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

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 4 11
Rank change year-on-year -7 +7 -7
Permanent jobs citing AWS 472 461 659
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 7.93% 20.64% 11.85%
As % of the Cloud Services category 28.28% 48.32% 32.12%
Number of salaries quoted 368 261 498
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,037 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.42% +3.13% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £85,000
North West median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £62,783
% change year-on-year +7.69% +3.53% -3.41%

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 1,669 954 2,052
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 28.05% 42.70% 36.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1,243 606 1,647
10th Percentile £33,750 £31,313 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £61,750 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +7.39% -4.17%
75th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £71,991
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,528 £85,000
North West median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +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 6 June 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 6 June 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
Altrincham -1 10 £65,000 - 5
Salford -17 6 £70,000 +3.51% 3
Cheadle -4 4 £63,750 -
Bolton +17 1 £31,500 - 1
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 11 (2.33%) Apache Spark
2 10 (2.12%) Apache
2 10 (2.12%) Apache Airflow
3 8 (1.69%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 6 (1.27%) Jupyter
5 4 (0.85%) Apache Solr
5 4 (0.85%) Confluence
5 4 (0.85%) nginx
6 3 (0.64%) GeoServer
6 3 (0.64%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.42%) CICS
7 2 (0.42%) CMS
7 2 (0.42%) JBoss
7 2 (0.42%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.42%) WordPress
8 1 (0.21%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.21%) IIS
8 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.21%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 7 (1.48%) Chatbot
1 7 (1.48%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (1.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 12 (2.54%) Cloudability
2 10 (2.12%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 195 (41.31%) Azure
2 88 (18.64%) GCP
3 57 (12.08%) Serverless
4 44 (9.32%) GitHub
5 39 (8.26%) SaaS
6 29 (6.14%) Amazon S3
7 25 (5.30%) AWS CloudFormation
8 24 (5.08%) AWS Lambda
9 20 (4.24%) Amazon EKS
10 17 (3.60%) Amazon ECS
10 17 (3.60%) Azure DevOps
11 13 (2.75%) Anthropic Claude
12 10 (2.12%) Pulumi
13 9 (1.91%) dbt
14 8 (1.69%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 8 (1.69%) GitHub Actions
14 8 (1.69%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 7 (1.48%) Amazon EC2
15 7 (1.48%) Cloud Computing
15 7 (1.48%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.33%) DNS
2 10 (2.12%) Firewall
3 8 (1.69%) Internet
4 5 (1.06%) Intrusion Detection
4 5 (1.06%) SSL
4 5 (1.06%) TCP/IP
5 4 (0.85%) DHCP
5 4 (0.85%) Network Security
6 3 (0.64%) AMQP
6 3 (0.64%) HTTP
6 3 (0.64%) VPN
7 2 (0.42%) LAN
8 1 (0.21%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (0.21%) SAN
8 1 (0.21%) VLAN
8 1 (0.21%) VSAN
8 1 (0.21%) WAN
8 1 (0.21%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (4.45%) MongoDB
2 20 (4.24%) NoSQL
2 20 (4.24%) Relational Database
3 17 (3.60%) PostgreSQL
4 12 (2.54%) Elasticsearch
5 11 (2.33%) Data Warehouse
5 11 (2.33%) SQL Server
6 10 (2.12%) Amazon Redshift
7 9 (1.91%) Data Lake
7 9 (1.91%) MySQL
8 8 (1.69%) Big Data
8 8 (1.69%) BigQuery
9 7 (1.48%) Amazon Athena
9 7 (1.48%) DynamoDB
9 7 (1.48%) Neo4j
10 6 (1.27%) RDBMS
11 5 (1.06%) Hadoop
11 5 (1.06%) Power BI
12 4 (0.85%) DocumentDB
12 4 (0.85%) Flink
Development Applications
1 46 (9.75%) Git
2 23 (4.87%) Jenkins
3 16 (3.39%) GitLab
4 13 (2.75%) Claude Code
5 9 (1.91%) Bitbucket
6 7 (1.48%) JIRA
6 7 (1.48%) Visual Studio Code
7 5 (1.06%) Maven
8 3 (0.64%) Eclipse
8 3 (0.64%) IntelliJ
8 3 (0.64%) Storybook
9 2 (0.42%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 2 (0.42%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.42%) Subversion
9 2 (0.42%) Terragrunt
9 2 (0.42%) Vagrant
9 2 (0.42%) Vite
10 1 (0.21%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.21%) Robot Framework
10 1 (0.21%) Selenium
General
1 63 (13.35%) Social Skills
2 54 (11.44%) Finance
3 27 (5.72%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (5.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 23 (4.87%) Public Sector
5 10 (2.12%) Marketing
5 10 (2.12%) Retail
6 9 (1.91%) Banking
6 9 (1.91%) Retail Banking
7 8 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (1.69%) Multimedia
8 7 (1.48%) Health Technology
8 7 (1.48%) Manufacturing
9 4 (0.85%) Aerospace
10 3 (0.64%) Legal
10 3 (0.64%) Publishing
11 2 (0.42%) Advertising
11 2 (0.42%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.42%) Law
12 1 (0.21%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 134 (28.39%) Senior
2 86 (18.22%) Software Engineer
3 72 (15.25%) Developer
4 56 (11.86%) Architect
4 56 (11.86%) Lead
5 55 (11.65%) AWS Engineer
6 49 (10.38%) Cloud Engineer
7 36 (7.63%) Data Engineer
7 36 (7.63%) Senior Developer
8 29 (6.14%) DevOps Engineer
9 28 (5.93%) Senior Software Engineer
10 26 (5.51%) Analyst
11 24 (5.08%) AWS Architect
11 24 (5.08%) Solutions Architect
12 23 (4.87%) Java Engineer
13 21 (4.45%) Full-Stack Developer
13 21 (4.45%) Java Developer
14 20 (4.24%) Lead Software Engineer
14 20 (4.24%) Security Architect
15 18 (3.81%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (15.04%) React
2 58 (12.29%) Node.js
3 42 (8.90%) .NET
4 36 (7.63%) Spring
5 35 (7.42%) Spring Boot
6 30 (6.36%) AngularJS
7 26 (5.51%) CSS
7 26 (5.51%) REST
8 24 (5.08%) HTML
9 20 (4.24%) Kafka
10 18 (3.81%) OAuth
11 17 (3.60%) FastAPI
12 16 (3.39%) Next.js
12 16 (3.39%) RESTful
12 16 (3.39%) Vue
13 14 (2.97%) OAuth2
14 13 (2.75%) Pandas
15 12 (2.54%) OpenID
15 12 (2.54%) PySpark
16 11 (2.33%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 67 (14.19%) Cloud Native
2 34 (7.20%) Distributed Systems
3 21 (4.45%) Product Ownership
4 16 (3.39%) Mobile App
5 14 (2.97%) Onboarding
6 10 (2.12%) AI Agents
7 9 (1.91%) Greenfield Project
7 9 (1.91%) Hybrid Cloud
7 9 (1.91%) Public Cloud
8 8 (1.69%) Marketing Technology
9 7 (1.48%) Algorithms
10 5 (1.06%) Enterprise Cloud
11 4 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (0.85%) Life Science
11 4 (0.85%) Management Information System
12 3 (0.64%) Sports Betting
12 3 (0.64%) Virtual Team
13 2 (0.42%) Culture of Ownership
13 2 (0.42%) Legacy Systems
13 2 (0.42%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 22 (4.66%) Linux
2 14 (2.97%) Windows
3 7 (1.48%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.06%) CentOS
4 5 (1.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.64%) Debian
5 3 (0.64%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.21%) CoreOS
6 1 (0.21%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.21%) Unix
6 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 154 (32.63%) CI/CD
2 134 (28.39%) DevOps
3 124 (26.27%) Software Engineering
4 120 (25.42%) Agile
5 105 (22.25%) AI
6 93 (19.70%) Mentoring
7 87 (18.43%) Infrastructure as Code
8 80 (16.95%) Microservices
9 72 (15.25%) Full-Stack Development
10 64 (13.56%) Continuous Improvement
11 63 (13.35%) TDD
12 55 (11.65%) Cybersecurity
13 51 (10.81%) Problem-Solving
14 49 (10.38%) Test Automation
15 48 (10.17%) Platform Engineering
16 45 (9.53%) Decision-Making
16 45 (9.53%) Event-Driven
17 44 (9.32%) Scrum
18 43 (9.11%) Containerisation
18 43 (9.11%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 158 (33.47%) Python
2 97 (20.55%) Java
3 89 (18.86%) SQL
4 66 (13.98%) JavaScript
5 56 (11.86%) TypeScript
6 28 (5.93%) C#
7 20 (4.24%) PHP
8 15 (3.18%) PowerShell
9 12 (2.54%) Go
10 11 (2.33%) Bash
10 11 (2.33%) Ruby
11 8 (1.69%) Scala
12 7 (1.48%) Kotlin
13 5 (1.06%) R
14 4 (0.85%) C
15 3 (0.64%) PL/SQL
16 2 (0.42%) T-SQL
17 1 (0.21%) C++
Qualifications
1 64 (13.56%) Security Cleared
2 49 (10.38%) SC Cleared
3 39 (8.26%) AWS Certification
4 17 (3.60%) Degree
4 17 (3.60%) DV Cleared
5 15 (3.18%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 12 (2.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 11 (2.33%) Azure Certification
8 8 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (1.48%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.21%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.21%) CREST Certified
10 1 (0.21%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.21%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (5.51%) Data Quality
2 14 (2.97%) PCI DSS
3 12 (2.54%) QA
4 8 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.48%) NIST
6 4 (0.85%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.64%) WCAG
8 2 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.42%) GDPR
9 1 (0.21%) HL7
System Software
1 68 (14.41%) Docker
2 7 (1.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.27%) Active Directory
4 5 (1.06%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.64%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.42%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.42%) vSphere
8 1 (0.21%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 109 (23.09%) Terraform
2 74 (15.68%) Kubernetes
3 29 (6.14%) Ansible
4 12 (2.54%) Grafana
4 12 (2.54%) Prometheus
5 4 (0.85%) Puppet
6 3 (0.64%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.64%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.42%) Argo
7 2 (0.42%) Nagios
7 2 (0.42%) Packer
7 2 (0.42%) Rancher
7 2 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.21%) AWS Copilot
8 1 (0.21%) Istio
8 1 (0.21%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.21%) linkerd
8 1 (0.21%) McAfee ePO
8 1 (0.21%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 54 (11.44%) Microsoft
2 41 (8.69%) Adobe
3 20 (4.24%) Apple
4 12 (2.54%) ServiceNow
5 10 (2.12%) Databricks
5 10 (2.12%) Splunk
6 9 (1.91%) Google
7 8 (1.69%) VMware
8 6 (1.27%) Red Hat
9 5 (1.06%) Atlassian
9 5 (1.06%) Pega
10 3 (0.64%) CrowdStrike
10 3 (0.64%) OpenAI
10 3 (0.64%) SaltStack
10 3 (0.64%) SolarWinds
11 2 (0.42%) New Relic
11 2 (0.42%) Oracle
11 2 (0.42%) WSO2
12 1 (0.21%) Cisco
12 1 (0.21%) Informatica