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 1 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 32 26
Rank change year-on-year +13 -6 -14
Permanent jobs citing AWS 383 219 310
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 5.01% 6.50% 6.57%
As % of the Cloud Services category 25.20% 26.84% 23.17%
Number of salaries quoted 274 172 206
10th Percentile £42,500 £32,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,607 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.12% +12.50% -4.00%
75th Percentile £87,500 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £84,875 £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 1,520 816 1,338
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 19.89% 24.24% 28.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1,042 674 826
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,563 £31,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £77,500 £68,750 £69,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £64,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -7.69% +2.36%

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 1 October 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 1 October 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 +4 300 £72,500 +3.57% 167
South Yorkshire -19 45 £65,000 -10.96% 51
East Yorkshire 0 18 £47,000 +16.05% 4
North Yorkshire +7 5 £65,000 +18.18% 18
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 (2.61%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.83%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.04%) Apache
3 4 (1.04%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.78%) Palantir Foundry
4 3 (0.78%) WordPress
5 2 (0.52%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.52%) CMS
5 2 (0.52%) Confluence
5 2 (0.52%) nginx
6 1 (0.26%) OpenStack
Applications
1 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.26%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.26%) Elementor
Business Applications
1 5 (1.31%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.26%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.26%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 120 (31.33%) Azure
2 91 (23.76%) Serverless
3 81 (21.15%) AWS CloudFormation
4 77 (20.10%) AWS Lambda
5 68 (17.75%) GitHub
6 66 (17.23%) Amazon S3
7 65 (16.97%) Amazon ECS
8 57 (14.88%) GCP
9 55 (14.36%) GitHub Actions
10 44 (11.49%) AWS Step Functions
11 43 (11.23%) Amazon EC2
12 32 (8.36%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 24 (6.27%) SaaS
14 21 (5.48%) Amazon OpenSearch
15 18 (4.70%) Amazon ECR
15 18 (4.70%) Microsoft 365
16 17 (4.44%) Datadog
17 16 (4.18%) Apigee
18 15 (3.92%) Amazon EKS
18 15 (3.92%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.61%) DNS
2 9 (2.35%) Firewall
2 9 (2.35%) LAN
3 8 (2.09%) DHCP
3 8 (2.09%) VPN
3 8 (2.09%) WAN
4 6 (1.57%) TCP/IP
5 5 (1.31%) Internet
6 3 (0.78%) Network Security
7 2 (0.52%) BGP
7 2 (0.52%) OSPF
7 2 (0.52%) Reverse Proxy
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 42 (10.97%) DynamoDB
2 26 (6.79%) MySQL
2 26 (6.79%) NoSQL
3 24 (6.27%) PostgreSQL
4 19 (4.96%) Amazon Athena
4 19 (4.96%) Data Warehouse
4 19 (4.96%) MongoDB
5 17 (4.44%) Relational Database
6 11 (2.87%) Metadata
6 11 (2.87%) SQL Server
7 10 (2.61%) BigQuery
7 10 (2.61%) MariaDB
8 9 (2.35%) Amazon Redshift
8 9 (2.35%) Spark SQL
9 8 (2.09%) Elasticsearch
10 7 (1.83%) Amazon RDS
10 7 (1.83%) Data Lake
11 5 (1.31%) Azure SQL Database
12 3 (0.78%) Big Data
12 3 (0.78%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 73 (19.06%) Jenkins
2 48 (12.53%) Git
3 40 (10.44%) GitLab
4 18 (4.70%) Cypress.io
5 12 (3.13%) JIRA
6 11 (2.87%) SonarQube
7 9 (2.35%) Maven
8 7 (1.83%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 7 (1.83%) JMeter
9 5 (1.31%) Postman
10 3 (0.78%) Artifactory
10 3 (0.78%) Claude Code
10 3 (0.78%) Cucumber
11 2 (0.52%) Appium
11 2 (0.52%) Ranorex
11 2 (0.52%) Selenium
12 1 (0.26%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 78 (20.37%) Social Skills
2 75 (19.58%) Public Sector
3 45 (11.75%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (6.53%) Finance
5 13 (3.39%) Pharmaceutical
6 10 (2.61%) Law
7 9 (2.35%) Manufacturing
8 8 (2.09%) Local Government
9 6 (1.57%) Banking
9 6 (1.57%) Legal
10 4 (1.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (0.78%) Retail
12 2 (0.52%) Billing
12 2 (0.52%) Games
12 2 (0.52%) Publishing
13 1 (0.26%) Advertising
13 1 (0.26%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 100 (26.11%) Developer
2 99 (25.85%) Senior
3 58 (15.14%) Java Developer
4 42 (10.97%) Architect
4 42 (10.97%) DevOps Engineer
5 37 (9.66%) Senior Developer
5 37 (9.66%) Software Engineer
6 35 (9.14%) AWS Engineer
7 34 (8.88%) Full-Stack Developer
8 33 (8.62%) Data Engineer
9 32 (8.36%) Cloud Engineer
9 32 (8.36%) Lead
10 29 (7.57%) AWS Developer
11 25 (6.53%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 23 (6.01%) Platform Engineer
13 20 (5.22%) Full-Stack Java Developer
14 18 (4.70%) Java Engineer
15 16 (4.18%) Senior Java Developer
16 15 (3.92%) Analyst
16 15 (3.92%) Angular Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (20.63%) Terraform
2 65 (16.97%) AngularJS
3 64 (16.71%) Node.js
4 43 (11.23%) Spring Boot
5 41 (10.70%) React
6 39 (10.18%) Spring
7 28 (7.31%) .NET
8 22 (5.74%) Gherkin
9 21 (5.48%) Web Services
10 20 (5.22%) REST
11 17 (4.44%) CSS
12 15 (3.92%) RESTful
13 14 (3.66%) PySpark
14 11 (2.87%) .NET Core
14 11 (2.87%) Vue
15 10 (2.61%) HTML
15 10 (2.61%) Jest
15 10 (2.61%) Middleware
16 7 (1.83%) RabbitMQ
17 6 (1.57%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 48 (12.53%) Cloud Native
2 15 (3.92%) Distributed Systems
3 14 (3.66%) Linux Command Line
4 13 (3.39%) Legacy Systems
5 10 (2.61%) Hybrid Cloud
6 9 (2.35%) Analytical Mindset
7 8 (2.09%) AI Agents
8 6 (1.57%) NHS
8 6 (1.57%) Onboarding
8 6 (1.57%) Product Ownership
8 6 (1.57%) Public Cloud
9 5 (1.31%) Blog
9 5 (1.31%) Security Posture
10 4 (1.04%) Driving Licence
10 4 (1.04%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (1.04%) Greenfield Project
11 3 (0.78%) Cloud Security Posture
11 3 (0.78%) Distributed Architecture
12 2 (0.52%) Culture of Ownership
12 2 (0.52%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 56 (14.62%) Linux
2 22 (5.74%) Windows
3 16 (4.18%) Unix
4 7 (1.83%) CentOS
4 7 (1.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.04%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.26%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 165 (43.08%) CI/CD
2 119 (31.07%) Agile
3 117 (30.55%) DevOps
4 90 (23.50%) Mentoring
5 80 (20.89%) Infrastructure as Code
6 78 (20.37%) Full-Stack Development
7 77 (20.10%) Software Engineering
8 59 (15.40%) Coaching
8 59 (15.40%) Microservices
9 52 (13.58%) Continuous Improvement
10 51 (13.32%) Technical Leadership
11 49 (12.79%) AI
12 45 (11.75%) Containerisation
13 44 (11.49%) Problem-Solving
14 43 (11.23%) Platform Engineering
15 41 (10.70%) Analytics
15 41 (10.70%) Continuous Integration
16 39 (10.18%) Decision-Making
16 39 (10.18%) Scrum
16 39 (10.18%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 115 (30.03%) Java
2 81 (21.15%) Python
3 76 (19.84%) SQL
4 70 (18.28%) TypeScript
5 57 (14.88%) JavaScript
6 39 (10.18%) Groovy
7 27 (7.05%) C#
8 24 (6.27%) PHP
9 23 (6.01%) Kotlin
10 21 (5.48%) Bash
11 7 (1.83%) Scala
12 5 (1.31%) C++
12 5 (1.31%) Shell Script
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%) R
Qualifications
1 56 (14.62%) Security Cleared
2 39 (10.18%) SC Cleared
3 19 (4.96%) Degree
4 15 (3.92%) AWS Certification
5 12 (3.13%) DV Cleared
6 10 (2.61%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (1.83%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 7 (1.83%) CISSP
7 7 (1.83%) ITIL Certification
8 6 (1.57%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 5 (1.31%) CISM
9 5 (1.31%) SAP Certification
10 3 (0.78%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.78%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.52%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 2 (0.52%) CISA
11 2 (0.52%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.52%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 2 (0.52%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 2 (0.52%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (8.36%) Data Quality
2 14 (3.66%) GDPR
3 12 (3.13%) QA
4 10 (2.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (2.09%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (0.78%) GRC
6 3 (0.78%) WCAG
7 2 (0.52%) ISO 22301
7 2 (0.52%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.52%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 93 (24.28%) Docker
2 9 (2.35%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.26%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 51 (13.32%) Kubernetes
2 18 (4.70%) Progress Chef
3 16 (4.18%) Ansible
4 8 (2.09%) HP Fortify
5 7 (1.83%) Argo
6 3 (0.78%) Packer
7 2 (0.52%) Grafana
7 2 (0.52%) Kibana
7 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 2 (0.52%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.52%) Proxmox
7 2 (0.52%) SCCM
7 2 (0.52%) SCOM
7 2 (0.52%) WSUS
Vendors
1 43 (11.23%) Microsoft
2 19 (4.96%) Google
3 11 (2.87%) Databricks
4 7 (1.83%) Foundry
4 7 (1.83%) SAP
5 6 (1.57%) Oracle
6 5 (1.31%) Adobe
6 5 (1.31%) AppDynamics
6 5 (1.31%) IBM
7 4 (1.04%) Informatica
7 4 (1.04%) Pega
8 3 (0.78%) Cisco
8 3 (0.78%) Palantir
8 3 (0.78%) VMware
9 2 (0.52%) Red Hat
9 2 (0.52%) Zoho
10 1 (0.26%) CyberArk
10 1 (0.26%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.26%) SolarWinds