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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 14 14
Rank change year-on-year +2 0 -2
Permanent jobs citing AWS 351 345 346
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 10.39% 11.08% 10.45%
As % of the Cloud Services category 31.31% 32.73% 25.09%
Number of salaries quoted 275 154 268
10th Percentile £28,250 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £28,750 £45,313 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,886 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.89% -5.78% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £71,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,875 £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 1,121 1,054 1,379
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 33.20% 33.86% 41.65%
Number of salaries quoted 666 571 1,165
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £31,000 £42,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £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 14 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 14 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 +4 284 £70,000 +16.67% 114
South Yorkshire -5 41 £30,500 -50.41% 44
East Yorkshire -14 13 £42,500 -5.56% 27
North Yorkshire +1 9 £39,250 -31.74% 22
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 (5.13%) Apache Spark
2 11 (3.13%) Apache
3 10 (2.85%) OpenStack
4 9 (2.56%) WordPress
5 5 (1.42%) Drupal
5 5 (1.42%) nginx
6 4 (1.14%) Anypoint
6 4 (1.14%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.85%) Confluence
8 2 (0.57%) CMS
9 1 (0.28%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.28%) FileNet
9 1 (0.28%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.28%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 2 (0.57%) 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
1 177 (50.43%) Azure
2 113 (32.19%) Serverless
3 93 (26.50%) GitHub
4 69 (19.66%) Amazon S3
5 59 (16.81%) AWS Lambda
6 52 (14.81%) AWS CloudFormation
7 48 (13.68%) Amazon ECS
8 47 (13.39%) SaaS
9 43 (12.25%) GCP
10 41 (11.68%) AWS Step Functions
11 29 (8.26%) Amazon SQS
12 23 (6.55%) Amazon EKS
13 20 (5.70%) Amazon ECR
13 20 (5.70%) Apigee
14 19 (5.41%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 18 (5.13%) GitHub Actions
16 16 (4.56%) Azure DevOps
17 14 (3.99%) Amazon EventBridge
18 8 (2.28%) Datadog
19 7 (1.99%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 58 (16.52%) Internet
2 7 (1.99%) Firewall
3 5 (1.42%) DNS
4 4 (1.14%) Network Security
5 2 (0.57%) DHCP
5 2 (0.57%) DMZ
5 2 (0.57%) LAN
5 2 (0.57%) WAN
6 1 (0.28%) BGP
6 1 (0.28%) HTTP
6 1 (0.28%) MQTT
6 1 (0.28%) SSL
6 1 (0.28%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.28%) VoIP
6 1 (0.28%) VPN
6 1 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (17.66%) DynamoDB
2 39 (11.11%) SQL Server
3 37 (10.54%) PostgreSQL
4 35 (9.97%) NoSQL
5 14 (3.99%) Relational Database
6 12 (3.42%) Metadata
6 12 (3.42%) MongoDB
6 12 (3.42%) MySQL
7 11 (3.13%) Amazon Redshift
7 11 (3.13%) Data Lake
7 11 (3.13%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (1.42%) Amazon Athena
8 5 (1.42%) Amazon RDS
8 5 (1.42%) MariaDB
9 3 (0.85%) Amazon Aurora
9 3 (0.85%) Apache Iceberg
9 3 (0.85%) Big Data
9 3 (0.85%) Data Vault
9 3 (0.85%) TIBCO EBX
10 2 (0.57%) Amazon QuickSight
Development Applications
1 90 (25.64%) Git
2 45 (12.82%) Jenkins
3 35 (9.97%) GitLab
4 21 (5.98%) Cypress.io
5 20 (5.70%) Maven
5 20 (5.70%) SonarQube
6 5 (1.42%) JIRA
6 5 (1.42%) Postman
7 2 (0.57%) Selenium
8 1 (0.28%) Appium
8 1 (0.28%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.28%) JUnit
8 1 (0.28%) REST Assured
General
1 114 (32.48%) Social Skills
2 58 (16.52%) Multimedia
3 31 (8.83%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (7.12%) Public Sector
5 24 (6.84%) Finance
6 12 (3.42%) Financial Institution
7 11 (3.13%) Law
8 9 (2.56%) Retail
9 7 (1.99%) Legal
10 6 (1.71%) Marketing
10 6 (1.71%) Tech for Good
11 5 (1.42%) Local Government
11 5 (1.42%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (1.42%) Police
12 4 (1.14%) Games
13 3 (0.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 2 (0.57%) Influencing Skills
15 1 (0.28%) Documentation Skills
15 1 (0.28%) Pharmaceutical
15 1 (0.28%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 118 (33.62%) Developer
2 58 (16.52%) Trainee
3 51 (14.53%) Architect
3 51 (14.53%) Lead
3 51 (14.53%) Senior
4 38 (10.83%) Java Developer
5 37 (10.54%) Software Developer
6 28 (7.98%) Trainee Developer
6 28 (7.98%) Trainee Software Developer
7 26 (7.41%) Software Engineer
8 20 (5.70%) Python Developer
9 18 (5.13%) Data Engineer
9 18 (5.13%) Lead Developer
10 15 (4.27%) Development Manager
10 15 (4.27%) Senior Data Engineer
10 15 (4.27%) Senior Developer
11 14 (3.99%) .NET Developer
11 14 (3.99%) Applications Architect
11 14 (3.99%) Software Development Manager
11 14 (3.99%) Software Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (22.51%) CSS
1 79 (22.51%) HTML
2 71 (20.23%) React
3 44 (12.54%) .NET
3 44 (12.54%) Node.js
4 38 (10.83%) Spring Boot
5 32 (9.12%) RESTful
6 31 (8.83%) Spring
7 28 (7.98%) AngularJS
7 28 (7.98%) REST
8 20 (5.70%) FastAPI
8 20 (5.70%) Flask
8 20 (5.70%) Gherkin
8 20 (5.70%) Jest
9 19 (5.41%) Django
10 17 (4.84%) .NET Core
11 15 (4.27%) Blazor
12 14 (3.99%) Kafka
12 14 (3.99%) Vue
13 13 (3.70%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 44 (12.54%) Cloud Native
2 25 (7.12%) Enterprise Software
3 22 (6.27%) Data Structures
4 21 (5.98%) Distributed Systems
5 18 (5.13%) Product Ownership
6 5 (1.42%) Mobile App
6 5 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.14%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.14%) Marketing Technology
7 4 (1.14%) Public Cloud
8 3 (0.85%) AI Agents
8 3 (0.85%) Management Information System
8 3 (0.85%) Taxonomies
8 3 (0.85%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.57%) Cloud Security Posture
9 2 (0.57%) Legacy Applications
9 2 (0.57%) Legacy Code
9 2 (0.57%) Security Posture
10 1 (0.28%) Educational Technology
10 1 (0.28%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 13 (3.70%) Windows
2 6 (1.71%) Linux
3 5 (1.42%) Android
4 4 (1.14%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.57%) Unix
6 1 (0.28%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.28%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 145 (41.31%) Mentoring
2 141 (40.17%) CI/CD
3 134 (38.18%) Agile
4 111 (31.62%) DevOps
5 83 (23.65%) Problem-Solving
6 81 (23.08%) Infrastructure as Code
7 79 (22.51%) Microservices
8 72 (20.51%) Continuous Improvement
9 69 (19.66%) Cybersecurity
9 69 (19.66%) Software Engineering
10 50 (14.25%) Data Modelling
11 41 (11.68%) SDLC
12 39 (11.11%) Migration
13 37 (10.54%) Application Security
14 35 (9.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 34 (9.69%) Architectural Patterns
16 33 (9.40%) Computer Science
17 31 (8.83%) Full-Stack Development
18 28 (7.98%) Containerisation
18 28 (7.98%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 152 (43.30%) Python
2 142 (40.46%) JavaScript
3 106 (30.20%) Java
4 82 (23.36%) TypeScript
5 73 (20.80%) SQL
6 57 (16.24%) C#
7 32 (9.12%) R
8 27 (7.69%) Bash
9 19 (5.41%) Groovy
10 15 (4.27%) PHP
11 10 (2.85%) Scala
12 9 (2.56%) Kotlin
13 8 (2.28%) PowerShell
14 7 (1.99%) Go
15 4 (1.14%) Bicep
15 4 (1.14%) DataWeave
16 1 (0.28%) C++
16 1 (0.28%) Delphi
16 1 (0.28%) Perl
Qualifications
1 128 (36.47%) AWS Certification
2 88 (25.07%) Microsoft Certification
3 87 (24.79%) Azure Certification
4 63 (17.95%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 39 (11.11%) Degree
6 31 (8.83%) Computer Science Degree
7 27 (7.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 24 (6.84%) TOGAF Certification
9 16 (4.56%) AWS Certified Developer
10 11 (3.13%) Security Cleared
11 10 (2.85%) SC Cleared
12 7 (1.99%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 7 (1.99%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.57%) IIBA
13 2 (0.57%) 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 16 (4.56%) Data Quality
2 10 (2.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (2.56%) QA
4 8 (2.28%) Cyber Essentials
5 7 (1.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 5 (1.42%) ISO 9001
7 4 (1.14%) GDPR
8 3 (0.85%) GRC
8 3 (0.85%) NIST
8 3 (0.85%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.28%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.28%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.28%) SLA
9 1 (0.28%) WCAG
System Software
1 104 (29.63%) Docker
2 6 (1.71%) Hyper-V
3 5 (1.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.14%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 73 (20.80%) Terraform
2 41 (11.68%) Kubernetes
3 20 (5.70%) Ansible
3 20 (5.70%) HP Fortify
4 13 (3.70%) Grafana
4 13 (3.70%) Prometheus
5 4 (1.14%) CloudHub
6 1 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.28%) Argo
Vendors
1 106 (30.20%) Microsoft
2 12 (3.42%) Databricks
2 12 (3.42%) Google
3 6 (1.71%) Oracle
4 5 (1.42%) Palantir
4 5 (1.42%) VMware
4 5 (1.42%) Zoho
5 4 (1.14%) MuleSoft
6 3 (0.85%) Informatica
6 3 (0.85%) Pega
6 3 (0.85%) SAP
6 3 (0.85%) TIBCO
6 3 (0.85%) WSO2
7 2 (0.57%) Cisco
7 2 (0.57%) Citrix
8 1 (0.28%) Adobe
8 1 (0.28%) IBM
8 1 (0.28%) Sitecore
8 1 (0.28%) Sparx
8 1 (0.28%) UiPath