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

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 376 417 534
Rank change year-on-year +41 +117 -200
Permanent jobs citing AWS CloudFormation 345 215 306
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.42% 0.56% 0.36%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.43% 1.64% 1.03%
Number of salaries quoted 188 118 256
10th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £53,125
25th Percentile £62,500 £60,313 £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 £96,250 £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 24,205 13,138 29,686
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 29.38% 34.23% 35.02%
Number of salaries quoted 13,971 9,229 24,134
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,394 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.49% +5.03% -11.54%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,100 £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 22 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 22 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 +11 160 £88,750 +4.41% 44
North of England +60 131 £75,000 +7.62% 33
Yorkshire +43 97 £75,000 - 14
North West +8 32 £80,000 +12.28% 15
Midlands -13 30 £50,000 -31.03% 7
East Midlands -22 16 £52,500 -27.59% 5
West Midlands -16 14 £50,000 -38.51% 2
South West -54 9 £72,500 -14.71% 14
South East -57 8 £70,000 +27.27% 10
East of England -29 2 £82,500 -2.94% 1
North East -36 2 £65,576 -5.49% 4
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 (4.35%) Apache
2 8 (2.32%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.87%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.87%) Confluence
4 3 (0.87%) JBoss
5 1 (0.29%) Drupal
5 1 (0.29%) IIS
5 1 (0.29%) nginx
5 1 (0.29%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.29%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 329 (95.36%) AWS
2 198 (57.39%) Serverless
3 171 (49.57%) AWS Lambda
4 126 (36.52%) Amazon S3
5 107 (31.01%) Amazon ECS
6 97 (28.12%) AWS Step Functions
7 82 (23.77%) Azure
8 76 (22.03%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 76 (22.03%) GitHub
9 60 (17.39%) Datadog
10 58 (16.81%) GitHub Actions
11 50 (14.49%) GCP
12 47 (13.62%) Amazon ECR
13 46 (13.33%) Amazon SQS
14 44 (12.75%) Amazon EC2
14 44 (12.75%) Amazon EKS
14 44 (12.75%) Apigee
15 32 (9.28%) Amazon OpenSearch
16 22 (6.38%) OpenShift
17 20 (5.80%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.77%) DSL
2 12 (3.48%) Firewall
2 12 (3.48%) VPN
3 7 (2.03%) DNS
3 7 (2.03%) TCP/IP
4 6 (1.74%) Network Security
5 5 (1.45%) AMQP
6 4 (1.16%) Software-Defined Networking
7 3 (0.87%) SCCP
8 2 (0.58%) 4G
8 2 (0.58%) 5G
8 2 (0.58%) HTTP
9 1 (0.29%) PSTN
9 1 (0.29%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 121 (35.07%) DynamoDB
2 81 (23.48%) NoSQL
3 45 (13.04%) Amazon RDS
4 32 (9.28%) Amazon Athena
5 20 (5.80%) PostgreSQL
6 11 (3.19%) Elasticsearch
7 8 (2.32%) SQL Server
8 7 (2.03%) Big Data
9 6 (1.74%) Flink
9 6 (1.74%) MySQL
10 5 (1.45%) Cloudera CDH
10 5 (1.45%) Hadoop
10 5 (1.45%) MongoDB
11 4 (1.16%) Amazon Redshift
11 4 (1.16%) Data Lake
11 4 (1.16%) Redis
12 3 (0.87%) Metadata
12 3 (0.87%) Relational Database
13 2 (0.58%) Apache Iceberg
13 2 (0.58%) Redshift Spectrum
Development Applications
1 146 (42.32%) Jenkins
2 139 (40.29%) GitLab
3 58 (16.81%) Git
4 49 (14.20%) Maven
5 44 (12.75%) Cypress.io
6 41 (11.88%) SonarQube
7 27 (7.83%) CircleCI
8 21 (6.09%) Cucumber
9 11 (3.19%) Bitbucket
10 5 (1.45%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 5 (1.45%) Claude Code
10 5 (1.45%) Gradle
11 4 (1.16%) JIRA
11 4 (1.16%) TeamCity
12 3 (0.87%) Selenium
13 2 (0.58%) JMeter
14 1 (0.29%) Eclipse
14 1 (0.29%) Robot Framework
14 1 (0.29%) Sonatype Nexus
14 1 (0.29%) Vagrant
General
1 104 (30.14%) Social Skills
2 65 (18.84%) Finance
3 34 (9.86%) Banking
4 11 (3.19%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (2.90%) Advertising
5 10 (2.90%) Aerospace
6 9 (2.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (2.03%) Financial Institution
8 6 (1.74%) Investment Banking
8 6 (1.74%) Public Sector
8 6 (1.74%) Retail
9 4 (1.16%) Billing
9 4 (1.16%) Legal
9 4 (1.16%) Mandarin Language
9 4 (1.16%) Telecoms
10 3 (0.87%) Aviation
10 3 (0.87%) Back Office
10 3 (0.87%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (0.87%) Law
11 2 (0.58%) Games
Job Titles
1 109 (31.59%) Developer
2 66 (19.13%) Java Developer
3 65 (18.84%) Cloud Engineer
4 63 (18.26%) Senior
5 51 (14.78%) DevOps Engineer
6 35 (10.14%) AWS Engineer
7 32 (9.28%) Senior Developer
8 29 (8.41%) AWS Developer
9 26 (7.54%) Lead
10 21 (6.09%) Java Engineer
10 21 (6.09%) Security Engineer
11 20 (5.80%) Cloud Security Engineer
11 20 (5.80%) Platform Engineer
12 18 (5.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 16 (4.64%) Principal Engineer
13 16 (4.64%) Senior Java Developer
13 16 (4.64%) Software Engineer
14 15 (4.35%) Full-Stack Developer
15 14 (4.06%) AWS Architect
15 14 (4.06%) AWS DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (23.77%) Spring Boot
2 81 (23.48%) AngularJS
3 61 (17.68%) Kafka
4 55 (15.94%) Node.js
5 52 (15.07%) Spring
6 50 (14.49%) AWS CDK
7 44 (12.75%) Gherkin
8 41 (11.88%) Jest
9 37 (10.72%) RESTful
10 31 (8.99%) React
11 23 (6.67%) RabbitMQ
12 22 (6.38%) gRPC
13 21 (6.09%) web3js
14 16 (4.64%) Next.js
15 15 (4.35%) REST
15 15 (4.35%) YAML
16 11 (3.19%) Elastic Stack
16 11 (3.19%) JSON
17 10 (2.90%) .NET
18 9 (2.61%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 99 (28.70%) Cloud Native
2 33 (9.57%) Distributed Systems
3 25 (7.25%) Public Cloud
4 21 (6.09%) Blockchain
4 21 (6.09%) Security Posture
4 21 (6.09%) Web3
5 18 (5.22%) Enterprise Software
6 16 (4.64%) e-Learning
7 14 (4.06%) Greenfield Project
8 13 (3.77%) Cloud Security Posture
9 12 (3.48%) Hybrid Cloud
10 8 (2.32%) PKI
10 8 (2.32%) Product Ownership
11 6 (1.74%) Linux Command Line
12 5 (1.45%) Management Information System
13 4 (1.16%) Enterprise Cloud
14 3 (0.87%) Cyber Defence
14 3 (0.87%) Data Protection Act
14 3 (0.87%) Mobile App
14 3 (0.87%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 66 (19.13%) Linux
2 17 (4.93%) Windows
3 13 (3.77%) Ubuntu
4 10 (2.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (2.61%) CentOS
6 5 (1.45%) Debian
6 5 (1.45%) Windows Server
7 4 (1.16%) VMS
8 3 (0.87%) Android
8 3 (0.87%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.87%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 243 (70.43%) Infrastructure as Code
2 242 (70.14%) CI/CD
3 208 (60.29%) DevOps
4 134 (38.84%) Agile
5 111 (32.17%) Containerisation
6 84 (24.35%) Microservices
7 70 (20.29%) Continuous Improvement
8 68 (19.71%) DevSecOps
9 66 (19.13%) Problem-Solving
10 64 (18.55%) Mentoring
11 62 (17.97%) Software Engineering
12 61 (17.68%) Observability
13 60 (17.39%) Continuous Integration
13 60 (17.39%) Test Automation
14 57 (16.52%) Cloud Security
15 47 (13.62%) Event-Driven
16 46 (13.33%) Platform Engineering
17 40 (11.59%) High Availability
18 39 (11.30%) Performance Optimisation
19 38 (11.01%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 141 (40.87%) Python
2 137 (39.71%) Java
3 96 (27.83%) TypeScript
4 82 (23.77%) SQL
5 69 (20.00%) Bash
6 55 (15.94%) Groovy
7 47 (13.62%) Go
8 37 (10.72%) Kotlin
9 28 (8.12%) JavaScript
10 20 (5.80%) PowerShell
11 13 (3.77%) C#
11 13 (3.77%) Rust
12 9 (2.61%) Bicep
13 6 (1.74%) C++
14 4 (1.16%) Google Apps Script
15 2 (0.58%) PHP
16 1 (0.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 1 (0.29%) Perl
16 1 (0.29%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 76 (22.03%) AWS Certification
2 70 (20.29%) Security Cleared
3 41 (11.88%) SC Cleared
4 32 (9.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 31 (8.99%) Degree
6 28 (8.12%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 24 (6.96%) ITIL Certification
8 21 (6.09%) AWS Certified Developer
9 18 (5.22%) DV Cleared
10 16 (4.64%) OSCP
11 9 (2.61%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (2.03%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
13 6 (1.74%) Azure Certification
14 5 (1.45%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 4 (1.16%) Postgraduate
16 3 (0.87%) CREST Certified
16 3 (0.87%) Master's Degree
16 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Certification
17 1 (0.29%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 1 (0.29%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (6.09%) NIST
2 16 (4.64%) PCI DSS
3 12 (3.48%) GDPR
4 10 (2.90%) SOC 2
5 7 (2.03%) Data Quality
6 5 (1.45%) QA
7 4 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.29%) NCSC
8 1 (0.29%) SLA
System Software
1 170 (49.28%) Docker
2 5 (1.45%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.16%) KVM
3 4 (1.16%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 221 (64.06%) Terraform
2 131 (37.97%) Kubernetes
3 62 (17.97%) Ansible
4 40 (11.59%) HP Fortify
5 36 (10.43%) Prometheus
6 27 (7.83%) Grafana
7 11 (3.19%) Progress Chef
8 9 (2.61%) Argo
9 7 (2.03%) Puppet
10 6 (1.74%) Docker Swarm
10 6 (1.74%) Microsoft Intune
11 5 (1.45%) Istio
11 5 (1.45%) linkerd
11 5 (1.45%) Mesos
12 4 (1.16%) Rancher
13 3 (0.87%) AWS Copilot
14 2 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
15 1 (0.29%) Consul
15 1 (0.29%) Packer
Vendors
1 22 (6.38%) Google
2 12 (3.48%) Microsoft
3 7 (2.03%) HubSpot
4 6 (1.74%) Red Hat
5 5 (1.45%) SaltStack
6 4 (1.16%) OpenAI
6 4 (1.16%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.16%) VMware
7 3 (0.87%) Oracle
8 2 (0.58%) Databricks
8 2 (0.58%) LogicMonitor
8 2 (0.58%) SolarWinds
8 2 (0.58%) Splunk
9 1 (0.29%) AppDynamics
9 1 (0.29%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.29%) Dynatrace
9 1 (0.29%) Ping Identity
9 1 (0.29%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 1 (0.29%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.29%) TOWER Software