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 21 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 6 9
Rank change year-on-year -7 +3 -4
Permanent jobs citing AWS 421 448 628
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 7.40% 20.06% 12.42%
As % of the Cloud Services category 24.53% 46.23% 32.01%
Number of salaries quoted 324 260 494
10th Percentile £40,375 £47,231 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,037 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.42% +3.13% -
75th Percentile £85,625 £82,500 £77,188
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,750 £87,500
North West median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £62,783
% change year-on-year +3.85% +3.53% -3.41%

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 1,716 969 1,962
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 30.16% 43.39% 38.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1,132 637 1,614
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,750 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +4.35% -3.40%
75th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,650 £85,000
North West median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +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 21 May 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 21 May 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
Altrincham -3 10 £65,000 - 1
Salford -18 6 £70,000 +3.51% 7
Bolton +23 3 £31,500 - 1
Stockport -13 1 £60,000 -20.00% 4
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 (1.90%) Apache
1 8 (1.90%) Apache Airflow
1 8 (1.90%) Apache Spark
2 6 (1.43%) Jupyter
3 4 (0.95%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 4 (0.95%) Apache Solr
3 4 (0.95%) WordPress
4 3 (0.71%) Confluence
4 3 (0.71%) GeoServer
4 3 (0.71%) nginx
5 2 (0.48%) CICS
5 2 (0.48%) CMS
5 2 (0.48%) JBoss
5 2 (0.48%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.48%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.24%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.24%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 9 (2.14%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (2.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 6 (1.43%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 12 (2.85%) Cloudability
2 10 (2.38%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 180 (42.76%) Azure
2 76 (18.05%) GCP
3 49 (11.64%) Serverless
4 41 (9.74%) GitHub
5 32 (7.60%) SaaS
6 25 (5.94%) Amazon S3
7 22 (5.23%) AWS CloudFormation
8 19 (4.51%) AWS Lambda
9 18 (4.28%) Amazon EKS
10 13 (3.09%) Anthropic Claude
10 13 (3.09%) Azure DevOps
11 12 (2.85%) Amazon ECS
12 8 (1.90%) dbt
13 7 (1.66%) Cloud Computing
13 7 (1.66%) OpenShift
14 6 (1.43%) Amazon EC2
14 6 (1.43%) Datadog
14 6 (1.43%) GitHub Actions
15 5 (1.19%) Amazon OpenSearch
15 5 (1.19%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.85%) Internet
2 9 (2.14%) DNS
3 8 (1.90%) Firewall
4 6 (1.43%) SSL
5 4 (0.95%) HTTP
5 4 (0.95%) Intrusion Detection
5 4 (0.95%) Network Security
5 4 (0.95%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.71%) AMQP
7 2 (0.48%) DHCP
8 1 (0.24%) LAN
8 1 (0.24%) VPN
8 1 (0.24%) VSAN
8 1 (0.24%) WAN
8 1 (0.24%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (4.51%) MongoDB
2 18 (4.28%) PostgreSQL
3 17 (4.04%) NoSQL
4 15 (3.56%) Relational Database
5 11 (2.61%) Elasticsearch
6 10 (2.38%) MySQL
7 9 (2.14%) Amazon Redshift
7 9 (2.14%) Data Lake
7 9 (2.14%) SQL Server
8 8 (1.90%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (1.66%) Amazon Athena
9 7 (1.66%) Big Data
9 7 (1.66%) DynamoDB
10 6 (1.43%) BigQuery
10 6 (1.43%) Neo4j
11 5 (1.19%) Hadoop
12 4 (0.95%) DocumentDB
12 4 (0.95%) Flink
13 3 (0.71%) Geospatial Data
13 3 (0.71%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 47 (11.16%) Git
2 18 (4.28%) Jenkins
3 14 (3.33%) GitLab
4 13 (3.09%) Claude Code
5 9 (2.14%) Bitbucket
6 7 (1.66%) Visual Studio Code
7 5 (1.19%) JIRA
8 3 (0.71%) Eclipse
8 3 (0.71%) IntelliJ
8 3 (0.71%) Maven
9 2 (0.48%) Subversion
9 2 (0.48%) Vagrant
9 2 (0.48%) Vite
10 1 (0.24%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.24%) PyCharm
10 1 (0.24%) Storybook
10 1 (0.24%) Terragrunt
General
1 52 (12.35%) Social Skills
2 46 (10.93%) Finance
3 27 (6.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 22 (5.23%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (4.99%) Public Sector
6 12 (2.85%) Multimedia
7 10 (2.38%) Retail
8 9 (2.14%) Banking
8 9 (2.14%) Retail Banking
9 7 (1.66%) Health Technology
10 6 (1.43%) Manufacturing
10 6 (1.43%) Marketing
11 4 (0.95%) Aerospace
11 4 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.71%) Legal
13 2 (0.48%) Advertising
14 1 (0.24%) Back Office
14 1 (0.24%) Financial Institution
14 1 (0.24%) Pharmaceutical
14 1 (0.24%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 120 (28.50%) Senior
2 78 (18.53%) Software Engineer
3 65 (15.44%) Developer
4 49 (11.64%) AWS Engineer
4 49 (11.64%) Lead
5 47 (11.16%) Architect
6 45 (10.69%) Cloud Engineer
7 33 (7.84%) Senior Developer
8 29 (6.89%) Data Engineer
9 27 (6.41%) Analyst
10 24 (5.70%) DevOps Engineer
10 24 (5.70%) Senior Software Engineer
11 23 (5.46%) Java Engineer
12 22 (5.23%) Java Developer
13 21 (4.99%) AWS Architect
14 20 (4.75%) Lead Software Engineer
14 20 (4.75%) Solutions Architect
15 19 (4.51%) Security Architect
16 18 (4.28%) Trainee
17 17 (4.04%) Senior Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (14.01%) React
2 49 (11.64%) Node.js
3 35 (8.31%) .NET
3 35 (8.31%) Spring
4 34 (8.08%) Spring Boot
5 27 (6.41%) CSS
6 25 (5.94%) HTML
6 25 (5.94%) REST
7 24 (5.70%) AngularJS
8 18 (4.28%) Kafka
9 14 (3.33%) OAuth
10 13 (3.09%) Next.js
10 13 (3.09%) Pandas
10 13 (3.09%) RESTful
11 11 (2.61%) OAuth2
11 11 (2.61%) PySpark
12 10 (2.38%) FastAPI
13 9 (2.14%) Django
13 9 (2.14%) NumPy
13 9 (2.14%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 45 (10.69%) Cloud Native
2 27 (6.41%) Distributed Systems
3 19 (4.51%) Product Ownership
4 14 (3.33%) Onboarding
5 13 (3.09%) Mobile App
6 12 (2.85%) Public Cloud
7 9 (2.14%) Greenfield Project
8 7 (1.66%) AI Agents
8 7 (1.66%) Algorithms
8 7 (1.66%) Hybrid Cloud
9 6 (1.43%) Marketing Technology
10 5 (1.19%) Enterprise Cloud
11 4 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (0.95%) Management Information System
12 3 (0.71%) IoT
12 3 (0.71%) Life Science
13 2 (0.48%) Legacy Systems
13 2 (0.48%) Mainframe
14 1 (0.24%) Legacy Code
14 1 (0.24%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 24 (5.70%) Linux
2 14 (3.33%) Windows
3 5 (1.19%) CentOS
3 5 (1.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (1.19%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.71%) Debian
4 3 (0.71%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.24%) CoreOS
5 1 (0.24%) Unix
5 1 (0.24%) VMS
5 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (29.69%) CI/CD
2 116 (27.55%) DevOps
3 110 (26.13%) Agile
4 109 (25.89%) Software Engineering
5 86 (20.43%) AI
5 86 (20.43%) Mentoring
6 72 (17.10%) Infrastructure as Code
7 64 (15.20%) Microservices
8 60 (14.25%) Continuous Improvement
9 59 (14.01%) TDD
10 58 (13.78%) Cybersecurity
11 57 (13.54%) Full-Stack Development
12 43 (10.21%) Platform Engineering
12 43 (10.21%) Scrum
13 40 (9.50%) Problem-Solving
14 38 (9.03%) Event-Driven
14 38 (9.03%) Test Automation
15 37 (8.79%) Containerisation
15 37 (8.79%) Cost Optimisation
15 37 (8.79%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 137 (32.54%) Python
2 91 (21.62%) Java
3 74 (17.58%) SQL
4 61 (14.49%) JavaScript
5 45 (10.69%) TypeScript
6 23 (5.46%) C#
7 19 (4.51%) PHP
8 11 (2.61%) PowerShell
9 8 (1.90%) Bash
9 8 (1.90%) Go
9 8 (1.90%) R
9 8 (1.90%) Ruby
10 6 (1.43%) Kotlin
11 4 (0.95%) C
11 4 (0.95%) Scala
12 3 (0.71%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.48%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.24%) C++
Qualifications
1 56 (13.30%) Security Cleared
2 44 (10.45%) AWS Certification
2 44 (10.45%) SC Cleared
3 18 (4.28%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 15 (3.56%) Azure Certification
5 14 (3.33%) Degree
5 14 (3.33%) DV Cleared
6 12 (2.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 12 (2.85%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (1.43%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.24%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (4.75%) Data Quality
2 15 (3.56%) PCI DSS
3 10 (2.38%) QA
4 8 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.66%) NIST
6 2 (0.48%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.24%) GDPR
7 1 (0.24%) HL7
7 1 (0.24%) WCAG
System Software
1 58 (13.78%) Docker
2 4 (0.95%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.95%) Virtual Desktop
2 4 (0.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.71%) VMware NSX
3 3 (0.71%) vSphere
4 2 (0.48%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 93 (22.09%) Terraform
2 64 (15.20%) Kubernetes
3 29 (6.89%) Ansible
4 11 (2.61%) Grafana
4 11 (2.61%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.71%) Nagios
5 3 (0.71%) Puppet
5 3 (0.71%) Rancher
6 2 (0.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.48%) Packer
6 2 (0.48%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.24%) AWS Copilot
7 1 (0.24%) McAfee ePO
7 1 (0.24%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 53 (12.59%) Microsoft
2 39 (9.26%) Adobe
3 21 (4.99%) Apple
4 12 (2.85%) ServiceNow
5 7 (1.66%) Red Hat
5 7 (1.66%) Splunk
6 6 (1.43%) VMware
7 5 (1.19%) Databricks
7 5 (1.19%) Google
7 5 (1.19%) Pega
8 4 (0.95%) Atlassian
8 4 (0.95%) SolarWinds
9 3 (0.71%) CrowdStrike
9 3 (0.71%) SaltStack
10 2 (0.48%) New Relic
10 2 (0.48%) OpenAI
10 2 (0.48%) Oracle
10 2 (0.48%) WSO2
11 1 (0.24%) Informatica
11 1 (0.24%) McAfee