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 28 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 22 42
Rank change year-on-year +9 +20 -21
Contract jobs citing AWS 374 110 77
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 11.23% 7.43% 3.74%
As % of the Cloud Services category 37.55% 24.34% 15.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 252 73 46
10th Percentile £356 £400 £311
25th Percentile £413 £450 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £515 £503
Median % change year-on-year -7.77% +2.49% -6.94%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £655
90th Percentile £650 £700 £688
England median daily rate £550 £538 £565
% change year-on-year +2.33% -4.87% -5.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 2
10th Percentile £50.48 - £23.46
25th Percentile £65.00 - £28.71
Median hourly rate £70.00 - £37.48
75th Percentile £75.00 - £46.24
90th Percentile - - £51.50
England median hourly rate £70.00 £71.25 £46.18
% change year-on-year -1.75% +54.29% -36.74%

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 996 452 496
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 29.91% 30.52% 24.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 706 294 374
10th Percentile £313 £227 £206
25th Percentile £400 £388 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £592 £608
90th Percentile £671 £673 £688
England median daily rate £518 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +0.49% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 6 12
10th Percentile £22.50 £17.01 £14.14
25th Percentile £26.15 £21.88 £15.56
Median hourly rate £33.99 £34.43 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.28% +53.02% +11.17%
75th Percentile £71.42 £40.22 £26.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £51.30 £33.19
England median hourly rate £42.59 £25.15 £22.00
% change year-on-year +69.35% +14.32% -31.89%

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 28 June 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 28 June 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 28 June 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 +10 140 £469 +1.96% 21
Birmingham +7 90 £425 -15.00% 35
Warwickshire +3 33 £519 -17.00% 7
Coventry 0 33 £450 -13.25% 5
Solihull -3 33 £494 +9.72% 6
Worcestershire 0 10 £680 +23.64% 4
Staffordshire -2 3 £200 -63.64% 9
Herefordshire -6 3 £538 -23.21% 2
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 74 (19.79%) Confluence
2 60 (16.04%) SAS
3 25 (6.68%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (2.41%) Apache
5 7 (1.87%) Tuxedo
5 7 (1.87%) WebLogic
6 5 (1.34%) Apache Spark
7 4 (1.07%) SharePoint
8 3 (0.80%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.53%) CloudStack
10 1 (0.27%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.27%) CMS
10 1 (0.27%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.27%) nginx
10 1 (0.27%) OpenStack
Applications
1 3 (0.80%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.27%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (0.27%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.27%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.27%) Photoshop
2 1 (0.27%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 4 (1.07%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (1.07%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.80%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.53%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 157 (41.98%) Azure
2 64 (17.11%) Amazon S3
3 55 (14.71%) GitHub
4 54 (14.44%) GCP
5 45 (12.03%) Amazon EC2
6 43 (11.50%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 39 (10.43%) GitHub Actions
8 32 (8.56%) Serverless
9 29 (7.75%) AWS Lambda
10 24 (6.42%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 22 (5.88%) Amazon SQS
11 22 (5.88%) AWS KMS
12 20 (5.35%) Route 53
13 16 (4.28%) AWS CloudFormation
14 15 (4.01%) Amazon ECS
14 15 (4.01%) Amazon EKS
15 13 (3.48%) AWS CodePipeline
16 12 (3.21%) Azure DevOps
16 12 (3.21%) PaaS
16 12 (3.21%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.94%) Firewall
2 9 (2.41%) SD-WAN
2 9 (2.41%) WAN
3 7 (1.87%) DHCP
3 7 (1.87%) DNS
3 7 (1.87%) VPN
4 6 (1.60%) BGP
4 6 (1.60%) OSPF
5 5 (1.34%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (1.07%) Ethernet VPN
6 4 (1.07%) Network Security
6 4 (1.07%) VLAN
6 4 (1.07%) VSAN
6 4 (1.07%) VXLAN
7 3 (0.80%) BIG-IP
7 3 (0.80%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 3 (0.80%) LAN
7 3 (0.80%) WLAN
8 2 (0.53%) PBX
8 2 (0.53%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (11.23%) Amazon RDS
2 40 (10.70%) PostgreSQL
3 36 (9.63%) Pentaho
4 33 (8.82%) Data Warehouse
5 25 (6.68%) DynamoDB
6 22 (5.88%) Oracle Database
7 21 (5.61%) Oracle Reports
8 20 (5.35%) SAS Enterprise Guide
8 20 (5.35%) SAS Visual Analytics
9 19 (5.08%) Amazon Redshift
10 17 (4.55%) Amazon Aurora
11 14 (3.74%) Relational Database
12 12 (3.21%) MongoDB
13 11 (2.94%) MySQL
14 10 (2.67%) Power BI
15 9 (2.41%) Data Lake
16 7 (1.87%) Ingres
16 7 (1.87%) SQL Server
17 6 (1.60%) Amazon Athena
17 6 (1.60%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 96 (25.67%) JIRA
2 88 (23.53%) Git
3 78 (20.86%) GitLab
4 75 (20.05%) Jenkins
5 42 (11.23%) JUnit
6 26 (6.95%) Selenium
7 23 (6.15%) Maven
8 22 (5.88%) Zephyr
9 21 (5.61%) Mockito
9 21 (5.61%) SonarQube
10 20 (5.35%) Cucumber
11 19 (5.08%) JMeter
11 19 (5.08%) Postman
12 17 (4.55%) WebDriver
13 13 (3.48%) Artifactory
13 13 (3.48%) DbUnit
13 13 (3.48%) jMock
14 11 (2.94%) Bitbucket
14 11 (2.94%) Bitbucket Server
15 8 (2.14%) REST Assured
General
1 123 (32.89%) Social Skills
2 87 (23.26%) Public Sector
3 38 (10.16%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (5.88%) Finance
5 9 (2.41%) Banking
5 9 (2.41%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (2.14%) Documentation Skills
6 8 (2.14%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (1.87%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (1.07%) Legal
8 4 (1.07%) Retail
9 3 (0.80%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.53%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.53%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.27%) Advertising
11 1 (0.27%) Military
11 1 (0.27%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 58 (15.51%) Architect
2 55 (14.71%) Data Engineer
3 40 (10.70%) Developer
3 40 (10.70%) Senior
4 32 (8.56%) Tester
5 30 (8.02%) Lead
6 28 (7.49%) AWS Engineer
7 27 (7.22%) Java Developer
8 23 (6.15%) Analyst
9 17 (4.55%) DevOps Engineer
9 17 (4.55%) QA Tester
10 15 (4.01%) Scrum Master
11 14 (3.74%) AWS Data Engineer
11 14 (3.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 13 (3.48%) Cloud Engineer
12 13 (3.48%) Solutions Architect
13 12 (3.21%) Cloud Architect
13 12 (3.21%) Technical Architect
14 10 (2.67%) Automation Tester
14 10 (2.67%) Release Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (12.83%) Spring
2 32 (8.56%) Spring Boot
3 29 (7.75%) REST
4 22 (5.88%) SOAP
5 21 (5.61%) JPA
6 20 (5.35%) AngularJS
6 20 (5.35%) Node.js
7 19 (5.08%) Spring Cloud
7 19 (5.08%) Web Services
8 18 (4.81%) WireMock
9 17 (4.55%) ActiveMQ
9 17 (4.55%) Hibernate
9 17 (4.55%) Spring Batch
9 17 (4.55%) Spring Integration
10 14 (3.74%) RESTful
11 13 (3.48%) PowerMock
12 11 (2.94%) Bootstrap
12 11 (2.94%) Flash
13 10 (2.67%) AWS CDK
14 9 (2.41%) React
Miscellaneous
1 34 (9.09%) Cloud Native
1 34 (9.09%) Distributed Systems
2 23 (6.15%) Hybrid Cloud
3 21 (5.61%) Product Ownership
4 14 (3.74%) Data Centre
4 14 (3.74%) Distributed Architecture
5 13 (3.48%) Replication
6 12 (3.21%) Onboarding
7 11 (2.94%) Linux Command Line
8 9 (2.41%) Data Protection Act
8 9 (2.41%) Private Cloud
9 8 (2.14%) Enterprise Cloud
10 6 (1.60%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (1.60%) Low-Code
10 6 (1.60%) Operational Technology
10 6 (1.60%) Public Cloud
11 5 (1.34%) Legacy Systems
12 3 (0.80%) Data Fabric
12 3 (0.80%) Distributed Applications
12 3 (0.80%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 59 (15.78%) Linux
2 26 (6.95%) Windows
3 21 (5.61%) Unix
4 11 (2.94%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.80%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.53%) AIX
7 2 (0.53%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.53%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.27%) Android
8 1 (0.27%) Kali Linux
8 1 (0.27%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 182 (48.66%) Agile
2 156 (41.71%) CI/CD
3 120 (32.09%) DevOps
4 101 (27.01%) Migration
5 90 (24.06%) Test Automation
6 73 (19.52%) Containerisation
6 73 (19.52%) Continuous Improvement
7 67 (17.91%) ETL
7 67 (17.91%) Scrum
8 59 (15.78%) Infrastructure as Code
8 59 (15.78%) Microservices
9 56 (14.97%) Analytics
10 55 (14.71%) Stakeholder Management
11 49 (13.10%) Validation
12 47 (12.57%) TDD
13 46 (12.30%) Observability
14 45 (12.03%) Data Integration
15 43 (11.50%) Data Modelling
16 41 (10.96%) Problem-Solving
16 41 (10.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 135 (36.10%) SQL
2 66 (17.65%) Python
3 52 (13.90%) Java
4 20 (5.35%) Bash
5 12 (3.21%) PL/SQL
5 12 (3.21%) PowerShell
5 12 (3.21%) Shell Script
6 11 (2.94%) JavaScript
7 7 (1.87%) TypeScript
7 7 (1.87%) VB
7 7 (1.87%) VB6
8 5 (1.34%) C
8 5 (1.34%) Go
8 5 (1.34%) Perl
9 2 (0.53%) Bicep
9 2 (0.53%) Groovy
9 2 (0.53%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.27%) Scala
10 1 (0.27%) Swift
Qualifications
1 223 (59.63%) Security Cleared
2 189 (50.53%) SC Cleared
3 22 (5.88%) ISTQB
4 20 (5.35%) AWS Certification
5 17 (4.55%) BPSS Clearance
6 13 (3.48%) Degree
7 11 (2.94%) Azure Certification
7 11 (2.94%) SAFe Agilist
8 10 (2.67%) DV Cleared
9 9 (2.41%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 9 (2.41%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (1.34%) CCNA
10 5 (1.34%) CISSP
10 5 (1.34%) IIBA
11 4 (1.07%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (1.07%) SAS Certification
12 3 (0.80%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.53%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 2 (0.53%) CCNP
13 2 (0.53%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (12.30%) QA
2 15 (4.01%) Data Quality
3 10 (2.67%) GDPR
4 9 (2.41%) NIST
5 8 (2.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (2.14%) SLA
6 7 (1.87%) Accessibility
7 5 (1.34%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.80%) WCAG
9 2 (0.53%) COBIT
9 2 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.27%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 95 (25.40%) Docker
2 17 (4.55%) VMware Infrastructure
2 17 (4.55%) vSphere
3 15 (4.01%) VMware ESXi
4 13 (3.48%) Active Directory
5 11 (2.94%) GPFS
5 11 (2.94%) NFS
5 11 (2.94%) Postfix
6 5 (1.34%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.53%) Firmware
8 1 (0.27%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.27%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 76 (20.32%) Kubernetes
2 65 (17.38%) Grafana
3 59 (15.78%) Terraform
4 42 (11.23%) Prometheus
5 20 (5.35%) Ansible
6 10 (2.67%) vRealize
7 9 (2.41%) Progress Chef
8 6 (1.60%) Microsoft Intune
9 5 (1.34%) Puppet
10 4 (1.07%) Kibana
10 4 (1.07%) VxRail
11 3 (0.80%) SCCM
12 2 (0.53%) Argo
12 2 (0.53%) Check_MK
13 1 (0.27%) Control-M
13 1 (0.27%) Data Guard
13 1 (0.27%) Istio
13 1 (0.27%) Nessus
13 1 (0.27%) Oracle RMAN
13 1 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 116 (31.02%) Oracle
2 52 (13.90%) Talend
3 38 (10.16%) Microsoft
4 33 (8.82%) ServiceNow
5 32 (8.56%) Informatica
6 31 (8.29%) Denodo
7 23 (6.15%) VMware
8 19 (5.08%) Cisco
9 17 (4.55%) Jaspersoft
10 15 (4.01%) Splunk
11 14 (3.74%) Atlassian
11 14 (3.74%) Databricks
12 13 (3.48%) IBM
13 11 (2.94%) Cloudera
14 9 (2.41%) Dynatrace
15 7 (1.87%) Red Hat
15 7 (1.87%) SAP
16 6 (1.60%) Google
17 5 (1.34%) Actian
18 4 (1.07%) BeyondTrust