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 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 41 21
Rank change year-on-year +30 -20 -11
Contract jobs citing AWS 285 78 131
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 12.36% 4.71% 7.31%
As % of the Cloud Services category 35.63% 14.18% 22.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 189 41 99
10th Percentile £311 £363 £311
25th Percentile £413 £419 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.42% -1.40% -7.41%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £600
90th Percentile £681 £700 £693
England median daily rate £525 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £75.75 - -
Median hourly rate £76.50 - -
75th Percentile £77.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £84.00 £46.18 £46.18
% change year-on-year +81.90% - -24.60%

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 800 550 589
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 34.71% 33.21% 32.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 572 368 434
10th Percentile £303 £210 £200
25th Percentile £413 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year +0.55% +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £612 £588
90th Percentile £688 £688 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 18 8
10th Percentile £25.12 £15.95 £17.50
25th Percentile £27.21 £17.00 £17.69
Median hourly rate £28.61 £20.24 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year +41.33% +9.41% +12.12%
75th Percentile £41.56 £34.69 £19.38
90th Percentile £63.95 £35.00 £30.33
England median hourly rate £27.50 £28.46 £23.61
% change year-on-year -3.36% +20.52% +3.48%

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 31 December 2025.

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
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 31 December 2025. 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
Birmingham +25 84 £500 +2.56% 168
Shropshire -6 73 £496 +0.92% 251
Coventry +12 45 £356 -25.00% 133
Warwickshire +13 32 £563 +12.50% 16
Worcestershire -1 19 £600 +71.43% 117
Herefordshire -8 9 £550 -
Staffordshire 0 3 £394 -28.41% 139
Solihull - 2 - -
Wolverhampton - 2 £425 - 122
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 34 (11.93%) Confluence
2 25 (8.77%) Apache
3 23 (8.07%) WebLogic
4 18 (6.32%) SAS
5 13 (4.56%) nginx
6 10 (3.51%) Apache Airflow
7 9 (3.16%) JBoss
8 7 (2.46%) OpenStack
9 4 (1.40%) Anypoint
9 4 (1.40%) Oracle Workflow
10 3 (1.05%) Apache Spark
11 2 (0.70%) Drupal
11 2 (0.70%) SharePoint
12 1 (0.35%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 10 (3.51%) Mozilla Thunderbird
2 7 (2.46%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (2.46%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.35%) CATIA
3 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.35%) Revit
Business Applications
1 1 (0.35%) MIS ActiveH
1 1 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 147 (51.58%) Azure
2 68 (23.86%) GCP
3 42 (14.74%) Amazon S3
4 34 (11.93%) Amazon EC2
5 31 (10.88%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 27 (9.47%) Serverless
7 26 (9.12%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 26 (9.12%) Datadog
8 25 (8.77%) AWS KMS
9 22 (7.72%) Amazon ELB
10 19 (6.67%) GitHub
11 17 (5.96%) Azure Monitor
12 16 (5.61%) Amazon EKS
12 16 (5.61%) Microsoft 365
13 15 (5.26%) Entra ID
13 15 (5.26%) GitHub Actions
14 14 (4.91%) AWS Lambda
14 14 (4.91%) OpenShift
15 13 (4.56%) AWS CloudFormation
16 12 (4.21%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 49 (17.19%) Firewall
2 32 (11.23%) DNS
3 18 (6.32%) HTTP
3 18 (6.32%) VPN
4 17 (5.96%) FTP
4 17 (5.96%) SMTP
4 17 (5.96%) SSH
5 13 (4.56%) Network Security
5 13 (4.56%) VSAN
6 11 (3.86%) DHCP
7 10 (3.51%) IMAP
7 10 (3.51%) OpenLDAP
8 8 (2.81%) LAN
8 8 (2.81%) SD-WAN
8 8 (2.81%) Wireshark
9 7 (2.46%) WAN
9 7 (2.46%) WLAN
10 6 (2.11%) TCP/IP
11 5 (1.75%) IPv4
11 5 (1.75%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (11.58%) Amazon RDS
2 31 (10.88%) PostgreSQL
3 18 (6.32%) MongoDB
4 15 (5.26%) NoSQL
5 11 (3.86%) Relational Database
6 10 (3.51%) Amazon Aurora
6 10 (3.51%) Oracle Database
7 9 (3.16%) SAS Enterprise Guide
7 9 (3.16%) SAS Visual Analytics
8 8 (2.81%) MySQL
9 7 (2.46%) Amazon Redshift
10 5 (1.75%) Amazon Athena
11 4 (1.40%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (1.40%) InfluxDB
11 4 (1.40%) SAS Data Integration Studio
12 3 (1.05%) Hadoop
13 2 (0.70%) Big Data
13 2 (0.70%) Elasticsearch
13 2 (0.70%) Oracle Reports
13 2 (0.70%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 56 (19.65%) Jenkins
2 54 (18.95%) Git
3 46 (16.14%) GitLab
4 37 (12.98%) JIRA
5 21 (7.37%) JUnit
6 19 (6.67%) Selenium
7 17 (5.96%) Vagrant
8 11 (3.86%) Maven
9 10 (3.51%) Liquibase
10 8 (2.81%) Eclipse
10 8 (2.81%) IntelliJ
11 7 (2.46%) CircleCI
11 7 (2.46%) Cucumber
11 7 (2.46%) Cypress.io
11 7 (2.46%) Mockito
12 6 (2.11%) Bitbucket
12 6 (2.11%) Postman
12 6 (2.11%) SonarQube
12 6 (2.11%) Sonatype Nexus
13 5 (1.75%) webpack
General
1 119 (41.75%) Social Skills
2 50 (17.54%) Public Sector
3 44 (15.44%) Finance
4 34 (11.93%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (8.42%) Presentation Skills
6 22 (7.72%) Documentation Skills
7 16 (5.61%) Banking
8 11 (3.86%) Influencing Skills
9 10 (3.51%) Financial Institution
10 7 (2.46%) Aeronautics
11 4 (1.40%) Legal
12 2 (0.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.70%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.70%) Military
12 2 (0.70%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.35%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.35%) Digital Healthcare
13 1 (0.35%) Marketing
13 1 (0.35%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 44 (15.44%) DevOps Engineer
2 40 (14.04%) Analyst
3 39 (13.68%) AWS Engineer
4 35 (12.28%) Senior
5 25 (8.77%) Cloud Engineer
5 25 (8.77%) Platform Engineer
6 23 (8.07%) Developer
6 23 (8.07%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 22 (7.72%) Architect
7 22 (7.72%) AWS DevOps
7 22 (7.72%) AWS DevOps Engineer
8 20 (7.02%) Cloud Platform Engineer
9 16 (5.61%) Lead
10 15 (5.26%) Storage Analyst
11 14 (4.91%) Software Engineer
12 12 (4.21%) Business Analyst
12 12 (4.21%) Data Engineer
12 12 (4.21%) Senior DevOps
12 12 (4.21%) Senior DevOps Engineer
12 12 (4.21%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (14.74%) REST
2 24 (8.42%) JSON
2 24 (8.42%) RESTful
3 22 (7.72%) Spring
4 21 (7.37%) Elastic Stack
5 18 (6.32%) HTML
6 16 (5.61%) SOAP
7 15 (5.26%) React
7 15 (5.26%) Spring Boot
8 13 (4.56%) Flash
9 12 (4.21%) XML
10 11 (3.86%) OAuth
11 10 (3.51%) LDAP
12 9 (3.16%) Hibernate
12 9 (3.16%) SailPoint
13 8 (2.81%) EJB
13 8 (2.81%) HTML5
13 8 (2.81%) J2EE
13 8 (2.81%) J2SE
13 8 (2.81%) Play Framework
Miscellaneous
1 33 (11.58%) Cloud Native
2 32 (11.23%) Replication
3 29 (10.18%) Linux Command Line
4 15 (5.26%) Distributed Systems
4 15 (5.26%) Security Posture
5 12 (4.21%) Public Cloud
6 10 (3.51%) Onboarding
7 7 (2.46%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (2.11%) Data Centre
9 5 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.75%) Private Cloud
10 4 (1.40%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (1.40%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (1.40%) PKI
10 4 (1.40%) SCADA
10 4 (1.40%) Security Operations Centre
11 2 (0.70%) Data Structures
11 2 (0.70%) Legacy Applications
11 2 (0.70%) NHS
11 2 (0.70%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 95 (33.33%) Linux
2 49 (17.19%) Windows
3 22 (7.72%) Unix
4 17 (5.96%) Amazon Linux
4 17 (5.96%) VMS
5 12 (4.21%) Windows Server
6 10 (3.51%) Ubuntu
7 3 (1.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.35%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (42.11%) CI/CD
2 111 (38.95%) DevOps
3 109 (38.25%) Agile
4 54 (18.95%) Infrastructure as Code
5 51 (17.89%) Containerisation
6 49 (17.19%) Analytics
6 49 (17.19%) Microservices
7 47 (16.49%) Change Management
8 45 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
8 45 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
9 41 (14.39%) Migration
10 40 (14.04%) Configuration Management
11 39 (13.68%) Stakeholder Management
12 38 (13.33%) Software Engineering
13 37 (12.98%) Mentoring
14 35 (12.28%) Cloud Security
15 31 (10.88%) Incident Response
16 29 (10.18%) High Availability
16 29 (10.18%) Platform Engineering
17 27 (9.47%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 73 (25.61%) Python
2 61 (21.40%) SQL
3 50 (17.54%) Java
4 38 (13.33%) PowerShell
5 21 (7.37%) Go
6 17 (5.96%) Groovy
7 15 (5.26%) Bash
8 12 (4.21%) Shell Script
9 11 (3.86%) Scala
10 9 (3.16%) JavaScript
10 9 (3.16%) Perl
11 4 (1.40%) BeanShell
11 4 (1.40%) PHP
12 3 (1.05%) Ruby
12 3 (1.05%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.70%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.70%) Kusto Query Language
14 1 (0.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 1 (0.35%) Korn
14 1 (0.35%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 109 (38.25%) Security Cleared
2 85 (29.82%) SC Cleared
3 39 (13.68%) Degree
4 37 (12.98%) AWS Certification
5 22 (7.72%) Azure Certification
6 18 (6.32%) Computer Science Degree
7 14 (4.91%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 14 (4.91%) DV Cleared
8 11 (3.86%) Master's Degree
9 10 (3.51%) CISSP
10 9 (3.16%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (2.81%) CCNP
11 8 (2.81%) Cisco Certification
12 7 (2.46%) CCIE
12 7 (2.46%) IIBA
13 5 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (1.75%) CISM
14 4 (1.40%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 4 (1.40%) CCSP
15 3 (1.05%) CCIE Security
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (7.02%) GDPR
2 14 (4.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (4.91%) QA
3 9 (3.16%) NIST
4 8 (2.81%) PCI DSS
5 7 (2.46%) Data Quality
6 6 (2.11%) WCAG
7 3 (1.05%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.35%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.35%) ISO 19650
9 1 (0.35%) SLA
System Software
1 88 (30.88%) Docker
2 36 (12.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 28 (9.82%) vSphere
4 27 (9.47%) Active Directory
5 17 (5.96%) DFS Replication
6 13 (4.56%) GPFS
6 13 (4.56%) NFS
6 13 (4.56%) VMware ESXi
7 10 (3.51%) Dovecot
7 10 (3.51%) Postfix
7 10 (3.51%) Squid
8 4 (1.40%) VMware NSX
9 3 (1.05%) Hyper-V
10 1 (0.35%) HDFS
10 1 (0.35%) Snort
Systems Management
1 77 (27.02%) Terraform
2 69 (24.21%) Kubernetes
3 57 (20.00%) Grafana
4 51 (17.89%) Prometheus
5 44 (15.44%) Ansible
6 28 (9.82%) vRealize
7 15 (5.26%) Puppet
8 14 (4.91%) Progress Chef
9 13 (4.56%) VxRail
10 10 (3.51%) Kibana
10 10 (3.51%) Nessus
10 10 (3.51%) Proxmox
11 8 (2.81%) CSIRT
12 5 (1.75%) Podman
12 5 (1.75%) Single Sign-On
13 4 (1.40%) QRadar
14 3 (1.05%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 3 (1.05%) Microsoft Intune
15 2 (0.70%) Argo
15 2 (0.70%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 53 (18.60%) Cisco
1 53 (18.60%) Splunk
2 50 (17.54%) Microsoft
3 48 (16.84%) Oracle
4 44 (15.44%) ServiceNow
5 38 (13.33%) AppDynamics
5 38 (13.33%) VMware
6 32 (11.23%) IBM
7 25 (8.77%) Dynatrace
8 19 (6.67%) F5
8 19 (6.67%) SolarWinds
9 15 (5.26%) Dell
10 14 (4.91%) Commvault
11 13 (4.56%) Google
11 13 (4.56%) HP
12 12 (4.21%) Palo Alto
13 10 (3.51%) Jaspersoft
14 8 (2.81%) Fortinet
14 8 (2.81%) SAP
14 8 (2.81%) webMethods