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

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 11 13
Rank change year-on-year -1 +2 -4
Contract jobs citing AWS 271 258 239
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 11.41% 15.13% 11.00%
As % of the Cloud Services category 29.91% 35.25% 27.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 192 177 166
10th Percentile £406 £400 £413
25th Percentile £463 £449 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £553
Median % change year-on-year - -0.45% -11.60%
75th Percentile £678 £680 £688
90th Percentile £798 £756 £821
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -12.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £57.00 - -
25th Percentile £60.00 - -
Median hourly rate £70.00 £100.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% - -
75th Percentile £75.88 - -
90th Percentile £76.40 - -
Central London median hourly rate £70.00 £100.00 -
% change year-on-year -30.00% - -

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 906 732 873
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 38.15% 42.93% 40.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 627 466 608
10th Percentile £350 £363 £363
25th Percentile £461 £455 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £546
Median % change year-on-year - +0.69% -8.96%
75th Percentile £650 £674 £650
90th Percentile £750 £754 £750
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £535
% change year-on-year - +2.80% -9.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 11 6
10th Percentile £20.51 £23.75 £12.75
25th Percentile £23.16 £24.66 £14.88
Median hourly rate £51.44 £34.65 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +48.46% +54.00% -72.73%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.75 £26.19
90th Percentile £75.35 £100.00 £38.63
Central London median hourly rate £51.44 £28.79 £22.50
% change year-on-year +78.70% +27.93% -66.67%

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

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 7 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for AWS in the City of London

AWS
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

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 18 (6.64%) Apache Airflow
2 6 (2.21%) Apache Spark
3 5 (1.85%) Apache
3 5 (1.85%) Confluence
4 4 (1.48%) CICS
5 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.74%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.74%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.37%) Camunda
6 1 (0.37%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.37%) nginx
6 1 (0.37%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (1.11%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.37%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.48%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (1.11%) Bloomberg AIM
2 3 (1.11%) Fidessa
3 2 (0.74%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.37%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 111 (40.96%) Azure
2 57 (21.03%) GCP
3 49 (18.08%) Serverless
4 42 (15.50%) AWS Lambda
5 40 (14.76%) GitHub
6 35 (12.92%) Amazon S3
7 23 (8.49%) Snowflake
8 21 (7.75%) Power Platform
9 20 (7.38%) GitHub Actions
10 16 (5.90%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 15 (5.54%) AWS CloudFormation
11 15 (5.54%) SaaS
12 12 (4.43%) Amazon Bedrock
12 12 (4.43%) Amazon SageMaker
12 12 (4.43%) Azure DevOps
13 11 (4.06%) Amazon EC2
13 11 (4.06%) Amazon EKS
14 10 (3.69%) Amazon Kinesis
15 9 (3.32%) dbt
15 9 (3.32%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 11 (4.06%) Firewall
2 9 (3.32%) DNS
3 8 (2.95%) Network Security
4 5 (1.85%) DHCP
5 4 (1.48%) VPN
6 3 (1.11%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.74%) NGFW
7 2 (0.74%) SMTP
8 1 (0.37%) BGP
8 1 (0.37%) IPsec
8 1 (0.37%) NAS
8 1 (0.37%) OSPF
8 1 (0.37%) Reverse Proxy
8 1 (0.37%) SAN
8 1 (0.37%) Software-Defined Networking
8 1 (0.37%) SSL
8 1 (0.37%) VLAN
8 1 (0.37%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (7.38%) DynamoDB
2 18 (6.64%) NoSQL
3 16 (5.90%) PostgreSQL
3 16 (5.90%) Power BI
4 14 (5.17%) Amazon RDS
5 12 (4.43%) Amazon Athena
5 12 (4.43%) Amazon Redshift
5 12 (4.43%) Metadata
5 12 (4.43%) SQL Server
5 12 (4.43%) Tableau
6 11 (4.06%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (2.95%) Db2
8 7 (2.58%) Data Lake
8 7 (2.58%) MongoDB
8 7 (2.58%) Relational Database
8 7 (2.58%) Snowflake Schema
9 6 (2.21%) Big Data
10 5 (1.85%) Apache Cassandra
10 5 (1.85%) Pinecone
11 4 (1.48%) CockroachDB
Development Applications
1 27 (9.96%) Git
2 25 (9.23%) GitLab
2 25 (9.23%) Jenkins
3 21 (7.75%) JIRA
4 8 (2.95%) Postman
5 6 (2.21%) JUnit
6 5 (1.85%) Mockito
7 4 (1.48%) Cucumber
7 4 (1.48%) JMeter
8 3 (1.11%) Cypress.io
8 3 (1.11%) Gradle
8 3 (1.11%) Maven
9 2 (0.74%) Ant
9 2 (0.74%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.74%) CircleCI
9 2 (0.74%) Claude Code
9 2 (0.74%) Gatling
9 2 (0.74%) Liquibase
9 2 (0.74%) Mocha
9 2 (0.74%) webpack
General
1 88 (32.47%) Finance
2 61 (22.51%) Social Skills
3 36 (13.28%) Banking
4 30 (11.07%) Public Sector
5 20 (7.38%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (4.43%) Financial Institution
7 9 (3.32%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (3.32%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (2.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (2.58%) Front Office
9 7 (2.58%) Investment Banking
10 6 (2.21%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.48%) Military
12 3 (1.11%) Back Office
12 3 (1.11%) Marketing
12 3 (1.11%) Retail
13 2 (0.74%) Advertising
13 2 (0.74%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.37%) Billing
14 1 (0.37%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 61 (22.51%) Architect
2 38 (14.02%) Developer
3 34 (12.55%) Senior
4 26 (9.59%) Data Engineer
5 22 (8.12%) Lead
6 18 (6.64%) AWS Engineer
7 14 (5.17%) Senior Developer
8 13 (4.80%) Solutions Architect
9 12 (4.43%) DevOps Engineer
10 11 (4.06%) Cloud Architect
10 11 (4.06%) Snowflake Data Engineer
10 11 (4.06%) Snowflake Engineer
11 10 (3.69%) Java Developer
11 10 (3.69%) Migration Manager
11 10 (3.69%) Migration Project Manager
11 10 (3.69%) Project Manager
12 9 (3.32%) AWS Architect
12 9 (3.32%) Full-Stack Developer
13 8 (2.95%) Consultant
13 8 (2.95%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (12.18%) Kafka
2 27 (9.96%) Spring
2 27 (9.96%) Spring Boot
3 24 (8.86%) REST
4 20 (7.38%) React
5 17 (6.27%) RESTful
6 14 (5.17%) .NET
7 12 (4.43%) PySpark
8 11 (4.06%) JSON
9 10 (3.69%) Node.js
9 10 (3.69%) PyTorch
10 9 (3.32%) SOAP
11 8 (2.95%) OpenTelemetry
11 8 (2.95%) TensorFlow
12 6 (2.21%) AngularJS
12 6 (2.21%) boto
12 6 (2.21%) Web Services
13 5 (1.85%) Middleware
13 5 (1.85%) OAuth
13 5 (1.85%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 66 (24.35%) Cloud Native
2 23 (8.49%) Distributed Systems
3 10 (3.69%) Equities
3 10 (3.69%) Legacy Systems
4 9 (3.32%) Hybrid Cloud
4 9 (3.32%) Onboarding
5 8 (2.95%) AI Agents
5 8 (2.95%) Clustering
6 7 (2.58%) Algorithms
7 6 (2.21%) Data Centre
8 5 (1.85%) Data Structures
8 5 (1.85%) Mainframe
8 5 (1.85%) Security Posture
9 4 (1.48%) DataPower
9 4 (1.48%) Derivative
9 4 (1.48%) LIMS
9 4 (1.48%) NHS
9 4 (1.48%) Online Banking
9 4 (1.48%) Product Ownership
10 3 (1.11%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 16 (5.90%) Linux
2 13 (4.80%) Windows
3 5 (1.85%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.48%) Android
4 4 (1.48%) Apple iOS
4 4 (1.48%) zOS
5 2 (0.74%) Data ONTAP
6 1 (0.37%) AIX
6 1 (0.37%) CentOS
6 1 (0.37%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.37%) Solaris
6 1 (0.37%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.37%) Unix
6 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (37.64%) CI/CD
2 72 (26.57%) DevOps
3 65 (23.99%) AI
4 61 (22.51%) Infrastructure as Code
5 57 (21.03%) Agile
6 48 (17.71%) Migration
7 47 (17.34%) Containerisation
8 41 (15.13%) Analytics
9 40 (14.76%) Machine Learning
10 39 (14.39%) Observability
11 37 (13.65%) Event-Driven
11 37 (13.65%) Stakeholder Management
12 36 (13.28%) Data Engineering
12 36 (13.28%) Microservices
13 34 (12.55%) Data Pipeline
14 33 (12.18%) Test Automation
15 32 (11.81%) Data Modelling
16 30 (11.07%) Roadmaps
17 26 (9.59%) Performance Tuning
17 26 (9.59%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 105 (38.75%) Python
2 63 (23.25%) SQL
3 53 (19.56%) Java
4 15 (5.54%) C#
4 15 (5.54%) JavaScript
5 14 (5.17%) TypeScript
6 10 (3.69%) Bash
7 9 (3.32%) PowerShell
8 6 (2.21%) Shell Script
9 5 (1.85%) Ruby
9 5 (1.85%) Scala
10 4 (1.48%) JCL
10 4 (1.48%) Korn
11 3 (1.11%) Bicep
11 3 (1.11%) Go
11 3 (1.11%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.37%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.37%) ProC
13 1 (0.37%) R
Qualifications
1 63 (23.25%) Security Cleared
2 58 (21.40%) SC Cleared
3 12 (4.43%) Degree
4 11 (4.06%) PMI Certification
4 11 (4.06%) PMP
5 6 (2.21%) AWS Certification
5 6 (2.21%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (1.85%) CISSP
7 4 (1.48%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.48%) CISM
7 4 (1.48%) DBS Check
7 4 (1.48%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 3 (1.11%) CCNP
8 3 (1.11%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.11%) PhD
9 2 (0.74%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.74%) SnowPro
9 2 (0.74%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.37%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (7.75%) Data Quality
2 19 (7.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (6.64%) GDPR
3 18 (6.64%) NIST
4 8 (2.95%) QA
4 8 (2.95%) SLA
5 5 (1.85%) PCI DSS
6 4 (1.48%) NCSC
7 3 (1.11%) ISO 20022
7 3 (1.11%) NIST 800
7 3 (1.11%) SEPA
8 2 (0.74%) EMIR
8 2 (0.74%) EU AI Act
8 2 (0.74%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.74%) ISO 8583
8 2 (0.74%) MiFID
8 2 (0.74%) PSD2
9 1 (0.37%) GRC
9 1 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 48 (17.71%) Docker
2 7 (2.58%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.11%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.74%) BitLocker
4 2 (0.74%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.74%) Microsoft App-V
4 2 (0.74%) NFS
4 2 (0.74%) Terminal Services
5 1 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.37%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.37%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 54 (19.93%) Kubernetes
2 47 (17.34%) Terraform
3 20 (7.38%) Ansible
4 16 (5.90%) Grafana
5 14 (5.17%) Prometheus
6 4 (1.48%) Puppet
7 3 (1.11%) Argo
7 3 (1.11%) Karpenter
7 3 (1.11%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.74%) Nagios
8 2 (0.74%) SnapMirror
8 2 (0.74%) vMotion
9 1 (0.37%) Consul
9 1 (0.37%) Kibana
9 1 (0.37%) Packer
9 1 (0.37%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.37%) QRadar
9 1 (0.37%) Salt
9 1 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 24 (8.86%) Microsoft
2 12 (4.43%) Databricks
3 11 (4.06%) CyberArk
3 11 (4.06%) Google
4 10 (3.69%) Oracle
5 9 (3.32%) Citrix
5 9 (3.32%) Salesforce
6 8 (2.95%) ServiceNow
7 7 (2.58%) IBM
7 7 (2.58%) Splunk
7 7 (2.58%) VMware
8 5 (1.85%) MuleSoft
9 4 (1.48%) Fortinet
9 4 (1.48%) Informatica
9 4 (1.48%) OpenAI
9 4 (1.48%) Palo Alto
9 4 (1.48%) SAP
10 3 (1.11%) Bloomberg
10 3 (1.11%) Charles River
10 3 (1.11%) Cisco