AWS Job Trends in the North of England

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring AWS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 22 17
Rank change year-on-year +2 -5 -9
Permanent jobs citing AWS 1,303 956 1,503
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 6.25% 10.16% 8.23%
As % of the Cloud Services category 24.92% 37.42% 25.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1,009 506 1,132
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,060 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £48,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,310 £65,000 £62,783
Median % change year-on-year +6.63% +3.53% +0.45%
75th Percentile £85,000 £78,063 £75,772
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,250 £85,000
England median annual salary £72,500 £73,250 £70,000
% change year-on-year -1.02% +4.64% -6.67%

All Cloud Computing Skills
North of England

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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 5,229 2,555 5,987
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 25.09% 27.15% 32.77%
Number of salaries quoted 3,604 1,759 4,711
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £28,813
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -
75th Percentile £78,750 £71,250 £69,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £86,450 £84,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -11.54%

AWS
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing AWS relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

AWS job vacancy trend in the North of England

AWS
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing AWS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing AWS

AWS
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing AWS in the North of England over the 6 months to 15 July 2026.

Salary histogram for AWS in the North of England

AWS
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AWS within the North of England region over the 6 months to 15 July 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
North West +1 701 £70,000 +7.69% 327
Yorkshire +12 409 £69,310 +2.68% 167
North East +6 193 £62,500 -3.85% 90
AWS
England

AWS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 45 (3.45%) Apache Airflow
2 40 (3.07%) Jupyter
3 33 (2.53%) Apache Spark
4 28 (2.15%) Apache
5 17 (1.30%) WordPress
6 13 (1.00%) SharePoint
7 12 (0.92%) Confluence
7 12 (0.92%) IIS
7 12 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
8 10 (0.77%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.31%) Apache Solr
9 4 (0.31%) GeoServer
9 4 (0.31%) JBoss
10 3 (0.23%) CMS
10 3 (0.23%) nginx
11 2 (0.15%) Anypoint
11 2 (0.15%) BizTalk Server
11 2 (0.15%) CICS
11 2 (0.15%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.15%) WebLogic
Applications
1 34 (2.61%) Chatbot
2 16 (1.23%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.31%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.077%) Elementor
Business Applications
1 12 (0.92%) Cloudability
2 6 (0.46%) Dynamics NAV
3 5 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.077%) Infor CloudSuite
5 1 (0.077%) Infor M3
5 1 (0.077%) Magento
5 1 (0.077%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.077%) SAP MDM
5 1 (0.077%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 540 (41.44%) Azure
2 219 (16.81%) GCP
3 208 (15.96%) Serverless
4 153 (11.74%) GitHub
5 151 (11.59%) Amazon S3
6 147 (11.28%) AWS Lambda
7 126 (9.67%) AWS CloudFormation
8 120 (9.21%) Amazon ECS
9 102 (7.83%) SaaS
10 69 (5.30%) AWS Step Functions
10 69 (5.30%) GitHub Actions
11 62 (4.76%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 60 (4.60%) Azure DevOps
13 58 (4.45%) Microsoft 365
14 50 (3.84%) Amazon EC2
15 47 (3.61%) Amazon ECR
16 43 (3.30%) Amazon SQS
17 37 (2.84%) Amazon EKS
17 37 (2.84%) Entra ID
18 34 (2.61%) Apigee
Communications & Networking
1 71 (5.45%) Firewall
2 58 (4.45%) DNS
3 37 (2.84%) TCP/IP
4 34 (2.61%) DHCP
5 29 (2.23%) VPN
6 23 (1.77%) LAN
7 20 (1.53%) Internet
8 19 (1.46%) WAN
9 17 (1.30%) Network Security
10 13 (1.00%) HTTP
10 13 (1.00%) Wi-Fi
11 10 (0.77%) VLAN
11 10 (0.77%) Wireshark
12 9 (0.69%) NGFW
12 9 (0.69%) VXLAN
13 8 (0.61%) BGP
13 8 (0.61%) SAN
14 6 (0.46%) OSPF
14 6 (0.46%) SD-WAN
15 5 (0.38%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 102 (7.83%) DynamoDB
2 87 (6.68%) NoSQL
3 82 (6.29%) PostgreSQL
4 80 (6.14%) MySQL
5 76 (5.83%) MongoDB
6 54 (4.14%) Amazon Athena
7 46 (3.53%) SQL Server
8 45 (3.45%) Relational Database
9 36 (2.76%) Data Warehouse
10 31 (2.38%) Amazon Redshift
10 31 (2.38%) Elasticsearch
11 28 (2.15%) Amazon RDS
11 28 (2.15%) BigQuery
12 26 (2.00%) Power BI
13 21 (1.61%) Big Data
14 20 (1.53%) Data Lake
15 19 (1.46%) Metadata
16 15 (1.15%) MariaDB
17 14 (1.07%) Tableau
18 13 (1.00%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 131 (10.05%) Jenkins
2 128 (9.82%) Git
3 101 (7.75%) GitLab
4 34 (2.61%) Cypress.io
5 32 (2.46%) Maven
5 32 (2.46%) SonarQube
6 29 (2.23%) JIRA
6 29 (2.23%) Visual Studio Code
7 19 (1.46%) Claude Code
8 15 (1.15%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 14 (1.07%) Bitbucket
10 13 (1.00%) Cucumber
11 6 (0.46%) Artifactory
11 6 (0.46%) Selenium
12 5 (0.38%) Storybook
12 5 (0.38%) TeamCity
13 4 (0.31%) IntelliJ
13 4 (0.31%) Postman
13 4 (0.31%) Robot Framework
13 4 (0.31%) Vite
General
1 236 (18.11%) Social Skills
2 159 (12.20%) Public Sector
3 116 (8.90%) Finance
4 97 (7.44%) Analytical Skills
5 60 (4.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 44 (3.38%) Retail
7 40 (3.07%) Manufacturing
8 36 (2.76%) Law
9 19 (1.46%) Influencing Skills
9 19 (1.46%) Multimedia
10 18 (1.38%) Legal
11 17 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
12 15 (1.15%) Telecoms
13 14 (1.07%) Games
14 13 (1.00%) Banking
14 13 (1.00%) Health Technology
14 13 (1.00%) Pharmaceutical
15 12 (0.92%) Marketing
15 12 (0.92%) Swedish Language
16 9 (0.69%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 336 (25.79%) Senior
2 274 (21.03%) Developer
3 161 (12.36%) Software Engineer
4 141 (10.82%) Architect
5 116 (8.90%) Lead
6 113 (8.67%) Senior Developer
7 109 (8.37%) DevOps Engineer
8 100 (7.67%) Java Developer
9 96 (7.37%) AWS Engineer
10 91 (6.98%) Cloud Engineer
11 88 (6.75%) Full-Stack Developer
12 86 (6.60%) Data Engineer
13 60 (4.60%) Analyst
14 59 (4.53%) Senior Software Engineer
15 58 (4.45%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 51 (3.91%) Solutions Architect
17 47 (3.61%) Java Engineer
17 47 (3.61%) Trainee
18 43 (3.30%) AWS Developer
19 36 (2.76%) AWS DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 196 (15.04%) Node.js
2 173 (13.28%) React
3 131 (10.05%) AngularJS
4 108 (8.29%) .NET
5 103 (7.90%) Spring Boot
6 81 (6.22%) Spring
7 79 (6.06%) CSS
8 69 (5.30%) HTML
9 58 (4.45%) REST
9 58 (4.45%) Vue
10 57 (4.37%) RESTful
11 42 (3.22%) Kafka
12 38 (2.92%) Pandas
13 36 (2.76%) scikit-learn
14 35 (2.69%) Gherkin
15 33 (2.53%) .NET Core
16 32 (2.46%) NumPy
16 32 (2.46%) PySpark
17 30 (2.30%) Flask
17 30 (2.30%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 183 (14.04%) Cloud Native
2 79 (6.06%) Distributed Systems
3 38 (2.92%) Algorithms
4 31 (2.38%) Product Ownership
5 27 (2.07%) Onboarding
6 25 (1.92%) AI Agents
7 23 (1.77%) Data Structures
8 21 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
9 20 (1.53%) Greenfield Project
10 19 (1.46%) Data Centre
10 19 (1.46%) Hybrid Cloud
11 18 (1.38%) Enterprise Software
12 17 (1.30%) Mobile App
12 17 (1.30%) Public Cloud
13 15 (1.15%) PKI
14 14 (1.07%) Security Posture
15 13 (1.00%) Analytical Mindset
16 12 (0.92%) Linux Command Line
17 11 (0.84%) Marketing Technology
17 11 (0.84%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 99 (7.60%) Linux
2 69 (5.30%) Windows
3 30 (2.30%) Windows Server
4 26 (2.00%) Unix
5 15 (1.15%) CentOS
6 14 (1.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 10 (0.77%) Ubuntu
8 9 (0.69%) Mac OS
9 6 (0.46%) Android
9 6 (0.46%) Apple iOS
9 6 (0.46%) Debian
10 3 (0.23%) AIX
11 2 (0.15%) Windows 10
11 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.077%) CoreOS
12 1 (0.077%) Solaris
12 1 (0.077%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 434 (33.31%) CI/CD
2 363 (27.86%) DevOps
3 341 (26.17%) Agile
4 275 (21.11%) Mentoring
5 253 (19.42%) Software Engineering
6 241 (18.50%) AI
7 238 (18.27%) Infrastructure as Code
8 222 (17.04%) Full-Stack Development
9 195 (14.97%) Microservices
10 184 (14.12%) Problem-Solving
11 165 (12.66%) Continuous Improvement
12 151 (11.59%) Containerisation
13 144 (11.05%) Test Automation
14 140 (10.74%) Coaching
15 112 (8.60%) Analytics
16 107 (8.21%) TDD
17 106 (8.14%) Technical Leadership
18 102 (7.83%) Decision-Making
19 100 (7.67%) Platform Engineering
20 99 (7.60%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 411 (31.54%) Python
2 273 (20.95%) Java
3 269 (20.64%) SQL
4 202 (15.50%) TypeScript
5 197 (15.12%) JavaScript
6 88 (6.75%) C#
7 74 (5.68%) Bash
8 50 (3.84%) Groovy
9 45 (3.45%) PowerShell
10 40 (3.07%) PHP
11 37 (2.84%) Kotlin
12 35 (2.69%) Go
13 22 (1.69%) Scala
14 15 (1.15%) R
15 14 (1.07%) Ruby
16 8 (0.61%) Bicep
17 5 (0.38%) PL/SQL
18 4 (0.31%) C
19 3 (0.23%) T-SQL
20 2 (0.15%) DataWeave
Qualifications
1 159 (12.20%) Security Cleared
2 126 (9.67%) AWS Certification
3 123 (9.44%) SC Cleared
4 89 (6.83%) Degree
5 55 (4.22%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 38 (2.92%) Azure Certification
7 37 (2.84%) DV Cleared
8 35 (2.69%) Microsoft Certification
9 26 (2.00%) Computer Science Degree
10 21 (1.61%) ITIL Certification
11 19 (1.46%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 16 (1.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 16 (1.23%) MCSE
13 12 (0.92%) CISSP
14 11 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
14 11 (0.84%) CISM
15 10 (0.77%) DBS Check
15 10 (0.77%) Master's Degree
16 6 (0.46%) CCNP
16 6 (0.46%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (6.83%) Data Quality
2 54 (4.14%) QA
3 43 (3.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 36 (2.76%) GDPR
5 21 (1.61%) PCI DSS
6 18 (1.38%) NIST
7 15 (1.15%) Accessibility
8 8 (0.61%) WCAG
9 6 (0.46%) SOC 2
10 5 (0.38%) DICOM
11 4 (0.31%) PMO
11 4 (0.31%) SLA
12 3 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.23%) ISO 9001
13 1 (0.077%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 1 (0.077%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 1 (0.077%) GRC
13 1 (0.077%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 232 (17.81%) Docker
2 39 (2.99%) Active Directory
3 28 (2.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (1.38%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.46%) iptables
5 6 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.31%) Firmware
6 4 (0.31%) ProxySG
6 4 (0.31%) vSphere
7 3 (0.23%) Oracle Clusterware
7 3 (0.23%) Oracle RAC
7 3 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.077%) KVM
8 1 (0.077%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 285 (21.87%) Terraform
2 178 (13.66%) Kubernetes
3 82 (6.29%) Ansible
4 33 (2.53%) Grafana
5 27 (2.07%) Prometheus
6 24 (1.84%) HP Fortify
7 19 (1.46%) Argo
8 18 (1.38%) Progress Chef
9 10 (0.77%) Puppet
10 9 (0.69%) Microsoft Intune
11 6 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
12 5 (0.38%) Jamf Pro
12 5 (0.38%) Packer
13 3 (0.23%) Control-M
13 3 (0.23%) Data Guard
13 3 (0.23%) Docker Swarm
13 3 (0.23%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
13 3 (0.23%) systemd
14 2 (0.15%) Kibana
14 2 (0.15%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 176 (13.51%) Microsoft
2 40 (3.07%) Databricks
2 40 (3.07%) Google
3 34 (2.61%) VMware
4 32 (2.46%) ServiceNow
5 28 (2.15%) Adobe
6 23 (1.77%) Apple
7 21 (1.61%) Splunk
8 17 (1.30%) OpenAI
9 16 (1.23%) Cisco
10 14 (1.07%) Oracle
11 13 (1.00%) Atlassian
12 11 (0.84%) Pega
13 9 (0.69%) Arista
13 9 (0.69%) Aruba
13 9 (0.69%) NetScout
14 8 (0.61%) CyberArk
15 7 (0.54%) F5
15 7 (0.54%) HubSpot
15 7 (0.54%) Palo Alto