AWS CloudFormation Job Trends in England

Amazon AWS CloudFormation
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring AWS CloudFormation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 369 445 551
Rank change year-on-year +76 +106 -175
Permanent jobs citing AWS CloudFormation 418 219 276
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.47% 0.50% 0.33%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.73% 1.52% 1.00%
Number of salaries quoted 209 121 224
10th Percentile £53,750 £52,500 £52,500
25th Percentile £66,250 £60,000 £62,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +3.45% -9.38%
75th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £97,500
90th Percentile £112,500 £111,250 £112,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year - +3.45% -6.45%

All Cloud Computing Skills
England

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 24,094 14,421 27,625
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 27.21% 33.17% 32.89%
Number of salaries quoted 16,168 10,310 21,572
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £58,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +2.56% -6.40%

AWS CloudFormation
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

AWS CloudFormation job vacancy trend in England

AWS CloudFormation
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing AWS CloudFormation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing AWS CloudFormation

AWS CloudFormation
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing AWS CloudFormation in England over the 6 months to 20 July 2026.

Salary histogram for AWS CloudFormation in England

AWS CloudFormation
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AWS CloudFormation within the England region over the 6 months to 20 July 2026. 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
London +65 223 £90,000 +15.02% 33
North of England +66 131 £75,000 +8.09% 24
Yorkshire +48 84 £75,000 +5.63% 5
North West +13 43 £74,301 +7.09% 9
Midlands -11 26 £62,000 -4.62% 7
East Midlands -3 18 £52,500 - 2
South East -31 18 £70,000 -15.15% 13
South West -54 12 £67,500 -25.00% 11
West Midlands -18 8 £62,250 -4.23% 5
North East -44 4 £50,000 -27.94% 10
East of England -31 2 £82,500 +10.00%
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 16 (3.83%) Apache
2 8 (1.91%) Apache Spark
2 8 (1.91%) Confluence
3 7 (1.67%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.96%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.72%) JBoss
6 1 (0.24%) Drupal
6 1 (0.24%) IIS
6 1 (0.24%) nginx
6 1 (0.24%) SAS
6 1 (0.24%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (0.96%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.48%) Lightworks
Business Applications
1 3 (0.72%) Summit
2 1 (0.24%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 399 (95.45%) AWS
2 219 (52.39%) Serverless
3 172 (41.15%) AWS Lambda
4 123 (29.43%) Amazon ECS
5 122 (29.19%) Amazon S3
6 94 (22.49%) Azure
7 82 (19.62%) GitHub
8 81 (19.38%) AWS Step Functions
9 69 (16.51%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 62 (14.83%) GCP
11 58 (13.88%) Cloud Computing
12 57 (13.64%) Datadog
13 56 (13.40%) GitHub Actions
14 55 (13.16%) Amazon EC2
14 55 (13.16%) Amazon EKS
15 40 (9.57%) Amazon SQS
16 34 (8.13%) Amazon ECR
17 33 (7.89%) Amazon OpenSearch
18 31 (7.42%) Apigee
19 23 (5.50%) Amazon EventBridge
Communications & Networking
1 19 (4.55%) Network Security
2 18 (4.31%) VPN
3 13 (3.11%) Firewall
4 10 (2.39%) DNS
4 10 (2.39%) TCP/IP
5 9 (2.15%) DSL
6 4 (0.96%) AMQP
6 4 (0.96%) HTTP
7 3 (0.72%) Software-Defined Networking
8 2 (0.48%) 4G
8 2 (0.48%) 5G
8 2 (0.48%) MQTT
9 1 (0.24%) DHCP
9 1 (0.24%) DNSSEC
9 1 (0.24%) Internet
9 1 (0.24%) PSTN
9 1 (0.24%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 99 (23.68%) DynamoDB
2 80 (19.14%) NoSQL
3 42 (10.05%) Amazon RDS
4 35 (8.37%) Amazon Athena
5 12 (2.87%) PostgreSQL
6 9 (2.15%) Elasticsearch
7 8 (1.91%) Amazon Redshift
8 7 (1.67%) Big Data
9 6 (1.44%) Flink
10 5 (1.20%) Data Lake
10 5 (1.20%) Hadoop
10 5 (1.20%) MongoDB
11 4 (0.96%) Cloudera CDH
11 4 (0.96%) Metadata
11 4 (0.96%) MySQL
11 4 (0.96%) Redis
11 4 (0.96%) Relational Database
12 3 (0.72%) Amazon Aurora
12 3 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
13 2 (0.48%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 133 (31.82%) Jenkins
2 132 (31.58%) GitLab
3 56 (13.40%) Git
4 35 (8.37%) Maven
5 31 (7.42%) Cucumber
5 31 (7.42%) Cypress.io
6 27 (6.46%) SonarQube
7 24 (5.74%) CircleCI
8 10 (2.39%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 9 (2.15%) Bitbucket
9 9 (2.15%) JIRA
10 7 (1.67%) Claude Code
11 5 (1.20%) Gradle
11 5 (1.20%) TeamCity
12 3 (0.72%) Selenium
13 1 (0.24%) Gatling
13 1 (0.24%) git-flow
13 1 (0.24%) JMeter
13 1 (0.24%) Sonatype Nexus
13 1 (0.24%) Vagrant
General
1 109 (26.08%) Social Skills
2 106 (25.36%) Finance
3 34 (8.13%) Banking
4 30 (7.18%) Public Sector
5 14 (3.35%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (2.63%) Aerospace
6 11 (2.63%) Financial Institution
7 10 (2.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (1.44%) Advertising
8 6 (1.44%) Legal
9 5 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (1.20%) Investment Banking
9 5 (1.20%) Law
9 5 (1.20%) Military
10 4 (0.96%) Mandarin Language
10 4 (0.96%) Telecoms
11 3 (0.72%) Automotive
11 3 (0.72%) Back Office
11 3 (0.72%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (0.72%) Retail
Job Titles
1 104 (24.88%) Senior
2 99 (23.68%) Developer
3 77 (18.42%) Cloud Engineer
4 64 (15.31%) Java Developer
5 61 (14.59%) DevOps Engineer
6 45 (10.77%) AWS Engineer
7 39 (9.33%) Consultant
8 32 (7.66%) Senior Consultant
9 31 (7.42%) Java Engineer
10 29 (6.94%) Lead
11 26 (6.22%) Full-Stack Developer
12 25 (5.98%) AWS Developer
12 25 (5.98%) Platform Engineer
13 24 (5.74%) Senior Developer
14 22 (5.26%) Architect
15 21 (5.02%) Principal Engineer
16 20 (4.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 19 (4.55%) AWS DevOps
17 19 (4.55%) Professional Services Consultant
18 18 (4.31%) AWS DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (21.29%) Spring Boot
2 75 (17.94%) AngularJS
3 71 (16.99%) Kafka
4 67 (16.03%) Spring
5 58 (13.88%) Node.js
6 50 (11.96%) AWS CDK
7 35 (8.37%) Gherkin
8 28 (6.70%) React
9 27 (6.46%) Jest
10 26 (6.22%) RESTful
11 21 (5.02%) RabbitMQ
12 20 (4.78%) gRPC
12 20 (4.78%) REST
13 19 (4.55%) Web Services
14 17 (4.07%) web3js
15 16 (3.83%) YAML
16 15 (3.59%) Next.js
17 14 (3.35%) JSON
18 12 (2.87%) Elastic Stack
19 11 (2.63%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 130 (31.10%) Cloud Native
2 49 (11.72%) Onboarding
3 46 (11.00%) Distributed Systems
4 41 (9.81%) Enterprise Cloud
5 40 (9.57%) Public Cloud
6 26 (6.22%) e-Learning
7 22 (5.26%) Data Centre
7 22 (5.26%) Enterprise Software
8 17 (4.07%) Blockchain
8 17 (4.07%) Hybrid Cloud
8 17 (4.07%) Web3
9 16 (3.83%) Legacy Systems
10 15 (3.59%) Greenfield Project
10 15 (3.59%) Security Posture
11 13 (3.11%) Distributed Computing
11 13 (3.11%) Mainframe
12 12 (2.87%) Cloud Security Posture
13 8 (1.91%) Linux Command Line
14 7 (1.67%) Legacy Applications
14 7 (1.67%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 66 (15.79%) Linux
2 20 (4.78%) Windows
3 11 (2.63%) Ubuntu
4 9 (2.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (1.91%) CentOS
6 5 (1.20%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.96%) Debian
8 3 (0.72%) Android
8 3 (0.72%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.72%) Unix
8 3 (0.72%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 289 (69.14%) Infrastructure as Code
2 258 (61.72%) CI/CD
3 208 (49.76%) DevOps
4 152 (36.36%) Agile
5 131 (31.34%) Containerisation
6 105 (25.12%) Mentoring
7 83 (19.86%) Microservices
8 82 (19.62%) Continuous Improvement
9 81 (19.38%) Test Automation
10 77 (18.42%) Observability
10 77 (18.42%) Problem-Solving
11 74 (17.70%) Cloud Security
12 71 (16.99%) Software Engineering
13 64 (15.31%) Event-Driven
14 59 (14.11%) DevSecOps
15 58 (13.88%) Continuous Integration
16 55 (13.16%) Platform Engineering
17 51 (12.20%) AI
18 45 (10.77%) Performance Optimisation
19 44 (10.53%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 192 (45.93%) Python
2 153 (36.60%) Java
3 91 (21.77%) SQL
4 82 (19.62%) TypeScript
5 77 (18.42%) Bash
6 51 (12.20%) Groovy
7 41 (9.81%) Go
8 37 (8.85%) Kotlin
9 30 (7.18%) PowerShell
10 25 (5.98%) JavaScript
11 21 (5.02%) Bicep
12 16 (3.83%) PHP
13 15 (3.59%) Perl
13 15 (3.59%) Ruby
14 11 (2.63%) C#
15 9 (2.15%) Rust
16 7 (1.67%) C++
17 5 (1.20%) Google Apps Script
18 1 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 126 (30.14%) Security Cleared
2 102 (24.40%) AWS Certification
3 65 (15.55%) SC Cleared
4 63 (15.07%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 46 (11.00%) Degree
6 25 (5.98%) DV Cleared
7 24 (5.74%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 21 (5.02%) ITIL Certification
9 17 (4.07%) Computer Science Degree
10 13 (3.11%) Master's Degree
11 12 (2.87%) OSCP
12 9 (2.15%) AWS Certified Developer
13 7 (1.67%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 6 (1.44%) Azure Certification
15 4 (0.96%) Postgraduate
16 3 (0.72%) CREST Certified
16 3 (0.72%) TOGAF Certification
17 2 (0.48%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
17 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Certification
18 1 (0.24%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (5.02%) PCI DSS
2 19 (4.55%) GDPR
2 19 (4.55%) NIST
3 13 (3.11%) SOC 2
4 10 (2.39%) Data Quality
5 4 (0.96%) HIPAA
5 4 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.24%) NCSC
6 1 (0.24%) QA
6 1 (0.24%) SLA
System Software
1 176 (42.11%) Docker
2 5 (1.20%) KVM
2 5 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.96%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.72%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 275 (65.79%) Terraform
2 163 (39.00%) Kubernetes
3 69 (16.51%) Ansible
4 44 (10.53%) Prometheus
5 40 (9.57%) Grafana
6 37 (8.85%) Progress Chef
7 26 (6.22%) HP Fortify
7 26 (6.22%) Puppet
8 18 (4.31%) Argo
9 7 (1.67%) Microsoft Intune
10 6 (1.44%) Docker Swarm
11 5 (1.20%) Istio
11 5 (1.20%) linkerd
11 5 (1.20%) Mesos
12 3 (0.72%) AWS Copilot
13 2 (0.48%) Rancher
13 2 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
14 1 (0.24%) Consul
14 1 (0.24%) Packer
Vendors
1 25 (5.98%) Google
2 17 (4.07%) Microsoft
3 11 (2.63%) Oracle
4 8 (1.91%) OpenAI
5 7 (1.67%) HubSpot
6 6 (1.44%) Splunk
7 5 (1.20%) Red Hat
7 5 (1.20%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.20%) VMware
8 4 (0.96%) Avaya
8 4 (0.96%) Cisco
8 4 (0.96%) Genesys
8 4 (0.96%) SaltStack
9 3 (0.72%) Databricks
10 1 (0.24%) AppDynamics
10 1 (0.24%) Dynatrace
10 1 (0.24%) LogicMonitor
10 1 (0.24%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 1 (0.24%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.24%) SolarWinds