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

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 26 44
Rank change year-on-year +14 +18 -29
Contract jobs citing AWS 341 84 77
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 12.01% 6.33% 3.96%
As % of the Cloud Services category 37.23% 17.95% 15.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 237 53 63
10th Percentile £314 £402 £315
25th Percentile £402 £455 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £606
90th Percentile £645 £700 £688
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.59% +0.05% -6.78%
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 £75.50 £72.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year +4.14% +38.10% -18.92%

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 916 468 508
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 32.25% 35.29% 26.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 669 332 397
10th Percentile £313 £200 £213
25th Percentile £406 £389 £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £494 £450
Median % change year-on-year +0.71% +9.78% -10.00%
75th Percentile £575 £603 £600
90th Percentile £688 £700 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 16 11
10th Percentile £21.83 £15.25 £14.13
25th Percentile £22.50 £16.63 £17.63
Median hourly rate £26.11 £18.13 £19.95
Median % change year-on-year +43.99% -9.12% +21.06%
75th Percentile £27.50 £23.62 £26.50
90th Percentile £42.43 £35.00 -
England median hourly rate £39.50 £26.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year +49.06% +26.19% -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 14 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 14 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
Shropshire -8 89 £465 -5.10% 8
Birmingham +10 88 £500 -9.09% 35
Coventry +10 53 £402 -19.60% 11
Warwickshire +22 41 £538 +7.50% 10
Worcestershire +1 21 £703 +0.36% 6
Solihull -2 12 £500 +19.05% 6
Herefordshire -8 11 £550 -21.43% 2
Staffordshire -7 1 £338 -38.64% 9
Bilston - 1 £550 -
Wolverhampton - 1 - - 3
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 52 (15.25%) Confluence
2 24 (7.04%) SAS
3 17 (4.99%) Apache
3 17 (4.99%) WebLogic
4 8 (2.35%) JBoss
5 7 (2.05%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (1.47%) Apache Spark
6 5 (1.47%) OpenStack
7 4 (1.17%) Anypoint
7 4 (1.17%) SharePoint
8 2 (0.59%) Drupal
8 2 (0.59%) nginx
9 1 (0.29%) CMS
9 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (2.93%) Microsoft Project
2 8 (2.35%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.29%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (0.29%) CATIA
3 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.29%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (0.59%) SAP S/4HANA
1 2 (0.59%) Shopify
2 1 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.29%) MIS ActiveH
Cloud Services
1 153 (44.87%) Azure
2 80 (23.46%) GCP
3 47 (13.78%) Amazon S3
4 30 (8.80%) GitHub
5 29 (8.50%) Amazon EC2
6 27 (7.92%) Serverless
7 25 (7.33%) Datadog
8 24 (7.04%) GitHub Actions
9 20 (5.87%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 19 (5.57%) AWS KMS
11 18 (5.28%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 17 (4.99%) AWS Lambda
12 17 (4.99%) Entra ID
13 14 (4.11%) Amazon EKS
13 14 (4.11%) OpenShift
14 12 (3.52%) Route 53
15 11 (3.23%) Amazon SQS
16 10 (2.93%) AWS CloudFormation
17 9 (2.64%) Azure DevOps
18 8 (2.35%) Amazon ELB
Communications & Networking
1 23 (6.74%) Firewall
2 20 (5.87%) VPN
3 15 (4.40%) Network Security
3 15 (4.40%) VSAN
4 9 (2.64%) DNS
4 9 (2.64%) SD-WAN
4 9 (2.64%) WAN
5 8 (2.35%) DHCP
6 7 (2.05%) BGP
6 7 (2.05%) LAN
6 7 (2.05%) OSPF
6 7 (2.05%) WLAN
7 6 (1.76%) MPLS
7 6 (1.76%) VLAN
7 6 (1.76%) VXLAN
8 5 (1.47%) EIGRP
8 5 (1.47%) IPv4
8 5 (1.47%) IPv6
9 4 (1.17%) HTTPS
9 4 (1.17%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (12.61%) PostgreSQL
2 39 (11.44%) Amazon RDS
3 25 (7.33%) MongoDB
4 17 (4.99%) Pentaho
5 14 (4.11%) Amazon Redshift
6 13 (3.81%) Data Warehouse
6 13 (3.81%) NoSQL
7 11 (3.23%) DynamoDB
7 11 (3.23%) Oracle Database
8 10 (2.93%) MySQL
8 10 (2.93%) Oracle Reports
8 10 (2.93%) Relational Database
9 9 (2.64%) Amazon Aurora
10 5 (1.47%) Amazon Athena
11 4 (1.17%) Big Data
11 4 (1.17%) InfluxDB
11 4 (1.17%) Power BI
12 3 (0.88%) Hadoop
12 3 (0.88%) Metadata
13 2 (0.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 78 (22.87%) Git
2 60 (17.60%) Jenkins
3 59 (17.30%) JIRA
4 46 (13.49%) GitLab
5 45 (13.20%) JUnit
6 33 (9.68%) Selenium
7 22 (6.45%) Cucumber
8 21 (6.16%) Maven
9 18 (5.28%) Mockito
10 14 (4.11%) JMeter
10 14 (4.11%) SonarQube
11 13 (3.81%) Postman
11 13 (3.81%) WebDriver
12 9 (2.64%) Zephyr
13 8 (2.35%) Eclipse
13 8 (2.35%) IntelliJ
14 7 (2.05%) DbUnit
14 7 (2.05%) jMock
14 7 (2.05%) Liquibase
15 6 (1.76%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 129 (37.83%) Social Skills
2 57 (16.72%) Finance
3 51 (14.96%) Public Sector
4 47 (13.78%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (5.57%) Banking
6 17 (4.99%) Presentation Skills
7 15 (4.40%) Documentation Skills
8 14 (4.11%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (2.35%) Financial Institution
9 8 (2.35%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (2.05%) Aeronautics
11 4 (1.17%) Legal
12 2 (0.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.59%) Military
12 2 (0.59%) Retail
12 2 (0.59%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.29%) Advertising
13 1 (0.29%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.29%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 50 (14.66%) Analyst
2 41 (12.02%) Developer
3 38 (11.14%) Senior
4 37 (10.85%) Architect
5 34 (9.97%) Data Engineer
6 30 (8.80%) Lead
7 26 (7.62%) Cloud Engineer
8 25 (7.33%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 24 (7.04%) AWS Engineer
9 24 (7.04%) Java Developer
10 21 (6.16%) Storage Analyst
11 20 (5.87%) Tester
12 18 (5.28%) DevOps Engineer
13 15 (4.40%) Business Analyst
14 13 (3.81%) Software Engineer
14 13 (3.81%) Solutions Architect
15 12 (3.52%) Site Engineer
15 12 (3.52%) Site Reliability Engineer
16 10 (2.93%) Engagement Manager
16 10 (2.93%) GCP Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (15.54%) Spring
2 45 (13.20%) REST
3 32 (9.38%) Spring Boot
4 23 (6.74%) JSON
4 23 (6.74%) RESTful
4 23 (6.74%) SOAP
5 18 (5.28%) Hibernate
5 18 (5.28%) HTML
6 17 (4.99%) JPA
6 17 (4.99%) WireMock
7 16 (4.69%) Elastic Stack
7 16 (4.69%) Node.js
7 16 (4.69%) React
8 15 (4.40%) AngularJS
8 15 (4.40%) Flash
9 14 (4.11%) Web Services
10 11 (3.23%) SailPoint
10 11 (3.23%) Spring Batch
11 10 (2.93%) Playwright
11 10 (2.93%) Spring Cloud
Miscellaneous
1 31 (9.09%) Linux Command Line
2 30 (8.80%) Distributed Systems
3 26 (7.62%) Cloud Native
4 17 (4.99%) Replication
5 13 (3.81%) Onboarding
6 12 (3.52%) Data Centre
7 10 (2.93%) Distributed Architecture
7 10 (2.93%) Hybrid Cloud
7 10 (2.93%) Public Cloud
8 8 (2.35%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (2.05%) Private Cloud
9 7 (2.05%) Security Posture
10 5 (1.47%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (1.47%) SCADA
11 4 (1.17%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (1.17%) PKI
11 4 (1.17%) Product Ownership
11 4 (1.17%) Security Operations Centre
12 3 (0.88%) Algorithms
12 3 (0.88%) Distributed Applications
Operating Systems
1 80 (23.46%) Linux
2 24 (7.04%) Windows
3 13 (3.81%) Unix
3 13 (3.81%) Windows Server
4 7 (2.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.29%) Android
5 1 (0.29%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.29%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 166 (48.68%) Agile
2 139 (40.76%) CI/CD
3 90 (26.39%) DevOps
4 73 (21.41%) Microservices
5 63 (18.48%) Stakeholder Management
6 61 (17.89%) Continuous Improvement
7 60 (17.60%) Containerisation
8 56 (16.42%) Problem-Solving
9 51 (14.96%) Infrastructure as Code
9 51 (14.96%) Mentoring
9 51 (14.96%) Migration
10 45 (13.20%) Scrum
11 43 (12.61%) Test Automation
12 40 (11.73%) ETL
12 40 (11.73%) Software Engineering
13 38 (11.14%) TDD
14 37 (10.85%) Analytics
14 37 (10.85%) Observability
15 36 (10.56%) Change Management
16 32 (9.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 96 (28.15%) SQL
2 71 (20.82%) Python
3 70 (20.53%) Java
4 21 (6.16%) Shell Script
5 20 (5.87%) Bash
6 17 (4.99%) Go
6 17 (4.99%) PowerShell
7 12 (3.52%) JavaScript
7 12 (3.52%) Scala
8 6 (1.76%) Perl
9 5 (1.47%) BeanShell
10 4 (1.17%) Kotlin
11 3 (0.88%) PHP
11 3 (0.88%) Ruby
11 3 (0.88%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.59%) Groovy
12 2 (0.59%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.29%) Bicep
13 1 (0.29%) Swift
Qualifications
1 149 (43.70%) Security Cleared
2 117 (34.31%) SC Cleared
3 31 (9.09%) AWS Certification
4 22 (6.45%) Degree
5 16 (4.69%) DV Cleared
6 14 (4.11%) Azure Certification
6 14 (4.11%) Cisco Certification
7 13 (3.81%) CISSP
8 12 (3.52%) BPSS Clearance
9 11 (3.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 10 (2.93%) Computer Science Degree
11 9 (2.64%) IIBA
11 9 (2.64%) ISTQB
11 9 (2.64%) Master's Degree
12 7 (2.05%) CCIE
12 7 (2.05%) CCNP
12 7 (2.05%) Microsoft Certification
13 6 (1.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 6 (1.76%) CISM
14 5 (1.47%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (9.09%) QA
2 21 (6.16%) GDPR
3 15 (4.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 14 (4.11%) Data Quality
5 13 (3.81%) NIST
6 9 (2.64%) PCI DSS
7 7 (2.05%) WCAG
8 5 (1.47%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.59%) COBIT
9 2 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.59%) SLA
10 1 (0.29%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 96 (28.15%) Docker
2 38 (11.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 30 (8.80%) vSphere
4 21 (6.16%) Active Directory
5 15 (4.40%) GPFS
5 15 (4.40%) NFS
5 15 (4.40%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (1.76%) Postfix
7 4 (1.17%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.88%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.29%) Firmware
9 1 (0.29%) HDFS
9 1 (0.29%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 96 (28.15%) Kubernetes
2 66 (19.35%) Grafana
3 64 (18.77%) Terraform
4 49 (14.37%) Prometheus
5 38 (11.14%) Ansible
6 30 (8.80%) vRealize
7 15 (4.40%) Progress Chef
7 15 (4.40%) VxRail
8 13 (3.81%) Puppet
9 11 (3.23%) Kibana
10 7 (2.05%) Microsoft Intune
11 4 (1.17%) QRadar
12 3 (0.88%) Podman
12 3 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
13 2 (0.59%) Argo
13 2 (0.59%) Docker Swarm
13 2 (0.59%) EMC NetWorker
14 1 (0.29%) CSIRT
14 1 (0.29%) logstash
14 1 (0.29%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 64 (18.77%) Oracle
2 49 (14.37%) Microsoft
3 43 (12.61%) Cisco
4 39 (11.44%) VMware
5 37 (10.85%) ServiceNow
6 33 (9.68%) IBM
7 31 (9.09%) Splunk
8 23 (6.74%) AppDynamics
9 21 (6.16%) Talend
10 20 (5.87%) SolarWinds
11 19 (5.57%) Informatica
12 15 (4.40%) Google
13 14 (4.11%) Commvault
13 14 (4.11%) Dell
13 14 (4.11%) Dynatrace
14 12 (3.52%) HP
14 12 (3.52%) SAP
15 9 (2.64%) Jaspersoft
15 9 (2.64%) Palo Alto
16 8 (2.35%) Cloudera