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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 12 6 5
Rank change year-on-year -6 -1 -1
Permanent jobs citing AWS 943 1,649 1,798
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 9.73% 20.71% 19.11%
As % of the Cloud Services category 28.43% 47.94% 44.69%
Number of salaries quoted 657 767 1,091
10th Percentile £41,850 £42,500 £40,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,750 £48,750
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 £80,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £92,500 £90,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +3.45% +11.54%

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 3,317 3,440 4,023
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 34.21% 43.20% 42.75%
Number of salaries quoted 2,625 1,981 2,689
10th Percentile £29,100 £32,500 £31,250
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 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £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

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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 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for AWS in the North West

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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 27 April 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 -5 664 £63,749 +2.00% 171
Cheshire -10 133 £55,000 -29.03% 36
Merseyside -15 82 £42,500 -45.16% 11
Lancashire -19 58 £73,805 +37.31% 13
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 (6.04%) ArcGIS
1 57 (6.04%) GeoServer
2 33 (3.50%) Microsoft Exchange
3 19 (2.01%) Apache
3 19 (2.01%) Apache Spark
4 16 (1.70%) SharePoint
5 13 (1.38%) IIS
6 12 (1.27%) Tuxedo
7 8 (0.85%) WebLogic
8 4 (0.42%) Confluence
8 4 (0.42%) WordPress
9 1 (0.11%) CMS
9 1 (0.11%) Jetty
9 1 (0.11%) nginx
Applications
1 11 (1.17%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.42%) Adobe XD
3 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.21%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 10 (1.06%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 6 (0.64%) Dynamics NAV
3 5 (0.53%) SAP IBP
3 5 (0.53%) SAP PP
3 5 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.11%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 479 (50.80%) Azure
2 151 (16.01%) GCP
3 106 (11.24%) Microsoft 365
4 89 (9.44%) Amazon S3
5 87 (9.23%) SaaS
6 71 (7.53%) Serverless
7 67 (7.10%) Amazon EKS
8 46 (4.88%) AWS Lambda
9 37 (3.92%) Amazon EC2
9 37 (3.92%) OCI
10 36 (3.82%) Amazon ECR
10 36 (3.82%) IBM Cloud
10 36 (3.82%) Route 53
11 32 (3.39%) AWS CloudFormation
11 32 (3.39%) GitHub
12 24 (2.55%) Azure DevOps
13 22 (2.33%) Entra ID
14 18 (1.91%) Amazon Kinesis
15 16 (1.70%) Amazon SQS
16 15 (1.59%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 52 (5.51%) DNS
2 50 (5.30%) Firewall
3 47 (4.98%) WAN
4 35 (3.71%) DHCP
5 32 (3.39%) SD-WAN
6 19 (2.01%) TCP/IP
7 16 (1.70%) LAN
7 16 (1.70%) Network Security
7 16 (1.70%) SSL
8 15 (1.59%) BGP
9 13 (1.38%) VPN
10 12 (1.27%) HTTP
10 12 (1.27%) iSCSI
10 12 (1.27%) SAN
11 11 (1.17%) AMQP
12 8 (0.85%) VLAN
12 8 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
12 8 (0.85%) Wireless
13 7 (0.74%) EIGRP
13 7 (0.74%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 113 (11.98%) PostgreSQL
2 83 (8.80%) MySQL
3 72 (7.64%) Amazon RDS
4 60 (6.36%) Data Warehouse
5 57 (6.04%) GIS
5 57 (6.04%) QGIS
6 56 (5.94%) SQL Server
7 46 (4.88%) NoSQL
8 42 (4.45%) MongoDB
8 42 (4.45%) Relational Database
9 26 (2.76%) Oracle Database
10 24 (2.55%) Amazon Redshift
10 24 (2.55%) RDBMS
11 22 (2.33%) Elasticsearch
12 18 (1.91%) Data Lake
12 18 (1.91%) Oracle Database 11g
13 17 (1.80%) Big Data
13 17 (1.80%) DynamoDB
14 15 (1.59%) Hadoop
15 13 (1.38%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 90 (9.54%) Git
2 46 (4.88%) GitLab
3 35 (3.71%) Jenkins
4 32 (3.39%) JIRA
5 22 (2.33%) TeamCity
6 20 (2.12%) IntelliJ
6 20 (2.12%) JUnit
6 20 (2.12%) Mockito
7 19 (2.01%) Gradle
8 16 (1.70%) Postman
9 7 (0.74%) Artifactory
9 7 (0.74%) Bitbucket
9 7 (0.74%) Cypress.io
10 6 (0.64%) Selenium
11 5 (0.53%) Cucumber
11 5 (0.53%) JetBrains Rider
11 5 (0.53%) JMeter
11 5 (0.53%) SonarQube
11 5 (0.53%) webpack
12 4 (0.42%) Jasmine
General
1 143 (15.16%) Social Skills
2 83 (8.80%) Finance
3 75 (7.95%) Public Sector
4 63 (6.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 54 (5.73%) Analytical Skills
6 50 (5.30%) Retail
7 28 (2.97%) Aerospace
8 21 (2.23%) Presentation Skills
9 17 (1.80%) Legal
10 16 (1.70%) Games
10 16 (1.70%) Law
10 16 (1.70%) Marketing
10 16 (1.70%) Tech for Good
11 10 (1.06%) Manufacturing
12 8 (0.85%) Banking
13 6 (0.64%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (0.53%) Retail Finance
15 4 (0.42%) Aviation
15 4 (0.42%) Publishing
15 4 (0.42%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 316 (33.51%) Senior
2 245 (25.98%) Developer
3 168 (17.82%) Software Engineer
4 120 (12.73%) Lead
5 101 (10.71%) Architect
6 87 (9.23%) Senior Developer
7 82 (8.70%) DevOps Engineer
8 75 (7.95%) Senior Software Engineer
9 47 (4.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 47 (4.98%) Senior DevOps
9 47 (4.98%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 45 (4.77%) AWS Engineer
10 45 (4.77%) Technical Leader
11 44 (4.67%) .NET Developer
12 43 (4.56%) Cloud Engineer
13 38 (4.03%) Data Engineer
13 38 (4.03%) Java Engineer
14 37 (3.92%) PHP Developer
15 35 (3.71%) Solutions Architect
16 34 (3.61%) Full Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 213 (22.59%) React
2 144 (15.27%) Node.js
3 125 (13.26%) .NET
4 97 (10.29%) CSS
5 81 (8.59%) .NET Core
6 72 (7.64%) Spring
7 60 (6.36%) RESTful
8 58 (6.15%) AngularJS
9 57 (6.04%) Leaflet
9 57 (6.04%) OpenLayers
9 57 (6.04%) PostGIS
9 57 (6.04%) Spring Boot
10 52 (5.51%) REST
11 48 (5.09%) Laravel
12 46 (4.88%) HTML
13 44 (4.67%) Vue
14 38 (4.03%) .NET Framework
15 30 (3.18%) RabbitMQ
16 27 (2.86%) ASP.NET
16 27 (2.86%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 57 (6.04%) Public Cloud
2 52 (5.51%) Hybrid Cloud
3 50 (5.30%) Cloud Native
4 44 (4.67%) Blockchain
5 43 (4.56%) Greenfield Project
6 41 (4.35%) Management Information System
7 36 (3.82%) e-Learning
7 36 (3.82%) Enterprise Software
8 34 (3.61%) Self-Motivation
9 22 (2.33%) PKI
10 21 (2.23%) Product Ownership
11 17 (1.80%) Private Cloud
12 16 (1.70%) Blog
12 16 (1.70%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 16 (1.70%) PMI
13 15 (1.59%) IoT
14 14 (1.48%) Algorithms
15 13 (1.38%) Mobile App
16 11 (1.17%) Virtual Team
17 10 (1.06%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 149 (15.80%) Linux
2 97 (10.29%) Windows
3 47 (4.98%) Windows Server
4 29 (3.08%) Unix
5 23 (2.44%) Ubuntu
6 20 (2.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 17 (1.80%) Apple iOS
8 12 (1.27%) CentOS
8 12 (1.27%) Debian
8 12 (1.27%) Mac OS
9 11 (1.17%) Android
10 7 (0.74%) Windows 10
11 4 (0.42%) Kali Linux
11 4 (0.42%) VMS
11 4 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
12 3 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
12 3 (0.32%) Windows Vista
13 2 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.11%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 418 (44.33%) Agile
2 304 (32.24%) DevOps
3 247 (26.19%) Software Engineering
4 190 (20.15%) Mentoring
5 166 (17.60%) CI/CD
6 141 (14.95%) TDD
7 139 (14.74%) Actionable Insight
8 126 (13.36%) Full Stack Development
9 121 (12.83%) Problem-Solving
10 119 (12.62%) Coaching
11 110 (11.66%) Infrastructure as Code
12 105 (11.13%) Microservices
13 101 (10.71%) Containerisation
14 90 (9.54%) Scrum
15 89 (9.44%) Roadmaps
16 77 (8.17%) Artificial Intelligence
17 71 (7.53%) Test Automation
18 70 (7.42%) Project Management
19 68 (7.21%) Continuous Integration
20 67 (7.10%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 244 (25.87%) JavaScript
2 214 (22.69%) Python
3 174 (18.45%) Java
4 158 (16.76%) SQL
5 124 (13.15%) TypeScript
6 114 (12.09%) C#
7 75 (7.95%) PHP
8 45 (4.77%) PowerShell
9 27 (2.86%) Go
10 25 (2.65%) Bash
11 21 (2.23%) PL/SQL
12 12 (1.27%) COBOL
12 12 (1.27%) Micro Focus COBOL
13 10 (1.06%) Ruby
14 8 (0.85%) Kotlin
14 8 (0.85%) Perl
14 8 (0.85%) Scala
14 8 (0.85%) T-SQL
15 5 (0.53%) C
15 5 (0.53%) C++
Qualifications
1 126 (13.36%) Security Cleared
2 96 (10.18%) Degree
3 90 (9.54%) SC Cleared
4 72 (7.64%) AWS Certification
5 39 (4.14%) Computer Science Degree
6 36 (3.82%) Azure Certification
7 31 (3.29%) Cisco Certification
7 31 (3.29%) DV Cleared
8 22 (2.33%) CISSP
9 18 (1.91%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 17 (1.80%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 17 (1.80%) CISM
11 16 (1.70%) PMI Certification
12 15 (1.59%) CCSK
12 15 (1.59%) CCSP
13 14 (1.48%) Master's Degree
14 13 (1.38%) CCNA
15 8 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
16 7 (0.74%) DBS Check
17 6 (0.64%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (2.97%) GDPR
2 25 (2.65%) NIST
3 22 (2.33%) Data Quality
4 17 (1.80%) QA
5 15 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (1.17%) PCI DSS
7 10 (1.06%) Accessibility
8 4 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 3 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.32%) SLA
9 3 (0.32%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.21%) HL7
11 1 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.11%) NCSC
System Software
1 169 (17.92%) Docker
2 68 (7.21%) Active Directory
3 37 (3.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 30 (3.18%) Hyper-V
5 7 (0.74%) Firmware
6 4 (0.42%) Terminal Services
7 2 (0.21%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.11%) RACF
8 1 (0.11%) Snort
8 1 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.11%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 176 (18.66%) Kubernetes
2 175 (18.56%) Terraform
3 48 (5.09%) Ansible
4 39 (4.14%) Prometheus
5 25 (2.65%) Single Sign-On
6 24 (2.55%) Microsoft Intune
7 14 (1.48%) Puppet
8 12 (1.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 12 (1.27%) Opsgenie
8 12 (1.27%) VxRail
8 12 (1.27%) ZABBIX
9 8 (0.85%) Grafana
10 7 (0.74%) CA Single Sign-On
10 7 (0.74%) Progress Chef
11 6 (0.64%) Kibana
12 4 (0.42%) Autotask
13 3 (0.32%) SELinux
14 1 (0.11%) FortiGate
14 1 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
14 1 (0.11%) Kiali
Vendors
1 156 (16.54%) Microsoft
2 70 (7.42%) Google
3 57 (6.04%) ESRI
3 57 (6.04%) Oracle
4 50 (5.30%) VMware
5 48 (5.09%) Red Hat
6 45 (4.77%) IBM
7 37 (3.92%) Dynatrace
8 27 (2.86%) Cisco
9 22 (2.33%) Citrix
10 15 (1.59%) Fortinet
11 14 (1.48%) Dell
12 13 (1.38%) Facebook
13 12 (1.27%) Micro Focus
13 12 (1.27%) NetApp
13 12 (1.27%) SolarWinds
14 11 (1.17%) SaltStack
15 10 (1.06%) Databricks
15 10 (1.06%) Sparx
16 9 (0.95%) Adobe