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

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 4 12
Rank change year-on-year -4 +8 -8
Permanent jobs citing AWS 567 449 612
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 8.66% 17.84% 12.97%
As % of the Cloud Services category 30.60% 46.38% 34.71%
Number of salaries quoted 437 255 374
10th Percentile £47,500 £45,450 £45,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% - -
75th Percentile £88,750 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £85,000
North West median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% - -

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 1,853 968 1,763
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 28.32% 38.46% 37.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1,445 633 1,268
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £48,750 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,750 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.25% - -
75th Percentile £85,000 £76,840 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,778 £85,000
North West median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -2.22%

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 29 July 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 29 July 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 - 3
Cheadle -4 6 £63,750 -
Salford -15 6 £70,000 +3.51% 5
Bolton +13 1 £31,500 - 2
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 15 (2.65%) Apache
2 14 (2.47%) Apache Airflow
3 13 (2.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 12 (2.12%) Apache Spark
5 9 (1.59%) IIS
6 8 (1.41%) Confluence
7 7 (1.23%) SharePoint
8 6 (1.06%) Jupyter
9 4 (0.71%) Apache Solr
9 4 (0.71%) nginx
10 3 (0.53%) GeoServer
11 2 (0.35%) CICS
11 2 (0.35%) JBoss
11 2 (0.35%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.35%) WordPress
12 1 (0.18%) CMS
12 1 (0.18%) Headless CMS
12 1 (0.18%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 7 (1.23%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 12 (2.12%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 198 (34.92%) Azure
2 98 (17.28%) GCP
3 71 (12.52%) Serverless
4 65 (11.46%) SaaS
5 56 (9.88%) GitHub
6 38 (6.70%) Amazon S3
7 36 (6.35%) AWS Lambda
8 34 (6.00%) AWS CloudFormation
9 22 (3.88%) Amazon ECS
10 21 (3.70%) Azure DevOps
11 18 (3.17%) Amazon EKS
12 17 (3.00%) dbt
13 15 (2.65%) Microsoft 365
14 13 (2.29%) Anthropic Claude
15 12 (2.12%) GitHub Actions
16 11 (1.94%) Datadog
16 11 (1.94%) PaaS
16 11 (1.94%) Pulumi
17 10 (1.76%) npm
18 9 (1.59%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 25 (4.41%) Firewall
2 24 (4.23%) DNS
3 18 (3.17%) DHCP
4 17 (3.00%) TCP/IP
5 14 (2.47%) VPN
6 9 (1.59%) Network Security
7 8 (1.41%) LAN
8 7 (1.23%) SAN
9 6 (1.06%) WAN
10 5 (0.88%) Cisco IOS
10 5 (0.88%) Intrusion Detection
10 5 (0.88%) VLAN
11 3 (0.53%) IPsec
11 3 (0.53%) SD-WAN
11 3 (0.53%) SSL
11 3 (0.53%) VSAN
12 2 (0.35%) AMQP
12 2 (0.35%) BGP
12 2 (0.35%) DMZ
12 2 (0.35%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (4.76%) MongoDB
2 26 (4.59%) NoSQL
3 24 (4.23%) SQL Server
4 22 (3.88%) Relational Database
5 20 (3.53%) PostgreSQL
6 16 (2.82%) Amazon Redshift
7 15 (2.65%) Data Warehouse
8 14 (2.47%) Elasticsearch
9 12 (2.12%) BigQuery
9 12 (2.12%) DynamoDB
10 8 (1.41%) Data Lake
11 7 (1.23%) Amazon Athena
11 7 (1.23%) MySQL
11 7 (1.23%) Neo4j
11 7 (1.23%) RDBMS
12 6 (1.06%) Azure SQL Database
13 5 (0.88%) Big Data
13 5 (0.88%) Power BI
13 5 (0.88%) Redis
14 4 (0.71%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 57 (10.05%) Git
2 36 (6.35%) Jenkins
3 22 (3.88%) GitLab
4 14 (2.47%) Bitbucket
5 13 (2.29%) Claude Code
5 13 (2.29%) JIRA
6 10 (1.76%) Maven
6 10 (1.76%) Visual Studio Code
7 8 (1.41%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 8 (1.41%) Storybook
8 5 (0.88%) Cucumber
9 4 (0.71%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.71%) Postman
9 4 (0.71%) Robot Framework
9 4 (0.71%) Vite
10 3 (0.53%) Eclipse
10 3 (0.53%) IntelliJ
10 3 (0.53%) Selenium
11 2 (0.35%) Subversion
11 2 (0.35%) Vagrant
General
1 100 (17.64%) Social Skills
2 58 (10.23%) Finance
3 39 (6.88%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (6.00%) Public Sector
5 23 (4.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 16 (2.82%) Documentation Skills
7 13 (2.29%) Retail
8 12 (2.12%) Marketing
9 11 (1.94%) Health Technology
10 10 (1.76%) Banking
11 9 (1.59%) Law
11 9 (1.59%) Publishing
11 9 (1.59%) Retail Banking
12 7 (1.23%) Manufacturing
13 4 (0.71%) Legal
14 3 (0.53%) Aerospace
14 3 (0.53%) Aviation
15 2 (0.35%) Advertising
15 2 (0.35%) Financial Institution
15 2 (0.35%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 149 (26.28%) Senior
2 77 (13.58%) Architect
3 76 (13.40%) Software Engineer
4 74 (13.05%) Developer
5 65 (11.46%) AWS Engineer
6 57 (10.05%) Cloud Engineer
7 56 (9.88%) Lead
8 52 (9.17%) Data Engineer
9 44 (7.76%) Senior Developer
10 43 (7.58%) DevOps Engineer
11 37 (6.53%) Solutions Architect
12 34 (6.00%) Senior Software Engineer
13 31 (5.47%) AWS Architect
14 24 (4.23%) AWS Solution Architect
15 22 (3.88%) Java Engineer
15 22 (3.88%) Senior Data Engineer
16 21 (3.70%) Analyst
17 20 (3.53%) AWS DevOps
17 20 (3.53%) Full-Stack Developer
17 20 (3.53%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (13.58%) React
2 69 (12.17%) Node.js
3 48 (8.47%) .NET
4 43 (7.58%) AngularJS
5 37 (6.53%) Spring
5 37 (6.53%) Spring Boot
6 26 (4.59%) Kafka
7 25 (4.41%) CSS
7 25 (4.41%) Vue
8 24 (4.23%) REST
9 23 (4.06%) FastAPI
9 23 (4.06%) HTML
10 20 (3.53%) Next.js
11 17 (3.00%) OAuth
12 16 (2.82%) RESTful
13 15 (2.65%) PySpark
13 15 (2.65%) React Native
14 14 (2.47%) LangChain
14 14 (2.47%) Pandas
14 14 (2.47%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 115 (20.28%) Cloud Native
2 39 (6.88%) Distributed Systems
3 20 (3.53%) Product Ownership
4 18 (3.17%) AI Agents
5 17 (3.00%) Onboarding
6 16 (2.82%) Mobile App
7 12 (2.12%) Marketing Technology
8 11 (1.94%) Hybrid Cloud
9 10 (1.76%) Greenfield Project
9 10 (1.76%) Virtual Team
10 7 (1.23%) Algorithms
11 6 (1.06%) Data Structures
12 5 (0.88%) Driving Licence
12 5 (0.88%) Enterprise Cloud
12 5 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
12 5 (0.88%) Enterprise Storage
12 5 (0.88%) Self-Motivation
12 5 (0.88%) Social Media
13 4 (0.71%) Life Science
13 4 (0.71%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 24 (4.23%) Linux
2 22 (3.88%) Windows
3 16 (2.82%) Windows Server
4 9 (1.59%) CentOS
4 9 (1.59%) Mac OS
5 8 (1.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.53%) CoreOS
6 3 (0.53%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.53%) Unix
6 3 (0.53%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.35%) Debian
8 1 (0.18%) Android
8 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.18%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 191 (33.69%) CI/CD
2 173 (30.51%) DevOps
3 141 (24.87%) Agile
3 141 (24.87%) AI
4 135 (23.81%) Software Engineering
5 102 (17.99%) Mentoring
6 99 (17.46%) Infrastructure as Code
7 91 (16.05%) Microservices
8 85 (14.99%) Continuous Improvement
9 78 (13.76%) Full-Stack Development
10 70 (12.35%) Problem-Solving
11 68 (11.99%) Test Automation
12 61 (10.76%) TDD
13 60 (10.58%) Decision-Making
14 59 (10.41%) Machine Learning
15 57 (10.05%) Observability
16 55 (9.70%) Roadmaps
17 53 (9.35%) Platform Engineering
18 52 (9.17%) Collaborative Culture
18 52 (9.17%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 193 (34.04%) Python
2 118 (20.81%) SQL
3 101 (17.81%) Java
4 70 (12.35%) JavaScript
4 70 (12.35%) TypeScript
5 34 (6.00%) C#
6 23 (4.06%) PowerShell
7 18 (3.17%) Bash
8 17 (3.00%) Go
9 15 (2.65%) Scala
10 14 (2.47%) Ruby
11 8 (1.41%) Kotlin
11 8 (1.41%) PHP
12 3 (0.53%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.35%) C
13 2 (0.35%) R
13 2 (0.35%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.18%) C++
14 1 (0.18%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.18%) Swift
Qualifications
1 87 (15.34%) Security Cleared
2 67 (11.82%) SC Cleared
3 31 (5.47%) AWS Certification
3 31 (5.47%) Degree
4 23 (4.06%) DV Cleared
5 14 (2.47%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 12 (2.12%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 12 (2.12%) Master's Degree
7 11 (1.94%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (0.88%) Azure Certification
9 4 (0.71%) CISA
9 4 (0.71%) CISM
9 4 (0.71%) CISSP
9 4 (0.71%) CRISC
9 4 (0.71%) MBA
10 3 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.35%) CCIE
11 2 (0.35%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 1 (0.18%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (6.17%) Data Quality
2 23 (4.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (3.53%) PCI DSS
4 17 (3.00%) QA
5 14 (2.47%) GDPR
6 11 (1.94%) Accessibility
6 11 (1.94%) NIST
7 8 (1.41%) WCAG
8 4 (0.71%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 86 (15.17%) Docker
2 17 (3.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (2.47%) Active Directory
4 12 (2.12%) Hyper-V
5 7 (1.23%) Firmware
5 7 (1.23%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.18%) KVM
7 1 (0.18%) NFS
7 1 (0.18%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.18%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 125 (22.05%) Terraform
2 96 (16.93%) Kubernetes
3 36 (6.35%) Ansible
4 12 (2.12%) Grafana
4 12 (2.12%) Prometheus
5 7 (1.23%) Puppet
6 6 (1.06%) Jamf Pro
6 6 (1.06%) Progress Chef
7 5 (0.88%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.53%) Argo
8 3 (0.53%) Istio
8 3 (0.53%) linkerd
8 3 (0.53%) McAfee ePO
8 3 (0.53%) SCVMM
9 2 (0.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.35%) Nagios
9 2 (0.35%) Nessus
9 2 (0.35%) Packer
9 2 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.35%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 68 (11.99%) Microsoft
2 32 (5.64%) Adobe
3 22 (3.88%) Google
4 20 (3.53%) VMware
5 19 (3.35%) Splunk
6 18 (3.17%) Apple
6 18 (3.17%) Databricks
7 12 (2.12%) ServiceNow
8 9 (1.59%) Atlassian
9 8 (1.41%) Cisco
9 8 (1.41%) Red Hat
10 7 (1.23%) OpenAI
10 7 (1.23%) Palo Alto
11 5 (0.88%) Okta
11 5 (0.88%) Pega
12 3 (0.53%) CrowdStrike
12 3 (0.53%) Dynatrace
12 3 (0.53%) McAfee
13 2 (0.35%) New Relic
13 2 (0.35%) Zscaler