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 12 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 370 438 539
Rank change year-on-year +68 +101 -179
Permanent jobs citing AWS CloudFormation 454 209 215
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.45% 0.48% 0.31%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.86% 1.48% 0.98%
Number of salaries quoted 213 122 157
10th Percentile £46,250 £52,500 £50,000
25th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -9.68%
75th Percentile £90,000 £91,875 £87,500
90th Percentile £106,650 £101,125 £107,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year - +3.45% -3.33%

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 24,426 14,163 22,022
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 24.41% 32.65% 31.84%
Number of salaries quoted 16,949 9,868 14,613
10th Percentile £31,500 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £39,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £104,800
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -

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 12 September 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 12 September 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 +59 226 £90,000 +10.43% 137
North of England +48 149 £73,750 +5.36% 40
Yorkshire +21 89 £75,000 +5.63% 14
North West +4 45 £72,500 +20.83% 18
South West -53 31 £67,500 -25.00% 14
Midlands -27 21 £62,500 +13.64% 17
South East -39 19 £70,000 -20.00% 32
North East - 15 £48,500 - 8
East Midlands -24 13 £52,500 - 6
West Midlands -40 8 £68,496 +24.54% 11
East of England -42 1 £90,000 +20.00% 7
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 17 (3.74%) Apache
2 9 (1.98%) Apache Spark
2 9 (1.98%) Confluence
3 5 (1.10%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.66%) nginx
6 1 (0.22%) Drupal
6 1 (0.22%) IIS
6 1 (0.22%) JBoss
6 1 (0.22%) SAS
6 1 (0.22%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (0.88%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.44%) Lightworks
Business Applications
1 3 (0.66%) Summit
2 1 (0.22%) Magento
2 1 (0.22%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 433 (95.37%) AWS
2 225 (49.56%) Serverless
3 171 (37.67%) AWS Lambda
4 136 (29.96%) Amazon ECS
5 126 (27.75%) Amazon S3
6 106 (23.35%) Azure
7 95 (20.93%) GitHub
8 79 (17.40%) GCP
9 76 (16.74%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 70 (15.42%) Amazon EC2
11 68 (14.98%) AWS Step Functions
12 67 (14.76%) Amazon EKS
12 67 (14.76%) GitHub Actions
13 51 (11.23%) Datadog
14 49 (10.79%) Cloud Computing
15 35 (7.71%) Amazon OpenSearch
16 34 (7.49%) Amazon SQS
17 33 (7.27%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 30 (6.61%) OpenShift
19 27 (5.95%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (4.41%) Network Security
2 15 (3.30%) TCP/IP
3 12 (2.64%) VPN
4 10 (2.20%) DNS
4 10 (2.20%) Firewall
5 6 (1.32%) AMQP
5 6 (1.32%) HTTP
6 5 (1.10%) Software-Defined Networking
7 2 (0.44%) MQTT
8 1 (0.22%) 4G
8 1 (0.22%) 5G
8 1 (0.22%) DHCP
8 1 (0.22%) DNSSEC
8 1 (0.22%) Internet
8 1 (0.22%) PSTN
8 1 (0.22%) SCCP
8 1 (0.22%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (19.38%) DynamoDB
2 81 (17.84%) NoSQL
3 51 (11.23%) Amazon RDS
4 32 (7.05%) Amazon Athena
5 14 (3.08%) PostgreSQL
6 9 (1.98%) Amazon Redshift
6 9 (1.98%) Relational Database
7 8 (1.76%) Big Data
7 8 (1.76%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (1.76%) Hadoop
8 7 (1.54%) Flink
9 6 (1.32%) Amazon Aurora
9 6 (1.32%) Cloudera CDH
9 6 (1.32%) Data Lake
9 6 (1.32%) Elasticsearch
9 6 (1.32%) Metadata
9 6 (1.32%) MongoDB
10 5 (1.10%) MySQL
10 5 (1.10%) Redis
11 3 (0.66%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 111 (24.45%) Jenkins
2 107 (23.57%) GitLab
3 69 (15.20%) Git
4 41 (9.03%) Cucumber
5 25 (5.51%) Cypress.io
5 25 (5.51%) Maven
6 23 (5.07%) SonarQube
7 12 (2.64%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 11 (2.42%) Bitbucket
8 11 (2.42%) JIRA
9 9 (1.98%) CircleCI
10 7 (1.54%) Claude Code
11 5 (1.10%) Snyk
11 5 (1.10%) TeamCity
12 4 (0.88%) Gradle
12 4 (0.88%) Selenium
13 3 (0.66%) git-flow
13 3 (0.66%) JUnit
13 3 (0.66%) NUnit
13 3 (0.66%) Postman
General
1 127 (27.97%) Finance
2 118 (25.99%) Social Skills
3 41 (9.03%) Banking
4 38 (8.37%) Public Sector
5 22 (4.85%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (3.96%) Financial Institution
7 17 (3.74%) Law
8 13 (2.86%) Aerospace
8 13 (2.86%) Legal
9 9 (1.98%) Military
10 8 (1.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (1.54%) Retail
12 5 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (0.88%) Advertising
13 4 (0.88%) Local Government
13 4 (0.88%) Mandarin Language
13 4 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (0.88%) Telecoms
14 3 (0.66%) Automotive
14 3 (0.66%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 124 (27.31%) Senior
2 91 (20.04%) Developer
3 83 (18.28%) Cloud Engineer
4 67 (14.76%) DevOps Engineer
5 57 (12.56%) Java Developer
6 51 (11.23%) AWS Engineer
7 47 (10.35%) Java Engineer
8 39 (8.59%) Consultant
9 35 (7.71%) Lead
10 32 (7.05%) Senior Consultant
11 27 (5.95%) Full-Stack Developer
11 27 (5.95%) Software Engineer
12 26 (5.73%) AWS Developer
13 25 (5.51%) Platform Engineer
14 23 (5.07%) Architect
14 23 (5.07%) Principal Engineer
15 22 (4.85%) Principal Java Engineer
15 22 (4.85%) Senior Developer
16 21 (4.63%) Cloud Native Engineer
17 20 (4.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 315 (69.38%) Terraform
2 96 (21.15%) Spring Boot
3 84 (18.50%) Spring
4 77 (16.96%) Node.js
5 76 (16.74%) AngularJS
6 71 (15.64%) Kafka
7 44 (9.69%) AWS CDK
8 33 (7.27%) React
9 30 (6.61%) RESTful
10 26 (5.73%) Gherkin
11 23 (5.07%) REST
11 23 (5.07%) Web Services
12 21 (4.63%) Jest
13 18 (3.96%) RabbitMQ
14 16 (3.52%) gRPC
15 13 (2.86%) JSON
15 13 (2.86%) YAML
16 11 (2.42%) OpenTelemetry
16 11 (2.42%) web3js
17 10 (2.20%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 159 (35.02%) Cloud Native
2 65 (14.32%) Distributed Systems
3 52 (11.45%) Public Cloud
4 50 (11.01%) Onboarding
5 39 (8.59%) Enterprise Cloud
6 38 (8.37%) e-Learning
7 26 (5.73%) Enterprise Software
7 26 (5.73%) Hybrid Cloud
8 22 (4.85%) Data Centre
9 19 (4.19%) Legacy Systems
10 16 (3.52%) Linux Command Line
11 13 (2.86%) Distributed Computing
11 13 (2.86%) Mainframe
12 11 (2.42%) Blockchain
12 11 (2.42%) Web3
13 10 (2.20%) Blog
14 7 (1.54%) Greenfield Project
14 7 (1.54%) Legacy Applications
15 6 (1.32%) AI Agents
15 6 (1.32%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 77 (16.96%) Linux
2 21 (4.63%) Windows
3 12 (2.64%) Ubuntu
4 11 (2.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 10 (2.20%) CentOS
6 7 (1.54%) Unix
6 7 (1.54%) Windows Server
7 6 (1.32%) Debian
8 2 (0.44%) Android
8 2 (0.44%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.44%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 328 (72.25%) Infrastructure as Code
2 294 (64.76%) CI/CD
3 236 (51.98%) DevOps
4 186 (40.97%) Agile
5 136 (29.96%) Containerisation
6 103 (22.69%) Mentoring
7 100 (22.03%) Software Engineering
8 99 (21.81%) Microservices
9 98 (21.59%) Continuous Improvement
10 97 (21.37%) Test Automation
11 86 (18.94%) Observability
12 83 (18.28%) Problem-Solving
13 79 (17.40%) Cloud Security
14 76 (16.74%) Event-Driven
15 67 (14.76%) Migration
16 63 (13.88%) AI
17 57 (12.56%) Platform Engineering
18 56 (12.33%) Collaborative Culture
19 55 (12.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
20 52 (11.45%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 202 (44.49%) Python
2 164 (36.12%) Java
3 99 (21.81%) SQL
4 81 (17.84%) TypeScript
5 80 (17.62%) Bash
6 46 (10.13%) Groovy
7 39 (8.59%) Kotlin
8 34 (7.49%) Go
9 31 (6.83%) JavaScript
10 30 (6.61%) PowerShell
11 18 (3.96%) Ruby
12 17 (3.74%) Bicep
13 16 (3.52%) PHP
14 15 (3.30%) C#
14 15 (3.30%) Perl
15 6 (1.32%) C++
16 4 (0.88%) Google Apps Script
17 2 (0.44%) Shell Script
18 1 (0.22%) Korn
Qualifications
1 149 (32.82%) Security Cleared
2 116 (25.55%) AWS Certification
3 89 (19.60%) SC Cleared
4 71 (15.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 37 (8.15%) Degree
6 32 (7.05%) DV Cleared
7 17 (3.74%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 16 (3.52%) Computer Science Degree
9 15 (3.30%) ITIL Certification
10 11 (2.42%) Master's Degree
11 9 (1.98%) AWS Certified Developer
12 8 (1.76%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 5 (1.10%) Azure Certification
14 4 (0.88%) OCP
14 4 (0.88%) Oracle Certification
14 4 (0.88%) Postgraduate
14 4 (0.88%) TOGAF Certification
15 2 (0.44%) Cisco Certification
15 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 2 (0.44%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (6.61%) GDPR
2 12 (2.64%) NIST
2 12 (2.64%) PCI DSS
3 9 (1.98%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.10%) HIPAA
4 5 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.10%) SOC 2
5 4 (0.88%) ISO 20022
5 4 (0.88%) NCSC
6 3 (0.66%) QA
7 2 (0.44%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.22%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.22%) SLA
System Software
1 188 (41.41%) Docker
2 6 (1.32%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.10%) KVM
3 5 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.66%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 167 (36.78%) Kubernetes
2 89 (19.60%) Ansible
3 49 (10.79%) Progress Chef
4 36 (7.93%) Grafana
4 36 (7.93%) Puppet
5 31 (6.83%) Prometheus
6 20 (4.41%) Argo
7 17 (3.74%) HP Fortify
8 7 (1.54%) Istio
9 6 (1.32%) Single Sign-On
10 5 (1.10%) Docker Swarm
10 5 (1.10%) linkerd
10 5 (1.10%) Mesos
10 5 (1.10%) Microsoft Intune
11 2 (0.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.44%) Rancher
12 1 (0.22%) Consul
12 1 (0.22%) Fluentd
12 1 (0.22%) Kibana
12 1 (0.22%) Packer
Vendors
1 33 (7.27%) Google
2 17 (3.74%) Microsoft
3 13 (2.86%) Red Hat
4 12 (2.64%) Oracle
5 9 (1.98%) OpenAI
6 7 (1.54%) HubSpot
7 6 (1.32%) Databricks
7 6 (1.32%) Salesforce
7 6 (1.32%) SaltStack
7 6 (1.32%) Splunk
7 6 (1.32%) VMware
8 5 (1.10%) AppDynamics
8 5 (1.10%) Cisco
9 4 (0.88%) Avaya
9 4 (0.88%) Genesys
10 3 (0.66%) Atlassian
11 2 (0.44%) Dynatrace
11 2 (0.44%) Informatica
12 1 (0.22%) Infoblox
12 1 (0.22%) Sparx