AWS Infrastructure Lead Contract Job Trends in London

Infrastructure Leader - Amazon Web Services
England > London

The median Infrastructure Leader - Amazon Web Services daily rate in London is £713, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 April 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 416 - 393
Rank change year-on-year - - +111
Contract jobs requiring an AWS Infrastructure Lead 1 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.006% - 0.022%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.006% - 0.024%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £706 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £713 - -
75th Percentile £719 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £850 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 16,086 11,843 16,724
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 93.49% 93.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,735 8,116 12,083
10th Percentile £350 £338 £325
25th Percentile £425 £430 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £508 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 258 142 346
10th Percentile £18.75 £21.21 £16.00
25th Percentile £24.03 £24.66 £19.94
Median hourly rate £37.25 £35.00 £27.66
Median % change year-on-year +6.43% +26.56% -20.99%
75th Percentile £63.08 £50.75 £44.50
90th Percentile £76.58 £64.88 £64.77
England median hourly rate £45.00 £32.50 £34.21
% change year-on-year +38.46% -5.00% -21.59%

AWS Infrastructure Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'AWS Infrastructure Lead' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

AWS Infrastructure Lead job vacancy trend in London

AWS Infrastructure Lead
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for AWS Infrastructure Lead job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for AWS Infrastructure Lead job vacancies in London

AWS Infrastructure Lead Skill Set
Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 17 April 2026, AWS Infrastructure Lead contract job roles required 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 job ads across the London region featuring AWS Infrastructure Lead in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform

AWS Infrastructure Lead Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform