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 29 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 24 25
Rank change year-on-year +13 +1 -19
Permanent jobs citing AWS 256 42 58
As % of all permanent jobs in Tyne and Wear 9.11% 6.28% 5.50%
As % of the Cloud Services category 45.88% 25.77% 17.52%
Number of salaries quoted 218 35 36
10th Percentile £46,000 £28,250 £43,619
25th Percentile £52,500 £45,000 £55,419
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £55,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.73% -21.43% +7.69%
75th Percentile £87,000 £67,500 £85,625
90th Percentile £92,500 £77,500 £95,000
North East median annual salary £67,500 £57,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +17.39% -17.86% +7.69%

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 558 163 331
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 19.85% 24.36% 31.40%
Number of salaries quoted 428 123 181
10th Percentile £37,500 £27,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £34,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £51,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.20% +2.50% -13.04%
75th Percentile £75,109 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £77,000 £84,964
North East median annual salary £55,750 £51,125 £52,500
% change year-on-year +9.05% -2.62% -4.55%

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

AWS
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 29 September 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 29 September 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 +11 222 £67,500 +12.50% 103
Sunderland +2 16 £75,000 +25.00% 4
Prudhoe - 10 £47,000 - 2
Gateshead -1 7 £40,000 -15.79% 2
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 31 (12.11%) Apache Airflow
2 22 (8.59%) Apache Spark
3 17 (6.64%) Apache
3 17 (6.64%) Jupyter
4 5 (1.95%) Confluence
4 5 (1.95%) WebLogic
5 2 (0.78%) nginx
5 2 (0.78%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.39%) CMS
6 1 (0.39%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.39%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.39%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.78%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.39%) Infor CloudSuite
1 1 (0.39%) Infor M3
1 1 (0.39%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 128 (50.00%) Azure
2 67 (26.17%) GCP
3 56 (21.88%) Amazon S3
4 47 (18.36%) Serverless
5 37 (14.45%) Amazon EC2
5 37 (14.45%) AWS Lambda
6 35 (13.67%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 28 (10.94%) Amazon ECS
7 28 (10.94%) GitHub
8 21 (8.20%) Amazon ECR
9 17 (6.64%) Amazon EMR
9 17 (6.64%) AWS CloudFormation
10 16 (6.25%) Amazon EKS
11 15 (5.86%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 13 (5.08%) GitHub Actions
13 12 (4.69%) Power Platform
14 10 (3.91%) AWS KMS
15 9 (3.52%) Azure DevOps
15 9 (3.52%) Textract
16 8 (3.13%) Kong
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.95%) Firewall
2 3 (1.17%) SSH
3 2 (0.78%) Internet
3 2 (0.78%) Reverse Proxy
4 1 (0.39%) DNS
4 1 (0.39%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (13.67%) PostgreSQL
2 27 (10.55%) MongoDB
3 22 (8.59%) DynamoDB
4 21 (8.20%) Amazon RDS
5 20 (7.81%) Amazon Athena
6 18 (7.03%) MySQL
7 17 (6.64%) NoSQL
8 12 (4.69%) Amazon Redshift
8 12 (4.69%) Power BI
9 11 (4.30%) Metadata
10 10 (3.91%) Tableau
11 9 (3.52%) BigQuery
11 9 (3.52%) Data Warehouse
11 9 (3.52%) Relational Database
12 8 (3.13%) SQL Server
13 7 (2.73%) GIS
13 7 (2.73%) Looker
14 6 (2.34%) Amazon QuickSight
14 6 (2.34%) Big Data
14 6 (2.34%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 54 (21.09%) Git
2 51 (19.92%) GitLab
3 17 (6.64%) Jenkins
4 8 (3.13%) JIRA
5 7 (2.73%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 7 (2.73%) SonarQube
6 6 (2.34%) TeamCity
7 3 (1.17%) Artifactory
7 3 (1.17%) Bitbucket
7 3 (1.17%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.78%) Balsamiq
8 2 (0.78%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.78%) Gatling
General
1 113 (44.14%) Public Sector
2 67 (26.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 67 (26.17%) Social Skills
3 39 (15.23%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (7.81%) Finance
5 17 (6.64%) Legal
6 12 (4.69%) Law
7 6 (2.34%) Manufacturing
8 4 (1.56%) Tech for Good
9 3 (1.17%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.39%) Games
11 1 (0.39%) Polish Language
11 1 (0.39%) Publishing
11 1 (0.39%) Retail
11 1 (0.39%) Russian Language
11 1 (0.39%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.39%) Ukrainian Language
Job Titles
1 44 (17.19%) Lead
1 44 (17.19%) Senior
2 43 (16.80%) Developer
3 40 (15.63%) DevOps Engineer
4 31 (12.11%) Data Engineer
5 26 (10.16%) Architect
6 22 (8.59%) Software Engineer
7 21 (8.20%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 16 (6.25%) Technical Architect
9 15 (5.86%) Python Developer
10 14 (5.47%) AWS Engineer
11 13 (5.08%) Senior Developer
12 12 (4.69%) AWS DevOps
12 12 (4.69%) Python Engineer
12 12 (4.69%) Senior Architect
13 11 (4.30%) Cloud Engineer
13 11 (4.30%) Software Developer
14 10 (3.91%) Senior Technical Architect
15 9 (3.52%) Senior Python Developer
15 9 (3.52%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (28.13%) Terraform
2 34 (13.28%) Node.js
3 25 (9.77%) .NET
4 22 (8.59%) PySpark
4 22 (8.59%) React
5 21 (8.20%) CSS
6 20 (7.81%) LangChain
7 19 (7.42%) LlamaIndex
8 18 (7.03%) REST
9 16 (6.25%) RESTful
10 15 (5.86%) HTML
11 14 (5.47%) Kafka
12 11 (4.30%) Flask
12 11 (4.30%) Spring
12 11 (4.30%) Spring Boot
13 9 (3.52%) .NET Core
13 9 (3.52%) AngularJS
13 9 (3.52%) Express.js
13 9 (3.52%) Web Services
14 7 (2.73%) OpenLayers
Miscellaneous
1 56 (21.88%) Cloud Native
2 27 (10.55%) Onboarding
3 24 (9.38%) Distributed Systems
4 16 (6.25%) Product Ownership
5 13 (5.08%) Distributed Computing
6 11 (4.30%) Data Structures
6 11 (4.30%) Renewable Energy
7 10 (3.91%) Linux Command Line
8 9 (3.52%) Algorithms
8 9 (3.52%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (3.52%) Hybrid Cloud
9 6 (2.34%) AI Agents
10 5 (1.95%) Hedge funds
11 4 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (1.56%) Life Science
12 3 (1.17%) Greenfield Project
12 3 (1.17%) Private Cloud
12 3 (1.17%) Public Cloud
12 3 (1.17%) Replication
12 3 (1.17%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 32 (12.50%) Linux
2 15 (5.86%) Windows
3 9 (3.52%) Unix
4 7 (2.73%) CentOS
4 7 (2.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (2.34%) Ubuntu
6 3 (1.17%) Debian
7 2 (0.78%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.39%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 138 (53.91%) CI/CD
2 130 (50.78%) Agile
3 119 (46.48%) DevOps
4 89 (34.77%) Infrastructure as Code
5 85 (33.20%) Mentoring
6 68 (26.56%) Problem-Solving
7 63 (24.61%) Containerisation
7 63 (24.61%) Continuous Improvement
8 59 (23.05%) Data Engineering
9 56 (21.88%) AI
10 54 (21.09%) Coaching
11 53 (20.70%) Test Automation
12 52 (20.31%) Technical Leadership
13 44 (17.19%) Data Modelling
14 43 (16.80%) Data Pipeline
15 41 (16.02%) Analytics
16 39 (15.23%) Decision-Making
16 39 (15.23%) Full-Stack Development
16 39 (15.23%) Software Engineering
17 36 (14.06%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 120 (46.88%) Python
2 72 (28.13%) SQL
3 41 (16.02%) Java
4 35 (13.67%) JavaScript
5 34 (13.28%) TypeScript
6 24 (9.38%) Bash
6 24 (9.38%) C#
7 9 (3.52%) PowerShell
8 4 (1.56%) Scala
8 4 (1.56%) Shell Script
9 3 (1.17%) C++
9 3 (1.17%) Go
10 1 (0.39%) Bicep
10 1 (0.39%) PHP
Qualifications
1 70 (27.34%) Security Cleared
2 60 (23.44%) SC Cleared
3 29 (11.33%) BPSS Clearance
4 26 (10.16%) AWS Certification
5 19 (7.42%) Azure Certification
6 15 (5.86%) Degree
7 14 (5.47%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.17%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.39%) CSPO
9 1 (0.39%) IIBA
9 1 (0.39%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (17.58%) Data Quality
2 24 (9.38%) QA
3 9 (3.52%) NCSC
4 7 (2.73%) Accessibility
4 7 (2.73%) GDPR
5 1 (0.39%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.39%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.39%) WCAG
System Software
1 83 (32.42%) Docker
2 6 (2.34%) iptables
3 3 (1.17%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.17%) vSphere
4 1 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 50 (19.53%) Kubernetes
2 19 (7.42%) Ansible
3 12 (4.69%) Grafana
4 6 (2.34%) Prometheus
4 6 (2.34%) Puppet
5 3 (1.17%) Argo
5 3 (1.17%) Control-M
5 3 (1.17%) Docker Swarm
5 3 (1.17%) Progress Chef
5 3 (1.17%) systemd
6 2 (0.78%) Kibana
7 1 (0.39%) Fluentd
Vendors
1 17 (6.64%) Microsoft
2 12 (4.69%) Databricks
2 12 (4.69%) Google
3 9 (3.52%) Oracle
4 7 (2.73%) Dynatrace
5 6 (2.34%) Confluent
6 4 (1.56%) VMware
7 3 (1.17%) Atlassian
7 3 (1.17%) Sage
7 3 (1.17%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.17%) SnapLogic
7 3 (1.17%) Splunk
8 2 (0.78%) Adobe
8 2 (0.78%) Alteryx
8 2 (0.78%) Citrix
8 2 (0.78%) F5
8 2 (0.78%) Palo Alto
8 2 (0.78%) Pega
8 2 (0.78%) UiPath
9 1 (0.39%) MuleSoft