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 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 33 14
Rank change year-on-year +5 -19 -2
Permanent jobs citing AWS 281 448 742
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 6.78% 5.69% 12.24%
As % of the Cloud Services category 27.05% 17.91% 32.56%
Number of salaries quoted 154 377 310
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £51,140 £46,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £78,438
90th Percentile £80,875 £88,750 £87,500
England median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.57% -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 1,039 2,502 2,279
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 25.06% 31.77% 37.59%
Number of salaries quoted 775 2,130 1,512
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £39,112
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £53,250
Median % change year-on-year - -1.41% +1.43%
75th Percentile £66,250 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
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 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

AWS
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Salary histogram for AWS in the West Midlands

AWS
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 May 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 -4 99 £62,500 -4.53% 255
Warwickshire +3 61 £60,000 +14.29% 11
Staffordshire +5 34 £60,000 +14.29% 220
Solihull +23 32 £66,250 +1.92% 7
Shropshire +30 19 £60,000 -23.34% 439
Coventry -18 9 £75,000 +46.20% 215
Herefordshire +13 6 £40,000 -27.27% 3
Wolverhampton +16 3 £115,000 +67.27% 208
Worcestershire +19 2 £43,625 -3.06% 213
Sutton Coldfield - 2 - -
Walsall +6 1 £60,000 -35.14% 1
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 32 (11.39%) Confluence
2 2 (0.71%) CMS
2 2 (0.71%) Headless CMS
2 2 (0.71%) nginx
2 2 (0.71%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (0.36%) Apache
3 1 (0.36%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.36%) OpenStack
3 1 (0.36%) Tomcat
Applications
1 6 (2.14%) Mozilla Thunderbird
2 3 (1.07%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.36%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.42%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.71%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.71%) PeopleSoft HCM
3 1 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.36%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 166 (59.07%) Azure
2 58 (20.64%) GCP
3 33 (11.74%) Amazon EC2
4 32 (11.39%) Serverless
5 29 (10.32%) Amazon S3
6 27 (9.61%) Amazon ECS
7 24 (8.54%) AWS KMS
8 23 (8.19%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 23 (8.19%) SaaS
9 22 (7.83%) AWS Lambda
10 20 (7.12%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 19 (6.76%) Power Platform
12 18 (6.41%) Amazon ELB
13 16 (5.69%) Amazon Glacier
14 12 (4.27%) Azure Sentinel
14 12 (4.27%) IaaS
14 12 (4.27%) Snowflake
15 11 (3.91%) PaaS
15 11 (3.91%) Route 53
16 9 (3.20%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 34 (12.10%) Firewall
2 16 (5.69%) WAN
3 14 (4.98%) DNS
4 13 (4.63%) SD-WAN
4 13 (4.63%) VLAN
5 9 (3.20%) VPN
6 8 (2.85%) HTTP
7 7 (2.49%) FTP
7 7 (2.49%) SMTP
7 7 (2.49%) SSH
8 5 (1.78%) DHCP
8 5 (1.78%) SSL
9 4 (1.42%) Broadband
9 4 (1.42%) HTTPS
9 4 (1.42%) LAN
10 3 (1.07%) Internet
10 3 (1.07%) Network Security
10 3 (1.07%) OpenLDAP
10 3 (1.07%) TCP/IP
11 2 (0.71%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (13.17%) SQL Server
2 29 (10.32%) Amazon RDS
3 28 (9.96%) NoSQL
4 19 (6.76%) Power BI
5 15 (5.34%) Data Warehouse
5 15 (5.34%) MySQL
6 14 (4.98%) PostgreSQL
7 10 (3.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 10 (3.56%) Tableau
8 9 (3.20%) Amazon Aurora
8 9 (3.20%) Big Data
8 9 (3.20%) BigQuery
8 9 (3.20%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 9 (3.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 8 (2.85%) Amazon Redshift
9 8 (2.85%) DynamoDB
10 7 (2.49%) MongoDB
11 6 (2.14%) Data Lake
11 6 (2.14%) Relational Database
12 5 (1.78%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 48 (17.08%) JIRA
2 37 (13.17%) Git
3 36 (12.81%) SonarQube
4 32 (11.39%) Maven
5 30 (10.68%) Sonatype Nexus
6 28 (9.96%) GitLab
6 28 (9.96%) Jenkins
7 25 (8.90%) Bitbucket
8 24 (8.54%) Cucumber
8 24 (8.54%) Selenium
9 18 (6.41%) Vagrant
10 15 (5.34%) JUnit
10 15 (5.34%) Mockito
11 9 (3.20%) Bitbucket Server
12 8 (2.85%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 7 (2.49%) Eclipse
13 7 (2.49%) IntelliJ
13 7 (2.49%) Jasmine
13 7 (2.49%) Karma Test Runner
13 7 (2.49%) Protractor
General
1 91 (32.38%) Social Skills
2 55 (19.57%) Presentation Skills
3 51 (18.15%) Finance
4 45 (16.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 33 (11.74%) Public Sector
6 27 (9.61%) Analytical Skills
6 27 (9.61%) Banking
7 23 (8.19%) Retail
8 12 (4.27%) Manufacturing
9 11 (3.91%) Corporate Banking
9 11 (3.91%) Investment Banking
10 7 (2.49%) Automotive
11 4 (1.42%) Games
11 4 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.42%) Law
11 4 (1.42%) Police
12 3 (1.07%) Advertising
13 2 (0.71%) Legal
13 2 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.36%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 44 (15.66%) IT Support
2 41 (14.59%) Developer
2 41 (14.59%) Software Engineer
3 30 (10.68%) Architect
4 19 (6.76%) Analyst
4 19 (6.76%) Senior
5 18 (6.41%) DevOps Engineer
5 18 (6.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 17 (6.05%) Java Developer
6 17 (6.05%) Lead
7 13 (4.63%) Site Engineer
7 13 (4.63%) Site Reliability Engineer
8 11 (3.91%) Java Engineer
8 11 (3.91%) Java Software Engineer
8 11 (3.91%) Solutions Architect
9 10 (3.56%) Platform Engineer
9 10 (3.56%) Support Engineer
10 9 (3.20%) SQL Analyst
11 8 (2.85%) AWS Engineer
11 8 (2.85%) Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (17.44%) React
2 44 (15.66%) Spring
3 37 (13.17%) JPA
4 33 (11.74%) .NET
4 33 (11.74%) CSS
4 33 (11.74%) Spring Boot
5 32 (11.39%) HTML
6 25 (8.90%) Hibernate
6 25 (8.90%) Kafka
7 24 (8.54%) Redux
8 22 (7.83%) AngularJS
8 22 (7.83%) REST
9 19 (6.76%) RESTful
10 14 (4.98%) CSS3
10 14 (4.98%) HTML5
10 14 (4.98%) Jest
10 14 (4.98%) Web Services
11 13 (4.63%) Node.js
12 12 (4.27%) Loki
13 11 (3.91%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 72 (25.62%) Enterprise Software
2 25 (8.90%) Product Ownership
3 13 (4.63%) Mobile App
4 11 (3.91%) Algorithms
4 11 (3.91%) Replication
5 8 (2.85%) Management Information System
5 8 (2.85%) Onboarding
6 7 (2.49%) PKI
7 6 (2.14%) Cloud Native
7 6 (2.14%) Data Structures
8 5 (1.78%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.42%) Distributed Systems
10 3 (1.07%) Data Centre
10 3 (1.07%) Distributed Architecture
10 3 (1.07%) PropTech
10 3 (1.07%) Security Operations Centre
10 3 (1.07%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (0.71%) IoT
11 2 (0.71%) Linux Command Line
11 2 (0.71%) SIMD
Operating Systems
1 71 (25.27%) Windows
2 47 (16.73%) Linux
3 18 (6.41%) VMS
4 8 (2.85%) Amazon Linux
4 8 (2.85%) Ubuntu
5 6 (2.14%) Windows Server
6 5 (1.78%) Unix
7 4 (1.42%) Android
8 3 (1.07%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.36%) CentOS
9 1 (0.36%) Debian
9 1 (0.36%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (37.37%) DevOps
2 80 (28.47%) Problem-Solving
3 78 (27.76%) Agile
4 64 (22.78%) Containerisation
5 62 (22.06%) Microservices
6 60 (21.35%) Software Engineering
7 57 (20.28%) CI/CD
8 48 (17.08%) Line Management
9 45 (16.01%) Mathematics
10 37 (13.17%) Continuous Improvement
10 37 (13.17%) Performance Optimisation
10 37 (13.17%) TDD
11 35 (12.46%) Full-Stack Development
11 35 (12.46%) Test Automation
12 33 (11.74%) Mentoring
13 32 (11.39%) SDLC
14 30 (10.68%) Analytics
14 30 (10.68%) Front End Development
15 29 (10.32%) Cloud Security
16 25 (8.90%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 81 (28.83%) Java
2 78 (27.76%) SQL
3 63 (22.42%) Python
4 49 (17.44%) JavaScript
5 36 (12.81%) TypeScript
6 31 (11.03%) PowerShell
7 22 (7.83%) C#
8 17 (6.05%) Groovy
9 9 (3.20%) Perl
10 6 (2.14%) Go
11 5 (1.78%) Bash
11 5 (1.78%) C++
11 5 (1.78%) Shell Script
12 4 (1.42%) PHP
13 3 (1.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (1.07%) Ruby
14 2 (0.71%) Bicep
14 2 (0.71%) PL/SQL
15 1 (0.36%) R
15 1 (0.36%) Rust
Qualifications
1 45 (16.01%) Security Cleared
2 40 (14.23%) Degree
3 34 (12.10%) SC Cleared
4 27 (9.61%) AWS Certification
5 20 (7.12%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (6.05%) Azure Certification
7 9 (3.20%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (2.14%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (1.42%) CompTIA Security+
10 3 (1.07%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 3 (1.07%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (0.71%) APMG
11 2 (0.71%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.71%) CISSP
11 2 (0.71%) Cyber Scheme
11 2 (0.71%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.71%) ISACA
11 2 (0.71%) PhD
11 2 (0.71%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (12.10%) QA
2 12 (4.27%) Accessibility
3 7 (2.49%) Data Quality
3 7 (2.49%) NCSC
4 6 (2.14%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 5 (1.78%) PCI DSS
5 5 (1.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (1.07%) NIST
6 3 (1.07%) SLA
7 2 (0.71%) GDPR
7 2 (0.71%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.36%) COBIT
8 1 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.36%) GRC
System Software
1 86 (30.60%) Docker
2 29 (10.32%) Active Directory
3 11 (3.91%) DFS Replication
4 10 (3.56%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (1.42%) Postfix
5 4 (1.42%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (1.07%) LXC
7 2 (0.71%) Dovecot
7 2 (0.71%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.71%) Squid
7 2 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 69 (24.56%) Kubernetes
2 57 (20.28%) Terraform
3 35 (12.46%) Prometheus
4 33 (11.74%) Grafana
5 23 (8.19%) Ansible
6 7 (2.49%) Nessus
7 6 (2.14%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (2.14%) Proxmox
8 3 (1.07%) Argo
8 3 (1.07%) Nagios
8 3 (1.07%) QRadar
8 3 (1.07%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.71%) Kustomize
10 1 (0.36%) AWS Copilot
10 1 (0.36%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.36%) Puppet
Vendors
1 40 (14.23%) Microsoft
2 26 (9.25%) Google
3 24 (8.54%) Solace
4 17 (6.05%) ServiceNow
5 16 (5.69%) Databricks
6 11 (3.91%) Juniper
7 10 (3.56%) Cisco
7 10 (3.56%) Oracle
8 9 (3.20%) IBM
9 7 (2.49%) Avaya
10 6 (2.14%) SolarWinds
10 6 (2.14%) Zscaler
11 5 (1.78%) Atlassian
11 5 (1.78%) Splunk
12 4 (1.42%) Jaspersoft
12 4 (1.42%) SAP
12 4 (1.42%) VMware
13 3 (1.07%) Informatica
13 3 (1.07%) Meraki
14 2 (0.71%) Aruba