
9 3 (1.08%) Consul
9 3 (1.08%) Control-M
9 3 (1.08%) Podman
10 2 (0.72%) Istio
10 2 (0.72%) Karpenter
10 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (0.72%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 2 (0.72%) QRadar
10 2 (0.72%) Tivoli
11 1 (0.36%) PingFederate
Vendors
1 17 (6.14%) Microsoft
1 17 (6.14%) Oracle
2 10 (3.61%) Google
2 10 (3.61%) Splunk
3 8 (2.89%) VMware
4 7 (2.53%) Cisco
5 6 (2.17%) CyberArk
5 6 (2.17%) ServiceNow
6 5 (1.81%) Databricks
6 5 (1.81%) IBM
6 5 (1.81%) Red Hat
7 4 (1.44%) Arista
7 4 (1.44%) Atlassian
7 4 (1.44%) CheckPoint
7 4 (1.44%) F5
8 3 (1.08%) Bloomberg
8 3 (1.08%) Fortinet
8 3 (1.08%) Meraki
8 3 (1.08%) Palo Alto
8 3 (1.08%) Salesforce