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

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 4 11
Rank change year-on-year -6 +7 -7
Permanent jobs citing AWS 514 462 699
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 8.27% 20.07% 12.17%
As % of the Cloud Services category 29.61% 48.48% 32.83%
Number of salaries quoted 412 264 496
10th Percentile £46,250 £45,400 £42,500
25th Percentile £54,195 £53,063 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% - -
75th Percentile £88,750 £82,500 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £114,250 £85,000
North West median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £62,783
% change year-on-year +7.69% +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 1,736 953 2,129
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 27.95% 41.40% 37.08%
Number of salaries quoted 1,363 612 1,656
10th Percentile £33,750 £30,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.17% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £85,625 £77,500 £71,435
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,528 £85,000
North West median annual salary £60,000 £56,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.19% +2.73% -

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 27 June 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 27 June 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 -1 10 £65,000 - 2
Cheadle -4 6 £63,750 -
Salford -18 6 £70,000 +3.51% 4
Bolton +15 1 £31,500 -
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 12 (2.33%) Apache Spark
2 11 (2.14%) Apache
2 11 (2.14%) Apache Airflow
3 9 (1.75%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 7 (1.36%) SharePoint
5 6 (1.17%) Confluence
5 6 (1.17%) IIS
5 6 (1.17%) Jupyter
6 4 (0.78%) Apache Solr
7 3 (0.58%) GeoServer
7 3 (0.58%) nginx
8 2 (0.39%) CICS
8 2 (0.39%) CMS
8 2 (0.39%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.39%) WordPress
9 1 (0.19%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.19%) JBoss
9 1 (0.19%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 7 (1.36%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 12 (2.33%) Cloudability
2 5 (0.97%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 191 (37.16%) Azure
2 94 (18.29%) GCP
3 63 (12.26%) Serverless
4 56 (10.89%) SaaS
5 48 (9.34%) GitHub
6 34 (6.61%) Amazon S3
7 30 (5.84%) AWS Lambda
8 28 (5.45%) AWS CloudFormation
9 20 (3.89%) Amazon ECS
9 20 (3.89%) Azure DevOps
10 19 (3.70%) Amazon EKS
11 15 (2.92%) Anthropic Claude
12 11 (2.14%) GitHub Actions
12 11 (2.14%) Microsoft 365
12 11 (2.14%) Pulumi
13 10 (1.95%) dbt
14 9 (1.75%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 9 (1.75%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 8 (1.56%) Amazon EC2
16 7 (1.36%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 20 (3.89%) DNS
1 20 (3.89%) Firewall
2 13 (2.53%) DHCP
3 11 (2.14%) VPN
4 10 (1.95%) TCP/IP
5 7 (1.36%) Network Security
6 6 (1.17%) LAN
7 5 (0.97%) Cisco IOS
7 5 (0.97%) Intrusion Detection
7 5 (0.97%) VLAN
8 4 (0.78%) Internet
9 3 (0.58%) SAN
9 3 (0.58%) SSL
10 2 (0.39%) AMQP
10 2 (0.39%) HTTP
11 1 (0.19%) VSAN
11 1 (0.19%) WAN
11 1 (0.19%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (4.67%) MongoDB
1 24 (4.67%) NoSQL
2 21 (4.09%) Relational Database
3 18 (3.50%) PostgreSQL
4 16 (3.11%) SQL Server
5 13 (2.53%) Elasticsearch
6 11 (2.14%) Amazon Redshift
6 11 (2.14%) Data Warehouse
7 9 (1.75%) BigQuery
7 9 (1.75%) Data Lake
8 8 (1.56%) DynamoDB
8 8 (1.56%) MySQL
9 7 (1.36%) Amazon Athena
9 7 (1.36%) Neo4j
9 7 (1.36%) RDBMS
10 6 (1.17%) Power BI
11 5 (0.97%) Big Data
12 4 (0.78%) Azure SQL Database
12 4 (0.78%) Flink
13 3 (0.58%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 48 (9.34%) Git
2 29 (5.64%) Jenkins
3 19 (3.70%) GitLab
4 15 (2.92%) Claude Code
5 9 (1.75%) Bitbucket
5 9 (1.75%) JIRA
6 7 (1.36%) Visual Studio Code
7 6 (1.17%) Maven
8 4 (0.78%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 4 (0.78%) Cucumber
8 4 (0.78%) Postman
8 4 (0.78%) Storybook
8 4 (0.78%) Vite
9 3 (0.58%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.58%) Eclipse
9 3 (0.58%) IntelliJ
9 3 (0.58%) Robot Framework
9 3 (0.58%) Selenium
10 2 (0.39%) Terragrunt
10 2 (0.39%) Vagrant
General
1 73 (14.20%) Social Skills
2 56 (10.89%) Finance
3 27 (5.25%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (5.06%) Public Sector
5 17 (3.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 13 (2.53%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (2.33%) Marketing
8 10 (1.95%) Retail
9 9 (1.75%) Banking
9 9 (1.75%) Retail Banking
10 8 (1.56%) Health Technology
11 7 (1.36%) Law
11 7 (1.36%) Manufacturing
12 4 (0.78%) Multimedia
12 4 (0.78%) Publishing
13 3 (0.58%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.58%) Legal
14 2 (0.39%) Advertising
14 2 (0.39%) Financial Institution
15 1 (0.19%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 145 (28.21%) Senior
2 86 (16.73%) Software Engineer
3 74 (14.40%) Developer
4 64 (12.45%) AWS Engineer
5 62 (12.06%) Architect
6 58 (11.28%) Lead
7 53 (10.31%) Cloud Engineer
8 44 (8.56%) Data Engineer
9 39 (7.59%) Senior Developer
10 35 (6.81%) DevOps Engineer
11 33 (6.42%) Senior Software Engineer
12 31 (6.03%) Solutions Architect
13 29 (5.64%) AWS Architect
14 23 (4.47%) Full-Stack Developer
14 23 (4.47%) Java Engineer
15 22 (4.28%) Java Developer
16 21 (4.09%) Senior Data Engineer
17 20 (3.89%) AWS DevOps
17 20 (3.89%) AWS DevOps Engineer
17 20 (3.89%) AWS Solution Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (15.56%) React
2 64 (12.45%) Node.js
3 48 (9.34%) .NET
4 38 (7.39%) Spring
5 37 (7.20%) Spring Boot
6 36 (7.00%) AngularJS
7 26 (5.06%) REST
8 24 (4.67%) FastAPI
8 24 (4.67%) Kafka
8 24 (4.67%) Vue
9 21 (4.09%) CSS
9 21 (4.09%) Next.js
10 19 (3.70%) HTML
11 17 (3.31%) OAuth
11 17 (3.31%) RESTful
12 14 (2.72%) LangChain
12 14 (2.72%) Pandas
12 14 (2.72%) React Native
12 14 (2.72%) Ruby on Rails
13 13 (2.53%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 89 (17.32%) Cloud Native
2 41 (7.98%) Distributed Systems
3 21 (4.09%) Product Ownership
4 16 (3.11%) Mobile App
5 14 (2.72%) AI Agents
6 10 (1.95%) Hybrid Cloud
6 10 (1.95%) Marketing Technology
6 10 (1.95%) Virtual Team
7 9 (1.75%) Greenfield Project
8 8 (1.56%) Onboarding
9 7 (1.36%) Algorithms
10 5 (0.97%) Data Structures
10 5 (0.97%) Enterprise Cloud
11 4 (0.78%) Life Science
11 4 (0.78%) Management Information System
12 3 (0.58%) Distributed Architecture
12 3 (0.58%) Driving Licence
12 3 (0.58%) Enterprise Storage
12 3 (0.58%) IVR
12 3 (0.58%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 21 (4.09%) Linux
2 17 (3.31%) Windows
3 10 (1.95%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.36%) Mac OS
5 4 (0.78%) CentOS
5 4 (0.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.39%) Debian
6 2 (0.39%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.19%) CoreOS
7 1 (0.19%) Unix
7 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 176 (34.24%) CI/CD
2 154 (29.96%) DevOps
3 133 (25.88%) Software Engineering
4 131 (25.49%) Agile
5 118 (22.96%) AI
6 96 (18.68%) Mentoring
7 95 (18.48%) Infrastructure as Code
8 92 (17.90%) Microservices
9 80 (15.56%) Full-Stack Development
10 71 (13.81%) Continuous Improvement
11 65 (12.65%) Problem-Solving
11 65 (12.65%) TDD
12 59 (11.48%) Test Automation
13 53 (10.31%) Decision-Making
13 53 (10.31%) Observability
14 50 (9.73%) Containerisation
14 50 (9.73%) Event-Driven
14 50 (9.73%) Platform Engineering
15 47 (9.14%) Machine Learning
16 45 (8.75%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 173 (33.66%) Python
2 105 (20.43%) SQL
3 101 (19.65%) Java
4 70 (13.62%) TypeScript
5 65 (12.65%) JavaScript
6 36 (7.00%) C#
7 19 (3.70%) PowerShell
8 16 (3.11%) Go
9 15 (2.92%) PHP
10 14 (2.72%) Ruby
11 13 (2.53%) Bash
11 13 (2.53%) Scala
12 8 (1.56%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.58%) C
13 3 (0.58%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.39%) R
14 2 (0.39%) T-SQL
15 1 (0.19%) C++
Qualifications
1 71 (13.81%) Security Cleared
2 55 (10.70%) SC Cleared
3 29 (5.64%) AWS Certification
4 21 (4.09%) Degree
5 15 (2.92%) DV Cleared
6 14 (2.72%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 12 (2.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 9 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (1.36%) Azure Certification
10 5 (0.97%) Master's Degree
11 4 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.58%) CISA
12 3 (0.58%) CISM
12 3 (0.58%) CISSP
12 3 (0.58%) CRISC
13 2 (0.39%) MBA
14 1 (0.19%) BPSS Clearance
14 1 (0.19%) ITIL Certification
14 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 1 (0.19%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (5.84%) Data Quality
2 19 (3.70%) PCI DSS
3 18 (3.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 16 (3.11%) QA
5 10 (1.95%) GDPR
5 10 (1.95%) NIST
6 4 (0.78%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.78%) WCAG
7 2 (0.39%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 81 (15.76%) Docker
2 13 (2.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (1.56%) Active Directory
4 7 (1.36%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.97%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.58%) Firmware
6 3 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.39%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.39%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 120 (23.35%) Terraform
2 89 (17.32%) Kubernetes
3 29 (5.64%) Ansible
4 13 (2.53%) Grafana
4 13 (2.53%) Prometheus
5 5 (0.97%) Jamf Pro
6 4 (0.78%) Progress Chef
6 4 (0.78%) Puppet
7 3 (0.58%) Argo
7 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.39%) Istio
8 2 (0.39%) linkerd
8 2 (0.39%) Packer
9 1 (0.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.19%) AWS Copilot
9 1 (0.19%) McAfee ePO
9 1 (0.19%) Nagios
9 1 (0.19%) Rancher
9 1 (0.19%) SCVMM
9 1 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 57 (11.09%) Microsoft
2 31 (6.03%) Adobe
3 17 (3.31%) Apple
3 17 (3.31%) Google
4 15 (2.92%) Splunk
5 14 (2.72%) Databricks
5 14 (2.72%) VMware
6 12 (2.33%) ServiceNow
7 10 (1.95%) Atlassian
8 7 (1.36%) OpenAI
9 5 (0.97%) Cisco
9 5 (0.97%) Okta
9 5 (0.97%) Palo Alto
9 5 (0.97%) Pega
10 4 (0.78%) Red Hat
11 3 (0.58%) CrowdStrike
11 3 (0.58%) Dynatrace
12 2 (0.39%) Oracle
12 2 (0.39%) SolarWinds
12 2 (0.39%) WSO2