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 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 39 23
Rank change year-on-year +28 -16 -13
Contract jobs citing AWS 273 79 136
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 12.08% 4.70% 7.45%
As % of the Cloud Services category 35.09% 14.08% 22.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 179 42 102
10th Percentile £313 £360 £314
25th Percentile £413 £414 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £484 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.41% -3.30% -7.41%
75th Percentile £575 £547 £600
90th Percentile £705 £699 £725
England median daily rate £525 £575 £560
% change year-on-year -8.70% +2.68% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £75.75 - -
Median hourly rate £76.50 - -
75th Percentile £77.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £84.50 £46.18 £46.18
% change year-on-year +82.98% - -19.69%

All Cloud 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 778 561 613
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 34.44% 33.35% 33.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 552 379 455
10th Percentile £300 £212 £200
25th Percentile £413 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year +1.20% +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £612 £588
90th Percentile £700 £688 £688
England median daily rate £500 £530 £525
% change year-on-year -5.66% +0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 18 8
10th Percentile £25.12 £15.95 £17.50
25th Percentile £27.21 £17.00 £17.69
Median hourly rate £28.61 £20.24 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year +41.33% +9.41% +8.12%
75th Percentile £41.56 £34.69 £19.38
90th Percentile £63.95 £35.00 £30.33
England median hourly rate £26.50 £29.00 £23.61
% change year-on-year -8.62% +22.83% +4.93%

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 21 December 2025.

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 21 December 2025. 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 +24 81 £500 +2.56% 30
Shropshire -7 65 £507 +6.29% 10
Coventry +10 44 £325 -31.58% 11
Warwickshire +18 30 £575 +15.00% 11
Worcestershire +1 19 £600 +71.43% 2
Herefordshire -7 9 £550 -
Staffordshire +2 3 £394 -28.41% 13
Solihull - 3 £450 - 1
Wolverhampton - 2 £425 - 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 29 (10.62%) Confluence
2 24 (8.79%) Apache
3 23 (8.42%) WebLogic
4 14 (5.13%) nginx
5 10 (3.66%) Apache Airflow
5 10 (3.66%) SAS
6 9 (3.30%) JBoss
7 7 (2.56%) OpenStack
8 4 (1.47%) Anypoint
8 4 (1.47%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.73%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.73%) Drupal
9 2 (0.73%) SharePoint
10 1 (0.37%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 11 (4.03%) Mozilla Thunderbird
2 7 (2.56%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (2.56%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.37%) CATIA
3 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.37%) Revit
Business Applications
1 1 (0.37%) MIS ActiveH
1 1 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 145 (53.11%) Azure
2 66 (24.18%) GCP
3 45 (16.48%) Amazon S3
4 37 (13.55%) Amazon EC2
5 34 (12.45%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 29 (10.62%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 28 (10.26%) AWS KMS
7 28 (10.26%) Serverless
8 24 (8.79%) Amazon ELB
8 24 (8.79%) Datadog
9 19 (6.96%) GitHub
10 17 (6.23%) Azure Monitor
10 17 (6.23%) Microsoft 365
11 16 (5.86%) Amazon EKS
12 15 (5.49%) AWS Lambda
12 15 (5.49%) Entra ID
12 15 (5.49%) GitHub Actions
13 14 (5.13%) OpenShift
14 13 (4.76%) AWS CloudFormation
14 13 (4.76%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 50 (18.32%) Firewall
2 34 (12.45%) DNS
3 19 (6.96%) HTTP
3 19 (6.96%) SMTP
4 18 (6.59%) FTP
4 18 (6.59%) SSH
4 18 (6.59%) VPN
5 14 (5.13%) VSAN
6 13 (4.76%) Network Security
7 12 (4.40%) DHCP
8 11 (4.03%) IMAP
8 11 (4.03%) OpenLDAP
9 9 (3.30%) LAN
10 8 (2.93%) SD-WAN
10 8 (2.93%) WAN
10 8 (2.93%) Wireshark
11 7 (2.56%) WLAN
12 6 (2.20%) TCP/IP
12 6 (2.20%) VLAN
13 5 (1.83%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (13.19%) Amazon RDS
2 32 (11.72%) PostgreSQL
3 18 (6.59%) MongoDB
4 15 (5.49%) NoSQL
5 11 (4.03%) Amazon Aurora
6 10 (3.66%) Oracle Database
7 9 (3.30%) Relational Database
7 9 (3.30%) SAS Enterprise Guide
7 9 (3.30%) SAS Visual Analytics
8 8 (2.93%) MySQL
9 7 (2.56%) Amazon Redshift
10 5 (1.83%) Amazon Athena
11 4 (1.47%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (1.47%) InfluxDB
11 4 (1.47%) SAS Data Integration Studio
12 3 (1.10%) Hadoop
13 2 (0.73%) Big Data
13 2 (0.73%) Elasticsearch
13 2 (0.73%) Power BI
13 2 (0.73%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 58 (21.25%) Jenkins
2 56 (20.51%) Git
3 46 (16.85%) GitLab
4 32 (11.72%) JIRA
5 21 (7.69%) JUnit
6 19 (6.96%) Selenium
6 19 (6.96%) Vagrant
7 11 (4.03%) Maven
8 10 (3.66%) Liquibase
9 8 (2.93%) Eclipse
9 8 (2.93%) IntelliJ
10 7 (2.56%) CircleCI
10 7 (2.56%) Cucumber
10 7 (2.56%) Cypress.io
10 7 (2.56%) Mockito
11 6 (2.20%) Bitbucket
11 6 (2.20%) Postman
11 6 (2.20%) SonarQube
11 6 (2.20%) Sonatype Nexus
12 5 (1.83%) webpack
General
1 112 (41.03%) Social Skills
2 49 (17.95%) Public Sector
3 42 (15.38%) Finance
4 25 (9.16%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (8.79%) Presentation Skills
6 17 (6.23%) Documentation Skills
7 16 (5.86%) Banking
8 11 (4.03%) Influencing Skills
9 10 (3.66%) Financial Institution
10 7 (2.56%) Aeronautics
11 4 (1.47%) Legal
12 2 (0.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.73%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.73%) Military
12 2 (0.73%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.37%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.37%) Digital Healthcare
13 1 (0.37%) Marketing
13 1 (0.37%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 46 (16.85%) DevOps Engineer
2 40 (14.65%) AWS Engineer
3 33 (12.09%) Senior
4 31 (11.36%) Analyst
5 26 (9.52%) Platform Engineer
6 25 (9.16%) Cloud Engineer
7 23 (8.42%) AWS DevOps
7 23 (8.42%) AWS DevOps Engineer
7 23 (8.42%) Infrastructure Analyst
8 22 (8.06%) Architect
9 21 (7.69%) Cloud Platform Engineer
10 20 (7.33%) Developer
11 16 (5.86%) Lead
12 14 (5.13%) Software Engineer
12 14 (5.13%) Storage Analyst
13 12 (4.40%) Data Engineer
13 12 (4.40%) Senior DevOps
13 12 (4.40%) Senior DevOps Engineer
13 12 (4.40%) Solutions Architect
14 11 (4.03%) AWS Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (15.38%) REST
2 24 (8.79%) JSON
2 24 (8.79%) RESTful
3 22 (8.06%) Spring
4 21 (7.69%) Elastic Stack
5 16 (5.86%) HTML
5 16 (5.86%) SOAP
6 15 (5.49%) Spring Boot
7 13 (4.76%) React
8 12 (4.40%) Flash
8 12 (4.40%) XML
9 11 (4.03%) LDAP
9 11 (4.03%) OAuth
10 9 (3.30%) Hibernate
10 9 (3.30%) SailPoint
11 8 (2.93%) EJB
11 8 (2.93%) HTML5
11 8 (2.93%) J2EE
11 8 (2.93%) J2SE
11 8 (2.93%) Play Framework
Miscellaneous
1 33 (12.09%) Replication
2 31 (11.36%) Cloud Native
3 29 (10.62%) Linux Command Line
4 15 (5.49%) Distributed Systems
4 15 (5.49%) Security Posture
5 12 (4.40%) Public Cloud
6 10 (3.66%) Onboarding
7 6 (2.20%) Data Centre
8 5 (1.83%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (1.83%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (1.83%) PKI
8 5 (1.83%) Private Cloud
9 4 (1.47%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.47%) SCADA
9 4 (1.47%) Security Operations Centre
10 2 (0.73%) Data Structures
10 2 (0.73%) Legacy Applications
10 2 (0.73%) NHS
10 2 (0.73%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 97 (35.53%) Linux
2 51 (18.68%) Windows
3 22 (8.06%) Unix
4 19 (6.96%) Amazon Linux
4 19 (6.96%) VMS
5 13 (4.76%) Windows Server
6 11 (4.03%) Ubuntu
7 4 (1.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.37%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.37%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (43.59%) CI/CD
2 103 (37.73%) DevOps
3 99 (36.26%) Agile
4 54 (19.78%) Infrastructure as Code
5 49 (17.95%) Containerisation
6 48 (17.58%) Change Management
7 47 (17.22%) Microservices
8 45 (16.48%) Continuous Improvement
8 45 (16.48%) Problem-Solving
9 42 (15.38%) Analytics
9 42 (15.38%) Configuration Management
10 38 (13.92%) Software Engineering
11 37 (13.55%) Cloud Security
12 36 (13.19%) Migration
13 35 (12.82%) Mentoring
14 31 (11.36%) Incident Response
14 31 (11.36%) Platform Engineering
15 30 (10.99%) Stakeholder Management
16 29 (10.62%) High Availability
17 25 (9.16%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 70 (25.64%) Python
2 63 (23.08%) SQL
3 50 (18.32%) Java
4 39 (14.29%) PowerShell
5 21 (7.69%) Go
6 19 (6.96%) Groovy
7 13 (4.76%) Bash
8 12 (4.40%) Shell Script
9 11 (4.03%) Scala
10 10 (3.66%) Perl
11 9 (3.30%) JavaScript
12 4 (1.47%) BeanShell
12 4 (1.47%) PHP
13 3 (1.10%) Ruby
13 3 (1.10%) TypeScript
14 2 (0.73%) Kotlin
14 2 (0.73%) Kusto Query Language
15 1 (0.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 1 (0.37%) Korn
15 1 (0.37%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 103 (37.73%) Security Cleared
2 79 (28.94%) SC Cleared
3 39 (14.29%) Degree
4 38 (13.92%) AWS Certification
5 22 (8.06%) Azure Certification
6 18 (6.59%) Computer Science Degree
7 14 (5.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 14 (5.13%) DV Cleared
8 11 (4.03%) Master's Degree
9 10 (3.66%) CISSP
10 9 (3.30%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (2.93%) CCNP
11 8 (2.93%) Cisco Certification
12 7 (2.56%) CCIE
13 5 (1.83%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (1.83%) CISM
14 4 (1.47%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 4 (1.47%) CCSP
15 3 (1.10%) CCIE Security
16 2 (0.73%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (5.49%) GDPR
2 14 (5.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (5.13%) QA
3 9 (3.30%) NIST
4 8 (2.93%) PCI DSS
5 7 (2.56%) Data Quality
6 6 (2.20%) WCAG
7 3 (1.10%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.37%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.37%) ISO 19650
9 1 (0.37%) SLA
System Software
1 88 (32.23%) Docker
2 35 (12.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 29 (10.62%) Active Directory
4 27 (9.89%) vSphere
5 18 (6.59%) DFS Replication
6 12 (4.40%) GPFS
6 12 (4.40%) NFS
6 12 (4.40%) VMware ESXi
7 11 (4.03%) Dovecot
7 11 (4.03%) Postfix
7 11 (4.03%) Squid
8 5 (1.83%) VMware NSX
9 3 (1.10%) Hyper-V
10 1 (0.37%) HDFS
10 1 (0.37%) Snort
10 1 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 79 (28.94%) Terraform
2 67 (24.54%) Kubernetes
3 57 (20.88%) Grafana
4 51 (18.68%) Prometheus
5 44 (16.12%) Ansible
6 27 (9.89%) vRealize
7 15 (5.49%) Puppet
8 14 (5.13%) Progress Chef
9 13 (4.76%) VxRail
10 11 (4.03%) Nessus
11 10 (3.66%) Kibana
11 10 (3.66%) Proxmox
12 8 (2.93%) CSIRT
13 5 (1.83%) Podman
13 5 (1.83%) Single Sign-On
14 4 (1.47%) QRadar
15 3 (1.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 3 (1.10%) Microsoft Intune
16 2 (0.73%) Argo
16 2 (0.73%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 52 (19.05%) Cisco
2 51 (18.68%) Microsoft
2 51 (18.68%) Splunk
3 47 (17.22%) Oracle
4 45 (16.48%) ServiceNow
5 38 (13.92%) VMware
6 36 (13.19%) AppDynamics
7 31 (11.36%) IBM
8 23 (8.42%) Dynatrace
9 19 (6.96%) F5
9 19 (6.96%) SolarWinds
10 15 (5.49%) Dell
11 14 (5.13%) Commvault
12 13 (4.76%) Google
12 13 (4.76%) HP
13 12 (4.40%) Palo Alto
14 11 (4.03%) Jaspersoft
15 8 (2.93%) Fortinet
15 8 (2.93%) SAP
15 8 (2.93%) webMethods