AWS Contracts in the City of London

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Central London > City of London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 13 9 4
Rank change year-on-year -4 -5 +6
Contract jobs citing AWS 236 467 816
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 10.95% 13.47% 19.53%
As % of the Cloud Services category 27.38% 34.82% 46.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 297 681
10th Percentile £413 £463 £450
25th Percentile £475 £525 £522
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £551 £625 £625
Median % change year-on-year -11.92% - +13.64%
75th Percentile £688 £738 £713
90th Percentile £824 £822 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £625 £625
% change year-on-year -12.00% - +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 1
10th Percentile - £42.50 -
25th Percentile - £63.69 £52.50
Median hourly rate - £84.09 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - +52.89% -
75th Percentile - £88.30 £57.50
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate - £84.09 £55.00
% change year-on-year - +52.89% -

All Cloud Skills
City of 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 the City of London with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 862 1,341 1,772
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 39.98% 38.67% 42.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 597 879 1,407
10th Percentile £363 £313 £383
25th Percentile £450 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +7.48%
75th Percentile £656 £700 £688
90th Percentile £750 £800 £775
Central London median daily rate £535 £580 £575
% change year-on-year -7.76% +0.87% +8.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 9 7
10th Percentile £12.75 £30.45 £13.88
25th Percentile £14.88 £47.50 £14.81
Median hourly rate £22.50 £82.50 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year -72.73% +211.32% +17.78%
75th Percentile £26.19 £88.30 £53.75
90th Percentile £38.63 - £91.50
Central London median hourly rate £22.50 £67.50 £34.00
% change year-on-year -66.67% +98.53% +47.99%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for AWS in the City of London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing AWS in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for AWS in the City of London

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Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing AWS in the City of London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for AWS in the City of London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing AWS in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for AWS in the City of London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 6 (2.54%) Apache Spark
1 6 (2.54%) BizTalk Server
2 4 (1.69%) Apache
2 4 (1.69%) Jupyter
2 4 (1.69%) nginx
2 4 (1.69%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.69%) Site Server
2 4 (1.69%) Tomcat
3 3 (1.27%) Confluence
3 3 (1.27%) WebSphere
4 2 (0.85%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.85%) JBoss
4 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.85%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.42%) CICS
5 1 (0.42%) CMS
5 1 (0.42%) IIS
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle Self-Service HR
Applications
1 3 (1.27%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.42%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.85%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (0.85%) Temenos T24
2 1 (0.42%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 87 (36.86%) Azure
2 39 (16.53%) GCP
3 34 (14.41%) Serverless
4 32 (13.56%) Amazon S3
4 32 (13.56%) AWS Lambda
5 26 (11.02%) GitHub
6 18 (7.63%) Amazon EC2
7 14 (5.93%) GitHub Actions
8 13 (5.51%) Amazon EKS
9 12 (5.08%) AWS CloudFormation
10 11 (4.66%) Amazon SQS
10 11 (4.66%) Azure DevOps
11 8 (3.39%) AWS Step Functions
12 7 (2.97%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 7 (2.97%) Amazon MSK
12 7 (2.97%) Cloud Computing
12 7 (2.97%) IaaS
13 6 (2.54%) SaaS
13 6 (2.54%) Snowflake
13 6 (2.54%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.24%) Firewall
2 5 (2.12%) DNS
3 4 (1.69%) SD-WAN
3 4 (1.69%) SSL
3 4 (1.69%) WAN
4 3 (1.27%) Kerberos
4 3 (1.27%) LAN
4 3 (1.27%) Network Security
4 3 (1.27%) TCP/IP
4 3 (1.27%) VPN
5 2 (0.85%) CTI
5 2 (0.85%) DHCP
5 2 (0.85%) HTTP
5 2 (0.85%) VLAN
5 2 (0.85%) VoIP
5 2 (0.85%) Wireless
6 1 (0.42%) MPLS
6 1 (0.42%) OSPF
6 1 (0.42%) SSH
6 1 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (11.44%) NoSQL
2 21 (8.90%) Amazon RDS
3 20 (8.47%) PostgreSQL
4 14 (5.93%) Amazon Redshift
4 14 (5.93%) SQL Server
5 13 (5.51%) DynamoDB
5 13 (5.51%) MySQL
6 12 (5.08%) MongoDB
6 12 (5.08%) Relational Database
7 10 (4.24%) Data Warehouse
8 9 (3.81%) Parquet
9 8 (3.39%) RDBMS
10 7 (2.97%) Amazon Athena
11 6 (2.54%) Azure SQL Database
11 6 (2.54%) Big Data
12 5 (2.12%) Amazon Aurora
12 5 (2.12%) GIS
13 4 (1.69%) Data Lake
13 4 (1.69%) Tableau
14 3 (1.27%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 19 (8.05%) Git
1 19 (8.05%) Jenkins
2 15 (6.36%) GitLab
3 7 (2.97%) CircleCI
3 7 (2.97%) Selenium
4 5 (2.12%) Cucumber
4 5 (2.12%) JIRA
4 5 (2.12%) SonarQube
5 4 (1.69%) Maven
5 4 (1.69%) Mercurial
5 4 (1.69%) PHPUnit
6 3 (1.27%) Cypress.io
6 3 (1.27%) Gradle
6 3 (1.27%) JUnit
6 3 (1.27%) Mockito
6 3 (1.27%) Postman
6 3 (1.27%) REST Assured
7 2 (0.85%) GoCD
7 2 (0.85%) HP UFT
7 2 (0.85%) Katalon Studio
General
1 58 (24.58%) Finance
2 44 (18.64%) Social Skills
3 26 (11.02%) Banking
4 25 (10.59%) Public Sector
5 11 (4.66%) Investment Banking
5 11 (4.66%) Retail
6 9 (3.81%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (3.81%) Telecoms
7 7 (2.97%) Front Office
8 4 (1.69%) Corporate Banking
8 4 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (1.69%) Marketing
8 4 (1.69%) Retail Banking
9 2 (0.85%) Back Office
9 2 (0.85%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.42%) Games
10 1 (0.42%) Local Government
10 1 (0.42%) Music Industry
10 1 (0.42%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 67 (28.39%) Developer
2 38 (16.10%) Senior
3 28 (11.86%) Architect
4 22 (9.32%) DevOps Engineer
5 20 (8.47%) AWS Engineer
6 18 (7.63%) Data Engineer
7 14 (5.93%) Full Stack Developer
8 13 (5.51%) Lead
9 11 (4.66%) Consultant
9 11 (4.66%) Java Developer
9 11 (4.66%) Software Engineer
10 10 (4.24%) Software Developer
11 9 (3.81%) AWS Developer
11 9 (3.81%) Cloud Engineer
11 9 (3.81%) Python Developer
12 8 (3.39%) Analyst
12 8 (3.39%) Technical Architect
13 7 (2.97%) AWS Architect
13 7 (2.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 6 (2.54%) Full Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (14.41%) Kafka
2 17 (7.20%) REST
2 17 (7.20%) RESTful
3 13 (5.51%) AngularJS
3 13 (5.51%) React
4 12 (5.08%) .NET
5 11 (4.66%) GraphQL
5 11 (4.66%) Spring Boot
6 10 (4.24%) Spring
7 9 (3.81%) JSON
8 8 (3.39%) Apache Avro
8 8 (3.39%) Web Services
9 7 (2.97%) .NET Core
9 7 (2.97%) CSS
9 7 (2.97%) HTML
10 6 (2.54%) Elastic Stack
10 6 (2.54%) Laravel
10 6 (2.54%) Middleware
10 6 (2.54%) Node.js
11 5 (2.12%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 13 (5.51%) Public Cloud
2 11 (4.66%) Cloud Native
3 10 (4.24%) Distributed Systems
4 6 (2.54%) Data Centre
4 6 (2.54%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (1.69%) Derivative
5 4 (1.69%) Greenfield Project
5 4 (1.69%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.27%) Blockchain
6 3 (1.27%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (1.27%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (1.27%) IVR
6 3 (1.27%) PKI
6 3 (1.27%) Product Ownership
7 2 (0.85%) Clustering
7 2 (0.85%) Enterprise Cloud
7 2 (0.85%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (0.85%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (0.85%) Virtual Team
7 2 (0.85%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 22 (9.32%) Linux
2 21 (8.90%) Windows
3 6 (2.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 6 (2.54%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.69%) Unix
5 1 (0.42%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.42%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.42%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (28.81%) DevOps
2 47 (19.92%) CI/CD
3 42 (17.80%) Agile
4 31 (13.14%) Microservices
5 25 (10.59%) Full Stack Development
6 23 (9.75%) ETL
6 23 (9.75%) Infrastructure as Code
7 22 (9.32%) Containerisation
7 22 (9.32%) Test Automation
8 21 (8.90%) Problem-Solving
9 20 (8.47%) Data Pipeline
9 20 (8.47%) Software Engineering
10 17 (7.20%) Migration
10 17 (7.20%) SDLC
11 16 (6.78%) Computer Science
12 14 (5.93%) Front End Development
12 14 (5.93%) Unit Testing
13 13 (5.51%) Continuous Integration
13 13 (5.51%) Data Modelling
14 11 (4.66%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 92 (38.98%) Python
2 62 (26.27%) SQL
3 43 (18.22%) Java
4 25 (10.59%) JavaScript
5 19 (8.05%) TypeScript
6 17 (7.20%) PowerShell
7 12 (5.08%) C++
8 11 (4.66%) Bash
9 10 (4.24%) C#
9 10 (4.24%) Go
10 7 (2.97%) PHP
10 7 (2.97%) Shell Script
11 6 (2.54%) T-SQL
12 5 (2.12%) PL/SQL
13 4 (1.69%) C
13 4 (1.69%) Korn
13 4 (1.69%) Rust
14 3 (1.27%) Scala
15 2 (0.85%) Kotlin
16 1 (0.42%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 41 (17.37%) Security Cleared
2 36 (15.25%) SC Cleared
3 15 (6.36%) Degree
4 14 (5.93%) AWS Certification
5 11 (4.66%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (2.12%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 4 (1.69%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.69%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.27%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 3 (1.27%) CISM
8 3 (1.27%) CISSP
8 3 (1.27%) CRISC
8 3 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.85%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.85%) SANS
10 1 (0.42%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
10 1 (0.42%) CCIE
10 1 (0.42%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.42%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.97%) PCI DSS
2 6 (2.54%) Data Quality
3 5 (2.12%) NIST
3 5 (2.12%) QA
4 3 (1.27%) ISO 31000
4 3 (1.27%) NIST 800
5 2 (0.85%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.85%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.85%) GDPR
5 2 (0.85%) HIPAA
5 2 (0.85%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.42%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.42%) NCSC
6 1 (0.42%) SLA
6 1 (0.42%) WCAG
System Software
1 48 (20.34%) Docker
2 10 (4.24%) Active Directory
3 5 (2.12%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.85%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.42%) Ceph
5 1 (0.42%) NFS
5 1 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 59 (25.00%) Kubernetes
2 44 (18.64%) Terraform
3 18 (7.63%) Ansible
4 11 (4.66%) Prometheus
5 10 (4.24%) Grafana
6 8 (3.39%) Puppet
7 6 (2.54%) Progress Chef
8 4 (1.69%) Packer
9 3 (1.27%) Nagios
9 3 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.85%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.85%) Consul
10 2 (0.85%) Graylog
10 2 (0.85%) SCCM
11 1 (0.42%) Docker Swarm
11 1 (0.42%) HP Fortify
11 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Clustering
11 1 (0.42%) Opsgenie
11 1 (0.42%) PingFederate
11 1 (0.42%) Rancher
Vendors
1 23 (9.75%) Oracle
2 19 (8.05%) Microsoft
3 11 (4.66%) Google
4 8 (3.39%) Red Hat
5 7 (2.97%) IBM
5 7 (2.97%) VMware
6 5 (2.12%) Cisco
6 5 (2.12%) Databricks
6 5 (2.12%) ESRI
6 5 (2.12%) MuleSoft
6 5 (2.12%) Splunk
7 3 (1.27%) Confluent
7 3 (1.27%) Dynatrace
7 3 (1.27%) Genesys
7 3 (1.27%) New Relic
7 3 (1.27%) SAP
8 2 (0.85%) Avaya
8 2 (0.85%) Embarcadero
8 2 (0.85%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.85%) Temenos