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 contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 254 313 347
Rank change year-on-year +59 +34 -70
Contract jobs citing AWS CloudFormation 323 204 230
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.04% 0.67% 0.60%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.74% 1.85% 1.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 245 147 163
10th Percentile £400 £394 £425
25th Percentile £450 £503 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £625 £563
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +11.11% -6.25%
75th Percentile £625 £744 £675
90th Percentile £675 £788 £735
UK median daily rate £525 £575 £543
% change year-on-year -8.70% +5.89% -4.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £71.20 - -
25th Percentile £73.00 - -
Median hourly rate £79.50 - -
75th Percentile £84.50 - -
90th Percentile £85.40 - -
UK median hourly rate £79.50 - -

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 11,806 11,023 13,516
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 38.13% 36.35% 35.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,086 7,372 9,861
10th Percentile £304 £313 £290
25th Percentile £406 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £650 £645
90th Percentile £713 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 294 142 270
10th Percentile £14.83 £17.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.46 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.47 £31.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.84% +24.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £50.94 £55.00 £53.75
90th Percentile £78.38 £69.98 £77.55
UK median hourly rate £25.74 £29.00 £25.69
% change year-on-year -11.26% +12.88% +14.18%

AWS CloudFormation
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing AWS CloudFormation relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

AWS CloudFormation job vacancy trend 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 8 December 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 8 December 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 +40 179 £530 -18.46% 43
North of England -14 70 £482 -23.79% 43
Yorkshire -26 33 £500 -25.93% 18
North West -4 32 £450 -5.26% 19
South East +3 27 £530 -18.46% 40
South West -4 12 £569 +8.33% 25
West Midlands -16 12 £575 +24.32% 10
Midlands -23 12 £575 +35.29% 23
North East -1 5 £466 -31.85% 6
East of England - 5 £450 - 12
AWS CloudFormation
UK

AWS CloudFormation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 25 (7.74%) Confluence
2 22 (6.81%) nginx
3 17 (5.26%) Apache Spark
4 16 (4.95%) Apache
5 15 (4.64%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (1.55%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.31%) CMS
8 1 (0.31%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.31%) WordPress
Business Applications
1 1 (0.31%) Actimize
Cloud Services
1 307 (95.05%) AWS
2 118 (36.53%) Serverless
3 114 (35.29%) AWS Lambda
4 106 (32.82%) Amazon S3
5 89 (27.55%) Amazon ECS
6 87 (26.93%) GitHub
7 81 (25.08%) Azure
8 68 (21.05%) Amazon EC2
9 67 (20.74%) GitHub Actions
10 61 (18.89%) Amazon EKS
11 50 (15.48%) GCP
12 49 (15.17%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 46 (14.24%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 30 (9.29%) Amazon GuardDuty
14 30 (9.29%) Datadog
15 24 (7.43%) AWS CodePipeline
15 24 (7.43%) AWS Fargate
15 24 (7.43%) Entra ID
16 23 (7.12%) AWS KMS
17 22 (6.81%) AWS CloudTrail
Communications & Networking
1 24 (7.43%) DNS
2 13 (4.02%) Firewall
3 10 (3.10%) VPN
4 8 (2.48%) Network Security
5 7 (2.17%) TCP/IP
6 6 (1.86%) DHCP
7 4 (1.24%) Reverse Proxy
8 2 (0.62%) HTTP
8 2 (0.62%) Internet
8 2 (0.62%) Kerberos
8 2 (0.62%) SSL
9 1 (0.31%) NAS
9 1 (0.31%) SAN
9 1 (0.31%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.31%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (20.74%) Amazon RDS
2 34 (10.53%) PostgreSQL
3 26 (8.05%) Amazon Redshift
3 26 (8.05%) DynamoDB
4 21 (6.50%) Data Lake
5 20 (6.19%) Amazon Athena
6 18 (5.57%) Data Warehouse
7 15 (4.64%) NoSQL
8 12 (3.72%) MongoDB
9 11 (3.41%) Relational Database
10 10 (3.10%) SQL Server
11 8 (2.48%) Amazon Aurora
11 8 (2.48%) Power BI
12 7 (2.17%) MySQL
13 6 (1.86%) Amazon QuickSight
13 6 (1.86%) Couchbase
13 6 (1.86%) RDBMS
14 5 (1.55%) Data Hub
14 5 (1.55%) DB2
14 5 (1.55%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 93 (28.79%) Jenkins
2 78 (24.15%) Git
3 68 (21.05%) GitLab
4 35 (10.84%) JIRA
5 16 (4.95%) Bitbucket
6 11 (3.41%) JUnit
6 11 (3.41%) Maven
6 11 (3.41%) SonarQube
7 9 (2.79%) Sonatype Nexus
8 8 (2.48%) Artifactory
9 7 (2.17%) CircleCI
9 7 (2.17%) Gradle
10 5 (1.55%) Cypress.io
10 5 (1.55%) Selenium
10 5 (1.55%) Snyk
11 4 (1.24%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 4 (1.24%) Postman
11 4 (1.24%) Terragrunt
11 4 (1.24%) webpack
12 3 (0.93%) Cucumber
General
1 76 (23.53%) Social Skills
2 67 (20.74%) Public Sector
3 42 (13.00%) Finance
4 19 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (5.57%) Banking
6 6 (1.86%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (1.55%) Aerospace
7 5 (1.55%) Games
8 3 (0.93%) Law
9 2 (0.62%) Legal
9 2 (0.62%) Police
9 2 (0.62%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.31%) Aviation
10 1 (0.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.31%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.31%) Military
Job Titles
1 73 (22.60%) AWS Engineer
2 61 (18.89%) DevOps Engineer
3 44 (13.62%) Senior
4 40 (12.38%) Lead
5 34 (10.53%) Architect
6 30 (9.29%) Developer
6 30 (9.29%) Platform Engineer
7 29 (8.98%) AWS DevOps
8 25 (7.74%) Cloud Engineer
8 25 (7.74%) Data Engineer
9 24 (7.43%) AWS DevOps Engineer
10 20 (6.19%) Site Engineer
11 19 (5.88%) AWS Architect
12 18 (5.57%) Cloud Platform Engineer
12 18 (5.57%) Site Reliability Engineer
13 14 (4.33%) AWS Platform Engineer
13 14 (4.33%) Security Engineer
13 14 (4.33%) Software Engineer
14 12 (3.72%) Lead DevOps
15 11 (3.41%) AWS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (13.62%) Kafka
2 31 (9.60%) AWS CDK
3 29 (8.98%) Node.js
4 22 (6.81%) Elastic Stack
5 20 (6.19%) RESTful
6 18 (5.57%) Spring
7 16 (4.95%) React
7 16 (4.95%) Spring Boot
8 15 (4.64%) JSON
9 13 (4.02%) REST
10 10 (3.10%) AngularJS
11 9 (2.79%) ARM Templates
11 9 (2.79%) Keycloak
12 8 (2.48%) OAuth
12 8 (2.48%) OpenID
13 7 (2.17%) cloud-init
13 7 (2.17%) OAuth2
13 7 (2.17%) SAML
14 6 (1.86%) Django
14 6 (1.86%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 67 (20.74%) Cloud Native
2 13 (4.02%) Onboarding
3 11 (3.41%) PKI
4 9 (2.79%) Data Protection Act
5 8 (2.48%) Legacy Applications
6 7 (2.17%) Replication
7 6 (1.86%) NHS
7 6 (1.86%) Product Ownership
8 5 (1.55%) Data Centre
8 5 (1.55%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (1.55%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (1.55%) Private Cloud
9 4 (1.24%) Security Posture
10 3 (0.93%) Cloud Security Posture
10 3 (0.93%) SCADA
10 3 (0.93%) Virtual Team
11 2 (0.62%) Algorithms
11 2 (0.62%) Distributed Architecture
11 2 (0.62%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (0.62%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 86 (26.63%) Linux
2 17 (5.26%) Unix
3 13 (4.02%) Windows
4 7 (2.17%) CentOS
4 7 (2.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.93%) VMS
6 1 (0.31%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 239 (73.99%) Infrastructure as Code
2 229 (70.90%) CI/CD
3 193 (59.75%) DevOps
4 116 (35.91%) Containerisation
5 88 (27.24%) Agile
6 56 (17.34%) Problem-Solving
7 54 (16.72%) Observability
8 46 (14.24%) Microservices
9 43 (13.31%) Migration
9 43 (13.31%) Platform Engineering
10 40 (12.38%) Technical Leadership
11 36 (11.15%) DevSecOps
11 36 (11.15%) Infrastructure Automation
12 35 (10.84%) Mentoring
12 35 (10.84%) Site Reliability Engineering
12 35 (10.84%) Software Engineering
13 34 (10.53%) Configuration Management
14 31 (9.60%) Test Automation
15 30 (9.29%) High Availability
16 29 (8.98%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 160 (49.54%) Python
2 58 (17.96%) Bash
3 43 (13.31%) SQL
4 36 (11.15%) Java
5 32 (9.91%) Go
6 30 (9.29%) PowerShell
7 25 (7.74%) TypeScript
8 20 (6.19%) Ruby
9 19 (5.88%) JavaScript
10 16 (4.95%) Shell Script
11 7 (2.17%) C#
11 7 (2.17%) Perl
12 5 (1.55%) Scala
13 4 (1.24%) Bicep
14 3 (0.93%) C
14 3 (0.93%) C++
14 3 (0.93%) Groovy
14 3 (0.93%) PromQL
15 1 (0.31%) PHP
15 1 (0.31%) Rust
Qualifications
1 111 (34.37%) Security Cleared
2 91 (28.17%) SC Cleared
3 61 (18.89%) AWS Certification
4 26 (8.05%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 14 (4.33%) Degree
5 14 (4.33%) DV Cleared
6 11 (3.41%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (3.10%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (1.86%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 5 (1.55%) Azure Certification
9 5 (1.55%) CISSP
10 4 (1.24%) AWS Certified Developer
11 3 (0.93%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
11 3 (0.93%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 2 (0.62%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 2 (0.62%) CCSP
12 2 (0.62%) Cisco Certification
13 1 (0.31%) OCP
13 1 (0.31%) Oracle Certification
13 1 (0.31%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (9.91%) GDPR
2 20 (6.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (5.57%) NCSC
4 16 (4.95%) QA
5 14 (4.33%) NIST
6 12 (3.72%) Data Quality
7 9 (2.79%) PCI DSS
8 8 (2.48%) Cyber Essentials
9 7 (2.17%) HIPAA
10 4 (1.24%) Accessibility
11 3 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.93%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.31%) Government Security Classifications
12 1 (0.31%) GRC
12 1 (0.31%) MiFID
System Software
1 132 (40.87%) Docker
2 15 (4.64%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.55%) Hyper-V
3 5 (1.55%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (1.24%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (1.24%) Virtual Servers
4 4 (1.24%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.31%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 292 (90.40%) Terraform
2 140 (43.34%) Kubernetes
3 70 (21.67%) Ansible
4 50 (15.48%) Grafana
5 39 (12.07%) Prometheus
6 30 (9.29%) Packer
7 27 (8.36%) Puppet
8 19 (5.88%) Consul
9 17 (5.26%) Progress Chef
10 8 (2.48%) Single Sign-On
11 7 (2.17%) Jamf Pro
12 5 (1.55%) Podman
13 2 (0.62%) Argo
13 2 (0.62%) HP Fortify
13 2 (0.62%) Istio
13 2 (0.62%) Opsgenie
13 2 (0.62%) Salt
14 1 (0.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 1 (0.31%) Bitnami
14 1 (0.31%) Nessus
Vendors
1 22 (6.81%) Microsoft
1 22 (6.81%) Splunk
2 15 (4.64%) Databricks
3 13 (4.02%) Google
4 12 (3.72%) IBM
5 10 (3.10%) ServiceNow
6 9 (2.79%) CloudEndure
7 8 (2.48%) PagerDuty
8 7 (2.17%) Alibaba
8 7 (2.17%) Confluent
8 7 (2.17%) Okta
9 6 (1.86%) Citrix
9 6 (1.86%) VMware
10 5 (1.55%) CA Agile Central
10 5 (1.55%) Oracle
10 5 (1.55%) Sybase
11 3 (0.93%) Cisco
11 3 (0.93%) Cloudera
11 3 (0.93%) Dynatrace
11 3 (0.93%) Ping Identity