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 30 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 19 14
Rank change year-on-year -4 -5 -6
Permanent jobs citing AWS 294 312 365
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 8.57% 7.82% 11.97%
As % of the Cloud Services category 29.73% 26.49% 25.96%
Number of salaries quoted 245 188 293
10th Percentile £28,250 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £74,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £88,500
England median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year - +3.45% -3.33%

All Cloud 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 989 1,178 1,406
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 28.82% 29.51% 46.10%
Number of salaries quoted 711 685 1,149
10th Percentile £26,500 £30,625 £29,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +1.85% -1.82%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £84,985 £84,056
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% -3.85%

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 30 November 2025.

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 30 November 2025. 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 +4 238 £67,500 +3.85% 54
South Yorkshire -4 35 £30,500 -50.41% 20
East Yorkshire -12 12 £45,000 - 7
North Yorkshire -3 7 £48,000 -36.00% 7
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 21 (7.14%) Apache Spark
2 11 (3.74%) Apache
3 7 (2.38%) WordPress
4 5 (1.70%) Anypoint
4 5 (1.70%) Drupal
4 5 (1.70%) nginx
4 5 (1.70%) OpenStack
5 3 (1.02%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.68%) CMS
6 2 (0.68%) Confluence
7 1 (0.34%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.34%) FileNet
7 1 (0.34%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.34%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 3 (1.02%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (1.02%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.34%) Magento
2 1 (0.34%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 156 (53.06%) Azure
2 69 (23.47%) Serverless
3 62 (21.09%) GitHub
4 41 (13.95%) Amazon S3
5 40 (13.61%) GCP
5 40 (13.61%) SaaS
6 31 (10.54%) AWS Lambda
7 30 (10.20%) AWS CloudFormation
8 26 (8.84%) Amazon ECS
9 19 (6.46%) Amazon EKS
10 17 (5.78%) AWS Step Functions
11 12 (4.08%) Amazon SQS
11 12 (4.08%) GitHub Actions
12 9 (3.06%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 9 (3.06%) Azure DevOps
13 8 (2.72%) Amazon EventBridge
13 8 (2.72%) Datadog
14 7 (2.38%) Amazon ECR
14 7 (2.38%) Apigee
15 6 (2.04%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 38 (12.93%) Internet
2 10 (3.40%) DNS
3 7 (2.38%) Firewall
4 6 (2.04%) DHCP
4 6 (2.04%) Network Security
5 3 (1.02%) VPN
6 2 (0.68%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.34%) BGP
7 1 (0.34%) HTTP
7 1 (0.34%) Junos
7 1 (0.34%) LAN
7 1 (0.34%) MQTT
7 1 (0.34%) SSL
7 1 (0.34%) VLAN
7 1 (0.34%) WAN
7 1 (0.34%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (11.90%) PostgreSQL
2 29 (9.86%) DynamoDB
3 22 (7.48%) SQL Server
4 21 (7.14%) MongoDB
4 21 (7.14%) NoSQL
5 12 (4.08%) Data Lake
6 11 (3.74%) Amazon Redshift
6 11 (3.74%) Data Warehouse
6 11 (3.74%) MySQL
7 6 (2.04%) Relational Database
8 5 (1.70%) MariaDB
8 5 (1.70%) Metadata
9 4 (1.36%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (1.02%) Amazon Aurora
10 3 (1.02%) Apache Iceberg
10 3 (1.02%) Big Data
10 3 (1.02%) Data Vault
10 3 (1.02%) Delta Lake
10 3 (1.02%) Spark SQL
11 2 (0.68%) TIBCO EBX
Development Applications
1 55 (18.71%) Git
2 28 (9.52%) Jenkins
3 21 (7.14%) GitLab
4 8 (2.72%) Cypress.io
5 7 (2.38%) JIRA
5 7 (2.38%) Maven
5 7 (2.38%) SonarQube
6 6 (2.04%) Postman
7 3 (1.02%) MLflow
8 2 (0.68%) Selenium
9 1 (0.34%) Appium
9 1 (0.34%) Burp Suite
9 1 (0.34%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.34%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.34%) JUnit
9 1 (0.34%) Metasploit
9 1 (0.34%) REST Assured
General
1 97 (32.99%) Social Skills
2 38 (12.93%) Multimedia
3 23 (7.82%) Finance
4 22 (7.48%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (7.48%) Public Sector
5 14 (4.76%) Law
6 12 (4.08%) Financial Institution
7 10 (3.40%) Retail
8 7 (2.38%) Marketing
8 7 (2.38%) Tech for Good
9 5 (1.70%) Local Government
9 5 (1.70%) Police
10 4 (1.36%) Legal
11 3 (1.02%) Games
11 3 (1.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.02%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.34%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.34%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.34%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 83 (28.23%) Developer
2 57 (19.39%) Lead
3 45 (15.31%) Senior
4 38 (12.93%) Trainee
5 36 (12.24%) Software Developer
6 33 (11.22%) Architect
7 24 (8.16%) Lead Developer
8 22 (7.48%) Software Engineer
9 19 (6.46%) Data Engineer
10 18 (6.12%) Java Developer
10 18 (6.12%) Trainee Developer
10 18 (6.12%) Trainee Software Developer
11 17 (5.78%) Python Developer
12 15 (5.10%) Senior Data Engineer
13 12 (4.08%) DevOps Engineer
13 12 (4.08%) Lead Software Developer
14 10 (3.40%) Applications Architect
14 10 (3.40%) Applications Support
14 10 (3.40%) Support Specialist
15 9 (3.06%) Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (19.05%) CSS
1 56 (19.05%) HTML
2 54 (18.37%) React
3 37 (12.59%) Node.js
4 32 (10.88%) .NET
5 27 (9.18%) RESTful
6 21 (7.14%) REST
6 21 (7.14%) Spring
7 20 (6.80%) Spring Boot
8 19 (6.46%) FastAPI
9 18 (6.12%) Django
9 18 (6.12%) Flask
10 12 (4.08%) Micronaut
11 11 (3.74%) GraphQL
11 11 (3.74%) Vue
12 10 (3.40%) .NET Core
12 10 (3.40%) AngularJS
12 10 (3.40%) Kafka
13 9 (3.06%) AWS CDK
13 9 (3.06%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 36 (12.24%) Cloud Native
2 28 (9.52%) Product Ownership
3 18 (6.12%) Distributed Systems
4 17 (5.78%) Enterprise Software
5 9 (3.06%) Data Structures
6 5 (1.70%) Marketing Technology
6 5 (1.70%) Public Cloud
7 4 (1.36%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (1.36%) Linux Command Line
7 4 (1.36%) Mobile App
7 4 (1.36%) Security Posture
8 3 (1.02%) AI Agents
8 3 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.02%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.68%) Cloud Security Posture
9 2 (0.68%) Legacy Applications
9 2 (0.68%) Legacy Code
9 2 (0.68%) Taxonomies
10 1 (0.34%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 14 (4.76%) Windows
2 11 (3.74%) Linux
3 6 (2.04%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (1.70%) Unix
5 3 (1.02%) Android
6 2 (0.68%) Check Point GAiA
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (47.96%) Mentoring
2 126 (42.86%) CI/CD
3 96 (32.65%) Agile
4 85 (28.91%) DevOps
5 72 (24.49%) Infrastructure as Code
6 66 (22.45%) Problem-Solving
7 62 (21.09%) Software Engineering
8 57 (19.39%) Continuous Improvement
9 55 (18.71%) Microservices
10 51 (17.35%) Cybersecurity
11 34 (11.56%) Data Modelling
12 33 (11.22%) Coaching
12 33 (11.22%) Roadmaps
12 33 (11.22%) Technical Leadership
13 31 (10.54%) Containerisation
13 31 (10.54%) Data Pipeline
14 30 (10.20%) Migration
15 28 (9.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 27 (9.18%) Data Engineering
17 26 (8.84%) Architectural Patterns
Programming Languages
1 144 (48.98%) Python
2 110 (37.41%) JavaScript
3 79 (26.87%) Java
4 76 (25.85%) SQL
5 56 (19.05%) TypeScript
6 44 (14.97%) C#
7 23 (7.82%) R
8 18 (6.12%) Bash
9 17 (5.78%) PowerShell
10 14 (4.76%) PHP
11 9 (3.06%) Scala
12 7 (2.38%) Go
13 6 (2.04%) Groovy
14 5 (1.70%) DataWeave
15 4 (1.36%) Bicep
15 4 (1.36%) Kotlin
16 1 (0.34%) C++
16 1 (0.34%) Delphi
16 1 (0.34%) Perl
Qualifications
1 88 (29.93%) AWS Certification
2 57 (19.39%) Azure Certification
2 57 (19.39%) Microsoft Certification
3 43 (14.63%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 29 (9.86%) Degree
5 21 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
6 19 (6.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 16 (5.44%) TOGAF Certification
8 10 (3.40%) AWS Certified Developer
9 9 (3.06%) SC Cleared
9 9 (3.06%) Security Cleared
10 3 (1.02%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
11 2 (0.68%) CCSA
11 2 (0.68%) CCSE
12 1 (0.34%) CISA
12 1 (0.34%) CISSP
12 1 (0.34%) JNCIP
12 1 (0.34%) JNCIS
12 1 (0.34%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.34%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.76%) QA
2 10 (3.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (2.72%) Cyber Essentials
4 7 (2.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 6 (2.04%) Data Quality
6 5 (1.70%) ISO 9001
6 5 (1.70%) NIST
7 4 (1.36%) GDPR
8 3 (1.02%) GRC
8 3 (1.02%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.68%) SLA
10 1 (0.34%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.34%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.34%) WCAG
System Software
1 76 (25.85%) Docker
2 7 (2.38%) Hyper-V
3 6 (2.04%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.68%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 66 (22.45%) Terraform
2 45 (15.31%) Kubernetes
3 23 (7.82%) Ansible
4 14 (4.76%) Prometheus
5 13 (4.42%) Grafana
6 7 (2.38%) HP Fortify
7 5 (1.70%) CloudHub
7 5 (1.70%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 5 (1.70%) SCCM
7 5 (1.70%) SCOM
7 5 (1.70%) WSUS
8 3 (1.02%) Kubeflow
9 2 (0.68%) Argo
9 2 (0.68%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.34%) Nmap
Vendors
1 76 (25.85%) Microsoft
2 26 (8.84%) Databricks
3 11 (3.74%) Oracle
4 7 (2.38%) Google
5 5 (1.70%) MuleSoft
5 5 (1.70%) Palantir
5 5 (1.70%) Red Hat
6 3 (1.02%) Pega
6 3 (1.02%) SAP
6 3 (1.02%) VMware
6 3 (1.02%) WSO2
6 3 (1.02%) Zoho
7 2 (0.68%) CheckPoint
7 2 (0.68%) Fortinet
7 2 (0.68%) Informatica
7 2 (0.68%) Palo Alto
7 2 (0.68%) TIBCO
8 1 (0.34%) Adobe
8 1 (0.34%) Juniper
8 1 (0.34%) ServiceNow