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 3 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 435 478 381
Rank change year-on-year +43 -97 -59
Permanent jobs citing AWS CloudFormation 178 262 326
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.38% 0.46% 0.73%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.11% 1.32% 1.69%
Number of salaries quoted 126 202 266
10th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £51,625
25th Percentile £60,313 £62,500 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,801 £79,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.58% +5.33% -6.25%
75th Percentile £87,500 £115,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £102,500 £130,000 £116,250
UK median annual salary £73,801 £75,250 £72,500
% change year-on-year -1.93% +3.79% -9.38%

All Cloud 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 15,966 19,835 19,343
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 33.64% 34.88% 43.12%
Number of salaries quoted 10,318 12,118 16,335
10th Percentile £28,750 £35,000 £32,750
25th Percentile £38,500 £47,500 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £101,224
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -5.51% +1.60% -2.56%

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 3 December 2025.

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 3 December 2025. 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 +7 85 £81,500 -18.50% 42
North of England +31 59 £70,000 +9.80% 28
Yorkshire +24 30 £70,000 +7.69% 11
North West +28 26 £62,500 - 12
Midlands +51 13 £60,000 -13.43% 8
South East +37 12 £95,000 +52.00% 27
West Midlands +45 11 £60,000 -17.24% 5
South West +14 7 £70,000 +27.27% 17
North East +8 3 £73,801 +6.48% 5
East Midlands +13 2 - - 3
East of England +37 1 £75,000 +20.00% 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 9 (5.06%) Apache
2 7 (3.93%) Apache Airflow
2 7 (3.93%) Apache Spark
3 6 (3.37%) Tomcat
3 6 (3.37%) WebSphere
3 6 (3.37%) WebSphere Application Server
4 2 (1.12%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.56%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 161 (90.45%) AWS
2 85 (47.75%) Azure
3 74 (41.57%) Serverless
4 67 (37.64%) AWS Lambda
5 58 (32.58%) Amazon S3
6 51 (28.65%) GCP
7 45 (25.28%) GitHub
8 41 (23.03%) Amazon ECS
9 40 (22.47%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 36 (20.22%) Amazon EC2
11 32 (17.98%) GitHub Actions
12 31 (17.42%) Amazon EKS
13 27 (15.17%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 23 (12.92%) Amazon ECR
15 21 (11.80%) AWS Step Functions
15 21 (11.80%) Azure DevOps
16 18 (10.11%) Amazon SQS
17 17 (9.55%) Datadog
18 16 (8.99%) dbt
19 13 (7.30%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 11 (6.18%) TCP/IP
2 7 (3.93%) Firewall
3 6 (3.37%) Network Security
3 6 (3.37%) SSL
4 5 (2.81%) VPN
5 3 (1.69%) LAN
5 3 (1.69%) WAN
6 2 (1.12%) AMQP
6 2 (1.12%) DNS
6 2 (1.12%) Software-Defined Networking
7 1 (0.56%) DHCP
7 1 (0.56%) HTTP
7 1 (0.56%) NAS
7 1 (0.56%) SAN
7 1 (0.56%) SNMP
7 1 (0.56%) VSAN
7 1 (0.56%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (19.10%) Amazon RDS
2 29 (16.29%) DynamoDB
3 28 (15.73%) NoSQL
4 27 (15.17%) PostgreSQL
5 16 (8.99%) Data Warehouse
6 15 (8.43%) Amazon Redshift
7 13 (7.30%) SQL Server
8 12 (6.74%) Data Lake
8 12 (6.74%) Elasticsearch
9 11 (6.18%) Redis
10 9 (5.06%) Amazon Athena
10 9 (5.06%) MySQL
11 6 (3.37%) DB2
12 5 (2.81%) Amazon Aurora
13 4 (2.25%) Big Data
14 3 (1.69%) Apache Iceberg
14 3 (1.69%) Data Vault
14 3 (1.69%) MongoDB
15 2 (1.12%) Hadoop
15 2 (1.12%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 53 (29.78%) Jenkins
2 44 (24.72%) GitLab
3 18 (10.11%) Git
4 11 (6.18%) CircleCI
5 10 (5.62%) SonarQube
6 6 (3.37%) Cypress.io
6 6 (3.37%) Maven
7 5 (2.81%) Bitbucket
7 5 (2.81%) Cucumber
7 5 (2.81%) git-flow
7 5 (2.81%) JIRA
8 4 (2.25%) Robot Framework
9 2 (1.12%) Eclipse
9 2 (1.12%) JMeter
9 2 (1.12%) Selenium
9 2 (1.12%) Spinnaker
9 2 (1.12%) TestRail
10 1 (0.56%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.56%) Subversion
10 1 (0.56%) TeamCity
General
1 55 (30.90%) Social Skills
2 37 (20.79%) Finance
3 18 (10.11%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (9.55%) Banking
5 11 (6.18%) Law
6 8 (4.49%) Telecoms
7 7 (3.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (3.93%) Public Sector
8 6 (3.37%) Aerospace
9 5 (2.81%) Marketing
10 4 (2.25%) Financial Institution
11 3 (1.69%) Electronics
11 3 (1.69%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (1.12%) Retail Banking
13 1 (0.56%) Advertising
13 1 (0.56%) Billing
13 1 (0.56%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.56%) Military
13 1 (0.56%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 44 (24.72%) Senior
2 31 (17.42%) Cloud Engineer
3 29 (16.29%) DevOps Engineer
4 26 (14.61%) AWS Engineer
5 20 (11.24%) Lead
5 20 (11.24%) Platform Engineer
6 18 (10.11%) Developer
7 13 (7.30%) Data Engineer
8 12 (6.74%) AWS DevOps
9 10 (5.62%) Architect
9 10 (5.62%) AWS DevOps Engineer
10 9 (5.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 9 (5.06%) Site Reliability Engineer
10 9 (5.06%) Support Engineer
11 8 (4.49%) AWS Developer
11 8 (4.49%) Security Engineer
11 8 (4.49%) Senior Platform Engineer
12 7 (3.93%) Applications Engineer
12 7 (3.93%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 6 (3.37%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (12.92%) AWS CDK
2 22 (12.36%) Elastic Stack
3 16 (8.99%) Kafka
3 16 (8.99%) React
4 14 (7.87%) .NET
4 14 (7.87%) RESTful
4 14 (7.87%) Spring Boot
5 12 (6.74%) Spring
6 11 (6.18%) Django
7 10 (5.62%) Node.js
8 9 (5.06%) AngularJS
8 9 (5.06%) RabbitMQ
9 8 (4.49%) .NET Core
9 8 (4.49%) ASP.NET
10 7 (3.93%) ARM Templates
10 7 (3.93%) ASP.NET Core
10 7 (3.93%) Blazor
10 7 (3.93%) Material-UI
11 6 (3.37%) Jest
11 6 (3.37%) LAPP Stack
Miscellaneous
1 47 (26.40%) Cloud Native
2 15 (8.43%) Distributed Systems
3 12 (6.74%) Linux Command Line
4 11 (6.18%) Product Ownership
4 11 (6.18%) Public Cloud
5 6 (3.37%) AI Agents
6 5 (2.81%) Security Posture
7 4 (2.25%) e-Learning
7 4 (2.25%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.69%) Enterprise Cloud
8 3 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.69%) Virtual Team
9 2 (1.12%) Blockchain
9 2 (1.12%) Cloud Security Posture
9 2 (1.12%) Data Structures
9 2 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (1.12%) Onboarding
9 2 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (1.12%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 52 (29.21%) Linux
2 28 (15.73%) Unix
3 22 (12.36%) Windows
4 9 (5.06%) Ubuntu
5 8 (4.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (3.93%) Debian
7 2 (1.12%) CentOS
7 2 (1.12%) VMS
7 2 (1.12%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (80.34%) Infrastructure as Code
2 136 (76.40%) CI/CD
3 124 (69.66%) DevOps
4 64 (35.96%) Agile
5 55 (30.90%) Problem-Solving
6 47 (26.40%) Containerisation
7 41 (23.03%) Observability
8 39 (21.91%) Microservices
9 34 (19.10%) Continuous Improvement
10 29 (16.29%) Platform Engineering
11 28 (15.73%) Disaster Recovery
11 28 (15.73%) Site Reliability Engineering
12 27 (15.17%) Cloud Security
13 23 (12.92%) AI
13 23 (12.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 22 (12.36%) Root Cause Analysis
15 21 (11.80%) Data Pipeline
15 21 (11.80%) Mentoring
16 19 (10.67%) Data Engineering
16 19 (10.67%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 99 (55.62%) Python
2 56 (31.46%) Bash
3 36 (20.22%) SQL
4 28 (15.73%) PowerShell
5 25 (14.04%) Java
6 21 (11.80%) TypeScript
7 17 (9.55%) Go
8 16 (8.99%) JavaScript
9 9 (5.06%) Bicep
10 8 (4.49%) C#
10 8 (4.49%) Groovy
11 1 (0.56%) C++
11 1 (0.56%) Google Apps Script
11 1 (0.56%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.56%) PHP
Qualifications
1 50 (28.09%) AWS Certification
2 43 (24.16%) Security Cleared
3 27 (15.17%) SC Cleared
4 20 (11.24%) Degree
5 17 (9.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 17 (9.55%) DV Cleared
6 13 (7.30%) AWS Certified Developer
7 10 (5.62%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (3.37%) ITIL Certification
9 5 (2.81%) Azure Certification
10 4 (2.25%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (2.25%) SnowPro
11 2 (1.12%) ISTQB
11 2 (1.12%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 1 (0.56%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.18%) Data Quality
2 10 (5.62%) QA
3 8 (4.49%) GDPR
4 7 (3.93%) SLA
5 4 (2.25%) NIST
6 3 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.56%) Basel III
7 1 (0.56%) MiFID
7 1 (0.56%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.56%) SOC 2
System Software
1 86 (48.31%) Docker
2 6 (3.37%) Virtual Desktop
3 5 (2.81%) Active Directory
4 2 (1.12%) KVM
4 2 (1.12%) Terminal Server
4 2 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.56%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.56%) QEMU
5 1 (0.56%) vCloud
5 1 (0.56%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.56%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.56%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 140 (78.65%) Terraform
2 73 (41.01%) Kubernetes
3 47 (26.40%) Ansible
4 36 (20.22%) Grafana
5 32 (17.98%) Prometheus
6 7 (3.93%) Argo
7 6 (3.37%) AWS Copilot
7 6 (3.37%) HP Fortify
8 5 (2.81%) Kubeflow
8 5 (2.81%) Puppet
9 3 (1.69%) Docker Swarm
9 3 (1.69%) Istio
9 3 (1.69%) linkerd
10 2 (1.12%) Mesos
10 2 (1.12%) Nessus
10 2 (1.12%) Rancher
11 1 (0.56%) HAProxy
11 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
11 1 (0.56%) Nagios
11 1 (0.56%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 21 (11.80%) Google
2 19 (10.67%) Splunk
3 17 (9.55%) Microsoft
4 8 (4.49%) Red Hat
5 7 (3.93%) IBM
6 4 (2.25%) Databricks
6 4 (2.25%) Foundry
6 4 (2.25%) LogicMonitor
6 4 (2.25%) SolarWinds
7 3 (1.69%) AppDynamics
7 3 (1.69%) Citrix
7 3 (1.69%) SaltStack
7 3 (1.69%) SAP
7 3 (1.69%) VMware
8 2 (1.12%) Atlassian
8 2 (1.12%) OneLogin
8 2 (1.12%) Oracle
8 2 (1.12%) Ping Identity
8 2 (1.12%) Rapid7
9 1 (0.56%) Refinitiv