AWS Job Trends in Manchester

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring AWS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 5 11
Rank change year-on-year -8 +6 -6
Permanent jobs citing AWS 594 381 507
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 7.78% 16.03% 12.98%
As % of the Cloud Services category 31.40% 44.77% 36.98%
Number of salaries quoted 419 207 239
10th Percentile £50,000 £37,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% +4.00% -
75th Percentile £89,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £91,250 £85,000
North West median annual salary £72,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +11.54% +8.33% -0.83%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,892 851 1,371
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 24.77% 35.80% 35.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1,401 569 760
10th Percentile £33,750 £29,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £59,750
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +0.42% -0.42%
75th Percentile £80,500 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £87,500 £85,000
North West median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -4.35%

AWS
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

AWS job vacancy trend in Manchester

AWS
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing AWS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing AWS

AWS
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing AWS in Manchester over the 6 months to 9 October 2026.

Salary histogram for AWS in Manchester

AWS
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AWS within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 9 October 2026. 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
Salford -13 9 £100,000 +35.50% 7
Stockport -3 8 £70,000 - 3
Altrincham -3 8 £65,000 - 13
Cheadle -5 6 £63,750 - 6
AWS
North West

AWS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 19 (3.20%) Apache
2 14 (2.36%) Apache Airflow
3 13 (2.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 13 (2.19%) Apache Spark
4 9 (1.52%) IIS
5 8 (1.35%) Confluence
6 5 (0.84%) SharePoint
7 3 (0.51%) nginx
8 2 (0.34%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.17%) JBoss
Applications
1 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 9 (1.52%) Cloudability
2 1 (0.17%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
Cloud Services
1 182 (30.64%) Azure
2 94 (15.82%) GCP
3 83 (13.97%) SaaS
4 73 (12.29%) Serverless
5 63 (10.61%) GitHub
6 48 (8.08%) AWS Lambda
7 37 (6.23%) Amazon S3
8 32 (5.39%) AWS CloudFormation
9 22 (3.70%) Amazon ECS
10 17 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
10 17 (2.86%) Datadog
10 17 (2.86%) dbt
11 16 (2.69%) Microsoft 365
12 15 (2.53%) Route 53
13 14 (2.36%) Amazon EKS
13 14 (2.36%) GitHub Copilot
14 13 (2.19%) GitHub Actions
15 12 (2.02%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 12 (2.02%) OpenShift
15 12 (2.02%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (4.21%) DNS
2 20 (3.37%) DHCP
2 20 (3.37%) Firewall
3 15 (2.53%) TCP/IP
4 14 (2.36%) VPN
5 8 (1.35%) LAN
5 8 (1.35%) Network Security
5 8 (1.35%) SAN
6 6 (1.01%) WAN
7 5 (0.84%) Cisco IOS
7 5 (0.84%) VLAN
8 3 (0.51%) AMQP
8 3 (0.51%) IPsec
8 3 (0.51%) SD-WAN
8 3 (0.51%) Software-Defined Networking
8 3 (0.51%) VSAN
9 2 (0.34%) BGP
9 2 (0.34%) DMZ
9 2 (0.34%) Intrusion Detection
9 2 (0.34%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (4.21%) MongoDB
2 22 (3.70%) NoSQL
3 21 (3.54%) SQL Server
4 20 (3.37%) PostgreSQL
5 17 (2.86%) Amazon Redshift
5 17 (2.86%) DynamoDB
6 16 (2.69%) Relational Database
7 15 (2.53%) Data Warehouse
8 12 (2.02%) Elasticsearch
9 9 (1.52%) BigQuery
10 8 (1.35%) Data Lake
11 7 (1.18%) Azure SQL Database
11 7 (1.18%) MySQL
12 6 (1.01%) Amazon Athena
12 6 (1.01%) Big Data
12 6 (1.01%) RDBMS
13 5 (0.84%) Chroma
13 5 (0.84%) Neo4j
13 5 (0.84%) Pinecone
13 5 (0.84%) Redis
Development Applications
1 55 (9.26%) Git
2 34 (5.72%) Jenkins
3 32 (5.39%) GitLab
4 15 (2.53%) JIRA
5 12 (2.02%) Bitbucket
6 11 (1.85%) Maven
7 10 (1.68%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 8 (1.35%) Claude Code
8 8 (1.35%) Storybook
9 6 (1.01%) Cypress.io
10 4 (0.67%) Artifactory
10 4 (0.67%) Cucumber
10 4 (0.67%) Postman
10 4 (0.67%) Robot Framework
10 4 (0.67%) Vagrant
10 4 (0.67%) Vite
11 3 (0.51%) Selenium
11 3 (0.51%) Visual Studio Code
12 2 (0.34%) Mocha
12 2 (0.34%) Terragrunt
General
1 128 (21.55%) Social Skills
2 47 (7.91%) Analytical Skills
3 40 (6.73%) Finance
4 31 (5.22%) Public Sector
5 29 (4.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 22 (3.70%) Publishing
7 20 (3.37%) Legal
8 16 (2.69%) Documentation Skills
9 15 (2.53%) Retail
10 13 (2.19%) Aviation
11 11 (1.85%) Law
11 11 (1.85%) Marketing
12 10 (1.68%) Health Technology
13 8 (1.35%) Aerospace
14 7 (1.18%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (1.01%) Billing
16 4 (0.67%) iGaming
17 3 (0.51%) Games
18 2 (0.34%) Advertising
18 2 (0.34%) Banking
Job Titles
1 148 (24.92%) Senior
2 83 (13.97%) Software Engineer
3 82 (13.80%) Architect
4 71 (11.95%) Developer
5 65 (10.94%) AWS Engineer
6 57 (9.60%) Cloud Engineer
7 54 (9.09%) Data Engineer
8 51 (8.59%) DevOps Engineer
9 50 (8.42%) Lead
10 45 (7.58%) Senior Software Engineer
11 35 (5.89%) Senior Developer
12 34 (5.72%) Solutions Architect
13 32 (5.39%) AWS Architect
14 23 (3.87%) Analyst
14 23 (3.87%) Security Engineer
15 22 (3.70%) AWS Solution Architect
16 20 (3.37%) Java Engineer
17 18 (3.03%) Cloud Architect
18 17 (2.86%) AWS DevOps
18 17 (2.86%) AWS DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 117 (19.70%) Terraform
2 84 (14.14%) React
3 56 (9.43%) Node.js
4 45 (7.58%) Spring
5 44 (7.41%) Spring Boot
6 42 (7.07%) .NET
6 42 (7.07%) AngularJS
7 38 (6.40%) Kafka
8 24 (4.04%) REST
8 24 (4.04%) Vue
9 21 (3.54%) FastAPI
10 19 (3.20%) Next.js
11 18 (3.03%) CSS
12 16 (2.69%) HTML
12 16 (2.69%) LangChain
12 16 (2.69%) React Native
13 15 (2.53%) Middleware
14 14 (2.36%) Ruby on Rails
15 13 (2.19%) RESTful
16 12 (2.02%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 146 (24.58%) Cloud Native
2 35 (5.89%) Distributed Systems
3 25 (4.21%) Onboarding
4 23 (3.87%) AI Agents
5 22 (3.70%) Product Ownership
6 15 (2.53%) Mobile App
7 12 (2.02%) Media Streaming
7 12 (2.02%) Podcast
8 11 (1.85%) Marketing Technology
9 10 (1.68%) Greenfield Project
10 9 (1.52%) Virtual Team
11 8 (1.35%) Security Posture
11 8 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (1.18%) Data Centre
13 6 (1.01%) Data Structures
13 6 (1.01%) Driving Licence
13 6 (1.01%) Enterprise Storage
13 6 (1.01%) Hybrid Cloud
13 6 (1.01%) Public Cloud
14 5 (0.84%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 35 (5.89%) Linux
2 27 (4.55%) Windows
3 16 (2.69%) Windows Server
4 12 (2.02%) CentOS
5 11 (1.85%) Mac OS
5 11 (1.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (1.18%) Unix
7 4 (0.67%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.51%) CoreOS
8 3 (0.51%) Debian
8 3 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.51%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.34%) Android
9 2 (0.34%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.34%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.34%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.17%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 198 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 175 (29.46%) DevOps
3 169 (28.45%) Software Engineering
4 155 (26.09%) AI
5 147 (24.75%) Agile
6 116 (19.53%) Mentoring
7 114 (19.19%) Continuous Improvement
8 101 (17.00%) Infrastructure as Code
9 95 (15.99%) Microservices
10 92 (15.49%) Problem-Solving
11 77 (12.96%) Observability
12 70 (11.78%) Test Automation
13 69 (11.62%) Full-Stack Development
14 68 (11.45%) Stakeholder Management
15 66 (11.11%) Containerisation
16 65 (10.94%) Roadmaps
17 61 (10.27%) Machine Learning
18 59 (9.93%) Technical Leadership
19 58 (9.76%) Collaborative Culture
20 57 (9.60%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 180 (30.30%) Python
2 108 (18.18%) Java
3 106 (17.85%) SQL
4 87 (14.65%) TypeScript
5 62 (10.44%) JavaScript
6 29 (4.88%) C#
7 25 (4.21%) PowerShell
8 24 (4.04%) Bash
9 20 (3.37%) Go
10 16 (2.69%) Scala
11 15 (2.53%) Ruby
12 6 (1.01%) Kotlin
13 4 (0.67%) PHP
13 4 (0.67%) Rust
14 3 (0.51%) C
14 3 (0.51%) C++
14 3 (0.51%) Shell Script
15 2 (0.34%) Swift
16 1 (0.17%) Objective-C
16 1 (0.17%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 116 (19.53%) Security Cleared
2 80 (13.47%) SC Cleared
3 37 (6.23%) Degree
3 37 (6.23%) DV Cleared
4 22 (3.70%) AWS Certification
5 16 (2.69%) Master's Degree
6 9 (1.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 9 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (1.01%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 6 (1.01%) CISM
8 5 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (0.67%) CISA
9 4 (0.67%) CISSP
9 4 (0.67%) CompTIA Security+
9 4 (0.67%) CRISC
9 4 (0.67%) MBA
10 3 (0.51%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.34%) CREST Certified
11 2 (0.34%) OSCP
11 2 (0.34%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (5.22%) Data Quality
2 22 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (3.20%) QA
4 14 (2.36%) Accessibility
4 14 (2.36%) GDPR
5 13 (2.19%) PCI DSS
6 8 (1.35%) WCAG
7 6 (1.01%) NIST
8 5 (0.84%) SOC 2
9 4 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.34%) SLA
System Software
1 87 (14.65%) Docker
2 19 (3.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (3.03%) Active Directory
4 12 (2.02%) Hyper-V
5 8 (1.35%) Firmware
6 7 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.34%) UAG
8 1 (0.17%) KVM
8 1 (0.17%) NFS
8 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 116 (19.53%) Kubernetes
2 41 (6.90%) Ansible
3 11 (1.85%) Grafana
3 11 (1.85%) Prometheus
4 10 (1.68%) Progress Chef
4 10 (1.68%) Puppet
5 7 (1.18%) Jamf Pro
5 7 (1.18%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (1.01%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (0.67%) Argo
7 4 (0.67%) Nessus
7 4 (0.67%) Packer
8 3 (0.51%) Istio
8 3 (0.51%) linkerd
8 3 (0.51%) McAfee ePO
8 3 (0.51%) SCVMM
9 2 (0.34%) AirWatch
9 2 (0.34%) SCCM
9 2 (0.34%) SolarWinds Orion
9 2 (0.34%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 69 (11.62%) Microsoft
2 35 (5.89%) Google
3 28 (4.71%) Adobe
4 23 (3.87%) Databricks
5 22 (3.70%) VMware
6 20 (3.37%) Splunk
7 16 (2.69%) Apple
8 9 (1.52%) OpenAI
8 9 (1.52%) Palo Alto
8 9 (1.52%) ServiceNow
8 9 (1.52%) YouTube
9 8 (1.35%) Atlassian
9 8 (1.35%) Cisco
9 8 (1.35%) Red Hat
10 6 (1.01%) Mistral
11 5 (0.84%) Okta
12 4 (0.67%) F5
13 3 (0.51%) Dynatrace
13 3 (0.51%) New Relic
13 3 (0.51%) SaltStack