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

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 4 10
Rank change year-on-year -6 +6 -6
Permanent jobs citing AWS 530 465 669
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 8.32% 18.73% 12.21%
As % of the Cloud Services category 29.38% 47.84% 32.79%
Number of salaries quoted 417 266 452
10th Percentile £47,000 £45,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £56,250 £52,688 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% - -
75th Percentile £88,750 £80,000 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £85,000
North West median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £62,783
% change year-on-year +7.69% +3.53% -3.41%

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 1,804 972 2,040
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 28.30% 39.15% 37.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1,414 631 1,551
10th Percentile £34,475 £30,750 £31,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,375 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.63% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £86,250 £77,170 £71,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £85,000
North West median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +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 16 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 16 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 -2 10 £65,000 - 3
Cheadle -4 6 £63,750 -
Salford -18 6 £70,000 +3.51% 2
Bolton +16 1 £31,500 - 1
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 12 (2.26%) Apache Spark
2 11 (2.08%) Apache
2 11 (2.08%) Apache Airflow
3 10 (1.89%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 8 (1.51%) Confluence
4 8 (1.51%) IIS
5 7 (1.32%) SharePoint
6 6 (1.13%) Jupyter
7 4 (0.75%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.57%) GeoServer
8 3 (0.57%) nginx
9 2 (0.38%) CICS
9 2 (0.38%) CMS
9 2 (0.38%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.38%) WordPress
10 1 (0.19%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.19%) JBoss
10 1 (0.19%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 7 (1.32%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 12 (2.26%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 192 (36.23%) Azure
2 92 (17.36%) GCP
3 66 (12.45%) Serverless
4 61 (11.51%) SaaS
5 50 (9.43%) GitHub
6 35 (6.60%) Amazon S3
7 32 (6.04%) AWS CloudFormation
8 31 (5.85%) AWS Lambda
9 21 (3.96%) Amazon ECS
9 21 (3.96%) Azure DevOps
10 18 (3.40%) Amazon EKS
11 13 (2.45%) Anthropic Claude
12 12 (2.26%) Microsoft 365
13 11 (2.08%) GitHub Actions
13 11 (2.08%) Pulumi
14 10 (1.89%) dbt
15 9 (1.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 9 (1.70%) PaaS
16 8 (1.51%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 7 (1.32%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 24 (4.53%) Firewall
2 21 (3.96%) DNS
3 16 (3.02%) DHCP
4 13 (2.45%) TCP/IP
4 13 (2.45%) VPN
5 8 (1.51%) Network Security
6 6 (1.13%) LAN
7 5 (0.94%) Cisco IOS
7 5 (0.94%) Intrusion Detection
7 5 (0.94%) VLAN
8 4 (0.75%) SAN
9 3 (0.57%) WAN
10 2 (0.38%) AMQP
10 2 (0.38%) BGP
10 2 (0.38%) DMZ
10 2 (0.38%) Internet
10 2 (0.38%) IPsec
10 2 (0.38%) SD-WAN
11 1 (0.19%) SSL
11 1 (0.19%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (4.72%) MongoDB
2 24 (4.53%) NoSQL
3 23 (4.34%) Relational Database
4 20 (3.77%) SQL Server
5 17 (3.21%) PostgreSQL
6 15 (2.83%) Elasticsearch
7 11 (2.08%) Amazon Redshift
8 10 (1.89%) Data Warehouse
9 9 (1.70%) BigQuery
9 9 (1.70%) DynamoDB
10 8 (1.51%) Data Lake
10 8 (1.51%) MySQL
10 8 (1.51%) Neo4j
11 7 (1.32%) Amazon Athena
11 7 (1.32%) RDBMS
12 6 (1.13%) Azure SQL Database
13 5 (0.94%) Big Data
13 5 (0.94%) Power BI
13 5 (0.94%) Redis
14 4 (0.75%) Flink
Development Applications
1 47 (8.87%) Git
2 31 (5.85%) Jenkins
3 20 (3.77%) GitLab
4 13 (2.45%) Claude Code
4 13 (2.45%) JIRA
5 10 (1.89%) Bitbucket
6 8 (1.51%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 7 (1.32%) Maven
7 7 (1.32%) Visual Studio Code
8 5 (0.94%) Cucumber
8 5 (0.94%) Storybook
9 4 (0.75%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.75%) Postman
9 4 (0.75%) Robot Framework
9 4 (0.75%) Vite
10 3 (0.57%) Eclipse
10 3 (0.57%) IntelliJ
10 3 (0.57%) Selenium
11 2 (0.38%) Terragrunt
11 2 (0.38%) Vagrant
General
1 84 (15.85%) Social Skills
2 57 (10.75%) Finance
3 32 (6.04%) Public Sector
4 28 (5.28%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (3.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 16 (3.02%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (2.26%) Marketing
8 11 (2.08%) Health Technology
9 10 (1.89%) Retail
10 9 (1.70%) Banking
10 9 (1.70%) Retail Banking
11 7 (1.32%) Law
11 7 (1.32%) Manufacturing
12 5 (0.94%) Publishing
13 3 (0.57%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.57%) Legal
14 2 (0.38%) Advertising
14 2 (0.38%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.38%) Multimedia
15 1 (0.19%) Billing
Job Titles
1 145 (27.36%) Senior
2 76 (14.34%) Developer
2 76 (14.34%) Software Engineer
3 71 (13.40%) Architect
4 60 (11.32%) AWS Engineer
5 58 (10.94%) Lead
6 53 (10.00%) Cloud Engineer
7 45 (8.49%) Data Engineer
8 44 (8.30%) Senior Developer
9 41 (7.74%) DevOps Engineer
10 35 (6.60%) Solutions Architect
11 32 (6.04%) Senior Software Engineer
12 31 (5.85%) AWS Architect
13 23 (4.34%) AWS Solution Architect
13 23 (4.34%) Full-Stack Developer
14 21 (3.96%) Java Developer
14 21 (3.96%) Java Engineer
14 21 (3.96%) Senior Data Engineer
15 20 (3.77%) Lead Software Engineer
15 20 (3.77%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (15.28%) React
2 70 (13.21%) Node.js
3 46 (8.68%) .NET
4 39 (7.36%) AngularJS
5 38 (7.17%) Spring
5 38 (7.17%) Spring Boot
6 28 (5.28%) Vue
7 25 (4.72%) Kafka
8 24 (4.53%) FastAPI
9 23 (4.34%) REST
10 22 (4.15%) CSS
11 21 (3.96%) Next.js
12 20 (3.77%) HTML
13 17 (3.21%) RESTful
14 16 (3.02%) OAuth
15 14 (2.64%) LangChain
15 14 (2.64%) Pandas
15 14 (2.64%) React Native
15 14 (2.64%) Ruby on Rails
16 13 (2.45%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 99 (18.68%) Cloud Native
2 38 (7.17%) Distributed Systems
3 19 (3.58%) Product Ownership
4 15 (2.83%) Mobile App
5 14 (2.64%) AI Agents
6 13 (2.45%) Onboarding
7 11 (2.08%) Greenfield Project
7 11 (2.08%) Marketing Technology
8 10 (1.89%) Hybrid Cloud
8 10 (1.89%) Virtual Team
9 7 (1.32%) Algorithms
10 5 (0.94%) Data Structures
10 5 (0.94%) Enterprise Cloud
10 5 (0.94%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (0.75%) Driving Licence
11 4 (0.75%) Enterprise Storage
11 4 (0.75%) IVR
11 4 (0.75%) Life Science
11 4 (0.75%) Management Information System
11 4 (0.75%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 20 (3.77%) Linux
2 16 (3.02%) Windows
3 12 (2.26%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.32%) CentOS
4 7 (1.32%) Mac OS
5 6 (1.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.57%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.38%) Debian
7 2 (0.38%) Unix
8 1 (0.19%) CoreOS
8 1 (0.19%) Solaris
8 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 181 (34.15%) CI/CD
2 164 (30.94%) DevOps
3 135 (25.47%) Agile
4 126 (23.77%) AI
5 123 (23.21%) Software Engineering
6 96 (18.11%) Infrastructure as Code
7 94 (17.74%) Mentoring
8 91 (17.17%) Microservices
9 82 (15.47%) Full-Stack Development
10 76 (14.34%) Continuous Improvement
11 68 (12.83%) Problem-Solving
12 63 (11.89%) TDD
13 61 (11.51%) Test Automation
14 54 (10.19%) Decision-Making
14 54 (10.19%) Observability
15 52 (9.81%) Machine Learning
16 51 (9.62%) Containerisation
16 51 (9.62%) Platform Engineering
17 50 (9.43%) Roadmaps
18 48 (9.06%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 177 (33.40%) Python
2 109 (20.57%) SQL
3 100 (18.87%) Java
4 71 (13.40%) JavaScript
5 69 (13.02%) TypeScript
6 33 (6.23%) C#
7 21 (3.96%) PowerShell
8 14 (2.64%) Bash
8 14 (2.64%) Go
8 14 (2.64%) Ruby
8 14 (2.64%) Scala
9 12 (2.26%) PHP
10 7 (1.32%) Kotlin
11 3 (0.57%) C
11 3 (0.57%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.38%) R
12 2 (0.38%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.19%) C++
13 1 (0.19%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 80 (15.09%) Security Cleared
2 61 (11.51%) SC Cleared
3 29 (5.47%) AWS Certification
4 25 (4.72%) Degree
5 22 (4.15%) DV Cleared
6 14 (2.64%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 12 (2.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 11 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (1.51%) Master's Degree
10 5 (0.94%) Azure Certification
11 4 (0.75%) CISA
11 4 (0.75%) CISM
11 4 (0.75%) CISSP
11 4 (0.75%) CRISC
12 3 (0.57%) MBA
13 2 (0.38%) CCIE
13 2 (0.38%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Certification
14 1 (0.19%) ITIL Certification
14 1 (0.19%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (5.66%) Data Quality
2 21 (3.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (3.77%) PCI DSS
4 16 (3.02%) QA
5 12 (2.26%) GDPR
6 11 (2.08%) NIST
7 5 (0.94%) Accessibility
7 5 (0.94%) WCAG
8 3 (0.57%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 81 (15.28%) Docker
2 16 (3.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (1.89%) Hyper-V
4 9 (1.70%) Active Directory
5 4 (0.75%) Firmware
5 4 (0.75%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.57%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.19%) KVM
7 1 (0.19%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.19%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 123 (23.21%) Terraform
2 94 (17.74%) Kubernetes
3 35 (6.60%) Ansible
4 11 (2.08%) Grafana
4 11 (2.08%) Prometheus
5 5 (0.94%) Jamf Pro
5 5 (0.94%) Puppet
6 4 (0.75%) Progress Chef
7 3 (0.57%) Argo
7 3 (0.57%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.38%) Istio
8 2 (0.38%) linkerd
8 2 (0.38%) Packer
8 2 (0.38%) SolarWinds Orion
9 1 (0.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.19%) AWS Copilot
9 1 (0.19%) McAfee ePO
9 1 (0.19%) Nagios
9 1 (0.19%) SCVMM
9 1 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 60 (11.32%) Microsoft
2 28 (5.28%) Adobe
3 18 (3.40%) Google
4 17 (3.21%) Apple
4 17 (3.21%) Splunk
4 17 (3.21%) VMware
5 15 (2.83%) Databricks
6 12 (2.26%) ServiceNow
7 10 (1.89%) Atlassian
8 7 (1.32%) Cisco
8 7 (1.32%) OpenAI
9 5 (0.94%) Okta
9 5 (0.94%) Palo Alto
9 5 (0.94%) Pega
9 5 (0.94%) Red Hat
10 3 (0.57%) CrowdStrike
10 3 (0.57%) Dynatrace
11 2 (0.38%) F5
11 2 (0.38%) WSO2
11 2 (0.38%) Zscaler