AWS Job Trends in the West Midlands

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring AWS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 16 34
Rank change year-on-year -17 +18 -14
Permanent jobs citing AWS 298 289 458
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 3.73% 8.66% 5.66%
As % of the Cloud Services category 15.50% 25.85% 18.87%
Number of salaries quoted 237 204 371
10th Percentile £34,750 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £49,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,305 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.62% +8.33% -5.63%
75th Percentile £83,750 £74,063 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £87,500 £88,750
England median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year - +3.57% -6.67%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,922 1,118 2,427
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 24.07% 33.49% 29.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,361 900 1,991
10th Percentile £32,500 £27,750 £26,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £35,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% +3.29%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £67,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £83,759
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -11.54%

AWS
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing AWS relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

AWS job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

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Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing AWS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing AWS

AWS
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing AWS in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 11 July 2026.

Salary histogram for AWS in the West Midlands

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Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AWS within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 11 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Birmingham -8 145 £70,000 +3.70% 34
Shropshire -9 29 £70,000 +16.67% 16
Staffordshire -10 26 £66,250 -1.85% 10
Warwickshire -19 23 £56,900 -5.17% 4
Worcestershire +4 21 £75,000 +71.92% 4
Coventry -12 20 £65,000 -8.77% 6
Wolverhampton -11 13 £62,000 -34.74% 5
Herefordshire -21 8 £100,000 +60.00% 3
Solihull -11 4 £77,500 +3.33% 4
Bilston - 2 £66,500 -
Dudley - 2 £30,250 - 1
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 8 (2.68%) Jupyter
2 6 (2.01%) Apache Airflow
2 6 (2.01%) Confluence
3 5 (1.68%) Documentum
4 4 (1.34%) WordPress
5 3 (1.01%) Apache
5 3 (1.01%) SAS
6 2 (0.67%) CMS
6 2 (0.67%) nginx
6 2 (0.67%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.34%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (3.36%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.68%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.67%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (0.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.67%) Photoshop
3 2 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (4.03%) Cloudability
2 7 (2.35%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.67%) Shopify
4 1 (0.34%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 155 (52.01%) Azure
2 53 (17.79%) GCP
3 21 (7.05%) SaaS
4 20 (6.71%) Snowflake
5 19 (6.38%) GitHub
5 19 (6.38%) Microsoft 365
6 13 (4.36%) Amazon S3
6 13 (4.36%) Azure Sentinel
7 11 (3.69%) Serverless
8 10 (3.36%) Power Platform
9 8 (2.68%) Amazon EC2
9 8 (2.68%) AWS Lambda
9 8 (2.68%) Cloud Computing
10 7 (2.35%) Amazon EKS
10 7 (2.35%) Azure Stack
11 6 (2.01%) AWS CloudFormation
11 6 (2.01%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 5 (1.68%) Amazon ECS
12 5 (1.68%) GitHub Copilot
13 4 (1.34%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 19 (6.38%) Firewall
2 12 (4.03%) SD-WAN
2 12 (4.03%) WAN
3 11 (3.69%) VLAN
4 8 (2.68%) Internet
5 6 (2.01%) VPN
6 5 (1.68%) DNS
6 5 (1.68%) Network Security
6 5 (1.68%) TCP/IP
7 4 (1.34%) DHCP
8 2 (0.67%) SSL
9 1 (0.34%) Cisco Firepower
9 1 (0.34%) Cisco Wireless
9 1 (0.34%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.70%) Data Lake
1 14 (4.70%) MySQL
2 13 (4.36%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (4.03%) Amazon RDS
3 12 (4.03%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (3.69%) Azure SQL Database
5 10 (3.36%) MongoDB
5 10 (3.36%) Power BI
5 10 (3.36%) SQL Server
6 8 (2.68%) Amazon Redshift
7 7 (2.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (1.68%) Elasticsearch
8 5 (1.68%) NoSQL
9 3 (1.01%) Metadata
9 3 (1.01%) Pentaho
9 3 (1.01%) Redis
9 3 (1.01%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 2 (0.67%) Amazon Athena
10 2 (0.67%) Amazon Aurora
10 2 (0.67%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 25 (8.39%) Git
2 15 (5.03%) JIRA
3 11 (3.69%) JUnit
4 9 (3.02%) Maven
4 9 (3.02%) Mockito
5 8 (2.68%) Visual Studio Code
6 7 (2.35%) GitLab
7 5 (1.68%) Cucumber
7 5 (1.68%) Jenkins
8 3 (1.01%) JMeter
8 3 (1.01%) Postman
8 3 (1.01%) Selenium
9 2 (0.67%) Gatling
9 2 (0.67%) Locust
9 2 (0.67%) Vite
10 1 (0.34%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.34%) SoapUI
10 1 (0.34%) Zephyr
General
1 50 (16.78%) Social Skills
2 49 (16.44%) Finance
3 45 (15.10%) Public Sector
4 25 (8.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 14 (4.70%) Retail
6 11 (3.69%) Manufacturing
7 10 (3.36%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (3.36%) Swedish Language
8 8 (2.68%) Multimedia
9 6 (2.01%) Games
10 5 (1.68%) Banking
11 4 (1.34%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.34%) Investment Banking
12 3 (1.01%) Advertising
13 2 (0.67%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.34%) Billing
14 1 (0.34%) Digital Health
14 1 (0.34%) Marketing
14 1 (0.34%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 69 (23.15%) Senior
2 50 (16.78%) Architect
3 46 (15.44%) AWS Engineer
4 43 (14.43%) Analyst
5 40 (13.42%) Data Engineer
6 33 (11.07%) Developer
7 29 (9.73%) Senior Analyst
8 26 (8.72%) AWS Data Engineer
9 23 (7.72%) Lead
10 18 (6.04%) AWS Architect
11 16 (5.37%) Software Engineer
12 15 (5.03%) Trainee
13 14 (4.70%) Cloud Engineer
13 14 (4.70%) Solutions Architect
14 13 (4.36%) Senior Data Engineer
15 12 (4.03%) Cloud Architect
15 12 (4.03%) Full-Stack Developer
15 12 (4.03%) Network Engineer
15 12 (4.03%) Python Engineer
16 11 (3.69%) AWS Solution Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (10.40%) React
2 23 (7.72%) REST
3 17 (5.70%) Node.js
4 16 (5.37%) CSS
5 15 (5.03%) HTML
6 13 (4.36%) Spring
7 12 (4.03%) RESTful
8 9 (3.02%) NumPy
8 9 (3.02%) Pandas
8 9 (3.02%) scikit-learn
8 9 (3.02%) Streamlit
9 8 (2.68%) Hugging Face
9 8 (2.68%) Matplotlib
9 8 (2.68%) Vue
10 7 (2.35%) Kafka
10 7 (2.35%) Playwright
11 6 (2.01%) .NET
11 6 (2.01%) AngularJS
12 5 (1.68%) ASP.NET
12 5 (1.68%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 30 (10.07%) Cloud Native
2 11 (3.69%) Greenfield Project
3 10 (3.36%) Product Ownership
4 9 (3.02%) Algorithms
5 8 (2.68%) Operational Technology
5 8 (2.68%) Smartphone
6 7 (2.35%) Onboarding
7 6 (2.01%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.34%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (1.34%) IoT
8 4 (1.34%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.01%) Cyberattack
9 3 (1.01%) Data Structures
9 3 (1.01%) iSeries
9 3 (1.01%) Mobile App
9 3 (1.01%) Sports Betting
10 2 (0.67%) Data Centre
10 2 (0.67%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 19 (6.38%) Linux
2 18 (6.04%) Windows
3 8 (2.68%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.68%) Unix
5 2 (0.67%) CentOS
5 2 (0.67%) Debian
5 2 (0.67%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (23.83%) Agile
2 70 (23.49%) Mentoring
3 64 (21.48%) CI/CD
4 62 (20.81%) AI
5 42 (14.09%) Continuous Improvement
6 41 (13.76%) Cybersecurity
7 39 (13.09%) Microservices
8 38 (12.75%) DevOps
9 36 (12.08%) Analytics
10 35 (11.74%) Problem-Solving
11 30 (10.07%) Technical Leadership
12 28 (9.40%) Data Modelling
12 28 (9.40%) Infrastructure as Code
12 28 (9.40%) Scrum
13 26 (8.72%) ETL
14 25 (8.39%) Containerisation
15 24 (8.05%) ITIL
15 24 (8.05%) ITSM
15 24 (8.05%) Migration
15 24 (8.05%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 66 (22.15%) Python
2 55 (18.46%) SQL
3 33 (11.07%) Java
4 30 (10.07%) JavaScript
5 20 (6.71%) TypeScript
6 16 (5.37%) Bash
7 9 (3.02%) C#
7 9 (3.02%) PL/SQL
7 9 (3.02%) PowerShell
8 8 (2.68%) PHP
9 6 (2.01%) R
10 4 (1.34%) C++
11 2 (0.67%) Bicep
11 2 (0.67%) C
11 2 (0.67%) Go
11 2 (0.67%) Scala
11 2 (0.67%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 60 (20.13%) Security Cleared
2 50 (16.78%) SC Cleared
3 46 (15.44%) AWS Certification
4 20 (6.71%) Degree
5 19 (6.38%) Microsoft Certification
6 16 (5.37%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 14 (4.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 10 (3.36%) MCSE
9 9 (3.02%) Azure Certification
10 8 (2.68%) DV Cleared
11 7 (2.35%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (1.01%) CISSP
12 3 (1.01%) CITP
13 2 (0.67%) A+ Certification
13 2 (0.67%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.67%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (0.67%) Network+ Certification
14 1 (0.34%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 1 (0.34%) CREST Certified
14 1 (0.34%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (10.74%) QA
2 15 (5.03%) Data Quality
3 12 (4.03%) GDPR
4 11 (3.69%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 9 (3.02%) Accessibility
6 6 (2.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (1.34%) WCAG
8 2 (0.67%) NIST
8 2 (0.67%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.34%) GxP
9 1 (0.34%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.34%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.34%) PSD2
9 1 (0.34%) SLA
9 1 (0.34%) SOC 2
System Software
1 38 (12.75%) Docker
2 8 (2.68%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.34%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.01%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.34%) VMware Server
5 1 (0.34%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 36 (12.08%) Kubernetes
2 35 (11.74%) Terraform
3 6 (2.01%) Ansible
4 5 (1.68%) Grafana
5 4 (1.34%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.67%) Argo
6 2 (0.67%) Nagios
6 2 (0.67%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.67%) Puppet
7 1 (0.34%) CASB
7 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.34%) SCCM
7 1 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 61 (20.47%) Microsoft
2 25 (8.39%) ServiceNow
3 14 (4.70%) Cisco
3 14 (4.70%) Databricks
3 14 (4.70%) Oracle
3 14 (4.70%) SolarWinds
4 12 (4.03%) Adobe
4 12 (4.03%) Apple
5 11 (3.69%) Zscaler
6 10 (3.36%) Avaya
7 9 (3.02%) Google
7 9 (3.02%) SAP
8 8 (2.68%) Aruba
8 8 (2.68%) HP
9 5 (1.68%) Informatica
9 5 (1.68%) OpenText
9 5 (1.68%) VMware
10 4 (1.34%) Pega
10 4 (1.34%) Salesforce
11 3 (1.01%) Talend