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

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 31 28
Rank change year-on-year +9 -3 -19
Permanent jobs citing AWS 387 223 331
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 5.24% 6.48% 6.22%
As % of the Cloud Services category 21.96% 26.33% 21.30%
Number of salaries quoted 283 176 268
10th Percentile £41,250 £31,250 £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% -4.00%
75th Percentile £87,500 £78,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £73,750 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +1.72% -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 1,762 847 1,554
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 23.85% 24.61% 29.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,099 724 1,183
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,000 £28,850
25th Percentile £38,625 £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 £92,500 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +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 22 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 22 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 +7 300 £70,000 - 73
South Yorkshire -18 43 £66,000 -5.71% 26
East Yorkshire -12 16 £47,000 +16.05% 4
North Yorkshire +12 8 £47,500 +5.56% 8
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 8 (2.07%) SharePoint
1 8 (2.07%) WordPress
2 7 (1.81%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.03%) Apache
3 4 (1.03%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.03%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.52%) CMS
4 2 (0.52%) Confluence
4 2 (0.52%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.26%) JBoss
5 1 (0.26%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 6 (1.55%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.26%) Elementor
Business Applications
1 5 (1.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.26%) Magento
2 1 (0.26%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.26%) SAP MDM
2 1 (0.26%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 123 (31.78%) Azure
2 97 (25.06%) Serverless
3 87 (22.48%) AWS CloudFormation
4 82 (21.19%) AWS Lambda
5 79 (20.41%) GitHub
6 75 (19.38%) Amazon ECS
7 73 (18.86%) Amazon S3
8 54 (13.95%) AWS Step Functions
9 52 (13.44%) GitHub Actions
10 50 (12.92%) GCP
11 31 (8.01%) Amazon EC2
11 31 (8.01%) SaaS
12 30 (7.75%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 26 (6.72%) Amazon OpenSearch
14 24 (6.20%) Amazon ECR
14 24 (6.20%) Apigee
15 19 (4.91%) Amazon SQS
16 17 (4.39%) Datadog
17 16 (4.13%) Amazon EKS
18 14 (3.62%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.58%) DNS
2 9 (2.33%) Firewall
2 9 (2.33%) LAN
3 8 (2.07%) DHCP
3 8 (2.07%) VPN
3 8 (2.07%) WAN
4 7 (1.81%) Internet
5 6 (1.55%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.78%) Network Security
7 2 (0.52%) BGP
7 2 (0.52%) OSPF
7 2 (0.52%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.26%) HTTP
8 1 (0.26%) Kerberos
8 1 (0.26%) SAN
8 1 (0.26%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (14.47%) DynamoDB
2 33 (8.53%) NoSQL
3 25 (6.46%) MySQL
4 23 (5.94%) Amazon Athena
5 22 (5.68%) Data Warehouse
6 21 (5.43%) MongoDB
7 19 (4.91%) PostgreSQL
8 13 (3.36%) Relational Database
9 12 (3.10%) BigQuery
10 11 (2.84%) Amazon Redshift
11 10 (2.58%) MariaDB
11 10 (2.58%) SQL Server
12 9 (2.33%) Elasticsearch
13 8 (2.07%) Data Lake
14 7 (1.81%) Metadata
15 6 (1.55%) Amazon RDS
16 5 (1.29%) Azure SQL Database
16 5 (1.29%) Big Data
16 5 (1.29%) Power BI
17 3 (0.78%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 73 (18.86%) Jenkins
2 47 (12.14%) Git
3 38 (9.82%) GitLab
4 19 (4.91%) Cypress.io
5 17 (4.39%) SonarQube
6 15 (3.88%) Maven
7 9 (2.33%) JIRA
8 6 (1.55%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 4 (1.03%) Cucumber
10 3 (0.78%) Artifactory
11 2 (0.52%) Claude Code
11 2 (0.52%) Visual Studio Code
12 1 (0.26%) MLflow
12 1 (0.26%) Selenium
12 1 (0.26%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 74 (19.12%) Social Skills
2 54 (13.95%) Public Sector
3 33 (8.53%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (6.72%) Finance
5 14 (3.62%) Pharmaceutical
6 12 (3.10%) Law
7 11 (2.84%) Manufacturing
8 8 (2.07%) Local Government
9 7 (1.81%) Multimedia
10 6 (1.55%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (1.29%) Legal
12 4 (1.03%) Banking
12 4 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (1.03%) Retail
13 3 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.52%) Billing
14 2 (0.52%) Games
14 2 (0.52%) Publishing
15 1 (0.26%) Advertising
15 1 (0.26%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 132 (34.11%) Developer
2 109 (28.17%) Senior
3 68 (17.57%) Java Developer
4 51 (13.18%) Senior Developer
5 50 (12.92%) Full-Stack Developer
6 43 (11.11%) Software Engineer
7 33 (8.53%) Architect
8 30 (7.75%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 29 (7.49%) Cloud Engineer
10 28 (7.24%) AWS Developer
10 28 (7.24%) AWS Engineer
10 28 (7.24%) DevOps Engineer
11 25 (6.46%) Lead
12 23 (5.94%) Platform Engineer
13 21 (5.43%) Senior Java Developer
14 20 (5.17%) Full-Stack Java Developer
15 19 (4.91%) Data Engineer
16 18 (4.65%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
17 15 (3.88%) Java Engineer
17 15 (3.88%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (21.19%) Terraform
2 76 (19.64%) Node.js
3 75 (19.38%) AngularJS
4 50 (12.92%) React
5 49 (12.66%) Spring Boot
6 38 (9.82%) Spring
7 34 (8.79%) CSS
8 27 (6.98%) .NET
9 26 (6.72%) HTML
10 23 (5.94%) Gherkin
11 21 (5.43%) Vue
12 19 (4.91%) Web Services
13 17 (4.39%) REST
14 16 (4.13%) Jest
15 12 (3.10%) .NET Core
15 12 (3.10%) RESTful
16 11 (2.84%) Flask
17 8 (2.07%) Middleware
18 7 (1.81%) Elastic Stack
18 7 (1.81%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 46 (11.89%) Cloud Native
2 14 (3.62%) Legacy Systems
3 13 (3.36%) Distributed Systems
4 9 (2.33%) Analytical Mindset
5 8 (2.07%) AI Agents
5 8 (2.07%) Linux Command Line
5 8 (2.07%) NHS
6 7 (1.81%) Public Cloud
7 6 (1.55%) Data Structures
7 6 (1.55%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.29%) Blog
8 5 (1.29%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (1.29%) Security Posture
9 4 (1.03%) Driving Licence
9 4 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.03%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (1.03%) PKI
10 3 (0.78%) Cloud Security Posture
10 3 (0.78%) Distributed Architecture
10 3 (0.78%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 44 (11.37%) Linux
2 22 (5.68%) Windows
3 12 (3.10%) Unix
4 6 (1.55%) CentOS
4 6 (1.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.03%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.78%) AIX
7 1 (0.26%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (39.53%) CI/CD
2 112 (28.94%) DevOps
3 104 (26.87%) Agile
4 87 (22.48%) Full-Stack Development
5 84 (21.71%) Mentoring
6 83 (21.45%) Software Engineering
7 77 (19.90%) Infrastructure as Code
8 58 (14.99%) Microservices
9 51 (13.18%) Continuous Improvement
10 50 (12.92%) AI
11 45 (11.63%) Coaching
12 43 (11.11%) Technical Leadership
13 42 (10.85%) Containerisation
13 42 (10.85%) Problem-Solving
14 35 (9.04%) Platform Engineering
15 32 (8.27%) Continuous Integration
15 32 (8.27%) Test Automation
16 30 (7.75%) Analytics
16 30 (7.75%) ITIL
16 30 (7.75%) Secure Coding
Programming Languages
1 122 (31.52%) Java
2 98 (25.32%) Python
3 80 (20.67%) TypeScript
4 77 (19.90%) SQL
5 66 (17.05%) JavaScript
6 44 (11.37%) Groovy
7 30 (7.75%) Kotlin
8 29 (7.49%) C#
9 26 (6.72%) Bash
10 24 (6.20%) PHP
11 7 (1.81%) Scala
12 6 (1.55%) R
13 3 (0.78%) Bicep
13 3 (0.78%) Ruby
14 2 (0.52%) Go
14 2 (0.52%) Perl
14 2 (0.52%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.52%) PowerShell
15 1 (0.26%) C++
15 1 (0.26%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 51 (13.18%) Security Cleared
2 40 (10.34%) SC Cleared
3 29 (7.49%) AWS Certification
4 18 (4.65%) Degree
5 12 (3.10%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
5 12 (3.10%) ITIL Certification
6 11 (2.84%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 11 (2.84%) DV Cleared
7 10 (2.58%) Azure Certification
8 9 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (1.81%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (1.55%) CISM
10 6 (1.55%) CISSP
10 6 (1.55%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 5 (1.29%) SAP Certification
12 2 (0.52%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.52%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.52%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.26%) CBAP
13 1 (0.26%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (6.46%) Data Quality
2 16 (4.13%) GDPR
3 11 (2.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (2.07%) QA
5 6 (1.55%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.78%) WCAG
7 2 (0.52%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.52%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.26%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.26%) GRC
System Software
1 98 (25.32%) Docker
2 9 (2.33%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.78%) Oracle Clusterware
3 3 (0.78%) Oracle RAC
4 2 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.26%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 47 (12.14%) Kubernetes
2 17 (4.39%) Progress Chef
3 14 (3.62%) HP Fortify
4 13 (3.36%) Ansible
5 9 (2.33%) Argo
6 3 (0.78%) Data Guard
6 3 (0.78%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 3 (0.78%) Packer
7 2 (0.52%) Kibana
7 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 2 (0.52%) Proxmox
7 2 (0.52%) SCCM
7 2 (0.52%) SCOM
7 2 (0.52%) WSUS
Vendors
1 39 (10.08%) Microsoft
2 13 (3.36%) Databricks
3 11 (2.84%) Google
4 7 (1.81%) Oracle
5 5 (1.29%) AppDynamics
5 5 (1.29%) Foundry
5 5 (1.29%) IBM
5 5 (1.29%) SAP
6 4 (1.03%) Pega
7 3 (0.78%) Adobe
7 3 (0.78%) Cisco
7 3 (0.78%) VMware
8 2 (0.52%) Informatica
8 2 (0.52%) Red Hat
8 2 (0.52%) Zoho
9 1 (0.26%) Cloudera
9 1 (0.26%) CyberArk
9 1 (0.26%) Dell
9 1 (0.26%) Palantir
9 1 (0.26%) Salesforce