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

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 10 10
Rank change year-on-year -13 0 -6
Permanent jobs citing AWS 290 348 500
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 7.92% 14.60% 13.46%
As % of the Cloud Services category 22.07% 35.99% 34.04%
Number of salaries quoted 235 233 425
10th Percentile £33,125 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,272 £85,000
North West median annual salary £63,991 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -1.55% +4.00% +2.46%

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 1,314 967 1,469
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 35.87% 40.58% 39.54%
Number of salaries quoted 731 590 1,286
10th Percentile £30,500 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,375 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £89,000 £85,000
North West median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% +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 28 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 28 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 9 £70,079 +1.11% 5
Altrincham -10 5 £67,500 +28.57% 3
Bolton +14 3 £31,500 - 4
Stockport -9 1 £60,000 -20.00%
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 8 (2.76%) Apache
2 7 (2.41%) Apache Spark
3 6 (2.07%) Jupyter
4 4 (1.38%) WordPress
5 3 (1.03%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (1.03%) Apache Solr
5 3 (1.03%) JBoss
5 3 (1.03%) nginx
6 2 (0.69%) CMS
7 1 (0.34%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.34%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.34%) WebSphere
Applications
1 9 (3.10%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (3.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 6 (2.07%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.34%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (3.45%) Magento
2 1 (0.34%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.34%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 145 (50.00%) Azure
2 50 (17.24%) GCP
3 31 (10.69%) GitHub
4 30 (10.34%) Serverless
5 20 (6.90%) AWS CloudFormation
6 17 (5.86%) SaaS
7 14 (4.83%) Amazon EKS
7 14 (4.83%) AWS Lambda
8 12 (4.14%) Amazon S3
9 11 (3.79%) Amazon EC2
9 11 (3.79%) Amazon ECS
10 8 (2.76%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 8 (2.76%) Amazon OpenSearch
10 8 (2.76%) OpenShift
11 7 (2.41%) Cloud Computing
11 7 (2.41%) dbt
11 7 (2.41%) Microsoft 365
12 6 (2.07%) Azure DevOps
13 5 (1.72%) Amazon Bedrock
13 5 (1.72%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 23 (7.93%) Internet
2 7 (2.41%) DNS
2 7 (2.41%) SSL
3 5 (1.72%) Firewall
3 5 (1.72%) HTTP
3 5 (1.72%) TCP/IP
4 4 (1.38%) AMQP
5 3 (1.03%) SSH
6 2 (0.69%) OpenVPN
7 1 (0.34%) DHCP
7 1 (0.34%) LAN
7 1 (0.34%) Network Security
7 1 (0.34%) VPN
7 1 (0.34%) VSAN
7 1 (0.34%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (7.59%) MongoDB
2 21 (7.24%) PostgreSQL
3 20 (6.90%) NoSQL
4 14 (4.83%) Elasticsearch
5 13 (4.48%) MySQL
6 10 (3.45%) Relational Database
7 7 (2.41%) Neo4j
8 6 (2.07%) Big Data
8 6 (2.07%) Hadoop
8 6 (2.07%) SQL Server
9 5 (1.72%) DynamoDB
10 4 (1.38%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (1.38%) Amazon Redshift
10 4 (1.38%) Cloudera CDH
10 4 (1.38%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (1.03%) DocumentDB
11 3 (1.03%) RDBMS
11 3 (1.03%) Redis
12 2 (0.69%) Apache Iceberg
12 2 (0.69%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 48 (16.55%) Git
2 8 (2.76%) GitLab
2 8 (2.76%) Jenkins
3 6 (2.07%) Visual Studio Code
4 5 (1.72%) Bitbucket
5 3 (1.03%) Claude Code
5 3 (1.03%) JIRA
6 2 (0.69%) Maven
6 2 (0.69%) Subversion
6 2 (0.69%) Vagrant
7 1 (0.34%) Ant
7 1 (0.34%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.34%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.34%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.34%) JMeter
7 1 (0.34%) JUnit
7 1 (0.34%) Locust
7 1 (0.34%) Selenium
7 1 (0.34%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 55 (18.97%) Social Skills
2 31 (10.69%) Finance
3 23 (7.93%) Multimedia
4 19 (6.55%) Public Sector
5 15 (5.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (3.45%) Manufacturing
6 10 (3.45%) Marketing
6 10 (3.45%) Retail
7 7 (2.41%) Legal
8 5 (1.72%) Electronics
9 4 (1.38%) Aerospace
9 4 (1.38%) Banking
9 4 (1.38%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (1.38%) Games
9 4 (1.38%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.03%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.03%) Retail Banking
10 3 (1.03%) Tech for Good
11 2 (0.69%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 68 (23.45%) Senior
2 60 (20.69%) Developer
3 57 (19.66%) Software Engineer
4 31 (10.69%) AWS Engineer
4 31 (10.69%) Lead
5 29 (10.00%) Trainee
6 22 (7.59%) Architect
7 17 (5.86%) Cloud Engineer
7 17 (5.86%) DevOps Engineer
7 17 (5.86%) Python Engineer
8 16 (5.52%) Senior Software Engineer
9 15 (5.17%) Java Developer
10 14 (4.83%) Analyst
10 14 (4.83%) Software Developer
11 13 (4.48%) Full-Stack Developer
12 12 (4.14%) Senior Developer
13 11 (3.79%) AWS DevOps
13 11 (3.79%) AWS DevOps Engineer
13 11 (3.79%) Trainee Developer
13 11 (3.79%) Trainee Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (17.93%) React
2 35 (12.07%) CSS
2 35 (12.07%) HTML
3 32 (11.03%) .NET
4 30 (10.34%) Node.js
5 27 (9.31%) Spring
6 25 (8.62%) Spring Boot
7 22 (7.59%) AngularJS
7 22 (7.59%) REST
8 17 (5.86%) RESTful
9 13 (4.48%) Django
10 11 (3.79%) Vue
11 9 (3.10%) FastAPI
11 9 (3.10%) OAuth
12 8 (2.76%) AWS CDK
12 8 (2.76%) OAuth2
13 7 (2.41%) Hibernate
13 7 (2.41%) Laravel
13 7 (2.41%) RabbitMQ
13 7 (2.41%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 42 (14.48%) Cloud Native
2 19 (6.55%) Distributed Systems
3 13 (4.48%) Onboarding
4 12 (4.14%) Public Cloud
5 11 (3.79%) Product Ownership
6 6 (2.07%) AI Agents
6 6 (2.07%) Algorithms
6 6 (2.07%) Analytical Mindset
6 6 (2.07%) Mobile App
7 5 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.38%) IoT
9 3 (1.03%) Clustering
9 3 (1.03%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.03%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (1.03%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.69%) Client/Server
10 2 (0.69%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (0.69%) Driving Licence
10 2 (0.69%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 29 (10.00%) Linux
2 15 (5.17%) Windows
3 7 (2.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (2.07%) CentOS
5 5 (1.72%) Debian
5 5 (1.72%) Ubuntu
5 5 (1.72%) Windows Server
6 3 (1.03%) Unix
6 3 (1.03%) VMS
7 1 (0.34%) Android
7 1 (0.34%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.34%) CoreOS
7 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (29.31%) CI/CD
1 85 (29.31%) Software Engineering
2 82 (28.28%) Agile
3 77 (26.55%) DevOps
4 70 (24.14%) Mentoring
5 59 (20.34%) Microservices
6 49 (16.90%) Cybersecurity
7 46 (15.86%) AI
8 45 (15.52%) TDD
9 43 (14.83%) Infrastructure as Code
10 41 (14.14%) Continuous Improvement
11 40 (13.79%) Problem-Solving
12 37 (12.76%) Containerisation
13 36 (12.41%) Full-Stack Development
14 25 (8.62%) Scrum
15 24 (8.28%) Clean Code
15 24 (8.28%) Collaborative Culture
16 23 (7.93%) Technical Leadership
17 21 (7.24%) Coaching
17 21 (7.24%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 96 (33.10%) Python
2 69 (23.79%) JavaScript
3 65 (22.41%) Java
4 36 (12.41%) TypeScript
5 32 (11.03%) SQL
6 27 (9.31%) C#
7 21 (7.24%) PHP
8 12 (4.14%) R
9 6 (2.07%) C
9 6 (2.07%) Go
9 6 (2.07%) Kotlin
9 6 (2.07%) PowerShell
10 3 (1.03%) Bash
10 3 (1.03%) Rust
11 2 (0.69%) Scala
12 1 (0.34%) Bicep
12 1 (0.34%) Groovy
12 1 (0.34%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 45 (15.52%) AWS Certification
2 41 (14.14%) Security Cleared
3 29 (10.00%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 28 (9.66%) SC Cleared
5 27 (9.31%) Azure Certification
6 23 (7.93%) Microsoft Certification
7 14 (4.83%) DV Cleared
8 11 (3.79%) Degree
9 7 (2.41%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.03%) Master's Degree
10 3 (1.03%) MBA
10 3 (1.03%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.34%) CISM
11 1 (0.34%) CISSP
11 1 (0.34%) CREST Certified
11 1 (0.34%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (1.72%) QA
2 4 (1.38%) Accessibility
2 4 (1.38%) Data Quality
2 4 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (1.38%) PCI DSS
3 3 (1.03%) HL7
4 2 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.34%) GDPR
5 1 (0.34%) NIST
5 1 (0.34%) WCAG
System Software
1 47 (16.21%) Docker
2 5 (1.72%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (1.38%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.38%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.38%) VMware NSX
3 4 (1.38%) vSphere
4 3 (1.03%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 52 (17.93%) Kubernetes
2 48 (16.55%) Terraform
3 25 (8.62%) Ansible
4 9 (3.10%) Grafana
5 7 (2.41%) Prometheus
6 6 (2.07%) Puppet
7 3 (1.03%) cPanel
7 3 (1.03%) Nagios
7 3 (1.03%) Plesk
7 3 (1.03%) Progress Chef
7 3 (1.03%) Rancher
7 3 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.69%) AWS Copilot
8 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.69%) Packer
9 1 (0.34%) McAfee ePO
9 1 (0.34%) Podman
9 1 (0.34%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 46 (15.86%) Microsoft
2 21 (7.24%) Adobe
3 9 (3.10%) Apple
3 9 (3.10%) Splunk
4 8 (2.76%) Google
4 8 (2.76%) Red Hat
5 7 (2.41%) Oracle
6 6 (2.07%) Atlassian
6 6 (2.07%) VMware
7 5 (1.72%) SolarWinds
8 4 (1.38%) SaltStack
8 4 (1.38%) SAP
9 2 (0.69%) Databricks
9 2 (0.69%) Informatica
9 2 (0.69%) New Relic
10 1 (0.34%) Dynatrace
10 1 (0.34%) MuleSoft
10 1 (0.34%) SnapLogic
10 1 (0.34%) Spotify
10 1 (0.34%) WSO2