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

6 months to
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 10 8
Rank change year-on-year -12 -2 -4
Permanent jobs citing AWS 276 362 453
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 8.89% 13.78% 14.36%
As % of the Cloud Services category 23.06% 35.32% 35.95%
Number of salaries quoted 225 222 374
10th Percentile £29,850 £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 £82,500 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,375 £83,928
North West median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +4.17% -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 1,197 1,025 1,260
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 38.56% 39.02% 39.95%
Number of salaries quoted 639 586 1,118
10th Percentile £28,500 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,418 £60,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year +2.36% +0.80% +2.97%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £85,000
North West median annual salary £55,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +0.91% +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 25 January 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 25 January 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 5 £73,801 +6.48% 8
Bolton +14 3 £31,500 - 10
Oldham -4 1 £65,000 +18.18%
Stockport -9 1 £60,000 -20.00% 16
Altrincham -15 1 - - 3
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 (3.26%) Apache
2 8 (2.90%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.45%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.45%) WordPress
4 2 (0.72%) Apache Solr
4 2 (0.72%) CMS
4 2 (0.72%) JBoss
4 2 (0.72%) nginx
5 1 (0.36%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.36%) FactoryTalk
5 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.36%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.36%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.36%) WinCC
Applications
1 9 (3.26%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (3.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.36%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (3.62%) 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
1 152 (55.07%) Azure
2 52 (18.84%) GCP
3 31 (11.23%) GitHub
4 27 (9.78%) Serverless
5 19 (6.88%) AWS CloudFormation
6 17 (6.16%) SaaS
7 15 (5.43%) AWS Lambda
8 13 (4.71%) Amazon EC2
9 12 (4.35%) Amazon EKS
10 10 (3.62%) Amazon S3
10 10 (3.62%) Microsoft 365
11 8 (2.90%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 8 (2.90%) Amazon ECS
11 8 (2.90%) OpenShift
12 7 (2.54%) Amazon Bedrock
12 7 (2.54%) Azure DevOps
13 6 (2.17%) Amazon OpenSearch
13 6 (2.17%) Entra ID
14 5 (1.81%) OCI
14 5 (1.81%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 23 (8.33%) Internet
2 7 (2.54%) DNS
2 7 (2.54%) Firewall
2 7 (2.54%) SSL
3 6 (2.17%) HTTP
4 4 (1.45%) AMQP
5 3 (1.09%) SSH
5 3 (1.09%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.72%) Network Security
6 2 (0.72%) OpenVPN
7 1 (0.36%) DHCP
7 1 (0.36%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.36%) LAN
7 1 (0.36%) VPN
7 1 (0.36%) VSAN
7 1 (0.36%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (8.70%) MongoDB
1 24 (8.70%) NoSQL
2 19 (6.88%) PostgreSQL
3 13 (4.71%) MySQL
4 12 (4.35%) Elasticsearch
5 10 (3.62%) SQL Server
6 8 (2.90%) Big Data
6 8 (2.90%) Relational Database
7 7 (2.54%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (2.54%) Hadoop
8 6 (2.17%) DynamoDB
8 6 (2.17%) Neo4j
9 4 (1.45%) Amazon Redshift
9 4 (1.45%) Cloudera CDH
10 3 (1.09%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (1.09%) RDBMS
11 2 (0.72%) Apache Iceberg
11 2 (0.72%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.72%) DocumentDB
11 2 (0.72%) Redis
Development Applications
1 44 (15.94%) Git
2 12 (4.35%) Jenkins
3 11 (3.99%) GitLab
4 5 (1.81%) Bitbucket
5 3 (1.09%) CircleCI
5 3 (1.09%) JIRA
6 2 (0.72%) Maven
6 2 (0.72%) Selenium
7 1 (0.36%) Ant
7 1 (0.36%) Appium
7 1 (0.36%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.36%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.36%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.36%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.36%) JMeter
7 1 (0.36%) JUnit
7 1 (0.36%) Postman
7 1 (0.36%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.36%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.36%) Subversion
General
1 68 (24.64%) Social Skills
2 27 (9.78%) Finance
3 23 (8.33%) Multimedia
4 20 (7.25%) Public Sector
5 16 (5.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 15 (5.43%) Analytical Skills
7 11 (3.99%) Marketing
8 8 (2.90%) Legal
9 5 (1.81%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (1.81%) Electronics
9 5 (1.81%) Retail
10 4 (1.45%) Aerospace
10 4 (1.45%) Games
10 4 (1.45%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.45%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.09%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.09%) Tech for Good
12 2 (0.72%) Law
12 2 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.72%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 62 (22.46%) Developer
2 59 (21.38%) Senior
3 52 (18.84%) Software Engineer
4 32 (11.59%) Lead
5 24 (8.70%) Architect
6 23 (8.33%) Trainee
7 19 (6.88%) AWS Engineer
8 16 (5.80%) Analyst
8 16 (5.80%) Senior Software Engineer
9 15 (5.43%) Python Engineer
10 14 (5.07%) Cloud Engineer
10 14 (5.07%) Java Developer
11 13 (4.71%) Software Developer
12 12 (4.35%) Full-Stack Developer
12 12 (4.35%) Senior Developer
13 11 (3.99%) AWS Architect
13 11 (3.99%) Trainee Developer
13 11 (3.99%) Trainee Software Developer
14 10 (3.62%) DevOps Engineer
14 10 (3.62%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (19.20%) React
2 38 (13.77%) .NET
3 37 (13.41%) CSS
4 35 (12.68%) HTML
5 27 (9.78%) Node.js
6 26 (9.42%) AngularJS
7 25 (9.06%) REST
8 23 (8.33%) Spring
9 21 (7.61%) Spring Boot
10 17 (6.16%) RESTful
11 13 (4.71%) Vue
12 12 (4.35%) Django
13 8 (2.90%) .NET Core
13 8 (2.90%) FastAPI
13 8 (2.90%) Hibernate
13 8 (2.90%) Kafka
14 7 (2.54%) Laravel
14 7 (2.54%) RabbitMQ
15 6 (2.17%) AWS CDK
15 6 (2.17%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 44 (15.94%) Cloud Native
2 19 (6.88%) Distributed Systems
3 13 (4.71%) Onboarding
3 13 (4.71%) Public Cloud
4 9 (3.26%) Product Ownership
4 9 (3.26%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (2.90%) AI Agents
6 7 (2.54%) Analytical Mindset
6 7 (2.54%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (1.81%) Clustering
7 5 (1.81%) Driving Licence
8 4 (1.45%) Greenfield Project
8 4 (1.45%) IoT
9 3 (1.09%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (1.09%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.09%) Mobile App
10 2 (0.72%) Client/Server
10 2 (0.72%) NHS
10 2 (0.72%) Private Cloud
10 2 (0.72%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 32 (11.59%) Linux
2 18 (6.52%) Windows
3 7 (2.54%) Debian
3 7 (2.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 7 (2.54%) Ubuntu
4 6 (2.17%) CentOS
5 5 (1.81%) Windows Server
6 3 (1.09%) VMS
7 2 (0.72%) 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 85 (30.80%) CI/CD
2 82 (29.71%) Agile
3 80 (28.99%) Software Engineering
4 68 (24.64%) DevOps
5 63 (22.83%) Mentoring
5 63 (22.83%) Microservices
6 49 (17.75%) Cybersecurity
6 49 (17.75%) Problem-Solving
7 46 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
8 43 (15.58%) AI
9 41 (14.86%) Containerisation
9 41 (14.86%) Infrastructure as Code
10 35 (12.68%) TDD
11 33 (11.96%) Full-Stack Development
12 25 (9.06%) Collaborative Culture
12 25 (9.06%) Roadmaps
13 23 (8.33%) Clean Code
14 21 (7.61%) Scrum
15 20 (7.25%) Coaching
16 19 (6.88%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 85 (30.80%) Python
2 67 (24.28%) JavaScript
3 55 (19.93%) Java
4 40 (14.49%) SQL
5 35 (12.68%) C#
6 32 (11.59%) TypeScript
7 19 (6.88%) PHP
8 12 (4.35%) R
9 7 (2.54%) Bash
9 7 (2.54%) Go
10 6 (2.17%) C
10 6 (2.17%) PowerShell
11 4 (1.45%) Scala
12 3 (1.09%) Kotlin
12 3 (1.09%) Rust
13 1 (0.36%) Bicep
13 1 (0.36%) Groovy
13 1 (0.36%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.36%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 39 (14.13%) AWS Certification
2 35 (12.68%) Security Cleared
3 27 (9.78%) Azure Certification
4 23 (8.33%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 23 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
5 22 (7.97%) SC Cleared
6 14 (5.07%) DV Cleared
7 11 (3.99%) Degree
8 7 (2.54%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.09%) Master's Degree
9 3 (1.09%) MBA
9 3 (1.09%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.36%) CISM
10 1 (0.36%) CISSP
10 1 (0.36%) CREST Certified
10 1 (0.36%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (2.17%) Data Quality
2 6 (2.17%) QA
3 4 (1.45%) Accessibility
3 4 (1.45%) PCI DSS
4 3 (1.09%) HL7
5 2 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.72%) GDPR
5 2 (0.72%) NIST
6 1 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.36%) NCSC
6 1 (0.36%) WCAG
System Software
1 48 (17.39%) Docker
2 8 (2.90%) Active Directory
3 7 (2.54%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.45%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (1.45%) VMware NSX
4 4 (1.45%) vSphere
5 3 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.36%) HDFS
6 1 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 51 (18.48%) Kubernetes
2 47 (17.03%) Terraform
3 29 (10.51%) Ansible
4 12 (4.35%) Grafana
5 10 (3.62%) Prometheus
6 7 (2.54%) Puppet
7 5 (1.81%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (1.09%) cPanel
8 3 (1.09%) Plesk
8 3 (1.09%) Progress Chef
8 3 (1.09%) Rancher
9 2 (0.72%) Nagios
9 2 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.36%) AssetCenter
10 1 (0.36%) AWS Copilot
10 1 (0.36%) McAfee ePO
10 1 (0.36%) Podman
10 1 (0.36%) SCCM
10 1 (0.36%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 47 (17.03%) Microsoft
2 21 (7.61%) Adobe
3 11 (3.99%) Splunk
4 9 (3.26%) Apple
5 7 (2.54%) Google
5 7 (2.54%) Oracle
5 7 (2.54%) Red Hat
5 7 (2.54%) VMware
6 6 (2.17%) SolarWinds
7 5 (1.81%) Atlassian
8 4 (1.45%) SaltStack
8 4 (1.45%) SAP
9 3 (1.09%) Informatica
10 2 (0.72%) Dell
10 2 (0.72%) MuleSoft
10 2 (0.72%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.72%) SnapLogic
11 1 (0.36%) Dynatrace
11 1 (0.36%) New Relic
11 1 (0.36%) Rockwell