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

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 379 416 541
Rank change year-on-year +37 +125 -197
Permanent jobs citing AWS CloudFormation 350 213 310
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.42% 0.56% 0.36%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.44% 1.64% 1.04%
Number of salaries quoted 194 118 256
10th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £53,125
25th Percentile £62,688 £60,313 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -6.25%
75th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £112,500
UK median annual salary £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.33% - -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 24,309 12,979 29,863
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 29.37% 34.15% 34.63%
Number of salaries quoted 14,141 9,126 24,262
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,747 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.89% +5.65% -11.54%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £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 26 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 26 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 +25 165 £90,000 +9.09% 39
North of England +61 130 £75,000 +7.14% 28
Yorkshire +33 94 £75,000 +2.04% 14
North West +7 34 £80,000 +12.28% 12
Midlands -15 31 £50,000 -31.03% 7
East Midlands -17 17 £52,500 -27.59% 5
West Midlands -34 14 £50,000 -38.51% 2
South West -58 9 £72,500 -14.71% 13
South East -32 8 £70,000 +27.27% 10
East of England -38 2 £82,500 -2.94%
North East -42 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 15 (4.29%) Apache
2 8 (2.29%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.14%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.86%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.86%) Confluence
4 3 (0.86%) JBoss
5 1 (0.29%) Drupal
5 1 (0.29%) IIS
5 1 (0.29%) nginx
5 1 (0.29%) WordPress
Business Applications
1 1 (0.29%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 334 (95.43%) AWS
2 196 (56.00%) Serverless
3 169 (48.29%) AWS Lambda
4 124 (35.43%) Amazon S3
5 104 (29.71%) Amazon ECS
6 95 (27.14%) AWS Step Functions
7 85 (24.29%) Azure
8 78 (22.29%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 77 (22.00%) GitHub
10 60 (17.14%) Datadog
11 59 (16.86%) GitHub Actions
12 50 (14.29%) GCP
13 46 (13.14%) Amazon EC2
13 46 (13.14%) Amazon SQS
14 43 (12.29%) Amazon ECR
14 43 (12.29%) Amazon EKS
15 40 (11.43%) Apigee
16 32 (9.14%) Amazon OpenSearch
17 22 (6.29%) OpenShift
18 20 (5.71%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.71%) DSL
2 12 (3.43%) Firewall
2 12 (3.43%) VPN
3 7 (2.00%) DNS
3 7 (2.00%) TCP/IP
4 6 (1.71%) Network Security
5 5 (1.43%) AMQP
6 4 (1.14%) Software-Defined Networking
7 3 (0.86%) SCCP
8 2 (0.57%) 4G
8 2 (0.57%) 5G
8 2 (0.57%) HTTP
9 1 (0.29%) PSTN
9 1 (0.29%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 117 (33.43%) DynamoDB
2 82 (23.43%) NoSQL
3 45 (12.86%) Amazon RDS
4 32 (9.14%) Amazon Athena
5 19 (5.43%) PostgreSQL
6 11 (3.14%) Elasticsearch
7 8 (2.29%) SQL Server
8 7 (2.00%) Big Data
9 6 (1.71%) Flink
10 5 (1.43%) Cloudera CDH
10 5 (1.43%) Hadoop
10 5 (1.43%) MongoDB
10 5 (1.43%) MySQL
11 4 (1.14%) Amazon Redshift
11 4 (1.14%) Data Lake
11 4 (1.14%) Redis
12 3 (0.86%) Metadata
13 2 (0.57%) Apache Hudi
13 2 (0.57%) Apache Iceberg
13 2 (0.57%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 147 (42.00%) Jenkins
2 139 (39.71%) GitLab
3 61 (17.43%) Git
4 44 (12.57%) Maven
5 40 (11.43%) Cypress.io
6 36 (10.29%) SonarQube
7 27 (7.71%) CircleCI
8 22 (6.29%) Cucumber
9 10 (2.86%) Bitbucket
10 5 (1.43%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 5 (1.43%) Claude Code
10 5 (1.43%) Gradle
11 4 (1.14%) JIRA
11 4 (1.14%) TeamCity
12 3 (0.86%) Selenium
13 2 (0.57%) JMeter
14 1 (0.29%) Eclipse
14 1 (0.29%) git-flow
14 1 (0.29%) Robot Framework
14 1 (0.29%) Vagrant
General
1 104 (29.71%) Social Skills
2 68 (19.43%) Finance
3 36 (10.29%) Banking
4 10 (2.86%) Advertising
4 10 (2.86%) Aerospace
4 10 (2.86%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (2.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (2.29%) Financial Institution
7 7 (2.00%) Investment Banking
8 6 (1.71%) Public Sector
8 6 (1.71%) Retail
9 4 (1.14%) Billing
9 4 (1.14%) Legal
9 4 (1.14%) Mandarin Language
9 4 (1.14%) Telecoms
10 3 (0.86%) Aviation
10 3 (0.86%) Back Office
10 3 (0.86%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (0.86%) Law
11 2 (0.57%) Games
Job Titles
1 110 (31.43%) Developer
2 70 (20.00%) Cloud Engineer
3 66 (18.86%) Java Developer
4 64 (18.29%) Senior
5 56 (16.00%) DevOps Engineer
6 39 (11.14%) AWS Engineer
7 32 (9.14%) Senior Developer
8 29 (8.29%) AWS Developer
9 22 (6.29%) Java Engineer
9 22 (6.29%) Lead
10 21 (6.00%) Security Engineer
11 20 (5.71%) Cloud Security Engineer
11 20 (5.71%) Platform Engineer
12 18 (5.14%) AWS DevOps
12 18 (5.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 17 (4.86%) Full-Stack Developer
13 17 (4.86%) Software Engineer
14 16 (4.57%) AWS DevOps Engineer
14 16 (4.57%) Senior Java Developer
15 15 (4.29%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (22.57%) Spring Boot
2 78 (22.29%) AngularJS
3 62 (17.71%) Kafka
4 54 (15.43%) Node.js
5 50 (14.29%) Spring
6 49 (14.00%) AWS CDK
7 41 (11.71%) Gherkin
8 37 (10.57%) RESTful
9 36 (10.29%) Jest
10 31 (8.86%) React
11 23 (6.57%) RabbitMQ
12 22 (6.29%) gRPC
13 21 (6.00%) web3js
14 17 (4.86%) REST
15 16 (4.57%) Next.js
15 16 (4.57%) YAML
16 12 (3.43%) JSON
17 11 (3.14%) Elastic Stack
18 10 (2.86%) .NET
19 9 (2.57%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 102 (29.14%) Cloud Native
2 32 (9.14%) Distributed Systems
3 28 (8.00%) Public Cloud
4 21 (6.00%) Blockchain
4 21 (6.00%) Security Posture
4 21 (6.00%) Web3
5 18 (5.14%) Enterprise Software
6 17 (4.86%) e-Learning
7 14 (4.00%) Greenfield Project
8 13 (3.71%) Cloud Security Posture
9 12 (3.43%) Hybrid Cloud
10 8 (2.29%) PKI
10 8 (2.29%) Product Ownership
11 6 (1.71%) Linux Command Line
12 5 (1.43%) Management Information System
13 4 (1.14%) Enterprise Cloud
14 3 (0.86%) Cyber Defence
14 3 (0.86%) Mobile App
14 3 (0.86%) Onboarding
14 3 (0.86%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 67 (19.14%) Linux
2 17 (4.86%) Windows
3 13 (3.71%) Ubuntu
4 10 (2.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (2.57%) CentOS
6 5 (1.43%) Debian
6 5 (1.43%) Windows Server
7 4 (1.14%) VMS
8 3 (0.86%) Android
8 3 (0.86%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.86%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 252 (72.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 245 (70.00%) CI/CD
3 208 (59.43%) DevOps
4 135 (38.57%) Agile
5 115 (32.86%) Containerisation
6 83 (23.71%) Microservices
7 72 (20.57%) DevSecOps
8 70 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
9 66 (18.86%) Problem-Solving
10 65 (18.57%) Observability
11 64 (18.29%) Mentoring
12 63 (18.00%) Software Engineering
13 61 (17.43%) Test Automation
14 60 (17.14%) Continuous Integration
15 59 (16.86%) Cloud Security
16 48 (13.71%) Event-Driven
17 46 (13.14%) Platform Engineering
18 40 (11.43%) High Availability
19 39 (11.14%) Collaborative Culture
19 39 (11.14%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 149 (42.57%) Python
2 135 (38.57%) Java
3 91 (26.00%) TypeScript
4 83 (23.71%) SQL
5 68 (19.43%) Bash
6 52 (14.86%) Groovy
7 47 (13.43%) Go
8 37 (10.57%) Kotlin
9 27 (7.71%) JavaScript
10 26 (7.43%) PowerShell
11 13 (3.71%) C#
11 13 (3.71%) Rust
12 11 (3.14%) Bicep
13 6 (1.71%) C++
14 4 (1.14%) Google Apps Script
15 2 (0.57%) PHP
16 1 (0.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 1 (0.29%) Perl
16 1 (0.29%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 75 (21.43%) Security Cleared
2 74 (21.14%) AWS Certification
3 46 (13.14%) SC Cleared
4 32 (9.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 31 (8.86%) Degree
6 28 (8.00%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 24 (6.86%) ITIL Certification
8 18 (5.14%) AWS Certified Developer
8 18 (5.14%) DV Cleared
9 16 (4.57%) OSCP
10 9 (2.57%) Computer Science Degree
11 7 (2.00%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
12 6 (1.71%) Azure Certification
13 5 (1.43%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 4 (1.14%) Postgraduate
15 3 (0.86%) CREST Certified
15 3 (0.86%) Master's Degree
15 3 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
16 1 (0.29%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 1 (0.29%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (6.00%) NIST
2 16 (4.57%) PCI DSS
3 12 (3.43%) GDPR
4 10 (2.86%) SOC 2
5 7 (2.00%) Data Quality
6 4 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.86%) QA
8 1 (0.29%) NCSC
8 1 (0.29%) SLA
System Software
1 169 (48.29%) Docker
2 5 (1.43%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.14%) KVM
3 4 (1.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 229 (65.43%) Terraform
2 135 (38.57%) Kubernetes
3 62 (17.71%) Ansible
4 40 (11.43%) Prometheus
5 35 (10.00%) HP Fortify
6 31 (8.86%) Grafana
7 13 (3.71%) Argo
8 11 (3.14%) Progress Chef
9 7 (2.00%) Puppet
10 6 (1.71%) Docker Swarm
10 6 (1.71%) Microsoft Intune
11 5 (1.43%) Istio
11 5 (1.43%) linkerd
11 5 (1.43%) Mesos
12 4 (1.14%) Rancher
13 3 (0.86%) AWS Copilot
14 2 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
15 1 (0.29%) Consul
15 1 (0.29%) Packer
Vendors
1 22 (6.29%) Google
2 11 (3.14%) Microsoft
3 7 (2.00%) HubSpot
4 6 (1.71%) Oracle
4 6 (1.71%) Red Hat
5 5 (1.43%) SaltStack
6 4 (1.14%) OpenAI
6 4 (1.14%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.14%) VMware
7 2 (0.57%) Databricks
7 2 (0.57%) LogicMonitor
7 2 (0.57%) SolarWinds
7 2 (0.57%) Splunk
8 1 (0.29%) AppDynamics
8 1 (0.29%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.29%) Dynatrace
8 1 (0.29%) Ping Identity
8 1 (0.29%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 1 (0.29%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.29%) TOWER Software