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

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 6 10
Rank change year-on-year -17 +4 -7
Permanent jobs citing AWS 361 354 587
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 7.28% 17.34% 12.15%
As % of the Cloud Services category 22.31% 39.42% 31.24%
Number of salaries quoted 277 275 485
10th Percentile £37,100 £45,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £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 £86,450 £83,125 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £85,000
North West median annual salary £65,000 £67,037 £62,783
% change year-on-year -3.04% +6.78% +0.45%

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 1,618 898 1,879
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 32.64% 44.00% 38.90%
Number of salaries quoted 933 666 1,584
10th Percentile £31,400 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,875 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +8.70% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £85,000
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 18 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 18 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 -14 8 £70,000 +3.51% 2
Altrincham -11 6 £67,500 +28.57%
Bolton +19 3 £31,500 - 2
Stockport -8 1 £60,000 -20.00% 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 8 (2.22%) Apache
1 8 (2.22%) Apache Spark
2 7 (1.94%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (1.66%) Jupyter
3 6 (1.66%) WordPress
4 5 (1.39%) Apache Solr
5 3 (0.83%) Confluence
5 3 (0.83%) GeoServer
5 3 (0.83%) nginx
6 2 (0.55%) CICS
6 2 (0.55%) CMS
6 2 (0.55%) JBoss
6 2 (0.55%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.55%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.28%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.28%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 9 (2.49%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (2.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 6 (1.66%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 10 (2.77%) Magento
2 5 (1.39%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 166 (45.98%) Azure
2 67 (18.56%) GCP
3 44 (12.19%) Serverless
4 34 (9.42%) GitHub
5 25 (6.93%) AWS CloudFormation
6 23 (6.37%) SaaS
7 20 (5.54%) Amazon EKS
8 18 (4.99%) AWS Lambda
9 14 (3.88%) Amazon S3
10 13 (3.60%) Amazon ECS
11 10 (2.77%) Azure DevOps
12 9 (2.49%) Anthropic Claude
13 8 (2.22%) Amazon EC2
13 8 (2.22%) Amazon OpenSearch
13 8 (2.22%) Datadog
13 8 (2.22%) OpenShift
14 7 (1.94%) Cloud Computing
14 7 (1.94%) dbt
14 7 (1.94%) GitHub Actions
15 4 (1.11%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 19 (5.26%) Internet
2 8 (2.22%) DNS
2 8 (2.22%) Firewall
3 7 (1.94%) SSL
4 5 (1.39%) AMQP
4 5 (1.39%) HTTP
4 5 (1.39%) TCP/IP
5 4 (1.11%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (0.55%) OpenVPN
6 2 (0.55%) 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 24 (6.65%) MongoDB
2 23 (6.37%) PostgreSQL
3 22 (6.09%) NoSQL
4 14 (3.88%) Elasticsearch
4 14 (3.88%) Relational Database
5 12 (3.32%) MySQL
6 9 (2.49%) Neo4j
7 7 (1.94%) Big Data
7 7 (1.94%) DynamoDB
7 7 (1.94%) Hadoop
7 7 (1.94%) SQL Server
8 5 (1.39%) Amazon Redshift
8 5 (1.39%) Cloudera CDH
8 5 (1.39%) Data Lake
8 5 (1.39%) DocumentDB
9 4 (1.11%) Amazon Athena
10 3 (0.83%) BigQuery
10 3 (0.83%) Flink
10 3 (0.83%) Geospatial Data
10 3 (0.83%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 52 (14.40%) Git
2 13 (3.60%) Jenkins
3 9 (2.49%) Claude Code
3 9 (2.49%) GitLab
4 7 (1.94%) Bitbucket
4 7 (1.94%) Visual Studio Code
5 6 (1.66%) JIRA
6 3 (0.83%) Eclipse
6 3 (0.83%) IntelliJ
7 2 (0.55%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.55%) Subversion
7 2 (0.55%) Vagrant
8 1 (0.28%) JMeter
8 1 (0.28%) Locust
8 1 (0.28%) PyCharm
General
1 52 (14.40%) Social Skills
2 43 (11.91%) Finance
3 20 (5.54%) Public Sector
4 19 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 19 (5.26%) Multimedia
5 17 (4.71%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (3.05%) Retail
7 10 (2.77%) Banking
8 9 (2.49%) Retail Banking
9 8 (2.22%) Legal
10 6 (1.66%) Aerospace
10 6 (1.66%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.39%) Marketing
12 4 (1.11%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.55%) Electronics
13 2 (0.55%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.28%) Advertising
14 1 (0.28%) Games
14 1 (0.28%) Law
14 1 (0.28%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 98 (27.15%) Senior
2 71 (19.67%) Software Engineer
3 64 (17.73%) Developer
4 41 (11.36%) Lead
5 40 (11.08%) AWS Engineer
6 36 (9.97%) Cloud Engineer
7 26 (7.20%) Architect
8 25 (6.93%) Senior Developer
8 25 (6.93%) Trainee
9 24 (6.65%) DevOps Engineer
10 20 (5.54%) Python Engineer
11 19 (5.26%) Analyst
11 19 (5.26%) Java Developer
11 19 (5.26%) Senior Software Engineer
12 18 (4.99%) Data Engineer
12 18 (4.99%) Java Engineer
13 17 (4.71%) AWS Architect
14 16 (4.43%) Full-Stack Developer
15 15 (4.16%) Lead Software Engineer
16 13 (3.60%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (17.17%) React
2 43 (11.91%) Node.js
3 33 (9.14%) .NET
3 33 (9.14%) CSS
4 32 (8.86%) HTML
5 31 (8.59%) Spring
6 30 (8.31%) Spring Boot
7 27 (7.48%) REST
8 23 (6.37%) AngularJS
9 13 (3.60%) Django
9 13 (3.60%) RESTful
10 12 (3.32%) Pandas
11 10 (2.77%) FastAPI
12 9 (2.49%) Kafka
12 9 (2.49%) NumPy
12 9 (2.49%) scikit-learn
12 9 (2.49%) Vue
13 8 (2.22%) OAuth
13 8 (2.22%) OAuth2
14 7 (1.94%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 42 (11.63%) Cloud Native
2 28 (7.76%) Distributed Systems
3 16 (4.43%) Product Ownership
4 14 (3.88%) Onboarding
5 12 (3.32%) Public Cloud
6 7 (1.94%) Algorithms
7 6 (1.66%) Greenfield Project
7 6 (1.66%) Management Information System
7 6 (1.66%) Mobile App
8 5 (1.39%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (1.11%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.11%) Enterprise Cloud
10 3 (0.83%) IoT
11 2 (0.55%) AI Agents
11 2 (0.55%) Client/Server
11 2 (0.55%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (0.55%) Mainframe
11 2 (0.55%) NHS
11 2 (0.55%) Self-Motivation
12 1 (0.28%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 30 (8.31%) Linux
2 15 (4.16%) Windows
3 7 (1.94%) CentOS
3 7 (1.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (1.39%) Debian
4 5 (1.39%) Ubuntu
4 5 (1.39%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.55%) Unix
5 2 (0.55%) VMS
6 1 (0.28%) CoreOS
6 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (29.09%) DevOps
1 105 (29.09%) Software Engineering
2 103 (28.53%) CI/CD
3 100 (27.70%) Agile
4 74 (20.50%) Mentoring
5 63 (17.45%) AI
6 59 (16.34%) Infrastructure as Code
6 59 (16.34%) Microservices
7 58 (16.07%) Cybersecurity
8 55 (15.24%) Continuous Improvement
9 52 (14.40%) TDD
10 44 (12.19%) Full-Stack Development
11 38 (10.53%) Problem-Solving
12 37 (10.25%) Scrum
13 36 (9.97%) Containerisation
14 35 (9.70%) Collaborative Culture
14 35 (9.70%) Observability
15 29 (8.03%) Platform Engineering
16 27 (7.48%) Clean Code
16 27 (7.48%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 122 (33.80%) Python
2 82 (22.71%) Java
3 73 (20.22%) JavaScript
4 59 (16.34%) SQL
5 44 (12.19%) TypeScript
6 22 (6.09%) C#
6 22 (6.09%) PHP
7 11 (3.05%) R
8 7 (1.94%) Go
8 7 (1.94%) PowerShell
9 6 (1.66%) C
9 6 (1.66%) Kotlin
10 5 (1.39%) Bash
11 3 (0.83%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.55%) Scala
12 2 (0.55%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.28%) C++
Qualifications
1 46 (12.74%) AWS Certification
1 46 (12.74%) Security Cleared
2 34 (9.42%) SC Cleared
3 25 (6.93%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 23 (6.37%) Azure Certification
5 19 (5.26%) Microsoft Certification
6 16 (4.43%) Degree
7 13 (3.60%) DV Cleared
8 8 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (1.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (0.83%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.83%) MBA
10 3 (0.83%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.28%) CISM
11 1 (0.28%) CISSP
11 1 (0.28%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (4.16%) Data Quality
1 15 (4.16%) PCI DSS
2 8 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (1.94%) NIST
4 4 (1.11%) QA
5 3 (0.83%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.55%) HL7
7 1 (0.28%) GDPR
7 1 (0.28%) WCAG
System Software
1 56 (15.51%) Docker
2 5 (1.39%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (1.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.11%) VMware NSX
3 4 (1.11%) vSphere
4 2 (0.55%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.55%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 75 (20.78%) Terraform
2 61 (16.90%) Kubernetes
3 27 (7.48%) Ansible
4 13 (3.60%) Grafana
5 12 (3.32%) Prometheus
6 5 (1.39%) Puppet
7 3 (0.83%) cPanel
7 3 (0.83%) Nagios
7 3 (0.83%) Plesk
7 3 (0.83%) Rancher
7 3 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.55%) Packer
8 2 (0.55%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.28%) AWS Copilot
9 1 (0.28%) McAfee ePO
9 1 (0.28%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 46 (12.74%) Microsoft
2 26 (7.20%) Adobe
3 14 (3.88%) Apple
4 9 (2.49%) Red Hat
5 8 (2.22%) Google
6 7 (1.94%) Splunk
7 6 (1.66%) VMware
8 5 (1.39%) Atlassian
8 5 (1.39%) Pega
8 5 (1.39%) SaltStack
8 5 (1.39%) ServiceNow
8 5 (1.39%) SolarWinds
9 3 (0.83%) CrowdStrike
10 2 (0.55%) Databricks
10 2 (0.55%) New Relic
10 2 (0.55%) Oracle
10 2 (0.55%) WSO2
11 1 (0.28%) Informatica
11 1 (0.28%) McAfee
11 1 (0.28%) Veeam