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 26 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 373 435 556
Rank change year-on-year +62 +121 -191
Permanent jobs citing AWS CloudFormation 377 215 311
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.45% 0.53% 0.33%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.63% 1.57% 1.01%
Number of salaries quoted 200 117 256
10th Percentile £56,250 £52,500 £55,000
25th Percentile £68,750 £60,000 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -6.25%
75th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £111,750 £112,500
UK median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% - -6.25%

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 23,110 13,672 30,861
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 27.36% 33.98% 33.14%
Number of salaries quoted 15,396 9,740 24,512
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £30,253
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -8.95%

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 26 June 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 26 June 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 +44 193 £90,000 +10.77% 44
North of England +59 128 £75,000 +7.62% 23
Yorkshire +40 88 £75,000 +4.17% 6
North West +19 38 £80,000 +14.79% 15
Midlands 0 27 £52,500 -25.07% 3
East Midlands -5 18 £52,500 -27.59% 1
South East -54 11 £70,000 +3.70% 21
South West -55 11 £72,500 -19.44% 15
West Midlands -15 9 £50,000 -26.06% 2
East of England -30 2 £82,500 +10.00%
North East -44 2 £65,576 -5.49% 2
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 14 (3.71%) Apache
2 9 (2.39%) Apache Spark
3 6 (1.59%) Confluence
4 5 (1.33%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (1.06%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.80%) JBoss
7 1 (0.27%) Drupal
7 1 (0.27%) IIS
7 1 (0.27%) nginx
7 1 (0.27%) SAS
7 1 (0.27%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.27%) Lightworks
Business Applications
1 1 (0.27%) Magento
1 1 (0.27%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 362 (96.02%) AWS
2 197 (52.25%) Serverless
3 164 (43.50%) AWS Lambda
4 122 (32.36%) Amazon S3
5 111 (29.44%) Amazon ECS
6 86 (22.81%) AWS Step Functions
7 85 (22.55%) Azure
8 79 (20.95%) GitHub
9 73 (19.36%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 60 (15.92%) Datadog
11 56 (14.85%) GCP
11 56 (14.85%) GitHub Actions
12 51 (13.53%) Amazon EC2
13 44 (11.67%) Amazon EKS
14 42 (11.14%) Amazon SQS
15 37 (9.81%) Amazon ECR
16 34 (9.02%) Apigee
17 33 (8.75%) Amazon OpenSearch
18 32 (8.49%) Cloud Computing
19 21 (5.57%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.45%) Firewall
1 13 (3.45%) VPN
2 11 (2.92%) DSL
3 10 (2.65%) Network Security
4 9 (2.39%) DNS
4 9 (2.39%) TCP/IP
5 5 (1.33%) AMQP
6 3 (0.80%) HTTP
6 3 (0.80%) Software-Defined Networking
7 2 (0.53%) 4G
7 2 (0.53%) 5G
7 2 (0.53%) SCCP
8 1 (0.27%) DHCP
8 1 (0.27%) DNSSEC
8 1 (0.27%) Internet
8 1 (0.27%) MQTT
8 1 (0.27%) PSTN
8 1 (0.27%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 106 (28.12%) DynamoDB
2 80 (21.22%) NoSQL
3 41 (10.88%) Amazon RDS
4 35 (9.28%) Amazon Athena
5 11 (2.92%) PostgreSQL
6 10 (2.65%) Elasticsearch
7 8 (2.12%) Big Data
8 6 (1.59%) Amazon Redshift
8 6 (1.59%) Flink
8 6 (1.59%) Hadoop
9 5 (1.33%) Cloudera CDH
9 5 (1.33%) Data Lake
9 5 (1.33%) MongoDB
10 4 (1.06%) Metadata
10 4 (1.06%) MySQL
10 4 (1.06%) Redis
11 3 (0.80%) Amazon Aurora
11 3 (0.80%) Data Warehouse
12 2 (0.53%) Relational Database
12 2 (0.53%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 146 (38.73%) Jenkins
2 133 (35.28%) GitLab
3 55 (14.59%) Git
4 38 (10.08%) Maven
5 34 (9.02%) Cypress.io
6 30 (7.96%) SonarQube
7 27 (7.16%) CircleCI
7 27 (7.16%) Cucumber
8 10 (2.65%) Bitbucket
9 8 (2.12%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 7 (1.86%) JIRA
11 6 (1.59%) Claude Code
12 5 (1.33%) Gradle
12 5 (1.33%) TeamCity
13 3 (0.80%) Selenium
14 2 (0.53%) JMeter
15 1 (0.27%) Eclipse
15 1 (0.27%) git-flow
15 1 (0.27%) Robot Framework
15 1 (0.27%) Vagrant
General
1 105 (27.85%) Social Skills
2 90 (23.87%) Finance
3 36 (9.55%) Banking
4 14 (3.71%) Public Sector
5 12 (3.18%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (2.65%) Aerospace
6 10 (2.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (2.39%) Financial Institution
8 7 (1.86%) Advertising
9 6 (1.59%) Investment Banking
10 5 (1.33%) Legal
10 5 (1.33%) Retail
11 4 (1.06%) Billing
11 4 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.06%) Mandarin Language
11 4 (1.06%) Telecoms
12 3 (0.80%) Back Office
12 3 (0.80%) Law
13 2 (0.53%) Aviation
13 2 (0.53%) Games
Job Titles
1 105 (27.85%) Developer
2 78 (20.69%) Senior
3 73 (19.36%) Cloud Engineer
4 69 (18.30%) Java Developer
5 54 (14.32%) DevOps Engineer
6 43 (11.41%) AWS Engineer
7 30 (7.96%) Senior Developer
8 27 (7.16%) AWS Developer
8 27 (7.16%) Java Engineer
9 25 (6.63%) Full-Stack Developer
9 25 (6.63%) Lead
10 24 (6.37%) Platform Engineer
11 21 (5.57%) Architect
12 20 (5.31%) Security Engineer
12 20 (5.31%) Software Engineer
13 19 (5.04%) AWS DevOps
13 19 (5.04%) Cloud Security Engineer
13 19 (5.04%) Principal Engineer
14 18 (4.77%) AWS DevOps Engineer
15 17 (4.51%) Full-Stack Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (22.28%) Spring Boot
2 80 (21.22%) AngularJS
3 68 (18.04%) Kafka
4 59 (15.65%) Node.js
4 59 (15.65%) Spring
5 43 (11.41%) AWS CDK
6 38 (10.08%) Gherkin
7 30 (7.96%) Jest
7 30 (7.96%) React
8 28 (7.43%) RESTful
9 23 (6.10%) gRPC
9 23 (6.10%) RabbitMQ
10 20 (5.31%) web3js
11 18 (4.77%) REST
12 17 (4.51%) Next.js
13 16 (4.24%) YAML
14 14 (3.71%) Web Services
15 13 (3.45%) Elastic Stack
15 13 (3.45%) JSON
16 9 (2.39%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 111 (29.44%) Cloud Native
2 37 (9.81%) Distributed Systems
2 37 (9.81%) Public Cloud
3 22 (5.84%) e-Learning
4 21 (5.57%) Enterprise Software
5 20 (5.31%) Blockchain
5 20 (5.31%) Onboarding
5 20 (5.31%) Security Posture
5 20 (5.31%) Web3
6 15 (3.98%) Greenfield Project
6 15 (3.98%) Hybrid Cloud
7 14 (3.71%) Enterprise Cloud
8 13 (3.45%) Cloud Security Posture
9 9 (2.39%) Data Centre
10 8 (2.12%) PKI
10 8 (2.12%) Product Ownership
11 7 (1.86%) Legacy Systems
12 6 (1.59%) Linux Command Line
13 5 (1.33%) Management Information System
14 4 (1.06%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 68 (18.04%) Linux
2 21 (5.57%) Windows
3 12 (3.18%) Ubuntu
4 10 (2.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (2.39%) CentOS
6 5 (1.33%) Debian
6 5 (1.33%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.80%) Android
7 3 (0.80%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.80%) Unix
7 3 (0.80%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 274 (72.68%) Infrastructure as Code
2 251 (66.58%) CI/CD
3 197 (52.25%) DevOps
4 137 (36.34%) Agile
5 120 (31.83%) Containerisation
6 81 (21.49%) Microservices
7 80 (21.22%) Mentoring
8 75 (19.89%) Continuous Improvement
9 73 (19.36%) Observability
9 73 (19.36%) Test Automation
10 71 (18.83%) Software Engineering
11 66 (17.51%) Problem-Solving
12 65 (17.24%) Cloud Security
12 65 (17.24%) DevSecOps
13 61 (16.18%) Continuous Integration
14 56 (14.85%) Event-Driven
15 50 (13.26%) Platform Engineering
16 44 (11.67%) Collaborative Culture
16 44 (11.67%) Full-Stack Development
17 43 (11.41%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 167 (44.30%) Python
2 144 (38.20%) Java
3 88 (23.34%) TypeScript
4 85 (22.55%) SQL
5 68 (18.04%) Bash
6 53 (14.06%) Groovy
7 46 (12.20%) Go
8 39 (10.34%) Kotlin
9 29 (7.69%) JavaScript
9 29 (7.69%) PowerShell
10 17 (4.51%) Bicep
11 13 (3.45%) C#
12 11 (2.92%) Rust
13 7 (1.86%) C++
14 6 (1.59%) PHP
15 5 (1.33%) Google Apps Script
15 5 (1.33%) Perl
15 5 (1.33%) Ruby
16 1 (0.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 93 (24.67%) Security Cleared
2 85 (22.55%) AWS Certification
3 53 (14.06%) SC Cleared
4 46 (12.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 36 (9.55%) Degree
6 28 (7.43%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 24 (6.37%) ITIL Certification
8 16 (4.24%) DV Cleared
9 14 (3.71%) OSCP
10 12 (3.18%) Computer Science Degree
11 9 (2.39%) AWS Certified Developer
12 8 (2.12%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 8 (2.12%) Master's Degree
13 6 (1.59%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
13 6 (1.59%) Azure Certification
14 4 (1.06%) Postgraduate
15 3 (0.80%) CREST Certified
15 3 (0.80%) TOGAF Certification
16 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
17 1 (0.27%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (5.04%) NIST
2 18 (4.77%) PCI DSS
3 15 (3.98%) GDPR
4 12 (3.18%) SOC 2
5 9 (2.39%) Data Quality
6 5 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.27%) NCSC
7 1 (0.27%) QA
7 1 (0.27%) SLA
System Software
1 166 (44.03%) Docker
2 5 (1.33%) KVM
2 5 (1.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.06%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.27%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 246 (65.25%) Terraform
2 142 (37.67%) Kubernetes
3 61 (16.18%) Ansible
4 42 (11.14%) Prometheus
5 35 (9.28%) Grafana
6 29 (7.69%) HP Fortify
7 21 (5.57%) Progress Chef
8 15 (3.98%) Argo
9 13 (3.45%) Puppet
10 7 (1.86%) Microsoft Intune
11 5 (1.33%) Docker Swarm
12 4 (1.06%) Istio
12 4 (1.06%) linkerd
12 4 (1.06%) Mesos
13 3 (0.80%) AWS Copilot
13 3 (0.80%) Rancher
14 2 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
15 1 (0.27%) Consul
15 1 (0.27%) Packer
Vendors
1 25 (6.63%) Google
2 12 (3.18%) Microsoft
2 12 (3.18%) Oracle
3 7 (1.86%) HubSpot
4 6 (1.59%) Red Hat
5 5 (1.33%) OpenAI
5 5 (1.33%) SaltStack
5 5 (1.33%) Splunk
5 5 (1.33%) VMware
6 3 (0.80%) Databricks
6 3 (0.80%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.27%) AppDynamics
7 1 (0.27%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.27%) Dynatrace
7 1 (0.27%) Infoblox
7 1 (0.27%) LogicMonitor
7 1 (0.27%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 1 (0.27%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.27%) SolarWinds
7 1 (0.27%) TOWER Software