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

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 11 12
Rank change year-on-year -1 +1 -3
Contract jobs citing AWS 276 260 226
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 11.27% 14.75% 10.68%
As % of the Cloud Services category 29.49% 34.67% 25.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 190 183 153
10th Percentile £406 £400 £413
25th Percentile £465 £470 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -6.50%
75th Percentile £675 £684 £700
90th Percentile £763 £773 £860
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £552
% change year-on-year - -0.41% -10.57%
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 936 750 872
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 38.22% 42.54% 41.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 644 482 610
10th Percentile £350 £363 £363
25th Percentile £456 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.58%
75th Percentile £650 £669 £669
90th Percentile £750 £751 £768
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £543
% change year-on-year - +1.38% -5.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 14 6
10th Percentile £19.48 £24.02 £12.75
25th Percentile £24.62 £25.18 £14.88
Median hourly rate £44.47 £38.58 £24.75
Median % change year-on-year +15.28% +55.86% -63.33%
75th Percentile £63.68 £63.37 £27.00
90th Percentile £75.18 £96.63 £38.63
Central London median hourly rate £54.60 £34.65 £24.75
% change year-on-year +57.58% +40.00% -52.86%

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 1 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for AWS in the City of London

AWS
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 17 (6.16%) Apache Airflow
2 7 (2.54%) Confluence
3 4 (1.45%) Apache
3 4 (1.45%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.45%) CICS
3 4 (1.45%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.09%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.72%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.36%) Camunda
6 1 (0.36%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.36%) nginx
6 1 (0.36%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (1.09%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.36%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.45%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (1.09%) Bloomberg AIM
2 3 (1.09%) Fidessa
3 2 (0.72%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.36%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 110 (39.86%) Azure
2 60 (21.74%) GCP
3 46 (16.67%) Serverless
4 39 (14.13%) AWS Lambda
4 39 (14.13%) GitHub
5 33 (11.96%) Amazon S3
6 24 (8.70%) Snowflake
7 21 (7.61%) Power Platform
8 20 (7.25%) Amazon Bedrock
8 20 (7.25%) GitHub Actions
9 16 (5.80%) SaaS
10 15 (5.43%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 14 (5.07%) AWS CloudFormation
12 12 (4.35%) Amazon ECS
12 12 (4.35%) Amazon EKS
13 10 (3.62%) Amazon EC2
13 10 (3.62%) Amazon Kinesis
13 10 (3.62%) Amazon SageMaker
13 10 (3.62%) dbt
13 10 (3.62%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.35%) Firewall
2 9 (3.26%) DNS
3 7 (2.54%) Network Security
4 6 (2.17%) DHCP
5 5 (1.81%) VPN
6 3 (1.09%) SMTP
6 3 (1.09%) 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 (6.88%) DynamoDB
2 17 (6.16%) NoSQL
3 16 (5.80%) Amazon RDS
3 16 (5.80%) Power BI
4 14 (5.07%) PostgreSQL
5 13 (4.71%) Amazon Athena
6 12 (4.35%) Amazon Redshift
6 12 (4.35%) Data Warehouse
7 11 (3.99%) Metadata
7 11 (3.99%) Tableau
8 8 (2.90%) Big Data
8 8 (2.90%) Db2
8 8 (2.90%) MongoDB
8 8 (2.90%) Snowflake Schema
8 8 (2.90%) SQL Server
9 6 (2.17%) Data Lake
9 6 (2.17%) Relational Database
10 5 (1.81%) Pinecone
11 4 (1.45%) Apache Cassandra
11 4 (1.45%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 30 (10.87%) Git
2 27 (9.78%) GitLab
3 26 (9.42%) Jenkins
4 23 (8.33%) JIRA
5 9 (3.26%) Postman
6 8 (2.90%) JUnit
7 7 (2.54%) Mockito
8 5 (1.81%) Cucumber
9 4 (1.45%) JMeter
9 4 (1.45%) Maven
10 3 (1.09%) Claude Code
10 3 (1.09%) Cypress.io
10 3 (1.09%) Gradle
11 2 (0.72%) Ant
11 2 (0.72%) Artifactory
11 2 (0.72%) CircleCI
11 2 (0.72%) Liquibase
11 2 (0.72%) Mocha
11 2 (0.72%) webpack
12 1 (0.36%) ERwin
General
1 90 (32.61%) Finance
2 66 (23.91%) Social Skills
3 37 (13.41%) Banking
4 30 (10.87%) Public Sector
5 23 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (3.99%) Financial Institution
7 10 (3.62%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (3.62%) Influencing Skills
8 9 (3.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (2.54%) Investment Banking
10 6 (2.17%) Front Office
11 4 (1.45%) Military
11 4 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.45%) Retail
12 3 (1.09%) Marketing
13 2 (0.72%) Advertising
13 2 (0.72%) Back Office
13 2 (0.72%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.36%) Law
14 1 (0.36%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 64 (23.19%) Architect
2 38 (13.77%) Senior
3 31 (11.23%) Developer
4 22 (7.97%) Data Engineer
5 21 (7.61%) Lead
6 18 (6.52%) AWS Engineer
7 15 (5.43%) Solutions Architect
8 14 (5.07%) DevOps Engineer
9 13 (4.71%) Senior Developer
10 11 (3.99%) Snowflake Data Engineer
10 11 (3.99%) Snowflake Engineer
11 10 (3.62%) Java Developer
12 9 (3.26%) Cloud Architect
12 9 (3.26%) Consultant
12 9 (3.26%) Technical Architect
13 8 (2.90%) Data Architect
13 8 (2.90%) Data Scientist
13 8 (2.90%) Migration Project Manager
13 8 (2.90%) Project Manager
13 8 (2.90%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (11.96%) Kafka
2 28 (10.14%) Spring
3 27 (9.78%) Spring Boot
4 23 (8.33%) REST
5 20 (7.25%) React
6 18 (6.52%) RESTful
7 11 (3.99%) .NET
7 11 (3.99%) SOAP
8 10 (3.62%) JSON
8 10 (3.62%) Node.js
8 10 (3.62%) PySpark
9 8 (2.90%) PyTorch
10 7 (2.54%) OpenTelemetry
10 7 (2.54%) TensorFlow
11 6 (2.17%) GraphQL
11 6 (2.17%) Middleware
11 6 (2.17%) OAuth
11 6 (2.17%) Web Services
12 5 (1.81%) RabbitMQ
12 5 (1.81%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 65 (23.55%) Cloud Native
2 21 (7.61%) Distributed Systems
3 16 (5.80%) AI Agents
4 10 (3.62%) Legacy Systems
5 9 (3.26%) Clustering
5 9 (3.26%) Equities
5 9 (3.26%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (2.54%) Data Centre
6 7 (2.54%) Onboarding
7 6 (2.17%) Algorithms
7 6 (2.17%) Security Posture
8 5 (1.81%) Mainframe
8 5 (1.81%) Product Ownership
8 5 (1.81%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.45%) DataPower
9 4 (1.45%) LIMS
9 4 (1.45%) Online Banking
9 4 (1.45%) PKI
10 3 (1.09%) Fixed Income
10 3 (1.09%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 13 (4.71%) Linux
1 13 (4.71%) Windows
2 6 (2.17%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.45%) Android
3 4 (1.45%) Apple iOS
3 4 (1.45%) 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 (38.41%) CI/CD
2 70 (25.36%) AI
3 69 (25.00%) DevOps
4 60 (21.74%) Infrastructure as Code
5 59 (21.38%) Agile
6 47 (17.03%) Migration
7 46 (16.67%) Containerisation
8 43 (15.58%) Analytics
9 42 (15.22%) Machine Learning
10 41 (14.86%) Microservices
11 36 (13.04%) Data Engineering
12 35 (12.68%) Event-Driven
12 35 (12.68%) Stakeholder Management
12 35 (12.68%) Test Automation
13 34 (12.32%) Observability
14 33 (11.96%) Data Modelling
15 31 (11.23%) Problem-Solving
16 29 (10.51%) Data Pipeline
17 27 (9.78%) Generative AI
18 26 (9.42%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 98 (35.51%) Python
2 54 (19.57%) SQL
3 50 (18.12%) Java
4 16 (5.80%) C#
5 15 (5.43%) TypeScript
6 13 (4.71%) JavaScript
7 10 (3.62%) Bash
7 10 (3.62%) PowerShell
8 5 (1.81%) Ruby
8 5 (1.81%) Shell Script
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%) Go
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 64 (23.19%) Security Cleared
2 57 (20.65%) SC Cleared
3 13 (4.71%) Degree
4 9 (3.26%) PMI Certification
4 9 (3.26%) PMP
5 7 (2.54%) AWS Certification
6 6 (2.17%) DV Cleared
7 5 (1.81%) CISSP
8 4 (1.45%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (1.45%) CISM
9 3 (1.09%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (1.09%) CCNP
9 3 (1.09%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.09%) DBS Check
9 3 (1.09%) PhD
9 3 (1.09%) 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 18 (6.52%) GDPR
1 18 (6.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (6.16%) Data Quality
2 17 (6.16%) NIST
3 10 (3.62%) QA
4 8 (2.90%) EU AI Act
5 5 (1.81%) NCSC
5 5 (1.81%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.09%) NIST 800
6 3 (1.09%) SLA
7 2 (0.72%) EMIR
7 2 (0.72%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.72%) ISO 20022
7 2 (0.72%) MiFID
7 2 (0.72%) SEPA
7 2 (0.72%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.36%) GRC
8 1 (0.36%) ISO 8583
8 1 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 44 (15.94%) 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%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.36%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.36%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 56 (20.29%) Kubernetes
2 49 (17.75%) Terraform
3 22 (7.97%) Ansible
4 15 (5.43%) 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%) 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 (9.42%) Microsoft
2 14 (5.07%) Databricks
2 14 (5.07%) Google
3 11 (3.99%) CyberArk
3 11 (3.99%) Salesforce
4 10 (3.62%) Citrix
5 8 (2.90%) VMware
6 7 (2.54%) Oracle
6 7 (2.54%) Splunk
7 5 (1.81%) IBM
7 5 (1.81%) MuleSoft
7 5 (1.81%) ServiceNow
8 4 (1.45%) Fortinet
8 4 (1.45%) Informatica
8 4 (1.45%) OpenAI
8 4 (1.45%) Palo Alto
9 3 (1.09%) Bloomberg
9 3 (1.09%) Charles River
9 3 (1.09%) Cisco
9 3 (1.09%) HP