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 7 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 13 14
Rank change year-on-year +2 +1 -2
Permanent jobs citing AWS 345 350 339
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 10.23% 11.02% 10.62%
As % of the Cloud Services category 30.75% 32.47% 25.15%
Number of salaries quoted 271 161 258
10th Percentile £28,250 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £45,000 £47,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,123 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.48% -5.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £71,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £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 1,122 1,078 1,348
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 33.26% 33.93% 42.22%
Number of salaries quoted 670 588 1,127
10th Percentile £27,950 £30,000 £28,788
25th Percentile £30,531 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £73,750 £69,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £84,056
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,249
% change year-on-year -7.69% +7.89% -7.31%

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 7 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 7 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 +2 280 £70,000 +16.67% 102
South Yorkshire -4 41 £30,500 -50.41% 45
East Yorkshire -13 13 £42,500 -5.56% 23
North Yorkshire 0 9 £39,250 -31.74% 24
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 17 (4.93%) Apache Spark
2 10 (2.90%) Apache
2 10 (2.90%) OpenStack
3 9 (2.61%) WordPress
4 5 (1.45%) Anypoint
4 5 (1.45%) Drupal
4 5 (1.45%) nginx
5 3 (0.87%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.58%) CMS
6 2 (0.58%) Confluence
7 1 (0.29%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.29%) FileNet
7 1 (0.29%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.29%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 2 (0.58%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (0.87%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.29%) Magento
2 1 (0.29%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 178 (51.59%) Azure
2 108 (31.30%) Serverless
3 91 (26.38%) GitHub
4 64 (18.55%) Amazon S3
5 54 (15.65%) AWS Lambda
6 49 (14.20%) AWS CloudFormation
7 46 (13.33%) SaaS
8 45 (13.04%) GCP
9 44 (12.75%) Amazon ECS
10 37 (10.72%) AWS Step Functions
11 26 (7.54%) Amazon SQS
12 22 (6.38%) Amazon EKS
13 18 (5.22%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 18 (5.22%) GitHub Actions
14 17 (4.93%) Amazon ECR
14 17 (4.93%) Apigee
15 16 (4.64%) Azure DevOps
16 14 (4.06%) Amazon EventBridge
17 9 (2.61%) Datadog
18 6 (1.74%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 57 (16.52%) Internet
2 7 (2.03%) Firewall
3 4 (1.16%) DNS
3 4 (1.16%) Network Security
4 2 (0.58%) DMZ
5 1 (0.29%) BGP
5 1 (0.29%) DHCP
5 1 (0.29%) HTTP
5 1 (0.29%) LAN
5 1 (0.29%) MQTT
5 1 (0.29%) SSL
5 1 (0.29%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.29%) VPN
5 1 (0.29%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (16.52%) DynamoDB
2 40 (11.59%) PostgreSQL
3 37 (10.72%) SQL Server
4 36 (10.43%) NoSQL
5 15 (4.35%) MongoDB
6 14 (4.06%) Relational Database
7 13 (3.77%) MySQL
8 12 (3.48%) Metadata
9 10 (2.90%) Amazon Redshift
9 10 (2.90%) Data Lake
9 10 (2.90%) Data Warehouse
10 5 (1.45%) Amazon RDS
10 5 (1.45%) MariaDB
11 4 (1.16%) Amazon Athena
12 3 (0.87%) Amazon Aurora
12 3 (0.87%) Apache Iceberg
12 3 (0.87%) Big Data
12 3 (0.87%) Data Vault
12 3 (0.87%) TIBCO EBX
13 2 (0.58%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 88 (25.51%) Git
2 42 (12.17%) Jenkins
3 33 (9.57%) GitLab
4 18 (5.22%) Cypress.io
5 17 (4.93%) Maven
5 17 (4.93%) SonarQube
6 6 (1.74%) Postman
7 4 (1.16%) JIRA
8 2 (0.58%) Selenium
9 1 (0.29%) Appium
9 1 (0.29%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.29%) JUnit
9 1 (0.29%) REST Assured
General
1 113 (32.75%) Social Skills
2 57 (16.52%) Multimedia
3 29 (8.41%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (7.25%) Public Sector
5 23 (6.67%) Finance
6 12 (3.48%) Financial Institution
6 12 (3.48%) Law
7 11 (3.19%) Retail
8 7 (2.03%) Legal
8 7 (2.03%) Marketing
9 6 (1.74%) Tech for Good
10 5 (1.45%) Local Government
10 5 (1.45%) Police
11 4 (1.16%) Games
11 4 (1.16%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (0.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.58%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.29%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.29%) Pharmaceutical
14 1 (0.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 115 (33.33%) Developer
2 57 (16.52%) Trainee
3 54 (15.65%) Lead
4 52 (15.07%) Architect
5 48 (13.91%) Senior
6 38 (11.01%) Software Developer
7 34 (9.86%) Java Developer
8 27 (7.83%) Trainee Developer
8 27 (7.83%) Trainee Software Developer
9 24 (6.96%) Software Engineer
10 20 (5.80%) Lead Developer
10 20 (5.80%) Python Developer
11 16 (4.64%) Data Engineer
12 14 (4.06%) .NET Developer
12 14 (4.06%) Applications Architect
12 14 (4.06%) Development Manager
12 14 (4.06%) DevOps Engineer
13 13 (3.77%) Senior Developer
13 13 (3.77%) Software Development Manager
13 13 (3.77%) Software Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (22.61%) CSS
1 78 (22.61%) HTML
2 70 (20.29%) React
3 43 (12.46%) .NET
3 43 (12.46%) Node.js
4 35 (10.14%) Spring Boot
5 34 (9.86%) RESTful
6 31 (8.99%) Spring
7 28 (8.12%) REST
8 24 (6.96%) AngularJS
9 21 (6.09%) FastAPI
10 20 (5.80%) Django
10 20 (5.80%) Flask
11 17 (4.93%) .NET Core
11 17 (4.93%) Gherkin
11 17 (4.93%) Jest
12 15 (4.35%) Blazor
12 15 (4.35%) Kafka
13 14 (4.06%) Vue
14 13 (3.77%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 44 (12.75%) Cloud Native
2 25 (7.25%) Enterprise Software
3 22 (6.38%) Data Structures
4 21 (6.09%) Distributed Systems
5 20 (5.80%) Product Ownership
6 5 (1.45%) Marketing Technology
7 4 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.16%) Mobile App
7 4 (1.16%) Public Cloud
7 4 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (0.87%) AI Agents
8 3 (0.87%) Management Information System
8 3 (0.87%) Taxonomies
8 3 (0.87%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.58%) Cloud Security Posture
9 2 (0.58%) Legacy Applications
9 2 (0.58%) Legacy Code
9 2 (0.58%) Security Posture
10 1 (0.29%) Legacy Systems
10 1 (0.29%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 11 (3.19%) Windows
2 6 (1.74%) Linux
3 4 (1.16%) Android
4 3 (0.87%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.58%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (42.90%) Mentoring
2 138 (40.00%) CI/CD
3 132 (38.26%) Agile
4 107 (31.01%) DevOps
5 82 (23.77%) Infrastructure as Code
6 81 (23.48%) Problem-Solving
7 80 (23.19%) Microservices
8 70 (20.29%) Continuous Improvement
9 68 (19.71%) Cybersecurity
10 67 (19.42%) Software Engineering
11 50 (14.49%) Data Modelling
12 38 (11.01%) Migration
13 37 (10.72%) Application Security
13 37 (10.72%) SDLC
14 35 (10.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 34 (9.86%) Architectural Patterns
16 33 (9.57%) Computer Science
17 31 (8.99%) Full-Stack Development
18 29 (8.41%) Containerisation
19 28 (8.12%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 151 (43.77%) Python
2 142 (41.16%) JavaScript
3 102 (29.57%) Java
4 79 (22.90%) TypeScript
5 72 (20.87%) SQL
6 56 (16.23%) C#
7 32 (9.28%) R
8 24 (6.96%) Bash
9 16 (4.64%) Groovy
9 16 (4.64%) PHP
10 10 (2.90%) Scala
11 8 (2.32%) Kotlin
11 8 (2.32%) PowerShell
12 7 (2.03%) Go
13 5 (1.45%) DataWeave
14 4 (1.16%) Bicep
15 1 (0.29%) C++
15 1 (0.29%) Delphi
15 1 (0.29%) Perl
Qualifications
1 124 (35.94%) AWS Certification
2 87 (25.22%) Microsoft Certification
3 86 (24.93%) Azure Certification
4 62 (17.97%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 39 (11.30%) Degree
6 31 (8.99%) Computer Science Degree
7 27 (7.83%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 24 (6.96%) TOGAF Certification
9 16 (4.64%) AWS Certified Developer
10 11 (3.19%) SC Cleared
10 11 (3.19%) Security Cleared
11 4 (1.16%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 4 (1.16%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.58%) IIBA
12 2 (0.58%) Master's Degree
13 1 (0.29%) BPSS Clearance
13 1 (0.29%) CISSP
13 1 (0.29%) CRISC
13 1 (0.29%) DBS Check
13 1 (0.29%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.06%) Data Quality
2 10 (2.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (2.90%) QA
3 8 (2.32%) Cyber Essentials
4 7 (2.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 5 (1.45%) ISO 9001
6 4 (1.16%) GDPR
7 3 (0.87%) GRC
7 3 (0.87%) NIST
7 3 (0.87%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.29%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.29%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.29%) SLA
8 1 (0.29%) WCAG
System Software
1 103 (29.86%) Docker
2 5 (1.45%) Hyper-V
2 5 (1.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.87%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.29%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 74 (21.45%) Terraform
2 43 (12.46%) Kubernetes
3 21 (6.09%) Ansible
4 17 (4.93%) HP Fortify
5 14 (4.06%) Grafana
5 14 (4.06%) Prometheus
6 5 (1.45%) CloudHub
7 1 (0.29%) Argo
Vendors
1 103 (29.86%) Microsoft
2 12 (3.48%) Databricks
3 10 (2.90%) Google
4 6 (1.74%) Oracle
5 5 (1.45%) MuleSoft
5 5 (1.45%) Palantir
5 5 (1.45%) VMware
6 4 (1.16%) Zoho
7 3 (0.87%) Informatica
7 3 (0.87%) Pega
7 3 (0.87%) SAP
7 3 (0.87%) TIBCO
7 3 (0.87%) WSO2
8 2 (0.58%) Cisco
8 2 (0.58%) Citrix
9 1 (0.29%) Adobe
9 1 (0.29%) IBM
9 1 (0.29%) Sitecore
9 1 (0.29%) Sparx
9 1 (0.29%) UiPath