AWS Data Engineer Contract Job Trends in London
Data Engineer - Amazon Web Services
England > London
The median Data Engineer - Amazon Web Services daily rate in London is £513, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 October 2026.
The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 24 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 397 | 348 | 338 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -49 | -10 | +33 |
| Contract AWS Data Engineer jobs | 65 | 21 | 42 |
| As % of all contract jobs in London | 0.32% | 0.16% | 0.26% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.34% | 0.17% | 0.28% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 57 | 15 | 33 |
| 10th Percentile | £420 | £470 | £315 |
| 25th Percentile | £450 | £513 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £513 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -6.82% | - | +1.85% |
| 75th Percentile | £658 | £594 | £613 |
| 90th Percentile | £730 | £660 | £670 |
| England median daily rate | £515 | £525 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.90% | -4.55% | +6.28% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £62.50 | - |
| England median hourly rate | - | £62.50 | - |
All Contract IT Job Roles
London
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job adverts in London matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all contract IT job adverts they make up.
| 6 months to 24 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract job adverts in London matching a recognised job title | 18,967 | 12,402 | 14,912 |
| % of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title | 92.84% | 92.57% | 94.06% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 12,322 | 8,249 | 9,670 |
| 10th Percentile | £363 | £334 | £345 |
| 25th Percentile | £450 | £425 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £545 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +0.92% | -0.91% | -4.35% |
| 75th Percentile | £663 | £663 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £775 | £775 | £800 |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £512 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.64% | -2.57% | -2.78% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 433 | 214 | 166 |
| 10th Percentile | £16.71 | £17.00 | £17.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £21.93 | £21.25 | £24.26 |
| Median hourly rate | £41.00 | £26.50 | £38.75 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +54.72% | -31.61% | -4.32% |
| 75th Percentile | £65.00 | £47.88 | £59.69 |
| 90th Percentile | £81.25 | £66.92 | £80.38 |
| England median hourly rate | £41.71 | £25.15 | £42.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +65.84% | -40.82% | -6.69% |
AWS Data Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in London
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract AWS Data Engineer job postings relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.
AWS Data Engineer Daily Rate Trend in London
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for AWS Data Engineer job vacancies in London.
AWS Data Engineer Daily Rate Histogram in London
Daily rate distribution for AWS Data Engineer jobs in London over the 6 months to 24 October 2026.
AWS Data Engineer Contract Job Locations in London
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in AWS Data Engineer jobs within the London region over the 6 months to 24 October 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
| Location | Rank Change on Same Period Last Year |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central London | -19 | 9 | £713 | +26.67% | 1 |
| East London | +4 | 1 | £575 | - | |
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AWS Data Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London
For the 6 months to 24 October 2026, AWS Data Engineer contract job ads cited the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract AWS Data Engineer job ads across the London region.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AWS | 100.0% | 65 |
| 2 | Python | 52.3% | 34 |
| 3 | Data Engineering | 50.8% | 33 |
| 4 | Data Pipeline | 49.2% | 32 |
| 5 | SQL | 46.2% | 30 |
| 6 | CI/CD | 38.5% | 25 |
| 6 | Data Modelling | 38.5% | 25 |
| 8 | Security Cleared | 36.9% | 24 |
| 9 | Amazon S3 | 35.4% | 23 |
| 9 | SC Cleared | 35.4% | 23 |
| 11 | Serverless | 32.3% | 21 |
| 12 | dbt | 30.8% | 20 |
| 13 | Analytics | 29.2% | 19 |
| 13 | AWS Lambda | 29.2% | 19 |
| 15 | Infrastructure as Code | 27.7% | 18 |
| 15 | Terraform | 27.7% | 18 |
| 17 | Data Quality | 26.2% | 17 |
| 17 | ETL | 26.2% | 17 |
| 19 | Amazon Athena | 24.6% | 16 |
| 20 | GitHub | 21.5% | 14 |
| 20 | Snowflake | 21.5% | 14 |
| 22 | Amazon Redshift | 20.0% | 13 |
| 23 | Apache Airflow | 18.5% | 12 |
| 23 | Data Governance | 18.5% | 12 |
| 25 | Amazon RDS | 16.9% | 11 |
| 25 | Data Warehouse | 16.9% | 11 |
| 27 | Agile | 15.4% | 10 |
| 27 | GitHub Actions | 15.4% | 10 |
| 27 | Migration | 15.4% | 10 |
| 27 | Test Automation | 15.4% | 10 |
AWS Data Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Job Titles
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Senior Data Engineer | 27.7% | 18 |
| 2 | Snowflake Data Engineer | 21.5% | 14 |
| 3 | GCP Data Engineer | 4.6% | 3 |
| 3 | Python Data Engineer | 4.6% | 3 |
| 5 | Data Migration Engineer | 3.1% | 2 |
| 5 | Databricks Data Engineer | 3.1% | 2 |
| 5 | Java Engineer | 3.1% | 2 |
| 5 | Lead Data Engineer | 3.1% | 2 |
| 9 | Agentic Artificial Intelligence Engineer | 1.5% | 1 |
| 9 | Cloud Platform Engineer | 1.5% | 1 |
| 9 | Data Analyst | 1.5% | 1 |
| 9 | Data Migration Lead | 1.5% | 1 |
| 9 | DynamoDB Data Engineer | 1.5% | 1 |
| 9 | Informatica Engineer | 1.5% | 1 |
| 9 | NoSQL Engineer | 1.5% | 1 |
| 9 | Senior Java Engineer | 1.5% | 1 |