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

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 383 424 561
Rank change year-on-year +41 +137 -201
Permanent jobs citing AWS CloudFormation 365 210 320
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.44% 0.53% 0.33%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.60% 1.54% 1.02%
Number of salaries quoted 198 112 258
10th Percentile £55,875 £52,500 £55,000
25th Percentile £67,813 £60,000 £63,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -6.25%
75th Percentile £95,000 £92,813 £97,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £112,375 £112,500
UK median annual salary £79,160 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +5.55% - -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 22,801 13,594 31,322
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 27.22% 34.16% 32.77%
Number of salaries quoted 15,158 9,645 24,918
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,625 £30,368
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 20 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 20 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 +36 182 £90,000 +10.77% 34
North of England +71 129 £75,000 +8.09% 21
Yorkshire +40 89 £75,000 +2.04% 7
North West +22 38 £80,000 +15.30% 13
Midlands -5 28 £52,500 -27.59% 2
East Midlands -16 18 £52,500 -27.59% 1
South West -54 11 £72,500 -14.71% 13
West Midlands -13 10 £50,000 -38.51% 1
South East -45 8 £70,000 +3.70% 20
East of England -26 2 £82,500 +10.00%
North East -50 2 £65,576 -5.49% 1
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 (3.84%) Apache
2 9 (2.47%) Apache Spark
3 6 (1.64%) Confluence
4 5 (1.37%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (1.10%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.82%) 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
1 351 (96.16%) AWS
2 191 (52.33%) Serverless
3 159 (43.56%) AWS Lambda
4 118 (32.33%) Amazon S3
5 106 (29.04%) Amazon ECS
6 87 (23.84%) AWS Step Functions
7 84 (23.01%) Azure
8 80 (21.92%) GitHub
9 73 (20.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 60 (16.44%) Datadog
11 57 (15.62%) GitHub Actions
12 56 (15.34%) GCP
13 49 (13.42%) Amazon EC2
14 41 (11.23%) Amazon SQS
15 39 (10.68%) Amazon EKS
16 35 (9.59%) Amazon ECR
16 35 (9.59%) Amazon OpenSearch
17 32 (8.77%) Apigee
18 26 (7.12%) Cloud Computing
19 21 (5.75%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.56%) Firewall
1 13 (3.56%) VPN
2 12 (3.29%) DSL
3 9 (2.47%) Network Security
4 8 (2.19%) DNS
4 8 (2.19%) TCP/IP
5 5 (1.37%) AMQP
6 3 (0.82%) HTTP
6 3 (0.82%) SCCP
6 3 (0.82%) Software-Defined Networking
7 2 (0.55%) 4G
7 2 (0.55%) 5G
8 1 (0.27%) Internet
8 1 (0.27%) MQTT
8 1 (0.27%) PSTN
8 1 (0.27%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 104 (28.49%) DynamoDB
2 80 (21.92%) NoSQL
3 40 (10.96%) Amazon RDS
4 37 (10.14%) Amazon Athena
5 10 (2.74%) Elasticsearch
5 10 (2.74%) PostgreSQL
6 8 (2.19%) Big Data
7 6 (1.64%) Amazon Redshift
7 6 (1.64%) Flink
7 6 (1.64%) Hadoop
8 5 (1.37%) Cloudera CDH
8 5 (1.37%) Data Lake
8 5 (1.37%) MongoDB
9 4 (1.10%) Metadata
9 4 (1.10%) MySQL
9 4 (1.10%) Redis
10 3 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.55%) Amazon Aurora
11 2 (0.55%) Relational Database
11 2 (0.55%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 142 (38.90%) Jenkins
2 129 (35.34%) GitLab
3 54 (14.79%) Git
4 36 (9.86%) Maven
5 32 (8.77%) Cypress.io
6 28 (7.67%) SonarQube
7 26 (7.12%) CircleCI
7 26 (7.12%) Cucumber
8 10 (2.74%) Bitbucket
9 8 (2.19%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 7 (1.92%) JIRA
11 5 (1.37%) Claude Code
11 5 (1.37%) Gradle
11 5 (1.37%) TeamCity
12 3 (0.82%) Selenium
13 2 (0.55%) JMeter
14 1 (0.27%) Eclipse
14 1 (0.27%) Gatling
14 1 (0.27%) Robot Framework
14 1 (0.27%) Vagrant
General
1 99 (27.12%) Social Skills
2 82 (22.47%) Finance
3 35 (9.59%) Banking
4 11 (3.01%) Public Sector
5 10 (2.74%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (2.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (2.47%) Aerospace
6 9 (2.47%) Financial Institution
7 7 (1.92%) Advertising
8 6 (1.64%) Investment Banking
8 6 (1.64%) Retail
9 4 (1.10%) Billing
9 4 (1.10%) Legal
9 4 (1.10%) Mandarin Language
9 4 (1.10%) Telecoms
10 3 (0.82%) Aviation
10 3 (0.82%) Back Office
10 3 (0.82%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (0.82%) Law
11 2 (0.55%) Games
Job Titles
1 103 (28.22%) Developer
2 75 (20.55%) Cloud Engineer
3 74 (20.27%) Senior
4 69 (18.90%) Java Developer
5 55 (15.07%) DevOps Engineer
6 41 (11.23%) AWS Engineer
7 31 (8.49%) Senior Developer
8 27 (7.40%) AWS Developer
9 26 (7.12%) Java Engineer
10 24 (6.58%) Platform Engineer
11 22 (6.03%) Full-Stack Developer
11 22 (6.03%) Lead
12 21 (5.75%) Security Engineer
13 20 (5.48%) Cloud Security Engineer
14 19 (5.21%) Architect
14 19 (5.21%) AWS DevOps
14 19 (5.21%) Software Engineer
15 18 (4.93%) AWS DevOps Engineer
15 18 (4.93%) Principal Engineer
16 16 (4.38%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (22.19%) Spring Boot
2 79 (21.64%) AngularJS
3 66 (18.08%) Kafka
4 60 (16.44%) Node.js
5 57 (15.62%) Spring
6 43 (11.78%) AWS CDK
7 36 (9.86%) Gherkin
8 30 (8.22%) React
9 28 (7.67%) Jest
10 27 (7.40%) RESTful
11 22 (6.03%) gRPC
11 22 (6.03%) RabbitMQ
12 20 (5.48%) web3js
13 17 (4.66%) Next.js
14 16 (4.38%) REST
14 16 (4.38%) YAML
15 14 (3.84%) Web Services
16 13 (3.56%) Elastic Stack
16 13 (3.56%) JSON
17 9 (2.47%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 109 (29.86%) Cloud Native
2 36 (9.86%) Distributed Systems
3 34 (9.32%) Public Cloud
4 22 (6.03%) Security Posture
5 21 (5.75%) e-Learning
6 20 (5.48%) Blockchain
6 20 (5.48%) Enterprise Software
6 20 (5.48%) Web3
7 15 (4.11%) Greenfield Project
8 14 (3.84%) Cloud Security Posture
8 14 (3.84%) Hybrid Cloud
9 13 (3.56%) Onboarding
10 9 (2.47%) Enterprise Cloud
11 8 (2.19%) PKI
11 8 (2.19%) Product Ownership
12 6 (1.64%) Linux Command Line
13 5 (1.37%) Data Centre
13 5 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
13 5 (1.37%) Management Information System
14 3 (0.82%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 66 (18.08%) Linux
2 19 (5.21%) Windows
3 12 (3.29%) Ubuntu
4 10 (2.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (2.47%) CentOS
6 5 (1.37%) Debian
6 5 (1.37%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.82%) Android
7 3 (0.82%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.82%) Unix
7 3 (0.82%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 266 (72.88%) Infrastructure as Code
2 247 (67.67%) CI/CD
3 196 (53.70%) DevOps
4 134 (36.71%) Agile
5 116 (31.78%) Containerisation
6 76 (20.82%) Microservices
7 75 (20.55%) Continuous Improvement
8 72 (19.73%) Mentoring
9 70 (19.18%) DevSecOps
10 69 (18.90%) Observability
10 69 (18.90%) Software Engineering
10 69 (18.90%) Test Automation
11 66 (18.08%) Cloud Security
12 62 (16.99%) Problem-Solving
13 61 (16.71%) Continuous Integration
14 53 (14.52%) Event-Driven
15 49 (13.42%) Platform Engineering
16 43 (11.78%) Collaborative Culture
17 41 (11.23%) Full-Stack Development
17 41 (11.23%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 162 (44.38%) Python
2 141 (38.63%) Java
3 86 (23.56%) SQL
3 86 (23.56%) TypeScript
4 63 (17.26%) Bash
5 51 (13.97%) Groovy
6 46 (12.60%) Go
7 41 (11.23%) Kotlin
8 29 (7.95%) JavaScript
9 27 (7.40%) PowerShell
10 15 (4.11%) Bicep
11 13 (3.56%) C#
12 12 (3.29%) Rust
13 7 (1.92%) C++
14 5 (1.37%) Google Apps Script
15 4 (1.10%) PHP
16 3 (0.82%) Perl
16 3 (0.82%) Ruby
17 1 (0.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 88 (24.11%) Security Cleared
2 77 (21.10%) AWS Certification
3 54 (14.79%) SC Cleared
4 41 (11.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 37 (10.14%) Degree
6 25 (6.85%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 22 (6.03%) ITIL Certification
8 17 (4.66%) DV Cleared
9 15 (4.11%) OSCP
10 12 (3.29%) Computer Science Degree
11 9 (2.47%) AWS Certified Developer
12 8 (2.19%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 8 (2.19%) Master's Degree
13 6 (1.64%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
13 6 (1.64%) Azure Certification
14 4 (1.10%) Postgraduate
15 3 (0.82%) CREST Certified
16 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
16 2 (0.55%) TOGAF Certification
17 1 (0.27%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (5.75%) NIST
2 19 (5.21%) PCI DSS
3 16 (4.38%) GDPR
4 12 (3.29%) SOC 2
5 8 (2.19%) Data Quality
6 6 (1.64%) 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
1 162 (44.38%) Docker
2 5 (1.37%) KVM
2 5 (1.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.10%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.27%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 237 (64.93%) Terraform
2 139 (38.08%) Kubernetes
3 60 (16.44%) Ansible
4 40 (10.96%) Prometheus
5 33 (9.04%) Grafana
6 27 (7.40%) HP Fortify
7 18 (4.93%) Progress Chef
8 15 (4.11%) Argo
9 10 (2.74%) Puppet
10 7 (1.92%) Microsoft Intune
11 5 (1.37%) Docker Swarm
12 4 (1.10%) Istio
12 4 (1.10%) linkerd
12 4 (1.10%) Mesos
13 3 (0.82%) AWS Copilot
13 3 (0.82%) Rancher
14 2 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
15 1 (0.27%) Consul
15 1 (0.27%) Packer
Vendors
1 25 (6.85%) Google
2 12 (3.29%) Microsoft
3 10 (2.74%) Oracle
4 7 (1.92%) HubSpot
5 6 (1.64%) Red Hat
6 5 (1.37%) SaltStack
6 5 (1.37%) Splunk
6 5 (1.37%) VMware
7 4 (1.10%) OpenAI
7 4 (1.10%) Salesforce
8 3 (0.82%) Databricks
9 1 (0.27%) AppDynamics
9 1 (0.27%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.27%) Dynatrace
9 1 (0.27%) LogicMonitor
9 1 (0.27%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 1 (0.27%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.27%) SolarWinds
9 1 (0.27%) TOWER Software