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

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 10 8
Rank change year-on-year -10 -2 -4
Permanent jobs citing AWS 280 355 498
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 8.38% 14.00% 13.84%
As % of the Cloud Services category 22.76% 35.22% 35.32%
Number of salaries quoted 227 229 417
10th Percentile £29,900 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,500
Median % change year-on-year - +7.44% -3.20%
75th Percentile £83,125 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £94,022 £84,951
North West median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -4.00%

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 1,230 1,008 1,410
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 36.82% 39.76% 39.18%
Number of salaries quoted 664 587 1,256
10th Percentile £28,325 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,188 £45,125 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £85,000
North West median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +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 10 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 10 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 +1 7 £70,079 +1.11% 9
Bolton +16 3 £31,500 - 1
Altrincham -16 2 £67,500 +28.57% 2
Oldham -5 1 £65,000 +18.18%
Stockport -10 1 £60,000 -20.00% 4
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 (3.21%) Apache
2 8 (2.86%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.43%) WordPress
4 3 (1.07%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (1.07%) JBoss
4 3 (1.07%) nginx
5 2 (0.71%) Apache Solr
5 2 (0.71%) CMS
5 2 (0.71%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.36%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.36%) FactoryTalk
6 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.36%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.36%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.36%) WinCC
Applications
1 9 (3.21%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (3.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.71%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.36%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (3.57%) Magento
2 1 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.36%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.36%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 153 (54.64%) Azure
2 51 (18.21%) GCP
3 30 (10.71%) GitHub
4 28 (10.00%) Serverless
5 18 (6.43%) AWS CloudFormation
6 17 (6.07%) SaaS
7 15 (5.36%) AWS Lambda
8 12 (4.29%) Amazon EC2
8 12 (4.29%) Amazon EKS
9 10 (3.57%) Amazon S3
9 10 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
10 8 (2.86%) Amazon ECS
10 8 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (2.86%) OpenShift
11 7 (2.50%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 6 (2.14%) Amazon Bedrock
12 6 (2.14%) Amazon OpenSearch
12 6 (2.14%) dbt
12 6 (2.14%) Entra ID
13 5 (1.79%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 23 (8.21%) Internet
2 7 (2.50%) Firewall
2 7 (2.50%) SSL
3 6 (2.14%) DNS
4 5 (1.79%) HTTP
5 4 (1.43%) AMQP
6 3 (1.07%) SSH
6 3 (1.07%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.71%) Network Security
7 2 (0.71%) OpenVPN
8 1 (0.36%) DHCP
8 1 (0.36%) Ethernet
8 1 (0.36%) LAN
8 1 (0.36%) VPN
8 1 (0.36%) VSAN
8 1 (0.36%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (6.79%) MongoDB
1 19 (6.79%) NoSQL
2 18 (6.43%) PostgreSQL
3 13 (4.64%) MySQL
4 12 (4.29%) Elasticsearch
5 8 (2.86%) Big Data
5 8 (2.86%) Relational Database
6 7 (2.50%) Hadoop
6 7 (2.50%) SQL Server
7 6 (2.14%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (2.14%) DynamoDB
7 6 (2.14%) Neo4j
8 4 (1.43%) Amazon Redshift
8 4 (1.43%) Cloudera CDH
9 3 (1.07%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (1.07%) Data Lake
9 3 (1.07%) RDBMS
10 2 (0.71%) Amazon Athena
10 2 (0.71%) Apache Iceberg
10 2 (0.71%) DocumentDB
Development Applications
1 45 (16.07%) Git
2 10 (3.57%) Jenkins
3 9 (3.21%) GitLab
4 5 (1.79%) Bitbucket
5 3 (1.07%) JIRA
6 2 (0.71%) CircleCI
6 2 (0.71%) Claude Code
6 2 (0.71%) Maven
6 2 (0.71%) Subversion
6 2 (0.71%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.36%) Ant
7 1 (0.36%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.36%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.36%) JMeter
7 1 (0.36%) JUnit
7 1 (0.36%) Locust
7 1 (0.36%) Selenium
7 1 (0.36%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.36%) Vagrant
General
1 66 (23.57%) Social Skills
2 29 (10.36%) Finance
3 23 (8.21%) Multimedia
4 22 (7.86%) Public Sector
5 16 (5.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 15 (5.36%) Analytical Skills
7 11 (3.93%) Marketing
8 8 (2.86%) Legal
9 6 (2.14%) Manufacturing
9 6 (2.14%) Retail
10 5 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (1.79%) Electronics
11 4 (1.43%) Aerospace
11 4 (1.43%) Games
11 4 (1.43%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.07%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.07%) Tech for Good
13 2 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.71%) Pharmaceutical
14 1 (0.36%) Law
Job Titles
1 61 (21.79%) Developer
2 60 (21.43%) Senior
3 53 (18.93%) Software Engineer
4 33 (11.79%) Lead
5 25 (8.93%) Trainee
6 23 (8.21%) Architect
7 22 (7.86%) AWS Engineer
8 16 (5.71%) Analyst
9 15 (5.36%) Senior Software Engineer
10 14 (5.00%) Cloud Engineer
10 14 (5.00%) Java Developer
11 13 (4.64%) Python Engineer
11 13 (4.64%) Software Developer
12 12 (4.29%) DevOps Engineer
12 12 (4.29%) Full-Stack Developer
13 11 (3.93%) Senior Developer
13 11 (3.93%) Trainee Developer
13 11 (3.93%) Trainee Software Developer
14 10 (3.57%) AWS Architect
14 10 (3.57%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (19.64%) React
2 38 (13.57%) CSS
3 37 (13.21%) .NET
4 36 (12.86%) HTML
5 30 (10.71%) Node.js
6 26 (9.29%) AngularJS
7 25 (8.93%) Spring
8 24 (8.57%) REST
9 23 (8.21%) Spring Boot
10 16 (5.71%) RESTful
11 11 (3.93%) Django
11 11 (3.93%) Vue
12 8 (2.86%) Hibernate
13 7 (2.50%) FastAPI
13 7 (2.50%) Kafka
13 7 (2.50%) Laravel
13 7 (2.50%) OAuth
13 7 (2.50%) RabbitMQ
14 6 (2.14%) AWS CDK
14 6 (2.14%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 42 (15.00%) Cloud Native
2 20 (7.14%) Distributed Systems
3 13 (4.64%) Onboarding
3 13 (4.64%) Public Cloud
4 10 (3.57%) Product Ownership
5 9 (3.21%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (2.50%) AI Agents
6 7 (2.50%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (1.79%) Driving Licence
7 5 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (1.43%) Greenfield Project
8 4 (1.43%) IoT
8 4 (1.43%) Mobile App
9 3 (1.07%) Clustering
9 3 (1.07%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (1.07%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.71%) Algorithms
10 2 (0.71%) Client/Server
10 2 (0.71%) NHS
10 2 (0.71%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 29 (10.36%) Linux
2 16 (5.71%) Windows
3 7 (2.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (2.14%) CentOS
4 6 (2.14%) Debian
4 6 (2.14%) Ubuntu
5 5 (1.79%) Windows Server
6 3 (1.07%) VMS
7 2 (0.71%) Unix
8 1 (0.36%) Android
8 1 (0.36%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.36%) CoreOS
8 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (29.64%) Agile
2 82 (29.29%) CI/CD
2 82 (29.29%) Software Engineering
3 68 (24.29%) DevOps
4 67 (23.93%) Mentoring
5 59 (21.07%) Microservices
6 49 (17.50%) Cybersecurity
7 48 (17.14%) Problem-Solving
8 46 (16.43%) Continuous Improvement
9 43 (15.36%) AI
10 40 (14.29%) Infrastructure as Code
11 39 (13.93%) Containerisation
12 38 (13.57%) Full-Stack Development
12 38 (13.57%) TDD
13 24 (8.57%) Collaborative Culture
14 23 (8.21%) Clean Code
14 23 (8.21%) Coaching
15 22 (7.86%) Scrum
16 21 (7.50%) Roadmaps
16 21 (7.50%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 89 (31.79%) Python
2 71 (25.36%) JavaScript
3 59 (21.07%) Java
4 37 (13.21%) SQL
5 34 (12.14%) TypeScript
6 32 (11.43%) C#
7 19 (6.79%) PHP
8 12 (4.29%) R
9 7 (2.50%) Go
10 6 (2.14%) C
10 6 (2.14%) PowerShell
11 5 (1.79%) Bash
12 4 (1.43%) Kotlin
12 4 (1.43%) Scala
13 3 (1.07%) Rust
14 1 (0.36%) Bicep
14 1 (0.36%) Groovy
14 1 (0.36%) Kusto Query Language
14 1 (0.36%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 41 (14.64%) AWS Certification
2 36 (12.86%) Security Cleared
3 27 (9.64%) Azure Certification
4 25 (8.93%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 24 (8.57%) SC Cleared
6 23 (8.21%) Microsoft Certification
7 13 (4.64%) DV Cleared
8 10 (3.57%) Degree
9 6 (2.14%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.07%) Master's Degree
10 3 (1.07%) MBA
10 3 (1.07%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.36%) CISM
11 1 (0.36%) CISSP
11 1 (0.36%) CREST Certified
11 1 (0.36%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (2.50%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.79%) QA
4 4 (1.43%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.43%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.07%) HL7
6 2 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.71%) GDPR
6 2 (0.71%) NIST
7 1 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.36%) NCSC
7 1 (0.36%) WCAG
System Software
1 45 (16.07%) Docker
2 8 (2.86%) Active Directory
3 7 (2.50%) Hyper-V
4 5 (1.79%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (1.43%) VMware NSX
5 4 (1.43%) vSphere
6 3 (1.07%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.36%) HDFS
7 1 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 49 (17.50%) Kubernetes
2 45 (16.07%) Terraform
3 27 (9.64%) Ansible
4 10 (3.57%) Grafana
5 8 (2.86%) Prometheus
6 7 (2.50%) Puppet
7 5 (1.79%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (1.43%) Progress Chef
9 3 (1.07%) cPanel
9 3 (1.07%) Nagios
9 3 (1.07%) Plesk
9 3 (1.07%) Rancher
9 3 (1.07%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.71%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.36%) AssetCenter
11 1 (0.36%) AWS Copilot
11 1 (0.36%) Packer
11 1 (0.36%) Podman
11 1 (0.36%) SCCM
11 1 (0.36%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 49 (17.50%) Microsoft
2 21 (7.50%) Adobe
3 10 (3.57%) Splunk
4 9 (3.21%) Apple
5 8 (2.86%) Red Hat
6 7 (2.50%) Google
6 7 (2.50%) Oracle
6 7 (2.50%) VMware
7 6 (2.14%) Atlassian
8 5 (1.79%) SolarWinds
9 4 (1.43%) SaltStack
9 4 (1.43%) SAP
10 3 (1.07%) Informatica
11 2 (0.71%) Databricks
11 2 (0.71%) Dell
11 2 (0.71%) MuleSoft
11 2 (0.71%) New Relic
11 2 (0.71%) Salesforce
11 2 (0.71%) SnapLogic
12 1 (0.36%) Spotify