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 28 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 6 12
Rank change year-on-year -6 +6 -7
Permanent jobs citing AWS 606 384 505
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 7.98% 16.22% 12.59%
As % of the Cloud Services category 31.48% 45.55% 35.74%
Number of salaries quoted 430 207 235
10th Percentile £50,000 £38,250 £43,750
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% +4.00% -
75th Percentile £89,500 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £85,000
North West median annual salary £72,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +11.54% +8.33% -4.00%

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 1,925 843 1,413
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 25.35% 35.61% 35.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,435 560 798
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,500 £35,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -
75th Percentile £83,125 £73,877 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £87,500 £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 28 September 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 28 September 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 -2 8 £65,000 - 11
Stockport -2 8 £70,000 - 4
Salford -19 7 £100,000 +44.13% 10
Cheadle -5 6 £63,750 - 6
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 19 (3.14%) Apache
2 16 (2.64%) Apache Airflow
3 13 (2.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 13 (2.15%) Apache Spark
4 9 (1.49%) IIS
5 8 (1.32%) Confluence
6 5 (0.83%) SharePoint
7 3 (0.50%) Apache Solr
7 3 (0.50%) nginx
8 1 (0.17%) JBoss
8 1 (0.17%) OpenStack
Applications
1 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 12 (1.98%) Cloudability
2 1 (0.17%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
Cloud Services
1 194 (32.01%) Azure
2 102 (16.83%) GCP
3 85 (14.03%) SaaS
4 79 (13.04%) Serverless
5 66 (10.89%) GitHub
6 51 (8.42%) AWS Lambda
7 39 (6.44%) Amazon S3
8 34 (5.61%) AWS CloudFormation
9 22 (3.63%) Amazon ECS
10 20 (3.30%) Datadog
11 19 (3.14%) Azure DevOps
12 17 (2.81%) dbt
12 17 (2.81%) Microsoft 365
13 15 (2.48%) Amazon EKS
13 15 (2.48%) GitHub Actions
13 15 (2.48%) Route 53
14 14 (2.31%) GitHub Copilot
15 12 (1.98%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 12 (1.98%) OpenShift
15 12 (1.98%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 24 (3.96%) DNS
2 21 (3.47%) Firewall
3 20 (3.30%) DHCP
4 15 (2.48%) TCP/IP
5 14 (2.31%) VPN
6 9 (1.49%) Network Security
7 8 (1.32%) LAN
7 8 (1.32%) SAN
8 6 (0.99%) WAN
9 5 (0.83%) Cisco IOS
9 5 (0.83%) VLAN
10 3 (0.50%) AMQP
10 3 (0.50%) Intrusion Detection
10 3 (0.50%) IPsec
10 3 (0.50%) SD-WAN
10 3 (0.50%) Software-Defined Networking
10 3 (0.50%) VSAN
11 2 (0.33%) BGP
11 2 (0.33%) DMZ
11 2 (0.33%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (4.46%) MongoDB
2 26 (4.29%) NoSQL
3 22 (3.63%) PostgreSQL
3 22 (3.63%) SQL Server
4 19 (3.14%) Amazon Redshift
4 19 (3.14%) Relational Database
5 18 (2.97%) DynamoDB
6 16 (2.64%) Data Warehouse
7 13 (2.15%) Elasticsearch
8 10 (1.65%) BigQuery
9 9 (1.49%) Data Lake
10 8 (1.32%) MySQL
11 7 (1.16%) Amazon Athena
11 7 (1.16%) Azure SQL Database
12 6 (0.99%) Big Data
12 6 (0.99%) Neo4j
12 6 (0.99%) RDBMS
13 5 (0.83%) Redis
14 4 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
14 4 (0.66%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 56 (9.24%) Git
2 35 (5.78%) Jenkins
3 29 (4.79%) GitLab
4 15 (2.48%) JIRA
5 13 (2.15%) Bitbucket
6 11 (1.82%) Maven
7 10 (1.65%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 10 (1.65%) Claude Code
8 8 (1.32%) Storybook
9 6 (0.99%) Cypress.io
10 4 (0.66%) Cucumber
10 4 (0.66%) Postman
10 4 (0.66%) Robot Framework
10 4 (0.66%) Vagrant
10 4 (0.66%) Vite
11 3 (0.50%) Artifactory
11 3 (0.50%) Selenium
11 3 (0.50%) Visual Studio Code
12 2 (0.33%) Mocha
12 2 (0.33%) Terragrunt
General
1 129 (21.29%) Social Skills
2 47 (7.76%) Analytical Skills
3 44 (7.26%) Finance
4 35 (5.78%) Public Sector
5 32 (5.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 22 (3.63%) Publishing
7 20 (3.30%) Legal
8 16 (2.64%) Documentation Skills
8 16 (2.64%) Retail
9 13 (2.15%) Aviation
10 12 (1.98%) Marketing
11 11 (1.82%) Health Technology
11 11 (1.82%) Law
12 8 (1.32%) Aerospace
13 7 (1.16%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (0.99%) Billing
15 4 (0.66%) Banking
15 4 (0.66%) iGaming
16 3 (0.50%) Games
16 3 (0.50%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 152 (25.08%) Senior
2 85 (14.03%) Architect
2 85 (14.03%) Software Engineer
3 73 (12.05%) Developer
4 60 (9.90%) Cloud Engineer
5 58 (9.57%) AWS Engineer
6 57 (9.41%) Data Engineer
7 50 (8.25%) Lead
8 43 (7.10%) DevOps Engineer
8 43 (7.10%) Senior Software Engineer
9 39 (6.44%) Solutions Architect
10 38 (6.27%) Senior Developer
11 36 (5.94%) AWS Architect
12 28 (4.62%) Analyst
13 26 (4.29%) AWS Solution Architect
14 20 (3.30%) Security Engineer
15 19 (3.14%) Cloud Architect
15 19 (3.14%) Java Engineer
15 19 (3.14%) Senior Data Engineer
16 18 (2.97%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 124 (20.46%) Terraform
2 87 (14.36%) React
3 59 (9.74%) Node.js
4 46 (7.59%) Spring
5 45 (7.43%) Spring Boot
6 43 (7.10%) AngularJS
7 42 (6.93%) .NET
8 40 (6.60%) Kafka
9 25 (4.13%) REST
9 25 (4.13%) Vue
10 21 (3.47%) FastAPI
11 19 (3.14%) Next.js
12 18 (2.97%) CSS
13 16 (2.64%) HTML
13 16 (2.64%) React Native
14 14 (2.31%) LangChain
14 14 (2.31%) PySpark
14 14 (2.31%) RESTful
14 14 (2.31%) Ruby on Rails
15 13 (2.15%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 148 (24.42%) Cloud Native
2 39 (6.44%) Distributed Systems
3 25 (4.13%) Onboarding
4 23 (3.80%) Product Ownership
5 21 (3.47%) AI Agents
6 15 (2.48%) Mobile App
7 12 (1.98%) Marketing Technology
7 12 (1.98%) Media Streaming
7 12 (1.98%) Podcast
8 10 (1.65%) Greenfield Project
9 9 (1.49%) Virtual Team
10 8 (1.32%) Hybrid Cloud
10 8 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (1.16%) Data Centre
11 7 (1.16%) Security Posture
12 6 (0.99%) Data Structures
12 6 (0.99%) Driving Licence
12 6 (0.99%) Enterprise Storage
12 6 (0.99%) Public Cloud
13 5 (0.83%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 35 (5.78%) Linux
2 28 (4.62%) Windows
3 16 (2.64%) Windows Server
4 12 (1.98%) CentOS
5 11 (1.82%) Mac OS
5 11 (1.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (1.16%) Unix
7 4 (0.66%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.50%) CoreOS
8 3 (0.50%) Debian
8 3 (0.50%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.50%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.33%) Android
9 2 (0.33%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.33%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.33%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.17%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 203 (33.50%) CI/CD
2 177 (29.21%) DevOps
3 168 (27.72%) Software Engineering
4 155 (25.58%) AI
5 152 (25.08%) Agile
6 120 (19.80%) Continuous Improvement
7 118 (19.47%) Mentoring
8 104 (17.16%) Infrastructure as Code
9 95 (15.68%) Microservices
9 95 (15.68%) Problem-Solving
10 80 (13.20%) Observability
11 71 (11.72%) Containerisation
12 69 (11.39%) Full-Stack Development
12 69 (11.39%) Test Automation
13 68 (11.22%) Stakeholder Management
14 65 (10.73%) Roadmaps
15 61 (10.07%) Collaborative Culture
16 60 (9.90%) Machine Learning
17 59 (9.74%) Event-Driven
18 56 (9.24%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 187 (30.86%) Python
2 115 (18.98%) SQL
3 109 (17.99%) Java
4 85 (14.03%) TypeScript
5 64 (10.56%) JavaScript
6 29 (4.79%) C#
7 27 (4.46%) PowerShell
8 24 (3.96%) Bash
9 19 (3.14%) Go
10 15 (2.48%) Ruby
10 15 (2.48%) Scala
11 6 (0.99%) Kotlin
12 5 (0.83%) PHP
13 4 (0.66%) Rust
14 3 (0.50%) C
14 3 (0.50%) C++
14 3 (0.50%) Shell Script
15 2 (0.33%) Swift
16 1 (0.17%) PL/SQL
16 1 (0.17%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 115 (18.98%) Security Cleared
2 79 (13.04%) SC Cleared
3 38 (6.27%) Degree
4 37 (6.11%) DV Cleared
5 27 (4.46%) AWS Certification
6 16 (2.64%) Master's Degree
7 12 (1.98%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 10 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (0.99%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 6 (0.99%) CISM
10 4 (0.66%) CISA
10 4 (0.66%) CISSP
10 4 (0.66%) CompTIA Security+
10 4 (0.66%) CRISC
10 4 (0.66%) MBA
10 4 (0.66%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.50%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.50%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.33%) CompTIA CySA+
12 2 (0.33%) ECSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (5.94%) Data Quality
2 25 (4.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (3.14%) QA
4 17 (2.81%) PCI DSS
5 15 (2.48%) GDPR
6 14 (2.31%) Accessibility
7 9 (1.49%) NIST
8 8 (1.32%) WCAG
9 5 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials
9 5 (0.83%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.33%) SLA
System Software
1 92 (15.18%) Docker
2 19 (3.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (2.97%) Active Directory
4 12 (1.98%) Hyper-V
5 8 (1.32%) Firmware
6 7 (1.16%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.33%) UAG
8 1 (0.17%) KVM
8 1 (0.17%) NFS
8 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 121 (19.97%) Kubernetes
2 44 (7.26%) Ansible
3 15 (2.48%) Grafana
3 15 (2.48%) Prometheus
4 10 (1.65%) Progress Chef
4 10 (1.65%) Puppet
5 7 (1.16%) Jamf Pro
5 7 (1.16%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (0.99%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (0.66%) Argo
7 4 (0.66%) Nessus
7 4 (0.66%) Packer
8 3 (0.50%) Istio
8 3 (0.50%) linkerd
8 3 (0.50%) McAfee ePO
8 3 (0.50%) SCVMM
9 2 (0.33%) AirWatch
9 2 (0.33%) SCCM
9 2 (0.33%) SolarWinds Orion
9 2 (0.33%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 74 (12.21%) Microsoft
2 35 (5.78%) Google
3 32 (5.28%) Adobe
4 23 (3.80%) Databricks
5 22 (3.63%) VMware
6 20 (3.30%) Splunk
7 19 (3.14%) Apple
8 12 (1.98%) ServiceNow
9 9 (1.49%) Palo Alto
10 8 (1.32%) Atlassian
10 8 (1.32%) Cisco
10 8 (1.32%) Red Hat
11 7 (1.16%) OpenAI
11 7 (1.16%) YouTube
12 5 (0.83%) Okta
13 4 (0.66%) F5
13 4 (0.66%) Mistral
14 3 (0.50%) McAfee
14 3 (0.50%) New Relic
14 3 (0.50%) SaltStack