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

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 12 13
Rank change year-on-year -2 +1 -4
Contract jobs citing AWS 276 263 221
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 11.31% 14.51% 10.35%
As % of the Cloud Services category 29.49% 34.11% 25.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 190 186 148
10th Percentile £406 £400 £413
25th Percentile £463 £475 £490
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -6.88%
75th Percentile £675 £686 £700
90th Percentile £751 £775 £854
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £565
% change year-on-year - -2.65% -8.87%
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 936 771 882
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 38.34% 42.55% 41.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 644 498 617
10th Percentile £350 £363 £363
25th Percentile £456 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.38%
75th Percentile £650 £669 £675
90th Percentile £750 £751 £765
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 14 6
10th Percentile £19.48 £24.02 £12.75
25th Percentile £24.62 £25.18 £14.88
Median hourly rate £44.47 £38.58 £24.75
Median % change year-on-year +15.28% +55.86% -63.33%
75th Percentile £63.68 £63.37 £27.00
90th Percentile £75.18 £96.63 £38.63
Central London median hourly rate £54.60 £34.65 £24.75
% change year-on-year +57.58% +40.00% -52.86%

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 4 July 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 (6.16%) Apache Airflow
2 7 (2.54%) Confluence
3 4 (1.45%) Apache
3 4 (1.45%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.45%) CICS
3 4 (1.45%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.09%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.72%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.36%) Camunda
6 1 (0.36%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.36%) nginx
6 1 (0.36%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (1.09%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.36%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.45%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (1.09%) Bloomberg AIM
2 3 (1.09%) Fidessa
3 2 (0.72%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.36%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 109 (39.49%) Azure
2 58 (21.01%) GCP
3 47 (17.03%) Serverless
4 40 (14.49%) AWS Lambda
5 38 (13.77%) GitHub
6 34 (12.32%) Amazon S3
7 25 (9.06%) Snowflake
8 21 (7.61%) Power Platform
9 20 (7.25%) Amazon Bedrock
10 19 (6.88%) GitHub Actions
11 16 (5.80%) SaaS
12 15 (5.43%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 14 (5.07%) AWS CloudFormation
14 12 (4.35%) Amazon ECS
14 12 (4.35%) Amazon EKS
15 10 (3.62%) Amazon EC2
15 10 (3.62%) Amazon Kinesis
15 10 (3.62%) Amazon SageMaker
15 10 (3.62%) dbt
15 10 (3.62%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.35%) Firewall
2 9 (3.26%) DNS
3 7 (2.54%) Network Security
4 6 (2.17%) DHCP
5 5 (1.81%) VPN
6 3 (1.09%) SMTP
6 3 (1.09%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.72%) NGFW
7 2 (0.72%) X.509
8 1 (0.36%) BGP
8 1 (0.36%) IPsec
8 1 (0.36%) NAS
8 1 (0.36%) OSPF
8 1 (0.36%) Reverse Proxy
8 1 (0.36%) SAN
8 1 (0.36%) Software-Defined Networking
8 1 (0.36%) SSH
8 1 (0.36%) SSL
8 1 (0.36%) VLAN
8 1 (0.36%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (7.25%) DynamoDB
2 16 (5.80%) Amazon RDS
2 16 (5.80%) NoSQL
2 16 (5.80%) Power BI
3 15 (5.43%) PostgreSQL
4 13 (4.71%) Amazon Athena
5 12 (4.35%) Amazon Redshift
5 12 (4.35%) Data Warehouse
6 11 (3.99%) Metadata
6 11 (3.99%) Tableau
7 9 (3.26%) SQL Server
8 8 (2.90%) Big Data
8 8 (2.90%) Db2
8 8 (2.90%) MongoDB
8 8 (2.90%) Snowflake Schema
9 6 (2.17%) Data Lake
9 6 (2.17%) Relational Database
10 5 (1.81%) Pinecone
11 4 (1.45%) Apache Cassandra
11 4 (1.45%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 30 (10.87%) Git
2 28 (10.14%) GitLab
3 25 (9.06%) Jenkins
4 22 (7.97%) JIRA
5 9 (3.26%) Postman
6 8 (2.90%) JUnit
7 7 (2.54%) Mockito
8 5 (1.81%) Cucumber
9 4 (1.45%) JMeter
9 4 (1.45%) Maven
10 3 (1.09%) Claude Code
10 3 (1.09%) Cypress.io
10 3 (1.09%) Gradle
11 2 (0.72%) Ant
11 2 (0.72%) Artifactory
11 2 (0.72%) CircleCI
11 2 (0.72%) Liquibase
11 2 (0.72%) Mocha
11 2 (0.72%) webpack
12 1 (0.36%) ERwin
General
1 89 (32.25%) Finance
2 65 (23.55%) Social Skills
3 37 (13.41%) Banking
4 29 (10.51%) Public Sector
5 24 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (3.99%) Financial Institution
7 10 (3.62%) Influencing Skills
8 9 (3.26%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (3.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (2.54%) Investment Banking
10 6 (2.17%) Front Office
11 4 (1.45%) Military
11 4 (1.45%) Retail
12 3 (1.09%) Marketing
12 3 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.72%) Advertising
13 2 (0.72%) Back Office
13 2 (0.72%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.36%) Law
14 1 (0.36%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 63 (22.83%) Architect
2 38 (13.77%) Senior
3 30 (10.87%) Developer
4 22 (7.97%) Data Engineer
5 20 (7.25%) Lead
6 18 (6.52%) AWS Engineer
7 14 (5.07%) DevOps Engineer
7 14 (5.07%) Solutions Architect
8 13 (4.71%) Senior Developer
9 11 (3.99%) Snowflake Data Engineer
9 11 (3.99%) Snowflake Engineer
10 9 (3.26%) Consultant
10 9 (3.26%) Java Developer
10 9 (3.26%) Technical Architect
11 8 (2.90%) AWS Architect
11 8 (2.90%) Cloud Architect
11 8 (2.90%) Data Architect
11 8 (2.90%) Migration Project Manager
11 8 (2.90%) Senior Java Developer
11 8 (2.90%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (11.59%) Kafka
2 27 (9.78%) Spring
3 26 (9.42%) Spring Boot
4 23 (8.33%) REST
5 20 (7.25%) React
6 18 (6.52%) RESTful
7 11 (3.99%) .NET
7 11 (3.99%) Node.js
7 11 (3.99%) SOAP
8 10 (3.62%) PySpark
9 9 (3.26%) JSON
10 8 (2.90%) PyTorch
11 7 (2.54%) TensorFlow
12 6 (2.17%) GraphQL
12 6 (2.17%) Middleware
12 6 (2.17%) OpenTelemetry
12 6 (2.17%) Web Services
13 5 (1.81%) OAuth
13 5 (1.81%) RabbitMQ
13 5 (1.81%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 64 (23.19%) Cloud Native
2 20 (7.25%) Distributed Systems
3 16 (5.80%) AI Agents
4 10 (3.62%) Legacy Systems
5 9 (3.26%) Clustering
5 9 (3.26%) Equities
5 9 (3.26%) Hybrid Cloud
6 8 (2.90%) Onboarding
7 7 (2.54%) Data Centre
8 6 (2.17%) Algorithms
8 6 (2.17%) Security Posture
9 5 (1.81%) Mainframe
9 5 (1.81%) Product Ownership
9 5 (1.81%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.45%) DataPower
10 4 (1.45%) LIMS
10 4 (1.45%) Online Banking
10 4 (1.45%) PKI
11 3 (1.09%) Fixed Income
11 3 (1.09%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 13 (4.71%) Linux
1 13 (4.71%) Windows
2 6 (2.17%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.45%) Android
3 4 (1.45%) Apple iOS
3 4 (1.45%) zOS
4 2 (0.72%) Data ONTAP
4 2 (0.72%) Unix
5 1 (0.36%) AIX
5 1 (0.36%) CentOS
5 1 (0.36%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.36%) Solaris
5 1 (0.36%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.36%) VMS
5 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (38.41%) CI/CD
2 71 (25.72%) AI
3 67 (24.28%) DevOps
4 59 (21.38%) Agile
5 58 (21.01%) Infrastructure as Code
6 47 (17.03%) Migration
7 45 (16.30%) Containerisation
8 43 (15.58%) Analytics
9 42 (15.22%) Machine Learning
10 40 (14.49%) Microservices
11 36 (13.04%) Test Automation
12 35 (12.68%) Data Engineering
13 34 (12.32%) Data Modelling
13 34 (12.32%) Event-Driven
13 34 (12.32%) Stakeholder Management
14 33 (11.96%) Observability
15 31 (11.23%) Problem-Solving
16 29 (10.51%) Data Pipeline
17 27 (9.78%) Generative AI
18 26 (9.42%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 99 (35.87%) Python
2 54 (19.57%) SQL
3 49 (17.75%) Java
4 16 (5.80%) C#
4 16 (5.80%) TypeScript
5 14 (5.07%) JavaScript
6 11 (3.99%) PowerShell
7 10 (3.62%) Bash
8 5 (1.81%) Ruby
8 5 (1.81%) Shell Script
9 4 (1.45%) JCL
9 4 (1.45%) Scala
10 3 (1.09%) Bicep
11 2 (0.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.72%) Go
11 2 (0.72%) Korn
12 1 (0.36%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.36%) Google Apps Script
12 1 (0.36%) R
12 1 (0.36%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 63 (22.83%) Security Cleared
2 56 (20.29%) SC Cleared
3 13 (4.71%) Degree
4 9 (3.26%) PMI Certification
4 9 (3.26%) PMP
5 7 (2.54%) AWS Certification
6 6 (2.17%) DV Cleared
7 5 (1.81%) CISSP
8 4 (1.45%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (1.45%) CISM
9 3 (1.09%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (1.09%) CCNP
9 3 (1.09%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.09%) DBS Check
9 3 (1.09%) PhD
9 3 (1.09%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (0.72%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.72%) SnowPro
11 1 (0.36%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (6.52%) GDPR
1 18 (6.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (6.16%) Data Quality
2 17 (6.16%) NIST
3 9 (3.26%) QA
4 8 (2.90%) EU AI Act
5 5 (1.81%) NCSC
5 5 (1.81%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.09%) NIST 800
7 2 (0.72%) EMIR
7 2 (0.72%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.72%) MiFID
7 2 (0.72%) SLA
7 2 (0.72%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.36%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (0.36%) GRC
8 1 (0.36%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.36%) SEPA
System Software
1 43 (15.58%) Docker
2 8 (2.90%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.45%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (1.09%) BitLocker
4 3 (1.09%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.09%) Microsoft App-V
4 3 (1.09%) Terminal Services
5 2 (0.72%) NFS
6 1 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.36%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.36%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 55 (19.93%) Kubernetes
2 49 (17.75%) Terraform
3 21 (7.61%) Ansible
4 14 (5.07%) Grafana
5 11 (3.99%) Prometheus
6 5 (1.81%) Puppet
7 4 (1.45%) vCenter Server
8 3 (1.09%) Nagios
8 3 (1.09%) vMotion
9 2 (0.72%) SnapMirror
10 1 (0.36%) Argo
10 1 (0.36%) Consul
10 1 (0.36%) Karpenter
10 1 (0.36%) Packer
10 1 (0.36%) PowerCLI
10 1 (0.36%) QRadar
10 1 (0.36%) Salt
Vendors
1 26 (9.42%) Microsoft
2 14 (5.07%) Google
3 13 (4.71%) Databricks
4 12 (4.35%) CyberArk
5 11 (3.99%) Salesforce
6 10 (3.62%) Citrix
7 8 (2.90%) Oracle
7 8 (2.90%) VMware
8 7 (2.54%) Splunk
9 6 (2.17%) ServiceNow
10 5 (1.81%) IBM
10 5 (1.81%) MuleSoft
11 4 (1.45%) Fortinet
11 4 (1.45%) Informatica
11 4 (1.45%) OpenAI
11 4 (1.45%) Palo Alto
12 3 (1.09%) Bloomberg
12 3 (1.09%) Charles River
12 3 (1.09%) SAP
12 3 (1.09%) Symantec