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 26 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 12 12
Rank change year-on-year +3 0 -1
Contract jobs citing AWS 276 233 242
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 13.02% 13.38% 10.38%
As % of the Cloud Services category 31.51% 31.23% 26.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 194 165 173
10th Percentile £363 £413 £401
25th Percentile £463 £463 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £543 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.20% -1.36% -12.00%
75th Percentile £660 £650 £675
90th Percentile £784 £701 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £535 £550
% change year-on-year +2.80% -2.73% -12.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £72.25 - -
Median hourly rate £74.50 - -
75th Percentile £76.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £74.50 - -

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 876 746 901
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 41.32% 42.85% 38.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 622 486 636
10th Percentile £350 £397 £359
25th Percentile £450 £463 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.68% - -7.17%
75th Percentile £650 £668 £652
90th Percentile £750 £738 £748
Central London median daily rate £543 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -1.36% +1.85% -6.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 9
10th Percentile £31.88 - £12.75
25th Percentile £39.44 £24.66 £17.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £34.65 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +29.87% +54.00% -72.73%
75th Percentile £55.94 £48.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £66.53 £132.00 £54.95
Central London median hourly rate £40.50 £31.86 £22.50
% change year-on-year +27.12% +41.60% -57.14%

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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 26 March 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 19 (6.88%) Apache Airflow
2 10 (3.62%) Apache Spark
3 6 (2.17%) Confluence
4 5 (1.81%) Apache
5 3 (1.09%) CICS
6 2 (0.72%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.72%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.36%) Camunda
7 1 (0.36%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.36%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.36%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.36%) Notion
2 1 (0.36%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (1.09%) Bloomberg AIM
1 3 (1.09%) Fidessa
1 3 (1.09%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.72%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.36%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.36%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 126 (45.65%) Azure
2 72 (26.09%) GCP
3 44 (15.94%) GitHub
4 42 (15.22%) Serverless
5 38 (13.77%) AWS Lambda
6 35 (12.68%) Amazon S3
7 25 (9.06%) Snowflake
8 23 (8.33%) Power Platform
9 22 (7.97%) GitHub Actions
10 20 (7.25%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 17 (6.16%) Amazon ECS
11 17 (6.16%) AWS CloudFormation
12 15 (5.43%) Amazon EKS
13 14 (5.07%) dbt
14 11 (3.99%) Amazon EC2
14 11 (3.99%) Azure DevOps
14 11 (3.99%) SaaS
15 9 (3.26%) Amazon SageMaker
16 8 (2.90%) AWS Fargate
16 8 (2.90%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.26%) Network Security
2 8 (2.90%) Firewall
3 6 (2.17%) DNS
4 3 (1.09%) VPN
5 2 (0.72%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.36%) 2G
6 1 (0.36%) 4G
6 1 (0.36%) 5G
6 1 (0.36%) BGP
6 1 (0.36%) DHCP
6 1 (0.36%) IPsec
6 1 (0.36%) LAN
6 1 (0.36%) NAS
6 1 (0.36%) OSPF
6 1 (0.36%) Radio Access Network
6 1 (0.36%) SAN
6 1 (0.36%) SSL
6 1 (0.36%) VLAN
6 1 (0.36%) WAN
6 1 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (7.61%) PostgreSQL
2 20 (7.25%) DynamoDB
3 18 (6.52%) Power BI
4 15 (5.43%) Data Warehouse
4 15 (5.43%) NoSQL
5 14 (5.07%) Relational Database
5 14 (5.07%) Tableau
6 11 (3.99%) Amazon RDS
6 11 (3.99%) SQL Server
7 10 (3.62%) Metadata
7 10 (3.62%) MongoDB
7 10 (3.62%) MySQL
8 9 (3.26%) Amazon Athena
9 8 (2.90%) Data Lake
9 8 (2.90%) DB2
10 7 (2.54%) Amazon Redshift
10 7 (2.54%) Big Data
11 5 (1.81%) Snowflake Schema
12 4 (1.45%) Amazon Aurora
12 4 (1.45%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 34 (12.32%) Git
2 22 (7.97%) GitLab
3 20 (7.25%) Jenkins
4 15 (5.43%) JIRA
5 6 (2.17%) JUnit
6 5 (1.81%) Cucumber
6 5 (1.81%) Mockito
7 4 (1.45%) Bitbucket
7 4 (1.45%) Cypress.io
8 3 (1.09%) Postman
9 2 (0.72%) Ant
9 2 (0.72%) CircleCI
9 2 (0.72%) Claude Code
9 2 (0.72%) Gatling
9 2 (0.72%) Liquibase
9 2 (0.72%) Mocha
9 2 (0.72%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.72%) SoapUI
9 2 (0.72%) webpack
10 1 (0.36%) ERwin
General
1 96 (34.78%) Finance
2 66 (23.91%) Social Skills
3 41 (14.86%) Banking
4 27 (9.78%) Public Sector
5 23 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (5.07%) Financial Institution
7 11 (3.99%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (3.62%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (3.26%) Front Office
10 7 (2.54%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (2.54%) Investment Banking
11 4 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.09%) Back Office
12 3 (1.09%) Retail
12 3 (1.09%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.72%) Advertising
13 2 (0.72%) Law
13 2 (0.72%) Legal
13 2 (0.72%) Marketing
13 2 (0.72%) Military
Job Titles
1 60 (21.74%) Architect
2 40 (14.49%) Developer
3 36 (13.04%) Senior
4 26 (9.42%) Data Engineer
5 25 (9.06%) Lead
6 19 (6.88%) DevOps Engineer
6 19 (6.88%) Solutions Architect
7 17 (6.16%) AWS Engineer
8 12 (4.35%) Project Manager
9 11 (3.99%) Python Engineer
9 11 (3.99%) Senior Developer
10 10 (3.62%) AWS Architect
10 10 (3.62%) Migration Manager
10 10 (3.62%) Migration Project Manager
11 9 (3.26%) Data Scientist
11 9 (3.26%) Java Developer
11 9 (3.26%) Security Architect
12 8 (2.90%) Cloud Architect
12 8 (2.90%) Enterprise Architect
12 8 (2.90%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (10.87%) Kafka
2 21 (7.61%) React
2 21 (7.61%) REST
3 18 (6.52%) RESTful
4 17 (6.16%) Spring
5 16 (5.80%) Spring Boot
6 15 (5.43%) Node.js
7 10 (3.62%) .NET
7 10 (3.62%) JSON
8 9 (3.26%) PyTorch
8 9 (3.26%) scikit-learn
9 8 (2.90%) AngularJS
9 8 (2.90%) OAuth
9 8 (2.90%) PySpark
9 8 (2.90%) SOAP
9 8 (2.90%) TensorFlow
10 7 (2.54%) boto
10 7 (2.54%) HTML
10 7 (2.54%) OpenTelemetry
10 7 (2.54%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 57 (20.65%) Cloud Native
2 22 (7.97%) Distributed Systems
3 14 (5.07%) Legacy Systems
4 12 (4.35%) Algorithms
5 10 (3.62%) Equities
5 10 (3.62%) Security Posture
6 8 (2.90%) Data Centre
6 8 (2.90%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (2.90%) Hybrid Cloud
6 8 (2.90%) Onboarding
6 8 (2.90%) Product Ownership
7 7 (2.54%) Derivative
7 7 (2.54%) Virtual Team
8 6 (2.17%) Clustering
8 6 (2.17%) Fixed Income
9 5 (1.81%) Data Structures
10 4 (1.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 4 (1.45%) LIMS
11 3 (1.09%) Mainframe
11 3 (1.09%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 14 (5.07%) Linux
2 13 (4.71%) Windows
3 3 (1.09%) Android
3 3 (1.09%) Apple iOS
3 3 (1.09%) Unix
3 3 (1.09%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.09%) zOS
4 2 (0.72%) Data ONTAP
5 1 (0.36%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (36.23%) CI/CD
2 61 (22.10%) Agile
2 61 (22.10%) DevOps
3 60 (21.74%) AI
3 60 (21.74%) Infrastructure as Code
4 42 (15.22%) Microservices
4 42 (15.22%) Migration
5 41 (14.86%) Analytics
5 41 (14.86%) Containerisation
6 40 (14.49%) Machine Learning
6 40 (14.49%) Stakeholder Management
7 37 (13.41%) Problem-Solving
8 34 (12.32%) Data Modelling
8 34 (12.32%) Data Pipeline
9 32 (11.59%) Roadmaps
9 32 (11.59%) Test Automation
10 31 (11.23%) Observability
10 31 (11.23%) Software Engineering
11 30 (10.87%) Data Engineering
12 29 (10.51%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 111 (40.22%) Python
2 79 (28.62%) SQL
3 51 (18.48%) Java
4 14 (5.07%) JavaScript
5 12 (4.35%) TypeScript
6 8 (2.90%) C#
7 7 (2.54%) Bash
8 6 (2.17%) PowerShell
8 6 (2.17%) Shell Script
9 5 (1.81%) Ruby
9 5 (1.81%) Scala
10 4 (1.45%) Go
10 4 (1.45%) PHP
11 3 (1.09%) JCL
11 3 (1.09%) Korn
11 3 (1.09%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.72%) C++
12 2 (0.72%) R
13 1 (0.36%) C
13 1 (0.36%) Perl
Qualifications
1 59 (21.38%) Security Cleared
2 56 (20.29%) SC Cleared
3 13 (4.71%) Degree
4 10 (3.62%) PMI Certification
4 10 (3.62%) PMP
5 9 (3.26%) AWS Certification
6 7 (2.54%) CISSP
7 6 (2.17%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (1.81%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (1.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (1.45%) CISM
9 4 (1.45%) TOGAF Certification
10 3 (1.09%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 3 (1.09%) Azure Certification
10 3 (1.09%) Master's Degree
10 3 (1.09%) PhD
10 3 (1.09%) SnowPro
11 2 (0.72%) CCNP
11 2 (0.72%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (10.14%) Data Quality
2 23 (8.33%) GDPR
3 21 (7.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 18 (6.52%) NIST
5 9 (3.26%) QA
6 8 (2.90%) SLA
7 7 (2.54%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.72%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.72%) EU AI Act
8 2 (0.72%) GRC
8 2 (0.72%) ISO 20022
8 2 (0.72%) ISO 8583
8 2 (0.72%) NCSC
8 2 (0.72%) PSD2
8 2 (0.72%) SEPA
9 1 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.36%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.36%) HL7
9 1 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.36%) NIST 800
System Software
1 54 (19.57%) Docker
2 3 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.72%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.72%) NFS
3 2 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.72%) VMware NSX
3 2 (0.72%) vSphere
4 1 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 59 (21.38%) Terraform
2 47 (17.03%) Kubernetes
3 18 (6.52%) Ansible
4 11 (3.99%) Grafana
5 7 (2.54%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.09%) Argo
6 3 (1.09%) Karpenter
6 3 (1.09%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.72%) SnapMirror
8 1 (0.36%) CASB
8 1 (0.36%) Istio
8 1 (0.36%) Kibana
8 1 (0.36%) Opsgenie
8 1 (0.36%) PowerCLI
8 1 (0.36%) QRadar
8 1 (0.36%) SCCM
8 1 (0.36%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.36%) vRealize
8 1 (0.36%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 27 (9.78%) Microsoft
2 17 (6.16%) Databricks
3 16 (5.80%) Oracle
4 14 (5.07%) Google
5 12 (4.35%) IBM
6 11 (3.99%) CyberArk
7 8 (2.90%) ServiceNow
8 7 (2.54%) Salesforce
8 7 (2.54%) Splunk
9 6 (2.17%) Informatica
10 5 (1.81%) MuleSoft
10 5 (1.81%) VMware
11 4 (1.45%) SAP
12 3 (1.09%) AppDynamics
12 3 (1.09%) Bloomberg
12 3 (1.09%) Charles River
12 3 (1.09%) Cognos
12 3 (1.09%) Confluent
12 3 (1.09%) OpenAI
12 3 (1.09%) Sage