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

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 31 25
Rank change year-on-year +11 -6 -13
Permanent jobs citing AWS 366 224 310
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 4.82% 6.66% 6.71%
As % of the Cloud Services category 24.95% 27.55% 23.77%
Number of salaries quoted 259 178 195
10th Percentile £41,250 £28,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £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 £87,824 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £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 1,467 813 1,304
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 19.33% 24.18% 28.23%
Number of salaries quoted 1,017 667 783
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £30,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £31,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +2.80%
75th Percentile £77,500 £68,750 £69,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £62,870 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.78% -7.69% +4.00%

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 8 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 8 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 +5 287 £72,500 +3.57% 167
South Yorkshire -18 44 £65,000 -7.14% 44
East Yorkshire -1 18 £47,000 +22.08% 4
North Yorkshire +5 4 £49,250 -10.45% 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 (2.73%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.19%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.09%) Apache
3 4 (1.09%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.82%) nginx
4 3 (0.82%) Palantir Foundry
4 3 (0.82%) WordPress
5 2 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.55%) CMS
6 1 (0.27%) Confluence
6 1 (0.27%) OpenStack
Applications
1 1 (0.27%) Elementor
1 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (1.09%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.27%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.27%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 115 (31.42%) Azure
2 87 (23.77%) Serverless
3 81 (22.13%) AWS CloudFormation
4 73 (19.95%) AWS Lambda
5 70 (19.13%) GitHub
6 65 (17.76%) Amazon ECS
6 65 (17.76%) Amazon S3
7 57 (15.57%) GitHub Actions
8 55 (15.03%) GCP
9 45 (12.30%) AWS Step Functions
10 41 (11.20%) Amazon EC2
11 34 (9.29%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 23 (6.28%) Amazon OpenSearch
13 22 (6.01%) SaaS
14 19 (5.19%) Datadog
15 18 (4.92%) Amazon ECR
15 18 (4.92%) Microsoft 365
16 15 (4.10%) Amazon SQS
16 15 (4.10%) Apigee
17 10 (2.73%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.73%) DNS
2 9 (2.46%) Firewall
2 9 (2.46%) LAN
3 8 (2.19%) DHCP
3 8 (2.19%) VPN
3 8 (2.19%) WAN
4 6 (1.64%) TCP/IP
5 5 (1.37%) Internet
6 3 (0.82%) Network Security
6 3 (0.82%) Reverse Proxy
7 2 (0.55%) BGP
7 2 (0.55%) OSPF
7 2 (0.55%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.27%) HTTP
8 1 (0.27%) Kerberos
8 1 (0.27%) SAN
8 1 (0.27%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (11.75%) DynamoDB
2 27 (7.38%) NoSQL
3 26 (7.10%) MySQL
4 24 (6.56%) PostgreSQL
5 21 (5.74%) Amazon Athena
6 19 (5.19%) MongoDB
7 18 (4.92%) Data Warehouse
8 15 (4.10%) Relational Database
9 12 (3.28%) SQL Server
10 11 (3.01%) Metadata
11 10 (2.73%) BigQuery
11 10 (2.73%) MariaDB
11 10 (2.73%) Spark SQL
12 9 (2.46%) Amazon Redshift
13 7 (1.91%) Amazon RDS
13 7 (1.91%) Data Lake
13 7 (1.91%) Elasticsearch
14 5 (1.37%) Azure SQL Database
15 3 (0.82%) Power BI
16 2 (0.55%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 65 (17.76%) Jenkins
2 46 (12.57%) Git
3 38 (10.38%) GitLab
4 18 (4.92%) Cypress.io
5 9 (2.46%) Maven
6 8 (2.19%) SonarQube
7 7 (1.91%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 7 (1.91%) JIRA
7 7 (1.91%) JMeter
8 5 (1.37%) Postman
9 3 (0.82%) Claude Code
10 2 (0.55%) Appium
10 2 (0.55%) Ranorex
10 2 (0.55%) Selenium
11 1 (0.27%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 76 (20.77%) Social Skills
2 73 (19.95%) Public Sector
3 42 (11.48%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (6.56%) Finance
5 9 (2.46%) Law
6 8 (2.19%) Manufacturing
6 8 (2.19%) Pharmaceutical
7 7 (1.91%) Local Government
8 6 (1.64%) Banking
8 6 (1.64%) Legal
9 4 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.09%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (0.82%) Retail
11 2 (0.55%) Games
11 2 (0.55%) Publishing
12 1 (0.27%) Advertising
12 1 (0.27%) Billing
12 1 (0.27%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 94 (25.68%) Developer
2 90 (24.59%) Senior
3 53 (14.48%) Java Developer
4 40 (10.93%) DevOps Engineer
5 39 (10.66%) Architect
6 37 (10.11%) Software Engineer
7 33 (9.02%) AWS Engineer
7 33 (9.02%) Full-Stack Developer
8 32 (8.74%) Cloud Engineer
8 32 (8.74%) Data Engineer
8 32 (8.74%) Lead
8 32 (8.74%) Senior Developer
9 30 (8.20%) AWS Developer
10 25 (6.83%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 23 (6.28%) Platform Engineer
12 21 (5.74%) Full-Stack Java Developer
13 16 (4.37%) Java Engineer
14 15 (4.10%) Angular Developer
14 15 (4.10%) Solutions Architect
15 14 (3.83%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (20.49%) Terraform
2 65 (17.76%) Node.js
3 61 (16.67%) AngularJS
4 37 (10.11%) React
4 37 (10.11%) Spring Boot
5 33 (9.02%) Spring
6 28 (7.65%) .NET
7 22 (6.01%) Gherkin
8 19 (5.19%) Web Services
9 17 (4.64%) CSS
10 15 (4.10%) REST
11 14 (3.83%) PySpark
12 13 (3.55%) RESTful
13 12 (3.28%) .NET Core
14 11 (3.01%) Vue
15 10 (2.73%) HTML
15 10 (2.73%) Jest
16 9 (2.46%) Middleware
17 5 (1.37%) ASP.NET
17 5 (1.37%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 48 (13.11%) Cloud Native
2 14 (3.83%) Linux Command Line
3 13 (3.55%) Legacy Systems
4 10 (2.73%) Hybrid Cloud
5 9 (2.46%) Distributed Systems
6 8 (2.19%) AI Agents
6 8 (2.19%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (1.64%) Product Ownership
7 6 (1.64%) Public Cloud
8 5 (1.37%) Blog
8 5 (1.37%) NHS
8 5 (1.37%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.37%) Security Posture
9 4 (1.09%) Driving Licence
9 4 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (0.82%) Cloud Security Posture
10 3 (0.82%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (0.55%) Culture of Ownership
11 2 (0.55%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 1 (0.27%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 53 (14.48%) Linux
2 22 (6.01%) Windows
3 16 (4.37%) Unix
4 7 (1.91%) CentOS
4 7 (1.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.09%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.27%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 161 (43.99%) CI/CD
2 116 (31.69%) Agile
3 112 (30.60%) DevOps
4 89 (24.32%) Mentoring
5 78 (21.31%) Infrastructure as Code
5 78 (21.31%) Software Engineering
6 77 (21.04%) Full-Stack Development
7 58 (15.85%) Coaching
8 53 (14.48%) Microservices
9 50 (13.66%) Continuous Improvement
9 50 (13.66%) Technical Leadership
10 47 (12.84%) AI
11 44 (12.02%) Containerisation
11 44 (12.02%) Problem-Solving
12 43 (11.75%) Platform Engineering
13 41 (11.20%) Continuous Integration
14 38 (10.38%) Analytics
14 38 (10.38%) Decision-Making
14 38 (10.38%) Test Automation
15 37 (10.11%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 108 (29.51%) Java
2 77 (21.04%) Python
3 74 (20.22%) SQL
4 70 (19.13%) TypeScript
5 57 (15.57%) JavaScript
6 36 (9.84%) Groovy
7 27 (7.38%) C#
8 25 (6.83%) Kotlin
9 24 (6.56%) PHP
10 22 (6.01%) Bash
11 7 (1.91%) Scala
12 5 (1.37%) C++
12 5 (1.37%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.82%) Bicep
13 3 (0.82%) Ruby
14 2 (0.55%) Go
14 2 (0.55%) PowerShell
15 1 (0.27%) Perl
15 1 (0.27%) R
Qualifications
1 51 (13.93%) Security Cleared
2 36 (9.84%) SC Cleared
3 17 (4.64%) Degree
4 14 (3.83%) AWS Certification
5 12 (3.28%) DV Cleared
6 10 (2.73%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (1.91%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 7 (1.91%) ITIL Certification
8 5 (1.37%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 4 (1.09%) CISSP
9 4 (1.09%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.09%) SAP Certification
10 3 (0.82%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.55%) CISA
11 2 (0.55%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.55%) CISM
11 2 (0.55%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 2 (0.55%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 1 (0.27%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.27%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (7.65%) Data Quality
2 9 (2.46%) GDPR
2 9 (2.46%) QA
3 8 (2.19%) Accessibility
4 7 (1.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (0.82%) GRC
5 3 (0.82%) WCAG
6 2 (0.55%) ISO 22301
6 2 (0.55%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.55%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 92 (25.14%) Docker
2 9 (2.46%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.27%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 46 (12.57%) Kubernetes
2 18 (4.92%) Progress Chef
3 12 (3.28%) Ansible
4 8 (2.19%) HP Fortify
5 7 (1.91%) Argo
6 3 (0.82%) Grafana
6 3 (0.82%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 2 (0.55%) Proxmox
7 2 (0.55%) SCCM
7 2 (0.55%) SCOM
7 2 (0.55%) WSUS
Vendors
1 43 (11.75%) Microsoft
2 18 (4.92%) Google
3 9 (2.46%) Databricks
4 7 (1.91%) Foundry
5 6 (1.64%) SAP
6 5 (1.37%) Adobe
7 4 (1.09%) Informatica
7 4 (1.09%) Oracle
7 4 (1.09%) Pega
8 3 (0.82%) Cisco
8 3 (0.82%) Palantir
8 3 (0.82%) VMware
9 2 (0.55%) Red Hat
9 2 (0.55%) Zoho
10 1 (0.27%) CyberArk
10 1 (0.27%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.27%) SolarWinds