AWS CloudFormation Contracts in England

Amazon AWS CloudFormation
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring AWS CloudFormation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited AWS CloudFormation over the 6 months leading up to 8 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 255 374 321
Rank change year-on-year +119 -53 -54
Contract jobs citing AWS CloudFormation 229 172 379
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.94% 0.47% 0.76%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.54% 1.46% 2.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 180 125 303
10th Percentile £400 £428 £440
25th Percentile £500 £500 £504
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £653 £688 £663
90th Percentile £750 £775 £700
UK median daily rate £585 £516 £550
% change year-on-year +13.32% -6.14% -6.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £35.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £35.00 - -

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 9,010 11,741 18,118
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 37.17% 31.87% 36.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,283 8,485 13,249
10th Percentile £313 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £638 £668
90th Percentile £743 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £519 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.24% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 194 318 305
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.00 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.88 £15.85 £18.25
Median hourly rate £25.50 £20.99 £32.30
Median % change year-on-year +21.52% -35.03% +53.44%
75th Percentile £39.69 £32.50 £65.75
90th Percentile £73.38 £62.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £27.35 £21.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +30.24% -40.00% +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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing AWS CloudFormation in England.

Daily rate trend for AWS CloudFormation in England

AWS CloudFormation
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing AWS CloudFormation in England over the 6 months to 8 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for AWS CloudFormation in England

AWS CloudFormation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing AWS CloudFormation in England.

Hourly rate trend for AWS CloudFormation in England

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 May 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 +87 158 £600 - 239
North of England +32 30 £500 - 77
Yorkshire +17 13 £725 - 21
North West +9 13 £400 -20.00% 50
South East +35 7 £578 +15.50% 75
Midlands +22 7 £500 +11.11% 6
West Midlands +18 6 £450 +28.57% 2
East of England +35 5 £500 -25.93%
South West +35 4 £563 -12.62% 11
North East - 4 £420 - 9
East Midlands +8 1 £700 +55.56% 4
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 21 (9.17%) nginx
2 17 (7.42%) Apache Spark
3 13 (5.68%) Confluence
4 10 (4.37%) Traefik
5 8 (3.49%) Apache
6 5 (2.18%) Tomcat
7 4 (1.75%) IIS
8 3 (1.31%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.44%) JBoss
9 1 (0.44%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.44%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.44%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.44%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.87%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.44%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.44%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 224 (97.82%) AWS
2 102 (44.54%) Serverless
3 94 (41.05%) AWS Lambda
4 85 (37.12%) Amazon S3
5 54 (23.58%) Amazon EC2
6 48 (20.96%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 46 (20.09%) Amazon ECS
8 45 (19.65%) Amazon EKS
8 45 (19.65%) GitHub
9 40 (17.47%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 35 (15.28%) Azure
11 33 (14.41%) Amazon SQS
12 27 (11.79%) PaaS
13 26 (11.35%) GCP
14 22 (9.61%) AWS Fargate
14 22 (9.61%) GitHub Actions
14 22 (9.61%) IaaS
15 21 (9.17%) SaaS
16 18 (7.86%) AWS CodePipeline
17 17 (7.42%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 38 (16.59%) DNS
2 28 (12.23%) Firewall
2 28 (12.23%) TCP/IP
3 19 (8.30%) VPN
4 18 (7.86%) HTTP
5 9 (3.93%) Network Security
6 8 (3.49%) Internet
7 5 (2.18%) Reverse Proxy
8 4 (1.75%) DHCP
9 2 (0.87%) Cisco ISE
9 2 (0.87%) NGFW
9 2 (0.87%) SD-WAN
9 2 (0.87%) SSL
9 2 (0.87%) WAN
9 2 (0.87%) Wireless
10 1 (0.44%) BGP
10 1 (0.44%) Kerberos
10 1 (0.44%) NetScaler
10 1 (0.44%) OpenLDAP
10 1 (0.44%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (27.95%) Amazon RDS
2 31 (13.54%) Amazon Redshift
3 25 (10.92%) DynamoDB
4 23 (10.04%) MongoDB
5 21 (9.17%) PostgreSQL
6 15 (6.55%) Data Warehouse
7 13 (5.68%) Amazon Aurora
8 12 (5.24%) Data Lake
9 11 (4.80%) Relational Database
10 9 (3.93%) Amazon Athena
10 9 (3.93%) Hadoop
11 8 (3.49%) NoSQL
12 7 (3.06%) Apache Hive
12 7 (3.06%) Big Data
13 6 (2.62%) MySQL
14 5 (2.18%) Apache Iceberg
14 5 (2.18%) Parquet
14 5 (2.18%) Presto
14 5 (2.18%) SQL Server
15 4 (1.75%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 81 (35.37%) Jenkins
2 48 (20.96%) GitLab
3 25 (10.92%) Git
4 17 (7.42%) JIRA
5 10 (4.37%) Artifactory
6 9 (3.93%) git-flow
7 8 (3.49%) CircleCI
8 5 (2.18%) Poetry
9 4 (1.75%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 4 (1.75%) Cucumber
9 4 (1.75%) Gradle
9 4 (1.75%) SonarQube
10 3 (1.31%) Bitbucket
10 3 (1.31%) TeamCity
11 2 (0.87%) Sonatype Nexus
12 1 (0.44%) IBM UrbanCode
12 1 (0.44%) Vagrant
General
1 52 (22.71%) Social Skills
2 43 (18.78%) Public Sector
3 31 (13.54%) Finance
4 20 (8.73%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (7.42%) Banking
6 10 (4.37%) Front Office
7 7 (3.06%) Military
8 6 (2.62%) Marketing
9 3 (1.31%) Back Office
9 3 (1.31%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.87%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.87%) Retail
10 2 (0.87%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.44%) Corporate Banking
11 1 (0.44%) Digital Health
11 1 (0.44%) Legal
11 1 (0.44%) Multimedia
11 1 (0.44%) Police
11 1 (0.44%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 66 (28.82%) DevOps Engineer
2 64 (27.95%) AWS Engineer
3 57 (24.89%) Senior
4 42 (18.34%) Architect
5 35 (15.28%) AWS DevOps
6 33 (14.41%) Cloud Engineer
7 32 (13.97%) AWS DevOps Engineer
7 32 (13.97%) Senior DevOps
8 29 (12.66%) AWS Architect
9 27 (11.79%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 24 (10.48%) Developer
11 16 (6.99%) Lead
12 14 (6.11%) Data Engineer
13 12 (5.24%) Python Engineer
13 12 (5.24%) Senior Developer
14 11 (4.80%) Software Engineer
15 10 (4.37%) Platform Engineer
16 9 (3.93%) AWS Developer
16 9 (3.93%) Cloud Architect
17 8 (3.49%) Cloud Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (10.48%) Kafka
2 23 (10.04%) AWS CDK
2 23 (10.04%) Node.js
3 19 (8.30%) cloud-init
4 13 (5.68%) Elastic Stack
4 13 (5.68%) React
5 12 (5.24%) Keycloak
6 10 (4.37%) CSS
6 10 (4.37%) HTML
7 7 (3.06%) AngularJS
7 7 (3.06%) JSON
7 7 (3.06%) RESTful
7 7 (3.06%) WebSockets
8 6 (2.62%) Redux
8 6 (2.62%) REST
8 6 (2.62%) Sass
8 6 (2.62%) Web Services
9 5 (2.18%) Dask
9 5 (2.18%) HTML5
9 5 (2.18%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 21 (9.17%) Cloud Native
2 17 (7.42%) Public Cloud
3 13 (5.68%) Hybrid Cloud
4 12 (5.24%) PKI
5 4 (1.75%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (1.75%) Security Posture
5 4 (1.75%) Virtual Team
6 3 (1.31%) Distributed Architecture
6 3 (1.31%) Tandem
7 2 (0.87%) Clustering
7 2 (0.87%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (0.87%) Distributed Applications
7 2 (0.87%) Enterprise Cloud
7 2 (0.87%) Legacy Applications
7 2 (0.87%) Onboarding
7 2 (0.87%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.44%) Culture of Ownership
8 1 (0.44%) Distributed Computing
8 1 (0.44%) Legacy Code
8 1 (0.44%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 65 (28.38%) Linux
2 29 (12.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 25 (10.92%) Unix
4 24 (10.48%) CentOS
5 16 (6.99%) Windows
6 6 (2.62%) Windows Server
7 3 (1.31%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.87%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.44%) Amazon Linux
9 1 (0.44%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.44%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.44%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (62.45%) CI/CD
2 138 (60.26%) Infrastructure as Code
3 122 (53.28%) DevOps
4 72 (31.44%) Containerisation
5 59 (25.76%) Agile
6 52 (22.71%) Continuous Integration
7 47 (20.52%) Problem-Solving
8 34 (14.85%) High Availability
9 33 (14.41%) Cloud Security
10 29 (12.66%) Observability
11 27 (11.79%) Software Engineering
12 26 (11.35%) Deployment Automation
13 24 (10.48%) Microservices
13 24 (10.48%) Stakeholder Management
14 23 (10.04%) Mentoring
15 22 (9.61%) Open Source
16 21 (9.17%) Configuration Management
16 21 (9.17%) Cost Management
17 20 (8.73%) Data Pipeline
17 20 (8.73%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 129 (56.33%) Python
2 45 (19.65%) Bash
3 36 (15.72%) SQL
4 32 (13.97%) TypeScript
5 31 (13.54%) JavaScript
6 30 (13.10%) Go
7 28 (12.23%) Java
8 17 (7.42%) PowerShell
9 12 (5.24%) Bicep
10 9 (3.93%) Shell Script
11 6 (2.62%) T-SQL
12 4 (1.75%) R
13 3 (1.31%) Kotlin
14 2 (0.87%) Groovy
14 2 (0.87%) Scala
15 1 (0.44%) CodeQL
15 1 (0.44%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 89 (38.86%) Security Cleared
2 84 (36.68%) SC Cleared
3 55 (24.02%) AWS Certification
4 33 (14.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 10 (4.37%) Azure Certification
5 10 (4.37%) Degree
6 9 (3.93%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 5 (2.18%) AWS Certified Developer
7 5 (2.18%) OCP
7 5 (2.18%) Oracle Certification
8 3 (1.31%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
8 3 (1.31%) CISM
8 3 (1.31%) CISSP
9 2 (0.87%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.87%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.87%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.44%) CEH
10 1 (0.44%) JNCIP
10 1 (0.44%) RHCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (6.11%) NCSC
2 10 (4.37%) PCI DSS
3 7 (3.06%) Data Quality
4 6 (2.62%) GDPR
5 3 (1.31%) HIPAA
5 3 (1.31%) NIST
6 2 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.87%) QA
7 1 (0.44%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.44%) SLA
System Software
1 67 (29.26%) Docker
2 14 (6.11%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.87%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.87%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.87%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.44%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.44%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
5 1 (0.44%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 169 (73.80%) Terraform
2 93 (40.61%) Kubernetes
3 44 (19.21%) Ansible
4 39 (17.03%) Prometheus
5 34 (14.85%) Grafana
6 24 (10.48%) Packer
7 21 (9.17%) Progress Chef
7 21 (9.17%) Puppet
8 14 (6.11%) Consul
8 14 (6.11%) ZABBIX
9 12 (5.24%) Istio
9 12 (5.24%) Jamf Pro
9 12 (5.24%) linkerd
9 12 (5.24%) Rancher
10 11 (4.80%) HAProxy
11 7 (3.06%) Single Sign-On
12 4 (1.75%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 4 (1.75%) Kibana
13 3 (1.31%) Argo
13 3 (1.31%) Salt
Vendors
1 18 (7.86%) Microsoft
2 13 (5.68%) Splunk
3 12 (5.24%) Okta
4 10 (4.37%) Apple
4 10 (4.37%) ESET
4 10 (4.37%) Google
4 10 (4.37%) Red Hat
5 8 (3.49%) Oracle
6 5 (2.18%) VMware
7 4 (1.75%) AppDynamics
7 4 (1.75%) Cisco
7 4 (1.75%) SolarWinds
8 3 (1.31%) Atlassian
8 3 (1.31%) Databricks
8 3 (1.31%) IBM
8 3 (1.31%) Palo Alto
8 3 (1.31%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.31%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.87%) Dell
9 2 (0.87%) HP