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 23 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 18 22
Rank change year-on-year +8 +4 -8
Permanent jobs citing AWS 187 48 97
As % of all permanent jobs in Tyne and Wear 8.69% 8.03% 7.54%
As % of the Cloud Services category 40.92% 30.00% 22.10%
Number of salaries quoted 161 38 83
10th Percentile £41,250 £39,375 £45,290
25th Percentile £47,000 £48,438 £57,597
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £65,465
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -8.35% +4.74%
75th Percentile £81,250 £67,500 £77,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £75,625 £84,964
North East median annual salary £64,038 £65,000 £65,465
% change year-on-year -1.48% -0.71% +4.74%

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 457 160 439
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 21.25% 26.76% 34.11%
Number of salaries quoted 337 119 352
10th Percentile £35,000 £25,300 £27,800
25th Percentile £42,500 £32,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £74,987 £67,500 £67,968
90th Percentile £89,250 £80,500 £80,000
North East median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%

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

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Salary Histogram in Tyne and Wear

Salary distribution for jobs citing AWS in Tyne and Wear over the 6 months to 23 July 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 23 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
Newcastle upon Tyne +2 154 £65,000 +8.33% 54
Sunderland +3 21 £49,000 -24.62% 6
Gateshead -5 6 - - 1
Prudhoe - 6 £46,000 - 3
AWS
North East

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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 29 (15.51%) Apache Airflow
2 18 (9.63%) Jupyter
3 14 (7.49%) Apache
3 14 (7.49%) Apache Spark
4 3 (1.60%) Confluence
4 3 (1.60%) WordPress
5 2 (1.07%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (1.07%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.53%) CMS
6 1 (0.53%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.53%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (2.67%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (1.07%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.53%) Infor CloudSuite
2 1 (0.53%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 103 (55.08%) Azure
2 39 (20.86%) GCP
3 31 (16.58%) Amazon S3
4 25 (13.37%) GitHub
4 25 (13.37%) Serverless
5 20 (10.70%) Amazon EC2
6 19 (10.16%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 18 (9.63%) AWS Lambda
8 14 (7.49%) Azure DevOps
8 14 (7.49%) Power Platform
9 13 (6.95%) Amazon EMR
10 12 (6.42%) Amazon ECR
10 12 (6.42%) GitHub Actions
11 10 (5.35%) Amazon ECS
12 9 (4.81%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 8 (4.28%) Textract
14 7 (3.74%) Cloud Computing
15 5 (2.67%) Microsoft 365
16 4 (2.14%) Entra ID
16 4 (2.14%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 16 (8.56%) Firewall
2 10 (5.35%) DNS
3 8 (4.28%) HTTP
3 8 (4.28%) TCP/IP
4 3 (1.60%) Internet
4 3 (1.60%) SSH
5 2 (1.07%) DHCP
5 2 (1.07%) LAN
5 2 (1.07%) VPN
5 2 (1.07%) WAN
6 1 (0.53%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (17.11%) PostgreSQL
2 21 (11.23%) NoSQL
3 20 (10.70%) Amazon Athena
4 19 (10.16%) DynamoDB
4 19 (10.16%) MongoDB
4 19 (10.16%) MySQL
5 14 (7.49%) Power BI
6 12 (6.42%) Amazon RDS
7 11 (5.88%) Tableau
8 10 (5.35%) Amazon Redshift
9 9 (4.81%) Metadata
10 7 (3.74%) SQL Server
11 6 (3.21%) Big Data
11 6 (3.21%) Data Warehouse
11 6 (3.21%) Elasticsearch
11 6 (3.21%) Relational Database
12 5 (2.67%) Amazon QuickSight
12 5 (2.67%) GIS
13 4 (2.14%) Data Lake
13 4 (2.14%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 32 (17.11%) Git
2 28 (14.97%) GitLab
3 17 (9.09%) Jenkins
4 7 (3.74%) JIRA
5 5 (2.67%) SonarQube
5 5 (2.67%) TeamCity
5 5 (2.67%) Visual Studio Code
6 4 (2.14%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 3 (1.60%) Artifactory
7 3 (1.60%) Bitbucket
7 3 (1.60%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.53%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.53%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.53%) Gatling
8 1 (0.53%) JMeter
8 1 (0.53%) REST Assured
General
1 55 (29.41%) Public Sector
2 42 (22.46%) Social Skills
3 27 (14.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 20 (10.70%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (10.16%) Finance
6 16 (8.56%) Law
6 16 (8.56%) Legal
7 8 (4.28%) Manufacturing
7 8 (4.28%) Telecoms
8 6 (3.21%) Retail
9 4 (2.14%) Tech for Good
10 3 (1.60%) Financial Institution
10 3 (1.60%) Games
10 3 (1.60%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.07%) Multimedia
12 1 (0.53%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 36 (19.25%) Senior
2 33 (17.65%) Developer
3 32 (17.11%) DevOps Engineer
4 24 (12.83%) Lead
5 19 (10.16%) Data Engineer
6 18 (9.63%) Architect
7 17 (9.09%) Software Engineer
8 13 (6.95%) Python Developer
8 13 (6.95%) Senior Developer
9 12 (6.42%) AWS DevOps
9 12 (6.42%) Python Engineer
10 9 (4.81%) Python Data Engineer
10 9 (4.81%) Senior Python Developer
11 8 (4.28%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 8 (4.28%) Senior Architect
12 7 (3.74%) AWS Engineer
12 7 (3.74%) Data Architect
12 7 (3.74%) Full-Stack Developer
12 7 (3.74%) Technical Architect
12 7 (3.74%) Trainee
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (12.30%) .NET
1 23 (12.30%) Node.js
1 23 (12.30%) React
2 15 (8.02%) CSS
2 15 (8.02%) RESTful
3 14 (7.49%) PySpark
4 12 (6.42%) HTML
4 12 (6.42%) REST
5 11 (5.88%) .NET Core
5 11 (5.88%) Elastic Stack
6 9 (4.81%) Flask
7 8 (4.28%) Spring
7 8 (4.28%) Spring Boot
8 7 (3.74%) AngularJS
9 6 (3.21%) .NET Framework
9 6 (3.21%) Swagger
10 5 (2.67%) Ajax
10 5 (2.67%) jQuery
10 5 (2.67%) OpenLayers
10 5 (2.67%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 33 (17.65%) Cloud Native
2 14 (7.49%) Algorithms
2 14 (7.49%) Distributed Systems
3 11 (5.88%) Data Structures
4 9 (4.81%) Distributed Computing
4 9 (4.81%) Renewable Energy
5 8 (4.28%) Product Ownership
6 6 (3.21%) AI Agents
6 6 (3.21%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (3.21%) Hedge funds
7 5 (2.67%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (2.14%) Life Science
9 3 (1.60%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.60%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (1.60%) Low-Code
9 3 (1.60%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.60%) Replication
9 3 (1.60%) Robotics
10 2 (1.07%) Public Cloud
10 2 (1.07%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 26 (13.90%) Linux
2 12 (6.42%) Windows
3 6 (3.21%) Ubuntu
4 5 (2.67%) Unix
5 4 (2.14%) CentOS
5 4 (2.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (1.60%) Debian
7 2 (1.07%) Android
7 2 (1.07%) Apple iOS
7 2 (1.07%) Windows 10
7 2 (1.07%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (39.57%) CI/CD
2 70 (37.43%) Agile
3 64 (34.22%) DevOps
4 53 (28.34%) Mentoring
5 43 (22.99%) Infrastructure as Code
6 40 (21.39%) Problem-Solving
7 39 (20.86%) Coaching
8 38 (20.32%) Test Automation
9 36 (19.25%) Containerisation
10 34 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
10 34 (18.18%) Data Pipeline
10 34 (18.18%) Full-Stack Development
11 30 (16.04%) Data Modelling
12 29 (15.51%) Analytics
13 26 (13.90%) AI
13 26 (13.90%) Software Engineering
14 25 (13.37%) Data Engineering
14 25 (13.37%) Decision-Making
15 24 (12.83%) Microservices
16 23 (12.30%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 90 (48.13%) Python
2 66 (35.29%) SQL
3 29 (15.51%) Java
4 25 (13.37%) JavaScript
5 24 (12.83%) TypeScript
6 22 (11.76%) C#
7 20 (10.70%) Bash
8 11 (5.88%) Go
9 7 (3.74%) PowerShell
10 2 (1.07%) PHP
10 2 (1.07%) R
10 2 (1.07%) Scala
11 1 (0.53%) C
11 1 (0.53%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 36 (19.25%) Security Cleared
2 29 (15.51%) SC Cleared
3 12 (6.42%) AWS Certification
4 10 (5.35%) Degree
5 7 (3.74%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 7 (3.74%) DV Cleared
6 4 (2.14%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.60%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.07%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.53%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (0.53%) CCSP
9 1 (0.53%) CISA
9 1 (0.53%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.53%) CISSP
9 1 (0.53%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.53%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.53%) GSEC
9 1 (0.53%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.53%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.53%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (16.04%) Data Quality
2 11 (5.88%) QA
3 4 (2.14%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.14%) GDPR
4 2 (1.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.07%) WCAG
5 1 (0.53%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.53%) NIST
5 1 (0.53%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 49 (26.20%) Docker
2 6 (3.21%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.21%) iptables
3 3 (1.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.60%) vSphere
4 2 (1.07%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 45 (24.06%) Terraform
2 29 (15.51%) Kubernetes
3 19 (10.16%) Ansible
4 15 (8.02%) Grafana
5 11 (5.88%) Prometheus
6 4 (2.14%) Puppet
7 3 (1.60%) Argo
7 3 (1.60%) Control-M
7 3 (1.60%) Docker Swarm
7 3 (1.60%) systemd
8 2 (1.07%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.53%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 27 (14.44%) Microsoft
2 13 (6.95%) Databricks
3 7 (3.74%) Oracle
4 6 (3.21%) VMware
5 3 (1.60%) Alteryx
5 3 (1.60%) Atlassian
5 3 (1.60%) Google
5 3 (1.60%) SnapLogic
6 2 (1.07%) Apple
6 2 (1.07%) Citrix
6 2 (1.07%) CyberArk
6 2 (1.07%) F5
6 2 (1.07%) Palo Alto
6 2 (1.07%) Pega
6 2 (1.07%) Samsung
6 2 (1.07%) UiPath
7 1 (0.53%) Cisco
7 1 (0.53%) IBM
7 1 (0.53%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.53%) Salesforce