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

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 14 11
Rank change year-on-year +2 -3 -1
Contract jobs citing AWS 248 201 258
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 13.16% 10.77% 10.60%
As % of the Cloud Services category 31.96% 26.98% 27.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 175 137 191
10th Percentile £359 £413 £400
25th Percentile £450 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -13.73%
75th Percentile £666 £664 £650
90th Percentile £800 £730 £745
Central London median daily rate £538 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -0.46% -1.82% -12.84%

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 776 745 943
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 41.17% 39.92% 38.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 578 473 684
10th Percentile £343 £400 £363
25th Percentile £419 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
Central London median daily rate £525 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 11
10th Percentile £26.66 - -
25th Percentile £34.19 - £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.64 - £22.50
Median % change year-on-year - - -1.10%
75th Percentile £46.11 - £43.38
90th Percentile £49.83 - £50.25
Central London median hourly rate £25.47 £35.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -27.23% +55.56% +2.27%

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 28 January 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 (7.26%) Apache Airflow
2 9 (3.63%) Apache Spark
3 5 (2.02%) Apache
4 4 (1.61%) Confluence
5 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.81%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.40%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.40%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.40%) OpenStack
Applications
1 3 (1.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.40%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.40%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.40%) Notion
3 1 (0.40%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.40%) Bloomberg AIM
2 1 (0.40%) Exchequer
2 1 (0.40%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.40%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.40%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 108 (43.55%) Azure
2 61 (24.60%) GCP
3 42 (16.94%) Serverless
4 40 (16.13%) AWS Lambda
5 36 (14.52%) Amazon S3
6 31 (12.50%) GitHub
7 25 (10.08%) Snowflake
8 20 (8.06%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 18 (7.26%) GitHub Actions
10 17 (6.85%) Amazon EKS
10 17 (6.85%) AWS CloudFormation
11 16 (6.45%) Power Platform
12 15 (6.05%) Amazon ECS
13 12 (4.84%) dbt
14 10 (4.03%) Amazon EC2
14 10 (4.03%) Azure DevOps
14 10 (4.03%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 8 (3.23%) Apigee
15 8 (3.23%) OpenShift
15 8 (3.23%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.24%) Firewall
2 12 (4.84%) DNS
3 7 (2.82%) Network Security
4 4 (1.61%) SSL
4 4 (1.61%) TCP/IP
4 4 (1.61%) VPN
5 3 (1.21%) DHCP
6 2 (0.81%) 4G
6 2 (0.81%) 5G
6 2 (0.81%) BGP
6 2 (0.81%) LAN
6 2 (0.81%) OSPF
6 2 (0.81%) Radio Access Network
6 2 (0.81%) WAN
6 2 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.81%) Wireshark
7 1 (0.40%) Cisco Wireless
7 1 (0.40%) DKIM
7 1 (0.40%) NAS
7 1 (0.40%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.45%) Relational Database
2 15 (6.05%) PostgreSQL
3 14 (5.65%) Power BI
4 13 (5.24%) Data Warehouse
4 13 (5.24%) DynamoDB
5 11 (4.44%) MySQL
5 11 (4.44%) NoSQL
6 10 (4.03%) SQL Server
6 10 (4.03%) Tableau
7 9 (3.63%) Data Lake
8 8 (3.23%) Metadata
9 7 (2.82%) Amazon RDS
9 7 (2.82%) MongoDB
10 6 (2.42%) Amazon Redshift
11 5 (2.02%) Amazon Athena
11 5 (2.02%) Big Data
12 4 (1.61%) Amazon Aurora
12 4 (1.61%) CockroachDB
13 3 (1.21%) Amazon QuickSight
13 3 (1.21%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 30 (12.10%) Git
2 18 (7.26%) GitLab
2 18 (7.26%) Jenkins
3 10 (4.03%) JIRA
4 5 (2.02%) Bitbucket
5 4 (1.61%) Cucumber
5 4 (1.61%) JUnit
6 3 (1.21%) Cypress.io
6 3 (1.21%) Gatling
6 3 (1.21%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.81%) ERwin
7 2 (0.81%) MLflow
7 2 (0.81%) Mockito
7 2 (0.81%) Postman
7 2 (0.81%) REST Assured
7 2 (0.81%) Selenium
7 2 (0.81%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.40%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.40%) Hamcrest
8 1 (0.40%) Serenity BDD
General
1 87 (35.08%) Finance
2 54 (21.77%) Social Skills
3 36 (14.52%) Banking
4 22 (8.87%) Public Sector
5 18 (7.26%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (4.03%) Presentation Skills
7 9 (3.63%) Financial Institution
7 9 (3.63%) Front Office
8 6 (2.42%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (2.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (2.42%) Investment Banking
9 5 (2.02%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.61%) Marketing
11 3 (1.21%) Legal
11 3 (1.21%) Retail
12 2 (0.81%) Back Office
12 2 (0.81%) Law
12 2 (0.81%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.81%) Military
13 1 (0.40%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 49 (19.76%) Architect
2 43 (17.34%) Senior
3 32 (12.90%) Developer
4 26 (10.48%) Data Engineer
5 25 (10.08%) Lead
6 21 (8.47%) DevOps Engineer
7 17 (6.85%) AWS Engineer
7 17 (6.85%) Solutions Architect
8 12 (4.84%) Python Engineer
9 11 (4.44%) AWS Architect
10 10 (4.03%) Project Manager
11 9 (3.63%) Consultant
11 9 (3.63%) Security Architect
11 9 (3.63%) Senior Architect
12 8 (3.23%) AWS DevOps
12 8 (3.23%) Senior Developer
13 7 (2.82%) AWS DevOps Engineer
13 7 (2.82%) Cloud Architect
13 7 (2.82%) Enterprise Architect
14 6 (2.42%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (6.45%) React
2 15 (6.05%) Node.js
3 14 (5.65%) Kafka
4 12 (4.84%) REST
5 11 (4.44%) .NET
5 11 (4.44%) RESTful
6 10 (4.03%) scikit-learn
7 9 (3.63%) HTML
7 9 (3.63%) OAuth
7 9 (3.63%) Pandas
7 9 (3.63%) Spring
8 8 (3.23%) AngularJS
8 8 (3.23%) CSS
8 8 (3.23%) NumPy
8 8 (3.23%) Spring Boot
9 7 (2.82%) PyTorch
10 6 (2.42%) boto
10 6 (2.42%) PySpark
10 6 (2.42%) TensorFlow
11 5 (2.02%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 48 (19.35%) Cloud Native
2 13 (5.24%) Distributed Systems
3 11 (4.44%) Algorithms
4 9 (3.63%) Onboarding
5 8 (3.23%) Product Ownership
6 7 (2.82%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (2.82%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (2.82%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (2.82%) Virtual Team
7 6 (2.42%) Data Centre
7 6 (2.42%) Derivative
7 6 (2.42%) Equities
8 5 (2.02%) Fixed Income
8 5 (2.02%) Security Posture
9 4 (1.61%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.61%) Data Structures
9 4 (1.61%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 3 (1.21%) Cloud Security Posture
10 3 (1.21%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (1.21%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 12 (4.84%) Linux
2 11 (4.44%) Windows
3 3 (1.21%) Unix
3 3 (1.21%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.40%) Android
4 1 (0.40%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.40%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (35.08%) CI/CD
2 57 (22.98%) DevOps
3 53 (21.37%) Agile
4 49 (19.76%) Infrastructure as Code
5 46 (18.55%) AI
6 42 (16.94%) Analytics
7 37 (14.92%) Problem-Solving
8 35 (14.11%) Machine Learning
9 34 (13.71%) Microservices
9 34 (13.71%) Stakeholder Management
10 32 (12.90%) Migration
11 30 (12.10%) Containerisation
11 30 (12.10%) Data Pipeline
11 30 (12.10%) Software Engineering
12 28 (11.29%) Data Modelling
13 27 (10.89%) ETL
13 27 (10.89%) Roadmaps
14 25 (10.08%) Generative AI
15 24 (9.68%) Data Engineering
15 24 (9.68%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 103 (41.53%) Python
2 67 (27.02%) SQL
3 47 (18.95%) Java
4 15 (6.05%) JavaScript
5 8 (3.23%) Bash
6 6 (2.42%) TypeScript
7 5 (2.02%) PowerShell
8 4 (1.61%) C#
8 4 (1.61%) PHP
9 3 (1.21%) Korn
9 3 (1.21%) PL/SQL
9 3 (1.21%) Ruby
9 3 (1.21%) Scala
10 2 (0.81%) C++
10 2 (0.81%) Go
10 2 (0.81%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.81%) Perl
10 2 (0.81%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.40%) C
11 1 (0.40%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 52 (20.97%) Security Cleared
2 48 (19.35%) SC Cleared
3 12 (4.84%) AWS Certification
4 11 (4.44%) Degree
5 7 (2.82%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (2.82%) PMI Certification
5 7 (2.82%) PMP
6 4 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.61%) MCP
7 3 (1.21%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.21%) CISSP
7 3 (1.21%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.21%) TOGAF Certification
8 2 (0.81%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 2 (0.81%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 2 (0.81%) AWS Certified Developer
8 2 (0.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (0.81%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.81%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.81%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (9.68%) Data Quality
2 22 (8.87%) GDPR
3 15 (6.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (4.03%) NIST
5 9 (3.63%) QA
6 6 (2.42%) SLA
7 4 (1.61%) PCI DSS
8 3 (1.21%) NCSC
9 2 (0.81%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.81%) EU AI Act
9 2 (0.81%) GRC
9 2 (0.81%) ISO 20022
9 2 (0.81%) ISO 8583
9 2 (0.81%) PSD2
9 2 (0.81%) SEPA
10 1 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.40%) DICOM
10 1 (0.40%) HL7
10 1 (0.40%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 46 (18.55%) Docker
2 4 (1.61%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.81%) VMware NSX
3 2 (0.81%) vSphere
4 1 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.40%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 56 (22.58%) Terraform
2 38 (15.32%) Kubernetes
3 19 (7.66%) Ansible
4 8 (3.23%) Grafana
5 6 (2.42%) Prometheus
6 5 (2.02%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (1.61%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (1.21%) Argo
8 3 (1.21%) Karpenter
9 2 (0.81%) Istio
9 2 (0.81%) SCCM
10 1 (0.40%) CASB
10 1 (0.40%) Kibana
10 1 (0.40%) Opsgenie
10 1 (0.40%) PowerCLI
10 1 (0.40%) Puppet
10 1 (0.40%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.40%) vRealize
10 1 (0.40%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 31 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 22 (8.87%) Databricks
3 17 (6.85%) Oracle
4 12 (4.84%) Google
5 8 (3.23%) IBM
5 8 (3.23%) ServiceNow
6 7 (2.82%) CyberArk
6 7 (2.82%) Salesforce
7 6 (2.42%) Splunk
8 5 (2.02%) F5
9 4 (1.61%) CheckPoint
9 4 (1.61%) Dynatrace
9 4 (1.61%) Palo Alto
10 3 (1.21%) Cognos
10 3 (1.21%) Confluent
10 3 (1.21%) Informatica
10 3 (1.21%) MuleSoft
10 3 (1.21%) Sage
10 3 (1.21%) SAP
10 3 (1.21%) VMware