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 9 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 7 10
Rank change year-on-year -18 +3 -7
Permanent jobs citing AWS 346 350 587
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 7.40% 17.49% 12.46%
As % of the Cloud Services category 22.38% 39.02% 31.97%
Number of salaries quoted 269 272 482
10th Percentile £35,950 £45,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,000 £52,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,037 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.42% +3.13% +4.00%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £85,000
North West median annual salary £65,000 £67,037 £62,783
% change year-on-year -3.04% +6.78% +0.45%

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 1,546 897 1,836
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 33.08% 44.83% 38.98%
Number of salaries quoted 885 668 1,550
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £58,081
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +7.61% +1.01%
75th Percentile £84,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,625 £86,250
North West median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £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 9 April 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 9 April 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 -9 8 £70,000 +1.00% 3
Altrincham -11 6 £67,500 +28.57% 3
Bolton +23 3 £31,500 - 4
Stockport -7 1 £60,000 -20.00% 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 7 (2.02%) Apache
1 7 (2.02%) Apache Spark
2 6 (1.73%) Apache Airflow
2 6 (1.73%) Jupyter
2 6 (1.73%) WordPress
3 4 (1.16%) Apache Solr
4 3 (0.87%) Confluence
4 3 (0.87%) GeoServer
4 3 (0.87%) nginx
4 3 (0.87%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.58%) CICS
5 2 (0.58%) CMS
5 2 (0.58%) JBoss
5 2 (0.58%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.29%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.29%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 9 (2.60%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (2.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 6 (1.73%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 10 (2.89%) Magento
2 3 (0.87%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 160 (46.24%) Azure
2 63 (18.21%) GCP
3 42 (12.14%) Serverless
4 34 (9.83%) GitHub
5 24 (6.94%) AWS CloudFormation
6 21 (6.07%) Amazon EKS
6 21 (6.07%) SaaS
7 17 (4.91%) AWS Lambda
8 14 (4.05%) Amazon ECS
9 13 (3.76%) Amazon S3
10 10 (2.89%) Azure DevOps
11 9 (2.60%) Amazon EC2
12 8 (2.31%) Anthropic Claude
13 7 (2.02%) Amazon OpenSearch
13 7 (2.02%) Cloud Computing
13 7 (2.02%) Datadog
13 7 (2.02%) dbt
13 7 (2.02%) OpenShift
14 6 (1.73%) GitHub Actions
15 4 (1.16%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 19 (5.49%) Internet
2 8 (2.31%) DNS
3 7 (2.02%) Firewall
3 7 (2.02%) SSL
4 5 (1.45%) HTTP
4 5 (1.45%) TCP/IP
5 4 (1.16%) AMQP
6 3 (0.87%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (0.58%) OpenVPN
7 2 (0.58%) SSH
8 1 (0.29%) DHCP
8 1 (0.29%) LAN
8 1 (0.29%) Network Security
8 1 (0.29%) VPN
8 1 (0.29%) VSAN
8 1 (0.29%) WAN
8 1 (0.29%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (6.94%) PostgreSQL
2 22 (6.36%) MongoDB
3 21 (6.07%) NoSQL
4 16 (4.62%) Relational Database
5 13 (3.76%) Elasticsearch
5 13 (3.76%) MySQL
6 8 (2.31%) Neo4j
7 6 (1.73%) Big Data
7 6 (1.73%) DynamoDB
7 6 (1.73%) Hadoop
7 6 (1.73%) SQL Server
8 4 (1.16%) Amazon Redshift
8 4 (1.16%) Cloudera CDH
8 4 (1.16%) Data Lake
8 4 (1.16%) DocumentDB
9 3 (0.87%) Amazon Athena
9 3 (0.87%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (0.87%) BigQuery
9 3 (0.87%) Geospatial Data
9 3 (0.87%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 53 (15.32%) Git
2 15 (4.34%) Jenkins
3 10 (2.89%) GitLab
4 8 (2.31%) Claude Code
5 7 (2.02%) Visual Studio Code
6 6 (1.73%) Bitbucket
7 5 (1.45%) JIRA
8 3 (0.87%) Eclipse
8 3 (0.87%) IntelliJ
9 2 (0.58%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.58%) Subversion
9 2 (0.58%) Vagrant
10 1 (0.29%) JMeter
10 1 (0.29%) Locust
10 1 (0.29%) PyCharm
General
1 50 (14.45%) Social Skills
2 40 (11.56%) Finance
3 21 (6.07%) Public Sector
4 19 (5.49%) Multimedia
5 17 (4.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 16 (4.62%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (2.89%) Retail
8 9 (2.60%) Banking
9 8 (2.31%) Legal
9 8 (2.31%) Retail Banking
10 7 (2.02%) Manufacturing
10 7 (2.02%) Marketing
11 4 (1.16%) Aerospace
11 4 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.87%) Electronics
12 3 (0.87%) Tech for Good
13 2 (0.58%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.29%) Digital Health
14 1 (0.29%) Health Technology
14 1 (0.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 87 (25.14%) Senior
2 69 (19.94%) Software Engineer
3 65 (18.79%) Developer
4 40 (11.56%) Lead
5 39 (11.27%) AWS Engineer
6 32 (9.25%) Cloud Engineer
7 25 (7.23%) Trainee
8 24 (6.94%) DevOps Engineer
9 23 (6.65%) Senior Developer
10 22 (6.36%) Architect
11 21 (6.07%) Java Developer
12 20 (5.78%) Python Engineer
13 19 (5.49%) Full-Stack Developer
14 18 (5.20%) Senior Software Engineer
15 17 (4.91%) Java Engineer
16 16 (4.62%) Analyst
17 15 (4.34%) AWS Architect
17 15 (4.34%) Lead Software Engineer
18 14 (4.05%) Data Engineer
19 13 (3.76%) AWS DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (17.05%) React
2 41 (11.85%) Node.js
3 33 (9.54%) CSS
4 32 (9.25%) .NET
4 32 (9.25%) HTML
4 32 (9.25%) Spring
5 31 (8.96%) Spring Boot
6 27 (7.80%) REST
7 24 (6.94%) AngularJS
8 14 (4.05%) RESTful
9 13 (3.76%) Django
10 11 (3.18%) Pandas
10 11 (3.18%) Vue
11 10 (2.89%) FastAPI
12 9 (2.60%) NumPy
12 9 (2.60%) scikit-learn
13 8 (2.31%) Laravel
13 8 (2.31%) OAuth
13 8 (2.31%) OAuth2
14 7 (2.02%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 37 (10.69%) Cloud Native
2 26 (7.51%) Distributed Systems
3 15 (4.34%) Product Ownership
4 14 (4.05%) Onboarding
5 12 (3.47%) Public Cloud
6 7 (2.02%) Algorithms
7 6 (1.73%) Greenfield Project
7 6 (1.73%) Management Information System
7 6 (1.73%) Mobile App
8 5 (1.45%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.16%) Enterprise Cloud
9 4 (1.16%) IoT
10 2 (0.58%) AI Agents
10 2 (0.58%) Client/Server
10 2 (0.58%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.58%) Mainframe
10 2 (0.58%) NHS
10 2 (0.58%) Self-Motivation
11 1 (0.29%) EMV
Operating Systems
1 28 (8.09%) Linux
2 15 (4.34%) Windows
3 6 (1.73%) CentOS
3 6 (1.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (1.45%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.16%) Debian
5 4 (1.16%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.58%) Unix
6 2 (0.58%) VMS
7 1 (0.29%) CoreOS
7 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (29.77%) DevOps
2 102 (29.48%) CI/CD
3 101 (29.19%) Agile
3 101 (29.19%) Software Engineering
4 71 (20.52%) Mentoring
5 58 (16.76%) AI
5 58 (16.76%) Infrastructure as Code
5 58 (16.76%) Microservices
6 54 (15.61%) TDD
7 52 (15.03%) Continuous Improvement
7 52 (15.03%) Cybersecurity
8 48 (13.87%) Full-Stack Development
9 39 (11.27%) Problem-Solving
10 36 (10.40%) Containerisation
10 36 (10.40%) Scrum
11 35 (10.12%) Collaborative Culture
12 30 (8.67%) Observability
13 28 (8.09%) Clean Code
13 28 (8.09%) Platform Engineering
14 24 (6.94%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 117 (33.82%) Python
2 81 (23.41%) Java
3 74 (21.39%) JavaScript
4 53 (15.32%) SQL
5 42 (12.14%) TypeScript
6 23 (6.65%) PHP
7 21 (6.07%) C#
8 11 (3.18%) R
9 7 (2.02%) Go
9 7 (2.02%) PowerShell
10 6 (1.73%) C
10 6 (1.73%) Kotlin
11 4 (1.16%) Bash
12 3 (0.87%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.58%) Scala
13 2 (0.58%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.29%) Bicep
14 1 (0.29%) C++
Qualifications
1 44 (12.72%) AWS Certification
1 44 (12.72%) Security Cleared
2 32 (9.25%) SC Cleared
3 25 (7.23%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 23 (6.65%) Azure Certification
5 19 (5.49%) Microsoft Certification
6 16 (4.62%) Degree
7 12 (3.47%) DV Cleared
8 9 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (0.87%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (0.87%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.87%) MBA
9 3 (0.87%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.29%) CISM
10 1 (0.29%) CISSP
10 1 (0.29%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.47%) Data Quality
1 12 (3.47%) PCI DSS
2 7 (2.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (1.73%) NIST
4 5 (1.45%) QA
5 3 (0.87%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.58%) HL7
7 1 (0.29%) GDPR
7 1 (0.29%) WCAG
System Software
1 55 (15.90%) Docker
2 5 (1.45%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (1.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.16%) VMware NSX
3 4 (1.16%) vSphere
4 2 (0.58%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.58%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 73 (21.10%) Terraform
2 61 (17.63%) Kubernetes
3 28 (8.09%) Ansible
4 11 (3.18%) Grafana
5 10 (2.89%) Prometheus
6 4 (1.16%) Puppet
7 3 (0.87%) cPanel
7 3 (0.87%) Nagios
7 3 (0.87%) Plesk
7 3 (0.87%) Rancher
7 3 (0.87%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.58%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.58%) Packer
8 2 (0.58%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.29%) AWS Copilot
9 1 (0.29%) McAfee ePO
9 1 (0.29%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 43 (12.43%) Microsoft
2 24 (6.94%) Adobe
3 12 (3.47%) Apple
4 8 (2.31%) Red Hat
4 8 (2.31%) Splunk
5 7 (2.02%) Google
6 6 (1.73%) Pega
6 6 (1.73%) VMware
7 5 (1.45%) Atlassian
7 5 (1.45%) SolarWinds
8 4 (1.16%) SaltStack
9 3 (0.87%) CrowdStrike
9 3 (0.87%) ServiceNow
9 3 (0.87%) WSO2
10 2 (0.58%) Databricks
10 2 (0.58%) New Relic
10 2 (0.58%) Oracle
11 1 (0.29%) Dynatrace
11 1 (0.29%) Spotify
11 1 (0.29%) Veeam