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

6 months to
16 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 11 7
Rank change year-on-year -9 -4 -3
Permanent jobs citing AWS 269 361 396
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 9.06% 13.52% 15.58%
As % of the Cloud Services category 22.95% 34.95% 37.61%
Number of salaries quoted 220 213 314
10th Percentile £29,750 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,750
Median % change year-on-year - +7.00% -6.54%
75th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £88,500 £82,500
North West median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +4.17% -7.34%

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 1,172 1,033 1,053
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 39.47% 38.67% 41.42%
Number of salaries quoted 623 585 915
10th Percentile £29,750 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,875 £45,000 £44,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.62%
75th Percentile £77,500 £74,144 £75,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £87,500 £86,250
North West median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £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 16 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 16 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% 6
Bolton +10 3 £31,500 - 11
Oldham -5 1 £65,000 +18.18%
Stockport -10 1 £60,000 -20.00% 15
Altrincham -16 1 - - 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 9 (3.35%) Apache
2 8 (2.97%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.49%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.49%) WordPress
4 2 (0.74%) Apache Solr
4 2 (0.74%) JBoss
4 2 (0.74%) nginx
5 1 (0.37%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.37%) CMS
5 1 (0.37%) FactoryTalk
5 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.37%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.37%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.37%) WinCC
Applications
1 9 (3.35%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (3.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.37%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (3.72%) Magento
2 1 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.37%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.37%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 148 (55.02%) Azure
2 53 (19.70%) GCP
3 31 (11.52%) GitHub
4 26 (9.67%) Serverless
5 18 (6.69%) AWS CloudFormation
5 18 (6.69%) SaaS
6 15 (5.58%) AWS Lambda
7 14 (5.20%) Amazon EC2
8 12 (4.46%) Amazon EKS
9 11 (4.09%) Amazon S3
10 10 (3.72%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 10 (3.72%) Microsoft 365
11 9 (3.35%) Amazon ECS
12 8 (2.97%) OpenShift
13 7 (2.60%) Amazon Bedrock
13 7 (2.60%) Azure DevOps
14 6 (2.23%) Amazon OpenSearch
14 6 (2.23%) Entra ID
15 5 (1.86%) OCI
15 5 (1.86%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 23 (8.55%) Internet
2 7 (2.60%) Firewall
2 7 (2.60%) SSL
3 6 (2.23%) DNS
3 6 (2.23%) HTTP
4 4 (1.49%) AMQP
5 3 (1.12%) SSH
6 2 (0.74%) Network Security
6 2 (0.74%) OpenVPN
6 2 (0.74%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.37%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.37%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (9.67%) NoSQL
2 24 (8.92%) MongoDB
3 19 (7.06%) PostgreSQL
4 15 (5.58%) MySQL
5 11 (4.09%) Elasticsearch
5 11 (4.09%) SQL Server
6 8 (2.97%) Big Data
7 7 (2.60%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (2.60%) Hadoop
7 7 (2.60%) Relational Database
8 6 (2.23%) DynamoDB
9 5 (1.86%) Neo4j
10 4 (1.49%) Amazon Redshift
10 4 (1.49%) Cloudera CDH
11 3 (1.12%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (1.12%) RDBMS
11 3 (1.12%) Redis
12 2 (0.74%) Apache Iceberg
12 2 (0.74%) Data Lake
12 2 (0.74%) DocumentDB
Development Applications
1 44 (16.36%) Git
2 14 (5.20%) Jenkins
3 11 (4.09%) GitLab
4 5 (1.86%) Bitbucket
5 3 (1.12%) CircleCI
5 3 (1.12%) JIRA
6 2 (0.74%) Maven
6 2 (0.74%) Selenium
7 1 (0.37%) Ant
7 1 (0.37%) Appium
7 1 (0.37%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.37%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.37%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.37%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.37%) JMeter
7 1 (0.37%) JUnit
7 1 (0.37%) Locust
7 1 (0.37%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.37%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.37%) Subversion
General
1 68 (25.28%) Social Skills
2 25 (9.29%) Finance
3 23 (8.55%) Multimedia
4 20 (7.43%) Public Sector
5 16 (5.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 15 (5.58%) Analytical Skills
7 12 (4.46%) Marketing
8 8 (2.97%) Legal
9 7 (2.60%) Games
10 6 (2.23%) Retail
11 5 (1.86%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (1.86%) Electronics
12 4 (1.49%) Aerospace
12 4 (1.49%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.49%) Telecoms
13 3 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (1.12%) Tech for Good
14 2 (0.74%) Law
14 2 (0.74%) Pharmaceutical
15 1 (0.37%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 61 (22.68%) Developer
2 58 (21.56%) Senior
3 51 (18.96%) Software Engineer
4 32 (11.90%) Lead
5 24 (8.92%) Architect
6 23 (8.55%) Trainee
7 18 (6.69%) AWS Engineer
8 16 (5.95%) Analyst
8 16 (5.95%) Senior Software Engineer
9 14 (5.20%) Python Engineer
9 14 (5.20%) Software Developer
10 13 (4.83%) Java Developer
11 12 (4.46%) Cloud Engineer
12 11 (4.09%) AWS Architect
12 11 (4.09%) Lead Developer
12 11 (4.09%) Trainee Developer
12 11 (4.09%) Trainee Software Developer
13 10 (3.72%) .NET Developer
13 10 (3.72%) Senior Developer
14 9 (3.35%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (17.84%) React
2 43 (15.99%) .NET
3 38 (14.13%) CSS
4 36 (13.38%) HTML
5 26 (9.67%) AngularJS
6 25 (9.29%) Node.js
7 24 (8.92%) REST
8 22 (8.18%) Spring
9 20 (7.43%) Spring Boot
10 19 (7.06%) RESTful
11 11 (4.09%) Django
12 10 (3.72%) Vue
13 9 (3.35%) .NET Core
14 8 (2.97%) Kafka
14 8 (2.97%) RabbitMQ
15 7 (2.60%) FastAPI
15 7 (2.60%) Hibernate
16 6 (2.23%) JSON
17 5 (1.86%) Elastic Stack
17 5 (1.86%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 44 (16.36%) Cloud Native
2 19 (7.06%) Distributed Systems
3 13 (4.83%) Onboarding
3 13 (4.83%) Public Cloud
4 9 (3.35%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (2.97%) AI Agents
5 8 (2.97%) Product Ownership
6 7 (2.60%) Analytical Mindset
6 7 (2.60%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (1.86%) Clustering
7 5 (1.86%) Driving Licence
8 4 (1.49%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.12%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.12%) IoT
9 3 (1.12%) Mobile App
10 2 (0.74%) Legacy Code
10 2 (0.74%) Linux Command Line
10 2 (0.74%) Private Cloud
10 2 (0.74%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 31 (11.52%) Linux
2 17 (6.32%) Windows
3 7 (2.60%) Debian
3 7 (2.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 7 (2.60%) Ubuntu
4 5 (1.86%) CentOS
5 4 (1.49%) Windows Server
6 3 (1.12%) Unix
6 3 (1.12%) VMS
7 1 (0.37%) Android
7 1 (0.37%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (32.34%) CI/CD
2 81 (30.11%) Agile
3 79 (29.37%) Software Engineering
4 71 (26.39%) DevOps
5 65 (24.16%) Mentoring
6 63 (23.42%) Microservices
7 47 (17.47%) Cybersecurity
8 46 (17.10%) AI
8 46 (17.10%) Problem-Solving
9 45 (16.73%) Continuous Improvement
10 44 (16.36%) Containerisation
11 42 (15.61%) Infrastructure as Code
12 32 (11.90%) TDD
13 30 (11.15%) Full-Stack Development
14 28 (10.41%) Roadmaps
15 24 (8.92%) Clean Code
15 24 (8.92%) Collaborative Culture
16 21 (7.81%) Coaching
17 20 (7.43%) Scrum
18 19 (7.06%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 82 (30.48%) Python
2 63 (23.42%) JavaScript
3 52 (19.33%) Java
4 43 (15.99%) SQL
5 41 (15.24%) C#
6 28 (10.41%) TypeScript
7 16 (5.95%) PHP
8 12 (4.46%) R
9 7 (2.60%) Bash
9 7 (2.60%) Go
10 5 (1.86%) C
10 5 (1.86%) PowerShell
11 4 (1.49%) Scala
12 3 (1.12%) Kotlin
12 3 (1.12%) Rust
13 1 (0.37%) Bicep
13 1 (0.37%) Groovy
13 1 (0.37%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.37%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.37%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 40 (14.87%) AWS Certification
2 32 (11.90%) Security Cleared
3 28 (10.41%) Azure Certification
4 23 (8.55%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 23 (8.55%) Microsoft Certification
4 23 (8.55%) SC Cleared
5 13 (4.83%) DV Cleared
6 11 (4.09%) Degree
7 7 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.12%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.12%) MBA
8 3 (1.12%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.37%) CISM
9 1 (0.37%) CISSP
9 1 (0.37%) CREST Certified
9 1 (0.37%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (2.23%) Data Quality
2 6 (2.23%) QA
3 4 (1.49%) Accessibility
3 4 (1.49%) PCI DSS
4 3 (1.12%) GDPR
4 3 (1.12%) HL7
4 3 (1.12%) NIST
5 2 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.37%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.37%) NCSC
6 1 (0.37%) WCAG
System Software
1 52 (19.33%) Docker
2 7 (2.60%) Active Directory
3 6 (2.23%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.49%) VMware NSX
4 4 (1.49%) vSphere
5 3 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.74%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.37%) HDFS
7 1 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 52 (19.33%) Kubernetes
2 46 (17.10%) Terraform
3 28 (10.41%) Ansible
4 13 (4.83%) Grafana
5 10 (3.72%) Prometheus
6 7 (2.60%) Puppet
7 5 (1.86%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (1.12%) cPanel
8 3 (1.12%) Plesk
8 3 (1.12%) Progress Chef
8 3 (1.12%) Rancher
9 2 (0.74%) Nagios
9 2 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.37%) AssetCenter
10 1 (0.37%) AWS Copilot
10 1 (0.37%) Podman
10 1 (0.37%) SCCM
Vendors
1 47 (17.47%) Microsoft
2 21 (7.81%) Adobe
3 11 (4.09%) Splunk
4 9 (3.35%) Apple
4 9 (3.35%) Google
5 7 (2.60%) Oracle
5 7 (2.60%) Red Hat
5 7 (2.60%) VMware
6 6 (2.23%) SolarWinds
7 4 (1.49%) SaltStack
7 4 (1.49%) SAP
8 3 (1.12%) Atlassian
8 3 (1.12%) Dell
8 3 (1.12%) Informatica
9 2 (0.74%) MuleSoft
9 2 (0.74%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.74%) SnapLogic
10 1 (0.37%) Dynatrace
10 1 (0.37%) New Relic
10 1 (0.37%) Rockwell