AWS CloudFormation Contract Job Trends in England

Amazon AWS CloudFormation
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring AWS CloudFormation skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 270 398 331
Rank change year-on-year +128 -67 -26
Contract jobs citing AWS CloudFormation 265 130 279
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.96% 0.40% 0.65%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.56% 1.16% 1.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 200 73 216
10th Percentile £400 £378 £431
25th Percentile £461 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year +0.48% -8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £676 £773 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £530
% change year-on-year +5.00% -5.66% -7.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £47.50
Median hourly rate £35.00 - £50.00
75th Percentile - - £52.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £35.00 - £50.00
% change year-on-year - - +42.86%

All Cloud Skills
England

AWS CloudFormation falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 10,343 11,232 15,310
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 37.56% 34.55% 35.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,002 7,648 11,230
10th Percentile £306 £313 £313
25th Percentile £406 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 247 176 306
10th Percentile £15.40 £14.33 £14.57
25th Percentile £18.87 £20.38 £18.50
Median hourly rate £26.30 £32.75 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.69% -0.76% +53.49%
75th Percentile £43.75 £63.99 £68.31
90th Percentile £67.25 £70.00 £78.75
UK median hourly rate £29.04 £31.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -6.34% -11.43% +62.79%

AWS CloudFormation
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing AWS CloudFormation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for AWS CloudFormation in England

AWS CloudFormation
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing AWS CloudFormation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing AWS CloudFormation

AWS CloudFormation
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing AWS CloudFormation in England over the 6 months to 16 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for AWS CloudFormation in England

AWS CloudFormation
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing AWS CloudFormation.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing AWS CloudFormation

AWS CloudFormation
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AWS CloudFormation within the England region over the 6 months to 16 September 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +101 166 £600 +9.09% 76
North of England +11 43 £411 -8.72% 33
Yorkshire +4 23 £488 -7.14% 15
North West -7 18 £400 -11.11% 14
South East +24 12 £450 -10.00% 33
South West +31 11 £594 +21.79% 11
Midlands -1 11 £575 +53.33% 10
West Midlands -1 10 £575 +64.29% 5
East of England - 8 £450 - 3
North East -3 2 £416 -32.59% 4
East Midlands -4 1 £700 +75.00% 5
AWS CloudFormation
UK

AWS CloudFormation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 20 (7.55%) nginx
2 19 (7.17%) Confluence
3 7 (2.64%) Apache
4 6 (2.26%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (1.51%) Apache Spark
5 4 (1.51%) OpenStack
5 4 (1.51%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.38%) CMS
7 1 (0.38%) JBoss
7 1 (0.38%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.38%) NetSuite
1 1 (0.38%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 250 (94.34%) AWS
2 109 (41.13%) Serverless
3 100 (37.74%) AWS Lambda
4 87 (32.83%) Amazon S3
5 74 (27.92%) Azure
6 72 (27.17%) GitHub
7 55 (20.75%) Amazon EKS
8 54 (20.38%) Amazon EC2
8 54 (20.38%) Amazon ECS
9 51 (19.25%) GitHub Actions
10 49 (18.49%) GCP
11 47 (17.74%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 31 (11.70%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 25 (9.43%) Amazon SQS
14 20 (7.55%) AWS Fargate
15 19 (7.17%) Datadog
16 18 (6.79%) Entra ID
16 18 (6.79%) SaaS
17 17 (6.42%) Azure DevOps
18 15 (5.66%) AWS CloudTrail
Communications & Networking
1 27 (10.19%) DNS
2 21 (7.92%) Firewall
3 20 (7.55%) VPN
4 13 (4.91%) Network Security
5 10 (3.77%) TCP/IP
6 6 (2.26%) HTTP
6 6 (2.26%) Internet
6 6 (2.26%) SSL
7 4 (1.51%) DHCP
8 2 (0.75%) Cisco ISE
8 2 (0.75%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.75%) WAN
8 2 (0.75%) Wireless
9 1 (0.38%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (25.28%) Amazon RDS
2 29 (10.94%) DynamoDB
3 26 (9.81%) PostgreSQL
4 13 (4.91%) MongoDB
4 13 (4.91%) NoSQL
5 11 (4.15%) Amazon Aurora
5 11 (4.15%) Amazon Redshift
6 10 (3.77%) Relational Database
7 9 (3.40%) Amazon Athena
7 9 (3.40%) Data Warehouse
8 8 (3.02%) Data Lake
9 7 (2.64%) MySQL
10 5 (1.89%) Couchbase
11 4 (1.51%) RDBMS
11 4 (1.51%) SQL Server
12 3 (1.13%) Elasticsearch
13 2 (0.75%) Airbyte
13 2 (0.75%) DB2
13 2 (0.75%) Redis
13 2 (0.75%) Redshift Spectrum
Development Applications
1 94 (35.47%) Jenkins
2 52 (19.62%) Git
3 47 (17.74%) GitLab
4 25 (9.43%) JIRA
5 14 (5.28%) Artifactory
6 13 (4.91%) SonarQube
7 9 (3.40%) JUnit
8 8 (3.02%) Bitbucket
8 8 (3.02%) Maven
9 7 (2.64%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 7 (2.64%) Cucumber
9 7 (2.64%) Sonatype Nexus
10 5 (1.89%) TeamCity
11 4 (1.51%) Cypress.io
11 4 (1.51%) Gradle
11 4 (1.51%) Selenium
11 4 (1.51%) Snyk
12 3 (1.13%) CircleCI
13 2 (0.75%) Postman
13 2 (0.75%) Terragrunt
General
1 65 (24.53%) Social Skills
2 45 (16.98%) Public Sector
3 25 (9.43%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (7.17%) Finance
5 9 (3.40%) Banking
6 5 (1.89%) Marketing
7 4 (1.51%) Aerospace
8 3 (1.13%) Police
9 2 (0.75%) Games
10 1 (0.38%) Aviation
10 1 (0.38%) Digital Health
10 1 (0.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.38%) Law
10 1 (0.38%) Military
10 1 (0.38%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.38%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 56 (21.13%) AWS Engineer
2 48 (18.11%) DevOps Engineer
3 44 (16.60%) Senior
4 38 (14.34%) Architect
5 34 (12.83%) Developer
6 28 (10.57%) Platform Engineer
7 25 (9.43%) Lead
8 24 (9.06%) AWS Architect
9 23 (8.68%) AWS DevOps
10 21 (7.92%) Cloud Engineer
11 19 (7.17%) AWS DevOps Engineer
12 16 (6.04%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 15 (5.66%) AWS Developer
14 14 (5.28%) Senior Developer
15 13 (4.91%) Data Engineer
16 12 (4.53%) Technical Leader
17 11 (4.15%) Consultant
17 11 (4.15%) Software Engineer
18 10 (3.77%) DevSecOps Engineer
18 10 (3.77%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (11.70%) AWS CDK
2 27 (10.19%) Node.js
3 23 (8.68%) Kafka
4 21 (7.92%) Elastic Stack
5 17 (6.42%) React
6 11 (4.15%) JSON
6 11 (4.15%) OAuth
6 11 (4.15%) RESTful
6 11 (4.15%) Spring
7 9 (3.40%) AngularJS
8 8 (3.02%) ARM Templates
9 7 (2.64%) Keycloak
9 7 (2.64%) OpenID
9 7 (2.64%) SAML
10 6 (2.26%) GraphQL
10 6 (2.26%) OAuth2
10 6 (2.26%) Spring Boot
11 5 (1.89%) cloud-init
11 5 (1.89%) Jest
12 4 (1.51%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 46 (17.36%) Cloud Native
2 9 (3.40%) Hybrid Cloud
2 9 (3.40%) Legacy Applications
2 9 (3.40%) Onboarding
3 6 (2.26%) Data Protection Act
3 6 (2.26%) Distributed Systems
4 5 (1.89%) Distributed Architecture
4 5 (1.89%) PKI
4 5 (1.89%) Product Ownership
4 5 (1.89%) Public Cloud
4 5 (1.89%) Replication
5 4 (1.51%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (1.51%) Security Posture
5 4 (1.51%) Virtual Team
6 3 (1.13%) Enterprise Cloud
6 3 (1.13%) NHS
6 3 (1.13%) Private Cloud
7 2 (0.75%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 2 (0.75%) Management Information System
7 2 (0.75%) Video on Demand
Operating Systems
1 60 (22.64%) Linux
2 13 (4.91%) Unix
3 10 (3.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 10 (3.77%) Windows
4 5 (1.89%) CentOS
5 3 (1.13%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.38%) Amazon Linux
6 1 (0.38%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 168 (63.40%) Infrastructure as Code
2 161 (60.75%) CI/CD
3 146 (55.09%) DevOps
4 112 (42.26%) Containerisation
5 72 (27.17%) Agile
6 57 (21.51%) Problem-Solving
7 40 (15.09%) High Availability
8 35 (13.21%) Configuration Management
9 34 (12.83%) Observability
10 32 (12.08%) Platform Engineering
11 31 (11.70%) Mentoring
11 31 (11.70%) Migration
11 31 (11.70%) Stakeholder Management
12 30 (11.32%) DevSecOps
13 28 (10.57%) Microservices
13 28 (10.57%) Software Engineering
14 26 (9.81%) Deployment Automation
14 26 (9.81%) Infrastructure Automation
15 24 (9.06%) Test Automation
16 23 (8.68%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 114 (43.02%) Python
2 41 (15.47%) Bash
3 33 (12.45%) JavaScript
4 32 (12.08%) Go
5 31 (11.70%) PowerShell
5 31 (11.70%) TypeScript
6 30 (11.32%) Java
7 28 (10.57%) SQL
8 25 (9.43%) Shell Script
9 11 (4.15%) Groovy
10 8 (3.02%) Bicep
11 6 (2.26%) C++
12 4 (1.51%) C#
12 4 (1.51%) Ruby
13 3 (1.13%) CodeQL
13 3 (1.13%) Perl
13 3 (1.13%) PromQL
14 2 (0.75%) C
14 2 (0.75%) Scala
15 1 (0.38%) R
Qualifications
1 101 (38.11%) Security Cleared
2 87 (32.83%) SC Cleared
3 49 (18.49%) AWS Certification
4 33 (12.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 11 (4.15%) Degree
6 9 (3.40%) DV Cleared
7 8 (3.02%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 6 (2.26%) AWS Certified Developer
8 6 (2.26%) Azure Certification
8 6 (2.26%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.13%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
9 3 (1.13%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.75%) CISSP
11 1 (0.38%) CISM
11 1 (0.38%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.38%) OCP
11 1 (0.38%) Oracle Certification
11 1 (0.38%) SnowPro
11 1 (0.38%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (7.17%) GDPR
2 15 (5.66%) QA
3 12 (4.53%) PCI DSS
4 10 (3.77%) NIST
5 9 (3.40%) NCSC
6 8 (3.02%) HIPAA
6 8 (3.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (1.89%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.75%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.75%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 99 (37.36%) Docker
2 17 (6.42%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.38%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.38%) iptables
Systems Management
1 210 (79.25%) Terraform
2 119 (44.91%) Kubernetes
3 63 (23.77%) Ansible
4 35 (13.21%) Grafana
5 34 (12.83%) Puppet
6 32 (12.08%) Prometheus
7 26 (9.81%) Progress Chef
8 22 (8.30%) Packer
9 14 (5.28%) Consul
10 12 (4.53%) Single Sign-On
11 5 (1.89%) HP Fortify
11 5 (1.89%) Jamf Pro
11 5 (1.89%) Nessus
11 5 (1.89%) Podman
12 4 (1.51%) Kibana
12 4 (1.51%) Salt
13 2 (0.75%) Argo
13 2 (0.75%) Istio
13 2 (0.75%) Kustomize
13 2 (0.75%) SELinux
Vendors
1 15 (5.66%) Splunk
2 13 (4.91%) Microsoft
3 10 (3.77%) IBM
4 9 (3.40%) ServiceNow
5 8 (3.02%) Google
6 7 (2.64%) Alibaba
7 6 (2.26%) CA Agile Central
7 6 (2.26%) Red Hat
8 5 (1.89%) AppDynamics
8 5 (1.89%) Confluent
8 5 (1.89%) Okta
8 5 (1.89%) Qualys
9 4 (1.51%) Cisco
10 3 (1.13%) Dynatrace
11 2 (0.75%) Dell KACE
11 2 (0.75%) Meraki
11 2 (0.75%) Oracle
11 2 (0.75%) Palo Alto
11 2 (0.75%) Sybase
11 2 (0.75%) Ubiquiti