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 11 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 6 11
Rank change year-on-year -7 +5 -5
Permanent jobs citing AWS 593 378 510
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 7.74% 16.03% 13.09%
As % of the Cloud Services category 31.31% 44.58% 37.39%
Number of salaries quoted 417 205 242
10th Percentile £50,000 £37,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £58,750 £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 £90,000 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £91,250 £84,975
North West median annual salary £72,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +11.54% +8.33% -

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 1,894 848 1,364
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 24.73% 35.96% 35.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1,395 567 758
10th Percentile £34,100 £29,500 £35,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -
75th Percentile £81,125 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £87,500 £84,825
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 11 October 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 11 October 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 -13 9 £100,000 +35.50% 7
Stockport 0 8 £70,000 - 5
Altrincham -3 8 £65,000 - 12
Cheadle -4 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 18 (3.04%) Apache
2 13 (2.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 13 (2.19%) Apache Airflow
3 12 (2.02%) Apache Spark
4 9 (1.52%) IIS
5 8 (1.35%) Confluence
6 5 (0.84%) SharePoint
7 3 (0.51%) nginx
8 1 (0.17%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.17%) JBoss
Applications
1 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 9 (1.52%) Cloudability
2 1 (0.17%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
Cloud Services
1 180 (30.35%) Azure
2 92 (15.51%) GCP
3 84 (14.17%) SaaS
4 72 (12.14%) Serverless
5 61 (10.29%) GitHub
6 48 (8.09%) AWS Lambda
7 38 (6.41%) Amazon S3
8 32 (5.40%) AWS CloudFormation
9 22 (3.71%) Amazon ECS
10 18 (3.04%) dbt
11 16 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
11 16 (2.70%) Datadog
11 16 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
12 15 (2.53%) Route 53
13 14 (2.36%) GitHub Copilot
14 13 (2.19%) Amazon EKS
15 12 (2.02%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 12 (2.02%) GitHub Actions
15 12 (2.02%) PaaS
16 11 (1.85%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 25 (4.22%) DNS
2 20 (3.37%) DHCP
2 20 (3.37%) Firewall
3 15 (2.53%) TCP/IP
4 14 (2.36%) VPN
5 8 (1.35%) LAN
5 8 (1.35%) Network Security
5 8 (1.35%) SAN
6 6 (1.01%) WAN
7 5 (0.84%) Cisco IOS
7 5 (0.84%) VLAN
8 3 (0.51%) IPsec
8 3 (0.51%) SD-WAN
8 3 (0.51%) Software-Defined Networking
8 3 (0.51%) VSAN
9 2 (0.34%) AMQP
9 2 (0.34%) BGP
9 2 (0.34%) DMZ
9 2 (0.34%) Intrusion Detection
9 2 (0.34%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (3.71%) MongoDB
2 21 (3.54%) SQL Server
3 20 (3.37%) NoSQL
4 18 (3.04%) PostgreSQL
5 17 (2.87%) Amazon Redshift
6 16 (2.70%) DynamoDB
6 16 (2.70%) Relational Database
7 15 (2.53%) Data Warehouse
8 11 (1.85%) Elasticsearch
9 9 (1.52%) BigQuery
10 7 (1.18%) Amazon Athena
10 7 (1.18%) Azure SQL Database
10 7 (1.18%) Data Lake
10 7 (1.18%) MySQL
11 6 (1.01%) RDBMS
12 5 (0.84%) Amazon RDS
12 5 (0.84%) Big Data
12 5 (0.84%) Chroma
12 5 (0.84%) Power BI
12 5 (0.84%) Redis
Development Applications
1 54 (9.11%) Git
2 33 (5.56%) GitLab
2 33 (5.56%) Jenkins
3 15 (2.53%) JIRA
4 11 (1.85%) Bitbucket
4 11 (1.85%) Maven
5 10 (1.69%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 9 (1.52%) Claude Code
7 8 (1.35%) Storybook
8 6 (1.01%) Cypress.io
9 5 (0.84%) Postman
10 4 (0.67%) Artifactory
10 4 (0.67%) Cucumber
10 4 (0.67%) Robot Framework
10 4 (0.67%) Vagrant
10 4 (0.67%) Vite
11 3 (0.51%) Selenium
11 3 (0.51%) Visual Studio Code
12 2 (0.34%) Mocha
12 2 (0.34%) Terragrunt
General
1 128 (21.59%) Social Skills
2 48 (8.09%) Analytical Skills
3 41 (6.91%) Finance
4 30 (5.06%) Public Sector
5 29 (4.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 22 (3.71%) Publishing
7 21 (3.54%) Legal
8 16 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
9 14 (2.36%) Retail
10 13 (2.19%) Aviation
11 11 (1.85%) Law
11 11 (1.85%) Marketing
12 10 (1.69%) Health Technology
13 7 (1.18%) Aerospace
13 7 (1.18%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (1.01%) Billing
15 4 (0.67%) iGaming
16 3 (0.51%) Games
17 2 (0.34%) Advertising
17 2 (0.34%) Banking
Job Titles
1 145 (24.45%) Senior
2 81 (13.66%) Architect
2 81 (13.66%) Software Engineer
3 71 (11.97%) Developer
4 67 (11.30%) AWS Engineer
5 56 (9.44%) Cloud Engineer
6 54 (9.11%) Data Engineer
7 53 (8.94%) Lead
8 52 (8.77%) DevOps Engineer
9 44 (7.42%) Senior Software Engineer
10 35 (5.90%) Senior Developer
11 33 (5.56%) Solutions Architect
12 32 (5.40%) AWS Architect
13 23 (3.88%) Analyst
13 23 (3.88%) Security Engineer
14 22 (3.71%) AWS Solution Architect
15 20 (3.37%) Java Engineer
16 18 (3.04%) Cloud Architect
16 18 (3.04%) Consultant
17 17 (2.87%) AWS DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 117 (19.73%) Terraform
2 80 (13.49%) React
3 52 (8.77%) Node.js
4 45 (7.59%) Spring
5 44 (7.42%) Spring Boot
6 41 (6.91%) .NET
6 41 (6.91%) AngularJS
7 37 (6.24%) Kafka
8 24 (4.05%) REST
8 24 (4.05%) Vue
9 20 (3.37%) FastAPI
10 19 (3.20%) Next.js
11 18 (3.04%) CSS
12 16 (2.70%) HTML
12 16 (2.70%) LangChain
12 16 (2.70%) React Native
13 15 (2.53%) Middleware
14 14 (2.36%) Ruby on Rails
15 13 (2.19%) PySpark
15 13 (2.19%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 140 (23.61%) Cloud Native
2 33 (5.56%) Distributed Systems
3 25 (4.22%) Onboarding
4 23 (3.88%) AI Agents
5 21 (3.54%) Product Ownership
6 15 (2.53%) Mobile App
7 12 (2.02%) Media Streaming
7 12 (2.02%) Podcast
8 11 (1.85%) Marketing Technology
9 10 (1.69%) Greenfield Project
10 9 (1.52%) Virtual Team
11 8 (1.35%) Security Posture
11 8 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (1.18%) Data Centre
13 6 (1.01%) Data Structures
13 6 (1.01%) Driving Licence
13 6 (1.01%) Enterprise Storage
13 6 (1.01%) Hybrid Cloud
13 6 (1.01%) Public Cloud
14 5 (0.84%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 35 (5.90%) Linux
2 27 (4.55%) Windows
3 16 (2.70%) Windows Server
4 11 (1.85%) CentOS
4 11 (1.85%) macOS
5 10 (1.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (1.18%) Unix
7 3 (0.51%) CoreOS
7 3 (0.51%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.51%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.34%) Android
8 2 (0.34%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.34%) Debian
8 2 (0.34%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.34%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.17%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 195 (32.88%) CI/CD
2 172 (29.01%) DevOps
3 166 (27.99%) Software Engineering
4 157 (26.48%) AI
5 148 (24.96%) Agile
6 116 (19.56%) Mentoring
7 112 (18.89%) Continuous Improvement
8 99 (16.69%) Infrastructure as Code
9 94 (15.85%) Microservices
10 92 (15.51%) Problem-Solving
11 73 (12.31%) Observability
12 72 (12.14%) Test Automation
13 70 (11.80%) Full-Stack Development
14 68 (11.47%) Stakeholder Management
15 65 (10.96%) Roadmaps
16 64 (10.79%) Containerisation
17 62 (10.46%) Machine Learning
18 61 (10.29%) Technical Leadership
19 58 (9.78%) Collaborative Culture
20 54 (9.11%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 179 (30.19%) Python
2 109 (18.38%) Java
3 106 (17.88%) SQL
4 85 (14.33%) TypeScript
5 62 (10.46%) JavaScript
6 28 (4.72%) C#
7 24 (4.05%) Bash
7 24 (4.05%) PowerShell
8 21 (3.54%) Go
9 16 (2.70%) Scala
10 15 (2.53%) Ruby
11 6 (1.01%) Kotlin
12 4 (0.67%) PHP
12 4 (0.67%) Rust
13 3 (0.51%) C
13 3 (0.51%) C++
13 3 (0.51%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.34%) Swift
15 1 (0.17%) Objective-C
15 1 (0.17%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 116 (19.56%) Security Cleared
2 80 (13.49%) SC Cleared
3 37 (6.24%) Degree
3 37 (6.24%) DV Cleared
4 22 (3.71%) AWS Certification
5 16 (2.70%) Master's Degree
6 9 (1.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 9 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (1.01%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 6 (1.01%) CISM
8 5 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (0.67%) CISA
9 4 (0.67%) CISSP
9 4 (0.67%) CompTIA Security+
9 4 (0.67%) CRISC
9 4 (0.67%) MBA
10 3 (0.51%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.34%) CREST Certified
11 2 (0.34%) OSCP
11 2 (0.34%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (5.23%) Data Quality
2 22 (3.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (3.20%) QA
4 14 (2.36%) Accessibility
4 14 (2.36%) GDPR
5 13 (2.19%) PCI DSS
6 8 (1.35%) WCAG
7 6 (1.01%) NIST
8 5 (0.84%) SOC 2
9 4 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.34%) SLA
System Software
1 84 (14.17%) Docker
2 19 (3.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (3.04%) Active Directory
4 12 (2.02%) Hyper-V
5 8 (1.35%) Firmware
6 7 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.34%) UAG
8 1 (0.17%) KVM
8 1 (0.17%) NFS
8 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 113 (19.06%) Kubernetes
2 41 (6.91%) Ansible
3 10 (1.69%) Progress Chef
4 9 (1.52%) Grafana
4 9 (1.52%) Prometheus
4 9 (1.52%) Puppet
5 7 (1.18%) Jamf Pro
5 7 (1.18%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (1.01%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (0.67%) Argo
7 4 (0.67%) Nessus
7 4 (0.67%) Packer
8 3 (0.51%) Istio
8 3 (0.51%) linkerd
8 3 (0.51%) McAfee ePO
8 3 (0.51%) SCVMM
9 2 (0.34%) AirWatch
9 2 (0.34%) SCCM
9 2 (0.34%) SolarWinds Orion
9 2 (0.34%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 68 (11.47%) Microsoft
2 34 (5.73%) Google
3 28 (4.72%) Adobe
4 23 (3.88%) Databricks
5 22 (3.71%) VMware
6 20 (3.37%) Splunk
7 16 (2.70%) Apple
8 10 (1.69%) YouTube
9 9 (1.52%) OpenAI
9 9 (1.52%) Palo Alto
9 9 (1.52%) ServiceNow
10 8 (1.35%) Atlassian
10 8 (1.35%) Cisco
11 7 (1.18%) Red Hat
12 6 (1.01%) Mistral
13 5 (0.84%) Okta
14 4 (0.67%) F5
15 3 (0.51%) Dynatrace
15 3 (0.51%) McAfee
15 3 (0.51%) New Relic