AWS Contracts in Central London

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
London > Central London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for AWS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited AWS over the 6 months to 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 11 9 4
Rank change year-on-year -2 -5 +3
Contract jobs citing AWS 275 503 893
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 11.47% 13.43% 19.80%
As % of the Cloud Services category 28.74% 34.59% 45.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 202 333 752
10th Percentile £416 £463 £463
25th Percentile £463 £525 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £625 £625
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% - +13.64%
75th Percentile £680 £738 £713
90th Percentile £788 £825 £800
London median daily rate £575 £620 £600
% change year-on-year -7.26% +3.33% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 0
Median hourly rate - £84.09 -
London median hourly rate £43.25 £75.00 £77.00
% change year-on-year -42.33% -2.60% +62.11%

All Cloud Skills
Central London

AWS is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 957 1,454 1,963
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 39.91% 38.81% 43.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 683 987 1,580
10th Percentile £350 £300 £365
25th Percentile £425 £454 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £650 £700 £688
90th Percentile £750 £800 £763
London median daily rate £550 £588 £575
% change year-on-year -6.38% +2.17% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 9 10
10th Percentile £12.75 £22.45 -
25th Percentile £17.00 £35.00 £13.88
Median hourly rate £22.50 £82.50 £22.34
Median % change year-on-year -72.73% +269.25% -0.70%
75th Percentile £25.38 £88.30 £38.06
90th Percentile £36.30 - £59.25
London median hourly rate £26.00 £47.50 £40.25
% change year-on-year -45.26% +18.01% +20.15%

AWS
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing AWS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for AWS in Central London

AWS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing AWS in Central London.

Daily rate trend for AWS in Central London

AWS
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing AWS in Central London over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for AWS in Central London

AWS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing AWS in Central London.

Hourly rate trend for AWS in Central London

AWS
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AWS within the Central London region over the 6 months to 17 May 2024. 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
City of London -4 239 £563 -10.00% 102
City of Westminster +2 8 £688 +10.00%
West End of London 0 5 £500 -16.67% 2
Camden -5 3 £450 -16.67% 3
AWS
London

AWS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 8 (2.91%) BizTalk Server
1 8 (2.91%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.55%) Apache
2 7 (2.55%) Apache Spark
2 7 (2.55%) nginx
3 5 (1.82%) Tomcat
4 4 (1.45%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.45%) Site Server
4 4 (1.45%) WebSphere
5 3 (1.09%) Confluence
5 3 (1.09%) Jupyter
5 3 (1.09%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (1.09%) WebLogic
6 2 (0.73%) JBoss
7 1 (0.36%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.36%) CICS
7 1 (0.36%) CMS
7 1 (0.36%) IIS
7 1 (0.36%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.36%) Oracle Self-Service HR
Applications
1 3 (1.09%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.73%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.36%) Weka
Business Applications
1 3 (1.09%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.73%) Temenos T24
3 1 (0.36%) R3 Corda
3 1 (0.36%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 99 (36.00%) Azure
2 37 (13.45%) Serverless
3 35 (12.73%) AWS Lambda
3 35 (12.73%) GCP
4 34 (12.36%) Amazon S3
5 22 (8.00%) Amazon EC2
5 22 (8.00%) GitHub
6 16 (5.82%) Amazon EKS
7 11 (4.00%) Amazon SQS
7 11 (4.00%) AWS CloudFormation
7 11 (4.00%) Azure DevOps
7 11 (4.00%) SaaS
8 10 (3.64%) Azure Storage
8 10 (3.64%) GitHub Actions
9 9 (3.27%) Cloud Computing
9 9 (3.27%) IaaS
10 8 (2.91%) Amazon EventBridge
10 8 (2.91%) AWS Step Functions
10 8 (2.91%) Azure Functions
10 8 (2.91%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.91%) DNS
2 7 (2.55%) Firewall
3 6 (2.18%) DHCP
4 5 (1.82%) LAN
5 3 (1.09%) SSL
5 3 (1.09%) WAN
6 2 (0.73%) CTI
6 2 (0.73%) HTTP
6 2 (0.73%) Kerberos
6 2 (0.73%) Network Security
6 2 (0.73%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.73%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.73%) VoIP
6 2 (0.73%) Wireless
7 1 (0.36%) MQTT
7 1 (0.36%) Multicast
7 1 (0.36%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (0.36%) Reverse Proxy
7 1 (0.36%) VLAN
7 1 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (9.82%) NoSQL
2 25 (9.09%) PostgreSQL
3 24 (8.73%) Amazon RDS
4 16 (5.82%) SQL Server
5 15 (5.45%) Data Warehouse
5 15 (5.45%) MySQL
5 15 (5.45%) Relational Database
6 14 (5.09%) Amazon Redshift
6 14 (5.09%) DynamoDB
6 14 (5.09%) MongoDB
7 10 (3.64%) Parquet
8 9 (3.27%) Azure SQL Database
9 8 (2.91%) Big Data
9 8 (2.91%) RDBMS
10 7 (2.55%) Amazon Athena
11 6 (2.18%) Amazon Aurora
11 6 (2.18%) Data Lake
11 6 (2.18%) Elasticsearch
12 5 (1.82%) GIS
13 4 (1.45%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 21 (7.64%) Jenkins
2 20 (7.27%) Git
3 14 (5.09%) GitLab
4 9 (3.27%) Selenium
5 7 (2.55%) Maven
6 6 (2.18%) CircleCI
6 6 (2.18%) Cucumber
6 6 (2.18%) SonarQube
7 5 (1.82%) JIRA
8 4 (1.45%) Bitbucket
8 4 (1.45%) JMeter
8 4 (1.45%) JUnit
8 4 (1.45%) Mercurial
8 4 (1.45%) Postman
8 4 (1.45%) REST Assured
8 4 (1.45%) TestNG
9 3 (1.09%) Cypress.io
9 3 (1.09%) Gradle
9 3 (1.09%) Mockito
9 3 (1.09%) PHPUnit
General
1 61 (22.18%) Finance
2 42 (15.27%) Social Skills
3 29 (10.55%) Public Sector
4 24 (8.73%) Banking
5 11 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (3.64%) Telecoms
7 9 (3.27%) Investment Banking
7 9 (3.27%) Retail
8 8 (2.91%) Front Office
8 8 (2.91%) Local Government
9 4 (1.45%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.09%) Corporate Banking
10 3 (1.09%) Marketing
10 3 (1.09%) Retail Banking
11 2 (0.73%) Back Office
11 2 (0.73%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.36%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.36%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.36%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 75 (27.27%) Developer
2 44 (16.00%) Senior
3 36 (13.09%) Architect
4 27 (9.82%) AWS Engineer
5 23 (8.36%) DevOps Engineer
6 21 (7.64%) Data Engineer
7 18 (6.55%) Software Engineer
8 16 (5.82%) Full Stack Developer
9 15 (5.45%) Java Developer
10 13 (4.73%) Lead
11 11 (4.00%) Software Developer
12 10 (3.64%) Analyst
12 10 (3.64%) Cloud Engineer
12 10 (3.64%) Consultant
12 10 (3.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 10 (3.64%) Senior Software Engineer
13 9 (3.27%) AWS Developer
13 9 (3.27%) Platform Engineer
14 8 (2.91%) AWS Architect
14 8 (2.91%) AWS DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (13.45%) Kafka
2 23 (8.36%) .NET
3 22 (8.00%) REST
4 21 (7.64%) React
5 17 (6.18%) Spring
5 17 (6.18%) Spring Boot
6 15 (5.45%) AngularJS
6 15 (5.45%) RESTful
7 11 (4.00%) .NET Core
8 10 (3.64%) GraphQL
8 10 (3.64%) JSON
9 9 (3.27%) Apache Avro
9 9 (3.27%) Elastic Stack
10 8 (2.91%) CSS
10 8 (2.91%) HTML
10 8 (2.91%) Middleware
10 8 (2.91%) Web Services
11 7 (2.55%) Blazor
12 6 (2.18%) Laravel
12 6 (2.18%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 14 (5.09%) Cloud Native
2 13 (4.73%) Public Cloud
3 9 (3.27%) Distributed Systems
4 8 (2.91%) Hedge funds
4 8 (2.91%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (2.55%) Greenfield Project
6 6 (2.18%) Data Centre
7 5 (1.82%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.45%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (1.45%) Derivative
8 4 (1.45%) Enterprise Cloud
8 4 (1.45%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (1.09%) IVR
9 3 (1.09%) PKI
9 3 (1.09%) Product Ownership
10 2 (0.73%) Clustering
10 2 (0.73%) Data Structures
10 2 (0.73%) Mainframe
10 2 (0.73%) Onboarding
10 2 (0.73%) Video on Demand
Operating Systems
1 29 (10.55%) Linux
1 29 (10.55%) Windows
2 7 (2.55%) Windows Server
3 5 (1.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (1.45%) Apple iOS
4 4 (1.45%) Unix
5 1 (0.36%) CentOS
5 1 (0.36%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.36%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (0.36%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.36%) VMS
5 1 (0.36%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.36%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (25.45%) DevOps
2 57 (20.73%) CI/CD
3 49 (17.82%) Agile
4 45 (16.36%) Microservices
5 30 (10.91%) Software Engineering
6 28 (10.18%) ETL
6 28 (10.18%) Full Stack Development
7 25 (9.09%) Infrastructure as Code
7 25 (9.09%) Test Automation
8 24 (8.73%) Data Pipeline
9 22 (8.00%) Front End Development
10 21 (7.64%) Problem-Solving
10 21 (7.64%) SDLC
11 19 (6.91%) Migration
11 19 (6.91%) Stakeholder Management
12 18 (6.55%) Containerisation
13 17 (6.18%) Data Modelling
14 16 (5.82%) Mentoring
15 15 (5.45%) Analytics
16 14 (5.09%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 99 (36.00%) Python
2 69 (25.09%) SQL
3 56 (20.36%) Java
4 28 (10.18%) JavaScript
5 19 (6.91%) C#
6 16 (5.82%) C++
6 16 (5.82%) Go
6 16 (5.82%) PowerShell
7 15 (5.45%) TypeScript
8 12 (4.36%) Bash
9 9 (3.27%) T-SQL
10 7 (2.55%) PHP
10 7 (2.55%) PL/SQL
11 6 (2.18%) Shell Script
12 5 (1.82%) C
12 5 (1.82%) Scala
13 4 (1.45%) Korn
13 4 (1.45%) Rust
13 4 (1.45%) Swift
14 2 (0.73%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 52 (18.91%) Security Cleared
2 47 (17.09%) SC Cleared
3 15 (5.45%) Degree
4 13 (4.73%) AWS Certification
5 10 (3.64%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (2.55%) Azure Certification
7 5 (1.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 4 (1.45%) Master's Degree
9 3 (1.09%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 3 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (1.09%) CISM
9 3 (1.09%) CISSP
9 3 (1.09%) CRISC
9 3 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.73%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.73%) SANS
11 1 (0.36%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
11 1 (0.36%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.36%) Network+ Certification
11 1 (0.36%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.55%) Data Quality
2 6 (2.18%) PCI DSS
3 5 (1.82%) NIST
3 5 (1.82%) QA
4 3 (1.09%) GDPR
4 3 (1.09%) ISO 31000
4 3 (1.09%) NIST 800
5 2 (0.73%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.73%) HIPAA
5 2 (0.73%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.36%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.36%) NCSC
6 1 (0.36%) SLA
6 1 (0.36%) WCAG
System Software
1 43 (15.64%) Docker
2 13 (4.73%) Active Directory
3 7 (2.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.82%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.73%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.36%) Ceph
6 1 (0.36%) Lustre
6 1 (0.36%) NFS
Systems Management
1 59 (21.45%) Kubernetes
2 49 (17.82%) Terraform
3 20 (7.27%) Ansible
4 10 (3.64%) Prometheus
5 9 (3.27%) Grafana
5 9 (3.27%) Puppet
6 7 (2.55%) Progress Chef
7 5 (1.82%) Consul
7 5 (1.82%) Packer
8 4 (1.45%) Nagios
9 3 (1.09%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.73%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.73%) Graylog
10 2 (0.73%) Kibana
10 2 (0.73%) Kustomize
10 2 (0.73%) SCCM
10 2 (0.73%) ZABBIX
11 1 (0.36%) CA Endevor
11 1 (0.36%) logstash
11 1 (0.36%) WSUS
Vendors
1 31 (11.27%) Oracle
2 22 (8.00%) Microsoft
3 12 (4.36%) Google
4 10 (3.64%) VMware
5 9 (3.27%) IBM
5 9 (3.27%) Red Hat
6 8 (2.91%) Splunk
7 7 (2.55%) MuleSoft
8 5 (1.82%) Cisco
8 5 (1.82%) ESRI
9 4 (1.45%) Databricks
9 4 (1.45%) SAP
10 3 (1.09%) AppDynamics
10 3 (1.09%) Dynatrace
10 3 (1.09%) Genesys
10 3 (1.09%) New Relic
10 3 (1.09%) Palo Alto
10 3 (1.09%) Salesforce
11 2 (0.73%) CyberArk
11 2 (0.73%) ServiceNow