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 18 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 10 8
Rank change year-on-year -11 -2 -4
Permanent jobs citing AWS 293 359 502
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 8.37% 14.33% 13.82%
As % of the Cloud Services category 22.87% 35.72% 35.08%
Number of salaries quoted 237 235 425
10th Percentile £31,875 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,750 £65,000 £61,206
Median % change year-on-year +2.69% +6.20% +2.01%
75th Percentile £83,750 £78,125 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,017 £85,000
North West median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £61,206
% change year-on-year -3.85% +6.20% +0.34%

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 1,281 1,005 1,431
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 36.60% 40.12% 39.40%
Number of salaries quoted 706 590 1,267
10th Percentile £29,125 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,375 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,969 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.28% +4.35% -
75th Percentile £78,790 £76,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £91,250 £85,000
North West median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% -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 18 February 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 18 February 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 0 8 £71,940 +3.80% 7
Bolton +18 3 £31,500 - 1
Altrincham -14 3 £67,500 +28.57% 2
Stockport -11 1 £60,000 -17.24% 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 9 (3.07%) Apache
2 8 (2.73%) Apache Spark
3 5 (1.71%) Jupyter
4 4 (1.37%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.37%) WordPress
5 3 (1.02%) JBoss
5 3 (1.02%) nginx
6 2 (0.68%) Apache Solr
6 2 (0.68%) CMS
7 1 (0.34%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.34%) FactoryTalk
7 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.34%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.34%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.34%) WinCC
Applications
1 9 (3.07%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (3.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (1.71%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.34%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (3.41%) Magento
2 1 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.34%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.34%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 149 (50.85%) Azure
2 50 (17.06%) GCP
3 30 (10.24%) GitHub
4 29 (9.90%) Serverless
5 20 (6.83%) AWS CloudFormation
6 17 (5.80%) SaaS
7 15 (5.12%) AWS Lambda
8 14 (4.78%) Amazon EKS
9 13 (4.44%) Amazon EC2
10 11 (3.75%) Amazon S3
11 10 (3.41%) Amazon ECS
12 9 (3.07%) Microsoft 365
13 8 (2.73%) OpenShift
14 7 (2.39%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 7 (2.39%) Amazon OpenSearch
14 7 (2.39%) Azure DevOps
14 7 (2.39%) dbt
15 6 (2.05%) Amazon Bedrock
15 6 (2.05%) Cloud Computing
16 5 (1.71%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 23 (7.85%) Internet
2 7 (2.39%) DNS
2 7 (2.39%) Firewall
2 7 (2.39%) SSL
3 5 (1.71%) HTTP
3 5 (1.71%) TCP/IP
4 4 (1.37%) AMQP
5 3 (1.02%) SSH
6 2 (0.68%) OpenVPN
7 1 (0.34%) DHCP
7 1 (0.34%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.34%) LAN
7 1 (0.34%) Network Security
7 1 (0.34%) VPN
7 1 (0.34%) VSAN
7 1 (0.34%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (6.83%) MongoDB
1 20 (6.83%) PostgreSQL
2 19 (6.48%) NoSQL
3 13 (4.44%) Elasticsearch
3 13 (4.44%) MySQL
4 10 (3.41%) Relational Database
5 8 (2.73%) Big Data
6 7 (2.39%) Hadoop
6 7 (2.39%) SQL Server
7 6 (2.05%) DynamoDB
7 6 (2.05%) Neo4j
8 5 (1.71%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (1.37%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (1.37%) Amazon Redshift
9 4 (1.37%) Cloudera CDH
10 3 (1.02%) Data Lake
10 3 (1.02%) RDBMS
10 3 (1.02%) Redis
11 2 (0.68%) Amazon Athena
11 2 (0.68%) DocumentDB
Development Applications
1 46 (15.70%) Git
2 9 (3.07%) GitLab
2 9 (3.07%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.71%) Bitbucket
3 5 (1.71%) Visual Studio Code
4 3 (1.02%) JIRA
5 2 (0.68%) CircleCI
5 2 (0.68%) Claude Code
5 2 (0.68%) Maven
5 2 (0.68%) Subversion
5 2 (0.68%) Vagrant
6 1 (0.34%) Ant
6 1 (0.34%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.34%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.34%) JMeter
6 1 (0.34%) JUnit
6 1 (0.34%) Locust
6 1 (0.34%) Selenium
6 1 (0.34%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 65 (22.18%) Social Skills
2 31 (10.58%) Finance
3 23 (7.85%) Multimedia
4 21 (7.17%) Public Sector
5 16 (5.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 14 (4.78%) Analytical Skills
7 11 (3.75%) Marketing
8 9 (3.07%) Manufacturing
8 9 (3.07%) Retail
9 8 (2.73%) Legal
10 5 (1.71%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (1.71%) Electronics
11 4 (1.37%) Aerospace
11 4 (1.37%) Games
11 4 (1.37%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.02%) Tech for Good
13 2 (0.68%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.68%) Pharmaceutical
14 1 (0.34%) Law
Job Titles
1 64 (21.84%) Senior
2 59 (20.14%) Developer
3 57 (19.45%) Software Engineer
4 31 (10.58%) Lead
5 28 (9.56%) Trainee
6 25 (8.53%) AWS Engineer
7 23 (7.85%) Architect
8 16 (5.46%) Senior Software Engineer
9 15 (5.12%) Analyst
9 15 (5.12%) DevOps Engineer
10 14 (4.78%) Cloud Engineer
10 14 (4.78%) Java Developer
10 14 (4.78%) Python Engineer
11 13 (4.44%) Software Developer
12 12 (4.10%) Full-Stack Developer
13 11 (3.75%) AWS Architect
13 11 (3.75%) Data Engineer
13 11 (3.75%) Trainee Developer
13 11 (3.75%) Trainee Software Developer
14 10 (3.41%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (18.77%) React
2 37 (12.63%) .NET
2 37 (12.63%) CSS
3 36 (12.29%) HTML
4 29 (9.90%) Node.js
5 26 (8.87%) AngularJS
5 26 (8.87%) Spring
6 24 (8.19%) Spring Boot
7 23 (7.85%) REST
8 17 (5.80%) RESTful
9 12 (4.10%) Django
9 12 (4.10%) Vue
10 9 (3.07%) OAuth
11 8 (2.73%) FastAPI
11 8 (2.73%) OAuth2
12 7 (2.39%) AWS CDK
12 7 (2.39%) Hibernate
12 7 (2.39%) Kafka
12 7 (2.39%) Laravel
12 7 (2.39%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 41 (13.99%) Cloud Native
2 20 (6.83%) Distributed Systems
3 14 (4.78%) Onboarding
4 13 (4.44%) Public Cloud
5 10 (3.41%) Product Ownership
6 8 (2.73%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (2.39%) AI Agents
8 6 (2.05%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (2.05%) Mobile App
9 5 (1.71%) Algorithms
9 5 (1.71%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (1.37%) Driving Licence
10 4 (1.37%) IoT
11 3 (1.02%) Clustering
11 3 (1.02%) Greenfield Project
11 3 (1.02%) Linux Command Line
11 3 (1.02%) Management Information System
12 2 (0.68%) Client/Server
12 2 (0.68%) Cyber Threat
12 2 (0.68%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 31 (10.58%) Linux
2 16 (5.46%) Windows
3 7 (2.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (2.05%) CentOS
4 6 (2.05%) Debian
4 6 (2.05%) Ubuntu
5 5 (1.71%) Windows Server
6 3 (1.02%) Unix
6 3 (1.02%) VMS
7 1 (0.34%) Android
7 1 (0.34%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.34%) CoreOS
7 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (29.69%) CI/CD
2 85 (29.01%) Software Engineering
3 80 (27.30%) Agile
4 72 (24.57%) Mentoring
5 70 (23.89%) DevOps
6 62 (21.16%) Microservices
7 48 (16.38%) Cybersecurity
8 47 (16.04%) Problem-Solving
9 45 (15.36%) AI
10 43 (14.68%) Continuous Improvement
10 43 (14.68%) TDD
11 42 (14.33%) Infrastructure as Code
12 40 (13.65%) Containerisation
13 38 (12.97%) Full-Stack Development
14 24 (8.19%) Coaching
14 24 (8.19%) Collaborative Culture
15 23 (7.85%) Clean Code
16 21 (7.17%) Machine Learning
16 21 (7.17%) Scrum
16 21 (7.17%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 97 (33.11%) Python
2 71 (24.23%) JavaScript
3 63 (21.50%) Java
4 38 (12.97%) SQL
5 34 (11.60%) TypeScript
6 32 (10.92%) C#
7 21 (7.17%) PHP
8 12 (4.10%) R
9 6 (2.05%) C
9 6 (2.05%) Go
9 6 (2.05%) Kotlin
9 6 (2.05%) PowerShell
10 4 (1.37%) Bash
10 4 (1.37%) Scala
11 3 (1.02%) Rust
12 1 (0.34%) Bicep
12 1 (0.34%) Groovy
12 1 (0.34%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 44 (15.02%) AWS Certification
2 40 (13.65%) Security Cleared
3 28 (9.56%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 27 (9.22%) Azure Certification
4 27 (9.22%) SC Cleared
5 23 (7.85%) Microsoft Certification
6 14 (4.78%) DV Cleared
7 11 (3.75%) Degree
8 7 (2.39%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.02%) Master's Degree
9 3 (1.02%) MBA
9 3 (1.02%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.34%) CISM
10 1 (0.34%) CISSP
10 1 (0.34%) CREST Certified
10 1 (0.34%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.39%) Data Quality
2 6 (2.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (2.05%) QA
3 4 (1.37%) Accessibility
3 4 (1.37%) PCI DSS
4 3 (1.02%) HL7
5 2 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.68%) GDPR
6 1 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.34%) NIST
6 1 (0.34%) WCAG
System Software
1 48 (16.38%) Docker
2 7 (2.39%) Active Directory
3 6 (2.05%) Hyper-V
4 5 (1.71%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (1.37%) VMware NSX
5 4 (1.37%) vSphere
6 3 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.34%) HDFS
7 1 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 51 (17.41%) Kubernetes
2 49 (16.72%) Terraform
3 27 (9.22%) Ansible
4 10 (3.41%) Grafana
5 8 (2.73%) Prometheus
6 7 (2.39%) Puppet
7 4 (1.37%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (1.37%) Progress Chef
8 3 (1.02%) cPanel
8 3 (1.02%) Nagios
8 3 (1.02%) Plesk
8 3 (1.02%) Rancher
8 3 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.68%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.68%) AWS Copilot
9 2 (0.68%) Packer
10 1 (0.34%) AssetCenter
10 1 (0.34%) McAfee ePO
10 1 (0.34%) SCCM
10 1 (0.34%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 50 (17.06%) Microsoft
2 21 (7.17%) Adobe
3 10 (3.41%) Splunk
4 9 (3.07%) Apple
5 8 (2.73%) Google
5 8 (2.73%) Red Hat
6 7 (2.39%) Oracle
6 7 (2.39%) VMware
7 6 (2.05%) Atlassian
8 5 (1.71%) SolarWinds
9 4 (1.37%) SaltStack
9 4 (1.37%) SAP
10 2 (0.68%) Databricks
10 2 (0.68%) Informatica
10 2 (0.68%) New Relic
10 2 (0.68%) Salesforce
11 1 (0.34%) Kepware
11 1 (0.34%) ServiceNow
11 1 (0.34%) Spotify
11 1 (0.34%) WSO2