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

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 12 11
Rank change year-on-year +2 -1 0
Contract jobs citing AWS 256 224 257
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 13.07% 12.23% 10.74%
As % of the Cloud Services category 31.64% 29.59% 28.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 177 158 185
10th Percentile £363 £413 £400
25th Percentile £463 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% - -15.38%
75th Percentile £669 £675 £667
90th Percentile £803 £750 £742
Central London median daily rate £541 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -1.59% - -15.38%

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 809 757 910
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 41.30% 41.32% 38.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 593 485 648
10th Percentile £338 £400 £363
25th Percentile £425 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -7.17%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £745
Central London median daily rate £525 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 11
10th Percentile £30.04 £57.88 £12.75
25th Percentile £39.34 £75.31 £17.00
Median hourly rate £42.89 £111.25 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -61.45% +485.53% -55.81%
75th Percentile £51.00 £152.81 £36.25
90th Percentile £55.94 £173.63 £50.25
Central London median hourly rate £32.99 £35.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -5.76% +84.21% -45.71%

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 21 February 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 17 (6.64%) Apache Airflow
2 10 (3.91%) Apache Spark
3 6 (2.34%) Confluence
4 5 (1.95%) Apache
5 2 (0.78%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.39%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.39%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.39%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.39%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (1.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.39%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.39%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.39%) Notion
2 1 (0.39%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (1.17%) Bloomberg AIM
1 3 (1.17%) Fidessa
2 2 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.39%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.39%) Exchequer
3 1 (0.39%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.39%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 114 (44.53%) Azure
2 69 (26.95%) GCP
3 39 (15.23%) Serverless
4 37 (14.45%) AWS Lambda
5 35 (13.67%) GitHub
6 32 (12.50%) Amazon S3
7 25 (9.77%) Snowflake
8 19 (7.42%) Power Platform
9 18 (7.03%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 18 (7.03%) GitHub Actions
10 17 (6.64%) AWS CloudFormation
11 16 (6.25%) Amazon ECS
11 16 (6.25%) Amazon EKS
12 11 (4.30%) dbt
13 10 (3.91%) Amazon SageMaker
14 9 (3.52%) Amazon EC2
14 9 (3.52%) Azure DevOps
14 9 (3.52%) SaaS
15 8 (3.13%) Apigee
15 8 (3.13%) AWS Fargate
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.91%) DNS
1 10 (3.91%) Firewall
2 9 (3.52%) Network Security
3 3 (1.17%) BGP
3 3 (1.17%) DHCP
3 3 (1.17%) OSPF
3 3 (1.17%) SSL
3 3 (1.17%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.17%) VPN
4 2 (0.78%) 4G
4 2 (0.78%) 5G
4 2 (0.78%) IPsec
4 2 (0.78%) Radio Access Network
4 2 (0.78%) Wireshark
5 1 (0.39%) 2G
5 1 (0.39%) DKIM
5 1 (0.39%) MPLS
5 1 (0.39%) NAS
5 1 (0.39%) VLAN
5 1 (0.39%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (7.42%) PostgreSQL
2 17 (6.64%) Relational Database
3 15 (5.86%) NoSQL
3 15 (5.86%) Power BI
4 14 (5.47%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (5.08%) DynamoDB
6 11 (4.30%) MySQL
6 11 (4.30%) Tableau
7 10 (3.91%) Data Lake
7 10 (3.91%) Metadata
7 10 (3.91%) SQL Server
8 9 (3.52%) MongoDB
9 8 (3.13%) Amazon RDS
10 7 (2.73%) Amazon Redshift
10 7 (2.73%) Big Data
11 6 (2.34%) Amazon Athena
12 5 (1.95%) DB2
13 4 (1.56%) Amazon Aurora
13 4 (1.56%) CockroachDB
13 4 (1.56%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 30 (11.72%) Git
2 17 (6.64%) GitLab
2 17 (6.64%) Jenkins
3 12 (4.69%) JIRA
4 4 (1.56%) Bitbucket
4 4 (1.56%) Cucumber
4 4 (1.56%) JUnit
5 3 (1.17%) Cypress.io
5 3 (1.17%) Gatling
6 2 (0.78%) Ant
6 2 (0.78%) ERwin
6 2 (0.78%) Liquibase
6 2 (0.78%) MLflow
6 2 (0.78%) Mockito
6 2 (0.78%) Postman
6 2 (0.78%) REST Assured
6 2 (0.78%) SoapUI
6 2 (0.78%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.39%) Hamcrest
7 1 (0.39%) Mocha
General
1 89 (34.77%) Finance
2 60 (23.44%) Social Skills
3 38 (14.84%) Banking
4 22 (8.59%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (8.20%) Public Sector
6 11 (4.30%) Front Office
6 11 (4.30%) Presentation Skills
7 10 (3.91%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (3.91%) Financial Institution
8 8 (3.13%) Investment Banking
9 6 (2.34%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (1.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.56%) Retail
12 3 (1.17%) Legal
12 3 (1.17%) Marketing
13 2 (0.78%) Back Office
13 2 (0.78%) Law
13 2 (0.78%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.78%) Military
14 1 (0.39%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 55 (21.48%) Architect
2 36 (14.06%) Senior
3 32 (12.50%) Developer
4 27 (10.55%) Lead
5 26 (10.16%) Data Engineer
6 21 (8.20%) DevOps Engineer
7 19 (7.42%) Solutions Architect
8 16 (6.25%) AWS Engineer
9 11 (4.30%) Python Engineer
10 10 (3.91%) Project Manager
11 9 (3.52%) AWS Architect
12 8 (3.13%) AWS DevOps
12 8 (3.13%) Consultant
12 8 (3.13%) Data Scientist
12 8 (3.13%) Security Architect
12 8 (3.13%) Senior Architect
13 7 (2.73%) Cloud Architect
13 7 (2.73%) Enterprise Architect
13 7 (2.73%) Java Developer
13 7 (2.73%) Migration Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (8.20%) Kafka
2 18 (7.03%) React
3 16 (6.25%) REST
4 15 (5.86%) Node.js
5 13 (5.08%) .NET
6 12 (4.69%) PyTorch
6 12 (4.69%) RESTful
7 11 (4.30%) scikit-learn
7 11 (4.30%) TensorFlow
8 10 (3.91%) AngularJS
9 9 (3.52%) Pandas
9 9 (3.52%) Spring
10 8 (3.13%) HTML
10 8 (3.13%) NumPy
10 8 (3.13%) OAuth
10 8 (3.13%) Spring Boot
11 7 (2.73%) CSS
12 6 (2.34%) boto
12 6 (2.34%) OpenTelemetry
12 6 (2.34%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 51 (19.92%) Cloud Native
2 15 (5.86%) Distributed Systems
3 14 (5.47%) Algorithms
4 10 (3.91%) Legacy Systems
5 9 (3.52%) Security Posture
6 8 (3.13%) Equities
6 8 (3.13%) Hybrid Cloud
6 8 (3.13%) Onboarding
7 7 (2.73%) Data Centre
7 7 (2.73%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (2.34%) Derivative
8 6 (2.34%) Product Ownership
8 6 (2.34%) Virtual Team
9 5 (1.95%) Data Structures
9 5 (1.95%) Fixed Income
10 4 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (1.17%) AI Agents
11 3 (1.17%) Cloud Security Posture
11 3 (1.17%) Greenfield Project
11 3 (1.17%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 15 (5.86%) Linux
2 11 (4.30%) Windows
3 3 (1.17%) Android
3 3 (1.17%) Apple iOS
3 3 (1.17%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.78%) Unix
5 1 (0.39%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (33.98%) CI/CD
2 55 (21.48%) AI
3 54 (21.09%) Infrastructure as Code
4 52 (20.31%) Agile
5 51 (19.92%) DevOps
6 45 (17.58%) Analytics
7 40 (15.63%) Machine Learning
8 38 (14.84%) Problem-Solving
9 37 (14.45%) Microservices
10 35 (13.67%) Migration
10 35 (13.67%) Stakeholder Management
11 33 (12.89%) Containerisation
12 32 (12.50%) Data Pipeline
13 31 (12.11%) Software Engineering
14 30 (11.72%) ETL
15 29 (11.33%) Data Modelling
16 28 (10.94%) Generative AI
16 28 (10.94%) Roadmaps
17 27 (10.55%) Data Engineering
17 27 (10.55%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 106 (41.41%) Python
2 77 (30.08%) SQL
3 49 (19.14%) Java
4 14 (5.47%) JavaScript
5 7 (2.73%) Bash
6 6 (2.34%) TypeScript
7 5 (1.95%) C#
7 5 (1.95%) PowerShell
8 4 (1.56%) Go
8 4 (1.56%) PHP
9 3 (1.17%) Korn
9 3 (1.17%) PL/SQL
9 3 (1.17%) Ruby
9 3 (1.17%) Scala
10 2 (0.78%) C++
10 2 (0.78%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.78%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.39%) Perl
11 1 (0.39%) ProC
11 1 (0.39%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 54 (21.09%) Security Cleared
2 51 (19.92%) SC Cleared
3 16 (6.25%) Degree
4 12 (4.69%) AWS Certification
5 8 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (3.13%) PMI Certification
5 8 (3.13%) PMP
6 6 (2.34%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (2.34%) CISSP
7 4 (1.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 4 (1.56%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.56%) TOGAF Certification
8 3 (1.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 3 (1.17%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.17%) CISM
8 3 (1.17%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.17%) PhD
9 2 (0.78%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 2 (0.78%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.78%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (10.55%) Data Quality
2 22 (8.59%) GDPR
3 17 (6.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 14 (5.47%) NIST
5 7 (2.73%) QA
6 6 (2.34%) SLA
7 5 (1.95%) PCI DSS
8 3 (1.17%) NCSC
9 2 (0.78%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.78%) EU AI Act
9 2 (0.78%) GRC
9 2 (0.78%) ISO 20022
9 2 (0.78%) ISO 8583
9 2 (0.78%) PSD2
9 2 (0.78%) SEPA
10 1 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.39%) DICOM
10 1 (0.39%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.39%) HL7
10 1 (0.39%) NIST 800
System Software
1 48 (18.75%) Docker
2 2 (0.78%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (0.78%) VMware NSX
2 2 (0.78%) vSphere
3 1 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 56 (21.88%) Terraform
2 43 (16.80%) Kubernetes
3 19 (7.42%) Ansible
4 9 (3.52%) Grafana
5 5 (1.95%) Prometheus
6 4 (1.56%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (1.17%) Argo
7 3 (1.17%) Karpenter
7 3 (1.17%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.39%) CASB
8 1 (0.39%) Istio
8 1 (0.39%) Kibana
8 1 (0.39%) Opsgenie
8 1 (0.39%) PowerCLI
8 1 (0.39%) QRadar
8 1 (0.39%) SCCM
8 1 (0.39%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.39%) vRealize
8 1 (0.39%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 29 (11.33%) Microsoft
2 19 (7.42%) Databricks
3 16 (6.25%) Oracle
4 13 (5.08%) Google
5 11 (4.30%) IBM
6 8 (3.13%) CyberArk
6 8 (3.13%) ServiceNow
7 7 (2.73%) Salesforce
7 7 (2.73%) Splunk
8 4 (1.56%) AppDynamics
8 4 (1.56%) Informatica
8 4 (1.56%) OpenAI
8 4 (1.56%) SAP
9 3 (1.17%) Bloomberg
9 3 (1.17%) Cognos
9 3 (1.17%) Confluent
9 3 (1.17%) Dynatrace
9 3 (1.17%) MuleSoft
9 3 (1.17%) Palo Alto
9 3 (1.17%) Sage