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 15 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 154 160 186
Rank change year-on-year +6 +26 +5
Contract jobs citing AWS Lambda 349 236 231
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.77% 1.74% 1.33%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.25% 4.08% 3.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 252 178 166
10th Percentile £364 £400 £378
25th Percentile £450 £451 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £529 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.82% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £638 £622 £591
90th Percentile £738 £800 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
10th Percentile - £36.50 -
25th Percentile £61.00 £38.75 -
Median hourly rate £67.00 £45.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +48.89% - -
75th Percentile £73.00 £51.25 -
90th Percentile - £53.50 -
England median hourly rate £75.00 £45.00 -
% change year-on-year +66.67% - -

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 8,214 5,786 6,992
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 41.60% 42.77% 40.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,623 3,941 5,121
10th Percentile £361 £350 £350
25th Percentile £440 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £800
England median daily rate £520 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +1.46% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 104 79 65
10th Percentile £19.50 £22.50 £20.00
25th Percentile £25.25 £25.08 £22.30
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.07 £26.97
Median % change year-on-year +22.12% +7.79% -50.96%
75th Percentile £55.00 £47.50 £38.75
90th Percentile £76.23 £67.50 £64.60
England median hourly rate £39.50 £25.15 £22.00
% change year-on-year +57.06% +14.32% -33.33%

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 15 July 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 15 July 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 +4 40 £625 +8.70% 7
South London +4 20 £500 -19.35% 1
West London -11 16 £725 +28.32% 3
East London - 1 £500 -
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 34 (9.74%) Apache Airflow
2 27 (7.74%) Confluence
3 20 (5.73%) Apache Spark
4 11 (3.15%) Apache
5 9 (2.58%) nginx
6 6 (1.72%) CICS
7 2 (0.57%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.57%) SAS
8 1 (0.29%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (2.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.15%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (0.86%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 349 (100.00%) AWS
2 345 (98.85%) Serverless
3 257 (73.64%) Amazon S3
4 120 (34.38%) Amazon EC2
5 108 (30.95%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 92 (26.36%) Amazon ECS
7 82 (23.50%) Amazon EKS
8 70 (20.06%) GitHub
9 65 (18.62%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 57 (16.33%) AWS CloudFormation
11 53 (15.19%) AWS Step Functions
11 53 (15.19%) GitHub Actions
12 50 (14.33%) Amazon SQS
13 36 (10.32%) Azure
14 35 (10.03%) Amazon EMR
15 30 (8.60%) Power Platform
16 28 (8.02%) dbt
17 26 (7.45%) Snowflake
18 23 (6.59%) Amazon EventBridge
19 22 (6.30%) Amazon Bedrock
Communications & Networking
1 18 (5.16%) Firewall
2 15 (4.30%) DNS
3 12 (3.44%) TCP/IP
4 11 (3.15%) VPN
5 9 (2.58%) OpenVPN
6 5 (1.43%) Network Security
7 4 (1.15%) WAN
8 3 (0.86%) Reverse Proxy
9 2 (0.57%) HTTP
10 1 (0.29%) 4G
10 1 (0.29%) 5G
10 1 (0.29%) BGP
10 1 (0.29%) Internet
10 1 (0.29%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (23.21%) Amazon RDS
2 68 (19.48%) Amazon Athena
2 68 (19.48%) DynamoDB
3 57 (16.33%) Amazon Redshift
4 30 (8.60%) Power BI
5 29 (8.31%) PostgreSQL
6 25 (7.16%) Data Warehouse
7 20 (5.73%) Tableau
8 19 (5.44%) Amazon Aurora
9 17 (4.87%) SQL Server
10 12 (3.44%) Data Lake
10 12 (3.44%) Metadata
11 11 (3.15%) Elasticsearch
12 10 (2.87%) MongoDB
13 9 (2.58%) Db2
13 9 (2.58%) NoSQL
14 8 (2.29%) Amazon QuickSight
14 8 (2.29%) Apache Hudi
14 8 (2.29%) Apache Iceberg
14 8 (2.29%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 70 (20.06%) GitLab
2 69 (19.77%) Jenkins
3 63 (18.05%) Git
4 37 (10.60%) JIRA
5 17 (4.87%) Bitbucket
6 16 (4.58%) Cucumber
7 13 (3.72%) Cypress.io
8 8 (2.29%) JUnit
8 8 (2.29%) SonarQube
9 7 (2.01%) Mocha
10 6 (1.72%) Artifactory
10 6 (1.72%) MSTest
10 6 (1.72%) Postman
10 6 (1.72%) tSQLt
11 5 (1.43%) Gatling
11 5 (1.43%) Mockito
11 5 (1.43%) REST Assured
12 4 (1.15%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 4 (1.15%) Selenium
13 3 (0.86%) Vite
General
1 92 (26.36%) Social Skills
2 64 (18.34%) Finance
3 58 (16.62%) Public Sector
4 30 (8.60%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (5.73%) Banking
6 16 (4.58%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (2.01%) Law
8 6 (1.72%) Back Office
9 5 (1.43%) Front Office
9 5 (1.43%) Military
10 4 (1.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (0.86%) Police
11 3 (0.86%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.57%) Billing
12 2 (0.57%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.57%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.57%) Local Government
12 2 (0.57%) Marketing
12 2 (0.57%) Retail
Job Titles
1 81 (23.21%) AWS Engineer
2 67 (19.20%) Senior
3 61 (17.48%) Data Engineer
4 54 (15.47%) Developer
5 47 (13.47%) Lead
6 45 (12.89%) Architect
7 30 (8.60%) DevOps Engineer
8 26 (7.45%) AWS Developer
8 26 (7.45%) Software Engineer
9 23 (6.59%) AWS Data Engineer
10 22 (6.30%) AWS Architect
10 22 (6.30%) Cloud Engineer
11 17 (4.87%) Python Developer
12 16 (4.58%) AWS DevOps
13 15 (4.30%) Python Engineer
13 15 (4.30%) Technical Leader
14 14 (4.01%) AWS DevOps Engineer
14 14 (4.01%) Senior Data Engineer
14 14 (4.01%) Senior Software Engineer
15 13 (3.72%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (14.04%) React
2 45 (12.89%) Kafka
3 42 (12.03%) RESTful
4 36 (10.32%) PySpark
5 30 (8.60%) Node.js
6 27 (7.74%) FastAPI
6 27 (7.74%) REST
7 22 (6.30%) Spring Boot
8 21 (6.02%) GraphQL
9 20 (5.73%) .NET
10 18 (5.16%) Flask
10 18 (5.16%) Spring
11 15 (4.30%) Pandas
12 14 (4.01%) AWS CDK
13 13 (3.72%) AngularJS
13 13 (3.72%) Next.js
13 13 (3.72%) SOAP
14 12 (3.44%) CSS
14 12 (3.44%) HTML
14 12 (3.44%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 84 (24.07%) Cloud Native
2 16 (4.58%) Distributed Systems
2 16 (4.58%) Product Ownership
3 9 (2.58%) Fixed Income
4 8 (2.29%) AI Agents
5 7 (2.01%) Greenfield Project
5 7 (2.01%) Hedge funds
5 7 (2.01%) Security Posture
6 6 (1.72%) DataPower
6 6 (1.72%) Mainframe
6 6 (1.72%) NHS
6 6 (1.72%) Online Banking
7 5 (1.43%) Cloud Security Posture
7 5 (1.43%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (1.43%) Equities
7 5 (1.43%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (1.43%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.15%) Distributed Computing
8 4 (1.15%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 31 (8.88%) Linux
2 15 (4.30%) Unix
3 7 (2.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (1.72%) zOS
5 4 (1.15%) Windows
6 3 (0.86%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.29%) Amazon Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 208 (59.60%) CI/CD
2 140 (40.11%) DevOps
3 135 (38.68%) Infrastructure as Code
4 118 (33.81%) Agile
5 74 (21.20%) AI
6 67 (19.20%) Data Engineering
7 63 (18.05%) Data Pipeline
8 62 (17.77%) Microservices
9 57 (16.33%) Test Automation
10 56 (16.05%) Software Engineering
11 54 (15.47%) Containerisation
11 54 (15.47%) ETL
12 53 (15.19%) Event-Driven
12 53 (15.19%) Problem-Solving
13 52 (14.90%) Analytics
14 45 (12.89%) Data Modelling
15 44 (12.61%) Continuous Improvement
16 43 (12.32%) Migration
16 43 (12.32%) Platform Engineering
17 40 (11.46%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 215 (61.60%) Python
2 115 (32.95%) SQL
3 58 (16.62%) Java
4 50 (14.33%) TypeScript
5 41 (11.75%) JavaScript
6 33 (9.46%) C#
7 31 (8.88%) Bash
8 19 (5.44%) Shell Script
9 16 (4.58%) Scala
10 10 (2.87%) PowerShell
11 7 (2.01%) T-SQL
12 6 (1.72%) JCL
13 5 (1.43%) Go
14 4 (1.15%) SPARQL
15 3 (0.86%) Bicep
15 3 (0.86%) Cypher
15 3 (0.86%) Gremlin
16 2 (0.57%) C
16 2 (0.57%) Groovy
17 1 (0.29%) C++
Qualifications
1 107 (30.66%) Security Cleared
2 98 (28.08%) SC Cleared
3 33 (9.46%) AWS Certification
4 14 (4.01%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 14 (4.01%) Degree
5 13 (3.72%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (3.44%) DV Cleared
7 10 (2.87%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 9 (2.58%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (2.29%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 5 (1.43%) Master's Degree
11 4 (1.15%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.86%) AWS Certified Developer
12 3 (0.86%) ITIL Certification
13 1 (0.29%) Azure Certification
13 1 (0.29%) PhD
13 1 (0.29%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.29%) PMP
13 1 (0.29%) SAFe Agilist
13 1 (0.29%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (13.47%) Data Quality
2 16 (4.58%) QA
3 7 (2.01%) PMO
4 4 (1.15%) SLA
5 3 (0.86%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.57%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.29%) GDPR
7 1 (0.29%) GRC
7 1 (0.29%) NIST
7 1 (0.29%) WCAG
System Software
1 97 (27.79%) Docker
2 10 (2.87%) Squid
3 7 (2.01%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 162 (46.42%) Terraform
2 76 (21.78%) Kubernetes
3 38 (10.89%) Grafana
4 33 (9.46%) Prometheus
5 22 (6.30%) Ansible
6 9 (2.58%) FortiGate
6 9 (2.58%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (2.29%) Puppet
8 7 (2.01%) Consul
9 5 (1.43%) Kibana
9 5 (1.43%) Salt
10 3 (0.86%) Packer
11 2 (0.57%) HP Fortify
12 1 (0.29%) Control-M
Vendors
1 14 (4.01%) Microsoft
1 14 (4.01%) Splunk
2 12 (3.44%) Informatica
2 12 (3.44%) Red Hat
3 10 (2.87%) Dynatrace
4 9 (2.58%) Databricks
5 7 (2.01%) Atlassian
5 7 (2.01%) OpenAI
6 5 (1.43%) Oracle
6 5 (1.43%) ServiceNow
6 5 (1.43%) Sybase
7 4 (1.15%) Fortinet
8 3 (0.86%) AVEVA
8 3 (0.86%) Brio
8 3 (0.86%) Netlify
8 3 (0.86%) PagerDuty
8 3 (0.86%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.57%) Charles River
9 2 (0.57%) Google
9 2 (0.57%) Qualys