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

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 21 40
Rank change year-on-year +6 +19 -19
Contract jobs citing AWS 384 128 74
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 11.05% 7.80% 3.83%
As % of the Cloud Services category 35.42% 24.81% 15.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 252 83 44
10th Percentile £358 £365 £311
25th Percentile £413 £450 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +2.56% -9.72%
75th Percentile £576 £575 £652
90th Percentile £656 £638 £684
England median daily rate £550 £533 £575
% change year-on-year +3.29% -7.39% -4.17%
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 £72.00 £72.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year -0.69% +56.99% -37.59%

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 1,084 516 488
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 31.19% 31.43% 25.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 753 336 365
10th Percentile £313 £275 £207
25th Percentile £402 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £588 £591 £612
90th Percentile £675 £700 £688
England median daily rate £523 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +1.95% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 7 8
10th Percentile £21.25 £17.36 £14.05
25th Percentile £22.50 £25.03 £14.22
Median hourly rate £33.99 £34.98 £19.25
Median % change year-on-year -2.83% +81.71% +2.67%
75th Percentile £67.84 £50.11 £26.30
90th Percentile £75.00 £59.20 £40.25
England median hourly rate £38.25 £25.15 £22.00
% change year-on-year +52.09% +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 26 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 26 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 26 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 0 139 £469 -8.93% 26
Birmingham +7 91 £425 -10.53% 45
Solihull -2 39 £500 +11.11% 3
Warwickshire +9 38 £525 -16.00% 10
Coventry -4 32 £475 -8.43% 9
Worcestershire +1 11 £575 +4.55% 5
Staffordshire -7 3 £200 - 6
Herefordshire -6 1 £538 -23.21% 5
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 68 (17.71%) Confluence
2 55 (14.32%) SAS
3 25 (6.51%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (1.82%) Tuxedo
5 5 (1.30%) Apache
6 4 (1.04%) Apache Spark
6 4 (1.04%) SharePoint
6 4 (1.04%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.78%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.78%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.52%) CloudStack
9 1 (0.26%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.26%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (0.78%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.26%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.26%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.26%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 5 (1.30%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.78%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.26%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.26%) Maximo
4 1 (0.26%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 167 (43.49%) Azure
2 73 (19.01%) Amazon S3
3 63 (16.41%) GitHub
4 58 (15.10%) GCP
5 51 (13.28%) Amazon EC2
6 49 (12.76%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 47 (12.24%) GitHub Actions
8 41 (10.68%) Serverless
9 37 (9.64%) AWS Lambda
10 27 (7.03%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 25 (6.51%) Amazon SQS
12 23 (5.99%) Amazon EKS
13 22 (5.73%) AWS KMS
14 21 (5.47%) Amazon ECS
15 20 (5.21%) AWS CloudFormation
15 20 (5.21%) Route 53
16 17 (4.43%) Azure DevOps
17 13 (3.39%) AWS CodePipeline
17 13 (3.39%) Power Platform
18 12 (3.13%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.34%) Firewall
2 8 (2.08%) SD-WAN
2 8 (2.08%) WAN
3 6 (1.56%) BGP
3 6 (1.56%) DHCP
3 6 (1.56%) DNS
3 6 (1.56%) OSPF
4 5 (1.30%) NetScaler
4 5 (1.30%) Network Security
4 5 (1.30%) VPN
4 5 (1.30%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (1.04%) Ethernet VPN
5 4 (1.04%) VXLAN
6 3 (0.78%) BIG-IP
6 3 (0.78%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 3 (0.78%) LAN
6 3 (0.78%) VLAN
6 3 (0.78%) VSAN
6 3 (0.78%) WLAN
7 2 (0.52%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (10.94%) PostgreSQL
2 41 (10.68%) Amazon RDS
3 37 (9.64%) Data Warehouse
4 34 (8.85%) Pentaho
5 26 (6.77%) DynamoDB
6 23 (5.99%) Oracle Database
7 21 (5.47%) Oracle Reports
8 20 (5.21%) SAS Enterprise Guide
8 20 (5.21%) SAS Visual Analytics
9 19 (4.95%) Amazon Redshift
10 17 (4.43%) Amazon Aurora
11 15 (3.91%) MySQL
12 14 (3.65%) Relational Database
13 12 (3.13%) MongoDB
14 11 (2.86%) Power BI
15 10 (2.60%) Data Lake
16 9 (2.34%) SQL Server
17 8 (2.08%) Metadata
18 7 (1.82%) Amazon Athena
18 7 (1.82%) Ingres
Development Applications
1 90 (23.44%) JIRA
2 88 (22.92%) Git
3 83 (21.61%) Jenkins
4 82 (21.35%) GitLab
5 43 (11.20%) JUnit
6 28 (7.29%) Selenium
7 23 (5.99%) Maven
7 23 (5.99%) SonarQube
8 22 (5.73%) Zephyr
9 21 (5.47%) Cucumber
10 20 (5.21%) Mockito
10 20 (5.21%) Postman
11 19 (4.95%) JMeter
12 17 (4.43%) WebDriver
13 14 (3.65%) Artifactory
14 13 (3.39%) DbUnit
14 13 (3.39%) jMock
15 12 (3.13%) Bitbucket
16 11 (2.86%) Bitbucket Server
17 8 (2.08%) REST Assured
General
1 117 (30.47%) Social Skills
2 90 (23.44%) Public Sector
3 31 (8.07%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (4.95%) Finance
5 10 (2.60%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (2.08%) Banking
6 8 (2.08%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (1.82%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (1.56%) Legal
9 4 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (1.04%) Retail
10 3 (0.78%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.52%) Advertising
11 2 (0.52%) Front Office
11 2 (0.52%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.52%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.26%) Military
12 1 (0.26%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 67 (17.45%) Architect
2 57 (14.84%) Data Engineer
3 43 (11.20%) Senior
4 37 (9.64%) Developer
5 32 (8.33%) Tester
6 31 (8.07%) Lead
7 30 (7.81%) AWS Engineer
8 25 (6.51%) Java Developer
9 22 (5.73%) Scrum Master
10 18 (4.69%) DevOps Engineer
10 18 (4.69%) Solutions Architect
11 17 (4.43%) QA Tester
12 15 (3.91%) AWS Data Engineer
13 14 (3.65%) Analyst
13 14 (3.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 13 (3.39%) Cloud Architect
15 12 (3.13%) Cloud Engineer
15 12 (3.13%) Technical Architect
16 10 (2.60%) AWS DevOps
16 10 (2.60%) Release Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (13.80%) Spring
2 37 (9.64%) Spring Boot
3 33 (8.59%) REST
4 23 (5.99%) SOAP
5 22 (5.73%) Node.js
6 20 (5.21%) AngularJS
6 20 (5.21%) JPA
6 20 (5.21%) Spring Cloud
6 20 (5.21%) Web Services
7 18 (4.69%) ActiveMQ
7 18 (4.69%) Hibernate
7 18 (4.69%) RESTful
7 18 (4.69%) WireMock
8 17 (4.43%) Spring Batch
8 17 (4.43%) Spring Integration
9 13 (3.39%) Elastic Stack
9 13 (3.39%) PowerMock
10 11 (2.86%) Bootstrap
11 10 (2.60%) Playwright
11 10 (2.60%) React
Miscellaneous
1 41 (10.68%) Cloud Native
2 37 (9.64%) Distributed Systems
3 27 (7.03%) Product Ownership
4 25 (6.51%) Hybrid Cloud
5 16 (4.17%) Private Cloud
6 14 (3.65%) Data Centre
6 14 (3.65%) Distributed Architecture
7 13 (3.39%) Onboarding
8 11 (2.86%) Data Protection Act
9 10 (2.60%) Public Cloud
9 10 (2.60%) Replication
10 8 (2.08%) Enterprise Cloud
10 8 (2.08%) Operational Technology
11 7 (1.82%) Linux Command Line
12 6 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
12 6 (1.56%) Low-Code
13 5 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
14 3 (0.78%) Data Fabric
14 3 (0.78%) Distributed Applications
14 3 (0.78%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 53 (13.80%) Linux
2 25 (6.51%) Windows
3 17 (4.43%) Unix
4 10 (2.60%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.30%) AIX
6 4 (1.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.78%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.52%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.52%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.26%) Android
9 1 (0.26%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.26%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (48.18%) Agile
2 168 (43.75%) CI/CD
3 128 (33.33%) DevOps
4 103 (26.82%) Migration
5 97 (25.26%) Test Automation
6 76 (19.79%) Continuous Improvement
7 75 (19.53%) Containerisation
8 72 (18.75%) Scrum
9 71 (18.49%) Infrastructure as Code
10 68 (17.71%) ETL
11 65 (16.93%) Microservices
12 54 (14.06%) Analytics
13 53 (13.80%) Stakeholder Management
14 52 (13.54%) Observability
15 50 (13.02%) Validation
16 49 (12.76%) Data Integration
16 49 (12.76%) Data Modelling
17 48 (12.50%) TDD
18 43 (11.20%) Technical Leadership
18 43 (11.20%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 128 (33.33%) SQL
2 69 (17.97%) Python
3 64 (16.67%) Java
4 21 (5.47%) Bash
5 15 (3.91%) JavaScript
5 15 (3.91%) PowerShell
6 12 (3.13%) PL/SQL
7 8 (2.08%) TypeScript
8 7 (1.82%) Go
8 7 (1.82%) Shell Script
8 7 (1.82%) VB
8 7 (1.82%) VB6
9 5 (1.30%) C
10 4 (1.04%) Perl
11 3 (0.78%) Bicep
12 2 (0.52%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.52%) R
13 1 (0.26%) BeanShell
13 1 (0.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.26%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 220 (57.29%) Security Cleared
2 185 (48.18%) SC Cleared
3 26 (6.77%) AWS Certification
4 22 (5.73%) ISTQB
5 17 (4.43%) BPSS Clearance
6 14 (3.65%) Azure Certification
6 14 (3.65%) Degree
7 12 (3.13%) DV Cleared
8 11 (2.86%) SAFe Agilist
9 9 (2.34%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 8 (2.08%) Cisco Certification
11 5 (1.30%) CISSP
11 5 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (1.04%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 4 (1.04%) CCNA
12 4 (1.04%) SAS Certification
13 2 (0.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 2 (0.52%) CCNP
13 2 (0.52%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 1 (0.26%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (11.98%) QA
2 17 (4.43%) Data Quality
3 11 (2.86%) NIST
4 8 (2.08%) Accessibility
4 8 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (2.08%) SLA
5 7 (1.82%) GDPR
6 5 (1.30%) PCI DSS
7 4 (1.04%) WCAG
8 2 (0.52%) COBIT
9 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 101 (26.30%) Docker
2 14 (3.65%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (3.65%) vSphere
3 12 (3.13%) Active Directory
3 12 (3.13%) VMware ESXi
4 11 (2.86%) Postfix
5 7 (1.82%) GPFS
5 7 (1.82%) NFS
6 5 (1.30%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.52%) Firmware
8 1 (0.26%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.26%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 79 (20.57%) Kubernetes
2 66 (17.19%) Grafana
3 65 (16.93%) Terraform
4 43 (11.20%) Prometheus
5 22 (5.73%) Ansible
6 10 (2.60%) Progress Chef
7 8 (2.08%) Puppet
8 6 (1.56%) vRealize
9 5 (1.30%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (0.78%) SCCM
10 3 (0.78%) VxRail
11 2 (0.52%) Argo
11 2 (0.52%) Check_MK
11 2 (0.52%) Kibana
12 1 (0.26%) Control-M
12 1 (0.26%) Data Guard
12 1 (0.26%) Istio
12 1 (0.26%) Oracle RMAN
12 1 (0.26%) Podman
12 1 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 114 (29.69%) Oracle
2 51 (13.28%) Talend
3 37 (9.64%) Microsoft
4 30 (7.81%) Denodo
5 29 (7.55%) Informatica
5 29 (7.55%) ServiceNow
6 23 (5.99%) VMware
7 19 (4.95%) Cisco
8 17 (4.43%) Jaspersoft
8 17 (4.43%) Splunk
9 15 (3.91%) Databricks
10 14 (3.65%) Atlassian
11 11 (2.86%) Cloudera
12 10 (2.60%) IBM
13 8 (2.08%) SAP
14 7 (1.82%) Google
15 6 (1.56%) Red Hat
16 5 (1.30%) Actian
16 5 (1.30%) Dynatrace
16 5 (1.30%) Salesforce