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

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 140 167
Rank change year-on-year -1 +27 +2
Contract jobs citing AWS Lambda 331 244 249
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.83% 1.98% 1.42%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.35% 4.65% 3.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 240 193 190
10th Percentile £363 £400 £381
25th Percentile £450 £455 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £527 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.27% +10.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £638 £656 £588
90th Percentile £725 £838 £661
England median daily rate £525 £525 £510
% change year-on-year - +2.94% -11.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61.00 - -
Median hourly rate £67.00 £35.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +91.43% - -
75th Percentile £73.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £75.50 £35.00 -
% change year-on-year +115.71% - -

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 7,603 5,245 6,759
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 42.12% 42.46% 38.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,263 3,615 4,988
10th Percentile £350 £356 £350
25th Percentile £425 £431 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.70%
75th Percentile £638 £671 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £775
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 89 54 70
10th Percentile £20.87 £22.71 £17.63
25th Percentile £27.00 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £30.21 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +17.52% +16.18% -35.80%
75th Percentile £53.75 £48.44 £38.75
90th Percentile £73.15 £67.50 £59.13
England median hourly rate £41.06 £25.50 £21.37
% change year-on-year +61.02% +19.33% -33.84%

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 21 May 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 21 May 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 +10 45 £613 +22.50% 22
South London 0 22 £500 +3.90%
West London -27 12 £725 +28.32% 2
East London - 1 £500 - 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 27 (8.16%) Apache Airflow
2 23 (6.95%) Apache Spark
3 18 (5.44%) Confluence
4 10 (3.02%) Apache
5 9 (2.72%) nginx
6 4 (1.21%) CICS
7 2 (0.60%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.30%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.30%) SAS
Applications
1 10 (3.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.21%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (0.60%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 331 (100.00%) AWS
2 327 (98.79%) Serverless
3 237 (71.60%) Amazon S3
4 108 (32.63%) Amazon EC2
5 90 (27.19%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 90 (27.19%) Amazon ECS
6 79 (23.87%) Amazon EKS
6 79 (23.87%) GitHub
7 70 (21.15%) AWS CloudFormation
8 66 (19.94%) GitHub Actions
9 61 (18.43%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 54 (16.31%) AWS Step Functions
11 43 (12.99%) Amazon SQS
12 31 (9.37%) Amazon Kinesis
13 28 (8.46%) Azure
14 25 (7.55%) AWS CodePipeline
15 22 (6.65%) Amazon EventBridge
15 22 (6.65%) Snowflake
16 21 (6.34%) Amazon EMR
16 21 (6.34%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 25 (7.55%) DNS
2 14 (4.23%) Firewall
3 12 (3.63%) TCP/IP
4 10 (3.02%) VPN
5 9 (2.72%) OpenVPN
6 5 (1.51%) Reverse Proxy
7 2 (0.60%) Network Security
8 1 (0.30%) 4G
8 1 (0.30%) 5G
8 1 (0.30%) HTTP
8 1 (0.30%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (21.75%) Amazon RDS
2 55 (16.62%) Amazon Athena
3 54 (16.31%) DynamoDB
4 53 (16.01%) Amazon Redshift
5 39 (11.78%) PostgreSQL
6 28 (8.46%) Amazon Aurora
7 23 (6.95%) Tableau
8 16 (4.83%) NoSQL
8 16 (4.83%) Power BI
9 15 (4.53%) Apache Iceberg
10 14 (4.23%) Metadata
10 14 (4.23%) SQL Server
11 12 (3.63%) Data Warehouse
12 11 (3.32%) Amazon QuickSight
12 11 (3.32%) Big Data
12 11 (3.32%) Elasticsearch
13 9 (2.72%) Data Lake
13 9 (2.72%) Data Vault
13 9 (2.72%) Delta Lake
14 8 (2.42%) Apache Hudi
Development Applications
1 60 (18.13%) Jenkins
2 58 (17.52%) Git
3 56 (16.92%) GitLab
4 24 (7.25%) JIRA
5 15 (4.53%) Bitbucket
6 11 (3.32%) Cucumber
7 9 (2.72%) Cypress.io
7 9 (2.72%) JUnit
8 7 (2.11%) SonarQube
9 5 (1.51%) Mocha
9 5 (1.51%) MSTest
9 5 (1.51%) Snyk
9 5 (1.51%) tSQLt
10 4 (1.21%) Artifactory
10 4 (1.21%) Postman
10 4 (1.21%) Selenium
10 4 (1.21%) Terragrunt
11 3 (0.91%) Mockito
11 3 (0.91%) Vite
12 2 (0.60%) MLflow
General
1 86 (25.98%) Social Skills
2 51 (15.41%) Finance
3 50 (15.11%) Public Sector
4 35 (10.57%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (5.44%) Documentation Skills
6 14 (4.23%) Banking
7 5 (1.51%) Front Office
8 4 (1.21%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (1.21%) Police
9 3 (0.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (0.91%) Investment Banking
9 3 (0.91%) Law
9 3 (0.91%) Military
9 3 (0.91%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.60%) Billing
10 2 (0.60%) Games
10 2 (0.60%) Local Government
10 2 (0.60%) Marketing
10 2 (0.60%) Retail
10 2 (0.60%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 69 (20.85%) Developer
2 64 (19.34%) AWS Engineer
3 59 (17.82%) Data Engineer
4 51 (15.41%) Senior
5 49 (14.80%) Architect
6 41 (12.39%) Lead
7 30 (9.06%) AWS Developer
8 29 (8.76%) AWS Architect
9 25 (7.55%) DevOps Engineer
10 20 (6.04%) AWS Data Engineer
11 19 (5.74%) Python Developer
11 19 (5.74%) Software Engineer
12 18 (5.44%) Data Architect
13 16 (4.83%) Cloud Engineer
14 15 (4.53%) Python Engineer
15 14 (4.23%) Analyst
15 14 (4.23%) Full-Stack Developer
16 13 (3.93%) AWS DevOps
17 12 (3.63%) AWS DevOps Engineer
17 12 (3.63%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (18.73%) Kafka
2 47 (14.20%) React
3 43 (12.99%) RESTful
4 30 (9.06%) PySpark
4 30 (9.06%) Spring Boot
5 27 (8.16%) Spring
6 26 (7.85%) Node.js
7 23 (6.95%) REST
8 21 (6.34%) FastAPI
9 19 (5.74%) Pandas
10 18 (5.44%) .NET
10 18 (5.44%) AngularJS
10 18 (5.44%) boto
11 16 (4.83%) Flask
11 16 (4.83%) OAuth
12 15 (4.53%) CSS
13 14 (4.23%) AWS CDK
13 14 (4.23%) HTML
13 14 (4.23%) Next.js
14 13 (3.93%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 81 (24.47%) Cloud Native
2 16 (4.83%) Product Ownership
3 15 (4.53%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (2.11%) Hedge funds
5 6 (1.81%) Equities
5 6 (1.81%) Greenfield Project
5 6 (1.81%) PACS
5 6 (1.81%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 5 (1.51%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (1.51%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (1.51%) Fixed Income
6 5 (1.51%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (1.51%) NHS
7 4 (1.21%) AI Agents
7 4 (1.21%) Algorithms
7 4 (1.21%) DataPower
7 4 (1.21%) Derivative
7 4 (1.21%) Distributed Computing
7 4 (1.21%) Mainframe
7 4 (1.21%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 31 (9.37%) Linux
2 16 (4.83%) Unix
3 4 (1.21%) zOS
4 1 (0.30%) Amazon Linux
4 1 (0.30%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 193 (58.31%) CI/CD
2 124 (37.46%) DevOps
2 124 (37.46%) Infrastructure as Code
3 91 (27.49%) Agile
4 69 (20.85%) Microservices
5 58 (17.52%) Data Pipeline
6 56 (16.92%) Containerisation
7 54 (16.31%) ETL
7 54 (16.31%) Event-Driven
8 52 (15.71%) Data Engineering
9 51 (15.41%) Problem-Solving
10 49 (14.80%) Analytics
11 47 (14.20%) AI
11 47 (14.20%) Data Modelling
12 43 (12.99%) Software Engineering
13 40 (12.08%) Observability
14 39 (11.78%) Test Automation
15 37 (11.18%) Continuous Improvement
16 33 (9.97%) Event-Driven Architecture
16 33 (9.97%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 190 (57.40%) Python
2 108 (32.63%) SQL
3 63 (19.03%) Java
4 40 (12.08%) TypeScript
5 37 (11.18%) JavaScript
6 34 (10.27%) C#
7 19 (5.74%) Bash
8 17 (5.14%) Shell Script
9 15 (4.53%) Scala
10 8 (2.42%) PowerShell
11 6 (1.81%) Go
12 5 (1.51%) Ruby
12 5 (1.51%) T-SQL
13 4 (1.21%) Bicep
13 4 (1.21%) JCL
14 3 (0.91%) C++
15 2 (0.60%) Kotlin
16 1 (0.30%) PHP
16 1 (0.30%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 107 (32.33%) Security Cleared
2 98 (29.61%) SC Cleared
3 23 (6.95%) AWS Certification
4 12 (3.63%) Degree
5 10 (3.02%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 10 (3.02%) BPSS Clearance
6 9 (2.72%) DV Cleared
7 6 (1.81%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 6 (1.81%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (1.81%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.21%) AWS Certified Developer
8 4 (1.21%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (1.21%) PhD
9 2 (0.60%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.30%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 1 (0.30%) CISSP
10 1 (0.30%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.30%) PMP
10 1 (0.30%) SAFe Agilist
10 1 (0.30%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (9.06%) Data Quality
2 17 (5.14%) QA
3 8 (2.42%) NIST
4 7 (2.11%) PMO
5 6 (1.81%) ISO 20022
6 4 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.21%) PCI DSS
6 4 (1.21%) SLA
7 2 (0.60%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.60%) GDPR
8 1 (0.30%) GRC
8 1 (0.30%) WCAG
System Software
1 97 (29.31%) Docker
2 9 (2.72%) Squid
3 4 (1.21%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.91%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 156 (47.13%) Terraform
2 83 (25.08%) Kubernetes
3 33 (9.97%) Grafana
4 28 (8.46%) Prometheus
5 13 (3.93%) Ansible
6 12 (3.63%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (2.72%) FortiGate
7 9 (2.72%) Kibana
8 7 (2.11%) Consul
9 3 (0.91%) Karpenter
9 3 (0.91%) Puppet
9 3 (0.91%) Salt
10 2 (0.60%) Opsgenie
11 1 (0.30%) Control-M
11 1 (0.30%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 16 (4.83%) Microsoft
2 12 (3.63%) Splunk
3 11 (3.32%) Databricks
4 10 (3.02%) Dynatrace
5 9 (2.72%) Confluent
5 9 (2.72%) Red Hat
6 8 (2.42%) OpenAI
7 7 (2.11%) Atlassian
8 6 (1.81%) Sybase
9 5 (1.51%) Oracle
9 5 (1.51%) Qualys
9 5 (1.51%) Salesforce
10 4 (1.21%) Tenable
11 3 (0.91%) AVEVA
11 3 (0.91%) Brio
11 3 (0.91%) Fortinet
11 3 (0.91%) Netlify
11 3 (0.91%) ServiceNow
12 2 (0.60%) Informatica
12 2 (0.60%) SAP