AWS Jobs in the West Midlands

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West 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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 29 15
Rank change year-on-year 0 -14 -3
Permanent jobs citing AWS 294 453 864
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 6.58% 6.26% 12.96%
As % of the Cloud Services category 26.11% 18.67% 34.68%
Number of salaries quoted 157 392 371
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,200 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £88,750 £87,500
England median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% -6.67% -

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,126 2,426 2,491
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 25.22% 33.51% 37.37%
Number of salaries quoted 828 2,085 1,583
10th Percentile £29,250 £26,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £66,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,375 £81,786 £80,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% -11.54% +4.00%

AWS
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for AWS in the West Midlands

AWS
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for AWS in the West Midlands

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Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing AWS in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

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 30 April 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
Birmingham -16 93 £60,000 -8.35% 78
Warwickshire +2 84 £60,000 +31.15% 20
Staffordshire +5 27 £62,500 +19.05% 66
Solihull +23 25 £62,500 +42.86% 4
Shropshire +35 21 £60,000 -23.34% 7
Coventry -21 11 £77,000 +53.54% 14
Herefordshire +13 6 £40,000 -27.27%
Sutton Coldfield - 4 - -
Wolverhampton +10 3 £47,500 -36.67% 4
Worcestershire +16 1 £55,000 +22.22% 3
Wednesbury -2 1 £45,000 +28.57%
Walsall -3 1 £60,000 -35.14% 3
AWS
England

AWS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West 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 2 (0.68%) CMS
1 2 (0.68%) Headless CMS
1 2 (0.68%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 1 (0.34%) Apache
2 1 (0.34%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.34%) Confluence
2 1 (0.34%) OpenStack
2 1 (0.34%) Tomcat
Applications
1 5 (1.70%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.36%) Mozilla Thunderbird
3 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.34%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (2.04%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (1.36%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (1.36%) PeopleSoft HCM
3 1 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.34%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 140 (47.62%) Azure
2 39 (13.27%) GCP
3 34 (11.56%) Serverless
4 26 (8.84%) SaaS
5 23 (7.82%) AWS Lambda
6 21 (7.14%) Amazon ECS
7 16 (5.44%) Power Platform
8 15 (5.10%) Amazon EC2
8 15 (5.10%) Amazon S3
9 13 (4.42%) IaaS
10 12 (4.08%) Azure Sentinel
10 12 (4.08%) PaaS
11 11 (3.74%) Azure DevOps
12 9 (3.06%) GitHub
12 9 (3.06%) GitHub Actions
12 9 (3.06%) Snowflake
13 8 (2.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 8 (2.72%) Microsoft 365
14 6 (2.04%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 6 (2.04%) IBM Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 26 (8.84%) Firewall
2 19 (6.46%) WAN
3 16 (5.44%) VLAN
4 14 (4.76%) SD-WAN
5 9 (3.06%) LAN
5 9 (3.06%) Network Security
5 9 (3.06%) VPN
6 6 (2.04%) DNS
6 6 (2.04%) Internet
7 5 (1.70%) DHCP
7 5 (1.70%) SSL
8 4 (1.36%) HTTPS
8 4 (1.36%) IPsec
8 4 (1.36%) MPLS
8 4 (1.36%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (1.02%) TCP/IP
9 3 (1.02%) VRRP
9 3 (1.02%) WLAN
10 2 (0.68%) SAN
10 2 (0.68%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (8.16%) NoSQL
2 19 (6.46%) Data Warehouse
3 18 (6.12%) MySQL
4 16 (5.44%) SQL Server
5 15 (5.10%) Power BI
6 11 (3.74%) Amazon Redshift
7 9 (3.06%) Big Data
7 9 (3.06%) BigQuery
7 9 (3.06%) Tableau
8 8 (2.72%) Data Lake
8 8 (2.72%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 8 (2.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 8 (2.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 7 (2.38%) Azure SQL Database
9 7 (2.38%) PostgreSQL
10 6 (2.04%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (1.70%) DynamoDB
11 5 (1.70%) Microsoft Analysis Services
11 5 (1.70%) MongoDB
12 4 (1.36%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 18 (6.12%) Git
2 9 (3.06%) JUnit
2 9 (3.06%) Mockito
3 8 (2.72%) SonarQube
3 8 (2.72%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 7 (2.38%) Eclipse
4 7 (2.38%) IntelliJ
4 7 (2.38%) Jasmine
4 7 (2.38%) Karma Test Runner
4 7 (2.38%) Protractor
5 6 (2.04%) Jenkins
6 5 (1.70%) GitLab
6 5 (1.70%) JIRA
6 5 (1.70%) Mocha
7 4 (1.36%) Bitbucket Server
8 3 (1.02%) ER Studio
8 3 (1.02%) Vagrant
8 3 (1.02%) webpack
9 2 (0.68%) Babel
9 2 (0.68%) Storybook
General
1 129 (43.88%) Social Skills
2 92 (31.29%) Presentation Skills
3 30 (10.20%) Finance
4 28 (9.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 23 (7.82%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (6.46%) Public Sector
7 13 (4.42%) Manufacturing
8 8 (2.72%) Retail
9 6 (2.04%) Automotive
10 5 (1.70%) Games
11 4 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.36%) Law
11 4 (1.36%) Police
12 2 (0.68%) Advertising
12 2 (0.68%) Banking
12 2 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.68%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.34%) French Language
13 1 (0.34%) Local Government
13 1 (0.34%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 83 (28.23%) IT Support
2 37 (12.59%) Architect
3 33 (11.22%) Developer
4 16 (5.44%) Solutions Architect
5 15 (5.10%) Analyst
5 15 (5.10%) Software Engineer
6 14 (4.76%) DevOps Engineer
6 14 (4.76%) Lead
7 13 (4.42%) Senior
7 13 (4.42%) Site Engineer
7 13 (4.42%) Site Reliability Engineer
8 12 (4.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 11 (3.74%) Network Engineer
10 9 (3.06%) Data Engineer
10 9 (3.06%) Java Developer
11 8 (2.72%) Lead Architect
11 8 (2.72%) SQL Analyst
12 7 (2.38%) Cloud Architect
12 7 (2.38%) Java Engineer
12 7 (2.38%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (9.18%) .NET
1 27 (9.18%) React
2 16 (5.44%) AngularJS
3 13 (4.42%) CSS
3 13 (4.42%) Node.js
4 12 (4.08%) ARM Templates
4 12 (4.08%) HTML
4 12 (4.08%) Loki
5 9 (3.06%) RESTful
6 8 (2.72%) Azure Blueprints
6 8 (2.72%) React Native
6 8 (2.72%) Spring
6 8 (2.72%) Web Services
7 7 (2.38%) Hibernate
7 7 (2.38%) JPA
7 7 (2.38%) Laravel
7 7 (2.38%) RabbitMQ
7 7 (2.38%) REST
7 7 (2.38%) Vue
8 6 (2.04%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 88 (29.93%) Enterprise Software
2 17 (5.78%) Mobile App
3 12 (4.08%) Algorithms
4 11 (3.74%) Management Information System
5 10 (3.40%) Cloud Native
6 9 (3.06%) Onboarding
7 7 (2.38%) Data Structures
7 7 (2.38%) PKI
8 5 (1.70%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.36%) Security Posture
10 3 (1.02%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (1.02%) Linux Command Line
10 3 (1.02%) Operational Technology
10 3 (1.02%) PropTech
10 3 (1.02%) Security Operations Centre
11 2 (0.68%) CUDA
11 2 (0.68%) Enterprise Cloud
11 2 (0.68%) IoT
11 2 (0.68%) Public Cloud
11 2 (0.68%) SIMD
Operating Systems
1 99 (33.67%) Windows
2 26 (8.84%) Linux
3 6 (2.04%) Android
3 6 (2.04%) Ubuntu
3 6 (2.04%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.70%) Apple iOS
5 3 (1.02%) VMS
6 2 (0.68%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (0.34%) CentOS
7 1 (0.34%) Debian
7 1 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.34%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (41.50%) Problem-Solving
2 87 (29.59%) Line Management
3 84 (28.57%) Mathematics
4 67 (22.79%) DevOps
5 45 (15.31%) Agile
6 39 (13.27%) Software Engineering
7 31 (10.54%) Analytics
7 31 (10.54%) Containerisation
8 28 (9.52%) Microservices
9 27 (9.18%) CI/CD
9 27 (9.18%) Computer Science
10 24 (8.16%) Mentoring
11 22 (7.48%) Cloud Security
11 22 (7.48%) ITIL
12 21 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
12 21 (7.14%) Data Pipeline
12 21 (7.14%) Roadmaps
13 20 (6.80%) Business Intelligence
13 20 (6.80%) Infrastructure as Code
13 20 (6.80%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 44 (14.97%) SQL
2 40 (13.61%) Python
3 31 (10.54%) Java
4 29 (9.86%) JavaScript
5 25 (8.50%) TypeScript
6 23 (7.82%) C#
7 11 (3.74%) PowerShell
8 7 (2.38%) PHP
9 5 (1.70%) C++
9 5 (1.70%) Shell Script
10 4 (1.36%) Go
11 3 (1.02%) Bash
11 3 (1.02%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (1.02%) Groovy
11 3 (1.02%) Kotlin
11 3 (1.02%) Perl
11 3 (1.02%) Ruby
12 2 (0.68%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.68%) Swift
13 1 (0.34%) Rust
Qualifications
1 39 (13.27%) Degree
2 25 (8.50%) Security Cleared
3 23 (7.82%) AWS Certification
4 22 (7.48%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (3.74%) SC Cleared
6 10 (3.40%) Azure Certification
7 9 (3.06%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (2.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 8 (2.72%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (2.38%) Cisco Certification
10 6 (2.04%) CCNA
10 6 (2.04%) CCNP
11 4 (1.36%) CompTIA Security+
12 3 (1.02%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 3 (1.02%) CCIE
12 3 (1.02%) CITP
12 3 (1.02%) TOGAF Certification
13 2 (0.68%) CISSP
13 2 (0.68%) DV Cleared
13 2 (0.68%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.40%) QA
2 9 (3.06%) NCSC
2 9 (3.06%) SLA
3 7 (2.38%) Data Quality
4 6 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 4 (1.36%) GDPR
6 3 (1.02%) NIST
7 2 (0.68%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.34%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.34%) GRC
8 1 (0.34%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 41 (13.95%) Docker
2 17 (5.78%) Active Directory
3 8 (2.72%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (2.04%) Hyper-V
4 6 (2.04%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (1.36%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (1.02%) LXC
7 2 (0.68%) Firmware
7 2 (0.68%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 45 (15.31%) Terraform
2 41 (13.95%) Kubernetes
3 19 (6.46%) Ansible
4 14 (4.76%) Grafana
4 14 (4.76%) Prometheus
5 6 (2.04%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (1.70%) Nessus
7 4 (1.36%) Proxmox
8 3 (1.02%) Nagios
8 3 (1.02%) QRadar
9 2 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.34%) Argo
10 1 (0.34%) AWS Copilot
10 1 (0.34%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.34%) Puppet
Vendors
1 38 (12.93%) Microsoft
2 22 (7.48%) Google
3 16 (5.44%) Cisco
3 16 (5.44%) IBM
4 13 (4.42%) Databricks
4 13 (4.42%) Oracle
5 12 (4.08%) SolarWinds
6 8 (2.72%) ServiceNow
6 8 (2.72%) VMware
7 7 (2.38%) Meraki
7 7 (2.38%) Veeam
8 6 (2.04%) Avaya
8 6 (2.04%) LogicMonitor
8 6 (2.04%) Zscaler
9 5 (1.70%) SAP
10 4 (1.36%) Hyperion
10 4 (1.36%) JD Edwards
10 4 (1.36%) Juniper
10 4 (1.36%) PeopleSoft
10 4 (1.36%) Splunk