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

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 4 11
Rank change year-on-year -9 +7 -6
Permanent jobs citing AWS 585 429 564
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 8.25% 17.24% 12.68%
As % of the Cloud Services category 30.92% 46.23% 34.99%
Number of salaries quoted 434 240 311
10th Percentile £47,500 £44,750 £43,750
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,665 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.87% - -
75th Percentile £88,750 £78,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £85,000
North West median annual salary £72,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +11.54% +4.00% -3.85%

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 1,892 928 1,612
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 26.68% 37.30% 36.23%
Number of salaries quoted 1,455 614 1,085
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,500 £35,300
25th Percentile £47,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -
75th Percentile £85,000 £76,840 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £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 28 August 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 August 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 -4 6 £65,000 - 1
Cheadle -4 6 £63,750 -
Stockport -3 4 £70,000 +1.82% 3
Salford -23 2 £85,000 +22.51% 20
Bolton +17 1 £31,500 - 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 18 (3.08%) Apache
2 17 (2.91%) Apache Airflow
3 13 (2.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 12 (2.05%) Apache Spark
5 9 (1.54%) Confluence
5 9 (1.54%) IIS
6 7 (1.20%) SharePoint
7 3 (0.51%) Apache Solr
7 3 (0.51%) GeoServer
7 3 (0.51%) nginx
8 2 (0.34%) CICS
8 2 (0.34%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.34%) WordPress
9 1 (0.17%) CMS
9 1 (0.17%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.17%) JBoss
9 1 (0.17%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 12 (2.05%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 207 (35.38%) Azure
2 101 (17.26%) GCP
3 83 (14.19%) SaaS
4 76 (12.99%) Serverless
5 65 (11.11%) GitHub
6 46 (7.86%) AWS Lambda
7 36 (6.15%) Amazon S3
7 36 (6.15%) AWS CloudFormation
8 22 (3.76%) Amazon ECS
8 22 (3.76%) Azure DevOps
9 18 (3.08%) Datadog
9 18 (3.08%) dbt
10 17 (2.91%) Microsoft 365
11 16 (2.74%) Amazon EKS
12 14 (2.39%) GitHub Actions
13 13 (2.22%) GitHub Copilot
13 13 (2.22%) Route 53
14 12 (2.05%) Anthropic Claude
14 12 (2.05%) Snowflake
15 11 (1.88%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 24 (4.10%) Firewall
2 23 (3.93%) DNS
3 18 (3.08%) DHCP
4 16 (2.74%) TCP/IP
5 14 (2.39%) VPN
6 9 (1.54%) Network Security
7 8 (1.37%) LAN
7 8 (1.37%) SAN
8 6 (1.03%) WAN
9 5 (0.85%) Cisco IOS
9 5 (0.85%) Intrusion Detection
9 5 (0.85%) VLAN
10 3 (0.51%) IPsec
10 3 (0.51%) SD-WAN
10 3 (0.51%) Software-Defined Networking
10 3 (0.51%) VSAN
11 2 (0.34%) BGP
11 2 (0.34%) DMZ
11 2 (0.34%) Internet
11 2 (0.34%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (4.27%) MongoDB
1 25 (4.27%) SQL Server
2 24 (4.10%) NoSQL
3 22 (3.76%) PostgreSQL
3 22 (3.76%) Relational Database
4 17 (2.91%) Amazon Redshift
4 17 (2.91%) DynamoDB
5 15 (2.56%) Data Warehouse
6 13 (2.22%) Elasticsearch
7 11 (1.88%) BigQuery
8 7 (1.20%) Amazon Athena
8 7 (1.20%) Data Lake
8 7 (1.20%) MySQL
8 7 (1.20%) RDBMS
9 6 (1.03%) Azure SQL Database
9 6 (1.03%) Neo4j
10 5 (0.85%) Big Data
11 4 (0.68%) Data Mining
11 4 (0.68%) Flink
11 4 (0.68%) Redis
Development Applications
1 59 (10.09%) Git
2 38 (6.50%) Jenkins
3 25 (4.27%) GitLab
4 15 (2.56%) JIRA
5 13 (2.22%) Bitbucket
6 12 (2.05%) Claude Code
7 10 (1.71%) Maven
8 9 (1.54%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 8 (1.37%) Storybook
10 6 (1.03%) Cypress.io
11 5 (0.85%) Cucumber
12 4 (0.68%) Postman
12 4 (0.68%) Robot Framework
12 4 (0.68%) Visual Studio Code
12 4 (0.68%) Vite
13 3 (0.51%) Eclipse
13 3 (0.51%) IntelliJ
13 3 (0.51%) Selenium
14 2 (0.34%) Mocha
14 2 (0.34%) Terragrunt
General
1 115 (19.66%) Social Skills
2 56 (9.57%) Finance
3 44 (7.52%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (5.98%) Public Sector
5 27 (4.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 16 (2.74%) Documentation Skills
7 15 (2.56%) Retail
8 12 (2.05%) Legal
8 12 (2.05%) Marketing
9 11 (1.88%) Aviation
9 11 (1.88%) Health Technology
9 11 (1.88%) Law
10 10 (1.71%) Publishing
11 7 (1.20%) Banking
12 6 (1.03%) Retail Banking
13 4 (0.68%) Aerospace
14 3 (0.51%) Games
14 3 (0.51%) iGaming
15 2 (0.34%) Advertising
15 2 (0.34%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 149 (25.47%) Senior
2 84 (14.36%) Architect
3 75 (12.82%) Developer
3 75 (12.82%) Software Engineer
4 58 (9.91%) Cloud Engineer
4 58 (9.91%) Lead
5 53 (9.06%) AWS Engineer
5 53 (9.06%) Data Engineer
6 45 (7.69%) Senior Developer
7 41 (7.01%) DevOps Engineer
8 39 (6.67%) Solutions Architect
9 36 (6.15%) Senior Software Engineer
10 34 (5.81%) AWS Architect
11 27 (4.62%) Analyst
12 26 (4.44%) AWS Solution Architect
13 20 (3.42%) Java Engineer
13 20 (3.42%) Senior Data Engineer
14 19 (3.25%) Full-Stack Developer
15 18 (3.08%) Cloud Architect
15 18 (3.08%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 126 (21.54%) Terraform
2 75 (12.82%) React
3 67 (11.45%) Node.js
4 51 (8.72%) .NET
5 44 (7.52%) AngularJS
6 33 (5.64%) Spring
7 32 (5.47%) Spring Boot
8 28 (4.79%) Kafka
9 27 (4.62%) REST
10 25 (4.27%) CSS
11 24 (4.10%) Vue
12 22 (3.76%) HTML
13 21 (3.59%) FastAPI
13 21 (3.59%) Next.js
14 17 (2.91%) RESTful
15 16 (2.74%) React Native
16 15 (2.56%) PySpark
17 14 (2.39%) LangChain
17 14 (2.39%) Ruby on Rails
18 13 (2.22%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 127 (21.71%) Cloud Native
2 41 (7.01%) Distributed Systems
3 24 (4.10%) Product Ownership
4 21 (3.59%) AI Agents
4 21 (3.59%) Onboarding
5 15 (2.56%) Mobile App
6 12 (2.05%) Greenfield Project
6 12 (2.05%) Marketing Technology
7 11 (1.88%) Hybrid Cloud
8 10 (1.71%) Virtual Team
9 8 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.03%) Data Structures
10 6 (1.03%) Driving Licence
10 6 (1.03%) Enterprise Storage
10 6 (1.03%) Security Posture
11 5 (0.85%) Data Centre
11 5 (0.85%) Enterprise Cloud
11 5 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (0.85%) Social Media
12 4 (0.68%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 28 (4.79%) Linux
2 25 (4.27%) Windows
3 16 (2.74%) Windows Server
4 11 (1.88%) Mac OS
5 10 (1.71%) CentOS
6 9 (1.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.68%) Unix
8 3 (0.51%) CoreOS
8 3 (0.51%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.51%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.34%) Android
9 2 (0.34%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.34%) Debian
10 1 (0.17%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 194 (33.16%) CI/CD
2 166 (28.38%) DevOps
3 151 (25.81%) Software Engineering
4 145 (24.79%) Agile
5 144 (24.62%) AI
6 106 (18.12%) Mentoring
7 100 (17.09%) Continuous Improvement
7 100 (17.09%) Infrastructure as Code
8 91 (15.56%) Microservices
9 81 (13.85%) Full-Stack Development
9 81 (13.85%) Problem-Solving
10 69 (11.79%) Test Automation
11 66 (11.28%) Observability
12 65 (11.11%) Roadmaps
13 62 (10.60%) Collaborative Culture
14 61 (10.43%) Decision-Making
15 59 (10.09%) Machine Learning
16 58 (9.91%) Stakeholder Management
17 54 (9.23%) Containerisation
17 54 (9.23%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 192 (32.82%) Python
2 125 (21.37%) SQL
3 102 (17.44%) Java
4 74 (12.65%) JavaScript
5 70 (11.97%) TypeScript
6 36 (6.15%) C#
7 23 (3.93%) PowerShell
8 21 (3.59%) Bash
9 19 (3.25%) Go
10 15 (2.56%) Ruby
10 15 (2.56%) Scala
11 7 (1.20%) Kotlin
12 6 (1.03%) PHP
13 4 (0.68%) C++
14 3 (0.51%) C
14 3 (0.51%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.34%) R
15 2 (0.34%) Swift
15 2 (0.34%) T-SQL
16 1 (0.17%) Rust
Qualifications
1 94 (16.07%) Security Cleared
2 69 (11.79%) SC Cleared
3 40 (6.84%) Degree
4 27 (4.62%) AWS Certification
5 26 (4.44%) DV Cleared
6 16 (2.74%) Master's Degree
7 12 (2.05%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 10 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (1.37%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 5 (0.85%) Azure Certification
10 5 (0.85%) CISM
11 4 (0.68%) CISA
11 4 (0.68%) CISSP
11 4 (0.68%) CRISC
11 4 (0.68%) MBA
12 3 (0.51%) CompTIA Security+
12 3 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.34%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (0.34%) CompTIA CySA+
13 2 (0.34%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (6.50%) Data Quality
2 25 (4.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (3.42%) PCI DSS
3 20 (3.42%) QA
4 15 (2.56%) GDPR
5 11 (1.88%) Accessibility
5 11 (1.88%) NIST
6 8 (1.37%) WCAG
7 5 (0.85%) SOC 2
8 4 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 86 (14.70%) Docker
2 18 (3.08%) Active Directory
2 18 (3.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (2.05%) Hyper-V
4 8 (1.37%) Firmware
5 7 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.17%) KVM
6 1 (0.17%) NFS
6 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.17%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 101 (17.26%) Kubernetes
2 42 (7.18%) Ansible
3 12 (2.05%) Grafana
3 12 (2.05%) Prometheus
4 9 (1.54%) Puppet
5 7 (1.20%) Jamf Pro
6 6 (1.03%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (1.03%) Progress Chef
7 5 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.68%) Nessus
9 3 (0.51%) Argo
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%) SolarWinds Orion
11 1 (0.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.17%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.17%) Nagios
11 1 (0.17%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 68 (11.62%) Microsoft
2 32 (5.47%) Adobe
3 26 (4.44%) Google
4 21 (3.59%) Databricks
4 21 (3.59%) VMware
5 19 (3.25%) Apple
5 19 (3.25%) Splunk
6 12 (2.05%) ServiceNow
7 9 (1.54%) Palo Alto
8 8 (1.37%) Atlassian
8 8 (1.37%) Cisco
9 7 (1.20%) OpenAI
9 7 (1.20%) Red Hat
10 5 (0.85%) Okta
10 5 (0.85%) Pega
11 3 (0.51%) CrowdStrike
11 3 (0.51%) Dynatrace
11 3 (0.51%) McAfee
12 2 (0.34%) Oracle
12 2 (0.34%) Zscaler