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 9 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 21 39
Rank change year-on-year +8 +18 -18
Contract jobs citing AWS 394 135 75
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 11.27% 7.95% 4.04%
As % of the Cloud Services category 35.92% 25.38% 15.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 262 87 43
10th Percentile £358 £370 £313
25th Percentile £425 £450 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -11.83%
75th Percentile £588 £568 £653
90th Percentile £670 £638 £685
England median daily rate £550 £530 £575
% change year-on-year +3.77% -7.83% -4.17%
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% -35.19%

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 1,097 532 489
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 31.39% 31.33% 26.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 761 343 360
10th Percentile £313 £300 £224
25th Percentile £403 £401 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £613
90th Percentile £675 £700 £688
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 8 7
10th Percentile £21.06 £17.70 £14.20
25th Percentile £21.88 £27.19 £15.13
Median hourly rate £33.99 £34.43 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.28% +53.02% +18.42%
75th Percentile £67.84 £41.56 £32.62
90th Percentile £75.00 £58.96 £42.36
England median hourly rate £35.50 £26.00 £24.17
% change year-on-year +36.54% +7.59% -26.77%

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 9 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 9 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 9 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 +2 154 £471 -10.20% 21
Birmingham +9 85 £425 -10.53% 53
Solihull 0 41 £500 +11.11% 5
Warwickshire +9 38 £500 -19.68% 16
Coventry -5 33 £475 -8.43% 10
Worcestershire 0 7 £450 -18.18% 11
Staffordshire -4 3 £200 - 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 63 (15.99%) Confluence
2 56 (14.21%) SAS
3 21 (5.33%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (1.78%) Tuxedo
5 5 (1.27%) Apache
6 4 (1.02%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.76%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.76%) Oracle Workflow
7 3 (0.76%) SharePoint
7 3 (0.76%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.51%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.51%) CloudStack
9 1 (0.25%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.25%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.25%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 1 (0.25%) Adobe XD
1 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.25%) MS Visio
1 1 (0.25%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 5 (1.27%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.76%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.25%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.25%) Maximo
4 1 (0.25%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 167 (42.39%) Azure
2 66 (16.75%) Amazon S3
2 66 (16.75%) GitHub
3 57 (14.47%) GCP
4 50 (12.69%) Amazon EC2
5 49 (12.44%) GitHub Actions
6 48 (12.18%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 40 (10.15%) Serverless
8 36 (9.14%) AWS Lambda
9 27 (6.85%) Amazon EKS
10 26 (6.60%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 23 (5.84%) Amazon ECS
11 23 (5.84%) Amazon SQS
12 20 (5.08%) AWS KMS
13 19 (4.82%) AWS CloudFormation
14 17 (4.31%) Azure DevOps
15 16 (4.06%) Route 53
16 13 (3.30%) Power Platform
17 12 (3.05%) AWS CodePipeline
17 12 (3.05%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.28%) Firewall
2 8 (2.03%) SD-WAN
2 8 (2.03%) WAN
3 7 (1.78%) DHCP
3 7 (1.78%) DNS
4 5 (1.27%) BGP
4 5 (1.27%) NetScaler
4 5 (1.27%) Network Security
4 5 (1.27%) OSPF
4 5 (1.27%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (1.02%) Ethernet VPN
5 4 (1.02%) VPN
5 4 (1.02%) VXLAN
6 3 (0.76%) BIG-IP
6 3 (0.76%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 3 (0.76%) LAN
6 3 (0.76%) VLAN
6 3 (0.76%) VSAN
6 3 (0.76%) WLAN
7 2 (0.51%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (10.66%) PostgreSQL
2 40 (10.15%) Data Warehouse
3 39 (9.90%) Pentaho
4 37 (9.39%) Amazon RDS
5 24 (6.09%) DynamoDB
6 23 (5.84%) Oracle Database
6 23 (5.84%) Oracle Reports
7 20 (5.08%) SAS Enterprise Guide
7 20 (5.08%) SAS Visual Analytics
8 18 (4.57%) MySQL
9 15 (3.81%) Amazon Aurora
10 13 (3.30%) Amazon Redshift
10 13 (3.30%) MongoDB
11 12 (3.05%) Relational Database
12 11 (2.79%) Data Lake
12 11 (2.79%) Power BI
13 10 (2.54%) SQL Server
14 9 (2.28%) Metadata
15 7 (1.78%) Amazon Athena
16 6 (1.52%) Ingres
Development Applications
1 96 (24.37%) Git
2 92 (23.35%) GitLab
3 87 (22.08%) JIRA
4 80 (20.30%) Jenkins
5 48 (12.18%) JUnit
6 31 (7.87%) Selenium
7 26 (6.60%) Cucumber
8 25 (6.35%) SonarQube
9 24 (6.09%) Zephyr
10 23 (5.84%) Maven
11 22 (5.58%) Postman
12 20 (5.08%) Mockito
13 18 (4.57%) JMeter
14 17 (4.31%) WebDriver
15 13 (3.30%) Artifactory
16 12 (3.05%) Bitbucket
16 12 (3.05%) Gatling
17 11 (2.79%) Bitbucket Server
17 11 (2.79%) DbUnit
17 11 (2.79%) jMock
General
1 127 (32.23%) Social Skills
2 93 (23.60%) Public Sector
3 29 (7.36%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (2.79%) Finance
5 10 (2.54%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (1.78%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (1.52%) Banking
7 6 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (1.52%) Legal
8 5 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (0.76%) Manufacturing
9 3 (0.76%) Military
9 3 (0.76%) Retail
10 2 (0.51%) Advertising
10 2 (0.51%) Front Office
10 2 (0.51%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.51%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.25%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 69 (17.51%) Architect
2 60 (15.23%) Data Engineer
3 44 (11.17%) Senior
4 35 (8.88%) Developer
5 32 (8.12%) Tester
6 31 (7.87%) AWS Engineer
6 31 (7.87%) Lead
7 24 (6.09%) Scrum Master
8 23 (5.84%) Java Developer
9 20 (5.08%) Solutions Architect
10 18 (4.57%) DevOps Engineer
11 17 (4.31%) QA Tester
12 15 (3.81%) AWS Data Engineer
13 14 (3.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 14 (3.55%) Technical Architect
14 12 (3.05%) Analyst
14 12 (3.05%) Cloud Architect
14 12 (3.05%) Cloud Engineer
15 10 (2.54%) AWS DevOps
15 10 (2.54%) Release Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (14.97%) Spring
2 39 (9.90%) Spring Boot
3 31 (7.87%) REST
4 24 (6.09%) RESTful
5 22 (5.58%) SOAP
6 21 (5.33%) WireMock
7 20 (5.08%) JPA
8 19 (4.82%) AngularJS
8 19 (4.82%) Node.js
8 19 (4.82%) Web Services
9 18 (4.57%) Spring Cloud
10 17 (4.31%) ActiveMQ
10 17 (4.31%) Hibernate
11 15 (3.81%) Playwright
11 15 (3.81%) Spring Batch
11 15 (3.81%) Spring Integration
12 13 (3.30%) Elastic Stack
12 13 (3.30%) React
13 11 (2.79%) Bootstrap
13 11 (2.79%) PowerMock
Miscellaneous
1 46 (11.68%) Cloud Native
2 35 (8.88%) Distributed Systems
3 30 (7.61%) Product Ownership
4 24 (6.09%) Hybrid Cloud
5 16 (4.06%) Private Cloud
6 14 (3.55%) Distributed Architecture
7 12 (3.05%) Data Centre
8 11 (2.79%) Data Protection Act
8 11 (2.79%) Onboarding
8 11 (2.79%) Public Cloud
8 11 (2.79%) Replication
9 8 (2.03%) Enterprise Cloud
10 7 (1.78%) Linux Command Line
10 7 (1.78%) Operational Technology
11 6 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
11 6 (1.52%) Low-Code
12 5 (1.27%) Analytical Mindset
12 5 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
13 3 (0.76%) Algorithms
13 3 (0.76%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 47 (11.93%) Linux
2 23 (5.84%) Windows
3 22 (5.58%) Unix
4 11 (2.79%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.27%) AIX
6 3 (0.76%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.51%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.51%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.25%) Android
8 1 (0.25%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 194 (49.24%) Agile
2 167 (42.39%) CI/CD
3 127 (32.23%) DevOps
4 107 (27.16%) Test Automation
5 101 (25.63%) Migration
6 81 (20.56%) Scrum
7 80 (20.30%) Continuous Improvement
8 77 (19.54%) Containerisation
9 72 (18.27%) Infrastructure as Code
10 70 (17.77%) Microservices
11 67 (17.01%) ETL
12 57 (14.47%) Observability
12 57 (14.47%) Stakeholder Management
13 53 (13.45%) TDD
14 51 (12.94%) Data Integration
15 50 (12.69%) Analytics
16 49 (12.44%) Test Strategy
17 47 (11.93%) Technical Leadership
17 47 (11.93%) Validation
18 46 (11.68%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 128 (32.49%) SQL
2 70 (17.77%) Java
3 65 (16.50%) Python
4 26 (6.60%) Bash
5 20 (5.08%) JavaScript
6 15 (3.81%) PowerShell
7 12 (3.05%) PL/SQL
8 8 (2.03%) TypeScript
9 7 (1.78%) Go
9 7 (1.78%) VB
9 7 (1.78%) VB6
10 6 (1.52%) Shell Script
11 5 (1.27%) C
12 3 (0.76%) Bicep
12 3 (0.76%) Perl
12 3 (0.76%) R
12 3 (0.76%) Scala
13 2 (0.51%) Kotlin
14 1 (0.25%) Groovy
14 1 (0.25%) Swift
Qualifications
1 222 (56.35%) Security Cleared
2 191 (48.48%) SC Cleared
3 25 (6.35%) AWS Certification
4 24 (6.09%) ISTQB
5 20 (5.08%) BPSS Clearance
6 14 (3.55%) Degree
7 12 (3.05%) Azure Certification
8 11 (2.79%) SAFe Agilist
9 10 (2.54%) DV Cleared
10 9 (2.28%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 6 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
11 6 (1.52%) CISSP
12 5 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
13 4 (1.02%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 4 (1.02%) SAS Certification
14 2 (0.51%) CCNA
14 2 (0.51%) CCNP
14 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
14 2 (0.51%) OCP
14 2 (0.51%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (12.44%) QA
2 13 (3.30%) Accessibility
2 13 (3.30%) Data Quality
3 11 (2.79%) NIST
4 9 (2.28%) WCAG
5 8 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (2.03%) SLA
6 6 (1.52%) GDPR
7 4 (1.02%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.25%) COBIT
8 1 (0.25%) GRC
8 1 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 104 (26.40%) Docker
2 15 (3.81%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (3.81%) vSphere
3 13 (3.30%) Active Directory
3 13 (3.30%) VMware ESXi
4 9 (2.28%) Postfix
5 7 (1.78%) GPFS
5 7 (1.78%) NFS
6 5 (1.27%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.51%) Firmware
8 1 (0.25%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.25%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 85 (21.57%) Kubernetes
2 62 (15.74%) Grafana
3 61 (15.48%) Terraform
4 41 (10.41%) Prometheus
5 20 (5.08%) Ansible
6 8 (2.03%) Progress Chef
6 8 (2.03%) Puppet
7 6 (1.52%) vRealize
8 4 (1.02%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (0.76%) Kibana
9 3 (0.76%) SCCM
9 3 (0.76%) VxRail
10 2 (0.51%) Argo
10 2 (0.51%) Check_MK
11 1 (0.25%) Data Guard
11 1 (0.25%) Istio
11 1 (0.25%) Oracle RMAN
11 1 (0.25%) Podman
11 1 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 120 (30.46%) Oracle
2 51 (12.94%) Talend
3 33 (8.38%) Microsoft
4 30 (7.61%) Denodo
5 28 (7.11%) Informatica
6 25 (6.35%) ServiceNow
7 24 (6.09%) VMware
8 19 (4.82%) Cisco
9 15 (3.81%) Databricks
9 15 (3.81%) Jaspersoft
10 14 (3.55%) Splunk
11 12 (3.05%) Atlassian
12 11 (2.79%) Cloudera
13 10 (2.54%) IBM
14 7 (1.78%) SAP
15 6 (1.52%) Google
16 5 (1.27%) Actian
16 5 (1.27%) Red Hat
16 5 (1.27%) Sage
16 5 (1.27%) Salesforce