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 18 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 380 436 543
Rank change year-on-year +56 +107 -183
Permanent jobs citing AWS CloudFormation 419 218 282
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.48% 0.50% 0.33%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.74% 1.52% 1.00%
Number of salaries quoted 208 120 230
10th Percentile £53,750 £52,500 £52,500
25th Percentile £65,938 £60,000 £62,500
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 £92,813 £97,500
90th Percentile £112,500 £111,375 £112,500
UK median annual salary £75,338 £75,000 £73,250
% change year-on-year +0.45% +2.39% -5.48%

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 24,063 14,327 28,160
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 27.32% 33.14% 32.97%
Number of salaries quoted 16,126 10,232 22,064
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £43,939 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £58,700
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +2.21% -9.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -8.00%

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 18 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 18 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 +72 223 £90,000 +17.65% 36
North of England +46 133 £75,000 +8.09% 23
Yorkshire +42 86 £75,000 +5.63% 5
North West +21 43 £74,301 +7.09% 9
Midlands -15 26 £62,000 -4.62% 7
East Midlands +2 18 £52,500 - 2
South East -34 17 £70,000 -15.15% 11
South West -52 12 £67,500 -25.00% 11
West Midlands -21 8 £62,250 -4.23% 5
North East -52 4 £50,000 -27.94% 9
East of England -25 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 (3.82%) Apache
2 8 (1.91%) Apache Spark
2 8 (1.91%) Confluence
3 7 (1.67%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.95%) 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 (0.95%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.48%) Lightworks
Business Applications
1 3 (0.72%) Summit
2 1 (0.24%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 401 (95.70%) AWS
2 222 (52.98%) Serverless
3 175 (41.77%) AWS Lambda
4 124 (29.59%) Amazon ECS
4 124 (29.59%) Amazon S3
5 94 (22.43%) Azure
6 83 (19.81%) AWS Step Functions
7 82 (19.57%) GitHub
8 70 (16.71%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 63 (15.04%) GCP
10 58 (13.84%) Cloud Computing
10 58 (13.84%) Datadog
11 57 (13.60%) GitHub Actions
12 55 (13.13%) Amazon EC2
12 55 (13.13%) Amazon EKS
13 41 (9.79%) Amazon SQS
14 35 (8.35%) Amazon ECR
15 34 (8.11%) Amazon OpenSearch
16 32 (7.64%) Apigee
17 23 (5.49%) Amazon EventBridge
Communications & Networking
1 19 (4.53%) Network Security
2 17 (4.06%) VPN
3 13 (3.10%) Firewall
4 10 (2.39%) DNS
4 10 (2.39%) TCP/IP
5 9 (2.15%) DSL
6 4 (0.95%) AMQP
6 4 (0.95%) 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
1 101 (24.11%) DynamoDB
2 81 (19.33%) NoSQL
3 42 (10.02%) Amazon RDS
4 36 (8.59%) Amazon Athena
5 12 (2.86%) PostgreSQL
6 9 (2.15%) Elasticsearch
7 8 (1.91%) Amazon Redshift
8 7 (1.67%) Big Data
9 6 (1.43%) Flink
10 5 (1.19%) Data Lake
10 5 (1.19%) Hadoop
10 5 (1.19%) MongoDB
11 4 (0.95%) Cloudera CDH
11 4 (0.95%) Metadata
11 4 (0.95%) MySQL
11 4 (0.95%) Redis
11 4 (0.95%) Relational Database
12 3 (0.72%) Amazon Aurora
12 3 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
13 2 (0.48%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 134 (31.98%) Jenkins
2 132 (31.50%) GitLab
3 56 (13.37%) Git
4 36 (8.59%) Maven
5 32 (7.64%) Cypress.io
6 31 (7.40%) Cucumber
7 28 (6.68%) SonarQube
8 24 (5.73%) CircleCI
9 10 (2.39%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 9 (2.15%) Bitbucket
10 9 (2.15%) JIRA
11 7 (1.67%) Claude Code
12 5 (1.19%) Gradle
12 5 (1.19%) TeamCity
13 3 (0.72%) Selenium
14 1 (0.24%) Gatling
14 1 (0.24%) git-flow
14 1 (0.24%) JMeter
14 1 (0.24%) Sonatype Nexus
14 1 (0.24%) Vagrant
General
1 109 (26.01%) Social Skills
2 105 (25.06%) Finance
3 34 (8.11%) Banking
4 30 (7.16%) Public Sector
5 14 (3.34%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (2.63%) Aerospace
6 11 (2.63%) Financial Institution
7 10 (2.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (1.43%) Advertising
8 6 (1.43%) Legal
9 5 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (1.19%) Investment Banking
9 5 (1.19%) Law
9 5 (1.19%) Military
10 4 (0.95%) Mandarin Language
10 4 (0.95%) Telecoms
11 3 (0.72%) Automotive
11 3 (0.72%) Back Office
11 3 (0.72%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (0.72%) Retail
Job Titles
1 105 (25.06%) Senior
2 101 (24.11%) Developer
3 75 (17.90%) Cloud Engineer
4 66 (15.75%) Java Developer
5 61 (14.56%) DevOps Engineer
6 45 (10.74%) AWS Engineer
7 39 (9.31%) Consultant
8 32 (7.64%) Senior Consultant
9 31 (7.40%) Java Engineer
10 29 (6.92%) Lead
11 27 (6.44%) Full-Stack Developer
12 26 (6.21%) AWS Developer
13 25 (5.97%) Senior Developer
14 24 (5.73%) Platform Engineer
15 22 (5.25%) Architect
16 21 (5.01%) Principal Engineer
17 20 (4.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
18 19 (4.53%) AWS DevOps
18 19 (4.53%) Full-Stack Java Developer
18 19 (4.53%) Professional Services Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 90 (21.48%) Spring Boot
2 78 (18.62%) AngularJS
3 71 (16.95%) Kafka
4 67 (15.99%) Spring
5 60 (14.32%) Node.js
6 50 (11.93%) AWS CDK
7 36 (8.59%) Gherkin
8 29 (6.92%) React
9 28 (6.68%) Jest
10 26 (6.21%) RESTful
11 21 (5.01%) RabbitMQ
12 20 (4.77%) gRPC
12 20 (4.77%) REST
13 19 (4.53%) Web Services
14 17 (4.06%) web3js
15 16 (3.82%) Next.js
15 16 (3.82%) YAML
16 14 (3.34%) JSON
17 12 (2.86%) Elastic Stack
18 10 (2.39%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 128 (30.55%) Cloud Native
2 49 (11.69%) Onboarding
3 46 (10.98%) Distributed Systems
4 41 (9.79%) Enterprise Cloud
5 40 (9.55%) Public Cloud
6 26 (6.21%) e-Learning
7 22 (5.25%) Data Centre
7 22 (5.25%) Enterprise Software
8 17 (4.06%) Blockchain
8 17 (4.06%) Hybrid Cloud
8 17 (4.06%) Web3
9 16 (3.82%) Legacy Systems
10 15 (3.58%) Greenfield Project
10 15 (3.58%) Security Posture
11 13 (3.10%) Distributed Computing
11 13 (3.10%) Mainframe
12 12 (2.86%) Cloud Security Posture
13 8 (1.91%) Linux Command Line
14 7 (1.67%) Legacy Applications
14 7 (1.67%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 65 (15.51%) Linux
2 20 (4.77%) Windows
3 11 (2.63%) Ubuntu
4 9 (2.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (1.91%) CentOS
6 5 (1.19%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.95%) 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 (68.97%) Infrastructure as Code
2 259 (61.81%) CI/CD
3 210 (50.12%) DevOps
4 152 (36.28%) Agile
5 129 (30.79%) Containerisation
6 105 (25.06%) Mentoring
7 83 (19.81%) Microservices
8 81 (19.33%) Continuous Improvement
8 81 (19.33%) Test Automation
9 77 (18.38%) Observability
10 76 (18.14%) Problem-Solving
11 72 (17.18%) Cloud Security
11 72 (17.18%) Software Engineering
12 64 (15.27%) Event-Driven
13 60 (14.32%) DevSecOps
14 59 (14.08%) Continuous Integration
15 54 (12.89%) Platform Engineering
16 52 (12.41%) AI
17 46 (10.98%) Full-Stack Development
18 45 (10.74%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 192 (45.82%) Python
2 156 (37.23%) Java
3 92 (21.96%) SQL
4 85 (20.29%) TypeScript
5 77 (18.38%) Bash
6 52 (12.41%) Groovy
7 41 (9.79%) Go
8 38 (9.07%) Kotlin
9 29 (6.92%) PowerShell
10 26 (6.21%) JavaScript
11 20 (4.77%) Bicep
12 16 (3.82%) PHP
13 15 (3.58%) Perl
13 15 (3.58%) Ruby
14 12 (2.86%) C#
15 9 (2.15%) Rust
16 7 (1.67%) C++
17 5 (1.19%) Google Apps Script
18 1 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 126 (30.07%) Security Cleared
2 103 (24.58%) AWS Certification
3 65 (15.51%) SC Cleared
4 63 (15.04%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 45 (10.74%) Degree
6 25 (5.97%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 25 (5.97%) DV Cleared
7 22 (5.25%) ITIL Certification
8 16 (3.82%) Computer Science Degree
9 13 (3.10%) Master's Degree
10 12 (2.86%) OSCP
11 9 (2.15%) AWS Certified Developer
12 7 (1.67%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 6 (1.43%) Azure Certification
14 4 (0.95%) Postgraduate
15 3 (0.72%) CREST Certified
15 3 (0.72%) TOGAF Certification
16 2 (0.48%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
16 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Certification
17 1 (0.24%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (4.77%) PCI DSS
2 19 (4.53%) GDPR
3 18 (4.30%) NIST
4 13 (3.10%) SOC 2
5 10 (2.39%) Data Quality
6 4 (0.95%) HIPAA
6 4 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.24%) NCSC
7 1 (0.24%) QA
7 1 (0.24%) SLA
System Software
1 176 (42.00%) Docker
2 5 (1.19%) KVM
2 5 (1.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.95%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.72%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 275 (65.63%) Terraform
2 161 (38.42%) Kubernetes
3 68 (16.23%) Ansible
4 44 (10.50%) Prometheus
5 40 (9.55%) Grafana
6 37 (8.83%) Progress Chef
7 27 (6.44%) HP Fortify
8 26 (6.21%) Puppet
9 18 (4.30%) Argo
10 7 (1.67%) Microsoft Intune
11 6 (1.43%) Docker Swarm
12 5 (1.19%) Istio
12 5 (1.19%) linkerd
12 5 (1.19%) Mesos
13 3 (0.72%) AWS Copilot
14 2 (0.48%) Rancher
14 2 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
15 1 (0.24%) Consul
15 1 (0.24%) Packer
Vendors
1 25 (5.97%) Google
2 16 (3.82%) Microsoft
3 11 (2.63%) Oracle
4 8 (1.91%) OpenAI
5 7 (1.67%) HubSpot
6 6 (1.43%) Splunk
7 5 (1.19%) Red Hat
7 5 (1.19%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.19%) VMware
8 4 (0.95%) Avaya
8 4 (0.95%) Cisco
8 4 (0.95%) Genesys
8 4 (0.95%) SaltStack
9 3 (0.72%) Databricks
10 1 (0.24%) AppDynamics
10 1 (0.24%) Dynatrace
10 1 (0.24%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 1 (0.24%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.24%) SolarWinds
10 1 (0.24%) TOWER Software