AWS Job Trends in Leeds

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Leeds requiring AWS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 4 11
Rank change year-on-year -6 +7 -6
Permanent jobs citing AWS 266 162 169
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 8.64% 16.70% 11.19%
As % of the Cloud Services category 40.67% 44.38% 30.40%
Number of salaries quoted 173 137 129
10th Percentile £46,657 £46,900 £45,000
25th Percentile £61,761 £60,000 £48,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £61,206
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +14.37% -9.36%
75th Percentile £90,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £101,250 £84,250 £80,250
West Yorkshire median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.57% +16.67% -11.11%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 654 365 556
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 21.24% 37.63% 36.82%
Number of salaries quoted 452 299 400
10th Percentile £36,825 £29,650 £31,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,875 £47,231
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,308 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.63% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £85,000 £85,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £64,500 £60,000 £58,500
% change year-on-year +7.50% +2.56% -1.72%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing AWS relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Leeds.

AWS job vacancy trend in Leeds

AWS
Salary Trend in Leeds

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing AWS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing AWS

AWS
Salary Histogram in Leeds

Salary distribution for jobs citing AWS in Leeds over the 6 months to 15 October 2026.

Salary histogram for AWS in Leeds

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 6 (2.26%) Apache Spark
2 3 (1.13%) nginx
2 3 (1.13%) Palantir Foundry
2 3 (1.13%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.13%) WordPress
3 2 (0.75%) Apache
3 2 (0.75%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.75%) CMS
4 1 (0.38%) OpenStack
Applications
1 1 (0.38%) Elementor
Business Applications
1 3 (1.13%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.38%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.38%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 72 (27.07%) AWS CloudFormation
2 71 (26.69%) Serverless
3 65 (24.44%) Azure
3 65 (24.44%) GitHub
4 61 (22.93%) AWS Lambda
5 58 (21.80%) Amazon S3
6 56 (21.05%) Amazon ECS
7 51 (19.17%) GitHub Actions
8 44 (16.54%) AWS Step Functions
9 39 (14.66%) GCP
10 32 (12.03%) Amazon EC2
11 26 (9.77%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 23 (8.65%) Amazon OpenSearch
13 19 (7.14%) Datadog
14 18 (6.77%) SaaS
15 16 (6.02%) Amazon ECR
16 14 (5.26%) Amazon SQS
17 13 (4.89%) Apigee
18 9 (3.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
19 8 (3.01%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.26%) DNS
2 4 (1.50%) DHCP
2 4 (1.50%) VPN
3 3 (1.13%) Internet
3 3 (1.13%) Reverse Proxy
4 2 (0.75%) BGP
4 2 (0.75%) Firewall
4 2 (0.75%) LAN
4 2 (0.75%) OSPF
4 2 (0.75%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.75%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.75%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.38%) HTTP
5 1 (0.38%) Kerberos
5 1 (0.38%) Network Security
5 1 (0.38%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (15.41%) DynamoDB
2 22 (8.27%) NoSQL
3 19 (7.14%) Amazon Athena
4 14 (5.26%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (4.89%) MySQL
6 11 (4.14%) Relational Database
7 10 (3.76%) BigQuery
8 9 (3.38%) Amazon Redshift
8 9 (3.38%) Spark SQL
9 8 (3.01%) Metadata
9 8 (3.01%) PostgreSQL
10 6 (2.26%) SQL Server
11 5 (1.88%) MongoDB
12 4 (1.50%) Data Lake
12 4 (1.50%) MariaDB
13 3 (1.13%) Power BI
14 2 (0.75%) ClickHouse
14 2 (0.75%) Elasticsearch
15 1 (0.38%) Data Vault
15 1 (0.38%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 65 (24.44%) Jenkins
2 36 (13.53%) Git
3 34 (12.78%) GitLab
4 18 (6.77%) Cypress.io
5 9 (3.38%) Maven
6 8 (3.01%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 8 (3.01%) SonarQube
7 6 (2.26%) JIRA
8 5 (1.88%) JMeter
8 5 (1.88%) Postman
9 2 (0.75%) Claude Code
General
1 58 (21.80%) Social Skills
2 46 (17.29%) Public Sector
3 27 (10.15%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (5.26%) Finance
5 4 (1.50%) Banking
5 4 (1.50%) Pharmaceutical
6 3 (1.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (1.13%) Manufacturing
6 3 (1.13%) Retail
7 2 (0.75%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (0.75%) Publishing
8 1 (0.38%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.38%) Games
8 1 (0.38%) Legal
Job Titles
1 79 (29.70%) Developer
2 62 (23.31%) Senior
3 53 (19.92%) Java Developer
4 32 (12.03%) Full-Stack Developer
5 29 (10.90%) AWS Developer
6 28 (10.53%) DevOps Engineer
7 26 (9.77%) AWS Engineer
8 25 (9.40%) Data Engineer
8 25 (9.40%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 25 (9.40%) Lead
8 25 (9.40%) Software Engineer
9 24 (9.02%) Senior Developer
10 23 (8.65%) Cloud Engineer
10 23 (8.65%) Platform Engineer
11 21 (7.89%) Architect
11 21 (7.89%) Full-Stack Java Developer
12 15 (5.64%) Angular Developer
12 15 (5.64%) Java Engineer
13 13 (4.89%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
13 13 (4.89%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (21.05%) Terraform
2 54 (20.30%) AngularJS
3 50 (18.80%) Node.js
4 35 (13.16%) Spring Boot
5 31 (11.65%) Spring
6 24 (9.02%) React
7 22 (8.27%) Gherkin
8 19 (7.14%) Web Services
9 16 (6.02%) .NET
10 11 (4.14%) CSS
11 10 (3.76%) HTML
11 10 (3.76%) Jest
11 10 (3.76%) PySpark
12 9 (3.38%) REST
12 9 (3.38%) RESTful
13 6 (2.26%) Middleware
14 5 (1.88%) Playwright
14 5 (1.88%) Vue
15 4 (1.50%) Blazor
15 4 (1.50%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 46 (17.29%) Cloud Native
2 9 (3.38%) Distributed Systems
3 8 (3.01%) Analytical Mindset
4 7 (2.63%) AI Agents
5 6 (2.26%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (2.26%) Linux Command Line
5 6 (2.26%) Product Ownership
6 4 (1.50%) Security Posture
7 3 (1.13%) Cloud Security Posture
7 3 (1.13%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.13%) Public Cloud
8 2 (0.75%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 2 (0.75%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (0.75%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.38%) Culture of Ownership
9 1 (0.38%) Distributed Architecture
9 1 (0.38%) Hackathon
9 1 (0.38%) Legacy Applications
9 1 (0.38%) Legacy Code
9 1 (0.38%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 40 (15.04%) Linux
2 9 (3.38%) Windows
3 8 (3.01%) CentOS
3 8 (3.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 8 (3.01%) Unix
4 2 (0.75%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (44.36%) CI/CD
2 81 (30.45%) DevOps
3 77 (28.95%) Agile
4 64 (24.06%) Full-Stack Development
5 61 (22.93%) Software Engineering
6 55 (20.68%) Infrastructure as Code
7 54 (20.30%) Mentoring
8 40 (15.04%) Platform Engineering
9 39 (14.66%) Technical Leadership
10 35 (13.16%) Microservices
11 34 (12.78%) AI
12 31 (11.65%) Containerisation
12 31 (11.65%) Continuous Improvement
13 30 (11.28%) Problem-Solving
14 28 (10.53%) Coaching
14 28 (10.53%) Continuous Integration
15 26 (9.77%) SDLC
16 25 (9.40%) Data Engineering
16 25 (9.40%) Decision-Making
16 25 (9.40%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 92 (34.59%) Java
2 60 (22.56%) TypeScript
3 57 (21.43%) SQL
4 54 (20.30%) Python
5 37 (13.91%) JavaScript
6 36 (13.53%) Groovy
7 25 (9.40%) Kotlin
8 14 (5.26%) Bash
8 14 (5.26%) C#
8 14 (5.26%) PHP
9 7 (2.63%) Scala
10 4 (1.50%) Shell Script
11 3 (1.13%) C++
12 2 (0.75%) Bicep
12 2 (0.75%) Go
13 1 (0.38%) Perl
13 1 (0.38%) PowerShell
13 1 (0.38%) R
Qualifications
1 47 (17.67%) Security Cleared
2 32 (12.03%) SC Cleared
3 13 (4.89%) DV Cleared
4 12 (4.51%) AWS Certification
5 11 (4.14%) Degree
6 9 (3.38%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (2.63%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 7 (2.63%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (1.50%) Master's Degree
9 3 (1.13%) CISSP
9 3 (1.13%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 3 (1.13%) SAP Certification
10 2 (0.75%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.75%) CISA
10 2 (0.75%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 2 (0.75%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 1 (0.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.38%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.38%) CISM
11 1 (0.38%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (7.52%) Data Quality
2 8 (3.01%) QA
3 6 (2.26%) Accessibility
3 6 (2.26%) GDPR
4 5 (1.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.50%) GRC
6 3 (1.13%) WCAG
7 2 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.75%) ISO 22301
7 2 (0.75%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.75%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.38%) EU AI Act
8 1 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.38%) NIST
System Software
1 76 (28.57%) Docker
2 3 (1.13%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 40 (15.04%) Kubernetes
2 18 (6.77%) Progress Chef
3 11 (4.14%) Ansible
4 8 (3.01%) HP Fortify
5 3 (1.13%) Grafana
5 3 (1.13%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.75%) Argo
6 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
6 2 (0.75%) SCCM
6 2 (0.75%) SCOM
6 2 (0.75%) WSUS
Vendors
1 20 (7.52%) Microsoft
2 10 (3.76%) Google
3 8 (3.01%) Databricks
4 7 (2.63%) Foundry
5 4 (1.50%) Oracle
6 3 (1.13%) Adobe
6 3 (1.13%) Palantir
6 3 (1.13%) SAP
7 2 (0.75%) Cisco
7 2 (0.75%) Pega
7 2 (0.75%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.38%) CyberArk
8 1 (0.38%) Informatica
8 1 (0.38%) OneTrust
8 1 (0.38%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.38%) SolarWinds
8 1 (0.38%) Varonis