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 17 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 373 403 530
Rank change year-on-year +30 +127 -189
Permanent jobs citing AWS CloudFormation 340 234 307
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.42% 0.59% 0.36%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.41% 1.71% 1.03%
Number of salaries quoted 188 138 258
10th Percentile £50,000 £55,125 £52,500
25th Percentile £62,315 £61,563 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,588 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.12% - -6.25%
75th Percentile £90,000 £97,500 £100,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £117,875 £112,500
UK median annual salary £75,338 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +0.45% - -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 24,064 13,721 29,666
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 29.47% 34.83% 35.10%
Number of salaries quoted 13,806 9,815 24,169
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,750 £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 £83,750 £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% -11.54%

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 17 May 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 17 May 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 -1 158 £86,250 -4.17% 34
North of England +48 128 £75,000 +8.09% 32
Yorkshire +36 95 £75,000 - 13
North West +11 31 £80,000 +15.30% 14
Midlands -11 29 £50,000 -28.64% 8
East Midlands -22 16 £52,500 -23.64% 5
West Midlands -20 13 £50,000 -38.51% 3
South West -41 10 £72,500 -14.71% 12
South East -41 8 £70,000 +16.67% 6
East of England -36 2 £82,500 -2.94% 1
North East -40 2 £65,576 -5.49% 5
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 15 (4.41%) Apache
2 8 (2.35%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.18%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.88%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.88%) Confluence
4 3 (0.88%) JBoss
5 1 (0.29%) Drupal
5 1 (0.29%) IIS
5 1 (0.29%) nginx
5 1 (0.29%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.29%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 323 (95.00%) AWS
2 194 (57.06%) Serverless
3 168 (49.41%) AWS Lambda
4 124 (36.47%) Amazon S3
5 103 (30.29%) Amazon ECS
6 95 (27.94%) AWS Step Functions
7 84 (24.71%) Azure
8 77 (22.65%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 73 (21.47%) GitHub
10 59 (17.35%) Datadog
11 57 (16.76%) GitHub Actions
12 50 (14.71%) GCP
13 47 (13.82%) Amazon ECR
14 45 (13.24%) Amazon EKS
14 45 (13.24%) Amazon SQS
15 44 (12.94%) Apigee
16 42 (12.35%) Amazon EC2
17 30 (8.82%) Amazon OpenSearch
18 22 (6.47%) OpenShift
19 20 (5.88%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.82%) DSL
1 13 (3.82%) Firewall
2 12 (3.53%) VPN
3 7 (2.06%) DNS
3 7 (2.06%) TCP/IP
4 6 (1.76%) Network Security
5 5 (1.47%) AMQP
6 4 (1.18%) Software-Defined Networking
7 3 (0.88%) SCCP
8 2 (0.59%) 4G
8 2 (0.59%) 5G
8 2 (0.59%) HTTP
9 1 (0.29%) PSTN
9 1 (0.29%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 119 (35.00%) DynamoDB
2 80 (23.53%) NoSQL
3 45 (13.24%) Amazon RDS
4 30 (8.82%) Amazon Athena
5 20 (5.88%) PostgreSQL
6 11 (3.24%) Elasticsearch
7 8 (2.35%) SQL Server
8 7 (2.06%) Big Data
9 6 (1.76%) Flink
9 6 (1.76%) MySQL
10 5 (1.47%) Cloudera CDH
10 5 (1.47%) Hadoop
10 5 (1.47%) MongoDB
11 4 (1.18%) Data Lake
11 4 (1.18%) Redis
12 3 (0.88%) Amazon Redshift
12 3 (0.88%) Metadata
13 2 (0.59%) Apache Hudi
13 2 (0.59%) Apache Iceberg
13 2 (0.59%) Redshift Spectrum
Development Applications
1 144 (42.35%) Jenkins
2 139 (40.88%) GitLab
3 56 (16.47%) Git
4 49 (14.41%) Maven
5 44 (12.94%) Cypress.io
6 41 (12.06%) SonarQube
7 27 (7.94%) CircleCI
8 20 (5.88%) Cucumber
9 11 (3.24%) Bitbucket
10 5 (1.47%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 5 (1.47%) Gradle
11 4 (1.18%) Claude Code
11 4 (1.18%) JIRA
11 4 (1.18%) TeamCity
12 3 (0.88%) Selenium
13 2 (0.59%) JMeter
14 1 (0.29%) Eclipse
14 1 (0.29%) Robot Framework
14 1 (0.29%) Sonatype Nexus
14 1 (0.29%) Vagrant
General
1 103 (30.29%) Social Skills
2 66 (19.41%) Finance
3 33 (9.71%) Banking
4 12 (3.53%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (2.94%) Advertising
5 10 (2.94%) Aerospace
6 9 (2.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (2.06%) Financial Institution
8 6 (1.76%) Public Sector
8 6 (1.76%) Retail
9 5 (1.47%) Billing
9 5 (1.47%) Investment Banking
9 5 (1.47%) Telecoms
10 4 (1.18%) Mandarin Language
11 3 (0.88%) Aviation
11 3 (0.88%) Back Office
11 3 (0.88%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (0.88%) Law
11 3 (0.88%) Legal
12 2 (0.59%) Games
Job Titles
1 107 (31.47%) Developer
2 65 (19.12%) Cloud Engineer
3 64 (18.82%) Java Developer
3 64 (18.82%) Senior
4 51 (15.00%) DevOps Engineer
5 36 (10.59%) AWS Engineer
6 32 (9.41%) Senior Developer
7 29 (8.53%) AWS Developer
8 24 (7.06%) Lead
9 22 (6.47%) Security Engineer
10 21 (6.18%) Cloud Security Engineer
11 20 (5.88%) Java Engineer
11 20 (5.88%) Platform Engineer
12 18 (5.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 16 (4.71%) Senior Java Developer
13 16 (4.71%) Software Engineer
14 15 (4.41%) AWS DevOps
14 15 (4.41%) Full-Stack Developer
14 15 (4.41%) Principal Engineer
15 14 (4.12%) AWS Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (23.53%) Spring Boot
2 79 (23.24%) AngularJS
3 59 (17.35%) Kafka
4 53 (15.59%) Node.js
5 50 (14.71%) AWS CDK
5 50 (14.71%) Spring
6 44 (12.94%) Gherkin
7 41 (12.06%) Jest
8 39 (11.47%) RESTful
9 33 (9.71%) React
10 23 (6.76%) RabbitMQ
11 22 (6.47%) gRPC
12 21 (6.18%) web3js
13 16 (4.71%) Next.js
14 15 (4.41%) REST
15 14 (4.12%) YAML
16 13 (3.82%) Elastic Stack
17 11 (3.24%) .NET
18 10 (2.94%) JSON
19 9 (2.65%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 98 (28.82%) Cloud Native
2 31 (9.12%) Distributed Systems
3 24 (7.06%) Public Cloud
4 22 (6.47%) Security Posture
5 21 (6.18%) Blockchain
5 21 (6.18%) Web3
6 17 (5.00%) Enterprise Software
7 15 (4.41%) e-Learning
8 14 (4.12%) Greenfield Project
9 13 (3.82%) Cloud Security Posture
10 12 (3.53%) Hybrid Cloud
11 8 (2.35%) PKI
11 8 (2.35%) Product Ownership
12 6 (1.76%) Linux Command Line
13 5 (1.47%) Management Information System
14 4 (1.18%) Enterprise Cloud
15 3 (0.88%) Cyber Defence
15 3 (0.88%) Data Protection Act
15 3 (0.88%) Mobile App
15 3 (0.88%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 64 (18.82%) Linux
2 18 (5.29%) Windows
3 13 (3.82%) Ubuntu
4 10 (2.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (2.65%) CentOS
6 5 (1.47%) Debian
6 5 (1.47%) Unix
6 5 (1.47%) Windows Server
7 4 (1.18%) VMS
8 3 (0.88%) Android
8 3 (0.88%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 241 (70.88%) CI/CD
2 239 (70.29%) Infrastructure as Code
3 208 (61.18%) DevOps
4 135 (39.71%) Agile
5 109 (32.06%) Containerisation
6 83 (24.41%) Microservices
7 71 (20.88%) Continuous Improvement
8 69 (20.29%) Problem-Solving
9 67 (19.71%) DevSecOps
10 63 (18.53%) Mentoring
11 61 (17.94%) Observability
12 59 (17.35%) Continuous Integration
12 59 (17.35%) Software Engineering
12 59 (17.35%) Test Automation
13 58 (17.06%) Cloud Security
14 44 (12.94%) Event-Driven
14 44 (12.94%) Platform Engineering
15 41 (12.06%) High Availability
16 39 (11.47%) Full-Stack Development
17 38 (11.18%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 138 (40.59%) Python
2 134 (39.41%) Java
3 95 (27.94%) TypeScript
4 81 (23.82%) SQL
5 71 (20.88%) Bash
6 53 (15.59%) Groovy
7 48 (14.12%) Go
8 35 (10.29%) Kotlin
9 28 (8.24%) JavaScript
10 21 (6.18%) PowerShell
11 13 (3.82%) Rust
12 12 (3.53%) C#
13 9 (2.65%) Bicep
14 6 (1.76%) C++
15 4 (1.18%) Google Apps Script
16 2 (0.59%) PHP
17 1 (0.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 1 (0.29%) Perl
17 1 (0.29%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 76 (22.35%) AWS Certification
2 68 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 38 (11.18%) SC Cleared
4 32 (9.41%) Degree
5 31 (9.12%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 28 (8.24%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 24 (7.06%) ITIL Certification
8 22 (6.47%) AWS Certified Developer
9 18 (5.29%) DV Cleared
10 16 (4.71%) OSCP
11 10 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (2.06%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
13 6 (1.76%) Azure Certification
14 5 (1.47%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 4 (1.18%) Postgraduate
16 3 (0.88%) CREST Certified
16 3 (0.88%) Master's Degree
16 3 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
17 1 (0.29%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 1 (0.29%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (6.18%) NIST
2 16 (4.71%) PCI DSS
3 12 (3.53%) GDPR
4 10 (2.94%) SOC 2
5 7 (2.06%) Data Quality
6 5 (1.47%) QA
7 4 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.29%) NCSC
8 1 (0.29%) SLA
System Software
1 167 (49.12%) Docker
2 5 (1.47%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.18%) KVM
3 4 (1.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 219 (64.41%) Terraform
2 129 (37.94%) Kubernetes
3 64 (18.82%) Ansible
4 40 (11.76%) HP Fortify
5 37 (10.88%) Prometheus
6 29 (8.53%) Grafana
7 9 (2.65%) Argo
7 9 (2.65%) Progress Chef
8 7 (2.06%) Puppet
9 6 (1.76%) Docker Swarm
9 6 (1.76%) Microsoft Intune
10 5 (1.47%) Istio
10 5 (1.47%) linkerd
10 5 (1.47%) Mesos
11 4 (1.18%) Rancher
12 3 (0.88%) AWS Copilot
13 2 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
14 1 (0.29%) Consul
14 1 (0.29%) Packer
Vendors
1 21 (6.18%) Google
2 12 (3.53%) Microsoft
3 6 (1.76%) HubSpot
3 6 (1.76%) Red Hat
4 5 (1.47%) SaltStack
5 4 (1.18%) Salesforce
5 4 (1.18%) VMware
6 3 (0.88%) OpenAI
6 3 (0.88%) Splunk
7 2 (0.59%) Databricks
7 2 (0.59%) LogicMonitor
7 2 (0.59%) Oracle
7 2 (0.59%) Ping Identity
7 2 (0.59%) SolarWinds
8 1 (0.29%) AppDynamics
8 1 (0.29%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.29%) Dynatrace
8 1 (0.29%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 1 (0.29%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.29%) TOWER Software