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

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 9 6
Rank change year-on-year -14 -3 0
Permanent jobs citing AWS 255 409 356
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 9.45% 14.51% 16.94%
As % of the Cloud Services category 22.21% 36.81% 37.79%
Number of salaries quoted 205 223 280
10th Percentile £29,850 £43,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £87,500 £84,000
North West median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -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 1,148 1,111 942
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 42.55% 39.43% 44.84%
Number of salaries quoted 598 619 815
10th Percentile £29,500 £35,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,818 £75,875
90th Percentile £90,000 £84,000 £87,500
North West median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +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 December 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 21 December 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
Salford -1 5 £73,801 +13.54% 3
Bolton +9 3 £31,500 - 2
Altrincham -16 2 £65,000 +20.93%
Oldham -4 1 £65,000 +18.18%
Stockport -12 1 £60,000 -17.24% 5
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 (3.14%) Apache
2 6 (2.35%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.57%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.57%) WordPress
4 2 (0.78%) Apache Solr
4 2 (0.78%) JBoss
4 2 (0.78%) nginx
5 1 (0.39%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.39%) CMS
5 1 (0.39%) Confluence
5 1 (0.39%) FactoryTalk
5 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.39%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.39%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.39%) WinCC
Applications
1 6 (2.35%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (2.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.39%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (0.78%) Magento
2 1 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.39%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.39%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 140 (54.90%) Azure
2 55 (21.57%) GCP
3 30 (11.76%) GitHub
4 26 (10.20%) Serverless
5 17 (6.67%) AWS CloudFormation
6 16 (6.27%) AWS Lambda
6 16 (6.27%) SaaS
7 14 (5.49%) Amazon EC2
8 12 (4.71%) Amazon EKS
8 12 (4.71%) Amazon S3
9 11 (4.31%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 11 (4.31%) Amazon ECS
10 10 (3.92%) Microsoft 365
11 8 (3.14%) Azure DevOps
12 7 (2.75%) Amazon Bedrock
13 6 (2.35%) Amazon OpenSearch
13 6 (2.35%) Amazon SQS
13 6 (2.35%) Entra ID
13 6 (2.35%) OpenShift
14 5 (1.96%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 21 (8.24%) Internet
2 7 (2.75%) Firewall
3 6 (2.35%) DNS
4 5 (1.96%) HTTP
5 4 (1.57%) SSL
6 3 (1.18%) AMQP
6 3 (1.18%) SSH
7 2 (0.78%) Network Security
7 2 (0.78%) OpenVPN
7 2 (0.78%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.39%) Ethernet
8 1 (0.39%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.39%) VPN
8 1 (0.39%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (11.76%) NoSQL
2 25 (9.80%) MongoDB
3 18 (7.06%) PostgreSQL
4 17 (6.67%) SQL Server
5 14 (5.49%) MySQL
6 10 (3.92%) Elasticsearch
7 9 (3.53%) DynamoDB
8 7 (2.75%) Relational Database
9 6 (2.35%) Big Data
9 6 (2.35%) Data Warehouse
10 5 (1.96%) Hadoop
10 5 (1.96%) Neo4j
11 4 (1.57%) Amazon RDS
11 4 (1.57%) Amazon Redshift
12 3 (1.18%) Cloudera CDH
12 3 (1.18%) DocumentDB
12 3 (1.18%) RDBMS
12 3 (1.18%) Redis
13 2 (0.78%) Amazon Athena
13 2 (0.78%) Apache Iceberg
Development Applications
1 42 (16.47%) Git
2 17 (6.67%) Jenkins
3 13 (5.10%) GitLab
4 4 (1.57%) Bitbucket
4 4 (1.57%) CircleCI
4 4 (1.57%) JIRA
4 4 (1.57%) Selenium
5 3 (1.18%) Cucumber
5 3 (1.18%) JMeter
6 2 (0.78%) Gatling
6 2 (0.78%) Maven
6 2 (0.78%) MLflow
7 1 (0.39%) Ant
7 1 (0.39%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.39%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.39%) JUnit
7 1 (0.39%) Locust
7 1 (0.39%) Postman
7 1 (0.39%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.39%) Subversion
General
1 72 (28.24%) Social Skills
2 28 (10.98%) Finance
3 21 (8.24%) Multimedia
4 20 (7.84%) Public Sector
5 16 (6.27%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (5.10%) Marketing
7 12 (4.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (4.31%) Games
9 8 (3.14%) Retail
10 6 (2.35%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (2.35%) Legal
11 5 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (1.96%) Electronics
12 4 (1.57%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.57%) Telecoms
13 3 (1.18%) Aerospace
13 3 (1.18%) Tech for Good
14 2 (0.78%) Back Office
14 2 (0.78%) Law
15 1 (0.39%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 63 (24.71%) Developer
2 57 (22.35%) Senior
3 35 (13.73%) Lead
4 33 (12.94%) Software Engineer
5 30 (11.76%) Architect
6 21 (8.24%) Trainee
7 19 (7.45%) AWS Architect
8 18 (7.06%) AWS Solution Architect
8 18 (7.06%) Solutions Architect
9 17 (6.67%) AWS Engineer
10 15 (5.88%) Software Developer
11 13 (5.10%) .NET Developer
11 13 (5.10%) Analyst
11 13 (5.10%) Senior Developer
12 12 (4.71%) Data Engineer
12 12 (4.71%) Java Developer
12 12 (4.71%) Lead Developer
12 12 (4.71%) Senior Software Engineer
13 11 (4.31%) Python Engineer
14 9 (3.53%) Trainee Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (18.04%) React
2 43 (16.86%) .NET
3 36 (14.12%) CSS
4 34 (13.33%) HTML
5 25 (9.80%) AngularJS
6 23 (9.02%) Node.js
7 20 (7.84%) RESTful
8 19 (7.45%) REST
8 19 (7.45%) Spring
9 18 (7.06%) Spring Boot
10 10 (3.92%) Django
10 10 (3.92%) Vue
11 9 (3.53%) Kafka
12 8 (3.14%) .NET Core
12 8 (3.14%) Hibernate
12 8 (3.14%) RabbitMQ
13 6 (2.35%) Elastic Stack
13 6 (2.35%) FastAPI
13 6 (2.35%) JSON
14 5 (1.96%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 48 (18.82%) Cloud Native
2 20 (7.84%) Distributed Systems
3 10 (3.92%) Legacy Systems
3 10 (3.92%) Management Information System
3 10 (3.92%) Onboarding
4 9 (3.53%) Public Cloud
4 9 (3.53%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (3.14%) Product Ownership
6 6 (2.35%) AI Agents
6 6 (2.35%) Analytical Mindset
6 6 (2.35%) Clustering
7 5 (1.96%) Driving Licence
8 4 (1.57%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.18%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (1.18%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (1.18%) Online Games
10 2 (0.78%) Client/Server
10 2 (0.78%) IoT
10 2 (0.78%) NHS
10 2 (0.78%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 29 (11.37%) Linux
2 15 (5.88%) Windows
3 7 (2.75%) Debian
3 7 (2.75%) Ubuntu
4 6 (2.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.57%) CentOS
5 4 (1.57%) Unix
5 4 (1.57%) Windows Server
6 3 (1.18%) VMS
7 1 (0.39%) Android
7 1 (0.39%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (34.90%) CI/CD
2 87 (34.12%) Agile
3 77 (30.20%) DevOps
4 65 (25.49%) Microservices
5 62 (24.31%) Software Engineering
6 61 (23.92%) Mentoring
7 49 (19.22%) Continuous Improvement
8 48 (18.82%) Containerisation
8 48 (18.82%) Problem-Solving
9 43 (16.86%) Infrastructure as Code
10 40 (15.69%) Cybersecurity
11 39 (15.29%) AI
12 36 (14.12%) Roadmaps
13 28 (10.98%) Clean Code
14 27 (10.59%) Full-Stack Development
15 25 (9.80%) TDD
16 22 (8.63%) Coaching
16 22 (8.63%) Collaborative Culture
17 21 (8.24%) Machine Learning
18 20 (7.84%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 85 (33.33%) Python
2 61 (23.92%) JavaScript
3 47 (18.43%) Java
3 47 (18.43%) SQL
4 44 (17.25%) C#
5 23 (9.02%) TypeScript
6 12 (4.71%) R
7 8 (3.14%) Bash
7 8 (3.14%) PHP
8 5 (1.96%) C
8 5 (1.96%) Go
8 5 (1.96%) PowerShell
9 3 (1.18%) Rust
9 3 (1.18%) Scala
10 1 (0.39%) C++
10 1 (0.39%) Groovy
10 1 (0.39%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.39%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.39%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.39%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 40 (15.69%) AWS Certification
2 29 (11.37%) Azure Certification
2 29 (11.37%) Security Cleared
3 23 (9.02%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 21 (8.24%) Microsoft Certification
5 20 (7.84%) SC Cleared
6 12 (4.71%) DV Cleared
7 10 (3.92%) Degree
8 6 (2.35%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (2.35%) TOGAF Certification
9 4 (1.57%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (1.18%) Master's Degree
10 3 (1.18%) MBA
11 2 (0.78%) ISTQB
12 1 (0.39%) CISM
12 1 (0.39%) CISSP
12 1 (0.39%) CREST Certified
12 1 (0.39%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 8 (3.14%) QA
2 6 (2.35%) Data Quality
2 6 (2.35%) GDPR
2 6 (2.35%) NIST
3 4 (1.57%) Accessibility
3 4 (1.57%) HIPAA
4 3 (1.18%) HL7
4 3 (1.18%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.39%) NCSC
6 1 (0.39%) WCAG
System Software
1 58 (22.75%) Docker
2 7 (2.75%) Active Directory
3 6 (2.35%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.18%) VMware NSX
4 3 (1.18%) vSphere
5 2 (0.78%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.39%) HDFS
6 1 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 56 (21.96%) Kubernetes
2 44 (17.25%) Terraform
3 27 (10.59%) Ansible
4 13 (5.10%) Grafana
5 10 (3.92%) Prometheus
6 6 (2.35%) Puppet
7 5 (1.96%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (1.18%) cPanel
8 3 (1.18%) Plesk
8 3 (1.18%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.78%) Nagios
9 2 (0.78%) Rancher
9 2 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.39%) AssetCenter
10 1 (0.39%) AWS Copilot
10 1 (0.39%) Kubeflow
10 1 (0.39%) Podman
10 1 (0.39%) SCCM
Vendors
1 43 (16.86%) Microsoft
2 14 (5.49%) Google
3 11 (4.31%) Splunk
4 10 (3.92%) Adobe
5 7 (2.75%) Oracle
6 6 (2.35%) Apple
6 6 (2.35%) Red Hat
6 6 (2.35%) VMware
7 5 (1.96%) SolarWinds
8 4 (1.57%) SAP
9 3 (1.18%) Atlassian
9 3 (1.18%) Dell
9 3 (1.18%) SaltStack
10 2 (0.78%) Databricks
10 2 (0.78%) Informatica
10 2 (0.78%) MuleSoft
10 2 (0.78%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.78%) SnapLogic
11 1 (0.39%) Spotify
11 1 (0.39%) Zscaler