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 3 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 16 14
Rank change year-on-year +2 -2 0
Permanent jobs citing AWS 106 43 150
As % of all permanent jobs in Tyne and Wear 7.37% 10.86% 11.30%
As % of the Cloud Services category 31.27% 32.58% 27.78%
Number of salaries quoted 89 38 127
10th Percentile £28,250 £42,421 £42,050
25th Percentile £33,750 £51,563 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £64,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +1.56% -1.54%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £75,772
90th Percentile £79,000 £80,000 £84,919
North East median annual salary £52,000 £65,000 £62,783
% change year-on-year -20.00% +3.53% +14.15%

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 339 132 540
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 23.56% 33.33% 40.69%
Number of salaries quoted 225 112 457
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £28,800
25th Percentile £38,750 £41,991 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £69,390 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,375 £77,500
North East median annual salary £51,000 £55,000 £49,117
% change year-on-year -7.27% +11.98% -1.77%

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 3 May 2026.

Salary histogram for AWS in Tyne and Wear

AWS
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 3 May 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 -6 80 £52,000 -16.80% 66
Sunderland +8 20 £55,000 -26.67% 5
Prudhoe +1 5 £45,000 -
Gateshead -17 1 - - 5
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 7 (6.60%) Jupyter
2 5 (4.72%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (2.83%) Apache
4 2 (1.89%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.89%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.89%) WordPress
5 1 (0.94%) Confluence
5 1 (0.94%) WebLogic
Applications
1 5 (4.72%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (1.89%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 70 (66.04%) Azure
2 28 (26.42%) GitHub
3 23 (21.70%) GCP
4 15 (14.15%) Azure DevOps
5 12 (11.32%) GitHub Actions
6 8 (7.55%) Amazon S3
7 6 (5.66%) Amazon EC2
7 6 (5.66%) Cloud Computing
7 6 (5.66%) Microsoft 365
8 5 (4.72%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 4 (3.77%) OCI
9 4 (3.77%) Power Platform
9 4 (3.77%) Snowflake
9 4 (3.77%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 3 (2.83%) Azure AKS
10 3 (2.83%) Azure Service Bus
10 3 (2.83%) Entra ID
10 3 (2.83%) Serverless
11 2 (1.89%) Power Automate
11 2 (1.89%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 18 (16.98%) Firewall
2 16 (15.09%) Internet
3 13 (12.26%) DNS
4 11 (10.38%) HTTP
4 11 (10.38%) TCP/IP
5 3 (2.83%) NGFW
5 3 (2.83%) SSH
5 3 (2.83%) VXLAN
5 3 (2.83%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (2.83%) Wireshark
6 2 (1.89%) DHCP
6 2 (1.89%) LAN
6 2 (1.89%) VPN
6 2 (1.89%) WAN
7 1 (0.94%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.60%) NoSQL
1 7 (6.60%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (4.72%) Amazon Athena
2 5 (4.72%) MongoDB
2 5 (4.72%) MySQL
3 4 (3.77%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (3.77%) Amazon Redshift
3 4 (3.77%) Metadata
3 4 (3.77%) Power BI
4 3 (2.83%) Big Data
4 3 (2.83%) Data Vault
4 3 (2.83%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.89%) DynamoDB
5 2 (1.89%) Tableau
6 1 (0.94%) Apache Iceberg
6 1 (0.94%) Delta Lake
6 1 (0.94%) GIS
6 1 (0.94%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.94%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.94%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 19 (17.92%) Git
2 14 (13.21%) Jenkins
3 9 (8.49%) GitLab
4 5 (4.72%) Visual Studio Code
5 3 (2.83%) JIRA
6 2 (1.89%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.94%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.94%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.94%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.94%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.94%) Gatling
7 1 (0.94%) JMeter
7 1 (0.94%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.94%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.94%) TeamCity
General
1 21 (19.81%) Public Sector
2 16 (15.09%) Law
3 15 (14.15%) Multimedia
4 13 (12.26%) Finance
5 12 (11.32%) Telecoms
6 8 (7.55%) Games
7 6 (5.66%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (5.66%) Social Skills
8 5 (4.72%) Manufacturing
8 5 (4.72%) Retail
9 4 (3.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (2.83%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (2.83%) Legal
Job Titles
1 23 (21.70%) Developer
1 23 (21.70%) DevOps Engineer
2 20 (18.87%) Trainee
3 13 (12.26%) Software Developer
4 11 (10.38%) Lead
5 10 (9.43%) Senior
6 8 (7.55%) Architect
6 8 (7.55%) Trainee Developer
6 8 (7.55%) Trainee Software Developer
7 7 (6.60%) AWS Engineer
7 7 (6.60%) Full-Stack Developer
8 6 (5.66%) AWS Developer
8 6 (5.66%) AWS DevOps
8 6 (5.66%) AWS DevOps Engineer
9 5 (4.72%) Administrator
9 5 (4.72%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
9 5 (4.72%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 5 (4.72%) Java Engineer
9 5 (4.72%) Programmer
9 5 (4.72%) Trainee Programmer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (15.09%) CSS
1 16 (15.09%) HTML
2 15 (14.15%) .NET
3 12 (11.32%) Elastic Stack
4 8 (7.55%) .NET Core
5 7 (6.60%) React
5 7 (6.60%) REST
6 6 (5.66%) AngularJS
6 6 (5.66%) Node.js
6 6 (5.66%) Spring
6 6 (5.66%) Spring Boot
7 5 (4.72%) Hugging Face
7 5 (4.72%) Matplotlib
7 5 (4.72%) NumPy
7 5 (4.72%) Pandas
7 5 (4.72%) RESTful
7 5 (4.72%) scikit-learn
7 5 (4.72%) Streamlit
8 3 (2.83%) Kafka
8 3 (2.83%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 9 (8.49%) Cloud Native
2 8 (7.55%) Algorithms
3 4 (3.77%) Product Ownership
3 4 (3.77%) Public Cloud
4 3 (2.83%) Data Centre
4 3 (2.83%) Data Structures
4 3 (2.83%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (2.83%) Hedge funds
4 3 (2.83%) Onboarding
4 3 (2.83%) PKI
4 3 (2.83%) Replication
5 2 (1.89%) Client/Server
5 2 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (1.89%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (1.89%) Low-Code
5 2 (1.89%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.94%) Educational Technology
6 1 (0.94%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (0.94%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.94%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 11 (10.38%) Linux
2 6 (5.66%) Windows
3 3 (2.83%) Ubuntu
3 3 (2.83%) Unix
4 2 (1.89%) Android
4 2 (1.89%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.89%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (34.91%) Mentoring
2 34 (32.08%) DevOps
3 33 (31.13%) CI/CD
4 22 (20.75%) Infrastructure as Code
5 20 (18.87%) Agile
5 20 (18.87%) Coaching
6 19 (17.92%) Cybersecurity
7 18 (16.98%) Containerisation
8 17 (16.04%) Continuous Integration
8 17 (16.04%) Full-Stack Development
9 15 (14.15%) Test Automation
10 13 (12.26%) Continuous Delivery
10 13 (12.26%) High Availability
10 13 (12.26%) Problem-Solving
11 12 (11.32%) Vulnerability Scanning
12 11 (10.38%) DevSecOps
12 11 (10.38%) Site Reliability Engineering
12 11 (10.38%) Static Code Analysis
13 10 (9.43%) Microservices
14 9 (8.49%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 48 (45.28%) Python
2 22 (20.75%) JavaScript
3 17 (16.04%) Bash
3 17 (16.04%) Java
3 17 (16.04%) SQL
4 14 (13.21%) C#
5 11 (10.38%) Go
6 9 (8.49%) TypeScript
7 7 (6.60%) R
8 3 (2.83%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.94%) C
9 1 (0.94%) PHP
9 1 (0.94%) Scala
Qualifications
1 24 (22.64%) AWS Certification
2 20 (18.87%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 18 (16.98%) Azure Certification
4 17 (16.04%) Microsoft Certification
5 15 (14.15%) Security Cleared
6 8 (7.55%) Degree
7 7 (6.60%) SC Cleared
8 3 (2.83%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.89%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (1.89%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (1.89%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.94%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (0.94%) CCSP
10 1 (0.94%) CISA
10 1 (0.94%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.94%) CISSP
10 1 (0.94%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.94%) GSEC
10 1 (0.94%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.94%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.72%) Data Quality
2 4 (3.77%) QA
3 2 (1.89%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.94%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.94%) GDPR
4 1 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.94%) NIST
4 1 (0.94%) WCAG
System Software
1 8 (7.55%) Docker
2 3 (2.83%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.83%) iptables
3 2 (1.89%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.89%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.94%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 26 (24.53%) Terraform
2 17 (16.04%) Grafana
3 15 (14.15%) Ansible
3 15 (14.15%) Prometheus
4 7 (6.60%) Kubernetes
5 3 (2.83%) Argo
5 3 (2.83%) systemd
6 2 (1.89%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.94%) Control-M
7 1 (0.94%) Docker Swarm
7 1 (0.94%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 35 (33.02%) Microsoft
2 3 (2.83%) Arista
2 3 (2.83%) Aruba
2 3 (2.83%) NetScout
2 3 (2.83%) VMware
3 2 (1.89%) Apple
3 2 (1.89%) Databricks
3 2 (1.89%) Google
3 2 (1.89%) Oracle
3 2 (1.89%) Samsung
4 1 (0.94%) Alteryx
4 1 (0.94%) Atlassian
4 1 (0.94%) Cisco
4 1 (0.94%) Cloudera
4 1 (0.94%) CyberArk
4 1 (0.94%) Dataiku
4 1 (0.94%) Proofpoint
4 1 (0.94%) Splunk
4 1 (0.94%) Zscaler