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 31 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 26 27
Rank change year-on-year +5 +1 -18
Permanent jobs citing AWS 399 227 325
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 5.31% 6.68% 6.23%
As % of the Cloud Services category 22.75% 26.46% 21.34%
Number of salaries quoted 293 176 253
10th Percentile £42,500 £29,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +12.50% -4.00%
75th Percentile £87,500 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £72,500 £74,375 £75,000
% change year-on-year -2.52% -0.83% -

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 1,754 858 1,523
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 23.34% 25.24% 29.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1,117 724 1,106
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,000 £29,125
25th Percentile £38,750 £31,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £68,750 £69,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £84,357
England median annual salary £64,013 £60,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +6.69% -2.44% -5.38%

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 31 August 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 31 August 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 +4 307 £72,500 +3.57% 107
South Yorkshire -26 47 £66,000 -5.71% 37
East Yorkshire -8 17 £47,000 +16.05% 5
North Yorkshire +5 8 £47,500 +5.56% 14
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 10 (2.51%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.01%) WordPress
3 7 (1.75%) Apache Spark
4 4 (1.00%) Apache
4 4 (1.00%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.00%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.50%) CMS
5 2 (0.50%) Confluence
6 1 (0.25%) JBoss
6 1 (0.25%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 4 (1.00%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.25%) Elementor
Business Applications
1 5 (1.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.25%) Magento
2 1 (0.25%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.25%) SAP MDM
2 1 (0.25%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 129 (32.33%) Azure
2 98 (24.56%) Serverless
3 87 (21.80%) AWS CloudFormation
4 83 (20.80%) AWS Lambda
5 79 (19.80%) GitHub
6 75 (18.80%) Amazon ECS
7 72 (18.05%) Amazon S3
8 55 (13.78%) GCP
9 53 (13.28%) AWS Step Functions
10 52 (13.03%) GitHub Actions
11 34 (8.52%) Amazon EC2
12 31 (7.77%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 31 (7.77%) SaaS
13 26 (6.52%) Amazon OpenSearch
14 23 (5.76%) Amazon ECR
14 23 (5.76%) Apigee
15 18 (4.51%) Amazon SQS
16 17 (4.26%) Datadog
17 16 (4.01%) Amazon EKS
17 16 (4.01%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.51%) DNS
2 9 (2.26%) Firewall
2 9 (2.26%) LAN
3 8 (2.01%) DHCP
3 8 (2.01%) VPN
3 8 (2.01%) WAN
4 7 (1.75%) Internet
5 6 (1.50%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.75%) Network Security
7 2 (0.50%) BGP
7 2 (0.50%) OSPF
7 2 (0.50%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.25%) HTTP
8 1 (0.25%) Kerberos
8 1 (0.25%) SAN
8 1 (0.25%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (13.53%) DynamoDB
2 33 (8.27%) NoSQL
3 25 (6.27%) MySQL
4 23 (5.76%) Amazon Athena
5 22 (5.51%) Data Warehouse
6 21 (5.26%) MongoDB
7 19 (4.76%) PostgreSQL
8 13 (3.26%) Relational Database
9 12 (3.01%) BigQuery
10 11 (2.76%) Amazon Redshift
11 10 (2.51%) MariaDB
11 10 (2.51%) SQL Server
12 9 (2.26%) Elasticsearch
12 9 (2.26%) Metadata
13 8 (2.01%) Data Lake
14 7 (1.75%) Amazon RDS
15 5 (1.25%) Azure SQL Database
15 5 (1.25%) Big Data
15 5 (1.25%) Power BI
16 4 (1.00%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 72 (18.05%) Jenkins
2 47 (11.78%) Git
3 37 (9.27%) GitLab
4 18 (4.51%) Cypress.io
5 16 (4.01%) SonarQube
6 14 (3.51%) Maven
7 9 (2.26%) JIRA
8 6 (1.50%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 4 (1.00%) Cucumber
10 3 (0.75%) Artifactory
11 2 (0.50%) Claude Code
12 1 (0.25%) MLflow
12 1 (0.25%) Selenium
12 1 (0.25%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 75 (18.80%) Social Skills
2 61 (15.29%) Public Sector
3 36 (9.02%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (6.02%) Finance
5 14 (3.51%) Pharmaceutical
6 13 (3.26%) Law
7 9 (2.26%) Manufacturing
8 8 (2.01%) Local Government
9 7 (1.75%) Multimedia
10 6 (1.50%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (1.50%) Legal
11 4 (1.00%) Banking
11 4 (1.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (0.75%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.50%) Billing
13 2 (0.50%) Games
13 2 (0.50%) Publishing
13 2 (0.50%) Retail
14 1 (0.25%) Advertising
14 1 (0.25%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 129 (32.33%) Developer
2 112 (28.07%) Senior
3 67 (16.79%) Java Developer
4 50 (12.53%) Senior Developer
5 48 (12.03%) Full-Stack Developer
6 41 (10.28%) Software Engineer
7 40 (10.03%) Architect
8 33 (8.27%) Cloud Engineer
9 29 (7.27%) AWS Developer
9 29 (7.27%) AWS Engineer
9 29 (7.27%) Lead
10 28 (7.02%) DevOps Engineer
10 28 (7.02%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 27 (6.77%) Data Engineer
12 23 (5.76%) Platform Engineer
13 20 (5.01%) Full-Stack Java Developer
13 20 (5.01%) Senior Java Developer
14 16 (4.01%) Angular Developer
14 16 (4.01%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
15 15 (3.76%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (20.55%) Terraform
2 74 (18.55%) AngularJS
2 74 (18.55%) Node.js
3 49 (12.28%) React
3 49 (12.28%) Spring Boot
4 39 (9.77%) Spring
5 32 (8.02%) CSS
6 27 (6.77%) .NET
7 24 (6.02%) HTML
8 22 (5.51%) Gherkin
9 19 (4.76%) Vue
9 19 (4.76%) Web Services
10 17 (4.26%) REST
11 15 (3.76%) Jest
12 12 (3.01%) .NET Core
13 11 (2.76%) Flask
13 11 (2.76%) RESTful
14 10 (2.51%) Middleware
15 8 (2.01%) PySpark
16 7 (1.75%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 47 (11.78%) Cloud Native
2 14 (3.51%) Legacy Systems
3 13 (3.26%) Distributed Systems
4 9 (2.26%) Analytical Mindset
4 9 (2.26%) Linux Command Line
5 8 (2.01%) AI Agents
5 8 (2.01%) Hybrid Cloud
5 8 (2.01%) NHS
6 7 (1.75%) Public Cloud
7 6 (1.50%) Data Structures
7 6 (1.50%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.25%) Blog
8 5 (1.25%) Security Posture
9 4 (1.00%) Driving Licence
9 4 (1.00%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.00%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (1.00%) PKI
10 3 (0.75%) Cloud Security Posture
10 3 (0.75%) Distributed Architecture
10 3 (0.75%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 45 (11.28%) Linux
2 23 (5.76%) Windows
3 13 (3.26%) Unix
4 6 (1.50%) CentOS
4 6 (1.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.00%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.75%) AIX
7 1 (0.25%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 157 (39.35%) CI/CD
2 115 (28.82%) DevOps
3 112 (28.07%) Agile
4 91 (22.81%) Mentoring
5 87 (21.80%) Full-Stack Development
6 81 (20.30%) Software Engineering
7 77 (19.30%) Infrastructure as Code
8 57 (14.29%) Microservices
9 52 (13.03%) AI
9 52 (13.03%) Coaching
10 51 (12.78%) Continuous Improvement
11 48 (12.03%) Technical Leadership
12 45 (11.28%) Containerisation
13 43 (10.78%) Problem-Solving
14 38 (9.52%) Analytics
15 36 (9.02%) Decision-Making
16 34 (8.52%) Continuous Integration
16 34 (8.52%) Platform Engineering
17 32 (8.02%) Test Automation
18 30 (7.52%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 123 (30.83%) Java
2 97 (24.31%) Python
3 79 (19.80%) SQL
4 77 (19.30%) TypeScript
5 68 (17.04%) JavaScript
6 43 (10.78%) Groovy
7 29 (7.27%) C#
7 29 (7.27%) Kotlin
8 26 (6.52%) Bash
9 24 (6.02%) PHP
10 7 (1.75%) Scala
11 6 (1.50%) R
12 3 (0.75%) Bicep
12 3 (0.75%) C++
12 3 (0.75%) Ruby
13 2 (0.50%) Go
13 2 (0.50%) Perl
13 2 (0.50%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.50%) PowerShell
14 1 (0.25%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 52 (13.03%) Security Cleared
2 39 (9.77%) SC Cleared
3 27 (6.77%) AWS Certification
4 18 (4.51%) Degree
5 11 (2.76%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
5 11 (2.76%) DV Cleared
5 11 (2.76%) ITIL Certification
6 10 (2.51%) Azure Certification
7 9 (2.26%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 9 (2.26%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (1.50%) CISM
9 6 (1.50%) CISSP
9 6 (1.50%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 5 (1.25%) SAP Certification
11 2 (0.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.50%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.50%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.50%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.25%) AWS Certified Developer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (7.27%) Data Quality
2 16 (4.01%) GDPR
3 11 (2.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (2.01%) Accessibility
4 8 (2.01%) QA
5 3 (0.75%) WCAG
6 2 (0.50%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.50%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.25%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.25%) GRC
System Software
1 98 (24.56%) Docker
2 9 (2.26%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.75%) Oracle Clusterware
3 3 (0.75%) Oracle RAC
4 2 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.25%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 47 (11.78%) Kubernetes
2 17 (4.26%) Progress Chef
3 13 (3.26%) Ansible
3 13 (3.26%) HP Fortify
4 9 (2.26%) Argo
5 3 (0.75%) Data Guard
5 3 (0.75%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 3 (0.75%) Packer
6 2 (0.50%) Kibana
6 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
6 2 (0.50%) Proxmox
6 2 (0.50%) SCCM
6 2 (0.50%) SCOM
6 2 (0.50%) WSUS
Vendors
1 40 (10.03%) Microsoft
2 14 (3.51%) Google
3 13 (3.26%) Databricks
4 8 (2.01%) Oracle
5 5 (1.25%) Adobe
5 5 (1.25%) AppDynamics
5 5 (1.25%) Foundry
5 5 (1.25%) IBM
5 5 (1.25%) SAP
6 4 (1.00%) Pega
7 3 (0.75%) Cisco
7 3 (0.75%) VMware
8 2 (0.50%) Informatica
8 2 (0.50%) Red Hat
8 2 (0.50%) Zoho
9 1 (0.25%) Cloudera
9 1 (0.25%) CyberArk
9 1 (0.25%) Palantir
9 1 (0.25%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.25%) SolarWinds