AWS Job Trends in Yorkshire

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring AWS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 14 15
Rank change year-on-year +2 +1 -2
Permanent jobs citing AWS 354 341 354
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 10.21% 10.97% 10.08%
As % of the Cloud Services category 30.62% 32.11% 24.57%
Number of salaries quoted 278 148 273
10th Percentile £28,250 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £29,375 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,074 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.32% -7.08% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £71,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,125 £88,750
England median annual salary £72,500 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% +7.14% -6.67%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,156 1,062 1,441
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 33.35% 34.16% 41.03%
Number of salaries quoted 683 575 1,221
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,625 £28,813
25th Percentile £31,125 £42,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,625 £71,250
90th Percentile £84,750 £85,850 £84,056
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%

AWS
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

AWS job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

AWS
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing AWS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing AWS

AWS
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing AWS in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 17 January 2026.

Salary histogram for AWS in Yorkshire

AWS
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AWS within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 17 January 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
West Yorkshire +4 283 £70,000 +16.67% 106
South Yorkshire -4 42 £30,500 -50.41% 30
East Yorkshire -15 14 £43,750 -2.78% 24
North Yorkshire +1 9 £39,250 -31.74% 23
AWS
England

AWS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 18 (5.08%) Apache Spark
2 11 (3.11%) Apache
3 10 (2.82%) OpenStack
4 9 (2.54%) WordPress
5 5 (1.41%) Drupal
5 5 (1.41%) nginx
6 4 (1.13%) Anypoint
6 4 (1.13%) Confluence
7 3 (0.85%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.56%) CMS
8 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.28%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.28%) FileNet
9 1 (0.28%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.28%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 2 (0.56%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.28%) Magento
2 1 (0.28%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 179 (50.56%) Azure
2 114 (32.20%) Serverless
3 94 (26.55%) GitHub
4 70 (19.77%) Amazon S3
5 60 (16.95%) AWS Lambda
6 52 (14.69%) AWS CloudFormation
7 48 (13.56%) Amazon ECS
8 44 (12.43%) SaaS
9 41 (11.58%) AWS Step Functions
9 41 (11.58%) GCP
10 29 (8.19%) Amazon SQS
11 23 (6.50%) Amazon EKS
12 20 (5.65%) Amazon ECR
12 20 (5.65%) Apigee
13 19 (5.37%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 19 (5.37%) GitHub Actions
14 17 (4.80%) Azure DevOps
15 14 (3.95%) Amazon EventBridge
16 8 (2.26%) Datadog
16 8 (2.26%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 58 (16.38%) Internet
2 10 (2.82%) Firewall
3 7 (1.98%) DNS
4 4 (1.13%) Network Security
4 4 (1.13%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (0.85%) DHCP
5 3 (0.85%) LAN
5 3 (0.85%) WAN
6 2 (0.56%) DMZ
6 2 (0.56%) HTTP
6 2 (0.56%) NGFW
6 2 (0.56%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.56%) VoIP
6 2 (0.56%) VXLAN
6 2 (0.56%) Wireshark
7 1 (0.28%) BGP
7 1 (0.28%) MQTT
7 1 (0.28%) SSL
7 1 (0.28%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (17.51%) DynamoDB
2 39 (11.02%) SQL Server
3 34 (9.60%) NoSQL
4 33 (9.32%) PostgreSQL
5 15 (4.24%) Metadata
6 14 (3.95%) Relational Database
7 11 (3.11%) Data Lake
8 10 (2.82%) Amazon Redshift
8 10 (2.82%) Data Warehouse
9 9 (2.54%) MySQL
10 8 (2.26%) MongoDB
11 5 (1.41%) Amazon Athena
11 5 (1.41%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (1.41%) MariaDB
12 3 (0.85%) Amazon Aurora
12 3 (0.85%) Apache Iceberg
12 3 (0.85%) Big Data
12 3 (0.85%) Data Vault
12 3 (0.85%) TIBCO EBX
13 2 (0.56%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 89 (25.14%) Git
2 45 (12.71%) Jenkins
3 34 (9.60%) GitLab
4 21 (5.93%) Cypress.io
5 20 (5.65%) Maven
5 20 (5.65%) SonarQube
6 6 (1.69%) JIRA
7 5 (1.41%) Postman
8 2 (0.56%) Selenium
9 1 (0.28%) Appium
9 1 (0.28%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.28%) JUnit
9 1 (0.28%) REST Assured
General
1 112 (31.64%) Social Skills
2 58 (16.38%) Multimedia
3 32 (9.04%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (8.47%) Public Sector
5 26 (7.34%) Finance
6 12 (3.39%) Financial Institution
6 12 (3.39%) Law
7 7 (1.98%) Legal
8 6 (1.69%) Retail
8 6 (1.69%) Tech for Good
9 5 (1.41%) Local Government
9 5 (1.41%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (1.41%) Police
10 4 (1.13%) Games
11 3 (0.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (0.85%) Marketing
12 2 (0.56%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.56%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.28%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.28%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 114 (32.20%) Developer
2 58 (16.38%) Trainee
3 53 (14.97%) Architect
3 53 (14.97%) Senior
4 46 (12.99%) Lead
5 38 (10.73%) Java Developer
6 34 (9.60%) Software Developer
7 28 (7.91%) Trainee Developer
7 28 (7.91%) Trainee Software Developer
8 27 (7.63%) Software Engineer
9 19 (5.37%) Data Engineer
10 17 (4.80%) Python Developer
11 15 (4.24%) Development Manager
11 15 (4.24%) Senior Developer
12 14 (3.95%) .NET Developer
12 14 (3.95%) Applications Architect
12 14 (3.95%) Lead Developer
12 14 (3.95%) Senior Data Engineer
12 14 (3.95%) Software Development Manager
12 14 (3.95%) Software Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (22.32%) CSS
1 79 (22.32%) HTML
2 71 (20.06%) React
3 45 (12.71%) Node.js
4 44 (12.43%) .NET
5 38 (10.73%) Spring Boot
6 31 (8.76%) Spring
7 28 (7.91%) AngularJS
7 28 (7.91%) REST
7 28 (7.91%) RESTful
8 20 (5.65%) Gherkin
8 20 (5.65%) Jest
9 19 (5.37%) FastAPI
9 19 (5.37%) Flask
10 18 (5.08%) Django
11 17 (4.80%) .NET Core
12 15 (4.24%) Blazor
13 14 (3.95%) Vue
14 13 (3.67%) ASP.NET Core
14 13 (3.67%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 43 (12.15%) Cloud Native
2 25 (7.06%) Enterprise Software
3 22 (6.21%) Data Structures
4 21 (5.93%) Distributed Systems
5 17 (4.80%) Product Ownership
6 7 (1.98%) Public Cloud
7 5 (1.41%) Mobile App
7 5 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.13%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (0.85%) AI Agents
9 3 (0.85%) Management Information System
9 3 (0.85%) Taxonomies
9 3 (0.85%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.56%) Cloud Security Posture
10 2 (0.56%) Data Centre
10 2 (0.56%) Legacy Applications
10 2 (0.56%) Legacy Code
10 2 (0.56%) PKI
10 2 (0.56%) Robotics
10 2 (0.56%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 14 (3.95%) Windows
2 6 (1.69%) Linux
3 5 (1.41%) Android
3 5 (1.41%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.56%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.56%) Unix
4 2 (0.56%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.56%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (0.56%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (0.56%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 145 (40.96%) CI/CD
1 145 (40.96%) Mentoring
2 133 (37.57%) Agile
3 115 (32.49%) DevOps
4 83 (23.45%) Problem-Solving
5 81 (22.88%) Infrastructure as Code
6 75 (21.19%) Microservices
7 73 (20.62%) Continuous Improvement
8 70 (19.77%) Software Engineering
9 69 (19.49%) Cybersecurity
10 55 (15.54%) Data Modelling
11 41 (11.58%) SDLC
12 39 (11.02%) Migration
13 37 (10.45%) Application Security
14 35 (9.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 34 (9.60%) Architectural Patterns
16 33 (9.32%) Computer Science
17 32 (9.04%) Full-Stack Development
18 29 (8.19%) Containerisation
19 28 (7.91%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 152 (42.94%) Python
2 141 (39.83%) JavaScript
3 105 (29.66%) Java
4 82 (23.16%) TypeScript
5 74 (20.90%) SQL
6 57 (16.10%) C#
7 32 (9.04%) R
8 28 (7.91%) Bash
9 19 (5.37%) Groovy
10 14 (3.95%) PHP
11 10 (2.82%) Scala
12 9 (2.54%) Kotlin
13 8 (2.26%) Go
13 8 (2.26%) PowerShell
14 4 (1.13%) Bicep
14 4 (1.13%) DataWeave
15 1 (0.28%) C++
15 1 (0.28%) Delphi
15 1 (0.28%) Perl
Qualifications
1 128 (36.16%) AWS Certification
2 88 (24.86%) Microsoft Certification
3 87 (24.58%) Azure Certification
4 63 (17.80%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 39 (11.02%) Degree
6 31 (8.76%) Computer Science Degree
7 27 (7.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 24 (6.78%) TOGAF Certification
9 16 (4.52%) AWS Certified Developer
10 13 (3.67%) Security Cleared
11 10 (2.82%) SC Cleared
12 7 (1.98%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 7 (1.98%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.56%) IIBA
13 2 (0.56%) Master's Degree
14 1 (0.28%) BPSS Clearance
14 1 (0.28%) CISSP
14 1 (0.28%) CRISC
14 1 (0.28%) DBS Check
14 1 (0.28%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (4.80%) Data Quality
2 10 (2.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (2.54%) QA
4 8 (2.26%) Cyber Essentials
5 7 (1.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 5 (1.41%) ISO 9001
7 4 (1.13%) GDPR
8 3 (0.85%) GRC
8 3 (0.85%) NIST
8 3 (0.85%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.56%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.28%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.28%) SLA
10 1 (0.28%) WCAG
System Software
1 99 (27.97%) Docker
2 7 (1.98%) Hyper-V
3 5 (1.41%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 75 (21.19%) Terraform
2 39 (11.02%) Kubernetes
3 22 (6.21%) Ansible
4 20 (5.65%) HP Fortify
5 13 (3.67%) Grafana
5 13 (3.67%) Prometheus
6 4 (1.13%) CloudHub
7 2 (0.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.28%) Argo
Vendors
1 110 (31.07%) Microsoft
2 15 (4.24%) Google
3 14 (3.95%) Databricks
4 6 (1.69%) Oracle
5 5 (1.41%) Palantir
5 5 (1.41%) VMware
5 5 (1.41%) Zoho
6 4 (1.13%) MuleSoft
7 3 (0.85%) Informatica
7 3 (0.85%) Pega
7 3 (0.85%) SAP
7 3 (0.85%) TIBCO
7 3 (0.85%) WSO2
8 2 (0.56%) Arista
8 2 (0.56%) Aruba
8 2 (0.56%) Cisco
8 2 (0.56%) Citrix
8 2 (0.56%) NetScout
9 1 (0.28%) Adobe
9 1 (0.28%) IBM