AWS Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear requiring AWS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 17 14
Rank change year-on-year +5 -3 0
Permanent jobs citing AWS 146 43 157
As % of all permanent jobs in Tyne and Wear 7.98% 9.43% 10.25%
As % of the Cloud Services category 37.73% 31.85% 26.88%
Number of salaries quoted 123 35 132
10th Percentile £33,750 £35,000 £41,375
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% - +4.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £67,500 £75,772
90th Percentile £87,500 £77,500 £84,959
North East median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £64,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +1.56% +16.36%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 387 135 584
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 21.16% 29.61% 38.15%
Number of salaries quoted 283 101 478
10th Percentile £33,750 £27,000 £29,125
25th Percentile £41,250 £34,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
North East median annual salary £52,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.95% +5.00% -4.76%

AWS
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing AWS relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

AWS job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

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Salary Trend in Tyne and Wear

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing AWS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing AWS

AWS
Salary Histogram in Tyne and Wear

Salary distribution for jobs citing AWS in Tyne and Wear over the 6 months to 10 June 2026.

Salary histogram for AWS in Tyne and Wear

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Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AWS within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 10 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
Newcastle upon Tyne +3 115 £60,000 - 54
Sunderland +11 22 £55,000 -24.14% 4
Prudhoe - 5 £45,000 -
Gateshead -11 4 - - 4
AWS
North East

AWS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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 17 (11.64%) Apache Airflow
2 14 (9.59%) Jupyter
3 10 (6.85%) Apache
3 10 (6.85%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.37%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.37%) WordPress
5 1 (0.68%) Confluence
5 1 (0.68%) WebLogic
Applications
1 5 (3.42%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (1.37%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 90 (61.64%) Azure
2 34 (23.29%) GCP
3 25 (17.12%) GitHub
4 21 (14.38%) Amazon S3
5 16 (10.96%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (9.59%) Amazon EC2
7 13 (8.90%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 13 (8.90%) GitHub Actions
8 11 (7.53%) Power Platform
8 11 (7.53%) Serverless
9 9 (6.16%) Amazon EMR
10 8 (5.48%) Amazon ECR
10 8 (5.48%) AWS Lambda
10 8 (5.48%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 7 (4.79%) Amazon ECS
11 7 (4.79%) Cloud Computing
12 5 (3.42%) SaaS
13 4 (2.74%) Microsoft 365
13 4 (2.74%) Snowflake
13 4 (2.74%) Textract
Communications & Networking
1 19 (13.01%) Firewall
2 12 (8.22%) DNS
3 10 (6.85%) HTTP
3 10 (6.85%) TCP/IP
4 9 (6.16%) Internet
5 3 (2.05%) NGFW
5 3 (2.05%) SSH
5 3 (2.05%) VXLAN
5 3 (2.05%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (2.05%) Wireshark
6 2 (1.37%) DHCP
6 2 (1.37%) LAN
6 2 (1.37%) VPN
6 2 (1.37%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (15.75%) PostgreSQL
2 15 (10.27%) Amazon Athena
2 15 (10.27%) NoSQL
3 13 (8.90%) MongoDB
3 13 (8.90%) MySQL
4 11 (7.53%) Power BI
5 10 (6.85%) DynamoDB
6 9 (6.16%) Amazon RDS
6 9 (6.16%) Metadata
6 9 (6.16%) Tableau
7 7 (4.79%) Amazon Redshift
8 6 (4.11%) Big Data
9 5 (3.42%) GIS
9 5 (3.42%) Relational Database
9 5 (3.42%) SQL Server
10 4 (2.74%) Data Vault
11 3 (2.05%) Amazon QuickSight
11 3 (2.05%) Data Lake
11 3 (2.05%) Data Warehouse
12 2 (1.37%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 22 (15.07%) Git
2 17 (11.64%) GitLab
3 13 (8.90%) Jenkins
4 5 (3.42%) JIRA
4 5 (3.42%) Visual Studio Code
5 4 (2.74%) SonarQube
5 4 (2.74%) TeamCity
6 3 (2.05%) Artifactory
6 3 (2.05%) Bitbucket
6 3 (2.05%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.68%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.68%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.68%) Gatling
7 1 (0.68%) JMeter
7 1 (0.68%) REST Assured
General
1 40 (27.40%) Public Sector
2 23 (15.75%) Social Skills
3 18 (12.33%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (11.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 16 (10.96%) Law
6 15 (10.27%) Finance
7 12 (8.22%) Legal
8 10 (6.85%) Telecoms
9 8 (5.48%) Manufacturing
9 8 (5.48%) Multimedia
10 6 (4.11%) Games
11 5 (3.42%) Retail
12 4 (2.74%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (2.05%) Financial Institution
14 1 (0.68%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 25 (17.12%) DevOps Engineer
2 23 (15.75%) Developer
3 19 (13.01%) Senior
4 18 (12.33%) Architect
4 18 (12.33%) Lead
5 13 (8.90%) Trainee
6 11 (7.53%) Data Engineer
6 11 (7.53%) Software Engineer
7 9 (6.16%) Data Architect
7 9 (6.16%) Software Developer
8 8 (5.48%) AWS DevOps
9 7 (4.79%) AWS Engineer
9 7 (4.79%) Full-Stack Developer
9 7 (4.79%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 7 (4.79%) Python Engineer
10 6 (4.11%) Administrator
10 6 (4.11%) AWS DevOps Engineer
10 6 (4.11%) Senior Architect
10 6 (4.11%) Test Engineer
11 5 (3.42%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (13.70%) .NET
2 17 (11.64%) CSS
3 15 (10.27%) Node.js
4 14 (9.59%) HTML
4 14 (9.59%) React
5 13 (8.90%) Elastic Stack
6 11 (7.53%) .NET Core
6 11 (7.53%) REST
7 9 (6.16%) RESTful
8 8 (5.48%) AngularJS
8 8 (5.48%) PySpark
9 6 (4.11%) Flask
9 6 (4.11%) Spring
9 6 (4.11%) Spring Boot
10 5 (3.42%) Ajax
10 5 (3.42%) jQuery
10 5 (3.42%) Matplotlib
10 5 (3.42%) NumPy
10 5 (3.42%) scikit-learn
10 5 (3.42%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 21 (14.38%) Cloud Native
2 13 (8.90%) Algorithms
3 10 (6.85%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (4.79%) Data Structures
4 7 (4.79%) Product Ownership
5 6 (4.11%) Renewable Energy
6 4 (2.74%) AI Agents
6 4 (2.74%) Distributed Computing
6 4 (2.74%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (2.74%) Hedge funds
6 4 (2.74%) Life Science
6 4 (2.74%) Public Cloud
7 3 (2.05%) Data Centre
7 3 (2.05%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (2.05%) Onboarding
7 3 (2.05%) PKI
7 3 (2.05%) Replication
8 2 (1.37%) Client/Server
8 2 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.37%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 15 (10.27%) Linux
2 8 (5.48%) Windows
3 4 (2.74%) Ubuntu
4 3 (2.05%) Unix
5 2 (1.37%) Android
5 2 (1.37%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.37%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.68%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (34.93%) CI/CD
2 47 (32.19%) DevOps
3 45 (30.82%) Agile
4 44 (30.14%) Mentoring
5 32 (21.92%) Infrastructure as Code
6 30 (20.55%) Coaching
7 28 (19.18%) Containerisation
7 28 (19.18%) Problem-Solving
8 27 (18.49%) Full-Stack Development
9 24 (16.44%) Data Modelling
9 24 (16.44%) Data Pipeline
9 24 (16.44%) Test Automation
10 23 (15.75%) Continuous Improvement
11 22 (15.07%) Analytics
12 21 (14.38%) AI
13 19 (13.01%) Software Engineering
14 18 (12.33%) Data Engineering
15 16 (10.96%) Data Governance
16 15 (10.27%) Continuous Integration
16 15 (10.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 69 (47.26%) Python
2 42 (28.77%) SQL
3 24 (16.44%) Java
4 21 (14.38%) JavaScript
5 19 (13.01%) Bash
6 17 (11.64%) C#
6 17 (11.64%) TypeScript
7 11 (7.53%) Go
8 5 (3.42%) PowerShell
8 5 (3.42%) R
9 2 (1.37%) Scala
10 1 (0.68%) C
10 1 (0.68%) PHP
Qualifications
1 25 (17.12%) Security Cleared
2 18 (12.33%) AWS Certification
2 18 (12.33%) SC Cleared
3 13 (8.90%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 11 (7.53%) Azure Certification
5 10 (6.85%) Degree
6 9 (6.16%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.68%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (0.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.68%) CCSP
7 1 (0.68%) CISA
7 1 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.68%) CISSP
7 1 (0.68%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.68%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.68%) GSEC
7 1 (0.68%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.68%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (0.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.68%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (14.38%) Data Quality
2 8 (5.48%) QA
3 2 (1.37%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.37%) GDPR
3 2 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.68%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.68%) NIST
4 1 (0.68%) WCAG
System Software
1 29 (19.86%) Docker
2 4 (2.74%) iptables
3 3 (2.05%) Active Directory
3 3 (2.05%) vSphere
4 2 (1.37%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.37%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 38 (26.03%) Terraform
2 17 (11.64%) Ansible
2 17 (11.64%) Grafana
3 15 (10.27%) Kubernetes
4 13 (8.90%) Prometheus
5 3 (2.05%) Argo
5 3 (2.05%) Control-M
5 3 (2.05%) Docker Swarm
5 3 (2.05%) systemd
6 2 (1.37%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.68%) Puppet
7 1 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 30 (20.55%) Microsoft
2 7 (4.79%) Databricks
3 6 (4.11%) Oracle
4 5 (3.42%) VMware
5 3 (2.05%) Arista
5 3 (2.05%) Aruba
5 3 (2.05%) Atlassian
5 3 (2.05%) Google
5 3 (2.05%) NetScout
6 2 (1.37%) Apple
6 2 (1.37%) Samsung
6 2 (1.37%) SnapLogic
7 1 (0.68%) Alteryx
7 1 (0.68%) Cisco
7 1 (0.68%) Cloudera
7 1 (0.68%) CyberArk
7 1 (0.68%) Dynatrace
7 1 (0.68%) Proofpoint
7 1 (0.68%) Splunk
7 1 (0.68%) Zscaler