AWS Jobs in the North West

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for AWS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited AWS over the 6 months to 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 12 6 4
Rank change year-on-year -6 -2 +1
Permanent jobs citing AWS 1,005 1,530 1,837
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 9.71% 20.18% 19.21%
As % of the Cloud Services category 28.94% 46.75% 45.02%
Number of salaries quoted 655 718 1,045
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £41,100
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,783 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.41% +4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £87,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% - +15.38%

All Cloud Skills
North West

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 3,473 3,273 4,080
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 33.57% 43.16% 42.66%
Number of salaries quoted 2,692 1,862 2,623
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,000 £30,319
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £84,964 £85,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +4.17%

AWS
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for AWS in the North West

AWS
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for AWS in the North West

AWS
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing AWS in the North West over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Salary histogram for AWS in the North West

AWS
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AWS within the North West region over the 6 months to 29 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester -3 720 £63,500 -2.31% 204
Cheshire -10 129 £52,500 -30.00% 30
Merseyside -12 94 £45,000 -43.75% 23
Lancashire -23 58 £73,805 +34.19% 25
Cumbria -9 3 £105,000 - 2
AWS
England

AWS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 57 (5.67%) ArcGIS
1 57 (5.67%) GeoServer
2 30 (2.99%) Microsoft Exchange
3 19 (1.89%) Apache
3 19 (1.89%) Apache Spark
4 16 (1.59%) SharePoint
5 12 (1.19%) IIS
5 12 (1.19%) Tuxedo
6 8 (0.80%) Confluence
6 8 (0.80%) WebLogic
7 4 (0.40%) WordPress
8 1 (0.100%) Jetty
8 1 (0.100%) nginx
8 1 (0.100%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 11 (1.09%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.40%) Adobe XD
3 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.20%) Sketch
4 1 (0.100%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (1.00%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 6 (0.60%) Dynamics NAV
3 5 (0.50%) SAP IBP
3 5 (0.50%) SAP PP
3 5 (0.50%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.100%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.100%) Shopify
4 1 (0.100%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 490 (48.76%) Azure
2 164 (16.32%) GCP
3 101 (10.05%) Microsoft 365
4 88 (8.76%) Amazon S3
5 87 (8.66%) SaaS
6 76 (7.56%) Serverless
7 67 (6.67%) Amazon EKS
8 47 (4.68%) AWS Lambda
9 42 (4.18%) Amazon Kinesis
10 39 (3.88%) OCI
11 38 (3.78%) GitHub
12 36 (3.58%) Amazon EC2
12 36 (3.58%) Amazon ECR
12 36 (3.58%) IBM Cloud
12 36 (3.58%) Route 53
13 35 (3.48%) AWS CloudFormation
14 27 (2.69%) Azure DevOps
15 22 (2.19%) Entra ID
16 18 (1.79%) Amazon SQS
17 16 (1.59%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 50 (4.98%) DNS
2 47 (4.68%) Firewall
3 43 (4.28%) WAN
4 32 (3.18%) DHCP
5 29 (2.89%) SD-WAN
6 17 (1.69%) Network Security
6 17 (1.69%) TCP/IP
7 15 (1.49%) SSL
8 14 (1.39%) LAN
9 13 (1.29%) BGP
9 13 (1.29%) HTTP
10 12 (1.19%) iSCSI
10 12 (1.19%) SAN
10 12 (1.19%) VPN
11 11 (1.09%) AMQP
12 10 (1.00%) MQTT
13 8 (0.80%) Wireless
14 7 (0.70%) VLAN
14 7 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
15 6 (0.60%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 137 (13.63%) PostgreSQL
2 92 (9.15%) MySQL
3 74 (7.36%) NoSQL
4 73 (7.26%) Amazon RDS
5 66 (6.57%) Data Warehouse
6 60 (5.97%) SQL Server
7 57 (5.67%) GIS
7 57 (5.67%) QGIS
8 46 (4.58%) MongoDB
9 44 (4.38%) DynamoDB
10 42 (4.18%) Relational Database
11 33 (3.28%) Amazon Aurora
12 24 (2.39%) Amazon Redshift
12 24 (2.39%) Elasticsearch
12 24 (2.39%) Oracle Database
12 24 (2.39%) RDBMS
13 23 (2.29%) Redis
14 20 (1.99%) Data Lake
15 17 (1.69%) Big Data
16 16 (1.59%) Oracle Database 11g
Development Applications
1 85 (8.46%) Git
2 57 (5.67%) GitLab
3 40 (3.98%) JIRA
4 33 (3.28%) Jenkins
5 18 (1.79%) Gatling
5 18 (1.79%) TeamCity
6 16 (1.59%) IntelliJ
6 16 (1.59%) JUnit
6 16 (1.59%) Mockito
6 16 (1.59%) Postman
7 15 (1.49%) Gradle
8 11 (1.09%) Bitbucket
9 8 (0.80%) SonarQube
10 7 (0.70%) Artifactory
11 5 (0.50%) JetBrains Rider
11 5 (0.50%) JMeter
11 5 (0.50%) webpack
12 4 (0.40%) Appium
12 4 (0.40%) Jasmine
13 3 (0.30%) Cypress.io
General
1 187 (18.61%) Social Skills
2 87 (8.66%) Finance
3 76 (7.56%) Public Sector
4 62 (6.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 52 (5.17%) Analytical Skills
6 47 (4.68%) Retail
7 29 (2.89%) Aerospace
8 28 (2.79%) Presentation Skills
9 19 (1.89%) Games
10 18 (1.79%) Billing
10 18 (1.79%) Electronics
10 18 (1.79%) Law
11 17 (1.69%) Legal
11 17 (1.69%) Tech for Good
12 16 (1.59%) Marketing
13 9 (0.90%) Manufacturing
14 6 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (0.50%) Banking
15 5 (0.50%) Retail Finance
16 4 (0.40%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 326 (32.44%) Senior
2 267 (26.57%) Developer
3 187 (18.61%) Software Engineer
4 131 (13.03%) Lead
5 118 (11.74%) Architect
6 96 (9.55%) Senior Developer
7 89 (8.86%) DevOps Engineer
8 75 (7.46%) Senior Software Engineer
9 53 (5.27%) .NET Developer
10 51 (5.07%) Technical Leader
11 50 (4.98%) AWS Engineer
11 50 (4.98%) Senior DevOps
11 50 (4.98%) Senior DevOps Engineer
12 42 (4.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 41 (4.08%) Cloud Engineer
14 38 (3.78%) Full Stack Developer
14 38 (3.78%) PHP Developer
15 37 (3.68%) Data Engineer
15 37 (3.68%) Solutions Architect
16 35 (3.48%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 215 (21.39%) React
2 160 (15.92%) Node.js
3 137 (13.63%) .NET
4 99 (9.85%) CSS
5 84 (8.36%) .NET Core
6 80 (7.96%) REST
7 74 (7.36%) Spring
8 65 (6.47%) RESTful
9 57 (5.67%) AngularJS
9 57 (5.67%) Leaflet
9 57 (5.67%) OpenLayers
9 57 (5.67%) PostGIS
10 56 (5.57%) Spring Boot
11 53 (5.27%) Web Services
12 52 (5.17%) GraphQL
13 51 (5.07%) Laravel
14 49 (4.88%) Vue
15 48 (4.78%) HTML
16 42 (4.18%) .NET Framework
17 33 (3.28%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 57 (5.67%) Public Cloud
2 55 (5.47%) Cloud Native
3 51 (5.07%) Hybrid Cloud
4 45 (4.48%) Greenfield Project
5 43 (4.28%) Blockchain
6 40 (3.98%) Blog
6 40 (3.98%) Management Information System
7 39 (3.88%) Self-Motivation
8 38 (3.78%) Enterprise Software
9 36 (3.58%) e-Learning
10 28 (2.79%) Product Ownership
11 27 (2.69%) Media Streaming
12 22 (2.19%) Distributed Systems
12 22 (2.19%) PKI
13 18 (1.79%) Mobile App
13 18 (1.79%) Private Cloud
14 16 (1.59%) PMI
15 15 (1.49%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
15 15 (1.49%) IoT
16 13 (1.29%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 149 (14.83%) Linux
2 90 (8.96%) Windows
3 43 (4.28%) Windows Server
4 24 (2.39%) Ubuntu
4 24 (2.39%) Unix
5 19 (1.89%) Apple iOS
5 19 (1.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 13 (1.29%) Android
7 11 (1.09%) CentOS
7 11 (1.09%) Debian
7 11 (1.09%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.50%) Windows 10
9 4 (0.40%) VMS
10 3 (0.30%) Kali Linux
10 3 (0.30%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.30%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.30%) Windows Vista
11 2 (0.20%) Amazon Linux
12 1 (0.100%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.100%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 459 (45.67%) Agile
2 362 (36.02%) DevOps
3 272 (27.06%) Software Engineering
4 210 (20.90%) Mentoring
5 184 (18.31%) CI/CD
6 147 (14.63%) TDD
7 134 (13.33%) Coaching
8 131 (13.03%) Actionable Insight
9 130 (12.94%) Full Stack Development
10 118 (11.74%) Infrastructure as Code
10 118 (11.74%) Microservices
11 117 (11.64%) Problem-Solving
12 102 (10.15%) Containerisation
13 99 (9.85%) Scrum
14 92 (9.15%) Continuous Integration
15 90 (8.96%) Roadmaps
16 79 (7.86%) Computer Science
17 78 (7.76%) Migration
18 75 (7.46%) Artificial Intelligence
19 73 (7.26%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 248 (24.68%) JavaScript
2 219 (21.79%) Python
3 189 (18.81%) Java
4 147 (14.63%) SQL
5 129 (12.84%) C#
6 128 (12.74%) TypeScript
7 77 (7.66%) PHP
8 47 (4.68%) PowerShell
9 34 (3.38%) Scala
10 30 (2.99%) Go
11 27 (2.69%) Bash
12 18 (1.79%) PL/SQL
13 15 (1.49%) Ruby
14 12 (1.19%) COBOL
14 12 (1.19%) Micro Focus COBOL
15 9 (0.90%) Perl
16 6 (0.60%) C
16 6 (0.60%) Kotlin
16 6 (0.60%) T-SQL
17 3 (0.30%) R
Qualifications
1 130 (12.94%) Security Cleared
2 114 (11.34%) Degree
3 94 (9.35%) SC Cleared
4 81 (8.06%) AWS Certification
5 61 (6.07%) Computer Science Degree
6 42 (4.18%) Azure Certification
7 31 (3.08%) DV Cleared
8 30 (2.99%) Cisco Certification
9 22 (2.19%) CISSP
10 18 (1.79%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 18 (1.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 17 (1.69%) CISM
12 16 (1.59%) PMI Certification
13 15 (1.49%) CCSK
13 15 (1.49%) CCSP
14 14 (1.39%) Master's Degree
15 11 (1.09%) CCNA
16 8 (0.80%) Microsoft Certification
17 7 (0.70%) DBS Check
18 6 (0.60%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (2.79%) GDPR
2 27 (2.69%) NIST
3 19 (1.89%) Data Quality
4 18 (1.79%) QA
5 14 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (1.39%) PCI DSS
6 13 (1.29%) Accessibility
7 4 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 3 (0.30%) SLA
8 3 (0.30%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.20%) HL7
10 1 (0.100%) NCSC
System Software
1 172 (17.11%) Docker
2 64 (6.37%) Active Directory
3 32 (3.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 27 (2.69%) Hyper-V
5 7 (0.70%) Firmware
6 3 (0.30%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.100%) Snort
7 1 (0.100%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.100%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 187 (18.61%) Terraform
2 178 (17.71%) Kubernetes
3 55 (5.47%) Ansible
4 38 (3.78%) Prometheus
5 26 (2.59%) Single Sign-On
6 23 (2.29%) Microsoft Intune
7 16 (1.59%) Puppet
8 12 (1.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 12 (1.19%) Opsgenie
8 12 (1.19%) VxRail
8 12 (1.19%) ZABBIX
9 9 (0.90%) Progress Chef
10 7 (0.70%) CA Single Sign-On
10 7 (0.70%) Grafana
11 6 (0.60%) Kibana
12 4 (0.40%) Autotask
13 3 (0.30%) SELinux
14 1 (0.100%) FortiGate
14 1 (0.100%) Jamf Pro
14 1 (0.100%) SCCM
Vendors
1 154 (15.32%) Microsoft
2 77 (7.66%) Google
3 57 (5.67%) ESRI
4 55 (5.47%) Oracle
5 47 (4.68%) Red Hat
6 46 (4.58%) IBM
7 42 (4.18%) VMware
8 38 (3.78%) Dynatrace
9 23 (2.29%) Cisco
10 20 (1.99%) Citrix
11 15 (1.49%) Fortinet
12 14 (1.39%) Dell
13 13 (1.29%) Facebook
14 12 (1.19%) Micro Focus
14 12 (1.19%) NetApp
14 12 (1.19%) SolarWinds
15 11 (1.09%) SaltStack
15 11 (1.09%) ServiceNow
16 10 (1.00%) Sparx
17 9 (0.90%) Databricks