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

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 385 412 514
Rank change year-on-year +27 +102 -176
Permanent jobs citing AWS CloudFormation 331 241 325
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.41% 0.62% 0.39%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.38% 1.75% 1.10%
Number of salaries quoted 183 144 260
10th Percentile £50,000 £56,250 £52,500
25th Percentile £62,875 £62,500 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% - -6.25%
75th Percentile £90,000 £103,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £118,750 £112,500
UK median annual salary £76,588 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +2.12% - -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 23,907 13,797 29,624
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 29.61% 35.51% 35.26%
Number of salaries quoted 13,657 9,851 24,154
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £61,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% +6.96% -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 14 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 14 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 +3 154 £86,250 -4.17% 34
North of England +63 125 £75,000 +8.09% 32
Yorkshire +22 92 £75,000 - 12
North West +9 31 £80,000 +14.79% 15
Midlands -16 28 £50,000 -28.64% 10
East Midlands -17 15 £52,500 -23.64% 7
West Midlands -14 13 £50,000 -38.51% 3
South West -40 10 £72,500 -14.71% 10
South East -39 8 £70,000 +21.74% 9
East of England -30 2 £82,500 -2.94% 1
North East -37 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 (4.53%) Apache
2 8 (2.42%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.21%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.91%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.91%) Confluence
4 3 (0.91%) JBoss
5 1 (0.30%) Drupal
5 1 (0.30%) IIS
5 1 (0.30%) nginx
5 1 (0.30%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.30%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 314 (94.86%) AWS
2 187 (56.50%) Serverless
3 161 (48.64%) AWS Lambda
4 118 (35.65%) Amazon S3
5 99 (29.91%) Amazon ECS
6 92 (27.79%) AWS Step Functions
7 83 (25.08%) Azure
8 74 (22.36%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 73 (22.05%) GitHub
10 58 (17.52%) Datadog
11 57 (17.22%) GitHub Actions
12 50 (15.11%) GCP
13 46 (13.90%) Amazon ECR
14 44 (13.29%) Amazon EKS
15 43 (12.99%) Amazon SQS
15 43 (12.99%) Apigee
16 38 (11.48%) Amazon EC2
17 30 (9.06%) Amazon OpenSearch
18 22 (6.65%) OpenShift
19 19 (5.74%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.93%) DSL
1 13 (3.93%) Firewall
2 12 (3.63%) VPN
3 7 (2.11%) DNS
3 7 (2.11%) TCP/IP
4 6 (1.81%) Network Security
5 5 (1.51%) AMQP
6 4 (1.21%) Software-Defined Networking
7 3 (0.91%) SCCP
8 2 (0.60%) 4G
8 2 (0.60%) 5G
8 2 (0.60%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 114 (34.44%) DynamoDB
2 78 (23.56%) NoSQL
3 43 (12.99%) Amazon RDS
4 30 (9.06%) Amazon Athena
5 20 (6.04%) PostgreSQL
6 11 (3.32%) Elasticsearch
7 8 (2.42%) SQL Server
8 7 (2.11%) Big Data
9 6 (1.81%) Flink
9 6 (1.81%) MySQL
10 5 (1.51%) Cloudera CDH
10 5 (1.51%) Hadoop
10 5 (1.51%) MongoDB
11 4 (1.21%) Data Lake
11 4 (1.21%) Redis
12 3 (0.91%) Amazon Redshift
12 3 (0.91%) Metadata
13 2 (0.60%) Amazon Aurora
13 2 (0.60%) Apache Hudi
13 2 (0.60%) Apache Iceberg
Development Applications
1 140 (42.30%) Jenkins
2 136 (41.09%) GitLab
3 55 (16.62%) Git
4 49 (14.80%) Maven
5 43 (12.99%) Cypress.io
6 41 (12.39%) SonarQube
7 26 (7.85%) CircleCI
8 19 (5.74%) Cucumber
9 11 (3.32%) Bitbucket
10 5 (1.51%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 5 (1.51%) Gradle
11 4 (1.21%) Claude Code
11 4 (1.21%) JIRA
11 4 (1.21%) TeamCity
12 3 (0.91%) Selenium
13 2 (0.60%) JMeter
14 1 (0.30%) Eclipse
14 1 (0.30%) git-flow
14 1 (0.30%) Robot Framework
14 1 (0.30%) Vagrant
General
1 99 (29.91%) Social Skills
2 64 (19.34%) Finance
3 31 (9.37%) Banking
4 11 (3.32%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (3.02%) Aerospace
6 9 (2.72%) Advertising
6 9 (2.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (1.81%) Financial Institution
7 6 (1.81%) Public Sector
7 6 (1.81%) Retail
8 5 (1.51%) Billing
8 5 (1.51%) Investment Banking
9 4 (1.21%) Mandarin Language
9 4 (1.21%) Telecoms
10 3 (0.91%) Aviation
10 3 (0.91%) Back Office
10 3 (0.91%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (0.91%) Law
10 3 (0.91%) Legal
11 2 (0.60%) Games
Job Titles
1 104 (31.42%) Developer
2 65 (19.64%) Cloud Engineer
3 63 (19.03%) Java Developer
4 62 (18.73%) Senior
5 50 (15.11%) DevOps Engineer
6 35 (10.57%) AWS Engineer
7 31 (9.37%) Senior Developer
8 29 (8.76%) AWS Developer
9 24 (7.25%) Lead
10 22 (6.65%) Security Engineer
11 21 (6.34%) Cloud Security Engineer
12 20 (6.04%) Platform Engineer
13 19 (5.74%) Java Engineer
14 18 (5.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 16 (4.83%) Senior Java Developer
16 15 (4.53%) AWS DevOps
16 15 (4.53%) Principal Engineer
16 15 (4.53%) Software Engineer
17 14 (4.23%) Full-Stack Engineer
18 13 (3.93%) AWS Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (23.56%) Spring Boot
2 77 (23.26%) AngularJS
3 57 (17.22%) Kafka
4 52 (15.71%) Node.js
5 50 (15.11%) AWS CDK
6 48 (14.50%) Spring
7 42 (12.69%) Gherkin
8 41 (12.39%) Jest
9 38 (11.48%) RESTful
10 33 (9.97%) React
11 22 (6.65%) RabbitMQ
12 21 (6.34%) gRPC
13 20 (6.04%) web3js
14 16 (4.83%) Next.js
15 15 (4.53%) REST
16 13 (3.93%) Elastic Stack
16 13 (3.93%) YAML
17 11 (3.32%) .NET
18 9 (2.72%) ASP.NET
18 9 (2.72%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 94 (28.40%) Cloud Native
2 29 (8.76%) Distributed Systems
3 23 (6.95%) Public Cloud
4 22 (6.65%) Security Posture
5 20 (6.04%) Blockchain
5 20 (6.04%) Web3
6 17 (5.14%) Enterprise Software
7 14 (4.23%) e-Learning
7 14 (4.23%) Greenfield Project
8 13 (3.93%) Cloud Security Posture
9 12 (3.63%) Hybrid Cloud
10 8 (2.42%) PKI
10 8 (2.42%) Product Ownership
11 6 (1.81%) Linux Command Line
12 5 (1.51%) Management Information System
13 4 (1.21%) Enterprise Cloud
14 3 (0.91%) Cyber Defence
14 3 (0.91%) Cyber Security Posture
14 3 (0.91%) Mobile App
14 3 (0.91%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 62 (18.73%) Linux
2 18 (5.44%) Windows
3 13 (3.93%) Ubuntu
4 10 (3.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (2.72%) CentOS
6 5 (1.51%) Debian
6 5 (1.51%) Unix
6 5 (1.51%) Windows Server
7 4 (1.21%) VMS
8 3 (0.91%) Android
8 3 (0.91%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 236 (71.30%) CI/CD
2 232 (70.09%) Infrastructure as Code
3 204 (61.63%) DevOps
4 134 (40.48%) Agile
5 108 (32.63%) Containerisation
6 80 (24.17%) Microservices
7 68 (20.54%) Continuous Improvement
7 68 (20.54%) Problem-Solving
8 67 (20.24%) DevSecOps
9 62 (18.73%) Mentoring
10 59 (17.82%) Observability
11 58 (17.52%) Cloud Security
11 58 (17.52%) Continuous Integration
12 57 (17.22%) Test Automation
13 56 (16.92%) Software Engineering
14 44 (13.29%) Platform Engineering
15 41 (12.39%) Event-Driven
16 39 (11.78%) High Availability
17 37 (11.18%) Full-Stack Development
17 37 (11.18%) Secure Coding
Programming Languages
1 136 (41.09%) Python
2 131 (39.58%) Java
3 93 (28.10%) TypeScript
4 80 (24.17%) SQL
5 71 (21.45%) Bash
6 51 (15.41%) Groovy
7 47 (14.20%) Go
8 35 (10.57%) Kotlin
9 28 (8.46%) JavaScript
10 21 (6.34%) PowerShell
11 13 (3.93%) Rust
12 12 (3.63%) C#
13 9 (2.72%) Bicep
14 6 (1.81%) C++
15 4 (1.21%) Google Apps Script
16 1 (0.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 1 (0.30%) Perl
16 1 (0.30%) PHP
16 1 (0.30%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 75 (22.66%) AWS Certification
2 67 (20.24%) Security Cleared
3 37 (11.18%) SC Cleared
4 32 (9.67%) Degree
5 30 (9.06%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 28 (8.46%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 24 (7.25%) ITIL Certification
8 22 (6.65%) AWS Certified Developer
9 18 (5.44%) DV Cleared
10 16 (4.83%) OSCP
11 10 (3.02%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (2.11%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
13 6 (1.81%) Azure Certification
14 5 (1.51%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 4 (1.21%) Postgraduate
16 3 (0.91%) CREST Certified
16 3 (0.91%) Master's Degree
16 3 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
17 1 (0.30%) CISM
17 1 (0.30%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (6.34%) NIST
2 16 (4.83%) PCI DSS
3 12 (3.63%) GDPR
4 10 (3.02%) SOC 2
5 7 (2.11%) Data Quality
6 5 (1.51%) QA
7 4 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.30%) NCSC
System Software
1 164 (49.55%) Docker
2 5 (1.51%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.21%) KVM
3 4 (1.21%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 213 (64.35%) Terraform
2 127 (38.37%) Kubernetes
3 63 (19.03%) Ansible
4 40 (12.08%) HP Fortify
5 35 (10.57%) Prometheus
6 28 (8.46%) Grafana
7 9 (2.72%) Argo
7 9 (2.72%) Progress Chef
8 7 (2.11%) Puppet
9 6 (1.81%) Docker Swarm
9 6 (1.81%) Microsoft Intune
10 5 (1.51%) Istio
10 5 (1.51%) linkerd
10 5 (1.51%) Mesos
11 4 (1.21%) Rancher
12 3 (0.91%) AWS Copilot
13 2 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
14 1 (0.30%) Consul
14 1 (0.30%) Packer
Vendors
1 21 (6.34%) Google
2 12 (3.63%) Microsoft
3 6 (1.81%) HubSpot
3 6 (1.81%) Red Hat
4 5 (1.51%) SaltStack
5 4 (1.21%) VMware
6 3 (0.91%) OpenAI
6 3 (0.91%) Salesforce
6 3 (0.91%) Splunk
7 2 (0.60%) Databricks
7 2 (0.60%) LogicMonitor
7 2 (0.60%) Oracle
7 2 (0.60%) Ping Identity
7 2 (0.60%) SolarWinds
8 1 (0.30%) AppDynamics
8 1 (0.30%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.30%) Dynatrace
8 1 (0.30%) TOWER Software