AWS Jobs in the Midlands

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring AWS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited AWS over the 6 months leading up to 21 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 26 11
Rank change year-on-year -12 -15 0
Permanent jobs citing AWS 396 936 1,092
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.90% 6.48% 12.84%
As % of the Cloud Services category 23.81% 21.85% 33.70%
Number of salaries quoted 263 702 482
10th Percentile £40,650 £40,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,765 £48,750 £47,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.83% - -
75th Percentile £73,750 £72,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £81,050 £83,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.57% -6.67% -

All Cloud Skills
Midlands

AWS falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,663 4,283 3,240
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 24.79% 29.66% 38.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1,320 3,382 2,093
10th Percentile £26,988 £26,250 £29,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £37,539
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -11.54% +4.00%

AWS
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing AWS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for AWS in the Midlands

AWS
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing AWS in the Midlands.

Salary trend for AWS in the Midlands

AWS
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing AWS in the Midlands over the 6 months to 21 June 2025.

Salary histogram for AWS in the Midlands

AWS
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AWS within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 21 June 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands +6 270 £62,500 +4.17% 737
East Midlands -42 125 £60,000 +4.35% 532
AWS
England

AWS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 81 (20.45%) Confluence
2 6 (1.52%) Apache Spark
3 5 (1.26%) Apache
4 4 (1.01%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.01%) CMS
4 4 (1.01%) nginx
5 3 (0.76%) Headless CMS
5 3 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.51%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.25%) Mendix
7 1 (0.25%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.25%) SAS
7 1 (0.25%) Strapi
7 1 (0.25%) Tomcat
Applications
1 8 (2.02%) Mozilla Thunderbird
2 3 (0.76%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.51%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.25%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.25%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 281 (70.96%) Azure
2 111 (28.03%) GCP
3 53 (13.38%) Amazon EC2
4 49 (12.37%) Amazon S3
5 48 (12.12%) SaaS
6 45 (11.36%) Serverless
7 38 (9.60%) AWS KMS
8 37 (9.34%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 34 (8.59%) Amazon ECS
9 34 (8.59%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 32 (8.08%) AWS Lambda
11 31 (7.83%) Amazon ELB
12 27 (6.82%) Amazon Glacier
13 26 (6.57%) Microsoft 365
14 25 (6.31%) Power Platform
15 20 (5.05%) PaaS
16 16 (4.04%) Snowflake
17 14 (3.54%) Azure DevOps
17 14 (3.54%) IaaS
17 14 (3.54%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 55 (13.89%) Firewall
2 23 (5.81%) DNS
3 21 (5.30%) WAN
4 16 (4.04%) SD-WAN
5 15 (3.79%) HTTP
6 14 (3.54%) FTP
6 14 (3.54%) SMTP
6 14 (3.54%) SSH
6 14 (3.54%) VLAN
7 11 (2.78%) VPN
8 8 (2.02%) Broadband
9 7 (1.77%) LAN
10 6 (1.52%) DHCP
10 6 (1.52%) SSL
10 6 (1.52%) TCP/IP
11 5 (1.26%) OpenLDAP
11 5 (1.26%) Wireless
12 4 (1.01%) HTTPS
12 4 (1.01%) IMAP
12 4 (1.01%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (20.96%) SQL Server
2 45 (11.36%) NoSQL
3 44 (11.11%) Amazon RDS
4 30 (7.58%) PostgreSQL
5 25 (6.31%) Power BI
6 20 (5.05%) MySQL
7 19 (4.80%) Data Warehouse
8 17 (4.29%) Big Data
9 16 (4.04%) Tableau
10 15 (3.79%) MongoDB
11 14 (3.54%) DynamoDB
12 12 (3.03%) Amazon Aurora
13 11 (2.78%) BigQuery
13 11 (2.78%) Relational Database
14 10 (2.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 9 (2.27%) Amazon Redshift
15 9 (2.27%) RDBMS
15 9 (2.27%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 9 (2.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 7 (1.77%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 103 (26.01%) JIRA
2 75 (18.94%) SonarQube
3 72 (18.18%) Maven
3 72 (18.18%) Sonatype Nexus
4 71 (17.93%) GitLab
5 65 (16.41%) Selenium
6 64 (16.16%) Bitbucket
7 63 (15.91%) Cucumber
8 62 (15.66%) Git
9 47 (11.87%) Jenkins
10 31 (7.83%) Vagrant
11 21 (5.30%) JUnit
11 21 (5.30%) Mockito
12 10 (2.53%) Bitbucket Server
12 10 (2.53%) Eclipse
12 10 (2.53%) IntelliJ
12 10 (2.53%) Jasmine
12 10 (2.53%) Karma Test Runner
12 10 (2.53%) Protractor
13 8 (2.02%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 105 (26.52%) Finance
2 87 (21.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 71 (17.93%) Social Skills
4 67 (16.92%) Banking
5 47 (11.87%) Public Sector
6 39 (9.85%) Retail
7 38 (9.60%) Analytical Skills
8 20 (5.05%) Presentation Skills
9 16 (4.04%) Corporate Banking
9 16 (4.04%) Investment Banking
10 14 (3.54%) Law
11 13 (3.28%) Manufacturing
12 7 (1.77%) Automotive
13 6 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (1.01%) Games
14 4 (1.01%) Marketing
14 4 (1.01%) Police
15 3 (0.76%) Advertising
15 3 (0.76%) Tech for Good
16 2 (0.51%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 93 (23.48%) Software Engineer
2 61 (15.40%) Developer
3 42 (10.61%) Architect
3 42 (10.61%) Lead
4 30 (7.58%) Senior
5 29 (7.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 26 (6.57%) DevOps Engineer
7 25 (6.31%) Java Developer
8 23 (5.81%) Analyst
9 20 (5.05%) Support Engineer
10 19 (4.80%) Solutions Architect
11 18 (4.55%) AWS Engineer
12 13 (3.28%) Infrastructure Support
12 13 (3.28%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
12 13 (3.28%) Platform Engineer
12 13 (3.28%) Site Engineer
12 13 (3.28%) Site Reliability Engineer
13 12 (3.03%) Team Leader
14 11 (2.78%) Java Software Engineer
14 11 (2.78%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 101 (25.51%) React
2 88 (22.22%) Spring
3 80 (20.20%) JPA
4 77 (19.44%) Spring Boot
5 76 (19.19%) HTML
6 75 (18.94%) CSS
7 69 (17.42%) Kafka
8 65 (16.41%) Hibernate
9 63 (15.91%) Redux
10 51 (12.88%) .NET
11 32 (8.08%) RESTful
12 31 (7.83%) AngularJS
12 31 (7.83%) REST
13 20 (5.05%) HTML5
13 20 (5.05%) Jest
14 19 (4.80%) CSS3
14 19 (4.80%) Node.js
15 17 (4.29%) Web Services
16 16 (4.04%) Sass
17 12 (3.03%) Loki
Miscellaneous
1 73 (18.43%) Product Ownership
2 69 (17.42%) Enterprise Software
3 21 (5.30%) Replication
4 16 (4.04%) Cloud Native
4 16 (4.04%) Mobile App
5 12 (3.03%) Algorithms
5 12 (3.03%) Driving Licence
6 11 (2.78%) Legacy Systems
7 10 (2.53%) Data Structures
7 10 (2.53%) Distributed Systems
7 10 (2.53%) Onboarding
8 8 (2.02%) Data Centre
9 7 (1.77%) Management Information System
10 5 (1.26%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (1.01%) Distributed Architecture
11 4 (1.01%) Legacy Code
11 4 (1.01%) NHS
11 4 (1.01%) Security Operations Centre
11 4 (1.01%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 81 (20.45%) Linux
2 57 (14.39%) Windows
3 31 (7.83%) VMS
4 19 (4.80%) Windows Server
5 15 (3.79%) Amazon Linux
6 11 (2.78%) Unix
7 10 (2.53%) Ubuntu
8 5 (1.26%) Android
9 3 (0.76%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.51%) AIX
10 2 (0.51%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 2 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.51%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.25%) CentOS
11 1 (0.25%) Debian
11 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 181 (45.71%) DevOps
2 163 (41.16%) Agile
3 128 (32.32%) Microservices
4 123 (31.06%) CI/CD
5 118 (29.80%) Software Engineering
6 115 (29.04%) Containerisation
7 86 (21.72%) Continuous Improvement
8 82 (20.71%) Full-Stack Development
9 81 (20.45%) Test Automation
10 79 (19.95%) Performance Optimisation
11 76 (19.19%) TDD
12 74 (18.69%) SDLC
13 73 (18.43%) Mentoring
14 71 (17.93%) Front End Development
15 60 (15.15%) Clean Code
16 49 (12.37%) Problem-Solving
17 47 (11.87%) Cloud Security
18 43 (10.86%) Roadmaps
19 38 (9.60%) Analytics
20 35 (8.84%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 149 (37.63%) SQL
2 139 (35.10%) Java
3 106 (26.77%) JavaScript
4 104 (26.26%) Python
5 54 (13.64%) TypeScript
6 51 (12.88%) PowerShell
7 40 (10.10%) C#
8 31 (7.83%) Groovy
9 14 (3.54%) Perl
10 12 (3.03%) Bash
11 11 (2.78%) Go
12 9 (2.27%) Shell Script
13 5 (1.26%) PHP
14 4 (1.01%) Bicep
14 4 (1.01%) C++
15 3 (0.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 3 (0.76%) R
15 3 (0.76%) Ruby
16 2 (0.51%) Korn
16 2 (0.51%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 70 (17.68%) Security Cleared
2 59 (14.90%) Degree
3 57 (14.39%) SC Cleared
4 36 (9.09%) AWS Certification
5 27 (6.82%) Azure Certification
6 22 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
7 17 (4.29%) Microsoft Certification
8 14 (3.54%) Cisco Certification
9 10 (2.53%) CCNA
9 10 (2.53%) CCNP
10 8 (2.02%) MCP
10 8 (2.02%) MCSA
10 8 (2.02%) MCSE
11 7 (1.77%) BPSS Clearance
11 7 (1.77%) DBS Check
12 5 (1.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 5 (1.26%) TOGAF Certification
13 4 (1.01%) CompTIA Security+
13 4 (1.01%) PhD
14 3 (0.76%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (19.95%) QA
2 17 (4.29%) Accessibility
3 9 (2.27%) Data Quality
4 7 (1.77%) PCI DSS
4 7 (1.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 6 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 6 (1.52%) NCSC
6 4 (1.01%) SLA
7 2 (0.51%) GDPR
7 2 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.51%) NIST
8 1 (0.25%) COBIT
8 1 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.25%) GRC
System Software
1 156 (39.39%) Docker
2 52 (13.13%) Active Directory
3 21 (5.30%) DFS Replication
4 14 (3.54%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (2.53%) VMware Infrastructure
6 6 (1.52%) Postfix
7 4 (1.01%) Dovecot
7 4 (1.01%) Squid
7 4 (1.01%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.76%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.76%) LXC
9 2 (0.51%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.25%) Apache Flume
10 1 (0.25%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 126 (31.82%) Kubernetes
2 88 (22.22%) Terraform
3 50 (12.63%) Prometheus
4 48 (12.12%) Grafana
5 33 (8.33%) Ansible
6 9 (2.27%) Nessus
7 8 (2.02%) Proxmox
8 7 (1.77%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (1.01%) Argo
9 4 (1.01%) Kustomize
9 4 (1.01%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.76%) Kibana
10 3 (0.76%) Nagios
11 2 (0.51%) QRadar
11 2 (0.51%) Red Hat Satellite
11 2 (0.51%) ZABBIX
12 1 (0.25%) Jamf Pro
12 1 (0.25%) logstash
12 1 (0.25%) Marathon
12 1 (0.25%) Rancher
Vendors
1 63 (15.91%) Solace
2 51 (12.88%) Microsoft
3 31 (7.83%) Google
4 30 (7.58%) ServiceNow
5 22 (5.56%) Databricks
6 17 (4.29%) Juniper
7 15 (3.79%) IBM
8 14 (3.54%) VMware
9 13 (3.28%) Cisco
10 8 (2.02%) Oracle
10 8 (2.02%) SolarWinds
11 7 (1.77%) Avaya
11 7 (1.77%) Meraki
11 7 (1.77%) SAP
11 7 (1.77%) Splunk
12 6 (1.52%) Atlassian
12 6 (1.52%) Jaspersoft
12 6 (1.52%) Zscaler
13 4 (1.01%) CyberArk
13 4 (1.01%) Informatica