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 22 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 17 11
Rank change year-on-year +6 -6 -1
Contract jobs citing AWS 242 191 282
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 13.25% 9.29% 11.20%
As % of the Cloud Services category 32.05% 23.73% 27.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 174 124 215
10th Percentile £399 £421 £400
25th Percentile £476 £486 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -12.00%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £656
90th Percentile £788 £738 £736
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £551
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.45% -11.92%

All Cloud 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 755 805 1,026
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 41.35% 39.15% 40.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 570 511 742
10th Percentile £327 £400 £363
25th Percentile £425 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £662 £675 £675
90th Percentile £749 £758 £759
Central London median daily rate £525 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 8
10th Percentile £27.53 - -
25th Percentile £32.25 £77.50 £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.50 £85.00 £20.75
Median % change year-on-year -52.35% +309.64% +1.22%
75th Percentile £44.72 £92.50 £40.69
90th Percentile £51.20 - £56.25
Central London median hourly rate £29.74 £35.00 £20.75
% change year-on-year -15.04% +68.67% +1.22%

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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 22 December 2025.

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 15 (6.20%) Apache Airflow
2 9 (3.72%) Confluence
3 8 (3.31%) Apache Spark
4 6 (2.48%) Apache
5 4 (1.65%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.41%) CICS
7 1 (0.41%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.41%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.41%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.41%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.41%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.41%) Notion
2 1 (0.41%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.41%) Exchequer
2 1 (0.41%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.41%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.41%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 106 (43.80%) Azure
2 57 (23.55%) GCP
3 36 (14.88%) AWS Lambda
3 36 (14.88%) Serverless
4 35 (14.46%) Amazon S3
5 33 (13.64%) GitHub
6 25 (10.33%) Snowflake
7 21 (8.68%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 20 (8.26%) GitHub Actions
9 16 (6.61%) AWS CloudFormation
10 15 (6.20%) Amazon ECS
10 15 (6.20%) Amazon EKS
11 14 (5.79%) Power Platform
12 13 (5.37%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 12 (4.96%) Amazon EC2
13 12 (4.96%) dbt
14 9 (3.72%) Microsoft 365
15 8 (3.31%) Apigee
15 8 (3.31%) Azure DevOps
15 8 (3.31%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (6.20%) Firewall
2 12 (4.96%) DNS
3 7 (2.89%) Network Security
4 5 (2.07%) VPN
5 4 (1.65%) SSL
5 4 (1.65%) TCP/IP
6 3 (1.24%) DHCP
6 3 (1.24%) LAN
6 3 (1.24%) WAN
6 3 (1.24%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.83%) 4G
7 2 (0.83%) 5G
7 2 (0.83%) BGP
7 2 (0.83%) NAS
7 2 (0.83%) OSPF
7 2 (0.83%) Radio Access Network
7 2 (0.83%) Wireshark
8 1 (0.41%) Cisco Wireless
8 1 (0.41%) DKIM
8 1 (0.41%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (9.50%) Relational Database
2 15 (6.20%) PostgreSQL
3 14 (5.79%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (4.96%) Power BI
5 10 (4.13%) DynamoDB
5 10 (4.13%) MySQL
5 10 (4.13%) NoSQL
5 10 (4.13%) SQL Server
6 8 (3.31%) Amazon RDS
6 8 (3.31%) Data Lake
6 8 (3.31%) MongoDB
6 8 (3.31%) Tableau
7 5 (2.07%) Amazon QuickSight
7 5 (2.07%) Amazon Redshift
7 5 (2.07%) Big Data
7 5 (2.07%) Metadata
8 4 (1.65%) Amazon Athena
8 4 (1.65%) Amazon Aurora
9 3 (1.24%) Apache Cassandra
9 3 (1.24%) DataStage
Development Applications
1 29 (11.98%) Git
2 15 (6.20%) GitLab
2 15 (6.20%) Jenkins
3 14 (5.79%) JIRA
4 6 (2.48%) Bitbucket
5 4 (1.65%) JUnit
6 3 (1.24%) Cucumber
6 3 (1.24%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.83%) MLflow
7 2 (0.83%) Mockito
7 2 (0.83%) Postman
7 2 (0.83%) REST Assured
7 2 (0.83%) Selenium
7 2 (0.83%) SoapUI
7 2 (0.83%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.83%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.41%) Serenity BDD
8 1 (0.41%) Snyk
8 1 (0.41%) Terragrunt
8 1 (0.41%) Vite
General
1 84 (34.71%) Finance
2 50 (20.66%) Social Skills
3 33 (13.64%) Banking
4 24 (9.92%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (8.26%) Public Sector
6 8 (3.31%) Front Office
7 7 (2.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (2.89%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (2.48%) Financial Institution
8 6 (2.48%) Investment Banking
9 5 (2.07%) Legal
10 4 (1.65%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.24%) Back Office
12 2 (0.83%) Law
12 2 (0.83%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.83%) Marketing
12 2 (0.83%) Retail
12 2 (0.83%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.41%) Local Government
13 1 (0.41%) Military
Job Titles
1 51 (21.07%) Architect
2 45 (18.60%) Senior
3 33 (13.64%) Developer
4 26 (10.74%) Data Engineer
5 25 (10.33%) Lead
6 18 (7.44%) DevOps Engineer
7 17 (7.02%) AWS Engineer
8 15 (6.20%) Solutions Architect
9 14 (5.79%) AWS Architect
10 13 (5.37%) Python Engineer
11 10 (4.13%) Security Architect
12 9 (3.72%) Consultant
13 8 (3.31%) Senior Architect
13 8 (3.31%) Senior Developer
14 7 (2.89%) AWS Security Architect
14 7 (2.89%) Data Architect
14 7 (2.89%) Java Developer
14 7 (2.89%) Security Engineer
14 7 (2.89%) Senior Data Engineer
15 6 (2.48%) AWS DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (6.61%) Node.js
1 16 (6.61%) React
2 15 (6.20%) RESTful
3 12 (4.96%) Spring
4 11 (4.55%) .NET
5 10 (4.13%) Kafka
5 10 (4.13%) REST
5 10 (4.13%) Spring Boot
6 8 (3.31%) AngularJS
6 8 (3.31%) CSS
6 8 (3.31%) HTML
6 8 (3.31%) OAuth
6 8 (3.31%) scikit-learn
7 6 (2.48%) JWT
7 6 (2.48%) PyTorch
7 6 (2.48%) TensorFlow
7 6 (2.48%) XML
8 5 (2.07%) Pandas
8 5 (2.07%) PySpark
9 4 (1.65%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 37 (15.29%) Cloud Native
2 10 (4.13%) Data Centre
2 10 (4.13%) Onboarding
3 9 (3.72%) Algorithms
3 9 (3.72%) Distributed Systems
3 9 (3.72%) Product Ownership
4 7 (2.89%) Enterprise Software
4 7 (2.89%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (2.89%) Virtual Team
5 6 (2.48%) Derivative
6 5 (2.07%) Security Posture
7 4 (1.65%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.65%) Equities
7 4 (1.65%) Fixed Income
7 4 (1.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 4 (1.65%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.24%) Cloud Security Posture
8 3 (1.24%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.24%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.24%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 14 (5.79%) Linux
2 13 (5.37%) Windows
3 4 (1.65%) Unix
3 4 (1.65%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.83%) Android
4 2 (0.83%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.41%) AIX
5 1 (0.41%) Solaris
5 1 (0.41%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (33.47%) CI/CD
2 58 (23.97%) DevOps
3 48 (19.83%) Agile
4 44 (18.18%) Analytics
5 39 (16.12%) Infrastructure as Code
6 38 (15.70%) Problem-Solving
7 35 (14.46%) Microservices
8 33 (13.64%) AI
9 32 (13.22%) Roadmaps
10 31 (12.81%) Containerisation
11 30 (12.40%) Software Engineering
11 30 (12.40%) Stakeholder Management
12 28 (11.57%) Machine Learning
13 26 (10.74%) Migration
14 23 (9.50%) Data Modelling
14 23 (9.50%) ETL
15 22 (9.09%) Data Pipeline
16 21 (8.68%) Cloud Security
16 21 (8.68%) Data Engineering
16 21 (8.68%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 97 (40.08%) Python
2 67 (27.69%) SQL
3 50 (20.66%) Java
4 18 (7.44%) JavaScript
5 10 (4.13%) Bash
6 9 (3.72%) TypeScript
7 6 (2.48%) Go
7 6 (2.48%) PowerShell
8 4 (1.65%) PHP
9 3 (1.24%) C#
9 3 (1.24%) Kotlin
9 3 (1.24%) PL/SQL
9 3 (1.24%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.83%) Apex Code
10 2 (0.83%) C++
10 2 (0.83%) Perl
10 2 (0.83%) PromQL
10 2 (0.83%) Ruby
10 2 (0.83%) Scala
11 1 (0.41%) R
Qualifications
1 49 (20.25%) Security Cleared
2 43 (17.77%) SC Cleared
3 13 (5.37%) AWS Certification
3 13 (5.37%) Degree
4 6 (2.48%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (2.07%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.65%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (1.65%) CISSP
6 4 (1.65%) DV Cleared
6 4 (1.65%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.24%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 3 (1.24%) TOGAF Certification
8 2 (0.83%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 2 (0.83%) AWS Certified Developer
8 2 (0.83%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (0.83%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.83%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.83%) PMP
8 2 (0.83%) SnowPro
9 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (8.68%) Data Quality
2 17 (7.02%) GDPR
3 14 (5.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (4.13%) NIST
5 8 (3.31%) QA
6 6 (2.48%) PCI DSS
7 5 (2.07%) SLA
8 2 (0.83%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.83%) EU AI Act
8 2 (0.83%) NCSC
9 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.41%) DICOM
9 1 (0.41%) GRC
9 1 (0.41%) HL7
9 1 (0.41%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.41%) PMO
9 1 (0.41%) SOC 2
System Software
1 43 (17.77%) Docker
2 7 (2.89%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.83%) VMware NSX
3 2 (0.83%) vSphere
4 1 (0.41%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.41%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 52 (21.49%) Terraform
2 35 (14.46%) Kubernetes
3 16 (6.61%) Ansible
4 7 (2.89%) Grafana
5 6 (2.48%) Prometheus
6 4 (1.65%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (1.65%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.83%) Istio
7 2 (0.83%) Karpenter
7 2 (0.83%) SCCM
8 1 (0.41%) Argo
8 1 (0.41%) CASB
8 1 (0.41%) Kibana
8 1 (0.41%) Opsgenie
8 1 (0.41%) PowerCLI
8 1 (0.41%) Puppet
8 1 (0.41%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.41%) vRealize
8 1 (0.41%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 31 (12.81%) Microsoft
2 20 (8.26%) Databricks
3 17 (7.02%) Oracle
4 12 (4.96%) Google
5 8 (3.31%) IBM
5 8 (3.31%) Salesforce
5 8 (3.31%) ServiceNow
6 7 (2.89%) Splunk
7 5 (2.07%) F5
7 5 (2.07%) Palo Alto
8 4 (1.65%) CheckPoint
8 4 (1.65%) Informatica
8 4 (1.65%) VMware
9 3 (1.24%) Dynatrace
9 3 (1.24%) OpenAI
10 2 (0.83%) Adobe
10 2 (0.83%) Cisco
10 2 (0.83%) Dell
10 2 (0.83%) Sage
10 2 (0.83%) Tenable