AWS Software Engineer Contract Job Trends in the Midlands
Software Engineer - Amazon Web Services
England > Midlands
The median Software Engineer - Amazon Web Services daily rate in the Midlands is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 November 2026.
The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 15 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 200 | 163 | 134 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -37 | -29 | - |
| Contract AWS Software Engineer jobs | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands | 0.041% | 0.17% | 0.038% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.046% | 0.19% | 0.041% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | £423 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £456 | £525 | £475 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £537 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.23% | +7.40% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £606 | £892 | £525 |
| 90th Percentile | £648 | - | - |
| England median daily rate | £625 | £750 | £800 |
| % change year-on-year | -16.67% | -6.25% | +10.34% |
All Contract IT Job Roles
Midlands
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job adverts in the Midlands matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all contract IT job adverts they make up.
| 6 months to 15 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract job adverts in the Midlands matching a recognised job title | 4,391 | 2,688 | 2,462 |
| % of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title | 88.92% | 89.12% | 92.77% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2,397 | 1,755 | 1,528 |
| 10th Percentile | £310 | £225 | £229 |
| 25th Percentile | £410 | £363 | £363 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £485 | £475 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.11% | -5.00% | +5.26% |
| 75th Percentile | £590 | £575 | £594 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £650 | £688 |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £508 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.45% | -3.33% | -1.69% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 448 | 177 | 100 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.02 | £13.25 | £12.69 |
| 25th Percentile | £14.56 | £17.14 | £15.10 |
| Median hourly rate | £20.93 | £25.00 | £23.82 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -16.30% | +4.95% | +19.10% |
| 75th Percentile | £30.48 | £30.00 | £32.60 |
| 90th Percentile | £53.75 | £46.40 | £50.00 |
| England median hourly rate | £41.71 | £25.15 | £40.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +65.84% | -37.13% | -11.11% |
AWS Software Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract AWS Software Engineer job postings relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.
AWS Software Engineer Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for AWS Software Engineer job vacancies in the Midlands.
AWS Software Engineer Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands
Daily rate distribution for AWS Software Engineer jobs in the Midlands over the 6 months to 15 November 2026.
AWS Software Engineer Contract Job Locations in the Midlands
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in AWS Software Engineer jobs within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 15 November 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Midlands | - | 2 | £525 | - | 3 |
| AWS Software Engineer England |
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AWS Software Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands
For the 6 months to 15 November 2026, AWS Software Engineer contract job ads cited the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract AWS Software Engineer job ads across the Midlands region.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AWS | 100.0% | 2 |
| 1 | CI/CD | 100.0% | 2 |
| 1 | Event-Driven | 100.0% | 2 |
| 1 | Event-Driven Architecture | 100.0% | 2 |
| 1 | Java | 100.0% | 2 |
| 1 | Kafka | 100.0% | 2 |
| 1 | Microservices | 100.0% | 2 |
| 1 | Software Engineering | 100.0% | 2 |
| 9 | Agile | 50.0% | 1 |
| 9 | AI | 50.0% | 1 |
| 9 | Amazon Bedrock | 50.0% | 1 |
| 9 | Anthropic Claude | 50.0% | 1 |
| 9 | AWS Certification | 50.0% | 1 |
| 9 | AWS Certified Solutions Architect | 50.0% | 1 |
| 9 | Claude Code | 50.0% | 1 |
| 9 | Cloud Security | 50.0% | 1 |
| 9 | DevOps | 50.0% | 1 |
| 9 | Domain-Driven Design | 50.0% | 1 |
| 9 | Event-Driven Programming | 50.0% | 1 |
| 9 | Generative AI | 50.0% | 1 |
| 9 | Kubernetes | 50.0% | 1 |
| 9 | LLM | 50.0% | 1 |
| 9 | Logistics | 50.0% | 1 |
| 9 | OpenShift | 50.0% | 1 |
| 9 | Problem-Solving | 50.0% | 1 |
| 9 | Python | 50.0% | 1 |
| 9 | REST | 50.0% | 1 |
| 9 | Retrieval-Augmented Generation | 50.0% | 1 |
| 9 | Secure Coding | 50.0% | 1 |
| 9 | Spring | 50.0% | 1 |
AWS Software Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Job Titles
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Java Software Engineer | 100.0% | 2 |
| 2 | Cloud Software Engineer | 50.0% | 1 |
| 2 | Kafka Engineer | 50.0% | 1 |
| 2 | Senior Java Software Engineer | 50.0% | 1 |