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 9 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 16 11
Rank change year-on-year +4 -5 -1
Contract jobs citing AWS 230 199 303
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 13.47% 9.50% 10.84%
As % of the Cloud Services category 32.17% 24.06% 26.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 167 125 216
10th Percentile £405 £425 £400
25th Percentile £480 £500 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year - +4.50% -11.96%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £663
90th Percentile £800 £830 £775
Central London median daily rate £575 £575 £575
% change year-on-year - - -8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £47.50
Median hourly rate - - £50.00
75th Percentile - - £52.50
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate - - £50.00
% change year-on-year - - -9.09%

All Cloud 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 715 827 1,134
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 41.86% 39.47% 40.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 529 535 785
10th Percentile £349 £400 £350
25th Percentile £425 £475 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £668 £675 £678
90th Percentile £750 £766 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 2 10
10th Percentile £22.30 £32.05 £16.53
25th Percentile £26.75 £39.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £34.00 £56.00 £20.75
Median % change year-on-year -39.29% +169.88% +1.22%
75th Percentile £56.75 £76.13 £46.06
90th Percentile £70.21 £85.95 £54.63
Central London median hourly rate £28.50 £35.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -18.57% +84.21% -7.32%

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

AWS
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 9 November 2025.

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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Contract Job Locations in the City of 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 City of London region over the 6 months to 9 November 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
Moorgate - 1 £390 -
AWS
Central London

AWS
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 15 (6.52%) Apache Airflow
2 9 (3.91%) Apache Spark
2 9 (3.91%) Confluence
3 7 (3.04%) Apache
4 4 (1.74%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.43%) CICS
6 1 (0.43%) CMS
6 1 (0.43%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.43%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.43%) Luigi
6 1 (0.43%) nginx
6 1 (0.43%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.43%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.87%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (1.74%) Endur
2 3 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.43%) Exchequer
3 1 (0.43%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 97 (42.17%) Azure
2 46 (20.00%) GCP
3 42 (18.26%) Amazon S3
4 30 (13.04%) AWS Lambda
4 30 (13.04%) Serverless
5 24 (10.43%) GitHub
6 21 (9.13%) Snowflake
7 20 (8.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 17 (7.39%) GitHub Actions
9 12 (5.22%) Amazon EC2
9 12 (5.22%) Amazon ECS
9 12 (5.22%) dbt
10 11 (4.78%) Power Platform
10 11 (4.78%) SaaS
11 10 (4.35%) Amazon EKS
12 9 (3.91%) AWS CloudFormation
12 9 (3.91%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 8 (3.48%) Azure DevOps
13 8 (3.48%) Microsoft 365
14 6 (2.61%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (6.96%) Firewall
2 11 (4.78%) DNS
3 5 (2.17%) TCP/IP
3 5 (2.17%) VPN
4 4 (1.74%) LAN
4 4 (1.74%) Network Security
4 4 (1.74%) SSL
4 4 (1.74%) WAN
5 3 (1.30%) BGP
5 3 (1.30%) DHCP
5 3 (1.30%) OSPF
6 2 (0.87%) 4G
6 2 (0.87%) 5G
6 2 (0.87%) Internet
6 2 (0.87%) NAS
6 2 (0.87%) Radio Access Network
6 2 (0.87%) SSH
6 2 (0.87%) VLAN
6 2 (0.87%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.87%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (8.70%) Relational Database
2 17 (7.39%) Data Warehouse
2 17 (7.39%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (4.78%) DynamoDB
4 10 (4.35%) Data Lake
4 10 (4.35%) MySQL
4 10 (4.35%) Power BI
5 8 (3.48%) NoSQL
6 7 (3.04%) Amazon RDS
7 6 (2.61%) Hadoop
7 6 (2.61%) MongoDB
7 6 (2.61%) SQL Server
7 6 (2.61%) Tableau
8 5 (2.17%) Amazon QuickSight
8 5 (2.17%) Amazon Redshift
8 5 (2.17%) Metadata
9 4 (1.74%) Apache Hive
9 4 (1.74%) Big Data
9 4 (1.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (1.30%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 23 (10.00%) Git
2 14 (6.09%) Jenkins
3 13 (5.65%) JIRA
4 10 (4.35%) GitLab
5 4 (1.74%) Bitbucket
6 3 (1.30%) Cucumber
6 3 (1.30%) JUnit
6 3 (1.30%) MLflow
7 2 (0.87%) CircleCI
7 2 (0.87%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.87%) Postman
7 2 (0.87%) REST Assured
7 2 (0.87%) Selenium
7 2 (0.87%) SoapUI
7 2 (0.87%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.87%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.43%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.43%) ERwin
8 1 (0.43%) Hamcrest
8 1 (0.43%) Mockito
General
1 80 (34.78%) Finance
2 59 (25.65%) Social Skills
3 27 (11.74%) Banking
4 22 (9.57%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (7.39%) Public Sector
6 14 (6.09%) Front Office
7 8 (3.48%) Legal
8 6 (2.61%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (2.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (2.17%) Financial Institution
10 4 (1.74%) Investment Banking
11 3 (1.30%) Marketing
11 3 (1.30%) Military
11 3 (1.30%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.87%) Back Office
12 2 (0.87%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.87%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.87%) Retail
12 2 (0.87%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.43%) Law
Job Titles
1 47 (20.43%) Senior
2 46 (20.00%) Architect
3 30 (13.04%) Developer
4 28 (12.17%) Data Engineer
5 23 (10.00%) Lead
6 16 (6.96%) Solutions Architect
7 14 (6.09%) AWS Engineer
7 14 (6.09%) DevOps Engineer
8 12 (5.22%) Python Engineer
9 10 (4.35%) AWS Architect
9 10 (4.35%) Senior Architect
10 9 (3.91%) Consultant
10 9 (3.91%) Security Architect
10 9 (3.91%) Software Engineer
11 7 (3.04%) Data Architect
11 7 (3.04%) Security Engineer
11 7 (3.04%) Senior Data Engineer
11 7 (3.04%) Technical Architect
12 6 (2.61%) Java Developer
12 6 (2.61%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (8.70%) React
2 17 (7.39%) Kafka
3 15 (6.52%) REST
4 14 (6.09%) RESTful
5 13 (5.65%) Node.js
6 12 (5.22%) AngularJS
7 11 (4.78%) GraphQL
7 11 (4.78%) Spring
8 10 (4.35%) Spring Boot
9 9 (3.91%) OAuth
10 8 (3.48%) .NET
10 8 (3.48%) CSS
10 8 (3.48%) HTML
11 6 (2.61%) PySpark
12 5 (2.17%) JWT
12 5 (2.17%) scikit-learn
12 5 (2.17%) Svelte
12 5 (2.17%) XML
13 4 (1.74%) Pandas
13 4 (1.74%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 34 (14.78%) Cloud Native
2 11 (4.78%) Product Ownership
3 9 (3.91%) Virtual Team
4 7 (3.04%) Data Centre
4 7 (3.04%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (2.61%) Algorithms
5 6 (2.61%) Distributed Systems
5 6 (2.61%) Onboarding
5 6 (2.61%) Public Cloud
6 5 (2.17%) Mobile App
7 4 (1.74%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (1.74%) Security Posture
8 3 (1.30%) Derivative
8 3 (1.30%) Distributed Computing
8 3 (1.30%) Equities
8 3 (1.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (1.30%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.30%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.30%) Web Conferencing
9 2 (0.87%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 12 (5.22%) Linux
2 11 (4.78%) Windows
3 5 (2.17%) Unix
4 3 (1.30%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.87%) Android
5 2 (0.87%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.43%) AIX
6 1 (0.43%) Solaris
6 1 (0.43%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (31.30%) CI/CD
2 58 (25.22%) Agile
3 55 (23.91%) DevOps
4 43 (18.70%) Analytics
5 40 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
6 36 (15.65%) Infrastructure as Code
7 33 (14.35%) Microservices
8 29 (12.61%) Software Engineering
9 28 (12.17%) Roadmaps
10 26 (11.30%) AI
11 25 (10.87%) Data Modelling
12 24 (10.43%) Machine Learning
13 23 (10.00%) Data Pipeline
13 23 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
14 22 (9.57%) Containerisation
14 22 (9.57%) ETL
14 22 (9.57%) Migration
15 20 (8.70%) Data Engineering
15 20 (8.70%) Full-Stack Development
15 20 (8.70%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 96 (41.74%) Python
2 53 (23.04%) SQL
3 45 (19.57%) Java
4 17 (7.39%) JavaScript
5 16 (6.96%) TypeScript
6 10 (4.35%) Bash
7 6 (2.61%) Go
7 6 (2.61%) PowerShell
8 3 (1.30%) Kotlin
8 3 (1.30%) PHP
8 3 (1.30%) Scala
9 2 (0.87%) Apex Code
9 2 (0.87%) C#
9 2 (0.87%) C++
9 2 (0.87%) COBOL
9 2 (0.87%) Perl
9 2 (0.87%) PromQL
9 2 (0.87%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.43%) R
10 1 (0.43%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 37 (16.09%) Security Cleared
2 32 (13.91%) SC Cleared
3 18 (7.83%) Degree
4 12 (5.22%) AWS Certification
5 7 (3.04%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (2.17%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.74%) CISSP
7 4 (1.74%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.30%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.30%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.30%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.87%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 2 (0.87%) AWS Certified Developer
9 2 (0.87%) SnowPro
10 1 (0.43%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 1 (0.43%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.43%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.43%) CREST Certified
10 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.43%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (9.13%) Data Quality
2 13 (5.65%) GDPR
3 12 (5.22%) QA
4 9 (3.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (3.04%) NIST
6 3 (1.30%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.87%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.87%) EU AI Act
8 1 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.43%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.43%) NCSC
8 1 (0.43%) PMO
8 1 (0.43%) SLA
8 1 (0.43%) SOC 2
System Software
1 31 (13.48%) Docker
2 8 (3.48%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.43%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.43%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.43%) vSphere
3 1 (0.43%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 43 (18.70%) Terraform
2 27 (11.74%) Kubernetes
3 16 (6.96%) Ansible
4 7 (3.04%) Prometheus
5 6 (2.61%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (1.74%) Grafana
6 4 (1.74%) ITRS Geneos
6 4 (1.74%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.87%) Argo
7 2 (0.87%) Packer
7 2 (0.87%) Puppet
7 2 (0.87%) SCCM
8 1 (0.43%) CASB
8 1 (0.43%) Cilium
8 1 (0.43%) Istio
8 1 (0.43%) Observium
8 1 (0.43%) QRadar
8 1 (0.43%) Trend Micro Deep Security
8 1 (0.43%) vRealize
8 1 (0.43%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 33 (14.35%) Microsoft
2 15 (6.52%) Databricks
3 10 (4.35%) Google
4 9 (3.91%) Salesforce
5 8 (3.48%) Oracle
5 8 (3.48%) Splunk
6 7 (3.04%) IBM
7 6 (2.61%) Palo Alto
8 5 (2.17%) F5
8 5 (2.17%) Informatica
9 4 (1.74%) ServiceNow
10 3 (1.30%) Adobe
10 3 (1.30%) CheckPoint
10 3 (1.30%) Cisco
10 3 (1.30%) Tenable
11 2 (0.87%) Citrix
11 2 (0.87%) Dell
11 2 (0.87%) Dynatrace
11 2 (0.87%) Okta
11 2 (0.87%) Sparx