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

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 15 41
Rank change year-on-year +2 +26 -21
Contract jobs citing AWS 386 186 76
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 10.92% 10.20% 3.98%
As % of the Cloud Services category 35.71% 31.31% 13.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 246 117 37
10th Percentile £373 £400 £310
25th Percentile £432 £450 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £620 £575 £581
90th Percentile £675 £653 £675
England median daily rate £550 £525 £575
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% -1.29%
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 £73.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year -4.76% +59.16% -36.30%

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 1,081 594 549
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 30.57% 32.57% 28.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 725 404 365
10th Percentile £306 £266 £234
25th Percentile £405 £412 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £505 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.89% +0.95% +5.26%
75th Percentile £608 £600 £612
90th Percentile £678 £688 £687
England median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 6 10
10th Percentile £17.48 £31.94 £15.83
25th Percentile £19.48 £34.16 £23.55
Median hourly rate £30.65 £35.49 £33.74
Median % change year-on-year -13.65% +5.20% +82.35%
75th Percentile £57.27 £52.69 £35.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £59.44 £55.50
England median hourly rate £33.99 £26.30 £33.00
% change year-on-year +29.24% -20.30% -

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 September 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 September 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 September 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 +3 164 £492 -4.42% 26
Birmingham -4 72 £450 -5.26% 161
Solihull +7 40 £494 +9.72% 12
Warwickshire +11 36 £477 -23.37% 22
Coventry -4 35 £450 +5.88% 15
Worcestershire +6 10 £613 +11.36% 14
Staffordshire -9 5 £200 -55.56% 7
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 45 (11.66%) SAS
2 42 (10.88%) Confluence
3 23 (5.96%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (1.81%) Tuxedo
5 5 (1.30%) Apache
6 4 (1.04%) Apache Spark
6 4 (1.04%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.78%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.52%) CloudStack
8 2 (0.52%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.26%) CMS
9 1 (0.26%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.26%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 1 (0.26%) Adobe XD
1 1 (0.26%) MS Visio
1 1 (0.26%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 3 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (0.78%) Remedy ITSM
1 3 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.26%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.26%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 151 (39.12%) Azure
2 61 (15.80%) GitHub
3 49 (12.69%) Amazon S3
4 42 (10.88%) GCP
5 38 (9.84%) Amazon EC2
6 37 (9.59%) GitHub Actions
7 36 (9.33%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 35 (9.07%) Serverless
9 30 (7.77%) AWS Lambda
10 27 (6.99%) Amazon EKS
11 21 (5.44%) Amazon ECS
12 16 (4.15%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 15 (3.89%) Amazon SQS
13 15 (3.89%) AWS CloudFormation
13 15 (3.89%) GitHub Copilot
14 14 (3.63%) Azure DevOps
15 11 (2.85%) AWS KMS
15 11 (2.85%) PaaS
15 11 (2.85%) SaaS
16 10 (2.59%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.63%) Firewall
2 11 (2.85%) DHCP
2 11 (2.85%) DNS
2 11 (2.85%) WAN
3 10 (2.59%) SD-WAN
4 9 (2.33%) Network Security
5 6 (1.55%) BGP
5 6 (1.55%) LAN
5 6 (1.55%) OSPF
6 5 (1.30%) TCP/IP
6 5 (1.30%) VLAN
6 5 (1.30%) VPN
6 5 (1.30%) VXLAN
6 5 (1.30%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (1.04%) DMZ
7 4 (1.04%) NetScaler
8 3 (0.78%) BIG-IP
8 3 (0.78%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 3 (0.78%) MPLS
8 3 (0.78%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (8.29%) Data Warehouse
2 30 (7.77%) Pentaho
3 29 (7.51%) PostgreSQL
4 23 (5.96%) MongoDB
5 22 (5.70%) Amazon RDS
5 22 (5.70%) Relational Database
6 20 (5.18%) SAS Enterprise Guide
6 20 (5.18%) SAS Visual Analytics
7 19 (4.92%) Metadata
7 19 (4.92%) Oracle Database
8 16 (4.15%) DynamoDB
8 16 (4.15%) Oracle Reports
9 15 (3.89%) MySQL
10 10 (2.59%) Amazon Redshift
10 10 (2.59%) Data Lake
10 10 (2.59%) Power BI
10 10 (2.59%) SQL Server
11 8 (2.07%) Amazon Aurora
12 7 (1.81%) Amazon Athena
12 7 (1.81%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 101 (26.17%) GitLab
2 77 (19.95%) Git
3 71 (18.39%) Jenkins
4 62 (16.06%) JIRA
5 55 (14.25%) JUnit
6 35 (9.07%) Maven
6 35 (9.07%) SonarQube
7 30 (7.77%) Mockito
7 30 (7.77%) Selenium
8 24 (6.22%) Cucumber
9 22 (5.70%) Gatling
10 20 (5.18%) Zephyr
11 18 (4.66%) Postman
12 13 (3.37%) Artifactory
13 9 (2.33%) Bitbucket
14 6 (1.55%) Bitbucket Server
14 6 (1.55%) DbUnit
14 6 (1.55%) jMock
14 6 (1.55%) REST Assured
14 6 (1.55%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 126 (32.64%) Social Skills
2 94 (24.35%) Public Sector
3 34 (8.81%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (2.85%) Influencing Skills
5 9 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (2.07%) Finance
7 7 (1.81%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (1.81%) Legal
8 5 (1.30%) Banking
9 4 (1.04%) Military
9 4 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (0.78%) Manufacturing
10 3 (0.78%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.52%) Advertising
11 2 (0.52%) Front Office
11 2 (0.52%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.52%) Publishing
11 2 (0.52%) Retail
Job Titles
1 66 (17.10%) Architect
2 51 (13.21%) Data Engineer
3 48 (12.44%) Senior
4 37 (9.59%) Developer
5 32 (8.29%) Lead
6 31 (8.03%) Java Developer
7 28 (7.25%) AWS Engineer
8 24 (6.22%) Scrum Master
9 19 (4.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 19 (4.92%) Quality Engineer
10 16 (4.15%) Data Architect
10 16 (4.15%) DevOps Engineer
10 16 (4.15%) Senior Developer
10 16 (4.15%) Solutions Architect
10 16 (4.15%) Tester
11 15 (3.89%) Senior Java Developer
12 11 (2.85%) Analyst
12 11 (2.85%) QA Tester
12 11 (2.85%) Technical Architect
13 10 (2.59%) Release Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (18.91%) Spring
2 56 (14.51%) Spring Boot
3 50 (12.95%) Terraform
4 38 (9.84%) REST
5 32 (8.29%) RESTful
6 30 (7.77%) JPA
7 28 (7.25%) Playwright
8 23 (5.96%) SOAP
9 20 (5.18%) AngularJS
10 19 (4.92%) Hibernate
10 19 (4.92%) Spring Cloud
11 18 (4.66%) ActiveMQ
11 18 (4.66%) Web Services
12 16 (4.15%) React
13 15 (3.89%) Kafka
13 15 (3.89%) WireMock
14 14 (3.63%) Gherkin
14 14 (3.63%) OpenAPI
15 13 (3.37%) JSON
16 11 (2.85%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 63 (16.32%) Cloud Native
2 38 (9.84%) Product Ownership
3 23 (5.96%) Distributed Systems
3 23 (5.96%) Hybrid Cloud
4 13 (3.37%) Enterprise Software
5 12 (3.11%) Private Cloud
6 11 (2.85%) Data Protection Act
6 11 (2.85%) Onboarding
6 11 (2.85%) Operational Technology
7 10 (2.59%) Data Fabric
7 10 (2.59%) Public Cloud
8 9 (2.33%) Replication
9 8 (2.07%) Data Centre
10 7 (1.81%) Self-Motivation
11 6 (1.55%) Enterprise Cloud
12 5 (1.30%) Analytical Mindset
12 5 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
12 5 (1.30%) Linux Command Line
12 5 (1.30%) Low-Code
13 4 (1.04%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 38 (9.84%) Linux
2 23 (5.96%) Unix
2 23 (5.96%) Windows
3 14 (3.63%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.55%) AIX
5 2 (0.52%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.52%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.52%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.26%) Solaris
6 1 (0.26%) SUSE
6 1 (0.26%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (47.93%) Agile
2 161 (41.71%) CI/CD
3 121 (31.35%) DevOps
4 109 (28.24%) Test Automation
5 104 (26.94%) Migration
6 99 (25.65%) Scrum
7 82 (21.24%) Continuous Improvement
8 79 (20.47%) Stakeholder Management
9 78 (20.21%) Microservices
10 76 (19.69%) Containerisation
11 67 (17.36%) Infrastructure as Code
12 61 (15.80%) Technical Leadership
13 55 (14.25%) ETL
14 53 (13.73%) Data Integration
15 50 (12.95%) Analytics
16 48 (12.44%) Test Strategy
17 45 (11.66%) Observability
17 45 (11.66%) TDD
18 43 (11.14%) Problem-Solving
19 41 (10.62%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 112 (29.02%) SQL
2 97 (25.13%) Java
3 57 (14.77%) Python
4 21 (5.44%) JavaScript
5 19 (4.92%) Bash
6 16 (4.15%) TypeScript
7 13 (3.37%) PowerShell
8 12 (3.11%) PL/SQL
9 8 (2.07%) Shell Script
10 7 (1.81%) VB
10 7 (1.81%) VB6
11 6 (1.55%) Go
12 5 (1.30%) C
13 4 (1.04%) Scala
14 3 (0.78%) R
15 2 (0.52%) Bicep
15 2 (0.52%) C#
15 2 (0.52%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 201 (52.07%) Security Cleared
2 173 (44.82%) SC Cleared
3 36 (9.33%) BPSS Clearance
4 25 (6.48%) AWS Certification
5 20 (5.18%) ISTQB
6 14 (3.63%) Degree
7 11 (2.85%) Azure Certification
8 10 (2.59%) DV Cleared
9 8 (2.07%) SAFe Agilist
10 6 (1.55%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 6 (1.55%) Cisco Certification
10 6 (1.55%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (1.30%) CCNP
12 4 (1.04%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 4 (1.04%) CISSP
12 4 (1.04%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 4 (1.04%) SAS Certification
13 2 (0.52%) Master's Degree
13 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.52%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (13.73%) QA
2 29 (7.51%) Accessibility
3 21 (5.44%) WCAG
4 13 (3.37%) Data Quality
5 10 (2.59%) NIST
6 6 (1.55%) SLA
7 5 (1.30%) GDPR
7 5 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (1.04%) GRC
8 4 (1.04%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.26%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 92 (23.83%) Docker
2 15 (3.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (3.63%) vSphere
4 12 (3.11%) Active Directory
4 12 (3.11%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (1.30%) GPFS
5 5 (1.30%) Hyper-V
5 5 (1.30%) NFS
5 5 (1.30%) Postfix
6 2 (0.52%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.26%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 75 (19.43%) Kubernetes
2 49 (12.69%) Grafana
3 34 (8.81%) Prometheus
4 20 (5.18%) Ansible
5 13 (3.37%) Kibana
6 8 (2.07%) Progress Chef
6 8 (2.07%) Puppet
7 5 (1.30%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (1.30%) SCCM
8 4 (1.04%) vRealize
9 2 (0.52%) Argo
9 2 (0.52%) Check_MK
9 2 (0.52%) Data Guard
9 2 (0.52%) Oracle RMAN
9 2 (0.52%) VxRail
10 1 (0.26%) Control-M
10 1 (0.26%) Istio
10 1 (0.26%) Podman
10 1 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 101 (26.17%) Oracle
2 37 (9.59%) Microsoft
2 37 (9.59%) Talend
3 25 (6.48%) Denodo
4 24 (6.22%) VMware
5 20 (5.18%) Cisco
6 19 (4.92%) Databricks
7 17 (4.40%) ServiceNow
8 15 (3.89%) Informatica
9 13 (3.37%) Splunk
10 10 (2.59%) Google
11 9 (2.33%) Palo Alto
12 8 (2.07%) IBM
12 8 (2.07%) Jaspersoft
13 7 (1.81%) Atlassian
13 7 (1.81%) OpenAI
13 7 (1.81%) SAP
14 5 (1.30%) Actian
14 5 (1.30%) Dynatrace
14 5 (1.30%) Fortinet