AWS Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring AWS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 17 42
Rank change year-on-year +3 +25 -22
Contract jobs citing AWS 368 162 77
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 10.62% 9.18% 4.07%
As % of the Cloud Services category 35.18% 29.35% 14.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 236 102 42
10th Percentile £368 £400 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £487 £500 £490
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% +2.04% -5.54%
75th Percentile £600 £559 £650
90th Percentile £675 £636 £675
England median daily rate £550 £525 £575
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% -2.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 1
10th Percentile £50.48 - -
25th Percentile £65.00 - -
Median hourly rate £70.00 - £55.00
75th Percentile £75.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £72.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year -3.45% +56.99% -36.52%

All Cloud Computing Skills
West Midlands

AWS 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 the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,046 552 521
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 30.20% 31.27% 27.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 705 358 366
10th Percentile £307 £300 £228
25th Percentile £404 £413 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £510 £475
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% +7.32% -
75th Percentile £600 £600 £613
90th Percentile £687 £664 £688
England median daily rate £525 £503 £525
% change year-on-year +4.48% -4.29% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 6 7
10th Percentile £20.31 £31.94 £15.30
25th Percentile £21.25 £34.16 £18.63
Median hourly rate £33.99 £35.49 £30.88
Median % change year-on-year -4.23% +14.95% +62.50%
75th Percentile £67.84 £52.69 £34.47
90th Percentile £75.00 £59.44 £43.00
England median hourly rate £34.18 £26.30 £30.00
% change year-on-year +29.95% -12.33% -9.09%

AWS
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing AWS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

AWS job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

AWS
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing AWS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing AWS

AWS
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing AWS in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 30 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for AWS in the West Midlands

AWS
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing AWS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing AWS

AWS
Hourly Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing AWS in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 30 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for AWS in the West Midlands

AWS
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AWS within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 30 August 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
Shropshire +4 147 £492 -7.82% 25
Birmingham -4 77 £425 -10.53% 49
Warwickshire +11 36 £477 -23.68% 7
Solihull +2 33 £488 +8.33% 3
Coventry -7 33 £488 -6.02% 6
Worcestershire +1 8 £575 +4.55% 8
Staffordshire -7 4 £200 -55.56% 5
AWS
England

AWS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 49 (13.32%) SAS
2 43 (11.68%) Confluence
3 22 (5.98%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (1.90%) Tuxedo
5 4 (1.09%) Apache
5 4 (1.09%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.82%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.82%) OpenStack
6 3 (0.82%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.54%) CloudStack
7 2 (0.54%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.27%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.27%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.27%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 1 (0.27%) Adobe XD
1 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.27%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 5 (1.36%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.82%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.27%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.27%) Maximo
3 1 (0.27%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 152 (41.30%) Azure
2 65 (17.66%) GitHub
3 54 (14.67%) Amazon S3
4 45 (12.23%) GCP
4 45 (12.23%) GitHub Actions
5 40 (10.87%) Amazon EC2
6 39 (10.60%) Serverless
7 38 (10.33%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 34 (9.24%) AWS Lambda
9 29 (7.88%) Amazon EKS
10 24 (6.52%) Amazon ECS
11 22 (5.98%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 18 (4.89%) AWS CloudFormation
13 17 (4.62%) Amazon SQS
14 14 (3.80%) Azure DevOps
14 14 (3.80%) GitHub Copilot
15 12 (3.26%) AWS CodePipeline
15 12 (3.26%) PaaS
16 11 (2.99%) Power Platform
17 10 (2.72%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.72%) Firewall
1 10 (2.72%) SD-WAN
1 10 (2.72%) WAN
2 9 (2.45%) DHCP
2 9 (2.45%) DNS
3 7 (1.90%) BGP
3 7 (1.90%) Network Security
3 7 (1.90%) OSPF
4 6 (1.63%) VXLAN
5 5 (1.36%) LAN
5 5 (1.36%) NetScaler
5 5 (1.36%) VLAN
5 5 (1.36%) VPN
5 5 (1.36%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (1.09%) Ethernet VPN
7 3 (0.82%) BIG-IP
7 3 (0.82%) EIGRP
7 3 (0.82%) MPLS
7 3 (0.82%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.82%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (9.24%) Data Warehouse
2 31 (8.42%) Pentaho
3 25 (6.79%) PostgreSQL
4 22 (5.98%) Amazon RDS
5 21 (5.71%) SAS Enterprise Guide
5 21 (5.71%) SAS Visual Analytics
6 19 (5.16%) Oracle Database
7 17 (4.62%) DynamoDB
7 17 (4.62%) MySQL
8 16 (4.35%) MongoDB
8 16 (4.35%) Oracle Reports
9 15 (4.08%) Metadata
10 14 (3.80%) Relational Database
11 13 (3.53%) Amazon Redshift
12 11 (2.99%) Data Lake
13 10 (2.72%) Power BI
13 10 (2.72%) SQL Server
14 8 (2.17%) Amazon Aurora
14 8 (2.17%) NoSQL
15 7 (1.90%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 96 (26.09%) GitLab
2 69 (18.75%) Git
3 68 (18.48%) Jenkins
4 62 (16.85%) JIRA
5 39 (10.60%) JUnit
6 26 (7.07%) Selenium
7 23 (6.25%) SonarQube
8 21 (5.71%) Maven
9 20 (5.43%) Cucumber
9 20 (5.43%) Zephyr
10 19 (5.16%) Postman
11 17 (4.62%) Mockito
12 16 (4.35%) Gatling
13 13 (3.53%) Artifactory
14 12 (3.26%) Bitbucket
15 8 (2.17%) JMeter
16 7 (1.90%) WebDriver
17 6 (1.63%) DbUnit
17 6 (1.63%) jMock
17 6 (1.63%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 114 (30.98%) Social Skills
2 86 (23.37%) Public Sector
3 23 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (2.45%) Influencing Skills
5 8 (2.17%) Finance
6 6 (1.63%) Legal
7 5 (1.36%) Banking
7 5 (1.36%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (1.09%) Military
9 3 (0.82%) Manufacturing
9 3 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (0.82%) Retail
9 3 (0.82%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.54%) Advertising
10 2 (0.54%) Front Office
10 2 (0.54%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.54%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.54%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 63 (17.12%) Architect
2 53 (14.40%) Data Engineer
3 43 (11.68%) Senior
4 33 (8.97%) AWS Engineer
5 27 (7.34%) Developer
6 25 (6.79%) Scrum Master
7 23 (6.25%) Lead
8 21 (5.71%) Tester
9 20 (5.43%) Java Developer
10 18 (4.89%) DevOps Engineer
11 17 (4.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 15 (4.08%) Solutions Architect
13 14 (3.80%) AWS Data Engineer
14 13 (3.53%) Quality Engineer
14 13 (3.53%) Technical Architect
15 12 (3.26%) Data Architect
16 11 (2.99%) Analyst
16 11 (2.99%) Cloud Engineer
16 11 (2.99%) QA Tester
16 11 (2.99%) Release Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (16.30%) Terraform
2 53 (14.40%) Spring
3 38 (10.33%) Spring Boot
4 26 (7.07%) REST
5 21 (5.71%) RESTful
6 20 (5.43%) Playwright
7 16 (4.35%) JPA
8 15 (4.08%) SOAP
8 15 (4.08%) WireMock
9 14 (3.80%) Node.js
9 14 (3.80%) React
10 12 (3.26%) Elastic Stack
10 12 (3.26%) Kafka
11 11 (2.99%) AngularJS
11 11 (2.99%) JSON
11 11 (2.99%) Spring Cloud
11 11 (2.99%) Web Services
12 10 (2.72%) ActiveMQ
12 10 (2.72%) AWS CDK
12 10 (2.72%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 50 (13.59%) Cloud Native
2 35 (9.51%) Product Ownership
3 25 (6.79%) Distributed Systems
4 24 (6.52%) Hybrid Cloud
5 12 (3.26%) Data Protection Act
5 12 (3.26%) Private Cloud
6 11 (2.99%) Onboarding
6 11 (2.99%) Public Cloud
7 10 (2.72%) Replication
8 9 (2.45%) Data Centre
8 9 (2.45%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (2.45%) Operational Technology
9 8 (2.17%) Data Fabric
10 7 (1.90%) Distributed Architecture
10 7 (1.90%) Enterprise Cloud
11 6 (1.63%) Legacy Systems
11 6 (1.63%) Linux Command Line
12 5 (1.36%) Analytical Mindset
12 5 (1.36%) Low-Code
13 4 (1.09%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 38 (10.33%) Linux
2 24 (6.52%) Windows
3 22 (5.98%) Unix
4 13 (3.53%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.63%) AIX
6 2 (0.54%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.54%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.54%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.27%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 177 (48.10%) Agile
2 154 (41.85%) CI/CD
3 125 (33.97%) DevOps
4 101 (27.45%) Migration
5 98 (26.63%) Test Automation
6 82 (22.28%) Scrum
7 72 (19.57%) Infrastructure as Code
8 71 (19.29%) Continuous Improvement
9 66 (17.93%) Containerisation
10 61 (16.58%) Microservices
11 60 (16.30%) Stakeholder Management
12 56 (15.22%) ETL
13 53 (14.40%) Data Integration
13 53 (14.40%) Technical Leadership
14 51 (13.86%) Analytics
15 49 (13.32%) Observability
16 45 (12.23%) Test Strategy
17 42 (11.41%) Data Modelling
18 39 (10.60%) Data Engineering
18 39 (10.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 111 (30.16%) SQL
2 72 (19.57%) Java
3 62 (16.85%) Python
4 21 (5.71%) Bash
5 20 (5.43%) JavaScript
6 15 (4.08%) PowerShell
7 12 (3.26%) PL/SQL
8 9 (2.45%) TypeScript
9 7 (1.90%) VB
9 7 (1.90%) VB6
10 6 (1.63%) Go
10 6 (1.63%) Shell Script
11 5 (1.36%) C
12 3 (0.82%) R
12 3 (0.82%) Scala
13 2 (0.54%) Bicep
13 2 (0.54%) Groovy
14 1 (0.27%) BeanShell
14 1 (0.27%) C#
14 1 (0.27%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 193 (52.45%) Security Cleared
2 165 (44.84%) SC Cleared
3 28 (7.61%) BPSS Clearance
4 24 (6.52%) AWS Certification
5 20 (5.43%) ISTQB
6 15 (4.08%) Degree
7 11 (2.99%) Azure Certification
7 11 (2.99%) DV Cleared
7 11 (2.99%) SAFe Agilist
8 9 (2.45%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 6 (1.63%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (1.09%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (1.09%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (1.09%) CISSP
10 4 (1.09%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 4 (1.09%) SAS Certification
11 3 (0.82%) CCNP
12 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.54%) OCP
12 2 (0.54%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (12.77%) QA
2 18 (4.89%) Accessibility
3 13 (3.53%) Data Quality
3 13 (3.53%) WCAG
4 11 (2.99%) NIST
5 7 (1.90%) SLA
6 6 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (1.36%) GDPR
8 4 (1.09%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.27%) GRC
9 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 86 (23.37%) Docker
2 16 (4.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (4.08%) vSphere
4 14 (3.80%) Active Directory
5 13 (3.53%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (1.63%) GPFS
6 6 (1.63%) NFS
7 5 (1.36%) Hyper-V
7 5 (1.36%) Postfix
8 2 (0.54%) Firmware
8 2 (0.54%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.27%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 75 (20.38%) Kubernetes
2 45 (12.23%) Grafana
3 30 (8.15%) Prometheus
4 21 (5.71%) Ansible
5 8 (2.17%) Progress Chef
5 8 (2.17%) Puppet
6 7 (1.90%) Kibana
7 5 (1.36%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (1.36%) vRealize
8 4 (1.09%) SCCM
9 2 (0.54%) Argo
9 2 (0.54%) Check_MK
9 2 (0.54%) Data Guard
9 2 (0.54%) Oracle RMAN
9 2 (0.54%) VxRail
10 1 (0.27%) Istio
10 1 (0.27%) Podman
10 1 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 101 (27.45%) Oracle
2 40 (10.87%) Talend
3 34 (9.24%) Microsoft
4 27 (7.34%) Denodo
5 25 (6.79%) VMware
6 20 (5.43%) Cisco
7 19 (5.16%) Informatica
7 19 (5.16%) ServiceNow
8 18 (4.89%) Databricks
9 14 (3.80%) Splunk
10 9 (2.45%) IBM
11 8 (2.17%) Google
11 8 (2.17%) Jaspersoft
11 8 (2.17%) Palo Alto
11 8 (2.17%) SAP
12 7 (1.90%) Atlassian
13 6 (1.63%) Cloudera
13 6 (1.63%) Dynatrace
14 5 (1.36%) Actian
15 4 (1.09%) OpenAI