AWS Jobs in the North West

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for AWS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited AWS over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 12 6 4
Rank change year-on-year -6 -2 0
Permanent jobs citing AWS 947 1,563 1,804
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 9.73% 19.70% 19.15%
As % of the Cloud Services category 28.45% 46.77% 44.72%
Number of salaries quoted 654 745 1,089
10th Percentile £41,066 £42,500 £41,200
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,783 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.41% +4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £88,375 £94,000 £90,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% - +15.38%

All Cloud Skills
North West

AWS is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 3,329 3,342 4,034
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 34.19% 42.12% 42.82%
Number of salaries quoted 2,630 1,940 2,689
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £84,964 £85,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +4.17%

AWS
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing AWS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for AWS in the North West

AWS
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing AWS in the North West.

Salary trend for AWS in the North West

AWS
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing AWS in the North West over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for AWS in the North West

AWS
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AWS within the North West region over the 6 months to 3 May 2024. 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
Manchester -4 669 £62,783 -3.41% 164
Cheshire -7 132 £52,500 -32.26% 37
Merseyside -14 82 £42,500 -43.33% 9
Lancashire -13 58 £73,805 +34.19% 15
Cumbria -7 3 £105,000 - 2
AWS
England

AWS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 57 (6.02%) ArcGIS
1 57 (6.02%) GeoServer
2 33 (3.48%) Microsoft Exchange
3 19 (2.01%) Apache
3 19 (2.01%) Apache Spark
4 16 (1.69%) SharePoint
5 13 (1.37%) IIS
6 12 (1.27%) Tuxedo
7 8 (0.84%) WebLogic
8 4 (0.42%) Confluence
8 4 (0.42%) WordPress
9 1 (0.11%) Jetty
9 1 (0.11%) nginx
Applications
1 11 (1.16%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.42%) Adobe XD
3 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.21%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 10 (1.06%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 6 (0.63%) Dynamics NAV
3 5 (0.53%) SAP IBP
3 5 (0.53%) SAP PP
3 5 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.11%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 479 (50.58%) Azure
2 155 (16.37%) GCP
3 105 (11.09%) Microsoft 365
4 90 (9.50%) Amazon S3
5 87 (9.19%) SaaS
6 77 (8.13%) Serverless
7 68 (7.18%) Amazon EKS
8 48 (5.07%) AWS Lambda
9 37 (3.91%) Amazon EC2
9 37 (3.91%) OCI
10 36 (3.80%) Amazon ECR
10 36 (3.80%) IBM Cloud
10 36 (3.80%) Route 53
11 32 (3.38%) GitHub
12 31 (3.27%) AWS CloudFormation
13 24 (2.53%) Azure DevOps
14 22 (2.32%) Entra ID
15 19 (2.01%) Amazon Kinesis
16 17 (1.80%) Amazon SQS
17 15 (1.58%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 51 (5.39%) DNS
2 50 (5.28%) Firewall
3 46 (4.86%) WAN
4 34 (3.59%) DHCP
5 31 (3.27%) SD-WAN
6 18 (1.90%) TCP/IP
7 17 (1.80%) Network Security
8 16 (1.69%) SSL
9 15 (1.58%) BGP
9 15 (1.58%) LAN
10 13 (1.37%) HTTP
11 12 (1.27%) iSCSI
11 12 (1.27%) SAN
11 12 (1.27%) VPN
12 11 (1.16%) AMQP
13 9 (0.95%) MQTT
14 8 (0.84%) Wireless
15 7 (0.74%) EIGRP
15 7 (0.74%) OSPF
15 7 (0.74%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 115 (12.14%) PostgreSQL
2 86 (9.08%) MySQL
3 72 (7.60%) Amazon RDS
4 60 (6.34%) Data Warehouse
5 57 (6.02%) GIS
5 57 (6.02%) QGIS
6 56 (5.91%) SQL Server
7 49 (5.17%) NoSQL
8 42 (4.44%) MongoDB
8 42 (4.44%) Relational Database
9 26 (2.75%) Oracle Database
10 24 (2.53%) Amazon Redshift
10 24 (2.53%) Elasticsearch
10 24 (2.53%) RDBMS
11 19 (2.01%) Data Lake
11 19 (2.01%) DynamoDB
12 18 (1.90%) Oracle Database 11g
13 17 (1.80%) Big Data
14 15 (1.58%) Hadoop
15 13 (1.37%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 88 (9.29%) Git
2 49 (5.17%) GitLab
3 33 (3.48%) Jenkins
3 33 (3.48%) JIRA
4 21 (2.22%) TeamCity
5 19 (2.01%) IntelliJ
5 19 (2.01%) JUnit
5 19 (2.01%) Mockito
6 18 (1.90%) Gradle
7 16 (1.69%) Postman
8 7 (0.74%) Artifactory
8 7 (0.74%) Bitbucket
8 7 (0.74%) Cypress.io
9 6 (0.63%) Selenium
10 5 (0.53%) Cucumber
10 5 (0.53%) JetBrains Rider
10 5 (0.53%) JMeter
10 5 (0.53%) SonarQube
10 5 (0.53%) webpack
11 4 (0.42%) Appium
General
1 147 (15.52%) Social Skills
2 85 (8.98%) Finance
3 76 (8.03%) Public Sector
4 63 (6.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 55 (5.81%) Analytical Skills
6 49 (5.17%) Retail
7 29 (3.06%) Aerospace
8 21 (2.22%) Presentation Skills
9 17 (1.80%) Legal
10 16 (1.69%) Games
10 16 (1.69%) Law
10 16 (1.69%) Marketing
11 15 (1.58%) Tech for Good
12 10 (1.06%) Manufacturing
13 8 (0.84%) Banking
14 6 (0.63%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (0.53%) Retail Finance
16 4 (0.42%) Aviation
16 4 (0.42%) Publishing
16 4 (0.42%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 316 (33.37%) Senior
2 248 (26.19%) Developer
3 169 (17.85%) Software Engineer
4 122 (12.88%) Lead
5 101 (10.67%) Architect
6 88 (9.29%) Senior Developer
7 82 (8.66%) DevOps Engineer
8 75 (7.92%) Senior Software Engineer
9 48 (5.07%) .NET Developer
10 47 (4.96%) AWS Engineer
10 47 (4.96%) Senior DevOps
10 47 (4.96%) Senior DevOps Engineer
11 46 (4.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 45 (4.75%) Technical Leader
13 43 (4.54%) Cloud Engineer
14 38 (4.01%) Data Engineer
14 38 (4.01%) PHP Developer
15 37 (3.91%) Java Engineer
16 35 (3.70%) Solutions Architect
17 32 (3.38%) Full Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 212 (22.39%) React
2 145 (15.31%) Node.js
3 131 (13.83%) .NET
4 97 (10.24%) CSS
5 82 (8.66%) .NET Core
6 71 (7.50%) Spring
7 61 (6.44%) RESTful
8 57 (6.02%) Leaflet
8 57 (6.02%) OpenLayers
8 57 (6.02%) PostGIS
9 56 (5.91%) AngularJS
9 56 (5.91%) Spring Boot
10 54 (5.70%) REST
11 49 (5.17%) Laravel
12 46 (4.86%) HTML
13 44 (4.65%) Vue
14 39 (4.12%) .NET Framework
15 30 (3.17%) RabbitMQ
16 28 (2.96%) Web Services
17 27 (2.85%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 57 (6.02%) Public Cloud
2 53 (5.60%) Cloud Native
3 51 (5.39%) Hybrid Cloud
4 46 (4.86%) Greenfield Project
5 45 (4.75%) Blockchain
6 40 (4.22%) Management Information System
7 36 (3.80%) e-Learning
8 35 (3.70%) Enterprise Software
9 34 (3.59%) Self-Motivation
10 22 (2.32%) PKI
11 21 (2.22%) Product Ownership
12 17 (1.80%) Private Cloud
13 16 (1.69%) Blog
13 16 (1.69%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 16 (1.69%) PMI
14 15 (1.58%) IoT
15 14 (1.48%) Algorithms
16 12 (1.27%) Mobile App
17 11 (1.16%) Onboarding
17 11 (1.16%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 151 (15.95%) Linux
2 96 (10.14%) Windows
3 46 (4.86%) Windows Server
4 29 (3.06%) Unix
5 23 (2.43%) Ubuntu
6 20 (2.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 17 (1.80%) Apple iOS
8 12 (1.27%) CentOS
8 12 (1.27%) Debian
8 12 (1.27%) Mac OS
9 11 (1.16%) Android
10 7 (0.74%) Windows 10
11 4 (0.42%) Kali Linux
11 4 (0.42%) VMS
11 4 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
12 3 (0.32%) Windows Vista
13 2 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
14 1 (0.11%) Amazon Linux
14 1 (0.11%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 425 (44.88%) Agile
2 309 (32.63%) DevOps
3 250 (26.40%) Software Engineering
4 194 (20.49%) Mentoring
5 170 (17.95%) CI/CD
6 147 (15.52%) TDD
7 139 (14.68%) Actionable Insight
8 123 (12.99%) Full Stack Development
9 121 (12.78%) Coaching
9 121 (12.78%) Problem-Solving
10 112 (11.83%) Infrastructure as Code
11 106 (11.19%) Microservices
12 101 (10.67%) Containerisation
13 92 (9.71%) Scrum
14 88 (9.29%) Roadmaps
15 77 (8.13%) Artificial Intelligence
16 71 (7.50%) Test Automation
17 69 (7.29%) Continuous Integration
17 69 (7.29%) Project Management
18 68 (7.18%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 243 (25.66%) JavaScript
2 214 (22.60%) Python
3 173 (18.27%) Java
4 161 (17.00%) SQL
5 122 (12.88%) TypeScript
6 119 (12.57%) C#
7 76 (8.03%) PHP
8 44 (4.65%) PowerShell
9 27 (2.85%) Bash
9 27 (2.85%) Go
10 21 (2.22%) PL/SQL
11 12 (1.27%) COBOL
11 12 (1.27%) Micro Focus COBOL
12 10 (1.06%) Ruby
13 8 (0.84%) Kotlin
13 8 (0.84%) Perl
13 8 (0.84%) Scala
13 8 (0.84%) T-SQL
14 5 (0.53%) C
14 5 (0.53%) C++
Qualifications
1 128 (13.52%) Security Cleared
2 98 (10.35%) Degree
3 90 (9.50%) SC Cleared
4 74 (7.81%) AWS Certification
5 41 (4.33%) Computer Science Degree
6 37 (3.91%) Azure Certification
7 32 (3.38%) Cisco Certification
7 32 (3.38%) DV Cleared
8 22 (2.32%) CISSP
9 18 (1.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 18 (1.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 17 (1.80%) CISM
11 16 (1.69%) PMI Certification
12 15 (1.58%) CCSK
12 15 (1.58%) CCSP
12 15 (1.58%) Master's Degree
13 13 (1.37%) CCNA
14 8 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
15 7 (0.74%) DBS Check
16 6 (0.63%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (2.96%) GDPR
2 25 (2.64%) NIST
3 21 (2.22%) Data Quality
4 17 (1.80%) QA
5 14 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (1.16%) Accessibility
6 11 (1.16%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 3 (0.32%) SLA
8 3 (0.32%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.21%) HL7
10 1 (0.11%) NCSC
System Software
1 171 (18.06%) Docker
2 67 (7.07%) Active Directory
3 36 (3.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 29 (3.06%) Hyper-V
5 7 (0.74%) Firmware
6 4 (0.42%) Terminal Services
7 2 (0.21%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.11%) RACF
8 1 (0.11%) Snort
8 1 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.11%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 178 (18.80%) Kubernetes
1 178 (18.80%) Terraform
2 49 (5.17%) Ansible
3 39 (4.12%) Prometheus
4 25 (2.64%) Single Sign-On
5 24 (2.53%) Microsoft Intune
6 14 (1.48%) Puppet
7 12 (1.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 12 (1.27%) Opsgenie
7 12 (1.27%) VxRail
7 12 (1.27%) ZABBIX
8 8 (0.84%) Grafana
9 7 (0.74%) CA Single Sign-On
9 7 (0.74%) Progress Chef
10 6 (0.63%) Kibana
11 4 (0.42%) Autotask
12 3 (0.32%) SELinux
13 1 (0.11%) FortiGate
13 1 (0.11%) Kiali
13 1 (0.11%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 156 (16.47%) Microsoft
2 71 (7.50%) Google
3 57 (6.02%) ESRI
3 57 (6.02%) Oracle
4 48 (5.07%) Red Hat
4 48 (5.07%) VMware
5 45 (4.75%) IBM
6 38 (4.01%) Dynatrace
7 26 (2.75%) Cisco
8 22 (2.32%) Citrix
9 15 (1.58%) Fortinet
10 14 (1.48%) Dell
11 13 (1.37%) Facebook
12 12 (1.27%) Micro Focus
12 12 (1.27%) NetApp
12 12 (1.27%) SolarWinds
13 11 (1.16%) SaltStack
14 10 (1.06%) Databricks
14 10 (1.06%) Sparx
15 9 (0.95%) Adobe