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

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 6 11
Rank change year-on-year -8 +5 -5
Permanent jobs citing AWS 605 380 509
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 7.84% 16.27% 13.14%
As % of the Cloud Services category 31.78% 44.76% 37.79%
Number of salaries quoted 426 208 243
10th Percentile £50,000 £37,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £58,750 £55,000 £50,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% +4.00% -
75th Percentile £90,000 £80,063 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £91,250 £85,000
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 1,904 849 1,347
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 24.68% 36.34% 34.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,406 570 745
10th Percentile £34,625 £29,500 £35,300
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 £80,000 £75,000 £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 15 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 15 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
Stockport 0 10 £70,000 - 4
Salford -17 9 £100,000 +35.50% 8
Altrincham -4 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 (2.98%) Apache
2 13 (2.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 13 (2.15%) Apache Airflow
3 12 (1.98%) Apache Spark
4 9 (1.49%) IIS
5 8 (1.32%) Confluence
6 5 (0.83%) SharePoint
7 3 (0.50%) nginx
8 1 (0.17%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.17%) JBoss
Applications
1 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 7 (1.16%) Cloudability
2 1 (0.17%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
Cloud Services
1 181 (29.92%) Azure
2 96 (15.87%) GCP
3 84 (13.88%) SaaS
4 72 (11.90%) Serverless
5 66 (10.91%) GitHub
6 49 (8.10%) AWS Lambda
7 39 (6.45%) Amazon S3
8 33 (5.45%) AWS CloudFormation
9 22 (3.64%) Amazon ECS
10 18 (2.98%) dbt
11 16 (2.64%) Azure DevOps
11 16 (2.64%) Datadog
11 16 (2.64%) Microsoft 365
12 15 (2.48%) GitHub Copilot
12 15 (2.48%) Route 53
13 14 (2.31%) GitHub Actions
14 13 (2.15%) Amazon EKS
15 12 (1.98%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 12 (1.98%) PaaS
16 11 (1.82%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 25 (4.13%) DNS
2 20 (3.31%) DHCP
2 20 (3.31%) Firewall
3 15 (2.48%) TCP/IP
4 14 (2.31%) VPN
5 8 (1.32%) LAN
5 8 (1.32%) Network Security
5 8 (1.32%) SAN
6 6 (0.99%) WAN
7 5 (0.83%) Cisco IOS
7 5 (0.83%) VLAN
8 3 (0.50%) AMQP
8 3 (0.50%) IPsec
8 3 (0.50%) SD-WAN
8 3 (0.50%) Software-Defined Networking
8 3 (0.50%) VSAN
9 2 (0.33%) BGP
9 2 (0.33%) DMZ
9 2 (0.33%) Intrusion Detection
9 2 (0.33%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (3.97%) MongoDB
2 23 (3.80%) NoSQL
3 21 (3.47%) PostgreSQL
3 21 (3.47%) SQL Server
4 17 (2.81%) Amazon Redshift
4 17 (2.81%) Relational Database
5 16 (2.64%) DynamoDB
6 15 (2.48%) Data Warehouse
7 11 (1.82%) Elasticsearch
8 9 (1.49%) BigQuery
9 7 (1.16%) Amazon Athena
9 7 (1.16%) Azure SQL Database
9 7 (1.16%) Data Lake
9 7 (1.16%) MySQL
10 6 (0.99%) Power BI
10 6 (0.99%) RDBMS
10 6 (0.99%) Redis
11 5 (0.83%) Big Data
11 5 (0.83%) Chroma
11 5 (0.83%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 57 (9.42%) Git
2 38 (6.28%) Jenkins
3 36 (5.95%) GitLab
4 16 (2.64%) JIRA
5 11 (1.82%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 11 (1.82%) Bitbucket
5 11 (1.82%) Maven
6 9 (1.49%) Claude Code
7 8 (1.32%) Storybook
8 6 (0.99%) Cypress.io
9 5 (0.83%) Postman
10 4 (0.66%) Artifactory
10 4 (0.66%) Cucumber
10 4 (0.66%) Robot Framework
10 4 (0.66%) Vagrant
10 4 (0.66%) Vite
11 3 (0.50%) Selenium
11 3 (0.50%) Visual Studio Code
12 2 (0.33%) Mocha
12 2 (0.33%) Terragrunt
General
1 133 (21.98%) Social Skills
2 47 (7.77%) Analytical Skills
3 39 (6.45%) Finance
4 31 (5.12%) Public Sector
5 27 (4.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 22 (3.64%) Legal
6 22 (3.64%) Publishing
7 16 (2.64%) Documentation Skills
8 14 (2.31%) Retail
9 13 (2.15%) Aviation
10 11 (1.82%) Law
10 11 (1.82%) Marketing
11 10 (1.65%) Health Technology
12 7 (1.16%) Aerospace
12 7 (1.16%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (0.99%) Billing
14 4 (0.66%) iGaming
15 3 (0.50%) Games
16 2 (0.33%) Advertising
16 2 (0.33%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 148 (24.46%) Senior
2 83 (13.72%) Software Engineer
3 81 (13.39%) Architect
4 73 (12.07%) Developer
5 68 (11.24%) AWS Engineer
6 56 (9.26%) Cloud Engineer
7 55 (9.09%) DevOps Engineer
8 54 (8.93%) Data Engineer
9 52 (8.60%) Lead
10 45 (7.44%) Senior Software Engineer
11 35 (5.79%) Senior Developer
12 32 (5.29%) Solutions Architect
13 30 (4.96%) AWS Architect
14 24 (3.97%) Java Engineer
14 24 (3.97%) Security Engineer
15 21 (3.47%) Analyst
15 21 (3.47%) AWS Solution Architect
16 20 (3.31%) Senior Java Engineer
17 19 (3.14%) Cloud Architect
17 19 (3.14%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 121 (20.00%) Terraform
2 82 (13.55%) React
3 54 (8.93%) Node.js
4 48 (7.93%) Spring
5 47 (7.77%) Spring Boot
6 41 (6.78%) .NET
6 41 (6.78%) AngularJS
7 39 (6.45%) Kafka
8 27 (4.46%) REST
9 24 (3.97%) Vue
10 20 (3.31%) CSS
10 20 (3.31%) FastAPI
11 19 (3.14%) Next.js
12 18 (2.98%) HTML
13 17 (2.81%) Middleware
14 16 (2.64%) LangChain
14 16 (2.64%) React Native
15 15 (2.48%) RESTful
16 14 (2.31%) Ruby on Rails
17 13 (2.15%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 148 (24.46%) Cloud Native
2 34 (5.62%) Distributed Systems
3 27 (4.46%) Onboarding
4 23 (3.80%) AI Agents
5 22 (3.64%) Product Ownership
6 15 (2.48%) Mobile App
7 12 (1.98%) Media Streaming
7 12 (1.98%) Podcast
8 11 (1.82%) Marketing Technology
9 10 (1.65%) Greenfield Project
10 9 (1.49%) Virtual Team
11 8 (1.32%) Data Centre
11 8 (1.32%) Security Posture
11 8 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (1.16%) Public Cloud
13 6 (0.99%) Data Structures
13 6 (0.99%) Driving Licence
13 6 (0.99%) Enterprise Storage
13 6 (0.99%) Hybrid Cloud
14 5 (0.83%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 37 (6.12%) Linux
2 27 (4.46%) Windows
3 16 (2.64%) Windows Server
4 12 (1.98%) CentOS
5 11 (1.82%) macOS
5 11 (1.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (1.16%) Unix
7 3 (0.50%) CoreOS
7 3 (0.50%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.50%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.50%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.33%) Android
8 2 (0.33%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.33%) Debian
8 2 (0.33%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.33%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.17%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 202 (33.39%) CI/CD
2 181 (29.92%) DevOps
3 172 (28.43%) Software Engineering
4 160 (26.45%) AI
5 151 (24.96%) Agile
6 119 (19.67%) Mentoring
7 115 (19.01%) Continuous Improvement
8 103 (17.02%) Infrastructure as Code
9 100 (16.53%) Microservices
10 93 (15.37%) Problem-Solving
11 74 (12.23%) Observability
11 74 (12.23%) Stakeholder Management
11 74 (12.23%) Test Automation
12 73 (12.07%) Full-Stack Development
13 69 (11.40%) Containerisation
14 68 (11.24%) Roadmaps
15 67 (11.07%) Technical Leadership
16 64 (10.58%) Machine Learning
17 61 (10.08%) Collaborative Culture
18 59 (9.75%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 182 (30.08%) Python
2 114 (18.84%) Java
3 110 (18.18%) SQL
4 88 (14.55%) TypeScript
5 64 (10.58%) JavaScript
6 28 (4.63%) C#
7 25 (4.13%) Bash
8 24 (3.97%) PowerShell
9 22 (3.64%) Go
10 17 (2.81%) Scala
11 15 (2.48%) Ruby
12 8 (1.32%) Kotlin
13 4 (0.66%) 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
1 121 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 84 (13.88%) SC Cleared
3 39 (6.45%) DV Cleared
4 37 (6.12%) Degree
5 21 (3.47%) AWS Certification
6 16 (2.64%) Master's Degree
7 10 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (1.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 7 (1.16%) CISM
9 6 (0.99%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 5 (0.83%) CISA
10 5 (0.83%) CISSP
10 5 (0.83%) CRISC
10 5 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (0.66%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (0.66%) CompTIA Security+
11 4 (0.66%) MBA
12 3 (0.50%) Azure Certification
13 2 (0.33%) CompTIA CySA+
13 2 (0.33%) ECSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (5.12%) Data Quality
2 23 (3.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (3.31%) QA
4 14 (2.31%) Accessibility
4 14 (2.31%) GDPR
5 12 (1.98%) PCI DSS
6 8 (1.32%) WCAG
7 7 (1.16%) NIST
8 5 (0.83%) SOC 2
9 4 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.33%) SLA
12 1 (0.17%) COBIT
12 1 (0.17%) GRC
System Software
1 91 (15.04%) Docker
2 19 (3.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (2.98%) 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 (20.00%) Kubernetes
2 43 (7.11%) Ansible
3 10 (1.65%) Progress Chef
4 9 (1.49%) Grafana
4 9 (1.49%) Prometheus
4 9 (1.49%) 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 66 (10.91%) Microsoft
2 35 (5.79%) Google
3 26 (4.30%) Adobe
4 23 (3.80%) Databricks
5 22 (3.64%) VMware
6 20 (3.31%) Splunk
7 14 (2.31%) Apple
8 10 (1.65%) YouTube
9 9 (1.49%) OpenAI
9 9 (1.49%) Palo Alto
10 8 (1.32%) Atlassian
10 8 (1.32%) Cisco
11 7 (1.16%) Red Hat
11 7 (1.16%) ServiceNow
12 6 (0.99%) Mistral
13 5 (0.83%) Okta
14 4 (0.66%) F5
15 3 (0.50%) Dynatrace
15 3 (0.50%) McAfee
15 3 (0.50%) New Relic