AWS Jobs in the North West

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for AWS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited AWS over the 6 months to 22 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
22 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 12 6 4
Rank change year-on-year -6 -2 +1
Permanent jobs citing AWS 990 1,548 1,843
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 9.91% 20.08% 19.40%
As % of the Cloud Services category 29.08% 47.09% 45.54%
Number of salaries quoted 664 731 1,057
10th Percentile £40,296 £42,500 £40,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,783 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.41% +4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £87,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £74,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +1.35% +13.85%

All Cloud Skills
North West

AWS is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 3,404 3,287 4,047
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 34.06% 42.63% 42.60%
Number of salaries quoted 2,670 1,887 2,623
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,944 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +4.17%

AWS
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing AWS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for AWS in the North West

AWS
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing AWS in the North West.

Salary trend for AWS in the North West

AWS
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing AWS in the North West over the 6 months to 22 May 2024.

Salary histogram for AWS in the North West

AWS
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AWS within the North West region over the 6 months to 22 May 2024. 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
Manchester -3 707 £65,000 - 201
Cheshire -8 129 £55,000 -26.67% 31
Merseyside -11 91 £45,000 -45.45% 18
Lancashire -17 57 £73,805 +34.19% 20
Cumbria -10 3 £105,000 - 2
AWS
England

AWS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 57 (5.76%) ArcGIS
1 57 (5.76%) GeoServer
2 30 (3.03%) Microsoft Exchange
3 19 (1.92%) Apache
3 19 (1.92%) Apache Spark
4 16 (1.62%) SharePoint
5 12 (1.21%) IIS
5 12 (1.21%) Tuxedo
6 8 (0.81%) WebLogic
7 7 (0.71%) Confluence
8 4 (0.40%) WordPress
9 1 (0.10%) Jetty
9 1 (0.10%) nginx
9 1 (0.10%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 11 (1.11%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.40%) Adobe XD
3 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.20%) Sketch
4 1 (0.10%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (1.01%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 6 (0.61%) Dynamics NAV
3 5 (0.51%) SAP IBP
3 5 (0.51%) SAP PP
3 5 (0.51%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.10%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.10%) Shopify
4 1 (0.10%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 491 (49.60%) Azure
2 164 (16.57%) GCP
3 101 (10.20%) Microsoft 365
4 89 (8.99%) Amazon S3
5 85 (8.59%) SaaS
6 76 (7.68%) Serverless
7 68 (6.87%) Amazon EKS
8 49 (4.95%) AWS Lambda
9 39 (3.94%) OCI
10 37 (3.74%) Amazon EC2
10 37 (3.74%) GitHub
11 36 (3.64%) Amazon ECR
11 36 (3.64%) AWS CloudFormation
11 36 (3.64%) IBM Cloud
11 36 (3.64%) Route 53
12 34 (3.43%) Amazon Kinesis
13 27 (2.73%) Azure DevOps
14 22 (2.22%) Entra ID
15 18 (1.82%) Amazon SQS
16 16 (1.62%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 50 (5.05%) DNS
2 48 (4.85%) Firewall
3 44 (4.44%) WAN
4 32 (3.23%) DHCP
5 30 (3.03%) SD-WAN
6 18 (1.82%) TCP/IP
7 17 (1.72%) Network Security
8 15 (1.52%) SSL
9 14 (1.41%) BGP
9 14 (1.41%) HTTP
9 14 (1.41%) LAN
10 12 (1.21%) iSCSI
10 12 (1.21%) SAN
10 12 (1.21%) VPN
11 11 (1.11%) AMQP
12 9 (0.91%) MQTT
13 8 (0.81%) Wireless
14 7 (0.71%) VLAN
14 7 (0.71%) Wi-Fi
15 6 (0.61%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 127 (12.83%) PostgreSQL
2 86 (8.69%) MySQL
3 72 (7.27%) Amazon RDS
4 65 (6.57%) Data Warehouse
4 65 (6.57%) NoSQL
5 58 (5.86%) SQL Server
6 57 (5.76%) GIS
6 57 (5.76%) QGIS
7 48 (4.85%) MongoDB
8 42 (4.24%) Relational Database
9 34 (3.43%) DynamoDB
10 27 (2.73%) Elasticsearch
11 24 (2.42%) Amazon Aurora
11 24 (2.42%) Amazon Redshift
11 24 (2.42%) Oracle Database
11 24 (2.42%) RDBMS
12 22 (2.22%) Data Lake
13 17 (1.72%) Big Data
14 16 (1.62%) Oracle Database 11g
14 16 (1.62%) Redis
Development Applications
1 85 (8.59%) Git
2 54 (5.45%) GitLab
3 38 (3.84%) Jenkins
3 38 (3.84%) JIRA
4 19 (1.92%) TeamCity
5 17 (1.72%) IntelliJ
5 17 (1.72%) JUnit
5 17 (1.72%) Mockito
6 16 (1.62%) Gradle
6 16 (1.62%) Postman
7 11 (1.11%) Gatling
8 9 (0.91%) Bitbucket
9 8 (0.81%) SonarQube
10 7 (0.71%) Artifactory
10 7 (0.71%) Cypress.io
11 6 (0.61%) Selenium
12 5 (0.51%) Cucumber
12 5 (0.51%) JetBrains Rider
12 5 (0.51%) JMeter
12 5 (0.51%) webpack
General
1 174 (17.58%) Social Skills
2 90 (9.09%) Finance
3 79 (7.98%) Public Sector
4 63 (6.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 54 (5.45%) Analytical Skills
6 49 (4.95%) Retail
7 29 (2.93%) Aerospace
8 27 (2.73%) Presentation Skills
9 19 (1.92%) Games
10 17 (1.72%) Law
10 17 (1.72%) Legal
10 17 (1.72%) Marketing
11 16 (1.62%) Tech for Good
12 12 (1.21%) Electronics
13 11 (1.11%) Billing
14 10 (1.01%) Manufacturing
15 8 (0.81%) Banking
16 6 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
17 5 (0.51%) Retail Finance
18 4 (0.40%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 326 (32.93%) Senior
2 257 (25.96%) Developer
3 185 (18.69%) Software Engineer
4 127 (12.83%) Lead
5 112 (11.31%) Architect
6 93 (9.39%) Senior Developer
7 90 (9.09%) DevOps Engineer
8 76 (7.68%) Senior Software Engineer
9 51 (5.15%) .NET Developer
9 51 (5.15%) Senior DevOps
9 51 (5.15%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 49 (4.95%) Technical Leader
11 48 (4.85%) AWS Engineer
12 42 (4.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 41 (4.14%) Cloud Engineer
14 39 (3.94%) PHP Developer
15 37 (3.74%) Data Engineer
16 36 (3.64%) Java Engineer
16 36 (3.64%) Solutions Architect
17 35 (3.54%) Full Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 217 (21.92%) React
2 155 (15.66%) Node.js
3 136 (13.74%) .NET
4 99 (10.00%) CSS
5 84 (8.48%) .NET Core
6 73 (7.37%) Spring
7 71 (7.17%) REST
8 64 (6.46%) RESTful
9 57 (5.76%) AngularJS
9 57 (5.76%) Leaflet
9 57 (5.76%) OpenLayers
9 57 (5.76%) PostGIS
10 56 (5.66%) Spring Boot
11 51 (5.15%) Laravel
12 48 (4.85%) HTML
12 48 (4.85%) Vue
13 44 (4.44%) Web Services
14 43 (4.34%) GraphQL
15 42 (4.24%) .NET Framework
16 33 (3.33%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 57 (5.76%) Public Cloud
2 55 (5.56%) Cloud Native
3 51 (5.15%) Hybrid Cloud
4 46 (4.65%) Blockchain
4 46 (4.65%) Greenfield Project
5 40 (4.04%) Management Information System
6 38 (3.84%) Self-Motivation
7 37 (3.74%) Enterprise Software
8 36 (3.64%) e-Learning
9 31 (3.13%) Blog
10 28 (2.83%) Product Ownership
11 22 (2.22%) PKI
12 18 (1.82%) Media Streaming
13 17 (1.72%) Private Cloud
14 16 (1.62%) Distributed Systems
14 16 (1.62%) Mobile App
14 16 (1.62%) PMI
15 15 (1.52%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
15 15 (1.52%) IoT
16 13 (1.31%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 147 (14.85%) Linux
2 91 (9.19%) Windows
3 43 (4.34%) Windows Server
4 26 (2.63%) Unix
5 22 (2.22%) Ubuntu
6 19 (1.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 17 (1.72%) Apple iOS
8 12 (1.21%) Android
8 12 (1.21%) Mac OS
9 11 (1.11%) CentOS
9 11 (1.11%) Debian
10 5 (0.51%) Windows 10
11 4 (0.40%) VMS
12 3 (0.30%) Kali Linux
12 3 (0.30%) Windows Server 2012
12 3 (0.30%) Windows Server 2016
12 3 (0.30%) Windows Vista
13 1 (0.10%) Amazon Linux
13 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 451 (45.56%) Agile
2 353 (35.66%) DevOps
3 270 (27.27%) Software Engineering
4 203 (20.51%) Mentoring
5 181 (18.28%) CI/CD
6 148 (14.95%) TDD
7 131 (13.23%) Actionable Insight
8 129 (13.03%) Coaching
8 129 (13.03%) Full Stack Development
9 119 (12.02%) Problem-Solving
10 117 (11.82%) Infrastructure as Code
11 115 (11.62%) Microservices
12 103 (10.40%) Containerisation
13 98 (9.90%) Scrum
14 93 (9.39%) Roadmaps
15 84 (8.48%) Continuous Integration
16 78 (7.88%) Artificial Intelligence
17 73 (7.37%) Computer Science
17 73 (7.37%) Test Automation
18 72 (7.27%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 252 (25.45%) JavaScript
2 219 (22.12%) Python
3 183 (18.48%) Java
4 155 (15.66%) SQL
5 128 (12.93%) TypeScript
6 127 (12.83%) C#
7 78 (7.88%) PHP
8 46 (4.65%) PowerShell
9 29 (2.93%) Go
10 26 (2.63%) Bash
11 23 (2.32%) Scala
12 19 (1.92%) PL/SQL
13 13 (1.31%) Ruby
14 12 (1.21%) COBOL
14 12 (1.21%) Micro Focus COBOL
15 8 (0.81%) Perl
16 7 (0.71%) Kotlin
17 6 (0.61%) C++
17 6 (0.61%) T-SQL
18 5 (0.51%) C
Qualifications
1 133 (13.43%) Security Cleared
2 107 (10.81%) Degree
3 94 (9.49%) SC Cleared
4 81 (8.18%) AWS Certification
5 52 (5.25%) Computer Science Degree
6 43 (4.34%) Azure Certification
7 33 (3.33%) DV Cleared
8 31 (3.13%) Cisco Certification
9 22 (2.22%) CISSP
10 18 (1.82%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 18 (1.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 17 (1.72%) CISM
12 16 (1.62%) PMI Certification
13 15 (1.52%) CCSK
13 15 (1.52%) CCSP
13 15 (1.52%) Master's Degree
14 12 (1.21%) CCNA
15 8 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
16 7 (0.71%) DBS Check
17 6 (0.61%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (2.83%) GDPR
2 26 (2.63%) NIST
3 21 (2.12%) Data Quality
4 18 (1.82%) QA
5 14 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (1.31%) Accessibility
6 13 (1.31%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 3 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.30%) SLA
8 3 (0.30%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.20%) HL7
10 1 (0.10%) NCSC
System Software
1 175 (17.68%) Docker
2 64 (6.46%) Active Directory
3 33 (3.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 27 (2.73%) Hyper-V
5 7 (0.71%) Firmware
6 3 (0.30%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.10%) Snort
7 1 (0.10%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.10%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.10%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.10%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 187 (18.89%) Terraform
2 182 (18.38%) Kubernetes
3 54 (5.45%) Ansible
4 39 (3.94%) Prometheus
5 26 (2.63%) Single Sign-On
6 23 (2.32%) Microsoft Intune
7 15 (1.52%) Puppet
8 12 (1.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 12 (1.21%) Opsgenie
8 12 (1.21%) VxRail
8 12 (1.21%) ZABBIX
9 8 (0.81%) Grafana
9 8 (0.81%) Progress Chef
10 7 (0.71%) CA Single Sign-On
11 6 (0.61%) Kibana
12 4 (0.40%) Autotask
13 3 (0.30%) SELinux
14 1 (0.10%) FortiGate
14 1 (0.10%) Jamf Pro
14 1 (0.10%) Kiali
Vendors
1 153 (15.45%) Microsoft
2 74 (7.47%) Google
3 57 (5.76%) ESRI
4 55 (5.56%) Oracle
5 47 (4.75%) Red Hat
6 46 (4.65%) IBM
7 44 (4.44%) VMware
8 38 (3.84%) Dynatrace
9 24 (2.42%) Cisco
10 20 (2.02%) Citrix
11 15 (1.52%) Fortinet
12 14 (1.41%) Dell
13 13 (1.31%) Facebook
14 12 (1.21%) Micro Focus
14 12 (1.21%) NetApp
14 12 (1.21%) SolarWinds
15 11 (1.11%) SaltStack
15 11 (1.11%) ServiceNow
16 10 (1.01%) Databricks
16 10 (1.01%) Sparx