AWS Certified Solutions Architect Contract Job Trends in the City of London

AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for AWS Certified Solutions Architect qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 24 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 123 120 130
Rank change year-on-year -3 +10 +59
Contract jobs citing AWS Certified Solutions Architect 2 2 6
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.11% 0.097% 0.24%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.39% 0.37% 1.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 6
10th Percentile - £405 £526
25th Percentile £613 £450 £540
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £550 £554
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -0.68% -27.26%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £585
90th Percentile - £695 £613
Central London median daily rate £625 £550 £554
% change year-on-year +13.64% -0.68% -27.26%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
City of London

AWS Certified Solutions Architect falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the City of London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 508 535 501
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 27.73% 25.87% 20.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 392 319 312
10th Percentile £353 £331 £363
25th Percentile £425 £456 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% -2.17%
75th Percentile £661 £638 £688
90th Percentile £738 £752 £799
Central London median daily rate £525 £528 £550
% change year-on-year -0.62% -3.95% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 3
10th Percentile £20.55 £24.78 £29.39
25th Percentile £25.75 £28.94 £45.09
Median hourly rate £27.50 £72.25 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year -61.94% -0.34% +68.60%
75th Percentile £29.50 £112.00 £75.63
90th Percentile £50.80 - £76.75
Central London median hourly rate £25.99 £72.25 £60.00
% change year-on-year -64.03% +20.42% +39.53%

AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing AWS Certified Solutions Architect relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

AWS Certified Solutions Architect job vacancy trend in the City of London

AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing AWS Certified Solutions Architect.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing AWS Certified Solutions Architect

AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Architect
1 2 (100.00%) AWS Architect
2 1 (50.00%) AWS Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Native
1 2 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared