AWS Contracts in the Midlands

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for AWS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited AWS over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 31 25 17
Rank change year-on-year -6 -8 -3
Contract jobs citing AWS 128 221 435
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 4.71% 6.81% 8.67%
As % of the Cloud Services category 19.02% 19.98% 25.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 180 314
10th Percentile £325 £400 £406
25th Percentile £356 £475 £451
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £540 £524
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +3.10% +13.55%
75th Percentile £581 £650 £615
90th Percentile £675 £700 £699
England median daily rate £563 £600 £590
% change year-on-year -6.25% +1.69% +12.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £21.51 - -
25th Percentile £23.85 - -
Median hourly rate £30.50 - -
75th Percentile £44.13 - -
90th Percentile £50.65 - -
England median hourly rate £55.00 £75.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -26.67% +7.14% +16.67%

All Cloud Skills
Midlands

AWS is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 673 1,106 1,698
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 24.75% 34.06% 33.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 503 792 1,220
10th Percentile £200 £223 £200
25th Percentile £319 £369 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £594 £588 £575
90th Percentile £686 £688 £669
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 15 33
10th Percentile - £14.71 £13.30
25th Percentile £14.00 £15.25 £16.05
Median hourly rate £21.23 £20.00 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.13% +8.11% +23.33%
75th Percentile £26.50 £26.18 £22.25
90th Percentile £31.53 £28.59 £24.95
England median hourly rate £21.37 £34.40 £21.50
% change year-on-year -37.87% +59.99% +2.14%

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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

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for AWS in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing AWS in the Midlands over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for AWS in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for AWS in the Midlands

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing AWS in the Midlands over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for AWS in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the 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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 23 May 2024. 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
West Midlands -24 67 £475 -13.64% 135
East Midlands +8 63 £445 -20.89% 80
AWS
England

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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 6 (4.69%) Confluence
2 5 (3.91%) JBoss
3 2 (1.56%) Apache Spark
3 2 (1.56%) CMS
3 2 (1.56%) SAS
4 1 (0.78%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.78%) Apache
4 1 (0.78%) Drupal
4 1 (0.78%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.78%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.78%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (3.13%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.78%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.78%) PeopleSoft HCM
2 1 (0.78%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 59 (46.09%) Azure
2 14 (10.94%) GCP
2 14 (10.94%) SaaS
3 12 (9.38%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (7.81%) Power Platform
5 8 (6.25%) Serverless
6 7 (5.47%) OpenShift
7 6 (4.69%) AWS Lambda
7 6 (4.69%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (4.69%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 5 (3.91%) CloudFront
8 5 (3.91%) Entra ID
9 4 (3.13%) Amazon S3
9 4 (3.13%) AWS CloudFormation
9 4 (3.13%) GitHub
9 4 (3.13%) Power Automate
9 4 (3.13%) PowerApps
9 4 (3.13%) Snowflake
10 3 (2.34%) Amazon SageMaker
10 3 (2.34%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.25%) Network Security
2 7 (5.47%) Firewall
3 5 (3.91%) DNS
3 5 (3.91%) VPN
4 4 (3.13%) SAN
5 3 (2.34%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.78%) IPsec
6 1 (0.78%) Kerberos
6 1 (0.78%) LAN
6 1 (0.78%) LTE
6 1 (0.78%) SSL
6 1 (0.78%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (15.63%) SQL Server
2 10 (7.81%) MySQL
2 10 (7.81%) Power BI
3 7 (5.47%) Amazon Redshift
3 7 (5.47%) Data Lake
3 7 (5.47%) Relational Database
4 6 (4.69%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (4.69%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (3.91%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (3.91%) BusinessObjects
5 5 (3.91%) DB2
5 5 (3.91%) Elasticsearch
5 5 (3.91%) NoSQL
5 5 (3.91%) RDBMS
6 4 (3.13%) Amazon Athena
6 4 (3.13%) Big Data
7 3 (2.34%) Tableau
8 2 (1.56%) Data Vault
8 2 (1.56%) DynamoDB
8 2 (1.56%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 17 (13.28%) JIRA
2 12 (9.38%) Git
2 12 (9.38%) Jenkins
3 8 (6.25%) Sonatype Nexus
4 7 (5.47%) TeamCity
5 5 (3.91%) Bitbucket Server
5 5 (3.91%) CA Release Automation
5 5 (3.91%) SonarQube
6 4 (3.13%) Cypress.io
6 4 (3.13%) JMeter
6 4 (3.13%) Visual Studio
7 3 (2.34%) Bitbucket
8 2 (1.56%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (1.56%) webpack
9 1 (0.78%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.78%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.78%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.78%) GitLab
9 1 (0.78%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 39 (30.47%) Finance
2 21 (16.41%) Banking
3 17 (13.28%) Social Skills
4 8 (6.25%) Legal
4 8 (6.25%) Retail
5 6 (4.69%) Public Sector
6 5 (3.91%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (2.34%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.78%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 35 (27.34%) Developer
2 34 (26.56%) Architect
3 22 (17.19%) Solutions Architect
4 12 (9.38%) React Developer
5 11 (8.59%) Cloud Engineer
6 9 (7.03%) Data Engineer
6 9 (7.03%) IT Manager
7 8 (6.25%) Delivery Manager
7 8 (6.25%) DevOps Engineer
7 8 (6.25%) IT Services Delivery Manager
7 8 (6.25%) IT Services Manager
7 8 (6.25%) Service Delivery Manager
7 8 (6.25%) Service Manager
8 7 (5.47%) Senior
9 6 (4.69%) Security Engineer
10 5 (3.91%) Analyst
10 5 (3.91%) Applications Engineer
10 5 (3.91%) AWS Engineer
10 5 (3.91%) Support Engineer
11 4 (3.13%) Full Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (17.19%) React
2 14 (10.94%) .NET
3 13 (10.16%) RESTful
4 12 (9.38%) GraphQL
5 8 (6.25%) Node.js
5 8 (6.25%) OAuth
5 8 (6.25%) OAuth2
5 8 (6.25%) SAML
6 7 (5.47%) REST
7 6 (4.69%) .NET Framework
7 6 (4.69%) Entity Framework
7 6 (4.69%) Express.js
7 6 (4.69%) OpenAPI
7 6 (4.69%) RAML
7 6 (4.69%) Spring Boot
7 6 (4.69%) Swagger
8 5 (3.91%) Apollo GraphQL
8 5 (3.91%) Elastic Stack
8 5 (3.91%) Web Services
8 5 (3.91%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (9.38%) Public Cloud
2 7 (5.47%) Data Structures
3 6 (4.69%) Cloud Native
4 5 (3.91%) Credit Risk
4 5 (3.91%) Data Centre
4 5 (3.91%) Virtual Team
5 4 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (3.13%) Mainframe
6 3 (2.34%) Algorithms
6 3 (2.34%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (2.34%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.56%) FMCG
7 2 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.56%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.56%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.78%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 1 (0.78%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 1 (0.78%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (0.78%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 18 (14.06%) Windows
2 13 (10.16%) Apple iOS
3 11 (8.59%) Linux
4 6 (4.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (3.91%) Android
6 3 (2.34%) Unix
6 3 (2.34%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.78%) AIX
7 1 (0.78%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (22.66%) DevOps
2 27 (21.09%) Agile
3 22 (17.19%) CI/CD
3 22 (17.19%) Migration
4 17 (13.28%) Architectural Design
4 17 (13.28%) Microservices
5 14 (10.94%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (10.16%) Roadmaps
7 12 (9.38%) Decision-Making
7 12 (9.38%) Service Delivery
8 11 (8.59%) ETL
9 10 (7.81%) Data Modelling
9 10 (7.81%) Performance Metrics
10 9 (7.03%) Architectural Patterns
10 9 (7.03%) Business Analysis
10 9 (7.03%) Full Stack Development
10 9 (7.03%) People Management
10 9 (7.03%) Project Delivery
10 9 (7.03%) SDLC
10 9 (7.03%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 27 (21.09%) Python
2 21 (16.41%) Java
3 19 (14.84%) SQL
4 15 (11.72%) C#
5 14 (10.94%) JavaScript
5 14 (10.94%) TypeScript
6 8 (6.25%) Swift
7 6 (4.69%) Perl
8 5 (3.91%) C
9 3 (2.34%) BeanShell
10 2 (1.56%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.78%) Bash
11 1 (0.78%) C++
11 1 (0.78%) HiveQL
11 1 (0.78%) PHP
11 1 (0.78%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.78%) R
11 1 (0.78%) Rust
11 1 (0.78%) Scala
Qualifications
1 9 (7.03%) Degree
2 8 (6.25%) AWS Certification
3 5 (3.91%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (3.13%) SC Cleared
4 4 (3.13%) Security Cleared
5 3 (2.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 3 (2.34%) CCNA
5 3 (2.34%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (2.34%) TOGAF Certification
6 2 (1.56%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 1 (0.78%) AWS Certified Developer
7 1 (0.78%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.91%) Data Quality
2 3 (2.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.56%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.56%) GDPR
4 1 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (0.78%) NIST
4 1 (0.78%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (12.50%) Docker
2 11 (8.59%) Active Directory
3 3 (2.34%) OpenAM
3 3 (2.34%) OpenIDM
4 2 (1.56%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.78%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 12 (9.38%) Progress Chef
2 11 (8.59%) Kubernetes
3 10 (7.81%) Ansible
4 9 (7.03%) Terraform
5 5 (3.91%) Kibana
6 1 (0.78%) Argo
6 1 (0.78%) Istio
6 1 (0.78%) linkerd
6 1 (0.78%) PowerBroker
6 1 (0.78%) Puppet
6 1 (0.78%) Rancher
6 1 (0.78%) SELinux
Vendors
1 17 (13.28%) Microsoft
2 10 (7.81%) Oracle
3 8 (6.25%) Okta
4 6 (4.69%) Red Hat
4 6 (4.69%) Splunk
5 5 (3.91%) AppDynamics
6 4 (3.13%) F5
6 4 (3.13%) Google
6 4 (3.13%) Informatica
6 4 (3.13%) Salesforce
6 4 (3.13%) ServiceNow
7 3 (2.34%) CheckPoint
7 3 (2.34%) Cisco
7 3 (2.34%) ForgeRock
7 3 (2.34%) Sage
7 3 (2.34%) VMware
8 2 (1.56%) SAP
8 2 (1.56%) Talend
9 1 (0.78%) NetApp
9 1 (0.78%) PeopleSoft