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

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 31 32
Rank change year-on-year +20 +1 -21
Contract jobs citing AWS 295 86 97
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 12.02% 5.60% 5.09%
As % of the Cloud Services category 36.37% 16.76% 18.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 201 46 78
10th Percentile £313 £381 £311
25th Percentile £408 £433 £387
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £511 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.15% +2.20% -7.41%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £600
90th Percentile £650 £700 £679
England median daily rate £525 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £75.75 - -
Median hourly rate £76.50 - £19.95
75th Percentile £77.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £75.00 £50.84 £46.18
% change year-on-year +47.52% +10.09% -28.95%

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 811 513 536
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 33.03% 33.42% 28.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 592 336 404
10th Percentile £302 £200 £213
25th Percentile £412 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £460
Median % change year-on-year - +8.70% -8.91%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £595
90th Percentile £688 £675 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 19 12
10th Percentile £23.73 £16.05 £17.53
25th Percentile - £17.00 £17.75
Median hourly rate £27.21 £20.24 £19.23
Median % change year-on-year +34.44% +5.28% +12.82%
75th Percentile £33.80 £35.00 £26.50
90th Percentile £56.63 £36.39 -
England median hourly rate £33.73 £27.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year +22.65% +22.22% -10.00%

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 2 February 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
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 2 February 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
Birmingham +15 86 £500 -9.09% 36
Shropshire -5 73 £492 -0.20% 13
Coventry +12 50 £398 -20.43% 13
Warwickshire +14 34 £556 +11.25% 8
Worcestershire -1 19 £605 +72.86% 5
Herefordshire -11 12 £550 +4.76% 3
Staffordshire -1 2 £394 -28.41% 9
Solihull -3 2 - - 3
Wolverhampton - 2 £425 - 1
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 32 (10.85%) Confluence
2 21 (7.12%) Apache
2 21 (7.12%) SAS
3 18 (6.10%) WebLogic
4 13 (4.41%) Apache Airflow
5 10 (3.39%) nginx
6 8 (2.71%) JBoss
7 6 (2.03%) OpenStack
8 4 (1.36%) Anypoint
8 4 (1.36%) Apache Spark
8 4 (1.36%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.68%) Drupal
9 2 (0.68%) SharePoint
10 1 (0.34%) CMS
10 1 (0.34%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 7 (2.37%) Microsoft Project
1 7 (2.37%) Mozilla Thunderbird
1 7 (2.37%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.34%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (0.34%) CATIA
2 1 (0.34%) Photoshop
2 1 (0.34%) Revit
Business Applications
1 1 (0.34%) MIS ActiveH
1 1 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (0.34%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 139 (47.12%) Azure
2 70 (23.73%) GCP
3 39 (13.22%) Amazon S3
4 27 (9.15%) Amazon EC2
5 26 (8.81%) Datadog
6 25 (8.47%) Serverless
7 23 (7.80%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 17 (5.76%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 17 (5.76%) GitHub
9 16 (5.42%) Amazon ELB
10 15 (5.08%) Amazon EKS
10 15 (5.08%) AWS KMS
10 15 (5.08%) OpenShift
11 14 (4.75%) Microsoft 365
12 13 (4.41%) Entra ID
12 13 (4.41%) GitHub Actions
13 12 (4.07%) AWS Lambda
14 11 (3.73%) AWS CloudFormation
15 10 (3.39%) Cloud Computing
15 10 (3.39%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 43 (14.58%) Firewall
2 24 (8.14%) DNS
3 21 (7.12%) VPN
4 15 (5.08%) Network Security
5 14 (4.75%) VSAN
6 11 (3.73%) HTTP
7 10 (3.39%) DHCP
7 10 (3.39%) FTP
7 10 (3.39%) SMTP
7 10 (3.39%) SSH
8 9 (3.05%) SD-WAN
9 8 (2.71%) LAN
9 8 (2.71%) WAN
9 8 (2.71%) Wireshark
10 7 (2.37%) IMAP
10 7 (2.37%) OpenLDAP
10 7 (2.37%) WLAN
11 6 (2.03%) MPLS
11 6 (2.03%) OSPF
11 6 (2.03%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (10.51%) Amazon RDS
2 27 (9.15%) PostgreSQL
3 21 (7.12%) MongoDB
4 16 (5.42%) NoSQL
5 11 (3.73%) Amazon Redshift
6 10 (3.39%) Oracle Database
6 10 (3.39%) Relational Database
7 9 (3.05%) MySQL
7 9 (3.05%) SAS Enterprise Guide
7 9 (3.05%) SAS Visual Analytics
8 7 (2.37%) Amazon Aurora
9 6 (2.03%) Pentaho
10 4 (1.36%) InfluxDB
10 4 (1.36%) Metadata
10 4 (1.36%) SAS Data Integration Studio
11 3 (1.02%) Amazon Athena
11 3 (1.02%) Hadoop
12 2 (0.68%) Big Data
12 2 (0.68%) Data Warehouse
12 2 (0.68%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 54 (18.31%) Jenkins
2 48 (16.27%) Git
3 47 (15.93%) GitLab
4 32 (10.85%) JIRA
5 22 (7.46%) JUnit
6 19 (6.44%) Selenium
7 13 (4.41%) Maven
8 10 (3.39%) Liquibase
8 10 (3.39%) Vagrant
9 9 (3.05%) Mockito
10 8 (2.71%) Eclipse
10 8 (2.71%) IntelliJ
11 7 (2.37%) Cucumber
12 6 (2.03%) CircleCI
12 6 (2.03%) Cypress.io
13 5 (1.69%) Postman
13 5 (1.69%) SonarQube
14 4 (1.36%) Gatling
14 4 (1.36%) Sonatype Nexus
14 4 (1.36%) webpack
General
1 118 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 50 (16.95%) Finance
3 44 (14.92%) Public Sector
4 42 (14.24%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (7.80%) Documentation Skills
6 20 (6.78%) Presentation Skills
7 18 (6.10%) Banking
8 12 (4.07%) Influencing Skills
9 10 (3.39%) Financial Institution
10 7 (2.37%) Aeronautics
11 4 (1.36%) Legal
12 2 (0.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.68%) Military
12 2 (0.68%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.34%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.34%) Marketing
13 1 (0.34%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.34%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 48 (16.27%) Analyst
2 34 (11.53%) Senior
3 31 (10.51%) DevOps Engineer
4 27 (9.15%) Architect
4 27 (9.15%) AWS Engineer
5 26 (8.81%) Developer
6 25 (8.47%) Cloud Engineer
7 24 (8.14%) Infrastructure Analyst
8 19 (6.44%) Storage Analyst
9 18 (6.10%) Lead
10 17 (5.76%) Data Engineer
11 14 (4.75%) Business Analyst
11 14 (4.75%) Software Engineer
12 12 (4.07%) Senior DevOps
12 12 (4.07%) Senior DevOps Engineer
12 12 (4.07%) Site Engineer
12 12 (4.07%) Site Reliability Engineer
12 12 (4.07%) Solutions Architect
13 11 (3.73%) AWS DevOps
13 11 (3.73%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (13.56%) REST
2 25 (8.47%) Spring
3 23 (7.80%) JSON
3 23 (7.80%) RESTful
4 19 (6.44%) Elastic Stack
4 19 (6.44%) HTML
5 17 (5.76%) Flash
5 17 (5.76%) Spring Boot
6 16 (5.42%) React
7 15 (5.08%) SOAP
8 10 (3.39%) OAuth
8 10 (3.39%) XML
9 9 (3.05%) Hibernate
9 9 (3.05%) Playwright
9 9 (3.05%) SailPoint
10 8 (2.71%) HTML5
10 8 (2.71%) J2EE
10 8 (2.71%) J2SE
10 8 (2.71%) JPA
10 8 (2.71%) Play Framework
Miscellaneous
1 34 (11.53%) Cloud Native
2 33 (11.19%) Linux Command Line
3 29 (9.83%) Replication
4 15 (5.08%) Security Posture
5 14 (4.75%) Distributed Systems
6 12 (4.07%) Public Cloud
7 10 (3.39%) Onboarding
8 8 (2.71%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (2.37%) Data Centre
10 6 (2.03%) Hybrid Cloud
11 5 (1.69%) SCADA
12 4 (1.36%) Legacy Systems
12 4 (1.36%) PKI
12 4 (1.36%) Private Cloud
12 4 (1.36%) Security Operations Centre
13 3 (1.02%) Data Protection Act
13 3 (1.02%) Product Ownership
14 2 (0.68%) Data Structures
14 2 (0.68%) Legacy Applications
14 2 (0.68%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 89 (30.17%) Linux
2 36 (12.20%) Windows
3 18 (6.10%) Unix
4 13 (4.41%) Windows Server
5 10 (3.39%) Amazon Linux
5 10 (3.39%) VMS
6 7 (2.37%) Ubuntu
7 3 (1.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.34%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (42.71%) CI/CD
2 118 (40.00%) Agile
3 100 (33.90%) DevOps
4 54 (18.31%) Infrastructure as Code
5 53 (17.97%) Containerisation
5 53 (17.97%) Problem-Solving
6 50 (16.95%) Microservices
7 49 (16.61%) Analytics
8 46 (15.59%) Migration
9 44 (14.92%) Stakeholder Management
10 42 (14.24%) Mentoring
11 40 (13.56%) Change Management
11 40 (13.56%) Continuous Improvement
12 38 (12.88%) Software Engineering
13 36 (12.20%) Configuration Management
14 31 (10.51%) High Availability
15 29 (9.83%) Root Cause Analysis
16 28 (9.49%) Cloud Security
16 28 (9.49%) Test Automation
17 27 (9.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 69 (23.39%) Python
2 68 (23.05%) SQL
3 51 (17.29%) Java
4 27 (9.15%) PowerShell
5 20 (6.78%) Go
6 17 (5.76%) Bash
6 17 (5.76%) Shell Script
7 12 (4.07%) Groovy
8 11 (3.73%) JavaScript
8 11 (3.73%) Scala
9 5 (1.69%) Perl
9 5 (1.69%) PHP
10 4 (1.36%) BeanShell
11 3 (1.02%) Ruby
11 3 (1.02%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.68%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.68%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.34%) Lisp
13 1 (0.34%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 111 (37.63%) Security Cleared
2 83 (28.14%) SC Cleared
3 33 (11.19%) AWS Certification
3 33 (11.19%) Degree
4 19 (6.44%) Azure Certification
5 15 (5.08%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (5.08%) DV Cleared
6 12 (4.07%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 11 (3.73%) Master's Degree
8 10 (3.39%) BPSS Clearance
8 10 (3.39%) Cisco Certification
8 10 (3.39%) CISSP
9 9 (3.05%) IIBA
10 8 (2.71%) CCNP
10 8 (2.71%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (2.37%) CCIE
12 5 (1.69%) CISM
13 4 (1.36%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 4 (1.36%) CCSP
14 3 (1.02%) CCIE Security
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (7.80%) GDPR
2 17 (5.76%) QA
3 15 (5.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (4.41%) Data Quality
5 10 (3.39%) NIST
6 9 (3.05%) PCI DSS
7 6 (2.03%) WCAG
8 4 (1.36%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.34%) COBIT
10 1 (0.34%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.34%) ISO 19650
10 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.34%) SLA
System Software
1 85 (28.81%) Docker
2 40 (13.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 32 (10.85%) vSphere
4 21 (7.12%) Active Directory
5 17 (5.76%) GPFS
5 17 (5.76%) NFS
5 17 (5.76%) VMware ESXi
6 10 (3.39%) DFS Replication
7 7 (2.37%) Dovecot
7 7 (2.37%) Postfix
7 7 (2.37%) Squid
8 4 (1.36%) VMware NSX
9 3 (1.02%) Hyper-V
10 1 (0.34%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 80 (27.12%) Kubernetes
2 72 (24.41%) Terraform
3 55 (18.64%) Grafana
4 50 (16.95%) Prometheus
5 45 (15.25%) Ansible
6 32 (10.85%) vRealize
7 16 (5.42%) Progress Chef
8 14 (4.75%) Puppet
8 14 (4.75%) VxRail
9 11 (3.73%) Kibana
10 8 (2.71%) CSIRT
10 8 (2.71%) Nessus
11 7 (2.37%) Proxmox
12 6 (2.03%) Microsoft Intune
13 5 (1.69%) Single Sign-On
14 4 (1.36%) Podman
14 4 (1.36%) QRadar
15 2 (0.68%) Argo
15 2 (0.68%) Docker Swarm
15 2 (0.68%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 51 (17.29%) Microsoft
1 51 (17.29%) Oracle
2 50 (16.95%) Cisco
3 46 (15.59%) Splunk
4 42 (14.24%) VMware
5 40 (13.56%) ServiceNow
6 35 (11.86%) IBM
7 27 (9.15%) AppDynamics
8 20 (6.78%) SolarWinds
9 19 (6.44%) F5
10 18 (6.10%) Dynatrace
11 15 (5.08%) Dell
12 14 (4.75%) Commvault
13 13 (4.41%) Google
13 13 (4.41%) HP
14 12 (4.07%) Palo Alto
15 8 (2.71%) Fortinet
15 8 (2.71%) SAP
15 8 (2.71%) webMethods
16 7 (2.37%) Jaspersoft