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

6 months to
20 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 25 45
Rank change year-on-year +14 +20 -26
Contract jobs citing AWS 345 84 73
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 11.25% 6.18% 3.80%
As % of the Cloud Services category 37.14% 18.46% 15.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 235 56 58
10th Percentile £313 £410 £313
25th Percentile £400 £455 £341
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £520 £538
Median % change year-on-year -8.65% -3.26% -0.46%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £650
90th Percentile £650 £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 £72.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +3.45% +31.82% -19.71%

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 929 455 460
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 30.30% 33.46% 23.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 663 320 356
10th Percentile £313 £200 £213
25th Percentile £400 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £500 £469
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% +6.67% -7.64%
75th Percentile £575 £605 £600
90th Percentile £667 £700 £684
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 £60.79 £23.62 £26.50
90th Percentile £67.84 £38.49 £55.00
England median hourly rate £43.61 £26.50 £20.87
% change year-on-year +64.57% +26.98% -26.33%

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 20 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 20 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 20 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 -5 100 £467 -5.31% 16
Birmingham +5 73 £475 -13.64% 39
Coventry +11 58 £402 -34.37% 14
Warwickshire +20 37 £525 +5.00% 15
Solihull 0 20 £500 +19.05%
Worcestershire +8 19 £725 +3.57% 5
Herefordshire -6 10 £550 -21.43% 5
Staffordshire -3 2 £325 -40.91% 12
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 60 (17.39%) Confluence
2 40 (11.59%) SAS
3 15 (4.35%) Apache Airflow
4 13 (3.77%) WebLogic
5 11 (3.19%) Apache
6 5 (1.45%) Anypoint
7 4 (1.16%) Apache Spark
7 4 (1.16%) JBoss
7 4 (1.16%) SharePoint
8 3 (0.87%) OpenStack
8 3 (0.87%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.29%) CMS
9 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.29%) nginx
Applications
1 8 (2.32%) MS Visio
2 6 (1.74%) 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 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (0.87%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.58%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 155 (44.93%) Azure
2 58 (16.81%) GCP
3 57 (16.52%) Amazon S3
4 37 (10.72%) Amazon EC2
5 31 (8.99%) GitHub
6 28 (8.12%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 26 (7.54%) Serverless
8 24 (6.96%) GitHub Actions
9 23 (6.67%) AWS Lambda
10 22 (6.38%) Datadog
11 20 (5.80%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 19 (5.51%) Amazon SQS
12 19 (5.51%) AWS KMS
13 17 (4.93%) Route 53
14 15 (4.35%) Entra ID
15 14 (4.06%) AWS CloudFormation
16 12 (3.48%) Amazon EKS
17 11 (3.19%) OpenShift
18 8 (2.32%) Azure DevOps
19 7 (2.03%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (5.22%) VPN
2 17 (4.93%) Firewall
3 16 (4.64%) VSAN
4 14 (4.06%) Network Security
5 10 (2.90%) SD-WAN
5 10 (2.90%) WAN
6 7 (2.03%) BGP
6 7 (2.03%) DHCP
6 7 (2.03%) DNS
6 7 (2.03%) LAN
6 7 (2.03%) OSPF
6 7 (2.03%) VLAN
6 7 (2.03%) WLAN
7 6 (1.74%) MPLS
7 6 (1.74%) VXLAN
8 5 (1.45%) EIGRP
8 5 (1.45%) HTTPS
8 5 (1.45%) IPv4
8 5 (1.45%) IPv6
9 4 (1.16%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (12.75%) Amazon RDS
2 36 (10.43%) PostgreSQL
3 22 (6.38%) Pentaho
4 18 (5.22%) Data Warehouse
4 18 (5.22%) DynamoDB
5 17 (4.93%) Amazon Redshift
6 15 (4.35%) MongoDB
6 15 (4.35%) Oracle Database
7 14 (4.06%) Amazon Aurora
7 14 (4.06%) Oracle Reports
8 11 (3.19%) Relational Database
9 10 (2.90%) MySQL
10 9 (2.61%) SAS Enterprise Guide
10 9 (2.61%) SAS Visual Analytics
11 5 (1.45%) Amazon Athena
11 5 (1.45%) NoSQL
11 5 (1.45%) SAS Data Integration Studio
12 4 (1.16%) InfluxDB
13 3 (0.87%) Big Data
13 3 (0.87%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 79 (22.90%) Git
2 73 (21.16%) JIRA
3 52 (15.07%) Jenkins
4 40 (11.59%) JUnit
5 37 (10.72%) GitLab
6 24 (6.96%) Selenium
7 21 (6.09%) Maven
8 19 (5.51%) Mockito
9 18 (5.22%) Cucumber
10 17 (4.93%) SonarQube
11 15 (4.35%) JMeter
11 15 (4.35%) Postman
12 14 (4.06%) WebDriver
12 14 (4.06%) Zephyr
13 11 (3.19%) DbUnit
13 11 (3.19%) jMock
14 9 (2.61%) Bitbucket Server
15 6 (1.74%) Atlassian Bamboo
16 5 (1.45%) Bitbucket
17 4 (1.16%) Eclipse
General
1 121 (35.07%) Social Skills
2 61 (17.68%) Public Sector
3 48 (13.91%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (11.59%) Finance
5 17 (4.93%) Documentation Skills
6 14 (4.06%) Presentation Skills
7 11 (3.19%) Influencing Skills
8 9 (2.61%) Banking
9 8 (2.32%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (2.03%) Aeronautics
11 3 (0.87%) Legal
11 3 (0.87%) Retail
12 2 (0.58%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.29%) Advertising
13 1 (0.29%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.29%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.29%) Military
13 1 (0.29%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 55 (15.94%) Analyst
2 41 (11.88%) Developer
3 40 (11.59%) Architect
4 37 (10.72%) Data Engineer
5 31 (8.99%) Senior
6 27 (7.83%) Lead
7 26 (7.54%) Infrastructure Analyst
8 25 (7.25%) Java Developer
9 23 (6.67%) AWS Engineer
9 23 (6.67%) Tester
10 22 (6.38%) Storage Analyst
11 18 (5.22%) Cloud Engineer
12 14 (4.06%) Business Analyst
13 12 (3.48%) DevOps Engineer
14 11 (3.19%) Solutions Architect
15 10 (2.90%) Automation Tester
15 10 (2.90%) QA Tester
15 10 (2.90%) Senior Developer
15 10 (2.90%) Site Engineer
15 10 (2.90%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (14.20%) Spring
2 37 (10.72%) REST
3 31 (8.99%) Spring Boot
4 25 (7.25%) SOAP
5 19 (5.51%) AngularJS
5 19 (5.51%) Hibernate
5 19 (5.51%) JPA
6 18 (5.22%) Node.js
7 17 (4.93%) RESTful
8 16 (4.64%) Flash
8 16 (4.64%) Web Services
8 16 (4.64%) WireMock
9 15 (4.35%) Spring Batch
9 15 (4.35%) Spring Cloud
10 14 (4.06%) ActiveMQ
10 14 (4.06%) Spring Integration
11 13 (3.77%) JSON
11 13 (3.77%) React
12 11 (3.19%) HTML
12 11 (3.19%) PowerMock
Miscellaneous
1 30 (8.70%) Linux Command Line
2 27 (7.83%) Distributed Systems
3 25 (7.25%) Cloud Native
4 20 (5.80%) Replication
5 12 (3.48%) Data Centre
6 11 (3.19%) Distributed Architecture
6 11 (3.19%) Hybrid Cloud
7 10 (2.90%) Onboarding
7 10 (2.90%) Product Ownership
8 8 (2.32%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (2.03%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (1.74%) Private Cloud
11 4 (1.16%) SCADA
11 4 (1.16%) Security Posture
12 3 (0.87%) Algorithms
12 3 (0.87%) Distributed Applications
12 3 (0.87%) Legacy Systems
12 3 (0.87%) Public Cloud
13 2 (0.58%) Educational Technology
13 2 (0.58%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 72 (20.87%) Linux
2 25 (7.25%) Windows
3 14 (4.06%) Windows Server
4 11 (3.19%) Unix
5 7 (2.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.29%) Android
6 1 (0.29%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.29%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 169 (48.99%) Agile
2 132 (38.26%) CI/CD
3 92 (26.67%) DevOps
4 68 (19.71%) Migration
5 67 (19.42%) Continuous Improvement
6 60 (17.39%) Microservices
6 60 (17.39%) Stakeholder Management
7 55 (15.94%) Containerisation
8 52 (15.07%) Scrum
8 52 (15.07%) Test Automation
9 49 (14.20%) Problem-Solving
10 47 (13.62%) ETL
11 45 (13.04%) Infrastructure as Code
11 45 (13.04%) Mentoring
12 42 (12.17%) TDD
13 39 (11.30%) Analytics
13 39 (11.30%) Observability
14 37 (10.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 33 (9.57%) Validation
16 30 (8.70%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 103 (29.86%) SQL
2 59 (17.10%) Java
3 58 (16.81%) Python
4 20 (5.80%) Bash
5 19 (5.51%) Shell Script
6 17 (4.93%) PowerShell
7 9 (2.61%) JavaScript
8 7 (2.03%) Go
9 6 (1.74%) Perl
10 5 (1.45%) BeanShell
10 5 (1.45%) Scala
11 4 (1.16%) TypeScript
12 3 (0.87%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.58%) Bicep
13 2 (0.58%) Groovy
14 1 (0.29%) C#
14 1 (0.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 1 (0.29%) PHP
14 1 (0.29%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.29%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 169 (48.99%) Security Cleared
2 144 (41.74%) SC Cleared
3 27 (7.83%) AWS Certification
4 16 (4.64%) Degree
5 14 (4.06%) Cisco Certification
5 14 (4.06%) DV Cleared
5 14 (4.06%) ISTQB
6 13 (3.77%) Azure Certification
7 12 (3.48%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (3.48%) CISSP
8 10 (2.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 9 (2.61%) IIBA
10 7 (2.03%) CCIE
10 7 (2.03%) CCNP
11 6 (1.74%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 6 (1.74%) CISM
12 5 (1.45%) CCNA
12 5 (1.45%) CCSP
12 5 (1.45%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (1.16%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (9.57%) QA
2 23 (6.67%) GDPR
3 16 (4.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (4.35%) NIST
5 11 (3.19%) Data Quality
6 9 (2.61%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.87%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.87%) SLA
7 3 (0.87%) WCAG
8 2 (0.58%) COBIT
8 2 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.29%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 92 (26.67%) Docker
2 38 (11.01%) VMware Infrastructure
3 31 (8.99%) vSphere
4 21 (6.09%) Active Directory
5 16 (4.64%) GPFS
5 16 (4.64%) NFS
5 16 (4.64%) VMware ESXi
6 10 (2.90%) Postfix
7 4 (1.16%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.58%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.29%) Firmware
9 1 (0.29%) HDFS
9 1 (0.29%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 79 (22.90%) Kubernetes
2 63 (18.26%) Grafana
3 56 (16.23%) Terraform
4 42 (12.17%) Prometheus
5 31 (8.99%) vRealize
6 28 (8.12%) Ansible
7 16 (4.64%) VxRail
8 12 (3.48%) Progress Chef
9 7 (2.03%) Kibana
9 7 (2.03%) Microsoft Intune
9 7 (2.03%) Puppet
10 3 (0.87%) Argo
11 2 (0.58%) Docker Swarm
11 2 (0.58%) EMC NetWorker
12 1 (0.29%) Control-M
12 1 (0.29%) logstash
12 1 (0.29%) Nessus
12 1 (0.29%) Podman
12 1 (0.29%) QRadar
12 1 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 79 (22.90%) Oracle
2 44 (12.75%) Cisco
3 42 (12.17%) Microsoft
4 39 (11.30%) VMware
5 36 (10.43%) ServiceNow
6 35 (10.14%) IBM
7 30 (8.70%) Talend
8 24 (6.96%) Informatica
9 23 (6.67%) AppDynamics
10 21 (6.09%) SolarWinds
11 18 (5.22%) Splunk
12 14 (4.06%) Commvault
12 14 (4.06%) Dell
12 14 (4.06%) Jaspersoft
13 13 (3.77%) Dynatrace
14 12 (3.48%) Atlassian
14 12 (3.48%) Denodo
14 12 (3.48%) HP
15 9 (2.61%) Cloudera
15 9 (2.61%) SAP