AWS Lambda Contract Job Trends in London

AWS Lambda
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring AWS Lambda skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 140 174 164
Rank change year-on-year +34 -10 -1
Contract jobs citing AWS Lambda 311 200 260
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.02% 1.49% 1.41%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.58% 3.60% 3.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 217 160 196
10th Percentile £356 £424 £400
25th Percentile £414 £480 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £575 £506
Median % change year-on-year -10.87% +13.58% -15.63%
75th Percentile £633 £788 £588
90th Percentile £700 £838 £711
England median daily rate £506 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -7.95% +4.76% -12.50%

All Cloud Computing Skills
London

AWS Lambda 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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 6,785 5,550 6,898
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 44.08% 41.46% 37.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,650 3,715 5,087
10th Percentile £347 £355 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £638 £673 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £763
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 99 49 79
10th Percentile £18.20 £22.07 £17.62
25th Percentile £21.84 £23.80 £21.63
Median hourly rate £34.00 £31.50 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.94% +3.28% -10.29%
75th Percentile £52.96 £55.75 £53.63
90th Percentile £70.50 £68.75 £62.75
England median hourly rate £37.00 £27.50 £22.08
% change year-on-year +34.55% +24.58% -11.70%

AWS Lambda
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing AWS Lambda relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

AWS Lambda job vacancy trend in London

AWS Lambda
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing AWS Lambda.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing AWS Lambda

AWS Lambda
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing AWS Lambda in London over the 6 months to 17 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for AWS Lambda in London

AWS Lambda
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing AWS Lambda.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing AWS Lambda

AWS Lambda
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AWS Lambda within the London region over the 6 months to 17 February 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
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +19 42 £500 -1.96% 23
South London 0 19 £517 +8.79% 5
West London -16 7 £650 -16.13% 2
AWS Lambda
England

AWS Lambda
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:

Application Platforms
1 19 (6.11%) Apache Airflow
2 16 (5.14%) Apache Spark
3 11 (3.54%) Confluence
4 8 (2.57%) Apache
5 7 (2.25%) nginx
6 1 (0.32%) Jupyter
Applications
1 6 (1.93%) Chatbot
1 6 (1.93%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.32%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 311 (100.00%) AWS
1 311 (100.00%) Serverless
2 202 (64.95%) Amazon S3
3 92 (29.58%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 79 (25.40%) Amazon ECS
5 78 (25.08%) GitHub
6 77 (24.76%) AWS CloudFormation
7 76 (24.44%) Amazon EC2
8 68 (21.86%) Amazon EKS
9 61 (19.61%) GitHub Actions
10 49 (15.76%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 41 (13.18%) AWS Step Functions
12 34 (10.93%) Amazon Kinesis
13 30 (9.65%) Azure
14 27 (8.68%) Snowflake
15 23 (7.40%) Amazon SQS
16 21 (6.75%) Amazon EMR
17 20 (6.43%) AWS CodePipeline
17 20 (6.43%) Route 53
18 16 (5.14%) Amazon EventBridge
Communications & Networking
1 22 (7.07%) DNS
2 12 (3.86%) VPN
3 10 (3.22%) Firewall
4 8 (2.57%) TCP/IP
5 7 (2.25%) OpenVPN
6 3 (0.96%) Reverse Proxy
7 2 (0.64%) Kerberos
7 2 (0.64%) SSL
8 1 (0.32%) 4G
8 1 (0.32%) 5G
8 1 (0.32%) DKIM
8 1 (0.32%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (21.54%) Amazon RDS
2 50 (16.08%) DynamoDB
3 46 (14.79%) PostgreSQL
4 43 (13.83%) Amazon Redshift
5 39 (12.54%) Amazon Athena
6 22 (7.07%) Amazon Aurora
7 20 (6.43%) Tableau
8 18 (5.79%) Data Warehouse
9 15 (4.82%) NoSQL
10 13 (4.18%) Apache Iceberg
10 13 (4.18%) Power BI
11 12 (3.86%) Data Lake
12 11 (3.54%) Relational Database
13 10 (3.22%) Redis
14 9 (2.89%) Amazon QuickSight
14 9 (2.89%) Metadata
14 9 (2.89%) MySQL
15 8 (2.57%) Big Data
15 8 (2.57%) Elasticsearch
16 7 (2.25%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 54 (17.36%) Jenkins
2 51 (16.40%) GitLab
3 48 (15.43%) Git
4 19 (6.11%) JIRA
5 13 (4.18%) Bitbucket
6 10 (3.22%) Cypress.io
7 8 (2.57%) Cucumber
7 8 (2.57%) JUnit
8 6 (1.93%) SonarQube
9 4 (1.29%) Snyk
9 4 (1.29%) Terragrunt
10 3 (0.96%) Mocha
10 3 (0.96%) Postman
10 3 (0.96%) Selenium
10 3 (0.96%) Visual Studio Code
10 3 (0.96%) Vite
11 2 (0.64%) Maven
11 2 (0.64%) Mockito
11 2 (0.64%) MSTest
11 2 (0.64%) tSQLt
General
1 86 (27.65%) Social Skills
2 51 (16.40%) Public Sector
3 38 (12.22%) Finance
4 31 (9.97%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (5.79%) Banking
6 15 (4.82%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (2.25%) Front Office
8 5 (1.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (1.61%) Investment Banking
9 4 (1.29%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (0.96%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.64%) Military
11 2 (0.64%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.64%) Police
11 2 (0.64%) Private Banking
12 1 (0.32%) Billing
12 1 (0.32%) Games
12 1 (0.32%) Law
12 1 (0.32%) Marketing
12 1 (0.32%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 55 (17.68%) AWS Engineer
2 53 (17.04%) Developer
3 48 (15.43%) Data Engineer
4 46 (14.79%) Architect
5 43 (13.83%) Senior
6 39 (12.54%) DevOps Engineer
7 34 (10.93%) Lead
8 22 (7.07%) AWS Architect
8 22 (7.07%) Software Engineer
9 20 (6.43%) AWS DevOps
10 16 (5.14%) AWS DevOps Engineer
11 14 (4.50%) AWS Data Engineer
11 14 (4.50%) AWS Developer
11 14 (4.50%) Cloud Architect
11 14 (4.50%) Cloud Engineer
12 13 (4.18%) Python Engineer
13 12 (3.86%) Java Engineer
13 12 (3.86%) Lead Data Engineer
13 12 (3.86%) Snowflake Engineer
14 11 (3.54%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (20.26%) Kafka
2 55 (17.68%) Node.js
3 45 (14.47%) React
4 31 (9.97%) RESTful
5 25 (8.04%) Spring Boot
6 23 (7.40%) Spring
7 21 (6.75%) OAuth
8 19 (6.11%) AngularJS
8 19 (6.11%) REST
9 17 (5.47%) AWS CDK
9 17 (5.47%) CSS
10 16 (5.14%) boto
11 13 (4.18%) PySpark
12 12 (3.86%) JWT
13 11 (3.54%) .NET
13 11 (3.54%) OpenID
14 10 (3.22%) Next.js
15 9 (2.89%) Elastic Stack
15 9 (2.89%) HTML
15 9 (2.89%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 71 (22.83%) Cloud Native
2 26 (8.36%) Distributed Systems
3 10 (3.22%) Data Protection Act
4 8 (2.57%) Product Ownership
5 6 (1.93%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (1.61%) DataPower
6 5 (1.61%) Distributed Architecture
6 5 (1.61%) Equities
6 5 (1.61%) Mainframe
7 4 (1.29%) Algorithms
7 4 (1.29%) Data Structures
7 4 (1.29%) Derivative
7 4 (1.29%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (1.29%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.29%) Mobile App
7 4 (1.29%) PACS
7 4 (1.29%) Replication
7 4 (1.29%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 3 (0.96%) Equity Derivative
8 3 (0.96%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 27 (8.68%) Linux
2 5 (1.61%) Unix
3 1 (0.32%) Amazon Linux
3 1 (0.32%) Android
3 1 (0.32%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.32%) VMS
3 1 (0.32%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 181 (58.20%) CI/CD
2 130 (41.80%) DevOps
3 111 (35.69%) Infrastructure as Code
4 78 (25.08%) Agile
5 72 (23.15%) Microservices
6 60 (19.29%) Data Pipeline
7 56 (18.01%) Problem-Solving
8 52 (16.72%) Data Modelling
9 50 (16.08%) Data Engineering
10 49 (15.76%) Containerisation
11 48 (15.43%) Analytics
11 48 (15.43%) Event-Driven
12 47 (15.11%) ETL
13 42 (13.50%) Observability
14 36 (11.58%) Software Engineering
15 35 (11.25%) AI
16 29 (9.32%) Continuous Improvement
16 29 (9.32%) Performance Tuning
17 27 (8.68%) Design Patterns
17 27 (8.68%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 175 (56.27%) Python
2 91 (29.26%) SQL
3 56 (18.01%) Java
4 40 (12.86%) JavaScript
5 38 (12.22%) TypeScript
6 22 (7.07%) Bash
7 12 (3.86%) Shell Script
8 11 (3.54%) C#
9 7 (2.25%) PowerShell
9 7 (2.25%) Ruby
10 6 (1.93%) Go
10 6 (1.93%) JSX
10 6 (1.93%) Korn
10 6 (1.93%) Scala
11 3 (0.96%) Bicep
11 3 (0.96%) C++
11 3 (0.96%) Groovy
12 2 (0.64%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.64%) Perl
12 2 (0.64%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 109 (35.05%) Security Cleared
2 98 (31.51%) SC Cleared
3 30 (9.65%) AWS Certification
4 10 (3.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 9 (2.89%) Degree
6 8 (2.57%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 7 (2.25%) Master's Degree
8 6 (1.93%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.29%) DV Cleared
10 3 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.96%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (0.96%) PhD
11 2 (0.64%) AWS Certified Developer
12 1 (0.32%) Azure Certification
12 1 (0.32%) CEH
12 1 (0.32%) CISSP
12 1 (0.32%) CompTIA Security+
12 1 (0.32%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.32%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.32%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (8.04%) Data Quality
2 20 (6.43%) QA
3 9 (2.89%) Accessibility
4 7 (2.25%) GDPR
4 7 (2.25%) NIST
5 5 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.29%) ISO 20022
6 4 (1.29%) PCI DSS
6 4 (1.29%) PMO
6 4 (1.29%) WCAG
7 1 (0.32%) GRC
7 1 (0.32%) GxP
7 1 (0.32%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.32%) NCSC
7 1 (0.32%) SLA
System Software
1 80 (25.72%) Docker
2 7 (2.25%) Squid
3 3 (0.96%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.64%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.32%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.32%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 139 (44.69%) Terraform
2 79 (25.40%) Kubernetes
3 18 (5.79%) Prometheus
4 16 (5.14%) Ansible
5 14 (4.50%) Grafana
6 11 (3.54%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (2.25%) FortiGate
8 6 (1.93%) Consul
8 6 (1.93%) Kibana
9 3 (0.96%) ITRS Geneos
9 3 (0.96%) Karpenter
9 3 (0.96%) Rancher
10 2 (0.64%) Opsgenie
11 1 (0.32%) HP Fortify
11 1 (0.32%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 21 (6.75%) Microsoft
2 14 (4.50%) Databricks
3 12 (3.86%) Dynatrace
4 8 (2.57%) OpenAI
5 7 (2.25%) Confluent
5 7 (2.25%) IBM
5 7 (2.25%) Red Hat
5 7 (2.25%) ServiceNow
6 6 (1.93%) Atlassian
6 6 (1.93%) Sybase
7 5 (1.61%) Salesforce
8 3 (0.96%) AVEVA
8 3 (0.96%) Cloudera
8 3 (0.96%) Google
8 3 (0.96%) Qualys
8 3 (0.96%) Tenable
9 2 (0.64%) Avaloq
9 2 (0.64%) CA Agile Central
9 2 (0.64%) Cisco
9 2 (0.64%) Netlify