AWS CloudFormation Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Amazon AWS CloudFormation
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 153 246 218
Rank change year-on-year +93 -28 +24
Contract jobs citing AWS CloudFormation 161 99 298
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.63% 0.65% 1.15%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.09% 1.78% 2.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 140 73 238
10th Percentile £412 £415 £435
25th Percentile £509 £456 £479
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £508 £550
Median % change year-on-year +18.11% -7.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £741 £600 £650
90th Percentile £838 £710 £688
UK median daily rate £600 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% -6.78%

All Cloud Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 3,940 5,557 10,236
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 39.78% 36.21% 39.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,887 3,982 7,514
10th Percentile £351 £350 £373
25th Percentile £425 £430 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.38% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £750 £738 £743
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 89 125
10th Percentile £16.00 £15.50 £16.43
25th Percentile £25.25 £17.00 £21.31
Median hourly rate £35.00 £26.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +34.62% -52.73% +83.33%
75th Percentile £70.63 £50.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £92.50 £64.37 £78.40
UK median hourly rate £27.35 £21.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +30.24% -40.00% +62.79%

AWS CloudFormation
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing AWS CloudFormation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

AWS CloudFormation trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

AWS CloudFormation
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing AWS CloudFormation.

AWS CloudFormation daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

AWS CloudFormation
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing AWS CloudFormation over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

AWS CloudFormation daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

AWS CloudFormation
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing AWS CloudFormation.

AWS CloudFormation hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

AWS CloudFormation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 11 (6.83%) nginx
2 7 (4.35%) Apache Spark
2 7 (4.35%) Confluence
3 5 (3.11%) Traefik
4 3 (1.86%) IIS
5 2 (1.24%) GeoServer
6 1 (0.62%) Apache
Business Applications
1 1 (0.62%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 160 (99.38%) AWS
2 70 (43.48%) AWS Lambda
3 69 (42.86%) Serverless
4 64 (39.75%) Amazon S3
5 42 (26.09%) Azure
6 41 (25.47%) Amazon EKS
7 39 (24.22%) Amazon EC2
8 36 (22.36%) Amazon ECS
9 33 (20.50%) GCP
10 31 (19.25%) GitHub
11 25 (15.53%) PaaS
11 25 (15.53%) SaaS
12 22 (13.66%) Amazon SQS
13 20 (12.42%) IaaS
14 19 (11.80%) GitHub Actions
15 18 (11.18%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 18 (11.18%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 17 (10.56%) AWS CodePipeline
17 16 (9.94%) AWS Fargate
18 13 (8.07%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 50 (31.06%) DNS
2 42 (26.09%) TCP/IP
3 38 (23.60%) HTTP
4 36 (22.36%) Firewall
5 22 (13.66%) DHCP
6 19 (11.80%) BGP
7 18 (11.18%) HTTPS
7 18 (11.18%) OSPF
8 9 (5.59%) VPN
9 7 (4.35%) Internet
10 4 (2.48%) Network Security
10 4 (2.48%) Reverse Proxy
10 4 (2.48%) SSL
11 2 (1.24%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (36.65%) Amazon RDS
2 29 (18.01%) PostgreSQL
3 14 (8.70%) Amazon Aurora
3 14 (8.70%) DynamoDB
4 12 (7.45%) Amazon Redshift
5 11 (6.83%) MongoDB
6 5 (3.11%) Apache Hive
6 5 (3.11%) Elasticsearch
6 5 (3.11%) Hadoop
6 5 (3.11%) MySQL
7 4 (2.48%) Apache Iceberg
7 4 (2.48%) Big Data
7 4 (2.48%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (2.48%) Parquet
7 4 (2.48%) Presto
8 3 (1.86%) Amazon Athena
8 3 (1.86%) Amazon QuickSight
8 3 (1.86%) GIS
8 3 (1.86%) NoSQL
8 3 (1.86%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 56 (34.78%) Jenkins
2 39 (24.22%) GitLab
3 30 (18.63%) Git
4 8 (4.97%) JIRA
5 6 (3.73%) CircleCI
6 5 (3.11%) git-flow
7 4 (2.48%) Artifactory
7 4 (2.48%) Poetry
8 3 (1.86%) Cypress.io
8 3 (1.86%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.62%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.62%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.62%) Spinnaker
9 1 (0.62%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.62%) Terragrunt
9 1 (0.62%) Vagrant
General
1 38 (23.60%) Public Sector
2 31 (19.25%) Social Skills
3 20 (12.42%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (10.56%) Banking
5 12 (7.45%) Finance
6 9 (5.59%) Front Office
7 3 (1.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.24%) Military
8 2 (1.24%) Retail Banking
9 1 (0.62%) Corporate Banking
9 1 (0.62%) Digital Health
9 1 (0.62%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.62%) Police
9 1 (0.62%) Retail
Job Titles
1 56 (34.78%) Architect
2 48 (29.81%) DevOps Engineer
3 39 (24.22%) Senior
4 38 (23.60%) AWS Architect
5 36 (22.36%) AWS Engineer
6 30 (18.63%) Senior DevOps
7 27 (16.77%) AWS DevOps
7 27 (16.77%) Senior DevOps Engineer
8 26 (16.15%) AWS DevOps Engineer
9 22 (13.66%) Cloud Architect
9 22 (13.66%) Technical Architect
10 19 (11.80%) Developer
11 18 (11.18%) Cloud Native Architect
12 13 (8.07%) Platform Engineer
12 13 (8.07%) Senior AWS DevOps Engineer
13 11 (6.83%) Cloud Engineer
13 11 (6.83%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 11 (6.83%) Python Engineer
13 11 (6.83%) Security Architect
14 9 (5.59%) Finance Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (17.39%) AWS CDK
2 18 (11.18%) React
3 17 (10.56%) Elastic Stack
4 16 (9.94%) Node.js
5 11 (6.83%) cloud-init
6 9 (5.59%) Kafka
7 8 (4.97%) REST
7 8 (4.97%) RESTful
8 7 (4.35%) Keycloak
9 6 (3.73%) JSON
9 6 (3.73%) Redux
9 6 (3.73%) Sass
9 6 (3.73%) Spring Boot
10 5 (3.11%) Apache Cordova
10 5 (3.11%) CSS
10 5 (3.11%) HTML
10 5 (3.11%) Jest
10 5 (3.11%) LESS
10 5 (3.11%) Web Services
10 5 (3.11%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 32 (19.88%) Cloud Native
2 7 (4.35%) Hybrid Cloud
2 7 (4.35%) PKI
2 7 (4.35%) Public Cloud
3 3 (1.86%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (1.24%) Legacy Applications
4 2 (1.24%) Operational Technology
4 2 (1.24%) Product Ownership
4 2 (1.24%) Security Posture
5 1 (0.62%) Clustering
5 1 (0.62%) Data Structures
5 1 (0.62%) Distributed Architecture
5 1 (0.62%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (0.62%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (0.62%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.62%) NHS
5 1 (0.62%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.62%) Video on Demand
5 1 (0.62%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 46 (28.57%) Linux
2 16 (9.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 14 (8.70%) Unix
4 12 (7.45%) CentOS
5 10 (6.21%) Windows
6 4 (2.48%) Ubuntu
6 4 (2.48%) Windows Server
7 3 (1.86%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (1.24%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (1.24%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.62%) Amazon Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (57.76%) Infrastructure as Code
2 84 (52.17%) CI/CD
3 82 (50.93%) DevOps
4 51 (31.68%) Containerisation
5 42 (26.09%) Agile
6 36 (22.36%) Continuous Integration
7 29 (18.01%) High Availability
7 29 (18.01%) Test Automation
8 28 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
9 20 (12.42%) Mentoring
10 19 (11.80%) Observability
10 19 (11.80%) Open Source
10 19 (11.80%) Sprint Planning
10 19 (11.80%) Stakeholder Management
11 17 (10.56%) Configuration Management
12 16 (9.94%) Deployment Automation
12 16 (9.94%) Platform Engineering
12 16 (9.94%) Software Engineering
13 14 (8.70%) Microservices
13 14 (8.70%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 77 (47.83%) Python
2 36 (22.36%) Bash
3 27 (16.77%) JavaScript
4 23 (14.29%) Bicep
5 21 (13.04%) SQL
6 20 (12.42%) TypeScript
7 19 (11.80%) Go
8 17 (10.56%) Java
8 17 (10.56%) PowerShell
9 6 (3.73%) T-SQL
10 3 (1.86%) Groovy
10 3 (1.86%) Shell Script
11 2 (1.24%) R
11 2 (1.24%) VBScript
12 1 (0.62%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.62%) Scala
Qualifications
1 61 (37.89%) Security Cleared
2 59 (36.65%) SC Cleared
3 35 (21.74%) AWS Certification
4 23 (14.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 4 (2.48%) OCP
5 4 (2.48%) Oracle Certification
6 3 (1.86%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 3 (1.86%) CISM
6 3 (1.86%) CISSP
6 3 (1.86%) TOGAF Certification
7 2 (1.24%) AWS Certified Developer
7 2 (1.24%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.62%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
8 1 (0.62%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.62%) CCNP
8 1 (0.62%) CEH
8 1 (0.62%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.62%) JNCIP
8 1 (0.62%) RHCA
8 1 (0.62%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.97%) NCSC
2 4 (2.48%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.86%) Disclosure Scotland
3 3 (1.86%) GDPR
3 3 (1.86%) NIST
4 2 (1.24%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.24%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.24%) QA
5 1 (0.62%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 51 (31.68%) Docker
2 5 (3.11%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.24%) vSphere
4 1 (0.62%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.62%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 118 (73.29%) Terraform
2 69 (42.86%) Kubernetes
3 39 (24.22%) Grafana
4 38 (23.60%) Ansible
5 31 (19.25%) Prometheus
6 19 (11.80%) Progress Chef
7 18 (11.18%) Puppet
8 16 (9.94%) Packer
9 11 (6.83%) Consul
10 8 (4.97%) Istio
10 8 (4.97%) linkerd
10 8 (4.97%) ZABBIX
11 7 (4.35%) Jamf Pro
11 7 (4.35%) Rancher
12 5 (3.11%) HAProxy
13 4 (2.48%) Kibana
14 2 (1.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 2 (1.24%) Argo
14 2 (1.24%) WSUS
15 1 (0.62%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 21 (13.04%) Cisco
2 19 (11.80%) CheckPoint
2 19 (11.80%) Fortinet
2 19 (11.80%) Palo Alto
3 11 (6.83%) Red Hat
4 9 (5.59%) Splunk
5 7 (4.35%) Microsoft
5 7 (4.35%) Okta
6 5 (3.11%) Apple
6 5 (3.11%) ESET
7 4 (2.48%) Oracle
8 3 (1.86%) Imperva
8 3 (1.86%) VMware
9 2 (1.24%) Alteryx
9 2 (1.24%) Atlassian
9 2 (1.24%) Citrix
9 2 (1.24%) CyberArk
9 2 (1.24%) MuleSoft
9 2 (1.24%) Virgin Media
10 1 (0.62%) HP