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

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 14 11
Rank change year-on-year +1 -3 -1
Contract jobs citing AWS 236 205 256
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 12.67% 11.05% 10.54%
As % of the Cloud Services category 30.93% 27.37% 27.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 166 143 189
10th Percentile £356 £413 £400
25th Percentile £443 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £565 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.08% +2.73% -13.39%
75th Percentile £673 £667 £650
90th Percentile £800 £735 £746
Central London median daily rate £530 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.64% - -12.77%

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 763 749 933
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 40.96% 40.38% 38.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 572 477 677
10th Percentile £343 £400 £360
25th Percentile £421 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -6.78%
75th Percentile £651 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
Central London median daily rate £525 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 12
10th Percentile £26.66 - £13.18
25th Percentile £34.19 - £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.64 - £20.75
Median % change year-on-year - - -17.00%
75th Percentile £46.11 - £40.69
90th Percentile £49.83 - £50.10
Central London median hourly rate £25.47 £35.00 £20.75
% change year-on-year -27.23% +68.67% -11.70%

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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 2 February 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 17 (7.20%) Apache Airflow
2 9 (3.81%) Apache Spark
3 5 (2.12%) Apache
4 4 (1.69%) Confluence
5 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.85%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.42%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.42%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.42%) OpenStack
Applications
1 3 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.42%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.42%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.42%) Notion
3 1 (0.42%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.42%) Bloomberg AIM
1 1 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.42%) Exchequer
1 1 (0.42%) Fidessa
1 1 (0.42%) Oracle Applications
1 1 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.42%) Salesforce CRM
1 1 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 104 (44.07%) Azure
2 59 (25.00%) GCP
3 41 (17.37%) Serverless
4 39 (16.53%) AWS Lambda
5 33 (13.98%) Amazon S3
6 29 (12.29%) GitHub
7 24 (10.17%) Snowflake
8 18 (7.63%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 16 (6.78%) Amazon EKS
9 16 (6.78%) AWS CloudFormation
9 16 (6.78%) GitHub Actions
9 16 (6.78%) Power Platform
10 15 (6.36%) Amazon ECS
11 11 (4.66%) dbt
12 9 (3.81%) Azure DevOps
13 8 (3.39%) Amazon EC2
13 8 (3.39%) Apigee
13 8 (3.39%) OpenShift
13 8 (3.39%) SaaS
13 8 (3.39%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 11 (4.66%) Firewall
2 9 (3.81%) DNS
3 7 (2.97%) Network Security
4 3 (1.27%) DHCP
5 2 (0.85%) 4G
5 2 (0.85%) 5G
5 2 (0.85%) BGP
5 2 (0.85%) LAN
5 2 (0.85%) OSPF
5 2 (0.85%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (0.85%) SSL
5 2 (0.85%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.85%) VPN
5 2 (0.85%) WAN
5 2 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.85%) Wireshark
6 1 (0.42%) 2G
6 1 (0.42%) DKIM
6 1 (0.42%) IPsec
6 1 (0.42%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.78%) Relational Database
2 14 (5.93%) PostgreSQL
2 14 (5.93%) Power BI
3 13 (5.51%) DynamoDB
4 12 (5.08%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (4.24%) MySQL
5 10 (4.24%) NoSQL
5 10 (4.24%) Tableau
6 9 (3.81%) Data Lake
6 9 (3.81%) SQL Server
7 8 (3.39%) Metadata
8 7 (2.97%) Amazon RDS
9 6 (2.54%) Amazon Redshift
9 6 (2.54%) MongoDB
10 5 (2.12%) Amazon Athena
10 5 (2.12%) Big Data
11 4 (1.69%) Amazon Aurora
11 4 (1.69%) CockroachDB
12 3 (1.27%) Pinecone
12 3 (1.27%) Redis
Development Applications
1 27 (11.44%) Git
2 17 (7.20%) GitLab
3 14 (5.93%) Jenkins
4 10 (4.24%) JIRA
5 4 (1.69%) Bitbucket
5 4 (1.69%) Cucumber
6 3 (1.27%) Gatling
6 3 (1.27%) JUnit
7 2 (0.85%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.85%) ERwin
7 2 (0.85%) MLflow
7 2 (0.85%) Mockito
7 2 (0.85%) Postman
7 2 (0.85%) REST Assured
7 2 (0.85%) SoapUI
7 2 (0.85%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.42%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.42%) Hamcrest
8 1 (0.42%) Serenity BDD
8 1 (0.42%) Vite
General
1 83 (35.17%) Finance
2 54 (22.88%) Social Skills
3 34 (14.41%) Banking
4 21 (8.90%) Public Sector
5 17 (7.20%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (4.24%) Presentation Skills
7 9 (3.81%) Financial Institution
7 9 (3.81%) Front Office
8 6 (2.54%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (2.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (2.54%) Investment Banking
9 5 (2.12%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.27%) Legal
10 3 (1.27%) Marketing
10 3 (1.27%) Retail
11 2 (0.85%) Back Office
11 2 (0.85%) Law
11 2 (0.85%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.85%) Military
12 1 (0.42%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 50 (21.19%) Architect
2 32 (13.56%) Senior
3 30 (12.71%) Developer
4 26 (11.02%) Lead
5 24 (10.17%) Data Engineer
6 19 (8.05%) DevOps Engineer
7 17 (7.20%) Solutions Architect
8 16 (6.78%) AWS Engineer
9 11 (4.66%) AWS Architect
9 11 (4.66%) Python Engineer
10 10 (4.24%) Project Manager
11 9 (3.81%) Security Architect
11 9 (3.81%) Senior Architect
12 8 (3.39%) AWS DevOps
12 8 (3.39%) Consultant
13 7 (2.97%) AWS DevOps Engineer
13 7 (2.97%) Cloud Architect
13 7 (2.97%) Enterprise Architect
14 6 (2.54%) Migration Project Manager
14 6 (2.54%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (6.36%) Node.js
1 15 (6.36%) React
2 14 (5.93%) Kafka
3 13 (5.51%) REST
4 11 (4.66%) .NET
4 11 (4.66%) RESTful
5 9 (3.81%) HTML
5 9 (3.81%) OAuth
5 9 (3.81%) scikit-learn
6 8 (3.39%) CSS
6 8 (3.39%) NumPy
6 8 (3.39%) Pandas
6 8 (3.39%) Spring
7 7 (2.97%) AngularJS
7 7 (2.97%) PyTorch
7 7 (2.97%) Spring Boot
8 6 (2.54%) boto
8 6 (2.54%) TensorFlow
9 5 (2.12%) JSON
9 5 (2.12%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 47 (19.92%) Cloud Native
2 12 (5.08%) Distributed Systems
3 10 (4.24%) Algorithms
4 9 (3.81%) Onboarding
5 7 (2.97%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (2.97%) Hybrid Cloud
5 7 (2.97%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (2.97%) Product Ownership
5 7 (2.97%) Virtual Team
6 6 (2.54%) Data Centre
6 6 (2.54%) Derivative
6 6 (2.54%) Equities
7 5 (2.12%) Fixed Income
7 5 (2.12%) Security Posture
8 4 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (1.69%) Data Structures
8 4 (1.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 3 (1.27%) AI Agents
9 3 (1.27%) Cloud Security Posture
9 3 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 12 (5.08%) Linux
2 10 (4.24%) Windows
3 3 (1.27%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.85%) Unix
5 1 (0.42%) Android
5 1 (0.42%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.42%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (34.32%) CI/CD
2 51 (21.61%) Agile
2 51 (21.61%) DevOps
3 48 (20.34%) Infrastructure as Code
4 44 (18.64%) AI
5 39 (16.53%) Analytics
6 35 (14.83%) Problem-Solving
7 34 (14.41%) Machine Learning
8 33 (13.98%) Microservices
9 32 (13.56%) Stakeholder Management
10 31 (13.14%) Migration
10 31 (13.14%) Software Engineering
11 29 (12.29%) Containerisation
11 29 (12.29%) Data Pipeline
12 28 (11.86%) Data Modelling
13 27 (11.44%) ETL
13 27 (11.44%) Roadmaps
14 24 (10.17%) Generative AI
15 23 (9.75%) Data Engineering
15 23 (9.75%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 95 (40.25%) Python
2 66 (27.97%) SQL
3 42 (17.80%) Java
4 14 (5.93%) JavaScript
5 7 (2.97%) Bash
6 6 (2.54%) TypeScript
7 5 (2.12%) PowerShell
8 4 (1.69%) C#
8 4 (1.69%) PHP
9 3 (1.27%) Korn
9 3 (1.27%) PL/SQL
9 3 (1.27%) Ruby
9 3 (1.27%) Scala
10 2 (0.85%) C++
10 2 (0.85%) Go
10 2 (0.85%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.85%) Perl
10 2 (0.85%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.42%) R
11 1 (0.42%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 49 (20.76%) Security Cleared
2 45 (19.07%) SC Cleared
3 12 (5.08%) Degree
4 10 (4.24%) AWS Certification
5 8 (3.39%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (2.97%) PMI Certification
6 7 (2.97%) PMP
7 4 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.27%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.27%) CISSP
8 3 (1.27%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.27%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.85%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 2 (0.85%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 2 (0.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.85%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.85%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.85%) SnowPro
10 1 (0.42%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.42%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (10.17%) Data Quality
2 22 (9.32%) GDPR
3 15 (6.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (4.24%) NIST
5 7 (2.97%) QA
6 6 (2.54%) SLA
7 4 (1.69%) PCI DSS
8 3 (1.27%) NCSC
9 2 (0.85%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.85%) EU AI Act
9 2 (0.85%) GRC
9 2 (0.85%) ISO 20022
9 2 (0.85%) ISO 8583
9 2 (0.85%) PSD2
9 2 (0.85%) SEPA
10 1 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.42%) DICOM
10 1 (0.42%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.42%) HL7
10 1 (0.42%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 43 (18.22%) Docker
2 4 (1.69%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.85%) VMware NSX
3 2 (0.85%) vSphere
4 1 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.42%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.42%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 53 (22.46%) Terraform
2 37 (15.68%) Kubernetes
3 16 (6.78%) Ansible
4 7 (2.97%) Grafana
5 5 (2.12%) Prometheus
6 4 (1.69%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (1.69%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (1.27%) Argo
7 3 (1.27%) Karpenter
8 2 (0.85%) SCCM
9 1 (0.42%) CASB
9 1 (0.42%) Istio
9 1 (0.42%) Kibana
9 1 (0.42%) Opsgenie
9 1 (0.42%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.42%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.42%) vRealize
9 1 (0.42%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 30 (12.71%) Microsoft
2 21 (8.90%) Databricks
3 16 (6.78%) Oracle
4 11 (4.66%) Google
5 8 (3.39%) IBM
5 8 (3.39%) ServiceNow
6 7 (2.97%) CyberArk
7 6 (2.54%) Salesforce
8 5 (2.12%) Splunk
9 4 (1.69%) Informatica
10 3 (1.27%) Cognos
10 3 (1.27%) Confluent
10 3 (1.27%) Dynatrace
10 3 (1.27%) F5
10 3 (1.27%) MuleSoft
10 3 (1.27%) OpenAI
10 3 (1.27%) Sage
10 3 (1.27%) SAP
10 3 (1.27%) VMware
11 2 (0.85%) AppDynamics