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 20 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 10 6
Rank change year-on-year -2 -4 -2
Permanent jobs citing AWS 268 473 416
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 11.15% 13.24% 17.85%
As % of the Cloud Services category 29.39% 37.27% 39.32%
Number of salaries quoted 215 240 325
10th Percentile £33,125 £43,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £54,375 £51,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £62,500 £60,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% +3.31% -6.92%
75th Percentile £82,500 £74,144 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £85,000 £85,000
North West median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - -7.69%

All Cloud 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 912 1,269 1,058
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 37.94% 35.52% 45.39%
Number of salaries quoted 606 690 908
10th Percentile £29,500 £35,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £84,775 £85,300
North West median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,750
% change year-on-year +4.55% -1.35% +1.36%

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 20 November 2025.

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 20 November 2025. 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
Altrincham -9 8 £65,000 +13.04% 15
Salford -1 5 £73,801 +6.48% 1
Bolton +4 1 £47,500 - 17
Oldham +4 1 £65,000 +18.18%
Rochdale -4 1 £65,000 - 3
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 5 (1.87%) Apache
1 5 (1.87%) Confluence
2 4 (1.49%) Apache Airflow
2 4 (1.49%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.75%) WordPress
4 1 (0.37%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.37%) Apache Solr
4 1 (0.37%) CMS
4 1 (0.37%) FactoryTalk
4 1 (0.37%) IIS
4 1 (0.37%) JBoss
4 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.37%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.37%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.37%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.37%) WinCC
Applications
1 1 (0.37%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.37%) NetSuite
1 1 (0.37%) Payment Gateway
1 1 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 132 (49.25%) Azure
2 58 (21.64%) GCP
3 33 (12.31%) Serverless
4 28 (10.45%) GitHub
5 24 (8.96%) AWS Lambda
6 16 (5.97%) AWS CloudFormation
7 15 (5.60%) Amazon EC2
7 15 (5.60%) SaaS
8 14 (5.22%) Microsoft 365
9 13 (4.85%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 11 (4.10%) Amazon S3
11 10 (3.73%) Amazon ECS
11 10 (3.73%) Entra ID
12 8 (2.99%) Amazon EKS
12 8 (2.99%) Azure DevOps
13 7 (2.61%) Amazon Bedrock
13 7 (2.61%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 6 (2.24%) Amazon SQS
14 6 (2.24%) AWS CodeBuild
14 6 (2.24%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 13 (4.85%) Internet
2 11 (4.10%) Firewall
3 7 (2.61%) DNS
4 5 (1.87%) HTTP
5 3 (1.12%) Network Security
5 3 (1.12%) SSH
5 3 (1.12%) WAN
6 2 (0.75%) AMQP
6 2 (0.75%) OpenVPN
6 2 (0.75%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.75%) SSL
6 2 (0.75%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.75%) VPN
7 1 (0.37%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (0.37%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.37%) LAN
7 1 (0.37%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (13.43%) NoSQL
2 32 (11.94%) MongoDB
3 23 (8.58%) PostgreSQL
4 19 (7.09%) SQL Server
5 13 (4.85%) DynamoDB
6 11 (4.10%) MySQL
7 10 (3.73%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (2.61%) Elasticsearch
8 7 (2.61%) Relational Database
9 4 (1.49%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (1.49%) Amazon Redshift
9 4 (1.49%) Big Data
10 3 (1.12%) DocumentDB
10 3 (1.12%) Hadoop
10 3 (1.12%) Neo4j
10 3 (1.12%) Redis
11 2 (0.75%) Amazon Athena
11 2 (0.75%) Apache Iceberg
11 2 (0.75%) Cloudera CDH
11 2 (0.75%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 31 (11.57%) Git
2 18 (6.72%) Jenkins
3 15 (5.60%) GitLab
4 9 (3.36%) JIRA
5 7 (2.61%) Selenium
6 6 (2.24%) CircleCI
6 6 (2.24%) Cucumber
7 3 (1.12%) JMeter
8 2 (0.75%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.75%) Gatling
8 2 (0.75%) Maven
8 2 (0.75%) MLflow
9 1 (0.37%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.37%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.37%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.37%) Jasmine
9 1 (0.37%) Locust
9 1 (0.37%) Postman
9 1 (0.37%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.37%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 79 (29.48%) Social Skills
2 47 (17.54%) Finance
3 21 (7.84%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (7.46%) Public Sector
5 18 (6.72%) Games
6 17 (6.34%) Marketing
7 13 (4.85%) Multimedia
8 12 (4.48%) Retail
9 9 (3.36%) Influencing Skills
9 9 (3.36%) Legal
10 7 (2.61%) Electronics
10 7 (2.61%) Telecoms
11 6 (2.24%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.87%) Banking
12 5 (1.87%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (1.12%) Private Banking
14 2 (0.75%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.75%) Law
14 2 (0.75%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 74 (27.61%) Developer
2 67 (25.00%) Senior
3 37 (13.81%) Lead
4 36 (13.43%) Architect
4 36 (13.43%) Software Engineer
5 26 (9.70%) AWS Architect
5 26 (9.70%) Solutions Architect
6 25 (9.33%) AWS Solution Architect
7 19 (7.09%) AWS Engineer
7 19 (7.09%) Senior Developer
8 17 (6.34%) .NET Developer
9 15 (5.60%) Java Developer
9 15 (5.60%) Python Engineer
10 14 (5.22%) Lead Developer
11 13 (4.85%) Full-Stack Developer
11 13 (4.85%) Senior Software Engineer
11 13 (4.85%) Software Developer
11 13 (4.85%) TOGAF Architect
11 13 (4.85%) Trainee
12 12 (4.48%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (21.27%) React
2 45 (16.79%) .NET
3 29 (10.82%) CSS
4 28 (10.45%) HTML
5 25 (9.33%) Node.js
5 25 (9.33%) Spring
6 24 (8.96%) Spring Boot
7 21 (7.84%) AngularJS
8 20 (7.46%) RESTful
9 15 (5.60%) REST
10 14 (5.22%) Kafka
11 11 (4.10%) .NET Core
12 10 (3.73%) Next.js
12 10 (3.73%) Vue
13 9 (3.36%) Django
13 9 (3.36%) Hibernate
14 8 (2.99%) Elastic Stack
14 8 (2.99%) FastAPI
15 7 (2.61%) Lambda Expressions
16 6 (2.24%) Amazon Corretto
Miscellaneous
1 59 (22.01%) Cloud Native
2 20 (7.46%) Distributed Systems
3 16 (5.97%) Management Information System
4 13 (4.85%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (4.48%) Legacy Systems
6 9 (3.36%) Analytical Mindset
6 9 (3.36%) Driving Licence
7 8 (2.99%) Clustering
7 8 (2.99%) Product Ownership
8 6 (2.24%) AI Agents
8 6 (2.24%) e-Learning
9 5 (1.87%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (1.87%) Onboarding
10 3 (1.12%) Cyber Threat
10 3 (1.12%) Linux Command Line
10 3 (1.12%) Mobile App
10 3 (1.12%) Online Games
10 3 (1.12%) Wiki
11 2 (0.75%) Client/Server
11 2 (0.75%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 27 (10.07%) Linux
2 11 (4.10%) Windows
3 9 (3.36%) Ubuntu
4 8 (2.99%) Debian
5 4 (1.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.49%) Unix
6 3 (1.12%) CentOS
7 2 (0.75%) VMS
8 1 (0.37%) Android
8 1 (0.37%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.37%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (38.06%) Agile
2 97 (36.19%) CI/CD
3 92 (34.33%) DevOps
4 74 (27.61%) Microservices
5 72 (26.87%) Software Engineering
6 64 (23.88%) Problem-Solving
7 56 (20.90%) Containerisation
8 54 (20.15%) Mentoring
9 53 (19.78%) Continuous Improvement
10 46 (17.16%) Roadmaps
11 42 (15.67%) Infrastructure as Code
12 36 (13.43%) TDD
13 35 (13.06%) AI
14 34 (12.69%) Full-Stack Development
15 33 (12.31%) Clean Code
16 26 (9.70%) Enterprise Architecture
16 26 (9.70%) User Experience
17 25 (9.33%) Cybersecurity
18 23 (8.58%) Machine Learning
18 23 (8.58%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 81 (30.22%) Python
2 58 (21.64%) Java
3 56 (20.90%) JavaScript
4 52 (19.40%) C#
4 52 (19.40%) SQL
5 37 (13.81%) TypeScript
6 11 (4.10%) Bash
7 7 (2.61%) PHP
8 6 (2.24%) R
9 4 (1.49%) C
9 4 (1.49%) PowerShell
10 3 (1.12%) Go
10 3 (1.12%) Rust
11 2 (0.75%) Scala
12 1 (0.37%) Bicep
12 1 (0.37%) Groovy
12 1 (0.37%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.37%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.37%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.37%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 30 (11.19%) AWS Certification
2 26 (9.70%) Azure Certification
3 25 (9.33%) Security Cleared
4 16 (5.97%) SC Cleared
5 15 (5.60%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 14 (5.22%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (4.48%) Degree
8 11 (4.10%) DV Cleared
9 10 (3.73%) TOGAF Certification
10 8 (2.99%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 7 (2.61%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (1.49%) Master's Degree
13 3 (1.12%) MBA
14 2 (0.75%) ISTQB
15 1 (0.37%) A+ Certification
15 1 (0.37%) CISM
15 1 (0.37%) Linux+ Certification
15 1 (0.37%) Network+ Certification
15 1 (0.37%) Postgraduate
15 1 (0.37%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.48%) GDPR
2 11 (4.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (3.36%) NIST
3 9 (3.36%) QA
4 8 (2.99%) HIPAA
5 6 (2.24%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.12%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.75%) HL7
8 1 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.37%) GRC
8 1 (0.37%) NCSC
8 1 (0.37%) WCAG
System Software
1 76 (28.36%) Docker
2 11 (4.10%) Active Directory
3 10 (3.73%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.75%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.75%) vSphere
5 1 (0.37%) Dovecot
5 1 (0.37%) HDFS
5 1 (0.37%) Postfix
5 1 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.37%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 69 (25.75%) Kubernetes
2 48 (17.91%) Terraform
3 23 (8.58%) Ansible
4 14 (5.22%) Grafana
5 11 (4.10%) Prometheus
6 9 (3.36%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (1.87%) Puppet
8 3 (1.12%) cPanel
8 3 (1.12%) Plesk
8 3 (1.12%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.37%) AssetCenter
9 1 (0.37%) AWS Copilot
9 1 (0.37%) Kubeflow
9 1 (0.37%) Podman
9 1 (0.37%) SCCM
9 1 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 37 (13.81%) Microsoft
2 23 (8.58%) Google
3 12 (4.48%) Splunk
4 9 (3.36%) Oracle
5 6 (2.24%) SAP
6 5 (1.87%) SolarWinds
7 4 (1.49%) Red Hat
7 4 (1.49%) VMware
8 3 (1.12%) Databricks
8 3 (1.12%) Dell
9 2 (0.75%) Atlassian
9 2 (0.75%) Cisco
9 2 (0.75%) Informatica
9 2 (0.75%) MuleSoft
9 2 (0.75%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.75%) SaltStack
9 2 (0.75%) SnapLogic
9 2 (0.75%) Zscaler
10 1 (0.37%) Okta
10 1 (0.37%) OpenAI