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 19 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 31 26
Rank change year-on-year +13 -5 -15
Permanent jobs citing AWS 396 218 325
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 5.13% 6.58% 6.58%
As % of the Cloud Services category 23.77% 26.27% 22.81%
Number of salaries quoted 285 170 232
10th Percentile £42,500 £28,250 £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% -2.44%
75th Percentile £88,148 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,750 £83,875 £80,000
England median annual salary £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -

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 1,666 830 1,425
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 21.59% 25.06% 28.83%
Number of salaries quoted 1,080 694 942
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,767 £31,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £77,500 £68,750 £69,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £84,964
England median annual salary £64,000 £60,000 £63,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% -5.51% -2.31%

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 19 September 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 19 September 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 +5 314 £72,500 +3.57% 181
South Yorkshire -20 45 £65,000 -10.96% 43
East Yorkshire -8 17 £47,000 +16.05% 3
North Yorkshire +1 5 £65,000 +18.18% 11
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 (2.53%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.52%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.01%) Apache
3 4 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.76%) WordPress
5 2 (0.51%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.51%) CMS
5 2 (0.51%) Confluence
6 1 (0.25%) JBoss
6 1 (0.25%) nginx
6 1 (0.25%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 2 (0.51%) Chatbot
1 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.25%) Elementor
Business Applications
1 5 (1.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.25%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.25%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 113 (28.54%) Azure
2 106 (26.77%) Serverless
3 92 (23.23%) AWS CloudFormation
4 90 (22.73%) AWS Lambda
5 78 (19.70%) Amazon S3
6 76 (19.19%) Amazon ECS
7 75 (18.94%) GitHub
8 58 (14.65%) GitHub Actions
9 54 (13.64%) AWS Step Functions
10 51 (12.88%) GCP
11 43 (10.86%) Amazon EC2
12 38 (9.60%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 27 (6.82%) Amazon OpenSearch
13 27 (6.82%) SaaS
14 24 (6.06%) Amazon ECR
15 23 (5.81%) Apigee
16 19 (4.80%) Datadog
17 18 (4.55%) Amazon SQS
18 16 (4.04%) Microsoft 365
19 15 (3.79%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.53%) DNS
2 9 (2.27%) Firewall
2 9 (2.27%) LAN
3 8 (2.02%) DHCP
3 8 (2.02%) VPN
3 8 (2.02%) WAN
4 6 (1.52%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.76%) Network Security
6 2 (0.51%) BGP
6 2 (0.51%) OSPF
6 2 (0.51%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.25%) HTTP
7 1 (0.25%) Kerberos
7 1 (0.25%) Reverse Proxy
7 1 (0.25%) SAN
7 1 (0.25%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (13.89%) DynamoDB
2 29 (7.32%) NoSQL
3 25 (6.31%) Amazon Athena
4 24 (6.06%) MySQL
5 21 (5.30%) PostgreSQL
6 19 (4.80%) Data Warehouse
7 18 (4.55%) MongoDB
8 15 (3.79%) Relational Database
9 11 (2.78%) BigQuery
9 11 (2.78%) SQL Server
10 10 (2.53%) MariaDB
11 9 (2.27%) Amazon Redshift
11 9 (2.27%) Metadata
12 8 (2.02%) Elasticsearch
13 7 (1.77%) Amazon RDS
13 7 (1.77%) Data Lake
13 7 (1.77%) Spark SQL
14 5 (1.26%) Azure SQL Database
15 3 (0.76%) Big Data
15 3 (0.76%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 79 (19.95%) Jenkins
2 45 (11.36%) GitLab
3 42 (10.61%) Git
4 24 (6.06%) Cypress.io
5 17 (4.29%) SonarQube
6 15 (3.79%) Maven
7 12 (3.03%) JIRA
8 7 (1.77%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 7 (1.77%) JMeter
9 5 (1.26%) Postman
10 4 (1.01%) Cucumber
11 3 (0.76%) Artifactory
11 3 (0.76%) Selenium
12 2 (0.51%) Appium
12 2 (0.51%) Claude Code
12 2 (0.51%) Ranorex
13 1 (0.25%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 78 (19.70%) Social Skills
2 70 (17.68%) Public Sector
3 39 (9.85%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (6.57%) Finance
5 14 (3.54%) Pharmaceutical
6 11 (2.78%) Law
7 9 (2.27%) Manufacturing
8 8 (2.02%) Local Government
9 6 (1.52%) Banking
9 6 (1.52%) Legal
10 4 (1.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.01%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (0.76%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (0.76%) Retail
12 2 (0.51%) Billing
12 2 (0.51%) Games
12 2 (0.51%) Publishing
13 1 (0.25%) Advertising
13 1 (0.25%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 120 (30.30%) Developer
2 105 (26.52%) Senior
3 67 (16.92%) Java Developer
4 45 (11.36%) Full-Stack Developer
5 44 (11.11%) Senior Developer
6 42 (10.61%) Architect
7 39 (9.85%) Software Engineer
8 36 (9.09%) AWS Engineer
9 34 (8.59%) DevOps Engineer
10 33 (8.33%) Lead
11 32 (8.08%) Cloud Engineer
11 32 (8.08%) Data Engineer
12 31 (7.83%) AWS Developer
13 28 (7.07%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 24 (6.06%) Platform Engineer
15 21 (5.30%) Full-Stack Java Developer
16 19 (4.80%) Senior Java Developer
17 17 (4.29%) Java Engineer
18 16 (4.04%) Angular Developer
18 16 (4.04%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (20.71%) Terraform
2 75 (18.94%) AngularJS
3 71 (17.93%) Node.js
4 49 (12.37%) Spring Boot
5 43 (10.86%) React
6 39 (9.85%) Spring
7 30 (7.58%) .NET
8 28 (7.07%) Gherkin
9 24 (6.06%) CSS
10 20 (5.05%) Web Services
11 18 (4.55%) REST
12 17 (4.29%) Vue
13 16 (4.04%) HTML
13 16 (4.04%) Jest
14 14 (3.54%) RESTful
15 12 (3.03%) PySpark
16 11 (2.78%) .NET Core
17 10 (2.53%) Middleware
18 7 (1.77%) RabbitMQ
19 6 (1.52%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 49 (12.37%) Cloud Native
2 14 (3.54%) Distributed Systems
3 13 (3.28%) Legacy Systems
4 10 (2.53%) Hybrid Cloud
5 9 (2.27%) Analytical Mindset
5 9 (2.27%) Linux Command Line
6 8 (2.02%) AI Agents
7 7 (1.77%) NHS
7 7 (1.77%) Product Ownership
8 6 (1.52%) Onboarding
8 6 (1.52%) Public Cloud
9 5 (1.26%) Blog
9 5 (1.26%) Security Posture
10 4 (1.01%) Data Structures
10 4 (1.01%) Driving Licence
10 4 (1.01%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (1.01%) Greenfield Project
10 4 (1.01%) PKI
11 3 (0.76%) Cloud Security Posture
11 3 (0.76%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 48 (12.12%) Linux
2 22 (5.56%) Windows
3 14 (3.54%) Unix
4 7 (1.77%) CentOS
4 7 (1.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.01%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.25%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 166 (41.92%) CI/CD
2 124 (31.31%) Agile
3 120 (30.30%) DevOps
4 89 (22.47%) Mentoring
5 87 (21.97%) Full-Stack Development
6 79 (19.95%) Software Engineering
7 77 (19.44%) Infrastructure as Code
8 60 (15.15%) Microservices
9 57 (14.39%) Coaching
9 57 (14.39%) Continuous Improvement
10 50 (12.63%) AI
10 50 (12.63%) Technical Leadership
11 46 (11.62%) Problem-Solving
12 42 (10.61%) Containerisation
12 42 (10.61%) Decision-Making
13 41 (10.35%) Analytics
14 38 (9.60%) Platform Engineering
14 38 (9.60%) Test Automation
15 36 (9.09%) Scrum
16 35 (8.84%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 126 (31.82%) Java
2 87 (21.97%) Python
3 84 (21.21%) SQL
4 83 (20.96%) TypeScript
5 62 (15.66%) JavaScript
6 45 (11.36%) Groovy
7 31 (7.83%) C#
8 29 (7.32%) Kotlin
9 27 (6.82%) Bash
10 24 (6.06%) PHP
11 7 (1.77%) Scala
12 6 (1.52%) C++
13 3 (0.76%) Bicep
13 3 (0.76%) Ruby
14 2 (0.51%) Go
14 2 (0.51%) Perl
14 2 (0.51%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.51%) PowerShell
15 1 (0.25%) R
Qualifications
1 61 (15.40%) Security Cleared
2 44 (11.11%) SC Cleared
3 21 (5.30%) AWS Certification
4 19 (4.80%) Degree
5 12 (3.03%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
5 12 (3.03%) DV Cleared
5 12 (3.03%) ITIL Certification
6 10 (2.53%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (1.52%) CISM
7 6 (1.52%) CISSP
7 6 (1.52%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 5 (1.26%) SAP Certification
9 3 (0.76%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.51%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 2 (0.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.51%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.51%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.51%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.25%) CCNA
11 1 (0.25%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (7.83%) Data Quality
2 15 (3.79%) GDPR
3 13 (3.28%) QA
4 10 (2.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (2.02%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.76%) WCAG
7 2 (0.51%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.25%) GRC
8 1 (0.25%) SOC 2
System Software
1 99 (25.00%) Docker
2 9 (2.27%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.25%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 49 (12.37%) Kubernetes
2 18 (4.55%) Progress Chef
3 15 (3.79%) Ansible
4 14 (3.54%) HP Fortify
5 8 (2.02%) Argo
6 3 (0.76%) Packer
7 2 (0.51%) Kibana
7 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 2 (0.51%) Proxmox
7 2 (0.51%) SCCM
7 2 (0.51%) SCOM
7 2 (0.51%) WSUS
8 1 (0.25%) Grafana
8 1 (0.25%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 36 (9.09%) Microsoft
2 14 (3.54%) Google
3 12 (3.03%) Databricks
4 7 (1.77%) SAP
5 6 (1.52%) Oracle
6 5 (1.26%) Adobe
6 5 (1.26%) AppDynamics
6 5 (1.26%) Foundry
6 5 (1.26%) IBM
7 4 (1.01%) Informatica
7 4 (1.01%) Pega
8 3 (0.76%) Cisco
8 3 (0.76%) VMware
9 2 (0.51%) Red Hat
9 2 (0.51%) Zoho
10 1 (0.25%) CyberArk
10 1 (0.25%) Palantir
10 1 (0.25%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.25%) SolarWinds