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

6 months to
21 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 379 427 558
Rank change year-on-year +48 +131 -191
Permanent jobs citing AWS CloudFormation 366 213 317
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.44% 0.53% 0.33%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.60% 1.56% 1.01%
Number of salaries quoted 199 115 256
10th Percentile £56,000 £52,500 £55,625
25th Percentile £68,125 £60,000 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -6.25%
75th Percentile £95,000 £94,375 £97,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £112,000 £112,500
UK median annual salary £78,319 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +4.43% - -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 22,884 13,616 31,326
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 27.27% 34.15% 32.73%
Number of salaries quoted 15,238 9,672 24,926
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,513 £30,363
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% -8.82%

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 21 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 21 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 +44 182 £90,000 +10.77% 34
North of England +67 130 £75,000 +8.09% 21
Yorkshire +42 90 £75,000 +4.17% 7
North West +22 38 £80,000 +15.30% 13
Midlands +2 28 £52,500 -27.59% 2
East Midlands -9 18 £52,500 -27.59% 1
South West -54 11 £72,500 -19.44% 13
West Midlands -17 10 £50,000 -38.51% 1
South East -47 8 £70,000 +3.70% 20
East of England -28 2 £82,500 +10.00%
North East -48 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 (3.83%) Apache
2 9 (2.46%) Apache Spark
3 6 (1.64%) Confluence
4 5 (1.37%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (1.09%) 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
1 352 (96.17%) AWS
2 192 (52.46%) Serverless
3 160 (43.72%) AWS Lambda
4 119 (32.51%) Amazon S3
5 107 (29.23%) Amazon ECS
6 88 (24.04%) AWS Step Functions
7 84 (22.95%) Azure
8 80 (21.86%) GitHub
9 73 (19.95%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 60 (16.39%) Datadog
11 57 (15.57%) GitHub Actions
12 56 (15.30%) GCP
13 49 (13.39%) Amazon EC2
14 42 (11.48%) Amazon SQS
15 39 (10.66%) Amazon EKS
16 36 (9.84%) Amazon ECR
17 35 (9.56%) Amazon OpenSearch
18 33 (9.02%) Apigee
19 26 (7.10%) Cloud Computing
20 21 (5.74%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.55%) Firewall
1 13 (3.55%) VPN
2 12 (3.28%) DSL
3 9 (2.46%) 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
1 105 (28.69%) DynamoDB
2 80 (21.86%) NoSQL
3 40 (10.93%) Amazon RDS
4 37 (10.11%) Amazon Athena
5 10 (2.73%) Elasticsearch
5 10 (2.73%) 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 (1.09%) Metadata
9 4 (1.09%) MySQL
9 4 (1.09%) Redis
10 3 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.55%) Apache Iceberg
11 2 (0.55%) Relational Database
11 2 (0.55%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 143 (39.07%) Jenkins
2 130 (35.52%) GitLab
3 54 (14.75%) Git
4 37 (10.11%) Maven
5 33 (9.02%) Cypress.io
6 29 (7.92%) SonarQube
7 26 (7.10%) CircleCI
7 26 (7.10%) Cucumber
8 10 (2.73%) Bitbucket
9 8 (2.19%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 7 (1.91%) 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%) git-flow
14 1 (0.27%) Robot Framework
14 1 (0.27%) Vagrant
General
1 99 (27.05%) Social Skills
2 82 (22.40%) Finance
3 35 (9.56%) Banking
4 11 (3.01%) Public Sector
5 10 (2.73%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (2.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (2.46%) Aerospace
6 9 (2.46%) Financial Institution
7 7 (1.91%) Advertising
8 6 (1.64%) Investment Banking
8 6 (1.64%) Retail
9 4 (1.09%) Billing
9 4 (1.09%) Legal
9 4 (1.09%) Mandarin Language
9 4 (1.09%) 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
1 104 (28.42%) Developer
2 75 (20.49%) Cloud Engineer
3 74 (20.22%) Senior
4 70 (19.13%) Java Developer
5 55 (15.03%) DevOps Engineer
6 41 (11.20%) AWS Engineer
7 31 (8.47%) Senior Developer
8 27 (7.38%) AWS Developer
9 26 (7.10%) Java Engineer
10 24 (6.56%) Platform Engineer
11 23 (6.28%) Full-Stack Developer
12 22 (6.01%) Lead
13 21 (5.74%) Security Engineer
14 20 (5.46%) Cloud Security Engineer
15 19 (5.19%) Architect
15 19 (5.19%) AWS DevOps
15 19 (5.19%) Software Engineer
16 18 (4.92%) AWS DevOps Engineer
16 18 (4.92%) Principal Engineer
17 16 (4.37%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (22.40%) Spring Boot
2 80 (21.86%) AngularJS
3 66 (18.03%) Kafka
4 60 (16.39%) Node.js
5 58 (15.85%) Spring
6 43 (11.75%) AWS CDK
7 37 (10.11%) Gherkin
8 30 (8.20%) React
9 29 (7.92%) Jest
10 27 (7.38%) RESTful
11 22 (6.01%) gRPC
11 22 (6.01%) RabbitMQ
12 20 (5.46%) web3js
13 17 (4.64%) Next.js
14 16 (4.37%) REST
14 16 (4.37%) YAML
15 14 (3.83%) Web Services
16 13 (3.55%) Elastic Stack
16 13 (3.55%) JSON
17 9 (2.46%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 109 (29.78%) Cloud Native
2 36 (9.84%) Distributed Systems
3 34 (9.29%) Public Cloud
4 22 (6.01%) Security Posture
5 21 (5.74%) e-Learning
6 20 (5.46%) Blockchain
6 20 (5.46%) Enterprise Software
6 20 (5.46%) Web3
7 15 (4.10%) Greenfield Project
8 14 (3.83%) Cloud Security Posture
8 14 (3.83%) Hybrid Cloud
9 13 (3.55%) Onboarding
10 9 (2.46%) 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 Defence
Operating Systems
1 66 (18.03%) Linux
2 19 (5.19%) Windows
3 12 (3.28%) Ubuntu
4 10 (2.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (2.46%) 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 (72.68%) Infrastructure as Code
2 248 (67.76%) CI/CD
3 197 (53.83%) DevOps
4 135 (36.89%) Agile
5 116 (31.69%) Containerisation
6 76 (20.77%) Microservices
7 75 (20.49%) Continuous Improvement
8 72 (19.67%) Mentoring
9 70 (19.13%) DevSecOps
10 69 (18.85%) Observability
10 69 (18.85%) Software Engineering
10 69 (18.85%) Test Automation
11 66 (18.03%) Cloud Security
12 62 (16.94%) Problem-Solving
13 61 (16.67%) Continuous Integration
14 53 (14.48%) Event-Driven
15 49 (13.39%) Platform Engineering
16 43 (11.75%) Collaborative Culture
17 42 (11.48%) Full-Stack Development
18 41 (11.20%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 162 (44.26%) Python
2 142 (38.80%) Java
3 87 (23.77%) TypeScript
4 86 (23.50%) SQL
5 64 (17.49%) Bash
6 52 (14.21%) Groovy
7 46 (12.57%) Go
8 41 (11.20%) Kotlin
9 29 (7.92%) JavaScript
10 27 (7.38%) PowerShell
11 15 (4.10%) Bicep
12 13 (3.55%) C#
13 12 (3.28%) Rust
14 7 (1.91%) C++
15 5 (1.37%) Google Apps Script
16 4 (1.09%) PHP
17 3 (0.82%) Perl
17 3 (0.82%) Ruby
18 1 (0.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 88 (24.04%) Security Cleared
2 78 (21.31%) AWS Certification
3 54 (14.75%) SC Cleared
4 41 (11.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 37 (10.11%) Degree
6 26 (7.10%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 23 (6.28%) ITIL Certification
8 17 (4.64%) DV Cleared
9 15 (4.10%) OSCP
10 12 (3.28%) Computer Science Degree
11 9 (2.46%) 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 (1.09%) Postgraduate
15 3 (0.82%) CREST Certified
16 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
16 2 (0.55%) TOGAF Certification
17 1 (0.27%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (5.74%) NIST
2 19 (5.19%) PCI DSS
3 16 (4.37%) GDPR
4 12 (3.28%) 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
1 163 (44.54%) Docker
2 5 (1.37%) KVM
2 5 (1.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.09%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.27%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 237 (64.75%) Terraform
2 139 (37.98%) Kubernetes
3 60 (16.39%) Ansible
4 40 (10.93%) Prometheus
5 33 (9.02%) Grafana
6 28 (7.65%) HP Fortify
7 18 (4.92%) Progress Chef
8 15 (4.10%) Argo
9 10 (2.73%) Puppet
10 7 (1.91%) Microsoft Intune
11 5 (1.37%) Docker Swarm
12 4 (1.09%) Istio
12 4 (1.09%) linkerd
12 4 (1.09%) 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 (6.83%) Google
2 12 (3.28%) Microsoft
3 10 (2.73%) Oracle
4 7 (1.91%) HubSpot
5 6 (1.64%) Red Hat
6 5 (1.37%) SaltStack
6 5 (1.37%) Splunk
6 5 (1.37%) VMware
7 4 (1.09%) OpenAI
7 4 (1.09%) 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