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

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 11 13
Rank change year-on-year -2 +2 -4
Contract jobs citing AWS 265 252 239
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 11.36% 15.04% 11.07%
As % of the Cloud Services category 29.51% 35.34% 27.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 187 173 167
10th Percentile £394 £401 £413
25th Percentile £463 £449 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £555
Median % change year-on-year - -0.81% -11.28%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £785 £750 £807
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 898 713 864
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 38.51% 42.57% 40.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 626 451 603
10th Percentile £344 £363 £363
25th Percentile £450 £455 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £669 £654
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £538
% change year-on-year - +2.33% -6.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 10 6
10th Percentile £20.51 £23.03 £12.75
25th Percentile £23.16 £24.66 £14.88
Median hourly rate £51.44 £31.58 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +62.91% +40.33% -72.73%
75th Percentile £65.00 £47.50 £26.19
90th Percentile £75.35 £108.75 £38.63
Central London median hourly rate £51.44 £28.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year +80.49% +26.67% -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 29 May 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 18 (6.79%) Apache Airflow
2 6 (2.26%) Apache Spark
2 6 (2.26%) Confluence
3 5 (1.89%) Apache
4 4 (1.51%) CICS
5 2 (0.75%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.75%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.38%) Camunda
6 1 (0.38%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.38%) nginx
6 1 (0.38%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (1.13%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.38%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.38%) Notion
Business Applications
1 4 (1.51%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (1.13%) Bloomberg AIM
2 3 (1.13%) Fidessa
3 2 (0.75%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 106 (40.00%) Azure
2 56 (21.13%) GCP
3 47 (17.74%) Serverless
4 41 (15.47%) AWS Lambda
5 40 (15.09%) GitHub
6 34 (12.83%) Amazon S3
7 23 (8.68%) Snowflake
8 21 (7.92%) GitHub Actions
9 19 (7.17%) Power Platform
10 17 (6.42%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 16 (6.04%) AWS CloudFormation
12 15 (5.66%) SaaS
13 12 (4.53%) Amazon EKS
13 12 (4.53%) Amazon SageMaker
13 12 (4.53%) Azure DevOps
14 11 (4.15%) Amazon EC2
15 10 (3.77%) Amazon Bedrock
15 10 (3.77%) Amazon ECS
16 9 (3.40%) Amazon Kinesis
16 9 (3.40%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.40%) Firewall
2 8 (3.02%) DNS
2 8 (3.02%) Network Security
3 3 (1.13%) DHCP
3 3 (1.13%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.75%) NGFW
4 2 (0.75%) VPN
5 1 (0.38%) BGP
5 1 (0.38%) IPsec
5 1 (0.38%) NAS
5 1 (0.38%) OSPF
5 1 (0.38%) Reverse Proxy
5 1 (0.38%) SAN
5 1 (0.38%) Software-Defined Networking
5 1 (0.38%) SSL
5 1 (0.38%) VLAN
5 1 (0.38%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (7.92%) DynamoDB
2 18 (6.79%) NoSQL
3 17 (6.42%) PostgreSQL
4 14 (5.28%) Power BI
5 13 (4.91%) Tableau
6 12 (4.53%) Amazon RDS
6 12 (4.53%) Metadata
7 11 (4.15%) Data Warehouse
7 11 (4.15%) SQL Server
8 10 (3.77%) Amazon Athena
8 10 (3.77%) Amazon Redshift
9 8 (3.02%) DB2
10 7 (2.64%) Data Lake
10 7 (2.64%) MongoDB
10 7 (2.64%) Snowflake Schema
11 6 (2.26%) Relational Database
12 5 (1.89%) Apache Cassandra
13 4 (1.51%) Big Data
13 4 (1.51%) CockroachDB
13 4 (1.51%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 28 (10.57%) Git
2 25 (9.43%) GitLab
3 24 (9.06%) Jenkins
4 21 (7.92%) JIRA
5 8 (3.02%) Postman
6 6 (2.26%) JUnit
7 5 (1.89%) Mockito
8 4 (1.51%) Cucumber
8 4 (1.51%) JMeter
9 3 (1.13%) Cypress.io
9 3 (1.13%) Gradle
9 3 (1.13%) Maven
10 2 (0.75%) Ant
10 2 (0.75%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.75%) CircleCI
10 2 (0.75%) Claude Code
10 2 (0.75%) Gatling
10 2 (0.75%) Liquibase
10 2 (0.75%) Mocha
10 2 (0.75%) webpack
General
1 90 (33.96%) Finance
2 60 (22.64%) Social Skills
3 36 (13.58%) Banking
4 30 (11.32%) Public Sector
5 21 (7.92%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (4.53%) Financial Institution
7 9 (3.40%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (3.40%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (3.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (2.64%) Front Office
9 7 (2.64%) Investment Banking
10 6 (2.26%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.13%) Back Office
11 3 (1.13%) Marketing
11 3 (1.13%) Military
11 3 (1.13%) Retail
12 2 (0.75%) Advertising
12 2 (0.75%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.38%) Law
13 1 (0.38%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 59 (22.26%) Architect
2 37 (13.96%) Developer
3 30 (11.32%) Senior
4 25 (9.43%) Data Engineer
5 22 (8.30%) Lead
6 17 (6.42%) AWS Engineer
7 13 (4.91%) DevOps Engineer
7 13 (4.91%) Senior Developer
7 13 (4.91%) Solutions Architect
8 11 (4.15%) Project Manager
8 11 (4.15%) Snowflake Data Engineer
8 11 (4.15%) Snowflake Engineer
9 10 (3.77%) Cloud Architect
9 10 (3.77%) Java Developer
9 10 (3.77%) Migration Manager
9 10 (3.77%) Migration Project Manager
10 9 (3.40%) Consultant
10 9 (3.40%) Data Scientist
11 8 (3.02%) Full-Stack Developer
11 8 (3.02%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (12.45%) Kafka
2 26 (9.81%) Spring
2 26 (9.81%) Spring Boot
3 22 (8.30%) REST
4 20 (7.55%) React
5 17 (6.42%) RESTful
6 13 (4.91%) .NET
7 11 (4.15%) JSON
7 11 (4.15%) PySpark
8 10 (3.77%) PyTorch
9 9 (3.40%) Node.js
9 9 (3.40%) SOAP
10 8 (3.02%) OpenTelemetry
10 8 (3.02%) TensorFlow
11 7 (2.64%) boto
12 6 (2.26%) Pandas
12 6 (2.26%) scikit-learn
12 6 (2.26%) Web Services
13 5 (1.89%) AngularJS
13 5 (1.89%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 64 (24.15%) Cloud Native
2 23 (8.68%) Distributed Systems
3 10 (3.77%) Equities
3 10 (3.77%) Onboarding
4 9 (3.40%) Hybrid Cloud
4 9 (3.40%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (3.02%) Algorithms
6 7 (2.64%) AI Agents
7 6 (2.26%) Clustering
8 5 (1.89%) Data Structures
8 5 (1.89%) Mainframe
8 5 (1.89%) Security Posture
9 4 (1.51%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.51%) DataPower
9 4 (1.51%) Derivative
9 4 (1.51%) Fixed Income
9 4 (1.51%) LIMS
9 4 (1.51%) NHS
9 4 (1.51%) Online Banking
9 4 (1.51%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 15 (5.66%) Linux
2 12 (4.53%) Windows
3 4 (1.51%) Android
3 4 (1.51%) Apple iOS
3 4 (1.51%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.51%) zOS
4 2 (0.75%) Data ONTAP
5 1 (0.38%) AIX
5 1 (0.38%) CentOS
5 1 (0.38%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.38%) Solaris
5 1 (0.38%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.38%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (38.11%) CI/CD
2 69 (26.04%) DevOps
3 62 (23.40%) AI
4 61 (23.02%) Infrastructure as Code
5 57 (21.51%) Agile
6 47 (17.74%) Containerisation
7 46 (17.36%) Migration
8 40 (15.09%) Analytics
8 40 (15.09%) Observability
9 37 (13.96%) Machine Learning
9 37 (13.96%) Microservices
10 36 (13.58%) Event-Driven
10 36 (13.58%) Stakeholder Management
11 34 (12.83%) Data Engineering
12 33 (12.45%) Data Pipeline
12 33 (12.45%) Test Automation
13 30 (11.32%) Data Modelling
14 27 (10.19%) Roadmaps
15 26 (9.81%) Performance Tuning
15 26 (9.81%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 106 (40.00%) Python
2 63 (23.77%) SQL
3 52 (19.62%) Java
4 14 (5.28%) C#
4 14 (5.28%) JavaScript
5 13 (4.91%) TypeScript
6 10 (3.77%) Bash
7 7 (2.64%) PowerShell
8 6 (2.26%) Ruby
8 6 (2.26%) Shell Script
9 5 (1.89%) Scala
10 4 (1.51%) JCL
11 3 (1.13%) Bicep
11 3 (1.13%) Go
11 3 (1.13%) Korn
11 3 (1.13%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.38%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.38%) C
13 1 (0.38%) R
Qualifications
1 62 (23.40%) Security Cleared
2 58 (21.89%) SC Cleared
3 11 (4.15%) Degree
3 11 (4.15%) PMI Certification
3 11 (4.15%) PMP
4 7 (2.64%) AWS Certification
5 6 (2.26%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (1.89%) CISSP
7 4 (1.51%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.51%) CISM
8 3 (1.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 3 (1.13%) CCNP
8 3 (1.13%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.13%) PhD
9 2 (0.75%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 2 (0.75%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.75%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.75%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.75%) SnowPro
9 2 (0.75%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (8.30%) Data Quality
2 19 (7.17%) NIST
3 18 (6.79%) GDPR
3 18 (6.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (3.02%) QA
4 8 (3.02%) SLA
5 4 (1.51%) NCSC
5 4 (1.51%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.13%) ISO 20022
6 3 (1.13%) NIST 800
6 3 (1.13%) SEPA
7 2 (0.75%) EMIR
7 2 (0.75%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.75%) ISO 8583
7 2 (0.75%) MiFID
7 2 (0.75%) PSD2
8 1 (0.38%) DICOM
8 1 (0.38%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (0.38%) HL7
8 1 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 46 (17.36%) Docker
2 5 (1.89%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.75%) NFS
4 1 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.38%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.38%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 51 (19.25%) Kubernetes
2 46 (17.36%) Terraform
3 18 (6.79%) Ansible
4 16 (6.04%) Grafana
5 14 (5.28%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.13%) Argo
6 3 (1.13%) Karpenter
7 2 (0.75%) Puppet
7 2 (0.75%) SnapMirror
8 1 (0.38%) Consul
8 1 (0.38%) Kibana
8 1 (0.38%) Opsgenie
8 1 (0.38%) Packer
8 1 (0.38%) PowerCLI
8 1 (0.38%) QRadar
8 1 (0.38%) Salt
8 1 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.38%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 22 (8.30%) Microsoft
2 11 (4.15%) CyberArk
2 11 (4.15%) Databricks
2 11 (4.15%) Oracle
3 10 (3.77%) Google
4 9 (3.40%) Salesforce
4 9 (3.40%) ServiceNow
5 8 (3.02%) IBM
6 7 (2.64%) Citrix
6 7 (2.64%) Splunk
7 6 (2.26%) VMware
8 5 (1.89%) MuleSoft
9 4 (1.51%) Fortinet
9 4 (1.51%) Palo Alto
9 4 (1.51%) SAP
10 3 (1.13%) AppDynamics
10 3 (1.13%) Bloomberg
10 3 (1.13%) Charles River
10 3 (1.13%) Cisco
10 3 (1.13%) Informatica