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 12 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 21 42
Rank change year-on-year +7 +21 -22
Contract jobs citing AWS 378 119 76
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 11.00% 7.39% 3.71%
As % of the Cloud Services category 35.86% 24.54% 15.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 253 79 46
10th Percentile £358 £372 £311
25th Percentile £413 £450 £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +2.56% -9.72%
75th Percentile £560 £575 £650
90th Percentile £650 £700 £681
England median daily rate £550 £538 £563
% change year-on-year +2.33% -4.44% -6.25%
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 1,054 485 500
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 30.67% 30.11% 24.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 733 317 373
10th Percentile £313 £250 £206
25th Percentile £402 £388 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -1.04%
75th Percentile £579 £600 £600
90th Percentile £671 £700 £688
England median daily rate £520 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +1.46% -2.38% -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% +20.00%
75th Percentile £71.42 £40.22 £26.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £51.30 £33.19
England median hourly rate £39.50 £25.15 £22.00
% change year-on-year +57.06% +14.32% -33.33%

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 12 July 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 12 July 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 12 July 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 +8 140 £469 +1.96% 15
Birmingham +5 89 £425 -10.53% 44
Solihull -2 36 £500 +11.11% 4
Coventry -4 34 £463 -10.84% 6
Warwickshire +5 33 £525 -16.00% 6
Worcestershire -1 10 £680 +23.64% 5
Staffordshire 0 3 £200 -63.64% 10
Herefordshire -4 3 £538 -23.21% 3
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 70 (18.52%) Confluence
2 56 (14.81%) SAS
3 25 (6.61%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (2.12%) Apache
5 7 (1.85%) Tuxedo
5 7 (1.85%) WebLogic
6 4 (1.06%) Apache Spark
6 4 (1.06%) SharePoint
7 3 (0.79%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.53%) CloudStack
9 1 (0.26%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.26%) CMS
9 1 (0.26%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.26%) nginx
9 1 (0.26%) OpenStack
Applications
1 3 (0.79%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.26%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (0.26%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.26%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.26%) Photoshop
2 1 (0.26%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 5 (1.32%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.79%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.53%) Shopify
5 1 (0.26%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.26%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 160 (42.33%) Azure
2 69 (18.25%) Amazon S3
3 59 (15.61%) GitHub
4 55 (14.55%) GCP
5 48 (12.70%) Amazon EC2
6 45 (11.90%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 43 (11.38%) GitHub Actions
8 36 (9.52%) Serverless
9 33 (8.73%) AWS Lambda
10 25 (6.61%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 23 (6.08%) Amazon SQS
12 22 (5.82%) AWS KMS
13 20 (5.29%) Route 53
14 17 (4.50%) Amazon ECS
14 17 (4.50%) Amazon EKS
14 17 (4.50%) AWS CloudFormation
15 14 (3.70%) Azure DevOps
16 13 (3.44%) AWS CodePipeline
17 12 (3.17%) PaaS
17 12 (3.17%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.65%) Firewall
2 8 (2.12%) SD-WAN
2 8 (2.12%) WAN
3 6 (1.59%) BGP
3 6 (1.59%) DHCP
3 6 (1.59%) DNS
3 6 (1.59%) OSPF
3 6 (1.59%) VPN
4 5 (1.32%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (1.06%) Ethernet VPN
5 4 (1.06%) Network Security
5 4 (1.06%) VSAN
5 4 (1.06%) VXLAN
6 3 (0.79%) BIG-IP
6 3 (0.79%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 3 (0.79%) LAN
6 3 (0.79%) NetScaler
6 3 (0.79%) VLAN
6 3 (0.79%) WLAN
7 2 (0.53%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (11.64%) Amazon RDS
2 41 (10.85%) PostgreSQL
3 36 (9.52%) Pentaho
4 33 (8.73%) Data Warehouse
5 25 (6.61%) DynamoDB
6 22 (5.82%) Oracle Database
7 21 (5.56%) Oracle Reports
8 20 (5.29%) SAS Enterprise Guide
8 20 (5.29%) SAS Visual Analytics
9 19 (5.03%) Amazon Redshift
10 17 (4.50%) Amazon Aurora
11 14 (3.70%) MongoDB
12 13 (3.44%) Relational Database
13 12 (3.17%) MySQL
14 10 (2.65%) Power BI
15 9 (2.38%) Data Lake
15 9 (2.38%) SQL Server
16 7 (1.85%) Amazon Athena
16 7 (1.85%) Ingres
17 6 (1.59%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 92 (24.34%) JIRA
2 89 (23.54%) Git
3 83 (21.96%) GitLab
4 79 (20.90%) Jenkins
5 43 (11.38%) JUnit
6 27 (7.14%) Selenium
7 23 (6.08%) Maven
8 22 (5.82%) Zephyr
9 21 (5.56%) Cucumber
9 21 (5.56%) Mockito
9 21 (5.56%) SonarQube
10 19 (5.03%) JMeter
10 19 (5.03%) Postman
11 17 (4.50%) WebDriver
12 13 (3.44%) Artifactory
12 13 (3.44%) DbUnit
12 13 (3.44%) jMock
13 11 (2.91%) Bitbucket
13 11 (2.91%) Bitbucket Server
14 8 (2.12%) REST Assured
General
1 121 (32.01%) Social Skills
2 87 (23.02%) Public Sector
3 33 (8.73%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (5.56%) Finance
5 10 (2.65%) Organisational Skills
6 9 (2.38%) Banking
7 8 (2.12%) Influencing Skills
8 7 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (1.59%) Legal
10 5 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.06%) Retail
12 3 (0.79%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.53%) Front Office
13 2 (0.53%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.53%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.26%) Advertising
14 1 (0.26%) Military
14 1 (0.26%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 61 (16.14%) Architect
2 58 (15.34%) Data Engineer
3 40 (10.58%) Senior
4 38 (10.05%) Developer
5 32 (8.47%) Tester
6 31 (8.20%) Lead
7 28 (7.41%) AWS Engineer
8 26 (6.88%) Java Developer
9 18 (4.76%) Analyst
10 17 (4.50%) DevOps Engineer
10 17 (4.50%) QA Tester
10 17 (4.50%) Scrum Master
11 14 (3.70%) AWS Data Engineer
11 14 (3.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 14 (3.70%) Solutions Architect
12 13 (3.44%) Cloud Engineer
13 12 (3.17%) Cloud Architect
13 12 (3.17%) Technical Architect
14 10 (2.65%) Automation Tester
14 10 (2.65%) Release Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (13.49%) Spring
2 35 (9.26%) Spring Boot
3 29 (7.67%) REST
4 22 (5.82%) SOAP
5 21 (5.56%) JPA
6 20 (5.29%) Node.js
7 19 (5.03%) AngularJS
7 19 (5.03%) Spring Cloud
7 19 (5.03%) Web Services
8 18 (4.76%) WireMock
9 17 (4.50%) ActiveMQ
9 17 (4.50%) Hibernate
9 17 (4.50%) Spring Batch
9 17 (4.50%) Spring Integration
10 16 (4.23%) RESTful
11 13 (3.44%) PowerMock
12 11 (2.91%) Bootstrap
12 11 (2.91%) Elastic Stack
13 10 (2.65%) AWS CDK
13 10 (2.65%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 38 (10.05%) Cloud Native
2 36 (9.52%) Distributed Systems
3 25 (6.61%) Hybrid Cloud
4 23 (6.08%) Product Ownership
5 14 (3.70%) Data Centre
5 14 (3.70%) Distributed Architecture
6 13 (3.44%) Onboarding
6 13 (3.44%) Replication
7 11 (2.91%) Private Cloud
8 10 (2.65%) Linux Command Line
9 9 (2.38%) Data Protection Act
10 8 (2.12%) Enterprise Cloud
10 8 (2.12%) Operational Technology
11 6 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (1.59%) Low-Code
11 6 (1.59%) Public Cloud
12 5 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
13 3 (0.79%) Data Fabric
13 3 (0.79%) Distributed Applications
13 3 (0.79%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 61 (16.14%) Linux
2 26 (6.88%) Windows
3 21 (5.56%) Unix
4 10 (2.65%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.79%) AIX
6 3 (0.79%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.53%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.53%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.26%) Android
8 1 (0.26%) Kali Linux
8 1 (0.26%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 180 (47.62%) Agile
2 165 (43.65%) CI/CD
3 120 (31.75%) DevOps
4 99 (26.19%) Migration
5 95 (25.13%) Test Automation
6 77 (20.37%) Containerisation
7 75 (19.84%) Continuous Improvement
8 71 (18.78%) Scrum
9 70 (18.52%) ETL
10 65 (17.20%) Infrastructure as Code
11 62 (16.40%) Microservices
12 53 (14.02%) Analytics
13 52 (13.76%) Stakeholder Management
14 51 (13.49%) Observability
15 50 (13.23%) Validation
16 48 (12.70%) TDD
17 46 (12.17%) Data Integration
18 45 (11.90%) Data Modelling
19 42 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
20 41 (10.85%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 138 (36.51%) SQL
2 67 (17.72%) Python
3 56 (14.81%) Java
4 21 (5.56%) Bash
5 13 (3.44%) PowerShell
6 12 (3.17%) JavaScript
6 12 (3.17%) PL/SQL
6 12 (3.17%) Shell Script
7 7 (1.85%) Go
7 7 (1.85%) TypeScript
7 7 (1.85%) VB
7 7 (1.85%) VB6
8 5 (1.32%) C
8 5 (1.32%) Perl
9 3 (0.79%) Bicep
10 2 (0.53%) Groovy
10 2 (0.53%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.26%) BeanShell
11 1 (0.26%) R
11 1 (0.26%) Scala
Qualifications
1 222 (58.73%) Security Cleared
2 187 (49.47%) SC Cleared
3 24 (6.35%) AWS Certification
4 22 (5.82%) ISTQB
5 18 (4.76%) BPSS Clearance
6 15 (3.97%) Degree
7 13 (3.44%) Azure Certification
8 12 (3.17%) DV Cleared
9 11 (2.91%) SAFe Agilist
10 9 (2.38%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 9 (2.38%) Cisco Certification
11 5 (1.32%) CCNA
11 5 (1.32%) CISSP
11 5 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (1.06%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 4 (1.06%) SAS Certification
13 3 (0.79%) TOGAF Certification
14 2 (0.53%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 2 (0.53%) CCNP
14 2 (0.53%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (12.43%) QA
2 16 (4.23%) Data Quality
3 11 (2.91%) NIST
4 8 (2.12%) Accessibility
4 8 (2.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (2.12%) SLA
5 7 (1.85%) GDPR
6 6 (1.59%) PCI DSS
7 4 (1.06%) WCAG
8 2 (0.53%) COBIT
9 1 (0.26%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 100 (26.46%) Docker
2 16 (4.23%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (4.23%) vSphere
3 14 (3.70%) VMware ESXi
4 12 (3.17%) Active Directory
5 11 (2.91%) Postfix
6 10 (2.65%) GPFS
6 10 (2.65%) NFS
7 5 (1.32%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.53%) Firmware
9 1 (0.26%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.26%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 80 (21.16%) Kubernetes
2 66 (17.46%) Grafana
3 64 (16.93%) Terraform
4 43 (11.38%) Prometheus
5 22 (5.82%) Ansible
6 11 (2.91%) Progress Chef
7 9 (2.38%) vRealize
8 7 (1.85%) Puppet
9 5 (1.32%) Microsoft Intune
10 4 (1.06%) Kibana
10 4 (1.06%) VxRail
11 3 (0.79%) SCCM
12 2 (0.53%) Argo
12 2 (0.53%) Check_MK
13 1 (0.26%) Control-M
13 1 (0.26%) Data Guard
13 1 (0.26%) Istio
13 1 (0.26%) Nessus
13 1 (0.26%) Oracle RMAN
13 1 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 117 (30.95%) Oracle
2 52 (13.76%) Talend
3 37 (9.79%) Microsoft
4 32 (8.47%) Informatica
4 32 (8.47%) ServiceNow
5 31 (8.20%) Denodo
6 23 (6.08%) VMware
7 18 (4.76%) Cisco
8 17 (4.50%) Jaspersoft
9 16 (4.23%) Splunk
10 15 (3.97%) Databricks
11 14 (3.70%) Atlassian
12 13 (3.44%) IBM
13 11 (2.91%) Cloudera
14 8 (2.12%) Dynatrace
14 8 (2.12%) SAP
15 7 (1.85%) Google
15 7 (1.85%) Red Hat
16 5 (1.32%) Actian
17 4 (1.06%) BeyondTrust