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 1 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 11 8
Rank change year-on-year -11 -3 -4
Permanent jobs citing AWS 280 352 473
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 8.76% 13.67% 14.01%
As % of the Cloud Services category 23.12% 34.85% 34.99%
Number of salaries quoted 229 222 395
10th Percentile £29,950 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,313 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,175 £84,919
North West median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +4.17% -4.00%

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 1,211 1,010 1,352
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 37.88% 39.22% 40.06%
Number of salaries quoted 650 578 1,206
10th Percentile £28,500 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £85,000
North West median annual salary £56,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +1.82% +4.76% -4.55%

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 1 February 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 1 February 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 +1 6 £71,940 +3.80% 6
Bolton +16 3 £31,500 - 2
Altrincham -14 2 £67,500 +28.57% 2
Oldham -4 1 £65,000 +18.18%
Stockport -11 1 £60,000 -20.00% 1
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 9 (3.21%) Apache
2 8 (2.86%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.43%) WordPress
4 3 (1.07%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (1.07%) JBoss
4 3 (1.07%) nginx
5 2 (0.71%) Apache Solr
5 2 (0.71%) CMS
6 1 (0.36%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.36%) FactoryTalk
6 1 (0.36%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.36%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.36%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.36%) WinCC
Applications
1 9 (3.21%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (3.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.36%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.36%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (3.57%) Magento
2 1 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.36%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.36%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 155 (55.36%) Azure
2 52 (18.57%) GCP
3 30 (10.71%) GitHub
4 28 (10.00%) Serverless
5 18 (6.43%) AWS CloudFormation
6 17 (6.07%) SaaS
7 15 (5.36%) AWS Lambda
8 12 (4.29%) Amazon EC2
8 12 (4.29%) Amazon EKS
9 10 (3.57%) Amazon S3
9 10 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
10 8 (2.86%) Amazon ECS
10 8 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (2.86%) OpenShift
11 7 (2.50%) Amazon Bedrock
11 7 (2.50%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 6 (2.14%) Amazon OpenSearch
12 6 (2.14%) Entra ID
13 5 (1.79%) Datadog
13 5 (1.79%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 23 (8.21%) Internet
2 8 (2.86%) SSL
3 7 (2.50%) DNS
3 7 (2.50%) Firewall
4 6 (2.14%) HTTP
5 4 (1.43%) AMQP
6 3 (1.07%) SSH
6 3 (1.07%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.71%) Network Security
7 2 (0.71%) OpenVPN
8 1 (0.36%) DHCP
8 1 (0.36%) Ethernet
8 1 (0.36%) LAN
8 1 (0.36%) VPN
8 1 (0.36%) VSAN
8 1 (0.36%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (7.86%) MongoDB
1 22 (7.86%) NoSQL
2 19 (6.79%) PostgreSQL
3 13 (4.64%) MySQL
4 12 (4.29%) Elasticsearch
5 9 (3.21%) SQL Server
6 8 (2.86%) Big Data
6 8 (2.86%) Relational Database
7 7 (2.50%) Hadoop
8 6 (2.14%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (2.14%) DynamoDB
8 6 (2.14%) Neo4j
9 4 (1.43%) Amazon Redshift
9 4 (1.43%) Cloudera CDH
10 3 (1.07%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (1.07%) RDBMS
11 2 (0.71%) Apache Iceberg
11 2 (0.71%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.71%) DocumentDB
11 2 (0.71%) Redis
Development Applications
1 45 (16.07%) Git
2 11 (3.93%) Jenkins
3 10 (3.57%) GitLab
4 5 (1.79%) Bitbucket
5 3 (1.07%) JIRA
6 2 (0.71%) CircleCI
6 2 (0.71%) Claude Code
6 2 (0.71%) Maven
6 2 (0.71%) Subversion
7 1 (0.36%) Ant
7 1 (0.36%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.36%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.36%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.36%) JMeter
7 1 (0.36%) JUnit
7 1 (0.36%) Locust
7 1 (0.36%) Selenium
7 1 (0.36%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.36%) Vagrant
7 1 (0.36%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 68 (24.29%) Social Skills
2 28 (10.00%) Finance
3 23 (8.21%) Multimedia
4 21 (7.50%) Public Sector
5 16 (5.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 15 (5.36%) Analytical Skills
7 11 (3.93%) Marketing
8 8 (2.86%) Legal
9 6 (2.14%) Retail
10 5 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (1.79%) Electronics
10 5 (1.79%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.43%) Aerospace
11 4 (1.43%) Games
11 4 (1.43%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.07%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.07%) Tech for Good
13 2 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.71%) Pharmaceutical
14 1 (0.36%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 63 (22.50%) Developer
2 60 (21.43%) Senior
3 54 (19.29%) Software Engineer
4 33 (11.79%) Lead
5 24 (8.57%) Architect
5 24 (8.57%) Trainee
6 20 (7.14%) AWS Engineer
7 16 (5.71%) Analyst
7 16 (5.71%) Senior Software Engineer
8 14 (5.00%) Cloud Engineer
8 14 (5.00%) Java Developer
8 14 (5.00%) Python Engineer
9 13 (4.64%) Software Developer
10 12 (4.29%) Full-Stack Developer
10 12 (4.29%) Senior Developer
11 11 (3.93%) AWS Architect
11 11 (3.93%) DevOps Engineer
11 11 (3.93%) Trainee Developer
11 11 (3.93%) Trainee Software Developer
12 10 (3.57%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (20.00%) React
2 39 (13.93%) .NET
3 38 (13.57%) CSS
4 36 (12.86%) HTML
5 29 (10.36%) Node.js
6 26 (9.29%) AngularJS
7 25 (8.93%) REST
7 25 (8.93%) Spring
8 23 (8.21%) Spring Boot
9 17 (6.07%) RESTful
10 12 (4.29%) Django
10 12 (4.29%) Vue
11 8 (2.86%) FastAPI
11 8 (2.86%) Hibernate
12 7 (2.50%) .NET Core
12 7 (2.50%) Kafka
12 7 (2.50%) Laravel
12 7 (2.50%) OAuth
12 7 (2.50%) RabbitMQ
13 6 (2.14%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 44 (15.71%) Cloud Native
2 20 (7.14%) Distributed Systems
3 13 (4.64%) Onboarding
3 13 (4.64%) Public Cloud
4 10 (3.57%) Product Ownership
5 9 (3.21%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (2.86%) AI Agents
7 7 (2.50%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (2.14%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (1.79%) Driving Licence
10 4 (1.43%) Clustering
10 4 (1.43%) Greenfield Project
10 4 (1.43%) IoT
10 4 (1.43%) Mobile App
11 3 (1.07%) Cyber Threat
11 3 (1.07%) Management Information System
12 2 (0.71%) Client/Server
12 2 (0.71%) NHS
12 2 (0.71%) Private Cloud
12 2 (0.71%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 31 (11.07%) Linux
2 18 (6.43%) Windows
3 7 (2.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (2.14%) CentOS
4 6 (2.14%) Debian
4 6 (2.14%) Ubuntu
5 5 (1.79%) Windows Server
6 3 (1.07%) VMS
7 2 (0.71%) Unix
8 1 (0.36%) Android
8 1 (0.36%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.36%) CoreOS
8 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (30.36%) CI/CD
2 84 (30.00%) Agile
3 83 (29.64%) Software Engineering
4 68 (24.29%) DevOps
5 66 (23.57%) Mentoring
6 63 (22.50%) Microservices
7 50 (17.86%) Problem-Solving
8 49 (17.50%) Cybersecurity
9 47 (16.79%) Continuous Improvement
10 43 (15.36%) AI
11 41 (14.64%) Containerisation
11 41 (14.64%) Infrastructure as Code
12 39 (13.93%) TDD
13 37 (13.21%) Full-Stack Development
14 25 (8.93%) Collaborative Culture
15 23 (8.21%) Clean Code
15 23 (8.21%) Coaching
15 23 (8.21%) Roadmaps
16 22 (7.86%) Scrum
17 21 (7.50%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 86 (30.71%) Python
2 70 (25.00%) JavaScript
3 58 (20.71%) Java
4 39 (13.93%) SQL
5 35 (12.50%) C#
6 34 (12.14%) TypeScript
7 19 (6.79%) PHP
8 12 (4.29%) R
9 7 (2.50%) Go
10 6 (2.14%) Bash
10 6 (2.14%) C
10 6 (2.14%) PowerShell
11 4 (1.43%) Kotlin
11 4 (1.43%) Scala
12 3 (1.07%) Rust
13 1 (0.36%) Bicep
13 1 (0.36%) Groovy
13 1 (0.36%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.36%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 40 (14.29%) AWS Certification
2 36 (12.86%) Security Cleared
3 27 (9.64%) Azure Certification
4 24 (8.57%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 23 (8.21%) Microsoft Certification
5 23 (8.21%) SC Cleared
6 14 (5.00%) DV Cleared
7 11 (3.93%) Degree
8 7 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.07%) Master's Degree
9 3 (1.07%) MBA
9 3 (1.07%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.36%) CISM
10 1 (0.36%) CISSP
10 1 (0.36%) CREST Certified
10 1 (0.36%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (2.14%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.79%) QA
4 4 (1.43%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.43%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.07%) HL7
6 2 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.71%) GDPR
6 2 (0.71%) NIST
7 1 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.36%) NCSC
7 1 (0.36%) WCAG
System Software
1 48 (17.14%) Docker
2 8 (2.86%) Active Directory
3 7 (2.50%) Hyper-V
4 5 (1.79%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (1.43%) VMware NSX
5 4 (1.43%) vSphere
6 3 (1.07%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.36%) HDFS
7 1 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 51 (18.21%) Kubernetes
2 46 (16.43%) Terraform
3 28 (10.00%) Ansible
4 11 (3.93%) Grafana
5 9 (3.21%) Prometheus
6 7 (2.50%) Puppet
7 5 (1.79%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (1.43%) Progress Chef
9 3 (1.07%) cPanel
9 3 (1.07%) Nagios
9 3 (1.07%) Plesk
9 3 (1.07%) Rancher
9 3 (1.07%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.71%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.36%) AssetCenter
11 1 (0.36%) AWS Copilot
11 1 (0.36%) Packer
11 1 (0.36%) Podman
11 1 (0.36%) SCCM
11 1 (0.36%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 48 (17.14%) Microsoft
2 21 (7.50%) Adobe
3 11 (3.93%) Splunk
4 9 (3.21%) Apple
5 8 (2.86%) Red Hat
6 7 (2.50%) Google
6 7 (2.50%) Oracle
6 7 (2.50%) VMware
7 6 (2.14%) Atlassian
7 6 (2.14%) SolarWinds
8 4 (1.43%) SaltStack
8 4 (1.43%) SAP
9 3 (1.07%) Informatica
10 2 (0.71%) Dell
10 2 (0.71%) MuleSoft
10 2 (0.71%) New Relic
10 2 (0.71%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.71%) SnapLogic
11 1 (0.36%) ServiceNow
11 1 (0.36%) WSO2