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

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 144 179 164
Rank change year-on-year +35 -15 +5
Contract jobs citing AWS Lambda 277 202 269
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.92% 1.39% 1.47%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.34% 3.40% 3.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 199 154 194
10th Percentile £368 £437 £402
25th Percentile £414 £495 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £588 £500
Median % change year-on-year -12.77% +17.50% -20.00%
75th Percentile £650 £788 £614
90th Percentile £700 £838 £713
England median daily rate £500 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.09% +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 6,382 5,939 6,956
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 44.26% 40.98% 37.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,358 4,010 5,125
10th Percentile £343 £350 £325
25th Percentile £425 £454 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -7.56%
75th Percentile £644 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £765
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 101 44 65
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.56 £17.40
25th Percentile £23.00 £23.80 £20.50
Median hourly rate £26.30 £31.17 £35.63
Median % change year-on-year -15.63% -12.51% +30.75%
75th Percentile £53.75 £54.25 £58.75
90th Percentile £78.75 £65.00 £71.50
England median hourly rate £27.36 £28.50 £23.43
% change year-on-year -4.02% +21.66% +3.51%

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 2 January 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 2 January 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 +23 41 £558 +7.21% 29
South London -3 7 £550 +17.33% 1
West London -12 7 £650 +4.00% 4
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 17 (6.14%) Apache Airflow
2 15 (5.42%) Apache Spark
3 11 (3.97%) Confluence
4 8 (2.89%) Apache
5 2 (0.72%) nginx
6 1 (0.36%) CICS
6 1 (0.36%) Jupyter
Applications
1 6 (2.17%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (0.36%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 276 (99.64%) AWS
1 276 (99.64%) Serverless
2 173 (62.45%) Amazon S3
3 82 (29.60%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 74 (26.71%) GitHub
5 67 (24.19%) Amazon ECS
6 61 (22.02%) AWS CloudFormation
7 57 (20.58%) GitHub Actions
8 55 (19.86%) Amazon EC2
9 43 (15.52%) Amazon EKS
10 40 (14.44%) AWS Step Functions
11 33 (11.91%) Amazon Kinesis
12 28 (10.11%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 27 (9.75%) Snowflake
14 26 (9.39%) Azure
15 22 (7.94%) Amazon SQS
16 19 (6.86%) Amazon EMR
16 19 (6.86%) Amazon EventBridge
17 16 (5.78%) AWS Fargate
18 12 (4.33%) Amazon MSK
Communications & Networking
1 15 (5.42%) DNS
2 5 (1.81%) OpenLDAP
2 5 (1.81%) VPN
3 3 (1.08%) Reverse Proxy
4 2 (0.72%) Firewall
4 2 (0.72%) Kerberos
4 2 (0.72%) SSL
5 1 (0.36%) DKIM
5 1 (0.36%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (23.47%) Amazon RDS
2 53 (19.13%) DynamoDB
3 44 (15.88%) PostgreSQL
4 40 (14.44%) Amazon Athena
5 36 (13.00%) Amazon Redshift
6 27 (9.75%) Amazon Aurora
7 20 (7.22%) Data Warehouse
8 16 (5.78%) Tableau
9 15 (5.42%) Relational Database
10 12 (4.33%) Metadata
11 11 (3.97%) Apache Iceberg
11 11 (3.97%) Data Lake
11 11 (3.97%) NoSQL
12 9 (3.25%) Amazon QuickSight
12 9 (3.25%) Redis
13 8 (2.89%) Big Data
14 7 (2.53%) MySQL
14 7 (2.53%) Pinecone
14 7 (2.53%) Power BI
15 5 (1.81%) CockroachDB
Development Applications
1 45 (16.25%) Git
2 43 (15.52%) GitLab
3 42 (15.16%) Jenkins
4 19 (6.86%) JIRA
5 9 (3.25%) Cypress.io
6 5 (1.81%) Cucumber
7 4 (1.44%) Bitbucket
7 4 (1.44%) JUnit
7 4 (1.44%) Terragrunt
8 3 (1.08%) Postman
8 3 (1.08%) Selenium
8 3 (1.08%) Snyk
8 3 (1.08%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.72%) CircleCI
9 2 (0.72%) Serenity BDD
9 2 (0.72%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.72%) Storybook
10 1 (0.36%) MLflow
10 1 (0.36%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.36%) RStudio
General
1 69 (24.91%) Social Skills
2 37 (13.36%) Public Sector
3 30 (10.83%) Finance
4 25 (9.03%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (5.78%) Banking
6 7 (2.53%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (2.53%) Front Office
7 5 (1.81%) Investment Banking
8 4 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.08%) Marketing
9 3 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.72%) Digital Healthcare
10 2 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.72%) Military
10 2 (0.72%) Private Banking
11 1 (0.36%) Advertising
11 1 (0.36%) Aviation
11 1 (0.36%) Games
11 1 (0.36%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.36%) Police
Job Titles
1 54 (19.49%) Developer
2 50 (18.05%) AWS Engineer
3 43 (15.52%) Senior
4 40 (14.44%) DevOps Engineer
5 38 (13.72%) Architect
6 34 (12.27%) Data Engineer
7 25 (9.03%) Lead
8 21 (7.58%) Software Engineer
9 18 (6.50%) Python Engineer
10 17 (6.14%) AWS Architect
10 17 (6.14%) AWS DevOps
11 16 (5.78%) AWS Developer
12 14 (5.05%) Full-Stack Developer
13 13 (4.69%) AWS DevOps Engineer
13 13 (4.69%) Cloud Architect
14 11 (3.97%) AWS Data Engineer
15 10 (3.61%) Data Architect
16 9 (3.25%) Cloud Engineer
16 9 (3.25%) Snowflake Engineer
17 8 (2.89%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (21.30%) Node.js
2 50 (18.05%) Kafka
3 46 (16.61%) React
4 29 (10.47%) RESTful
5 23 (8.30%) REST
6 18 (6.50%) AngularJS
6 18 (6.50%) OAuth
6 18 (6.50%) Spring Boot
7 17 (6.14%) boto
7 17 (6.14%) Spring
8 16 (5.78%) AWS CDK
9 15 (5.42%) CSS
10 12 (4.33%) Next.js
11 11 (3.97%) PySpark
11 11 (3.97%) pytest
12 9 (3.25%) Elastic Stack
12 9 (3.25%) FastAPI
12 9 (3.25%) GraphQL
12 9 (3.25%) HTML
12 9 (3.25%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 62 (22.38%) Cloud Native
2 26 (9.39%) Distributed Systems
3 11 (3.97%) Data Protection Act
4 9 (3.25%) Product Ownership
5 7 (2.53%) Mobile App
6 6 (2.17%) Mainframe
7 5 (1.81%) DataPower
7 5 (1.81%) Distributed Architecture
7 5 (1.81%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (1.81%) Replication
8 4 (1.44%) Data Structures
8 4 (1.44%) Derivative
8 4 (1.44%) Equities
8 4 (1.44%) Virtual Team
9 3 (1.08%) Equity Derivative
9 3 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (1.08%) PACS
9 3 (1.08%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 2 (0.72%) AI Agents
10 2 (0.72%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 22 (7.94%) Linux
2 3 (1.08%) Unix
3 2 (0.72%) Windows
4 1 (0.36%) AIX
4 1 (0.36%) Android
4 1 (0.36%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.36%) Solaris
4 1 (0.36%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 157 (56.68%) CI/CD
2 115 (41.52%) DevOps
3 95 (34.30%) Infrastructure as Code
4 70 (25.27%) Microservices
5 68 (24.55%) Agile
6 50 (18.05%) Data Pipeline
7 45 (16.25%) Analytics
8 43 (15.52%) Data Engineering
8 43 (15.52%) Data Modelling
8 43 (15.52%) Event-Driven
9 42 (15.16%) Containerisation
9 42 (15.16%) Problem-Solving
10 41 (14.80%) Observability
11 37 (13.36%) ETL
12 36 (13.00%) Software Engineering
13 33 (11.91%) Full-Stack Development
14 32 (11.55%) AI
15 25 (9.03%) Event-Driven Architecture
16 24 (8.66%) Design Patterns
17 23 (8.30%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 160 (57.76%) Python
2 76 (27.44%) SQL
3 49 (17.69%) Java
4 45 (16.25%) TypeScript
5 42 (15.16%) JavaScript
6 20 (7.22%) Bash
7 10 (3.61%) Go
8 9 (3.25%) Ruby
9 8 (2.89%) Shell Script
10 6 (2.17%) JSX
10 6 (2.17%) Korn
11 5 (1.81%) C#
11 5 (1.81%) PowerShell
12 4 (1.44%) Groovy
12 4 (1.44%) Scala
13 3 (1.08%) C++
14 2 (0.72%) Bicep
14 2 (0.72%) Perl
14 2 (0.72%) R
15 1 (0.36%) PromQL
Qualifications
1 84 (30.32%) Security Cleared
2 74 (26.71%) SC Cleared
3 27 (9.75%) AWS Certification
4 11 (3.97%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 10 (3.61%) Degree
6 7 (2.53%) BPSS Clearance
6 7 (2.53%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (2.17%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 5 (1.81%) DV Cleared
8 5 (1.81%) Master's Degree
9 3 (1.08%) AWS Certified Developer
9 3 (1.08%) MCP
9 3 (1.08%) PhD
10 1 (0.36%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.36%) CEH
10 1 (0.36%) CISSP
10 1 (0.36%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.36%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (7.22%) QA
2 17 (6.14%) Data Quality
3 9 (3.25%) GDPR
4 8 (2.89%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.81%) NIST
6 4 (1.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (1.08%) ISO 20022
7 3 (1.08%) PCI DSS
7 3 (1.08%) WCAG
8 2 (0.72%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.36%) GxP
9 1 (0.36%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.36%) NCSC
System Software
1 68 (24.55%) Docker
2 5 (1.81%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.72%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.36%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 111 (40.07%) Terraform
2 68 (24.55%) Kubernetes
3 16 (5.78%) Ansible
4 11 (3.97%) Grafana
5 10 (3.61%) Prometheus
6 6 (2.17%) Kibana
7 5 (1.81%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (1.44%) Rancher
9 3 (1.08%) ITRS Geneos
9 3 (1.08%) Karpenter
10 2 (0.72%) Opsgenie
10 2 (0.72%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.36%) Puppet
Vendors
1 19 (6.86%) Microsoft
2 14 (5.05%) Databricks
3 8 (2.89%) ServiceNow
4 6 (2.17%) Confluent
4 6 (2.17%) Dynatrace
4 6 (2.17%) IBM
5 5 (1.81%) Atlassian
6 4 (1.44%) OpenAI
6 4 (1.44%) Oracle
6 4 (1.44%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.08%) Cloudera
7 3 (1.08%) Google
7 3 (1.08%) Splunk
7 3 (1.08%) Sybase
8 2 (0.72%) Avaloq
8 2 (0.72%) CA Agile Central
8 2 (0.72%) Cisco
8 2 (0.72%) Qualys
8 2 (0.72%) SAP
8 2 (0.72%) Tenable