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

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 25 43
Rank change year-on-year +15 +18 -28
Contract jobs citing AWS 336 86 79
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 11.67% 6.51% 4.01%
As % of the Cloud Services category 36.80% 18.38% 15.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 232 56 65
10th Percentile £313 £405 £318
25th Percentile £402 £455 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £496 £511 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% +2.20% -7.41%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £638
90th Percentile £645 £700 £688
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -7.56%
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 £76.00 £71.25 £55.00
% change year-on-year +6.67% +29.55% -15.71%

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 913 468 501
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 31.72% 35.40% 25.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 666 337 391
10th Percentile £313 £200 £213
25th Percentile £404 £393 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% +11.11% -10.89%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £700 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 17 11
10th Percentile £22.05 £15.26 £14.13
25th Percentile £22.50 £16.75 £17.63
Median hourly rate £25.00 £18.13 £19.95
Median % change year-on-year +37.89% -9.12% +12.58%
75th Percentile £27.50 £33.75 £26.50
90th Percentile £37.45 £37.79 -
England median hourly rate £39.75 £26.81 £21.00
% change year-on-year +48.25% +27.68% -16.00%

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 25 March 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 25 March 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 +11 85 £500 -9.09% 40
Shropshire -13 81 £458 -7.20% 16
Coventry +10 54 £402 -27.73% 10
Warwickshire +21 42 £538 +7.50% 15
Worcestershire +1 20 £725 +3.57% 3
Solihull -2 16 £500 +19.05% 4
Herefordshire -8 11 £550 -21.43% 1
Staffordshire -7 1 £338 -38.64% 13
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 57 (16.96%) Confluence
2 24 (7.14%) SAS
3 13 (3.87%) Apache
3 13 (3.87%) WebLogic
4 7 (2.08%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (1.49%) Anypoint
5 5 (1.49%) Apache Spark
6 4 (1.19%) JBoss
6 4 (1.19%) OpenStack
6 4 (1.19%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.60%) Drupal
7 2 (0.60%) nginx
8 1 (0.30%) CMS
8 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (2.38%) MS Visio
2 6 (1.79%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.30%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (0.30%) CATIA
3 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.30%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
1 2 (0.60%) Shopify
2 1 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.30%) MIS ActiveH
Cloud Services
1 149 (44.35%) Azure
2 75 (22.32%) GCP
3 51 (15.18%) Amazon S3
4 33 (9.82%) Amazon EC2
5 31 (9.23%) GitHub
5 31 (9.23%) Serverless
6 25 (7.44%) GitHub Actions
7 24 (7.14%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 24 (7.14%) Datadog
8 21 (6.25%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 20 (5.95%) AWS KMS
9 20 (5.95%) AWS Lambda
10 17 (5.06%) Entra ID
11 16 (4.76%) Amazon EKS
12 13 (3.87%) OpenShift
12 13 (3.87%) Route 53
13 12 (3.57%) Amazon SQS
13 12 (3.57%) AWS CloudFormation
14 8 (2.38%) Amazon ELB
14 8 (2.38%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (6.55%) Firewall
2 20 (5.95%) VPN
3 15 (4.46%) Network Security
3 15 (4.46%) VSAN
4 9 (2.68%) DNS
4 9 (2.68%) SD-WAN
4 9 (2.68%) WAN
5 8 (2.38%) DHCP
6 7 (2.08%) BGP
6 7 (2.08%) LAN
6 7 (2.08%) OSPF
6 7 (2.08%) WLAN
7 6 (1.79%) MPLS
7 6 (1.79%) VLAN
7 6 (1.79%) VXLAN
8 5 (1.49%) EIGRP
8 5 (1.49%) HTTPS
8 5 (1.49%) IPv4
8 5 (1.49%) IPv6
9 4 (1.19%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (13.39%) PostgreSQL
2 40 (11.90%) Amazon RDS
3 20 (5.95%) MongoDB
4 17 (5.06%) Pentaho
5 15 (4.46%) Amazon Redshift
6 13 (3.87%) Data Warehouse
6 13 (3.87%) NoSQL
7 12 (3.57%) DynamoDB
8 11 (3.27%) MySQL
8 11 (3.27%) Oracle Database
9 10 (2.98%) Amazon Aurora
9 10 (2.98%) Oracle Reports
9 10 (2.98%) Relational Database
10 5 (1.49%) Amazon Athena
11 4 (1.19%) Big Data
11 4 (1.19%) InfluxDB
12 3 (0.89%) Hadoop
12 3 (0.89%) Power BI
13 2 (0.60%) Data Lake
13 2 (0.60%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 74 (22.02%) Git
2 64 (19.05%) JIRA
3 63 (18.75%) Jenkins
4 48 (14.29%) GitLab
5 41 (12.20%) JUnit
6 28 (8.33%) Selenium
7 22 (6.55%) Cucumber
8 21 (6.25%) Maven
9 19 (5.65%) Mockito
10 15 (4.46%) JMeter
11 14 (4.17%) SonarQube
11 14 (4.17%) WebDriver
12 12 (3.57%) Postman
13 9 (2.68%) Zephyr
14 8 (2.38%) DbUnit
14 8 (2.38%) jMock
15 7 (2.08%) Liquibase
16 6 (1.79%) Atlassian Bamboo
16 6 (1.79%) Bitbucket Server
17 5 (1.49%) Bitbucket
General
1 128 (38.10%) Social Skills
2 53 (15.77%) Public Sector
3 52 (15.48%) Finance
4 48 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (5.65%) Banking
6 17 (5.06%) Presentation Skills
7 15 (4.46%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (2.98%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (2.38%) Financial Institution
9 8 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (2.08%) Aeronautics
11 4 (1.19%) Legal
12 2 (0.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.60%) Military
12 2 (0.60%) Retail
12 2 (0.60%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.30%) Advertising
13 1 (0.30%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.30%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 50 (14.88%) Analyst
2 40 (11.90%) Developer
3 37 (11.01%) Architect
4 35 (10.42%) Senior
5 33 (9.82%) Data Engineer
6 29 (8.63%) Lead
7 26 (7.74%) Cloud Engineer
8 25 (7.44%) AWS Engineer
8 25 (7.44%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 24 (7.14%) Java Developer
10 21 (6.25%) Storage Analyst
10 21 (6.25%) Tester
11 16 (4.76%) DevOps Engineer
12 15 (4.46%) Business Analyst
13 12 (3.57%) Site Engineer
13 12 (3.57%) Site Reliability Engineer
13 12 (3.57%) Software Engineer
13 12 (3.57%) Solutions Architect
14 10 (2.98%) Automation Tester
14 10 (2.98%) GCP Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (15.18%) Spring
2 40 (11.90%) REST
3 33 (9.82%) Spring Boot
4 24 (7.14%) RESTful
5 20 (5.95%) SOAP
6 18 (5.36%) JPA
6 18 (5.36%) WireMock
7 17 (5.06%) JSON
8 16 (4.76%) AngularJS
8 16 (4.76%) Node.js
9 15 (4.46%) Elastic Stack
9 15 (4.46%) Flash
9 15 (4.46%) Hibernate
9 15 (4.46%) React
9 15 (4.46%) Web Services
10 14 (4.17%) HTML
11 12 (3.57%) Spring Batch
12 11 (3.27%) SailPoint
12 11 (3.27%) Spring Cloud
13 10 (2.98%) Spring Integration
Miscellaneous
1 33 (9.82%) Distributed Systems
2 31 (9.23%) Linux Command Line
3 25 (7.44%) Cloud Native
4 17 (5.06%) Replication
5 12 (3.57%) Data Centre
6 11 (3.27%) Distributed Architecture
7 10 (2.98%) Hybrid Cloud
7 10 (2.98%) Public Cloud
8 9 (2.68%) Onboarding
9 8 (2.38%) Enterprise Software
10 7 (2.08%) Product Ownership
11 6 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (1.79%) Private Cloud
11 6 (1.79%) Security Posture
12 5 (1.49%) SCADA
13 4 (1.19%) Legacy Systems
13 4 (1.19%) PKI
13 4 (1.19%) Security Operations Centre
14 3 (0.89%) Algorithms
14 3 (0.89%) Distributed Applications
Operating Systems
1 80 (23.81%) Linux
2 24 (7.14%) Windows
3 13 (3.87%) Windows Server
4 9 (2.68%) Unix
5 7 (2.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.30%) Android
6 1 (0.30%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.30%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 162 (48.21%) Agile
2 132 (39.29%) CI/CD
3 85 (25.30%) DevOps
4 71 (21.13%) Microservices
5 62 (18.45%) Containerisation
5 62 (18.45%) Continuous Improvement
6 59 (17.56%) Stakeholder Management
7 52 (15.48%) Problem-Solving
8 49 (14.58%) Infrastructure as Code
9 47 (13.99%) Migration
10 46 (13.69%) Scrum
11 45 (13.39%) Mentoring
11 45 (13.39%) Test Automation
12 40 (11.90%) ETL
13 39 (11.61%) TDD
14 38 (11.31%) Observability
15 37 (11.01%) Software Engineering
16 34 (10.12%) Analytics
17 33 (9.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 32 (9.52%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 93 (27.68%) SQL
2 71 (21.13%) Python
3 66 (19.64%) Java
4 21 (6.25%) Bash
4 21 (6.25%) Shell Script
5 18 (5.36%) PowerShell
6 17 (5.06%) Go
7 11 (3.27%) JavaScript
8 8 (2.38%) Scala
9 6 (1.79%) Perl
10 5 (1.49%) BeanShell
11 4 (1.19%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.89%) PHP
12 3 (0.89%) Ruby
12 3 (0.89%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.60%) Groovy
13 2 (0.60%) Kusto Query Language
14 1 (0.30%) Bicep
14 1 (0.30%) Swift
Qualifications
1 150 (44.64%) Security Cleared
2 119 (35.42%) SC Cleared
3 30 (8.93%) AWS Certification
4 22 (6.55%) Degree
5 15 (4.46%) DV Cleared
6 14 (4.17%) Cisco Certification
7 13 (3.87%) Azure Certification
7 13 (3.87%) CISSP
8 11 (3.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 11 (3.27%) BPSS Clearance
9 10 (2.98%) Computer Science Degree
10 9 (2.68%) IIBA
10 9 (2.68%) ISTQB
10 9 (2.68%) Master's Degree
11 7 (2.08%) CCIE
11 7 (2.08%) CCNP
12 6 (1.79%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 6 (1.79%) CISM
12 6 (1.79%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (1.49%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (7.74%) QA
2 22 (6.55%) GDPR
3 16 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (3.87%) NIST
5 12 (3.57%) Data Quality
6 9 (2.68%) PCI DSS
7 6 (1.79%) WCAG
8 4 (1.19%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.60%) COBIT
9 2 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.60%) SLA
10 1 (0.30%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 95 (28.27%) Docker
2 38 (11.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 30 (8.93%) vSphere
4 21 (6.25%) Active Directory
5 15 (4.46%) GPFS
5 15 (4.46%) NFS
5 15 (4.46%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (2.08%) Postfix
7 4 (1.19%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.89%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.30%) Firmware
9 1 (0.30%) HDFS
9 1 (0.30%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 95 (28.27%) Kubernetes
2 69 (20.54%) Grafana
3 66 (19.64%) Terraform
4 50 (14.88%) Prometheus
5 37 (11.01%) Ansible
6 30 (8.93%) vRealize
7 15 (4.46%) VxRail
8 14 (4.17%) Progress Chef
9 11 (3.27%) Kibana
10 8 (2.38%) Puppet
11 7 (2.08%) Microsoft Intune
12 4 (1.19%) QRadar
13 3 (0.89%) Single Sign-On
14 2 (0.60%) Argo
14 2 (0.60%) Docker Swarm
14 2 (0.60%) EMC NetWorker
14 2 (0.60%) Podman
15 1 (0.30%) logstash
15 1 (0.30%) Nessus
15 1 (0.30%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 63 (18.75%) Oracle
2 44 (13.10%) Microsoft
3 43 (12.80%) Cisco
4 39 (11.61%) VMware
5 34 (10.12%) IBM
6 33 (9.82%) ServiceNow
7 30 (8.93%) Splunk
8 23 (6.85%) AppDynamics
9 22 (6.55%) Talend
10 20 (5.95%) SolarWinds
11 19 (5.65%) Informatica
12 15 (4.46%) Google
13 14 (4.17%) Commvault
13 14 (4.17%) Dell
13 14 (4.17%) Dynatrace
14 12 (3.57%) HP
15 10 (2.98%) Jaspersoft
16 9 (2.68%) Palo Alto
17 8 (2.38%) Cloudera
17 8 (2.38%) Denodo