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 10 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 6 11
Rank change year-on-year -7 +5 -6
Permanent jobs citing AWS 592 379 507
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 7.74% 16.05% 12.96%
As % of the Cloud Services category 31.34% 44.59% 37.12%
Number of salaries quoted 417 205 238
10th Percentile £50,000 £37,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £50,313
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 £72,250 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +11.15% +8.33% -

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 1,889 850 1,366
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 24.70% 35.99% 34.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,395 568 756
10th Percentile £34,100 £29,500 £35,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -
75th Percentile £80,750 £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 10 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 10 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 -1 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 18 (3.04%) Apache
2 14 (2.36%) Apache Airflow
3 13 (2.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 12 (2.03%) Apache Spark
5 9 (1.52%) IIS
6 8 (1.35%) Confluence
7 5 (0.84%) SharePoint
8 3 (0.51%) nginx
9 1 (0.17%) 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
1 181 (30.57%) Azure
2 93 (15.71%) GCP
3 84 (14.19%) SaaS
4 71 (11.99%) Serverless
5 63 (10.64%) GitHub
6 47 (7.94%) AWS Lambda
7 37 (6.25%) Amazon S3
8 32 (5.41%) AWS CloudFormation
9 21 (3.55%) Amazon ECS
10 17 (2.87%) Azure DevOps
10 17 (2.87%) Datadog
10 17 (2.87%) dbt
11 16 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
12 15 (2.53%) Route 53
13 14 (2.36%) GitHub Copilot
14 13 (2.20%) Amazon EKS
14 13 (2.20%) GitHub Actions
15 12 (2.03%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 12 (2.03%) PaaS
16 11 (1.86%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 25 (4.22%) DNS
2 20 (3.38%) DHCP
2 20 (3.38%) 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%) 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
9 2 (0.34%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (3.89%) MongoDB
2 21 (3.55%) NoSQL
2 21 (3.55%) SQL Server
3 19 (3.21%) PostgreSQL
4 17 (2.87%) Amazon Redshift
4 17 (2.87%) DynamoDB
5 16 (2.70%) Relational Database
6 15 (2.53%) Data Warehouse
7 11 (1.86%) Elasticsearch
8 9 (1.52%) BigQuery
9 8 (1.35%) Data Lake
10 7 (1.18%) Azure SQL Database
10 7 (1.18%) MySQL
11 6 (1.01%) Amazon Athena
11 6 (1.01%) RDBMS
12 5 (0.84%) Big Data
12 5 (0.84%) Chroma
12 5 (0.84%) Pinecone
12 5 (0.84%) Redis
13 4 (0.68%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 55 (9.29%) Git
2 34 (5.74%) Jenkins
3 32 (5.41%) GitLab
4 15 (2.53%) JIRA
5 12 (2.03%) Bitbucket
6 11 (1.86%) Maven
7 10 (1.69%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 8 (1.35%) Claude Code
8 8 (1.35%) Storybook
9 6 (1.01%) Cypress.io
10 5 (0.84%) Postman
11 4 (0.68%) Artifactory
11 4 (0.68%) Cucumber
11 4 (0.68%) Robot Framework
11 4 (0.68%) Vagrant
11 4 (0.68%) Vite
12 3 (0.51%) Selenium
12 3 (0.51%) Visual Studio Code
13 2 (0.34%) Mocha
13 2 (0.34%) Terragrunt
General
1 128 (21.62%) Social Skills
2 47 (7.94%) Analytical Skills
3 40 (6.76%) Finance
4 31 (5.24%) Public Sector
5 29 (4.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 22 (3.72%) Publishing
7 21 (3.55%) Legal
8 16 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
9 14 (2.36%) Retail
10 13 (2.20%) Aviation
11 11 (1.86%) Law
11 11 (1.86%) Marketing
12 10 (1.69%) Health Technology
13 7 (1.18%) Aerospace
13 7 (1.18%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (1.01%) Billing
15 4 (0.68%) iGaming
16 3 (0.51%) Games
17 2 (0.34%) Advertising
17 2 (0.34%) Banking
Job Titles
1 147 (24.83%) Senior
2 81 (13.68%) Architect
2 81 (13.68%) Software Engineer
3 72 (12.16%) Developer
4 66 (11.15%) AWS Engineer
5 57 (9.63%) Cloud Engineer
6 54 (9.12%) Data Engineer
7 51 (8.61%) DevOps Engineer
7 51 (8.61%) Lead
8 44 (7.43%) Senior Software Engineer
9 36 (6.08%) Senior Developer
10 33 (5.57%) Solutions Architect
11 32 (5.41%) AWS Architect
12 23 (3.89%) Analyst
12 23 (3.89%) Security Engineer
13 22 (3.72%) AWS Solution Architect
14 20 (3.38%) Java Engineer
15 18 (3.04%) Cloud Architect
15 18 (3.04%) Consultant
16 17 (2.87%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 116 (19.59%) Terraform
2 80 (13.51%) React
3 53 (8.95%) Node.js
4 45 (7.60%) Spring
5 44 (7.43%) Spring Boot
6 41 (6.93%) .NET
6 41 (6.93%) AngularJS
7 38 (6.42%) Kafka
8 24 (4.05%) Vue
9 23 (3.89%) REST
10 20 (3.38%) FastAPI
11 19 (3.21%) Next.js
12 18 (3.04%) CSS
13 16 (2.70%) HTML
13 16 (2.70%) LangChain
13 16 (2.70%) React Native
14 15 (2.53%) Middleware
15 14 (2.36%) Ruby on Rails
16 13 (2.20%) RESTful
17 12 (2.03%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 142 (23.99%) Cloud Native
2 34 (5.74%) Distributed Systems
3 25 (4.22%) Onboarding
4 23 (3.89%) AI Agents
5 21 (3.55%) Product Ownership
6 15 (2.53%) Mobile App
7 12 (2.03%) Media Streaming
7 12 (2.03%) Podcast
8 11 (1.86%) Marketing Technology
9 10 (1.69%) 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 34 (5.74%) Linux
2 27 (4.56%) Windows
3 16 (2.70%) Windows Server
4 11 (1.86%) CentOS
4 11 (1.86%) Mac OS
5 10 (1.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (1.18%) Unix
7 3 (0.51%) CoreOS
7 3 (0.51%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.51%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.34%) Android
8 2 (0.34%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.34%) Debian
8 2 (0.34%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.34%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.17%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 195 (32.94%) CI/CD
2 172 (29.05%) DevOps
3 167 (28.21%) Software Engineering
4 155 (26.18%) AI
5 148 (25.00%) Agile
6 116 (19.59%) Mentoring
7 113 (19.09%) Continuous Improvement
8 98 (16.55%) Infrastructure as Code
9 93 (15.71%) Microservices
10 92 (15.54%) Problem-Solving
11 74 (12.50%) Observability
12 70 (11.82%) Test Automation
13 69 (11.66%) Full-Stack Development
14 68 (11.49%) Stakeholder Management
15 65 (10.98%) Containerisation
15 65 (10.98%) Roadmaps
16 61 (10.30%) Machine Learning
17 59 (9.97%) Technical Leadership
18 58 (9.80%) Collaborative Culture
19 54 (9.12%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 179 (30.24%) Python
2 108 (18.24%) Java
3 107 (18.07%) SQL
4 85 (14.36%) TypeScript
5 61 (10.30%) JavaScript
6 28 (4.73%) C#
7 25 (4.22%) PowerShell
8 24 (4.05%) Bash
9 20 (3.38%) Go
10 16 (2.70%) Scala
11 15 (2.53%) Ruby
12 6 (1.01%) Kotlin
13 4 (0.68%) PHP
13 4 (0.68%) 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%) PL/SQL
16 1 (0.17%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 115 (19.43%) Security Cleared
2 79 (13.34%) SC Cleared
3 37 (6.25%) Degree
3 37 (6.25%) DV Cleared
4 22 (3.72%) AWS Certification
5 16 (2.70%) 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 (0.68%) CISA
9 4 (0.68%) CISSP
9 4 (0.68%) CompTIA Security+
9 4 (0.68%) CRISC
9 4 (0.68%) MBA
10 3 (0.51%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.34%) CREST Certified
11 2 (0.34%) ECSA
11 2 (0.34%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (5.24%) Data Quality
2 22 (3.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (3.21%) QA
4 14 (2.36%) Accessibility
4 14 (2.36%) GDPR
5 13 (2.20%) PCI DSS
6 8 (1.35%) WCAG
7 6 (1.01%) NIST
8 5 (0.84%) SOC 2
9 4 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.34%) SLA
System Software
1 85 (14.36%) Docker
2 19 (3.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (3.04%) Active Directory
4 12 (2.03%) 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
1 114 (19.26%) Kubernetes
2 41 (6.93%) Ansible
3 11 (1.86%) Grafana
3 11 (1.86%) Prometheus
4 10 (1.69%) Progress Chef
5 9 (1.52%) Puppet
6 7 (1.18%) Jamf Pro
6 7 (1.18%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (1.01%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (0.68%) Argo
8 4 (0.68%) Nessus
8 4 (0.68%) Packer
9 3 (0.51%) Istio
9 3 (0.51%) linkerd
9 3 (0.51%) McAfee ePO
9 3 (0.51%) SCVMM
10 2 (0.34%) AirWatch
10 2 (0.34%) SCCM
10 2 (0.34%) SolarWinds Orion
10 2 (0.34%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 69 (11.66%) Microsoft
2 34 (5.74%) Google
3 28 (4.73%) Adobe
4 23 (3.89%) Databricks
5 22 (3.72%) VMware
6 20 (3.38%) Splunk
7 16 (2.70%) 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
10 7 (1.18%) Red Hat
11 6 (1.01%) Mistral
12 5 (0.84%) Okta
13 4 (0.68%) F5
14 3 (0.51%) Dynatrace
14 3 (0.51%) McAfee
14 3 (0.51%) New Relic