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

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 11 11
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 0
Contract jobs citing AWS 277 233 237
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 12.87% 13.45% 10.30%
As % of the Cloud Services category 31.05% 31.32% 26.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 196 165 168
10th Percentile £366 £413 £400
25th Percentile £463 £463 £474
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £546 £543 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.69% -1.36% -12.00%
75th Percentile £664 £638 £675
90th Percentile £781 £700 £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 892 744 895
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 41.45% 42.96% 38.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 631 487 626
10th Percentile £350 £391 £363
25th Percentile £450 £463 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £669 £664
90th Percentile £750 £738 £750
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £540
% change year-on-year - +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%

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

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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 1 April 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 20 (7.22%) Apache Airflow
2 10 (3.61%) Apache Spark
3 6 (2.17%) Apache
4 5 (1.81%) Confluence
5 3 (1.08%) 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 (1.08%) Bloomberg AIM
1 3 (1.08%) Fidessa
1 3 (1.08%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.72%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.36%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.36%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 129 (46.57%) Azure
2 74 (26.71%) GCP
3 43 (15.52%) GitHub
3 43 (15.52%) Serverless
4 38 (13.72%) AWS Lambda
5 35 (12.64%) Amazon S3
6 26 (9.39%) Snowflake
7 23 (8.30%) Power Platform
8 21 (7.58%) GitHub Actions
9 19 (6.86%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 17 (6.14%) AWS CloudFormation
11 16 (5.78%) Amazon ECS
12 14 (5.05%) Amazon EKS
12 14 (5.05%) dbt
13 12 (4.33%) SaaS
14 11 (3.97%) Azure DevOps
15 10 (3.61%) Amazon EC2
16 9 (3.25%) Amazon SageMaker
17 8 (2.89%) AWS Fargate
17 8 (2.89%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.25%) Firewall
1 9 (3.25%) Network Security
2 5 (1.81%) DNS
3 3 (1.08%) VPN
4 2 (0.72%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.36%) 2G
5 1 (0.36%) 4G
5 1 (0.36%) 5G
5 1 (0.36%) BGP
5 1 (0.36%) DHCP
5 1 (0.36%) IPsec
5 1 (0.36%) LAN
5 1 (0.36%) NAS
5 1 (0.36%) OSPF
5 1 (0.36%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (0.36%) SAN
5 1 (0.36%) SSL
5 1 (0.36%) VLAN
5 1 (0.36%) WAN
5 1 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (7.58%) PostgreSQL
2 20 (7.22%) DynamoDB
3 18 (6.50%) Power BI
4 15 (5.42%) Data Warehouse
4 15 (5.42%) NoSQL
5 14 (5.05%) Tableau
6 13 (4.69%) Relational Database
7 12 (4.33%) SQL Server
8 10 (3.61%) Amazon RDS
8 10 (3.61%) Metadata
8 10 (3.61%) MongoDB
9 9 (3.25%) Amazon Athena
10 8 (2.89%) Data Lake
10 8 (2.89%) DB2
10 8 (2.89%) MySQL
11 7 (2.53%) Amazon Redshift
11 7 (2.53%) Big Data
12 5 (1.81%) Snowflake Schema
13 4 (1.44%) Apache Cassandra
13 4 (1.44%) CockroachDB
Development Applications
1 33 (11.91%) Git
2 22 (7.94%) GitLab
3 19 (6.86%) Jenkins
4 14 (5.05%) JIRA
5 6 (2.17%) JUnit
6 5 (1.81%) Cucumber
6 5 (1.81%) Mockito
7 4 (1.44%) Cypress.io
8 3 (1.08%) Bitbucket
8 3 (1.08%) 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 (34.66%) Finance
2 65 (23.47%) Social Skills
3 41 (14.80%) Banking
4 28 (10.11%) Public Sector
5 22 (7.94%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (5.42%) Financial Institution
7 11 (3.97%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (3.61%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (3.25%) Front Office
10 7 (2.53%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (2.53%) Investment Banking
11 5 (1.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.08%) Back Office
12 3 (1.08%) Retail
12 3 (1.08%) 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%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 59 (21.30%) Architect
2 39 (14.08%) Developer
3 33 (11.91%) Senior
4 27 (9.75%) Data Engineer
5 26 (9.39%) Lead
6 19 (6.86%) DevOps Engineer
6 19 (6.86%) Solutions Architect
7 16 (5.78%) AWS Engineer
8 13 (4.69%) Project Manager
9 11 (3.97%) Migration Manager
9 11 (3.97%) Migration Project Manager
9 11 (3.97%) Python Engineer
10 9 (3.25%) AWS Architect
10 9 (3.25%) Data Scientist
10 9 (3.25%) Java Developer
10 9 (3.25%) Senior Developer
10 9 (3.25%) Snowflake Data Engineer
10 9 (3.25%) Snowflake Engineer
11 8 (2.89%) Enterprise Architect
11 8 (2.89%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (10.47%) Kafka
2 20 (7.22%) REST
3 19 (6.86%) React
4 17 (6.14%) RESTful
4 17 (6.14%) Spring
5 16 (5.78%) Spring Boot
6 15 (5.42%) Node.js
7 10 (3.61%) JSON
8 9 (3.25%) .NET
8 9 (3.25%) PyTorch
8 9 (3.25%) scikit-learn
9 8 (2.89%) AngularJS
9 8 (2.89%) OAuth
9 8 (2.89%) PySpark
9 8 (2.89%) SOAP
9 8 (2.89%) TensorFlow
10 7 (2.53%) boto
10 7 (2.53%) OpenTelemetry
10 7 (2.53%) Pandas
11 6 (2.17%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 57 (20.58%) Cloud Native
2 23 (8.30%) Distributed Systems
3 14 (5.05%) Legacy Systems
4 12 (4.33%) Algorithms
5 10 (3.61%) Equities
5 10 (3.61%) Security Posture
6 8 (2.89%) Data Centre
6 8 (2.89%) Hybrid Cloud
6 8 (2.89%) Onboarding
6 8 (2.89%) Product Ownership
7 7 (2.53%) Derivative
7 7 (2.53%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (2.17%) Clustering
8 6 (2.17%) Fixed Income
8 6 (2.17%) Virtual Team
9 5 (1.81%) Data Structures
10 4 (1.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 4 (1.44%) LIMS
11 3 (1.08%) Mainframe
11 3 (1.08%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 14 (5.05%) Linux
2 13 (4.69%) Windows
3 3 (1.08%) Android
3 3 (1.08%) Apple iOS
3 3 (1.08%) Unix
3 3 (1.08%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.08%) zOS
4 2 (0.72%) Data ONTAP
5 1 (0.36%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (35.74%) CI/CD
2 64 (23.10%) AI
3 62 (22.38%) DevOps
4 61 (22.02%) Agile
5 60 (21.66%) Infrastructure as Code
6 46 (16.61%) Migration
7 44 (15.88%) Analytics
8 43 (15.52%) Machine Learning
9 42 (15.16%) Microservices
9 42 (15.16%) Stakeholder Management
10 38 (13.72%) Containerisation
11 36 (13.00%) Data Pipeline
12 34 (12.27%) Data Modelling
13 33 (11.91%) Problem-Solving
14 32 (11.55%) Roadmaps
14 32 (11.55%) Software Engineering
15 31 (11.19%) Data Engineering
15 31 (11.19%) Observability
16 30 (10.83%) Test Automation
17 29 (10.47%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 112 (40.43%) Python
2 80 (28.88%) SQL
3 50 (18.05%) Java
4 12 (4.33%) JavaScript
5 11 (3.97%) TypeScript
6 8 (2.89%) C#
7 6 (2.17%) Bash
7 6 (2.17%) PowerShell
7 6 (2.17%) Shell Script
8 5 (1.81%) Ruby
8 5 (1.81%) Scala
9 4 (1.44%) Go
10 3 (1.08%) JCL
10 3 (1.08%) Korn
10 3 (1.08%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.72%) C++
11 2 (0.72%) PHP
11 2 (0.72%) R
12 1 (0.36%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.36%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 60 (21.66%) Security Cleared
2 57 (20.58%) SC Cleared
3 13 (4.69%) Degree
4 11 (3.97%) PMI Certification
4 11 (3.97%) PMP
5 8 (2.89%) AWS Certification
6 7 (2.53%) CISSP
7 6 (2.17%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 4 (1.44%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.44%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (1.44%) CISM
8 4 (1.44%) TOGAF Certification
9 3 (1.08%) Master's Degree
9 3 (1.08%) PhD
9 3 (1.08%) SnowPro
10 2 (0.72%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (0.72%) CCNP
10 2 (0.72%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (10.47%) Data Quality
2 24 (8.66%) GDPR
3 22 (7.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 19 (6.86%) NIST
5 9 (3.25%) QA
6 8 (2.89%) SLA
7 7 (2.53%) PCI DSS
8 3 (1.08%) NCSC
9 2 (0.72%) EU AI Act
9 2 (0.72%) GRC
9 2 (0.72%) ISO 20022
9 2 (0.72%) ISO 8583
9 2 (0.72%) PSD2
9 2 (0.72%) SEPA
10 1 (0.36%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.36%) DICOM
10 1 (0.36%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.36%) HL7
10 1 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 52 (18.77%) Docker
2 3 (1.08%) 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 (21.30%) Terraform
2 48 (17.33%) Kubernetes
3 17 (6.14%) Ansible
4 11 (3.97%) Grafana
5 7 (2.53%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.08%) Argo
6 3 (1.08%) Karpenter
6 3 (1.08%) 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 28 (10.11%) Microsoft
2 17 (6.14%) Databricks
3 16 (5.78%) Oracle
4 14 (5.05%) Google
5 12 (4.33%) CyberArk
5 12 (4.33%) IBM
6 8 (2.89%) ServiceNow
7 7 (2.53%) Salesforce
7 7 (2.53%) Splunk
8 6 (2.17%) Informatica
9 5 (1.81%) MuleSoft
9 5 (1.81%) VMware
10 4 (1.44%) SAP
11 3 (1.08%) AppDynamics
11 3 (1.08%) Bloomberg
11 3 (1.08%) Charles River
11 3 (1.08%) Cognos
11 3 (1.08%) Confluent
11 3 (1.08%) OpenAI
11 3 (1.08%) Sage