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

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 11 13
Rank change year-on-year -3 +2 -4
Contract jobs citing AWS 273 253 226
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 11.86% 14.41% 10.29%
As % of the Cloud Services category 30.00% 33.38% 26.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 193 173 165
10th Percentile £371 £413 £413
25th Percentile £463 £463 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £551
Median % change year-on-year - -0.09% -11.92%
75th Percentile £653 £656 £688
90th Percentile £775 £720 £788
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -12.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £65.73 - -
25th Percentile £66.81 - -
Median hourly rate £72.25 £100.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -27.75% - -
75th Percentile £76.31 - -
90th Percentile £76.58 - -
Central London median hourly rate £72.25 £100.00 -
% change year-on-year -27.75% - -

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 910 758 853
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 39.53% 43.17% 38.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 633 487 606
10th Percentile £350 £375 £363
25th Percentile £450 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £669 £669
90th Percentile £750 £743 £763
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £538
% change year-on-year - +2.33% -6.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 7 6
10th Percentile £20.67 £24.66 £12.75
25th Percentile £25.81 £29.64 £14.88
Median hourly rate £40.64 £42.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.38% +88.89% -73.24%
75th Percentile £57.83 £74.38 £26.19
90th Percentile £75.18 £135.00 £38.63
Central London median hourly rate £39.00 £34.83 £22.50
% change year-on-year +11.99% +54.78% -72.73%

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

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 1 May 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 16 (5.86%) Apache Airflow
2 8 (2.93%) Apache Spark
3 6 (2.20%) Apache
3 6 (2.20%) Confluence
4 4 (1.47%) CICS
5 2 (0.73%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.73%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.37%) Camunda
6 1 (0.37%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.37%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.37%) nginx
6 1 (0.37%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (0.37%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.37%) MS Visio
1 1 (0.37%) Notion
1 1 (0.37%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (1.10%) Bloomberg AIM
1 3 (1.10%) Fidessa
1 3 (1.10%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.73%) Aladdin
2 2 (0.73%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.37%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 119 (43.59%) Azure
2 66 (24.18%) GCP
3 44 (16.12%) GitHub
3 44 (16.12%) Serverless
4 39 (14.29%) AWS Lambda
5 35 (12.82%) Amazon S3
6 23 (8.42%) Snowflake
7 22 (8.06%) GitHub Actions
8 21 (7.69%) Power Platform
9 20 (7.33%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 17 (6.23%) AWS CloudFormation
11 14 (5.13%) Amazon ECS
12 13 (4.76%) Amazon EKS
12 13 (4.76%) Amazon SageMaker
13 12 (4.40%) Azure DevOps
13 12 (4.40%) SaaS
14 10 (3.66%) Amazon EC2
14 10 (3.66%) Amazon Kinesis
15 8 (2.93%) dbt
15 8 (2.93%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.30%) Firewall
2 7 (2.56%) Network Security
3 6 (2.20%) DNS
4 3 (1.10%) VPN
5 2 (0.73%) NAS
5 2 (0.73%) SAN
5 2 (0.73%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.37%) BGP
6 1 (0.37%) DHCP
6 1 (0.37%) IPsec
6 1 (0.37%) LAN
6 1 (0.37%) OSPF
6 1 (0.37%) Reverse Proxy
6 1 (0.37%) SSL
6 1 (0.37%) VLAN
6 1 (0.37%) WAN
6 1 (0.37%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (7.69%) DynamoDB
2 20 (7.33%) PostgreSQL
3 18 (6.59%) NoSQL
4 16 (5.86%) Power BI
5 13 (4.76%) Tableau
6 12 (4.40%) Metadata
7 11 (4.03%) Amazon RDS
7 11 (4.03%) MongoDB
8 9 (3.30%) Amazon Athena
8 9 (3.30%) Amazon Redshift
8 9 (3.30%) Data Warehouse
8 9 (3.30%) Relational Database
8 9 (3.30%) SQL Server
9 8 (2.93%) Data Lake
9 8 (2.93%) DB2
10 6 (2.20%) Apache Cassandra
11 5 (1.83%) Big Data
11 5 (1.83%) MySQL
11 5 (1.83%) Snowflake Schema
12 4 (1.47%) CockroachDB
Development Applications
1 32 (11.72%) Git
2 23 (8.42%) GitLab
3 19 (6.96%) Jenkins
4 18 (6.59%) JIRA
5 6 (2.20%) JUnit
6 5 (1.83%) Mockito
6 5 (1.83%) Postman
7 4 (1.47%) Cucumber
7 4 (1.47%) Cypress.io
8 3 (1.10%) Gradle
8 3 (1.10%) Maven
9 2 (0.73%) Ant
9 2 (0.73%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.73%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.73%) CircleCI
9 2 (0.73%) Claude Code
9 2 (0.73%) JMeter
9 2 (0.73%) Liquibase
9 2 (0.73%) Mocha
9 2 (0.73%) webpack
General
1 93 (34.07%) Finance
2 65 (23.81%) Social Skills
3 39 (14.29%) Banking
4 29 (10.62%) Public Sector
5 22 (8.06%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (4.76%) Financial Institution
7 10 (3.66%) Presentation Skills
8 9 (3.30%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (2.93%) Front Office
9 8 (2.93%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (2.56%) Investment Banking
11 5 (1.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.10%) Back Office
12 3 (1.10%) Military
13 2 (0.73%) Advertising
13 2 (0.73%) Law
13 2 (0.73%) Marketing
13 2 (0.73%) Retail
13 2 (0.73%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.37%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 61 (22.34%) Architect
2 41 (15.02%) Developer
3 33 (12.09%) Senior
4 25 (9.16%) Data Engineer
5 22 (8.06%) Lead
6 17 (6.23%) DevOps Engineer
7 16 (5.86%) AWS Engineer
8 14 (5.13%) Solutions Architect
9 13 (4.76%) Project Manager
10 12 (4.40%) Senior Developer
11 11 (4.03%) Java Developer
11 11 (4.03%) Migration Manager
11 11 (4.03%) Migration Project Manager
12 10 (3.66%) Data Scientist
12 10 (3.66%) Snowflake Data Engineer
12 10 (3.66%) Snowflake Engineer
13 9 (3.30%) AWS Architect
13 9 (3.30%) Consultant
13 9 (3.30%) Full-Stack Developer
14 8 (2.93%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (11.72%) Kafka
2 26 (9.52%) Spring
3 25 (9.16%) Spring Boot
4 23 (8.42%) React
4 23 (8.42%) REST
5 20 (7.33%) RESTful
6 14 (5.13%) Node.js
7 12 (4.40%) JSON
8 11 (4.03%) .NET
9 9 (3.30%) OpenTelemetry
9 9 (3.30%) PySpark
9 9 (3.30%) PyTorch
9 9 (3.30%) SOAP
10 8 (2.93%) scikit-learn
11 7 (2.56%) AngularJS
11 7 (2.56%) boto
11 7 (2.56%) OAuth
11 7 (2.56%) Pandas
11 7 (2.56%) TensorFlow
12 6 (2.20%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 68 (24.91%) Cloud Native
2 24 (8.79%) Distributed Systems
3 14 (5.13%) Legacy Systems
4 10 (3.66%) Algorithms
5 9 (3.30%) Equities
5 9 (3.30%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (2.56%) Onboarding
7 6 (2.20%) Clustering
7 6 (2.20%) Data Centre
7 6 (2.20%) Security Posture
8 5 (1.83%) Data Structures
8 5 (1.83%) Derivative
8 5 (1.83%) Fixed Income
8 5 (1.83%) Mainframe
8 5 (1.83%) Product Ownership
9 4 (1.47%) AI Agents
9 4 (1.47%) DataPower
9 4 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.47%) LIMS
9 4 (1.47%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 16 (5.86%) Linux
2 12 (4.40%) Windows
3 4 (1.47%) Android
3 4 (1.47%) Apple iOS
3 4 (1.47%) zOS
4 3 (1.10%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.73%) Data ONTAP
5 2 (0.73%) Unix
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%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (39.19%) CI/CD
2 73 (26.74%) DevOps
3 63 (23.08%) AI
3 63 (23.08%) Infrastructure as Code
4 61 (22.34%) Agile
5 52 (19.05%) Migration
6 45 (16.48%) Microservices
7 43 (15.75%) Analytics
7 43 (15.75%) Containerisation
8 41 (15.02%) Machine Learning
9 39 (14.29%) Observability
10 38 (13.92%) Stakeholder Management
11 34 (12.45%) Event-Driven
12 33 (12.09%) Data Pipeline
13 32 (11.72%) Data Engineering
13 32 (11.72%) Test Automation
14 31 (11.36%) Data Modelling
14 31 (11.36%) Software Engineering
15 30 (10.99%) Problem-Solving
16 27 (9.89%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 108 (39.56%) Python
2 67 (24.54%) SQL
3 58 (21.25%) Java
4 16 (5.86%) JavaScript
5 14 (5.13%) TypeScript
6 11 (4.03%) Bash
6 11 (4.03%) C#
7 8 (2.93%) PowerShell
8 7 (2.56%) Shell Script
9 5 (1.83%) Ruby
9 5 (1.83%) Scala
10 4 (1.47%) JCL
11 3 (1.10%) Bicep
11 3 (1.10%) Go
11 3 (1.10%) Korn
11 3 (1.10%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.73%) R
13 1 (0.37%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.37%) C
Qualifications
1 65 (23.81%) Security Cleared
2 61 (22.34%) SC Cleared
3 11 (4.03%) PMI Certification
3 11 (4.03%) PMP
4 9 (3.30%) Degree
5 8 (2.93%) AWS Certification
6 6 (2.20%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (2.20%) CISSP
7 4 (1.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 4 (1.47%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.47%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.47%) CISM
7 4 (1.47%) TOGAF Certification
8 3 (1.10%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.10%) PhD
9 2 (0.73%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 2 (0.73%) CCNP
9 2 (0.73%) OSCP
9 2 (0.73%) SnowPro
10 1 (0.37%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (8.79%) GDPR
2 23 (8.42%) Data Quality
2 23 (8.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (7.33%) NIST
4 8 (2.93%) QA
4 8 (2.93%) SLA
5 6 (2.20%) PCI DSS
6 5 (1.83%) NCSC
7 3 (1.10%) ISO 20022
7 3 (1.10%) NIST 800
7 3 (1.10%) SEPA
8 2 (0.73%) EMIR
8 2 (0.73%) GRC
8 2 (0.73%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.73%) ISO 8583
8 2 (0.73%) MiFID
8 2 (0.73%) PSD2
9 1 (0.37%) DICOM
9 1 (0.37%) HL7
9 1 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 50 (18.32%) Docker
2 4 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.10%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.73%) NFS
4 2 (0.73%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.37%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.37%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 54 (19.78%) Terraform
2 52 (19.05%) Kubernetes
3 19 (6.96%) Ansible
4 16 (5.86%) Grafana
5 13 (4.76%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.10%) Argo
6 3 (1.10%) Karpenter
7 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.73%) Puppet
7 2 (0.73%) SnapMirror
8 1 (0.37%) Consul
8 1 (0.37%) Istio
8 1 (0.37%) Kibana
8 1 (0.37%) Opsgenie
8 1 (0.37%) PowerCLI
8 1 (0.37%) QRadar
8 1 (0.37%) Salt
8 1 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.37%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 24 (8.79%) Microsoft
2 15 (5.49%) Databricks
3 13 (4.76%) Google
4 12 (4.40%) CyberArk
4 12 (4.40%) Oracle
5 9 (3.30%) IBM
6 8 (2.93%) ServiceNow
7 7 (2.56%) Salesforce
7 7 (2.56%) Splunk
8 6 (2.20%) Citrix
9 5 (1.83%) MuleSoft
9 5 (1.83%) OpenAI
9 5 (1.83%) SAP
9 5 (1.83%) VMware
10 3 (1.10%) AppDynamics
10 3 (1.10%) Bloomberg
10 3 (1.10%) Charles River
10 3 (1.10%) Cognos
10 3 (1.10%) Informatica
10 3 (1.10%) Sage