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

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 5 12
Rank change year-on-year -6 +7 -7
Permanent jobs citing AWS 590 432 565
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 8.59% 17.38% 12.72%
As % of the Cloud Services category 31.05% 45.71% 34.51%
Number of salaries quoted 441 241 324
10th Percentile £47,500 £45,750 £44,300
25th Percentile £56,250 £55,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% - -
75th Percentile £88,750 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £85,000
North West median annual salary £72,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +10.77% - -

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 1,900 945 1,637
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 27.67% 38.03% 36.85%
Number of salaries quoted 1,471 618 1,140
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.17% - -
75th Percentile £85,000 £76,692 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,375 £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 14 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 14 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 8 £65,000 - 3
Cheadle -4 6 £63,750 -
Stockport -3 3 £70,000 +1.82% 10
Salford -21 3 £70,000 +0.89% 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 18 (3.05%) Apache
2 17 (2.88%) Apache Airflow
3 13 (2.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 12 (2.03%) Apache Spark
5 9 (1.53%) Confluence
5 9 (1.53%) IIS
6 7 (1.19%) SharePoint
7 4 (0.68%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.51%) GeoServer
8 3 (0.51%) nginx
9 2 (0.34%) CICS
9 2 (0.34%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.34%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.34%) WordPress
10 1 (0.17%) CMS
10 1 (0.17%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.17%) JBoss
10 1 (0.17%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 3 (0.51%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 12 (2.03%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 206 (34.92%) Azure
2 102 (17.29%) GCP
3 80 (13.56%) Serverless
4 79 (13.39%) SaaS
5 64 (10.85%) GitHub
6 46 (7.80%) AWS Lambda
7 39 (6.61%) Amazon S3
8 37 (6.27%) AWS CloudFormation
9 23 (3.90%) Amazon ECS
10 22 (3.73%) Azure DevOps
11 18 (3.05%) Datadog
11 18 (3.05%) dbt
12 17 (2.88%) Amazon EKS
12 17 (2.88%) Microsoft 365
13 14 (2.37%) GitHub Actions
14 13 (2.20%) Anthropic Claude
14 13 (2.20%) Route 53
15 12 (2.03%) GitHub Copilot
15 12 (2.03%) Snowflake
16 11 (1.86%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 24 (4.07%) Firewall
2 23 (3.90%) DNS
3 18 (3.05%) DHCP
4 16 (2.71%) TCP/IP
5 14 (2.37%) VPN
6 9 (1.53%) Network Security
7 8 (1.36%) LAN
7 8 (1.36%) SAN
8 6 (1.02%) 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 27 (4.58%) MongoDB
2 26 (4.41%) NoSQL
3 25 (4.24%) SQL Server
4 24 (4.07%) PostgreSQL
4 24 (4.07%) Relational Database
5 17 (2.88%) Amazon Redshift
5 17 (2.88%) DynamoDB
6 15 (2.54%) Data Warehouse
7 14 (2.37%) Elasticsearch
8 11 (1.86%) BigQuery
9 7 (1.19%) Amazon Athena
9 7 (1.19%) Data Lake
9 7 (1.19%) MySQL
9 7 (1.19%) Neo4j
9 7 (1.19%) RDBMS
10 6 (1.02%) Azure SQL Database
11 5 (0.85%) Big Data
12 4 (0.68%) Data Mining
12 4 (0.68%) Flink
12 4 (0.68%) Redis
Development Applications
1 59 (10.00%) Git
2 37 (6.27%) Jenkins
3 23 (3.90%) GitLab
4 15 (2.54%) JIRA
5 13 (2.20%) Bitbucket
5 13 (2.20%) Claude Code
6 10 (1.69%) Maven
7 8 (1.36%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 8 (1.36%) Storybook
8 6 (1.02%) Cypress.io
8 6 (1.02%) Visual Studio Code
9 5 (0.85%) Cucumber
10 4 (0.68%) Postman
10 4 (0.68%) Robot Framework
10 4 (0.68%) Vite
11 3 (0.51%) Eclipse
11 3 (0.51%) IntelliJ
11 3 (0.51%) Selenium
12 2 (0.34%) Mocha
12 2 (0.34%) Terragrunt
General
1 110 (18.64%) Social Skills
2 57 (9.66%) Finance
3 44 (7.46%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (5.76%) Public Sector
5 25 (4.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 18 (3.05%) Retail
7 16 (2.71%) Documentation Skills
8 12 (2.03%) Marketing
9 11 (1.86%) Aviation
9 11 (1.86%) Health Technology
9 11 (1.86%) Law
10 10 (1.69%) Banking
10 10 (1.69%) Publishing
11 9 (1.53%) Legal
11 9 (1.53%) Retail Banking
12 4 (0.68%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.51%) Games
13 3 (0.51%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.34%) Advertising
14 2 (0.34%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 154 (26.10%) Senior
2 81 (13.73%) Architect
3 78 (13.22%) Software Engineer
4 75 (12.71%) Developer
5 61 (10.34%) Cloud Engineer
6 60 (10.17%) AWS Engineer
7 58 (9.83%) Lead
8 52 (8.81%) Data Engineer
9 46 (7.80%) Senior Developer
10 42 (7.12%) DevOps Engineer
11 38 (6.44%) Senior Software Engineer
11 38 (6.44%) Solutions Architect
12 32 (5.42%) AWS Architect
13 25 (4.24%) Analyst
13 25 (4.24%) AWS Solution Architect
14 20 (3.39%) Full-Stack Developer
14 20 (3.39%) Java Engineer
14 20 (3.39%) Senior Data Engineer
15 19 (3.22%) Java Developer
15 19 (3.22%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (13.05%) React
2 68 (11.53%) Node.js
3 51 (8.64%) .NET
4 44 (7.46%) AngularJS
5 35 (5.93%) Spring
6 34 (5.76%) Spring Boot
7 28 (4.75%) REST
8 27 (4.58%) Kafka
9 25 (4.24%) CSS
9 25 (4.24%) Vue
10 23 (3.90%) FastAPI
11 22 (3.73%) HTML
12 21 (3.56%) Next.js
13 18 (3.05%) RESTful
14 16 (2.71%) React Native
15 15 (2.54%) PySpark
16 14 (2.37%) LangChain
16 14 (2.37%) OAuth
16 14 (2.37%) Ruby on Rails
17 11 (1.86%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 130 (22.03%) Cloud Native
2 40 (6.78%) Distributed Systems
3 25 (4.24%) Product Ownership
4 21 (3.56%) AI Agents
5 19 (3.22%) Onboarding
6 15 (2.54%) Mobile App
7 12 (2.03%) Marketing Technology
8 11 (1.86%) Greenfield Project
8 11 (1.86%) Hybrid Cloud
9 10 (1.69%) Virtual Team
10 8 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
11 6 (1.02%) Data Structures
11 6 (1.02%) Driving Licence
11 6 (1.02%) Enterprise Storage
12 5 (0.85%) Data Centre
12 5 (0.85%) Enterprise Cloud
12 5 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
12 5 (0.85%) Social Media
13 4 (0.68%) Life Science
13 4 (0.68%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 27 (4.58%) Linux
2 25 (4.24%) Windows
3 16 (2.71%) Windows Server
4 11 (1.86%) Mac OS
5 9 (1.53%) CentOS
6 8 (1.36%) 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 (32.88%) CI/CD
2 176 (29.83%) DevOps
3 154 (26.10%) Software Engineering
4 149 (25.25%) Agile
5 147 (24.92%) AI
6 107 (18.14%) Mentoring
7 103 (17.46%) Infrastructure as Code
8 97 (16.44%) Continuous Improvement
9 92 (15.59%) Microservices
10 80 (13.56%) Full-Stack Development
11 76 (12.88%) Problem-Solving
12 70 (11.86%) Test Automation
13 67 (11.36%) Observability
14 65 (11.02%) Roadmaps
15 63 (10.68%) Collaborative Culture
16 61 (10.34%) Machine Learning
17 60 (10.17%) Decision-Making
18 57 (9.66%) TDD
19 55 (9.32%) Containerisation
20 54 (9.15%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 195 (33.05%) Python
2 126 (21.36%) SQL
3 102 (17.29%) Java
4 72 (12.20%) JavaScript
5 70 (11.86%) TypeScript
6 37 (6.27%) C#
7 23 (3.90%) PowerShell
8 20 (3.39%) Bash
9 19 (3.22%) Go
10 15 (2.54%) Ruby
10 15 (2.54%) Scala
11 8 (1.36%) Kotlin
12 6 (1.02%) PHP
13 3 (0.51%) C
13 3 (0.51%) C++
13 3 (0.51%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.34%) R
14 2 (0.34%) Swift
14 2 (0.34%) T-SQL
15 1 (0.17%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 92 (15.59%) Security Cleared
2 69 (11.69%) SC Cleared
3 39 (6.61%) Degree
4 29 (4.92%) AWS Certification
5 25 (4.24%) DV Cleared
6 16 (2.71%) Master's Degree
7 12 (2.03%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 11 (1.86%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (1.69%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 5 (0.85%) Azure Certification
11 4 (0.68%) CISA
11 4 (0.68%) CISM
11 4 (0.68%) CISSP
11 4 (0.68%) CRISC
11 4 (0.68%) MBA
12 3 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.34%) CCIE
13 2 (0.34%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (0.34%) GCIH
13 2 (0.34%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (6.44%) Data Quality
2 24 (4.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (3.39%) PCI DSS
4 19 (3.22%) QA
5 15 (2.54%) GDPR
6 11 (1.86%) Accessibility
6 11 (1.86%) NIST
7 8 (1.36%) WCAG
8 5 (0.85%) SOC 2
9 4 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 87 (14.75%) Docker
2 18 (3.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (2.71%) Active Directory
4 12 (2.03%) Hyper-V
5 8 (1.36%) Firmware
6 7 (1.19%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.17%) KVM
7 1 (0.17%) NFS
7 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.17%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 129 (21.86%) Terraform
2 103 (17.46%) Kubernetes
3 41 (6.95%) Ansible
4 12 (2.03%) Grafana
4 12 (2.03%) Prometheus
5 9 (1.53%) Puppet
6 7 (1.19%) Jamf Pro
7 6 (1.02%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (1.02%) Progress Chef
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%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.34%) SolarWinds Orion
11 1 (0.17%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.17%) Nagios
11 1 (0.17%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 69 (11.69%) Microsoft
2 32 (5.42%) Adobe
3 26 (4.41%) Google
4 21 (3.56%) Databricks
4 21 (3.56%) VMware
5 19 (3.22%) Apple
5 19 (3.22%) Splunk
6 12 (2.03%) ServiceNow
7 9 (1.53%) Palo Alto
8 8 (1.36%) Atlassian
8 8 (1.36%) Cisco
9 7 (1.19%) OpenAI
9 7 (1.19%) 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