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

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 12 13
Rank change year-on-year -1 +1 -4
Contract jobs citing AWS 276 266 221
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 11.41% 14.16% 10.38%
As % of the Cloud Services category 29.27% 33.54% 24.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 194 185 143
10th Percentile £425 £400 £418
25th Percentile £470 £475 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £555 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.90% -3.48% -4.17%
75th Percentile £684 £688 £700
90th Percentile £759 £783 £845
Central London median daily rate £550 £565 £565
% change year-on-year -2.65% - -6.65%
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 943 793 888
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 38.98% 42.20% 41.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 650 518 619
10th Percentile £350 £363 £363
25th Percentile £460 £456 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.35%
75th Percentile £653 £668 £673
90th Percentile £750 £753 £755
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 14 6
10th Percentile £19.50 £24.02 £12.75
25th Percentile £22.83 £25.18 £16.31
Median hourly rate £37.50 £38.58 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.79% +42.87% -60.00%
75th Percentile £62.36 £63.37 £44.44
90th Percentile £75.00 £96.63 £71.38
Central London median hourly rate £51.44 £34.65 £27.00
% change year-on-year +48.46% +28.33% -48.57%

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 20 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 18 (6.52%) Apache Airflow
2 8 (2.90%) Confluence
3 6 (2.17%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.45%) Apache
4 4 (1.45%) Apache Spark
4 4 (1.45%) CICS
5 3 (1.09%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.72%) nginx
6 2 (0.72%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.36%) Camunda
7 1 (0.36%) Ethereum
7 1 (0.36%) Hyperledger
7 1 (0.36%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.36%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (1.09%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (1.81%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.72%) Aladdin
2 2 (0.72%) Bloomberg AIM
2 2 (0.72%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.36%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.36%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.36%) R3 Corda
3 1 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 107 (38.77%) Azure
2 60 (21.74%) GCP
3 45 (16.30%) Serverless
4 42 (15.22%) GitHub
5 40 (14.49%) AWS Lambda
6 36 (13.04%) Amazon S3
7 26 (9.42%) Snowflake
8 22 (7.97%) GitHub Actions
9 21 (7.61%) Power Platform
10 18 (6.52%) Amazon Bedrock
11 17 (6.16%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 15 (5.43%) Amazon EKS
12 15 (5.43%) SaaS
13 13 (4.71%) Amazon EC2
14 12 (4.35%) Amazon ECS
14 12 (4.35%) Amazon Kinesis
15 11 (3.99%) AWS CloudFormation
15 11 (3.99%) PaaS
16 10 (3.62%) Amazon SageMaker
16 10 (3.62%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 13 (4.71%) Firewall
2 10 (3.62%) DNS
3 7 (2.54%) Network Security
4 6 (2.17%) DHCP
4 6 (2.17%) VPN
5 5 (1.81%) TCP/IP
6 3 (1.09%) SMTP
7 2 (0.72%) NGFW
7 2 (0.72%) Reverse Proxy
7 2 (0.72%) SSH
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%) OpenVPN
8 1 (0.36%) OSPF
8 1 (0.36%) SAN
8 1 (0.36%) Software-Defined Networking
8 1 (0.36%) VLAN
8 1 (0.36%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (7.25%) DynamoDB
2 18 (6.52%) Amazon RDS
2 18 (6.52%) NoSQL
3 16 (5.80%) Power BI
4 15 (5.43%) Amazon Athena
5 14 (5.07%) PostgreSQL
6 12 (4.35%) Amazon Redshift
6 12 (4.35%) Data Warehouse
7 10 (3.62%) MongoDB
8 9 (3.26%) Metadata
8 9 (3.26%) Tableau
9 8 (2.90%) Big Data
9 8 (2.90%) Db2
9 8 (2.90%) Snowflake Schema
9 8 (2.90%) SQL Server
10 6 (2.17%) Data Lake
10 6 (2.17%) Relational Database
11 4 (1.45%) Apache Cassandra
11 4 (1.45%) BigQuery
11 4 (1.45%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 31 (11.23%) Git
2 27 (9.78%) GitLab
3 25 (9.06%) Jenkins
4 22 (7.97%) JIRA
5 9 (3.26%) JUnit
5 9 (3.26%) Postman
6 7 (2.54%) Mockito
7 5 (1.81%) Cucumber
8 4 (1.45%) JMeter
8 4 (1.45%) Maven
9 3 (1.09%) Bitbucket
9 3 (1.09%) Claude Code
9 3 (1.09%) Cypress.io
9 3 (1.09%) Gradle
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
General
1 88 (31.88%) Finance
2 65 (23.55%) Social Skills
3 38 (13.77%) Banking
4 29 (10.51%) Public Sector
5 27 (9.78%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (3.62%) Financial Institution
7 9 (3.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (3.26%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (2.90%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (2.54%) Front Office
9 7 (2.54%) Investment Banking
10 4 (1.45%) Back Office
10 4 (1.45%) Military
10 4 (1.45%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.09%) Retail
12 2 (0.72%) Advertising
13 1 (0.36%) Billing
13 1 (0.36%) General Ledger
13 1 (0.36%) Law
Job Titles
1 64 (23.19%) Architect
2 43 (15.58%) Senior
3 31 (11.23%) Developer
4 24 (8.70%) Data Engineer
5 19 (6.88%) Lead
6 18 (6.52%) AWS Engineer
7 14 (5.07%) Senior Developer
8 13 (4.71%) Solutions Architect
9 11 (3.99%) Snowflake Data Engineer
9 11 (3.99%) Snowflake Engineer
10 10 (3.62%) Java Developer
10 10 (3.62%) Technical Architect
11 9 (3.26%) Consultant
11 9 (3.26%) Data Architect
11 9 (3.26%) DevOps Engineer
11 9 (3.26%) Senior Java Developer
12 8 (2.90%) Analyst
12 8 (2.90%) Data Scientist
12 8 (2.90%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 8 (2.90%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (12.32%) Kafka
2 28 (10.14%) Spring
3 27 (9.78%) Spring Boot
4 23 (8.33%) REST
5 21 (7.61%) React
6 19 (6.88%) RESTful
7 12 (4.35%) SOAP
8 11 (3.99%) .NET
8 11 (3.99%) Node.js
9 10 (3.62%) PySpark
10 9 (3.26%) JSON
10 9 (3.26%) PyTorch
11 8 (2.90%) RabbitMQ
11 8 (2.90%) TensorFlow
12 6 (2.17%) AngularJS
12 6 (2.17%) OpenTelemetry
12 6 (2.17%) Web Services
13 5 (1.81%) Gherkin
13 5 (1.81%) Middleware
13 5 (1.81%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 64 (23.19%) Cloud Native
2 24 (8.70%) Distributed Systems
3 16 (5.80%) AI Agents
4 10 (3.62%) Legacy Systems
4 10 (3.62%) Onboarding
5 9 (3.26%) Clustering
6 7 (2.54%) Data Centre
7 6 (2.17%) Equities
7 6 (2.17%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (2.17%) Product Ownership
7 6 (2.17%) Security Posture
8 5 (1.81%) Mainframe
8 5 (1.81%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.45%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.45%) DataPower
9 4 (1.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 4 (1.45%) LIMS
9 4 (1.45%) Online Banking
9 4 (1.45%) PKI
10 3 (1.09%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 14 (5.07%) Linux
2 12 (4.35%) Windows
3 6 (2.17%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.45%) Android
4 4 (1.45%) Apple iOS
4 4 (1.45%) zOS
5 3 (1.09%) Unix
6 2 (0.72%) Data ONTAP
7 1 (0.36%) AIX
7 1 (0.36%) CentOS
7 1 (0.36%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.36%) Solaris
7 1 (0.36%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.36%) VMS
7 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (38.04%) CI/CD
2 65 (23.55%) AI
3 64 (23.19%) DevOps
4 54 (19.57%) Agile
5 53 (19.20%) Infrastructure as Code
6 47 (17.03%) Containerisation
7 44 (15.94%) Microservices
8 42 (15.22%) Analytics
9 40 (14.49%) Event-Driven
9 40 (14.49%) Machine Learning
9 40 (14.49%) Migration
10 38 (13.77%) Test Automation
11 37 (13.41%) Data Engineering
11 37 (13.41%) Data Modelling
12 33 (11.96%) Stakeholder Management
13 32 (11.59%) Observability
13 32 (11.59%) Problem-Solving
14 31 (11.23%) Data Pipeline
15 30 (10.87%) Software Engineering
16 27 (9.78%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 102 (36.96%) Python
2 57 (20.65%) SQL
3 54 (19.57%) Java
4 16 (5.80%) C#
4 16 (5.80%) TypeScript
5 15 (5.43%) JavaScript
6 12 (4.35%) PowerShell
7 10 (3.62%) Bash
8 6 (2.17%) Ruby
8 6 (2.17%) Shell Script
9 4 (1.45%) Go
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%) 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 62 (22.46%) Security Cleared
2 54 (19.57%) SC Cleared
3 12 (4.35%) Degree
4 7 (2.54%) AWS Certification
4 7 (2.54%) DV Cleared
5 6 (2.17%) CISSP
5 6 (2.17%) PMI Certification
5 6 (2.17%) PMP
6 5 (1.81%) CISM
7 4 (1.45%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.09%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 3 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.09%) CCNP
8 3 (1.09%) DBS Check
8 3 (1.09%) PhD
8 3 (1.09%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.72%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.72%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.72%) SnowPro
10 1 (0.36%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (6.52%) Data Quality
2 15 (5.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (5.43%) NIST
3 14 (5.07%) GDPR
4 9 (3.26%) QA
5 8 (2.90%) EU AI Act
6 5 (1.81%) PCI DSS
7 4 (1.45%) NCSC
8 3 (1.09%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.72%) EMIR
9 2 (0.72%) GRC
9 2 (0.72%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.72%) MiFID
9 2 (0.72%) SLA
9 2 (0.72%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.36%) Government Security Classifications
10 1 (0.36%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.36%) PMO
10 1 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 45 (16.30%) 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%) Firmware
6 1 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.36%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.36%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 54 (19.57%) Kubernetes
2 45 (16.30%) Terraform
3 21 (7.61%) Ansible
4 14 (5.07%) Grafana
5 12 (4.35%) 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%) Packer
10 1 (0.36%) PowerCLI
10 1 (0.36%) QRadar
10 1 (0.36%) Salt
10 1 (0.36%) SELinux
10 1 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 26 (9.42%) Microsoft
2 14 (5.07%) Databricks
3 12 (4.35%) Google
4 10 (3.62%) Citrix
4 10 (3.62%) Salesforce
5 9 (3.26%) CyberArk
5 9 (3.26%) Oracle
5 9 (3.26%) ServiceNow
6 8 (2.90%) VMware
7 7 (2.54%) Splunk
8 5 (1.81%) MuleSoft
9 4 (1.45%) Fortinet
9 4 (1.45%) IBM
9 4 (1.45%) Informatica
9 4 (1.45%) OpenAI
9 4 (1.45%) Palo Alto
10 3 (1.09%) Bloomberg
10 3 (1.09%) Cisco
10 3 (1.09%) HP
10 3 (1.09%) Symantec