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

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 10 7
Rank change year-on-year -11 -3 -3
Permanent jobs citing AWS 267 362 389
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 9.08% 13.54% 15.47%
As % of the Cloud Services category 22.86% 35.08% 37.37%
Number of salaries quoted 220 216 310
10th Percentile £29,750 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,938 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,500
Median % change year-on-year - +7.44% -6.92%
75th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £87,500 £82,500
North West median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +4.17% -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 1,168 1,032 1,041
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 39.73% 38.61% 41.41%
Number of salaries quoted 621 587 906
10th Percentile £29,750 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £44,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +0.80%
75th Percentile £77,500 £74,144 £75,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £87,500 £86,250
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 15 January 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 15 January 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
Salford -1 5 £73,801 +6.48% 6
Bolton +11 3 £31,500 - 7
Oldham -5 1 £65,000 +18.18%
Stockport -9 1 £60,000 -20.00% 14
Altrincham -16 1 - - 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 8 (3.00%) Apache
2 7 (2.62%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.50%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.50%) WordPress
4 2 (0.75%) Apache Solr
4 2 (0.75%) JBoss
4 2 (0.75%) nginx
5 1 (0.37%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.37%) CMS
5 1 (0.37%) FactoryTalk
5 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.37%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.37%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.37%) WinCC
Applications
1 9 (3.37%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (3.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.37%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (3.75%) Magento
2 1 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.37%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.37%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 146 (54.68%) Azure
2 51 (19.10%) GCP
3 31 (11.61%) GitHub
4 25 (9.36%) Serverless
5 18 (6.74%) SaaS
6 16 (5.99%) AWS CloudFormation
7 14 (5.24%) Amazon EC2
7 14 (5.24%) AWS Lambda
8 11 (4.12%) Amazon S3
9 10 (3.75%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 10 (3.75%) Amazon EKS
9 10 (3.75%) Microsoft 365
10 9 (3.37%) Amazon ECS
11 7 (2.62%) Amazon Bedrock
11 7 (2.62%) Azure DevOps
12 6 (2.25%) Amazon OpenSearch
12 6 (2.25%) Entra ID
12 6 (2.25%) OpenShift
13 5 (1.87%) OCI
13 5 (1.87%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 23 (8.61%) Internet
2 7 (2.62%) Firewall
2 7 (2.62%) SSL
3 6 (2.25%) DNS
3 6 (2.25%) HTTP
4 3 (1.12%) AMQP
4 3 (1.12%) SSH
5 2 (0.75%) Network Security
5 2 (0.75%) OpenVPN
5 2 (0.75%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.37%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.37%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (9.36%) NoSQL
2 23 (8.61%) MongoDB
3 18 (6.74%) PostgreSQL
4 14 (5.24%) MySQL
5 11 (4.12%) SQL Server
6 10 (3.75%) Elasticsearch
7 7 (2.62%) Big Data
7 7 (2.62%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (2.62%) Relational Database
8 6 (2.25%) Hadoop
9 5 (1.87%) DynamoDB
9 5 (1.87%) Neo4j
10 4 (1.50%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (1.12%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (1.12%) Cloudera CDH
11 3 (1.12%) RDBMS
11 3 (1.12%) Redis
12 2 (0.75%) Apache Iceberg
12 2 (0.75%) Data Lake
12 2 (0.75%) DocumentDB
Development Applications
1 43 (16.10%) Git
2 14 (5.24%) Jenkins
3 10 (3.75%) GitLab
4 4 (1.50%) Bitbucket
5 3 (1.12%) CircleCI
5 3 (1.12%) JIRA
6 2 (0.75%) Maven
6 2 (0.75%) Selenium
7 1 (0.37%) Ant
7 1 (0.37%) Appium
7 1 (0.37%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.37%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.37%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.37%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.37%) JMeter
7 1 (0.37%) JUnit
7 1 (0.37%) Locust
7 1 (0.37%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.37%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.37%) Subversion
General
1 67 (25.09%) Social Skills
2 25 (9.36%) Finance
3 23 (8.61%) Multimedia
4 20 (7.49%) Public Sector
5 16 (5.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 15 (5.62%) Analytical Skills
7 12 (4.49%) Marketing
8 8 (3.00%) Legal
9 7 (2.62%) Games
10 6 (2.25%) Retail
11 5 (1.87%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (1.87%) Electronics
12 4 (1.50%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.50%) Telecoms
13 3 (1.12%) Aerospace
13 3 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (1.12%) Tech for Good
14 2 (0.75%) Law
14 2 (0.75%) Pharmaceutical
15 1 (0.37%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 61 (22.85%) Developer
2 58 (21.72%) Senior
3 50 (18.73%) Software Engineer
4 32 (11.99%) Lead
5 24 (8.99%) Architect
6 23 (8.61%) Trainee
7 18 (6.74%) AWS Engineer
8 16 (5.99%) Analyst
8 16 (5.99%) Senior Software Engineer
9 14 (5.24%) Python Engineer
9 14 (5.24%) Software Developer
10 13 (4.87%) Java Developer
11 11 (4.12%) AWS Architect
11 11 (4.12%) Cloud Engineer
11 11 (4.12%) Lead Developer
11 11 (4.12%) Trainee Developer
11 11 (4.12%) Trainee Software Developer
12 10 (3.75%) .NET Developer
12 10 (3.75%) Senior Developer
13 9 (3.37%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (17.60%) React
2 43 (16.10%) .NET
3 38 (14.23%) CSS
4 36 (13.48%) HTML
5 25 (9.36%) AngularJS
6 24 (8.99%) Node.js
7 23 (8.61%) REST
8 21 (7.87%) Spring
9 19 (7.12%) Spring Boot
10 18 (6.74%) RESTful
11 11 (4.12%) Django
12 10 (3.75%) Vue
13 9 (3.37%) .NET Core
14 8 (3.00%) Kafka
15 7 (2.62%) FastAPI
15 7 (2.62%) Hibernate
15 7 (2.62%) RabbitMQ
16 6 (2.25%) JSON
17 5 (1.87%) Elastic Stack
17 5 (1.87%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 43 (16.10%) Cloud Native
2 19 (7.12%) Distributed Systems
3 13 (4.87%) Onboarding
4 12 (4.49%) Public Cloud
5 9 (3.37%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (3.00%) AI Agents
6 8 (3.00%) Product Ownership
7 7 (2.62%) Analytical Mindset
7 7 (2.62%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (1.87%) Clustering
8 5 (1.87%) Driving Licence
9 4 (1.50%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.12%) Cyber Threat
10 3 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (1.12%) IoT
10 3 (1.12%) Mobile App
11 2 (0.75%) Legacy Code
11 2 (0.75%) Linux Command Line
11 2 (0.75%) Private Cloud
11 2 (0.75%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 29 (10.86%) Linux
2 17 (6.37%) Windows
3 6 (2.25%) Debian
3 6 (2.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 6 (2.25%) Ubuntu
4 4 (1.50%) CentOS
4 4 (1.50%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.12%) Unix
5 3 (1.12%) VMS
6 1 (0.37%) Android
6 1 (0.37%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (32.21%) CI/CD
2 79 (29.59%) Agile
3 78 (29.21%) Software Engineering
4 70 (26.22%) DevOps
5 65 (24.34%) Mentoring
6 61 (22.85%) Microservices
7 47 (17.60%) Cybersecurity
8 46 (17.23%) AI
9 45 (16.85%) Continuous Improvement
9 45 (16.85%) Problem-Solving
10 42 (15.73%) Containerisation
11 40 (14.98%) Infrastructure as Code
12 32 (11.99%) TDD
13 30 (11.24%) Full-Stack Development
14 28 (10.49%) Roadmaps
15 24 (8.99%) Clean Code
16 23 (8.61%) Collaborative Culture
17 21 (7.87%) Coaching
18 19 (7.12%) Scrum
18 19 (7.12%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 80 (29.96%) Python
2 62 (23.22%) JavaScript
3 50 (18.73%) Java
4 42 (15.73%) SQL
5 41 (15.36%) C#
6 28 (10.49%) TypeScript
7 16 (5.99%) PHP
8 12 (4.49%) R
9 7 (2.62%) Bash
10 6 (2.25%) Go
11 5 (1.87%) C
11 5 (1.87%) PowerShell
12 4 (1.50%) Scala
13 3 (1.12%) Kotlin
13 3 (1.12%) Rust
14 1 (0.37%) Bicep
14 1 (0.37%) Groovy
14 1 (0.37%) Kusto Query Language
14 1 (0.37%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.37%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 40 (14.98%) AWS Certification
2 31 (11.61%) Security Cleared
3 28 (10.49%) Azure Certification
4 23 (8.61%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 23 (8.61%) Microsoft Certification
5 22 (8.24%) SC Cleared
6 12 (4.49%) DV Cleared
7 11 (4.12%) Degree
8 7 (2.62%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.12%) Master's Degree
9 3 (1.12%) MBA
9 3 (1.12%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.37%) CISM
10 1 (0.37%) CISSP
10 1 (0.37%) CREST Certified
10 1 (0.37%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (2.25%) Data Quality
2 6 (2.25%) QA
3 4 (1.50%) Accessibility
3 4 (1.50%) PCI DSS
4 3 (1.12%) GDPR
4 3 (1.12%) HL7
4 3 (1.12%) NIST
5 2 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.37%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.37%) NCSC
6 1 (0.37%) WCAG
System Software
1 52 (19.48%) Docker
2 7 (2.62%) Active Directory
3 6 (2.25%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.50%) VMware NSX
4 4 (1.50%) vSphere
5 3 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.75%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.37%) HDFS
7 1 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 50 (18.73%) Kubernetes
2 44 (16.48%) Terraform
3 26 (9.74%) Ansible
4 13 (4.87%) Grafana
5 10 (3.75%) Prometheus
6 6 (2.25%) Puppet
7 5 (1.87%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (1.12%) cPanel
8 3 (1.12%) Plesk
8 3 (1.12%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.75%) Nagios
9 2 (0.75%) Rancher
9 2 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.37%) AssetCenter
10 1 (0.37%) AWS Copilot
10 1 (0.37%) Podman
10 1 (0.37%) SCCM
Vendors
1 47 (17.60%) Microsoft
2 21 (7.87%) Adobe
3 11 (4.12%) Splunk
4 9 (3.37%) Apple
5 8 (3.00%) Google
6 7 (2.62%) Oracle
6 7 (2.62%) VMware
7 6 (2.25%) Red Hat
7 6 (2.25%) SolarWinds
8 4 (1.50%) SAP
9 3 (1.12%) Atlassian
9 3 (1.12%) Dell
9 3 (1.12%) Informatica
9 3 (1.12%) SaltStack
10 2 (0.75%) MuleSoft
10 2 (0.75%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.75%) SnapLogic
11 1 (0.37%) Ariba
11 1 (0.37%) Cisco
11 1 (0.37%) Siemens