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

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 27 42
Rank change year-on-year +15 +15 -22
Contract jobs citing AWS 326 87 69
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 10.34% 6.22% 3.65%
As % of the Cloud Services category 36.38% 19.16% 14.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 220 51 48
10th Percentile £326 £410 £312
25th Percentile £402 £454 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £559 £575 £652
90th Percentile £650 £700 £688
England median daily rate £538 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -2.27% -2.31% -6.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile £55.38 - £23.46
25th Percentile £61.56 - £28.71
Median hourly rate £70.00 - £37.48
75th Percentile £75.00 - £46.24
90th Percentile - - £51.50
England median hourly rate £74.00 £72.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +2.07% +31.82% -26.67%

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 896 454 463
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 28.41% 32.45% 24.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 630 301 357
10th Percentile £313 £200 £211
25th Percentile £402 £388 £345
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £575 £594 £600
90th Percentile £688 £656 £684
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 12 11
10th Percentile - £15.23 £14.13
25th Percentile £22.50 £16.02 £15.13
Median hourly rate £33.99 £18.07 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +88.15% -19.71% +11.17%
75th Percentile £64.32 £19.31 £26.50
90th Percentile £74.28 £39.80 -
England median hourly rate £41.78 £25.50 £21.37
% change year-on-year +63.84% +19.33% -37.15%

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 18 May 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 18 May 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 18 May 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 +4 105 £469 +1.96% 12
Birmingham +12 79 £425 -20.93% 44
Coventry +10 38 £402 -34.37% 10
Warwickshire +3 31 £525 -15.32% 12
Solihull -1 27 £494 +7.34% 2
Worcestershire 0 12 £680 +8.80% 13
Herefordshire -6 8 £544 -22.32%
Staffordshire -4 2 £325 -40.91% 8
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 70 (21.47%) Confluence
2 45 (13.80%) SAS
3 15 (4.60%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (2.45%) Apache
5 7 (2.15%) WebLogic
6 5 (1.53%) Anypoint
7 4 (1.23%) Apache Spark
7 4 (1.23%) SharePoint
8 3 (0.92%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.61%) CloudStack
9 2 (0.61%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.31%) CMS
10 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.31%) nginx
Applications
1 5 (1.53%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (0.92%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.31%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (0.31%) CATIA
3 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.31%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (0.92%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.61%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.61%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 133 (40.80%) Azure
2 60 (18.40%) Amazon S3
3 51 (15.64%) GCP
4 41 (12.58%) Amazon EC2
4 41 (12.58%) GitHub
5 38 (11.66%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 34 (10.43%) Serverless
7 31 (9.51%) AWS Lambda
7 31 (9.51%) GitHub Actions
8 22 (6.75%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 19 (5.83%) Amazon SQS
9 19 (5.83%) AWS KMS
10 17 (5.21%) Amazon EKS
10 17 (5.21%) Route 53
11 15 (4.60%) AWS CloudFormation
12 14 (4.29%) Datadog
13 13 (3.99%) Amazon ECS
14 12 (3.68%) AWS CodePipeline
14 12 (3.68%) Entra ID
15 11 (3.37%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.07%) Firewall
1 10 (3.07%) VPN
2 9 (2.76%) Network Security
3 8 (2.45%) VSAN
4 6 (1.84%) SD-WAN
4 6 (1.84%) WAN
5 5 (1.53%) HTTPS
6 3 (0.92%) BGP
6 3 (0.92%) DHCP
6 3 (0.92%) DNS
6 3 (0.92%) OSPF
6 3 (0.92%) VLAN
6 3 (0.92%) WLAN
7 2 (0.61%) Ethernet VPN
7 2 (0.61%) LAN
7 2 (0.61%) NAS
7 2 (0.61%) SAN
7 2 (0.61%) SSL
7 2 (0.61%) Structured Cabling
7 2 (0.61%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (13.19%) Amazon RDS
2 33 (10.12%) PostgreSQL
3 29 (8.90%) Pentaho
4 23 (7.06%) Data Warehouse
5 22 (6.75%) DynamoDB
6 16 (4.91%) Amazon Redshift
7 14 (4.29%) Amazon Aurora
7 14 (4.29%) Oracle Database
7 14 (4.29%) Oracle Reports
8 12 (3.68%) Relational Database
9 11 (3.37%) MongoDB
10 9 (2.76%) SAS Enterprise Guide
10 9 (2.76%) SAS Visual Analytics
11 8 (2.45%) Power BI
12 7 (2.15%) Data Lake
12 7 (2.15%) MySQL
13 6 (1.84%) Amazon Athena
14 5 (1.53%) SAS Data Integration Studio
15 4 (1.23%) Apache Iceberg
15 4 (1.23%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 88 (26.99%) JIRA
2 71 (21.78%) Git
3 61 (18.71%) Jenkins
4 55 (16.87%) GitLab
5 34 (10.43%) JUnit
6 21 (6.44%) Selenium
7 19 (5.83%) Maven
8 17 (5.21%) Mockito
8 17 (5.21%) SonarQube
9 16 (4.91%) Cucumber
10 15 (4.60%) JMeter
10 15 (4.60%) Postman
10 15 (4.60%) Zephyr
11 14 (4.29%) WebDriver
12 11 (3.37%) Bitbucket
12 11 (3.37%) DbUnit
12 11 (3.37%) jMock
13 9 (2.76%) Bitbucket Server
14 8 (2.45%) Artifactory
15 6 (1.84%) REST Assured
General
1 108 (33.13%) Social Skills
2 63 (19.33%) Public Sector
3 46 (14.11%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (9.51%) Finance
5 13 (3.99%) Documentation Skills
6 10 (3.07%) Banking
7 8 (2.45%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (1.84%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (0.92%) Retail
11 2 (0.61%) Aeronautics
11 2 (0.61%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.61%) Legal
12 1 (0.31%) Advertising
12 1 (0.31%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.31%) Military
12 1 (0.31%) Publishing
12 1 (0.31%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 43 (13.19%) Data Engineer
2 38 (11.66%) Analyst
2 38 (11.66%) Architect
2 38 (11.66%) Developer
3 30 (9.20%) Senior
4 28 (8.59%) Lead
5 25 (7.67%) AWS Engineer
6 24 (7.36%) Java Developer
6 24 (7.36%) Tester
7 14 (4.29%) Storage Analyst
8 13 (3.99%) AWS Data Engineer
8 13 (3.99%) Business Analyst
9 12 (3.68%) Cloud Architect
9 12 (3.68%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 12 (3.68%) Scrum Master
10 11 (3.37%) Cloud Engineer
10 11 (3.37%) DevOps Engineer
10 11 (3.37%) QA Tester
11 10 (3.07%) Senior Developer
11 10 (3.07%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (12.88%) Spring
2 29 (8.90%) REST
3 28 (8.59%) Spring Boot
4 20 (6.13%) SOAP
5 18 (5.52%) AngularJS
5 18 (5.52%) Node.js
6 17 (5.21%) JPA
6 17 (5.21%) Spring Cloud
7 16 (4.91%) Web Services
8 15 (4.60%) Flash
8 15 (4.60%) Hibernate
8 15 (4.60%) WireMock
9 14 (4.29%) ActiveMQ
9 14 (4.29%) Spring Batch
9 14 (4.29%) Spring Integration
10 13 (3.99%) RESTful
11 11 (3.37%) PowerMock
12 9 (2.76%) Bootstrap
13 8 (2.45%) Elastic Stack
13 8 (2.45%) React
Miscellaneous
1 28 (8.59%) Cloud Native
1 28 (8.59%) Distributed Systems
2 19 (5.83%) Linux Command Line
3 18 (5.52%) Replication
4 15 (4.60%) Product Ownership
5 13 (3.99%) Hybrid Cloud
5 13 (3.99%) Onboarding
6 11 (3.37%) Distributed Architecture
7 10 (3.07%) Data Centre
8 9 (2.76%) Data Protection Act
9 8 (2.45%) Private Cloud
10 7 (2.15%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (1.23%) Public Cloud
12 3 (0.92%) Algorithms
12 3 (0.92%) Distributed Applications
12 3 (0.92%) Legacy Systems
13 2 (0.61%) Educational Technology
13 2 (0.61%) Enterprise Cloud
13 2 (0.61%) Management Information System
14 1 (0.31%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 61 (18.71%) Linux
2 22 (6.75%) Windows
3 14 (4.29%) Unix
4 10 (3.07%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.92%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.61%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.61%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.31%) Android
8 1 (0.31%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 162 (49.69%) Agile
2 138 (42.33%) CI/CD
3 103 (31.60%) DevOps
4 74 (22.70%) Migration
5 68 (20.86%) Test Automation
6 64 (19.63%) Continuous Improvement
7 61 (18.71%) Containerisation
8 56 (17.18%) Scrum
8 56 (17.18%) Stakeholder Management
9 55 (16.87%) Microservices
10 53 (16.26%) ETL
11 48 (14.72%) Observability
12 46 (14.11%) Infrastructure as Code
13 43 (13.19%) Analytics
14 41 (12.58%) TDD
15 40 (12.27%) Problem-Solving
16 37 (11.35%) Data Modelling
17 32 (9.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 32 (9.82%) Validation
18 31 (9.51%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 103 (31.60%) SQL
2 61 (18.71%) Python
3 47 (14.42%) Java
4 22 (6.75%) Bash
5 16 (4.91%) PowerShell
5 16 (4.91%) Shell Script
6 7 (2.15%) JavaScript
7 6 (1.84%) Go
7 6 (1.84%) PL/SQL
8 5 (1.53%) Perl
8 5 (1.53%) TypeScript
9 3 (0.92%) BeanShell
10 2 (0.61%) Bicep
10 2 (0.61%) Groovy
10 2 (0.61%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.31%) C#
11 1 (0.31%) Lisp
11 1 (0.31%) PHP
11 1 (0.31%) Scala
11 1 (0.31%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 184 (56.44%) Security Cleared
2 156 (47.85%) SC Cleared
3 17 (5.21%) AWS Certification
4 15 (4.60%) BPSS Clearance
4 15 (4.60%) ISTQB
5 14 (4.29%) DV Cleared
6 11 (3.37%) Cisco Certification
7 10 (3.07%) Azure Certification
7 10 (3.07%) SAFe Agilist
8 9 (2.76%) Degree
8 9 (2.76%) IIBA
9 8 (2.45%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 7 (2.15%) CISSP
11 5 (1.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 5 (1.53%) CCNA
12 4 (1.23%) CCNP
13 3 (0.92%) CISM
14 2 (0.61%) ITIL Certification
14 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
14 2 (0.61%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (9.51%) QA
2 15 (4.60%) GDPR
3 11 (3.37%) Data Quality
4 8 (2.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (2.15%) NIST
6 5 (1.53%) SLA
7 4 (1.23%) Accessibility
7 4 (1.23%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.61%) COBIT
8 2 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.31%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.31%) WCAG
System Software
1 95 (29.14%) Docker
2 22 (6.75%) VMware Infrastructure
2 22 (6.75%) vSphere
3 15 (4.60%) Active Directory
3 15 (4.60%) GPFS
3 15 (4.60%) NFS
3 15 (4.60%) VMware ESXi
4 10 (3.07%) Postfix
5 2 (0.61%) Firmware
5 2 (0.61%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.31%) HDFS
6 1 (0.31%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 73 (22.39%) Kubernetes
2 67 (20.55%) Grafana
3 54 (16.56%) Terraform
4 46 (14.11%) Prometheus
5 21 (6.44%) Ansible
6 19 (5.83%) vRealize
7 12 (3.68%) Progress Chef
8 8 (2.45%) VxRail
9 5 (1.53%) Puppet
10 4 (1.23%) Kibana
10 4 (1.23%) Microsoft Intune
11 2 (0.61%) Argo
11 2 (0.61%) Check_MK
11 2 (0.61%) Docker Swarm
12 1 (0.31%) Control-M
12 1 (0.31%) EMC NetWorker
12 1 (0.31%) logstash
12 1 (0.31%) Nessus
12 1 (0.31%) Podman
12 1 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 86 (26.38%) Oracle
2 38 (11.66%) Microsoft
2 38 (11.66%) Talend
3 36 (11.04%) ServiceNow
4 30 (9.20%) Informatica
5 26 (7.98%) Cisco
6 24 (7.36%) IBM
6 24 (7.36%) VMware
7 22 (6.75%) Denodo
8 20 (6.13%) Splunk
9 15 (4.60%) Dynatrace
10 14 (4.29%) Jaspersoft
11 12 (3.68%) AppDynamics
11 12 (3.68%) Atlassian
12 10 (3.07%) Cloudera
13 8 (2.45%) SAP
14 7 (2.15%) Databricks
14 7 (2.15%) SolarWinds
15 6 (1.84%) Commvault
15 6 (1.84%) Red Hat