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

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 6 10
Rank change year-on-year -17 +4 -7
Permanent jobs citing AWS 352 352 584
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 7.48% 17.64% 12.41%
As % of the Cloud Services category 22.54% 39.42% 31.76%
Number of salaries quoted 273 275 479
10th Percentile £36,700 £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 £63,624
% change year-on-year -3.04% +5.36% +1.80%

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 1,562 893 1,839
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 33.18% 44.76% 39.07%
Number of salaries quoted 899 665 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 £84,875 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,000 £85,125
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 10 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 10 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 -12 8 £70,000 +1.00% 3
Altrincham -11 6 £67,500 +28.57% 3
Bolton +22 3 £31,500 - 4
Stockport -6 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 8 (2.27%) Apache
1 8 (2.27%) Apache Spark
2 6 (1.70%) Apache Airflow
2 6 (1.70%) Jupyter
2 6 (1.70%) WordPress
3 5 (1.42%) Apache Solr
4 3 (0.85%) Confluence
4 3 (0.85%) GeoServer
4 3 (0.85%) nginx
4 3 (0.85%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.57%) CICS
5 2 (0.57%) CMS
5 2 (0.57%) JBoss
5 2 (0.57%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.28%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.28%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 9 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (2.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 6 (1.70%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 10 (2.84%) Magento
2 3 (0.85%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 161 (45.74%) Azure
2 64 (18.18%) GCP
3 45 (12.78%) Serverless
4 34 (9.66%) GitHub
5 25 (7.10%) AWS CloudFormation
6 22 (6.25%) Amazon EKS
7 21 (5.97%) SaaS
8 18 (5.11%) AWS Lambda
9 15 (4.26%) Amazon ECS
10 13 (3.69%) Amazon S3
11 10 (2.84%) Azure DevOps
12 9 (2.56%) Amazon EC2
13 8 (2.27%) Amazon OpenSearch
13 8 (2.27%) Anthropic Claude
13 8 (2.27%) OpenShift
14 7 (1.99%) Cloud Computing
14 7 (1.99%) Datadog
14 7 (1.99%) dbt
15 6 (1.70%) GitHub Actions
16 4 (1.14%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 19 (5.40%) Internet
2 8 (2.27%) DNS
3 7 (1.99%) Firewall
3 7 (1.99%) SSL
4 5 (1.42%) AMQP
4 5 (1.42%) HTTP
4 5 (1.42%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.85%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (0.57%) OpenVPN
6 2 (0.57%) SSH
7 1 (0.28%) DHCP
7 1 (0.28%) LAN
7 1 (0.28%) Network Security
7 1 (0.28%) VPN
7 1 (0.28%) VSAN
7 1 (0.28%) WAN
7 1 (0.28%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (7.10%) PostgreSQL
2 24 (6.82%) MongoDB
3 22 (6.25%) NoSQL
4 16 (4.55%) Relational Database
5 14 (3.98%) Elasticsearch
6 13 (3.69%) MySQL
7 9 (2.56%) Neo4j
8 7 (1.99%) Big Data
8 7 (1.99%) Hadoop
9 6 (1.70%) DynamoDB
9 6 (1.70%) SQL Server
10 5 (1.42%) Cloudera CDH
10 5 (1.42%) DocumentDB
11 4 (1.14%) Amazon Redshift
11 4 (1.14%) Data Lake
12 3 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (0.85%) BigQuery
12 3 (0.85%) GIS
12 3 (0.85%) QGIS
12 3 (0.85%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 53 (15.06%) Git
2 14 (3.98%) Jenkins
3 9 (2.56%) GitLab
4 8 (2.27%) Claude Code
5 7 (1.99%) Visual Studio Code
6 6 (1.70%) Bitbucket
7 5 (1.42%) JIRA
8 3 (0.85%) Eclipse
8 3 (0.85%) IntelliJ
9 2 (0.57%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.57%) Subversion
9 2 (0.57%) Vagrant
10 1 (0.28%) JMeter
10 1 (0.28%) Locust
10 1 (0.28%) PyCharm
General
1 51 (14.49%) Social Skills
2 39 (11.08%) Finance
3 20 (5.68%) Public Sector
4 19 (5.40%) Multimedia
5 17 (4.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 16 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
7 11 (3.13%) Retail
8 9 (2.56%) Banking
9 8 (2.27%) Legal
9 8 (2.27%) Retail Banking
10 6 (1.70%) Manufacturing
10 6 (1.70%) Marketing
11 5 (1.42%) Aerospace
12 4 (1.14%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (0.85%) Tech for Good
14 2 (0.57%) Electronics
14 2 (0.57%) Organisational Skills
15 1 (0.28%) Games
15 1 (0.28%) Law
15 1 (0.28%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 89 (25.28%) Senior
2 72 (20.45%) Software Engineer
3 65 (18.47%) Developer
4 40 (11.36%) Lead
5 39 (11.08%) AWS Engineer
6 33 (9.38%) Cloud Engineer
7 25 (7.10%) Trainee
8 24 (6.82%) DevOps Engineer
9 23 (6.53%) Architect
9 23 (6.53%) Senior Developer
10 21 (5.97%) Java Developer
10 21 (5.97%) Python Engineer
11 19 (5.40%) Full-Stack Developer
11 19 (5.40%) Senior Software Engineer
12 17 (4.83%) Java Engineer
13 16 (4.55%) Analyst
14 15 (4.26%) AWS Architect
14 15 (4.26%) Data Engineer
14 15 (4.26%) Lead Software Engineer
15 13 (3.69%) AWS DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (17.90%) React
2 44 (12.50%) Node.js
3 33 (9.38%) .NET
3 33 (9.38%) CSS
3 33 (9.38%) Spring
4 32 (9.09%) HTML
4 32 (9.09%) Spring Boot
5 29 (8.24%) REST
6 25 (7.10%) AngularJS
7 14 (3.98%) Django
7 14 (3.98%) RESTful
8 11 (3.13%) FastAPI
8 11 (3.13%) Pandas
8 11 (3.13%) Vue
9 9 (2.56%) NumPy
9 9 (2.56%) scikit-learn
10 8 (2.27%) Laravel
10 8 (2.27%) OAuth
10 8 (2.27%) OAuth2
11 7 (1.99%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 41 (11.65%) Cloud Native
2 27 (7.67%) Distributed Systems
3 16 (4.55%) Product Ownership
4 14 (3.98%) Onboarding
5 12 (3.41%) Public Cloud
6 7 (1.99%) Algorithms
7 6 (1.70%) Greenfield Project
7 6 (1.70%) Management Information System
7 6 (1.70%) Mobile App
8 5 (1.42%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (1.14%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.14%) Enterprise Cloud
9 4 (1.14%) IoT
10 2 (0.57%) AI Agents
10 2 (0.57%) Client/Server
10 2 (0.57%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.57%) Mainframe
10 2 (0.57%) NHS
10 2 (0.57%) Self-Motivation
11 1 (0.28%) EMV
Operating Systems
1 29 (8.24%) Linux
2 15 (4.26%) Windows
3 7 (1.99%) CentOS
3 7 (1.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (1.42%) Debian
4 5 (1.42%) Ubuntu
4 5 (1.42%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.57%) Unix
5 2 (0.57%) VMS
6 1 (0.28%) CoreOS
6 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (30.11%) DevOps
2 104 (29.55%) CI/CD
2 104 (29.55%) Software Engineering
3 101 (28.69%) Agile
4 71 (20.17%) Mentoring
5 61 (17.33%) Microservices
6 60 (17.05%) AI
6 60 (17.05%) Infrastructure as Code
7 55 (15.63%) TDD
8 53 (15.06%) Continuous Improvement
9 52 (14.77%) Cybersecurity
10 48 (13.64%) Full-Stack Development
11 38 (10.80%) Problem-Solving
12 37 (10.51%) Scrum
13 36 (10.23%) Containerisation
14 35 (9.94%) Collaborative Culture
15 34 (9.66%) Observability
16 29 (8.24%) Platform Engineering
17 28 (7.95%) Clean Code
18 25 (7.10%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 120 (34.09%) Python
2 82 (23.30%) Java
3 75 (21.31%) JavaScript
4 54 (15.34%) SQL
5 44 (12.50%) TypeScript
6 23 (6.53%) PHP
7 22 (6.25%) C#
8 11 (3.13%) R
9 7 (1.99%) Go
9 7 (1.99%) PowerShell
10 6 (1.70%) C
10 6 (1.70%) Kotlin
11 4 (1.14%) Bash
12 3 (0.85%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.57%) Scala
13 2 (0.57%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.28%) Bicep
14 1 (0.28%) C++
Qualifications
1 45 (12.78%) Security Cleared
2 44 (12.50%) AWS Certification
3 34 (9.66%) SC Cleared
4 25 (7.10%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 23 (6.53%) Azure Certification
6 19 (5.40%) Microsoft Certification
7 16 (4.55%) Degree
8 12 (3.41%) DV Cleared
9 9 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (0.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (0.85%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.85%) MBA
10 3 (0.85%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.28%) CISM
11 1 (0.28%) CISSP
11 1 (0.28%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.41%) Data Quality
1 12 (3.41%) PCI DSS
2 7 (1.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (1.70%) NIST
4 5 (1.42%) QA
5 3 (0.85%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.57%) HL7
7 1 (0.28%) GDPR
7 1 (0.28%) WCAG
System Software
1 56 (15.91%) Docker
2 5 (1.42%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (1.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.14%) VMware NSX
3 4 (1.14%) vSphere
4 2 (0.57%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.57%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 75 (21.31%) Terraform
2 63 (17.90%) Kubernetes
3 29 (8.24%) Ansible
4 11 (3.13%) Grafana
5 10 (2.84%) Prometheus
6 5 (1.42%) Puppet
7 3 (0.85%) cPanel
7 3 (0.85%) Nagios
7 3 (0.85%) Plesk
7 3 (0.85%) Rancher
7 3 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.57%) Packer
8 2 (0.57%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.28%) AWS Copilot
9 1 (0.28%) McAfee ePO
9 1 (0.28%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 43 (12.22%) Microsoft
2 24 (6.82%) Adobe
3 12 (3.41%) Apple
4 9 (2.56%) Red Hat
5 8 (2.27%) Google
5 8 (2.27%) Splunk
6 6 (1.70%) Pega
6 6 (1.70%) VMware
7 5 (1.42%) Atlassian
7 5 (1.42%) SaltStack
7 5 (1.42%) SolarWinds
8 3 (0.85%) CrowdStrike
8 3 (0.85%) ServiceNow
8 3 (0.85%) WSO2
9 2 (0.57%) Databricks
9 2 (0.57%) New Relic
9 2 (0.57%) Oracle
10 1 (0.28%) Informatica
10 1 (0.28%) McAfee
10 1 (0.28%) Veeam