AWS Job Trends in Wales

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Wales requiring AWS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 29 17
Rank change year-on-year -6 -12 -4
Permanent jobs citing AWS 79 30 146
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 4.07% 5.65% 6.69%
As % of the Cloud Services category 16.06% 24.39% 24.54%
Number of salaries quoted 70 29 121
10th Percentile £41,125 £37,733 £37,101
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,411 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,198 £51,398 £51,996
Median % change year-on-year +7.39% -1.15% +3.99%
75th Percentile £73,987 £71,622 £66,250
90th Percentile £85,125 £75,043 £80,000
UK median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year - +3.57% -6.67%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Wales

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 Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 492 123 595
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 25.32% 23.16% 27.26%
Number of salaries quoted 274 109 508
10th Percentile £29,225 £36,536 £28,290
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.74% +15.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £62,813 £73,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,841 £78,750 £70,250
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -10.16%

AWS
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

AWS job vacancy trend in Wales

AWS
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing AWS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing AWS

AWS
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing AWS in Wales over the 6 months to 16 June 2026.

Salary histogram for AWS in Wales

AWS
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AWS within the Wales region over the 6 months to 16 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
South Wales -8 53 £47,009 -21.65% 31
West Wales -13 23 £70,000 +59.35% 13
North Wales - 2 £45,000 - 1
AWS
UK

AWS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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 6 (7.59%) CMS
1 6 (7.59%) Sitecore CMS
2 4 (5.06%) Confluence
2 4 (5.06%) SharePoint
3 3 (3.80%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (1.27%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 2 (2.53%) PlantUML
2 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (3.80%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 41 (51.90%) Azure
2 18 (22.78%) SaaS
3 17 (21.52%) GCP
4 13 (16.46%) Serverless
5 10 (12.66%) AWS Lambda
5 10 (12.66%) GitHub
6 9 (11.39%) AWS CloudFormation
6 9 (11.39%) GitHub Actions
7 6 (7.59%) Amazon S3
8 5 (6.33%) Amazon EC2
8 5 (6.33%) PaaS
9 4 (5.06%) Cloudflare
9 4 (5.06%) Datadog
9 4 (5.06%) Microsoft 365
9 4 (5.06%) Route 53
10 3 (3.80%) Amazon ECS
10 3 (3.80%) dbt
10 3 (3.80%) IaaS
10 3 (3.80%) OneDrive
11 2 (2.53%) AWS Data Pipeline
Communications & Networking
1 8 (10.13%) DNS
2 6 (7.59%) Firewall
3 5 (6.33%) Network Security
4 4 (5.06%) TCP/IP
5 3 (3.80%) DHCP
5 3 (3.80%) LAN
5 3 (3.80%) SSL
5 3 (3.80%) WAN
6 1 (1.27%) Internet
6 1 (1.27%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (10.13%) Amazon RDS
2 6 (7.59%) MongoDB
3 3 (3.80%) Elasticsearch
3 3 (3.80%) NoSQL
3 3 (3.80%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (3.80%) Relational Database
3 3 (3.80%) SQL Server
4 2 (2.53%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (2.53%) Looker
4 2 (2.53%) MySQL
5 1 (1.27%) Adabas
5 1 (1.27%) Data Vault
5 1 (1.27%) DynamoDB
5 1 (1.27%) Power BI
5 1 (1.27%) Redis
Development Applications
1 12 (15.19%) Git
2 8 (10.13%) Jenkins
2 8 (10.13%) JIRA
3 5 (6.33%) Selenium
4 4 (5.06%) Cypress.io
4 4 (5.06%) JMeter
5 3 (3.80%) Cucumber
5 3 (3.80%) GitLab
5 3 (3.80%) JUnit
5 3 (3.80%) Postman
5 3 (3.80%) REST Assured
6 2 (2.53%) Zephyr
7 1 (1.27%) IntelliJ
7 1 (1.27%) Karma Test Runner
7 1 (1.27%) Locust
7 1 (1.27%) Mocha
7 1 (1.27%) Newman
7 1 (1.27%) Pa11y
7 1 (1.27%) RSpec
7 1 (1.27%) Storybook
General
1 19 (24.05%) Public Sector
2 16 (20.25%) Social Skills
3 13 (16.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 8 (10.13%) Retail
5 6 (7.59%) Finance
5 6 (7.59%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (5.06%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (5.06%) Banking
7 3 (3.80%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (3.80%) Welsh Language
8 2 (2.53%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.53%) Law
9 1 (1.27%) Games
9 1 (1.27%) Legal
9 1 (1.27%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 21 (26.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 15 (18.99%) Lead
3 14 (17.72%) Architect
4 13 (16.46%) Senior
5 12 (15.19%) Developer
6 8 (10.13%) IT Engineer
7 7 (8.86%) Software Developer
8 6 (7.59%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 5 (6.33%) Cloud Architect
9 5 (6.33%) Cloud Security Architect
9 5 (6.33%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
9 5 (6.33%) Security Architect
9 5 (6.33%) Senior IT Engineer
10 4 (5.06%) Software Engineer
10 4 (5.06%) Technical Architect
11 3 (3.80%) IT Support
11 3 (3.80%) IT Support Engineer
11 3 (3.80%) Senior Software Engineer
11 3 (3.80%) Support Engineer
12 2 (2.53%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (27.85%) Node.js
2 18 (22.78%) React
3 17 (21.52%) Spring Boot
4 14 (17.72%) Spring
5 12 (15.19%) Ruby on Rails
6 9 (11.39%) AngularJS
7 7 (8.86%) Kafka
7 7 (8.86%) REST
8 6 (7.59%) CSS
8 6 (7.59%) HTML
9 5 (6.33%) RESTful
10 4 (5.06%) .NET
10 4 (5.06%) ASP.NET
10 4 (5.06%) ASP.NET Core
10 4 (5.06%) AWS CDK
10 4 (5.06%) Jest
11 3 (3.80%) GraphQL
11 3 (3.80%) OpenAPI
11 3 (3.80%) Playwright
11 3 (3.80%) Serverless Framework
Miscellaneous
1 19 (24.05%) Cloud Native
2 9 (11.39%) Management Information System
3 8 (10.13%) Onboarding
4 7 (8.86%) Mainframe
5 6 (7.59%) Distributed Systems
5 6 (7.59%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (6.33%) Product Ownership
7 4 (5.06%) Linux Command Line
8 3 (3.80%) Digital Wallet
8 3 (3.80%) Driving Licence
8 3 (3.80%) Replication
9 2 (2.53%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (2.53%) Virtual Team
9 2 (2.53%) Web Conferencing
10 1 (1.27%) CMDB
10 1 (1.27%) Digital Media
10 1 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (1.27%) Mobile App
10 1 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (1.27%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 12 (15.19%) Linux
2 8 (10.13%) Windows
3 5 (6.33%) Unix
4 3 (3.80%) Windows 10
4 3 (3.80%) Windows Server
5 2 (2.53%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (45.57%) CI/CD
2 34 (43.04%) Agile
3 24 (30.38%) DevOps
4 23 (29.11%) Software Engineering
5 22 (27.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 21 (26.58%) Observability
6 21 (26.58%) Technical Leadership
7 17 (21.52%) Infrastructure as Code
7 17 (21.52%) Microservices
8 15 (18.99%) Digital Transformation Programme
8 15 (18.99%) Full-Stack Development
9 14 (17.72%) AI
9 14 (17.72%) Continuous Improvement
9 14 (17.72%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
10 13 (16.46%) Containerisation
11 12 (15.19%) Scrum
11 12 (15.19%) Test Automation
12 10 (12.66%) Cloud Security
12 10 (12.66%) Migration
13 9 (11.39%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 25 (31.65%) Java
2 19 (24.05%) JavaScript
3 14 (17.72%) Python
4 12 (15.19%) Ruby
5 8 (10.13%) C#
5 8 (10.13%) SQL
6 7 (8.86%) TypeScript
7 4 (5.06%) PowerShell
8 2 (2.53%) Bicep
8 2 (2.53%) COBOL
9 1 (1.27%) Bash
9 1 (1.27%) Dart
9 1 (1.27%) Go
9 1 (1.27%) Natural
Qualifications
1 18 (22.78%) SC Cleared
1 18 (22.78%) Security Cleared
2 9 (11.39%) AWS Certification
3 4 (5.06%) Degree
4 3 (3.80%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 3 (3.80%) Azure Certification
5 2 (2.53%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (2.53%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (2.53%) ISTQB
5 2 (2.53%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
5 2 (2.53%) TOGAF Certification
6 1 (1.27%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 1 (1.27%) CEH
6 1 (1.27%) CISM
6 1 (1.27%) CISSP
6 1 (1.27%) CSPO
6 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (13.92%) Accessibility
2 7 (8.86%) WCAG
3 4 (5.06%) QA
4 3 (3.80%) Data Quality
4 3 (3.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (2.53%) GDPR
5 2 (2.53%) Government Security Classifications
5 2 (2.53%) GRC
5 2 (2.53%) NCSC
5 2 (2.53%) SEPA
6 1 (1.27%) ISO 9001
6 1 (1.27%) NIST
6 1 (1.27%) SOC 2
System Software
1 17 (21.52%) Docker
2 3 (3.80%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.80%) Hyper-V
2 3 (3.80%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 18 (22.78%) Terraform
2 12 (15.19%) Kubernetes
3 5 (6.33%) Grafana
4 4 (5.06%) Ansible
5 2 (2.53%) Opsgenie
5 2 (2.53%) Progress Chef
5 2 (2.53%) Prometheus
5 2 (2.53%) Puppet
6 1 (1.27%) AWS Copilot
Vendors
1 8 (10.13%) Microsoft
2 6 (7.59%) Google
2 6 (7.59%) Sitecore
3 3 (3.80%) OneLogin
3 3 (3.80%) Oracle
3 3 (3.80%) VMware
4 2 (2.53%) GoldenSource
4 2 (2.53%) PagerDuty
5 1 (1.27%) Cisco
5 1 (1.27%) NetApp
5 1 (1.27%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.27%) Splunk