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 13 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 359 437 560
Rank change year-on-year +78 +123 -188
Permanent jobs citing AWS CloudFormation 422 223 291
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.48% 0.51% 0.33%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.75% 1.55% 1.00%
Number of salaries quoted 205 124 238
10th Percentile £53,750 £52,500 £52,500
25th Percentile £67,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £74,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +0.67% -6.88%
75th Percentile £95,000 £94,063 £97,500
90th Percentile £111,500 £111,250 £112,500
UK median annual salary £78,319 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +4.43% - -3.23%

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 24,063 14,422 29,216
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 27.47% 33.21% 33.04%
Number of salaries quoted 16,059 10,315 22,981
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £30,001
25th Percentile £43,886 £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 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -8.00%

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 13 July 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 13 July 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 +68 227 £90,000 +15.02% 66
North of England +66 132 £75,000 +8.09% 33
Yorkshire +38 84 £75,000 +5.63% 5
North West +7 45 £74,651 +7.59% 17
Midlands -18 25 £57,250 -11.92% 9
East Midlands -14 18 £52,500 -27.59% 5
South East -31 18 £70,000 -15.15% 21
South West -56 12 £67,500 -25.00% 29
West Midlands -23 7 £62,000 -4.62% 4
North East -51 3 £57,788 -16.71% 11
East of England -31 2 £82,500 +10.00%
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 17 (4.03%) Apache
2 10 (2.37%) Apache Spark
3 8 (1.90%) Confluence
4 6 (1.42%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.71%) JBoss
7 1 (0.24%) Drupal
7 1 (0.24%) IIS
7 1 (0.24%) nginx
7 1 (0.24%) SAS
7 1 (0.24%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (0.95%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.47%) Lightworks
Business Applications
1 3 (0.71%) Summit
2 1 (0.24%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 403 (95.50%) AWS
2 219 (51.90%) Serverless
3 173 (41.00%) AWS Lambda
4 121 (28.67%) Amazon ECS
5 120 (28.44%) Amazon S3
6 99 (23.46%) Azure
7 82 (19.43%) AWS Step Functions
8 81 (19.19%) GitHub
9 67 (15.88%) GCP
10 66 (15.64%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 57 (13.51%) Amazon EKS
11 57 (13.51%) Cloud Computing
11 57 (13.51%) Datadog
12 55 (13.03%) GitHub Actions
13 52 (12.32%) Amazon EC2
14 40 (9.48%) Amazon SQS
15 35 (8.29%) Amazon ECR
16 32 (7.58%) Amazon OpenSearch
16 32 (7.58%) Apigee
17 24 (5.69%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 20 (4.74%) Network Security
2 18 (4.27%) VPN
3 15 (3.55%) Firewall
4 10 (2.37%) DNS
4 10 (2.37%) DSL
4 10 (2.37%) TCP/IP
5 6 (1.42%) AMQP
6 4 (0.95%) HTTP
6 4 (0.95%) Software-Defined Networking
7 2 (0.47%) 4G
7 2 (0.47%) 5G
7 2 (0.47%) MQTT
8 1 (0.24%) DHCP
8 1 (0.24%) DNSSEC
8 1 (0.24%) Internet
8 1 (0.24%) PSTN
8 1 (0.24%) SCCP
8 1 (0.24%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 101 (23.93%) DynamoDB
2 80 (18.96%) NoSQL
3 39 (9.24%) Amazon RDS
4 34 (8.06%) Amazon Athena
5 13 (3.08%) PostgreSQL
6 10 (2.37%) Elasticsearch
7 9 (2.13%) Big Data
8 7 (1.66%) Amazon Redshift
8 7 (1.66%) Hadoop
8 7 (1.66%) MongoDB
9 6 (1.42%) Cloudera CDH
9 6 (1.42%) Flink
9 6 (1.42%) MySQL
10 5 (1.18%) Data Lake
11 4 (0.95%) Metadata
11 4 (0.95%) Redis
11 4 (0.95%) Relational Database
12 3 (0.71%) Amazon Aurora
12 3 (0.71%) Data Warehouse
13 2 (0.47%) Apache Iceberg
Development Applications
1 137 (32.46%) Jenkins
2 132 (31.28%) GitLab
3 56 (13.27%) Git
4 36 (8.53%) Maven
5 32 (7.58%) Cypress.io
6 30 (7.11%) Cucumber
7 29 (6.87%) SonarQube
8 24 (5.69%) CircleCI
9 12 (2.84%) Bitbucket
10 10 (2.37%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 9 (2.13%) JIRA
12 7 (1.66%) Claude Code
13 6 (1.42%) TeamCity
14 5 (1.18%) Gradle
15 3 (0.71%) Selenium
16 2 (0.47%) JMeter
17 1 (0.24%) Eclipse
17 1 (0.24%) git-flow
17 1 (0.24%) Robot Framework
17 1 (0.24%) Vagrant
General
1 110 (26.07%) Social Skills
2 107 (25.36%) Finance
3 33 (7.82%) Banking
4 29 (6.87%) Public Sector
5 13 (3.08%) Aerospace
6 12 (2.84%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (2.37%) Financial Institution
7 10 (2.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (1.42%) Advertising
8 6 (1.42%) Legal
9 5 (1.18%) Investment Banking
9 5 (1.18%) Military
10 4 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (0.95%) Mandarin Language
10 4 (0.95%) Retail
10 4 (0.95%) Telecoms
11 3 (0.71%) Automotive
11 3 (0.71%) Back Office
11 3 (0.71%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (0.71%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 104 (24.64%) Senior
2 100 (23.70%) Developer
3 77 (18.25%) Cloud Engineer
4 65 (15.40%) Java Developer
5 61 (14.45%) DevOps Engineer
6 41 (9.72%) AWS Engineer
7 38 (9.00%) Consultant
8 32 (7.58%) Senior Consultant
9 30 (7.11%) Java Engineer
10 28 (6.64%) Lead
11 26 (6.16%) AWS Developer
11 26 (6.16%) Full-Stack Developer
12 25 (5.92%) Senior Developer
13 23 (5.45%) Architect
13 23 (5.45%) Platform Engineer
14 21 (4.98%) Principal Engineer
14 21 (4.98%) Software Engineer
15 20 (4.74%) Security Engineer
16 19 (4.50%) AWS DevOps
16 19 (4.50%) Cloud Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (21.56%) Spring Boot
2 79 (18.72%) AngularJS
3 70 (16.59%) Kafka
4 68 (16.11%) Spring
5 63 (14.93%) Node.js
6 53 (12.56%) AWS CDK
7 36 (8.53%) Gherkin
8 31 (7.35%) React
9 28 (6.64%) Jest
9 28 (6.64%) RESTful
10 25 (5.92%) REST
11 23 (5.45%) RabbitMQ
12 22 (5.21%) gRPC
13 19 (4.50%) Web Services
14 17 (4.03%) Next.js
14 17 (4.03%) web3js
15 16 (3.79%) YAML
16 14 (3.32%) JSON
17 13 (3.08%) Elastic Stack
18 10 (2.37%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 130 (30.81%) Cloud Native
2 48 (11.37%) Onboarding
3 44 (10.43%) Distributed Systems
4 40 (9.48%) Enterprise Cloud
4 40 (9.48%) Public Cloud
5 25 (5.92%) e-Learning
6 22 (5.21%) Enterprise Software
7 21 (4.98%) Data Centre
8 17 (4.03%) Blockchain
8 17 (4.03%) Security Posture
8 17 (4.03%) Web3
9 15 (3.55%) Greenfield Project
9 15 (3.55%) Hybrid Cloud
9 15 (3.55%) Legacy Systems
10 13 (3.08%) Cloud Security Posture
11 12 (2.84%) Distributed Computing
11 12 (2.84%) Mainframe
12 9 (2.13%) PKI
13 8 (1.90%) Product Ownership
14 7 (1.66%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 72 (17.06%) Linux
2 23 (5.45%) Windows
3 14 (3.32%) Ubuntu
4 11 (2.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 10 (2.37%) CentOS
6 6 (1.42%) Debian
7 5 (1.18%) Windows Server
8 4 (0.95%) VMS
9 3 (0.71%) Android
9 3 (0.71%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.71%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 294 (69.67%) Infrastructure as Code
2 258 (61.14%) CI/CD
3 208 (49.29%) DevOps
4 159 (37.68%) Agile
5 132 (31.28%) Containerisation
6 105 (24.88%) Mentoring
7 88 (20.85%) Microservices
8 81 (19.19%) Test Automation
9 80 (18.96%) Continuous Improvement
10 76 (18.01%) Cloud Security
10 76 (18.01%) Software Engineering
11 74 (17.54%) Observability
11 74 (17.54%) Problem-Solving
12 63 (14.93%) DevSecOps
13 61 (14.45%) Event-Driven
14 58 (13.74%) Continuous Integration
15 53 (12.56%) Platform Engineering
16 50 (11.85%) AI
17 49 (11.61%) Collaborative Culture
18 45 (10.66%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 195 (46.21%) Python
2 159 (37.68%) Java
3 91 (21.56%) SQL
4 87 (20.62%) TypeScript
5 77 (18.25%) Bash
6 52 (12.32%) Groovy
7 42 (9.95%) Go
8 38 (9.00%) Kotlin
9 31 (7.35%) JavaScript
9 31 (7.35%) PowerShell
10 20 (4.74%) Bicep
11 16 (3.79%) PHP
12 15 (3.55%) Perl
12 15 (3.55%) Ruby
13 14 (3.32%) C#
14 10 (2.37%) Rust
15 8 (1.90%) C++
16 6 (1.42%) Google Apps Script
17 1 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 127 (30.09%) Security Cleared
2 102 (24.17%) AWS Certification
3 63 (14.93%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 63 (14.93%) SC Cleared
4 47 (11.14%) Degree
5 25 (5.92%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
5 25 (5.92%) DV Cleared
6 22 (5.21%) ITIL Certification
7 17 (4.03%) Computer Science Degree
8 13 (3.08%) Master's Degree
8 13 (3.08%) OSCP
9 10 (2.37%) AWS Certified Developer
10 7 (1.66%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 6 (1.42%) Azure Certification
12 4 (0.95%) Postgraduate
13 3 (0.71%) CREST Certified
13 3 (0.71%) TOGAF Certification
14 2 (0.47%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
14 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Certification
15 1 (0.24%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (4.98%) PCI DSS
2 20 (4.74%) GDPR
2 20 (4.74%) NIST
3 13 (3.08%) SOC 2
4 10 (2.37%) Data Quality
5 5 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.95%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.24%) NCSC
7 1 (0.24%) QA
7 1 (0.24%) SLA
System Software
1 175 (41.47%) Docker
2 6 (1.42%) KVM
2 6 (1.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.18%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.71%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 281 (66.59%) Terraform
2 166 (39.34%) Kubernetes
3 73 (17.30%) Ansible
4 43 (10.19%) Prometheus
5 40 (9.48%) Grafana
6 35 (8.29%) Progress Chef
7 27 (6.40%) HP Fortify
7 27 (6.40%) Puppet
8 17 (4.03%) Argo
9 8 (1.90%) Microsoft Intune
10 6 (1.42%) Docker Swarm
11 5 (1.18%) Istio
11 5 (1.18%) linkerd
11 5 (1.18%) Mesos
12 3 (0.71%) AWS Copilot
12 3 (0.71%) Rancher
13 2 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
14 1 (0.24%) Consul
14 1 (0.24%) Packer
Vendors
1 29 (6.87%) Google
2 16 (3.79%) Microsoft
3 12 (2.84%) Oracle
4 8 (1.90%) OpenAI
5 7 (1.66%) HubSpot
5 7 (1.66%) Red Hat
5 7 (1.66%) Splunk
6 6 (1.42%) Salesforce
6 6 (1.42%) SaltStack
6 6 (1.42%) VMware
7 4 (0.95%) Avaya
7 4 (0.95%) Cisco
7 4 (0.95%) Genesys
8 3 (0.71%) Databricks
9 1 (0.24%) AppDynamics
9 1 (0.24%) Dynatrace
9 1 (0.24%) LogicMonitor
9 1 (0.24%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 1 (0.24%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.24%) TOWER Software