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

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 6 10
Rank change year-on-year -18 +4 -7
Permanent jobs citing AWS 362 354 587
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 7.21% 17.23% 12.16%
As % of the Cloud Services category 22.13% 39.16% 31.21%
Number of salaries quoted 278 274 486
10th Percentile £37,200 £45,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,125 £52,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,037 £63,624
Median % change year-on-year +4.42% +5.36% +1.80%
75th Percentile £86,088 £83,438 £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 1,636 904 1,881
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 32.60% 43.99% 38.96%
Number of salaries quoted 943 669 1,582
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £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 21 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 21 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% 3
Altrincham -10 6 £67,500 +28.57% 1
Bolton +20 3 £31,500 - 3
Stockport -8 1 £60,000 -20.00% 6
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 7 (1.93%) Apache
1 7 (1.93%) Apache Airflow
1 7 (1.93%) Apache Spark
2 6 (1.66%) Jupyter
2 6 (1.66%) WordPress
3 5 (1.38%) Apache Solr
4 3 (0.83%) Confluence
4 3 (0.83%) GeoServer
4 3 (0.83%) nginx
5 2 (0.55%) CICS
5 2 (0.55%) CMS
5 2 (0.55%) JBoss
5 2 (0.55%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.55%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.28%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
6 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 (2.76%) Magento
2 6 (1.66%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 167 (46.13%) Azure
2 66 (18.23%) GCP
3 42 (11.60%) Serverless
4 35 (9.67%) GitHub
5 24 (6.63%) AWS CloudFormation
5 24 (6.63%) SaaS
6 18 (4.97%) Amazon EKS
6 18 (4.97%) AWS Lambda
7 15 (4.14%) Amazon S3
8 11 (3.04%) Amazon ECS
9 10 (2.76%) Azure DevOps
10 9 (2.49%) Anthropic Claude
11 8 (2.21%) Amazon EC2
11 8 (2.21%) Amazon OpenSearch
12 7 (1.93%) Cloud Computing
12 7 (1.93%) Datadog
12 7 (1.93%) dbt
12 7 (1.93%) GitHub Actions
12 7 (1.93%) OpenShift
13 5 (1.38%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 19 (5.25%) Internet
2 8 (2.21%) DNS
2 8 (2.21%) Firewall
3 7 (1.93%) SSL
4 5 (1.38%) HTTP
4 5 (1.38%) TCP/IP
5 4 (1.10%) AMQP
5 4 (1.10%) 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 23 (6.35%) MongoDB
2 22 (6.08%) NoSQL
3 21 (5.80%) PostgreSQL
4 14 (3.87%) Elasticsearch
5 12 (3.31%) Relational Database
6 11 (3.04%) MySQL
7 9 (2.49%) Neo4j
8 7 (1.93%) DynamoDB
8 7 (1.93%) SQL Server
9 6 (1.66%) Amazon Redshift
9 6 (1.66%) Big Data
9 6 (1.66%) Hadoop
10 5 (1.38%) Amazon Athena
10 5 (1.38%) Data Lake
10 5 (1.38%) DocumentDB
11 4 (1.10%) Cloudera CDH
11 4 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
12 3 (0.83%) Geospatial Data
12 3 (0.83%) GIS
12 3 (0.83%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 52 (14.36%) Git
2 12 (3.31%) Jenkins
3 9 (2.49%) Claude Code
3 9 (2.49%) GitLab
4 8 (2.21%) Bitbucket
5 7 (1.93%) Visual Studio Code
6 6 (1.66%) JIRA
7 3 (0.83%) Eclipse
7 3 (0.83%) IntelliJ
8 2 (0.55%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.55%) Subversion
8 2 (0.55%) Vagrant
9 1 (0.28%) JMeter
9 1 (0.28%) Locust
9 1 (0.28%) Maven
9 1 (0.28%) PyCharm
General
1 53 (14.64%) Social Skills
2 42 (11.60%) Finance
3 21 (5.80%) Public Sector
4 20 (5.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 19 (5.25%) Multimedia
6 17 (4.70%) Analytical Skills
7 11 (3.04%) Retail
8 10 (2.76%) Banking
9 9 (2.49%) Retail Banking
10 8 (2.21%) Legal
11 6 (1.66%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.38%) Aerospace
12 5 (1.38%) Marketing
13 4 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.55%) Electronics
14 2 (0.55%) Organisational Skills
15 1 (0.28%) Digital Health
15 1 (0.28%) Health Technology
15 1 (0.28%) Law
15 1 (0.28%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 99 (27.35%) Senior
2 70 (19.34%) Software Engineer
3 65 (17.96%) Developer
4 41 (11.33%) AWS Engineer
4 41 (11.33%) Lead
5 36 (9.94%) Cloud Engineer
6 27 (7.46%) Architect
6 27 (7.46%) Senior Developer
7 25 (6.91%) Trainee
8 24 (6.63%) DevOps Engineer
9 19 (5.25%) Analyst
9 19 (5.25%) Data Engineer
9 19 (5.25%) Python Engineer
10 18 (4.97%) Java Developer
10 18 (4.97%) Java Engineer
10 18 (4.97%) Senior Software Engineer
11 17 (4.70%) AWS Architect
12 15 (4.14%) Full-Stack Developer
12 15 (4.14%) Lead Software Engineer
13 13 (3.59%) Senior Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (17.40%) React
2 43 (11.88%) Node.js
3 34 (9.39%) .NET
4 33 (9.12%) CSS
5 32 (8.84%) HTML
6 30 (8.29%) Spring
7 29 (8.01%) Spring Boot
8 24 (6.63%) REST
9 21 (5.80%) AngularJS
10 13 (3.59%) RESTful
11 12 (3.31%) Django
11 12 (3.31%) Pandas
12 10 (2.76%) Kafka
13 9 (2.49%) FastAPI
13 9 (2.49%) NumPy
13 9 (2.49%) scikit-learn
13 9 (2.49%) Vue
14 8 (2.21%) OAuth
14 8 (2.21%) OAuth2
15 7 (1.93%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 40 (11.05%) Cloud Native
2 29 (8.01%) Distributed Systems
3 16 (4.42%) Product Ownership
4 14 (3.87%) Onboarding
5 12 (3.31%) Public Cloud
6 8 (2.21%) Greenfield Project
7 7 (1.93%) Algorithms
8 6 (1.66%) Management Information System
8 6 (1.66%) Mobile App
9 5 (1.38%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (1.10%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (1.10%) Enterprise Cloud
11 3 (0.83%) IoT
12 2 (0.55%) AI Agents
12 2 (0.55%) Client/Server
12 2 (0.55%) Legacy Systems
12 2 (0.55%) Mainframe
12 2 (0.55%) NHS
12 2 (0.55%) Self-Motivation
13 1 (0.28%) EMV
Operating Systems
1 29 (8.01%) Linux
2 15 (4.14%) Windows
3 6 (1.66%) CentOS
3 6 (1.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (1.38%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.10%) Debian
5 4 (1.10%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.55%) Unix
6 2 (0.55%) VMS
7 1 (0.28%) CoreOS
7 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (29.28%) CI/CD
2 105 (29.01%) DevOps
3 104 (28.73%) Software Engineering
4 100 (27.62%) Agile
5 76 (20.99%) Mentoring
6 65 (17.96%) AI
7 59 (16.30%) Cybersecurity
7 59 (16.30%) Infrastructure as Code
7 59 (16.30%) Microservices
8 57 (15.75%) Continuous Improvement
9 51 (14.09%) TDD
10 43 (11.88%) Full-Stack Development
11 39 (10.77%) Problem-Solving
12 36 (9.94%) Containerisation
12 36 (9.94%) Scrum
13 35 (9.67%) Collaborative Culture
13 35 (9.67%) Observability
14 30 (8.29%) Platform Engineering
15 28 (7.73%) Decision-Making
15 28 (7.73%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 122 (33.70%) Python
2 81 (22.38%) Java
3 71 (19.61%) JavaScript
4 60 (16.57%) SQL
5 46 (12.71%) TypeScript
6 23 (6.35%) C#
7 22 (6.08%) PHP
8 11 (3.04%) R
9 7 (1.93%) C
9 7 (1.93%) Go
10 6 (1.66%) Kotlin
10 6 (1.66%) PowerShell
11 5 (1.38%) Bash
12 3 (0.83%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.55%) Scala
13 2 (0.55%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.28%) C++
Qualifications
1 47 (12.98%) AWS Certification
2 46 (12.71%) Security Cleared
3 33 (9.12%) SC Cleared
4 25 (6.91%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 23 (6.35%) Azure Certification
6 19 (5.25%) Microsoft Certification
7 16 (4.42%) Degree
8 13 (3.59%) DV Cleared
9 8 (2.21%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (1.66%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (0.83%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.83%) MBA
11 3 (0.83%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (0.28%) CISM
12 1 (0.28%) CISSP
12 1 (0.28%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (4.14%) Data Quality
1 15 (4.14%) PCI DSS
2 8 (2.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (1.93%) NIST
4 4 (1.10%) QA
5 3 (0.83%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.28%) GDPR
6 1 (0.28%) HL7
6 1 (0.28%) WCAG
System Software
1 55 (15.19%) Docker
2 5 (1.38%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.10%) VMware NSX
3 4 (1.10%) vSphere
4 2 (0.55%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.55%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 74 (20.44%) Terraform
2 59 (16.30%) Kubernetes
3 25 (6.91%) Ansible
4 13 (3.59%) Grafana
5 12 (3.31%) Prometheus
6 4 (1.10%) 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 47 (12.98%) Microsoft
2 27 (7.46%) Adobe
3 15 (4.14%) Apple
4 8 (2.21%) Red Hat
5 7 (1.93%) Google
5 7 (1.93%) Splunk
6 6 (1.66%) ServiceNow
6 6 (1.66%) VMware
7 5 (1.38%) Atlassian
7 5 (1.38%) Pega
7 5 (1.38%) SolarWinds
8 4 (1.10%) SaltStack
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