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 6 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 25 43
Rank change year-on-year +14 +18 -28
Contract jobs citing AWS 347 85 72
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 11.63% 6.32% 3.75%
As % of the Cloud Services category 37.03% 18.01% 15.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 238 57 57
10th Percentile £313 £406 £320
25th Percentile £402 £455 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £515 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.47% -6.36% +1.85%
75th Percentile £565 £575 £650
90th Percentile £645 £700 £688
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £53.70 - £23.46
25th Percentile £57.38 - £28.71
Median hourly rate £64.50 - £37.48
75th Percentile £71.38 - £46.24
90th Percentile £74.90 - £51.50
England median hourly rate £75.00 £73.75 £51.78
% change year-on-year +1.69% +42.44% -22.72%

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 937 472 466
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 31.40% 35.12% 24.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 674 338 364
10th Percentile £313 £200 £213
25th Percentile £404 £400 £354
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +11.11% -10.89%
75th Percentile £575 £602 £596
90th Percentile £656 £700 £675
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 16 9
10th Percentile - £15.25 £14.08
25th Percentile £22.50 £16.63 £19.95
Median hourly rate £25.00 £18.13 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +37.89% -30.27% +46.73%
75th Percentile £44.16 £23.62 £26.50
90th Percentile £67.84 £38.49 £55.00
England median hourly rate £42.69 £26.48 £20.77
% change year-on-year +61.23% +27.47% -21.56%

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 6 April 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 6 April 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 6 April 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 -9 96 £466 -5.49% 16
Birmingham +13 80 £494 -10.23% 40
Coventry +7 55 £402 -27.73% 10
Warwickshire +17 39 £525 +5.00% 15
Worcestershire +3 19 £725 +3.57% 3
Solihull -1 17 £500 +19.05% 4
Herefordshire -9 11 £550 -21.43% 1
Staffordshire -2 2 £325 -40.91% 13
Bilston - 1 £550 -
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 59 (17.00%) Confluence
2 38 (10.95%) SAS
3 14 (4.03%) Apache Airflow
4 13 (3.75%) WebLogic
5 11 (3.17%) Apache
6 5 (1.44%) Anypoint
7 4 (1.15%) JBoss
7 4 (1.15%) SharePoint
8 3 (0.86%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.86%) OpenStack
8 3 (0.86%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.58%) Drupal
9 2 (0.58%) nginx
10 1 (0.29%) CMS
10 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (2.31%) MS Visio
2 6 (1.73%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.29%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (0.29%) CATIA
3 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.29%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (0.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.58%) Shopify
3 1 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 159 (45.82%) Azure
2 69 (19.88%) GCP
3 53 (15.27%) Amazon S3
4 33 (9.51%) Amazon EC2
5 32 (9.22%) Serverless
6 31 (8.93%) GitHub
7 24 (6.92%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 24 (6.92%) GitHub Actions
8 22 (6.34%) AWS Lambda
8 22 (6.34%) Datadog
9 21 (6.05%) AWS KMS
10 19 (5.48%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 17 (4.90%) Entra ID
12 16 (4.61%) Amazon SQS
13 14 (4.03%) Route 53
14 13 (3.75%) Amazon EKS
14 13 (3.75%) AWS CloudFormation
15 12 (3.46%) OpenShift
16 8 (2.31%) Azure DevOps
16 8 (2.31%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (5.48%) VPN
2 18 (5.19%) Firewall
3 15 (4.32%) VSAN
4 14 (4.03%) Network Security
5 9 (2.59%) SD-WAN
5 9 (2.59%) WAN
6 8 (2.31%) DHCP
6 8 (2.31%) DNS
7 7 (2.02%) BGP
7 7 (2.02%) LAN
7 7 (2.02%) OSPF
7 7 (2.02%) WLAN
8 6 (1.73%) MPLS
8 6 (1.73%) VLAN
8 6 (1.73%) VXLAN
9 5 (1.44%) EIGRP
9 5 (1.44%) HTTPS
9 5 (1.44%) IPv4
9 5 (1.44%) IPv6
10 4 (1.15%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (12.97%) PostgreSQL
2 42 (12.10%) Amazon RDS
3 19 (5.48%) Pentaho
4 18 (5.19%) MongoDB
5 16 (4.61%) Amazon Redshift
5 16 (4.61%) Oracle Database
6 15 (4.32%) DynamoDB
7 14 (4.03%) Data Warehouse
8 13 (3.75%) MySQL
9 11 (3.17%) Amazon Aurora
9 11 (3.17%) NoSQL
9 11 (3.17%) Oracle Reports
9 11 (3.17%) Relational Database
10 9 (2.59%) SAS Enterprise Guide
10 9 (2.59%) SAS Visual Analytics
11 5 (1.44%) Amazon Athena
11 5 (1.44%) SAS Data Integration Studio
12 4 (1.15%) InfluxDB
13 3 (0.86%) Big Data
13 3 (0.86%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 78 (22.48%) Git
2 69 (19.88%) JIRA
3 59 (17.00%) Jenkins
4 47 (13.54%) GitLab
5 41 (11.82%) JUnit
6 27 (7.78%) Selenium
7 22 (6.34%) Cucumber
8 21 (6.05%) Maven
9 20 (5.76%) Mockito
10 15 (4.32%) JMeter
11 14 (4.03%) SonarQube
11 14 (4.03%) WebDriver
12 13 (3.75%) Postman
13 11 (3.17%) Zephyr
14 9 (2.59%) DbUnit
14 9 (2.59%) jMock
15 7 (2.02%) Bitbucket Server
16 6 (1.73%) Atlassian Bamboo
16 6 (1.73%) Liquibase
17 4 (1.15%) Bitbucket
General
1 133 (38.33%) Social Skills
2 58 (16.71%) Public Sector
3 48 (13.83%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (13.54%) Finance
5 18 (5.19%) Documentation Skills
6 15 (4.32%) Presentation Skills
7 14 (4.03%) Banking
8 10 (2.88%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (2.31%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (2.02%) Aeronautics
10 7 (2.02%) Financial Institution
11 4 (1.15%) Legal
12 2 (0.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.58%) Military
12 2 (0.58%) Retail
12 2 (0.58%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.29%) Advertising
13 1 (0.29%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.29%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 50 (14.41%) Analyst
2 43 (12.39%) Developer
3 39 (11.24%) Architect
4 34 (9.80%) Data Engineer
5 32 (9.22%) Senior
6 28 (8.07%) AWS Engineer
6 28 (8.07%) Lead
7 25 (7.20%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 25 (7.20%) Java Developer
8 23 (6.63%) Cloud Engineer
8 23 (6.63%) Tester
9 21 (6.05%) Storage Analyst
10 15 (4.32%) Business Analyst
11 13 (3.75%) DevOps Engineer
12 12 (3.46%) Site Engineer
12 12 (3.46%) Site Reliability Engineer
12 12 (3.46%) Solutions Architect
13 11 (3.17%) Senior Developer
14 10 (2.88%) QA Tester
14 10 (2.88%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (14.70%) Spring
2 41 (11.82%) REST
3 33 (9.51%) Spring Boot
4 25 (7.20%) RESTful
5 23 (6.63%) SOAP
6 19 (5.48%) JPA
6 19 (5.48%) Node.js
7 17 (4.90%) AngularJS
7 17 (4.90%) WireMock
8 16 (4.61%) Hibernate
8 16 (4.61%) JSON
8 16 (4.61%) React
8 16 (4.61%) Web Services
9 15 (4.32%) Flash
10 14 (4.03%) HTML
11 13 (3.75%) Elastic Stack
12 12 (3.46%) Spring Batch
12 12 (3.46%) Spring Cloud
13 11 (3.17%) SailPoint
13 11 (3.17%) Spring Integration
Miscellaneous
1 33 (9.51%) Distributed Systems
2 31 (8.93%) Linux Command Line
3 28 (8.07%) Cloud Native
4 19 (5.48%) Replication
5 12 (3.46%) Data Centre
6 11 (3.17%) Distributed Architecture
6 11 (3.17%) Hybrid Cloud
7 10 (2.88%) Product Ownership
8 9 (2.59%) Public Cloud
9 8 (2.31%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (2.31%) Onboarding
10 6 (1.73%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (1.73%) Private Cloud
11 4 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (1.15%) SCADA
11 4 (1.15%) Security Posture
12 3 (0.86%) Algorithms
12 3 (0.86%) Distributed Applications
13 2 (0.58%) Educational Technology
13 2 (0.58%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 79 (22.77%) Linux
2 26 (7.49%) Windows
3 15 (4.32%) Windows Server
4 10 (2.88%) Unix
5 7 (2.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.29%) Android
6 1 (0.29%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.29%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 167 (48.13%) Agile
2 139 (40.06%) CI/CD
3 95 (27.38%) DevOps
4 71 (20.46%) Microservices
5 66 (19.02%) Continuous Improvement
6 62 (17.87%) Containerisation
6 62 (17.87%) Stakeholder Management
7 61 (17.58%) Migration
8 53 (15.27%) Problem-Solving
9 51 (14.70%) Scrum
10 50 (14.41%) Infrastructure as Code
11 49 (14.12%) Test Automation
12 46 (13.26%) Mentoring
13 44 (12.68%) ETL
14 40 (11.53%) Analytics
14 40 (11.53%) TDD
15 38 (10.95%) Observability
16 34 (9.80%) Change Management
16 34 (9.80%) Software Engineering
16 34 (9.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 95 (27.38%) SQL
2 67 (19.31%) Python
3 64 (18.44%) Java
4 21 (6.05%) Bash
4 21 (6.05%) Shell Script
5 18 (5.19%) PowerShell
6 15 (4.32%) Go
7 11 (3.17%) JavaScript
8 6 (1.73%) Perl
8 6 (1.73%) Scala
9 5 (1.44%) BeanShell
10 4 (1.15%) Kotlin
10 4 (1.15%) TypeScript
11 3 (0.86%) PHP
11 3 (0.86%) Ruby
12 2 (0.58%) Groovy
13 1 (0.29%) C#
13 1 (0.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.29%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.29%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 163 (46.97%) Security Cleared
2 135 (38.90%) SC Cleared
3 27 (7.78%) AWS Certification
4 20 (5.76%) Degree
5 14 (4.03%) Cisco Certification
5 14 (4.03%) DV Cleared
6 13 (3.75%) Azure Certification
7 12 (3.46%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (3.46%) CISSP
8 11 (3.17%) ISTQB
9 10 (2.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 9 (2.59%) IIBA
11 8 (2.31%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (2.02%) CCIE
12 7 (2.02%) CCNP
12 7 (2.02%) Master's Degree
13 6 (1.73%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 6 (1.73%) CISM
13 6 (1.73%) Microsoft Certification
14 5 (1.44%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (8.36%) QA
2 23 (6.63%) GDPR
3 17 (4.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (4.32%) NIST
5 10 (2.88%) Data Quality
6 9 (2.59%) PCI DSS
7 6 (1.73%) WCAG
8 3 (0.86%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.86%) SLA
9 2 (0.58%) COBIT
10 1 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.29%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 98 (28.24%) Docker
2 38 (10.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 30 (8.65%) vSphere
4 23 (6.63%) Active Directory
5 15 (4.32%) GPFS
5 15 (4.32%) NFS
5 15 (4.32%) VMware ESXi
6 8 (2.31%) Postfix
7 4 (1.15%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.86%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.29%) Firmware
9 1 (0.29%) HDFS
9 1 (0.29%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 96 (27.67%) Kubernetes
2 69 (19.88%) Grafana
3 61 (17.58%) Terraform
4 48 (13.83%) Prometheus
5 34 (9.80%) Ansible
6 30 (8.65%) vRealize
7 15 (4.32%) VxRail
8 13 (3.75%) Progress Chef
9 10 (2.88%) Kibana
10 7 (2.02%) Microsoft Intune
10 7 (2.02%) Puppet
11 2 (0.58%) Argo
11 2 (0.58%) Docker Swarm
11 2 (0.58%) EMC NetWorker
11 2 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.29%) logstash
12 1 (0.29%) Nessus
12 1 (0.29%) Podman
12 1 (0.29%) QRadar
12 1 (0.29%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 76 (21.90%) Oracle
2 43 (12.39%) Cisco
2 43 (12.39%) Microsoft
3 39 (11.24%) VMware
4 34 (9.80%) IBM
5 33 (9.51%) ServiceNow
6 26 (7.49%) Talend
7 24 (6.92%) Splunk
8 23 (6.63%) AppDynamics
9 22 (6.34%) Informatica
10 20 (5.76%) SolarWinds
11 14 (4.03%) Commvault
11 14 (4.03%) Dell
12 13 (3.75%) Denodo
12 13 (3.75%) Dynatrace
13 12 (3.46%) HP
14 11 (3.17%) Jaspersoft
15 10 (2.88%) Atlassian
16 9 (2.59%) Cloudera
16 9 (2.59%) SAP