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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 15 10
Rank change year-on-year +4 -5 -5
Contract jobs citing AWS 228 200 387
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 13.01% 9.50% 12.92%
As % of the Cloud Services category 32.34% 23.50% 30.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 160 124 276
10th Percentile £410 £425 £413
25th Percentile £479 £500 £509
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year +1.74% -4.17% -3.23%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £700
90th Percentile £800 £834 £825
Central London median daily rate £585 £575 £600
% change year-on-year +1.74% -4.17% -3.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £47.50
Median hourly rate £100.00 - £50.00
75th Percentile - - £52.50
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £100.00 - £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 705 851 1,251
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 40.22% 40.43% 41.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 488 563 852
10th Percentile £332 £377 £325
25th Percentile £434 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £560 £570
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% -1.75% -0.87%
75th Percentile £668 £675 £688
90th Percentile £752 £775 £788
Central London median daily rate £550 £557 £563
% change year-on-year -1.17% -1.07% -2.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 3 6
10th Percentile £23.75 - £14.63
25th Percentile £25.71 - £17.00
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.00 £20.75
Median % change year-on-year +25.93% +30.12% -17.00%
75th Percentile £61.16 £59.75 £34.44
90th Percentile £88.75 £79.40 £45.25
Central London median hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £20.75
% change year-on-year -2.86% +68.67% -17.00%

AWS
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing AWS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for AWS in the City of London

AWS
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 19 September 2025.

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
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 19 September 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 -
London Bridge - 1 - -
AWS
Central London

AWS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 12 (5.26%) Apache Airflow
1 12 (5.26%) Confluence
2 5 (2.19%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.75%) Apache
4 3 (1.32%) Luigi
4 3 (1.32%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.44%) CICS
5 1 (0.44%) CMS
5 1 (0.44%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.44%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.44%) nginx
5 1 (0.44%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.44%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.44%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (0.88%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.44%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.44%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (2.63%) Endur
2 4 (1.75%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.88%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.44%) Exchequer
Cloud Services
1 86 (37.72%) Azure
2 45 (19.74%) GCP
3 34 (14.91%) Amazon S3
4 33 (14.47%) Serverless
5 31 (13.60%) AWS Lambda
6 20 (8.77%) GitHub
7 16 (7.02%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 15 (6.58%) GitHub Actions
9 14 (6.14%) Snowflake
10 13 (5.70%) Amazon SQS
11 12 (5.26%) AWS CloudFormation
12 11 (4.82%) Amazon EC2
13 10 (4.39%) Amazon EKS
13 10 (4.39%) SaaS
14 9 (3.95%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 7 (3.07%) AWS Step Functions
15 7 (3.07%) Azure DevOps
15 7 (3.07%) Power Platform
16 6 (2.63%) Amazon Cognito
16 6 (2.63%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (6.14%) Firewall
2 10 (4.39%) DNS
3 8 (3.51%) VPN
4 4 (1.75%) LAN
4 4 (1.75%) TCP/IP
4 4 (1.75%) WAN
5 3 (1.32%) BGP
5 3 (1.32%) Internet
5 3 (1.32%) OSPF
5 3 (1.32%) SSL
6 2 (0.88%) NAS
6 2 (0.88%) Network Security
6 2 (0.88%) SSH
6 2 (0.88%) VLAN
6 2 (0.88%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.88%) Wireshark
7 1 (0.44%) 4G
7 1 (0.44%) NetScaler
7 1 (0.44%) OpenLDAP
7 1 (0.44%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (9.65%) PostgreSQL
2 18 (7.89%) NoSQL
3 15 (6.58%) Data Warehouse
4 14 (6.14%) Relational Database
5 12 (5.26%) DynamoDB
5 12 (5.26%) MongoDB
6 9 (3.95%) Metadata
7 8 (3.51%) Amazon RDS
7 8 (3.51%) Data Lake
8 6 (2.63%) Hadoop
8 6 (2.63%) Redis
9 5 (2.19%) DocumentDB
9 5 (2.19%) Power BI
10 4 (1.75%) Amazon QuickSight
10 4 (1.75%) Big Data
10 4 (1.75%) Data Mining
10 4 (1.75%) Snowflake Schema
10 4 (1.75%) SQL Server
11 3 (1.32%) DataStage
11 3 (1.32%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 21 (9.21%) Git
2 17 (7.46%) JIRA
3 14 (6.14%) Jenkins
4 9 (3.95%) GitLab
5 7 (3.07%) SonarQube
6 3 (1.32%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 3 (1.32%) CircleCI
6 3 (1.32%) JUnit
6 3 (1.32%) MLflow
6 3 (1.32%) ScriptRunner
7 2 (0.88%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.88%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.88%) Maven
7 2 (0.88%) Postman
7 2 (0.88%) Selenium
7 2 (0.88%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.88%) Terragrunt
8 1 (0.44%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.44%) Hamcrest
8 1 (0.44%) Mockito
General
1 73 (32.02%) Finance
2 58 (25.44%) Social Skills
3 27 (11.84%) Banking
4 26 (11.40%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (10.09%) Public Sector
6 11 (4.82%) Front Office
7 6 (2.63%) Investment Banking
7 6 (2.63%) Legal
8 4 (1.75%) Back Office
8 4 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (1.75%) Marketing
8 4 (1.75%) Police
9 3 (1.32%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.32%) Military
9 3 (1.32%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.44%) Billing
10 1 (0.44%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.44%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.44%) Retail
Job Titles
1 44 (19.30%) Architect
2 39 (17.11%) Senior
3 37 (16.23%) Developer
4 25 (10.96%) Data Engineer
5 16 (7.02%) Lead
6 15 (6.58%) Java Developer
7 14 (6.14%) DevOps Engineer
8 13 (5.70%) AWS Engineer
8 13 (5.70%) Solutions Architect
9 11 (4.82%) AWS Architect
10 10 (4.39%) Software Engineer
11 9 (3.95%) Security Architect
11 9 (3.95%) Senior Architect
12 8 (3.51%) Data Architect
13 7 (3.07%) Project Manager
13 7 (3.07%) Technical Architect
14 6 (2.63%) Analyst
14 6 (2.63%) Cloud Architect
14 6 (2.63%) Security Engineer
14 6 (2.63%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (12.72%) React
2 26 (11.40%) Kafka
3 20 (8.77%) Spring
4 19 (8.33%) Spring Boot
5 17 (7.46%) Node.js
6 14 (6.14%) GraphQL
7 13 (5.70%) REST
7 13 (5.70%) RESTful
8 12 (5.26%) AngularJS
9 6 (2.63%) .NET
9 6 (2.63%) CSS
9 6 (2.63%) HTML
9 6 (2.63%) OAuth
9 6 (2.63%) XML
10 5 (2.19%) OpenTelemetry
10 5 (2.19%) Svelte
10 5 (2.19%) WebSockets
11 4 (1.75%) Hibernate
11 4 (1.75%) OAuth2
12 3 (1.32%) JPA
Miscellaneous
1 28 (12.28%) Cloud Native
2 8 (3.51%) Virtual Team
3 7 (3.07%) Product Ownership
4 6 (2.63%) Distributed Systems
4 6 (2.63%) Onboarding
4 6 (2.63%) Public Cloud
5 5 (2.19%) Data Centre
5 5 (2.19%) Equities
5 5 (2.19%) Mobile App
6 4 (1.75%) Algorithms
6 4 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.32%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.32%) Blockchain
7 3 (1.32%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.32%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.88%) CSOC
8 2 (0.88%) Distributed Computing
8 2 (0.88%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (0.88%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 13 (5.70%) Linux
2 8 (3.51%) Windows
3 6 (2.63%) Unix
4 2 (0.88%) Android
4 2 (0.88%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.44%) AIX
5 1 (0.44%) Solaris
5 1 (0.44%) VMS
5 1 (0.44%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (28.51%) DevOps
2 64 (28.07%) Agile
3 60 (26.32%) CI/CD
4 46 (20.18%) Microservices
5 37 (16.23%) Problem-Solving
6 35 (15.35%) Analytics
6 35 (15.35%) Infrastructure as Code
7 28 (12.28%) Software Engineering
8 24 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
9 21 (9.21%) Data Modelling
9 21 (9.21%) Migration
9 21 (9.21%) Roadmaps
10 20 (8.77%) Data Engineering
10 20 (8.77%) Data Pipeline
11 19 (8.33%) Full-Stack Development
12 18 (7.89%) Data Governance
12 18 (7.89%) Mentoring
12 18 (7.89%) Technical Leadership
13 17 (7.46%) Artificial Intelligence
13 17 (7.46%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 89 (39.04%) Python
2 52 (22.81%) Java
3 46 (20.18%) SQL
4 31 (13.60%) JavaScript
5 17 (7.46%) TypeScript
6 10 (4.39%) Bash
7 6 (2.63%) Go
8 5 (2.19%) Scala
8 5 (2.19%) Shell Script
9 4 (1.75%) PowerShell
10 3 (1.32%) C#
10 3 (1.32%) DAML
10 3 (1.32%) Groovy
11 2 (0.88%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.88%) COBOL
11 2 (0.88%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.88%) Perl
11 2 (0.88%) PromQL
11 2 (0.88%) R
12 1 (0.44%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 46 (20.18%) Security Cleared
2 42 (18.42%) SC Cleared
3 16 (7.02%) Degree
4 15 (6.58%) AWS Certification
5 10 (4.39%) AWS Certified Developer
6 6 (2.63%) CISSP
7 5 (2.19%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 5 (2.19%) DV Cleared
8 4 (1.75%) CISM
8 4 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.32%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 3 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (1.32%) PMI Certification
9 3 (1.32%) PMP
10 2 (0.88%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
10 2 (0.88%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.88%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.88%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (7.02%) Data Quality
2 10 (4.39%) GDPR
2 10 (4.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (3.95%) NIST
3 9 (3.95%) QA
4 2 (0.88%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 2 (0.88%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.88%) SLA
4 2 (0.88%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.44%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.44%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.44%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (0.44%) NCSC
5 1 (0.44%) PMO
5 1 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.44%) WCAG
System Software
1 23 (10.09%) Docker
2 7 (3.07%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.44%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.44%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 40 (17.54%) Terraform
2 36 (15.79%) Kubernetes
3 12 (5.26%) Prometheus
4 10 (4.39%) Ansible
5 7 (3.07%) Grafana
6 6 (2.63%) ITRS Geneos
7 5 (2.19%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (1.75%) Puppet
9 3 (1.32%) Argo
10 2 (0.88%) Packer
10 2 (0.88%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.44%) Cilium
11 1 (0.44%) Consul
11 1 (0.44%) Icinga
11 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Intune
11 1 (0.44%) Nagios
11 1 (0.44%) QRadar
11 1 (0.44%) SCCM
11 1 (0.44%) Trend Micro Deep Security
11 1 (0.44%) yum
Vendors
1 26 (11.40%) Microsoft
2 11 (4.82%) Databricks
2 11 (4.82%) Google
2 11 (4.82%) Salesforce
3 8 (3.51%) Splunk
4 5 (2.19%) Adobe
4 5 (2.19%) Oracle
4 5 (2.19%) Palo Alto
5 4 (1.75%) Atlassian
5 4 (1.75%) Citrix
5 4 (1.75%) F5
5 4 (1.75%) IBM
6 3 (1.32%) Cisco
6 3 (1.32%) Informatica
6 3 (1.32%) Okta
6 3 (1.32%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.32%) Tenable
7 2 (0.88%) Dynatrace
7 2 (0.88%) Palantir
7 2 (0.88%) Sparx