AWS Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring AWS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 13 14
Rank change year-on-year -4 +1 -4
Contract jobs citing AWS 265 226 203
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 11.86% 12.95% 9.55%
As % of the Cloud Services category 28.74% 32.19% 23.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 194 161 122
10th Percentile £430 £413 £425
25th Percentile £481 £480 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £585 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.71% +1.74% -4.17%
75th Percentile £700 £688 £725
90th Percentile £771 £800 £838
Central London median daily rate £575 £585 £575
% change year-on-year -1.71% +1.74% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £56.00 - -
25th Percentile £57.50 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £100.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -35.00% - -
75th Percentile £72.50 - -
90th Percentile £74.00 - -
Central London median hourly rate £65.00 £100.00 -
% change year-on-year -35.00% - -

All Cloud Computing Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 922 702 850
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 41.25% 40.23% 40.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 657 497 557
10th Percentile £355 £337 £387
25th Percentile £456 £441 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £565
Median % change year-on-year - -2.65% +0.44%
75th Percentile £660 £668 £675
90th Percentile £750 £754 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £565
% change year-on-year - -2.65% +2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 10 3
10th Percentile £18.33 £23.03 -
25th Percentile £20.25 £28.06 -
Median hourly rate £23.58 £38.25 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.35% +41.67% +30.12%
75th Percentile £38.69 £63.37 £59.75
90th Percentile £66.00 £89.88 £79.40
Central London median hourly rate £30.00 £34.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -11.76% -2.86% +68.67%

AWS
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

AWS job vacancy trend in the City of London

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Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing AWS in the City of London over the 6 months to 25 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for AWS in the City of London

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Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing AWS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing AWS

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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:

Application Platforms
1 21 (7.92%) Apache Airflow
2 10 (3.77%) Confluence
3 9 (3.40%) Apache Spark
4 7 (2.64%) Apache
5 5 (1.89%) SharePoint
6 3 (1.13%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.75%) CICS
7 2 (0.75%) nginx
7 2 (0.75%) SAS
8 1 (0.38%) Camunda
8 1 (0.38%) Ethereum
8 1 (0.38%) Hyperledger
8 1 (0.38%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.38%) MQSeries
8 1 (0.38%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (1.13%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.38%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.13%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.75%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.38%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.38%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.38%) Exchequer
3 1 (0.38%) R3 Corda
3 1 (0.38%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 117 (44.15%) Azure
2 64 (24.15%) GCP
3 42 (15.85%) Serverless
4 40 (15.09%) GitHub
5 36 (13.58%) AWS Lambda
6 32 (12.08%) Amazon S3
7 31 (11.70%) Snowflake
8 24 (9.06%) GitHub Actions
9 18 (6.79%) Amazon Bedrock
9 18 (6.79%) Amazon EKS
10 17 (6.42%) dbt
11 14 (5.28%) SaaS
12 13 (4.91%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 13 (4.91%) Azure DevOps
13 12 (4.53%) Amazon EC2
13 12 (4.53%) Amazon Kinesis
13 12 (4.53%) Power Platform
14 11 (4.15%) AWS CloudFormation
14 11 (4.15%) OpenShift
15 9 (3.40%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (6.04%) DNS
1 16 (6.04%) Firewall
2 10 (3.77%) VPN
3 9 (3.40%) DHCP
4 6 (2.26%) BGP
4 6 (2.26%) TCP/IP
5 5 (1.89%) OSPF
5 5 (1.89%) VLAN
6 4 (1.51%) Network Security
7 3 (1.13%) MPLS
7 3 (1.13%) Multicast
7 3 (1.13%) SD-WAN
7 3 (1.13%) SMTP
7 3 (1.13%) WAN
7 3 (1.13%) Wireless
8 2 (0.75%) Internet
8 2 (0.75%) Intrusion Detection
8 2 (0.75%) IPsec
8 2 (0.75%) SSH
8 2 (0.75%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (6.42%) Amazon RDS
1 17 (6.42%) Data Warehouse
2 16 (6.04%) Amazon Athena
3 12 (4.53%) NoSQL
4 11 (4.15%) Amazon Redshift
4 11 (4.15%) Power BI
5 10 (3.77%) Metadata
5 10 (3.77%) PostgreSQL
6 9 (3.40%) DynamoDB
7 8 (3.02%) Delta Lake
7 8 (3.02%) MongoDB
8 7 (2.64%) Big Data
8 7 (2.64%) SQL Server
9 6 (2.26%) Data Lake
9 6 (2.26%) Relational Database
10 5 (1.89%) Amazon QuickSight
10 5 (1.89%) Pinecone
11 4 (1.51%) BigQuery
11 4 (1.51%) Elasticsearch
11 4 (1.51%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 30 (11.32%) GitLab
2 27 (10.19%) Jenkins
3 22 (8.30%) Git
4 19 (7.17%) JIRA
5 9 (3.40%) Bitbucket
6 7 (2.64%) Postman
7 6 (2.26%) JMeter
7 6 (2.26%) JUnit
8 5 (1.89%) Maven
8 5 (1.89%) Mockito
9 3 (1.13%) Claude Code
9 3 (1.13%) Selenium
10 2 (0.75%) Appium
10 2 (0.75%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 2 (0.75%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.75%) Gatling
10 2 (0.75%) Gradle
10 2 (0.75%) LoadRunner
10 2 (0.75%) SonarQube
11 1 (0.38%) Terragrunt
General
1 96 (36.23%) Finance
2 65 (24.53%) Social Skills
3 42 (15.85%) Banking
4 35 (13.21%) Analytical Skills
5 28 (10.57%) Public Sector
6 10 (3.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (2.64%) Back Office
7 7 (2.64%) Investment Banking
8 6 (2.26%) Financial Institution
8 6 (2.26%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (1.89%) Front Office
9 5 (1.89%) Military
9 5 (1.89%) Retail
10 4 (1.51%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.13%) Billing
11 3 (1.13%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.13%) General Ledger
11 3 (1.13%) Marketing
11 3 (1.13%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.75%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 62 (23.40%) Architect
2 53 (20.00%) Senior
3 28 (10.57%) Data Engineer
4 25 (9.43%) Developer
5 24 (9.06%) AWS Engineer
6 23 (8.68%) Lead
7 14 (5.28%) Solutions Architect
8 13 (4.91%) Data Architect
8 13 (4.91%) Senior Data Engineer
9 12 (4.53%) Analyst
9 12 (4.53%) Senior Developer
10 11 (4.15%) AWS Data Engineer
11 9 (3.40%) AWS Architect
12 8 (3.02%) Cloud Engineer
12 8 (3.02%) Consultant
12 8 (3.02%) Data Analyst
12 8 (3.02%) Technical Architect
13 7 (2.64%) Citrix Consultant
13 7 (2.64%) Java Developer
13 7 (2.64%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (20.38%) Terraform
2 26 (9.81%) Kafka
2 26 (9.81%) REST
3 23 (8.68%) Spring
4 22 (8.30%) Spring Boot
5 13 (4.91%) RESTful
6 12 (4.53%) .NET
6 12 (4.53%) PySpark
6 12 (4.53%) React
6 12 (4.53%) SOAP
7 9 (3.40%) RabbitMQ
8 8 (3.02%) ActiveMQ
8 8 (3.02%) JSON
8 8 (3.02%) Node.js
8 8 (3.02%) Web Services
9 7 (2.64%) .NET Core
10 6 (2.26%) LangChain
10 6 (2.26%) Middleware
10 6 (2.26%) OAuth
10 6 (2.26%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 70 (26.42%) Cloud Native
2 24 (9.06%) AI Agents
3 21 (7.92%) Distributed Systems
4 15 (5.66%) Onboarding
5 11 (4.15%) Product Ownership
6 7 (2.64%) Data Centre
7 5 (1.89%) CMDB
7 5 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (1.89%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.51%) Data Structures
8 4 (1.51%) PKI
8 4 (1.51%) Public Cloud
8 4 (1.51%) Reinsurance
8 4 (1.51%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 3 (1.13%) Clustering
9 3 (1.13%) Distributed Computing
9 3 (1.13%) Legacy Applications
9 3 (1.13%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.13%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 16 (6.04%) Linux
2 13 (4.91%) Windows
3 10 (3.77%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.89%) Unix
5 2 (0.75%) CentOS
5 2 (0.75%) zOS
6 1 (0.38%) AIX
6 1 (0.38%) Android
6 1 (0.38%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.38%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.38%) Solaris
6 1 (0.38%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.38%) VMS
6 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (44.53%) CI/CD
2 74 (27.92%) DevOps
3 66 (24.91%) AI
4 60 (22.64%) Infrastructure as Code
5 51 (19.25%) Agile
6 47 (17.74%) Migration
7 44 (16.60%) Containerisation
8 43 (16.23%) Data Engineering
8 43 (16.23%) Stakeholder Management
9 42 (15.85%) Microservices
10 41 (15.47%) Analytics
11 38 (14.34%) Data Modelling
11 38 (14.34%) Event-Driven
12 35 (13.21%) Observability
13 33 (12.45%) Software Engineering
13 33 (12.45%) Test Automation
14 32 (12.08%) Data Pipeline
15 31 (11.70%) Machine Learning
16 30 (11.32%) Problem-Solving
17 29 (10.94%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 95 (35.85%) Python
2 56 (21.13%) SQL
3 46 (17.36%) Java
4 18 (6.79%) PowerShell
5 17 (6.42%) C#
6 15 (5.66%) JavaScript
7 13 (4.91%) Bash
7 13 (4.91%) TypeScript
8 5 (1.89%) Korn
8 5 (1.89%) Shell Script
9 4 (1.51%) Bicep
10 3 (1.13%) Ruby
11 2 (0.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.75%) Go
11 2 (0.75%) JCL
11 2 (0.75%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.75%) Scala
12 1 (0.38%) Google Apps Script
12 1 (0.38%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.38%) Rust
Qualifications
1 53 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 40 (15.09%) SC Cleared
3 9 (3.40%) AWS Certification
3 9 (3.40%) Degree
3 9 (3.40%) DV Cleared
4 5 (1.89%) TOGAF Certification
5 4 (1.51%) PMI Certification
5 4 (1.51%) PMP
6 3 (1.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 3 (1.13%) Azure Certification
6 3 (1.13%) CCNP
6 3 (1.13%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (1.13%) DBS Check
6 3 (1.13%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.75%) CISM
7 2 (0.75%) CISSP
7 2 (0.75%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.75%) CREST Certified
7 2 (0.75%) OSCP
8 1 (0.38%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (10.57%) Data Quality
2 11 (4.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (4.15%) QA
3 8 (3.02%) EU AI Act
3 8 (3.02%) NIST
4 7 (2.64%) GDPR
5 5 (1.89%) NCSC
6 3 (1.13%) ISO 20022
6 3 (1.13%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.13%) SEPA
7 2 (0.75%) EMIR
7 2 (0.75%) MiFID
7 2 (0.75%) NIST 800
7 2 (0.75%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.38%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.38%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (0.38%) GRC
8 1 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 19770
8 1 (0.38%) PMO
8 1 (0.38%) PSD2
System Software
1 42 (15.85%) Docker
2 9 (3.40%) Active Directory
2 9 (3.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.51%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.51%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (1.13%) BitLocker
4 3 (1.13%) Microsoft App-V
4 3 (1.13%) Terminal Services
5 1 (0.38%) Firmware
5 1 (0.38%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.38%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 59 (22.26%) Kubernetes
2 26 (9.81%) Ansible
3 14 (5.28%) Grafana
4 13 (4.91%) Prometheus
5 5 (1.89%) Puppet
6 4 (1.51%) vCenter Server
7 3 (1.13%) Nagios
7 3 (1.13%) vMotion
8 2 (0.75%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.38%) Argo
9 1 (0.38%) Bosun
9 1 (0.38%) Consul
9 1 (0.38%) Packer
9 1 (0.38%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.38%) Red Hat Satellite
9 1 (0.38%) Salt
9 1 (0.38%) SCCM
9 1 (0.38%) SELinux
9 1 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.38%) WSUS
Vendors
1 30 (11.32%) Microsoft
2 29 (10.94%) Databricks
3 17 (6.42%) Google
4 16 (6.04%) Oracle
5 11 (4.15%) ServiceNow
6 10 (3.77%) Citrix
6 10 (3.77%) VMware
7 9 (3.40%) Cisco
8 7 (2.64%) Fortinet
8 7 (2.64%) IBM
8 7 (2.64%) Palo Alto
8 7 (2.64%) SAP
9 5 (1.89%) CyberArk
9 5 (1.89%) Dynatrace
9 5 (1.89%) OpenAI
9 5 (1.89%) Salesforce
10 3 (1.13%) F5
10 3 (1.13%) HP
10 3 (1.13%) Splunk
10 3 (1.13%) Symantec