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

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 10 12
Rank change year-on-year -2 +2 -3
Contract jobs citing AWS 277 260 227
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 11.40% 14.94% 10.52%
As % of the Cloud Services category 29.59% 34.81% 25.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 190 182 155
10th Percentile £406 £400 £413
25th Percentile £463 £463 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £565
Median % change year-on-year - -2.65% -8.87%
75th Percentile £675 £686 £689
90th Percentile £764 £774 £870
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 936 747 883
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 38.53% 42.93% 40.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 640 479 619
10th Percentile £350 £365 £363
25th Percentile £456 £459 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £673 £661
90th Percentile £750 £751 £769
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £538
% change year-on-year - +2.23% -6.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 13 7
10th Percentile £22.38 £23.93 £12.75
25th Percentile £29.00 £24.66 £17.00
Median hourly rate £51.44 £42.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +21.04% +88.89% -66.67%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.57 £27.00
90th Percentile £75.35 £97.75 £36.30
Central London median hourly rate £57.77 £34.65 £22.50
% change year-on-year +66.71% +54.00% -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

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 25 June 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 (6.50%) Apache Airflow
2 7 (2.53%) Confluence
3 5 (1.81%) Apache Spark
4 4 (1.44%) Apache
4 4 (1.44%) CICS
4 4 (1.44%) SharePoint
5 3 (1.08%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.72%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.36%) Camunda
7 1 (0.36%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.36%) nginx
7 1 (0.36%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (1.08%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.36%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.44%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (1.08%) Bloomberg AIM
2 3 (1.08%) Fidessa
3 2 (0.72%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.36%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 112 (40.43%) Azure
2 61 (22.02%) GCP
3 46 (16.61%) Serverless
4 39 (14.08%) AWS Lambda
4 39 (14.08%) GitHub
5 33 (11.91%) Amazon S3
6 24 (8.66%) Snowflake
7 20 (7.22%) GitHub Actions
7 20 (7.22%) Power Platform
8 19 (6.86%) Amazon Bedrock
9 16 (5.78%) SaaS
10 15 (5.42%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 14 (5.05%) AWS CloudFormation
12 11 (3.97%) Amazon ECS
12 11 (3.97%) Amazon EKS
12 11 (3.97%) Amazon SageMaker
13 10 (3.61%) Amazon EC2
13 10 (3.61%) Amazon Kinesis
13 10 (3.61%) dbt
13 10 (3.61%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.33%) Firewall
2 9 (3.25%) DNS
3 7 (2.53%) Network Security
4 6 (2.17%) DHCP
5 5 (1.81%) VPN
6 3 (1.08%) SMTP
6 3 (1.08%) 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%) SSL
8 1 (0.36%) VLAN
8 1 (0.36%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (6.86%) DynamoDB
2 17 (6.14%) NoSQL
3 16 (5.78%) Amazon RDS
4 15 (5.42%) Power BI
5 14 (5.05%) PostgreSQL
6 13 (4.69%) Amazon Athena
7 12 (4.33%) Amazon Redshift
7 12 (4.33%) Data Warehouse
8 11 (3.97%) Metadata
8 11 (3.97%) Tableau
9 8 (2.89%) Big Data
9 8 (2.89%) Db2
9 8 (2.89%) MongoDB
9 8 (2.89%) Snowflake Schema
9 8 (2.89%) SQL Server
10 6 (2.17%) Data Lake
10 6 (2.17%) Relational Database
11 5 (1.81%) Pinecone
12 4 (1.44%) Apache Cassandra
12 4 (1.44%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 30 (10.83%) Git
2 26 (9.39%) GitLab
2 26 (9.39%) Jenkins
3 24 (8.66%) JIRA
4 9 (3.25%) Postman
5 8 (2.89%) JUnit
6 7 (2.53%) Mockito
7 5 (1.81%) Cucumber
8 4 (1.44%) JMeter
9 3 (1.08%) Claude Code
9 3 (1.08%) Cypress.io
9 3 (1.08%) Gradle
9 3 (1.08%) Maven
10 2 (0.72%) Ant
10 2 (0.72%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.72%) CircleCI
10 2 (0.72%) Liquibase
10 2 (0.72%) Mocha
10 2 (0.72%) webpack
11 1 (0.36%) ERwin
General
1 91 (32.85%) Finance
2 67 (24.19%) Social Skills
3 36 (13.00%) Banking
4 31 (11.19%) Public Sector
5 22 (7.94%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (4.33%) Financial Institution
7 10 (3.61%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (3.61%) Influencing Skills
8 9 (3.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (2.17%) Front Office
10 5 (1.81%) Investment Banking
10 5 (1.81%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.44%) Military
11 4 (1.44%) Retail
12 3 (1.08%) Marketing
13 2 (0.72%) Advertising
13 2 (0.72%) Back Office
13 2 (0.72%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.36%) Billing
14 1 (0.36%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 65 (23.47%) Architect
2 38 (13.72%) Senior
3 30 (10.83%) Developer
4 22 (7.94%) Data Engineer
4 22 (7.94%) Lead
5 18 (6.50%) AWS Engineer
6 16 (5.78%) Solutions Architect
7 13 (4.69%) DevOps Engineer
7 13 (4.69%) Senior Developer
8 11 (3.97%) Snowflake Data Engineer
8 11 (3.97%) Snowflake Engineer
9 10 (3.61%) Cloud Architect
9 10 (3.61%) Java Developer
10 9 (3.25%) Consultant
10 9 (3.25%) Migration Manager
10 9 (3.25%) Migration Project Manager
10 9 (3.25%) Project Manager
10 9 (3.25%) Technical Architect
11 8 (2.89%) AWS Architect
11 8 (2.89%) Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (11.91%) Kafka
2 27 (9.75%) Spring
2 27 (9.75%) Spring Boot
3 23 (8.30%) REST
4 19 (6.86%) React
5 18 (6.50%) RESTful
6 11 (3.97%) .NET
6 11 (3.97%) SOAP
7 10 (3.61%) JSON
7 10 (3.61%) Node.js
7 10 (3.61%) PySpark
8 9 (3.25%) PyTorch
9 7 (2.53%) OpenTelemetry
9 7 (2.53%) TensorFlow
10 6 (2.17%) GraphQL
10 6 (2.17%) Middleware
10 6 (2.17%) OAuth
10 6 (2.17%) Web Services
11 5 (1.81%) RabbitMQ
11 5 (1.81%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 68 (24.55%) Cloud Native
2 22 (7.94%) Distributed Systems
3 15 (5.42%) AI Agents
4 10 (3.61%) Legacy Systems
5 9 (3.25%) Clustering
5 9 (3.25%) Equities
5 9 (3.25%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (2.53%) Data Centre
6 7 (2.53%) Onboarding
7 6 (2.17%) Algorithms
7 6 (2.17%) Security Posture
8 5 (1.81%) Mainframe
8 5 (1.81%) Product Ownership
9 4 (1.44%) DataPower
9 4 (1.44%) LIMS
9 4 (1.44%) Online Banking
9 4 (1.44%) PKI
9 4 (1.44%) Public Cloud
10 3 (1.08%) Mobile App
10 3 (1.08%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 13 (4.69%) Linux
1 13 (4.69%) Windows
2 6 (2.17%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.44%) Android
3 4 (1.44%) Apple iOS
3 4 (1.44%) 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%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (38.27%) CI/CD
2 71 (25.63%) AI
3 70 (25.27%) DevOps
4 61 (22.02%) Agile
4 61 (22.02%) Infrastructure as Code
5 47 (16.97%) Migration
6 46 (16.61%) Containerisation
7 44 (15.88%) Analytics
8 43 (15.52%) Machine Learning
9 40 (14.44%) Microservices
10 37 (13.36%) Data Engineering
10 37 (13.36%) Stakeholder Management
11 36 (13.00%) Event-Driven
11 36 (13.00%) Test Automation
12 34 (12.27%) Observability
13 33 (11.91%) Data Modelling
14 31 (11.19%) Data Pipeline
14 31 (11.19%) Problem-Solving
15 28 (10.11%) Generative AI
16 26 (9.39%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 98 (35.38%) Python
2 55 (19.86%) SQL
3 50 (18.05%) Java
4 16 (5.78%) C#
5 14 (5.05%) TypeScript
6 12 (4.33%) JavaScript
7 10 (3.61%) Bash
7 10 (3.61%) PowerShell
8 5 (1.81%) Ruby
8 5 (1.81%) Shell Script
9 4 (1.44%) JCL
9 4 (1.44%) Scala
10 3 (1.08%) Bicep
10 3 (1.08%) Korn
11 2 (0.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.72%) Go
12 1 (0.36%) Google Apps Script
12 1 (0.36%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.36%) R
12 1 (0.36%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 65 (23.47%) Security Cleared
2 58 (20.94%) SC Cleared
3 13 (4.69%) Degree
4 10 (3.61%) PMI Certification
4 10 (3.61%) PMP
5 7 (2.53%) AWS Certification
6 6 (2.17%) DV Cleared
7 5 (1.81%) CISSP
8 4 (1.44%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (1.44%) CISM
9 3 (1.08%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (1.08%) CCNP
9 3 (1.08%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.08%) DBS Check
9 3 (1.08%) PhD
9 3 (1.08%) 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 19 (6.86%) GDPR
1 19 (6.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (6.50%) Data Quality
2 18 (6.50%) NIST
3 10 (3.61%) QA
4 7 (2.53%) EU AI Act
5 5 (1.81%) NCSC
5 5 (1.81%) PCI DSS
6 4 (1.44%) SLA
7 3 (1.08%) NIST 800
8 2 (0.72%) EMIR
8 2 (0.72%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.72%) ISO 20022
8 2 (0.72%) MiFID
8 2 (0.72%) SEPA
8 2 (0.72%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.36%) Government Security Classifications
9 1 (0.36%) GRC
9 1 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.36%) PMO
System Software
1 44 (15.88%) Docker
2 8 (2.89%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.44%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (1.08%) BitLocker
4 3 (1.08%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.08%) Microsoft App-V
4 3 (1.08%) 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 (19.86%) Kubernetes
2 47 (16.97%) Terraform
3 21 (7.58%) Ansible
4 15 (5.42%) Grafana
5 12 (4.33%) Prometheus
6 5 (1.81%) Puppet
7 4 (1.44%) vCenter Server
8 3 (1.08%) Nagios
8 3 (1.08%) vMotion
9 2 (0.72%) Argo
9 2 (0.72%) SnapMirror
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 (9.39%) Microsoft
2 15 (5.42%) Databricks
3 14 (5.05%) Google
4 12 (4.33%) CyberArk
5 11 (3.97%) Salesforce
6 10 (3.61%) Citrix
7 8 (2.89%) VMware
8 7 (2.53%) Oracle
8 7 (2.53%) Splunk
9 5 (1.81%) IBM
9 5 (1.81%) MuleSoft
9 5 (1.81%) ServiceNow
10 4 (1.44%) Fortinet
10 4 (1.44%) Informatica
10 4 (1.44%) OpenAI
10 4 (1.44%) Palo Alto
11 3 (1.08%) Bloomberg
11 3 (1.08%) Charles River
11 3 (1.08%) SAP
11 3 (1.08%) Symantec