AWS Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in South Yorkshire requiring AWS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 13 26
Rank change year-on-year -23 +13 -21
Permanent jobs citing AWS 51 40 102
As % of all permanent jobs in South Yorkshire 3.55% 9.24% 6.38%
As % of the Cloud Services category 11.67% 24.10% 21.89%
Number of salaries quoted 51 28 89
10th Percentile £28,250 £25,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £52,188 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.96% +8.33% +14.29%
75th Percentile £77,424 £78,750 £75,772
90th Percentile £115,000 £85,375 £83,759
Yorkshire median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.85% +8.33% -

All Cloud Computing Skills
South Yorkshire

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 South Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 437 166 466
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 30.45% 38.34% 29.13%
Number of salaries quoted 244 142 387
10th Percentile £30,625 £26,000 £28,650
25th Percentile £39,000 £31,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £50,000 £51,498
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% -2.91% +17.04%
75th Percentile £74,987 £65,938 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £79,875 £77,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% - -4.55%

AWS
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

AWS job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

AWS
Salary Trend in South Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing AWS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing AWS

AWS
Salary Histogram in South Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing AWS in South Yorkshire over the 6 months to 12 June 2026.

Salary histogram for AWS in South Yorkshire

AWS
Job Locations in South Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AWS within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 12 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
Sheffield -18 38 £63,076 -2.96% 15
Barnsley - 5 £40,000 -
Doncaster -18 1 £37,500 -11.76% 1
AWS
Yorkshire

AWS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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 5 (9.80%) Jupyter
2 2 (3.92%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (11.76%) Chatbot
2 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 33 (64.71%) Azure
2 9 (17.65%) GitHub
3 5 (9.80%) Cloud Computing
4 4 (7.84%) Azure AKS
4 4 (7.84%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (7.84%) Azure Service Bus
5 3 (5.88%) Entra ID
5 3 (5.88%) GitHub Actions
6 2 (3.92%) GCP
6 2 (3.92%) SaaS
7 1 (1.96%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (11.76%) Internet
2 1 (1.96%) DMZ
2 1 (1.96%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (23.53%) PostgreSQL
2 11 (21.57%) MySQL
3 9 (17.65%) MongoDB
4 6 (11.76%) MariaDB
5 5 (9.80%) NoSQL
6 3 (5.88%) Relational Database
7 2 (3.92%) Metadata
7 2 (3.92%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (19.61%) Git
2 5 (9.80%) GitLab
2 5 (9.80%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (1.96%) Jenkins
General
1 16 (31.37%) Public Sector
2 8 (15.69%) Manufacturing
3 6 (11.76%) Finance
3 6 (11.76%) Multimedia
3 6 (11.76%) Social Skills
4 5 (9.80%) Retail
5 2 (3.92%) Billing
5 2 (3.92%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.96%) Law
Job Titles
1 15 (29.41%) Senior
2 12 (23.53%) Software Engineer
3 11 (21.57%) Trainee
4 10 (19.61%) Developer
5 9 (17.65%) Software Developer
6 6 (11.76%) Senior Developer
6 6 (11.76%) Senior Software Developer
7 5 (9.80%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
7 5 (9.80%) DevOps Engineer
7 5 (9.80%) Programmer
7 5 (9.80%) Trainee Programmer
8 4 (7.84%) Lead
8 4 (7.84%) Senior DevOps
8 4 (7.84%) Senior DevOps Engineer
9 3 (5.88%) Architect
9 3 (5.88%) Head of AI
9 3 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 3 (5.88%) Principal Engineer
9 3 (5.88%) Principal Software Engineer
10 2 (3.92%) Trainee Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (21.57%) Node.js
2 10 (19.61%) CSS
3 6 (11.76%) HTML
3 6 (11.76%) React
4 5 (9.80%) Hugging Face
4 5 (9.80%) Matplotlib
4 5 (9.80%) NumPy
4 5 (9.80%) Pandas
4 5 (9.80%) RESTful
4 5 (9.80%) scikit-learn
4 5 (9.80%) Streamlit
5 3 (5.88%) REST
5 3 (5.88%) Tailwind CSS
6 1 (1.96%) .NET
6 1 (1.96%) Bootstrap
6 1 (1.96%) jQuery
6 1 (1.96%) Redux
6 1 (1.96%) Spring
6 1 (1.96%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.80%) Algorithms
2 3 (5.88%) Cloud Native
3 2 (3.92%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.92%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.96%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (1.96%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.96%) Robotics
4 1 (1.96%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (11.76%) Windows
2 4 (7.84%) Linux
2 4 (7.84%) Unix
3 2 (3.92%) Android
3 2 (3.92%) Apple iOS
3 2 (3.92%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (49.02%) Mentoring
2 20 (39.22%) CI/CD
3 17 (33.33%) Coaching
3 17 (33.33%) Software Engineering
4 16 (31.37%) Agile
5 15 (29.41%) AI
5 15 (29.41%) Microservices
6 12 (23.53%) DevOps
7 10 (19.61%) LLM
8 8 (15.69%) Open Source
8 8 (15.69%) Roadmaps
8 8 (15.69%) Test Automation
9 7 (13.73%) Clean Code
9 7 (13.73%) Customer Service
10 6 (11.76%) Analytics
10 6 (11.76%) Containerisation
10 6 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
10 6 (11.76%) Conversational UI
10 6 (11.76%) Cybersecurity
10 6 (11.76%) Secure Coding
Programming Languages
1 15 (29.41%) JavaScript
2 13 (25.49%) Python
3 11 (21.57%) Java
4 7 (13.73%) PHP
4 7 (13.73%) SQL
5 4 (7.84%) R
5 4 (7.84%) TypeScript
6 2 (3.92%) C#
7 1 (1.96%) Bash
7 1 (1.96%) C++
Qualifications
1 14 (27.45%) AWS Certification
2 13 (25.49%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 7 (13.73%) Azure Certification
4 6 (11.76%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (5.88%) Degree
6 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 1 (1.96%) CCNA
7 1 (1.96%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.96%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.96%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.88%) QA
2 1 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (5.88%) Docker
2 1 (1.96%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (7.84%) Argo
1 4 (7.84%) Terraform
2 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 19 (37.25%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.92%) Apple
2 2 (3.92%) Cisco
2 2 (3.92%) Google
2 2 (3.92%) Samsung
3 1 (1.96%) Citrix