AWS Lambda Contracts

AWS Lambda
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for AWS Lambda skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited AWS Lambda over the 6 months to 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 218 199 198
Rank change year-on-year -19 -1 -56
Contract jobs citing AWS Lambda 447 768 1,298
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.05% 1.34% 1.48%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.23% 3.66% 3.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 341 596 930
10th Percentile £400 £425 £425
25th Percentile £429 £463 £485
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £570
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -7.89% +8.57%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £688
90th Percentile £659 £713 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £494 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -1.20% -4.76% +13.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 4
10th Percentile - - £60.28
25th Percentile - - £63.31
Median hourly rate - £35.00 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year - -51.72% +114.81%
75th Percentile - - £78.38
90th Percentile - - £79.95
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £75.00
% change year-on-year - - +199.22%

All Cloud Skills
UK

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 13,823 20,974 33,690
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 32.48% 36.73% 38.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,820 15,173 24,585
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £634 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £745 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 346 334 420
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.25 £13.88
25th Percentile £16.02 £18.31 £15.88
Median hourly rate £21.37 £35.00 £22.40
Median % change year-on-year -38.94% +56.25% -0.44%
75th Percentile £35.50 £66.00 £55.00
90th Percentile £65.75 £78.00 £67.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.72 £25.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -29.12% +25.00% -

AWS Lambda
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing AWS Lambda as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for AWS Lambda in the UK

AWS Lambda
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for AWS Lambda in the UK

AWS Lambda
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing AWS Lambda over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for AWS Lambda in the UK

AWS Lambda
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for AWS Lambda in the UK

AWS Lambda
Top 16 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 15 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
England -22 337 £510 -11.30% 139
London +7 246 £500 -16.67% 67
Work from Home -11 161 £500 -4.76% 76
UK excluding London -31 142 £494 -1.20% 78
Scotland -4 62 £475 - 3
North of England +22 41 £493 -12.44% 32
North West +29 32 £510 -6.21% 17
South East +13 13 £625 +8.70% 13
South West +13 13 £550 -8.33% 8
Midlands +26 6 £450 -10.00% 16
Yorkshire +10 6 £275 -52.17% 8
Northern Ireland - 6 £600 - 4
East Midlands +11 4 £450 -10.00% 4
East of England +8 4 £625 +11.11% 2
North East +13 3 - - 7
West Midlands +17 2 - - 12

AWS Lambda
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 28 (6.26%) Apache Airflow
2 22 (4.92%) Apache
3 19 (4.25%) Apache Spark
4 9 (2.01%) BizTalk Server
5 7 (1.57%) Anypoint
6 6 (1.34%) Confluence
7 3 (0.67%) GeoServer
8 2 (0.45%) nginx
8 2 (0.45%) SAS
9 1 (0.22%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.22%) CMS
9 1 (0.22%) Drupal
Applications
1 3 (0.67%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.45%) Trello
3 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (1.57%) NEC Housing
2 5 (1.12%) Payment Gateway
3 4 (0.89%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.67%) Shopify
5 1 (0.22%) Aareon QL
5 1 (0.22%) Endur
5 1 (0.22%) MIS ActiveH
5 1 (0.22%) OPENHousing
Cloud Services
1 442 (98.88%) AWS
2 439 (98.21%) Serverless
3 223 (49.89%) Amazon S3
4 140 (31.32%) Amazon EC2
5 113 (25.28%) AWS CloudFormation
6 93 (20.81%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 67 (14.99%) AWS Step Functions
8 54 (12.08%) Azure
9 49 (10.96%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 48 (10.74%) Amazon ECS
11 42 (9.40%) OpenShift
12 39 (8.72%) Amazon SQS
13 31 (6.94%) Amazon EMR
14 29 (6.49%) Amazon EKS
15 28 (6.26%) GitHub
16 27 (6.04%) Snowflake
17 26 (5.82%) Amazon Kinesis
18 25 (5.59%) Amazon SageMaker
19 24 (5.37%) AWS CodePipeline
20 22 (4.92%) Amazon MSK
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.46%) Firewall
2 9 (2.01%) Network Security
3 7 (1.57%) AMQP
3 7 (1.57%) FTP
4 6 (1.34%) DHCP
4 6 (1.34%) DNS
5 4 (0.89%) OpenLDAP
6 3 (0.67%) HTTP
6 3 (0.67%) LAN
6 3 (0.67%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.67%) WLAN
7 2 (0.45%) SSL
8 1 (0.22%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 99 (22.15%) Amazon RDS
2 80 (17.90%) Amazon Redshift
3 69 (15.44%) PostgreSQL
4 67 (14.99%) DynamoDB
5 47 (10.51%) Amazon Aurora
6 43 (9.62%) Amazon Athena
7 41 (9.17%) Data Warehouse
8 35 (7.83%) MongoDB
9 32 (7.16%) NoSQL
10 27 (6.04%) Big Data
11 23 (5.15%) Parquet
12 22 (4.92%) Relational Database
13 20 (4.47%) Data Lake
14 15 (3.36%) MySQL
15 12 (2.68%) Elasticsearch
15 12 (2.68%) InfluxDB
16 11 (2.46%) Tableau
17 10 (2.24%) Amazon QuickSight
17 10 (2.24%) Azure SQL Database
18 9 (2.01%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 70 (15.66%) Git
2 54 (12.08%) Jenkins
3 41 (9.17%) GitLab
4 27 (6.04%) JIRA
5 10 (2.24%) Bitbucket
5 10 (2.24%) Cypress.io
5 10 (2.24%) Maven
6 8 (1.79%) Cucumber
7 6 (1.34%) Artifactory
7 6 (1.34%) TeamCity
8 5 (1.12%) CircleCI
8 5 (1.12%) JUnit
8 5 (1.12%) Selenium
9 4 (0.89%) Mockito
9 4 (0.89%) Sourcetree
10 3 (0.67%) kappa
10 3 (0.67%) Protractor
10 3 (0.67%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.67%) TestNG
10 3 (0.67%) webpack
General
1 66 (14.77%) Social Skills
2 65 (14.54%) Public Sector
3 41 (9.17%) Finance
4 19 (4.25%) Banking
5 17 (3.80%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (3.13%) Retail
7 7 (1.57%) Pharmaceutical
8 6 (1.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (1.34%) Marketing
8 6 (1.34%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (1.12%) Manufacturing
10 3 (0.67%) Automotive
10 3 (0.67%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.45%) Billing
11 2 (0.45%) Front Office
11 2 (0.45%) Health Technology
11 2 (0.45%) Legal
11 2 (0.45%) Publishing
12 1 (0.22%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 138 (30.87%) Developer
2 85 (19.02%) Data Engineer
3 77 (17.23%) AWS Engineer
4 64 (14.32%) DevOps Engineer
5 55 (12.30%) Senior
6 50 (11.19%) AWS DevOps
6 50 (11.19%) Lead
7 39 (8.72%) AWS DevOps Engineer
8 36 (8.05%) Architect
9 33 (7.38%) Java Developer
10 25 (5.59%) AWS Developer
11 24 (5.37%) AWS Architect
12 23 (5.15%) Cloud Engineer
13 22 (4.92%) Full Stack Developer
14 21 (4.70%) AWS Data Engineer
15 20 (4.47%) Software Engineer
16 17 (3.80%) Platform Engineer
17 15 (3.36%) Cloud Platform Engineer
17 15 (3.36%) Software Developer
18 14 (3.13%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (16.55%) Node.js
2 65 (14.54%) React
3 62 (13.87%) AWS CDK
4 42 (9.40%) Kafka
5 32 (7.16%) REST
6 29 (6.49%) .NET
7 26 (5.82%) JSON
8 23 (5.15%) GraphQL
8 23 (5.15%) RESTful
9 22 (4.92%) OAuth
9 22 (4.92%) Spring
10 21 (4.70%) .NET Core
10 21 (4.70%) PySpark
11 19 (4.25%) Apache Avro
11 19 (4.25%) RabbitMQ
12 18 (4.03%) Spring Boot
13 15 (3.36%) OAuth2
14 14 (3.13%) CSS
14 14 (3.13%) HTML
15 12 (2.68%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 27 (6.04%) Cloud Native
1 27 (6.04%) Legacy Systems
2 16 (3.58%) Public Cloud
3 13 (2.91%) Greenfield Project
4 8 (1.79%) Linux Command Line
4 8 (1.79%) Product Ownership
5 7 (1.57%) Data Structures
5 7 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (1.57%) Replication
6 6 (1.34%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (1.34%) Onboarding
7 5 (1.12%) Algorithms
7 5 (1.12%) Market Risk
8 4 (0.89%) Credit Risk
8 4 (0.89%) Data Centre
8 4 (0.89%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (0.67%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 3 (0.67%) Legacy Applications
9 3 (0.67%) Life Science
9 3 (0.67%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 42 (9.40%) Linux
2 14 (3.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 13 (2.91%) Windows
4 9 (2.01%) Unix
5 7 (1.57%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle Linux
6 1 (0.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 175 (39.15%) CI/CD
2 152 (34.00%) DevOps
3 138 (30.87%) Agile
4 113 (25.28%) Infrastructure as Code
5 81 (18.12%) Microservices
6 80 (17.90%) ETL
7 68 (15.21%) Data Pipeline
8 61 (13.65%) Software Engineering
9 57 (12.75%) Containerisation
9 57 (12.75%) Data Modelling
10 50 (11.19%) Scrum
11 47 (10.51%) Test Automation
12 44 (9.84%) Full Stack Development
13 41 (9.17%) Kanban
14 38 (8.50%) Machine Learning
15 37 (8.28%) Problem-Solving
16 35 (7.83%) Mentoring
17 33 (7.38%) Technical Leadership
18 30 (6.71%) Data Engineering
19 28 (6.26%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 254 (56.82%) Python
2 141 (31.54%) SQL
3 103 (23.04%) TypeScript
4 87 (19.46%) Java
5 85 (19.02%) JavaScript
6 41 (9.17%) Bash
7 30 (6.71%) Go
8 19 (4.25%) Shell Script
9 11 (2.46%) C#
9 11 (2.46%) Scala
10 9 (2.01%) C++
10 9 (2.01%) PL/SQL
10 9 (2.01%) T-SQL
11 7 (1.57%) Groovy
12 5 (1.12%) C
12 5 (1.12%) Ruby
13 3 (0.67%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.67%) Perl
13 3 (0.67%) PowerShell
14 2 (0.45%) R
Qualifications
1 101 (22.60%) Security Cleared
2 87 (19.46%) SC Cleared
3 40 (8.95%) AWS Certification
4 24 (5.37%) Degree
5 20 (4.47%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (3.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 13 (2.91%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 10 (2.24%) DV Cleared
9 6 (1.34%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (1.12%) Master's Degree
11 4 (0.89%) AWS Certified Developer
12 2 (0.45%) Azure Certification
13 1 (0.22%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
13 1 (0.22%) CTC Cleared
13 1 (0.22%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (5.82%) Accessibility
2 21 (4.70%) QA
3 10 (2.24%) Data Quality
4 7 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.12%) Disclosure Scotland
6 4 (0.89%) GDPR
7 3 (0.67%) ISO 22301
8 2 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.45%) SLA
9 1 (0.22%) NCSC
System Software
1 109 (24.38%) Docker
2 5 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.67%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.22%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 1 (0.22%) Ceph
5 1 (0.22%) NFS
Systems Management
1 136 (30.43%) Terraform
2 126 (28.19%) Kubernetes
3 53 (11.86%) Grafana
4 49 (10.96%) Ansible
5 12 (2.68%) Progress Chef
6 11 (2.46%) Kibana
6 11 (2.46%) Prometheus
7 8 (1.79%) Docker Swarm
8 5 (1.12%) Puppet
9 3 (0.67%) Consul
9 3 (0.67%) HP Fortify
9 3 (0.67%) Packer
10 2 (0.45%) Salt
11 1 (0.22%) Argo
11 1 (0.22%) Hadoop YARN
11 1 (0.22%) logstash
11 1 (0.22%) Mesos
11 1 (0.22%) Podman
Vendors
1 35 (7.83%) Oracle
2 18 (4.03%) Microsoft
3 17 (3.80%) Salesforce
4 16 (3.58%) MuleSoft
5 13 (2.91%) SAP
6 9 (2.01%) Ab Initio
6 9 (2.01%) Google
6 9 (2.01%) Informatica
7 8 (1.79%) Talend
8 7 (1.57%) NEC
8 7 (1.57%) Red Hat
8 7 (1.57%) Splunk
9 6 (1.34%) Sage
9 6 (1.34%) VMware
9 6 (1.34%) WSO2
10 5 (1.12%) Databricks
11 4 (0.89%) Commvault
11 4 (0.89%) Palo Alto
12 3 (0.67%) Adobe
12 3 (0.67%) Genesys