AWS Contracts in Manchester

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester requiring AWS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited AWS over the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 4 7
Rank change year-on-year +1 +3 -4
Contract jobs citing AWS 155 216 266
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 17.36% 14.90% 14.55%
As % of the Cloud Services category 43.06% 40.37% 36.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 174 207
10th Percentile £400 £350 £413
25th Percentile £425 £413 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £602 £600 £638
90th Percentile £713 £692 £679
North West median daily rate £475 £497 £550
% change year-on-year -4.47% -9.59% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 2
10th Percentile £68.38 £65.00 £35.46
25th Percentile £69.69 £67.50 £36.15
Median hourly rate £76.25 £70.94 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year +7.49% +90.17% -
75th Percentile £84.69 £72.50 £38.45
90th Percentile £87.13 £73.50 £39.14
North West median hourly rate £72.50 £70.94 £39.60
% change year-on-year +2.21% +79.13% -1.61%

All Cloud Skills
Manchester

AWS falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 360 535 736
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 40.31% 36.90% 40.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 286 423 553
10th Percentile £313 £313 £325
25th Percentile £405 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £572 £588
90th Percentile £663 £650 £654
North West median daily rate £475 £480 £500
% change year-on-year -1.04% -4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 13 17
10th Percentile £68.38 £22.90 £18.65
25th Percentile £69.69 £25.50 £26.25
Median hourly rate £76.25 £67.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.81% +3.08% +271.43%
75th Percentile £84.69 £72.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £87.13 £74.10 -
North West median hourly rate £28.75 £16.06 £37.30
% change year-on-year +79.02% -56.94% +97.96%

AWS
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing AWS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for AWS in Manchester

AWS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for AWS in Manchester

AWS
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing AWS in Manchester over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for AWS in Manchester

AWS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for AWS in Manchester

AWS
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AWS within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 9 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Salford -1 11 £700 +64.71% 18
Stockport -3 1 £500 -9.09% 12
Altrincham - 1 - - 37
AWS
North West

AWS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 (3.87%) Apache Airflow
2 4 (2.58%) Confluence
3 3 (1.94%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.94%) SAS
4 2 (1.29%) IIS
4 2 (1.29%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.29%) WebSphere
4 2 (1.29%) WebSphere Application Server
5 1 (0.65%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.65%) Apache
5 1 (0.65%) CMS
5 1 (0.65%) Documentum
5 1 (0.65%) FileNet
5 1 (0.65%) Headless CMS
Business Applications
1 5 (3.23%) Kondor
2 1 (0.65%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 31 (20.00%) Azure
2 30 (19.35%) Serverless
3 24 (15.48%) Amazon EKS
3 24 (15.48%) GCP
4 23 (14.84%) GitHub
5 20 (12.90%) Amazon EC2
6 19 (12.26%) AWS Lambda
6 19 (12.26%) GitHub Actions
7 16 (10.32%) Amazon S3
8 9 (5.81%) Amazon ECS
8 9 (5.81%) AWS CloudFormation
9 8 (5.16%) Amazon SQS
9 8 (5.16%) dbt
10 5 (3.23%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 4 (2.58%) Amazon MSK
11 4 (2.58%) AWS CodeBuild
12 3 (1.94%) Amazon ELB
12 3 (1.94%) Amazon EventBridge
12 3 (1.94%) SaaS
12 3 (1.94%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 9 (5.81%) DNS
2 4 (2.58%) Network Security
3 3 (1.94%) DHCP
4 2 (1.29%) Calico
4 2 (1.29%) Firewall
4 2 (1.29%) SD-WAN
4 2 (1.29%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.29%) VPN
4 2 (1.29%) WAN
5 1 (0.65%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (9.03%) PostgreSQL
2 13 (8.39%) SQL Server
3 10 (6.45%) Relational Database
4 9 (5.81%) MongoDB
5 8 (5.16%) DynamoDB
6 7 (4.52%) Big Data
7 6 (3.87%) Amazon RDS
7 6 (3.87%) Amazon Redshift
7 6 (3.87%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (3.87%) Hadoop
7 6 (3.87%) NoSQL
8 4 (2.58%) Airbyte
8 4 (2.58%) MySQL
8 4 (2.58%) ObjectStore
9 3 (1.94%) Amazon Aurora
9 3 (1.94%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (1.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (1.29%) Data Vault
10 2 (1.29%) Geospatial Data
10 2 (1.29%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 20 (12.90%) GitLab
2 12 (7.74%) Jenkins
3 11 (7.10%) Git
4 6 (3.87%) Maven
5 5 (3.23%) JIRA
6 3 (1.94%) REST Assured
7 2 (1.29%) Cucumber
7 2 (1.29%) Cypress.io
7 2 (1.29%) Postman
7 2 (1.29%) Selenium
7 2 (1.29%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.65%) Flyway
8 1 (0.65%) Gradle
8 1 (0.65%) gulp
8 1 (0.65%) JUnit
8 1 (0.65%) Liquibase
8 1 (0.65%) Mockito
8 1 (0.65%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.65%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.65%) WebDriver
General
1 41 (26.45%) Social Skills
2 17 (10.97%) Public Sector
3 16 (10.32%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (7.74%) Finance
5 10 (6.45%) Banking
6 7 (4.52%) Legal
6 7 (4.52%) Telecoms
7 4 (2.58%) Retail
8 3 (1.94%) Military
9 2 (1.29%) Marketing
10 1 (0.65%) Aviation
10 1 (0.65%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.65%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.65%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.65%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.65%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 42 (27.10%) Senior
2 36 (23.23%) Developer
3 25 (16.13%) Architect
4 20 (12.90%) Software Engineer
5 16 (10.32%) Data Engineer
6 14 (9.03%) Senior Software Engineer
7 13 (8.39%) AWS Engineer
7 13 (8.39%) Lead
8 12 (7.74%) Senior Developer
9 11 (7.10%) DevOps Engineer
9 11 (7.10%) Software Developer
10 9 (5.81%) Full-Stack Developer
10 9 (5.81%) Node.js Developer
10 9 (5.81%) Solutions Architect
11 8 (5.16%) AWS Developer
11 8 (5.16%) Python Engineer
11 8 (5.16%) Senior Data Engineer
12 7 (4.52%) Data Architect
13 6 (3.87%) Java Developer
13 6 (3.87%) Senior Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (23.87%) Node.js
2 25 (16.13%) Kafka
3 23 (14.84%) React
4 12 (7.74%) RESTful
5 11 (7.10%) REST
6 7 (4.52%) .NET
6 7 (4.52%) AngularJS
7 6 (3.87%) AWS CDK
7 6 (3.87%) Playwright
7 6 (3.87%) Spring Boot
8 5 (3.23%) OAuth
8 5 (3.23%) OAuth2
8 5 (3.23%) OpenID
8 5 (3.23%) SAML
8 5 (3.23%) SOAP
8 5 (3.23%) Spring
9 4 (2.58%) Apache NiFi
10 3 (1.94%) cloud-init
10 3 (1.94%) Express.js
11 2 (1.29%) Leaflet
Miscellaneous
1 9 (5.81%) Cloud Native
1 9 (5.81%) Greenfield Project
2 6 (3.87%) Mobile App
3 5 (3.23%) Derivative
3 5 (3.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 5 (3.23%) Onboarding
4 3 (1.94%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (1.94%) Distributed Systems
4 3 (1.94%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.29%) Algorithms
5 2 (1.29%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.29%) Clustering
5 2 (1.29%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.29%) PKI
5 2 (1.29%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.65%) Credit Risk
6 1 (0.65%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.65%) Life Science
6 1 (0.65%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.65%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 15 (9.68%) Linux
2 9 (5.81%) Unix
3 5 (3.23%) CentOS
3 5 (3.23%) Windows
4 4 (2.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (1.29%) Android
5 2 (1.29%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.29%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.29%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (28.39%) CI/CD
2 40 (25.81%) Software Engineering
3 32 (20.65%) Containerisation
4 29 (18.71%) DevOps
5 27 (17.42%) Agile
6 26 (16.77%) Data Pipeline
7 23 (14.84%) Infrastructure as Code
8 19 (12.26%) Full-Stack Development
8 19 (12.26%) Problem-Solving
9 18 (11.61%) Analytics
10 17 (10.97%) Microservices
10 17 (10.97%) Visualisation
11 16 (10.32%) Continuous Integration
12 15 (9.68%) Digital Twin
13 14 (9.03%) Stakeholder Management
14 13 (8.39%) ETL
14 13 (8.39%) Test Automation
15 12 (7.74%) Mentoring
15 12 (7.74%) Migration
16 11 (7.10%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 51 (32.90%) Python
2 26 (16.77%) Java
2 26 (16.77%) TypeScript
3 24 (15.48%) JavaScript
4 21 (13.55%) SQL
5 8 (5.16%) Bash
6 6 (3.87%) SPARQL
7 5 (3.23%) Go
8 3 (1.94%) Clojure
8 3 (1.94%) PowerShell
8 3 (1.94%) Scala
8 3 (1.94%) Shell Script
9 2 (1.29%) C#
9 2 (1.29%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.65%) Groovy
10 1 (0.65%) Perl
10 1 (0.65%) PHP
10 1 (0.65%) Rust
Qualifications
1 52 (33.55%) Security Cleared
2 33 (21.29%) SC Cleared
3 12 (7.74%) Degree
4 10 (6.45%) AWS Certification
4 10 (6.45%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (5.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 7 (4.52%) Azure Certification
6 7 (4.52%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (3.23%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.29%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 1 (0.65%) CCIE
9 1 (0.65%) CCNP
9 1 (0.65%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.65%) CTC Cleared
9 1 (0.65%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.65%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.65%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (9.03%) QA
2 5 (3.23%) Basel III
2 5 (3.23%) MiFID
3 4 (2.58%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.58%) GDPR
3 4 (2.58%) PCI DSS
4 3 (1.94%) SLA
5 2 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.29%) NCSC
5 2 (1.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.65%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.65%) COBIT
6 1 (0.65%) GxP
6 1 (0.65%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.65%) NIST
System Software
1 28 (18.06%) Docker
2 4 (2.58%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.29%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (1.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.29%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 41 (26.45%) Kubernetes
2 26 (16.77%) Terraform
3 7 (4.52%) Ansible
4 6 (3.87%) Grafana
4 6 (3.87%) Istio
5 5 (3.23%) Prometheus
6 4 (2.58%) Packer
7 3 (1.94%) Kibana
7 3 (1.94%) Kustomize
7 3 (1.94%) ZABBIX
8 2 (1.29%) Nagios
9 1 (0.65%) Consul
9 1 (0.65%) Graylog
9 1 (0.65%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.65%) linkerd
9 1 (0.65%) Puppet
9 1 (0.65%) Rancher
9 1 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 13 (8.39%) Google
2 12 (7.74%) Oracle
3 11 (7.10%) Microsoft
4 5 (3.23%) IBM
4 5 (3.23%) Splunk
4 5 (3.23%) Sybase
5 3 (1.94%) Cloudera
6 2 (1.29%) Atlassian
6 2 (1.29%) Dell
6 2 (1.29%) HP
6 2 (1.29%) Mapbox
6 2 (1.29%) MuleSoft
6 2 (1.29%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.29%) SolarWinds
6 2 (1.29%) Thycotic
6 2 (1.29%) VMware
7 1 (0.65%) Adobe
7 1 (0.65%) BMC
7 1 (0.65%) Cisco
7 1 (0.65%) Remedy