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

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 11 12
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 -1
Contract jobs citing AWS 264 241 251
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 12.89% 13.07% 10.57%
As % of the Cloud Services category 31.21% 30.82% 27.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 181 168 178
10th Percentile £363 £413 £400
25th Percentile £463 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £551
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% -0.09% -12.62%
75th Percentile £663 £671 £675
90th Percentile £800 £738 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £540 £550
% change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -12.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £72.25 - -
Median hourly rate £74.50 - -
75th Percentile £76.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £74.50 - -

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 846 782 917
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 41.31% 42.41% 38.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 610 503 651
10th Percentile £340 £400 £363
25th Percentile £431 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +2.27% -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
Central London median daily rate £530 £557 £550
% change year-on-year -4.92% +1.35% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 11
10th Percentile £31.88 £28.98 £12.75
25th Percentile £39.44 £35.46 £17.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £47.50 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +150.00% -55.81%
75th Percentile £55.94 £118.13 £36.25
90th Percentile £66.53 £159.75 £50.25
Central London median hourly rate £40.50 £35.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year +15.71% +84.21% -45.71%

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 7 March 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 19 (7.20%) Apache Airflow
2 10 (3.79%) Apache Spark
3 5 (1.89%) Apache
3 5 (1.89%) Confluence
4 2 (0.76%) CICS
4 2 (0.76%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.76%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.38%) Cloud Foundry
5 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.38%) OpenStack
Applications
1 2 (0.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.38%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.38%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.38%) Notion
2 1 (0.38%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (1.14%) Bloomberg AIM
1 3 (1.14%) Fidessa
2 2 (0.76%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.38%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.38%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 119 (45.08%) Azure
2 72 (27.27%) GCP
3 42 (15.91%) Serverless
4 38 (14.39%) AWS Lambda
5 37 (14.02%) GitHub
6 32 (12.12%) Amazon S3
7 26 (9.85%) Snowflake
8 21 (7.95%) Power Platform
9 19 (7.20%) GitHub Actions
10 18 (6.82%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 17 (6.44%) AWS CloudFormation
12 15 (5.68%) Amazon ECS
12 15 (5.68%) Amazon EKS
13 12 (4.55%) dbt
14 10 (3.79%) Amazon EC2
14 10 (3.79%) Azure DevOps
14 10 (3.79%) SaaS
15 9 (3.41%) Amazon SageMaker
16 8 (3.03%) AWS Fargate
16 8 (3.03%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.79%) Firewall
2 9 (3.41%) DNS
2 9 (3.41%) Network Security
3 3 (1.14%) BGP
3 3 (1.14%) DHCP
3 3 (1.14%) OSPF
3 3 (1.14%) SSL
3 3 (1.14%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.14%) VPN
4 2 (0.76%) 4G
4 2 (0.76%) 5G
4 2 (0.76%) IPsec
4 2 (0.76%) Radio Access Network
4 2 (0.76%) Wireshark
5 1 (0.38%) 2G
5 1 (0.38%) DKIM
5 1 (0.38%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.38%) NAS
5 1 (0.38%) VLAN
5 1 (0.38%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (7.58%) PostgreSQL
2 17 (6.44%) Relational Database
3 16 (6.06%) Data Warehouse
3 16 (6.06%) Power BI
4 15 (5.68%) DynamoDB
5 14 (5.30%) NoSQL
6 12 (4.55%) Tableau
7 11 (4.17%) MySQL
7 11 (4.17%) SQL Server
8 10 (3.79%) Metadata
8 10 (3.79%) MongoDB
9 9 (3.41%) Amazon Redshift
10 8 (3.03%) Amazon RDS
10 8 (3.03%) Data Lake
11 7 (2.65%) Amazon Athena
11 7 (2.65%) Big Data
11 7 (2.65%) DB2
12 5 (1.89%) Snowflake Schema
13 4 (1.52%) Amazon Aurora
13 4 (1.52%) CockroachDB
Development Applications
1 31 (11.74%) Git
2 22 (8.33%) GitLab
3 19 (7.20%) Jenkins
4 12 (4.55%) JIRA
5 6 (2.27%) JUnit
6 5 (1.89%) Cucumber
7 4 (1.52%) Bitbucket
7 4 (1.52%) Mockito
8 3 (1.14%) Cypress.io
8 3 (1.14%) Gatling
8 3 (1.14%) Postman
9 2 (0.76%) Ant
9 2 (0.76%) Liquibase
9 2 (0.76%) MLflow
9 2 (0.76%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.76%) SoapUI
9 2 (0.76%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.38%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.38%) Hamcrest
10 1 (0.38%) Mocha
General
1 89 (33.71%) Finance
2 63 (23.86%) Social Skills
3 39 (14.77%) Banking
4 22 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (8.33%) Public Sector
5 12 (4.55%) Financial Institution
5 12 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
6 10 (3.79%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (3.41%) Front Office
8 6 (2.27%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (2.27%) Investment Banking
9 4 (1.52%) Retail
10 3 (1.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.76%) Back Office
11 2 (0.76%) Law
11 2 (0.76%) Legal
11 2 (0.76%) Marketing
11 2 (0.76%) Military
11 2 (0.76%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.38%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 58 (21.97%) Architect
2 36 (13.64%) Senior
3 35 (13.26%) Developer
4 27 (10.23%) Lead
5 26 (9.85%) Data Engineer
6 21 (7.95%) DevOps Engineer
7 19 (7.20%) Solutions Architect
8 16 (6.06%) AWS Engineer
9 11 (4.17%) Python Engineer
10 10 (3.79%) AWS Architect
10 10 (3.79%) Project Manager
11 8 (3.03%) Cloud Architect
11 8 (3.03%) Consultant
11 8 (3.03%) Data Scientist
11 8 (3.03%) Enterprise Architect
11 8 (3.03%) Java Developer
11 8 (3.03%) Migration Manager
11 8 (3.03%) Migration Project Manager
11 8 (3.03%) Security Architect
11 8 (3.03%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (9.09%) Kafka
2 19 (7.20%) REST
3 17 (6.44%) React
4 15 (5.68%) RESTful
5 13 (4.92%) Node.js
6 12 (4.55%) Spring
7 11 (4.17%) .NET
7 11 (4.17%) PyTorch
7 11 (4.17%) Spring Boot
8 10 (3.79%) scikit-learn
8 10 (3.79%) TensorFlow
9 9 (3.41%) AngularJS
10 8 (3.03%) HTML
10 8 (3.03%) OAuth
10 8 (3.03%) Pandas
11 7 (2.65%) boto
11 7 (2.65%) CSS
11 7 (2.65%) JSON
11 7 (2.65%) NumPy
11 7 (2.65%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 50 (18.94%) Cloud Native
2 16 (6.06%) Distributed Systems
3 14 (5.30%) Legacy Systems
4 13 (4.92%) Algorithms
5 9 (3.41%) Security Posture
6 8 (3.03%) Data Centre
6 8 (3.03%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (3.03%) Equities
6 8 (3.03%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (2.65%) Onboarding
7 7 (2.65%) Product Ownership
7 7 (2.65%) Virtual Team
8 6 (2.27%) Derivative
9 5 (1.89%) Data Structures
9 5 (1.89%) Fixed Income
10 4 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (1.52%) Greenfield Project
10 4 (1.52%) LIMS
11 3 (1.14%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 3 (1.14%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 15 (5.68%) Linux
2 13 (4.92%) Windows
3 3 (1.14%) Android
3 3 (1.14%) Apple iOS
3 3 (1.14%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.76%) Unix
4 2 (0.76%) zOS
5 1 (0.38%) Data ONTAP
5 1 (0.38%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (34.47%) CI/CD
2 59 (22.35%) DevOps
3 58 (21.97%) Infrastructure as Code
4 56 (21.21%) AI
5 54 (20.45%) Agile
6 41 (15.53%) Analytics
6 41 (15.53%) Migration
7 40 (15.15%) Machine Learning
8 39 (14.77%) Problem-Solving
9 36 (13.64%) Microservices
9 36 (13.64%) Stakeholder Management
10 35 (13.26%) Containerisation
11 34 (12.88%) Roadmaps
12 31 (11.74%) Data Modelling
12 31 (11.74%) Data Pipeline
13 30 (11.36%) ETL
13 30 (11.36%) Software Engineering
14 29 (10.98%) Data Engineering
15 28 (10.61%) Generative AI
15 28 (10.61%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 104 (39.39%) Python
2 79 (29.92%) SQL
3 46 (17.42%) Java
4 13 (4.92%) JavaScript
5 8 (3.03%) TypeScript
6 7 (2.65%) Bash
7 6 (2.27%) C#
7 6 (2.27%) PowerShell
8 4 (1.52%) Go
8 4 (1.52%) PHP
8 4 (1.52%) Shell Script
9 3 (1.14%) Korn
9 3 (1.14%) PL/SQL
9 3 (1.14%) Ruby
9 3 (1.14%) Scala
10 2 (0.76%) Apex Code
10 2 (0.76%) C++
10 2 (0.76%) JCL
10 2 (0.76%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.38%) R
Qualifications
1 57 (21.59%) Security Cleared
2 54 (20.45%) SC Cleared
3 14 (5.30%) Degree
4 11 (4.17%) AWS Certification
5 8 (3.03%) PMI Certification
5 8 (3.03%) PMP
6 7 (2.65%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (2.27%) CISSP
8 5 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (1.52%) TOGAF Certification
10 3 (1.14%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 3 (1.14%) Azure Certification
10 3 (1.14%) CISM
10 3 (1.14%) Master's Degree
10 3 (1.14%) PhD
11 2 (0.76%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.76%) SnowPro
12 1 (0.38%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (9.85%) Data Quality
2 22 (8.33%) GDPR
3 19 (7.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (5.68%) NIST
5 8 (3.03%) SLA
6 7 (2.65%) PCI DSS
6 7 (2.65%) QA
7 2 (0.76%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.76%) EU AI Act
7 2 (0.76%) GRC
7 2 (0.76%) ISO 20022
7 2 (0.76%) ISO 8583
7 2 (0.76%) NCSC
7 2 (0.76%) PSD2
7 2 (0.76%) SEPA
8 1 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.38%) DICOM
8 1 (0.38%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.38%) HL7
8 1 (0.38%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 51 (19.32%) Docker
2 2 (0.76%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.76%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (0.76%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.76%) VMware NSX
2 2 (0.76%) vSphere
3 1 (0.38%) NFS
3 1 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 58 (21.97%) Terraform
2 45 (17.05%) Kubernetes
3 19 (7.20%) Ansible
4 10 (3.79%) Grafana
5 6 (2.27%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.14%) Argo
6 3 (1.14%) Karpenter
6 3 (1.14%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (1.14%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.38%) CASB
7 1 (0.38%) Istio
7 1 (0.38%) Kibana
7 1 (0.38%) Opsgenie
7 1 (0.38%) PowerCLI
7 1 (0.38%) QRadar
7 1 (0.38%) SCCM
7 1 (0.38%) SnapMirror
7 1 (0.38%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.38%) vRealize
7 1 (0.38%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 26 (9.85%) Microsoft
2 17 (6.44%) Databricks
3 16 (6.06%) Oracle
4 11 (4.17%) Google
4 11 (4.17%) IBM
5 9 (3.41%) CyberArk
5 9 (3.41%) ServiceNow
6 8 (3.03%) Salesforce
6 8 (3.03%) Splunk
7 4 (1.52%) Informatica
7 4 (1.52%) MuleSoft
7 4 (1.52%) SAP
7 4 (1.52%) VMware
8 3 (1.14%) AppDynamics
8 3 (1.14%) Bloomberg
8 3 (1.14%) Charles River
8 3 (1.14%) Cognos
8 3 (1.14%) Confluent
8 3 (1.14%) OpenAI
8 3 (1.14%) Sage